Regarding Utsunomiya Hirotsuna's proposal, Tsugawa Soji also agreed after thinking about it.

In addition to Utsunomiya Hirotsuna being his son-in-law, Tsugawa Soji originally planned to support the Utsunomiya family to become the spokesperson of the Tsugawa family in the Shimono area, but this time the Utsunomiya family's request gave the Tsugawa family a good reason to intervene.

However, the Tsugawa family was preparing for Kamirako at this time, and they could not directly send troops to support the Utsunomiya family. After thinking about it, Tsugawa Soji wrote a letter to Satake Yoshiaki, the head of the Satake family, asking the Satake family to send troops to support Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, and at the same time said hello to the Hojo family, asking the Hojo family to take care of his younger brothers Koyama Takaasa and Yuki Harusao and others.

In September, just ten days before the autumn harvest, the head of the Satake family, Yoshiaki Satake, personally led an army into Shimono. Before arriving at Utsu Miyagi, it scared the Nasu family.

The current head of the Nasu family is Nasu Ziyin, the younger brother of Nasu Gaozi who was killed by Fanga Gaoding a few years ago.

At first, he was adopted to the Morita clan as the second son of the family, but in order to compete for the position of the governor of the family, he opposed Nasu's high capital, and once ran away from home. After the death of Nasu Takashi in the 20th year of Astronomy, since there was no heir, the eldest of the family, Tahara Shikiyoshi (Nasu Ziyin's maternal grandfather) and others, welcomed Nasu Ziyin home and succeeded him as the family governor.

Two years ago, the Nasu family and the Satake family were allied, and they fought together against the Yuki family and the Ashina family. But with the rise of the Tsugawa family and various reasons, the Nasu family fell to the Hojo family.

This time, seeing that the Satake family launched a large army to attack the lower field, Nasu Ziyin thought that the Satake family was coming for him, and he was so frightened that he urinated directly.

Fortunately, the Satake family shook around the edge of the Nasu family's territory and rushed directly to Utsu Miyagi, which made Nasu Ziyin breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, Nasu Ziyin also realized that even if the Hojo family was a father in the Kanto region, it was still too far away for Shimono, and only the Tsugawa family, which was close at hand, was a father.

So when the Satake family and the Utsunomiya family joined forces to attack Utsunomiya Castle, Nasu Ziyin also sent someone to actively negotiate with the Tsugawa family, hoping to throw himself into the arms of the Tsugawa family.

Soji Tsugawa pushed the boat down the river and let the Nasu family participate in the offensive against the Mibu family, helping the Utsunomiya family recapture Utsunomiya Castle. It was Nasu Gaozi who died in the hands of the Utsunomiya family, and Nasu Ziyin was able to succeed to the throne of the family governor, so for the Utsunomiya family, Nasu Ziyin still has a good impression.

As a result, the Nasu family also joined the coalition and began to march towards Utsu Miyagi.

Even though Utsunomiya Castle was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was on the verge of falling under the siege of the combined forces of the Utsunomiya family, the Nasu family, and the Satake family. However, even in the face of such a dangerous situation, Mibu Gangfang and Mibu Gangxiong's father and son did not give up easily.

However, the last straw that broke the Mibu family soon surfaced.

Mibu Gangfang's long-awaited reinforcements, the Yuki family and the Koyama family successively rejected the Mibu family's request for help, sticking to their roots. This made the father and son of Mitsunafu experience despair, and finally Mizu Gangfang seppuku, Mizu Tsunayo lived in seclusion, and Utsunomiya Castle finally returned to the hands of the Utsunomiya family.

With the Utsunomiya family and the Nasu family "releasing their previous suspicions", the Shimono Utsunomiya family and the Nasu family have successively thrown themselves into the arms of the Tsugawa family. The remaining Ashikaga Nagao family is under the command of Uesugi Kenmasa, and the Koyama family is a subordinate of the Hojo family.

