On September 25 of the first year of Eiroku, the Shiina family governor Yasuin invited the daimyo Sasa Narumasa and Dohi Masashi to Matsukura Castle for a banquet, during the banquet, the young master of the Shiina family, Shiina Nagatsune, and the uncle of the family governor Yasuma, Shiina Nagatsune, intended to wipe out Yasuin and Sasa Naimasa, and assassinated the Shiina family governor Yasuma, but his conspiracy was discovered by Sasa Naruma, Shigeyin was hit by an iron cannon, and was seriously injured and died, and Shiina Natsune was killed by the fierce general Maeda Keiji in one fell swoop. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In such a reshuffle of the East Vietnam Middle School, the family governor, heir and former family governor of the Shiina family all died, which led to the direct removal of the Shiina family, and the Yue China also entered the era of Sasa's domination.

This event is known in history as the "Matsukura Change".

Afterwards, Sasa Narumasa and Tsuchihi Masashi stayed in Matsukura Castle and presided over the affairs of the Shiina family together with Koma Tsunemitsu.

On October 1, the Kanto Governor Uesugi Teruma sent Honjo Shiranaga as an envoy to bring new appointments, among them, he promoted Tohi Masashi to the guardian of Vietnam, and appointed Sasa Narumasa as the "Etsuchu Imperial Policeman", responsible for the coordination between the territory of the country of Vietnam and the Daimyo and the wealthy clans.

Honjo also brought about Uesugi Teruto's disposition of the Shiina family - the Shiina clan was removed, and its direct leadership was attributed to the Echichu Imperial Police Gu Sasa Narumasa!

Therefore, Sasa Chengzheng justifiably took over East Vietnam.

Matsukura Castle, which had been halfway restored, was abandoned, and Tsunemitsu Koma returned to his own domain, Wakakuri Castle, and Dohi Masashi moved to Horie.

In late October, snow falls in Vietnam.

By November, Uozu Castle Honmaru was completed.

In the second year of Eiroku and the New Year, Sasa Narumasa did not sit under Uesugi Terutora in Kasuga Yamajo to meet with the daimyos, the wealthy clans, or their envoys.

He sat high in the Ohiroma of the Uozu Castle Honmaru Castle Tower, and met with the daimyo who had come to Wakakuri, Horie, and Josei, as well as the retainers who had followed him to Echichu.

Among them, there are two large names in Dongyue, namely Tohi Masafan and Koma Tsunemitsu, who has about 30,000 stone in Gongzhuang and Horijiang, and Koma Tsunemitsu has 10,000 koku. The Daimyo family of Saiyue Naka is the Saito family of Joseijo, who fell to Sasa Seimasa after the Battle of Matsukura last year. Since Chengsheng City is almost in the heart of the territory of the Jimbo family, Sasa Naruma is also particularly attracted to it.

In addition, Sasa Narumasa also received an order to transfer the territory.

Previously, Sasa Naimasa owned 8,000 koku from Hojo Castle and its surroundings in Nanechigo, and 40,000 koku from the Ueda area, ranking second among the Uesugi family's retainers, second only to the old Naoe Keitsuna of the family. Uesugi Terutoka's transfer was to recover all the territories in the Ueda area, and to give Narumasa Miyazaki, Uozu, Matsukura, and Inamura under the territory of Nakahara Shiina and Tohi clans in East Vietnam.

As a result, Sasa Narimasa's direct command in Vietnam reached 80,000 koku, and there was an enclave in the heart of South Vietnam, Hojo Castle.

The transfer of the territory was a very cumbersome and huge project, not only the construction of the new castle and the castle town, but also the relocation of the retainers and all levels, which was not a day's work.

Fortunately, the Hokuriku Sasa family has always taken the elite route, and the important retainers and main battle troops braved the heavy snow to take the sea route in the harsh winter, and arrived at Uozu Castle before the New Year.

However, Naimasa's wife, Ayahime, did not come, but stayed in Hojo Castle with Narumasa's concubine, Sasaharu.

According to the letters written by Ayahime, Seimasa unexpectedly discovers that she is pregnant.

But...... Haven't I and Aya Ji always been husband and wife?

Was it the night before the death...... A shot into the soul?

In addition, the news of Sasaharu's illness came at the same time, but Chengzheng was not worried.

Ah Chun is a wild girl who has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and there will be no problems with a little illness.

