"Hehe, I don't know whether you live or die, whether you take refuge in the Hojo family or the Takeda family, neither of these two families has the ability to support you at this time, you just wait for death." In the face of the blatant clamor of the Geshan family, Masato did not care, and even Masato hoped that the Geshan family could be more arrogant, so as to lure out the rest of the wealthy families who were lurking and dissatisfied with the Enoe-Imagawa family, so as to facilitate Masato to take the opportunity to clear these hidden dangers.

At the same time, this time for the conquest of the Katsuyama family, Masara planned to lead only a part of the elite to come, so that the rest of the elite could get a full rest, and as for the main force attacking the Katsurayama family, it was prepared to be dominated by the forces of the wealthy clans from all over the Imagawa family.

The purpose of this arrangement was to see if it was possible to weaken the strength of these wealthy families on the one hand, and to see if it was possible to weaken the strength of these wealthy families on the one hand.

"How's the draft?" Now that he had made up his mind, Masato immediately began to ask his retainers about the conscription.

"It will take another ten days to complete the call-up." Several of his retainers are frowning, the Imagawa family has just been unified, the vocabulary is still being integrated, and many wealthy families have a wait-and-see attitude towards the new family governor, so the recruitment is naturally not so smooth.

"Don't be idle during this time, Xuan Yi drafted a submission document, and used the identity of the new governor of the Imagawa family to bury the Imagawa family, and ordered the wealthy clans in Mikawa, Enoe, and Suruga to crusade against the rebellious Katsuyama clan. Then to Shande Temple City, the Taiyuan family issued an order to them to bring troops to come and swear together. Otherwise, they will be considered as rebels and will be defeated. Masato said.

The Shande Temple City of the Taiyuan family is just in the way of Zhengliang's march, and one of the nails that must be pulled out. However, the former governor of the Taiyuan family, Taiyuan Xuezhai, was the former military advisor of the Imagawa family, although after the death of Taiyuan Xuezhai. The Taiyuan family has declined. But his status in the Imagawa family is still very noble. Therefore, it is uncertain whether the Taiyuan family will come to Junfu City.

However, when the governor of Taiyuan received Zhengliang's order, he was more of a scoundrel in addition to anger. After the death of his father Taiyuan Xuesai, the Taiyuan family began to decline, and at this time, the Suruga Imagawa family, which was his clan, was annexed by the Toe Imagawa family, and with the strength of the Taiyuan family at this time, even if he planned to resist. It is also impossible to resist the Enoe-Imagawa family at all. He knew very well the thoughts of the Imagawa family in Yuane, and he didn't want to crusade against the rebellion at all, and it was true that he took the opportunity to expand his territory. After the Suruga Imagawa family was annexed, there was no one in the Suruga Province area at all to stop the expansion of the Toe Imagawa family in Suruga. In the troubled times of the Warring States period, it is most important to preserve the family name.

After figuring it out, the governor of the Taiyuan family abdicated and lived in seclusion, giving up the position of head of the family to his grandson. Then he sent the general to take his grandson to Sunfu Castle to meet Masarashi. At this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the resurgence of the Toe Imagawa family was unstoppable, at least in Tokaido.

"My lord, the Geshan clan refused to surrender, and scolded the lord for being a rebel." The second wave of emissaries still failed to bring Katsuyama to his knees. Zhengliang couldn't help but admire this stubborn old man. I remember that when the Takeda family invaded Suruga, he also refused to surrender. In the end, he forced Shingen to negotiate peace, and opened the city on the condition of letting everyone in the city go. He ran away to continue serving, and the Imagawa clan.

"Since the Geshan clan is stubborn, they will raise troops to fight in the near future." Masato makes a decision. The Katsuyama Castle of the Katsuyama family will become a stepping stone for the Imagawa family's Takeshi.

"Notaro!"

"Your Majesty is here!"

In addition to Katsuyama Castle's strategy, Masarashi had already set his sights on the Izu Province region of the Hojo family at this time. At this time, the Hojo family, the family governor Hojo clan Yasu was killed, and the Hojo clan Masa, the heir designated by the Hojo clan, was besieged in Edo Castle by the Taitian and Satomi coalition forces, and the Sagami country, which was the base camp of the Hojo family, was once again invaded by the Kanto clans led by Taida and Nagano, and the Hojo family at this time had no time to take care of the Izu country, which was originally the safest but empty because of the existence of the Suruga Imagawa family, so Masaya naturally took this opportunity to take a fancy to it.

This time, Masarashi recruited Notaro, who was originally a pirate off the coast of Tokaido, and during the war, he would land in the southern part of Izu Province with a naval army, on the one hand, to prevent the Hojo family from sending troops to intervene in the affairs of the Imagawa family again, and on the other hand, to prepare for a later attack on Izu Province.

"Is there anything else you can't understand about your mission?" Masara asked.

