In the third year of Yonglu, on the thirteenth day of the first month. Just as the news that Tao Qingxian led his army to defeat the Osaki family and Mori Keizhiro led his army to defeat the Kasai family, the Ezashi family, and the Waga family one after another reached Kawagoe Castle, they immediately summoned Ota Shimasa, who was about to leave Iwatsuke Castle, and Namba Tian Kenji, who was holding a child at home.

"See the lord. Congratulations to the five prefectures of Osaki in Shintoku-Oshu (Kurihara-gun, Tota-gun, Shida-gun, Tamazuku-gun, Kami-gun) and the seven prefectures of Kasai (Gazawa-gun, Ezashi-gun, Iwai-gun, Osen-gun, Motoyoshi-gun, Tomome-gun, and Momo-gun). As soon as Ota Shimasa and Namba Tanji entered the courtyard of Kawagoe Castle Honmaru, they immediately congratulated Asada, who was fiddling with bonsai.

"Osaki and Kasai are not worried. Even if the main family defeated ten Osaki families and ten Kasai families, it would be better to defeat one Takeda family, which is worth celebrating. Don't be too happy first, the Tokugawa family is no longer able to resist the Takeda army's troops in Mikawa, and they can't support it. If it weren't for the fact that Takeda Shingen had suspended the momentum of the offensive on the occasion of the New Year, I am afraid that Tokugawa Mikawa Mamoru would have been in a different place by now. A few days ago, Captain Sakai Saemon, a heavy minister under the command of Tokugawa Mikawa Mamoru, even risked being captured by the Takeda family and went ashore in Edo by sea on a merchant ship and asked for help from the main family. After saying that, Asada threw the letter for help written by Tokugawa Ieyasu in front of Ota Shimasa and Namba Tanji, and motioned for them to take a good look.

"My lord, now that the Takeda Army has swept through the two countries of Yuanjiang and Mikawa, and Mikawa has even been attacked by nearly half of the Takeda Army, you haven't already agreed to the Tokugawa family's invitation to send troops, right?" Kenji Namba asked, after taking a brief look at the letter for help written by Tokugawa Ieyasu himself.

"Yes, yes, but because Sagami was recaptured by the family not long ago, it is still unstable. I only sent Yamagami Michikashi, Anazawa Shinemon, Masaki Sakuro Shogun, and Okabe Tanba Mamoru to lead 5,000 troops to the border of Sagami Province to guard against the invasion and incitement of the Takeda Army. At present, the family does not have the strength to send troops to Tokaido, Hitachi and Nakatsu have not yet carried out a thorough land inspection and destruction of the castle, and there are still a lot of affairs to deal with in the territory. Even Oda Sosuke didn't send troops to the rescue, presumably Tokugawa Mikawa Mamoru should know that distant water can't quench the thirst of the near. "I don't want to pay attention to Tokugawa Ieyasu at all. He also hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to let Tokugawa Ieyasu drag Takeda Shingen first, so that he could stabilize the eight countries of Kanto and the invasion of the northern part of the two countries with peace of mind. As long as the Uesugi family can dominate the two countries, then there will be no worries.

"The Oda family is trying to seize Ise and Shima, and Oda Kamisuke has the ambition of Kamiraku, so he may not be able to send troops to rescue Tokugawa Mikawa Mamoru right now." Ota Shimasa didn't think that the Oda family would tear their faces with the Takeda family at this time to rescue the Tokugawa family, who were in the midst of the storm.

"My lord, you summoned the two of us today not just to inform us about the Tokugawa family's request for help." Kenji Namba always felt that Asadaku still had something to say.

"Not bad. The two of you are important ministers of my family, and they are also the retainers who followed me from birth to death, and they are also my right-hand men. The first task of Ota Saemonzo's transfer to Hitachi is to monitor the Oda family, and when the time comes, I will appoint you as the guardian of Hitachi as soon as possible, and if necessary, I will be able to rule over Hitachi's generals. Nambada, you'll have to work hard, and since the family has only won the five counties of Osaki and the seven counties of Kasai, it is necessary to transfer a trustworthy important minister to the past, so I thought that only you can take on this important task at the moment. Chaoding nodded immediately, and then told his intentions to Ota Shimasa and Namba Kenji straight to the point.

"Transfer to Mutsu?! Lord, is this too far? The minister just got a son, and he is not yet a year old, isn't it ······?" Namba Tian Kenji was completely confused after listening to Asada's words, and he didn't expect Asadachi to transfer him to the remote area of Mutsu. Although he was ready to be transferred before, he really didn't expect that he would leave Kanto and go to the land of Tohoku Okuwa.

