Sure enough, when he finished speaking, Sugitani Zenjubo still didn't say anything, just laughed dryly, and didn't say anything else.

"The army under my command is the strongest, and only I can protect the safety of the lord."

"Fart, the cavalry is the strongest."

"Don't quarrel with you, the army under my command is the first in my family."

“……”

The clan saw that the retainers under his command had been completely aroused and had achieved their goal, so the clan did not let them continue to quarrel, so as not to hurt the harmony.

"What kind of ability is just moving your mouth, if you have the ability, go out and try it to see who is the strongest."

"Just go, I'm afraid you won't make it."

"Shut up!" I only heard the clan sect say angrily.

"Lord, I'll wait ......" Seeing that the lord was angry, the commanders of the Takayama family calmed down and quickly knelt on the ground, and Maeda Keiji still wanted to explain. However, before the words could be spoken, they were stopped by the clan.

"Shut up!"

"That...... It's the lord. Keiji Maeda hurriedly shrank his head and arrived.

"Don't you want to distinguish the strong and the weak, that's good, now I order you to run around Kofu City for me, whoever can hold out to the end is the strongest. This time, I really want to see which one is the strongest in my family. After speaking, I only heard the clan snort and ignored it.

At this moment, the person who can appear in the assessment room is definitely the high-level of the Gao Shan family, and this meeting, even the deputy commander, the military commissioner, these retainers with a slightly lower status are not qualified to participate, it is conceivable that once you do what the lord says, you can imagine it. A group of high-ranking samurai of the Takayama family. Wear luxurious clothes. Under the sun, surrounding Kofu Castle, running out of breath, then in less than a month, they will definitely become the talk of the whole world after tea and dinner, and become the laughing stock of the samurai class.

When he thought of such a terrible consequence, he saw those commanders hurriedly say, "My lord. The subordinates know their mistakes, and ask the Lord to show their grace. ”

Of course, the clan didn't plan to let them really run, if they really did that, not only would the samurai under their command be embarrassed, but even they would not be able to raise their heads, and the main purpose of saying this was just to scare them.

So seeing that they had all admitted their mistakes, the clan sect did not continue to hold on, but only heard him speak: "You are all the ministers of your own family, and at this time, you need to unite even more. So I want you to remember that you don't have the strongest army. Because every army in this family is the strongest. ”

"Yes, my lord, we will remember it." Hearing the lord say this, everyone can be regarded as a sigh of relief, especially Maeda Keiji, who is secretly glad in his heart, fortunately he will react quickly, otherwise, if he really goes out to run, he will run over Sanada Masaki It is estimated that there is no problem, but Sugitani Zenjumibo This stuffy gourd is a ninja background, and he really may not be able to run, and when the time comes, he will boast about it, if he loses, it will not be fun, fortunately, the lord is just joking, it is really scary. Although he confessed his mistake, he was thinking about these messy things in his heart.

"Well, in that case, do you still think my safety is at risk?"

"Please rest assured, as long as there are subordinates, the safety of the lord will be protected." The retainers hurriedly said.

"Okay, Ishikawa Goemon, Kobe Konan, I'll only give you two half a day, tomorrow morning the ninja army and the escort ninja must be dispatched to Echigo, as for how to cause more chaos, this is up to the two of you, I just need to get the result."

"It is the lord, and the subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." After the two finished speaking, they only heard Ishikawa Goemon say again: "Lord, due to the urgency of time, I also ask my lord to allow his subordinates to retire first." ”

"Go ahead."

After the two left, the assessment meeting ended, but this time Hosokawa Fujitaka, who had not spoken, did not leave, but waited for all the retainers to leave, and asked the attendants to report and ask to see the clan.

The clan also felt strange, as a military advisor, he didn't say a word during the military discussion, which is a bit too much to say, even if there are no good ideas, then he has to refute the unrealistic strategies put forward by other retainers, or agree with a certain strategy, and Honda Masanobu did a very good job in this regard, which saved the clan a lot of tongues. Of course, the clan didn't blame Hosokawa Fujitaka, but this time the other party poked there like a piece of wood, which made the clan a little uncomfortable, he wasn't like this before.

As soon as the clan returned to the inner room, he saw Hosokawa and Ichiro, who were close attendants, walking in, and after saluting, he said, "My lord, Lord Hosokawa is asking to see me outside, and I ask my lord to decide." ”

"Please." Clan Zong said immediately. There is a sentence that is right, there must be a demon when things happen, Hosokawa Fujitaka behaves abnormally today, then there must be a big event to discuss with himself, and I am afraid that this matter should be big enough to be related to the development of the family, otherwise he should have said it in front of the retainers just now, and he will not come to see himself alone now, he doesn't think that at this time, Hosokawa Fujitaka is still in the mood to drink tea with himself.

