A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 201
"What? Saito Yoshiryu raised an army?"

"Yes, he claims that he is not the son of Saito Douzan, but the posthumous son of Toki Yorigi, the guardian of Mino who was originally driven out of Mino by Douzan. His real name should be Toki Yoriyu. .”

"So after learning the truth, he will raise an army to take revenge and defeat the evil traitor Saito Dozo on behalf of his real father."

"For this reason, before he raised the army, he sent his retainer Hineno Hiroshi to trick his two younger brothers, Saito Sonshiro and Saito Kiheiji, into Inabayama Castle and kill the sacrificial flag, and then claimed to raise the army. Twenty thousand, prepare to attack Dao San. Dao San has also begun to gather troops, and the two sides are about to break out."

The little kunoichi told all the information about her investigation in one breath, and then looked at Kato Danzo next to her very proudly.

Of course, she is not proud of this information, but she has already learned that she will become half of Kato Danzo's master!
Although Kato Danzo couldn't laugh or cry, Asai Nagamasa frowned slightly: "He actually raised troops in the autumn. Did he ignore Mino's crops? Or is he absolutely certain that he will be able to defeat the Mino viper before the autumn harvest? snake'?"

Although Saito Douzan lives in seclusion in Sagiyama Castle, Asai Nagamasa does not think that he really has no power. Not to mention his prestige in Mino, the elite warriors in Sagiyama Castle alone know that he must be powerful. The picture is very big.

What's more, there are those special powers that even possessed the Dao, the so-called "Viper God Realm" and the White Snake Shrine.
Thinking of the current commotion in the Minami Omi Rokkaku family and the Wakasa Takeda family, even Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but sigh a little: "It's been such a troubled year, but since he killed his two younger brothers, he can only move forward and not retreat. "

Saito Douzan was still very fertile. His main wife and side wife gave birth to a total of seven sons and five daughters, and there was also an adopted son.

In addition to his eldest son Saito Yoshiryu and Nohime who married to Owari, he also has about ten children who stayed in Mino, but the two he loved the most were the two who had been killed by Saito Yoshiryu. The second son and the third son.

Because Saito Yoshiryu was born to Dao San's side wife Shen Yoshino and was the eldest son of a concubine, but Dao San's second and third sons were both born to the main wife.

It is said that Fukayoshino was originally Toki Yorii's concubine, but was taken away by Dosan later. It is probably because of this that there is such a rumor in Mino territory.

But regardless of whether that is true or not, for Yoshiryu, perhaps this is a very good opportunity to get out of the shadow of his father, and the Toki family is also a truly famous family, and is said to be a descendant of Minamoto Yorimitsu.

Although the Saito clan is also a famous family, it cannot be compared with Toki. The benefits to Yoshitsuru of recognizing Toki Yorigi's cheap father far outweigh the disadvantages.

As for the remaining sons of Dao San, they were either sent to temples early to become monks, or they were too young or too weak to compete with Saito Yoshiryu. Even if they were saved, they would hardly be able to compete with Saito. Fujiyoshiryu competed for the position of daimyo.

Although he is a concubine, Yilong is the oldest, so he naturally takes advantage when the brothers fight.

But for the Asai family, this is a very good opportunity to intervene.

If he continues to invade the Rokkaku family, he will soon reach Kyoto, which will attract too much attention.

But the Northeast is the Asakura family, an ally for generations, and they are absolutely unable to move at present.

To the northwest is the Wakasa Takeda family, who are related by marriage to the shogun and have noble blood.

Not to mention that attacking them would result in a loss of population, and if the area is narrow and poor in resources, except for Ohama Port, the rest of the area is not of much value, just like tasteless, and it will offend the Asakura family. After all, the Asakura family is trying Strategy for Wakasa.

But now what happened to the Saito family made things a lot more interesting, and he had a new choice.

"Very good, I will send an order to Sakon on the island later to prepare for the infantry to go out to fight. I will also send people to try to make contact with Saito Douzan's other sons."

Rokkaku Yoshihide's reason for raising the army before was that he was committing a crime of rebelling against his father, and now he is using this excuse!

"Anything else?"

"Oh, by the way, Ning Ning also got a strange piece of news from Brother Hanzo, but it's just too unbelievable, so Brother Hanzo is not sure of its authenticity."