"Your Majesty has completely understood the peasants, and I promise to make Izu Country a mess." Notaro bowed down in fear, this was the first time he participated in the review, and it seemed that becoming a high-ranking samurai was not far off.

"It's not that you want to fight against fire, it's for you to collect the local tyrants over there and attack the Izu region together." Zhengliang said, this naval army general has not been able to change the thinking of the pirates, which makes him have a headache, "Forget it, I will send a deputy general to you." Proyoshi, you go to Notaro to serve as a lieutenant general in the water army. ”

"Ha, Your Majesty will definitely assist Lord Notaro to complete the strategy goal." Hiraiwa Qinyoshi was a local wealthy family who followed the Suruga Imagawa family into submission, and he was originally the naval army general of the Suruga Imagawa family. This time, for the attack on the coast of Izu Province, Masarashi is also preparing to focus on the local naval army that originally belonged to the Imagawa family, and take advantage of this opportunity to assign some generals from the Luo family's naval army to these naval forces, and also eliminate some unstable elements, as for the naval army from the Luo family, it is to stay on the coast of the Imagawa family.

However, with the local naval army that originally belonged to the Imagawa family as the main force, especially with Notaro, a pirate-born guy as the main general, Masara felt that he was still not at ease, so he told Notaro to ask him to listen to Hiraiwa Koyoshi in addition to the war, so that the two of them retreated and prepared to go on the expedition.

In order to attack Katsuyama Castle, it is necessary to pass Guò Xingdekuji Castle. The local clan Taiyuan family has surrendered, and Zhengliang let Bai Wuxian and the Taiyuan family's military strength as the vanguard, and first entered the Xingde Temple City to adjust the local wealthy clan, and led the army to press the rear formation.

The day before his departure, Masarashi and the local nobles who had just surrendered to the Enoe-Imagawa family ascended to the highest castle of the castle tower. Pointing to the large number of soldiers below: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of such soldiers?" ”

The governor of the wealthy clan looked at it along his fingers. The soldiers below walked back and forth in columns, numbering more than three thousand. The arrows were carried into the cart in difficulty, and the grain was carried into the camp stone by stone. Especially under the banner of the Imagawa family. The Enoe-Imagawa family reserve army is still practicing non-stop. The spears are densely packed. Pointing to the sky. Shouts of killing and shouts of generals. From time to time, it is passed on to the castle tower.

"Sure enough, he is a strong soldier, no wonder the Suruga Imagawa family can only surrender in the end." When many wealthy families saw this situation, many people took out handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat on their foreheads. They had never seen such a neat queue, shouting as if they were really killing. Even the fluttering banner of the military soul felt dazzling.

After a severe shock to the subdued nobles, on the second day, an army of 3,500 troops set out from Sunfu Castle and began to attack the Higashi-Suruga area. With the help of the Taiyuan family, there was no resistance along the way. Instead, local tyrants joined in. By the time they arrived at Katsuyama Castle, the number had risen to three thousand seven. The Katsuyama clan knew that they were invincible, and led 300 men to defend the castle, hoping to wait until the Hojo family or even the Takeda family came to mediate.

In the big tent of the Imagawa family army under the castle, Masara was rejected for the third time to surrender, and he was quite annoyed, so he immediately decided: "Attack the city tomorrow." Cheng Song Nobukatsu and Bai Wuxian listened to the order. ”

"The minister is here."

"The two of you lead the department, Xinsheng attacks the east, and Xianjian attacks the west, whoever captures it first will belong to whoever has a great achievement." Masato ordered.

The two knelt down to receive their orders. Everyone wants to be the first to get the big picture. Hyakumi wants to consolidate his position as the first general of the Imagawa family in the East China Sea, and Nobukatsu Nari Matsu wants to get the position of the first general of the Imagawa family in the East China Sea. On the second day, the two men took the lead in the siege.

Cheng Song Xinsheng is matched with 1,000 people, 200 more than Bai Wuxian and Tailiang. Moreover, the siege tactics of their two armies were changed by Zhengliang himself yesterday, which seems to be very orderly.

Bai Wuxian also led the team to press the formation, and with an order, the ashiki pushed a cart of dirt forward. Walking to the edge of the ditch, several ashigaru shouted and poured the earth into the ditch with all their might, and then retreated to add soil and try again.

During this period, the Ohara army shot with bows and arrows, and all of them were loaded with wooden planks on earth-wheeled carts. This is the first time that the Yuanjiang Imagawa army has used new tactics to attack the city, and everything is carried out in accordance with the training step by step, which is really quite effective.

In less than two hours, the ditch would be filled. Bai Wuxian issued another order, and the team launched three climbing vehicles more than three meters high and two meters wide, and slowly approached the city wall. Bai Wuxian and himself followed behind the cart, and the whole army pressed on.

"The Enoe-Imagawa family army is well prepared, and it must have been premeditated. If I had the oil, the army of the Toe Imagawa family would not be so rampant. "When Katsuyama saw the arrival of the castle car, he knew that the first wall could not be defended.

