Chapter 1-2-4

In the meantime, executives from the castle came to pick up the lord, so Sadakane explained the situation, and returned to Takita's castle with Mitsuhiro's corpse on his back.
Then, the chief retainer and everyone else were afraid of Sadakane's authority, and did not even blame Sadakane, but only praised him for quickly capturing the bandits. Convinced that he was in full power, Sadakane acted like a ruler.

The next day, while sending Mitsuhiro's body to the family temple, the sinner Bokuhei was beaten to death in prison. Sadakane orders his head to be cut off and makes it a decapitated head along with Mukuzo's head. Not only that, all those who criticize Sadakane on a daily basis are treated as Bokuhei's comrades and executed together.
Even so, Bokuhei and Mukuzo are coastal people, but their martial arts talent is superior to that of others, and their determination to avenge their nemesis Sadakane requires the determination to put their life on the line.
However, it is a pity that he did not win against Sadakane's cruel cunning, and unexpectedly helped the enemy's evil deeds, and many people were collaterally.

In this way, Sadakane's plan was completely successful, and later he gathered the executives of Jinyo and held a meeting.
Sadakane attended the ceremony dressed as if he were the lord of the country, and had strong warriors on his left and right sides.
and speak to everyone,
"The previous ruler unexpectedly passed away, and he has no children. Therefore, I am thinking of setting up an heir from the neighboring ruler. However, the Anzai clan in Tateyama and the Maro clan in Hiradate have only females and no males. What's wrong?" He looked over at everyone.
Then, without raising their heads, they all said in unison,
“Everyone knows that Mr. Yamashita has been in charge of national affairs for a long time, and that he has a hand in this incident.
and humbled himself.
In response to that answer, Sadakane smiled broadly,
"I don't know if I have the ability to do that, but if I don't follow your opinion now, I'll disappoint everyone and this castle won't last long. Let's assume that we will rule the country as such and hand it over to the rightful heir later."
After signing a contract with this, after holding a banquet and getting everyone in a good mood, they were blessed as a form.

After that, Sadakane made Tamazusa his lawful wife and entrusted him with the affairs. Mitsuhiro's other concubines were all his own, and he called them to his bedroom in turn. Sadakane, who took power as he pleased, decided to let the neighboring country know about it, and sent messengers to Tateyama and Hiradate.
"Unexpectedly, Sadakane was recommended by people and became the lord of Nagasa and Hiradate County. So I'm thinking of making friends with the Anzai and Maro clan. Should I go from here? Can you tell me if you like it?"
Maro and Anzai were amazed at his attitude, so they didn't reply immediately, but told the messenger, ``Let's reply right away,'' and asked him to leave.
Kagetsura Anzai, the lord of the Tateyama castle, was excellent in military strength and good at plotting, but he lacked decisiveness in an emergency.
On the other hand, Nobutoki Maro was a short-term and greedy person who was good at deceiving people only for profit.

For that reason, he decided to 'communicate with Anzai and kill Sadakane,' and when he arrived at Tateyama one day with only his close retainers, he met Kagetsura and began to formulate a strategy for Sadakane.
“If you and I team up to attack Takita, we will definitely win.
and tempts with a simple story. But Kagetsura shook his head left and right in response.
“The area around Kyoto and the Kanto region has suffered from wars in recent years, but this Awa has been at peace for many years, so he is not used to manipulating soldiers and war horses. Considering that he managed to rule without staining, his talent and brains must be high.In addition, if the people recommended him and recognized him as the lord of the country, he was blessed with talent and luck as a ruler. Let's wait a little longer and see.If something happens during the period when the Lord has not yet been lost, the people will lose their hearts.When the time comes, even if we do not attack them, they will naturally collapse. Don't panic."
When I stopped, Nobutoki said, "It's a roundabout way." Then Anzai's subordinate came in a hurry and reported to Kagetsura.
“A young samurai named Satomi Yoshizane is accompanied by two attendants. When I asked him how he came here, he said that he was a survivor of the Battle of Yuki. I have brought my retainers, Sugikura and Horiuchi.
Kagetsura thought for a while.