September 3, 14th year of astronomy.

The turmoil in the land of Echigo came to an end for the time being. Under the mediation of Uesugi Dingshi, Kuroda Hidetada and others surrendered to the Nagao family in the second time, and the rest of the people of Yangbei, together with Uesugi Dingshi himself, also deeply realized that the Nagao family was not as easy to deal with as he imagined, and they began to stop.

At the same time, within the Tsugawa family, a dispatch against Sado Island was also imminent.

Minato Castle, Tsuchizaki Minato.

Twenty-eight small morning boats and sekibunes with bellflower patterns fluttered in the sea breeze, and on the coast, the forces of the Chizugawa family had been assembled.

Soharu Tsugawa had high hopes for this dispatch, so he personally arrived at Minato Castle and "gave face-to-face instruction" to the retainers who participated in this dispatch. ”

In the Minato castle castle tower, Tsugawa Soji called all the retainers who participated in the attack on Sado Island this time.

This attack on Sado Island was mainly carried out by the Tsugawa family's naval forces and the forces of Kawabe and Yuri-gun.

The retainers who participated in the military meeting were Tadanobu Motoyama, the commander of the naval army, Shuichiro Yagyu, the lord of Toshima Castle, Tsumiki Hirohiro, the lord of Kubota Castle, Ichiro Yamamoto, the new lord of Higahojo Castle and the commander of the Taidao team, and Shimazu and Saburo, the lords of Minezawa Castle!

Originally, a place like Sado Island did not require a musket team to participate in the battle, but Tsugawa Soharu considered that if the musket team did not experience actual combat just shooting targets, it was impossible for the combat effectiveness to improve too quickly. It just so happened that there were no strong forces on Sado Island, so it was only fitting for the musket team to go and practice. So Tsugawa Soji ordered Shimazu and Saburo to bring the musket team of the four squadrons of Minezawa Castle over, and prepared to follow Tsumiki Hirohiro and others to participate in the battle to attack Sado Island.

Shimazu and Saburo are also very happy about this! Training every day in the area of Mt. Moriyoshi behind Minezawa Castle is really boring, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to participate in actual combat now.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The target of this family's dispatch must already be known to everyone! ”

"There are no strong forces on Sado Island, and there are no more than 1,000 people in the entire island. With such a force, I believe that this time it will be victorious! Tsugawa Soji looked at the retainers in the hall with an affirmative expression.

"Don't worry! I, Shuichiro Yagyu, will be the Lord to destroy a bunch of waste on Sado Island! ”

"Humph! Within ten days, my wife, Kihirohiro, will let my lord see the family crest of my Tsugawa family fluttering on every castle on this Sado Island! As soon as Yagyu Shuiichiro's voice fell, his wife Hirohiro Mu on the side said not to be outdone.

"Alright, alright!" Looking at the two who were about to start arguing, Soji Tsugawa hurriedly interrupted the two, "That being said, the consistent style of the family is to be safe!" It takes all your strength to fight the lion and the rabbit, and I hope you don't lose because you underestimate the enemy. ”

"My family hasn't tasted defeat in five years, and I hope that this time you can live up to the trust of your family and successfully capture Sado Island!" Soji Tsugawa admonished.

"Hah!" Hearing Tsugawa Soji say this, the retainers in the hall hurriedly replied in unison.

"That's it! Regarding this dispatch, my family has the following three points to say, you must remember clearly! Soji Tsugawa continued at this time.

