Mori family Yasuki Province [Yoshida-gun mountain castle]

Maori Moto, who is already over seventy years old, is getting worse and worse, but he still has too many things to do, such as Shikoku and Kyushu.

Under the pretext of helping the Kono family under the order of Mori Motosa, Kobayakawa Takakei had already led 10,000 troops into Iyo Province to fight against the Utsunomiya family and the Tosa Ichijo family, expanding the influence of the Mori family on the island of Shikoku.

In the direction of Kyushu, in order to weaken the Otomo family, Yuan took out his housekeeping skills and reversed the Chikuzen country's powerful countrymen Akizuki Seed, Munakata Clan, and Takahashi Clan; The Otomo sect sent Toji Kanren and Yoshihiro Kanri to lead an army of 20,000 to suppress the rebellion.

Toji Kanren is the future Tachibana Michiyuki, and Yoshihiro Kanri is the future Takahashi Shaoyun, and is collectively known as Otomo Shuangbi.

Entering the early stage of Chikuzen Province's counterinsurgency, the Great Friendly Army can be described as overwhelming, successively capturing five cities and twelve fortresses, and at this time, the Great Friendly Army gradually relaxed its initial vigilance, and the sergeants became arrogant, and even the Toji Commander could not suppress the arrogance of the samurai in the army.

Soon the Great Friendly Army will suffer a painful lesson, 20,000 Great Friendly troops were stationed in Akimatsu by the 4,000 troops led by Akizuki Tanemi, the Great Friendly Army scattered and fled in the confusion and stampede, and then other nearby Autumn Moon Coalition forces also joined the battle to encircle and suppress the Great Friendly Army, and the Great Friendly Army suffered a heavy defeat.

Toji Kanren and others could only withdraw from Chikuzen Province with a small number of remnants, and this defeat also seriously damaged the prestige of the Otomo family; At the instigation of Mori Motosa, the lord of Chikuzen National Hanayama Castle, Tachibana Tsukashi, announced that he would leave the Otomo family and join the Mori side.

Tachibanayama Castle is different from Takatoriyama Castle and Muneakata Castle in Akizuki, and its castle is built on the top of a mountain more than 300 meters high, and the castle is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has always been an important stronghold for the Great Friendly Army to control Chikuzen Province, and Tachibanayama Castle is close to Hakata Bay, a famous trading port in Kyushu.

Tachibana's betrayal completely angered Otomo Soscale, and the trade route of Hakata Bay to Korea and the Ming Kingdom was extremely important to the Otomo family, how could Tachibana Yama Castle be allowed to fall into the hands of Maori, so Otomo Munescale personally led an army of 25,000 people straight to Tachibana Yama Castle.

Under the onslaught of the Otomo clan at any cost, Tachibanayama Castle fell after holding out for a month, and Tachibana was killed; Maori Yuan originally wanted to send troops to rescue, but before the Maori army could be assembled, Tachibana Mountain Castle was breached, and Maori Yuan did not expect that Otomo Zonglu would take back Tachibana Mountain Castle at such a cost.

Seeing that the influence of the Otomo family in Chikuzen Province is gradually recovering, Mori Yuan began to sit still, he spent a lot of effort in Chikuzen Province, and he must not see the success fall short, so from September this year, Mori Yuan issued a mobilization order, preparing to start a decisive battle with the Otomo family in Chikuzen Province, even if he dragged his sick body, he had to go out in person, and he must pacify Kitakyushu in his lifetime.

At this time, Mao Liyuan was personally writing all kinds of documents in the room, and he wanted to make sure that he went to Kyushu to fight a war, so the big and small Chinese families would receive the pleadings signed by him personally.

"My lord, please be sure to pay attention to your body."

"Oh, it's Ah Cha! It's true that the physical strength is not as good as before. ”

Ah Cha put on a coat for Maori Yuan intimately, and looked at him with some distress; One of the two sons of the Great Lord was in the process of attacking and preparing for the battle, and the other was fighting in the Four Kingdoms, and His Royal Highness Hui Yuan, who was inexperienced, could not share much for the Great Lord; If only His Royal Highness Long Yuan hadn't died young.

