There's an old saying I don't know if you know, and that's that everything is hard at the beginning! I don't know if this sentence can also be understood the other way around, that is, no matter how difficult things are, as long as the start goes well, the rest will gradually get better.

On the third day of Mogami's arrival, Yoshishige Satake led his army to Odawara. As the only daimyo in the Kanto region who took the right position this time, I gave him enough face, and Ikeda Tsuneko and Gamo went to Deei 5 in my place, and I myself waited in front of the door of Shuaiying.

"It's such a wall-to-wall guy, is it so polite?" Keiji Maeda stood beside me and whispered, his face full of disdain.

Although Keiji Maeda, this guy has long passed the age of not being confused, but he still often doesn't talk or do things. Just like this time, I also asked him to go out with Ikeda and Gamo, but this kid actually pretended to have a stomachache with me.

"If you don't tell me such words that affect unity, I naturally know what to do!" I didn't turn my head to look at him, and the smile on my face greeted the crowd.

"Meet His Highness the Great Stars!" As soon as Yoshishige Satake saw me, he got rid of Ikeda Tsuneko and Gamo clan, and rushed straight forward more than ten kilometers away in front of me. "It's great to be able to meet His Royal Highness Da Nayan, because of your kindness, the Eastern Kingdom has been able to regain the holy glow of the imperial court, which is also a blessing for the people of the whole world!" He knelt before me and bowed deeply.

"His Royal Highness Satake is serious, please get up quickly!" When people respect me, I respect people, and I immediately bend down and reach out to hold him. I have to say that Satake Yoshishige is one of the strongest martial arts among all the daimyos, which is very obvious from the hand I entrusted him. "His Royal Highness Satake is still brave, I'm really envious!" I said with emotion for a moment.

"His Royal Highness Da Nayan is also more prosperous!" Satake Yoshishige didn't know if it was appropriate to mention the previous incident clearly, so he only vaguely brought it over.

"Come, let's go in and talk!" I took his wrist and walked into the tent and pressed him to the top position on the left. "I'm very happy to see His Highness Satake today, and I didn't invite many people for the convenience of talking." As I spoke, I pointed to Ikeda Tsuneko, Gamo Clan, and Maeda Keiji. "It's a little cold, His Royal Highness Satake won't blame me for being disrespectful!"

"His Royal Highness is so compassionate, how can he not know what is good or bad!" Yoshishige Satake nodded gratefully and said, "What I have done is really insignificant, and His Highness Da Nayan's praise makes me ashamed of myself. This time, because of His Highness's hesitation, His Highness missed the opportunity several times, which caused the counterinsurgency operation to be postponed to this day. If Your Highness does not see that sin is already immeasurably kind, how dare you say so many beautiful words! ”

"You also have your difficulties, and I understand that!" I said this with deep sympathy.

"Yes! It's really not easy for you......" Keiji Maeda seemed to be following me on the surface, but anyone could hear his yin and yang weirdness.

"We are naturally considerate of the difficulties of adults, and in the case of rebellion all over the eastern country, His Royal Highness Satake alone supports the banner of righteousness, which shows sincerity!" The Gamo clan hurriedly picked up his words without a trace, and finally coped with this embarrassing situation.

"Without further ado, please tell His Highness Satake about the situation in the east first!" After glaring at Keiji Maeda, I turned to Yoshishige Satake with a pleasant face. This guy is really unbearable sometimes, but many times it is indispensable, because there are many things that I can't say and I have to use his mouth.

"I heard that His Highness was engaged in a fierce battle with the rebels east of Suruga, and I thought that I should attack the rebels with surprise troops...... "Satake Yoshishige very boldly "ignored" some unimportant details, and introduced the previous stage of the battle in detail.

In fact, I don't need to say it, I have my own special source of information about everything, and the reason why I heard him say it himself is just to show a respectful attitude. After the fall of Kawagoe Castle, the Satake Army moved quite rapidly, invading places such as Shimono, Kamiso, and Nanjiok with the force of wind and fire, and it can be said that it achieved considerable "results". But if you think about it carefully, I have to admit that he did a very "ingenious" job at a very favorable time.

At that time, not to mention Hojo, even the forces of those Soma people were also tied to the west, and there was no strength in the absolute rear on this side. According to my personal guess, maybe Hojo and Satake had some tacit understanding before, but there is no need to mention it at this time. But on the other hand, the results are huge, in a short period of time, he has already laid down millions of stone territories, although everyone knows that in the end these territories will still have to be withdrawn, but such a dazzling merit requires more territory can not be regarded as an excessive request, right?

Satake's account is quite modest, not emphasizing how heroic his troops were, or how difficult they were, but rather explaining the quantity and quality of the results. Of course, all of this is inspired by my great personality strength, and the Satake family has no requirements for the allegiance of the imperial court.

