The camera pans back to Tsugawa Castle, where Soji Tsugawa has been standing outside the castle tower for almost half an hour. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info It's drizzling outside, which fills the quiet Tsugawa Castle with a touch of vitality.

"Lord, lord" Suddenly, a voice sounded from outside the castle tower. Soji Tsugawa turned his head, and the person who came was none other than Kuroda Iekane.

"Lord, what you asked me to pay attention to really happened." Kuroda said breathlessly.

When Soji Tsugawa heard this, he hurriedly ran over and said, "How is the situation?" ”

"Date Harumune, the Date family, suddenly sent troops to attack Date Minoru, the head of the Date family, and now it has caused a great chaos."

Soji Tsugawa hurriedly said: "How are the specific details, don't be in a hurry to say it slowly." ”

The Kuroda family breathed a sigh of relief before continuing: "Three days ago, Date Harunzong and the Kusakari family's Kushiri Keincho suddenly attacked Date Minoru under the guise of hunting. Now that Date Minoru has been imprisoned in this fortress, Nishiyama Castle. ”

"Sure enough, it happened," Soharu Tsugawa thought excitedly. "What happened next? Is there any news coming? Soji Tsugawa then asked.

"Back to the lord, I just learned the news, and there is no news from the others yet." Kuroda Iekane replied.

Tsugawa Soji nodded and said, "Mabei, send more people to closely investigate the civil strife that occurred in the Date family this time, and be sure to grasp all the news." In addition, all the retainers were gathered and an evaluation meeting was held at Tsugawa Castle three days later, and no one was allowed to be absent. ”

"Hi"

Soji Tsugawa looked at the back of the Kuroda family and departed, and thought to himself, "It's time to show my Tsugawa family's soldiers." ”

Three days later, in Tsugawa Castle, an evaluation meeting was being held.

Tsugawa Soji looked at the retainers sitting below and said loudly, "Mabei, tell me about the big things that have happened in the past few days." ”

"Hi" Kuroda Iekane said loudly: "Let's talk about the distance first, I learned from the mouths of the traveling merchants and ronin that in the Kanto region, the Uesugi family (not JJ, JJ was still surnamed Nagao at this time) joined forces with many forces in the Kanto region such as Furukawa Gongkata to launch an encirclement of the Hojo clan, and a big war was inevitable. ”

"Then, it was Saito Toshimasa of Mino Province who attacked Omori Castle, the residence of Mino to protect Toki Yorii, and Toki Yorii fled, and Mino Province was stolen by Saito Toshimasa." Kuroda said loudly.

After listening to Kuroda Iekane's words, everyone in the hall suddenly made a sound in surprise.

Kuroda Iekane paused for a moment and continued, "However, these places are far from the main family, so they have no effect on the main family. ”

"It is worth mentioning that the Mutsu guardian Date Minoru next to Dewa Province was imprisoned by his son Date Harumune in Nishiyama Castle,"

Compared to the Hojo clan and Mino's incident, the **** of the Date clan that happened in the Ou region is more worrying.

After a while, Yoshikawa Hiroya spoke up, "My lord, if such a big event happens to the Date family, although it will inevitably cause fluctuations in the surrounding area, the family is far away in Xianbei County, so it should have no impact on the family." ”

Tsugawa Soji smiled after hearing this, and thought to himself, "Of course it doesn't matter, but this **** will last for several years, and almost all the surrounding forces will be affected, so the family can seize the time to expand the territory." Now if you don't take advantage of the time when the surrounding forces have no time to take care of him, do you have to wait for the Chinese New Year **** to calm down? "Regarding the astronomical chaos of the Date family, Tsugawa Soji is still very knowledgeable.

The Date family maintains its own strength by relying on the influence of the small forces around it. Through marriage and adoption of a son, Date Minoru tied all the wealthy forces around the Date family to the Date family's chariot. Although this will make these forces close to the Date family, once something happens, it will affect the whole body.

One of the keys to maintaining such a kinship relationship is to "don't move your emotions when you move anything." "However, Date Minoru is also a person, and everyone has seven emotions and six desires. Therefore, although Date Minoru regarded his children as a political tool, he still loved them very much from the bottom of his heart.

So, the hot-headed Date Minoru considered giving part of the territory directly under the Date family to his son-in-law Soma family as the head of Soma Xianyin, and giving it to Soma Xianyin was to send a grandson, Soma Shengyin. This is obviously the "stupid thought" that Date Minoru suddenly came up with as his maternal grandfather. ”

But Date Harumune's son, Date Harumune, doesn't think so, he cares about how much territory he can gain when he succeeds to the throne in the future, and the interests of his brothers and relatives are naturally secondary.

However, what made Date Harune even more unacceptable was that Date Minoru seemed to be addicted to this kind of thing. He wants to succeed his son Date Minoto to Echigo to guard the Kamiyama family and become the heir of the lord Uesugi Dingshi. Of course, this was an excellent opportunity to expand the Date family's influence to Echigo Province. However, Date Minoto was reluctant to accompany him, so the Date Minoru sect sent 100 retainers and samurai to escort him.

However, Date Minoru ignored the fact that the situation in Echigo was in a state of instability. The strength of the Echigo guardian generation Nagao family in Echigo completely surpassed that of the guardian Uesugi family. This succession is likely to drag the Date family into a possible war in Echigo. Moreover, it is not excluded that in the future, a certain Date clan in Echigo will rely on Echigo's power to rebel against the Date family.

These are the questions that Date Harumu considers. As a result, there was a serious disagreement between father and son on this matter. In the homes of the Sengoku daimyo or wealthy clans, such disagreements arose, and the way to resolve them was often by force.

Soji Tsugawa looked at the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family and said with a smile, "Although it has little impact on the family, it has a great impact on other forces." The forces around the Date family have a complicated relationship with the Date family, so this time the internal strife of the Date family will inevitably implicate many wealthy forces in the Ou region, isn't this an opportunity for the family? ”

When Yoshikawa Hiroke heard Tsukawa Soji's words, he was silent, as if he was considering whether what Tsugawa Soji said made sense.

Soji Tsugawa smiled, turned his head and said to Kuroda Iekane, "Mahebei, is there any other news?" Let's go on together. ”

Kuroda Iekane nodded hurriedly and continued: "At present, the Date family has been divided into two factions. One faction is the initiator of the rebellion, Date Harumune. On the one hand, there are forces that support the ruling Itaji. Both sides are currently pulling together their own personnel, and a major war is inevitable. ”

"Mabei, what's the current situation in my country of Dewa?" Soji Tsugawa continued to ask.

"My lord, there are no major events happening in Dewa for the time being. However, the southern family of Mutsu attacked the Anto family a few days ago, and the Hiyama Andong clan and the Minato clan have already started a war with the southern family. Kuroda replied.

"Did the southern family intend to point out the country of Yu?" Soji Tsugawa asked.

"My lord, the Nanbu family has been fighting with the Anto clan and the Tozawa clan for the fertile fields in the Binai region and the antler area, so there are frequent wars." Kuroda explained. "In addition, the Mainai clan in the southern Pinglu County has been divided into the eastern and western Mainai clans by Onodera Planta. At present, the Onodera family is working on the pacification of the Owada clan and other local wealthy clans in Yokote Castle. ”

"So? Is there an opportunity? ”