At this time, I saw Chang Zong and his relatives stood up, first bowed respectfully to Du Fei, and then said to the retainers with a solemn face: "I know that everyone is very uneasy at this moment.
, me too! The originally united Changzong family has become what it is today, and it’s all our fault, not yours, but our administration!”
As soon as these words came out, many people's faces turned as red as their buttocks: "Your Highness"
Nobuchika Chosogabu continued: "It was our failure to understand clearly that caused the villain Kutake Chinao to use the suspicion between us to sow discord, which resulted in the disunity among everyone today. I am here to apologize to everyone!"
Some people who originally harbored evil intentions couldn't help but lower their heads. The calmness and generosity of Nobumi Chosoga made them feel ashamed. Shiwa Kansuke's younger brother Shiheizou said with tears in his eyes: "Lord! We are sorry for you! Our Shiwa family
From now on, I will protect my family until the end!"
The rest of the people also leaned down one after another, they were sincerely convinced.
"Our ability to overcome this difficulty this time depends entirely on the strong support of our ally, His Highness Du Fei! I have decided that our family, the Chozonggabu family, will be his vassals from now on! Do you have any objections?" Yuanqin, the Chozonggabu family, made the timely suggestion.
this requirement.
What a shrewd person! What a tiger father and son! Du Fei couldn't help but secretly praise him. Because becoming a vassal is the most cost-effective way of belonging. You don't have to pay taxes to him, and you don't have to be directly under his jurisdiction. The only thing is that the camp must be consistent with him.
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This little guy has plotted against me now! Although Du Fei understood clearly, he was not angry at all, because he understood that Nobuchika, the leader of the clan, had no choice in doing this.
In this way, the Chosonggabu rebellion was put down. Du Fei carefully considered the current situation of the four countries: in addition to his outstanding performance, there are also two forces, the Chosonggabu and the Kono family. The Chosonggabu family has now
Belonging to oneself, only the Kono family who is loyal to the Mori family is left.
At this moment, the battle report of the Kinki Battle came from the ninja: Kinoshita Tokichiro and Shibata Katsuie were fighting a hard, excellent, evenly matched battle at Shidake!
Kinoshita Tokichiro led Niwa Nagahide, Sakuma Morinobu, Oda Nobuo, and other forces with about 28,000 people to launch a general attack on Shibata Katsuie's lair! Shibata Katsuie gathered Oda Nobutaka, Takigawa Kazumasu and others.
Twenty thousand people formed a camp step by step and began to engage in positional warfare with Tokichiro.
Since both sides in this battle went all out, they fought with extra caution. What was originally expected to be an offensive battle turned into a chess-like battle of positions and attrition!
"Okay! Thank you for your hard work!" Du Fei nodded to the ninja: "Continue to investigate! Come back and report as soon as there is new progress!"
"Yes! Lord! We are divided into two groups, one group is currently conducting reconnaissance, and the other group is lined up on the road of information transmission so that the information can be spread accurately and quickly!" The ninja said confidently.
Du Fei was stunned for a moment: "How clever! Who came up with this idea? Is it you?"
"Hey, I'm sorry," the ninja scratched his ear and said, "I came up with this method in order to spread the news quickly. In this way, although there are many people using it, one person after another will always ensure that the ninja who delivers the message is energetic.
, the propagation speed is also twice as fast as the ordinary method!”
"What's your name?" Du Fei picked up the tea that Luo Ji personally brought and took a sip.
"My name is Uozumi Shizuoka, Your Highness!"
"After completing this mission, you will come to my Guards. I need a clever guy like you now."
After Uozumi Shizuna thanked him and went out, Kai Soun said: "Now is the critical moment to decide the battle for Kinki Overlord. Don't we need to do something?"
"No need." Du Fei said calmly while looking at the situation map: "Now Tokichiro has greatly surpassed Shibata Katsuie in terms of military strength and popularity. Although Shibata Katsuie is militarily stronger than Tokichiro, it is the key to deciding the war.
It’s not just about military capabilities!”
As Du Fei said, Tokichiro is indeed inferior to Shibata Katsuie in military terms, so he chose to withdraw his troops even though he had a slight advantage in the last battle. He was avoiding a head-on conflict with Shibata Katsuie.
