"Honshino Castle has been captured by Saga Suzuki! There were more than 40 soldiers in the city, and there were countless escapees, and there were hundreds of them! ”

"Do you have to say it? All right...... The first to rush into Tianwu City was my Xiangxi Changxin's troops, and they probably killed about thirty people, and as for defeating the fleeing enemy army, it wouldn't be much less than the one just now. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"It's my turn, in Shimoterada Yasudai, I captured Ueda Castle, killed the enemy at level 57, and forced a landing of twenty-two people! I don't know how many of them are scattered.,Noguchi-sama.,Horio-sama.,Konishi-sama.,I have a head to verify.,You two must remember it clearly.。 ”

"Can this be? Then we, the people of Mikawa, went to Katsume Castle, killed fifty soldiers, and the remaining five hundred defenders abandoned the city and fled. That's a big deal, isn't it? ”

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The speeches were mixed, and the expressions of the people were either self-contained, indifferent, exaggerated, or disdainful.

"Okay, please rest assured, the old man will definitely state your heroic appearance back as it is." Noguchi Masatoshi felt the pressure and replied cautiously while wiping his sweat, while also signaling his young colleagues around him to hurry up and put pen to paper.

This person is the uncle of the flat hand Shohide.,The younger brother of the flat hand Masahide.,Inherited to another family since childhood.,In recent years, he has been transferred to the command of the Bun Show.,To be a boarding horse.。 This old man also looks like an upright and simple samurai, but in fact, apart from this nepotism, he doesn't have much ability worth mentioning. Even counting the statistics of combat exploits on the front line was not an easy task for him.

Horio Yoshiharu and Konishi Yukinaga, both of them, can roughly see the truth and intruth in the mouths of the generals, but their foundation is too shallow, they can't speak at all, and they are powerless, so they can only silently bow their heads and wave their pens, and write down what they have seen that are worth complaining about in the notes and provide them to the lord's reference.

That is, as the saying goes, "make a small report".

The most important qualifications in the army, the juniors who are newly recruited, how can they stay up for a while, and they can make a small report when they first appear, which is already a very high starting point.

The first batch of troops sent by Hirate Honhide to Nishisanuki to attack the enemy's weak links consisted of a mixture of Miyoshi generals, Izumi people, Mikawa people, and Saga mercenaries, and was nominally under the unified command of Iwanari Tomotsu. This person's ability is qualified, but he may not be able to convince the public, so he sent another three people, Noguchi Masori, Horio Yoshiharu, and Konishi Yukinaga, to serve as military supervisors to ensure that the order was carried out.

The war went very well. The Miyoshi family seemed to have completely failed to expect the other party to land from this direction, and there was almost no defense. In total, only more than 1,000 old and weak soldiers were left to guard their homes, and they were also distributed in more than a dozen small cities, unguarded.

As soon as the army of the equal hand came ashore, they divided their troops into several routes, rushed to various important places, and attacked several cities with less than 100 defenders with lightning speed.

Only Tianwu and Takamatsu, the two slightly larger cities, still maintained basic patrols, discovered the military situation at the first time, sent a request for help to Shengrui City, and organized a certain defense.

However, it happened suddenly, there was no time to prepare, in a hurry, these city soldiers who lacked elite soldiers as the core, and the equipment was very dilapidated, after all, it couldn't cause much trouble, Iwanari Yutong personally took his old subordinates, pressed the formation with iron cannons, and won it in a few rounds of attacks.

According to the pre-order, they were to turn to the defensive, and make a gesture of plundering and destruction in the same place, forcing Shinohara Nagabo to attack, and then act on camera, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up forces of Hirate Hado.

It's just that the preparation for this defense has not yet been made, but they are scrambling to report the merits first.

Obviously, those statements that have won the head of the enemy are less than 10 people, or even 20 or 30 people, are in line with reality, and more likely to be good and meritorious, and as for "hundreds of enemies fleeing" is pure nonsense. It's just that he didn't see that Hiteto Honhide himself was not in person, and the titular commander Iwasari Yudo was not very prestigious.

