Chapter 743: The Contradictions of Suppressing the Rebellion
Kaji Jingzuna was promoted by Shiba Yiyin and became the deputy of the village Shinchang. Because the general was not welcomed by the young and strong faction in Yangbei, she was supported instead.
She is a descendant of the Kachi family. Although she comes from a side branch, she is ultimately part of Sasaki's party.
Each family in Yangbei had their own motives for countering the rebellion and were unwilling to expend their strength for this purpose. They would rather watch the Sasaki Party's territory being beaten to a pulp before reacting.
This cruel approach deeply hurt the hearts of the samurai warriors of the Sasaki clan among the imperial people, and also made the energetic young warriors look down upon them.
Niigata Castle, the protected city of Niigatazu, is holding a military meeting.
As the leader of the formation, Honjo Shigenaga sat in the main seat, followed by Yamanaka Yukimori, who was supervising the battle. Yasuda Nagahide, Mizuhara Mitsuke, Kaji Keizuna were present, and the other ladies were at the bottom and obeyed orders.
Kaji Jingzuna said.
"The emperor ordered that before the end of spring plowing, the chaos in Xinfatian should be subsided.
Now that Xinfatian Changdun has withdrawn his army, why don't we see the various families pursuing them bravely, but instead stop and wait and see? What's the reason for this?
Lord Takemata Keizuna has sent a letter asking for help, and the rebels turned eastward and prepared to attack Takemata Castle.
Once Takemata Castle is captured, the central part of Shimotsu, relying on the side of the Echigo Mountains, will all be occupied by the rebels.
If they defend the city and the central part of Shimotsu rots, how can this rebellion end in a short while? How can we explain to the imperial office of Yasuda Castle?"
Jingji Jingzuna knew that he was a man of few words, so he could only use Shiba Yiyin's tiger skin to pressure each family to go to war.
Yasuda Nagahide and Mizuhara Mitsuru who were present remained calm. As long as the war did not affect the Omi Party's territory, they did not bother to care about anything else.
In the Niigatajin ambush, the Omi Party fought hard and showed its face. Even if they slacked off at this time, it would not be considered a fault after the war.
Seeing that spring plowing was approaching, no family had the intention of marching to quell the rebellion, so it would not be conspicuous for them to be among them.
Even if the imperial court blamed him in the future, it would be Jindai Honjo Nobunaga and the governor Yukimori Yamazaka who took the blame. It was none of their business.
The two members of the Omi party pretended not to hear, but Honjo Shigenaga was a little annoyed when Kaji Kagetsuna criticized him face to face. She glanced at Yamanaka Yukimori beside her, feeling fearful in her heart.
Although the two of them are deliberately getting closer these days, she knows that if she takes down Kaji Jingzuna in the name of disobeying her superior, Yamanaka Yukimori will never stand idly by.
Yoshigan Shiba obviously wants to support Katsuki Tsuna in order to pacify the Sasaki Party after the war, so she cannot act arbitrarily.
Katsuki Kagetsuna is not stupid. She doesn't talk about herself, she only talks about Shiba Yigen's orders, and Honjo Shigenaga has nothing to say.
Kachi Kagetsuna is from the Kachi family. She cares about her fellow clan members and hopes that her family will suffer less losses in this war.
If each family does not move, the four families of the Sasaki Party will soon kill each other.
If there is no preparation for spring plowing at the beginning of spring, if the war expands, the wheat seeds sown in late autumn and early winter may be affected. There will be little food harvest in the next summer and autumn harvests, and the Sasaki Party's territory will turn into a famine hell.
It's understandable that Katsuki Kagetsuna was worried and had a fierce attitude. But the matter itself was endorsed by Shiba Yiyin, and Honjo Shigenaga was just a scapegoat.
Sibo Yiyin was determined to break the unity of Yangbei Zhongzhong group and turn the families of Xiayue into a mess.
The Sasaki Party committed fratricide, and the Yangbei clan looked on with cold eyes. No matter how bad the suppression of the rebellion was, it was the Yangbei clan's warrior Ji who died, and the heart of the Yangbei clan was chilled.
