Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, we have entered 1551, and all parts of the country are naturally lit up to celebrate the New Year. Even Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who has never been very wealthy, gave his command a year-end benefit: two hundred ...... However, in Japan's Warring States period, there is no contradiction between the New Year and the war, those who can't survive and ambitious people don't care about the Chinese custom that it is not appropriate to use swords and soldiers during the New Year, and they usually pray to God and will not wish for the coming year's wind and rain, but to cut people a lot, and then not to be cut down This kind of gray and practical things. Japan has always been a Buddhist country, in the Warring States Period, there are a lot of people holding Buddha beads in one hand and a knife in the other, of course they don't care what to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, the main reason for believing in Buddhism is to try a psychological comfort after killing people, quite a bit of a cover of ears and stealing bells.

For example, Oda Nobuhide, known as the Tiger of Owari, drank high during the Chinese New Year, and then exercised with several wives at night and was overtired, and he actually fell seriously ill and almost didn't survive. After hearing that his rival was not in good health, Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately stepped up his preparations for the battle, and waited for Oda Nobuhide to kick his leg and fight into Owari. The Takeda family, who was almost completely crippled in the Toishi collapse, looked much more honest on the surface, and Takeda Harunobu even rolled up his sleeves and personally built a river embankment with the people who were requisitioned, but in fact, Sanada Yukitaka almost broke his leg in Kitashinano. Takeda Harunobu opened the treasury for you anyway, as long as you can win over the wealthy families of Kita-Shinano. Sanada Yutaka also gradually brought into play the true character of the three bombs of the Warring States period in the future, and relied on the three-inch incorruptible tongue and silver bullet offensive to suppress some of the voices that had been shouting to carry forward the fine tradition of continuous combat, and to fight back to Minami Shinano and liberate the whole of Kai, which made Murakami Yoshikiyo's subordinates very inactive when he wanted to send troops south, which made Murakami Yoshikiyo very depressed. The Oda family, the overlord of the Hitachi Kingdom, sharpened their knives and recruited troops and horses, preparing to start the great cause of the unification of the Hitachi Kingdom as soon as the spring plowing was over. The Utsunomiya family and the Yuuki family naturally won't sit idly by and watch a powerful force rise by their side, so they secretly united the Satake family and prepared to teach the Oda family a lesson.

However, Tsukahara Moryū stayed in the library for several months with peace of mind. Although Tsukahara Molong has hundreds of years of knowledge beyond this era, it doesn't mean that he really has the ability to wrestle with the ancients, just like a modern otaku traveled to ancient times, although many YY novels are incomparably beautiful, but in fact, the ancients were not stupid, and the elites of their time were not inferior to some of the mainstays of modern society. Previously, with his penanced swordsmanship for more than ten years and the sneak attack of the half-hanger, he successfully won the night battle of Ninja City, but if he really had to do it again, Tsukahara Moryū was not sure that he would be able to come out of the 38,000 army alive. After all, luck is limited, and if you want to really achieve great things, you have to rely on real skills. With the talent of the night battle in Ninja City, even if Tsukahara Molong has the knowledge of modern people, he can command a reserve at most, without him, these warriors from samurai families have received military education since childhood, and they really open a posture to fight head-on, and it is estimated that no one who has been educated in the Celestial Empire can withstand it. After all, the real advantage, or the only advantage, of the crossing party lies in its long-term vision.

So Tsukahara Moryū traveled all the way and studied all the way, Kohata Kenshige, Nagano Yoshimasa, Iitomi Toramasa brothers, Yamamoto Kansuke, Takeda Nobuyoshige...... Although none of them wrote their own books on the art of war to be handed down to future generations, they are all battle-hardened generals, and they are very experienced, and the scattered knowledge that Tsukahara Molong got from them, after this period of sorting and reflection, Tsukahara Molong has the confidence to dare to fight head-on with the Warring States generals.

