Chapter 64: Hosokawa Family Assessment
"Bah! Creak! Oh!! The cheers of victory remembered, waking up Hosokawa Nobumoto, who had lost his mind.
"Rokuro, thank you for your hard work!" Oda Nobunaga stepped forward and patted Hosokawa Nobumoto on the shoulder, from just now, he found Hosokawa Nobumoto's unyielding state, and personally came over to appease him, "It's really hard for you, go down and rest for a while." ”
"Thank you, lord!" Hosokawa Nobumoto saluted, turned around and walked under the big tree not far away, and everywhere he passed, all the samurai of the Oda family saluted, and even Shibata Katsuya lowered his proud head, sincerely admiring this thirteen-year-old general.
After this battle, the reputation of "the unparalleled general of the Eastern Kingdom" spread all over the world.
The victorious Oda army began to withdraw from the battlefield and returned to Kiyoshu Castle to clear the remnants of the territory of Owari. Miura Yoshinoshi, who was besieging Zenshoji Temple, had just received the news of Imagawa Yoshimoto's death, and was attacked by the Oda army that had turned around, and the army collapsed randomly, and he was even taken by the Oda family. As soon as the father and son of the Katsuyama clan, who were forced into the castle of Kiyoshu, heard of the sudden change in the rear, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of Miura Yoshisa, they disbanded their army on the spot and fled back to Suruga alone.
Okabe Motonobu is stubbornly guarding Narumi Castle, and Matsudaira Motoyasu and others are also pregnant with ghosts in Odaka Castle, and the intimacy between Matsudaira and the Imagawa family has slowly fermented an unusual taste. The victorious Oda army returned to Kiyoshu Castle that night, and the news spread everywhere, and Owari Province was cheered.
And Hattori Yuding, who was the reinforcement of the Imagawa family, was first cheated by Matsudaira Motoyasu and suffered heavy losses, and then heard that Imagawa Yoshimoto was killed in battle, and his reward was gone. In desperation, he took more than 100 remnants of wounded people to the port of Atsuta, trying to fight the autumn wind to make up for the losses, but instead he was beaten by a group of farmers in the village, and dozens of people were killed in the battle, and he never dared to be an enemy of the Oda family again.
At this time, the exhausted Hosokawa Nobumoto returned to the station, but he still insisted on holding an evaluation and rewarding him for his merits in this battle.
"In this joint battle, the horseback team of the family has achieved outstanding results, taking the lead in defeating the avant-garde of the Imagawa army, and promoting the status of a meritorious person samurai. The small surname Tsurujumaru was promoted to the side of the public, and he also served as the pen head of the small surname. "The elder of the family, Yoshida Munegui, is responsible for reading the merit book.
"Thank you, Lord for the reward! The minister is determined to be loyal to his family to death! Never have two hearts! Tao Qingxian stepped forward to receive the sentiment and officially joined the Hosokawa family.
Tao Qingxian, who returned to his seat and sat down, couldn't help but close his eyes and remember the conversation with Hosokawa Nobugen not long ago. At that time, it was the great victory of Tsukasama, and the Oda army was cleaning up the battlefield, and he and Hosokawa Nobumoto leaned against that tree to confide.
"How's it going, O Taunima? After thinking about it for so long, why don't you officially join the family now? Hosokawa Nobumoto said with his eyes closed, he had been nervous since he came out of the battle, and now that it was over, he suddenly felt very tired.
"Lord Yagata, you were a traitor to the lord before you went down, and you are not afraid that if you take me in, you will also be killed by me in the future?" Although Tao Qingxian was just on the battlefield and was moved by Hosokawa Nobumoto's performance, he still had a trace of concern in his heart.
"Haha! Are you afraid that I will rot? Or are you afraid that I will lose my morality? I'm afraid you'll not see it for the rest of your life. The corners of Hosokawa Nobumoto's mouth turned up slightly, and he said in a very arrogant tone, he completed the most difficult counterattack of the barrel narrow, and the future was a glorious road, and he felt that no one could stop him.
"This~~" was abruptly said by Hosokawa Nobuyuan, Tao Qingxian was speechless, he always felt that something was wrong with this, and he couldn't say that even if I went underground, I would look at you.
