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Volume 1 Hero?  devil?  Chapter 13: The bottom overcomes the top

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    In early November of the 23rd year of Tenmon (AD 1554), the reaction of the imperial court was well known to the Date family. To Masahira of Tsurushi Castle, Higashi-Harima, who had just experienced a disastrous defeat, was like being stripped naked.  Beautiful women who have taken off their clothes are usually left to his liking.

    After learning that Katayama Morinaga defeated Akamatsu Harumasa and Miki Touaki, then immediately withdrew from the battlefield, leaving a lot of trouble to Kodera Noriuki, and then entered Muroyama Castle, Masahira immediately summoned his staff to discuss how to deal with Touaki.  The current situation in Harima.

    Faced with the challenge of Iwami Kuniyoshi and Masaori Iwami, the chaos in Izumo Country, and another battlefield in Harima Country, it is enough to show that Masahira is already confident about the future.  Noyama Masutomo had a different opinion. He suggested: "My lord, after listening to the report from Katayama Morinaga and Urakami Masamune, I discovered a detail that is worthy of discussion."

    Zheng Heng was slightly stunned and asked: "What details?"

    Masamune Noyama organized his speech and replied: "In the last paragraph, I heard from Katayama Morinaga and Urakami Masamune's report that after they defeated the coalition forces of Akamatsu Harumasa and Miki Touaki, half an hour later  We just met the Kodera Army. As far as I know, the head of the Kodera family, Kodera, obviously does not have the courage to do so and dares to send troops after our victory. There is room for discussion. "

    ¨‹ Masahira frowned slightly. He also found it a little unbelievable. Masahiro Kodera saw with his own eyes Akamatsu Harumasa and Miki Touaki who were beaten to the point of losing their temper, yet they dared to come out to fight against a victorious army with high morale.  After a big fight, say he is brave or there is something wrong with his brain.

    Masato Noyama confidently said: "The Kodera clan is based on Himeji Castle and Gozhu Castle. It is a concubine of the Uno clan of Harima's guardian daimyo Akamatsu. In addition, this time he followed Akamatsu Harumasa to send troops. Therefore.  Even if we go to persuade, the rebels may not be willing to surrender to us. However, I can know from the details of the report that Kodera's political position does not have such great courage, so someone must urge him to go to war, and this person is the best person who can become our internal response.  The perfect candidate.¡±

    Himeji Castle?  !  ,

    Zhengheng suddenly thought that among his reputation, Himeji Castle had indeed produced a remarkable person, but now this extraordinary person was probably just a little kid with a muddy nose and a runny nose. He nodded slightly.  He said: "Well, take down Tatsuno Castle first as punishment? Katayama Morinaga has meritorious service in this battle, so let his son Katayama Hironaga receive Tatsuno Castle. The salary is tentatively set at 12,000 koku."

    Katayama Masuchi who sat down and bowed his head immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I bow my head." However, there was not much objection from the crowd. Katayama father and son can be regarded as ministers of the dragon, following Masahira in the south and north, and they were very effective. Katayama  Morinaga was fighting abroad, and his son Katayama Morinaga served as the captain of the personal guard to protect him. Now, one of them has gone to the United States to serve as the leader of Tsubowa.  A man who became the city lord of Tatsuno Castle in Harima Kingdom could be said to be a man of great honor.

    Except for Tatsuno Castle as punishment.  Zhengheng had no idea of ????entering into Nishi-Harima Country.  Although Nishi Harima has just experienced a tragic defeat, there are still some remaining forces.  Once we attack with all our strength, we are afraid of causing everyone's grief. If the castles are demolished one by one, it will take a long time to gain more than the loss, and it will also give Sanhao Changqing room to strategize.  At the same time, it can be said that the Date family is currently unstable internally and externally, and it is better to use static braking.  Of course, the internal situation is static, but externally, it needs to be divided and disintegrated to create a situation that is beneficial to the Date family.

    In addition to the Kodera family who want to focus on differentiation, all ministers have mentioned some cities or names that will be the targets of differentiation.  Although differentiation work requires a lot of money and manpower, past experience shows that it is far more economical than the cost of fighting the enemy.

    ¡° Moreover, the Date family, which has acquired the two mines of Iwami Ginzan and Bitchu Copper Mountain, can now be said to be much better off economically.

    Under the gray sky, after Akamatsu Harumasa fled back to Shioki Castle in embarrassment a few days ago, bad news came back one after another. It can be said that there were three shocks in one day. Akamatsu Masahide, the lord of Tatsuno Castle who had always supported him, resisted to no avail.  Later he died in the city.

    Shioki Castle also began to become unstable. Akamatsu Harumasa's legitimate son Gisuke, who was determined to restore the glory of the Akamatsu family, bluntly stated before the war that he could not be an enemy of the Date family. Akamatsu Harumasa's disastrous defeat further proved that  confirmed his correctness.

    "Giyu, this coward, what does he know!" Hearing the rumors in the city, Akamatsu Harumasa was furious and opened his red eyes that had not slept well for several days. His cloudy eyes were full of thoughts.  The hatred of the eldest son, Giyuu.

    When Akamatsu Harumasa learned about the death of his most important retainer, Akamatsu Masahide, he thought, if the power in the family gradually tilts towards Giyu, I should exile Giyu to Kyoto as soon as possible and leave the position of the crown prince to him.  Young second son.

