Saito Michizo stayed in the Kiso Valley for two days, and after receiving a sum of money and food, he withdrew his troops and returned to Mino, and after the autumn harvest, he would come to support with 3,000 troops.

And when Takeda Harunobu left the Kiso Valley, he took Kiso Yoshiyasu away, and at the same time arranged the military fortress of the Kiso Valley with his own people, and the Kiso family suddenly had no capital to resist.

Harunobu Takeda, who got the Kiso Valley, also took a large number of Kiso horses with him to enrich his army.

The fall of Kisoya reached Yoshicho two days later, and he did not expect that Takeda Harunobu and Saito Michizo would join forces to kill the Kiso family.

Although the enemy has changed from four to three, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps, such as a Mino Viper, a Kai Tiger, and a Tokaido Daiichi Yutori.

Although Yoshicho was a little worried about the three ruthless people, with the support of Uesugi Keitor, he was less worried, and he still had a big tube.

This large barrel does not have the scale of artillery, and the previous large barrel made by Miki is similar to the tiger squat cannon, and now it has moved closer to the light field artillery, weighing more than 100 catties, and can fire about 150 steps.

In addition, Yichang also asked the big barrel Miki to build a copper cannon, the price was very high, and Yichang only built three, weighing only more than 200 catties.

Now he has 300 iron cannons, six large iron cannons, ten large barrels, and three bronze cannons, and on this basis, he at least has an advantage in weapons.

These weapons were all made in the military factory established by Yoshicho himself, and there were more than 500 craftsmen in it, most of whom were apprentices, and only a few dozen were skilled craftsmen.

The largest number of iron cannons produced by the military factory were iron cannons, with a monthly output of 100 iron cannons, but most of them were given to Tennoji House for sale.

At the same time, because Yoshicho held the position of guardian, he specially instructed Tennoji House to secretly meet with the general's retainer Mibuchi Fujiei and fund the general's fifty iron cannons.

Mibuchi Fuji Eitong is known as Yashiro. The official position is Danmasa Saemon Lieutenant, Yamato Mamoru , alias is Hideya, the first name is Fujiyuki, and later changed his name to Fujiei.

The word "rattan" in the name is a partiality given by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshito (later Yoshiteru).

In addition, Hosokawa Fujitaka is his half-brother.

Mibuchi Fujiei once refuted in front of Matsunaga Shu that the iron cannon was flashy and could not be used in battle, but behind the scenes, he was trying to collect iron cannons.

That's why he asked Tennojiya to secretly support the general's fifty iron cannons, but Sakai Port is under the control of the Miyoshi family, so the people who came forward are still under the banner of the Ogasawara family.

Even if the Miyoshi family found out about this, they wouldn't be the spearhead at Tennoji House.

Yoshicho befriended the shogunate in the hope that he would have the righteous reputation of conquering the unsubordinate like Uesugi Keiho, so that even if he attacked other countries, as long as the division was famous, then Uesugi Keihoo would not be able to send troops to fight him.

For example, Hida, the guardian Kyogoku family was destroyed, and the Koji family of Kokuji sister was attacked by the Miki family, how can this work? There is no order from the shogunate at all, and the Miki family is a rebellious minister and thief, and he Ogasawara Yoshinaga should preside over the righteousness, so that he can send troops to Hida.

Or Minon, Saito Road three times down, forcing the guardian Toki family to flee from Mino, how can it work? I, the chief of righteousness, should preside over the righteousness and send troops to capture Mino.

There is also presiding over justice for the Owari Spo family, etc., which is enough to see how important this official name is.

Of course, after the death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the prestige of the shogunate was not worth much, but now it is worth enough.

Of course, it is not only him who pays attention to iron cannons, Takeda Harunobu, and Uesugi Keitora They all attach great importance to iron cannons, and the Uesugi family has 300 iron cannons.

These cannons were sold to the Uesugi family by Tennojiya, but they were actually made by the Ogasawara family.

Although there were 300 of them, Jinghu still asked Tiannojiya to continue collecting iron cannons, and he Jinghu was willing to continue to buy them.

As for the Takeda family, it was mainly the chief of the Tsuda Warden who came to the people to buy iron cannons, and now there are 500 iron cannons, including 100 large iron cannons.

The big iron cannon here is the big barrel produced by the Japanese themselves, the caliber is twice as large as the ordinary iron cannon, and the lead bullet is customized by the Southern Barbarians.

The Nanban people were amused by the Japanese demands, but they didn't point it out, they just needed to make money.

The big iron cannon had just been delivered in July, and the chief of the Tsuda prison had personally escorted it.

Harunobu Takeda and Kansuke Yamamoto personally received the chief of the Tsuda superintendent.

