Yamagata Castle is the basis for the best home in Hashu.

Although the name of Yamagata Castle has the character for mountain, it is not actually a mountain castle, but rather a flat castle.

In the first year of Enbun (1356), the son of the Oshu Tanka (Osaki) family, Spo Kaneyori was appointed as the Hashu Tanka, so he came to Dewa and began to build Yamagata Castle. The following year, Yamagata Castle was completed, and Spo Kaneyori made Yamagata Castle his residence and renamed it Mogami Clan.

However, it was not until the later Bunroku period (around 1592 AD) that Mogami Yoshimitsu renovated and expanded Yamagata Castle, and it was not until the castle was actually built.

Therefore, the scale of Yamagata Castle is not too big now, and it is not even comparable to Ueno Castle of the Tsugawa family.

December 30, 14th year of astronomy.

Yamagata Castle was desolate, and the entire castle was covered with white flags.

The tenth generation of the Mogami family, the head of the family, sat in the castle tower with a dejected face, full of self-blame. Looking at the 50 muskets in the castle tower, Mogami Yoshimori had mixed feelings.

Originally, Mogami Yoshimori was happy to see the samurai in his family bring back the musket, but then he heard the news that Nakano Yoshikiyo had been captured by the Tsugawa family. A few days later, the news of Nakano Yoshikiyo's suicide reached the Mogami family, and Mogami Yoshimori immediately fainted.

Mogami Yoshimori is the second son of Nakano Yoshikiyo, even though Mogami Yoshimori was only two years old when he became the governor of the Mogami family, but for his biological father, Mogami Yoshimori is still very concerned. Now that he suddenly heard the news of Nakano Yoshikiyo's death, Mogami Yoshimori still couldn't accept it for a while.

In the 11th year of Eisho (1514 AD), Date Minoru attacked the area of Mogami Kamiyama Castle and Hasedo Castle, and Mogami Yoshinori was defeated, killing more than 1,000 people. Mogami Yoshinori was forced to marry the younger sister of Minoru the following year, and recognized the suzerainty of the Date family over the Mogami family.

Six years later, Mogami Yoshidashi's heir died, and disputes arose over the heir issue, and anti-Date forces in the territory took advantage of the opportunity. Date Minoru once again invaded Yamagata Castle and soon suppressed the rebellion in various places. So with the support of Date Minoru Mune, Nakano Yoshikiyo, the second son of Nakano Yoshikiyo, who was only two years old, inherited the Mogami family.

Mogami Yoshimori is only 24 years old this year, similar in age to Tsugawa Soji, and his appearance is slightly different from that of ordinary samurai, and in the words of later generations, he is even a bit of a pseudo-girl!

At this time, the interior of Mogami House can be described as chaos.

Now is the time when the Mogami family and a few disobedient families are inseparable, but at this juncture, the lord of the Mogami family, Mogami Yoshimori, seems to have provoked the Hago Tsugawa family, which is now in full reputation, which makes many retainers of the Mogami family quite unhappy.

However, today is to mourn Nakano Yoshikiyo, so although the retainers are angry in their hearts, they still try their best to restrain themselves.

However, one of the samurai stood up in the surprised gaze of the Ichigan Retainer, and said to Mogami Yoshimori very unceremoniously, "My lord! Now the family is worried about internal and external troubles, and there are rebellions in the family! ”

"The Tsugawa family and the family are allies, and at the time of the last assessment, some retainers asked the Tsugawa family to send some troops to quell the rebellion for the family! However, the move of the lord and Nakano-sama will undoubtedly destroy the Great Wall, not only will they lose such a powerful ally as the Tsugawa family, but they may also add a troublesome enemy! ”

"At present, the Tsugawa family has pacified the Northern Okuwa, and with the eloquence of Tsugawa Soji, I am afraid that he has already intended to go south, but he just lacks a reason to send troops. Now that the Tsugawa family's allies have done such things, isn't it in vain that the Tsugawa family has given the Tsugawa family the excuse to send troops? ”

"At that time, the soldiers of the feather queen will be exhausted, and the wind will definitely fall wherever they go, if the Tiantong, Shiratori, Yugang, Yanze and other families can't be with the same heart as the family, then my last family's two-hundred-year foundation, isn't it ruined?" The most important minister of the family and the clan Iyu Shouding said with an indignant face.

