After a while, I saw a ninja wearing a ninja helmet and a chain-type steel armor, neatly divided into three rows, kneeling in the middle of the assessment room, waiting for the lord's order. Although, this time, just returned from Kita-Omi, before he could get a rest, he was summoned in by the lord, and it seemed that he had a new task to be handed over to him to complete, but these eleven ninjas, not only did not have any resistance, but felt very excited, they all knew that there were constantly tasks in their bodies, and the reward would not be broken.

After the three of them arrived, they only heard the clan sect say directly to the point: "Listen to the eleven of you, I will send you to Ximino to lurk, five days later, I will start spreading rumors throughout Ximenon, I will give you three days, after three days, you must let the rumors sweep the entire Ximinon, as for the content of the rumors, the military advisor will tell you later, have you heard clearly?" ”

"Yes, please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to your lord's trust." After they finished speaking, they saw that the lord had no other orders, and said again: "The subordinates will retire." After saying that, he got up and left the assessment room, and waited outside the door for Honda Masanobu to teach the rumors.

As soon as they left, the clan wanted to directly announce the dissolution of the meeting, but only to hear Honda Masanobu speak again: "My lord, although spreading rumors can greatly increase the success of the Bedback clan, it is not foolproof, and my subordinates believe that the cooperation of the lord and the army is needed to ensure that there will be no mistakes." ”

When it comes to going out of the army, Watanabe Moritsuna, who has been silent, and Sugitani Zenjubo immediately became interested, and the current military situation at home is in addition to the elite armor cavalry and iron cannon ashigaru, and the rest of the army has a task, although the ninja army has five tasks, however, it has not yet become an army, if the lord agrees to go out into the army, then this task will inevitably fall on himself, or the momentum of another army.

Both the elite armor cavalry and the iron cannon ashigaru have just formed an army, so as commanders, Watanabe Moritsuna and Sugitani Zenjubo attach great importance to this.

The clan did not speak, but focused his gaze on Honda Masanobu. Seeing this, Honda Masanobu couldn't help but say: "Lord, my subordinates heard that Saito Ryuxing's cronies have all been killed by Takenaka Hanbei, but Murai Shinhachiro survived, so now Saito Ryuko is more favored by him, and Tsuchida under the rule of Murai Shinhachiro is away from Ogaki Castle, if the lord sends troops to take a detour and go to Ogaki Castle, in cooperation with the rumors, I think that Murai Shinhachiro will definitely slander Saito Ryuko, with Saito Ryuxing's degree of favor to Murai Shinhachiro, It's not as simple as collecting the whole family, and when the time comes, the whole family has to turn the tables and have to turn it around. ”

As soon as Honda Masanobu finished speaking, he only heard the clan praise loudly: "It's a good plan, Ha Luha." ”

Seeing that the lord seemed to agree to the proposal of the military situation, he heard Watanabe Shougang hurriedly step forward and said: "Lord, my subordinates have applied to lead the elite cavalry to capture the city, and I also ask the lord for approval." ”

Seeing that Watanabe Shougang took the lead, Sugitani Zenjubo couldn't help but regret it in his heart, but he didn't give up this great opportunity to go out into the army, and he also hurriedly said: "Lord, his subordinates have served so far, and they have not made an inch, and now the army is out of the city, it is the time to test, so please let your subordinates go, and ask the lord to approve it." ”

Although both of them wanted to fight, however, the clan did not plan to use the fine armor cavalry and iron cannon Ashigaru to take the city, for no other reason, just because the place under his rule was far away in the county of Hachiman Castle, if he made a detour, it would be easy to be discovered by the Saito family, so that the whole plan would be revealed, and if he wanted to return to the clan, then there could be no mistake.

Thinking of this, the clan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it is really not an easy thing to return to this clan, I am afraid it is much more difficult than killing him, but even if it is difficult, it must be completed, otherwise, his title of the fox of Owari will be greatly reduced.

I only heard the clan sect speak: "For the time being, this mission will not need the army led by the two of you to go into battle, I have made a decision in my heart, you don't need to say it anymore." ”

Watanabe Moritsuna and Sugitani Zenjubo both knew that as long as it was decided by the lord, it would be difficult to change it, so although the two of them were unwilling, they no longer said anything about applying, but returned to their seats and sat down.

The clan didn't need the two of them, it wasn't that he didn't have plans to go to the army, but he had already thought of a better candidate, that is, Maeno Nagayasu, who owned Sumamata Castle and Okura Zeng's 3,500 stone Zhiyuki. ,

When Sumamata built the castle, he gave him a lot of credit, and Maeno Nagayasu also owed himself a favor because of this, and now it's time for him to pay it back.

The clan stayed at Hachiman Castle for only one day, and the next morning, he went to Sumamata Castle to discuss the matter with Maeno Nagayasu.

Compared with when they built the castle, the city has changed a lot, and there were very few facilities in the city at the beginning, except for a longhouse to live in, there were no other buildings, but now it is different, not only the castle tower has a two-story castle tower, even the samurai mansions have more than a dozen, and other facilities are also readily available, the original Sumamata Castle can not accommodate these facilities at all, however, after Maeno Nagayasu received the city, he immediately demolished a city wall and expanded out a lot, and the Sumamata Castle also changed from the original square small stone, It became the current rectangular castle.

And as Maeno Nagayasu, who was only born in a small wealthy family, the reason why he was able to take out hundreds or thousands of pieces to build a large number of buildings is because, although the land under the jurisdiction of this Momata Castle on the bright side is 2,000 stones, however, this place is at the intersection of the two rivers, and the land is extremely fertile, and the Saito family has not been fully developed because this place is the forefront of the family, and since this place has been in the hands of Maeno Nagayasu, although the land has changed owners, it is still the front line, and it stands to reason that it should not be moved, however, Maeno Nagayasu has a very clear view of the situation in Noo, that's why I dare to develop.

In Maeno Nagayasu's view, since Saito Ryuko succeeded as the governor of the Saito family, it is impossible to pose a threat to the Oda family, and seeing that its territory continues to be lost, even if he wants to wave his army south, he will soon be defeated by the Oda family, in this case, then what is there to worry about, so, after strengthening his confidence, Maeno Nagayasu vigorously developed the heart field, the development of agriculture, and in less than a year, the land around the city of Momata was developed into the current 4,500 stones, which doubled and turned around.

In addition to the 1,500 koku under the original rule of Kokura Castle, the land actually controlled by Maeno Nagayasu now exceeds 6,000 koku. Originally, the area around Sumamata Castle was a wasteland overgrown with weeds, but now these weeds have been completely replaced by farmland.

Outside the castle, two fast horses, one after the other, came to the gate, and the defenders by the gate saw two richly dressed samurai coming, so they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted respectfully and said, "See the two lords below." I wonder why the two adults are here? ”

"My lord, the Takayama clan, has come to visit Maeno Nagayasu-sama, so let's report it." Keiji Maeda pulled the reins, stepped forward, and said lightly to the castle guard.

It didn't take long to see Maeno Nagakang lead all the retainers out of the city to greet him, and when everyone came closer, he only heard Maeno Nagakang smile and said, "Ha Luha, Lord Takayama, please come into the city to talk." With that, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.

"In the rush to come down, it's really disturbing the adults.,Maeno-sama, please." After the clan also made some concessions, he entered the ...... of Sumamata Castle with Maeno Nagayasu.