Fujido Takatora's question is actually a matter of great concern to everyone, on the surface, Maori Terumoto and Ukita Hideya are both one of the five elders, but in terms of strength, it is completely a heaven and an underground, the Mori family knows 1.21 million, and masters Iwami and other places Silver Mountain, it is rumored that the conversion of Zhixing can reach 2 million stones, and the Uki family has just experienced a commotion, lost forty percent of the mobilization power, and can not compete with the Mori family at all, Xiubao Kimki's safety is completely pinned on his hands It is really a little worrying,

As for the Kanto side, Asano Nagamasa is only a medium-sized daimyo with 220,000 koku in the end, and even if the power of Suruga Toe is transferred to him, Zhixing is only 650,000 koku, and with such a force to monitor and even resist Tokugawa Ieyasu, who owns 2 million koku in Kanto, is tantamount to a fool's dream, and Hideho's two arrangements made all the important ministers in the family sweat.

"My lord, according to the ministers, it is better to send 10,000 troops from each family to support the two families, otherwise it will be difficult to deter the two tigers in the east and the west, if they can't be suppressed, it will be dangerous to conquer Aizu." Horio Yoshiharu, who was in charge of civil affairs, had just issued a mobilization order to the top wealthy clans in Hidebo's ability at this time, so he had a good understanding of the forces that his family could mobilize.

"Mosuke, you say that, it seems that you have a lot of confidence in the mobilization power of your family." Xiubao said with a smile.

Horio Yoshiharu nodded, wisped his beard and said: "The surface height of the skill of this family is 1.65 million stones, and the actual height is 2.1 million stones, which does not include the more than 300,000 stones returned by the local governors, according to the minimum calculation of 300 people per 10,000 stones, the family can gather at least 63,000 people, leaving aside the 8,000 people stationed in Korea and the 15,000 people led by Shimamori, the family can currently mobilize 40,000 people, and take out 20,000 to support Prime Minister Bizen and Asano Danmasa, the lord himself leads 20,000, plus the participation of various daimyo in the middle, It's completely possible to take down the Uesugi family. There is no need to empty the forces of the family and go north, so that the enemy can take advantage of it. "Although Horio Yoshiharu is the nominal chief patriarch, he has always been in charge of the civil affairs of the territory. He has never asked questions about military matters, but today he expressed his thoughts for the first time. It seems that he is really in a hurry.

"Mosuke, are you worried that there is no one at home, and you will be served by the Maori family at that time, right?" Hideho asked.

Horio Yoshiharu nodded heavily: "That's right, over the years, the lord has implemented benevolent government in the territory, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the merchants have prospered, which is all a little bit of accumulated wealth." If there is a war, will it not be destroyed? The lord led the army north, who will guard the land of more than 2 million stones? Shigeru is not talented, and he is not deeply involved in military affairs. But since it is a meeting of retainers, I have to say what I think in my heart, so as not to regret it, and if there is any recklessness, I hope that the lord will forgive the sin. ”

"'Buddha Maosuke' is really not in vain, and I am relieved to have you in charge of my family. You are right, you must not let the war ruin the prosperity that this hand has built, but have you ever thought that if you do not lead the army north, but leave a heavy army in your ability. How could the Maori family be fooled? Similarly, if there were more than 20,000 troops stationed in Kai, how could the Tokugawa family act rashly? As he spoke, Hideho paid attention to the expressions of the retainers around him, and all of them showed varying degrees of astonishment and confusion, except for worshipping them with their hearts.

"The lord had long expected that Tokugawa and Mori were going to take advantage of the opportunity?" Fujido Takatora and the others asked in surprise.

Hideho bowed slightly, and replied calmly, "If this is not the case, what is the purpose of those envoys and retainers who frequently traveled to and from Edo and Hiroshima a few days ago?" What about the aggressive posture at the joint meeting? Although I can't oppose the sending of troops, I don't intend to become a pawn in their hands, use me to defeat Uesugi Keikatsu, and then take advantage of the situation to destroy my Yamato Toyotomi family, and then divide the world with one east and one west? Oh, my Toyotomi Hideho's political skills are a little tender, but some things can still be seen clearly, and I want to lure the snake out of the hole and then attack me from both sides to wipe me out in the northeast, right? Then I will satisfy you, this time I will take 40,000 troops to the battle, as for the skills, you can come if you want, but when you get to, it is the territory of the Toyotomi family, come, but don't want to go out, I want to nail the Maori family to Yamato! ”