Tsuda said after a pause: "I am really scared in the world, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness Takeda Kai Shou to come to meet him in person." ”

Takeda Harunobu smiled: "Tsuda Kanmono said that I also want to see the power of the big iron cannon, and you also know that my opponent Ogasawara Yoshicho is a master of iron artillery." ”

"Oh?" Tsuda was surprised and said with a smile: "So, then we have to show it well." ”

As he spoke, he asked the monk to roll out the cannon.

This is the largest large iron cannon he made, weighing 30 catties and with a caliber of 5 centimeters, which was transported by car, just like a small gun car.

Tsuda said with a smug expression: "This is built after three months of painstaking efforts, and it is extremely powerful, and it will be demonstrated to Takeda Kai Mamoru in the next." ”

Yamamoto Kansuke was wounded by an iron cannon at the end of the day, and almost lost his life, seeing such a large iron cannon, his dark face was already pale, as for Takeda Harunobu and the retainers behind him, their faces changed, especially Tada Mitsuyori, who had felt the power of the Ogasawara family's big barrel at close range, was the most excited.

The appearance of the big iron cannon made by Tsuda was still the same as that of an iron cannon, so he operated according to the process of loading the iron cannon, and when everything was complete, he turned his head and said, "Everyone, come and witness the power of this ghost!" ”

As he spoke, he held the handle of the big iron cannon, the tires of the gun truck were blocked, and there were still a few people behind Tsuda to support him.

Tsuda shouted: "Shoot!" With that, he opened fire.

Then there was a loud bang, and a projectile flew out quickly, directly smashing the bamboo bundle in the distance, and then breaking the iron-armored scarecrow ten paces behind the bamboo bundle.

Tsuda nodded with satisfaction: "Takeda Kai Mamoru, what do you think?" ”

Takeda Harunobu clapped his hands and said, "It's really amazing, is there anything else in this world that can resist it?" I'm afraid not. ”

Tsuda said with a smile, "The only one who can fight this thing is itself." ”

Takeda Harunobu nodded and said, "There is only one such big iron cannon, which is really too few, and I can pay for more big iron cannons." ”

Tsuda said with a frown: "Such a big iron cannon is difficult to build, it takes a long time, and by September, I can send one in the next one." ”

Takeda Harunobu said with a little pity: "That's a pity, but you can still send a good one, it's also a very good thing, Tsuda Prison will send it as soon as possible." ”

Tsuda was very happy and immediately agreed. He received the final payment and a deposit for a large iron cannon, and then asked his men to return with the money, and he planned to visit Ogasawara Yoshinaga.

Takeda Harunobu sent Tsuda to the border of Suwa Prefecture.

Kansuke Yamamoto asked, "Why did the lord send Tsuda to Ogasawara Yoshinaga?" ”

Harunobu Takeda smiled and didn't speak.

Komai Takahakusai smiled, "It's a great thing for the family that Tsuda Kanmono knows more about how iron cannons are made.

Because the iron cannon there in Tsuda Kanmono can be bought by the family, but the iron cannon of the Ogasawara family cannot be bought by the family even if they have money. ”

Kansuke Yamamoto suddenly realized, looked at the departing Tsuda Calculation in the distance, and secretly sighed at Harunobu's intelligence.

Tsuda didn't know what Takeda Harunobu was thinking, and he went to Ueda Castle, the new residence of the Ogasawara family, with joy.

Today, Ueda Castle has been built Honmaru, Ninomaru and Sannomaru, leaving only the castle town unbuilt, and because there will be a big war in more than a month, Yoshinaga does not want the newly built castle town to be burned down, so he has to suspend construction.

When Tsuda arrived outside Ueda Castle, he immediately reported his name, and although Yoshicho didn't know what the people from the roots were doing when they came to see him, he didn't want to be offended, so he immediately asked people to come in.

When Tsuda saw Yoshinaga, he sighed in his heart at Yoshinaga's youth, and he paused and said, "In the next one, it is Tsuda Aricho who has come to the people, and I have seen Ogasawara Shinanomori. ”

Yoshicho nodded and said, "I have no contact with the Roots, so I don't know what happened to Tsuda Prison looking for me?" As far as I know, Tsuda has always been the Takeda family's iron cannon supplier. ”

Tsuda said with a smile: "I'm just a businessman, and I don't participate in the grievances between His Royal Highness Shinano Mamoru and Takeda Kai Mamoru.

When I came down to Shinano, I heard that His Royal Highness Ogasawara was a master of iron artillery, and I was very interested in it, so I wanted to come and see it. ”

Yoshicho didn't believe this nonsense, and in a few years, the people of Genlai became well-known mercenaries, and in the future, Oda Nobunaga, who entered Gyeonggi, was even more embarrassed.

