"Your Highness, do you still remember the prophecies I made in the past?"
This is what Amano Keitoku said to Yu Qiuping after learning about the rude request of the Congress.
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"They are not chickens, but eagles, birds of prey. They only focus on profit, and will launch attacks at all costs. The reason why they dare not disobey His Highness is because the wings of the young eagles have not yet grown hard. Wait until they
As their power takes shape, the Yuqiu family is afraid that they can only become their pawns, why hasn’t Your Highness made preparations earlier?"
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"Yes, you are right."
But maybe when the eaglets grow up, the hunter will let go and go into hiding.
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On November 14, the third year of Tianzheng (1575), after the wounded and sick had basically recovered and returned to the army, the Hongye Army once again embarked on the southern expedition. Before departure, Xiang Zong's Qin Tai personally came to see Yu Qiuping off.
As Yu Qiuping expected, he was indeed blackmailed severely by the businessmen of the Congress. Not long ago, the businessmen of the Congress had just forced their old rival Yu Qiuping to agree to quite harsh conditions, and their morale was booming. See
When such a stupid young man comes to your door, how can you resist ruthlessly ripping him off?
According to the agreement between the two parties, the Diet and Tosa conducted large-scale trade. The Diet merchants used grain to purchase large quantities of wood, tea, lacquer, mulberry, cotton and other Tosa specialties from Motochika Chosogabe. After this trade, they
They will also gain exclusive rights to operate these trades - completely driving out the merchants of Tosa and Shikoku.
After Yu Qiuping heard about the treaty, he deeply mourned for the Changzong family - they obviously did not realize how exaggerated the conditions were. The businessmen in the Congress were also a little unbelievable after reaching the agreement and did not understand.
Why did the Chosogabe family agree so readily? But considering that they did not have enough understanding in the previous investment and factory negotiations, the businessmen were no longer suspicious. However, seeing the cake in Tosa getting bigger and bigger, the businessmen
They are also becoming more and more worried about the safety of those assets. If the chief minister turns his back and seizes all those assets, Congress will lose a lot of money.
Therefore, on the one hand, they urged Yu Qiuping to step up the construction of the navy - according to Itami Yasuki's current progress, the first batch of naval ships will probably be able to go to sea after the Chinese New Year, and the training of navy sailors and captains will also be put on the agenda.
.At the same time, after communicating with Yu Qiuping and Amano Keitoku, they also did some shameful things-sent a large number of crow personnel to begin to infiltrate the Changsonggabe family, and at the same time bribed the personnel of the Changsonggabe family.
Naturally, the infiltration of allies cannot be carried out through the channel of the Military Intelligence Department, but requires the intervention of crows. Businessmen in the National Assembly hope to have sufficient information. As long as there is trouble within the Chang Zong family, there is an intention to confiscate their assets.
, they can also prepare early.
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This time Yu Qiupei sent troops, he did not follow Oda Nobunaga's request like last time and relied solely on his own force. After obtaining Oda Nobunaga's permission (mainly because of Yu Qiupei's last failure), Oda
Nobunaga realized that it was difficult to conquer Kii with brute force alone), and Amano Keitoku began a large-scale mobilization work. The first target of their rebellion was the second largest force among the Kii people -
—The roots come to the public.
Entering Kii from Hanoi Izumi, there are three roads: the east road, the middle road, and the west road. The last time Yu Qiuping marched, he only chose the east road and the west road instead of taking the middle road. The reason is very simple: the middle road is really difficult to break through. Take the middle road to enter
Naga County needs to cross the Izumi Mountains. And on this narrow mountain road, there is the strong city Senseokugaki Castle. As one of the important strongholds of the Neraizu, the Senseokugaki Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and with the large number of Neraizu,
Iron cannons are obviously not something that can be easily conquered.
However, the reason why we can't march on this road is based on one premise - the Genlai people will fight hard to resist. If the Genlai people will fall to the Yuqiu family's side, then the situation will be completely different.
For this reason, Yu Qiupei personally came to apologize to Hatakeyama Takamasa for Oda Nobunaga's last abruptness, hoping that he could come forward to mobilize his old subordinates. At Yu Qiupei's request, Hatakeyama Takamasa agreed to Crow's request.
, as a liaison between the two parties.
The current situation of the Nelai Zhong is not good - the people of Kii Country are in chaos at the moment. Everyone is suspicious of each other, conflicts continue, and even the leadership of the Zahe Zhong is questioned. In order to restrain the Zahe Zhong, Tsuda
The sage-stricken Nelaizhong was picked up by the small wealthy family. Tsuda-samasa himself had no intention of conflicting with Zagazhong, but Suzuki Shigei had regarded the powerful Nelaizhong as a thorn in his side, and even withheld some of the money that should have been returned to Nelaizhong.
The supply of food to the public caused great dissatisfaction within the Genlai Zhong, and Tsuda seemed to be unable to suppress it. He was very worried about whether a conflict would break out between the Zahe Zhong and the Genlai Zhong in the future.
At this moment, news came that the Red Leaf Army was about to march south again. The people of Kii had just distributed the food, and they didn't have much food on hand. This year's autumn harvest suffered heavy losses. How could they cope with another collective mobilization?
