At the foot of Ichikawa Castle, the monk of the whole sect stood one hundred and twenty steps outside the city wall, and at this distance, it was basically impossible to cause damage with the Maruki bow of the defending side. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The city was in chaos because of the death of the main general just now, and there was only one ashigaru group leader, and he couldn't command these peasants and soldiers who had lost their fears. Although he has been boosting the morale of the peasant soldiers on his side, the peasant soldiers with their heads drooping are the result of his encouragement.

"The diplomatic monks of the Shimokuroda family, the entire sect of Enryakuji Temple, and the poor monks have nothing to say, but I hope that you can lay down your arms and surrender in Kaejo, and I, the Kuroda family, will definitely spare your lives. His Royal Highness Kuroda said that as long as you surrender, you and your families will be the subjects of my Kuroda family, not slaves, and you will enjoy the taxes of the five princes and five people, and there will be absolutely no other taxes and fees. Give you a stick of incense time to consider, if you don't surrender, your family will really start to attack, please think carefully, don't joke with your life easily, as long as you live, everything has hope. "It is said that the whole sect turned back to the main formation under the protection of the earth fat Yahachi.

"Five Princes and Five People, is what the monk said true?"

"I heard from one of my relatives that he lives in Kuroda's village, and last year was a good year! He said that he basically didn't have to eat wild vegetables for most of the year, which is really envious! "Actually, if the peasant soldiers pay attention, this peasant soldier is unknown to everyone, and this person is actually a ninja of the Kuroda family.

"I've also heard that it's indeed five princes and five people, and the Kuroda family is very strict in recruiting soldiers, so people like us can't be peasant soldiers."

"Then it's not like us who can farm honestly at home, and we don't have to come out to work hard, but in this case, isn't the Kuroda family's combat power very strong, how can we fight! It's better to surrender as soon as possible, and then you can get dozens of catties of grain for the autumn harvest. ”

"Yes! Surrender! "Surrender doesn't seem bad!" "Didn't you just say that you would treat us as ordinary people? Surrender! ”

Before a stick of incense was used, almost all the peasants and soldiers reached an agreement, that is, Kaesong surrendered. The head of the Ashigaru group also wanted to stop the peasants, but was ruthlessly killed by several peasant soldiers at the head of the castle, and there was the ninja leader of the Kuroda family in the middle. For these people who were still ordinary people two days ago, whether they were soldiers or farming, they were just to be able to survive, since the Kuroda family gave such good conditions, who didn't follow to make a living?

Ichikawa Castle surrendered, more than 500 members of the Kuroda army entered the city to rest, and the whole army buried the pot to cook. It is said to be making rice, but in fact it is to make some quick miso soup and the like, and the military rations are mainly rice balls that have been prepared in advance.

Five ashigaru sent a large plate of rice balls and a dozen servings of miso soup, and the imperial office in the city, the original assessment room of the castle lord, is now the location of the Kuroda family's main camp, and the main generals of the Kuroda family are here, discussing the next action together.

"Guys, we're now deep into the hinterland of Takinoden, what do you think should be the next step?"

"Otherwise, I'll kill Takino City in one go, hahahaha!" Imate said with a laugh. Everyone was infected by this relaxed atmosphere, and it was too easy to pass through the way, and so far there have been no casualties, which was unimaginable before.

"Alright, Tomo, your words should only be used to liven up everyone's atmosphere! Our immediate priority now is to find a castle that can be used as a base to defend us against the counterattack of Takinoden, and to protect the land we have acquired before. ”

"Yes! In fact, until now, we haven't encountered a real battle! Musato Kobei said.

At this time, Hattori Baocho, who had been sitting in the far corner, took a roll of paper and walked to the table in the middle of the conference room, spreading the paper completely.

"This is, is this the map of Iho-gun?" Kodera Takahisa said in surprise.

"Exactly, this is the map of Yibao County sketched by my subordinates in the past few days, I hope it can help you." Hattori said with a smile that he was going back to his seat after speaking.

"Hattori-sama, wait a minute," Kuroda called to Hattori "How was the battle between Shioshi and Takino?" ”

"My lord, according to the latest news an hour ago, the two sides fought twice today, the first battle of the Takino side lost more than a dozen people, the second battle put the salt side to defend according to the deer mountain, and the Takino Hall lost more than 100 people. The Kodera family has lost less than ten people so far. The two sides are still facing off. ”

"Okay, Hattori-sama, be sure to keep you updated on the latest news of the Battle of Kayama."

"Hey!" With that, Hattori returned to his seat, kept silent, and melted into the shadows.

