Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

On September 11, 29th year of Huaxia Wucheng, Xia Jun's leading fleet appeared outside Tosa Bay under the escort of a naval cruise ship. Kochi Fan (Tosa Fan), who thought Xia Jun might land in Shikoku, was shocked three times a day. In addition to immediately calling the police to Kyoto and Edo, they also asked for help from the surrounding Tokushima, Uwajima, Imabari, Iyo Matsuyama and other domains.However, Kochi Fan was actually a false alarm, and Xia Jun had no intention of landing in Tosa.

On September [-], the Xia Army fleet sailed through Tosa Chong and entered the Kii Waterway.

"The big thing, the big thing is not good." The terrified Nian Jizhong stumbled into the battle room of Inada Samoto in Sumoto Castle, and howled to the actual ruler of Awaji Kingdom with tears. "Xia people, Xia people sent envoys to ask, to ask us to withdraw from Zhouben City and hand over Awaji completely to Xia people's control."

"What!" the 43-year-old Inada Samoto stood up from his seat at a speed that was not commensurate with his age, grabbed the lapel of Nian Jizhong's chest, and asked sharply. "Can you say that again!"

"Xiaren, Xiaren!" The increasingly nervous Nian Jizhong replied indistinctly. "Xia people want it, let's give up the city."

Furious, Zuo Yuan turned away Nian Jizhong in front of him, and pulled out the knife from Xiao Xing's hand: "It's too much to bully!"

"My lord, my lord," the elder of the Daotian family immediately hugged Zuoyuan's thigh and wailed. "My lord, don't do it. Even Edo Castle was lost in one battle. How can the Inada family fight against the Xia people? This is an egg hitting a stone. For the sake of the Inada family's foundation, my lord, you must be patient. Don't do it for nothing." Momentary gains and losses ruin the overall situation.”

Zuo Yuan, whose hands and feet were cold according to the speeches of the elders, dropped the sword in his hand, and sat down on his knees: "It's over, everything is over, the family business passed down by Duke Zhiyuan will be cut off in my hands." "

Uemoto, as mentioned by Inada Samoto, is the righteous brother Inada Uemoto of Yokosuka Masakatsu, the first lord of the Tokushima Domain, and the two fought together for Toyotomi Hideyoshi.After Hideyoshi's conquest of the four countries, he intended to support Inada Uemoto as a daimyo, but unexpectedly Inada Uemoto refused, entered Awa, continued to belong to the Hachisuka family, and became a special retainer of Hachisuka's family.It can be said that the Inada clan has always served the Hachisuga clan as a guest general of the Hachisuga clan.Therefore, when the Hachisuka clan became the lord of Awa and Awaji, he granted the Inada clan [-] stones, which is equivalent to the daimyo's knowledge and knowledge, and allowed him to recruit retainers, and granted the Inada clan the title of Su Honjo, and appointed them. Governance Awaji.Therefore, it can also be said that Awaji is actually the territory of the Inada clan.

"My lord, there should be a turning point in this matter." Saying that, Zuo Yuan's family elder, Mr. Sanda Daidao, turned around and questioned Nian Jizhong who sent the letter. "You tell the matter carefully, what the Xia people told you, you repeat it verbatim."

Nian Jizhong was speechless, and it took a long time before he slapped his forehead: "My lord, Mr. Sanda, the envoy of the Xia people is still waiting at the port."

"Baga!" Mr. Mita Daidao cursed and ordered eagerly. "Not inviting envoys into the city yet"

"First, please ask the Daotian family to give up Zhouben City and the surrounding branch cities. After our army inspects it, it will be used as a place to garrison troops and food." Facing the master of the Daotian family and important ministers in front of him, the young Shouque captain said loudly without stage fright. Repeating the order from the top executives of the Zhengdong camp. "Second, our army may be stationed in Awaji, and we must not contact the residents of the island. Please ask the Inada family to restrain the landowners and servants from attacking our soldiers and provide them with food and grass. Of course, our army will also restrain the army with military discipline. disturb the people."

The members of the Inada family looked at each other, at a loss, and after a long silence, Mita spoke in stuttering Chinese: "The Inada family is just one of the vassals of the Yokosuka family in Tokushima, and they have the right to agree to your army's request. Do you want me to send someone across the sea to consult the master's opinion?"

"No need, although Sumoto Castle is not far from Tokushima Castle, it still takes a waste of time to travel. Our army is imminent. If the Inada family cannot agree, our army will take it by itself." What is a threat? This is the threat of Chiguoguo . "As for the Inada family being the servants of the Yokosuka family, if the Inada family can earnestly implement the above two rules, they will have the status of vassals in the future, and they will no longer be anyone's retainers, so they should not ask for anyone's opinion."

Threats and lures came together, and the Inada family couldn't stop them from top to bottom, so Mr. Mita Daidao resolutely made the decision for the master's family: "Don't worry, the angel of Shangguo, please give my family a day and a night, and my family will move out of Sumoto City." .”

The school lieutenant pressed further: "I'll give you one night at most. Tomorrow daytime, our army will enter the city for search."

Sanda looked at Zuo Yuan with a mournful face, and could only nod his head and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Shangguo, Zhouben City will be open tomorrow morning!"