Although the Ashikaga family has declined, the art of war books from the Ming Dynasty have been preserved. Most of the descendants know the art of war books such as "The Art of War", but if you really only use "The Art of War", there is still no way to fight, just like if we have learned Newton's three laws, it does not mean that we are physicists. In the library of the Ashikaga family, in addition to the official textbook of the Ming Dynasty "Seven Books of Martial Arts", there is also the Song Dynasty's art of war book "General Essentials of Martial Arts", etc., which tells the specific way of governing the army.

Although Tsukahara Molong has been staying in the library almost all the time, everything has already begun to be arranged, Tsukahara Buden and Heiji have already returned to the dojo first, and through the water rhyme house and the middle house, a large amount of war materials have also been smuggled to Kashima no Machi, Tsukahara Shige's intelligence network has also been spread out in the Kanto region, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

After learning that the Oda family had begun to assemble troops and that a major war was imminent, Tsukahara Moryū bid farewell to Ashikaga Yoshiteru and led his group to Kanto by boat from Kaimachi. When passing through Kii, Kanzo Kato boarded the ship with a few people dressed as ninjas, and followed Tsukahara Ink Dragon eastward.

"Duan Zang, how is the matter with the iron cannon?" Tsukahara asked in a low voice in a corner where no one was around.

"It's all ready, these are all masters of iron cannons." Kato Duanzo replied that he was also sent by Tsukahara Moryū

Kii Province prepared for the iron cannon and also practiced a good marksmanship. Iron cannons were introduced to Japan eight years ago, and now they have been copied in many places, and Kii Province is one of them. Due to the development of the processing industry, Kii Province has a large number of skilled blacksmiths, so it is less difficult to imitate iron cannons than other places. At present, Kii's iron cannon is still only a little famous, and it has not yet reached the level of the Nerai iron cannon team that later gave Oda Nobunaga a lot of headaches, but in terms of the quality of production and the skill of using iron cannons, Kii is still far ahead.

However, the iron cannon was still very expensive at this time, and Tsukahara Molong only bought a total of ten, and with the development of the handicraft industry in the future, the price of the iron cannon will be lower and lower, so as to equip the troops on a large scale, but it is not expected in a short time, and it has to rely on the sword to decide the winner. However, with the development of Japanese armor, the low lethality of ordinary arrows is already a very helpless reality, and at present, Tsukahara Molong has no way to introduce advanced bow and arrow manufacturing technology from the Ming Dynasty, so he can only use iron cannons This kind of lethality is considerable, and the weapon with wound infection effect can make up for the long-range defects.

Although Tsukahara Moryū did not announce his return to Kanto in a high-profile manner, as soon as Tsukahara Moryū landed on the front foot, the entire Kanto exploded: Ashikaga Yoshiaki's son, that fierce god, is back again!! What the? No one went to intercept it? Are all the ninjas and pirates in the entire Kanto region dead?! This is a matter of the speed of information transmission, if Tsukahara Moryū leads the troops, I'm afraid that the news of his summoning of troops will come out when they are all under the city.

Fortunately, after Tsukahara Molong came back, he nested in the dojo and honestly taught swordsmanship. Only then did the careful liver of the Kwantung princes relax a little, and a month later, it was hot again. The coalition forces of the Oda family, Satake, Utsunomiya, and Yuki fought in the dark. Originally, the important minister of the Satake family, Edo Tadamichi, was very good at fighting, but he was directly erased by Tsukahara Molong, which made the entire Satake family fall into the embarrassing situation of having an empty army but no good generals. In the end, the Satake family was completely forced into a hurry, and even the frail and sickly family governor Satake Yoshiaki personally took a knife into battle, which made the entire Satake family's fighting spirit skyrocket. The Oda family was caught off guard and was forced to retreat, and the two sides started a tug-of-war, with neither of them taking a step back.

