The relatives of Changzong and my department, who haven't slept peacefully for two months, still have a handsome face and fair skin, and are worthy of the title of "Ji Ruozi". But bloodshot eye sockets and long-untreated stubble spoil the mood.

At this moment, the Tosa Shogun, who was thin on the outside but extremely the inside, was intently reading the reply letter given by Hiratade, and did not dare to miss a single stroke - although the text on the entire paper was not long, only more than 200 words.

After a long time, Yuan Qin let out a long sigh and said to the retainers close to the left and right: "The Pingshou Punishment Department ordered me to appear behind the Miyoshi Army with great fanfare and launch an attack at the beginning of tomorrow. ”

"What? That's not going to work! Jiuwu's cronies, who served as the deputy general, had not yet arrived, and when he heard this, his face immediately changed greatly, and he shook his head again and again, "There is no way to communicate on the battlefield, in case Changzong's army enters the encirclement, but the friendly army is delayed for some reason and does not attack at the same time, then we will be sent to death!" ”

"Jiuwu Hall is very right!" A few years older, Kuwana Shigetari expressed his support for this view, "We have been besieged in Gangfeng Castle for a month, and the army of the Pingshou Punishment Department has been delayed. Now, as soon as you arrive in Shikoku, you make such ridiculous demands on us, do you think we are lackeys? ”

"That's it! Our Changzong and my family are not his lackeys! When Jiuwu's cronies received a response, they became more and more agitated and filled with righteous indignation.

Ji Ruozi herself pinched the letter very embarrassed, didn't know what to say, and quietly sent a look a little farther to the left.

In that direction, the old minister Yoshida Zhen, who had passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, but was still very strong, comprehended his mind, touched his beard, and slowly spoke: "You two don't have to say it so ugly! Young people are too angry and easy to hurt their livers. At the age of the old man, he can see through it, in this troubled world, everyone just takes what they need. Think about it, how many martial arts did the old lord of the previous generation fight for half his life? But he has no name, and when he sees a family, he lacks confidence. It wasn't until he got the position of 'Tosa Guardian' that he finally turned over. I think that the flat hand punishment department has a lot of face in the center, and he said a word in front of the princess, and the top people said a hundred words. He was able to give us this service two years ago, and it may not be impossible to take it back in the future...... With that alone, we'll have to wait for it. ”

Older people are easy to talk about, but this chatter is quite convincing.

The Yoshida clan has been working for the Chosamune family since 50 years ago, and has been a general, with outstanding achievements and in-laws. Such an old man, although he has taken a back seat and left his core position, is still worthy of everyone's respect, even if he is disrespectful in his heart, he dare not show it.

The two young men could only bow their heads.

However, Jiuwu's cronies also muttered in an extra whisper: "Do you have to be controlled by him all the time?" ”

Yoshida Sadashigeto is old and his ears are still flexible, and he didn't get angry when he heard this, he only smiled slightly, and said, "Look at our Otomo in the west, Maori in the north, and Miyoshi ten years ago." If it reaches this level, you don't care if you don't care about what you don't guard, but the court and the shogunate will take the initiative to send you officials to do it and ask for support. If the Changzong family wants to grow to that point, it depends on your generation. ”

Having said this, Jiuwu and Sang Ming said yes together, and then glanced at each other, both of them felt that the responsibility was heavy, the fighting spirit was high, and the negative emotions had disappeared.

"Actually, it's nothing to be a lackey. According to the amount of the Tie Punishment Department, maybe it will be the greatest honor to be his dog in ten years, and you won't accept it if you want to be someone else. The elder sect first made a self-deprecating joke, and then said solemnly: "Besides, even if it is a lackey, there is a difference between a hunter and a guard dog. Built-in! You are well versed in military formation, and tell me, if you are the commander, how should my team of 1,500 men be used? ”

Inside, it is the official name of Kusatake's cronies in Tosa. In the past, when he played against strong enemies such as Aki and Motoyama, he assisted the general in arranging troops, and made a lot of contributions, and was very famous in Tosa.

He was a little flustered when he was called, and after thinking for a moment before he came back to his senses and replied, "If I were the boss...... This force of 1,500 people cannot be contacted by the army in time, and it is not easy to succeed in using it for a flanking attack, so it is better to let it not be triggered as a deterrent, or to harass the enemy's baggage and supplies! ”

"This is purely from the military front." Changzong and my head shook his head with a smile, and commented: "Think about it, if I don't fight, the tie will be against Shinohara Nagafang, what will be the victory?" ”

"Hmm...... The number of flat troops is larger, there are more brave generals, the weapons are more sophisticated, and the prestige of the main general is far exceeded. Histake's cronies calculated.

"That's right." The head of the Changzong Department nodded, "I can conclude that even if I say that the enemy is strong today and refuses to take the initiative to attack, the Tie Punishment Department will never retaliate for this." He was an outsider and always needed the support of the locals when he arrived in Shikoku. But...... If the Hirate Punishment Division defeated the army of Shinohara-Nagabo alone, and I didn't make an inch, how could I claim the territory of Shikoku? Even the small towns in eastern Tosa that are occupied by the Akiyu party may not belong to me. On the other hand, as long as I make the most important contribution in defeating the Miyoshi joint battle, I will have to give me at least half of Awa or half Iyo to divide the four kingdoms in the future, so that I can convince the people! ”

At this point, everyone understood the determination of the lord.

