Chapter 571: The Water Army Attacked
At this moment, the two fathers and sons, Sagara Haruhiro and Uemura Yoriko, are indeed in the midst of wind and rain.
They didn't expect that the Ichijo Sect, which had always been not very strong, would have such a great strength in the Sagara family's territory. An enemy of the Buddha will make the territory of the Sagara family constantly disturbed. A large number of temple monks took up their weapons and walked out of the temple and began to incite the local peasants.
After seeing the territorial riot three years ago, the wealthy clans of the Sagara family naturally knew the power of these guys, and they immediately took urgent action in an attempt to quickly extinguish the power of these monks.
Because the previous family governor Sagara Yoshiko forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction of the wealthy families of all countries with these monks and temples, there is no restraint of Sagara Yoshiji at this moment, and the two fathers and sons of Sagara Haruhiro and Uemura Yoriko who have come to power also have a vague attitude towards these temple monks, so these local wealthy families immediately took the opportunity to take revenge for their grievances.
You must know that at this time, the power and prestige of the Ichijo sect in Higo were far inferior to the power of the Ichitsu sect in the Kaga and Kyoto areas. So in the eyes of these local Chinese people, the Fat Queen has always been just a rising force, since they always take the initiative to cause trouble, so just give them some color to show them, let them know who is the boss of the Fat Queen.
As a result, the two sides immediately scuffled.
Such a scene, if it was in the past, for Sagara Haruhiro and Uemura Yoriko, maybe it was really a good thing, although the territory was damaged to a certain extent, but the two fathers and sons could take this opportunity to let the Yizong and the local wealthy families lose both, and they would only be able to reap the benefits of the fishermen at the last time. Control all of these potential forces one by one.
Truly. After just receiving a report from Akaike Choren about the attack on Takatsuka Castle. Uemura Yoriko took a direct step in support of Akaike Choren's request to attack Ichijomune. In the first place, he did have the purpose of taking advantage of the fishermen mentioned above.
It's just that he never expected that Akaike Nagaren and Maruki Yorumi, who were the fierce generals in the family, would be so vulnerable, not only defeated by the army of Ichijo Sect, but even Takatsuka Castle, which was guarding the hinterland of the Sagara family, was lost. When the Sect of Ichikoji loudly labeled the Sagara family as the enemy of the Buddha, and approached the Jucheng Eagle Peak City step by step, the two of them finally became a little panicked.
"Why don't you issue a conscription order and let the wealthy clans from all over the country bring troops to support Eagle Peak City?" Harukihiro Sagara suggested.
In desperation. Uemura Yoriko also had no choice but to follow Sagara Haruhiro's advice and issued a conscription order to the various wealthy clans in the Sagara family's territory.
However, two days had passed, and apart from hearing that the Yixiang Sect was continuing to approach Eagle Peak City, they didn't even see the figure of a wealthy clan who had come to support. In fact, at this moment, the wealthy families everywhere are busy dealing with the monks in their own territories, and they even have to guard against the arrival of the army of the Sect of Yizong, and their own territories can't be taken care of, and they will come there to protect Sagara Haruhiro and Uemura Yoiko, the two guys who have just stolen the rights of their families.
Of course, if the two fathers and sons, Harukihiro Sagara and Yoriko Uemura, came to power for a few years. If you have established a solid retainer system at home, or there will be diehards to support you at this time. The difference is the difference. At this time, the two fathers and sons came to power through stratagem and blackmailing the retainers. At this critical moment, there was naturally no one to come to support. It is estimated that some retainers who are resentful of the fact that Uemura Yoriko and his son forcibly put their sister-in-law under house arrest as hostages will also hope that Uemura Yorixing and his son will never turn over, so that their family in Hitoyoshi City can escape.
"Damn Sagara is clear!" Faced with such a predicament, Uemura Yoriko said angrily. In his opinion, it was Sagara's sudden rebellion that led to the fact that the various wealthy families were now watching. It can be said that Sagara's rebellion set a very bad example for them. It's just that he will know there again, in fact, Sagara's rebellion was also forced.
At the beginning, Sagara was Kiyoshi's father as Kikuchi Yoshitake's envoy to the Luo family's camp to intercede for Kikuchi Yoshitake, although Masarashi finally agreed to let Kikuchi Yoshitake go, but he detained Sagara Nagayui, Sagara Kiyoshi's father, as a hostage to ensure Kikuchi Yoshitake's fulfillment of the peace agreement.
It's just that even if Kikuchi Yoshitake later earnestly fulfilled the peace agreement, the Luo family still kept Sagara Nagayui under house arrest. In order to rescue Sagara Nagayuki, Sagara even went to Ouchi's house to ask for help. The latter also sent people to mediate the affairs between the Luo family and the Sagara Weiqing family several times, hoping that the Luo family would release Sagara Nagawei. But it was all perfunctory by Zhengliang. It took two years to get things going. And not long ago, an envoy from the Luo family found Sagara with a letter from his father.
The Luo family's request is very simple, that is, to ask Sagara to obey the command of the Luo family's envoy (this messenger is naturally Takasaka Masanobu), so not only Sagara Nagayui will be released afterwards, but even his family's territory will be retained. The letter notes Masahiro's promise and Masahiro's own seal.
Because Sagara Chang's only family has always been loyal to Sagara Yoshizi, there is no loyalty to the two fathers and sons who have just come to power, Sagara Haruhiro and Uemura Yoriko, so after weighing it, Sagara Weiqing finally chose the side of the Luo family, which has greater interests for him.
"Father, at this time, there are only less than two hundred guards in Eagle Peak City, and it is definitely impossible to resist the menacing army of the Sect, so it is better to transfer the naval army near Yashiro City to guard the city." Harukihiro Sagara suggested.
The navy army that is the backbone of the family and the defenders stationed in Minamata Castle cannot be used lightly, but at this time, it is already a critical time for the Sagara family, and as the closest naval army to Eagle Peak Castle, it is naturally the first choice for deployment support. So after some discussion, Sagara Haruhiro and Uemura Yoriko immediately sent people to Yashiro Castle at the exit of the Yatsushiro Plain Kuma River, and sent a part of the naval army there to support Takamine Castle.
However, to the uneasiness of the father and son Sagara Haruhiro and Uemura Yoriko, the person who sent Lu did not return for a long time.
When the two fathers and sons saw the person who came back to report the report, the other party sent a bad news.
"Nani?"
An exclamation of Uemura Laixing came from Eagle Peak City.
"Big ...... My lord, after the villain conveyed the orders of the adults to the navy, several generals of the navy immediately rushed to support the city with the navy. However, when we were waiting to reach the vicinity of Mt. Takashima, we were suddenly ambushed. I couldn't wait, so I had to retreat to Yatsushiro Castle, but at this time, a huge naval army came from the sea, and attacked the harbor of my family, and Yashiro Castle immediately fell into a scuffle, and the villain was able to escape and report back to the adults after nine deaths. ”
"Trolls? Where are the trolls? Could it be the Luo family's water army? Uemura Yoshixing exclaimed. (To be continued......)