Chapter 153 I was scared out of my wits!The Ouchi clan shocked the whole country!
In those days, the Wala people called the gate emperor, and even called the gates of several cities without opening them. That was because the Ming army was hard-nosed after all, not soft-headed like Zhu Qizhen.
But after coming to Ishijian Country, this trump card was so easy to use.
It can be seen from this that Ouchi Yoshihiro must not be a good person.
The most important thing is that the generals of Ishigami know very well that in this chaotic warlord period, who knows whether your Ouchi clan will be killed the next day. Why should I? Work for you?
Anyway, it was the city gate your brother asked us to open, so why should I throw away my life?
Therefore, one of his soldiers would rather be captured than lose such a bad reputation.
He will never be used as a puppet by Ouchi Yoshihiro.
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Yamaguchi City of Zhou Fangguo.
After half a month without any news, Ouchi Yoshihiro finally got some news from Iwami Kuni.
It turned out that his own brother was not only taken as a prisoner, but also used as a bargaining chip.
He actually opened up more than a dozen cities in Shijian Kingdom. They had wiped out all his cities, taking away all the people, food, and luggage.
Ouchi Yoshi was so arrogant that he wanted to kill people wantonly, but the ministers below looked at him with a strange look.
Without him, everyone now knows that it was your brother who led the army.
He was also responsible for the annihilation of the five thousand army. After he was caught, he did not commit suicide. Instead, he was used by others to gain access to his own city gate, and all the property and people were easily taken away.
Even if such a thing goes to the end of the world, you have no reason to blame others, you can only blame your own brother for being incompetent.
Therefore, even if Ouchi Yoshihiro is angry now, he has nowhere to vent.
Just when everyone was looking at him, his mother came to the meeting hall tremblingly on crutches with the support of the maid.
"Yoshihiro, you have to save your brother. Your brother has not suffered much since he was a child. Now he is captured by the enemy. As an elder brother and the governor of the Ouchi clan, shouldn't you send troops to rescue him?"
After hearing such words, the ministers below were not convinced.
The good guys have already lost five thousand elite soldiers. Even if all the troops are gathered now, they still can't make up five thousand.
Moreover, they can annihilate even the elite 5000 people. The troops they have gathered now don't have much combat effectiveness. Isn't that looking for death?
Ouchi Yoshihiro was very embarrassed after hearing this. He supported his mother and turned his eyes to see that the faces of the ministers below were not good-looking. He knew that he must not do this, otherwise many people would be dissatisfied even in Yamaguchi Castle. Own.
His mother saw the embarrassment on Ouchi Yoshihiro's face and immediately became angry: "Why, as the governor of the Ouchi family, don't you even have this right? Don’t these ministers below even listen to your orders? "
After saying this, the minister below became even more unhappy.
They were saying in their hearts: Your son sought death and implicated so many soldiers. We haven't settled the accounts with him yet, and now you actually want us to rescue him! What can I do to save him?Take our old bones?
Ouchi Yoshihiro also knew that now was not the time to discuss this, and immediately winked at the maids.
The maids understood and stepped forward to help the old lady, but they didn't expect that the old lady was deaf and blind. She saw the look between them and immediately became furious: "I'm not going anywhere. I won't discuss it here today." For this reason, I will never leave.
If Yoshihiro Ouchi doesn't save your brother, then I will go on a hunger strike and die, and you just wait to collect my body! "
Ouchi Yoshihiro was really embarrassed when he saw this: "Mom, why are you forcing your child so hard!"
"I'm forcing you? What am I forcing you to do? I just want you to save your brother. Is this so difficult for you, the governor? You are the guardian of the six countries, and you are also famous in China. Now you are actually scared by thousands of invaders from the Ming Dynasty? How did you become the governor of the family? "
Then he looked at the retainers below: "I know you are all unconvinced and think that my youngest son killed so many soldiers, why didn't he commit suicide, but I tell you, people's identities are different, my son The son is the younger brother of the governor of the Ouchi family, so he enjoys all privileges and exemptions."
Ah……
As soon as these words came out, the ministers below became even more unconvinced.