Shibata Katsuie is a comprehensive general. He not only knows how to fight fast attacks, but also knows how to fight a war of attrition. Under his careful deployment, Fujiyoshiro's barriers were gradually removed by him! The situation of the war also began to change dramatically!
At this moment, Sasaki Naimasa, who was hidden in Iga country by Shibata Katsuie, suddenly launched an attack! He took advantage of Hideyoshi's army to expedition to Kitanojo Castle, and led thousands of his troops to burn and occupy Tokichiro's rear city overnight, trying to cut him off.
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However, he did not fully follow Shibata Katsuie's instructions and wait for the two sides to form a large-scale battle before taking action. As a result, Hideyoshi, who had been hiding the main force, left thousands of defenders at the Nakamura Castle stronghold, and the rest of the people rushed back to clean up.
The mischievous Sasaki Narimasa.
Katsuie Shibata, who knew the speed of Tokichiro's march, issued a ban and prohibited all generals from attacking Nakamura Castle. He knew that Tokichiro's usual style was to suddenly appear in front of his opponent at an unexpected marching speed, and then launch a surprise attack on the opponent!
At this time, Shibata Katsuie also felt an unprecedented pressure. He had gone through hundreds of battles in his life and had never been defeated miserably, even when facing the military god Uesugi Yushin. But this time, looking out at the vast night,
For the first time he felt a sense of fear and uneasiness
At this time, the waiter informed that Maeda Toshiie wanted to see him.
He was interrupted from his thoughts and said impatiently: "Let him in!"
I saw Maeda Toshiie's face was solemn at this time, his eyes were firm, as if he had made some determination.
"Inuchiyo, what are you doing?" Shibata Katsuie seemed very powerful at this time, not at all as energetic as the former No. 1 general of the Oda family!
"Shibata-dono! I'm here to tell you frankly that I can't bear to be an enemy of my friend Tokichiro. Please allow me to switch to his camp!" Maeda Toshiie said word by word!
"What!" Shibata Katsuie was stunned in surprise: Are you too direct?
He thought deeply that he knew Maeda Toshiie's temper. He would never do one thing to his face and do the other behind his back. He must have been determined to surrender to Tokichiro.
"That's fine," Shibata Katsuie said suddenly and generously: "I know your relationship with him. I'm very pleased that you can tell it openly and don't act as an insider. This is why I have always admired you."
"Sir!" Maeda Toshiie burst into tears: "If only you were not enemies!"
"It would be nice not to be an enemy, haha." Shibata Katsuie smiled dejectedly: "Some things are beyond our control, maybe it's the arrangement of fate."
The two of them suddenly fell silent.
After a while, Shibata Katsuie broke the embarrassment: "The war is about to begin, and by then it will be too late."
"Sir! Please take care of yourself! Please forgive Inuchiyo for his infidelity!" After saying this, Maeda Toshiie fell deeply on the ground.
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At this time, Tokichiro is in a hurry and is chasing his old enemy——Sasa Narimasa.
Sasaki Narimasa was also very smart this time. He did not go to war with Tokichiro stupidly, but led a small and brisk force to keep going in circles with Tokichiro's army.
Tokichiro complained endlessly, and after catching up with the enemy, he retreated after a short fight! Just when he was about to stop and rest for a while, those annoying guys appeared out of nowhere again, and fired a hail of arrows at his army!
And as soon as he launched his offensive, his opponent fled again!!
His general, Kanbei Kuroda, suggested: The enemy is deliberately engaging in harassment warfare! They should divide their forces to intercept them!
So he divided the troops into four parts. Kuroda Kanbei led the first team and was stationed from the original castle; Takenaka Hanbei led the second team and was stationed at Yamato Koriyama Castle; Kinoshita Koichiro led the third team from Iga.
Stationed at Ueno Castle; he led the rest of the cavalry to pursue Sasanagi Masajun!
At this time, Sasaki Namasa was dumbfounded. Not only was the troop behind him chasing extremely fast, but why did he always have large groups of enemy troops there?! After being attacked head-on several times, he had no choice but to lead the troops in despair.
He fled with the remaining soldiers.
After defeating Sasanagi Masa's army, Tokichiro planned to rest in place for a few days, but a piece of news cheered him up instantly!
The general under Shibata Katsuie, Sakuma Katsumasa, known as the "Kigenbo", finally couldn't stand his loneliness, and despite Shibata Katsuie's ban, he privately led troops to attack Nakamura Castle!