"His Royal Highness Satake has established such a miraculous feat, the court and I know it in our hearts!" I stood up and walked up to him, reached out and patted him on the shoulder. "Although the counterinsurgency has been successful, it has also caused the displacement of people and the desolation of large areas of land. His Royal Highness Satake is highly respected and has a profound influence in the Kanto region, and he hopes to play a role in reorganizing the order in the future. Of course, if the name is not right, it will not be good, and I will convey this to the imperial court when I return to Kyoto! ”

"Your Highness Xie Danayan!" Because my hand was still on Satake's shoulder, he could only stand up and speak to me gratefully.

I nodded to him pleasantly, and slapped my hands harder. Yoshishige Satake may have blossomed at this moment, but in fact, I have other plans in my heart, and it is appropriate to reward and punish if I have merit, but I can't let people take me for a fool.

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to ask for instructions in front of His Highness Da Nayan!" Satake Yoshishige patted his head and suddenly said: "I want to introduce two guests to His Royal Highness Da Nayan this time, please take the time to meet me in my face!" ”

"The one who can be valued by His Royal Highness Satake must be the heroes of the world, and I naturally hope to get to know more people like this!" I walked back to my place and sat down to talk to him.

"Bring it on!" He shouted to the outside very majestically, and beckoned at the same time.

Who doesn't use "please" or "recruit", but "bring"? I was slightly surprised by this question. But fortunately, this problem did not bother me for long, and the two of them were quickly "brought in".

These are two samurai who are not very old, and one of them is probably not even 20 years old. However, the two of them were neither armoured nor armed, and although they were not tied, they each had two samurai with obvious duties behind them. I noticed that the younger one gave Yoshishige Satake a frightened look, and then immediately lowered his head again.

"These two are ......," I asked, slanting my eyes at Yoshishige Satake.

"This is His Royal Highness Yoshiyin Soma!" He walked over and pointed to the older samurai, and then to the younger one. "This is His Royal Highness Utsunomiya Kunitsuna!"

"It turned out to be the two highnesses of Soma and Utsunomiya, what a rare guest......" I looked at the two people in front of me and said slowly, but the tone was flat and not so murderous. Now that these two daimyo are abolished, life and death are just a thought of mine, and I can't deliberately scare them.

Soma Yiyin's face was like ashes, if he hadn't been pulled from behind, he was afraid that he would have collapsed, his eyes didn't know where he had drifted, and his bruised lips had been trembling slightly.

Utsunomiya Kunitsuna's performance was slightly better, but he was also frightened and uneasy. I don't know what he's been thinking in his heart, but his eyes roll up from time to time and sneak up at Yoshishige Satake, and I've found it four times alone.

"Since you're here, don't the two Highnesses have nothing to say?" After a long silence, I asked them.

Soma Yoshiyin shook his head in despair and said nothing, and Utsunomiya Kunitsuna shuddered for a moment and then lowered his head again.

"Your Highness Satake, what do you think should be done?" Suddenly, I met Yoshishige Satake again.

Satake Yoshishige was obviously prepared, stood up and bowed down and said: "Thunder, rain and dew are all heavenly graces, no matter how His Highness Da Nayan decides, they will not dare to complain, so please judge it!" ”

"Well......," I muttered for a moment, then said, "I still need to examine this matter in detail, and everything will be decided after the counterinsurgency is over." Yesterday, His Royal Highness Tokugawa sent a message that Hachioji Castle had been restored, and His Royal Highness Satake was asked to send someone to take care of the two Highnesses to live there temporarily! ”

"This ...... Is it appropriate? Yoshishige Satake said with a "dilemma".

"In the future, I will have to rely on His Royal Highness Satake a lot in the future, what is inappropriate!" I kindly encouraged.

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After Yoshishige Satake took Soma and Utsunomiya away, Keiji Maeda said to me with a little dissatisfaction: "Utsunomiya and Soma are also two daimyos, what do you mean by handing over that guy to Satake to control on your behalf?" It's hard to still want to appoint him as a leader! ”

"What's not to do? That's exactly what I want him to be the Kanto Governor! I gladly replied, and then asked the Gamo clan, "What do you think?" ”

"It's not a big deal who is the leader, and a large number of new daimyos from Kanto naturally know who to listen to!" The Gamo clan smiled and said, "Utsunomiya Kunisuna is the nephew of Yoshishige Satake, does the lord have other plans?" ”

"Let him be the governor of Kanto and keep the family name of Utsunomiya, with such a big face, he can't care too much about other things!" I shrugged my shoulders and said humorously.

"But that's a leader after all!" Ikeda Hengxing, on the other hand, looked a little melancholy.

"It's a pity that the Western Kingdom is not in charge, why don't you give you a Western Exploration Question?"