In the Kanto region, Ueno is still under the support of Uesugi Kenmasa, and the rule of the Hojo family in Musashi, Sagami, and other places is becoming more and more consolidated, and the Satake family of Hitachi, the Satomi family of Boso, and the Furukawa Gongkata of Shimoso have also died down because of the alliance between the Tsugawa family and the Hojo family.

Today's Tsugawa family and Hojo family are in the "honeymoon period", and no one who doesn't open their eyes dares to come out and stir up trouble at this juncture. It may be better to offend a Hojo family, and forces like the Satomi family are not very false to the Hojo family, but if the Tsugawa family is offended together, then you can only ask for more blessings.

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In the twenty-third year of astronomy, on October 8, 1554, Izuba Ueno Castle.

The 15,000 Tsugawa family's standing ashigaru were divided into fifteen phalanxes and stood neatly on the plain outside Ueno Castle, and when the bright red flags were held high, the 15,000 ashigaru suddenly shouted in unison!

"Shangluo!"

"Shangluo!!"

"Shangluo !!"

Soji Tsugawa wore a pitch-black Nanban carcass and a "change hood" that evolved from a head-shaped bag, which was carefully crafted by 25 craftsmen over a period of three months.

The Nanban carcass is made according to the drawings provided by Soharu Tsugawa and based on the historical "Shishizuku", and the raw material is European-made steel purchased from Sadillo, and it has been tested to withstand the fire of muskets.

Wearing the Great Ceremony Taiguangshi on his waist, and under his crotch is a snow-white horse named "Feihong Treading Snow", which is taken from the Song Dynasty writer Su Shi of the Celestial Dynasty "What do you know everywhere in life?" It should be like Feihong stepping on slush. ”

Half an hour ago, Soji Tsugawa took Tsugawa Morimune and others to the Bodhi Temple of the Tsugawa family, the Death Temple located on Mt. Ueno, to pay tribute to the ancestors of the Tsugawa family, and read the oath casually.

After offering incense at Bodhi Temple, Soji Tsugawa dressed himself and went to the assembly place outside the city. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of ashigaru, Tsugawa Soji slowly pulled out the great ceremony Taiguangshi on his waist, "The whole army!" Let's go! ”

"Wow!"

The Tsugawa Soji team, which was guarding the main formation, took the lead and slowly moved forward with Tsugawa Soji. Immediately afterwards, the commanders of the ten regiments, including Harumasa Minohe, Nobunaka Kudo, Yoshimori Mogami, Hiroke Yoshikawa, Koke Takahashi, Michiki Yashiwa, Hisaki Kasumi, Kazuki Takigawa, Yucho Kudo (Masathiro Naito), and Moriyasu Tozawa, also commanded the troops under their command to follow behind the team.

According to the predetermined plan, this force of 15,000 men was to go to Minato Castle and take a ship to Wakasa Province first, and rest on the spot in Wakasa Province, waiting for the strength of the other 20 legions to meet Wakasa by land before marching to Kyoto.

At the same time, the sea surface of Minato, the largest port in Tohoku, has been occupied by dense ships. 500 warships lined up in a row, stretching for several miles on the sea, which is magnificent.

Tadanobu Motoyama, the commander of the Tsugawa family's navy, also took Tsugawa Maru and Togo Maru to sit among them, and the number of Tsugawa family's navy has now reached 6,000 people, all of which are imitation European-style warships equipped with artillery, a total of 30 ships.

As for the original Sekifune and Kohayone, they were disposed of at a low price to the forces that had a good relationship with the Tsugawa family, such as the Nagao family and the Hatakeyama family, and some of the ships were used as escort ships to rush to the sea for trade.

Just after noon, Soji Tsugawa led a large army to the vicinity of Minato Castle.

Tsuchizaki Minato had already prepared the drinks, and after resting for a while, tens of thousands of ashigaru boarded the warships docked on the sea in an orderly manner under the command of the various army commanders.

It lasted until the evening, and more than 10,000 ashigaru were worthy of being on the battlefield.

Soji Tsugawa stood on the deck of the Tsugawa Maru, looking at the land on the shore in a daze. After this trip, I don't know when I will be able to return to this homeland......