Sasa Narumasa quickly put aside that little worry and began to concentrate on the affairs of the territory.

Spring is coming soon, and it's the season of friendship on the prairie......

No, no, no, it's not like that.

Spring is coming soon, and spring plowing must be prepared in the territory, otherwise, when the troops are used later, they will fall into the dilemma of lack of military food, even if he controls the shipping route from Uozu City to Kashiwazaki Port, he can't wait for Sister Uesugi to feed him with his mouth open!

Fortunately, there are still a lot of capable servants under Sasa Naimasa, in addition to Echigo's Kanetoyo Higuchi, and his young Kawada Nagakin, who came from Omi.

A few days ago, Guidie sent a wave of people to make a detour to Echizen to send talents to Chengzheng.

Kinoshita Hidenaga, Naomasa Tsukasa and Oda Nobukiyo are among them.

After the spring snow melted, several fast horses galloped out of Uozu Castle, and Sasa Narumasa issued a summoning order to the daimyo and wealthy clans of the country of Vietnam!

One of the fastest and farthest horses actually ran out of the border of China and came to the territory of the Jiangma family in Hida.

In Suwa Castle, a highland area in Eima's home city, the governor of the family, Tokimori, after receiving the envoy of the Sasa family, summoned his son and younger brother to discuss the so-called "righteous act".

On the high seat, Jiangma Shisheng said with a smile:

"Sasa Seimasa has exterminated the Shiina family by means, and now he wants to find bad luck on the head of the Jimbo family, he wrote a letter to invite us to attack the Jimbo family together, promising a total of 5,000 koku of territory in Tsumao Castle and the nearby area as a reward for our reinforcements, what do you think, let's talk about it."

The governor of the Jiangma family is Shi Sheng, and below him, of course, he is respected by the young master.

The assassin, Jiangma Shisheng's sister-in-law Hui Sheng, did not hide his impatience and said with great interest:

"Sasa Chengzheng has not yet gained a stable foothold, and while thinking about destroying the Divine Protection in one fell swoop, in my opinion, it is tantamount to death! The two families of Jimbo and Shiina are both deeply rooted in Vietnam, and Sasa Seisa attacked at this time, even if he can attack some cities, there will be repeats, and after he withdraws his troops, maybe the wealthy clans will immediately change to the banner of the Jimbo family. If he slowed down and advanced slowly, the rear would surely be in turmoil at the instigation of the Jimbo family. Therefore, Zuo Zuo Chengzheng's westward expedition is always unbeneficial. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that...... Don't wade into troubled waters, right? ”

Jiangma Shisheng frowned, he didn't really care about the success of Sazuo Chengzheng, and he didn't know what his son was in BB for a while.

"Otherwise, it is not a wise move for Yu Zuo Chengzheng to crusade against the divine protection at this time, but it is a great opportunity for us and others."

"What do you mean by that?"

Jiang Ma Shisheng snorted coldly dissatisfied, and said in his heart, you bb will be bb, so you can finish the words at one time, so say half and leave half, is it to?

"Fishing in troubled waters, right now!"

Jiangma Huisheng's face was colored,

"The Jinmao City promised by Sasa Chengzheng, together with the nearby Chengsheng City, was originally the fertile soil closest to my Jiangma family, but now that Sazuo has given it up, how can we refuse? If the Sasa army has the advantage, we can also help attack Toyama, but if Sasa's army is defeated and flees, we can also defend the city and watch from the wall. ”

Hearing Jiangma Huisheng's wishful thinking, the city lord of Dongcheng, Asono Naomori, said dissatisfied:

"You say that if you postpone the march, you can postpone the march? If the military situation of the Central Half of East Vietnam is coerced, it can make you sit and watch the success or failure slowly? Furthermore, if Sazuo Cheng's army is defeated and flees, how can the Jimbo family condone us to hold on to Tsumao City? Although the long-term position of the god protector is dead, but the god is also young and promising, you are a vegetarian when you are a god protector? ”

Jiangma Fraser was robbed by Asono Naomori, but he was not discouraged, but said with a smile:

"The Shenbao family has been tired of fighting for a long time, even if it is a fluke victory, it is not possible to provoke my Jiangma family again, not to mention anything else, what I dare to guarantee is that if Shenbao dares to invade Jinmao City, I will let him go and never return!" (To be continued.) )