In July of the 7th year of Tensho (1579), a large-scale joint battle broke out between the Takeda family and the Hojo family in the Musashi and Ueno areas.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Takeda Nobutoyo successively captured Hiroki Castle and Daiki Castle in Musashi Province, and confronted the Hojo clan at the Huangse River. However, the Hojo clan blocked the onslaught of Takeda's trust and kept the Takeda army out of Higashi-Ueno.

The heads of the two families turned out to be unaccomplished, but they were not as good as the reserve generals under their command, which made the prestige of Takeda Katsuyori and Hojo Clan Masa.

At the same time, the Hosokawa family held an evaluation meeting, and after half a year of rest, Hosokawa Nobumoto was ready to launch a new round of attack.

"The lord has arrived!" With the singing of Asai Manfukumaru, Hosokawa Nobumoto strode from the side door to the main seat and sat down, followed by Hosokawa Sentomaru.

I saw that Clever Pill lowered his head, slightly restrained, and below was neatly all the important ministers and powerful daimyo of the Hosokawa family.

"Meet my lord! Meet the young master! Everyone saluted in unison, and Smart Pill was even more nervous and didn't dare to raise his eyes, and his little hands kept rubbing back and forth.

"Hmm!" Hosokawa Nobumoto's face was serious, and he just nodded slightly.

"Yahachiro, tell me about the current situation." Hosokawa Nobumoto asked the military advisor Honda Masanobu, and Senimaru silently memorized the general flow of the meeting in the back.

"It's the lord!" Honda Masashi gave a deep salute, and then said: "In the past six months, the main policy of this family has been to adjust, and now it is beginning to show results. ”

"Lord Hosokawa Miracle Maru perfectly induced the Takeda family and the Hojo family to oppose each other, so that the two Chen soldiers Ueno and Musashi, the two sides were in a scorching battle, and they won and lost each other."

"Lord Hosokawa Shinyuki has reached an alliance between his family and the people of the East, and in the past six months, the first batch of 3,000 iron cannons and the second batch of 3,000 have been given or sold to the allies as agreed. With these 6,000 iron cannons, and with the danger in hand, the people of the East were able to keep the Tsugawa family out of Hitachi Province. ”

"On the sea, the family's seven ironclad ships and half of the Gyeonggi navy army all gathered in the area of Kashima to assist the Satake family in the defense of the sea. In addition, the three Nanban warships have also been repaired to cope with future naval battles. ”

"Nengdeng Bei and Dinghai Bei have been formed, but they have not yet reached the operational standard, and they still need to continue training. Kyoto Bei, Sakamoto Bei, Saga Bei, and Shima Bei have completed their revisions and can participate in battles. The expansion of the mine artillery battalion has been completed, but training is still needed. ”

"The samurai team is formed, and they can fight with the lord. Hosokawa Commercial Bank is operating normally, the standard currency is being issued well, and the level of profitability is increasing day by day..."Honda Masanobu carefully and meticulously reported from the overall situation to the local situation, from the diplomatic and military affairs to the internal finance.

Clever Pill widened his eyes and listened carefully, for fear of missing something. On the other hand, Hosokawa Nobumoto's eyes were slightly closed, as if an old monk had settled down, with a momentum of being a bamboo in his chest.

"Very well, let's discuss what to do next? Chang Xing! You speak first! After listening to the report, the next thing is to start the discussion, and Hosokawa Nobumoto directly named Sanada Masayuki first.

"It's my lord! His Majesty believes that the policy of the Hosokawa family in the second half of the year should adopt a military strategy, and take advantage of the war between the Takeda and Hojo families to wave their troops to attack Shinano! "Sanada Masayuki proposed to go east.

"Your Majesty agrees with Sanada-sama's proposal!" "Your Majesty agrees too!" Shima Katsu and others agreed.

"My lord, my subordinates also think that we should adopt a military strategy policy, but the direction of attack should be the Maori family, so let's let the Takeda and Hojo families fight to the death, how good is it?" Masaharu Mikoda advocated the Western Expedition.

