Chapter 205 Fortification and Defense

After accepting the surrender of Mekada Tsunaki, Asai Nagamasa led 2,000 troops into the city to rest, and the remaining less than 3,000 troops did not stop at all, and rushed straight to Mekada Town, which was 200 meters away.

The main general in the town of Mekada has been taken, and the town of the hexagonal army is less than 500 people, they were already panicked when Asai Nagamasa led the army to arrive outside the city of Mekada, and saw that the main general was delayed in returning, after seeing Asai Nagamasa leading the army into the city, it was expected that Hirai Koichiro was already a fierce and auspicious man, so he dared to stay for a while, and fled in a blink of an eye.

In less than a meal, Watanabe Ren, who had led the army, had already led his army back to Mekada Castle to report. As soon as Asai Nagamasa received the news of the seizure of Mekada Town, he ordered Mekada Tsunamushi and his retainers to go to this town and send 500 troops to stay here.

Now that the town of Mekada has been completely in his own hands, Asai Nagamasa is eager to return to the army of Kotani Castle immediately, and begin to rectify the strength of the family, but although this Kada Town has changed its court and become a place under its own direct jurisdiction, this town is at the forefront of the front, and it can be said that after this town, it is the territory of the Rokkaku family, and with the eight hundred ashigaru in this city and the five hundred garrisons in the town, if the Rokkaku family leads a large army to attack again, it will be difficult to resist, even if they hold on until reinforcements arrive, Then Kada Town doesn't know what kind of destruction will be made of the road, no, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of this town.

If you want to strengthen the defense of this town, it is not difficult to do so, you only need to find a place not far to the west of Mekada Town, and build a strong castle in a dangerous position, and if the Rokkaku family wants to recapture Mekada Town, they must first take this city, and with the elite of their own army and the castle to rely on, they will be able to hold out until they lead reinforcements.

In this way, Mekada Town will be as stable as Mount Tai, and thinking of this, Asai Nagamasa immediately sent someone to summon Watanabe Ren.

After a while, when Watanabe Ren Tsuyoichi appeared in the living room, before he could sit down, he heard Asai Nagamasa say: "Watanabe, in order to strengthen the defense of Mekada Town, I decided to build a castle to the west of this town and strengthen the defense of Mekada Town, so as to resist the attack of the Rokkaku family, and this matter will be left to you to complete." ”

Speaking of this, Asai Nagamasa remembered that although he was promoted to the status of Watanabe Ren a few days ago, there were only a pitiful few hundred stone under his rule, and there were not too many retainers in the family who were loyal to him like him, so he was able to use this time to make great achievements and get sealed, and although the castle west of Kada Town has not yet been built, however, as long as the castle is one, Zhixing has at least three or five thousand stones, and this can be regarded as his capture, even if this castle is rewarded to him, the retainers can't say anything.

Thinking of this, I only heard Asai Nagamasa continue to speak: "After the construction of the city is completed, this city will be rewarded to you as a knowledge and action, do you have any other proposals?" ”

Watanabe Ren listened, couldn't help but be overjoyed, in less than a month, he has gone from a low-level samurai with only a few hundred Zhixing, to a high-level samurai with thousands of Zhixing, this is not a dream, it seems that the benefits of hugging the thighs of the lord are really not small, and this is not the most important thing, what makes him most excited is that if this city is built, it will become the closest city to the Roxagonal family, in the future, if you want to get credit again, it will be much more convenient, Watanabe Ren is confident, it won't take five years, He will become another important minister of the Asai family, but this important minister is on the side of Asai Nagamasa.

Watanabe Ren thought that this was the lord's intention to promote himself, so he couldn't live up to the lord's expectations by saying anything, but he saw his face excited, and hurriedly saluted and said: "Please rest assured, the lord's subordinates will not be alone in the lord's trust." ”

Seeing Watanabe Ren like this, Asai Nagamasa was very satisfied, couldn't help nodding, and said: "Well, if you can understand my intentions, I'll allocate 3,000 kan to you as a good use for building a city, if there is a balance, you don't have to hand it in, just use this to train Ashigaru, however, I will only give you two months, after two months, this city must be built, in order to allow you to concentrate on building the city, in these two months, I will send two thousand troops to garrison here, you don't have to worry about the enemy, you go right now." ”

Omi is located in the plains, it is flat, especially around Lake Biwa, there is not even a slightly decent mountain, and Asai Nagamasa sows 3,000 kan and hands it over to himself to build a flat castle, this cost is a bit high, this is not his whim, wanton, it is entirely because Mekada Town is too important to him, there must be no mistakes, as long as this town is still in his hands, the daily tax is not more than 100,000 kan, in comparison, the cost of building the 3,000 kan, the cost of spending is still worth it. ,

With this strong castle in front of him, it will definitely prevent the Rokkaku family from taking a step beyond the thunder pond, and let the absolutely loyal Watanabe Ren guard this castle, and he will have nothing to worry about.

After Watanabe Ren left, he began to get irritated about the construction of the castle, and now although the problem of the construction funds has been dealt with, the question is, where should the castle be built in order to effectively block the enemy army and make it difficult for it to attack Mekada Town?

Also, not only to block the enemy, but also to choose a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack to build the city, after all, when the enemy comes to attack, you also need to hold in the city until the main hall to lead reinforcements, this matter is related to your own life and whether you can become an important minister in the family in the future, so you must not be sloppy.

However, although he has gone to Minami Omi with the lord's army to fight several times, he has only gone out with the army two or three times, and how can he understand the terrain west of Mekada Town, if he doesn't choose a good place, then he will be alone in the lord's heart, and the time to build the city is only two months, so in the choice of a place to build the city, it must not be delayed for too long, which is really a bit difficult.

However, when Watanabe Ren thought of this, it suddenly occurred to him that although Takayama went to the west of Mekada Town to burn the grain and grass of the Rokkaku family that day, although he did not go to Aragami Mountain Castle in person at that time, since it could become a place for the Rokkaku family to store grain, this means that this castle must have been built in a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, besides, although this Aragami Mountain himself has not heard of it, but even if it is just a hill, it is higher than the plain, if the city is built here, if the Rokkaku family wants to attack Mekada Town again, they must first capture this city. Otherwise, although people can come, they will not be able to live or die with food and grass.

Thinking of this, Watanabe Ren no longer hesitated, and on the one hand, he sent people to Kotani Castle to withdraw the funds for the construction of the castle and prepare for the construction of the city, and on the other hand, he sent his subordinates to secretly go to Aragami Mountain Castle to collect information.

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