Volume Four, Chapter 183, Decoy
Maorimoto was very excited at this moment because he had led his army to attack the Izumo Kingdom, the old nest of the Nizi family. As long as Izumo Kingdom is taken down, the Nizi family will be almost done. The west of the Honshu is his world, and he will definitely become the new generation of Western overlords.
This is how it is these days. No matter how powerful the princes are, they have the foundation for their survival. Just like the Zhou Fangguo of the One clan, which was basically occupied by the rebel Tao Qingxian, so the One clan could only become a puppet.
As for what you flee to other vassal states to make a comeback, it is a dream, because no matter how small the country is, there are local tyrants. When you are strong, people have no choice but to listen to you. If you escape, it would be strange if they don’t kill you.
Therefore, as long as the Izumo Kingdom is taken over, the Ouchi clan will be almost done. As for the other local wealthy clans of the Ouchi clan, it is not worth worrying. The Ouchi clan could not beat him even if he gathered 40,000 or 50,000 people. How many people can the other local wealthy clans gather? It would be good to gather 40,000 or 50,000 people. This number of people is a dish.
Unfortunately, just as Mori Moto was full of confidence and fantasizing about becoming the overlord of the Western Kingdom, the Muromachi shogunate suddenly issued a manifesto, proclaiming that the Mori family brought wolves into the house and was willing to be a lackey of the Ming Dynasty, intending to help the Ming Dynasty occupy the entire Japan. Any local guardian of Japan has the obligation to fight it together!
Of course, these are nonsense. For all the princes, whether the Maori was a lackey of the Ming Dynasty was not the point. The key was how strong the Maori and the Ming Dynasty coalition were, and what benefits would be after defeating them.
If the Maori and the Ming Dynasty coalition forces were so strong that they were desperate that they could not defeat them at all, naturally no one dared to care about them.
If you fight for your life and defeat the Maori family and the Ming Dynasty coalition forces, then naturally no one cares about the life and death of the Nizi family.
The shogunate general Yoshihiro Ashikaga knew this, so at the end of the manifesto, he directly pointed out that the Maori and the Ming Dynasty coalition forces were only 50,000 troops in total, and their combat power was stronger than the Nizi family, but they were not much stronger.
More importantly, he also said that the Nizi family was willing to give up the ownership of Shi Jian Kingdom, and any princes who went to help could get a share of the profits of Shi Jian Silver Mine.
If it is a family to help, then Shijian Silver Mine belongs to this company. If it is a few companies to help, then Shijian Silver Mine belongs to these companies.
This move is indeed powerful. No one knows the benefits of Shijian Silver Mine. It is at least five or six million taels of silver a year. Although all the princes in Japan try to mine silver in their respective territories, no one can compare with the benefits of Shijian Silver Mine, and even the silver returns of all the princes cannot compare with Shijian Silver Mine.
Shijian Silver Mine, and all the princes from Japan have indeed coveted for a long time.
With such a big bait, so what if you know that you have a fish hook inside?
Now, the shogunate general actually took the lead in saying that the silver mine was divided into pieces, and that was not a crowd of respondents.
All the princes in this province were happy to see the hunting and expressed their willingness to send troops to attack the Maori family and recapture the Ishimi Kingdom!
Of course, they would not be fooled by the shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshihiro, and sent all their men to fight against the Ming Dynasty. Although they were so fierce, they did not really send many men. If they had 40,000 to 50,000 to 50,000 to 10,000 to 20,000 to 20,000 to 30,000 to 10,000 to 30,000 to 10,000 to 10,000 to 10,000 to 30,000 to 10,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,000 to 1,0
However, just this is the case, more than a dozen princes in the central and eastern regions of the state united and pieced together a large army of 100,000, and their strength should not be underestimated.
When Ashikaga Yoshiki saw the situation, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy.
The 100,000 army seems not to be the full strength of these princes, but at least half of them are their strength. If these 100,000 army are exhausted, all princes will basically be greatly damaged.
