On September 11, the sixth year of Tensho (1578), the Oda army attacked Ako Castle, the last stronghold of the Miyoshi family in Nishi-Harima, after resting. The Maori army, Ukita army and Urakami army came to reinforce, but were blocked by the Oda army.
Under the bombardment of Jingzhebei, Ako Castle fell. Miyoshi Yoshihiro led the few remaining troops to escape into Bizen territory, and then returned to Shikoku Island.
After that, the Oda family left Amakihei to guard the Harima border, while Hashiba Hideyoshi returned to Miki Castle and besieged the city with Akechi Mitsuhide. Under the planning of Hashiba Hideyoshi, the Oda army cut off all grain roads near Miki Castle and forced the castle town to
People poured into Miki Castle, which increased the food pressure on Miki Castle. In the end, Miki Castle, with no hope of reinforcements, surrendered due to lack of food. The city lord Bessho Nagaharu committed seppuku in exchange for the lives of all the soldiers in the city.
At this point, the entire territory of Harima was pacified, and the last remaining power of the Miyoshi family on Honshu Island was expelled. With the destruction of the Awaji Navy, shipping in the entire Tohoku Seto Inland Sea was also controlled by the Momiji Fleet, and the merchant ships of Sakai Town were completely free.
Unimpeded access to various ports without having to worry about pirate attacks. The Nagasogabe family of Tosa also took advantage of the absence of the main force of the Miyoshi family to counterattack and recaptured Susaki Castle, a key town in central Tosa, from the Miyoshi family.
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Seeing that the situation was over, the Maori family also led their troops to evacuate and return home. After the Maori army withdrew, the Red Leaf Army handed over the frontline positions to the Hashiba Army and withdrew into its territory. Oda Nobunaga's reward soon came.
Now - the post of guardian of Awaji and Awaji Island that was previously promised after Amakihei's Battle of Kurigara and Hokuriku Raiders was sealed to Amakihei, allowing the Momiji Fleet to have a large number of good ports in the Seto Inland Sea.
Hashiba Hideyoshi also became Harima, the commander of the 500,000-koku army in Northern Settsu. Oda Nobunaga did not embarrass the Nizi family too much. Although Kamigetsu Castle was eventually lost, he still sealed the territory of 50,000 koku around Kamigetsu Castle.
He sold Nizi Katsuhisa and let him be Hashiba Hideyoshi's Yuli - it is conceivable that the relationship between the regiment commander and Yuli will definitely be very bad. Hashiba Hideyoshi sold Nizi Katsuhisa, causing him to lose many subordinates, and even
The reward has also been reduced by half.
After Yu Qiupei withdrew his troops and returned to Hanoi, Oda Nobunaga also stopped the siege of Ishiyama Gobo - in front of the solid city defense of Ishiyama Gobo, the Oda family's attack failed again. Ishiyama Gobo seems to have become the Oda army's
The nightmare comes every year and retreats in despair. It is said that Oda Nobunaga was very dissatisfied with Sakuma Nobumori and even hit him on the head with a riding crop before leaving.
The first thing Yu Qiuping did when he returned to the territory was to deal with the occupation of Awaji Island. What's more convenient is that Awaji Country's stone is not high and its population is not large. And the wealthy families on Awaji Island are basically the Awaji Navy.
members of the Awaji Eighteen Families. Most of them abandoned their territory and evacuated to Shikoku along with Nobuyasu Anzaya, so the acceptance of Awaji Island was not as complicated as Kii. Uakiuhei gave Naoe Tadayei full responsibility for the inspection of the new territory.
, the roads were cleared, the issue of acting officials was posted, and lease agreements were signed with all the wealthy families who stayed in Awaji Country, and their territories were exchanged for favorable treatment, allowing them to enter the House of Lords like the previous wealthy families of Hanoi and Izumi Kii.
.The court of Hatakeyama Takamasa also sent a group of judges to various villages in Awaji Province to set up courts.
