On July 20, the 11th year of astronomy, inside Komatsuyama Castle. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Three days ago, after Tsugawa Soji defeated the forces of the Tozawa family in Komatsugawa and won over Tozawa Michimori, he hurried to Komatsuyama Castle. At this time, Komatsuyama Castle was simply empty, and it was captured by the Tsugawa family without much effort.

After capturing the castle, Tsugawa Soji did not rush to attack, but repaired on the spot, and sent people to inquire about the battle situation of Yodogawa Castle in the west and the news of the attack on the Owada family in Hiraka-gun in the south.

Early this morning, Soji Tsugawa got up early in the morning. Soji Tsugawa, who had just had breakfast, was interrupted by Kuroda Iekane before he could practice kendo for a while.

"My lord, the situation in Yodogawa Castle and Yokote Castle in the south has been investigated!" Kuroda said.

Soji Tsugawa nodded and asked, "Let's talk about the situation at Yodogawa Castle first." ”

"Hi," Kuroda said slowly, "The situation over there is not optimistic, and Yodogawa Castle has been recaptured by Tozawa Masa. The head of the Toshima family, who went to the rescue of Yodogawa Castle, has been killed in battle. Anton Tongji escaped! Yodogawa Castle has fallen into the hands of the Izozawa family."

"Hmm.." Soji Tsugawa frowned lightly and said, "It's really surprising that Masashige Tozawa captured Yodogawa Castle so quickly. ”

"Tozawa Masashige and Maeda Nariyi cut off the water source of Yodogawa Castle, so the defenders of Yodogawa Castle had to break through, and Toshima Shigeji personally led a suicidal attack on Maeda Nariyosu in order to create a chance for Anton Toki and others to escape. Therefore, Andong Tongji and others were able to escape from Yodogawa Castle. Kuroda said with admiration. No matter what era or camp, such a true samurai is always admirable.

Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "What about the situation of Kuji Mizutani and the others?" Did you take Maeda Castle? ”

"My lord! At first, Mizutani-sama ambushed Maeda Nariyi on the road who had withdrawn from Yodogawa Castle and returned from it, but Maeda Nariyi was rescued by reinforcements who had been unknown! Kuroda said.

Soji Tsugawa asked eagerly, "What is the current situation?" ”

"Hey, hey!" Kuroda Iekane smiled and said, "My lord, the situation that Mizutani-sama and Saigo-sama encountered in the Maeda family's territory this time is not at all as bad as we are outside Komatsu River!" ”

"Oh?" Soji Tsugawa asked in surprise, "Tell me about it."

"Hey!"

"Just when Mizutani-sama and Saigo-sama withdrew outside Shimo-Maeda Castle with their troops, the Yuri-gun wealthy Hanegawa family took the opportunity to send troops to Kami-Maeda Castle, where the army was empty."

"And then?"

Then, Mizutani-sama pretended to withdraw his troops from Kamimaeda Castle. When Maeda Nari-yi led the army of Maeda Castle to rescue Kami-Maeda Castle, he took the opportunity to capture Shimo-Maeda Castle! Kuroda said with a smile!

"Well done!" Soji Tsugawa also said happily: "Kuji Mizutani really lives up to expectations!" And then what? Keep moving! ”

"Hey!" Kuroda Iekane continued, "When the forces of the Maeda Nari and Hanekawa families were fighting outside Kamimada Castle, Mizutani-sama had already led the troops to arrive. When the two families decided the winner, Mizutani-sama directly killed, defeated the forces of the two families in one fell swoop, and captured Uemaeda Castle! ”

"Really?" Soji Tsugawa said excitedly, "What is the situation of the Hanekawa family now?" What about Maeda Nariyosu? ”

"The head of the Hanekawa family, the Hanekawa Haruki, took advantage of the chaos to escape, Maeda Nariyi was captured in the chaos, and the leader of another unknown reinforcement was captured by Mizutani-sama!" Kuroda said. "Also, my lord, this time I captured Kami-Maeda Castle, and Mizutani-sama discovered a secret!"

"Secret?" Soji Tsugawa became interested and said, "What secret?" ”

"There are a lot of silver judgments in Kamimaeda Castle!" Kuroda Iekane said excitedly.

"Silver Judge?" Tsugawa Soji was puzzled and said, "What kind of secret is this?" ”

"Oh my lord!" The Kuroda family said anxiously: "This shows that there is a silver mine in the territory of the Maeda family!" ”

"What! Silver! "Soji Tsugawa is not calm now! Silver ore is such a thing, that is second only to gold mines, and having silver mines means having money, having money, food, weapons, war horses, everything!

"Where is the silver mine? Have you ever found out? Soji Tsugawa asked eagerly.

"Not yet, this silver mine should only be known to Maeda Nariyoshi. The other captured Maeda family Ashigaru didn't know there was such a thing as a silver mine! Kuroda said helplessly.

"Send more people to investigate, and we must find this mine! Also, ask some of the Maeda family's ashigaru and samurai, and tell everyone that if they can provide information about the silver mines, His Highness will be rewarded! Soji Tsugawa said excitedly.

"Hey!"

After a long time, Soji Tsugawa calmed down the restlessness in his heart and continued, "How is the war between the Onodera family and the Owada family in the south? ”

"My lord, although the Onodera family is fierce, the Owada family's Yokote Castle is still holding on. Togo-sama has negotiated with Onodera Uedo many times, but Onodera is still unwilling to withdraw his troops! Kuroda replied.

"How long can Yokote Castle hold out?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

"It is estimated that it will not take more than 3 days, the Onodera family has been storming for days, and the defenders of Yokote Castle have suffered heavy losses, and they can hold it for 3 days at most!"

"After the death of Tozawa Michimori, what is the current situation of the Tozawa family?"

The Kuroda family thought for a moment and said, "In the battle of Komatsugawa, the main family defeated most of the Tozawa family's army!" Among them, the Tozawa family fled back to Umezawa Castle. In addition, the flower drum Sheng relatives also returned to the inner city of the valley! Tazawa Castle Daidai Iwai seppuku for a long time, and now Tazawa Castle is guarded by Tozawa Moritsuna, a family member of the Tozawa family. In addition, there is no news from Yodogawa Castle Tozawa Masahiro, but I think there are not too many troops in Yodogawa Castle to continue to resist the family. ”

"My lord, do you want to continue to send troops to capture the remaining castles of the Tozawa family?"

Soji Tsugawa shook his head and said, "Don't attack for the time being!" The Onodera family is about to take Yokote Castle, and if the family continues to fight in the Tozawa family's territory, the family's territory will inevitably be empty in defense. When the time comes, it is inevitable that the Onodera family will have other ideas! ”

"Did you just let the Tozawa family go?" Kuroda said puzzled.

"Humph! As soon as Michimori Tozawa dies, the Tozawa family will definitely have civil strife! Tsugawa Soji snorted coldly and said, "Tozawa Michimori has no heirs, the Tozawa family is now Tozawa Zhengzhong, Tozawa Zhengan and other sects will not obey anyone, and the next Tozawa family's family governor competition will be very exciting!" ”

"Then what will happen to the family?" Kuroda said.

"Order the whole army, after lunch, we will leave for Liuxiang City!" Soji Tsugawa replied.

"What about Komatsuyama Castle?"

Soji Tsugawa thought for a moment and said, "Mabei, I'll leave you 200 ashigaru guards Komatsuyama Castle. After I returned with my army, I paid close attention to the movements of the Tozawa family, and reported any changes immediately! ”

"Hey!"