However, the fact that everyone can be so leisurely shows that everyone did not feel too much pressure during this roundabout landing operation, which can be regarded as a good phenomenon.

This is because several leaders at the top are already aware of the existence of internal forces in the enemy army and are confident of victory. And their emotions can infect middle-level officers, and then pass to the bottom step by step.

Therefore, Iwanari Youtong did not bother at all, and only waited for everyone to boast before he calmly concluded: "To sum up, today our army has captured a total of five cities, killed 400 enemy soldiers, and repelled 1,000 enemy soldiers. ”

There is still a lot of moisture in his words, except for two, which may be the real number, but there is no unbridled boasting, and a relatively compromise number is taken.

Then, without waiting for the rest of the people to respond, he stroked his beard again, and added: "In addition, when we attacked the city below, we obtained some of the enemy's pleadings, seals, etc., and we have to continue to prepare for the battle later, so it is really inconvenient to deal with it, so I ask Noguchi, Horio, and Konishi to keep it on my behalf, and then transfer it to the warden (Heite Tsuhide) in the future." ”

This sentence without a head and tail made people who reacted a little slower stunned for a moment.

What I captured just now was just the residence of some wealthy clans, and the main forces of those wealthy clans went to Shengrui City to respond to the mobilization order of Shinohara Nagabo, how could there be something important left?

What kind of Nara, Ueda, Habedo, etc., at best, are just the people of the country who can mobilize hundreds or thousands of troops, and their pleadings and seals are necessary to take care of them and "keep them on their behalf, and then transfer them to the overseer in the future"?

Noguchi Masatoshi's mind hadn't turned a corner, but smart people such as Horio Yoshiharu and Konishi Yukinaga had already understood the meaning, looked at each other, and smiled wryly at the same time.

Iwanari Youtong still looked serious and calm, waved his hand, and ordered his soldiers to take out the two small boxes on the seal.

Only by doing this step will everyone understand. The so-called "pleadings and seals" are just a reason, and taking the opportunity to give gifts is the real thing. Only some of the things in the box will be necessary to be handed over to the flat (and it is not very necessary), and the rest will be left to the military supervisors to intercept and drift.

All in all, Iwanari Youtong's remarks first drew a category, warning the generals that falsely reporting their military exploits should not go too far into the scope, and then set an example and told this group of "countrymen" how to deal with the military supervisors.

At the same time, he did not forget to remind: "Soldiers, didn't they all defeat a large number of enemy troops? Is there nothing seized to be handed over? Don't forget to send it back when you get back. ”

"Ahhh......h ...... true"

"Mm-hmm, I'm the same here......"

Obviously, the desire for progress is particularly strong, and those who wish to exaggerate their achievements appropriately will immediately "see the wisdom of the people" and imitate such behavior, and those who do not care can ignore it.

The three military prisoners who were openly "bribed" were a little embarrassed, and they didn't know whether to accept it or not, so they finally accepted it temporarily, and did not refuse it in person, but they made up their minds in their hearts that if the amount was too outrageous, they must not accept it.

Iwanari Youtong could see the other party's thoughts, but he was still very calm.

Of course, an experienced person like him will not directly give hot gold and silver coins, but according to each person's situation, he will arrange the kind of gift that seems to be of little value, but satisfies the person concerned.

For example, amulets, poetry collections, short knives, etc., even if they are shaken out, it is difficult to connect with bribery. This is something that not everyone can learn.

After such a decent move, whether it was the Mikawa people, the Izumi people, and even the Saga mercenaries, they all felt that Iwasari Yutong looked a lot more pleasing to the eye, and it seemed that it was okay to accept him as a commander. (The general of Miyoshi has obviously always used him as his banner)

This sense of identity is not obtained through performance on the battlefield, but through behavior in officialdom.

Then Iwanari Yutsu announced, "I received a report a quarter of an hour ago, Shinohara Nagabo has left Katsurui Castle, and it is only about four or five hours away from our army. ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers immediately changed their serious faces and were freed from the farce of fighting for merit.