It had been several days before the news of the defeat of the southern family reached the ears of Soji Tsugawa in Ueno Castle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After hearing about the current situation of the southern family, Tsugawa Soji knew that he could have a good year this year.

"Southern Qingzheng also died by himself, making enemies everywhere. Originally, if you didn't come to provoke me, you could let you live for a few more years, but now if you do this, if you don't destroy the south within three years, I will lose! Soji Tsugawa thought to himself.

On November 9, the 13th year of the Astronomical Calendar, Ueno Castle was covered with heavy snow. Dressed in "fur" hand-sewn by Kikuhime, Soji Tsugawa stood above the castle tower of Ueno Castle and looked down on everything inside the collar.

It was snowing heavily, and the castle was empty, except for a few ashigaru guarding various places. Outside the castle, there is a white expanse, and the Omonogawa River has begun to freeze, and the entire territory is shrouded in a white atmosphere.

"My lord, the battle between the Southern Family and the Spo Family is over." At this time, Jiro Iwaki came to Soji Tsukawa's side and interrupted Soji Tsukawa's musings.

Soharu Tsugawa turned his head and asked, "What was the result?" ”

"Relying on the defense of Sister Belt City and Nine Cities, the general of the Southern Family, Nobunaka Kunohe and others, blocked the attack of the Sibo family for more than ten days, and the Sibo family has withdrawn its troops." Jiro Iwaki replied slowly.

"Hmm." Tsugawa Soji nodded, "After all, the strength of the southern family is much stronger than the Spo family, even if the Spo family is lucky enough to win a big victory, it will not help." If you want to eliminate such a powerful force as the Southern Family, you can't rely on the Spo Family alone. "Tsugawa Soji is not surprised by such a result, the strength of the Spo family is similar to the previous Hiyama Anto family, and it is impossible to destroy the southern family.

This time, it has been a big surprise to Tsugawa Soji to defeat the southern family and capture Iwate County, if the Spo family can defeat the southern family again and attack Sanhe Castle, then the Spo family will not go to heaven!

"It's winter now, and there won't be any more fighting in a few months." Soji Tsugawa continued, "During this time, the ninjas under your command should pay close attention to Akita and Yamamoto counties, especially the vassals of the Ando family. ”

"You know, the Anton family was defeated casually, but it has not perished. It is necessary to prevent these subordinates from breaking ties with the Anton family. Tsugawa Soji took a deep look at Jiro Iwaki, "When necessary, you can ......." said that Tsugawa Soji made a head-killing move.

"Hah!" Jiro Iwaki replied loudly.

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On November 15, the thirteenth year of astronomy, near the small hamaport of the country of Wakasasa.

As the largest port in Wakasa Province and the largest port in the entire northern part of the country, Kohama Port is home to many merchant ships every day. Among them, there are many caravans from Ou or Kyushu, such as Yoshino Yoshino's caravana.

Since kimchi became popular in several regions, Yoshino has increased the import of kimchi to several regions, and the fleet of ships has changed from once every six months to once a month. When his own fleet was short of ships, he hired ships from other merchants, and 80 percent of the merchant ships in the entire Yugo region were currently transporting kimchi to Yoshino Ryoshisei.

On one of the caravan ships, two ronin men sat in the cargo hold at the bottom of the merchant ship and discussed this.

Although the kimchi has been sold out, when the caravan returns, it will buy some local specialties in the nearby areas and sell them back to the Ou area, so the cabin is full of goods, and the space is very small.

One of the men seemed to be unable to stand the unpleasant smell in the cabin (it was strange that the boat was full of sauerkraut when he came, and it smelled good. I couldn't help coughing a few times, and then said uncomfortably, "Saburo Guard, why did you run away from Hazu's house?" ”

The man who was called Saburo Bingwei smiled lightly, and there was a hint of confusion in his eyes, "There is no hope of inheriting the family business, my father hates me, and my younger brother also wants to kill me, what are you doing at home." The world is so big, isn't there a place for my generation to show their talents? ”

"Well said!" The man was very excited when he heard Saburo Guard's words, and then said, "You and I can meet here today, and it is even more rare that we have similar interests, why don't you and I become righteous brothers?" ”

"Good!" Maybe it was because I drank too much in Xiaobingang before, and the two funny young men became brothers without saying a word.

There is no "mountain alliance and sea oath", and there is no chicken head burning yellow paper, two men who have stories and drank wine hugged each other crying bitterly.

One of the two men is the adopted son of the Hazu family, a wealthy family in Ise Province, and the other is Yamaguchi Nagatoshi, the second son of Yamaguchi Kyotsugu, a retainer of the Oda family in Owari Province. Both of them are samurai, but the encounter is embarrassing.

Hatsu Yukihide was the son of Harutaro Higashiguchi of the Hatsu family, who later died in battle and was adopted as an adopted son by the childless Hazu Munemasa and raised as the heir of the Hazu family. But the heavens seemed to have played a joke on Yuzu Yukihide, and just when everyone in the Hazu family thought that Yuzu Yukihide could successfully inherit the family governor, Yuzu Munemasa suddenly gave birth to a son......

As a result, the Yuzu show was tragic. Hazu Somasa continued to alienate Yuzu Yukishu, and the retainers slowly changed their attitudes. Until last month, Yukihide Hazu was suddenly assassinated in Hazu Castle, and although the assassination failed, Yukihide Hazu was still injured. At this time, Yukihide Hazu completely woke up, and after cleaning up overnight, he escaped from Ise Province at night. Later, he became acquainted with Yamaguchi Chokyo on the shores of Lake Omi Biwa.

Yamaguchi Nagakyo was the second son of Yamaguchi Kyotsugu, the lord of Narumi Castle, an important minister of the Oda family. At this time, Oda Nobuhide was defeated in the Battle of Canakou, and his family was extremely unstable. Yamaguchi Kyotsugu had frequent contacts with the Imagawa family, and he had the intention of betraying the Oda family.

Yamaguchi Kyoshi, who attaches great importance to righteousness, tried every means to persuade him, but he was light-hearted, and his brother Yamaguchi Kyoyoshi and father Yamaguchi Kyotsugu did not pay attention to Yamaguchi Kyoji's persuasion at all. The disheartened Yamaguchi Nagakyo then ran away from Yamaguchi's house, preparing to go out for a trip.

Yamaguchi Nagyoshi was having an argument with several local ronins because he was drunk, and he was severely taught a lesson by four or five ronins under his four hands, and Hazu Yuki, who couldn't stand it, helped Yamaguchi Nagyo.

Then the two of them went to Kohama Port in Wakasa Province together, and after staying for a few days, the money on their bodies was almost spent. The two discussed whether to find a place to join a "promising" force to eat. It's a pity that the two who don't make obvious statements have hit a wall one after another.

Just when the two of them were about to lose confidence, they happened to hear someone on Yoshino's fleet talking about the situation inside Dewa Province in Kohama Port. For the sudden rise of the Tsugawa family, Yamaguchi Nagakyo and Hazu Yukihide were very interested, so they discussed Dewa and his party. But since the two of them had no money on them, they struggled to saliva, which only persuaded the fleet to let the two of them huddle in the cabin and go to Dewa. The only 2 yuan left on their bodies was used to exchange for rations along the way, and at this point, the two were already penniless.

Then, it was the previous scene.