"Ota Saemonzo and Nambada attendants, the two of you can go to the new territory with confidence, and your family can stay in Kogoe Castle. As important ministers of your own family, you two will naturally not treat your wives and children badly. When you have nothing to do in your territory, you can come to Heyue City to visit your families. "Asada's knowledge that Ota Shimasa and Namba Kenji are both people with families and children, so they don't have to go with them to a foreign country. On the other hand, it can also make their family members hostage, so that they will not sit in the new territory and disobey the lord's rule.

"Your Ministers obey." Ota Zimasa and Namba Tian Kenji saw that the court was going to talk about this, so they had to nod and agree. Who called the two of them trustworthy ministers under the command of the court?

"Lord, don't you suspect the ······ of the Oda family?" Although Ota Shimasa had heard about it before, he felt that after all, Oda Clan had married his foal Hime to Ueno guardian Uesugi Keimita, and he could still be regarded as a member of the Uesugi family, and he should not fall to the anti-Uesugi forces such as the Takeda family, the Nanbu family, the Tozawa family, and the Hiyama Yasuto family in a short period of time.

"The Takeda family has already sent people to start to transfer several important ministers and a group of people from the Oda family, once Oda Sanuki Mamoru really falls to the Takeda family, if the Takeda family takes advantage of the family's crusade against the Oda family to invade the countries of Ueno, Sagami and Musashi, then the family will be attacked on the back. Therefore, a trustworthy and independent minister is needed to go to Changlu to take charge. "Asadachi originally wanted to transfer Namba Tian Kenji to Hitachi, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that Namba Tian Kenji could not completely take charge of himself, so it was better to transfer Ota Shimasa to Hitachi.

"The minister understands, the minister has persuaded everyone in the family to accept the lord's order to transfer to Changlu." It was only at this time that Ota Shimasa realized that Asadai did not want to abandon him, but intended to reuse him when necessary.

"You're going to take care of the rocks under your command. Don't always have an opinion on my orders. It's already like this in Musashi right now, but if you go to Hitachi, won't it get even worse? Chaoding immediately reminded Ota Zimasa.

"The minister is guilty, and the minister has no way." Ota Shimasa has only now seen the power of the Takejaku Guard formed by Kato Duanzo, and even the content of their conversation in Iwafu Castle Honmaru can inform the Asada, and it is true that in the future, the retainers under his command must pay special attention to their words and deeds.

"By the way, most of Kita-Hitachi has already completed the land inspection, and Ota Saemonsa's new territory is Ota, Nuta, Ashizaki, Ishigami, Ishizuka, Uruno, Oyama, Tomura, Koba and other nine places, totaling about 100,000 and 500 koku. As the elder of the pen head of the family, you are already the first lord of the 100,000 stone daimyo in the family, which is more than the 75,000 stones you received before, such as Iwafu, Knee Fold, Hongchao, Daishan, Shouneng, and Yukute. After saying that, Chaoding handed the document he had received to Ota Zimasa.

"The minister is very grateful, Inuko Gengoro is about to be served, and I hope to worship the lord." Ota Zizheng originally only knew that Chaoding would not give less territory, but he didn't expect Chaoding to directly seal more than 30,000 stone territories to him. Therefore, he had no choice but to be cheeky to Chao Ding to be partial to his eldest son, and by the way, he also had the idea of leaving his eldest son by Chao Ding's side.

"Oh? It's a good thing, it's not difficult to get a word, but the sides around me have been sent by me to sit in important places over the years, and the sides around me are a little insufficient. Chaoding first agreed to Ota's request, and then came out with a very embarrassed look.

"It's not difficult for the lord to do this, the minister is about to go to Kita-Changriku, and the dog has always been favored by the Nakajo Gozen, so it's a little pampered, it's better to take this opportunity to put it by the lord's side, let him have more experience and experience, so that he can do his best for the Uesugi family." Ota Shimasa immediately saw what Asada's heart was thinking.

"Well, it's just right for him to play with Tiger Chiyo in the future, Gengoro will stay until next year." Chaoding was relieved to see that Ota was very familiar with current affairs.

"That lord, the minister only has a territory of 45,000 koku at the moment, and the retainer is much worse than Ota Saemonsa, and the transfer to Mutsu will inevitably lead to a situation where the retainer is not enough, you see······" Namba Kenji spoke out about his difficulties at this time.

"Yes. Then I will assign the second man of Mita Kizo, the former lord of Katsunuma Castle, the former lord of Katsunuma Castle, Mita Kizo, and Mita Taro Shigehisa of the Mita family, to you. After thinking about it for a while, Asada's words felt that what Nambada Kenji said was reasonable, and he really didn't recruit some former retainers of the Edo Ota family or the Odawara Ise family like Ota Shimasa, so the size of the retainer group was indeed much smaller than that of Ota Shimasa.

"My lord, did you hear me right? Just two? Namba Tian Kenji couldn't believe it, no matter how he said it, he had to send more than a dozen people to himself, how could he send two people, which made him a little puzzled.