"Yuki Palace, I spent the whole night painting in the museum yesterday, and I don't understand what you're talking about!"

Isseki looked at Yuki Masakatsu with a confused face, and in order to prove the credibility of what he said, he also handed out a few picture scrolls in his hand.

Yuki Masakatsu saw that Isshiki Naochao didn't seem to be lying, so he had to roughly explain what happened.

Yishi's face changed, I wiped it, isn't my father-in-law pheating himself?

Isshiki Naochao is very helpless, because he is good at calligraphy and painting, waka, even songs and other tall things, Isshiki Naochao was earlier appointed by the Ashikaga Haruhi clan as the side of the Ume Chiyo Wang Maru, mainly responsible for cultivating the love for the Ume Chiyo Wang Maru or something.

Originally, Isshiki Naochao was still very happy, because soon Mei Chiyo Wangmaru was going to become a prince, and his status would definitely rise. But at the critical moment when Mei Chiyo Wangmaru succeeded to the throne, his father-in-law Shikita Takasuke made such a moth.

Isn't this pushing yourself into the fire pit?

The most important thing is that you didn't tell me in advance, Lao Tzu was not prepared at all!

Isshiki's face is cloudy, and Yuki Masakatsu can't manage it so much. The Oda family's forces withdrew, reducing the strength of the Hao coalition by one-third.

And the Yuki family itself is also facing the invasion of the Utsunomiya family, so they must also divide a part of the troops to support, and the original seven or eight thousand troops are only half of them in an instant. Coupled with the retainers in the Furukawa Imperial Palace who supported the Hojo family, there were barely five or six thousand peasant soldiers.

Although it seems that the strength of Shikita Takasuke and Noda Masasao and others is only two or three thousand, after such an incident, Yuki Masakatsu does not dare to guarantee that something will happen in Furukawa Castle.

You must know that not every retainer is sincere in his refuge with the Hojo family. Before, it was forced by the prestige of the Hojo family, but now Satake, Utsunomiya and other powerful families are in trouble together, as long as they are not fools, they know that Yuki Masakatsu and others are at a disadvantage.

For example, this Isshiki Naochao in front of him, as the lord of Yutete City, it is no exaggeration to mobilize four or five hundred peasant soldiers. Even if Isshiki Naochao didn't hook up with Kosuke Shikita and the others before, but now if he has any other thoughts, then I can't guarantee it.

"Shichiro, you immediately take someone to protect the retreat within the Chiba family under the head of the Umechiyo Wangmaru Palace. If the situation allows, escort Umechiyo King Maruden to Odawara Castle as soon as possible! ”

"In addition, I quickly sent someone to inform the Hojo family of the situation in this place. Today's event is very unusual, I'm afraid it's a conspiracy made by the Uesugi family and the Gongfang Palace! Now that the family has sided with the Hojo family, there is no way back! ”

"Hah!"

Having made up their minds, Yuki Masakatsu and Yuuki Harumo's father and son split their ways. Yuuki Masakatsu retreated towards Yuki Castle with a part of his troops, while Yuuki Haruhi withdrew to protect the territory of the Chiba family, the head of the Umechiyo Wangmaru Dynasty.

Originally, the departure of the Oda family had already caused panic in Furukawa Castle, but now that the city was in power, the whole Furukawa Castle exploded.

Well-informed people already knew the general situation, and the group of more than three or five people sat together to discuss countermeasures. Seeing the opportunity and courageous people, he gave up his life to live in the castle and followed Yuki Masakatsu with his troops.

When Noda Masatomo and Shikita Takasuke's forces joined forces at Furukawa Castle, the gates of Furukawa Castle had already been opened. Isshiki Naochao and a group of retainers of the six gods and no masters stood outside the city, nervously waiting for the arrival of the Ashikaga Haruka.

"Father-in-law, you're here! Furukawa Castle has been controlled by the lower ranks, and the retainers of the pro-Hojo clan in the city have been purged! Yuki Masakatsu and the others fled in a hurry, just waiting for the Gongfang Hall and his father-in-law to come back and preside over the overall situation! When Ashikaga Haruki and Kosuke Shida came over on horseback, Isshiki Naochao hurriedly greeted him.

