"Congratulations! Congratulations to my lord! In the large room of the castle tower of Tokubun Castle, all the ministers of Hosokawa congratulated in unison, and everyone was excited, and in less than a year, the lord of his family was promoted from a half-country guardian to a country-guardian.

"Hehe, don't be polite." Hosokawa Nobumoto also made a rare official tone, although the Shima country is only 18,000 stones, and it may not even be as good as some rich county governments, but it can be regarded as a country.

I heard that in order to appoint him as a guardian, Oda Nobunaga ignored the protests of Shogun Yoshiaki and directly exercised the appointment power of the shogunate.

For this reason, General Yoshiaki was also furious, threw three teacups, four pairs of chopsticks, and all of this was recorded and passed to Oda Nobunaga, recorded by: Akechi Mitsuhide!

"Bird-like-sama." Hosokawa Nobumoto affectionately called an old man below.

"Yes, I wonder what Hosokawa-sama commands?" Toriya Tail is full of honorable and respectful salutes, and the years have worn away his sharpness.

"In the future, I would like to ask Toriyao-sama to serve as the military commander of my Hosokawa family's naval army, and I hope you can give you some guidance on these juniors." For Oda Nobunaga's sending this force, it just made up for the lack of experience of the Hosokawa navy, and now Oda Nobunaga's management and application of talents has reached the peak level.

"Please rest assured, Hosokawa-sama will do my best." Toriya Omitsuei agreed very sincerely, and his grandson Takayo Toriya entered the Hosokawa family.

"Good! Now the navy has begun to take shape, and Murakami Motoyoshi and Kuki Mototaka have been promoted to the generals of the navy, and Toriya Omitsuei has been appointed as the army, with the head of the navy Kohama Keitaka, Toba Munetada, and Toriya O Takaxing. ”

"Thank you, Lord! The subordinates must fulfill their duties and be loyal and dedicated to the Lord's family! "Murakami Motoyoshi and Nine Ghosts Mototaka hurried out to thank you.

"Well, Toriyao-sama, do you think there's anything else to add?" When it was over, Hosokawa Nobumoto didn't forget to ask for the opinion of Mitsuei Toriyao.

"Back to Hosokawa-sama, I have also seen my family's navy in the past few days, and this personnel and ships can also be used, but the organizational structure is relatively chaotic, and the tacit understanding of cooperation is also very poor. Therefore, it is suggested that the training agenda of the navy army in the next step should be based on actual combat. "Toriya Ao Mitsuei is worthy of being a veteran of the water army, and he can see the shortcomings of the Hosokawa water army at a glance, and he is a rabble of bandits.

"Yes, Lord Toriyao's eyes are like a torch, and he tells the truth in one word, and now the family also has the right to send troops independently, but I don't know if the opponent in this actual battle has a belly? Don't be an old navy like the Awaji Navy and the Junhe Navy Army, I'm afraid my own Navy is far from its opponent. "Hosokawa Nobumoto also knows his own water army, don't look at the crowd, at most a ragtag army, there is no advantage.

"Kumano Water Army!" Mitsuei Toriya said a goal.

"Huh? Kumano water army? Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the Nine Ghosts Mototaka slightly strangely, he remembered that the Nine Ghosts family was originally entrenched in the Kumano Sea, and it was the banner head of the Kumano Hachishoji.

"Lord, I can't hide it, since my uncle Nine Ghost Jialong died, the Nine Ghost Family was merged into the Lord Family. Due to the lack of prestige of his subordinates, the navy in various parts of Kumano Beach has been in a state of partition. Nine Ghost Yuanlong shuddered, and quickly knelt down to explain that the remains of Nine Ghost Jialong's voice and smile were still from last year.

"Oh, that's right." Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded, he didn't care about the affairs of this kind of remote little wealthy family.

"Yes, but the Nine Ghosts may not know about the recent events. Since the Nine Ghost Water Army broke away from Kumano and threw themselves into the account of Hosokawa-sama, there is only one large Horiuchi family left. Toriya Mitsuei then talked about Kumano Beach in its current form.

"The Horiuchi clan, the head of the Horiuchi family, is also a famous warrior in Kii Province, and took advantage of the relocation of the Nine Ghost family to completely subdue the seven families of Shinya, Shiba, Miyazaki, Takimoto, Yakura, Nakasang, and Shijima, and took over the position of the banner head."

In addition, after the Arima family in Ohonpo, he passed his second son to the Arima family to inherit the family business. Mikiura's Sanki family is a branch of the Kuki family, and the head of the family, Sanki Dingtaka, is friendly with the dead Kuki Yoshitaka, and now he is subordinate to the Horiuchi family, and I heard that the Horiuchi family is being encouraged to block the shipping route of Ise Bay and fight against the Hosokawa family's naval army. ”

"Hehe, interesting. So it took only one year for the Horiuchi tiger to basically unify the Kumano region? Became the biggest force in Minamikii? Such an inspirational story happened right under my nose, and Hosokawa Nobumoto felt very interesting. Last year he was still unhindered in Kumano Bay, and this year someone is going to jump out and stop him.

"If you calculate it this way, the original stone height of the Horiuchi family was about 27,000 koku, and with the addition of the three demons and the Arima family, it can reach 60,000 koku. In addition, with the addition of the 90,000 koku of the "Shichishoji" under the command, isn't it that the chief of the Horiuchi family has 150,000 koku? Taller than my Hosokawa family stone high! Honda Masanobu did this, and he scared himself. Now the Hosokawa family and the newly acquired Shima country, the commander-in-chief is only 111,000 koku.

As soon as the rest of the people below heard this, they immediately exchanged their heads and began to analyze the military strength of both the enemy and the enemy.

"At present, the total military strength of the main family is about 4,000, isn't there 5,000 people in this Horiuchi family?" Sanada Masayuki's voice came out, ending the whispering below.

"Hehe, Sanada-sama is too worried. Kumano is a large area, but it is actually nothing, although Kumano actually refers to Mulou Prefecture in general, and this county alone is more than half of Kii Province. However, most of Mulou County is mountainous, fragmented and sparsely populated. Therefore, the total number of people in the entire Horiuchi Navy is more than 1,000 people, which is not much different from my Hosokawa Navy Army. Toriya Tail smiled at the end of the year, he has been on the sea all year round, and he knows the strength of the naval forces everywhere.

"In this way, I really didn't expect it, it seems that judging the number of people according to Shi Gao is really unreliable, but fortunately, the family pays attention to the investigation of intelligence." Masaharu Mikoda was filled with emotion, and remembered that the lord Hosokawa Nobumoto taught them the importance of intelligence.

"Okay, since that's the case, the navy of the main family will assemble at the port of Boura, led by Murakami Motoyoshi and the Nine Ghosts Mototaka, and the main will be the chief of the navy Toriya Otsuei."

"Yes!" Murakami Motoyoshi and Nine Ghost Mototaka received the order at the same time, and the two glanced at each other, bursting into fierce firelight.

This battle will determine the future leadership of the Hosokawa Naval Army.