"Hahaha!!"

In the main camp of the Mogami family outside Kazuoka Castle, Mogami Yoshimori pulled out the Tai Knife on his waist with a relieved face and waved it, and then laughed and said, "Isn't he Tiantong Lai Chang who claims to be the head of the people of Murayama County?" He didn't even have the courage to take the initiative to go out to fight a decisive battle with the Tsugawa family, and even regarded the capture of the Yanze family's territory as nothing! ”

"Iyomori, did you see Yan Ze's heavy face just now? Ha ha! As he spoke, Mogami Yoshimori began to laugh again.

The clan family sitting in this formation said calmly: "Lord! Now Yanze Manzhong has obviously begun to be dissatisfied with Tiantong Lai Chang, as long as the lord continues to insist on taking the initiative, then it won't be long before Yanze Manzhong will naturally take the initiative to find the lord! In this way, the most powerful Yanze family around Tiantong Lai Chang has become a supporter of this family, and there is no doubt that he will go to Tiantong Lai Chang! ”

When the time is ripe, the lord will raise his arms and exhale, and the people of the big and small countries in the Yuqian area will naturally abandon the "coward" Tiantong Lai Chang, and take the initiative to move closer to their own family! In this way, even if the main family abides by the agreement and recognizes the independence of the Tendo family after the retreat of the Tsugawa family, the Tendo family, which has lost the support of many people, is it still the same Tendo family before? ”

"Exactly!" Mogami Yoshimaru said with a look of approval, "I thought that the Tsugawa family's dispatch of troops was an opportunity for the Tendo family and others to become independent, but I didn't expect that in the end, it became my Mogami Yoshimori and Ichimato to help him!" Speaking of which, the family is really grateful to Soji Tsugawa! Ha ha! ”

Mogami Yoshimori's remarks today are actually a strategy to divide the unity of the people of Murayama County.

In the past, the reason why the Tiantong family was able to compete with the top family was that the biggest reliance was on a group of Chinese people who surrounded the Tiantong family! Among them, the Yanze family and the Yugang family are the two most powerful among them.

The territory of the Yanze family has a mountain of gold, although the stone height is not much, but the financial resources are extremely strong! However, since the domain of the Enzawa family was located in the southeast of Mogami County, it was called the first domain to be captured by the Tsugawa family. Yan Ze Manzhong must be desperate to regain the territory in his heart when he has lost all his family territory.

That's why Mogami Yoshimori will take the initiative to attack the Tsugawa family, and Tiantong Yoshicho will definitely oppose it, which makes Yanzawa Mishige have a disgust for Tiantong Yoricho. And as the coalition forces continue to cage the city in Aogang City, the unwillingness of Yanze to lose his territory in the center of gravity will swell day by day.

At this time, the only one who can help Yan Ze regain his territory is the most dominant battle! In this way, the goal of separating the Tiantong family and other people has been achieved, and the strength of the Mogami family itself has been strengthened!

Of course, Mogami Yoshimori would never have thought of such a strategy, and this strategy was from the hands of the clan Dingzhi and Narusawa Dingxiu.

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July 27, 15th year of astronomy.

It has been more than ten days since the Tsugawa family's troops blocked Mogami County and Murayama County, and surrounded Sakaoka Castle, no matter how provocative the Tsugawa family was, the Mogami family and the Tendo family in Tsugaoka Castle refused to leave the city, and many retainers of the Tsugawa family secretly scolded the people of the Mogami family for being a group of rats.

But scolding and scolding, this did not have the slightest effect on the war, and Tsugawa Soji had no choice but to convene a military meeting with his retainers.

In addition to the retainers of the Tsugawa family, all the people of Yuri County, such as Mitsuhisa Oshima and Takizawa Masashi, also participated in this military meeting. Two days ago, the Hao clan troops led by Manhisa Oshima also rushed to the outside of Aoka Castle and joined the forces of the Tsugawa family, so that the number of Ashigaru of the Tsugawa family expanded to 3,700 people!