When the three boarding vehicles passed through the trench, they fell into the mud because the filled soil was too soft.

"Hurry up and get the car up!" Under the order of Hyakuzumaki Kenkan, more than a dozen ashigaru surrounded the cart, clasped the gap between the planks with both hands, and violently pressed upward.

"One, two, three, hey!"

"One, two, three, hey!"

Ashigaru waved his arms and roared to command his subordinates. Suddenly, a rain of arrows shot down on the ashigaru around the cart, and a few unlucky eggs were hit by arrows, and everyone quickly hid behind the car.

"What are you afraid of, those bows and arrows can't kill people." As soon as Bai Wuxian and whipped, his bow and arrow team immediately fought back.

And Bai Wuxian himself jumped off the war horse directly and took the flag book to personally pick up the cart.

"One, two, three, force."

The cart got up a little bit, and someone quickly cushioned some miscellaneous items to the wheels lower.

"One, two, three, up!"

Several bows and arrows hit Hyakkutake Kenkan, and the arrows got stuck in his muscles, and he didn't care about continuing to exert force.

"One, two, three, up!" The cart finally leaned against the city walls.

Bai Wuxian shouted, pulled out his long knife, and shouted: "Rush with me and kill all the little cubs of the Geshan clan." "Be the first to step on the city car and jump up the city wall.

While observing the hundred martial arts and team watch, Masahiro said in this formation: "The car filled in the earth can be rebuilt to be bigger." The car-to-town is lighter, and the baffle is not so thick. If the equipment is not complete during the siege, no unit of the army is allowed to attack the city. This sentence was added to the book of the Enoe-Imagawa family flow army. ”

Maeda Yixuan hurriedly wrote it down.

As Bai Wuxian took the lead in entering the city, the first wall of Geshan Castle fell, and Narimatsu Nobukatsu's side also broke through, and soon the city gate opened. The two exchanged merits in front of Zhengliang. Bai Wuxian was elated, and Cheng Song Xinsheng seemed to be thoughtful.

"Virtuous and the first in military exploits, go down to rest first, and reward after the war." Masato praised. Bai Wuxian snorted at Narimatsu Nobukatsu, and then returned to his seat. For a long time, since they were the little surname of Zhengliang, the two of them have been comparing themselves with each other, trying to get as much praise as possible in front of the lord Zhengliang, and this time he was naturally very happy to receive more praise than Chengsong Shinkatsu.

"Xinsheng is also good, and the battle merit should be second. After the war, he was also stingy with rewards. ”

"Thank you, Lord." Naritatsu Nobukatsu first thanked him, and then asked Masarashi for war, "Your Majesty requests to continue attacking Ninomaru." ”

"The fighting spirit is commendable, Xinsheng will lead the troops to rest for a while before going, and I will bring the Yuanjiang Imagawa family to prepare for you to press the battle."

The rice and grain of the army were immediately delivered, and the food and water were given to the soldiers who had fought to replenish their bodies. Masarashi's main camp also entered the city, and the banner of the Imagawa family stood in front of the defenders, behind the besieging soldiers.

Cheng Song Xinsheng glanced back at the banner, felt that there was no retreat, and commanded the soldiers to storm up. The defenders also resisted, and the first wave of attacks was defeated. The soldiers retreated in a hurry, and when they ran near the banner, they all came to a stop. Reorganize the second wave of attacks, but this wave still can't help. Cheng Song Nobukatsu bit his lip and glanced at the banner and the banner of Zhengliang again. Determined to summon his generals, he shouted: "If I can't fight it, I will die here." ”

"Let's do it again, if it doesn't work, we'll die there." The generals under his command also resolutely said.

The surrounding subordinates listened to the words of the generals, and turned silently to attack again. The third wave of attacks, under the decisive assault of several generals, finally broke through the city wall and drove Katsuyama Hiroshi to Honmaru.

"The lord, the ministers, etc., do not disgrace their mission." Cheng Song Nobusheng and the others knelt in front of Zhengliang, the wound was still dripping blood, but the momentum was even more powerful.

Zhengliang became more and more respectful of these retainers: "Your bravery is impressive, and after this battle, your courage will surely be famous." ”

The last remaining Honmaru in Katsuyama Castle, Masarashi sent Toe Imagawa to prepare the family. In the face of tighter organization, better equipment, more perfect skills. With a bang, the Honmaru wall was torn down. Seeing that there was no hope of survival, the Katsuyama clan committed suicide in the castle tower.

"My lord, may I ask what to do with the captives." The retainer asked.

"All the men in the rebel samurai's family were killed, and the rest of the family members were sent to the salt works as slaves." Zhengliang's eyes were as dark as night. In the future, the enemy will defend like the Katsuyama clan, and I don't know how many years it will take to reach the goal. It is better to use cruel means to establish a murderous name now and pave the way for the future. (To be continued......)