If you all think this way and think that you are so much higher than us and that we are all servants, then you can just go and have fun yourself.
Ouchi Yoshihiro is not an unreasonable person like the old woman. He knows very well that Li Kui's brother is his unfulfilled brother.
"Mom, do you know that that guy Shigeru not only killed five thousand soldiers, but was also used by the enemy to deceive more than a dozen cities in Iwami Kingdom. Those dozen cities were all captured by the enemy."
I thought that after telling the truth, the old lady would be more reasonable.
But I didn't expect that after hearing this, the old lady didn't care at all: "So what? Oh! Just because you ministers don't want to save your master?"
Finally, a minister stood up and raised his hand to Ouchi Yoshihiro: "Master Governor, if this court meeting is like this, then I will leave first!"
Then one after another ministers wanted to say goodbye and leave.
When the old woman saw this, she became arrogant: "Why is what I said wrong? You are just a bunch of white-eyed wolves being raised by Ouchi, but you don't want to share the burden for Ouchi."
"Mother!!" Ouchi Yoshihiro finally got angry: "Don't mess around here. My son is already annoyed enough. I, the Ouchi family, are now at a critical moment of life and death, and all this is because of your unsatisfactory performance." It was brought by your son, and you are still blindly defending him. Do you still have the interests of the entire Ouchi clan in your heart?"
The old lady was stunned for a moment and was about to go crazy. Ouchi Yoshihiro had already waved his hand and said, "Take the old lady down!"
The maids then forcefully took the old woman out.
After the old woman left, Ouchi Yoshihiro finally issued an order, "For the current plan, we can only issue an order. Next time the Ming Dynasty takes Ouchi Shigehiro to gain the city gate, he will be shot immediately. No mercy!"
After Ouchi Yoshihiro issued such an order, the ministers finally became more convinced.
"Report!!" At this moment, a scout outside shouted.
There was a sound of rapid footsteps.
Then a soldier knelt on the ground: "Report! Lord Governor, there is news from the direction of Tsushima Island!"
"Speak quickly!" Ouchi Yoshihiro and the ministers were very worried.
In fact, they all wondered why there had been no news about the Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island for more than half a month.
The scout replied: "After investigation, we found that the Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island were annihilated by the Ming Dynasty more than a month ago. Now there are more than 5000 Ming Dynasty soldiers stationed on Tsushima Island.
The size of their ships is several times the size of our ships, and they also have strange weapons that can smash our ships from a distance. They seem to be weapons like Zuo Yoshichun. "
The Japanese slaves uniformly called firearms Zuoyi Chang Yichang on the Japanese slave side is actually a weapon like firecrackers.
The faces of the ministers of the Ouchi clan changed even more after hearing this.
It turns out that they had already started.
It turned out that they had already dealt with the Japanese pirates on Taima Island.
No wonder the envoy Yamaguchi Kazuki and others who were sent out did not come back.
At first, I thought it was a shipwreck, but I didn't expect that it was actually taken away by Mingguo.
There was a lot of discussion after the ministers passed through the clinic.
Ouchi Yoshihiro was in chaos for a while.
After losing [-] troops and [-] Japanese pirate troops one after another, he knew that the Ouchi clan did not have much available troops at all.
In particular, the three thousand Japanese pirates were an important force for the Ouchi family to control the Shimonoseki Strait and the Seto Inland Sea. Now they were taken away in one pot. You can imagine how strong the opponent is.
Everyone in the entire meeting hall was silent.
Finally, a minister stood up and said, "Your Highness, we should hurry up and ask the shogunate for help."
If it were normal times, if someone dared to ask for help from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ouchi Yoshihiro would definitely be very angry.
But after raising this question at this time, Ouchi Yoshihiro was stunned for a moment.
Then he could only nod helplessly in agreement.
Because he understands the current situation very well and does not allow him to have any hesitation.
Any hesitation will inevitably cause the entire Ouchi clan to collapse.
The three thousand Tsushima Japanese pirates are sharp weapons in their hands. The three thousand Japanese pirates are not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also mysterious.
