Chapter 988: The Tragedy of Changzong's Tribe
Mei Ji and a certain chase fight, so that the passers-by along the way to Gakufu Castle Castle Town stopped to watch, but neither the passers-by nor the town's patrol team patrolling by did not intervene to stop the two, but instead made way for them.
In this way, the two chased until the moat bridge connecting the south gate of Gakufu Castle to the castle town, and the soldiers guarding the bridgehead and the south gate guard on the other side of the bridge did not stop after seeing that it was Mihime, so that both of them passed through the two checkpoints directly, but when the two entered Gakufu Castle and came to the courtyard of the castle tower, the guards there intervened to stop Mihime and Ichijo Kaneda. After all, this is a family powerhouse, and even Mei Ji can't mess around, let alone enter at will.
At this time, Masarashi had just finished meeting with the young second son of Kanetsugu Liver Fuki, who had arrived from Osumi Province in southern Kyushu Province, and his main room (Shimazu Tadaya's daughter, Shimazu Takahisa's sister). From now on, this young second son of Liver Fu and Step-Son will become the puppet of the Luo family, and the Liver Fu family has also become a member of the normal retainer family of the Luo family, and these two mothers and sons will also live a peaceful life in the town of Xuefu Castle, and when the second son of Liver Fu and Step-son comes to Yuanfu, he will also inherit the position of the governor of the Liver Fu family, even if he cannot become a retainer of the Luo family, but he can also live a leisurely rich life through the income of the territory of the Guò Liver Fu family in Osumi Province controlled by the Luo family.
Just after sending off the two mothers and sons, Masarashi received an urgent report from the samurai guards, and when he learned that Ichijo Kaneda was actually bullied by Mihime, Masara was also taken aback, and at the same time felt a headache for Mihime's daughter. I hope this daughter doesn't make too much trouble for him.
And when he came to the courtyard of His Excellency the Castle Tower. Ichijo's important retainer, Toi Sozan, had also arrived ahead of schedule. As for the governor of his family, Ichijo Kaneda, at this time, he was hiding under the protection of Doi Zongshan and others like a bullied little daughter-in-law, and he was staring at Mei Ji with a panicked face. As for Mei Ji herself, after seeing Masa-ra coming, she made a grimace at Masa-ra with a "hum", then turned around and ran away, it seemed that she was preparing to go out of the city.
"Hey! This daughter looks like this time after being at home. She needs to discipline her mother, Matsumiko, well. Looking at the back of Mei Ji trotting away, Zheng Liang couldn't help but think in his heart.
As for Doi Zongshan's side, he really felt incredible when he saw Mei Ji grimacing at Masahiro and trotting away a little disregard for women's etiquette, first of all, he finally understood why the panicked family governor Ichijo Kane Yuan would constantly ask him never to marry such a woman, in Toi Zongshan's opinion, if such a princess of the Luo family was married back home, it would really make the entire family uneasy.
Secondly, he also told him before that his daughter needs to let her decide her own karma. In the mind of Doi Soshan. The daughter is just a political tool, and now Luo Zhengliang would say such a thing. It really amazed him. It's just that now after seeing Luo Zhengliang's daughter, he finally understands:
"I have heard that the eagles of Kyushu often do something unusual to ordinary people, and now it seems that it is indeed worthy of its reputation. It can really be said that there is a kind of father and what kind of daughter. ”
Zhengliang naturally didn't know what Tuju Zongshan was thinking at this time, but in his thinking, with the strength of the Luo family at this time, there was indeed no need to sell his daughter in exchange for political capital, otherwise it would be too much. Especially after seeing the appearance of a contemplation at this time, Zhengliang couldn't push his daughter into the kang even more.
And after the two sides made a decision in their hearts, Masara came to the front of Doi Zongshan and said with a smile:
"Your Excellency, it seems that the alliance between your and my two families has already come to fruition."
"Indeed, the family is willing to accept the alliance conditions of the Luo family." After hearing this, Doi Zongshan also smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement.
According to the previous discussions between the two sides, the two sides only concluded a simple alliance this time, and the alliance between the two sides did not include any mutual support in terms of technology and materials, but only the need to send troops to support the other side at the invitation of the other side. In addition, the navy of the Luo family will not be allowed to enter the sea area under the jurisdiction of the Luo family's navy without permission, while the Luo family's navy can get material support and even the help of the local navy from the coast of the family after obtaining the permission of the family.
