After Miaoru's reminder, Tsugawa Soji remembered that his father-in-law, Kujo Minoru, seemed to be still in the territory of the Miyoshi family.

Although Kujo Shitomi is also considered a noble status, but when the time comes, the fight is really going to start, what if the scene gets out of control? Although Miaoru is just a side room, she is also a woman of Tsugawa Soji, and she still can't ignore Kujo Shimotsu Tsugawa Soji.

What's more, Kujo Shimitsu is also one of the five families, and it will also be of great help to the Tsukawa family in dealing with the imperial court in the future, so that Kujo Shitomi is naturally the best. Besides, it's just a gesture.

"As a reminder, the family wrote a letter to the government in Kyoto, asking them to protect their father-in-law. Arrange for a boat to bring your father-in-law and family to Dewa as soon as possible, so that your family can be reunited. Soji Tsugawa said with a smile.

Hearing Tsugawa Soji's promise, Miaoru finally relieved herself, "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

Just as Tsugawa Soji and the others were enjoying themselves, Yajima Osamu cautiously came to Tsugawa Soji's side and whispered in Tsugawa Soji's ear, "Lord, the retainers' votes are over, and I ask the lord to move to the castle tower and make the final decision!" ”

"So fast?" Soji Tsugawa nodded, then briefly talked to Yukihime and the others, and then got up and followed Yajima Jimitsu back to the castle tower.

When he returned to his seat and sat down, there was already a dense white paper on the floor in front of him, which was full of the names of the retainers of the Tsugawa family, and the current number of votes was indicated after each name.

After a cursory look, Tsugawa Soji nodded with satisfaction, the candidates for the commander of the legion recommended by the retainers were generally in line with Tsugawa Soji's wishes. In fact, who among the retainers is capable and who can take charge of the affairs alone, Tsugawa Soji has a plan in his heart, and letting the retainers vote is nothing more than a formality, and at the same time listen to the opinions of the "masses." ”

After counting carefully, when he counted the thirtieth retainers, Tsugawa Soji folded the paper in his hand, then looked up and said, "The final statistics have come out, according to your votes, the thirty retainers who can be the commander of the legion are all on this piece of paper!" ”

Hearing Tsugawa Soji's words, the retainers in the palace puffed up their chests one after another, waiting for the moment of "glory".

"Tozawa Hida Mamoru, Hachikashi Yamato Mamoru, Yoshikawa Miyauchi Daisuke, Akechi Hinata Mamoru, Miki Danmasa Shaobi, Minohe Daizen Daifu, Kunohe Ukyo Ryo Ryo, Tendo Izumi Mamoru, Kamiyama Hyogotou, Kankawae Wazumi Mamoru, Hazu Saburo Guard, Mizutani Yasubo Mamoru Kasai, Soma Danmasa Daibi, Iwaki Sakyo Doctor, Kurokawa Sama Tou, Osaki Sakyo Doctor, Takahashi Mutsu Oku Mamoru, Kunita Dan Masatada, Nihonmatsu Repair Doctor, Daihoji Dewa Mamoru Mamoru Gamo , Kamo Osumi Suke, Kudo Repair Ryo Takigawa Left Kon Shogun, Nagano Saburo Emon, Tamura Uenosuke, Oniwa Zhou Defense, Inowashiro Dan Masatada, Shirakawa Sakyo Doctor, Mogami Deyu Mamoru! ”

"The above thirty people will serve as the commander of the legion in Shangluo this time!"

Tsugawa Soji quickly read out the names of the thirty retainers one by one, and the retainers who were read their names naturally looked excited, because as long as they could become the commander of the legion, the chances of obtaining meritorious service would naturally be much greater!

As for the retainers who were not read by name, although they were more or less disappointed, it did not mean that there was no chance of meritorious service at all, because even if they did not become the commander of the army, they would still have to send troops to Shangluo together.

However, there are some people who are not happy, such as Akechi Mitsuhisa, Kawakami Tadashi, Komura Yoshikei and others, not only did they not become the commander of the army, but they also couldn't go to Luo with them.

