If there were no Tsugawa family, the Ayube family would follow the wheel of history like a salted fish to the Meiji period.

However, because of the strong rise of the Tsugawa family, coupled with the rise of Yoshiaki Kamiyama, the son-in-law of Ayubei Munobu, the Ayubei clan also showed signs of prosperity. The most intuitive embodiment is that the stone height of the catfish family has increased from 1,500 stone to 2,500 stone.

Although it is still very few, it is already very good for Ayubei Soshin.

And the son of Ayubei Soshin, Ayubei Shengzong, is now the banner of Tsugawa Soji, which is a fat difference, if it is reused in the future, the current Takahashi family is a role model!

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As Yoshiaki Ueyama expected, Soma Shengyin outside Tateyama Castle really had a dispute with Hirata Shunfan and Sase Nakatsune of the Ashina family. The reason for the dispute is nothing more than whether to enter the city or retreat.

Soma Moriyin and Yoshinobu Sato and other retainers discussed and advocated retreating, because everything in Tateyama Castle revealed anomalies. On the other hand, Hirata Shunfan and Sase Nakatsune refused to retreat on the grounds that Ashina Mori's order was to support Tateyama Castle, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

"The enemy situation in Tateyama Castle is unknown, and I am afraid that rash action will fall into the Tsugawa family's plan!" Yoshinobu Sato has been explaining the reasons for the retreat of the Soma family to Shunfan Hirata and Nakatsune Sase, but there is no use at all.

"Why don't you retreat for the time being, and then make plans when you find out the specific situation?" Naokiyoshi Kusano, a retainer of the Soma family who was standing next to Yoshinobu Sato, also asked.

Naokiyo Kusano is an important minister of the Soma family, and his status is still above Sato Yoshinobu, and he is the jodai of Nakamura Castle, an important city of the Soma family, and has a high prestige in the family. Kusano opened his mouth, even if it was a thorough statement of the attitude of the Soma family, and the Soma family's answer was obviously not satisfactory to the people of the Ashina family.

Just as Hirata Shunfan was about to say something, a fast horse rushed out of the mountain castle, and soon arrived in front of everyone, "Dare to ask, but the Soma family is the head of the Soma Palace?" ”

"Exactly!" Soma Shengyin replied expressionlessly.

"Down there is Suda Katsuhide, a retainer of the Nikaido family, who has come to invite you to enter the city on the orders of the lord of the family!" Suda Katsuhide said loudly.

Hearing Suda Katsuhide's words, Soma Shengyin did not rush to express his position, but asked with a vigilant face, "The news we got is that thousands of troops from the Tsugawa family have surrounded Tateyama Castle, so Ashina Hall specially sent me and others to support." ”

"However, we haven't seen the Tsugawa family's troops, but there seems to be an ambush of the Tsugawa family on Tazawa Mountain in the southwest, can you explain your doubts to our family?" Soma Shengyin stared at Suda Katsuhide tightly, trying to see something in Suda Katsuhide's eyes.

However, Suda Katsuhide replied unusually calmly, "Soma Temple, this matter is also very strange to the family. After the Tsugawa family's forces surrounded Tateyama Castle, they retreated before they could attack, and then disappeared. ”

"We just opened the city gate and were about to send a scout to investigate, and it happened that Soma Hall arrived with troops at this time. Because we were afraid that someone from the Tsugawa family was pretending, we kept secretly watching, and we didn't go out of the city to greet us until we were sure! Suda Katsuhide replied slowly.

"Humph! A group of rats, I'll just say that there is nothing abnormal at all, and the warriors of the Soma family, hum! Hirata Shunfan also began to sneer on the side at this time.

At this time, Suda Shengxiu immediately made a surprised expression, came to Hirata Shunfan's side, and said excitedly, "I didn't expect that even the troops of the Ashina family came to support, so that Kanyama Castle will definitely be able to defend!" ”

"You want to compare it to the Hirata Sakyo Ryo Hall, which is known as the Four Heavenly Kings of Ashina....... Oops, I didn't expect that even Lord Sase was among them, and the Four Heavenly Kings of Ashina came at once, haha Even the Tsugawa family is not a concern! ”

What a sycophant! directly made the unhappiness that Hirata Shunfan and Sase Tanetsune had just caused disappear, and the eyes that looked at Suda Katsuhide were also full of appreciation.

Suda Morihide is the adopted son of the old Suda Hideyuki of the Nikaido family, and he is just 20 years old this year. Although it has not yet shown outstanding abilities as in history, it is already a little bit of a look, as can be seen from what I just said.

"Suda-sama is right, we are here to support Tateyama Castle! Since the Tsugawa family did not surround the city, it just saved us the trouble of waiting, so let's enter the city quickly! After speaking, Sase often glanced at Sato Yoshinobu and Kusano Naokiyoshi defiantly, and rode towards Tateyama Castle without looking back.

Hirata Shunfan also followed behind Sase Tanetsune with his own ashigaru, completely ignoring the iron-faced Soma family monarch on the side.

This is where Ashina Mori's miscalculation begins.

The so-called Ashina Four Heavenly Kings are actually four retainers who have excelled in internal affairs, and they can be said to know nothing about fighting, so Jin Shang Shengbei can barely be called an all-rounder, but he has also surrendered to the Tsugawa family.

The Ashina Mori clan may have taken this into account, but in the Ashina Mori clan's opinion, there is Soma Mori Yin, and Hirata Shunfan and Sase Tanetsu only play a supervisory role, and they don't necessarily need to go to the battlefield to command the battle at all.

However, Ashina Mori never imagined that Hirata Shunfan and this Sase Tanetsune would be arrogant to such an extent. Perhaps it was because the development of the Ashina family was so good during this period that some of the Ashina family's retainers had already swelled to the point that they didn't know what.

If the person sent by the Ashina Mori clan was the most capable son of Anazawa Shintoku, Toshimitsu Anazawa, I am afraid it would be a different scene.

In short, no matter what, Soma Shengyin and the others still followed Hirata Shunfan into Tateyama Castle. However, as soon as he entered the Guanshan Castle, the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded all around. Soma Shengyin, Sato Yoshinobu and others immediately changed their faces, and they reflexively wanted to pull out the sword on their waists, but someone was faster than them.

"Suda-sama, what do you mean by that?" Seeing the knife hanging on his neck, Soma Shengyin widened his eyes and looked directly at Suda Shengxiu in front of him.

Suda Morihide shook his head helplessly, "Don't blame Soma-sama, I'm just acting on orders!" ”

"Take them all!"

Things were moving so fast that before the people of the Soma family and the Ashina family could react, some of the people who entered Tateyama Castle first were surrounded by the forces of the Nikaido family and the Ishikawa family, which had already been ambushed.

And when Yoshiaki Kamiyama near Mt. Tazawa and others led their troops to Tateyama Castle, the forces of the Soma family and the Ashina family immediately scattered and fled.

I don't know what happened, but everyone is not stupid, and when they really want to escape, they won't be too vague.

When Sase Tanetsune, Hirata Shunfan, Soma Moriyin and others were escorted to Yoshiaki Ueyama together with Takaaki Tamura, a group of people all had their heads down, looking like they were being slaughtered.

Only Tamura Takaaki has been scolding Ishikawa Harumitsu and Nikaido Teruyuki not far away, if it weren't for the rope tied to his body and couldn't move, Tamura Takaaki would have rushed up and tore Ishikawa Harumitsu and the two with his mouth.