On the other side, Satomi Yoshiyao surprised Hojo Shiyasu and attacked Shimo Sokuni again without recovering his own vitality. Due to a mistake in strategic judgment, the Hojo family was ill-prepared in Shimokoku, and several territories were captured in the blink of an eye, and only a few small border towns were still struggling to support the porous defense line. Although Hojo Shiyasu wanted to personally crusade against Satomi Yoshiyao, his body did not allow him to do this anymore, so he had to order Hojo Tsunaru and Hojo Tsunataka to go to Shimokoku to resist.

The Satomi family, who had suffered a crushing defeat due to the surprise attack of Hojo Tsunasari, showed quite courage on the battlefield of the frontal decisive battle this time, and also had an advantage in troops, even if the Hojo family Huang Bei and Akabi came out, they could not achieve a decisive victory, and the two shots were in the Shimokoku fierce battle for dozens of days, and each of them withdrew due to lack of military rations. And the Uesugi family also sent a small number of troops to attack and harass the Musashi country, but they were all blocked by Tamu Mototada, but it also made the Hojo family anxious. Realizing the weakness of the Hojo family, the Imagawa family's attitude seems to have changed, and the original army of the Mikawa Province began to return to Suruga Province, with unclear intentions.

Just when the entire Kanto region was in chaos, Tsukahara Moryū took Kato Duanzo and Zhou Dashuai to the territory of the Chiba family, which had become a vassal of the Hojo family.

"What? Tsukahara Moryū wants to see me? Chiba Shengyin, the head of the Chiba family, flashed his eyes, "How many people did he bring?" ”

"Just two."

"Oh, then invite him in, remember, gather all the samurai, and if there is anything wrong, kill them immediately."

The samurai who delivered the message visibly trembled: "My lord...... We really want to ......" It's not that he's afraid of death, but that he can't see any hope of winning against monsters like Tsukahara Molong.

"Idiot, just in case, otherwise such a dangerous guy, can you let it in?" Chiba Shengyin scolded angrily. In fact, he didn't want to see Tsukahara Molong very much, not to mention that Ashikaga Yoshiaki beat him like a pig's head back then, that is, the battle of Guofu Tai, and he also participated, to put it mildly, it can also be regarded as Tsukahara Molong's father-killing enemy. But now he is the sword demon personally sealed by the general, and he is the most proud disciple of the sword saint Tsukahara Buchuan, and he has a very high prestige in the sword hero world, if he refuses, he is afraid that no one will dare to come to the sword master training family in the future.

After waiting for a long time with some apprehension, the three of Tsukahara Molong came to the front of the main hall slowly, Chiba Shengyin straightened his waist, trying to make a majestic appearance, but his eyes unconsciously glanced at the compartment where the samurai was hidden.

"Please untie the knife." The samurai guarding the gate struggled to control his legs from trembling and spoke.

Tsukahara Molong looked at the samurai: "This is a sword given by His Royal Highness the General, I am willing to understand, do you dare to ask for it?" ”

Sure enough, as soon as he heard that it was Ashikaga Yoshiteru himself, the samurai's face turned even paler, and he was speechless for a long time. Chiba Shengyin couldn't see it, and just as he was about to speak, Tsukahara Molong walked in with a knife, which immediately made him raise his heart to his throat. The sound of clanging footsteps not only reached Chiba Shengyin's ears, but also reached the hearts of the samurai in the compartment, and each samurai unconsciously shed a cold sweat.

"Chiba-sama." Tsukahara Molong said with a smile: "I led my disciples this time, and at the invitation of His Highness Imagawa, I planned to go to Suruga Province to open a dojo, so I took the liberty to disturb it. ”

Oh...... I said it earlier, but it turned out that I was just passing by, and I was so scared that my liver was fluttering. Chiba Shengyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but in the next moment, he felt as if the world was spinning, and immediately after, a headless corpse appeared in front of him.

Tsukahara Molong seemed to just wave his hand, and Chiba Shengyin's head fell, no one could see his sword action, and before the samurai who was accompanying him could react, Tsukahara Molong shouted angrily: "And the old thief of Chiba ambushed the samurai under the corridor, and after killing my father, he still wanted to kill me?!!! ”