Umekihei planned to leave a reserve force in Awaji Island to garrison and rotate it every three months. At the same time, he would build forts in important coastal areas and expand the port of Awaji Island to facilitate the parking of the Momiji Fleet.
After the Naruto Sea Station, the Momiji Fleet also lost more than half, with heavy casualties. If you want to regain your strength, you must wait until the ships under construction are launched and the training of new sailors is completed. Awaji Country has a lot of high-quality wood and skilled craftsmen.
Pirates and fishermen have provided a lot of convenience for the navy's recovery.
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Just as Yu Qiuping finished what he was doing, the trouble he had long expected came. As expected, Sawaki Yoshiyuki, who was ordered to deliver orders to Yu Qiuping, just arrived at Maple Leaf Mountain City and immediately found Yu Qiuping, cursing him, and brought him along with him.
Ikeda Hengxing, who was taking the wind and washing away the dust, was also sprayed.
"Tell me what the hell is this called? What is it called? Why isn't it me this time?"
Sawaki Yoshiyuki made a lot of noise in the store, scaring away many nearby customers. Yu Qiuping looked at the embarrassed store owner standing next to him, and quietly handed him a few taels of silver, who
He bowed gratefully again and again, then retreated, evacuating the guests sitting under Yu Qiuping's seats, fearing that Yoshiyuki Sawaki would suddenly smash something and accidentally injure innocent people.
"The first time it was my brother, Asura, and Mr. Bupo. The three of them made countless achievements in the north and south, and I didn't have any objection at all. The second time was Brother Hengxing, and I didn't have time to celebrate! Well, the third time was
Hosokawa Fujitaka came out of nowhere. He was obviously a young man who defected from the general's family, but he could be regarded as Yuri. Did he agree that Yuri was a close confidant of the lord? Well, I tolerated it. After all, Hosokawa
Fujitaka has made great contributions to our family. What is this Nizi family this time? They are no match for our Oda family. They came here to ask for help, and then they were beaten to a pulp. When they came back, they got 50,000 koku of territory.
?I put my head in my pants and worked hard for my master’s family, but I still don’t have 50,000 dan for so many years!”
"Isn't this the influence of the Tunizi family in China..." Yu Qiuping waved his hands and tried to comfort Sawaki Yoshiyuki, but the latter was not relieved and threw his chopsticks to the ground, "This is unfair! Unfair!
How can I be convinced by this?"
Even Ikeda Tsuneaki, who usually shouts and yells, obediently remained silent at this moment, which shows how deep the resentment of Sawaki Yoshiyuki is.
"Well, I guess the Lord's order for me to conquer the Four Kingdoms is coming soon. Once I conquer one or two countries in the Four Kingdoms, I guess you, Brother Hengxing, will be moved to the Four Kingdoms to become the lord of a big city. By then, this
I will leave Kishiwada Castle to you. I called my lord and asked you to take charge of it. What do you think?" Ame Qiupei smiled and patted Sawaki Yoshiyuki on the shoulder, and gave a quite tempting proposal. Sure enough, Sawaki
Liangzhi stopped cursing immediately and looked at Yu Qiuping with sparkling eyes.
"Hongye, you have always been true to your promises, and you must keep your word!" Yoshiyuki Sawaki immediately leaned towards Yu Qiuping, and held Yu Qiuping's forearm tightly with his hand, for fear of fear
It was as if he had run away, "Kishiwada Castle must be kept for me!"
"Don't worry, don't worry." Before Yu Qiuping said anything, Ikeda Hengxing laughed and said, "Recently, Hongye people are in high spirits during happy events. How can they regret it?"
"What happy event?" Sawaki Yoshiyuki asked curiously, tilting his head.
"Those two brats don't quarrel anymore." Ikeda Hengxing smiled and looked at Yu Qiuping, who was also giggling to himself at the moment.
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At this moment, in the wilderness outside Maple Leaf Mountain City, Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You sneezed simultaneously.
