After asking the retainers to collect a large number of weapons and armor, the court decided to suspend the sword hunting order and separate the soldiers and peasants, and to straighten out the roads in the territory. Asadaki put Nambada Hiroyoshi in charge of the replenishment and training of the Kawagoe Knights, and the training and expansion of the Ruetama was handed over to Ogasawara Nagasagawara and Ogasawara Sada.

By the time of 1 May, the replenishment of personnel had been completed. The first is the Kawagoe Knights, which were formed by the Uesugi family, and this force is the most priority to supplement. After assembling the 600 samurai on horseback in the Asada, Nambada Hiroyoshi selected 300 samurai and handed over the remaining samurai to Ogasawara for a long time. The cavalry of the Hayue Knights used different weapons, and they were also trained separately in training. At present, the knights are divided into 100 saber cavalry, 200 lancers, and 100 naginagi cavalry after the unification of weapons. The training took place in a ranch just outside Shingu Castle. Shin-Miyagi's original ranch was expanded to accommodate 500 horses, and although Namba Hiroyoshi did not receive the sealed territory, he was satisfied with the array of hatori that was given to him by the court. It was common during the Warring States period for the lord to reward his retainers with armor, array weaving, or weapons. It was also a way to win over retainers. The 300 newly recruited samurai on horseback were trained intensively by the 200 knights who survived the war. Clothes such as white robes are also procured in large quantities with white cloth in the collar, and a red cross is tattooed on the front of the white robe, and the Uesugi family's family crest bamboo and finch are tattooed on the back.

Since it was useless to let the samurai of the flowing horses play when defending the castle, Ogasawara did not need to replenish for a long time, but selected a hundred horseback samurai who he thought were good at archery and began training. It can be said that it is a waste if he is a lord, but if he is allowed to be an archer master and a riding master, this person is absolutely first-class! Inheriting the bow and horse flow of the famous Ogasawara clan, the samurai he taught can definitely be used as ten.

What's more, the Uesugi family needs a heavy infantry with 'explosive combat effectiveness'! And the blueprint for the heavy infantry must have been thought of - the ancient Roman legion heavy infantry.

Regarding the bunker bamboo bundles used in the siege of the city during the Warring States period, Chaoding felt that this kind of dongdong was not very practical and the speed of transportation was slow. For this reason, Chaoding came up with the idea of creating a shield used by the ancient Roman legionnaires. In the early and middle period of the empire, the ancient Roman legionnaires were used and equipped with a large square shield with a length of 120CM and a width of 80CM (about 30CM per foot, which is 4 feet long and more than one foot wide). In addition, you can resist the rain of arrows thrown from inside the castle and rush to the Otemon Gate during the siege!

This program was also implemented in mid-May of the following year. The planned manufacturing of curved large square shields was also completed by the craftsmen overnight. However, the size is still somewhat different from the equipment of the ancient Roman legionnaires. The islanders are generally short in stature, so they can only reduce the size of these shields. Finally, the length remained the same, and the width was changed to two feet.

Since the user could no longer use conventional weapons such as swords, knives, and spears after being equipped with a large shield, the court had to gather some samurai who surrendered and were willing to serve the Uesugi family, and some samurai in the domain who volunteered to use the curved large square shield.

And there are criteria for choosing the right samurai, not just samurai. Generally, the right person is selected to be physically strong and not less than five feet tall. Their weapons are the ones they use to cut their stomachs.

Except for the iron spears and plate armor that the ancient Roman legionnaires were equipped with, it was basically enough to fight in the island country.

There is another reason why the court wants to organize such an army - to deal with the Takeda Red Reserve Cavalry! If there are more curved shields and more heavy infantry, then you can set up a tortoiseshell formation without moving or moving slowly. If the Takeda Akabi cavalry rushed over, it would be no different from death, and these shields that were about the same height as ordinary island people could completely withstand the impact of the cavalry!

It was at this time that Asada heard from Sanada Masayuki that the Ouchi family had become hostile to the Maori family. Originally, this matter was almost forgotten by the court, after all, the Battle of Itsukushima was also a model for the Battle of Barrel Sasama. Sanada Masayuki also heard about it when he was helping Kyoko buy kites in Joshita Town.

"Duan Zang, how far can you travel in a day and night?" Asadaki summoned Kato Duanzo in the military aircraft office.

"Returning to the lord, the minister can depart from Aizu Wakamatsu Castle and reach Kyushu in four months." Kato Duanzo is not blowing, as a ninja stealth speed must be fast, especially his existence as a ninja.

"That's good, the direction is the western country. You get ready, you have to reach the territory of the Ouchi family by October. When the Ouchi family and the Maori family were at war, find a way to save Tao Longfang, that is, Tao Qingxian. "The court must not allow the Maori family to conquer the western kingdom too quickly.

"I understand." One of the good things about Danzo Kato is that he is only responsible for carrying out the action without asking the reason. This is very much appreciated by Chaoding.

"If he could, his family would protect it. If the Ouchi family is defeated, he will find a way to leave the Ouchi Collar with his family and sister-in-law. Chao Ding felt that he couldn't accept him as a retainer, his ability was not low and he was more reliable.

"Yes! The minister will take the five people of the middle ninja with him. Kato then left the Military Aircraft Division. The main purpose of the court was to make Tao Qingxian a retainer and put him in Aizu to see the Date family, and he could lead his troops south to Kanto.