    He told himself his thoughtsHis concubine Kana, obviously not everyone is as secretive as he expected. The younger and stronger Akamatsu Yisuke had already conquered his concubine during his expedition, and in the blink of an eye, he told the secret to his new lover.  Yoshisuke Akamatsu.

    Akamatsu Yoshisuke was able to mess around with his stepmother while his father was on the war. Obviously, he was not as great as he claimed. After learning that his father wanted to exile him, he immediately had the idea of ????strike first.  He thought to himself: "Now that my father has been defeated and his prestige has been lost, Akamatsu Masahide has died in the city, and the city is empty and powerless. With more than a hundred people under his control, it seems not difficult to attack his father's city."

    After thinking everything through, Akamatsu Yoshisuke's heartbeat quickened and his breathing seemed extremely chaotic. Then it gradually calmed down. He seemed to have made up his mind, and then said to his attendants: "Bring Namba Yagoro and Takashima Satafu over.  Me." Namba Yagoro and Takashima Satao are the most capable men under Akamatsu Gisuke.

    In early December of the 23rd year of Tenmon (1554), when the imperial court's decree declaring Akamatsu Harumasa as an enemy of the court reached Harima Province, Shioki Castle once again fell into chaos. This time, it was Akamatsu Harumasa and him.  The fight between the eldest son Akamatsu Yoshisuke.

    If Akamatsu Yoshisuke plotted a rebellion as soon as he heard the news, he would probably have a high chance of success, but he was too cautious. The less people knew about the rebellion, the better. He didn't know Takashima Sato at all.  Taifu was the undercover agent sent by his father.

    ¡° Infernal Affairs turns back and forth between the two father and son, which is really amazing.

    When Akamatsu Harumasa learned that Akamatsu Yoshisuke wanted to exile him, he certainly would not wait in vain to be exiled from Harima Country. In addition, the Date family had not made any other moves since the loss of Tatsuno Castle. This made Akamatsu Harumasa must be rewarded with a heavy reward.  A brave man recruited some people to work for him.

    As a result, the father and son went on a killing spree in Yanchi Castle. Akamatsu Harumasa was defeated step by step, and finally had to run away from Yanchi Castle. Fortunately, the imperial court's decree still had a certain effect, but no one around Huanshou dared to take him in.  He, even Akamatsu Masahide, who originally took him in historically, had already died before him.

    Akamatsu Yoshisuke's crusade against his father was a violation of ethics and morality. Although he had the support of the imperial court, what happened next forced him to face the situation of betrayal and alienation.  Akamatsu Harumasa died and committed seppuku at Akamatsu Family Bodhi Temple Songanji Temple.

    The death of Akamatsu Harumasa caught Akamatsu Yoshisuke off guard. What caught him even more off guard was that the originally well-promised covenant between Miyoshi Chokei and him was gone. Even Miyoshi Chokei was unwilling to endorse a person who had betrayed everyone.  .

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    When Akamatsu Harumasa died unexpectedly and Akamatsu Yoshisuke was tired of running for his life, the relationship between Gozuki Castle and Himeji Castle also became tense due to the visit of the Date family.  Himeji Castle was the original stronghold of the Kodera clan. Although it was not a big city, it was very strong.

    In the battle of Prince Town, Kodera Masagi succeeded in attacking, but he did not get any benefits. Instead, he gained a reputation as an enemy. It was really not worth the loss. What made him even more resentful was that Kodera Masaru, who urged him to attack, got benefits from the battle.  reputation.

    Promoting the reputation of Kodera Shitaka inside and outside the territory of Kodera has the intention of replacing Kodera's political position. At this moment, the news of Akamatsu Yoshiyu's murder of his father Harumasa came, which made this panic even worse, especially when the same interests  The slanderous words of the damaged Kushibashi Sakyo Ryo and others made the relationship between the two cities suddenly become tense, and it seemed that they would fight if they disagreed.

    The sudden changes in Harima Country reached the ears of Katayama Morinaga and Hironaga and his son who were stationed in Tatsuno Castle. Katayama Morinaga said to Katayama Hironaga: "We finally have a chance!" He quickly sent people to spread the news back to the country.  , and attached a suggestion to take advantage of the opportunity to seize Nishi Harima.

    After learning about the sudden changes in Harima Country, and knowing that he had the title of Harimamori, Masahiro began to use all his strength to carry out differentiation tactics.  Most of the wealthy lords and generals close to Date's territory accepted Date's persuasion.  Zhengheng suddenly increased the number of people and money spent on decentralization work, and the results were impressive.

    No matter how much it costs, it is far more cost-effective to use division to make the enemy surrender than to fight.  With Iwami Ginzan in his possession, Zhenghei no longer has much to worry about financially. It has already penetrated into his mind that the things that money can do are not things at all.

    Twenty-three years of astronomy are finally coming to an end, and snow begins to fall in the land of sunny skies in mid-December. At the end of December, the snow falls even deeper.  At the end of the year, three young councilors, Haruyuki Imadegawa, took the imperial decree from the boundary town and boarded a merchant ship bound for Kurashiki Port. They were accompanied by nearly thirty ministers. In addition to them, there was also the Tsuda clan of Tennojiya.  Da.  (To be continued, please searchSuopiao Astronomy, the novels are better and updated faster!
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