The two brothers were galloping around the forest in the wilderness, competing to see who could complete a lap faster. They had reached the final sprint stage, and the two sides were still neck and neck. But Yu Qiuyou's sneeze happened to be in the middle of the field.
The moment the horse's front hoof hit the ground just affected its power and balance, and in the end, it lost to Yu Qiu Shang by a hair's breadth.
"Haha, another bad luck. Luck is also part of strength." Yu Qiuyou laughed, reined in the horse and slowed down slowly, and gave Yu Qiu Shang a slap in the face as his horse turned around. They had been waiting for a long time.
, Naoe Touhei urged the horse to catch up from behind, panting heavily and finally crossing the finish line, then he collapsed on the horse from exhaustion, hugging the horse's neck and motionless.
"Ping-kun, what are you talking about?" Yu Qiucen, who had been waiting at the finish line for a long time, walked up to Naoe Denping's horse with dissatisfaction and pulled his horse's rein hard, almost knocking out Naoe.
Dengping got off his horse and said, "My eldest and second brothers have already arrived. It was almost time for a cup of tea before you arrived!"
"Brother Shang'er and Brother Yu'er are both talented masters. How can I compare to them?" Naoe Nobuei sighed sadly, "I shouldn't have to compete with them. I'm exhausted."
"Look over there!" Yu Qiucen suddenly pointed to the distance with some worry - Chacha, who was also waiting at the finish line with Yu Qiucen, was embarrassed and didn't know what to do, because Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You were walking side by side towards each other.
He came over. Chacha held her breath, not knowing how to greet the two of them.
"Miss Chacha, I hope you can forgive me for my rude offense earlier." However, to Chacha's surprise, Yu Qiuyou bowed to her first, "I won't bother you anymore, I wish you well!"
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"Alas!" Chacha was stunned when she heard this, and was at a loss for a moment, but Yu Qiuyou didn't give her time to react. He turned around and patted Yu Qiu Shang on the shoulder with a smile, then led the two horses to tie the reins.
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"Brother Shang'er?" Chacha looked at Yu Qiu Shang in confusion, not knowing what happened. Yu Qiu Shang didn't explain much, just smiled a little shyly, and when Cha Cha took out a towel to wipe his sweat.
When the time came, I gently helped Chacha tidy up the messy hair on her temples.
"Huh?" After seeing the development in the distance, Yu Qiucen was also stunned. "Although I found that the eldest brother and the second brother were no longer at odds, I thought they would still..."
"It seems that there is no problem now?" Yu Qiucen muttered to himself in disbelief, then nodded and said, "It seems that there is really no problem!"
"Yeah!" Yu Qiucen, who had figured it out, jumped three feet high, raised his arms excitedly, and smiled at Naoe Touhei, "My eldest brother and second brother finally reconciled! They have been quarreling for so long.
It’s awkward, but it’s no longer noisy! That’s great!”
"Hehe, it's not easy." Naoe Touhei also smiled on the horse, but when he turned over and dismounted, his expression was a little worried. He had chatted with Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You after they returned from the battle.
Know how their mentality has changed.
In the New Year of the seventh year of Tianzheng (1579), the Yuqiu family spent time in harmony. All affairs were on track, and the conflict between Yu Qiuping's two sons that had been troubled for a long time came to an end. The Yuqiu family and Naojiang
The Zhongping family gathered together for a lively New Year's Eve dinner, and Yu Qiuping had a rare drink, which showed how good his mood was.
Holding his lover in his arms and watching his children laughing and playing happily, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt that his life was complete.
However, Naoe Touhei's expression was always a bit gloomy, but he hid it well enough that even Yu Qiucen, who had been sitting next to him, didn't notice it.
Brother Shang'er must be worthy of everyone, and Brother Youer must do his part...
But if you treat everyone well, you often fail to fulfill your duty. If you want to fulfill your duty, you must be sorry to someone...
Naoe Nobuei took a sip of wine silently, and then laughed and joked with Yu Qiucen again.
Chapter completed!