Ashikaga Haruhi looked at Furukawa Castle not far away with a lot of feelings, for Isshiki Naochao and others, Ashikaga Haruhura did not plan to do any punishment. Compared with the previous things, the retainers were also forced to be helpless, even the Ashikaga Haruhi clan himself would have made the same choice if he was from the perspective of the retainers.

"Retaking Furukawa Castle is only the first step!"

"Next, we should cooperate with the Utsunomiya family and the Satake family to destroy the Yuki clan and the Oda clan first, and uproot the Hojo family's power in Shimoso, Hitachi, and Shimono!"

Then he formed a coalition to approach Sagami, and cooperated with Ueno's Nagao family to attack Musashi. In this way, the Hojo family can't care about each other in the first place, and I believe that the defeat of the Li is not far away, right? Noda Masato, the head of the Noda family, came to the side of Ashikaga Haruhi and Shikuda Takasuke at this time, and said slowly.

The Noda family and the Shikita family are among the elders of the Furukawa Ashikaga family, and they are after the Fujiwara clan of the Owari Atsuta Jingu Miyaji.

Noda Masato's words were agreed by Takasuke Shikuda, and seeing that the two important ministers said this, Ashikaga Haruhi also nodded and said, "I'll leave this matter to the two of you." ”

"Also, do you know where the Tsugawa Hall is now? I would like to personally go and express my gratitude to Tsugawaden! ”

Takasuke Shikita and Masaaki Noda glanced at each other, then shook their heads and said, "It seems that Tsugawa-den has returned to Dewa!" ”

"It's really a matter of brushing off your clothes, hiding your merit and fame! I didn't expect Tsugawa Hall to come to Kanto, but I didn't know it, what a pity! I hope that in my lifetime, I can sit opposite Tsugawa Hall and talk about it......" Isshiki Naochao looked at the painting in his hand with a look of hope, and said with a lot of emotion.

........

Soji Tsugawa is gone?

How can it be!

After eating and drinking well in the Utsunomiya family for a few days, and accepting the admiration and worship of the Utsunomiya family's retainers, Tsugawa Soji left Mamuro Castle under the pretext of resignation, but actually went to the head of the city.

Half a month later, outside Sagami-Odawara Castle, a group of forty or fifty people attracted the attention of the Hojo family Ashigaru stationed in the castle town.

"The behavior and deeds of those people are not like idle people, the Kanto region has been in chaos recently, Odawara Castle is the foundation of the family, and it is the top priority of our guards, and we can't make any mistakes!"

"Go and a few people will stare this group of people to death, and I'll go and report to the Ise Bichu Shouden!"

In a corner of the castle town, several Hojo ninjas who were hiding in the shadows carefully discussed, and then disappeared in the castle town again.

Soji Tsugawa and the others didn't know anything about it, and they were still leisurely wandering around the castle town of Odawara Castle. To be honest, the Hojo family does have a hand in internal affairs, and let's not talk about the rest, let's just say that this castle town of Odawara Castle does not need to be the Ueno Castle castle town of the Tsugawa family.

Although it is not as prosperous as Ueno Castle, it is much stronger than Ueno Castle in terms of scale.

At first, Tsugawa Soji was still very interested, after all, it was the famous "city that never falls", but after walking around for a while, Tsugawa Soji began to be interested again, because there was really nothing to visit.

The merchant houses that can arouse the interest of Tsugawa Soji, the things sold in them are basically things that can be found in the castle town of Ueno Castle, and they are basically defective products, and they can't enter the eyes of Tsugawa Soji at all.

He casually threw a Nanban mirror in his hand to the owner of a merchant house, and this kind of mirror, which costs twenty or thirty guan in Odawara Castle, is only worth four or five in Ueno Castle. Ignoring the distressed gaze of the owner of the merchant house, Soji Tsugawa turned around and left.

As soon as he walked out of the trading house, more than a dozen samurai wearing Hojo furniture stood in front of Soji Tsugawa......