Smuggling Daming

After Zhou Zhong waited until Daming agreed to the annexation of North Korea, and saw that the people and businessmen in Daming began to be attracted to North Korea, the big rock hanging in his heart was finally let go, and then he immediately ordered the governor's mansion to be relocated from Weihaiwei to North Korea. After moving back to Shuangyu Port, after all, his mission to Weihai has been completed, and he doesn't need to worry about the war on the Wa country.

Originally, the Ashikaga clan and the Hosokawa clan on the Japanese side should have fought a war long ago, but they didn't expect that the big earthquake in spring caused them all to suffer heavy losses, so they had to rest for a while. Now that summer has passed, The leaves on the tree had already started to turn yellow, and Ashikaga and Hosokawa, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, finally broke out in a big fight.

This battle was first provoked by Ashikaga Yoshiki, who had been dormant for a long time. He joined forces with Tayama Naojun and launched an attack from the south towards Kyoto, while the Hatano clan in the west also raised an army, but he The strength of the army is a bit weak in comparison, so he is not the main attack this time, but only needs to contain the strength of the Hosokawa clan.

At the very beginning of the war, Ashikaga Yoshiki and Tayama Shangjun led an organized army of 500 troops to Iimori Castle. Iimori Castle was an important fortress for the Hosokawa clan to guard the Tayama clan. The entire city was built very firmly. , there are 4000 troops stationed in the city all the year round, but during the last battle with Ashikaga Yoshiki, Iimori Castle was transferred [-] people, and the result was a complete defeat. With less than [-] people defending, it can be said that it is a good time to attack it.

Ashikaga Yoshiki and Tayama Naojun did not waste this opportunity. At the beginning, their coalition forces attacked another stronghold of the Hosokawa Clan.That is, the posture of Tenglong Temple City made the defenders in Fansheng City relax their vigilance, but on a bleak autumn night, the two thousand elites of Ashikaga and Tianshan clan climbed to the cliff next to Fansheng City in the dark. Then he slid into the city with the help of the rope. Although many people died, a thousand ** hundred people managed to enter the city of Fansheng in the end.

After this team of less than 2000 people entered Iimori Castle, they took control of the gate of Iimori Castle by surprise, and then opened the gate to welcome the coalition forces of the Ashikaga and Tianshan clans.As a result, the thousands of troops of the Hosokawa Clan in the city never dreamed that the enemy would suddenly appear in Iimori City. In the end, except for a few loyalists of the Hosokawa Clan who died in battle, most of them chose to surrender. After all, this There was no Bushido spirit in the Wa country at that time, and it was not a shame to surrender to the victor.

Fansheng City fell.The blow to the Hosokawa clan can be said to be very huge. The reason why the Hosokawa clan was able to suppress Tayama Naojun was because the Hosokawa clan held four cities in their hands, namely Iimori Castle, Nobukiyama Castle, Tenglong Temple City and Duowen Mountain City, these four cities are very close to each other, guarding the Tian Shan Clan's main road of transportation to the outside world.The four cities depend on each other, and a large number of troops are stationed in each city.As long as there is any change in the Tianshan family, the troops of these four cities will be dispatched. Therefore, although Tianshan Shangjun was also a hero who supported Ashikaga Yoshiki to regain the position of general, he was eventually driven out of Kyoto. The main reason is that The threat of these four cities forced him to obey the orders of the Hosokawa clan.

It is precisely because of the importance of the four cities that Ashikaga Yoshiki became famous at the time.The first one took the operation on Xingui Mountain City, which had the weakest troops, and his luck was very good.The Xingui mountain city was captured in one fell swoop under the sneak attack, and the heavy snow later blocked the reinforcements from the other three cities, which allowed him to break the alliance of the four cities in one fell swoop, and forcibly gnawed away a piece of this fortress group.

Xinguishan Castle is the weakest link among the four cities, because this fortress was built the latest, and the garrison in the entire fortress is also the least, so after losing this Xinguishan Castle, it will have an impact on the Hosokawa clan's guarding the Tianshan clan It's not very big, at least if the Tianshan clan wants to send troops to Kyoto, it will definitely not be able to bypass the blow of the Hosokawa clan.

But now the Hosokawa clan has lost even Iimori Castle, and half of the four cities that restrained the Tianshan clan have been lost at once. These four serial war fortresses have actually lost their effect. To capture the remaining Tenglong Temple Castle and Duowen Mountain Castle in the shortest possible time, and then direct the soldiers to Kyoto, this is simply a disaster for the Hosokawa Clan.

It is precisely because of this that the Hosokawa clan immediately sent a large army to reinforce Tenglongji Castle and Duomen Mountain Castle after learning the news of the loss of Iimori Castle. His army was besieging these two cities, which made Hosokawa Takakuni, who personally led the troops, very angry. He commanded the army and the Hosokawa army in the city to attack on both sides. Only then did they defeat the armies of Ashikaga and Tianshan and save There are only two remaining cities.

