In the castle tower of Saijo Castle, Kira Manmatsu Maru sat upright in a hunting suit, and a young man sat opposite him, the appearance of the two was three or four points similar, and it could be vaguely seen between the eyebrows and eyes that the same family was from the same family, he was the current governor of the ShimoKira family, Kira Manmatsumaru's half-brother, Kira Yoshiyasu.

According to the imaginary age algorithm, Kira Yoshian has just turned fourteen years old, and he is much more mature than Kira Manmatsumaru, who just passed his eighth birthday at the beginning of the month, at least the children's voice has gradually faded, and as the governor of the Shimojira family for nearly ten years, he has learned more than him, and he is the first to speak.

"Wan Songmaru, have you really decided to go to Luo? I think you should think again. Kira Yoshian earnestly advised: "This is when my Kira family is in turmoil, you and I brothers should unite and watch each other, and the matter of Kyoto Kamiraku should be put aside for a while." ”

Kira Manmatsumaru never expected that this brother would persuade him to give up Shangluo in turn, so he shook his head with a smile and said, "Brother must still want to fight against the Imagawa family, right?" ”

"Of course, our deceased brother Yoshigo and my adoptive father Mochihiro both died in the war against the invasion of the Imagawa family, so how can you and I stay out of the matter?" Kira Yoshiyasu seemed confident, and directly turned over the old accounts of his relatives being begged to die to encourage him to resolutely fight against the Imagawa family, but he still underestimated Kira Manmatsumaru's will, or overestimated his own strength.

Although he felt very distressed about this stubborn brother, Kira Manmatsumari still decided to patiently explain to him that the understanding and support of Ichichimen was very important to him, not to mention that the attitude of the Kira family was very important, and the Kira family could no longer withstand the blow of another split, which he understood very well.

"What is my brother's strategy for confrontation?"

"You and I join forces, with the Owari Oda family as the Austrian aid, unite the people of the country to hold the cage city, as long as we are resolute, the Imagawa army will retreat when the food is exhausted." Kira Yoshian spoke eloquently, looking so confident, "We can also attack the Imagawa family's grain route with the advantage of Mikawa's local area, and once the Imagawa army is alone, once the grain route is cut off, the army will collapse without a fight!" ”

"Cut, the autumn harvest has just ended, will the Imagawa family be short of food? This kind of art of war, which is not even as good as Zhao Kuo, is also used for sale. Kira Manmatsu Maru really looked like a spit on the face of this strategist, thought about it and asked, "This is the strategy of Tominaga Beiqian!" ”

The Tominaga clan of Shiraku-gun came from the Otomo clan, served as the county secretary of Hatado-gun in the Heian period, followed the Hachimantaro Genyoshiya to conquer Oshu, and began to subordinate the Ashikaga clan to conquer the Southern Dynasty during the Kenmu period, and once controlled Shiraku-gun and Hohan half of the county, and later fell into decline because of the rise of the Suganuma clan and the Okupei clan in the army, and the lineage was cut off during the Yongsho period.

The current Fuyong family leader of the Fuyong family is the closest branch of the Fuyong family in the bloodline, and serves as the lord of the city of Kuyan Castle in Shiraku, the Fuyong Shikuna clan of Mu Lu Fuyong is also the genealogy of the Shimojira family, and its status is no worse than that of the Yiyi family, the brother of the Fuyong Shihiro, the elder brother of the Shirinaga, the former governor of the family, Fuyong Beimaemori Tadayasu once followed Kira Mochihiro to the Imagawa family and the Kira family, and later supported Kira to fall to the Kira family and the Imagawa family, and followed Kira to die in the battle of the Yamian Mountain.

"It's not the meaning of Bizen Mamoru, it's the family who came up with it themselves!" Kira Yoshiyasu's face flashed an abnormal red, and he said angrily, "Don't speculate...... All right! Don't look at me like that, it's an idea from Bangoro! ”

"Bangoro? Oh! Remember, that little surname that often follows you, right? Tominaga is the son of Tadashi Yasu, right? "Kira Manmatsumaru seems to remember such a person.

"At the beginning of the year, he was already named Tominaga Tadayuan, he is a promising figure in his family, and he will be the general of my Kira family in the future." Speaking of his trusted henchman, Kira Yoshian was very happy and showed off to Kira Manmatsumu: "Your henchman Naonaga Yamaoka is much worse than him." ”

"Brother, let's get down to business first." Kira Manmatsu Maru looked at his performance with some residual thoughts, and he was not very angry about Kira Yoshiyasu's showing off, not to mention that this Tominaga Tadashimoto's strategy is really a bit remnant, just saying that the Imagawa family has not officially come out of the battle, and more than half of the retainers and countrymen in the Shimojira family are shaken, this situation Kira Yoshian is still talking about what cage city is sticking to, and guarding each other is simply a fool's dream, and most of the Tominaga Tadayuan of this "wisdom and bravery" is also not worthy of the name.

