Chapter 669: Ouchi's countermeasures

The main castle of the Ouchi clan, Yamaguchi Castle.

This city, which was built because of the Ouchi clan, is now witnessing the glory of the Ouchi clan.

Ouchi Yoshiko recruited all the troops of the entire Ouchi clan, and for a time I don't know how many troops gathered in Yamaguchi Castle.

Yamaguchi Castle is located on the island of Honshu, and it is also located near the mountains and the sea. The terrain in the north gradually becomes higher, and not far from the south is Zhoufang Bay, and beyond this sea area, it is Kyushu.

It has been several generations since the Ouchi clan dominated the western kingdom and moved the castle to Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi Castle is where Ouchi's roots are located.

One by one, the banners were flying, but they all succumbed to the Ouchi clan's Ouchi Ling. The black background and white stripes of the Ouchi ryoshi flutter everywhere.

The tallest building in Yamaguchi Castle is inside the castle tower.

Ouchi Yoshihei looked down from a high place and took it all in. It seems that the countless restless soldiers and horses under the city have given Ouchi Yoshixing infinite courage.

Kurokawa Yoshinori stood behind Ouchi Yoshixing and said, "Your Highness, the Yongjun Sailor has arrived in Busan. ”

Ouchi Yoshixing said: "How is the appearance of the Yongjun Naval Division? ”

Kurokawa Yoshinori hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness is not capable of being an enemy. He was afraid of being called cowardly, so he hurriedly said: "The Yongjun army has hundreds of big ships, it is like mountains and seas, and on each big ship, there are dozens of national collapses, and the warships of our gate are not opponents at all, in order to spy on the opponent, the merchant ships under the subordinates have lost nearly half." The two sides have also seen the situation of the battle, and our warships will not be able to get close to each other at all, and they will be blown to pieces. Connecting to the broadside battle can't be fought. ”

There are so many places to make up for the level of shipbuilding in Japan.

These Japanese ships, which were already small and had a lot of irrationalities in their structure, were bombarded by artillery and almost immediately fell apart. Few can eat a few rounds of cannons. This is a fact of the past. Zhu Houhuang's fleet and the Japanese navy are not of the same order of magnitude at all, not to mention that the Japanese sailors do not have a professional naval army, most of them are pirates. How can it be compared with Dongyong's battle-hardened sailors.

Ouchi Yoshixing actually has some understanding of this result in his heart.

Otherwise, he wouldn't just send a merchant ship to investigate, instead of sending the Ouchi family's sailors to intercept it.

The Ouchi clan almost monopolized the trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty, how could there be no sailors, not to be honest, there is almost no big difference between the sailors of the Ouchi clan and the merchant ships of the Ouchi clan. Perhaps the sailors on the ships were a little more ferocious. But this is the same thing for Dongyong Water Master. Because the Ouchi clan simply does not have the ability to connect with Dongyong.

Ouchi Yoshihei quietly listened to Kurokawa Yoshinori explain these sea conditions one by one.

Ouchi Yoshixing is a little nostalgic for the sect.

The sect knew that those things had to be reported, and those things did not need to be reported repeatedly. From this point of view, it is obvious that this heir of the sect cannot be said to be qualified.

Ouchi Yoshixing waited for him to finish speaking, and said ambiguously: "You go down." "I didn't express a yes or no opinion on Kurokawa's opinion.

Ouchi Yoshiko waited for Kurokawa Yoshinori to retreat and said, "Yoshitaka come in." ”

Yoshitaka Ouchi opened the paper door and walked in, knelt behind Yoshiyuki Ouchi, saluted, and said, "Meet my father." ”

Ouchi Yoshixing didn't turn around and said, "Yoshitaka, you've heard about the situation just now, tell me, what is your opinion?" ”

Ouchi Yoshitaka secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly: "It's good that my father didn't blame me for eavesdropping." Then he remembered Ouchi Yoshixing's question, and he said: "Father, the strength of the sea is the strength of the sea after all, no matter what, they will always go ashore, the mountain shore, the child is willing to take the Ouchi warriors to meet the Yongjun for a while." ”

Ouchi Yoshihei sighed and said, "If you are just such a knowledge, how can I rest assured that I will hand over the inheritance of the Ouchi family to you?" ”

Ouchi Yoshitaka said: "Father, the Spring and Autumn Period is in its prime, why do you say such things. ”

"Life and death are impermanent. Elong, you must take on the responsibility of the Ouchi family. Ouchi Yoshixing said: "Don't say anything else, how to deal with those national collapses, have you thought about it, it is not one or two, but hundreds, thousands?" ”

Yoshitaka Ouchi didn't know what to say for a while.

