The "Tsukimi Festival" is just a small break in the busy life of the people of the Heite family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After the various institutional policies were arranged, the retainers re-entered the complicated work.

This time, even the soldiers were not idle. The 1,500 standing soldiers of the banner were to rest every five days, and the remaining four days were to assemble at Kishiwada Castle for garrison and training.

Similar policies have spread throughout the world in recent years, and in addition to Oda, the most famous is the Hojo family. However, it was rare to see such a strict tie as the Hisho Tsusu, and other lords would require their soldiers to spend at most two-thirds of the time in the city each year, and the more common figure was half.

The figure of four-fifths is a little harsh for the ashigaru. However, the newly wealthy Tieshou Bunshu offered a high amount of financial compensation: the soldiers who participated in the training in the city every day and completed the training received a stipend of 20 Wen, and when they went out with the army and left the country of Izumi, it was raised to 40 Wen. Taken together, this is equivalent to an additional 6 to 15 taels per year.

Stimulated by this money, the policy has not received any complaints.

The task of training was temporarily handed over to Yumitsu Numata, who led the officers and men to familiarize themselves with various flag commands and formations of the era. This task should not be difficult.

Tieshou always felt that there was still a lot of room for improvement in tactics, and he would also think about things like "Mandarin Duck Formation", "Partial Van" or "Spanish Policy". However, before he could put these ideas into practice, he had a plan to use troops and had to forget about it.

This time it was not an order from the Oda family, but a request for help from the shogunate. It is said that some shoguns led by Ise Sadako and Hosokawa Fujitaka carried out centralized power in Yamashiro Province, which caused conflicts with the local wealthy clans, causing several independent national forces in the Nishioka region to be dissatisfied and secretly confront.

Although it is only a national power, Nishioka is located in an important transportation area, the economy is very developed, taking advantage of the troubled times, the wealthy families here have accumulated a lot of strength over the years.

If there is an open crusade, these people will definitely raise troops to cage the castle, and with the meager direct forces of the shogunate, it is likely that they will not be able to take the castle in a short time, and then things will become a joke. Therefore, in the name of "cleaning up the poison of Miyoshi", Ise Sadako, Hosokawa Fujitaka and others actively contacted the surrounding areas to ensure that many reinforcements could come, so they cautiously issued a crusade order.

Since Oda Kamiroro gained a foothold in Yoshiaki, the princes have basically nominally returned to the shogunate, and if they are willing to ask for help, they will still be able to gather a lot of troops.

In addition to those forces that have their own wars and have no time to separate, Kita-Hanoi Guardian Miyoshi Yoshitsugu sent 1,700 people, Minami Kawachi and Kii Guardian Hatakeyama Akitaka sent 2,200 people, and Izumi's Hirate Honhide, as the representative of the Oda family, personally led 4,000 troops to the Oda family, which was the largest reinforcement along the way.

These three "armies", together with some insignificant small forces, merged with the shogunate army, which was nominally led by Ashikaga Yoshiaki but in fact commanded by Hosokawa, Ise, Akechi and others, totaling more than 13,000 people.

And the enemies to be attacked this time, the monoji girl family and the Yamamoto family in the Nishioka area, have also been as everyone expected, while confronting the castle while looking for a political solution. The total number is estimated to be between eight hundred and one thousand.

Everyone said that the shogunate was in sight, but to clean up such a little power, it would take a lot of trouble to mobilize the people. It seems a bit absurd, but it also reflects the embarrassing situation of Ashikaga's strong and middle-class cadres outside the family.

Pulling up a team of 4,000 people alone, the daily money and food should not be a few, and now Nobunaga will no longer be reimbursed, so the tie Tsunohide actually does not want to fight a joint battle that has little to do with him.

But for political reasons, he had to send troops, and not too few of them. This is not only for the righteousness of the Oda family, but also for his own sense of existence.

At this point, the retainers felt that they should fight quickly.

