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Located in the Tsugawa family's domain, on the shores of Lake Tazawa in Senhoku County (now Tazawa Lake Town, Senhoku City, Akita Prefecture), it was originally a small town to which the Tozawa family belonged. However, with the rise of the Tsugawa family, the current Tazawa Castle has changed from what it used to be after several years of development.

The overall size of Tazawa Castle has more than tripled compared to before, and there are all kinds of Ninomaru, Sannomaru, and Exit Castle Wheels, and the two-story castle tower, which is not gorgeous.

Soji Tsugawa was sitting in the castle tower, looking at the letter from Mizutani Kuji in Iwate County with a happy face.

"Haha! I didn't expect that Jiuji and the others had just arrived in Iwate County and took advantage of such a big advantage in the southern family! Soji Tsugawa put down the letter in his hand and said with a smile on his face to the rest of the retainers in the castle tower and the heads of the subordinate wealthy clans who had arrived.

The head of the Akatsu family, Akao Tsu Ieho, asked curiously, "The main hall, is there any news about the latest battle situation in Iwate County?" ”

After Akao Tsuiebo finished speaking, most of the lords of the wealthy clans in the palace set their sights on Tsugawa Soji. To be honest, many wealthy families are still very resistant to sending troops to Mutsu this time. After all, this is already a category of "transnational expeditions", and the enemy is still a powerful force like the southern country.

If there was a choice, many wealthy families would not send troops. However, is Soharu Tsugawa a reasonable person?

This time, the Tsugawa family sent troops, and basically all the subordinate wealthy families were present, except for the Miura family and the Fiftyme family in Akita County. The two families wanted to assist Akechi Mitsuhisa and Kiuchi Nagoryu and others in defending the Asari family and the Ando family, so Tsugawa Soji let the two families not have to send troops.

And the other wealthy families were not so "lucky", and they were all forcibly arrested. However, there are also two wealthy families who are willing to send troops, that is, the Takizawa family and the Yajima family.

Since Takizawa Lola married the Tsugawa family, the status of the Takizawa family has risen in the Hago area, and it has gradually taken the lead among the remaining wealthy families of the original "Yuri Party". And the Yajima family is not weak, as the "outsider" of the Tsugawa family, the recent days of the lost island are also very moist.

The Tsugawa family's "New Book of Fadu - Entry on the Management of the Nations" stipulates that all wealthy families (countrymen) who belong to the Tsugawa family must pay a certain amount of grain according to the proportion of Shigao every year, in addition to paying the annual tribute on time.

In terms of military strength, Tsugawa Soji also formulated a number of entries to regulate the subordinate nobles. For example, only 5 peasant soldiers can be maintained per 100 stone territory, and violators will be punished according to the standard of 10 stone of grain for each person exceeded. If it is more than double the prescribed range, then I'm sorry, Tsugawa Soji will tell you with his fists that no matter how many troops you have in front of the Tsugawa family, it will be in vain. Moreover, without the consent of the Tsugawa family, no wealthy clan was allowed to send troops without authorization.

Although most of the people of the country did not adapt to these rules and regulations formulated by Tsugawa Soji, no one dared to violate them. It's no exaggeration to say that in the current Yugo area, the Tsugawa family is a well-deserved boss! No one would risk the destruction of their family name to offend the Tsugawa family.

And like the Takizawa family and the Yashima family, they are both outsiders of the Tsukawa family. You can enjoy some benefits that ordinary people do not enjoy, such as the exemption of annual tribute paid every year, and only need to pay a relatively small amount of food. And so on and so forth.

Although there is no great substantial benefit to being an outsider, it is undoubtedly a symbol of "status". In the past, who NB relied on whose ashigaru was a lot, but now everyone is on the boat of the Tsugawa family, so naturally it will not be the same as before.

Looking at the several countrymen who were looking at him in the hall, Tsugawa Soji no longer sold Guanzi, and hurriedly said, "Everyone, this is the news from the general of the family, Mizutani Hisaharu, from Iwate County. ”

"Two days ago, Kuji Mizutani and others defeated the troops of the southern family in Higashinegaku, between the Shizukuishi Imperial Palace and the Pig Imperial Palace. He took Naonaga Ouse, the general of the southern family and one of the four heavenly kings of the south, and wiped out hundreds of troops of the southern family. Soji Tsugawa said proudly. I don't know why, in front of these people, Tsugawa Soji always has a sense of superiority.........

"Wow!"

"It's worthy of the Tsugawa family!"

"Yes, it's amazing to have achieved such a big victory just after sending troops!"

Whether it is true or false, the people in the hall said excitedly at this time.

Soji Tsugawa waved his hand and continued, "Okay! These are just hors d'oeuvres like the kimchi produced by our family, and the real drama is yet to come. ”

"Mizutani Hisaharu also said in the letter that the southern family is already preparing to send troops to attack the Shizukuishi Imperial Palace."

"The southern family sent troops this time, and the total strength was about 3,000 people. However, there are only 1,200 people in the Shizukuishi Imperial Palace, so we must rush to the Shizukuishi Imperial Palace as soon as possible to block the attack of the southern family. Soji Tsugawa continued.

The Tsugawa family sent troops this time, but they did not mobilize all their troops. Except for the part of Ashigaru left behind in Yamamoto County, Akita County, and Yuri County, only 2,000 people were dispatched from the Tsugawa family's direct force, of which 1,200 had been taken to the Shizukuishi Imperial Palace by Mizutani Hisaharu, and now there are only more than 800 people under the Ashigaru family directly under the Tsugawa family in Tazawa Castle.

As for the subordinate wealthy clans, according to the rules of military strength established by Tsugawa Soji. The total number of troops of the Akao Tsu family, which is the largest in Shigao, is about 600 people, and this time the Akao Tsu family brought 500 people. Small wealthy families like the Ayubao family and the Ma Yinnei family only had dozens of people participating in the war.

In general, the total number of troops sent by the Tsugawa family this time was about 4,000 people, and in terms of the number of troops, the Tsugawa family had a rare advantage.

"My lord, in my opinion, the 3,000 people dispatched by the southern family this time are basically all the troops that can be mobilized in the southern family territory (excluding the necessary left-behind troops)!" At this time, Shi Yisheng, the lord of Umezawa City, said, "Therefore, the territory of the southern family must be empty. In the next step, it is believed that the family can also send a part of the army to attack the Antler County from the area of Songling Ridge near the castle of the valley. ”

"But if the troops are divided, the family will not be able to occupy an advantage in terms of troops!" Komatsuyama Castle Garrison Hailong Yoshima said worriedly.

Toshi Yoshimori smiled slightly, and then said confidently, "Lord, my lord! There are no strong wealthy people in Antler County, and the power of the people in the entire Antler County is not very strong. The main direction of attack this time is naturally Iwate County and other places, but the family like Antler County can't waste such a rare opportunity this time! After speaking, Totoki Yoshimori looked at Tsugawa Soji expectantly.

Soji Tsugawa nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Yoshimori, what do you think?" ”

Totoki Yoshimori continued: "This time, the troops mobilized by the family are all elite troops in the territory. And some of the ashigaru who were only recruited this year were not mobilized! Therefore, I think that to deal with the people of Antler County, my family can send these ashigaru! I feel that even if the combat power of the family is not high, it is enough to deal with the waste of Antler County. ”