[Yes, Kojuro, the amount and value of the gifts you bring must be high, so that Uesugi Keitora and Akechi Kogoro think that we are negotiating with sincerity, and I will have someone return to Oshu to catch two eagles, and you will hand them over to Uesugi Keitor.] 】

Despite its remote location and poor soil, Australia is not a useless place, and there are three major local products: gold, horses and eagles.

The eagle refers to the [Japanese Sparrowhawk] (not our common Sparrowhawk), which is very similar in appearance and feather color, but the black stripes in the center of the throat are relatively narrow, not as wide and thick as the Sparrow Hawk. A small number of birds are resident birds, generally summer migratory birds in the north, and winter migratory birds in the south. It mainly inhabits mountain coniferous forests and mixed forests, and also occurs at the edge of forests and open forests, and is a typical forest bird of prey. It feeds mainly on small birds such as chickadees and warblers, but also eats insects and lizards.

The Japanese samurai advocated force, coupled with the habit of worshipping animals as "totems" in the feudal era, so the Oshu eagle should have become the favorite [mascot] of the samurai of that era, and many people love to compare themselves to the eagle.

[Lord, with the eagle, this value is high, but it's just ...... Uesugi Keitora and Akechi Kogoro are not ordinary people, and they may not be able to understand our affection. 】

[It's okay, I don't need them to take me any affection, I just need to be a good person.] 】

[Lord, do you really want to implement the [delaying strategy]? With all due respect, wouldn't it be too obvious that I'm doing diplomacy at the front, but the lord is conducting military operations in the rear, so what's the point of me doing this? 】

Date Masamune shook his head, he didn't feel angry at all about Katakura Kojuro's words, and looking at the expressions of all the retainers, they were also the same as Kojuro on the set, I'm afraid that this group of people would think that they would do this.

[Kojuro, you put a million hearts, when I want to move troops, I will wait until you come back to issue a military order, wise Kogoro followed Oda Nobunaga to fight in the south and the north, and his resourcefulness was extraordinary, if I really want to implement the [delaying strategy], I am afraid that he will see through it at a glance, and I am not confident enough to use a small trick, and I can be proud, you can do it with confidence, I will not let you have any unexpected danger on his side. 】

Hearing Date Masamune say this, Katakura Kojuro suddenly felt a lot more relieved, and yes, his lord is not the kind of stupid and arrogant person.

But then again, even if he really falls into the hands of wise Kogoro, I'm afraid there will be no danger, and the other party is afraid that he will lobby again and find a way to recruit himself into his command, not to mention whether he is really qualified to make him so valued, just his heart is enough to move him.

In fact, I don't want to stay in this remote and poor northeast for the rest of my life, if I can enter the account of wise Kogoro and fight for the shogunate with him, then not only will the living conditions improve a lot, but it will not be difficult to leave a name in history and a wife and shadow in the future...... Alas! It's a pity that his father and sister are absolutely loyal to the Date family, and they may not stop them from leaving the Date family, but what about themselves? Can you bear to abandon them and go outside to enjoy the glory and wealth alone?

No! You can't do that yourself! I'm sorry for my conscience like that!

Many years later, before Akechi Kogoro died, Katakura Kojuro's son, Katakura Shigenaga (nicknamed "Oni Kojuro]), also known as Katakura Kojuro, came to Osaka Castle to meet Akechi Kogoro, who met him and told him the story of wanting to recruit his father.

Seeing that Katakura Kojuro didn't speak, Date Masamune suddenly thought of a mischievous bad idea, and he smiled [maliciously] and said to Katakura Kojuro:

[Kojuro, wait a little longer, I still have a gift that I need you to pass on to Wise Kogoro, remember, it must be for Wise Kogoro! No one else can do it! 】……

Two days later, in the afternoon, Kojuro Katakura arrived at the camp of the Uesugi army.

He clearly felt the change in morale in the barracks, when he first entered Kasugayama Castle, the people in the city were worried about the invasion of the Date army, and they seemed panicked and uneasy, and their morale was low, but now, the people in the barracks are in a good state of mind, and there is no longer the original lifelessness, and it seems that after a victory, the morale of the Uesugi army has returned.

Kojuro Katakura was soon received by Keigoro Uesugi.

[The smaller one is Katakura Kojuro Keixuna of the Date family, and I am here to greet Lord Uesugi Echigo Mamoru and Mr. Akechi for my father-in-law, Misaku Itakusa, Mamoru Masamune. 】

Uesugi Keitora was very surprised by the arrival of Katakura Kojuro, he had already discussed it with Akechi Kogoro before, and the [30,000 taels of silver] mentioned by the latter was simply a sky-high price, and Date Masamune, who lived in the northeast, would definitely not be able to make up so much money even if he smashed the pot and sold his parents and sold his parents.

