In the second year of Yonglu, on the 11th day of October. Just as Asadachi was preparing to destroy the Urano family entrenched in Ueno-Azuma-gun, the flying feet sent by Mori Takacho arrived at the foot of Kawagoe Castle.

"My lord, the Moritan Guardian has sent troops without authorization, and now he has captured Ishinomaki Castle, the original base of the Kasai family, and has now sent an envoy to inform him of this." Yamazaki Hidesen walked quickly into the Ohiro room of Kawagoe Castle and reported to the Asada, who was holding a military meeting.

"The Moritan Gomori is only the lord of more than 40,000 koku, but the Kasai family occupies more than 300,000 koku in the seven prefectures of Ritsuo, I heard you right?" Chao Ding couldn't believe his ears.

"It's true, Kasai Sakyo Doctor Harunobu and his sons Kasai Ishimi Mamoru Kiyotaka, Kasai Iki Nobuhide and others have been asked for by their important minister Fukuchi Zongsuke, and their heads are being sent to Kawagoe Castle overnight." After Yamazaki Hidesen finished speaking, he handed a copy of the pleadings to the very surprised Asada.

"Maori Dan's courage is not small, first he sent troops to Ishinomaki Castle without authorization, and then he also invited merit and rewards for the general manager of the blessed land!" Chao Ding couldn't help but be a little angry after reading the contents of the pleadings.

"My lord, the Maori Dan Houshou also wanted to share your worries so he did such a big thing. However, the Kasai family still has a large group of retainers and many territories, and if it does not win over some important ministers of the Kasai family, it will be difficult for the Central Metropolitan Party to compete with the Kasai family and the Osaki family. Namba Kenji immediately said good things about Mori Keihiro.

"This is reasonable, but the fact that the Moritan Houshou sent troops to Ishinomaki Castle without authorization is still unforgivable, how can I control my retainers as soon as this wind opens?!" Chao Ding didn't want to open Pandora's box because of a thought.

"My lord, compared to punishing the Maori Dan Houshou at this time, shouldn't we first arrange how the Central Continent side should act?" Hidesen Yamazaki immediately reminded the court not to patronize the punishment, and there are still two deep-rooted daimyo in the Nakatsu family, the Kasai family and the Osaki family.

"The Soma family and the Tamura family will go north by sea to Tsunaji Island and Onagawa Bay, and they will form a corner with Moritan Gomori and others. With the commander-in-chief of Too Zhang Shou in charge of the Southern and Chu-O generals, I hope that Taoo Zhang Shou will be able to seize the entire territory of Chu-Tsu within a month. "Chaoding originally planned to let Maori Jingguang come to be the chief general, but after thinking about it, he felt that he was still too young and easily impulsive. As a result, Tao Qingxian, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, has become the best candidate in Chaoding's heart.

"The lord is wise!" As soon as Asada's words fell, Yamazaki Hidesen, Namba Tian Kenji and other retainers said in unison.

"There is no mistake in quickly ordering Tao O, Zhang Mamoru and Naito Shuliang to gather the army and go north." Asadaki didn't want to give the Kasai family too much respite, and once the Kasai family was united, it would be difficult for him to quickly attack Mutsu.

In this way, the original assessment of how to defeat the Urano family ended hastily, but Asadachi left Namba Tian Kenji, Yamazaki Hidesen, and Katsuyama Yunkatsu after the evaluation meeting.

"You should understand why you three are left." Chao Ding said slowly after seeing that the rest of the retainers had left.

"In order to quickly formulate a strategy to destroy the Urano family and the Edo family, and prepare for a decisive battle with the Takeda family on Kawanakajima." Kenji Namba couldn't wait to say it.

"Not only for the sake of these, but I intend to pacify the Ou first, if I don't destroy the Daimyo of the two countries of Okuba, such as the Osaki family, the Kasai family, the Spo family, the Tozawa family, and the Anto family, then the family will definitely have endless troubles." Asadaki didn't want a fire in the backyard during the decisive battle with the Takeda family.

"My lord, how easy is this? The Kasai family alone occupies a territory of nearly 300,000 koku in the seven prefectures of Mitsuoku, and with the intertwined power of the lords of the countrymen in various places, it is difficult to pacify it quickly. Jieshan Yunsheng shook his head and said.

"Most of the Kasai family governors have been unable to control their retainers and lords, and rebellion and rebellion have always existed. If the family 'entrusts the Fukuchi family with an important task' and spreads the word throughout the two countries of Ou, then it is expected that more people will fall to the family. "Hidesen Yamazaki doesn't think it's a difficult thing.