Hearing this, Kato Danzo, who was originally smiling bitterly, also became more energetic, because he knew who Ning Ning was talking about. He was a powerful ninja whose ninjutsu could be ranked in the top five or even the top three in the entire Nibon. -Hattori Hanzo.

It's just that the other party is currently loyal to the Matsudaira family of Mikawa. What incredible information can there be there?It can't be that the Imagawa family, the head of the Matsudaira family, wants to send troops to Luo, right?

Asai Nagamasa also thought of this, but let alone the timing, if Imagawa Yoshimoto really wanted to go to Luo, Hattori Hanzo would be unlikely to tell Ningning, right?

"tell me the story."

"Ahem," the little kunoichi cleared her throat deliberately, and then continued: "It is said that about half a month ago, a town below Hachinohe Castle in the south was robbed."

"The entire town was reduced to ashes, and at least a thousand people were missing. The daimyo Harumasa Minami was furious and severely accused the Anton family, who had conflicts with them, and claimed that the other party must pay the price."

"But the Anton family was completely unaware of this. The information obtained by Hanzo claimed that the Anton family was actually innocent, and that those responsible were some monster troops with sophisticated equipment."

"They look roughly human-shaped, but they have a pair of long donkey ears, and their bodies are painted with cyan or black dye."

"It is said that they came by boat, and the missing farmers were eventually captured by them and used as food."

Kato Danzo couldn't help but fell silent. He could probably understand why even Hanzo was not sure.

It is possible for monsters to wear human clothes and use human weapons, such as the Crow Tengu he assassinated, but how could they take a boat?
However, Asai Nagamasa's reaction was beyond the expectations of the two ninjas. His eyes widened instantly, and his breathing rhythm even accelerated slightly: "Besides, do they have other ninjas under their command?" monsters?"

"For example, some bird monsters that look like Yatengu, but are actually much smaller, and most of them are female? And giant pythons with multiple heads?"

The little kunoichi was suddenly a little surprised: "Huh? Why hasn't Ning Ning finished speaking yet? Do you know Nagamasa?"

"The multi-headed python you mentioned does not exist, but bird demons do exist, and it is said that those monsters with donkey ears can also command a kind of weird big cat with wings on its back and a scorpion tail."

Among the many retainers, she was the only one who didn't know how to address Asai Nagamasa properly. However, Asai Nagamasa didn't care much about it. He just couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, feeling that this information was a little exciting. .

Kato Danzo next to him couldn't help but listen attentively, because it was obvious that His Highness was not completely unfamiliar with those monsters.

"I understand, Ning Ning."

"Sure enough, the pirates and dark elves who plundered the entire world, are you finally here?"

Those so-called donkey ears are actually dark elves, and those monsters are actually called harpies and manticores, which are relatively common monsters in their army.

To be honest, he was not particularly surprised by this incident, because this is not only the Warring States Period with monsters, there are more countries and more races outside of Nibon, and most of them are hostile to humans. There is malice.

If you don't count the uncivilized Ezo people farther north, Nanbujia is almost located at the outermost northeast of Nibon. He already knows that this world is a huge sphere like the original earth. If it spans the east of Nanjiaji The sea on the side, if we march further east, there will be the world of the dark elves.

Compared with the current Nibon, the dark elves are undoubtedly much stronger.

Not only do they have long lifespans, are well-trained, and have extremely sophisticated weapons and equipment, but they also have a large number of monsters in their army, and they are also accompanied by various mages. According to their division, they have eight major factions of magic, each of which can be used to kill enemy.

Not to mention that the standing army of most of the big names in Nibon is very small, even if the Nanfang family has all the soldiers and horses, those ashigaru will really have the courage to stand up to the harpies, manticores, hydra, and even Is it in front of the black dragon with two wings on its back?
To ordinary Ashigaru, there is not much difference between them and the local monsters in Nippon. They are both ferocious and terrifying in appearance, and they are powerful enemies that can easily kill them.

You must know that the dark elves are the plunderers of the entire world, regardless of race or country, wherever their black arks and pirate ships can reach, they are the targets of their plunder.

This may be the first time for the Nanfang family, but for the entire Nibon, this incident is just the beginning!

