"Saburo Oda, how are you thinking about it?" Inside the Okusekan castle tower, a man sitting on the main seat said with a sinister smile.

And after the man finished speaking, the Okusekan guard Oda Saburo, who was kneeling in the corner of the castle tower and trembling, suddenly said in a trembling tone, "Masazhiden, there is really nothing you can do below!" ”

"Telling the situation of Ishikawa Castle and Dakoji Castle to the Masazhiden before has already made me very uneasy in my heart, as a samurai of the Tsugawa family, it is really against the way of the samurai to do this." Oda Saburo said with a hesitant face.

"Haha!" Asai Ishi Masanao laughed as if he had heard something funny, "Saburo Oda, it's a little too late for you to say that now, right?" ”、

"Didn't you say that in front of your family a month ago?" Asarishi Masashi looked at Saburo Oda with a funny face.

Oda Saburo said with a bitter face, "Zhengzhiden, you just let it go!" Last month, I told you everything you told you without concealment. If this happens again, if the matter leaks out in the future, there will be no place to die in the future! ”

"What? Could it be that the money given by the family last time was too small? Lai Shizheng raised his eyebrows and said angrily.

"Not at all!" Oda Saburo hurriedly replied, "It's just that recently, the leader of the ninja clan of the family, Lord Iwaki, has arrived in the Mutsu area, and in order to avoid being discovered, I have no choice but to say sorry to the Masanoden." ”

"Iwaki-sama? You're talking about Jiro Iwaki? Lai Shi Zhengzhi said thoughtfully.

"It's Jiro Iwaki!" "If this is not the case, this request of Lord Asakashi will definitely be met in the future!" ”

After that, Asa Yori Ishimasa suddenly fell into deep thought, and the arrival of Iwaki Jiro was not good news for Asa Yorishi Masanao. This means that the Tsukawa family is already about to start meddling in the situation in the Mutsu area.

"It seems that the others must be notified to speed up the action." Shallow Lai Shi Zhengzhi whispered helplessly.

"Okay, my family doesn't want to embarrass you!" Thinking of this, Lai Shizheng said directly, "We won't meet for the time being during this time, and the family will honor what I promised you, as for the request I just made, you'd better think about it again." You know, the family's money is not so easy to get. After speaking, Sharishi Shimasa swept his gaze to Oda Saburo again, looking at it with a face.

Oda Saburo also lowered his head silently after hearing Asai Ishi's words, then sighed, and said helplessly, "Since Lord Asai Ishi has said so, then I can only obey my fate." ”

As he spoke, Saburo Oda got up and took out a blank piece of paper from the side, and then wrote and drew on it, "The main family has recently rushed to the Mutsu area with a lot of reinforcements. Lord Yoshikawa Hiroke has a force of 700 men and has been stationed in Reasui Castle, Lord Takeda Nobuyuki has a force of 300 men and has a force of 300 men to garrison Ishigme Castle, and Lord Hazu Yukihide has also led a force of 300 men to garrison Kenyoshi Castle. ”

"In addition, the 500-strong army led by Totoki Yoshimori of Antler County is on the way to Ishikawa Castle, so Masazhiden should be careful next." Oda Saburo said slowly.

Shallow Lai Shizheng nodded, and then said calmly, "Let's stop here today, my family will not forget this kindness of Lord Oda, and I will be grateful in the future." Leave! After saying that, Asa Ishimashi beckoned the rest of the dozen or so people out of the castle tower of the Okuse Pavilion.

After Asarishi Masanao and the others left, Oda Saburo breathed a sigh of relief, but the melancholy on his face did not decrease.

Oda Saburo sat quietly in the castle tower, and after half an hour, Oda Saburo stood up and patted the dust on his body, as if he had made up his mind, and shouted loudly at the outside of the castle tower with a decisive face, "Someone! ”

.........

After Masano and his party left the Okusekan, they rode directly to Tsugaru-gun.

On the afternoon of the second day, Asarishi Masanao and others entered Kawahara Castle in Tsugaru County in disguise.

Kawahara Castle is the former residence of the Nangaoka family Kawahara Goshin, which was called the Kawahara Imperial Palace when the Nanaoka family was still alive, and is now the domain of the Tsugawa family.

In a hostel in Kawahara Castle's castle town, Masano Asarishi was led by two maids to the second floor of the inn.

After entering a room on the second floor, Shallow Lai Shi Masashi casually found a place to sit down, and then said, "You've been waiting for a long time, haven't you?" ”

"Lord Asakai came at the right time, I wonder what new information Lord Asariishi has gained from this trip to the Okusekan?" After Lai Shi Zhengzhi finished speaking, another man sitting next to Lai Shi Zhengzhi spoke.

Asahi Shimasa replied with a straight smile, "Lord Asahi, it seems that you know more about your whereabouts than Gu Xinden?" Why is it that every time there is a move in the next, the adults are always the first to know? ”

Asahi Takayoshi was the head of the Asahi family, a wealthy clan in Tsugaru Prefecture that had historically been wiped out by Tsugaru Noshin in 1588, and now ended his political career decades early. The Asahi family was a subordinate of the Nangang family before, and many times with Nangaoka Guyong fought with the Asa Yorishi family, because the relationship between Asahi Takayoshi and Asahi Ishimasa was not good, and it could even be said that it was quite bad.

But now we all have a common enemy, so the apparent harmony can still be maintained.

"Haha!" Asahi Takayoshi laughed and said, "Lord Asalai Ishi said that I was just talking casually, so don't take it to heart." ”

"Humph!" Asa Yori Ishimasa snorted, and then said to a samurai sitting on the main seat, "Kawahara-sama, I got the latest news from Saburo Oda from the Tsukawa family, the Tsugawa family has sent a large number of troops to the Mutsu area, and not only that, but the leader of the ninja of the Tsugawa family, Jiro Iwaki, has also come to Tsugaru-gun, so I'm worried that this will affect our plans for the future." ”

At this time, Kawahara Gonobu, who was sitting on the main seat, also said with a solemn expression, "Is the news true?" ”

"It shouldn't be true. Oda Saburo was a retainer of the family before, and the information about Ishikawa Castle and other places was also obtained from him last month, and the deployment of reinforcements from the Tsugawa family this time Oda Saburo also explained to the next fifteen. Lai Shi replied directly.

Kawahara Guxin nodded, and then said, "Originally, our next plan should be at the end of next month, and this time is close to spring ploughing, which is a good time for us to start." However, the reinforcements of the Tsugawa family are coming, which is a bit unpleasant, and it seems that we have to implement the plan in advance. ”

"That's what I'm thinking about below!" Shallow Lai Shi Zhengzhi hurriedly said: "Then let someone send a message to Lord Shigui and Andong Hall?" ”

"Hmm." Kawahara Guxin nodded, "Time is running out, we have to act before the Tsugawa family is ready, otherwise it will not be so easy for the plan to go smoothly at that time." ”8)