Chapter 95

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The Myakoshi family, as a branch of the Heian period's Taira clan, was once as prominent as the Oda family, but with the changing times, the Myakoshi family gradually declined, and now it is essentially a name in name only. The current Myakoshi family is composed of several different pirate groups. Although they are nominally under the control of the only remaining descendant, Myakoshi Yata, in reality, they act independently. To survive, these groups are pirates at sea and bandits on land, committing all sorts of atrocities. Later, they were coerced by the rising Saji family and became their lackeys.

Due to their principle of fighting when they can win and fleeing when they cannot, the Myakoshi did not build a fortress like other powerful families. At this moment, on a flat area along the shore of Shiomatsu Lake, over 200 people were arguing noisily. Yata Myakoshi, sitting in the main seat at the center of the crowd, glared at a small, short man beside him, who also stared back without backing down.

"Sanpei, what do you mean by this?" Yata gritted his teeth and said, enunciating each word.

"Ha ha ha, Lord Yata, please forgive my inability," Sanpei, who had secret ties with the Yama bandits, laughed loudly, "The Nagaoka and Taku families, as old powerful families, have already demonstrated their strength; the emerging Luo family has even wiped out the Chouryuu and Oda families, surpassing the former two in power. Now the Saji family wants us to resist the joint attack of these three families? Isn't that sending us to our deaths? Do they think we are fools? Humph!"

"Right!" "The leader is right!" "We won't be cannon fodder!" Sanpei's subordinates immediately cheered. Even those not part of Sanpei's faction nodded in agreement.

"Are you... not afraid of the Saji family's retaliation?" Yata was furious.

"Hmph, to be honest, the Kukko family has gathered over a dozen powerful families, forming an army of nearly 2,000 men. The Saji family is likely to struggle to protect themselves. Even if they survive, they will be greatly weakened. Do we still want to be their lackeys?" Sanpei stood up abruptly, "Brothers, do you want to continue being someone else's lackeys? Do you want to beg for their charity?"

"No," "We don't want to," ... These pirates were originally men of spirit. Sanpei's loud call stirred their passion, and they raised their arms in enthusiastic cheers.

"Sanpei, what are you planning? Are you preparing to betray the Saji family?" Yata also stood up abruptly, pointing at Sanpei and shouting, "Don't think we don't know about your dealings with Banishiro Tarou. It seems you have been plotting betrayal for a long time."

"Ha ha ha, Yata, you are slandering me. You are deliberately causing internal strife. It seems you have been waiting for a long time to吞并我们，何必找这样的借口呢？要不，今天你我两家就比拼一下试试，看看谁能够笑到最后？"

"两位，请稍安勿躁，" 一直在一旁默不作声的孙五郎看到两人大有一言不合大打出手之势，立即出面调解道，"当务之急是商议如何应对三家联军之事啊！"

"哼" "哼"，野太与三兵卫闻言对望一眼，同时向着对方怒哼一声，然后再次跪坐下去。

"两位，目前三家联军来势汹汹，显然我们是无法抵挡的，但又不能够违背佐志家的命令，到底该如何是好？" 看到两人平静下来，孙五郎继续说道。

"我说，孙五郎，你这不是废话吗？要是我们知道怎么办，还用坐在这里吵架吗？" 脾气暴躁的三兵卫立即大骂道。一旁的野太却是没有作声，静待孙五郎的下文。

"不如这样吧，我们装作与三家联军大战一场，然后立即逃走，家眷也不要携带，装作是大败而逃的样子逃到佐志家处，想必他们是不会怀疑的，" 孙五郎没有理会三兵卫的叫嚣，继续说道。

"什么？抛弃家眷？" 三兵卫当即不愿意了，他可是刚刚洽抢了数个美貌女子作为家眷的，其中一个据说还是一个博多商人的女儿。当初为了抢夺搭载着这个女子的数艘商船，三兵卫可是损失了数个得力手下的。

"呵呵呵，不是抛弃，只是暂时将家眷藏到山林之中躲避数日，等到三家联军前往围攻佐志家后，就可以从山林中出来了，" 孙五郎再次抛出了建议。

"如何抵挡三家联军呢？要是我们几家都去，很有可能会被三家联军包围的啊。到时候就不是我们想不想跟他们硬拼的问题了。而且也不得不派遣人员前去暂时阻挡住他们，毕竟距离我们最近的罗氏家今天早上已经出阵了，若是不派人前往阻截，恐怕我们是来不及转移家眷啊，" 野太突然发问道。实际上他也是赞成这个建议的，他本人也不愿意与三家联军硬拼，开始的时候只是打算在众人面前做个样子罢了，但是却没有想到三兵卫还没等他说完，就直接拒绝，让他很没面子，所以才跟三兵卫吵了起来的。

"还有就是佐志家未必让我们进入宫岛城之中吧？到时候我们还是会被安排在城外作为替死鬼的，" 野太继续说道。

"殿后负责阻挡三家联军的任务就交给本家吧，至于逃往哪里的问题，我的建议是先逃到佐志家的港口处，那里是佐志家水军的驻地，一旦佐志家将大部分水军人手抽调回本城防守，必然需要人员协助守卫港口的，我们正好派上了用场，这样就不必担心佐志家事后算账的问题了，" 作为三家当中实力最弱的一家，孙五郎只好无可奈何地承当起殿后的任务。即便孙五郎不主动提出来，其余两家也会想方设法逼迫孙五郎妥协的。

"好，孙五郎，你果然是好兄弟，放心吧，我们一定会提前在那边为你打点好一切的，" 三兵卫看到孙五郎如此识趣，立即赞扬道。野太也没有想到一向对自己命令不怎么搭理的孙五郎这次竟然如此配合，甚至不需要他的进一步施压就承担了最危险的任务。但既然有人愿意承担这个任务，就最好不过了。三人当即再次确认了一下行动细节，然后就各自去安排了。

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