"Your Majesty agrees!" "Your Majesty agrees!" Maeda Toshiie and others supported the Western Expedition, forming two distinct factions.

"Smart Pill." Suddenly, Nobumoto Hosokawa turned his head to look at his son next to him.

"Yes! Father! Senimaru hurriedly saluted, not understanding why he suddenly called himself.

"What do you think?" Hosokawa Nobumoto's words immediately focused everyone's eyes on Smart Maru's face.

"Child... I think it all makes sense..."Smart Pill looked at this side, looked at that side, and it seemed that he was in a dilemma.

"Oh? How does it all make sense? Don't be afraid, just say it. Hosokawa Nobumoto repaid with an encouraging look, which made Smart Pill a little bolder.

"The child thinks... If the Western Expedition can eliminate the Mori family, it will make the family have no worries in the future, and if the Eastern Expedition can annex the Takeda family, it can border the people in the east and jointly deal with the Tsugawa family. The more he spoke, the more confident he became, and his head gradually raised, daring to look directly at the people below.

"Well, that's good." Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded, praising the smart pill with a small mouth, very happy.

"The analysis is quite thorough, but if you had to decide, would you choose to go east? Or the Western Expedition? ”

"This..."Smart Maru's voice was stuck, and there seemed to be two villains fighting in his head, and he felt that there was nothing wrong with either direction.

"How? Have you thought about it? Which direction to choose? Hosokawa Nobumoto gave him a little more time.

"Child..."Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Clever Pill began to sweat on his head: "I think it's safer to go west..."

"Well, it's good to have your own opinions." Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded, and Masaharu Mikoda and the others smiled slightly, it seemed that their proposal was about to be passed.

"But... The Tsugawa family is no better than others, and its wolf ambition is obvious, and it will inevitably continue to attack westward, and the people in the east can defend it for a while, but the so-called long-term defense will be lost! So... Or should they border it early and become their solid backing. Hosokawa Nobumoto changed his mind again and chose to go east.

"I decide! Immediately go to Shinano Province! Haruyuki Hosokawa attacked from Hida, Nobuyasu Matsudaira led Mikawa Bei and Tokugawa Ieyasu to attack from Suruga, and Hidehide Matsunaga, Yoshitsutsugu Miyoshi, Fujitaka Hosokawa, Fujiei Mibuchi, Motoken Hosokawa, and Nagahide Niwa attacked from Mino with me! Samurai, Wind Cavalry Battalion, Kyoto Preparation, Debun Preparation, Sekigahara Preparation, Nagahama Preparation, Gifu Preparation, Kiyoshu Preparation, Kaga Preparation, and Echizen Preparation are all in battle! Oh, the original personnel of the Thunder Artillery Battalion also went out with me, and the rest of the new personnel continued to practice. Hosokawa Nobumoto began to send troops and generals, and those who were ordered came out one after another to receive orders. He deliberately placed Matsudaira Nobuyasu in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu as the main general, so most of the credit went to Nobuyasu.

"Sakamoto Bei, Dingkai Bei, Noto Bei, Saga Bei, and Shima Bei continue to train recruits! Takigawa Kazuki and Tsutsui Shunkei continue to spy on Iga! The Ukita Naoya and Niko Motohisa continue to confront the Mori family, with Himeji Bei, Tajima Bei, and Inaba Bei assisting the garrison! The Shikoku side is on standby! That's it, ten days later, the main army gathered at Gifu Castle and attacked Shinano from Mino! ”

"Yes!" All the retainers of the Hosokawa family saluted in unison.

After the meeting, Smart Pill was still a little disappointed, after all, his proposal was rejected.

"Well, your decision can't be said to be wrong, but sometimes you have to take into account the situation of the enemy, they don't stand still, you have to take into account which of them is ambitious, who is capable, who... The most threatening, these... You'll figure it out later. Hosokawa Nobumoto touched Smart Maru's head and comforted.

"Yes, the child understands, and will do better in the future." Smart Pill nodded, feeling a little more relaxed.

"Okay, you can also clean up, come out with me this time, and see for a long time."

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