Knowing Kira Yoshiyasu's thoughts, he had to change his words and continue to persuade: "My brother's strategy seems to be perfect, but the news that the family has received is that the people of the eight counties have switched to the Imagawa side, the door of Higashi Mikawa is wide open, the Suruga and Enoe people of the Imagawa family have been dispatched one after another, and the people of Higashi Mikawa have also joined the army one after another, and the Imagawa family's 8,000 army has expanded to 12,000 people, and Suganuma and Okupei of Shiraku County are exclusive to the Imagawa side, how much does the brother think the victory rate will be?" ”

"Wan Matsu Maru! How can you say such frustrating words! Even if we know that we can't win, we have to resist to the death! Kira Yoshiyasu's will is very firm, and he stubbornly insists on his beliefs: "The death of my father and brother has to be avenged, how can I, the nobles of the Kira family, condescend to submit to the Imagawa family?" I can't! I'd rather die! ”

"How can my brother talk about life and death? Doesn't that just go along with the meaning of the Imagawa family? ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The Imagawa family is worried that they can't find a chance to destroy my Kira family, and the family is in order to protect themselves, but also to calm the hearts of the Imagawa family, you and I have to leave one of them to sit in Sanhe, and the other person must be claustrophobic and poisoned. It's just that in this way, our brothers will become sinners of the Kira family, and they will have no shame to see their fathers and ancestors. ”

Kira Manmatsumaru's rhetoric is very simple, you choose whether you want to maintain the family business or not, and the Kira family will definitely not be good if you resist hard, and it is a deceptive trick to talk about what cage city holds, watch each other, and introduce Austrian aid, the young family governor has no prestige, and there is no famous general in the family, so what to fight with the Imagawa family?

"But you can't just drop like that! I definitely can't do that! Although Kira Yoshiyasu still insisted on his opinion, it was clear that he had begun to waver, and he looked at him very weakly, and then hung his head in silence.

"In the final analysis, he is still a young man, and he still lacks responsibility when talking about the country's hatred and family business." Kira Manmatsumu directly ignored the fact that he was only nine years old, and threw out a sharp question while the iron was hot: "I heard that my brother burned the handwritten letter carried by the Zen master Taiyuan Xuezhai on the spot, at the beginning of the month, Taiyuan Xuezhai entered Okazaki City, the internal turmoil in the Matsudaira family was pacified, and the army of the Imagawa family was drawn one after another. ”

"This ......" Kira Yoshiyasu hesitated, because of his act of burning letters in the Shimojira family, many retainers had left the Kira family without authorization and fell to the Imagawa side, as he said, most of the strength of the eight and Shiraku counties was lost, and the declining Tominaga clan could not support the Shimojira family at all, and the power of the Oda family only wandered on the edge of the West Mikawa, far away from the Higashi Sanhe Mountain, and where could there be any Austrian reinforcements.

"After the family announced Shangluo, they convened a secret conversation with the important ministers of the spectrum, and agreed to switch to the Imagawa side in early September, and accompany Taiyuan Xuezhai to Anxiang City." Kira Manmatsumu seized the opportunity to deliver the final blow, and the news was accurate and ruthless, causing Kira Yoshiyasu to sit on the ground stunned.

"You...... Actually made the retainers submit? Kira Yoshian muttered to himself, "How can you do this! You can't do that! ”

"Yes! Surrendered, to put it mildly, it was a switch to the camp, and the letter was sent to the Zen master of Taiyuan Xuezhai in Okazaki Castle, and the Zen master accepted the family's surrender on behalf of the Imagawa family, ensuring that Nishimikawa was able to block at the same time, and also promised to help the family restore the family territory seized by the Oda family in Bikai County after retaking Anxiang Castle. Kira Manmatsumu smiled, and a little bit of a tap broke Kira Yoshiyasu's stubborn defense.

"How can you do this!" Kira Yoshian was very angry, he felt that he had been betrayed, and it was his younger brother who betrayed him, the surrender of the Upper Kira family, and the resistance of the Lower Kira became a castle in the air, without the full support of Nishimikawa, he also talked about what to resist the Imagawa army, it is conceivable that as soon as this news came out, public opinion in the family would immediately reverse, and if Kira Yoshiyasu, the family governor, did not know each other, the end would not be much better than claustrophobia.

"So the brother must surrender, and he must surrender! The family is on Luo Fenggong, and the Mikawa Kira family needs his brother to maintain it, please think twice before acting! ”

"I'll seriously consider your words!" Kira Yoshiyasu suddenly got up and left, obviously his face was ugly, Kira Manmatsumaru sighed, looked up at the clear sky outside the window and was quietly in a daze.

"I wish he could figure it out!"