The reason for this contest was a headache with Tokugawa Ieyasu for the heir of the third generation of shoguns.

The current shogunate can be said to be in power, except for Toyotomi Hideyori, who has not yet been submitted, it can be said that it has unified most of Japan.

Tokugawa Ieyasu had ostensibly taken a back seat and lived in seclusion in Sunpu Castle.

His third son, Tokugawa Hidetada, did not climb to the position of the second shogun because of his extraordinary ability, but his eldest brother, Matsudaira Nobuyasu, was ordered by Oda Nobunaga to commit suicide because of his communication with Takeda Shingenuchi, which became the regret of Tokugawa Ieyasu's life.

And the second brother Yuki Hideyasu has become the adopted son of the Yuki family, and he has no chance to be a general. This made Hidetada's status as the second shogun.

Of course, the real power remained in the hands of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

For example, this time he secretly planned the conquest of Toyotomi Hideyori, and all the deployment and coordination were presided over by Tokugawa Ieyasu alone.

However, just as Ieyasu was about to send troops to clear the last barrier, infighting was in full swing in his backyard.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was already 73 years old, and his aging body made him feel more and more close to the limit, otherwise he would not have rushed to send troops to Toyotomi Hideyori.

And the rest of the family is aware of the problem.

In the twilight of the head of the family, the internal all-out struggle became more and more intense, because the status of the second generation of shoguns had been determined, and the focus of the struggle revolved around the third generation - Tokugawa Ieyasu's eldest grandson Takechiyo and second grandson Kuni Chiyo.

First, Chiyo Take's biological mother, Fuku, was found to have poisoned the tea, and at the same time, Kunichiyo was assassinated by an unknown person at night.

Although Ah Fu and Kuni Chiyo were lucky to escape, the fight between the two sides has entered a white-hot situation.

If it is allowed to develop, the Tokugawa family itself will soon collapse before it sends troops to conquer Toyotomi Hideyori and capture Osaka Castle.

How to solve the problem of family inheritance, even Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is called the "old fox", has a headache.

The palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat.

In consultation with the "black-clothed prime minister" Tianhai monk Zheng (monk). Use martial arts to solve the position of the heir of the grandson.

When it comes to martial arts, it is obviously difficult to convince the public to decide the outcome of a game, after all, there are too many factors that determine the victory or defeat of a battle.

If it is reluctantly implemented, even if the winner is divided, the losing side will not be convinced, and it will not be possible to secretly attack when he has not continued to send troops from Iyasu and has no flaws to take care of.

The best way to do it. It is up to many people to decide the ownership of the heir to the grandson.

In doing so, although it avoided the accidental factor and convinced the subordinates of the shogun, who admired military force, before the imminent conquest of Toyotomi Hideyori, if the samurai class represented behind Takechiyo and Kunichiyo were to kill each other, I am afraid that it would in turn weaken Tokugawa Ieyasu's own strength.

In a dilemma, the Tenkai Monk is proposing a ninja duel to decide the victory.

In this way, the power of the samurai class will not be weakened. It can also avoid the eyes and ears of Toyotomi Hideyori's spies here.

It's just that the samurai who entrust their future fate to two unrelated ninja groups are resentful and express their deep doubts about Koga Iga's matchup.

As a result, the two big battles of 5vs1 just now evolved.

In the end, the representatives of the samurai class, Yagyu Muneki, were shocked and convinced to accept the Koga Iga ninja who was more qualified than them to serve in the heir duel.

Tokugawa Ieyasu did not reproach Zongju for the samurai's previous questioning, but nodded and said to a ninja sitting behind Zongju, "Hanzo." You've opened our minds. ”

Hanzo Hattori, who was accompanying him at the end of the seat, maintained a respectful attitude and put his hands on the ground. A knowing smile on his face.

At this time, Ah Huan, who was the leader of Iga, said: "The Great Imperial Palace, we will divide the victory and defeat in the contest with the Yagyu faction, and the contest with the Koga faction has not yet begun. ”

The Great Imperial Palace is the name of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his retirement, and Tokugawa Ieyasu looked noncommittally at Koga Danmasa for Iga Afan's provocation to Koga.

This gray-haired old man of the Koga faction. His eyes were so bright that he couldn't tell how old he was with Ieyasu.

In response to Ah Huan's provocation, Dan Zheng cracked his mouth and sneered: "Just because of your young man called 'Yashamaru'?" ”

"Are you scared?" Ah Huan also sneered.

"I'm afraid that your young man will die young, and he will die. I'm afraid that his blood will defile the castle tower, and it will not be good. Hahahaha......"

In the face of Danzheng's unbridled laughter, the samurai brought by Zongju were indignant.

They had been defeated so completely just now that they were no longer qualified to question the decision of the two factions to face off, but that didn't mean that they were willing to accept the fact that their fate was decided by others.

As a result, the representative of the samurai class, Yagyu Sotsuri, stepped forward and added fuel to the fire, and finally Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to see the battle between the masters of the two factions.

The battle began with the nods of the two leaders.

The first to attack was Yakshamaru, and the black ropes in his hands unfolded one by one, from one when he fought against the samurai just now, to ten immediately, and the manipulation technique was not affected by the sharp increase in numbers.

If there is a reincarnation present, you will find that the speed of the Yakshamaru dancing the secret black rope is comparable to that of a bullet, and it is not at all possible that the human reflexes can dodge.

Koga's wind attendant didn't expect the other party to exert all his strength at the beginning, and the dancing black rope opened to the extreme, enveloping his whole body.

No matter whether he dodged left or right, he couldn't escape the shackles of the black rope.

The only way is to step back!

However, he soon found that after taking twenty steps back, it became impossible.

A rockery behind him unfortunately blocked the retreat of the wind attendants.

It was just a stunned effort, and ten black ropes had already tied up the wind attendant from different directions, along with the rockery boulder behind him.

Seeing that he couldn't dodge, the wind attendant boldly pulled out the katana that had not moved for a long time at his waist and blocked it in front of him along with the scabbard.

Finally blocked a black rope entanglement with amazing cutting power, but his movement was firmly locked and he couldn't move.

Yakshamaru sticks out his tongue like a plaything, and arrogantly makes a licking motion on the black rope between his left hand:

"Don't worry, the pain, there will only be that moment."

Yakshamaru said as he contracted the black rope in his hand.

The ten black ropes were linked by him with his own ten wrenches, so that when he contracted, his fingers would not be strangled by the black rope as thin as a hair.

However, the Wind Squire Shogun directly opposite was not so lucky, the only katana that stopped the black rope attack let out a groan/groan of Geziz, and at the place where the black rope was entangled, the scabbard and the steel katana blade appeared countless tiny cracks under the terrible cutting force.

Eventually, with Yakshamaru waving his hand with all his might, the entire rockery was ruthlessly cut into countless pieces of gravel by the black rope.

The general who was placed in front of the rockery, when the rockery collapsed, was covered by the layers of dust, and his life and death were unknown. (To be continued.) )