"Then the Fukuchi family will have 38,000 stone from Ishinomaki Castle, Jintoriyama Castle, Fishing Tail Castle, and Nanao Castle (Chutsu Nanao Castle, the original Yamauchi Shouto clan's original base) and other places, and let them continue to command the naval army." With a wave of his hand, Asadaki immediately rewarded the generals Fukuchi Nobutoshi with the capture of Ishinomaki Castle and Nanao Castle by Mori Keihiro, Saito Toshi, Hanhee Mitsutoshi, Hanhee Hirotoshi and other talents.

"Thirty-eight thousand stones?! Lord, the blessed land is always a person who kills the lord, how can he be so generous?! "Kenji Namba didn't understand this approach at all.

"Not much, not much. Once the Kasai family was destroyed by the main family, the territory of the "Seven Counties of Kasai (Chorazawa-gun, Ethorn-gun, Iwai-gun, Iwa-gun, Akisen-gun, Motoyoshi-gun, Tomi-gun, and Momo-gun)" of nearly 300,000 koku became the family's possession. Wouldn't it be worth it for the family to exchange 38,000 stone for quickly seizing the territory of nearly 300,000 stone at the seventh level of Kasai? Chao Ding explained a little.

"But how could the powerful generals under the command of the Kasai family, such as the Kumagai family, the Motoyoshi family, the oil field family, the Ohara family, and the Eze family, watch the Kasai clan invade the Kasai Domain? At present, all the generals of Nanide Yu are out of Yuri County, and there is no one to contain the Osaki family. If the Osaki family unites the Kasai family and the former Date family to launch a counterattack at this moment, it is very likely that the family's territory in the Nakatsu will be lost. "Jieshan Yunsheng didn't think that he could easily defeat the Kasai family.

"The Hamada family of the East Building, the Mago family of Tono, and other lords of the country have repeatedly rebelled against the Kasai family, and it is not necessary that they will become loyal ministers and good generals after the murder of Dr. Sakyo Kasai." Chao Ding said after smiling.

"It turns out that the lord has a plan for a long time!" Yamazaki Hidesen was originally thinking of suggesting to Asada that he divide the Kasai family's retainers by transferring some of the countrymen lords who had repeatedly rebelled against the Kasai family, but he didn't expect that Asadari would already know the situation of the Kasai family well.

"These lords were not vassals of the Kasai clan in the first place, and most of them were forced to submit after being defeated by the Kasai family. As long as they are lured by profit, they don't worry that they don't take the initiative to give them a hug. "Asada's power in the Chuto family was no bigger than that of the Daimyo family and the Kasai family, so he began to secretly contact the countrymen lords under their command very early.

"My lord, I would like to take the liberty of asking, why didn't Ota Saemon Saden participate in this assessment?" Namba Tian Kenji originally held back for a long time, and in order to take into account the face of the court, he did not ask about the assessment.

"Why? In recent years, Ota Saemon has recruited rebels, and the size of his retainers has become larger and larger, and the standing army can reach more than 1,000. What is he trying to do? Chao Ding said after sneering.

"My lord, over the years, Ota Saemon Saden has followed you to the east and west, and has made great contributions, how can you go down?" Kenji Namba asked puzzled. He didn't believe that Ota was the one who intended to be subordinate.

"Do you remember Dr. Shibue Uemon, the lord of Iwatsuke Castle during the time of your father? Although Ota Mino Mamoru was also the lord of Iwatsuke Castle appointed by his late father at the time, he joined forces with the Ise clan and received his assistance to capture Iwatsuke Castle, leaving the lord of the castle, Shibue Uemon to die. It wasn't until the fourth year of Daiei, after Kai guarded Takeda Sakyo Daifu Shintora to go out of Kanto and conquer Iwatsuke Castle, that Ota Mino Mamoru returned to the Ogiya Uesugi family and became one of the important ministers of the Ogiya Uesugi family. I have seen the exploits of Ota Saemonzo over the years, but his continuous recruitment and recruitment of rebels and standing guards over the years have made me a little worried about whether Ota Saemonzo will be provoked by traitors to do the next thing. Chao Ding said helplessly.

"No wonder the lord wanted to transfer Ota Saemon Saden to Hitachi Province, it turned out that it was because of this ······" Jieshan Yunsheng said thoughtfully.

"If Ota Saemonzo is still in Musashi for a day, then thousands of Kamishu soldiers will still need to be stationed around Kawagoe Castle. Once Ota Saemonzo was transferred to another country, thousands of Kamishu soldiers could be used to defend the Takeda family. Chao Ding told the secret story.

"My lord, are you doing this a little unfair to Ota Saemonzo? After all, he is still the head of the family's pen and the old general. "Namba Kenji doesn't want to be the opposite.

"It is precisely because Ota Saemonzo is the old man and veteran of the family that I did not embarrass him. If it is someone else, he will be directly ordered to hand over the hostages and let the monk governor. Chaoding felt that what he had done to Ota was already very magnanimous.