At the same time, a family must not prohibit people in its territory from going to the territory of the Luo family (mainly for ordinary people such as ronins and displaced people who go to the Luo family), and if necessary, it is also necessary to provide material support to these people who have taken refuge in the Luo family, and the Luo family will return the materials to the Luo family afterwards.
As for the conditions for the alliance between the two sides this time, there are two possibilities, one is that if the princess of the Luo family is willing, the two sides will marry, so as to conclude an alliance; Second, when the princess of the Luo family is unwilling to marry, the hostages will be sent by a family. The hostage will settle in the castle town of the Luo family, and the safety of the hostage will be guaranteed by the Luo family, except for the necessary maids.
And this hostage is the princess of the Ichijo family, and the sister of the ten-year-old sister, Ashita (also known as Ichijo Kita in history). In history, the princess of the Ichijo family was married to the Ito family, who was across the sea from the Ichijo family. When the Ito family was invaded by the Shimazu family and lost even the territory of the castle, the Ito family had no choice but to ask for help from their neighboring allies, the Otomo family.
Although Otomo Yoshijin (legal name Sorin), who was the governor of the Otomo family at the time, agreed to the request of the Ito family, Otomo Yoshijin, who had a penchant for wife control, also fell in love with the two wives of the Ito family, Ashita and Ahu (Ito Yoshiyi's daughter). After some hard work, they finally rescued Ashita and Ahu, and the Ito family finally escaped from the territory of the Otomo family and fled to Shikoku to settle down.
Of course, Masara didn't deliberately ask for her to be taken hostage because he fell in love with Akita's beauty, in fact, Masara had his own plans, and this princess of the Ichijo family might have a role in it, so he made this decision.
In this way, the two families finally reached an agreement to form an alliance. As an important witness to this alliance, Ichijo Kaneji, who was supposed to be Masayo's son-in-law, quickly returned to Tosa Province afterwards. In the eyes of this young governor. The territory of the Luo family has become a concentration of devils, and even after returning home, the family governor wrote a book "The Legend of the Ghost Queen" in addition to his heart, which is specially used to describe the situation of Mei Ji and others and what they have seen and heard in the Luo family.
What the ghost makes is that this "The Legend of the Ghost Queen" has been passed down to later generations, and has even become an important historical basis for later generations to study the relationship between the Luo family and the Yi family, and a combination of the same is judged by the brick family of later generations to be the daughter of the crush on the male lord Luo Zhengliang.
As the news of the alliance with the Roshi family reached the Tosa family of Ichijo, the entire Ichijo family immediately rejoiced. After all, not only did they avoid the conflict with the overlord Luo family, but they also got a strong backing.
The Ichijo family is happy, but some people are very unhappy.
In the port town of Kamado Castle on the coast of Nagaoka County, Tosa Province, the new governor of the Chosamune Ibe family, the head of the Nagamune Ibe family, was sitting on the main seat of the room with a solemn face.
After all these years of development, at this time, the Nagazong Ibu family has completely controlled the two counties of Xiangmi and Nagaoka among the seven counties of Tosa Province, Anzu, Xiangmei, Nagaoka, Tosa, Gokawa, Takaoka, and Hata, and also controlled most of Tosa County and a small part of Yasui County, as for the Sworn Enemy of the Nagazong Ibu family, the Motoyama family, was just defeated to the Nagazong Ibu family in a big war last year.
This battle is the famous Battle of Nagahama in history, and thanks to the help of Usuki Kensu and Takanobu Takaszoji (who later went into seclusion behind the scenes to develop his forces in order to avoid the intensification of conflicts with the head relatives of Chosamune), Chosho Ibu developed faster than in history. Just last year, the Chozong family captured the strong city of the Benshan family, Changbin Castle.
After learning of the loss of Nagahama Castle, the Motoyama family immediately gathered all their main forces for a counterattack. The two sides set up positions near Nagahama Castle again. After fighting for many hours, the Benshan Army, which had an absolute advantage in the number of soldiers (according to historical records, there were more than 2,000 people in the Benshan Army and less than 1,000 in the Guoqin Army), collapsed under the fierce assault of the Changzong Army, which was full of desire for revenge.
In this joint battle, most of the elites of the Benshan family were killed in battle, and many retainers were taken down, and the morale of the Changzong family was unprecedentedly high. Subsequently, the army led by Chomune and my army directly took Urado Castle, and the soldiers came to the home city of the main mountain and Asakura Castle was just around the corner.