"Ning Ning, Duan Zang, have you had any similar robberies before this?" Kato Duanzang shook his head after hearing this: "Your Highness, as far as I know, no."

"The waves in that sea area were extremely rough, and most of the ships that tried to cross the sea to the east were eventually destroyed. Moreover, it was not long after we conquered that territory. In addition to competing for land, many local daimyo were wary of the Ezo people. I probably have no intention of taking revenge beyond the sea."

The Ezo people are a native race in the northeastern part of Nibon. Most of them have thick hair and dark skin. They are not the same race as the Nibon people.

Since hundreds of years ago, out of their thirst for land, the Nibon people have begun to invade their territory. Now, both the size of their army and the area of ​​​​the land have been greatly reduced, but those daimyo in the northeast We must still be alert to the Ezo people's counterattack.

But many famous people don't know it, but it doesn't mean that it really doesn't exist. Hokkaido, which is occupied by the Ezo people, is very large in terms of area and population.

but
"Tide?"

"Ning Ning knows this!"

The little kunoichi raised her hand like a primary school student who wanted to answer a question: "It is said that there are a large number of waves, whirlpools and raging winds outside the sea area of ​​​​Nibon, making it difficult for our ships to sail. It is said that these are the gods of Takamagahara. They specially sent down the 'divine wind' to protect us from the invasion of foreign enemies."

"Originally Ning Ning thought that the foreign enemy was the Cathay Empire, but now it seems that it is more than that."

She also went to Jie Town with Asai Nagamasa and saw a lot of things at Agote Chamber of Commerce, so after Asai Nagamasa mentioned the special name of dark elf, she quickly remembered the relevant information.

They are not really monsters, but aliens from another continent!

Kato Duanzang also nodded: "Yes, Your Highness, I have heard of this before, and this is also an important reason why Nippon only has water bandits, water bandits, and water troops, but no navy, because most of their ships are Unable to sail far away."

"I see, it's not just a matter of ships, but also the so-called 'kamikaze'?"

No wonder he had never heard of anyone who dared to plunder the coasts of the Cathay Empire. There were very few so-called "southern barbarians" in Jie Zhen. The Agote Chamber of Commerce could only purchase goods once every few months. There is such an important factor, why has no one told me before?

But soon Asai Nagamasa also figured it out, because he had only said before that he would develop a navy and launch maritime trade, but never revealed to anyone that he would go to sea for a long trip. Naturally, Aguo and others would not be idle with him. Say this.

But coupled with what Hashihime once said, the door to Takamagahara was closed, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but have some associations. It seemed that there were far-sighted people among the local gods of Nibon.

The divine wind not only hinders outsiders, but also seems to have greatly reduced the density of spiritual energy here, causing Nibon's local warriors, onmyojis, and even monsters to appear less powerful.

But more importantly, this mysterious and powerful spell seems to have kept Nibon local to a certain degree of purity: there is almost no corruption and filth from the four gods of chaos.

Compared with the evils of the Four Gods of Chaos, the local man-eating monsters in Nibon can be said to be kind in nature.

But is there really such a courageous god among the Nibon gods?
It's not that Asai Nagamasa looks down on them, it's actually that whether in the memory of his previous life or in the legends of this life, the gods of Nippon have never been the kind of people who can unite as one. The most important reason is that they lack one person who is powerful enough to crush them. The one who can truly stand up to other gods.

Even Amaterasu Omisami, one of the three noble sons, was once driven mad by Susanoo, and in the end he could only hide himself from other gods.

If they can unite to make such a decision, it means that they must have reached a real life and death moment.

But at that moment, with the quality they have always shown, how can they calmly arrange the formation that covers the entire Nibon?

Unless, this invading foreign enemy is not only powerful enough, but also has no killing intention from the beginning, so the Nibon gods can successfully complete the ritual and summon the so-called "divine wind".

Asai Nagamasa suddenly realized something, and his eyes couldn't help but turned to the west, the vast country across the sea.

The Empire of Cathay belongs to dragons, and there is more than one. It is said that the power of the Dragon Emperor is comparable to that of a god, and even everyone in the Agote Chamber of Commerce knows this.

If he has the power and the will, then the possibility is indeed very high.

