Kyogoku Takamasa's words obviously caused discomfort to many people present.
Even Hatayama Asanobu and others felt somewhat at a loss. After all, Kyogoku Takamasa promised to protect the Tagaya family before coming.
"Lord, is there something wrong with this move?" After all, Akao Kiyotsuna is a veteran who has followed Kyogoku Takamasa for many years. With the friendship the two have established since childhood, Akao Kiyotsuna has the confidence to say these words after Kyogoku Takamasa. Will not get angry.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
Kyogoku Takamasa silently glanced at the Taya family members who were glaring at him, and then said to Akao Kiyosuna, "Misaku Mamoru, come out!"
"Naizangsuke, keep an eye on them!"
"ha!"
Entering the courtyard, Kyogoku Takamasa stood with his hands behind his back.
"Misakumoru, do you think that the order I gave just now was really to kill the Tagaya family?" Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly showed a smile.
Akao Kiyosuna was stunned for a moment, and then asked in confusion, "If my lord doesn't want to kill anyone from the Tagaya family, why did he issue this order?"
"Before I answer your question, let me ask you a question first!"
"How long has Takashima County been free from the control of my family?"
Akao Kiyotsuna lowered his head and thought about it for a while, and then tentatively replied, "It has been nearly a hundred years since the death of Daizen Daifuden (Kyogoku Mochikiyo)!"
Kyogoku Mochikiyo is Kyogoku Kiyo's grandfather, and his reign was the most prominent era of the Kyogoku family. However, it prospered and then declined. After Kyogoku Mochikiyo's death, his eldest son Kyogoku Katsuhide (Kyogoku Kiyo's father) died earlier than Kyogoku Mochikiyo, and Omi suddenly fell into chaos. The Kyogoku family soon broke out in civil strife (Kyogoku Sao Rebellion) due to the issue of heirs. In the end, various forces in Omi took sides and started a decades-long battle around Kyogoku Katsuhide's two sons.
Although Kyogoku Mochikiyo is the eldest son of Kyogoku Katsuhide, he is a concubine, while the other "Sundojimaru" is a legitimate son and is extremely loved by Kyogoku Mochikiyo.
Therefore, after the death of Kyogoku Katsuhide, Kyogoku Mochikiyo established Sondōjimaru as the leader, and asked his son Kyogoku Masaiko and guardian Daitaga Takatada to serve as posthumous officials to assist Sondōjimaru in ruling Omi.
But Kyogoku Mochikiyo died before he could clean up Omi's mess.
Once Kyogoku Mochikiyo died, the Kyogoku family soon became chaotic again. Kyogoku Mochikiyo's other son, Kyogoku Masamitsu, was dissatisfied with Kyogoku Mochikiyo for not letting him serve as a posthumous official, so he joined his retainer Taga Kiyoshi to support Otoujimaru (Kyogoku HD) and started to cause trouble.
Since it was the time of the Yingren Rebellion, the Eastern and Western armies at that time soon also intervened.
Since the Kyogoku family had previously defected to the Eastern Army, the rebellious Kyogoku High School side naturally turned to the Western Army, and soon established a relationship with the Rokkaku family, who was also in civil strife in Minami Omi.
The Rokkaku family was also divided into two at this time. The leader of Rokkaku, Rokkaku Zhengyao, was in the Eastern Army, while the other side, Rokkaku Korai (Rokkaku Sadaraifu), was in the Western Army.
The contact between the Kyogoku family and the Rokkaku family suddenly caused thunder and fire, and the whole Omi instantly turned into a mess.
After decades of melee, the Kyogoku family's control over Omi can be said to be fragmented and completely collapsed. Decades later, after Kyogoku defeated Sun Doujimaru and became the governor of the family, although he nominally unified Kitanomi, the Kyogoku family actually lost control of Omi.
It has been nearly a hundred years since then.
"It has been decades since my family's flag disappeared from Takashima County. The people in Takashima County only know Tagaya, Shinjo, Kuchiki and others. Who has ever thought about me, Kyogoku?"
"I will retake my homeland this time, but it is easy to take over this territory, but it is not that simple to govern this territory!"
"Although we can barely control the situation with just a few hundred of us, this is a war, and the purpose of the war is to seize territory! But do you understand how to govern the territory after seizing it?"
Akao Kiyosuna shook his head.
"That's right, Mimasaku you don't know how to manage a territory, and they don't know how to govern a territory either! Although I have an idea in my mind, I don't know if I can put it into practice!"
"Then at this time, we need people from the Tianya family to help!" Akao Kiyosuna is not stupid, and he quickly interjected after hearing this.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded with satisfaction, then stepped forward and patted Akao Kiyosuna on the shoulder, "Yes, we need people from the Taya family!"
