The majestic and slightly vicissitudes of life of the castle tower stand in the setting sun, and the brilliant fiery clouds add a touch of tragedy, which not only shows the family history of the owner, Xuanhe, but also seems to hint at the decline of this ancient family. A middle-aged man in gorgeous armor sat on the top floor, his brows were tightly locked, and he looked into the distance, but a trace of melancholy flashed in his eyes from time to time, as if he was hesitating about something.

The sound of dull footsteps approached quickly from the corridor, and an excited and somewhat trembling voice came from outside the paper door: "Lord! Madame gave birth to a Highness. ”

After being silent for a long time, the middle-aged man said lightly: "Got it." Pingji, you come in. ”

With the permission of the lord, the handsome and sturdy young man walked in with a puzzled look on his face and knelt down behind the middle-aged man. The joints of his right hand are much thicker than those of ordinary people, and the thick calluses on his hands are like a glove, and even in front of his lord, his right hand has never been more than half a foot from the hilt of the sword.

"How is your master, Tsukahara-sama, doing?" The middle-aged man couldn't see the joy of being a father at all, but asked about Heiji's master, the strongest sword hero Tsukahara Bu Chuan who was famous in the eight continents.

"Hah! Recently, Master opened a dojo in Kashima to recruit a wide range of disciples. Heiji was slightly stunned, and in his loyalty to the sovereign, he spoke without any hesitation.

"Very well, you can take care of sending this child to him, please." The middle-aged man nodded solemnly to Pingci and said, as a lord, this is already the most sincere please. Seeing the lord like this, Pingji hurriedly turned sideways, saying that he didn't dare to accept this big gift, and then suddenly knelt down: "Ha! Swear to fulfill the lord's entrustment! ”

The middle-aged man nodded, got up slowly, and suddenly said to the side outside the house: "Pass the order, carry out the maximum mobilization of the standard of 20 stone for one person in the collar, ask Satomi Yoshiyao, and Maya Nobutaka to do the maximum mobilization, and tell them that if they win, the family will enter the Kanto region and lose...... Then we will all die without a place to bury! ”

"Hail!!" When he heard the words closely, he understood the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly rushed out. But there was no panic on his expression, because his lord, but after returning to the world, he almost empty-handed laid down the current family business, broke the Chiba family, and overwhelmed the Furukawa Gongfang Palace, known as the first general of Kanto Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Seeing that the people around him had left, Ashikaga Yoshiaki sat on the ground weakly, and he was naturally not afraid of the Ashikaga clan of the ancient river alone, but no matter how good he was, he lost in strategy after all. At present, the Furukawa Ashikaga clan has formed an alliance with the Hojo family, which is in the limelight, which undoubtedly adds too many variables to this battle. The Hojo Legion, which was built by two generations of Hojo Sakumo and the Hojo clan, can definitely be underestimated, regardless of the combat power, but the number of soldiers is not comparable to itself. Once the two sides merge, your chances of winning are too low...... But it's too late. Ashikaga Yoshiaki shook his head regretfully, at this time, he only knew about the secret, and the Hojo family and the Furukawa Ashikaga clan had already begun to mobilize the troops in the territory, so he immediately asked for help from the surroundings, but I was afraid that it would be too late.

Taking a deep breath, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's eyes flashed coldly, since he started the army, he has borrowed his strength to fight, he will win the battle, he will win the attack, he has never been defeated, the huge crisis in front of him may not be an opportunity for him, as long as he can defeat them, he can directly destroy the Furukawa Ashikaga family with a big victory, and then integrate the power of several families, and then join the division to go west, and give the Hojo family a hard blow.

Thinking of this, Ashikaga Yoshiaki suddenly got up, and his determined back gradually disappeared at the end of the corridor......