"Hattori-sama is amazing!" "Yes!" "The young master is really a good eye!"

It should be mentioned here that before the expedition, Hattori Baochang gathered a total of more than seventy ninjas, one of whom was sent to Kotera's house to secretly protect the safety of Manyoshi; Ten people are dedicated to transmitting the messages of the warring sides in Lushan, once an hour; Ten people went to Yibao County in advance to explore the terrain and draw a map; The remaining fifty men fought with the army. By the time the Kuroda Army captured Ichikawa Castle, the ten ninjas who had been mapped had returned.

Everyone approached the map and looked at every mountain and river clearly drawn on it, as well as the city, and the entire Yibao County was clear at a glance.

"If you look at the map, it's obvious that the place the lord said is here, Koguchi Castle." Kodera Takahisa said, pointing to a place on the map.

Koguchi Castle is located directly west of Ichikawa Castle, northeast of the Miki family, and this is actually a clearing between the two mountains, and the establishment of Koguchi Castle is just the right way to block the entire road through the mountain, and this road is the only way for Takino Castle to the east, as long as it can hold this place, the Kuroda family will acquire a large area of land this time, and complete all the pre-war ideas.

And more importantly, Koguchi Castle is located to the west of the Ichikawa River, and has penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Takino Akamatsu family, and can threaten Takino Castle and the surrounding branch towns at any time, which is the most fatal thing for Akamatsu Masahide.

"Okay, everyone, hurry up and rest, the army will go out in the afternoon, and you must capture Xiaokou City tonight."

"Hey!"

Two hours later, when the sun was about to set, all the Kuroda family's army set off, and the peasants and soldiers in Ichikawa Castle were disbanded on the spot, and Ichikawa Castle did not leave a single soldier to defend it, for the Kuroda family, as long as they could hold Koguchi Castle, a large area of land behind them was not a problem, and they gave it up for the time being, just to be able to completely pocket it.

At this time, in the imperial city, Wanji, Ali and Ah Guang had just finished dinner, and Ah Guang was reluctant to let Wanji go, but the small temple family was still very strict in this regard.

They each went back to their rooms to rest, and before Wanji could sit down, a shadow appeared behind Wanji.

"You're a ninja sent by Hattori-sama?"

"In the next, Hattori's family ninja Hattori is Masashi, see the young master."

Wanji turned around and was an eleven or twelve-year-old ninja, and according to the historical age, he was four years older than Wanki, and should have been eleven. It's worthy of Hattori Masanari, the future ghost Hanzo, who is already a shinobi at the age of eleven, and his strength must be very terrifying!

Hattori Hanzo in history is the second-generation head of the Hattori clan, and he is dedicated to Mikawa Tokugawa Ieyasu. One of the sixteen gods of Tokugawa, also known as "Oni Hanzo". Many of Hanzo's Iga soldiers were Iga ninjas, so the name of Hattori Hanzo represents the famous ninja army of the Tokugawa clan.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was escorted from Sakai Town, and the shortcut was to return to Mikawa via Ise during the Honnoji Change, during which he was escorted by Hattori Hanzo, Chaya Shiro Jiro, and others. During this period, the ninja leader Hanzo Hattori played a huge role, and after a long journey under his loyal escort, Ieyasu finally returned to Mikawa safely and saved himself from danger, and was later called "Kami-kun Iga Crossing". He was once a fiefdom of 8,000 stones. It turns out that there are already such famous people in my family! This greatly satisfied the vanity in the heart of Wanji, who had traveled back.

"Okay, Zhengcheng, the safety of the next generation will be handed over to you in the future."

"I'm swearing to protect the young master's safety." After saying that, Hattori Masashi didn't know which corner to hide.

Hattori Masanari is the eldest son of Hattori Shocho, the heir of the Hattori family, and originally Hattori Shonari could casually send a ninja with medium ninja strength to protect himself, and in this remote Harima country, it can basically prevent assassination. Now that Hattori has sent Hattori Masanari to come, he may not have the intention of making his sister-in-law a minister from the dragon, as long as he has been serving him attentively, and by Wanji's side, he will become his important confidant, as long as the Kuroda family develops rapidly, then the future will be limitless. At least from this point of view, Hattori is definitely an old fox, and this fox is very optimistic about himself at the moment, although the Kuroda family is still very weak.

Because it's another day of hard training, Wanji still goes to bed early, and tomorrow is another hard day, so I have to work hard for the Kuroda family! I don't know how the battle is going ahead! Wanji fell asleep in the toss.