This strategy was proposed by Honjo Shigenaga, and Yasuda Nagahide and other Yangbei leaders understood it, and they often scolded this traitor for giving birth to a daughter without any eyes.
But the selfish Wu family will not stand up for others just because they understand. Each family in the Yangbei family pretended not to understand, and first sealed the border to protect their own territory.
However, Shiba Yiyin did not object, but he acquiesced in letting Shigenaga do it.
This vicious strategy is too hurtful. Of course, the upright Spo Yiyin cannot support it, and he cannot even know about the perverse behavior of our village.
He led Shima's powerful Kanto Shiba people to press the battle at Yasuda Castle, just to avoid this tragedy.
Kaji Jingzuna can understand the truth, but she has to pretend not to understand. She can blame Yang Beizhong and Honjo Shimaga. But for Shiba Yiyin, she can only be grateful.
Kachi Kagetsuna cannot just watch the Sasaki party, especially the Kachi family, rot, so he can only use the x flag to fight against the x flag.
She used Shiba Yoshigan's order to accuse Honjo Nobunaga, who was carrying out Shiba Yoshigan's will, which made Honjo Nobunaga very angry.
I have already taken the blame. This is for the continuation of the family business. There is nothing we can do.
But you little girl is really a master at pretending to be confused. You pointed at me and said that this was not the blame that the master asked me to bear. I took the blame by mistake.
I’m sorry, I’m mentally ill. I was born against my will and like to be a teenager?
Seeing Honjo Shigenaga's face turned grim after being slapped in the face by Kaji Keizuna, Yamanaka Yukimori hesitated and decided to come forward to make peace with him.
"Kadi Ji, what you said is unfair.
The weather is cold and the ground is freezing, so it is difficult to mobilize troops from the upper and central Vietnam. The main force for this battle can only be the loyal men of each family in the lower Yue. I, Zhuang Ji, must also consider the actual situation of each family.
Now that spring is approaching, the roads are becoming increasingly muddy and preparations for spring plowing are busy. It is normal for everyone to have concerns, and it is understandable that they are slow to act.
The emperor has issued an order to put down the rebellion before the spring plowing ends, and there is plenty of time now. You'd better be calm and wait and see what I do."
It was a good thing that Yamanaka Yukimori didn't speak, but as soon as he said this, he offended people from three parties.
Honjo Noganaga frowned slightly. Yamanaka Yukimori spoke for her on his face, but pointed out that she was unable to command the Yangbei clan and was incompetent this time.
The families in Yangbei were unable to command, and they had to think of ways to drive them to kill each other. This evil man was so frustrated that he couldn't get over it.
The two concubines Yasuda and Mizuhara looked at each other. Yamanaka Yukimori's words clearly indicated that the families in Xia Yue were disobedient and did not listen to the orders of the imperial court. This accusation was unacceptable. It was given to others for fear of being settled by someone else.
Kaji Jingzuna was even more dissatisfied, saying that everyone was busy with spring plowing, but Sasaki's party was delaying the plowing. When people starve to death due to famine, you don't care after all, it's not your own family members who die, right?
Honjo Shigenaga held his breath and remained silent, Yasuda Nagahide bowed and said.
"Master Yamanaka clearly knows that we, the Yasuda and Mizuhara families, have always followed the instructions of the imperial family.
Set up the Kanto Servant Princess Warriors for the winter, mobilize the army to coordinate and ambush the rebels. Cooperate fully and refuse to be left behind.
Now that the families in the north are not moving, our two families are not strong enough to march alone, and we are taking orders under the command of our Lord. How can you say that we have selfish motives?
These words have chilled the hearts of loyal ministers, so I cannot accept them."
After saying that, she bowed again, remained silent, and lowered her head to make a sign of grievance. The Mizuhara Manjia next to her pretended to be angry but did not dare to speak and disobeyed Shangfeng, looking sad and angry.