Three days later, Kashima no Machi Dojo welcomed a special group of guests. In the private room behind the dojo, Heiji was kneeling uneasily in front of a middle-aged man with slightly white hair but a white coat that was otherworldly, although he seemed to be closing his eyes and meditating at the moment, but to the battle-experienced Pingji still felt like a majestic mountain reaching into the sky. After a long time, the middle-aged man in white opened his eyes, although he had no expression, but his eyes burst out with a terrifying light, and even Heiji felt his heart tremble: "Ashikaga-sama has an old relationship with me, and when the swordsmanship was not completed, I was also taken care of by him, and I will accept this child." From then on, I had nothing to do with him. ”

Pingji smiled bitterly and knelt down to thank him: "Thank you very much Master......"

It turns out that this middle-aged man is Tsukahara Buden, although as a swordsman, he has practiced all his life in swordsmanship, but this does not mean that he does not care about the outside world. Instead, in order to establish the dojo, he had to maneuver between various forces to raise money. Among them, Ashikaga Yoshiaki left a deep impression on him when he was young, and such a heroic person, if it weren't for Tsukahara Buchuan's intoxication with swordsmanship, he would probably worship him as his lord. But Ashikaga Yoshiaki is not the eldest son, at that time was just a general, after the master gave him 200 runs, he actually challenged himself in public, and the final result turned out to be a tie! Afterwards, Ashikaga Yoshiaki privately donated himself 700 kan as a subsidy, not to mention that it was for himself as a ronin, but also for Ashikaga Yoshiaki as a general. Later, he understood the way of the sword and created his own "Ichi-no-Tai Sword", and in terms of martial arts, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was no longer his opponent. However, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was a samurai after all, and later even became a lord, and his path was different from his own. So although they cherish this friendship, the two don't communicate much. At present, Hojo and Furukawa Gongfang formed an alliance to conquer Ashikaga Yoshiaki, although the result is not clear, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki sent his newborn child here at such a time, which is enough to explain the problem. If this battle is won, then this child will grow up to be the right-hand man of his eldest son, Ashikaga Yorijun, and if he loses this battle...... He will be the last hope of the Ashikaga family. And Tsukahara Buchuan also knows very well what it means to take in this child, although he has excellent martial arts, but in front of the Hojo family and the Furukawa Ashikaga family, he is just a ronin with higher martial arts. But he still chose to take it in.

"Where are you going?" Seeing that Heiji was about to retreat, Tsukahara Buchuan sighed lightly and asked.

Heiji was shocked when he heard the master's sigh, but he still raised his head, and the look of determination in his eyes even moved Tsukahara Buchuan: "The disciple is a samurai of the Ashikaga family at the moment, and now the army of the family has been assembled, and it is about to start with a strong enemy, and the disciple must go back." ”

Tsukahara Buchuan shook his head, and looked at Heiji's gaze with a hint of love for the junior: "Don't you understand Ashikaga-sama's plan to let you send the child?" ”

Ping Ci glanced at the master suspiciously, and said, "This is the lord's trust in me. ”

"Does he trust you to bring the child, or does he trust you to raise the child?" When Tsukahara Buchuan saw this disciple like this, he had to open his mouth to persuade.

Heiji didn't answer, the hand that was holding the handle of the knife slowly loosened, and then clenched suddenly, and then let go again, struggling for a long time, Heiji seemed to suddenly get a lot older, and collapsed to the ground: "Disciple...... I see! ”

Ten days later, the news came that the Ashikaga Yoshiaki army was defeated, and the 10,000 army was completely defeated under the onslaught of the 23,000 Hojo Ashikaga coalition forces. Ashikaga Yoshiaki led the army to fight back desperately, and defeated the Furukawa Ashikaga army in one go, but when he waved a three-foot-three-inch long knife and led his own cavalry to break through the Hojo clan's army, breaking seven formations in a row, and almost cutting the Hojo clan off the horse, the Hojo army ambushed the troops, arrows like flying locusts, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki and his brother Ashikaga Kirai and others were all killed in battle. Satomi Yoshiyao led the army to fight and retreat, and later took Ashikaga Yoshiaki's eldest son, Ashikaga Yorijun, from the small bow castle, and then set fire to the city. The once-prosperous Kokushiashikaga family was destroyed.