"First! This time, Ichiro Yamamoto is the general in chief, and Ichiro Yamamoto's order is the order of his family, and no one must disobey it, otherwise Ichiro can make your own decisions! ”

"Second! The so-called division is famous, and what the family said about sending troops to Sado Island this time is not a big fanfare, but it doesn't mean that no one will know! Therefore, the reason why the family sent troops to Sado Island this time is that the wealthy families on Sado Island sent troops to loot the merchant ships of the family, which caused the family to suffer huge losses, so they must take revenge! ”

"Third! The Nagao family, which is across the sea from Sado Island, is now an ally of the family, and if the Nagao family finds out about the family's attack on Sado Island, and the Nagao family sends someone to inquire, you can ask the Nagao family to send someone to Ueno Castle, and you don't need to say much! ”

"Have you ever remembered the above three points?" After saying that, Tsugawa Soji looked around, his eyes swept over the faces of his retainers one by one.

Feeling the blazing gaze of Tsugawa Soharu, the retainers in the palace replied one after another, "Remember! ”

"Good!" Soji Tsugawa shouted hello, then stood up and said, "Then the family is here, and I wish you all a victory!" ”

"Wow!"

"The Tsugawa family is prosperous!"

"Attack!"

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Minato City is now the largest port in the Northeast region, and there is an endless stream of caravans and merchant ships, and the gathering of nearly 30 warships and thousands of troops of the Tsugawa family is naturally impossible to hide from some people with a heart!

Among them, the most nervous are the wealthy families in the Shonai area!

Among them, the head of the Daihoji family, Daihoji Yoshimasa, was so frightened that he didn't think about tea and dinner after learning that the Tsugawa family had a large number of troops and went to sea on a warship. The current base of the Daihoji family, Oura Castle, is only based on the sea, so they are worried that the Tsugawa family will attack Oura Castle directly from the sea.

Before, the Dabaoji family took advantage of the fire to rob and attack the Tsugawa family, making the two families grudge, but now as soon as the Tsugawa family makes a move, Dabaoji Yoshizen begins to feel that this is the Tsukawa family is going to take revenge on him.

So Daihoji Yoshizen hurriedly contacted the Tozenji family and the Tosa Lin family in the Shonai area to actively prepare for war, and in addition, there was an emergency truce with the Sakoshi family, and then successively sent people to the Echigo Uesugi family, the head of the Daihoji family, for help. For a time, the Shonai area was in chaos.

However, after waiting for half a month, there was no news from the Tsukawa family, as if there was no such thing as the Tsukawa family sending troops................

While the people of the Shonai area such as Daihoji Yoshizeni are worried, the people of Sado Island also have a sentence of MMP that must be spoken out at this time!

The Tsugawa family's warships set out from Minato Castle, and in order to deliberately avoid the merchant ships coming and going, and try to cover their whereabouts as much as possible, they had to choose a remote waterway. As a result, after more than half a month of driving, I finally came to Sado Island.

Sado Island is a lonely island with the fifth largest island in the RB (excluding Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, and Hokkaido). Sado Island is flanked by the Kinhoku and Kunimi mountain ranges, and in the middle is a plain.

Ryotsu Bay is a sea area located on the east side of Sado Island, between the protruding parts of the two mountain ranges, the Kinhoku Mountains and the Kunimi Mountains.

The Tsugawa family's warships were the first to arrive and landed, while the sailors cruised the nearby waters in their warships.

Regarding the sudden arrival of the Tsugawa family, the local wealthy families on the island also learned the news.

The first to discover the Tsugawa family was the Shibuya family on the north side of Ryotsu Bay, followed by the Kuchi family on the south side of Ryotsu Bay.

Regarding the sudden arrival of the Tsukawa family, the two families were also confused.

The Shibuya family was originally in Kamo Castle, and Shibuya Makiyo, the head of the Shibuya family, was standing on the castle tower of Kamo Castle, helplessly looking at the Tsugawa family's troops who had been encamped outside the castle, completely unaware of what was happening.

"Uncle, where did this soldier come from? There is no one on Sado Island who has such a force! Shibuya Makiyo said to his uncle Shibuya Shinjing beside him, sweating profusely.

Shibuya Shinkyo is also unclear, so he said, "There is no such family crest on the island at all, it must be an external force!" ”

"Could it be the ??? of the Long Tail family?"