A month passed quickly, and the situation in Mutsu was making new progress.

Inside the castle tower of Ueno Castle, Soji Tsugawa looked at a report in his hand and was very engrossed, and there were two young samurai sitting in the hall.

"The main hall, the total of 4,000 troops of the Yushu people are all ready, and they can join with Lord Miki of Yamagata Castle under the order of the lord!" Seeing that Tsugawa Soji didn't speak for a long time, the commander of the Nanyu Prefecture who was sitting below couldn't help but speak.

The leader of the Hashu clan was the head of the Yeonzawa family, but according to the law of the Tsugawa family, the leaders of the kingdom change every three years, so now it is Yoshiaki Ueyama's turn to be the leader of the Minami Hashu clan.

The use of the replacement system can effectively prevent the people of the country from forming parties for personal gain, especially to prevent the situation of the dominance of the dominant family, because everyone has the opportunity to hold the position of leader, and naturally there is no selfishness and factionalism.

Hearing Yoshiaki Kamiyama's words, Soji Tsugawa put down the report in his hand, then raised his head and said, "Hanbei, this attack, the main family has two prongs, one is in charge of Zhishigun, and the other is in charge of Mutsu!" ”

"On the Mutsu side, the family himself serves as the general general, and as for the main troops participating in the battle on the Zhishi County side, they are all drawn from the Yushu people, so you are in charge!"

"Miki Naogo and Kawakami Tadashi will do their best to cooperate with the actions of the people of Hashu, and the main family will also send Takizawa and Yajima soldiers as your strength! This battle can only succeed, not fail! ”

"Yes! Lord! It was the first time to accept such a heavy burden, and Yoshiaki Kamiyama was also very nervous. But there are risks and opportunities, and if you can take the people of Dewa to fight a beautiful battle in Zhishi County this time, then your own credit will not be small.

Although the current Zhixing place of the Kamiyama family has 20,000 stones of Zhixing in Murayama County, it is considered the highest among all the people. But who would settle for the status quo?

"Yamaguchi Right Guard, the matter of the envoy to the Nagao family will be handed over to you! Although the two families have already discussed the specific arrangements for the war in advance, in order to avoid mistakes, you will temporarily serve as an envoy abroad during this time. You are solely responsible for communicating with the Nagao family during wartime! Soji Tsugawa set his sights on Yamaguchi Chokyo, who was sitting next to Yoshiaki Ueyama.

Yamaguchi Changjiao hurriedly nodded solemnly and said, "Thank you for your trust, and you will live up to your trust!" ”

Yamaguchi Chokyo has recently stood out among the retainers of the Tsugawa family.

First he facilitated the maritime trade between the Satomi family and the Tsugawa family, and then opened up the intricate commercial district of Sakai Town with Yoshino Yoshino's fleet.

Later, he went to Ezo as an envoy to accept the invitation of the Oysaki family, and also married the younger sister of Oyozaki Jihiro and became the son-in-law of the Oysaki family.

There are already rumors in the family that Yamaguchi Nagakyo may succeed Otaka Mitsutada as the foreign affairs minister of the Tsugawa family, although it has not yet been confirmed by Tsugawa Soji, but it seems that Otaka Mitsutada himself also has the intention of abdicating to make way for Xian.

Da Gao Mitsuzhong's ability is indeed not very prominent, and it is at the same level as the former foreign affairs minister of the Tsugawa family, Togo Yoshiyu. When the influence of the Tsugawa family was relatively small, he might still be able to be meticulous, but when the Tsugawa family's contact with more forces began to increase, and even had to deal with the imperial court and shogunate in Kyoto, Otakamitsu Tada was a little inadequate.

Coupled with the strong rise of Yamaguchi Nagakyo at this time, it is not surprising that there are such rumors.

"My lord, Lord Iwaki-sama asks to see you!" At this moment, Yajima Hashimitsu suddenly came to the temple and interrupted the conversation between Soharu Tsugawa and Yamaguchi Chokyo.

Yajima Jiman is Yajima Tadahei, and the worship leader Tsugawa Soji is biased and officially renamed Yajima Jiman.

"Jiro Iwaki has seen the lord!" Iwaki Jiro, the leader of the Tsugawa family ninjas, entered the hall with a steady step, then looked at Yoshiaki Kamiyama and Yamaguchi Nagakyo who were sitting on the ground, knelt down and spoke.

"Jiro, what's the matter?"

"Back to the lord. There is already information coming from Yonezawa Castle that the instigation of the family in the territory of the Date family and the Ashina family has fully exploded! ”

"At present, large-scale chaos has broken out at the junction of the territory of the Ashina family and the Date family, and although both families have tried their best to restrain themselves, it has finally turned into a war!"

The Tsugawa family has been doing things for a day or two with the Ashina family, and with the current strength of the Tsugawa family's ninja crowd and the Ou Yu Ichijo sect disciples under the control of Mingdebo, it is simply an atomic bomb that exploded in the territory of the two families in an instant.

The Date family and the Ashina family are not fools, and both families know that the Tsugawa family must be making trouble, so they have been refraining and trying to avoid the outbreak of war. At the same time, it also actively reassures the people and prevents the occurrence of a whim.

However, the two families still underestimated the penetration of the Tsugawa family's ninjas and the influence of the Ichizong sect, and the Ichijo still broke out as promised, and soon flooded at the junction of the two families' territories.

In the end, it turned into a big melee between the two adjacent cities, because at this time it was impossible to tell who was who!

At this point, even if Date Harumune and the Ashina Mori clan didn't want to fight, the retainers below had already killed the red eye. Originally, the relationship between the two families in the past two years was not very good, and there was the provocation of the ninjas of the Tsugawa family, plus many retainers were always sectarians.

Just like the history of Mikawa, even many of the retainers of the Date family and the Ashina family have joined the Ichina, which is no longer something that Date Harumun and the Ashina Mori clan can control.

Even if there is no war, this fight will turn into civil strife.

In that case, let's fight!

First, the Ashina family's Inawashiro family crossed the Hinobara and invaded the Zhishi Prefecture, and then the Date family's Kolianggawa Munehide also led troops to kill the Nihonmatsu family.

Three days later, Date Harune went out from Yonezawa Castle to fight against Inawashiro Mori Province, and the Ashina Mori clan began to ask for the support of Tamura, Nikaido, and other people, and it seemed that a great battle would be staged in Michinoku Province again.

However, things then took a dramatic turn, and the two families shook hands and made peace......

"That means that the Ashina family and the Date family have ceased war, and it seems that there is still an alliance?" Soji Tsugawa was a little confused, why did the two families who were still fighting for life and death just now suddenly stop fighting?

Jiro Iwaki nodded, "That's true. ”

"The main hall, in my opinion, it is impossible for such a large-scale ashigaru mobilization of the main family to hide from the Date family and the Ashina family. And once the family shows signs of moving against Mutsu, Ashina and Date will definitely huddle together, because the family is the most threatening! Yoshiaki Kamiyama also interjected at this time.

Soji Tsugawa nodded, "Since the Date family and the Ashina family have noticed it, they will no longer hide it!" Summoned the whole army to mobilize and assemble everywhere according to the original plan! ”

"Date Keimune is responsible for cooperating with the naval forces to transport logistics supplies on the Mutsu battlefield! The horseback team will gather at Teraike Castle, and let the people of Kasai, Osaki, and Mutsu gather at Meisheng Castle, and this time the main family will solve the Date family and the Ashina family at once! ”