He didn't plan to show his important weapon just to slap his face, this is a military secret, and it is impossible to disclose it.

Yoshicho said, "Then please ask Tsuda to take a look at the family's iron artillery team." ”

Yoshicho took Tsuda to see his iron artillery team, but simply let Tsuda take a look at the usual line of shooting of the iron artillery team, and then hurriedly ended.

However, after reading it, Tsuda was silent for a long time, he admired Yoshicho very much, and this line of shooting solved the problem of slow loading of iron cannons.

Previously, he instructed the Miyoshi family's iron cannon shooting, that is, all the iron artillery ashigaru lined up, and withdrew after one round.

He said to Yoshicho with great respect: "His Royal Highness Ogasawara is worthy of being a master of iron cannons, and his use of iron cannons is really better than that of Zaiha!" It's really rewarding today. ”

Yoshicho frowned, but his mind was full of confusion, did he see any big secret just now? He wanted to go back now and see what big secrets he had revealed.

He asked, "What can I teach you as an iron-making cannon master like you Tsuda Supervisor?" ”

Chief Tsuda talked about the shooting in line, and also said a little about his own feelings.

Only then did the chief react, don't look at the queue to shoot is common sense now, but for the ancients, it was not so simple.

Even the bow-footed light archery is all the same arrow, the so-called three arrows in battle, that is, the archers who come out of the battle shoot three rounds together, rather than one group of people finishing the shot and the other group continues.

Therefore, in their military common sense, the iron cannon Ashigaru also retreats after firing one round together.

Yoshicho had no choice but to say to Tsuda's praise: "I heard this from a monk who walked on the other side of the sea, and in the Ming Kingdom on the other side of the sea, their generals used it like this. (Mu Ying's three-stage strike)

Tsuda nodded and said, "I see." ”

Yoshicho nodded, and then invited Tsuda to join the party, and chatted about the iron cannon, Tsuda was drunk, and he was happy for a while, so he said: "It's not to brag about it, it's a big iron cannon to be built in the bottom, only in the world can it be built, hahaha." ”

Hearing this, Yoshichang asked, "What is the Great Iron Cannon, I have never heard of it, and how powerful is it?" ”

Tsuda said with a smile: "The power is extremely strong, I'm afraid that the ordinary wooden castle can be destroyed in one fell swoop." ”

Yoshinaga chuckled in his heart, could it be that Tsuda is a master who can make artillery? He quickly shook his head and said, "I don't believe it." ”

Tsuda Commander immediately said: "This matter is true, the big iron cannon made under can break the bamboo bundle, and it can also break the iron armor after ten steps of the bamboo bundle." How is it? ”

Yoshicho breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this power was the same as the power of the big iron cannon made by imitating the tiger squat cannon. That is, it can hit a hundred steps.

However, he pretended to frown and said, "It's really terrible, did Tsuda Prison sell him to the Takeda family?" ”

This question immediately made Tsuda Shucho wake up, but he immediately pretended to be drunk and fell directly on the tatami mat.

Yoshicho had no choice but to wave his hand and let people send him down.

Yoshicho was a little annoyed, and he had planned to suppress the Takeda family with his advanced weapons, but he didn't expect the Takeda family to catch up so quickly.

Fortunately, the big iron cannon built by Tsuda is weaker than the copper cannon in terms of power and range.

Tsuda did not stay at Ueda Castle for long, and left in a hurry the next day, returning to the territory of the Takeda family, and then met with Takeda Harunobu, and soon returned to Kii by boat.

However, before leaving, he still wrote a letter to Harumobu Takeda, telling him about his drunken gaffe.

Although Takeda Harunobu was angry with Tsuda's behavior, he couldn't hold it accountable now.

Although it was a bit of a fuss, it didn't have much impact on the overall situation.

Next, they had a lot of things to do, and soon it was the autumn harvest season, and Yoshinaga sent all his horse teams out, especially the ninjas around him also sent most of them to guard.

He was afraid that Harunobu Takeda would send cavalry to sabotage his autumn harvest operation.

However, Takeda Harunobu has not planned to do such a move this year since he suffered a loss last time.

After the autumn harvest, Yoshinaga distributed some of the collected grain, and transported some of it to Ueda Castle, and most of it was concentrated in Toishi Castle, and he would follow Yoshinaga's army to Tanohara Castle and Kariyahara Castle in Chikuma County.

Yoshinaga gathered his retainers, totaling about 8,000 soldiers and horses, and he left a reserve for Ueda Castle and led 7,500 men into Chikuma County.