Is Nibon's so-called "divine wind" a big move planned by the Dragon Emperor, or is it a grand experiment of unprecedented scale?

But those things are too far away from the current Asai Nagamasa. Although he also has Hashihime, a lower-level god from Takamagahara who has lost his memory, and the ghost god Minotaurou, but this kind of thing involves a truly powerful god. , it’s too early to say.

In any case, while protecting Nibon from foreign invasion, the divine wind also greatly hindered the exchanges between Nibon and other countries and races. Such a closed environment also caused Nibon to lag far behind the sea in all aspects. Opposite the Cathay Empire.

According to his memories from his previous life, the Cathay Empire began to play with gunpowder thousands of years ago, and by now they may have already selected technology trees for war weapons such as tanks, rocket launchers, and airships.

The Skaven in the old world, one of the smartest and most technological clans, have almost developed many versions of warpstones, such as guns, Gatlings, mortars, and even nuclear bombs. A highly efficient killing weapon of this type.

However, Nippon's muskets were introduced just a few decades ago, and the gap is really too big.

Now that the dark elves have begun to plunder coastal cities, whether the "divine wind"'s protection of Nibon has weakened or they have found a new safe route, it is not a good thing for Nibon.

However, since the trade of the Agote Chamber of Commerce can last for decades, it means that they have absolutely mastered the safe navigation route. Now, the reason why Nibon's ships have not sailed with the other party is that in addition to the route being kept extremely confidential by the other party, there is also a high possibility that It's because the quality of Nippon's ships is too poor. This is not completely unsolvable.
"Tell A Guo that the fleet should be dealt with more quickly. I also need to know more about the 'Kamikaze'. Is there any other information?"

"There is good news, Haizuka Xiaoliu has joined our family!"

Asai Nagamasa suddenly became energetic: "Oh, it is indeed good news. What is the specific situation?"

"According to him, the Saito family often kills people on the border recently, and in the end they all are framed by the Kawabei family. As a result, the Oda family becomes more and more hostile. He can no longer tolerate the persecution of the Oda family and the Saito family."

"He is currently packing his luggage and preparing for the right time to rush to Xiaodani City. After all, in addition to many water bandits, he also has hundreds of kappas that are difficult to deal with. But counting the days, it should be these few days. .”

Having said that, the corners of the little kunoichi's mouth couldn't help but raise slightly, because she remembered the other person's surprised and happy look when she told him that there was a clam girl in Lake Biwa and that she was very interested in him.

I don’t know how much role this news played in it?

"Haha, very good, but there is no need to rush. Let them wait for a few more days to see if we will have a chance to intervene during the civil war in Meinong. Ningning and Duan Zang will have to work hard in this regard. We need to keep in touch with them."

The Kiso River, Nagara River, and Ibi River are collectively called the Kiso Three Rivers, which is the area where the Kawamizu are active. They first flourished at the intersection of the Kiso River and Nagara River, so they were named Kawamizu.

If Saito Yoshiryu wants to attack Saito Dosan, he must cross the Nagara River. Although they only have a few hundred people and demons in total, they may be able to exert a considerable degree of power at critical moments.

The two ninjas nodded. This matter was quite important to the family, and they didn't want to mess it up.

Asai Nagamasa then straightened his face: "Near the messenger island, deploy iron artillery and [-] infantry, ready to march to Mino at any time. In addition, let Masuda Nagamori and others prepare sufficient food and grass. If possible, our family may open up a new battlefield!"

Although Saito Yoshiryu is still his cheap brother-in-law, if the father and son fight, he may not have no chance at all.

Although Dao San himself must have mastered powerful spells and even possessed a guardian spirit, as his son, Yoshiryu may have some countermeasures. In addition, Saito Yoshiryu can command more troops. This battle may It will not develop into a protracted war.

However, you still have to move quickly, because there are more than just your Asai family around Mino.

The civil strife of the Hida Kingdom can be ignored for the time being. Many minor daimyo are entangled in a group, and Shinano, who is intimidated by the Kai Takeda family, is unlikely to send troops. But whether it is the Oda family of Owari or the Imagawa Yoshi behind the Matsudaira family of Mikawa Province. Yuan, there is a high possibility that they will take action!
(End of this chapter)