Inside the castle tower of Ueno Castle, Tsugawa Soji excitedly said to the retainers in the palace, "Everyone! Although the Andong family has been defeated by the family repeatedly, its strength is not as good as before. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBut the family must not be taken lightly, and must not be underestimated! ”

"Hah!" The retainers hurriedly responded.

"Hmm." Soji Tsugawa nodded, and then continued, "The territory of the Hiyama Anto family is roughly divided into Akita and Yamamoto. Among them, the Binai area in the northeastern part of Akita County was the domain of the Asari family, and the southwest coastal area was the newly captured Minato Castle of the main family. The only area that belonged to the Hiyama Ando family was the central part of Akita County. ”

"In addition to the mountains and forests in the central region, there are also wealthy families such as the Miura family, the Fifty Mu family, and the Kasei family, and there are very few territories that really belong to the Hiyama Andong family." Soji Tsugawa continued, "The main territory of the Anto family is Yamamoto-gun, where the main headquarters of the Ando family is located in Hiyama Castle. As he spoke, Soharu Tsugawa pointed to a small dot on the map, which represented the three characters Hiyama Castle.

"If you want to attack the Hiyama Andong family, there are only three ways to go."

"First, we set out from Minato Castle, go north to capture Miura Makoto and Fiftyme Castle, and then go straight to Anto's Hiyama Castle! The second is to take the path between Mt. Moriyoshi and Mt. Daihiro to attack the territory of the Kasei family, and then attack Yamamoto-gun to the west. The third is to start from Minato Castle and go directly to Yamamoto County from the sea, and take Hiyama Castle by surprise! Soji Tsugawa said slowly, "Which of the three methods do you think the family should adopt?" After speaking, Tsugawa Soji set his eyes on the retainers in the palace.

As Tsugawa Soji's words landed, the retainers in the hall discussed one after another.

After a long time, Mizutani Hisaharu was the first to speak, "My lord, my majesty thinks that if you take the waterway, you can indeed achieve a surprise effect. However, the navy of the family has only just started, and the number of ships is not enough to transport thousands of troops of the family at the same time, so this method is not considered feasible. ”

"As for the trail between Mt. Moriyoshi and Mt. Daihiro, to be honest, it was really lucky that the lord was able to detour through the hinterland of the Andong family from here last time. After the last time, whether it is the Jiacheng family or the Andong family, they will definitely strengthen the defense in this area, once the movement of the family is discovered by the enemy. The enemy army only needs to place a thousand foot lights in the area of Hirichi Inner Hall, Arase Museum, and Minezawa Castle, which is enough to block the entire strength of the family. Kuji Mizutani said with a solemn expression.

Tsugawa Soji nodded after hearing this, he also took into account what Mizutani Hisaharu said in advance, and he just asked his retainers to share their opinions and see if there was anything he missed.

"So, do you want to adopt the strategy of starting from Minato Castle and going north to Miura Castle and Fiftyme Castle?" Soji Tsugawa asked with a smile.

"Hah!" Hisaharu Mizutani replied affirmatively.

Soji Tsugawa turned his head, looked at the rest of the retainers and said, "How?" What do you think of Kuji Mizutani's words? ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Seeing everyone's voice, Tsugawa Soji encouraged.

After almost half an hour, there was still no one to talk, and seeing that the retainers had no opinions, Tsugawa Soji continued, "Okay! In this way, the family's subsequent attack on the Anton's family will adopt this strategy! ”

"Haha!" The retainers suddenly said in unison.

Soji Tsugawa returned to his seat and sat down, then continued, "But before we can do that, there are still some problems that we need to solve. ”

"Benshan is faithful!" Soji Tsugawa suddenly shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty is here!" The new commander of the Tsugawa family's naval army, Tadanobu Motoyama, hurriedly stepped out and replied loudly.

"How's the training of the trolls?" Soji Tsugawa asked.

Motoyama Tadashin nodded heavily, and then replied excitedly, "My lord, the main body is the Motoyama people led by the previous one and the Echigo Iwafune people recruited by Yoshino-sama, plus some of the local fishermen in Minato Castle, the number of the Honya's sailors has reached 740 people, and it has begun to have combat effectiveness!" ”

The Iwafune are a group of more than 300 pirates, originally entrenched on Awashima Island in Echigo Province, and their leader is called Iwafune Shiro, a brave pirate. Yoshino Yoshino, after paying the price of 2,500 kan, finally succeeded in recruiting Iwafune for the Tsugawa family. Subsequently, Tsugawa Soji appointed Shiro Iwafune as the deputy commander of the Tsugawa family's navy, and assisted Motoyama Tadanobu in training the Tsugawa family's navy.

"In terms of ships, our family now has 7 ships, 11 small morning boats, and 6 Dutch ships, but one of them is probably no longer able to continue to go to sea due to disrepair." Motoyama Tadanobu continued.

"Hmm." After hearing this, Soji Tsugawa nodded, "Then in your opinion, the current navy of this family can have the strength to fight with the navy of the Anton family?" ”

After listening to Tsugawa Soji's words, Tadanobu Motoyama couldn't help but look at Shiro Iwafune, who was sitting beside him, and then turned his head and replied, "My lord! For now, the navy of this family cannot give full play to their strength. In my opinion, I'm afraid it will take another month. ”

"Good! A month is no problem! Soji Tsugawa said loudly, "Train your family's sailors well, it will be of great use in the future!" ”

"Hah!"

In fact, the biggest problem facing the Tsugawa family's navy is not to train these people to fight at sea or anything. After all, these people are either pirates or fishermen, all of whom have been working at sea for a long time, and they are naturally very familiar with the sea.

The real difficulty is to integrate these people into a "regular army" that has always been trained, and not a school of trash fish that can swim. That's the crux of the matter!

Soji Tsugawa was also well aware of this, so he never urged the training of Tadanobu Motoyama and others, but went with the flow. Since you have entrusted all matters to Benshan Zhongxin, you must fully trust him.

"Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki, in the next few days, the two of you will be responsible for repairing the roads in Kawabe County so that your family's army can pass. In addition, prepare enough grain and grass for the family to support the war for several months, and hoard it in Minatojo, Toshima Castle, and other places in case of emergency. Soharu Tsugawa then said to Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shinshi, who were sitting on the left.

"Yes! Lord! Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki hurriedly said. As one of the few internal affairs retainers of the Tsugawa family, these matters are naturally handed over to the two of them.

In addition, the next autumn harvest will be in charge of Kiuchi Nagaru and Ogasawara Yasunaga, so it is important to ensure that this year's autumn harvest goes smoothly. This is related to whether the family can send troops smoothly, and it must not be sloppy! The two of you must work closely together and never have any accidents during the autumn harvest! Soharu Tsugawa then said to Yasunaga Ogasawara and Nagō Kiuchi in the second year.

Kiuchi Changru and the two hurriedly replied loudly, "Haha! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen! There is still a month and a half before the autumn harvest, and during this time, each retainer must strictly train the ashigaru under his command, and just wait for the autumn harvest to be completed, and immediately launch an offensive against Anton's family! When the time comes, if anyone is not ready, don't blame me for being ruthless! Soji Tsugawa said loudly.

"Hah!" Returning to Tsugawa Soharu was the firm voice of the retainers.