And Sang Mingzhongding, who served as the elder of the family, also heard some other meanings: "Listen to the meaning of the lord's words...... Could it be that the Pingshou Criminal Department deliberately made this unrealistic request, was it intended to test our Changzong and our family? ”

Although the people of Honshu Island tend to be proud that there are no talents in Shikoku - especially the barren and cramped Tosa, the Chosō Ibu family is a dynamic and new organization, and Kuwana Shigetari, who became the elder of the family at the age of thirty-five, is certainly based on his origin, but his own intelligence is also quite good. As soon as you get rid of the impact of negative emotions, you immediately follow the train of thought of the Yuan Qin.

The culture of this place in Tosa is really rough and straightforward, and it is no wonder that young people are so angry, and it is rare to find a thoughtful and forbearant character like Himeruko.

Regarding the question of the redetermination of the name of the mulberry, the head of the sect did not answer directly, but took a long breath, looked up at the night sky, and sighed: "In the past two years, I have fully collected information about, and I know how terrible Oda Dan was before he was assassinated. Shibata and Takigawa are both tiger ministers, Murai is the talent of Wang Sa, Niwa can firmly defend Ikuno Silver Mountain with two or three thousand soldiers and an ethereal name, and the tie may be more powerful than these people...... If there is no such person as a tie in the criminal department, I can first pacify Tosa, recuperate, accumulate sharp energy, and occupy Shikoku to observe the situation in the world while the three good internal strife and Otomo Mori are involved in each other...... Now there is no need to think about this, the momentum of the tie to conquer the four countries is difficult to stop. We must fight this battle well in order to become minced bloodhounds, otherwise we risk becoming watchdogs. ”

The words were a bit long, and there were several detours, but Sang Ming Chongding still understood and responded positively: "The lord has really planned far-sightedly!" But there is no need to be so depressed, Oda Danzheng is still like a rainbow is still inevitably taken advantage of by Xiaoxiao, who knows that the Heiju family will definitely prosper in the future? You might as well take advantage of their east wind, if it changes again in the future, my family may not have the opportunity to swing the master to Luo. ”

"Exactly." Changzong nodded cordially and solemnly.

Friendly and serious expressions will only appear on the faces of a few people, so as not to appear disobedient. It's a rare gift.

Although he has been benevolent to the people, and has never lost the rewards of the soldiers, he has always felt a sense of distance from all living beings, which is more fearful than loved. The flat family also did not have enough of a respected housewife or an elder to make up for it.

Pull out the retainers from the micro end of the army, give a hundred stones to know the line, enter it into the martial arts door wall, uphold the justice of rewards and punishments, and treat the orphans of the war dead kindly, doing these things is enough to make most of the Lang party obey the military order and are not afraid of sacrifice. However, Changzong's Yuan Qin is unique, he can not only make his subordinates die on the battlefield with his personal charm when political resources and material conditions are quite scarce, but also chat with his subordinates like family.

Therefore, the relatives of Changzong and my department often talk frankly with their henchmen to shorten the distance between each other, and it is difficult to maintain "mystery" if they maintain "cordiality". No one dares not to carry out the orders of the Tieshou Punishment Department, whether they understand it or not, and Ji Ruozi's instructions must be explained in order to be fully supported.

The four or five people at the moment are all core cronies and retainers of the Changzong and our family. They used to vaguely feel the ambition of their young lord, but now they heard it with their own ears, and they were even more excited, and they all said that they wanted to create a great cause together, even if they temporarily succumbed to others, their ambitions would not be diminished a little.

Only the youngest and most unsophisticated Jiuwu cronies shook their heads and questioned: "What if the fortune of the flat family is high, and the martial arts have been prosperous?" So what do we do? ”

His words made the atmosphere of the scene suddenly embarrassing.

The head of the Changzong and my department smiled bitterly, knowing that this person was just too upright to understand the way of the temple, and he couldn't bear to reprimand, but said to him seriously word by word: "The Pingshou Punishment Department is a descendant of the Xintian branch of the Qinghe Gen clan, and it is in the same vein as the current Gongfang...... True or not, it's so self-proclaimed anyway. If he could really take over the world like the Ashikaga family...... I don't dare to compare myself to Hosokawa and Hatakeyama, but if I can achieve the achievements of Akamatsu and Isshiki, isn't it also a matter of honoring my ancestors? ”

Yoshida Sadashige, who was in his fifties, had been watching quietly, and at this moment he smiled and said: "The lord is Akamatsu, won't we become Urakami and Bessho?" The lord is one color, we are Ogasawara and Yanei ......"

"Hahaha, Yoshidaden said it so well!" The unknown Kutake cronies clapped their palms and laughed.

The name of Sang was redetermined, but I felt that it was inappropriate, although the few examples just given were all successful and famous, and they left traces in history, but in the end, they were all antagonistic to the monarch and the minister, and there was civil strife!

But seeing that several people around him, including the Lord Monarch, didn't seem to realize this, he didn't bother to remind him, so as not to cause people unpleasant in vain.