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As the base of the Akita County and the Yamamoto Prefecture overlord of the Hiyama Ando family, the scale of Hiyama Castle is very large. This is the second time that Kubota Ieji has visited Hinoyama Castle.

The first time Kubota Ieji came to Hiyama Castle was when he married Anton Shunji a few years ago as the daughter of Ando Yaoji, the head of the Anton family. At that time, Kubota Ieji was in charge of sending relatives.

In the castle tower of Hiyama Castle, Anton Shunji personally met with Kubota Ieji.

"Kubota-sama, I haven't seen you for many years, but my lord is still so tough." Anton Shunji said with a smile.

Kubota Jiaji bowed slightly to Anton Shunji, and then said, "Alas, it's already old, but Shunji Hall is becoming more and more heroic." ”

"Is Miss doing well?" Kubota asked suddenly.

Anton Shunji was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Samiko has been in a bad mood since she heard that her father-in-law died, and although I often persuade her, Samiko still can't let go. ”

Kubota Ieji nodded lightly, and said slowly, "Miss Samiko grew up under my watch, and the ancestor Yao Jigong is such a daughter, so she has always loved Miss very much." The young lady must be very sad to learn of Yao Jigong's death, but it made Lord Shun Ji bother. ”

"Where, where, that's what I'm supposed to do." Although Anton Shunji didn't know why Kubota Ieji mentioned Samiko, he still patiently chatted with Kubota Ieji.

After a long time, Kubota Ieji changed his words and suddenly said, "Lord Shunji, the Tsugawa family is really ready to move." ”

"Oh?" Referring to the Tsugawa family, Anton Shunji also said solemnly, "What are the actions of the Tsugawa family?" ”

Kubota Ieji said slowly, "A few days ago, the detective of the main family sent a message that the Tsugawa family was building a castle in the area of Toga Township and Xiongwa Township in Kawabe County, and that the new castle was used as the residence of Tsugawa Soji, and it has been a few days since the construction began. ”

"Toga Township?" Anton Shunji turned around and searched for a map of Dewa Province on the desk, and then pointed to the location of Toga Township and said, "I'm afraid the Tsugawa family's move is to use troops against Minatojo." ”

During this time, although the Andong family, the Tsugawa family, and the southern family and other forces had ceased fighting, Anton Shunji did not dare to relax his vigilance at all, and he had been paying attention to the movements of the surrounding forces, especially the Tsugawa family.

Now that he heard that Kubota Ieji said that the Tsugawa family was going to build a castle in Toga Township, Anton Shunji's nerves suddenly tensed.

Minato Castle was supposed to be in the bag of Hiyama Anton's family, but it was intervened by the Tsugawa family and forcibly deducted Minato Castle from Anton Shunji's mouth. Anton Shunji has always been very unhappy in his heart, and now that the Tsugawa family has shown signs of using troops against Minato, Anton Shunji is the first to refuse.

"Kubota-sama, is the news accurate?" Although he knew that what Kubota Ieji said should be true, Anton Shunji was still cautious and wanted to confirm it again.

Kubota Ieji nodded and said, "Absolutely." ”

"Good!" Anton Shunji suddenly smiled and said, "In this way, Kubota-sama, our plan can be implemented." ”

"Of course! Now is the perfect time to implement the plan, otherwise why would I come to Hiyama Castle in person? Kubota Ieji said slowly, "In order to avoid being detected by Anton Toki and others, I have been secretly in contact with adults by letter, and now I have the opportunity to come to Hiyama Castle in the name of it." We'll have to work out how to implement the plan. ”

"Of course." Anton Shunji nodded and said.

"Kubota-sama, what is the maximum number of troops that can be mobilized by Minato Castle right now?" Anton Sun-ji asked.