Suzuki Shigeyoshi, who congratulated the public, immediately asked the people to collect the food that was still in the hands of the people - which naturally caused strong dissatisfaction from the people. Amano Keitoku's crow took the opportunity to instigate the four counties in the north of Kii Province.
Immediately a large-scale uprising broke out, causing the people of the country to panic.
The reason why there hasn't been an outbreak in Genlaizhong's territory is because Tsuda has not ordered the collection of grain for a long time. He is a lord who loves the people and is not willing to let the people suffer like this. He is also desperate about the prospect of war - Yu Qiuping does not need it.
To defeat them, just attack them once every year during spring plowing and autumn harvest, and the people of Kii Kingdom will collapse without a fight.
Just when he was in conflict, Hatakeyama Takamasa, the head of the Hatakeyama family who had been followed by Negrai for generations, sent a messenger and introduced him to several ninjas from Crow.
If you can join Yu Qiuping's side, you will no longer have to make unnecessary sacrifices in a hopeless war, and you will also protect the people in your territory from another harm.
Out of the dignity of the Kii people and the tradition of unity, Tsuda rejected Ame Akihei's request. However, not long after, his former master Hatakeyama Takamasa came to Neraiji Temple to meet him in person, leaving him at a loss for what to do.
Under the persuasion of Hatakeyama Takamasa, Tsuda was moved by his old master's kindness and agreed with great difficulty. However, he hoped that the Yuqiu family could give a guarantee for the safety of his territory - but this was done by Yuqiu Ping.
Because according to the agreement between him and the Congress, the treatment of Kii will be the same as the treatment of Kawachi Izumi.
All wealthy families need to sign a lease bill and rent the land to the Yuqiu family, which will manage it uniformly. At the same time, the people's personal freedom and freedom of career choice must not be restricted. In exchange, the leaders of the wealthy families who vote for the Yuqiu family can
Obtain a seat in the House of Representatives, and at the same time receive generous rents and salaries. The territory of the temple will be completely recovered - this is Oda Nobunaga's request, and the territory of the Ichigo clan cannot be retained. Of course, as compensation, part of the troops of the wealthy families
Part of the establishment will be retained and organized into the Kii Guard Force to maintain public order, and military power will still be in the hands of the people.
Although this condition was slightly unacceptable to Tsuda Sunamasa, Ya didn't give him much room to think. Ya's ninja warned him tactfully that the Yuqiu family only treated him with courtesy first. If Tsuda Sunamasa rejected the proposal, Yu Qiu would
The Qiu family's determination to pacify Kii will not waver in the slightest. When the Genlaizhong are defeated, they will no longer even have a decent identity. If they agree now, no matter what, they will have the nominal sovereignty of the territory and a share of it.
A generous salary is indispensable.
Under tremendous pressure, Tsuda finally agreed to Yu Qiupei's conditions. He carried out purges at home, put all those who opposed the peace talks under house arrest, and blocked the news from other people in Kii. However, although he blocked
However, Amano Keitoku secretly spread the news that the Genlai people had turned to the Yuqiu family, causing a storm in Kii. At the same time, Amano Keitoku also sent envoys to various small wealthy families, and his attitude towards them
Conduct consultation. When the Yuqiu family's troops are pressing down on the border, there are many Chinese people who choose to side with the Yuqiu family or remain neutral.
When Suzuki Shigei once again called on the people across the country to unite to resist the Yuqiu family, the troops he had summoned were only half of the ones in Qiu. The Genlai people and other people all used various excuses to shirk, but Suzuki Shigei was helpless.
The troops don't have time to take care of them,
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Yu Qiuping's expedition was divided into three routes. The west route army was still led by him personally, including Mingdi Bei, Xiliu Bei and the cavalry company, with a total of 3,400 soldiers and 6,000 auxiliary troops. They attacked Mingcao County along the coast. The middle route
The army consisted of 1,500 combat troops and 3,000 auxiliary troops from Fukushima Anchor's Tokiwabei. They crossed the Izumi Mountains, passed through Senseki Castle Kai and Neraizu, and then appeared together in Naga County. The East Route Army consisted of Ikeda Tsuneki's troops.
4,000 men marched to Takanoguchi to attack Ito County.
The reason why Tokiwabi was arranged to take the middle route was the suggestion given by Amano Keitoku. This is because Yu Qiupei's eldest son, Yu Qiu Shang, after being promoted for meritorious service, is now serving as the deputy company commander of the Sui Atomic Sutra in the Second Company of Tokiwabi.
The eldest son sent Genlai Zhong to show his trust in Genlai Zhong and the Yuqiu family's sincerity.
As the Yuqiu family's army pressed forward, Suzuki Shigeyoshi, who was stretched thin, had to abandon part of the defense line and concentrate his forces to defend the western front, leaving only a small number of troops on the east and middle roads. Because the western front belonged to the Yuqiu family.
The main force and the frontline are also directed towards Zaga Castle, which is the most important point anyway. The eastern route is far away, and it will take a long time to reach Zaga Castle. As for the middle route, Suzuki Shigei can no longer care about it.
, we can only hope that the Nelai Zhong can rely on the terrain to block Tokiwa Bei - As for whether the rumored Nelai Zhong turned to the Yuqiu family is true, Suzuki Shigei did not think about it and did not dare to think about it.
If the Genlai people really fall to the Yuqiu family, then everything will be over.