Crash! Crash! The Tokugawa army was crossing the Tokugawa River, and the samurai at the forefront was Matsudaira Yasutada, who was Tokugawa Ieyasu's younger brother. But what he doesn't know is... In the grass beside the river bank opposite, there were countless pairs of eyes, looking at them.

Crash! Crash! Seeing that he has already crossed half of the crossing, after another half, he will reach the other bank, and he will soon return to the country of Trois-Rivières.

"Archery!" Suddenly, there was a shout from the other side, and then I saw a rain of arrows rising from the grass.

Whoosh! Poof! "Uhh The Tokugawa army was wiped out when it landed, and countless people were hit by arrows.

Poof, Matsudaira Yasuada looked at it in disbelief, the arrow on his chest had already penetrated the armor, leaving only half of the arrow feather, "This is by no means an ordinary archer" This was his last thought.

"Archery! Keep shooting! Naito Masari shouted loudly, the rain of arrows just now was a bow samurai from the Hosokawa family's Fire Feather Battalion!

"Devon! Guns! Spike! Takigawa let out a loud shout and took the lead out of the grass.

"Oh!" Armed with three and a half large spears, Dewenbei protruded from the grass and killed the Tokugawa army who were still in the river.

"Damn! How could Hosokawa Army be here! German Preparation? Damn it! Another trap! Tokugawa Ieyasu was so angry that he gritted his steel teeth, and looked at the less than 3,000 men left under his command, and each of them was already exhausted, and it was impossible for them to be the opponent of the enemy on the other side, not to mention that they still occupied a good position.

"My lord! Run away, my lord! Ishikawa Shumasa was already so frightened that he didn't even say "retreat", and directly said "escape".

"Run? Where can you escape? Tokugawa Ieyasu is also in a dilemma, with so many people, the goal is too big, but he can't leave them, these people can follow him from birth to death until now, which is the foundation of his future comeback, and it is the treasure of his Tokugawa family, "Mikawa Soul"! At the beginning, he started with the 500 "Three Rivers Soul" and laid down this large piece of land, so... Soul... Don't lose it.

"Continue north! Go to Iwasaki Castle! "Ishikawa Shumasa thought of a place to go.

"Are you sure that Niwa Katsu didn't betray us?" Tokugawa Ieyasu has been betrayed by the castle, and now he does not dare to trust anyone easily.

"Should... Can't you..."Suddenly asked like this, Ishikawa Shumasa didn't dare to guarantee the ticket, after all, this is a sensitive period.

Niwa Clan Katsu, the lord of Iwasaki Castle, although he is also surnamed Niwa, but in fact, he is not from the same vein as Niwa Nagahide. Niwa Nagahide's original surname was Ryozen, a descendant of the Yuyu Party, and after moving to Yuyu Village, Kasugai County, Obari Province, he changed his surname to Niwa and called Yuyu Niwa. And Shikatsu is the origin of the Isshiki clan, a tributary of the Ashikaga clan, and is called Isshiki Niwa.

This Iwasaki Niwa family swayed back and forth between the previous Oda and Tokugawa families, and their behavior was like a maid and two husbands, which made both sides unhappy.

Later, Oda Nobunaga ascended the throne and won the Battle of Barrel Sama, and Tokugawa Ieyasu of Mikawa became independent from the Imagawa family. However, the Niwa clan left Nobunaga, who had won victory in the barrel and was in full swing, and left the Tokugawa family. Clan Katsu, the son of the clan, was sent to Okazaki to manage three villages in Mikawa Province, including Otoo, Isshiki, and Akabanene, and was actually acting as a hostage. At this time, Nobunaga and Ieyasu had not yet reached an alliance, and the Niwa family officially left Nobunaga.