Listening to Xiubao's words, the retainers present all expressed heartfelt emotion and surprise, never expected that Xiubao, who usually discussed with everyone about everything, would do something earth-shattering behind their backs, thinking of this, Dao Qingxing took the lead in asking: "Is there any magic weapon in the back of the lord?" ”

"I can't talk about magic weapons, it's just money," Xiubao Bao smiled, and continued: "Didn't Mao Suke just say, according to 10,000 stone to mobilize 300 people, the family can recruit more than 60,000 people, if you want to increase the number of recruits, don't you need to prepare military salaries and salaries, in the final analysis, you can recruit more troops if you have money, in this case, you don't have to worry about the troops, I still have to lead 40,000 troops to the north, as for the ability to garrison its own army to take over." ”

"By the army?" Horio Yoshiharu asked curiously.

"Mosuke, you immediately issue another mobilization order to the lords in the domain, let them recruit troops according to the high limit of 500 people per 10,000 koku, be sure to do it secretly, 30,000 of the additional 40,000 people recruited will be secretly transported to Kii Shinmiyagi Castle far away from for training, and the remaining 10,000 people will be supplemented to Koriyama, Gotoyama and Fushimi respectively, and they will arrange it after the three castle guards are determined." Speaking of this, Hideho thought of one more thing, he turned his face to Horiuchi Clanzen, and asked solemnly, "Have the five galleons of North Korea been transported back to Shingu?" ”

Horiuchi immediately nodded and replied excitedly: "My lord, the minister has experienced more than 100 naval battles, and he has never seen such a behemoth!" It is more than 30 meters long, 10 meters wide, three decks, and more than 10 large cylinders on each floor. Not only that, but there are also light artillery groups in the bow and stern for defense, and there are more than ten huge cannons in the main body! Lord, if there weren't only five ships, Xingong Port wouldn't be able to accommodate it at all! ”

"It's more powerful than the 'collapse of the country'?!" As soon as they heard this, all the generals in the hall exclaimed: "What kind of artifact is that, please allow us to meet us!" ”

"You have all fought in Korea, you should know that the 'national collapse' is nothing at all, according to the calculation method of the Southern Barbarians, the 'national collapse' is at most a twelve-pound cannon, and the few 'Hongyi cannons' in my family are only eighteen pounds, but what about the ship-borne guns on the five sailing ships, the smallest is twelve pounds, most of them are more than twenty-pound cannons, and each ship has four sixty-pound super cannons! This is all bought by the family from Hongyi at a huge cost.,It was originally intended to be used to deal with the North Koreans.,I didn't think that the North Korean naval army would be so unbeaten.,It was wiped out before it came in handy.,Now it's smuggled back to.,The specific use you can also guess.**Not far from ten.。 ”

"My lord, please allow the minister to finish speaking." Completely ignoring Hideho's talk and smugness, Horio Yoshiharu said with a serious face: "You said that recruiting sergeants according to 10,000 koku and 500 people is difficult to achieve with the current financial resources of the family, even if the lords are forced to gather so many sergeants, the salary is a big problem, and I hope the lord will think twice." ”

"Is it difficult for the family to achieve financial resources?" Hideho sneered and said with comfort, "Mosuke, do you think these five warships are only carrying artillery and Nanban sailors?" 57,000 pieces of Tianzheng Daju and the equivalent of Hakata Imperial Silver, these money are the principal I lent to Li Dan for overseas trade, and now that his position is stable, I will take it back this time, do you calculate whether it is enough to recruit new soldiers? ”

"Converted into a small judgment of Qingchang, it is 1.14 million, and according to a small judgment of one tael of gold, it is 1.14 million taels of gold, which is converted into food, that is... Three million two hundred and twenty-four thousand stones! Oh, my God! Horio Yoshiharu was so frightened that she almost collapsed, and a pair of pale eyes were also shining at the moment: "Enough, it's completely enough, not to mention recruiting 100,000 people, it's more than enough for the family to recruit 150,000 people now!" ”

"That's good," Hideho smiled slightly, "In that case, then this matter has been decided, and then I want to know, are there any adults who are willing to stay and garrison the three capitals of the main family (i.e., Gotoyama, Koriyama, and Fushimi)?" ”