And the family's upright words were like a slap in the head, and Mogami Yoshimori suddenly sweated his entire back after listening to it.

It wasn't until he heard the words of the clan just now that Mogami Yoshimori understood the seriousness of the matter.

The most righteous person guards this person, although he has great ambitions, but he does big things and spares his life, and he forgets his righteousness when he sees small profits, and he is just a person with low eyes.

Originally, the Date family was in turmoil and had no time to take care of themselves, but it was the time when the Mogami family asked the Date family to restrain and restore the prestige of the Mogami family's Yushu exploration in one fell swoop. But Mogami Yoshimori just can't do it............

In the early years, the clan Dingzhi once admonished Mogami Yoshio, eased relations with the Tendo and other families by wooing, and then seized the territory that the Date family had previously occupied in the Mogami family. Then send troops to the north to re-incorporate Mogami County into the distribution, and revitalize the name of Mogami Hashu Exploration Topic.

However, Mogami Yoshimori has never been able to let go of the disrespect of the Tiantong family and other divisions to himself. In the eyes of the most righteous guard, traitors like the Tiantong family who despise the sect should be eliminated, how can there be a reason to let go of their posture, this is too humiliating to their identity.

However, Mogami Yoshimori did not see that the strength of the Mogami clan was not the same as it was decades ago. Today's Mogami family has a total stone height of about 110,000 stones, of which Tiantong and other divisions occupy nearly 50,000 stones, and their strength is already on par with the Zong family. And to the south and west of the Mogami family, there are many wealthy families such as the Hanhejiang family, the Ayubei family, and the Shangshan family, and they also do not deal with the Mogami family.

In particular, Yoshiaki Kamiyama, the head of the Kamiyama family, is even more independent in Kamiyama Castle, catering to both sides between Date and Mogami, which makes the Mogami family a headache.

In this case, Mogami Yoshimori is still thinking about having to fight with a few separate families, what is the difference between that and looking for death. The most important thing is that Mogami Yoshimori simply does not have the ability to achieve Mogami Yoshimori's vision, and Mogami has missed such a great opportunity in vain.

And the mess left by Mogami Yoshimori was not slowly cleaned up until Mogami Yoshimitsu succeeded to the throne. Everyone else is a pit father, and the most righteous guard is still unambiguous when he pits his son.

And now, the troubles of the Mogami family themselves have not been solved, and they have made a bad relationship with their ally Tsugawa family, if Mogami Yoshimori is not the governor of the family, the clan is really eager to go up and kick two feet to vent his anger!

Mogami Yoshimori finally began to panic, and said to the clan with a helpless face, "Iyomori, how good is this!" If the Tsugawa family really sends troops, with the current situation of the family, it won't be able to stop it at all! ”

Mogami Yoshimori now regrets his death, and the nostalgia and guilt for Nakano Yoshikiyoshi just now are gone, and he even begins to regret why he listened to Nakano Yoshikiyo's "slander" in the first place, so that he fell into such a crisis.

"Alas!" The clan family sighed straightly, "For today's plan, we can only send an envoy to rebuild with the Tsugawa family first." He also asked the lord to write a letter to Tsugawa Soji, with more flattering meaning in his words, and said that this matter was Nakano-sama's insistence, and the family did not know about it. As for these muskets, alas......."

"Can you keep the musket?" The clan was halfway through speaking, but was interrupted by Mogami Yoshimori, "What a good musket, if there are these muskets, the next battle between the family and the Tiantong family will definitely have the upper hand!" After speaking, Mogami Yoshimaru looked at the clan with a painful face.