Later, Oda and Tokugawa reached an alliance. After the alliance between the two families, the Niwa family took charge of the clan and moved to Moren Kita Castle under Tokugawa, and his son Katsu returned to Iwasaki Castle to serve as the lord of the castle, Nobunaga. After the death of the clan, Tokugawa Ieyasu simply gave the three villages in Mikawa Province to the Niwa family as a territory. For this reason, the Niwa family has always been grateful to Dade, and Ishikawa Sumasa's proposal is not unfounded.

"Forget it, let's be safe, hey..."Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little helpless, obviously too careful, but it was this caution that allowed him to always be in danger, which was his rule of survival in this troubled world.

"So...?" Ishikawa was asking what to do next.

"Hey... Let's go and make peace with Hosokawa Nobumoto..."Tokugawa Ieyasu finally admitted it, in order to bring back these three thousand "Mikawa Souls".

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In the large tent of the Hosokawa army, a group of Mikawa samurai were ushered in, led by Ishikawa Shumasa, one of the Tokugawa two retainers.

Hosokawa Nobumoto sat on the main seat, his eagle-like eyes staring at Ishikawa Sumasa, and he didn't say anything for a long time. He learned that Tokugawa Ieyasu was going to negotiate peace, and he was weighing the pros and cons.

Ishikawa Shuzheng, who was kneeling below, broke out in a cold sweat, and he was overwhelmed by this momentum of not being angry and arrogant.

Long... Finally waited for Hosokawa Nobumoto to speak.

"Yes, but first! Surrender to my Hosokawa family! It's surrender! It's not an equal peace! Hosokawa Nobumoto said in an unquestionable tone, so frightened that Ishikawa Shumasa nodded yes again and again.

"Secondly! Hostage it! "Hosokawa Nobumoto figured it out, it was difficult to get rid of Tokugawa Ieyasu at once, only boiled frogs in warm water. After a series of fierce battles and a harsh winter, the soldiers were already very tired and could no longer carry out the strategic attack of the Three Rivers Country. In addition, the casualties in this battle are not small, and they need to be replenished and trained in time, the newly acquired territory must also be digested, and the newly promoted retainers need internal integration, and so on.

"Yes, the family will present the young master!" Ishikawa Shumasa agreed without the slightest hesitation, which was instructed by Tokugawa Ieyasu in advance to take Tokugawa Nobuyasu hostage.

Tokugawa Nobuyasu is Ieyasu's son-in-law, his biological mother is Tsukiyamaden (Imagawa Yoshimoto's adopted daughter), and his wife is Oda Tokuhime (Oda Nobunaga's daughter), so the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is very poor, and it has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible. After he was subdued, he received Nobunaga's partial "letter" and Ieyasu's "Kang" character, and served as the lord of Okazaki Castle.

"And! The punishment for this war of disobedience! Hosokawa Nobumoto deliberately flickered and provoked Ishikawa Shumasa to swallow a mouthful of saliva, and the highlight came.

"Confiscate the Three Rivers Country!" Hosokawa Nobumoto said it word by word, and Ishikawa Shumasa and the others suddenly poured cold water and were stunned. This punishment was too severe, it had exceeded their predictions, and they thought it would be a cede to a county.

"It's... This... Yagata-sama, this is too... Ishikawa was relieved, not knowing how to deal with it.

"What? Disagree! All right! Go back and let Tokugawa Ieyasu wash his neck! See you on the battlefield! Hosokawa Nobumoto suddenly stood up and pointed at Ishikawa Shumasa in defiance.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! The samurai at the door of the camp received the hint and immediately made a gesture arranged in advance, and suddenly the soldiers of the three armies shouted in unison, so frightened that Ishikawa Shumasa collapsed directly to the ground.

Hosokawa Nobumoto smiled weirdly, don't look at this Ishikawa Shu is one of the two ministers of the Tokugawa family, but in fact, this person is the most bullying and afraid of the hard. In history, when Tokugawa and Yushiba were competing for hegemony in the world, they betrayed Tokugawa Ieyasu and took refuge in the powerful Yushiba Hideyoshi.

Now, he wants to put this man to good use and force Tokugawa Ieyasu to agree to his harsh terms.