It didn't take long to see Hosokawa Fujitaka walk in quickly, and after a respectful salute, he heard him speak: "My lord, my subordinates suddenly thought of something, this time the Uesugi army attacked Echichu Noto, although the family lost its troops and the Shibata family's family business was in danger of being taken away, but with the dispatch of the ninja of the family, the subordinates thought that from this moment on, they had turned the corner." Therefore, at the meeting just now, the subordinates were a little distracted, and asked the lord to forgive their sins. Speaking of this, he saw that the clan did not mean to blame, so he continued: "Lord, just now my subordinates secretly thought to themselves, although this is a fiasco between the family and Shibata, but on the other hand, maybe this is also an opportunity for the family. ”

"Tell me, what do you think?" Although Hosokawa Fujitaka was about to continue, the clan couldn't wait, so he urged.

"Lord, my subordinates have an idea, this family can use this Shibata defeat to win over the Asai family......" Speaking of this, Hosokawa Fujitaka did not continue to say, but gave the clan plenty of time to think about it.

After hearing this proposal, the clan's eyes lit up, and a lot of ideas were born in his heart, but because the time was too short and the amount of information was too large, he didn't figure it out for a while.

I heard him quickly ask, "What do you think, you might as well speak up." ”

"Yes, the lord, the subordinates feel that although the family had a fight with the Asai family last time, but this is also a last resort, the relationship between the lord and the Asai family has always been good, even after that war, although the two families are no longer as close as before, but they can't talk about each other, and Shibata-sama's side is not to mention, and the lord is the same thing, so there is no need for his subordinates to say more.

But Lord Asai and Lord Shibata, because Princess Ashi is incompatible, why not take advantage of the defeat of the Shibata army to contact Asai to rescue Echichu, in this way, Lord Shibata must be grateful, and the relationship between the two families will be resolved, so that Asai will inevitably join the camp of the lord, which will have a considerable help in the future capture of Kanto, I don't know what the lord thinks? ”

After listening to this, the clan did not speak, but began to think along this line of thought, to speak, it is really like Hosokawa Fujitaka said, at least his relationship with Asai Nagamasa is not bad, the reason why he failed to stand on his side, the main problem is his father-in-law, if he is Asai Nagamasa, he will never rashly stand in line when the situation is unknown, after all, the relationship between himself and his father-in-law, as long as the person knows, and even if Asai Nagamasa wants to be on his side, In order to consider the feelings of the father-in-law, it is also difficult for the clan to accept the other party.

But now there is such an opportunity in front of him, once it is said that Asai Nagamasa will come to the aid of the army, then with the character of Shibata Katsuya, even if he is not sincere, he will definitely not be embarrassed by the Asai family again, so that Asai Nagamasa, who had a good relationship with him, can be returned to the Takayama camp.

Although he is not a retainer of the Oda family, as a vassal, and his power is not small, he also has a certain right to speak. And this is only for political reasons, if from a military point of view, then the clan needs the help of the Asai family even more. In the past five years, Asai Nagamasa has emulated the clan to continue to squeeze the original wealthy family, although at the beginning, the two countries are turbulent, and there will be rebellions in the market, but the more rebellions, the more land under the direct jurisdiction of the Asai family, and the year before last, after four years of high-pressure policy, the original wealthy families in the two countries of Echizen and Kaga do not exist in ten, and the rest of these will definitely not dare to take any drastic action, after all, with their strength, it is now impossible to shake the rule of the Asai family in these two countries, of course, after Asai Nagamasa obtains the territory, It is also divided into a lot, but even so, there are nearly 700,000 stones under its direct jurisdiction, if he can stand on his side, then he will become the most powerful force in his faction, of course, because the Asai family is wrapped in the middle of the Oda family, there is no room for development, but more than 110,000 stones are placed in the two countries, can Asai Nagamasa really be willing to submit to himself, so this matter is simple, if you really want to succeed, I'm afraid it is not so easy.

With such concerns, I only listened to the clan and said: "Although this matter is beneficial to the family, it is very difficult to realize it, so this matter needs to be considered in the long run." ”

Although the lord didn't say it explicitly, he was not stupid, of course he could hear that the lord politely rejected his proposal, but Hosokawa Fujitaka was not discouraged by the lord's refusal, it can be said that he had basically thought through these possible problems before meeting the clan. (To be continued.) )