Dusk.
At the foot of Jiyue Mountain.
After a day of fierce fighting, the Kyogoku family's troops were exhausted.
During the day, there was no winner between the two sides in the battle on the Jiyue Mountain Road.
The Kyogoku family and the Asai family participated in the war with equal strength. The general of one side was Yasha Saburo Kyogoku Takamasa, and the other side was the leader of the Asai family, Asai Ryomasa. It can be said that when you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent, and no one can do anything to anyone.
The Xiaohe Tuo team also successfully repelled the troops of the Yanase family and the Higashino family, ensuring that military supplies were not lost.
Overall, although today's battle did not achieve the expected goal, the result was not too bad.
At night.
In the Kyogoku family's main formation, Kyogoku Gaomasa was sitting with his retainers eating dinner.
In this era, a person only eats two meals a day, usually breakfast and dinner. Some farmers even only eat one meal a day.
Get up in the morning, have breakfast, and then go to work in the fields. You have to work from the sun just rises to sunset, and then go home for dinner. After dinner, there was no other way to entertain myself, so I could only hold my wife and do some exercise.
Some farmers only eat breakfast and go to bed directly after farming in the evening. They don't know they are hungry when they are asleep.
Moreover, people (samurai) in this era did not eat meat (except fish), and ordinary farmers could not afford meat, even fish, so their nutrition could not keep up at all, resulting in people in this era generally being in poor shape. short.
Kyogoku Takamasa is an outlier in the family. Not only does he eat three meals a day, but he also eats meat. This is also the reason why Kyogoku Takamasa was able to grow to a "burly" figure of 170cm in later generations when he was only in his teens.
Of course, Kyogoku Takamasa only ate in secret, otherwise if others knew that the dignified young master of the Kyogoku family actually ate meat, they would probably be drowned in saliva.
Tonight's meal was very simple. Except for Kyogoku Takamasa who had a side dish, the other samurai only had a bowl of dry rice, five pieces of dried radish, two thumb-sized fish, and a bowl of tea soup.
There is no such thing as food. The rice is very dry and difficult to swallow, so most people pour tea soup into the rice to make the rice easier to swallow. Slowly, this way of eating evolved into "chazuke rice" and even became popular for a while.
There are many people who like to eat chazuke rice, and the most famous one is the Kanto daimyo Hojo Ushimasa. It is said that after this guy surrendered at the Battle of Odawara Castle, his only request before his death was to have another bowl of Ochazuke.
It's really strong.
When Kyogoku Takamasa first traveled through time, he was simply not used to the food of this era. For Kyogoku Takamasa who was used to eating heavy-flavored Sichuan food, these meals were as hard to swallow as pig food.
But after being hungry for several days, Kyogoku Takamasa chose to compromise. In any case, at least he could have enough food.
Over time, Kyogoku Gaozheng became accustomed to it.
"Whoops"
Kyogoku Takamasa happily took a bite of Ochazuke rice, then picked up a piece of dried radish with a bamboo chip and put it into his mouth. The faint salty taste penetrated the taste buds on his tongue, making Kyogoku Takamasa breathe a sigh of relief.
It smells so good.
"My lord, we suffered a lot of casualties in today's battle. We lost 21 peasants and soldiers, and seven samurai were killed. If we fight again tomorrow, I'm afraid our morale will be shaken!"
Akao Kiyosuna said while eating.
Kyogoku Takamasa placed the bamboo chip at night, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and then said calmly, "The Asai family's combat power is still very strong, there is no doubt about it."
"Although my family failed to win today's battle, it also caused a lot of casualties to the Asai family."
"As for the morale issue, it is indeed a difficult problem. Do you have any suggestions?"
Tsunauchika Haiboku replied at this time: "My lord, judging from the situation of today's battle, it may be difficult for us to achieve a quick victory. The battle between Shiyue will not be able to determine the outcome unless it lasts for ten and a half days. This is in line with what we have planned in advance. The plan is somewhat inconsistent."