They usually come out when they are trading, and the black people eat the black people, allowing them to make a lot of money.
In addition, these three thousand Japanese pirates roamed between the Shimonoseki Strait and the Seto Inland Sea. They could be said to be invincible and had a terrible reputation.
As long as you pull it out, you will be a strong teammate.
Now, they have been completely wiped out by others, and they are still unable to react at all.
After one minister said this, another minister worriedly said: "Your Highness, if the other party already has such a powerful force, they can quietly destroy the Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island, leaving them no time to deliver the news.
They can also quietly destroy more than 1000 defenders in Tangli and destroy our [-]-strong army. One can imagine their strength.
With our Ouchi clan, we may not be able to fight against them. If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu doesn't come to the rescue at all, then what should we do? "
In fact, this minister has not finished what he said. What he means is that if the Ming Dynasty comes to destroy the Ouchi clan, should we surrender?
But this kind of words can only be euphemistic. Everyone knows that Ouchi Yoshihiro has always admired Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu in the Central Plains. He is the kind of person who will never let Jiangdong's father down even if he dies in battle.
Talk to him about surrender and he may resist vigorously.
Everyone knows that he admires Xiang Yu. In fact, his character is similar to Xiang Yu, that is, he is headstrong, blindly advocates force, and feels that he can solve everything with force.
Therefore, even when he was doing overseas trade, he liked to resort to blackmail at every turn. Although he made a lot of money, he also offended all his neighbors.
Everyone knows that when doing business with the Ouchi clan, you may be the one who suffers. Therefore, even though the Ouchi clan has become so powerful in recent years, there are only some individuals in China and Kyushu who dare to do business with them.
In areas like Kinki, Kanto, and Kansai, when people hear about the Ouchi clan, they all say that they are just bandits and don't even bother to do business with them.
Even though Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was jealous of the Ouchi clan's overseas trade profits, all he wanted to do was to get rid of the Ouchi clan, a powerful force that could not be lost, and then take over the entire territory.
So when they thought of this, all the ministers of the Ouchi clan felt very confused.
When one's own family is strong, no one dares to bite the hard nut of one's own family.
But if someone from the outside knew that the Ouchi clan had lost 9000 people in succession within a month, most of them even elites, the Ouchi clan would have become strong on the outside and weak on the inside, without any ability to resist.
The surrounding clans would dismember the entire Ouchi clan like they were devouring carrion.
It has just been a month now, and before the news has spread to a large area, we must make a decision.
Otherwise, not only the Ming army would devour the entire Ouchi clan's territory, but even the neighboring Yamana clan, Nizi clan, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu from as far away as Kyoto might send troops.
Then go to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu for help at this time. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu may not be here to save them, but may be here to take his own life while he is sick.
So when someone suggested asking ’s Ashikaga Yoshimitsu for help, someone immediately raised objections.
"Your Highness, I think this is not possible.
Nowadays, paper cannot cover fire after all. The entire main city of Shijian has been looted by the Ming Dynasty, and the population, property, and food have all become the possessions of others.
If we send another letter asking for help to the surrounding areas, it is one thing whether Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will send troops. It is very likely that our internal emptiness will be known to the surrounding clans.
At that time, those clans will not pity us, but will send troops to devour us. "
Having said this, the ministers suddenly started talking again, and everyone was whispering among themselves.
"You're right, we are surrounded by a pack of jackals. If we let them know that we are empty inside, they will definitely send troops to attack us, and then they will devour us all."
"But if we don't ask for help from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who will come to save us? After all, we are still the daimyo under the Muromachi Shogunate. If they don't come, where is their prestige?"
"But don't forget that the current Muromachi shogunate has too much to take care of themselves. They have already encountered big trouble when suppressing the resistance of the Southern Dynasty. Even if they themselves ask us to send troops to help, how can they have the troops to save us?"
As soon as this was mentioned, everyone fell into confusion again.
Then a minister said, "Your Highness, if you say something unpleasant, why don't we really cooperate with the Ming Dynasty?"
When I mentioned this, everyone was surprised...
(End of this chapter)