The four war forts each occupying a corner of the rhombus, the Ashikaga clan and the Hosokawa clan each accounted for half, so in the ensuing war, the two sides fought hard in the diamond-shaped area surrounded by the four fortresses. Either the Hosokawa clan’s fortress, or the Hosokawa clan’s sneak attack on the Ashikaga clan’s castle. Although both sides have occupied the other’s fortress several times, the other side quickly regained another fortress. As a result, in this endless war , the four cities changed hands several times in the hands of the Hosokawa clan and the Ashikaga clan, but because the strengths of the two sides were not much different, they always occupied two cities each in the end.

The tug-of-war between Ashikaga and Hosokawa is exactly what Zhou Zhong wants to see the most, because in this kind of tug-of-war, the strength of Hosokawa and Ashikaga is slowly being consumed, and the number of casualties There are also more and more, although both of them know that if the fight continues like this, it will not be good for each other, and it may even allow local names like Ouchi to take advantage of it.

But if you know it, you know that both the Ashikaga clan and the Hosokawa clan have reached the point of being immortal. Even if the high-ranking people like Ashikaga Yoshiki and Hosokawa Takakuni want to stop the war, the people below will definitely not agree. After all, both sides have already killed red eyes, and it is absolutely impossible to stop without a winner.

When Zhou Zhong left Weihaiwei, it was the time when the Ashikaga clan and the Hosokawa clan were fighting fiercely. Both sides had mobilized all their forces and had no reservations. According to Zhou Zhong's estimation, even if one side could win in the future, I'm afraid it will be a tragic victory, and the power of the shogun will no longer be able to be held by then, and the rising daimyos in various parts of the Wa country will definitely not let this opportunity go. After all, they have coveted the power of the shogun for a long time. Xing is one of their representatives, and only then did the real Warring States era of the Wa Kingdom really come.

Zhou Zhong couldn't help but feel proud when he thought of the endless battles of the warring statesmen from all over the country in the future, because it was his intervention that made the revolution of the Warring States period of the country of Wa come earlier.In addition, when the internal chaos of the Wa Kingdom is really in turmoil, he can take the opportunity to establish his own power in the Wa Kingdom. Whether or not the Wa Kingdom will be destroyed will be discussed at that time, but on the east coast of the Wa Kingdom’s Honshu Island, he must build a port, because only Through the ocean currents eastward from there, it is possible to reach America from Asia.

When Zhou Zhong returned to Shuangyu Port, it was already late autumn. Jinxuan and Lingyun had already given birth to two sons for him. Although the two sons were only two days apart, Jinxuan's son was the eldest son, and Lingyun's son can only be the second son, which makes Lingyun very unhappy, because she knows the true identity of her husband, and also knows that the current emperor wants to adopt Zhou Zhong's eldest son as the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, but now there is only a difference Two days later, her son missed the throne, how could she not be sad?

Xie Lingyun was unhappy for a long time because of her son, which made Zhou Zhong very helpless, so he could only relax with her every day, but it took a long time for Xie Lingyun to recover from the regret.

In fact, Zhou Zhong was not too happy about his son inheriting Zhengde's throne. If possible, he didn't want his son to inherit the throne at all. After all, he knew that the emperor's position was not so easy to do. If he is a good emperor, he will definitely be exhausted. If he is a stupid emperor, he will not only harm the people in Daming in the end, but if someone succeeds in rebelling, he may not even save his life.

It is also because he clearly knows the danger of the emperor's profession, so Zhou Zhong doesn't want his son to sit in that position. In addition, he is so young now, in case Zhengde passes the throne to his son, he is still alive. At that time, he will be his son's courtier, and I will salute my son when I see him, which makes Zhou Zhong really unacceptable.

It's a pity that Zhou Zhong's worries didn't exist for Jin Xuan. She was always excited that her son would inherit the throne in the future.It's strange to say that Jinxuan originally had a calm temperament, and didn't value fame and fortune. She even didn't fully support Zhou Zhong's appointment as an official. After all, in her opinion, her father had been an official for half her life, but The family members were worried, so it was enough for her to hope that her husband could accompany her to live a peaceful life with her.

But Jinxuan's calm temperament is only aimed at Zhou Zhong. As a mother, she has another attitude towards her son, that is, she hopes that her son will become a dragon, and now her son can really become a dragon, so this is a concession to Jinxuan. He was very excited, and held his son every day without letting go, for fear that his precious son would be hurt a little, and even the eldest daughter Xia Xia and her husband Zhou Zhong didn't have time to pay attention to it, which made Zhou Zhong very resentful, so he had to hold his daughter to play every day , to make up for the lack of maternal love of the daughter with fatherly love.

However, when Zhou Zhong had just returned to Shuangyu Port and hadn't had a few days of leisure, two unexpected guests suddenly came to visit. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)