Although the Ashina Mori clan became the family governor again, but at this time he no longer had the ambitions of the past, so he wanted to send someone to Odawara Castle to reach a subordination agreement with the Takayama family at this time, but it was unfortunate that at this time, Mogami Yoshimitsu and Date Terumune and others sent people one after another, hoping that the Ashina family could join this union, and the Ashina Mori clan wanted to refuse when he heard it, after all, these forces were behind him, and he didn't want to participate in such an alliance, after all, although he had not experienced the strength of the Takayama family, But it's also thunderous. In particular, anyone who had experienced the powerful power of the mountains had long since ceased to exist, which made him directly reject this proposal.

But then when he heard that this alliance was not to fight against the Gao Shan family, but everyone wanted to unite together, and then prepared to be subordinate to the Gao Shan family, he couldn't help but have some changes, the meaning of these families was obvious, that is, everyone was subordinate to subordination, but only by holding up the group, could we get greater benefits, and he was extremely reasonable when he heard this. He is clear about the personality of the Takayama clan, and he basically doesn't like to accept subordinate forces, and everything likes to be in his hands, and from his conquest over the years, the forces that agree to be subordinate except for Satake seem to be gone, and in a bitter cold place like Mutsu, he should not look down on it at all, so he has already led the army to attack, so he will hold it to the present, since he can't look down on it, then he and the forces of Mutsu will have room to survive, if that's the case, join this alliance, so that you can talk about the conditions, At worst, I hope that he will not interfere in the current situation of Mutsu.

After having such an idea, the Ashina Mori clan decisively joined this consortium, but since he joined, it has not been half a year, and he regrets it a little, because at this moment the Takayama Army has already left Ueno and is rushing towards Aizu Kurokawa Castle.

The first thought of the Ashina Mori clan was to immediately send someone to the Takayama Army to express their intentions, and the other was to tell the forces of Mutsu that the Takayama Army was coming.

As soon as Takayama Nobukatsu led an army of 11,000 people out of Ueno, he heard a report from the samurai of Hachimoto.

"Report, Lord Takayama, Ashina Pig Miao Dai Shengqing is out asking to see you, and please make a decision."

Takayama Nobukatsu knew the other party's intention as soon as he heard it, so he didn't plan to meet at all, but said directly: "You go and tell him, just say that my father is very angry about the Okulu union, and this time I am sent here to exterminate them, by the way, let him tell the Ashina Mori clan, and say that if you don't want to be an enemy of my Takayama family, then you will withdraw from the alliance, hand over the territory and go to Odawara Castle to wait for your father." Otherwise, the arrival of the army will be the time of the fall of the Ashina family. Go ahead. ”

"It's Takayama-sama."

Since he asked him to go back and bring a message to the Ashina Mori clan, Takayama Nobukatsu did not move forward, because he knew that these words were not for the Ashina Mori clan, but for the mouth of the Ashina family, and brought these words to all the forces of Mutsu, you want to unite, then go to Odawara Castle together to unite in front of your father, as for whether they will fight to the death, this is exactly what Nobukatsu wants, but thinking of this, Takayama Nobukatsu couldn't help but shake his head again, the meaning of his father this time is very obvious, that is, to give himself some opportunities to establish prestige at homeIf you always mention your father, then it will be a waste of your father's hard work.

In that case, let me finish this battle on my own.

"Lord Takayama, why are you waiting here, according to the following opinion, at this moment, you can take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Ashina family to eliminate it in one fell swoop, if you wait too long, once it is prepared, it will inevitably take some effort." Muto Shunxiu couldn't help but ask with some doubts.

"Hehe, Muto-sama don't be in a hurry, this time the main family is attacking Mutsu instead of Ashina, if it's just the Ashina family, of course, it must be eliminated as quickly as possible, if it's Mutsu, then it's better to let them gather the military forces together, and then our army will directly fight with it, so that a battle can pacify Mutsu." Speaking of this, Takayama Nobukatsu couldn't help but raise his head, looked at the sky, and then continued: "It's already September, and Mutsu is much colder than Kanto, if you can't solve the forces of Mutsu at one time, once it drags on to winter, then I'm afraid there will be nothing you can do this year." ”

Muto Shunxiu couldn't help but nod after hearing this, just now he just thought that Takayama Nobukatsu was the first time to command such a large-scale battle after all, so he just reminded him, after all, he was familiar with the Takayama clan during the Oda family, although the gap between the two identities is getting bigger and bigger, but it doesn't make him feel alienated because of this, so for Takayama Nobukatsu, although he is a young master, he has always been regarded as a junior.

But after listening to the other party's words, he knew that he was worrying about it, and the young master's mind was much more careful than his own.

Unlike the relaxed atmosphere of the Takayama Army, at this moment, the Ashina Mori clan had already left the castle tower and personally came to the city gate to wait, so that he could know the news earlier in order to make him feel at ease.

But soon his heart was not at all settled.

"Please forgive the incompetence of my subordinates, my subordinates this time..."

Hearing this, the Ashina Mori clan almost fainted, although the other party hadn't finished speaking, but he also understood that it must have been the other party who rejected the subordination of his family.

"You're saying that the Takayama Army rejected the family's request?" Ashina Mori's voice was a little weak, but he still asked.

"Lord, my subordinates didn't see the other party's general this time, so I only asked my subordinates to bring a message to the lord. . . ." Pig Miao Dai Shengqing saw that the lord's face was extremely bad, so he hurriedly said: "Lord, the general of the Gaoshan family asked his subordinates to return, and he said that the reason why the Gaoshan family led the army to attack this time was to be moved and angry by the joint efforts of the Mutsu families, and if you want to resolve it, let it... ”

"Just let me say it." As soon as Ashina Sheng heard that the other party still had conditions, it meant that there was still room for negotiation, so he hurriedly asked.

"My lord, the people of the Takayama family said that they would let the family hand over the territory, and then ask the lord to go to Odawara Castle to meet Takayama-sama and explain it personally."

Hearing this, the Ashina Mori family had only one thought in his heart, that is, the Ashina family was finished.

After returning to Kurokawa Castle in despair, the Ashina Mori clan sat directly on the cushion in the living room and began to think of a way to fight with the Takayama family? He didn't even dare to think about it, but if he didn't fight, he wouldn't be able to do this kind of thing if he let the Ashina family business be ruined in his hands.

At this time, he suddenly thought of the Mutsu Alliance, should he pin his hopes on this? Ashina Mori shook his head as well, and he thought that even if he was lucky enough to win this time, then he would be wiped out by the Takayama army who came this time.

The Takayama family is not only strong in the military, but also in economic strength, with the funds they have, they can arm a large army at any time, and whether it is the family or any of the forces in the mutsu, they do not have such ability, they can fight, but it is impossible to fight again, this is the most fundamental strength gap.