"Why did our family's Qilin'er come up with such a reckless idea?"

"Kodera-sama, I would like to ask you, no matter what kind of decision we make on this matter, what is the starting point?"

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"Yes, Lord Koji, the reason why I said that I want to capture the Kotera family is because this is the most beneficial to my family. The Ishikawa family has already taken refuge in the Takino Palace, which has long had the heart of unifying the Harima Kingdom, so it will attack the Kotera family in the future, and the main family exists as a barrier for the Koji family to resist the Takino Hall. Takino Hall will inevitably attack my Kuroda family first, and the Ishikawa family is located in the north of the main family, and when the two families come to attack at the same time, the number of troops sent by the main family is no more than 300 people, how to resist? Cage City, let the people under his rule be slaughtered? ”

"That's right! Takino Hall can send 3,000 troops, if the two sides attack, even if the Ishikawa family only sends a hundred troops, the main family will not be able to resist, and the Ishikawa family cannot stay. Shigetaka Matsui agreed with Manyoshi.

"Then how can we get the news out of the palace before we get the news? Our maximum number of troops is 300 people, and there are dozens of samurai in Ishikawa Castle, so it is difficult to fall into the castle in one day, and if it exceeds one day, the Ishikawa family will probably tell the Imperial Palace. ”

"I already have an idea of falling into the city, and that's it."

"Our family's Wanji can almost go to be a military advisor, this method is too good." Musato Kobei was surprised.

"There is also evidence, there must be letters and other objects in the city, and after falling into the city, you must protect the palace and find evidence. If we can't find it, then we have to make a piece of evidence ourselves. My lord, I remember that Takinoden and the family also passed through letters before, right? ”

"Takinoden also wanted to win over the family before, but I refused, but the letter is still there, as long as it simulates one, it's really not difficult."

"The evidence is actually already there, if you can find the letter, use the original copy of the Takinoden, if not, then ask the lord to find someone to imitate it. As long as the letter is sent to the small temple house with the bandits after the city falls, there will be no opinion in the palace. ”

"Oh, then the family can successfully own the land of 8,000 stones." Imate said excitedly.

"The territory of the Ishikawa family, we can't ask for it, we have to return it to the Imperial Palace as it is, and let the Imperial Palace be accepted as a direct leader." Wan Ji said in a flat tone.

"Why, why did we give away the territory we fought down for nothing?" As soon as Itetomo was excited, he was doused with cold water, and his face was full of puzzlement.

"I understand, after all, nominally, the Ishikawa family is still a retainer of the Kotera family, just like us, and the land is still the land of the Kodera family. Once we annex the territory, with the suspicious character of the Imperial Palace, we will think that we have the possibility of rebellion, and in the end it may evolve into a situation of fighting each other, and then it will be the same situation of being attacked from both sides, and the situation will be worse than facing Takino and Ishikawa. If we have eradicated the rebellion and helped the lord to recover the land, we will be able to show our loyalty and not be doubted by the lord. As long as the Imperial Palace believes in our loyalty, there will be opportunities for expansion in the future, and we will not rush for a while. It was Kuroda who was the first to figure it out, and patiently explained to Tomoshi Ide.

"I see." Imate Yushi finally understood, "Then aren't we just going to work for nothing?" ”

"It's not in vain, we can move some of the people from the Ishikawa family to our own family, and this amount will be controlled by my father! When the time comes, the palace will definitely ask his father to go to the castle to explain everything, and when the time comes, when His Royal Highness asks what reward he wants, his father can just ask for money, and say that it is a pension for soldiers. When the time comes, we will have the population, and we will have the money, and we will have the trust of the Lord's family, which will be more important than the land in the short term. ”

"In that case, let's go and prepare, and there are little guards, you should quickly find someone to act according to the plan."

"Hey!"

Himeji Castle Town is still crowded with small vendors selling their wares. In a corner of the town, there was a small grocery store, and there were a few ordinary goods on the wooden table outside, and there were no people patronizing them, and the guys of the shop were too lazy to solicit customers, so they took care of themselves outside in the sun and dozed off.

A young man walked over quickly, and when the man saw him, he suddenly came to his senses.

The young man asked, "Is the boss in there?" ”

"It's in the back, let's get in!" The young man walked briskly into the shop, and the man was once again in a lazy state of basking in the sun.

The boss was a middle-aged man in his forties, looking very ordinary, sitting next to the fire pit in the house, drinking tea.

"Father, there's news." The young man drank a bowl of water first and said excitedly.

"Oh! What do you think? ”

"The forty men sent by the lord were all destroyed."