Kubota Ieji thought for a moment and replied, "Excluding the forces below, Minato Castle can mobilize about 300 troops, Toshima Castle and Shirakabaki Castle can have 300 people, and if you add the navy, it will not exceed 700 people." ”

"700 people?" Anton Shunji secretly thought about it in his heart, and then said, "700 people are still too many, we must find a suitable opportunity to consume it." Do you think we have a chance to reconcile Toshima Shigemasa or Shirane Masayoshi? ”

Kubota Ieji shook his head and said affirmatively, "It's impossible." The Toshima family and the Shirane family have always been diehards of the Ando family, and it is impossible to rebel against them. If you contact it easily, if the two of them notice something, the gain will outweigh the loss. ”

"Hmm." Anton Shunji nodded, and then said, "In this way, we can only wait for the Tsugawa family to really send troops, and then find a chance to kill the strength of the Anton family." ”

Kubota Ieji frowned at this time and said, "Actually, I'm not worried about Minatojo, Tsuchizaki Minato has always been my man, and with his help, Minato is much simpler." ”

"I'm worried about the Tsugawa family." Kubota Ieji said with a sigh.

"The Tsugawa family!" Anton Shunji also gritted his teeth and said, "The Tsugawa family is indeed a headache. Since the Tsugawa family defeated the Onodera family some time ago, the strength has skyrocketed again. The ninjas of the family found out that the Tsugawa family has been frequently recruited in the territory recently, and they are constantly expanding their troops. Judging from the current situation, if the Tsugawa family used troops against Minatojo, they would be able to mobilize at least 4,000 troops or even more! ”

"Although I don't want to admit it, the Tsugawa family's ashigaru combat power is indeed not comparable to the ashigaru of the main family. Tsugawa Soji, this person who leads troops to fight is different from ordinary people, and he can often surprise him! The previous time my father-in-law was attacked by Tsugawa Soji in the West Gorge outside the Shimomurakan, which is the best proof of this. Anton Shunji said slowly, "Even the last time the family sent troops to the city, who would have thought that the Tsugawa Soji would send a shadow dancer to sit in Kawabe County, but he attacked the rear of the family with a force?" ”

"yes!" Kubota Ieji also felt the same way and said, "The Tsugawa family is really tricky! Especially now that the Onodera family has been destroyed by the Tsugawa family, and the Spo family in the east has just changed heads, it is time to integrate the territory. In this way, the Tsugawa family has no worries, and it will be extremely difficult to fight this battle with the Tsugawa family. ”

"The former Japanese ninja also found out that the Asari family has been moving frequently recently, so I'm afraid that the Asari family will take advantage of the chaos to attack the family." Anton Shunji said with a sad face.

"Asariya?" Kubota Ieji asked, "Hasn't the Asari family always had a good relationship with us?" Lord Shun Ji is afraid that he is too worried. ”

Anton Shunji shook his head and said slowly, "That's not the case. The reason why the Asari family has always been united with the main family is because the southern family wants to invade our Dewa country. However, now the southern family has withdrawn the troops deployed in the cities along the line, and sent people to ease relations with the main family and the Asari family. The head of the Asari family, Asari Norori, has always wanted to ask for the constraints of his own family, and if the family and the Tsugawa family go to war, Asari Nori will inevitably take the opportunity to attack the family. ”

"So there's another variable!" Kubota Ieji also said helplessly.

Kubota Ieji then suddenly asked, "Asari Noriri has an heir?" ”

Anton Shunji thought for a while and replied, "Asari Zelai has two sons, the eldest son, Asari Zeyou, and the second son, Asari Shenglai. In addition, Qianli Zelai also has three younger brothers, namely Qianli Zhenglai, Qianli Laizhong, and Qianli Dinglai. ”

Kubota then asked, "How is the relationship between the two sons of the Asari family?"

Anton Shunji replied truthfully, "The relationship is very stiff, and Asari Zelai has always wanted to set up his second son Shenglai as the heir, but Asari Zeyou has the support of Asari Masanari and others from the Asari family, so now Asari Zelai is still having a headache for establishing Asari Shenglai as the heir." ”

"God help me Anton's family!" The Kubota family was overjoyed and said, "Lord Shunji, there is a plan in the next place that can make the Asari family have no time to take care of him!" ”

"What's the strategy?" Anton Shunji asked eagerly.

Kubota Ieji hurriedly whispered something in Anton Shunji's ear, making a smile slowly appear on Anton Shunji's face.