Since the Tsugawa family clearly stipulated that the subordinate nobles could only maintain a standing army according to the ratio of Ishitaka, the Yajima family and the Takizawa family, which had the highest Ishitaka among the four families, could only send 200 people each, and the Ishitoriya family and the Hanawa family combined were only 100 people.

"Miki Naogo, it's been almost half a month since the family surrounded Aoka City, and the family hasn't made any moves other than launching two tentative attacks! If this continues, when will we be able to capture Kazuoka Castle? "In the Tsugawa family's main camp, Tsugawa Soji said to Miki Naogo, who was sitting at the front.

As the military commissioner of this dispatch, Miki Naogo was responsible for the deployment of troops, and after hearing Tsugawa Soji's question, Miki Naogo could only helplessly say "Lord!" This is the rainiest time of year in the Dewa area, and half of the ten days have been raining heavily. The road along the way is very muddy, and the walls of Aooka Castle are unusually slippery. ”

"I once asked Tsumaki-sama and Yagyu-sama to launch an attack, but I couldn't climb the castle tower of Kazuoka Castle at all!" Miki Naogo said helplessly, "And the strength of the Mogami family is located outside the city, once the family attacks the city, the troops of the Mogami family will send troops to attack the side of the family, and there is no way to start!" ”

"Could it be that the thousands of troops of this family are blocked by a small city in this way, and it is difficult to move an inch?" Soji Tsugawa said angrily, "What about Mogami River? How is the previously agreed decision to send a special force across the Mogami River? ”

At this time, Nagano Masabo, who was sitting next to Miki Naogo, said slowly, "Three days ago, we built dozens of bamboo rafts and prepared to cross the river from Mogami River to the rear of Sakaoka Castle. However, the heavy rain for several days has caused the water level of Mogami River to rise, and the water flow is extremely turbulent! The bamboo raft was washed away just after it was launched, and it was impossible to swim upstream, so three ashigaru drowned in Mogami River. ”

After an unsuccessful attack on Nakuoka Castle a few days ago, Soji Tsugawa decided to send a special force across Mogami River to the back of Kazuoka Castle. In this way, it can cause some pressure on the troops in Aoka Castle, and secondly, it can also take advantage of the fact that the troops of the Mogami family are concentrated in Nakuoka Castle to cause sabotage behind their backs, forcing the Mogami family to take the initiative to send troops to fight the Tsugawa family. However, due to the fact that the water level of Mogami River has risen due to heavy rains for several days, this plan had to be cancelled.

"Bring me the map!" Soji Tsugawa said to Yajima Tadabei who was standing beside him.

"Hah!" A short time later, Yajima Tadabei and another flag book walked in with a large map.

Soji Tsugawa got up and stopped to check in front of the map, and Miki Naogo next to him pointed to Mogami River and said, "My lord, the source of Mogami River is Mt. Nishi-Azuma in the territory of the Date family, and then flows through Shigi-gun, Murayama-gun, and Mogami gun, and then flows into the sea into the territory of the Daihoji family in the west!" Our consideration was to send a special team to force our way through Mogami River, launch a sabotage attack behind the enemy, and disrupt the enemy's position! However, judging from the current water level and speed of the Mogami River, it is definitely impossible to do so. ”

"You guys!" After listening to Miki Naogo's words, Soji Tsugawa suddenly laughed and said, "Is it true that only a bamboo raft can cross the river?" ”

"What do you mean??" Miki Naogo looked at Soji Tsugawa with a look of wishing to hear the details.

"Use the warships of your own navy!" Soji Tsugawa looked around at the retainers around him, "If it was before, maybe the warship would no longer be able to sail in an inland river like Mogami River!" But now that the water level of Mogami River has risen, it is just right for a small warship like Kohayafune to drive! ”

"The raft can't cross the Mogami River because the raft is light and easy to be washed away by the water, and the family still doesn't believe that even the warship can't do it?"