It's useless to complain about Date Minoto, because it's nonsense!

Now the territory of the Tsugawa family covers almost the entire Dewa, plus the Mutsu region and the Rikunaka region, and there are nearly 500,000 stone in Shitaka! And what about the Date family now? If you only rely on Date Minoru, you may only be able to integrate a territory of less than 200,000, of course, if you add Ashina, Soma and other powerful countrymen, you still have the strength to fight with the Tsugawa family, but what does this mean?

The Tsugawa family is now gaining momentum, and after defeating the Mogami family, there is no opponent except for the Date family, so you can rest assured that you can stabilize the territory, and then wait for the opportunity to invade the territory of the Date family. And the Date family is still in civil strife, which is not comparable at all!

As for who can sanction the Tsugawa family, there may have been before, but it's a pity that these forces that can sanction the Tsugawa family have been defeated by the Tsugawa family one by one!

Date Minoru suddenly looked up at the sky, then looked down at the ground, and then looked around at the retainers, and then couldn't help but say something that puzzled the retainers, "Is this family really thinking wrong?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Liangchuan Zong Chao hurriedly asked.

"Huh!" Date Minoru smiled softly, then waved his hand and said slowly, "That's it, let's not mention this matter for the time being!" I heard that there are people from Kyoto who have come to the public house recently, but I don't know when they will be able to reach the house. ”

"The news is from the Erhonmatsu family, and according to the time calculation, the person who came should arrive in the family in a few days!" Date Genealogy Daihori Noboru Noboru hurriedly replied. Horikoshi Nozomi was the southernmost territory of the Date family, so he knew the most about the news.

Date Minoru nodded, "Even if you are an envoy from Kyoto, you are also a member of the public family, and your family must be good and not neglect in the slightest." ”

Date Minoru first instructed, and then then asked, "In addition to the main family, are there other forces that have envoys visiting?" ”

"It is rumored that the Osaki family and the Mogami family also have envoys to go, and originally the Spo family of Gaoshui Temple will also have a group of envoys to go, but the Spo family of Gaoshui Temple no longer exists, so naturally there is no need." Horikoshi Munefan hurriedly replied.

Date Minoru nodded, "The family knows, today's assessment is here for the time being, the sect and Noto Shou stay, and the rest of the people are at their own discretion." ”

"Haha!"

After the retainers left the castle tower one after another, Date Minoru looked at the two remaining members of the castle tower, Horikoshi Munefan and Kolianggawa Muneto, and then said, "The Kasai family's side of the clan can go there in person next, it is an indisputable fact that the Mogami family has fallen, and now the Kasai family is extremely important to the family." ”

"The situation of the little monk maru in the Osaki family is not optimistic now, it is rumored that Osaki Yoshinao married his aunt who has been widowed for many years to Tsugawa Soji, it seems that Osaki Yoshinao is already determined to fall to the Tsugawa family, and the family will never allow such a thing to happen!"

"But now that the Tsukawa family is in full swing, it is really not appropriate for the family to have any conflict with the Tsukawa family, so this matter must be done by the Kasai family. In addition, the Kurokawa family can also send someone to negotiate, attack from the south of the Osaki family, and attack the Mingsheng Castle at the same time as the north and south of the Kasai family, so be sure to fight quickly and not give the Tsugawa family any chance to react! ”

"Got it!" Date Minoru said loudly to Xiao Liangchuan Zongchao.

Xiao Liangchuan Zongchao hurriedly replied solemnly: "I am determined, I must live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

Date Minoru nodded, then turned his head to Horikoshi Munefan and said, "Notomo, the Ashina family seems to have moved recently, but do you know what the reason is?" ”

Hachome Castle, where Horikoshi Sofan is located, is the closest to the Ashina family's domain, and it is only separated by the Nihonmatsu family's territory in the middle, so it has always been a watchtower for the Date family to monitor the Ashina family, the Nihonmatsu family and other Southern Mitsu forces.

Hearing Date Minoru's words, Horikoshi Munefan frowned, and then whispered, "The Ashina family has not shown anything abnormal, but according to the report of the ninja of the family, it seems that the envoys of the Harumi Hall have traveled to and from Shiraishi Castle and Kurokawa Castle very frequently in the past month, and I think that maybe the Ashina family ........"

"It's impossible!" Before Horikoshi Munefan finished speaking, Date Minoru interrupted Horikoshi Munefan's words with a cold face, "The Ashina family and the main family have been friends for generations, and they have been married for several generations!" Sheng Gaodian is the father-in-law of the family, and the young master of the Ashina family is the son-in-law of the family. ”

However, although Date Minoru said so, he actually didn't have a bottom in his heart!

The Ashina family is a force in Mutsu that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Date family, and its territory is in the Aizu area, so it is very powerful. The Date family and the Ashina family have always maintained an alliance.

In addition, the main room of Date Minoru Taishin is the daughter of the fourteenth generation head of the Ashina family, Ashina Morigao, and the current head of the Ashina Mori Shun should be called Date Minoru a brother-in-law. And the daughter born to Date Minoru and Taishinin married Ashina Morishi's son, Ashina Morishi, and this relationship is undoubtedly very strong under normal circumstances. But the strength of the Ashina family is not much worse than that of the Date family, and now after the civil strife in the Date family, it is still unknown whether Ashina Morishun will buy Date Minoru's account!

"Lord, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable!" Seeing that Date Minoru didn't seem to want to believe this fact, Horikoshi Zongfan hurriedly continued, "Even in the next place, I don't want to believe that Ashina Hall will turn his back on his family and join the side of the Harumu Hall, but it is an indisputable fact that the envoys of the Harumu Hall have frequently appeared in Kurokawa Castle recently!" ”

"I think the lord should prepare for the worst as soon as possible, so as not to wait until the matter is irreparable, and the family will be unprepared!" Horikoshi said eagerly.

"What about the Nihonmatsu family and the Tamura family?" Date Minoru then asked.

Horikoshi replied truthfully, "Both families are now extremely negative, and it seems that they are in a wait-and-see state, and the Iwaki family has also stopped attacking the two families, and it is unknown whether there are some secrets that the family does not know!" ”

Hearing Horikoshi Munefan's words, Date Minoru's face was as gloomy as water, "The family is obviously at an advantage, why are Ashina, Tamura, Futamamatsu and others so perfunctory?" ”

"Could it be that Qingzong really reached some kind of agreement with them?" Thinking of this, Date Minoru's heart suddenly twitched,

.......

Karita-gun, Shiraishi Castle.

After being at a disadvantage in several battles with Date Minoru, Date Harumune was forced to relocate his base to White Rock Castle in the hope of reversing the tide there. Shiraishi Castle is located in Karida Prefecture, in the northern part of the Date family's territory, and there are few forces and retainers who serve Date Minoru here, so it is convenient for Date Harumune to reunite his family's forces and fight against Date Minoru.

Shiraishi Castle was originally the residence of the Shiraishi family, which was subordinate to the Date family, but now it has been "requisitioned" by Date Harumune, and the Shiraishi family has been given another territory to continue to serve Date Harumune.

As in the case of Nishiyama Castle, at this time in Shiraishi Castle, an evaluation of the Tsugawa family was also going on.