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However, the situation of the Nagano family has since taken a new turn.

On June 25th, Iwamatsu Jingding sent someone to send an urgent report, there was an accident within the Nagano family, Naomoto Kawakita who was guarding Nagano Castle suddenly defected to the Nagano family, and issued a crusade order against Nagano Fujitsu in the name of Nagano Fujito. Nagano Fujitsu and branch Mitsuka were defeated, retreated to the Kumoide River, were rescued by our naval army, and are currently rushing back to their home.

I was greatly surprised when I received the news, and hurriedly returned to Mie Castle and waited for the two people from Nagano Fujitsu and Mitsuka Branch.

When I saw Nagano Fujitsu, I found that he seemed to be a different person, and his previous determination and spirit were completely invisible, and he was replaced by decadence. He didn't enter the hall, but he sat on the wooden steps of the doorway with his legs crossed, dressed in bloodstained feet. In the face of my greetings, he refused to respond to anything.

"What's going on?" I had to ask the branch that served next to him, Guangjia.

"It's the North Sichuan family and the Yunlin Yuan family that pass the Kitabatake ......," he replied in a low voice, and his mood was quite stable.

"Didn't you take precautions beforehand?"

"For the North Sichuan family, my brother is really defenseless. The territory of the northern Sichuan family is on the edge of the Kumoide River, and when the Kitabatake family comes over, their territory will be invaded first. In order to stabilize him, my brother promised to personally lead most of the army to block the Kitabatake family on the other side, and Naomoto Kawakita also accepted our younger brother as an adopted son...... As for the Yunlin Academy, it was probably because they saw that their father was killed in battle, and they lacked prestige and were unable to restrain everyone in their own position, so they dared to launch a coup d'état! ”

"Oh!" I glanced at him in amazement, at such a young age, it was really not easy to have such a thorough analysis. He was also a card figure in the Takaku Rishiki biography, and the Ise Ueno Domain, which he founded and lasted until the Meiji era. In the original history, when Nobunaga entered Ise, it was he who prevented Hosono Fujitsu (now Nagano Fujitsu) from opposing the Oda family. Now that he is only thirteen years old, he has such an insight, and he is really a person who can see the situation clearly.

"How's the situation over there now?" I turned my head and asked Iwamatsu Jingding behind me.

"The Kitabatake family has entered Nagano Castle, and according to the people of the Hosono family who have escaped, the Kitabatake Gukyo is clearing out the people on the side of His Royal Highness Fujitsu Nagano, and has made a guarantee of the territory of the Kawakita family and the Yunlin family." The rock pine warp is fixed.

"Where is the military situation of the Kobe family and the Lufutu family, and the situation at home is like this?" This sentence is asked by Xiujing. The Hattori family is currently being contacted by him.

"The Kafutu family has moved a little slower, and the Kobe family has already occupied the territory of the Kusao family in Amaki County. The Kusai family appealed to the Kitabatake family, and the Kitabatake family asked the Kobe family to return it, but the Kobe family was unwilling and was fighting with the Kitabatake family. ”

Obviously, this was something that the Kitabatake family had not anticipated before the war. They had already made the decision to abandon Nagano Guto and divide the Nagano clan with the Kobe family and the Kafutu family, but they didn't expect Nagano Fujitotsu's most powerful arm and one of the three assistants, Kotaka, to die unexpectedly in battle, and then transfer the Kawakita family and the Yunlin Yuan family, and actually won without a fight, and it is expected that the entire Nagano family will be controlled through Nagano Guto.

"Inform you to take a break and prepare for the assessment tomorrow morning! Yasutoyo, invite the Bee Suka-sama and Takenaka-sama of Xuansheng Castle, and hand over the castle defense to His Highness Sawaki...... Your Highness, please help Brother Ling go down to rest first. Kihachi, you have to entertain the two of you properly. I ordered.

"Yes!" And every man departed. Only me and Xiujing were left.

