May 18, 9th year of astronomy.

Masashi Roshi, who was inspecting the territory, received an urgent message from Ichino, so he immediately hurried back to Fujidaira Castle and summoned his retainers in the vicinity to discuss.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the news from the detectives, the Chongliang family's troops gathered under Hira Castle yesterday suddenly made a secret move, and it is said that nearly 200 peasant soldiers were transferred to Hira Castle," Masarashi said.

"There are about 30 samurai in the Chongliang family, and the territory has mobilized all the peasant soldiers, and it is estimated that there are only 300 troops in total, so the intention of mobilizing so many troops at once is very suspicious," said Onishi Kuniji.

"Could it be that the Shora Sect is preparing to attack the Oda family?" , said Heiji Togo.

"No, if the Takara's family was planning to annex the Oda family, it would have already done so a long time ago, so you don't have to wait until now", Masarashi looked at Ikno, who had been silent but seemed eager to try, and then asked, "Ikno, tell me what you think." ”

"Your Highness, Your Majesty thinks that the Chongliang family is very likely to attack this family." Yinuo immediately bowed down and said.

"Are they going to fight a tough battle with their family on the border? It's not good for either of them. Taro Hirasa, who participated in the assessment for the first time, said.

"No, their target is Tashiro Castle," Kazuno said.

"Hiss", all the retainers immediately gasped.

"Your Highness, do you want to increase the garrison of Tashiro Castle immediately," Togo Heiji immediately said, "It's the main road connecting the west and east sides of Notaka Mountain, and once it is occupied by the Tagara family, the family's territory will be divided in two." ”

"No, Heiji-sama, it's too late. His Majesty thought that he should immediately send troops to attack the forces of the Chongliang family that were still on the border, and then take Hira Castle directly", Onishi Kuniji suggested loudly.

"Hehe, do you want to save Zhao from Wei?" Masara smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Tashiro Castle was deliberately left to the Chongliang family." In fact, as early as three days ago, Masara had already arranged for the Kosuke organization leaders in charge of garrisoning Tashiro Castle to start demolishing Tashiro Castle and preparing to secretly transfer the lords. Even if the Chongliang family took possession of it, it would only be an empty ruin, and they would be able to hold it when the time came.

"Your Highness, this is...", all the retainers were obviously confused by Masahiro's answer.

"Then you will know the truth", Masarashi did not answer the retainer's doubts directly, "Kuniji, send someone to inform our ally Oda family of this news, presumably Oda Taimitsu will be very happy." At the same time, Pingsa, you immediately go down and gather 100 peasant soldiers, and once the Oda family's forces march towards Hira Castle, immediately go to occupy the Oda family's territory, and block all the entrances and exits there that connect the Sashi family, the Nagoshi people, and the Taiku family. If these forces attack, try to delay me, and the reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible. Kuniji does a good job of ashigaru and the mobilization of the samurai, and soon there will be a big war. ”

"Huh? Your Highness, won't the Oda family enter Hira Castle? Onishi Kuniji couldn't help but say worriedly, this is undoubtedly gambling.

"Yes, it will," Masarashi affirmed. This battle will directly determine the ownership of all the land between Notaka Mountain and Sho Takayama......

It has been drizzling for days, and the mountain path is muddy. At this time, a team of about 200 people was struggling to make their way forward. Riding on a small pony, he was anxiously urging his men to speed up, but they had been marching quickly on the road for nearly an hour, and these peasant soldiers with all kinds of weapons were already exhausted, and if it weren't for the fear of the lord's terrible punishment, they would have sneaked away halfway.

"My lord," a scout trotted over.

"How's it going?" , Chongliang Zhizong jumped off his horse and asked the detective in front of him. …,

"My lord, it's less than two miles from the other party's border, but the original checkpoint is empty," Scout said, curtsied.

"Huh? Are you sure there's no one there anymore? Chongliang Zhizong was puzzled, with the shrewdness of the other party to annex three local tyrants in a row in one day, it was impossible not to know that he had already marched towards Tashiro Castle. According to the original idea of Chongliang Zhizong, he was a preemptive strike, even if the other party was aware of his intentions, it was too late to rescue, and the only way was to hope that the original garrison in Tashiro Castle could support the arrival of reinforcements, in this regard, Chongliang Zhizong was ready to fight a tough battle and quickly take Tashiro Castle, but he never expected that the other party would even withdraw the peasants on the border. In the end, the amount of power is concentrated in Tashiro Castle? Or is there something else going on? Attack yourself even halfway after entering the border? Chongliang Zhizong was undecided all of a sudden.

"My lord, the little one has already touched the other party's original level, and there is nothing in it except the fence", Detective Fan said affirmatively, "and the little one walked along the trail for a while, and he didn't find anything abnormal, not even a person." There is no one in the villages near the border. ”

"Hiss", Chongliang Zhizong took a deep breath of cold air, could it be that the other party did not serve the prophet? No, this is impossible, in such a short period of time, how can the other party not be able to recover the passive decline, is it that the other party's general defending the city is suspicious? Well, this one is quite possible. Hmph, are you going to scare me away just by using such a small insect carving skill? It's impossible. After the decision was made, Chongliang Zhizong immediately fully showed his side as the "wolf of Higashi Matsuura", and announced in public that whoever arrived at Tashiro Castle first would be rewarded with ten stones of miscellaneous grains, and whoever attacked Tashiro Castle first would be rewarded with a fertile paddy field. The already exhausted peasant soldiers immediately stirred, and the whole team marched much faster.

Just as the procession was rapidly approaching the border between the two families, a ashigaru horse chased after him from behind, and the peasant troops behind immediately dispersed to make way.

"My lord, my lord...", Ashigaru on horseback shouted panting.

"Hmm", hearing that there was a commotion in the rear team, Chongliang Zhizong suddenly became furious, turned his head and was about to shout loudly, when he suddenly saw Ashigaru rushing towards him, isn't this one of the only two standing ashigaru left in the city? Could it be that something happened in the city?

"My lord", Ashigaru finally came to the vicinity of Chongliang Zhizong, didn't care about the horse that was still running, rolled off the horse's back directly, and then rushed to the front of Chongliang Zhizong, "My lord, something is wrong, the Oda family suddenly attacked the checkpoint on the border of the family, and now it is almost under Hira Castle." ”

"Hmph, it's just a small ant, with the garrison of the family in the city, it is enough to deal with it", before leaving, Chongliang Zhizong had already made complete preparations, even if he was disdainful of the Oda family, who intended to keep his life for a long time, but still left a few standing ashigaru and a dozen or so peasant soldiers led by Kizo Shigeta, in case the other party was hot-headed and invaded the family.

"My lord, has anyone left behind rebelled? Although it was quickly suppressed, Kizuku-sū Shigeta-sama was also seriously wounded, and there were less than 10 soldiers left defending the castle. Rumors are now circulating in the castle that the Oda family is marching on the castle, and many people in the castle have fled outside the castle," said Ashigaru, who had already recovered his breath, immediately anxiously.

(PS: The new book has been released for a month, it has been signed A, and it has been updated with more than 200,000 words, and it will never be updated, at least more than 1.5 million words.) Running naked for two weeks, the third week on the Sanjiang potential list, the fourth week on the classification of new book recommendations, this week on the history classification strong push list, next week on the history classification of new book selection. Everyone, don't be in a hurry to leave after reading, if you don't have a ticket, you can put it on the shelf, and the little brother kneels and begs. Dear friends, my purpose is to write more than 1.5 million even if I hit the street, and I will fight vigorously! Enjoy writing, enjoy loneliness. ）