"Yes!" Nagayori Matsunaga, who was sitting next to Kaibizuna, also nodded and said, "What's more, there are Yanase and Higashino troops at the northern foot of the mountain, watching eagerly, and they may attack our flanks at any time. "
"If they suddenly attack while I have Asai Bizen in the decisive battle, I'm afraid my family may still be defeated."
Today, they suffered losses from the Yanase family and the Higashino family, and almost lost their military supplies. Kyogoku Gaomasa had to be cautious.
"We still don't know what the situation of the war at Otani Castle is. If we can't successfully invade Ixiang County, I'm afraid Otani Castle will have to return without success. This is a God-given opportunity, and we must not miss such a chance to defeat the Asai family. Great opportunity!" Kyogoku Takamasa fell into deep thought.
"Sakyo enters the palace, I may have a plan to solve our family's situation!"
Kyogoku Gaomasa was looking for prestige, but it was Lin Zhengxin who spoke out during the day.
The aconite prepared during the day was not used, and it was obvious that Lin Zhengxin was not willing to accept it.
"What good advice does Zuobei have? It's okay to talk about it!" Kyogoku Takamasa looked at Lin Masanobu with great interest.
Lin Zhengxin said with a smile: "This time, there are outbreaks of Ike in various places in Omi, and Ixiang County is the hardest-hit area by the outbreak. Everyone in the counties is panicked. This time Asai Ryomasa went to the base of the mountain, and the wealthy families participating in the war were only a few nationals such as Iguchi and Yumori. "
"Powerful county officials such as Aguan, Akao, and Isono did not participate in the war, which shows that the situation in Ika County is not optimistic."
"I have heard that Akao Mimasaku, the guardian of the palace, is from the Akao clan of Ika County, and that the maid of Sakyo Jinden is the daughter of the Isono clan. If Sakyo Jinden can start with these two families, persuade her to join our family and send troops to attack Asai. After Bizen, it won’t be difficult to win this battle!”
"Akao and Isono?"
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, "This is indeed a way, but it's not easy to convince these two families to join our family?"
In fact, Kyogoku Takamasa has always wanted to win over the Isono family and the Akao family to join the Kyogoku family. After all, the Isono family and the Akao family are both powerful people in Ika County, and the Isono family also has good generals like Isono Emasa. Kyogoku Takamasa has always been jealous.
However, the territories of the Isono family and the Akao family are in Ika County, which is the hinterland of the Asai family. If the two families join the Kyogoku family, they will inevitably incur a crazy attack from the Asai family, so they have not let go.
Lin Zhengxin's old words came up again today, which gave Kyogoku Gaomasa a new thought.
After all, today is different from the past. There is a rebellion in Ixiang County, and Isono and other people are in a state of chaos. If the Kyogoku family can take this opportunity to bring Isono, Akao and other people into their fold, then they can give Asai Ryomasa an "enemy within an enemy".
If you think about it carefully, this trick is really reliable.
"My lord, I would like to go to Akao Castle to convince my father to join our family!" Akao Kiyozuna stood up at this time.
Akao Kiyoshi's father, Akao Kiyoshi, and Asai Ryomasa are cousins (Asai Ryomasa's mother is Akao Kiyoshi's aunt). Akao Kiyoshi has always tried to persuade Akao Kiyoshi to join the Kyogoku family, but has failed.
On the one hand, he is his lord, and on the other hand, he is his father, which makes Akao Kiyosuna very embarrassed to be caught in the middle.
Now that he had the opportunity to have his father stand on the same front as him, Akao Kiyosuna naturally didn't want to let it go.
"Okay! Then Yumimasakumo goes to Akao Castle!"
"Then who is willing to go to Isono Mountain Castle?" Kyogoku Takamasa turned his attention to everyone in the formation.
But no one responded.
A group of big bosses, it is easy for them to go into battle to kill the enemy, but it is not their strong point to ask them to talk.
After a long time, Lin Zhengxin suddenly volunteered and said: "Sakyo enters the palace, I would like to go to Isonoyama Castle!"
After taking a closer look at Lin Zhengxin, seeing that the confidence on his face was not fake, Kyogoku Takamasa nodded and said, "Then I'll leave everything to Saohei!"