Besides, once all the princes join the war, they will definitely not give up. If the 100,000 troops really can't stand it, they will definitely continue to increase their troops to support them. The Ming Dynasty will definitely not give up the Shijian Silver Mine that they have obtained easily. If the war occurs, they may not be able to do it. It is unknown what the coalition of all the princes will fight with the Ming Dynasty, but one thing is certain that all the princes will definitely lose their strength after this battle.
At that time, he would join forces with Nizi to find a few soft persimmons to restore the authority of the shogunate, which would be easy to get!
In order to provoke battles between various princes and the Ming Dynasty, he took great pains. He not only threw out the coveted bait of Shi Jian Yin Mine, but also enfeoffed the princes who participated in the war.
The leader of the Oda clan, Oda Nobunaga, who sent the most troops and the highest prestige, was directly named General of the Eastern Army by him and was appointed as Minister of the Second-rank Inner Party, and was fully responsible for the attack on the Maori clan and the Ming Dynasty coalition forces.
The second was the second to send troops. Takeda Shingen, the head of the Takeda family, was directly named Deputy General of the Eastern Army by him and was awarded the title of the third-rank Grand Naren.
There are also the Uesugi clan, Tokugawa clan, Asai clan and other princes all named Zhong Nayan, the Left Guard general, the Right Guard general and other third-rank officials. In short, as long as the princes participating in the war are all divided into feuds and are very happy.
Moreover, in order to show that he had no ambitions for Shijian Silver Mine, he had never even sent his troops to fight, and his trusted officials were also unsubscribed. This means telling all the princes to let go. As long as you defeat Shijian Kingdom, Shijian Silver Mine will be yours!
Although the princes from all walks of life were not ecstatic, they were still very active in their actions. Within a month, they gathered all 100,000 troops and rushed out of Yunguo.
Mao Riyuan was really shocked when he received the news. Although he was quite confident in his subordinates and iron cannons, he was not so arrogant that he thought that with his 40,000 troops and 400 iron cannons, he could overturn more than 100,000 troops gathered by more than ten princes. You must know that his strength is only a few points stronger than the Nizi family. The Nizi family's 50,000 troops plus the 100,000 coalition forces of the 100,000 princes would be strange if he didn't beat him up!
Without thinking, he led his men out of the Kingdom of Tiyun and directly retracted back to Shijianguo. He hurriedly ran to meet with the Minister of Works of the Ming Dynasty and requested assistance.
Under the instructions of the shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshihiro, the princes from all over Japan gathered a large army to prepare to recover Ishimiya. Gu Kexue had naturally heard of this. However, he was not very concerned about this, because he was not a commander, and Ishimiya was not the one who led his army to capture it. He was just responsible for mining Ishimiya silver mine.
He had already passed the news to Hirado Castle and told the Grand Tutor Yang Cong that Yang Cong had already sent Yu Dayou to lead 10,000 elite troops from the Ming Dynasty to support him.
Therefore, when Mao Riyuan asked to see Gu Kexue, not only Gu Kexue was present, but general Yu Dayou was also present.
Maori Yuan was so anxious that he was like an ant on the hot pan, and anxiously introduced the current situation, but Gu Kexue seemed to have not heard it, and he was just leisurely fiddling with the tea set there to pour tea for the two of them.
What's going on?
Maori Yuan is the more he talks, the more he feels colder and the more he talks, the more he feels desperate.
Isn’t this Lord Gu trying to leave him alone and go back to the Ming Dynasty?
He can pat his butt and leave, what should he do?
At this time, he was not able to bear all the princes in the central and eastern parts of the state.
After he hurriedly introduced the article, he looked at Gu Kexue with a gaze, as if he wanted to ask others to stay for help but couldn't speak.
Unexpectedly, Gu Kexue had no intention of replying to him, so he just held the teacup and savored the fragrant tea in the cup. The Ming army general Yu Dayou, who was standing beside him, picked up the teacup, drank a sip, and then said calmly: "God of General, don't panic. You can lead the army back to Anyiguo for some rest. Let's leave this Shijianguo to defend."
Chapter completed!