However, after leading his troops to the destination point to participate in the military meeting, he found that although the enemy's strength was small, the city defense was complete and the morale was sufficient, and it seemed that he was not in a hurry. On the contrary, the friendly forces around him, whether they are directly under the shogunate or the reinforcements of Kawachi and Kii, are more like a rabble.

In the face of such a situation, a quick attack is unrealistic, so you can only set up camp and slowly figure it out. Fortunately, the surrounding area is full of plains, and there is no dangerous terrain, as long as you are willing to make up your mind to attack with a strong army, you can always fight down.

There was not much to command in the joint battle of storming the fortress, and Hirata was not in a hurry, so he simply asked Kawada Naga himself to command the whole army for the battle, and he himself came to visit the camp of Ise Sadako with light equipment, preparing to make up for the losses outside the battlefield.

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It is said to be light, but there are hundreds of attendants around, so it is not light. When he walked to the tent, Ise Sadako was already waiting at the door in person.

As soon as he saw Fan Xiu approaching, he stepped forward very enthusiastically to salute, and said loudly: "I haven't seen you for a few months, but Lord Pingshou is thriving in Hequan, and it is really gold and jade, not sticking to one time and one place." ”

I had already met at the military meeting just now, but in public, it was naturally inconvenient to talk about such a personal friendship.

Honhide also pretended to be modest and complimented: "Ise-sama is now the deacon of the government office of the dignified shogunate, what is my small achievement?" ”

Then the two looked at each other and smiled, and for a moment they seemed to have a deep friendship.

In fact, Tieshou has met him no more than ten times, and he is not so much a friend as a political ally.

And just formed allies.

It is natural for the flat hand to bring the troops over, but it is somewhat surprising to bring a huge amount of 4,000. In Ise's view, this is a sign of goodwill.

Since they are political allies, they naturally cannot unilaterally show goodwill, and they definitely need to be reciprocated. Ise Sadako was also well aware of this, and calmly waited for the conditions proposed by Hite.

As the new deacon of the government, Ise Sadako has a lot of power and can help his allies in many places. He originally thought that Fan Xiu might want to teach a disobedient temple or Chinese people, and he needed a suitable name.

This was not a headache for him, just frame that unlucky guy for embezzling the shogunate's property. Anyway, Izumi Province theoretically does have a territory directly under the jurisdiction of the shogunate, and it has indeed been invaded and occupied long ago. Although it has long been unclear who occupies it, the deacon of the dignified government office is in a high position, and it is not difficult to bypass the prosecution procedure and forcibly convict a crime.

The two sat down while greeting each other, and after chatting a few words about current affairs, they never got to the point. Ise Sadaiko was young and vigorous after all, so he couldn't help but say:

"Lord Pingshou brought troops here to help today, I admire it in my heart and dare not forget it. If there's anything you could do to help, don't hesitate to say so. ”

Fan Xiu was not surprised when he heard this, after all, the other party was a young man from a high family, although he was quite talented, he was not deep in the city. After smiling slightly, Fan Xiu replied:

"Indeed, there is one thing to ask for. I would like to ask you to suggest to the Princess-sama that a 'Imperial Trial' be held in Kyoto, where in addition to swords, will also be contested with iron cannon marksmanship. ”

"Imperial trial? Plus iron cannons? ”

Ise Sadako was stunned.

"Not bad." Fan Xiu nodded, "The previous generation of Gongfang was very keen on this, and he chose a lot of retainers who were good at swordsmanship!" Nothing should be in the way, right? ”

"The only obstacle is money! Holding such a grand event always costs a lot of military spending, right? Ise replied with some confusion: "Although the current public party does not like swordsmanship, as long as he is persuaded by the reason of selecting military generals, he will definitely not object." It's just a matter of funding......"

"Naturally, someone is willing to give the funds." Hijo smiled mysteriously and said confidently, "As long as the 'Imperial Trial' includes the items of the Iron Cannon Competition. ”