"However, not all of them are needed! There are many die-hard loyalists of the Tianwu family among these people. Even if such people are willing to submit to the family, it must be a temporary solution. They will definitely bite us back in the future when we are not paying attention! "
"Our foundation in Takashima County is still shallow, and the Asai family is to the east of us, so we cannot afford such trouble!"
"So, when I just ordered to kill everyone in the Tianwu family, it was actually a plan to throw stones at others!"
"Throwing stones to ask for directions?" Akao Kiyotsuna grew up with Kyogoku Takamasa. As a "study boy" since he was a child, he was naturally exposed to the military strategies hidden by the Kyogoku family, so he was not interested in the words of Kyogoku Takamasa to throw stones to ask for directions. strangeness.
"good!"
"If you are loyal to the Tianwu family, you will definitely react violently when you are about to die, and you will even yell at us. You would rather die than surrender!"
"No matter how powerful such a person is, no matter how helpful he is in governing this territory, he is still not what we need!"
"On the contrary, those who kneel down and beg for mercy after hearing my order, and those who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Although their actions as warriors are despicable, since such people cherish their lives, they will not dare to take risks with their own lives. At the same time, for their own family I don’t dare to disobey my orders and do some small tricks secretly!”
"Just like that Kasahara Kiyotsuna, his military skills are mediocre. In truth, I am afraid he is not the enemy of you and me. Such a waste is originally useless, but he can surrender to our family in an instant and help us seize Tianya Castle without any effort!"
"Only people like this can be used by us! And we dare to use them!"
Haijindian felt that his experience today was like riding a roller coaster. The ups and downs were so exciting.
I thought I was dead, and I was even ready to strangle Ushiwakamaru first and let my son die in my own hands! However, they didn't expect that the young warrior who looked like a devil one second would let them go the next.
Although more than half of the people still died.
But what does it matter? Those who died were all members of the Tianya family. As long as his Ushiwakamaru could save his life, that would be enough.
"Madam, you'd better eat first."
Kasahara Kiyotsuna was standing aside holding a wooden plate, neither kneeling nor standing aside. The food in the wooden plate had already become cold.
"Masaburo, I didn't expect you to betray your lord!" Kaijinden became angry when he saw Kasahara Kiyosuna. This man had deceived him, and he should not have saved him in the first place!
"Madam, in this era, isn't this kind of thing normal?"
"To be honest, the young samurai who just ordered the killing of ordinary members of the Tagaya family is none other than Kyogoku Sakyoujin, the young master of the Kyogoku family!"
"After all, even the Asai family are just retainers of the Kyogoku family, but didn't the madam's father, the Asai Bizen shrine, also turn his back on the Kyogoku family?"
"You! Strong words!"
"Wait a minute, you said that person is Saburo Yasha who was rumored to have defeated my father?" Kaijinden was suddenly stunned, and then he realized the point of Kasahara Kiyosuna's words.
"So, the Kyogoku family has begun to layout Takashima County. After taking away the family's territory, the Kyogoku family formed a pincer attack on Asai County! No, I have to tell my father about this, otherwise he will definitely suffer. !”
As soon as he finished speaking, Haijin Palace calmed down again. Now that he was a prisoner, how could he spread the news to Xiaodani City?
Suddenly, Kaizuden turned his attention to Kasahara Kiyozuna.
"Masaburo, can I ask you a favor?" The coldness on Haijindian's face disappeared without a trace, replaced by a charming smile. Two big watery eyes were looking at Kasahara Kiyotsuna lovingly at this moment, which made Kasahara Kiyotsuna, who had "only seen pigs running and never eaten pork", very excited!
"Mrs. Husband, if you have anything to say, just say it."
"This is just a very easy thing. It's not yet dawn, and there is a great chance of appearing. I want you to leave here quietly and go to Xiaogu City, and tell my father what happened here!"
"When I got married, my father gave me a thousand stones of Zhixing from Haijin Township as my dowry. This is the Zhixing document. How about it as your reward for this trip?"
After saying that, a look of confidence flashed in Kaijinden's eyes. She did not think that Kasahara Kiyozuna could resist the temptation of Sengoku Tomoyuki.
Unfortunately, she miscalculated.
Kasahara Kiyotsuna put the wooden plate in his hand on the table and said decisively, "I beg your pardon for rejecting this matter!"
"Now I am a samurai of the Kyogoku family. I have betrayed my old master before. If I abandon my new master now, how can I be suspicious of an animal?"
"I, Kasahara Kiyotsuna, am not such a person!" After saying that, Kasahara Kiyotsuna left with a proud look on his head.
Haijindian was left sitting there with a confused look on his face!