"Is your lady Nagano alright?" I asked suddenly. As far as I know, Yoshiro Nagano is five months pregnant.

"Fortunately, everything is going well," Xiujing looked at me suspiciously, "Does my brother want her child to inherit the Nagano family?" It doesn't seem to work! The main hall will definitely not agree, even His Royal Highness Nagano Fujitsu will have resistance in his heart. ”

"Just mentioning it. What will happen in the future, who knows? I smiled. Even if Yoshio Nagano gives birth to a boy this time, adulthood will not be more than ten years later, and it may not be impossible at that time. As for Hosono Fujitotsu, his heir in history is Takigawa Hachiro, the son of Kitaise Takigawa Kazuki. Compared to that child, Xiujing's child is the bloodline of the Nagano family, and it will not be resisted.

In other words, Xiao Xia seems to be about to give birth. According to my guess, the due date is probably in early August. Recently, I have been disturbed, and I rarely have the opportunity to accompany her. However, I sighed as I saw that it was past noon, and thought of the possible battle that followed.

On the second day, the assessment was held as scheduled at the Mie Castle Lord's castle tower. I asked Xiujing and Iwamatsu Jingding to introduce the situation, and then said, "If you have any ideas, you can tell them!" ”

"Your Majesty is currently rectifying the military situation, since the lord wants to make a move, Your Majesty will try his best to speed up the progress!" Masakatsu Wasuka was the first to say. In the past few days, he has been focusing on the strategy of the Harubu family, and suddenly asked the Nagano family a question, and it was really difficult for him to have any mature ideas, so he said that he would do the finishing work within his share.

"Your Majesty thinks that you should wait and see for a while, as the Kitabatake and Kobe families are currently in a dispute over the disposal of the Nagano family's territory, and perhaps there will be a fight between the two families. After all, the blood relationship between the Kobe family and the Kitabatake family was two generations ago, and in the face of huge interests, it is difficult to say how much bond there will be. Moreover, the Kobe family now has the support of the Shikafuto family, and a few years ago, he married a woman from the Gamo family at the same time as the Seki family, and the relationship has greatly improved. For the sake of the Nagano family's territory, it is possible that the three families of this clan will unite again. Xiujing said.

His analysis is very much in my usual style, which is to focus on the whole situation, and then consider the contacts and interests of all parties. And after listening to his words, Maeno Nagayasu, Rindai and others agreed one after another.

"Your Majesty felt that he should attack as soon as possible. The Kitabatake clan has not yet completely completed the Nagano family, and now with His Royal Highness Nagano Fujitsu as a call, and in line with our military situation, the situation of the Nagano clan may change again. Iwamatsu said. He had seen the chaos within the Nagano family with his own eyes.

"His Royal Highness Nagano Fujitsu was rescued alone, even if he was brought out, the Nagano family knew that it was mainly our side, how many people could dare to jump out under the domination of the Kitabatake family, His Majesty felt that it was very debatable...... His Royal Highness Xiujing said very reasonably, it is better to wait. Shigeharu Takenaka said.

"Where's the straight tiger? What do you think? "I saw that Naotora Ii seemed thoughtful.

"His Royal Highness Xiujing's opinion is indeed very reasonable. But Your Majesty wants to ask, did the lord get any information? She looked at me, "Because the lord ordered His Royal Highness Sawaki to execute the Shun family of the Harubu clan yesterday afternoon, obviously to stabilize the territory of the Harugabe and prepare for sending troops as soon as possible." ”

"That's true," I smiled approvingly, "Shoji has returned from Komakiyama Castle with news of the main hall's reinforcement of troops in Kitaise. In addition, according to the news that Tsuya received from Tsushima yesterday afternoon, His Royal Highness Naomasa was ordered to go to Kameyama Castle to persuade the Seki family, and he had already brought back the hostages of the Seki family...... The next battle will involve all the major forces in Ise, and it is estimated that the number of participants on both sides will exceed 10,000! ”;