Needle Sheng Xing was very excited, but at the same time a little overwhelmed.

The man in front of him has quietly come to him several times, and there is no doubt that the other party is from the Tsugawa family, and he is here to rebel against him.

The reason for the excitement is that the conditions offered by the other party are very good. The reason for being at a loss is that Needle Moriyuki is still hesitating whether he really wants to turn his back on the Ashina family, or the Ashina Mori family.

"Needle-sama, what are you still hesitating about?" Endo Kishin looked at the entangled needle Sheng Xing in front of him, and said with a playful expression.

It's been three years since Kinobu Endo became a retainer of the Tsugawa family.

At the beginning, Kinobu Endo was the lord of Takamizuji Castle, Takahashi Xingjia, who was mainly responsible for the resettlement of displaced people during the time of Mutsu Ichi.

Although Takahashi Koshi knew that Kinobu Endo was a talent at the beginning, he did not entrust him with important responsibilities due to his age and other reasons, but only asked him to assist him, which is equivalent to "assistant to the general manager".

But talent is talent, and it is easy for others to discover their extraordinary.

The resettlement of 3,000 displaced people was basically completed in only half a month, while Takahashi Koke himself took a month and a half, and the resettlement work in other places was even more clueless.

Compared with the two, the judgment is high!

Takahashi Koya now realizes that he has picked up a treasure, and is preparing to reuse Endo Kinobu to help him deal with increasingly complicated government affairs. However, Soji Tsugawa didn't know where he heard about Kishin Endo, and I naturally had to get such a talent to share my worries.

As a result, Endo Kishin was directly transferred to the government office as the head of the dormitory.

And this time to attack the Mutsu, considering that Endo Kishin was born in the Mutsu country and was very familiar with the South Michinoku region, so Tsugawa Soji asked Endo Kishin to be responsible for the retainers of the Date family and the Ashina family, and picked out the kind of people who were not in harmony with the main family or had a heart of disobedience. Originally, Endo Kishin's initial target was the Ashina clan, because the Ashina clan had the support of the Tomita clan and other important ministers of the Ashina family, and if he could plot against the Ashina clan, then the chances would undoubtedly be greater.

But after careful consideration by Kishin Endo, he finally chose Needle Moriyuki.

There are many reasons for choosing Needle Shengxing, and the main points are as follows.

The first is that the target is smaller than that of the Ashina clan, and it is not easy to be spotted if it is omitted. Because the Ashina clan is the city generation of Kurokawa Castle, the goal is too big, and if it is discovered, it will be a failure.

Second, there is a Nagao family attacking Aizu from Echigo, and it is enough to have a person with a passable status as an internal response. It doesn't matter whether the strength is strong or not, to put it bluntly, he just needs to create chaos in the city when the Nagao family is attacking the city, put a few fires to deal with it, or open the city gate when the war is not going well.

To sum up, Ashiyu Moriyuki fully met the requirements, so Endo Kishin chose Ainoyu Moriyuki as the target of the strategy.

Needle Sheng Sheng looked at Endo Kishin in front of him, and then whispered, "Endo-sama has been here so many times, how can you be sure that you will agree to such a request?" ”

"Huh! Everyone will have ambitions, and I think that although the ambition of the Needle Temple is well hidden, it is precisely because it is hidden too well that the extremes of things must be reversed, so the ambition of the Needle Temple is the biggest! ”

And what is the ambition of the needle temple? As long as you think of what happened to the needle temple, it is not difficult to guess that it is nothing more than the position of the head of the Ashina family. ”

"It's just that the current head of the Ashina family, Ashina Sheng's reputation, is quite high, and although the former head of the family, Ashina Shengshun, is in seclusion, his influence at home is still there. In addition, there is also the Ashina clan side who also covets the position of the lord, in this case, the needle temple often feels powerless, right? ”

Endo Keishino was keenly aware that as his words deepened, Needle Shengyu's eyes became more and more manic, and his hands were unconsciously clenched, and Endo Kishin knew that he had grasped the key point of Needle Shengyu.

"If there is no help, even if the Ashina family changes, it is impossible for the position of the lord to fall into the hands of the Needle Birth Palace, and the possibility of being the Ashina Clan's side several times is greater than that of the Needle Birth Palace."

"I only need a word from the Needle Temple. Do you want to become the head of the Ashina family, or do you want to live the rest of your life like this? ”

"If it's the latter, I'll leave Kurokawa City immediately, and I won't disturb the Qingmeng of the Needle Life Hall again!" Endo Kinobu's determined look made Needle Moriyuki feel a sense of urgency.

"How can you be sure that you will be able to serve as the governor of the family after the matter is completed, and the Tsugawa Right Guard General Hall will not appoint another person?" Ashina continued to ask.

Endo Kishin replied with a smile, "Needle Birth Hall, this is the security block given to you by the head of the family, after the matter is completed, the Needle Life Hall can not only get the position of the head of the family as you wish, but also get the security of 50,000 stones of Kurokawa Castle!" ”

"Although it can't be compared with the heyday of the Ashina family, it is also the last concession that the head of the family can make."

Taking the form from Endo Kinobu's hand, Needle Shengyu's hands trembled involuntarily, because the position of the head of the family that he had dreamed of for so many years was on this piece of paper. As long as you nod your head and agree to be the internal response of the Tsugawa family, then everything will be over.

"But all the affairs in Kurokawa City are in charge of the Ashina clan, and the old fox of Ashina Shengshun has been sending people to keep an eye on it, and I'm afraid things are a little difficult to handle. Besides, the troops that the family can mobilize are only about two hundred people, and it is not easy to capture Kurokawa City in one fell swoop! Needle Sheng Xing said with some hesitation.

Endo Kishin shook his head, "You don't have to worry about this matter, because Needle-sama is not fighting alone, and the family has found a helper for adults!" ”

"Helper?" Needle Shengxing's first reaction was that there were other people within the Ashina family who were rebelled against by the Tsukawa family, but after thinking about it, only himself and the Ashina clan's father and son had troops under the command of Kurokawa Castle, who else could there be?

Seeing that Moriyuki didn't seem to anticipate the true meaning of what he meant, Endo Kishin pretended to be mysterious and said, "You'll know soon." ”

......

Aizu, Noda Castle.

After capturing the city, Nagawei Jinghu also had to order the troops under his command to be repaired. The strength of the Nagao family is also mostly based on peasant soldiers, although they also follow the example of the Tsugawa family to establish a standing army of more than 1,000 people, but at the moment they are stationed in Kasuga Mountain Castle to prevent the people of the country in the territory from doing things when they lead their troops to the battle.

Noda Castle was only more than forty miles from Kurokawa Castle, and it was on the side of the main road, so Nagao Keitora couldn't hide the news of his invasion of Aizu. So before arriving at Kurokawa City, Nagao Jinghu had to keep his own peasants and soldiers in strength, and at this time, Nagao Jinghu didn't know that his father-in-law had found a message for himself in Kurokawa City.

And when the forces of the Nagao family appeared in the Aizu area and had already captured Noda Castle near Kurokawa Castle, Ashina Morishun directly spat blood and passed out. And the Ashina clan couldn't believe that there was a golden garrison guarding the main road of Tsugawa Castle, and how the forces of the Nagao family appeared in the hinterland of the Aizu region unknowingly.

Only Needle Mori is glad that he has made the right decision, he doesn't think that at this time, the Ashina family's forces in Kurokawa Castle can be the main Nagao family who owns Echigo one country next door!