Sure enough, the negotiations failed without any suspense, but this was also in the calculation of the wise Kogoro, who began to prepare for military activities in full swing as soon as the envoy returned.

Unexpectedly, before his military activities had started, Date Masamune's people had already come.

Originally, Uesugi Jinghu had completely put his mind on the military, and he didn't intend to pay attention to the people from the Date family, after all, there was no room for peace talks now, so he just found someone to chat with her for a while, and then sent him away.

But when he heard that Kojuro Katakura didn't come empty-handed, but with two important things, he had to change his mind.

Those two things are the ashes of Ganji Jingzhi and Mori Nagake.

[Thank you Date Misaku for your kindness, I'll take it.] 】

Uesugi Jinghu felt that he didn't need to give the other party too many good looks, so after a brief sentence, he turned his attention to the two small boxes made of rosewood.

Uesugi Keitora glanced at Akechi Kogoro, only to find that the latter's eyes were already red.

Wise Kogoro and Mori Nagako have known each other since they were teenagers, but they don't have much intersection because their respective lives don't coincide, that is, they haven't become [Fa Xiao]. However, after becoming an adult, the two joined forces many times in a series of military activities of the Oda family, and in the Battle of Tetori River that year, they went hand in hand.

A few years ago, Akechi Kogoro married his adopted daughter to Mori Nagaka's younger brother Mori Ranmaru, and the two families became in-laws, and the relationship went further...... Until two months ago, the two men were discussing military operations together and discussing policies to deal with Date Masamune, and inadvertently, one of them had already gone to Huangquan Avenue, and the other could stand it?

[Wise Mr. Kogoro, please mourn and be good, this is what happened on the battlefield, and we are sorry, but ......]

Katakura Kojuro wanted to say something to Wise Kogoro, but the latter didn't seem to understand, just rubbed his eyes, and then said in a calm tone:

[Katakura-sama doesn't need to say such things, there are no eyes on the battlefield, and there is no way to do it, besides, Musashi-samarum, as a samurai, has long had the consciousness of serving the country with his body, but it's just ......]

He choked up, his tone a little pathetic.

[Lord Musashi Mamoru He is a member of our Oda family, and he is also a minister of the dragon who followed the general's army, so it's too pitiful to let him be buried alone in the field, I want to ask the general to move him back to Owari. 】

(Mori is said to be a descendant of Yoshitaka Minamoto and has been active in the Higashiyamado and Tokaido areas for hundreds of years.) Mori Nagako's father, Mori Kesei, followed Oda Nobunaga to fight the world, and later died heroically in the dilemma of Omi Sakamoto Usayama Castle being isolated and helpless, and he was also one of the few famous generals of the Oda family who died in battle, which shows the tragedy of [the enemy is outnumbered], and his eldest son Mori Kotaka was also killed in Echizen Tsuruga Port, and the three brothers Mori Ran Maru, Riki Maru, and Fang Maru ascended to heaven with the lord Nobunaga in the raging fire of Honnoji Temple, if you count the Mori Naga in this book, then the Mori family really deserves to be [Full of Loyalty] Now, this is not an exaggeration.

No wonder whether it is Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi or Tokugawa Ieyasu, they are all so polite to the Mori family, the first generation of the Tsuyama Domain, Memori Tadamasa, is almost a useless person compared to his father and brother, and he delayed his march in the Battle of Osaka, Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't look for him, it's really incredible! ）

may have been infected by the wise Kogoro, and in the main camp that received Katakura Kojuro, there was a sad atmosphere, and a group of retainers of the Uesugi family also bowed their heads in the face of the ashes of Katsuki.

At that time, he was known as the "Four Heavenly Kings of Uesugi" along with Naoe Keixuna, Usami Dingmi, and Kakizaki Keike, and the four of them represented the heyday of the Uesugi family's military power. Now that the four of them are no longer alive with Kenshin Uesugi, this is a very obvious sign to the world that the era of the Uesugi family has really come to an end.

The younger retainers were a little older, and they were crying not only for the sake of the Katsune, but also for the fact that the Uesugi family had fallen to the point where they are today. How unfortunate it is that these old people, who have experienced the glory days, cannot watch their country fall into such a predicament, but they feel powerless against the current situation!

The current situation is no longer something that can be solved by arguments and methods such as [if only Qian Xingong was still there], not only because of his own shortcomings, but also because the general trend of the world is like this, which makes people not even resist!!

After rubbing his eyes, Wise Kogoro's mood seemed to be much better, and he said to Kojuro Katakura:

[Katakura-sama, you've worked hard for this trip, and since Idami Sakumoru is so caring, then I can't put it without expressing it at all...... Among those stranded in our camp, take Idami-sama with you. 】