However, even because of the appearance of the Luo family and the help of Usuki Jiansu and others, this battle took place ahead of schedule (in history, the battle only took place in 1561), it still could not change the tragedy of Changzong and my country.
The elderly Nagasune-Ibu Kuni-kin, who was over-exhausted from the Battle of Nagahama, unfortunately fell seriously ill and died in a military tent under Urado Castle (the historical Chosō-Ibu Kunibu also died of illness in 1561). And before the death of Changzong and my country, he was unusually sober and excited, and immediately after laughing, he was very sad (back to light?). After that, he called the heir Changzong and my relatives to him and said: "My unfulfilled wish in my life, my son must kill this mountain and sacrifice it in front of my spirit!" ”
The hero is dying, and his death is also sad, think about the life of Changzong and my country, and the hatred of the family is like a boulder pressing on his heart (Changzong and my family were originally destroyed by the Benshan family, and Changzong and my father committed suicide at that time, and the Changzong and my family who took refuge in a family at a young age were later helped by a family to regain the lost territory, and then used the strategy of using marriage and step-adoption to control many wealthy families, although these wealthy families seem to be relatively independent, but they are closely united around the main family, It is the diplomatic strategy of the national relatives that makes many wealthy families willing to do it, forming an alliance posture and relatively preserving the strength of the main family. In addition, even more valuable are people. And as a father, the national relatives can be said to be fully qualified, which of the brothers of the Yuan family is not a good general: the second son Kira is pro-Zhen, the third son Xiangzong is pro-Tai, and the fourth son of the island is close to the battle in the future not to destroy the name of the main family. So, with the efforts of Changzong and my country, Changzong and my family became stronger again), no wonder Changzong and my family laughed before he died, and death may be more of a relief and comfort for him; After laughing, I am afraid that it is not only as simple as failing to avenge my father in person, but also a trace of helplessness and sadness for my life. It is true that in the troubled times of the Warring States, many people have lost the right to choose their lives.
On the one hand, he did not slow down his attack on the Motoyama clan, and captured the coast of Urado Bay in the Nagahama Battle, and then began to attack the territory of the Motoyama clan in central Tosa with Asakura Castle as the center, and on the other hand, he began to pay attention to the other two powerful families of Tosa Province, the Ichichi family and the Yasuki family.
At this time, the sworn enemy of the Chozong family, the Motoyama family, only had the territory of one county left, and it was still the end of the strong crossbow, and sooner or later it would be destroyed by the Chozong family, and at this time, the head relatives of the Nagazong and Ibu who also had the determination to dominate the Tosa country had naturally pointed their goals in advance as the two roadblocks to their domination of the Tosa country, the Ichijo family in the west and the Anyu family in the south.
Some people may think that the relatives of Changzong and my department are really ungrateful, after all, it was the acceptance and support of a family that made the family of Changzong and my family reach today's height, and now the relatives of Changzong and my department are starting the idea of a family?
Hehe, in this era, even fathers, sons, and brothers will kill each other for the sake of profit, not to mention a family that only has the grace of help and support? For the sake of their own hegemony, the relatives of Changzong and my department will naturally not care about these favors.
Since I have long coveted the Ichijo family, the Changzong and my relatives are naturally very concerned about the situation of the Ichijo family, and now after learning that the Ichijo family has formed an alliance with the Luo family, the Changzong and my relatives are really anxious. After all, with the backing of the Luo family, it not only indicates that the power of the Luo family has begun to infiltrate the Tosa family, but also in the event of a conflict between the Nagazong family and the Ichijo family in the future, the Ichijo family is very likely to receive the support of the Luo family. Such a situation is not good for the Changzong family in any case.
"It is imperative that the alliance between the Ichijo family and the Luo family fails."
On the main seat of the house, the head of the Changzong and my department said to the usu who was also sitting in the room. What is strange is that the head of the Chozong department seems to have been difficult to get along with Takanobu of Ryozusaki Temple, a friend of Usuki Jiansu, but he trusts Usuki Jiansu very much.
"Lord, please rest assured, you will hand it over to your subordinates as soon as you get it." The mortar was quickly commanded. Whether it is for himself or for the sake of the Changzong family, this time it is true that the Luo family cannot be allowed to form an alliance with the Ichijo family. (To be continued......)