Of course, Tsugawa Soji must leave some loyal ministers to stay at home, otherwise all the important ministers will go out to fight with him, and if something happens at home, then it will be a fart!

In the end, the candidate was confirmed, and the rest was easy.

With the order of Tsugawa Soji, the standing ashigaru from all over the country gathered in Ueno Castle, Kurokawa Castle and other places, and then, every standing ashigaru was disrupted and then reorganized.

According to the establishment of a thousand men per legion, soon thirty legions were freshly baked.

In fact, the number of troops sent has far exceeded 30,000, because Tsugawa Soji temporarily decided to divide his own direct troops separately, if you add the 5,000 people of Tsugawa Soji's main team, then this time the total strength of the Tsugawa family Kamiro will reach 35,000 people.

As time passed, the Tsugawa family's preparations became more and more perfect, and seeing that the day of sending troops to Kamiraku was getting closer and closer, there was an endless stream of envoys from various forces in Ueno Castle.

The Echigo Nagao family is the hardcore younger brother of the Tsugawa family, and for the fact that his father-in-law wants to go to Luo, Nagao Jinghu can be said to raise his hands in favor.

But!

Nagao Jinghu can only be in favor of support, and the plan that was originally going to go to Luo with the Tsugawa family had to be stranded because of the confrontation with the Takeda family! Shinano Land is like a huge quagmire, and the Nagao family is deeply trapped in it.

In the twenty-second year of astronomy, the Nagao family and the Takeda family had a fight in Kita-Shinano. After a fierce battle between the two sides, there was no victory, and then Nagao Jinghu withdrew. And this battle also made Nagao Jinghu realize that the strength of the Takeda family was not as weak as he imagined.

At the same time, it also made the Nagao family jealous of the Takeda family, and at the same time, it also strengthened a belief that the Takeda family must not be allowed to seize Shinano. And just this year, the retainer of the Nagao family, Hojo Takahiro, was rebelled by the Takeda family and set off civil strife, although I don't know what the confidence of Hojo Takahiro's rebellion was, but it was indeed reversed.

Nagao Jinghu was busy quelling the rebellion at this time, and he didn't have the spare energy to follow Tsugawa Soji to Shangluo together. In addition, the Takeda family has always been eyeing Shinano, and Nagao Keihu does not dare to withdraw troops, otherwise if he fights with the Takeda family at that time, the Nagao family is likely to suffer.

As for Satake, Satomi and other forces, they didn't have any idea about Shangluo, so they just sent an envoy to congratulate them, brought some gifts and ran away.

The head of the Hojo family, Hojo Shiyasu, has also been irritable recently, and his son Hojo Shiyasu has died, which makes Hojo Shiyasu more or less depressed. However, he still asked his second son, Hojo Clan, to personally go to Ueno Castle to meet Tsugawa Soji, and conveyed the goodwill of the Hojo family to Tsugawa Soji, and at the same time claimed that he was willing to send troops to follow the Tsugawa family to Shangluo.

For the kindness of the Hojo family, of course, Soharu Tsugawa will not refuse. Soon, the two sides reached a consensus, and the Hojo family officially signed an alliance with the Tsugawa family, and would send a force of two thousand people to follow the Tsugawa family to Shangluo, of course, all military supplies during the Shangluo period were taken care of by the Tsugawa family.

Tsugawa Soji naturally has no opinion on this.

Soon after the Hojo family was pulled onto the warship, the Utsunomiya family in Shimono came to complain again, hoping that while the Tsugawa family was supporting the shogunate, they would not forget that their son-in-law was still in "dire straits".

Tsugawa Soji's son-in-law, Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, the head of the Utsunomiya family, was still living in the Mamuro Castle of the retainer Yoshiga family, and the Jujo Utsunomiya Castle was still under the control of the Mibu family. Recently, it was reported that the head of the Mizu family, Mizu Tsunabo, was seriously ill, so Utsunomiya Hirotsuna came to Ueno Castle in person, hoping that the Tsukawa family could send troops to help him recapture Utsunomiya Castle.