Ueno Castle is located in the central region of Dewa, more than 200 miles away from Echigo-Nakagawa Castle, which was agreed with the Nagao family.

If it was a wartime march, it would have been possible to arrive in three days, but since it was a married woman, there was no need to hurry, so it took Tsugawa Soji and his party five days to arrive at Ninga Hojo Castle in Yuri County.

Ichiro Yamamoto, the lord of Niga Hojo Castle, had been waiting here for a long time, and at the same time, Miki Naogo and others also entered Higa Hojo with the strength of Hazen. After the convergence of Soji Tongtsugawa and his party, the number of troops in Higabo Castle has reached 4,000!

Since it was decided to put pressure on the Dabaoji family, it would inevitably not be able to achieve this effect if there were too few troops, and there was no need for too many, so the scale of three or four thousand people was just right.

Sure enough, when the 4,000 troops of the Tsugawa family crossed the Satsumi County and arrived along the Tagawa County, Daihoji Yoshizen finally began to panic.

"What to do! What to do! What to do! The army of the Tsugawa family has already arrived in Tagawa County, and Tsugawa Soji himself personally led the army, how is the family an opponent! "Dabaosi Yizeng knows that this matter can't be prevaricated, and he can only make a decision as soon as possible for today's plan.

Whether to get off the donkey down the slope and surrender directly to the Tsugawa family, or to rise up and resist to give the Tsugawa family a little color, this is the choice now in front of Dabaoji Yoshizen.

"My lord! Oh no, next time Anfang Mamoru omitted the Tozen Temple Hall, and the Tsugawa family has already entered the Tozen Temple City! The Sand-Yue Hall of Sand-Yue Castle abandoned the city and fled towards Oura Castle, and the army of the Tsugawa family was already approaching the city! ”

"Tosabin Zendo! What about Sasaki Sadatsuna! Aren't they going to fight to the death against the Tsugawa family, they are now people! Dabao Temple Yizeng suddenly became anxious.

Abe Yoshiki reported with a pale face, "Tosa Lin Zendong and Sasaki Sadatsuna are in this cage city, they only care about their territory, and they will not scruple about the life or death of their own family!" ”

"My lord, while it's not too late, surrender immediately! Otherwise, when the army of the Tsugawa family arrives at Oura Castle, everything will be over! ”

"That's right! Right! Right! "Dabao Temple Yizeng is not a master, I heard that the most important retainers on weekdays have said this, Dabao Temple Yizeng can't care so much, and hurriedly said loudly, "Quick, open the gate of Weipu City!" The retainers followed me out of the city to greet the Tsugawa Right Guard General's Palace! ”

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Tsugawa Soji was very comfortable, and he originally thought that the wealthy clans in the village were really hard-boned, but he didn't wait for himself to send a messenger to come, Tozenji Temple and other people to open the door and surrender directly.

After walking more than five miles and crossing the Mogami River, Tsugawa Soji met Daihoji Yoshizo. This goods have been waiting for Tsugawa Soji for a long time, and he actually went directly out of the city thirty miles to greet him, which also opened the eyes of Tsugawa Soji.

"The Dabao Temple Hall is thirty miles out of the city to greet each other, and the family is deeply honored! Speaking of which, some time ago, the family also sent an envoy to negotiate with the Daihoji Temple on the matter of the imperial letter issued by the general, but there has been no response from the Daihoji Temple. ”

"It's rare to have such a good opportunity today, I don't know what the palace of Dabao Temple will do?" Next to Mogami River, Tsugawa Soji looked at Dahoji Yoshimassu with a panicked face, and asked like an old friend.

Daihoji Yoshizen swallowed his saliva and replied tremblingly: "Tsugawa Temple, after all, this matter is very important, so I have to discuss it with my retainers. However, the result has been discussed today, and since it is the order of the general, the family should obey it. ”

"The Dahoji family is willing to obey the dispatch of the Tsugawa Temple, so that Tsuruoka Castle has already been built!"

Since Daihoji Yoshizen is so knowledgeable, Tsugawa Soji naturally wants to give some sweetness, "Dabaoji Hall is really a loyal minister of the shogunate, and if you don't do it, you will play the shogun, and a loyal person like Daihoji Temple deserves to be rewarded!" ”

"Thank you Tsugawaden!" Dabao Temple Yizeng has bitterness in his heart, but he can't say, who wants any reward, Lao Tzu took out a real territory!

"Since Tsuruoka Castle is to be built on the site of Dahoji Castle as the residence of the Tsuruoka Gongka's Palace, then the area around Tsuruoka Castle should belong to the territory of the Tsuruoka Principality. So why don't the Dabao Temple family be transferred to Manhai County? ”

"In addition, the Sasaki family has been stubbornly resisting, and the family has decided to assign the Sasaki family's territory to the Daihoji family. Of course, as for how to get the Sasaki family to hand over the territory, it's up to you to do it yourself! ”

After listening to the words of Tsugawa Soji, Daihoji Yoshizen had mixed feelings in his heart. Although the loss of the territory of the Shonai area was exchanged for some of the territories of Satsumi and Mogami Gun, the land in the Shonai area was fertile, and the Daihoji family had a high influence here. Although the new territory in exchange for it looks not much different from the original territory, the Dabao Temple family has to start from scratch to govern and develop, which is simply a loss-making transaction.

But there is no way to say "no" to Dabaoji Yoshizen, because this is already the best result.....

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Nakagawa Castle is located in the easternmost part of Echigo Province, adjacent to Tagawa-gun, and is the base of the Nakagawa family of Echigo Province.

Of course, the low strength of the Nakagawa family is simply miscellaneous fish, whether it is the Tsugawa family or the Nagao family, it is not an existence that the Nakagawa family can provoke. So in the face of two powerful daimyo, the Nakagawa family can only endure silently even if they have great opinions.

"Lord, the people of the Nagao family are in front!" After crossing Mt. Maya, you entered the realm of Echigo, which strictly belonged to the sphere of influence of the Honjo family, but the Honjo family was not yet the time when the Honjo was prosperous, and although the strength was good, the family was also unstable.

After the death of the previous head of the house, the house was "torn apart", and even the main house was occupied by the Ayukawa family for a time. And Honjo's son, Honjo, is no more than seven years old, and the later person is a member of the Ogawa family.

And Yangbei is also discordant internally, so no one wants to cause trouble in front of the Tsugawa family and the Nagao family.

When the sedan chair that Tsubaki Hime was sitting in entered Naoe Keixuna's team, the task of the Tsugawa family was completed, and the Nagao family was naturally in charge of escorting the next trip to Tochio Castle.

"Suruga, the Tsugawa family actually dispatched thousands of troops to escort it, it can be seen that this Princess Tsubakihime is deeply loved by the Tsugawa Palace." On the way, Naoe Keixuna rode to Usami Dingmi's side, "But this is also a good thing for the family, with the momentum created by the Tsugawa family, presumably the people of Echigo should also recognize the situation." ”

"The Tsukawa family, that's not an existence that anyone can provoke!"

Unexpectedly, Usami Dingman shook his head, "Actually, the thing I'm worried about is that even with the support of the Tsugawa family, Jinghu Hall is still unwilling to compete with Qingjing Palace. ”

"The character of Jinghuden, Lord Naoe, is the clearest, although the marriage with the Tsugawa family can make the Harueden a bogey, but what we want is not to divide Echigo in two, but to unify the family!"

"So, we have to add a fire!" A fierce glint flashed in Usami's eyes.

Naoe Jinggang said with a puzzled face: "What kind of fire?" ”