The so-called collapse of the country. It refers to artillery, and the Japanese think that the power of this artillery can suppress a country, and the so-called collapse of the country is called, of course, this may also be that a country in Japan is too small. However, it can be seen from this that artillery has a deterrent effect on Japan.

Ships can't go ashore, but artillery can.

As soon as he thought of this, Yoshitaka Ouchi didn't know what to say. In the face of such a large number of artillery, the battle was almost doomed. But I want Yongjun to ask the head of the head of the Ouchi family to apologize. As a son, how can he let someone kill his father. Yoshitaka Ouchi didn't pay attention.

Ouchi Yoshixing turned around and said, "Yoshitaka, you said that I would exchange my head for the survival of the Ouchi family, and I also look down on you, you are really suitable to be a minister, not a daimyo." ”

"Father, the child will never dare, the child asks the father to abdicate, and the child becomes the head of the Ouchi family, and uses the child's head to exchange Dongyong's retreat." Yoshitaka Ouchi said out of nowhere.

Ouchi Yoshixing was a little moved, but more disappointed. said: "I'm over half a hundred years old, how many years can I live?" If you die, and I die in a few years, who will the Ouchi family hand over? Have you thought about it? ”

A qualified samurai heir is not easy to cultivate, not only to have personal ability, but also to have the support of forces behind him, Ouchi Yoshitaka not only represents himself, but also represents many forces in the Ouchi clan, if Ouchi Yoshitaka dies, Ouchi Yoshiko can hardly cultivate an heir suitable for the interests of all the forces of the Ouchi clan, which shows that Ouchi Yoshiko must change the existing power structure of the Ouchi family, carry out a big purge, and pave the way for Ouchi Yoshitaka to come.

Yoshitaka Ouchi didn't know how to connect, so he could only bow his head, put his forehead on the back of his hand, and fold his hands together and place them on the floor.

Ouchi Yoshiyuki said, "Remember that I taught you one last lesson. Do you know that my Ouchi clan started at the time of explanation? ”

"Yes." Yoshitaka Ouchi is still very clear about the history of his family, and said, "The ancestor is the son of King Shengming of Baekje - Prince Rin. Prince Lin Sheng crossed the sea to Japan that year, and docked at Tatarahama in the territory of Zhou Fangguo, and the descendants left behind were called Duoduoliang clans, among which there was a family living in Ouchi Village, Zhou Fangguo, and then called Ouchi clan with the name of the place. ”

"Go on." Ouchi Yoshiyuki said.

"Yes." Ouchi Yoshitaka continued: "During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, my family was appointed as a daimyo and was the guardian of Zhou Fangguo, but at that time, the Ouchi family was divided into two branches, serving the Northern and Southern Dynasties respectively---" Speaking of this, Ouchi Yoshitaka seemed to understand the explanation, and the speed of his speech became slower and slower.

"Yes. This is the last lesson I want to give you, the survival of the family is above all else, this is the plan of the Middle Earth family, the Zhuge family, serving in the Three Kingdoms respectively, between each other, even if they kill the battlefield, they are merciless, as long as their family name and bloodline can be passed down, it is the best result. Ouchi Yoshiko said.

Ouchi Yoshitaka remembered that in the history of the Ouchi family, there were two splits, both of which were effective and different forces, and they were more fierce than enemies with each other. The losers were all killed, and they had already expected it in their hearts, and their bodies suddenly trembled, and they said, "Father, ---"

Ouchi Yoshixing said: "Yes, now that Ming Kou is here, it is menacing, my Ouchi family is not an opponent, if you can't defeat the opponent, then join them." The Ouchi clan must be willing to surrender to Dongyong and sacrifice their loyalty. ”

"Father----, do you want your son to surrender to Mingkou?" Yoshitaka Ouchi's hands clenched violently, his nails digging deep into the flesh, and drops of blood flowed out and blurred on the floor.

"I'm old," Ouchi Yoshixing said with a bit of sadness, "I don't want to live for a few years, and I don't want to have a reputation for apostate when I die." Please forgive me for my selfishness, I gave up the Ouchi family to fulfill my own reputation, but you must take on the responsibility of passing on the Ouchi family. ”