"Please have some food! How can the body stand it if it goes on like this? ”

Yuan pulled the coat on his body, looked at the young Ah Cha in front of him, his big watery eyes with a distressing expression, how could he bear to refuse; But his body knows that he has severe pain in his chest and abdomen from time to time, and he has no appetite.

Despite his health, he still took the miso soup and rice handed over by Ah Cha and reluctantly ate two bites.

"My lord, the lord of the world is asking to see you."

There was a sound from outside the door, Yuan put down the brush in his hand and closed his eyes, and Ah Cha began to rub his temples for Yuan intimately.

"Let him in!"

"Oh!"

After a few moments, the door was pushed open by the side, and the world ghost sat down outside the door.

"Is there anything important about the political decision?"

"Oh! The subordinates stumbled upon the news of the Niko family in Kyoto, and the former ministers of the Niko family supported the son Shiro of Niko Seihisa as the main master, and tried to revive the Niko family, and during this time, the remnants of the Niko family were very active in Kyoto, and they often corresponded with the Kyoto government of the Oda family, whether to monitor them. ”

"The Nizi family?"

Yuan opened his eyes and was a little puzzled, Nizi Yoshijiu was under house arrest by himself, and now he has found a replacement for the Shingong Party! Yuan sneered in his heart, a rabble, how can such a trivial matter be paid special attention.

"I'm asking you to pay attention to the situation of the Oda family, not for the sake of the remnants of the Niko, let them go! There won't be much movement, decades of grievances have long been understood, if they stay in Gyeonggi with peace of mind, why not live in the Rinzi family! ”

Maybe it's because he's old, and he doesn't want to do a lot of things, although he hates Nizi for a long time, but he also learns a lot from him, and the current rabble of the Nizi family can't make big waves anymore, so let them go!

Mao Liyuan could not have imagined at this time that he would soon pay a terrible price for his arrogance.

"Oh! Obey the order, something strange happened some time ago, Niko Koshiro was assassinated, and Kyoto is rumored to be the work of my Maori family, but my subordinates are sure that no orders have been issued, and the energy of the family is in the countries of Bizen, and Kyoto has always been short of manpower. ”

"Humph! Is it true that I'm a villain like the Ukita Naoya? Leave this matter alone, what is the situation of the Oda family? ”

This is what Yuan really cares about, after all, the forces that can control Kyoto must pay special attention.

"Oda Nobunaga returned to Gifu after Kamilo, Murai Sadakatsu is renovating the Ouchi and Nijo Imperial Palace, some time ago the Oda Army and the Miyoshi Army fought together in Katsuryuji Castle, the Oda family won, after this war, Yamato Kunimatsu Nagahide chose to take refuge in Oda Nobunaga, Tsutsui Shunkei should not last long under the attack of the Oda Army and the Matsunaga Army, Kii, Nagashima, Settsu, and Iga all appeared anti-Oda forces, and Oda Nobunaga did not mobilize the army to go to Lo again for the time being."

"Hmm."

Yuan closed his eyes again, enjoying the massage of Ah Cha, just as he thought, Gyeonggi was a big quagmire, and the Oda family didn't know if they would be dragged to death in Gyeonggi. This is also the reason why the Mori Yuan opposed the eastward expansion, because the various political forces of the Gyeonggi countries were intertwined, and it was extremely difficult to establish effective rule, so it was better to develop the power of the Mori family to Kyushu and become invincible in the future.

The Otomo family is currently the main direction of the Maori family.

"Zhengding, it just so happens that you are here, you personally go to Shikoku to tell Longjing that you are ready to withdraw to An Yun under the condition of ensuring the safety of the army, and I will arrange for the Murakami Navy to go to pick it up, and the official documents will be issued after Huiyuan convenes and assesses."

"Huh? Are we going to give up Iyo Province? ”

"Go ahead!"

"Yes!"

Shigui Masadi didn't dare to ask the big lord what he thought anymore, so he could only hurriedly go down and prepare to go to Shikoku Island.

Mao Liyuan looked at the documents with different names written in front of him, and his eyes became as sharp as an eagle, don't let me down!