"How is it possible, we have been monitoring the city for the past few days, and we have not seen a major movement of troops and horses in the city! How can they all be wiped out? Could it be that the Kuroda family has someone else to help? ”

"No, father, it is said that the Kirin of the Kuroda family, the son of Kuroda Zhitaka Wanyoshi, came up with the idea of breaking the Kuroda family's army into pieces, going out of the city alone, and then gathering in the distance, avoiding our eyes, and letting the nearby peasant soldiers directly assemble in Xiahe Village, and annihilate our army in one fell swoop through ambush."

"Wanji? That seven-year-old kid, is it really that powerful? No, I think there will be a big move from the Kuroda family, and we must go back to Ishikawa Castle immediately and report the news to the lord, otherwise it may be too late. ”

Just as the boss had said his last word, the wooden door of the shop collapsed, and several samurai rushed in and surrounded the boss and the young man.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what are you doing here? The villain is a serious businessman! ”

At this time, the mother of the mother of the little soldier walked in, "Businessman, I don't think so! The young master found out about the problem of your shop this month, as a businessman who doesn't do business, but sends people everywhere to send money to find out the news, is this a businessman? Especially in the past four days, your people have never left the vicinity of the Imperial Gate, and they must be the spies of the Ishikawa family, and they will all be taken away. ”

It's late at night, it's late autumn, and the cold air mixed with the wind is starting to be unbearable. The castle head of Ishikawa Castle was very quiet, except for a few torches lit, it was two vigils.

"Left, you said that the weather is really cold, why are we so unlucky, others are sleeping, but the two of us have to stand here in the middle of the night." An older ashigaru grumbled while holding a spear.

The younger Ashigaru also shrunk himself as much as possible, as if this could warm him up, "Brother Taro, who told us to have a low position!" It would be nice if we could also become a samurai master, and the next time I go to the battlefield, I must get a few more heads, and maybe I can become a real samurai, and then I don't have to do this drudgery. ”

"Left, look over there." The two feet were lying on the head of the city, looking not far away, and a faint figure came over.

"It looks like someone is coming, so it can't be an enemy!" The young ashigaru named Youzuo was a little nervous, clutching the gun in his hand tightly, and his finger joints were a little white.

"Don't be nervous, it's left, you see there are only five people, it shouldn't be an enemy, let's see the situation first." Lao Zu patted the back of the left side to let him relax a little.

Hearing Lao Ashigaru's words, he relaxed again, and his hand holding the spear loosened a lot, it seems that he is still inexperienced!

When someone walked in, Lao Zuqing asked, "Stop, don't approach yet, who are you?" ”

"I'm a fine work of the family.,Hei Santai.,Is it Taro and Youzuo in the city?" This person is the Ishikawa family's Hosaku, who was arrested by the Kuroda family before, the owner of the grocery store.

"Oh! It's really Ping Santai. "Taro saw the person who came clearly, it was indeed the work of the family, and the relationship with himself was not bad." Heisanta, weren't you watching from Himeji Castle? Why did you get back home so late? ”

"Taro, quick, I have important information about Himeji Castle to report to the lord."

"Himeji Castle? Something won't happen to the people we sent! No, left, let's open the city gate quickly. ”

The two of them opened the city gate, and Mrs. Ping Santai had already walked in with four people.

"What's the news?" Taro also wanted to ask, but two people who came with Hei Santa directly drew their knives and cut the two to the ground, and the two people behind lit torches and shook them three times into the woods outside the city, and a large group of people ran out of the forest.

After the group entered the city, they were divided into twenty people, led by Matsui Shigetaka, who took full control of the city gate and closed it tightly to ensure that no one escaped. The other 200 men divided into several groups and attacked various important points in the city.

Because I didn't expect to be attacked, the guards of the granary were very weak, and there was only one samurai and five ashigaru, which were easily solved by the mother-in-law Kobei, and then stayed in the granary to prevent the Ishikawa family dog from jumping over the wall and burning the grain, at least it could ensure that most of the Ishikawa family's grain was owned by the Kuroda family.

Fires broke out in the city one after another, and the Ishikawa family did not expect a battle so soon, so they did not gather peasant soldiers at all, and there were only about sixty samurai in the city, including the Ishikawa family, and they were unable to guard against it, and they were broken by each one, and the Ishikawa family could not organize a decent resistance at all. It didn't take long for the entire Ishikawa Castle to be completely controlled by the Kuroda family, and only Ishikawa Ishikiyo's palace was still resisting, but only Ishikawa Ishikiyo himself and three or five samurai of his own clan remained.