The news that the Xia army occupied Sumoto City and controlled the entire Awaji spread like a shock wave. The Tokushima domain was filled with mourning, and the surrounding domains were also frightened. I am afraid that Xia Jun's next attack target will be himself.So the daring ones quickly sent people to Awaji to surrender their sincerity, while the timid ones gathered troops to defend their residences, and the shipping in the Seto Inland Sea was completely interrupted.

"Now the Wakayama domain has been completely exposed to Xia Kou's attack." Due to the distance, Edo's reaction to Awalu's change of hand is still unknown, so Tokugawa Yoshimune, who felt that asking for others is not as good as asking for himself, consulted his retainers. "what should we do?"

"It's too late to wait for Edo's reinforcements." In fact, snow is about to fall in the eastern country, and it is impossible for Edo's reinforcements to rush to Kinki for rescue under the wind and snow. "That's why I think it's time to ask for a name from the imperial court so that I can lead Kinki and Donghai clans to jointly resist Xia Kou's possible landing."

"I disagree with Mr. Ando's opinion." As a family elder with a family status, Masaki Hirohisa naturally proceeded from the highest interests of the Tokugawa family. "The gods finally suppressed the imperial court, but Mr. Ando wants to let them regain the highest reputation. This seems inappropriate, and the situation of the surrounding feudal clans is not satisfactory. The feudal clans are either only daring to defend themselves or have already secretly plotted with Xia Kou. For the Tongqu style, it is better to rely on the strength of the clan instead of relying on the guys at the two ends of the first mouse."

The stone height of the Jizhou Fan is 55 stones. According to the level of conscription in the Warring States Period, nearly ten thousand troops can be recruited. With the huge financial resources of the Wakayama Fan, in the end, Kizhou Bei, composed of only [-] full-time warriors from the Kizhou Fan, may be able to fight the Xia Army.

Of course, 500 people can't face the overwhelming Xia army directly, so Jizong also formed a number of local and rogue armed forces such as the volunteer team and the national service team. It's not impossible, and Masaki Hirohisa's plan is on these Langshi teams and local teams. [

"The coastal area of ​​the feudal domain is vast, so it is natural to divide troops to guard everywhere, but that is exactly the case. Xia Kou can't completely blockade the sea area. What I mean is to organize a surprise army and set fire to it while Xia Kou's warship is stationed at Awaji Port. Fen Zhi, even if he can't eliminate Xia Kou's main force, he still needs to dampen their spirits, let them know that Japan is not something to be lightly humiliated, and at the same time, use this to deter all feudal lords and force them to obey the orders of our vassal."

"Masaki-sama's idea is good, but the lessons of the Edo naval battle are not enough to compete with Xia Kou at sea." Another elder Kuno Nobunaga obviously did not like Hirohisa's idea. "I think that Xia people took Awaji to spend the winter. The weather in the east is freezing, and Xia people are here to store food and soldiers. Once spring begins, they will go straight to Edo. Before that, we just had to stick to Wakayama Castle. Why take the risk of fighting with them, you must know that victory is not enough to change the situation, but if you lose, it will shake the morale of the whole clan."

"Even if Xia Kou occupies Awaji just to spend the winter, how can we be sure that they will not attack the surrounding feudal clans during the period?" Masaki Hirohisa shook his head. "Once the Xia people want to attack the feudal clans, the descendants of the shogunate of the feudal clan will naturally be the first to attack. At that time, 500 people may not be enough to defend Wakayama Castle, and each team will have to enter the city. How can we give Xia Kou a disarm. "

"In this way, it is even more impossible to send troops to attack." Kuno retorted. "The Xia people might not attack the Jizhou clan originally, but once we send troops to attack, Xia Kou will come if he doesn't come. How will you let the clan defend at that time?"

"I'm afraid it's impossible to defend Wakayama Castle." Tokugawa Yoshimune suddenly interrupted when he heard this. "As one of the three imperial clans, the Xia people will never let it go easily. Therefore, we should make a plan for the Xia people to attack the city now, and this fan will fail to defend Wakayama Castle." Ji Zong ordered. "You immediately arrange for the family to evacuate Wakayama up and down, and the supplies in the city must also be withdrawn. Kishu Bei can't stay in the city, so just choose a Fenggong team loyal to the vassal to guard the city."

"My lord, give up the city?" The elders present were taken aback for a moment, but soon understood Ji Zong's intentions. "My lord is right, now we can only evacuate the old, weak, women and children to the countryside."

Now that he had made the worst plan, Ji Zong broke the can and broke the pot: "In my opinion, the surprise army will still be dispatched. Even if it fails, the battle of the clan will be famous all over the world, so that the Xia people know that Japan is not easy to do it." conquered."

Just as the so-called obedience and listening, the elders present are also smart old people. Of course, they understand Jizong’s plan. This is to sacrifice some low-level vassals to gain political prestige for Jizong himself. I have to say that this is a good deal. The lives of a few low-level warriors can shape Yoshimune's image. For the Wakayama Domain who is bound to suffer heavy losses, this is not a small supplement. At least he can show his loyalty in front of the shogunate. You can get compensation and rewards from the general.However, everyone present did not expect that Huaxia had already had the idea of ​​overturning the whole table during the conquest of Japan. By then, the shogunate would no longer exist, and who would know and care about the sacrifices made by the Kishu clan?

"It's not too late, let's arrange it now." The elder Mizuno Zhengfang asked for instructions. "Should we still inform the villages to hide the food?"

"Exactly." Ji Zong nodded. "We must not let a grain of rice flow into the hands of the Xia people!"

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