"Forget it, you just follow me, let's make a gentleman's agreement, if I fail you one day, just come and take my head!" Hosokawa Nobumoto rubbed his temples, gradually losing the state of Corporal Reek and looking a little tough.
"Well, then in that case, I will join the Hosokawa family and serve my family, and I hope that the lord can remember today's oath." Tao Qingxian knelt down on one knee and was on duty for the sleeping lord.
"Hattori Chief! The information is accurate, and it is found out where Imagawa Yoshimoto's team is, although it is because the main family has made a decision, but it does not lose the merit that it should be, and it should be a second merit, and the promotion is carried out, and he enjoys the rank of a general, and he has a salary of four hundred per year, and he is given a special feeling. ”
"Thank you, Lord for the reward!" Hattori Baochang stepped forward to receive the certificate of appreciation, and he was very satisfied with the increase and promotion, which was far beyond the Matsudaira family, the original owner. Looking back at the Matsudaira family now, it's really miserable, the owner of the name Mikawa, but he doesn't have half an inch of land.
"Masaharu Mikoda! In this joint battle, the analysis of the battle situation was accurate, and the deduction tactics were reasonable, which provided a strong guarantee for the family, and he was promoted to the head of the ashigaru group and served as the second military division, with an annual salary of 50 years. ”
"Thank you, Lord for the reward!" Miko Tian Masaharu kowtowed excitedly and thanked him, and peeked at Honda Masanobu, only to see him nodding with a kind smile.
"Ichiban's first is Kanemaru Shoji! Seeking Imagawa Yoshimoto's deputy general Matsui Munenobu and being promoted to the head of the Ashigaru group, with an annual salary of 50 times, I hereby feel it! The second round is Honda's loyal victory! Seeking the Imagawa family's first general, the old Se Shijun, promoted to the head of the ashigaru group, with an annual salary of 50 years, I hereby feel it! The first three times were Takuzhi Kiyohiro, killed Imagawa Yoshimoto's mount, successfully prevented Imagawa Yoshimoto from escaping, and rewarded Baikan. ”
The three people who shouted their names stepped forward to receive the reward, in fact, the family personality should be the highest Sena clan, but considering Kanemaru Shoji's mood, he reversed the ranking, anyway, the rewards are the same, and Honda Tadashi doesn't care if he is very aggressive.
"Okay, now that the reward has been issued, let's discuss the future development of our family." Seeing that the reward was over, Hosokawa Nobumoto took out a folding fan and slapped it a few times, and now he is also learning from Oda Nobunaga to don't put the fan on his own, and occasionally pretend to be elegant.
"Your Majesty thinks that the next step of the main hall will definitely be to recover Zhiduo County, and the family only needs to follow the pace of the main hall and make great contributions." Masaharu Mikoda opened his mouth and said that he also had the right to speak now.
"Yes, the new governor of the Imagawa family is dead, the dragons have no leader, and the recovery of Zhiduo County is a foregone conclusion, now we should focus on Sanhe and see if there is an opportunity." Honda Masanobu also opened his mouth to add.
"Well, he is worthy of being the number one military advisor of his family, and when others were still paying attention to the county in front of him, Yahachiro had already begun to look at the entire Mikawa country." Hosokawa Nobumoto approved, and at the same time spurred all the retainers to broaden their horizons.
"Hanzo!"
"The subordinates are here!" A ninja rolled down from the eaves, and the retainers looked at this scene curiously, not knowing why they called out this Hattori Hanzo, who had disappeared for a long time, at this time.
"You will also sit in the assessment room in the future, and this kind of trivial matter will be handed over to your subordinates, and now you are the head of the hidden fog of the family, and you also enjoy the treatment of the head of the ashigaru group."
"Yes, thank you for your kindness, your subordinates are rude." After speaking, he sat down with the head of Hattori's office.
"Hanzo, this time you will be in charge of the affairs of the three rivers, you must try your best to make the three rivers mess up, so that the family can be useful." In fact, just before the discussion, Hosokawa Nobumoto heard Hattori Hanzo's report that Koga's companion Shichiro and Ukai Sunroku led 280 ninjas to take refuge, and he was ready to use them well, and then take the opportunity to improve Hattori Hanzo's shogun.