After watching Kato Duanzo leave, Asada prepared to start repairing and widening all the roads in the territory. Although the court has implemented this work, many retainers do not understand, doesn't this allow the enemy to enter their territory faster? Chao Ding slowly explained to the retainers who didn't understand, and there were many benefits to building a road. First, it can make the army pass faster; Second, it can allow businessmen to quickly come to the territory to do business; 3. Faster transportation of materials; Fourth, even on rainy days, the speed of the march has become faster; Fifth, the speed at which other families attacked their own family was faster, and on the contrary, the speed at which their own family fought back was also faster. As soon as the court decided to explain the above five points to the retainers, they understood. After the lords also received the benefits of the Uesugi family's light endowment, many of them took the initiative to join the ranks of road construction. After a busy month, the roads in the four counties of Onuma, Kawanuma, Yama, and Azuki were the first to be widened and repaired, and half of the roads in Aizu County were also being repaired in a hurry.

Before June, the court asked Uesugi Kenmasa, who was blessed by Echigo, to mediate the infighting of the Date family, and made Date Harumune the governor of the Date family, and the Date family was unified. The years of astronomical rebellion came to an end. However, the Soma family is still in a state of enmity with Date Harumune; And the Tamura family continued to remain neutral.

For the Uesugi family and the Nagao family, there is a happy event - Ayahime is happy.

Ayahime suddenly had symptoms of vomiting in June, and Asadaki was told that Ayahime already had a baby after seeing a doctor! When Asadachi heard the news, he immediately sent someone to Echigo to inform the dragon girl of Kasuga Mountain Castle. After the dragon girl learned about it, she was also very 'righteous', and took out part of the small gold judgment in her treasury, and sent a gift of 500 small gold judgments to Chaoding!

In addition to the happy events shared by the two families, the Uesugi family also completed the training of newly replenished cavalry in June. Nambada Hiroyoshi did not dare to slack off, and trained 300 recruits to the death so that they could survive on the battlefield. Ogasawara and the Ogasawara brothers trained the team very well, and it can be said that they are about to teach them their 'housekeeping skills'.

At present, the court does not dare to change the conscription system to a conscription system in an instant, and can only do it in this way in an orderly and gradual manner. There are still a lot of enemies around you, and if you change too quickly, you won't have time to adapt to it! The training of the heavy infantry is still in the process of training at Wakamatsu Castle. Chao Ding also went to inspect in person from time to time, so that they could not be lazy. Even their meals are three meals a day of rice!

However, on June 7, the Takeda family did not take action against Okushinano, but set their sights on Ueno. Kohata Kenshige, the 'leading party', volunteered to march towards Kunifeng Castle with the newly formed Red Reserve Regiment of 1,500 troops (the old 500 Red Reserve Cavalry and 1,000 Red Reserve Cavalry). The ensuing 5,000 troops were led by Yoshinobu Takeda. Along the way, Takeda Yoshinobu was handed over by someone wherever he went, which made him wonder. However, Nagano knew that Uesugi Kenmasa was still in Echigo, and Uesugi Dynasty was set in Aizu, so as long as he held his home and branch cities and waited for them to go out to Kanto, there would be no problem, and it would be worthy of the kindness of the Uesugi family.

On the 9th, Nagano Yoshimasa led 600 Ueno cavalry and 1,000 troops to directly attack Kenshige, who was besieging Kohata. Kohata Kenshige estimated that he was a little 'cowardly' after seeing Nagano Yemasa, and hurriedly withdrew with his army and joined forces with Takeda Yoshinobu. He called it "to preserve the strength of Takeda Akabi", and then asked Takeda Yoshinobu to send Baba Nobubo as the first soldier to replace him.

This time, Takeda Yoshinobu's troops were stationed in Komoro Castle with 9,000 troops from Takeda Harunobu, which directly made Murakami Yoshikiyoshi and Saito Asanobu two 5,000 troops stationed in Ueda Castle, and the two sides held each other. And the dragon girl had no choice but to let the army of Kakizaki Keijia, Yamamoto Temple Dingcho, Nagao Keinobu, and Honjo Minori gather at Iiyama Castle. Takanashi Masayori of Iiyama Castle also went to Saijo Castle (Tsuma-mesama) with a thousand troops after Saito Asanobu came out of the battle.

In fact, this time the Takeda family's dispatch of troops was completely carried out with the support of the Hojo family. The Hojo clan first asked the Hojo Phantom to send the Shirai Nagao family and the head office Nagao family, who were close to the Hojo family, as reinforcements from the Takeda family. The Numata family was threatened and did not dare to come out of the city, and they didn't even pay attention to the Nagano Yemasa's request for help.

Presumably, after Takeda Harunobu discovered the war in Mitsu Oku, the Uesugi family urgently needed to recuperate and replenish their army, and the Nagao family themselves were able to keep them in Okushinano unable to advance. After Hojo Shiyasu knew that Uesugi Asadashi was also a daimyo of more than 100,000 stones, it could be said that he couldn't eat or sleep. His sister-in-law, the Hojo clan, also knew the danger of the Uesugi family, so he took the initiative to go to Kokufudai to see the Satomi family and the Takeda family of the Valley of Truth to help Hojo Shiyasu relieve the pressure.

Let's take a look at the battle situation of Takeda Yoshinobu. In the death battle of Mokaku Torada, Baba Nobubo and others, they were still defeated by Nagano Yoshimasa and his sons-in-law, and the Takeda Yoshinobu Department basically did not lose much except for the Red Reserve Army, and the rest of the troops can be said to have suffered heavy losses.

Due to the geographical location of Kunimine Castle, Nagano Yemasa felt that it might not be able to hold it. There is no support from Saito Asanobu in his own collar like Murakami Yoshikiyo. Therefore, Nagano Ye is taking the initiative to let Kohata Keisun, the lord of Kokumine Castle, move back to his Kohata Castle, and as for his family, he naturally lives in Honmaru in Minowa Castle for insurance.