On the 26th day of the seventh month of the 10th year of the Astronomical Universe, in the afternoon, the castle tower of Tsugawa Castle. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Now that everyone has arrived, let's start this assessment." Soji Tsugawa, who was sitting on the throne, looked at the retainers who were sitting down one after another and said.

Although the Tsugawa family is still lacking in retainers, it is much better than before. Sitting on the left are Saigo Kicho and Saigo Kizo, father and son, who are now in charge of farming and some other affairs within the Tsugawa family. Sitting first on the right is the Tsugawa family's genealogy retainer, the general Kuroda Iekane, who is now in charge of the Tsugawa family's spear ashigaru training, and has already investigated and gathered intelligence. The second is Iwatani Castle, the general Yoshikawa Hiroie, who reinstates the defense of Iwatani Castle against the Ryohei family in the north, and trains Taitoshigaru who has gathered at Iwatani Castle. The third is the Osawa Castle Belt, the general Mizutani Hisaharu. Responsible for the stabilization and land picking up work of the old leader of the former Osawa family, and by the way, served as the teacher of Osawa Kochi (the young master of the Osawa family). At the end is the Ashigaru general Yoshikage Omura, who is in charge of the flag of Tsugawa Soji, and is responsible for the safety of the Tsugawa Castle Castle Castle and Soji.

"After everyone's efforts during this time, the territory of this family, especially the territory newly incorporated into this family, has been well developed, and once again His Highness would like to express my gratitude to all of you," said Soji with a slight bow.

"Ha~ha (this is not laughter, it is a more solemn response)" Several people sitting below leaned down and said.

"Now, the affairs of the family are gradually on the right track, so let's report on the situation in which we are responsible." Soji said to his retainers. "Let's start with Saigo-sama"

"Hi," Saigo replied.

"At present, the farming mood of the people of this family is high, and 600 yuan of new land has been reclaimed, and it is continuing to increase. The resettlement of displaced persons has also been completed. At present, the stone height of the house has reached about 3,000 stones. It is expected that this year, while the existing territory remains unchanged, there will be an agricultural tax of 1,800 stone after the autumn harvest. Saigo Kicho replied.

As Saigo Kicho's words landed, everyone below was excited. Soji also nodded and said, "Saigo-sama has worked hard. ”

"What about the stockpiles and the rest of the supplies?" Soji continued to ask.

Saigo Kizo, who was sitting next to Saigo Kicho, said, "My lord, after purchasing grain from several powerful families in Yuri County, our family now has 3,400 koku of brown rice and 540 koku of polished rice. Seeing Soji nodding, Saigo Kizo continued, "The iron mines and smelters in Tsugawa Castle are now operating well, with 30 weapons per day and 50 agricultural tools of various kinds, which can already supply the needs of the territory. And some of them have been sold to other wealthy families, and the profit is about 2 yuan. There are about 600 coins. ”

"Well, there is plenty of money and food. You and your father have done a good job, and each of you will be rewarded with 50 kan," said Tsugawa Soji with satisfaction.

"Thank you, lord," Xixiang Mu Chang and the two thanked them.

Soji Tsugawa turned his head and said to Kuroda Iekan and the others, "Now report on the strength of my family, Mabei, let's start with you." ”

"Hi," Kuroda replied solemnly, "There are currently 60 ashigaru standing guards in Tsugawa Castle, and 400 peasants and soldiers who are nearing the end of training. It already has initial combat effectiveness, and can roughly cope with some ordinary joint battles. ”

Seeing that Kuroda Iekan finished speaking, Yoshikawa Hiroke in the back continued: "There are currently 40 standing ashigaru in Iwatani Castle, and 50 Taidao ashigaru who have completed training. Previously, under the assignment of his subordinates, he participated in the clearance of some bandits, and there were no casualties, only a few people were slightly injured, and now they have completed their recovery. After saying that, Yoshikawa Hiroke turned his head and nodded at Kuji Mizutani.

Mizutani Kuji turned around and said, "Osawa Castle and Kamiyama Castle have now been initially stabilized, and the results of the land picking up work have been reported to Saigo-sama. As he spoke, Hisaharu Mizutani raised his head and looked at Soji Tsugawa, and when he saw Soji Tsugawa nodding, he continued, "There are currently 30 ashigaru in Osawa Castle and 50 in Kamiyama Castle. In addition, the number of peasant soldiers who can be mobilized should be about 200. ”

"Well, that's right, so it seems that there are 230 standing ashigaru people in this family, and a total of 260 people in addition to His Royal Highness's flag book. If you include the peasant soldiers, the family can dispatch a total of about 800 troops, which is good. Soji nodded with satisfaction.

The Kuroda family and the others below also had excited expressions on their faces, who doesn't like the strength of the family getting stronger and stronger?

"Now that the family is on the right track, the army has the strength to fight, and the food is sufficient, it's time to consider sending troops," Tsugawa Soji said with a smile.

The Kuroda family below couldn't help it, and stood up and said, "Lord, are you going to use soldiers against the Ryohei family?" His Majesty asked to be the vanguard, and he would definitely be able to capture Liangping Castle in one fell swoop. ”

The Kuroda family and the voice have not fallen, and several members of the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family have quit, why are you taking the lead? So one by one, they all jumped out to ask for battle, and only Komura Yoshijing sat calmly below. (Yoshikei Komura: You think I don't want to?) The key is that I want to protect Your Highness.... ）

Tsugawa Soji looked at the retainers below who had asked for battle, and said with relief: "Your Highness appreciates your courage for having such courage. As for who will be the vanguard and who will send troops to fight, we will have to wait for us to discuss before making a decision. ”

"Mabei, tell me about the current situation of the Ryohei family and the Nagano family." Soji Tsugawa said to Iekane Kuroda.

"Yes, my lord" Kuroda Iekane said, "After the battle between the Ryohei family and the Nagano family, their strength was greatly damaged, and now they have shrunk from Ryohei Castle, **** wounds." According to the report of the investigators under the minister, the number of ashigaru that the Ryohei family can mobilize now plus the standing ashigaru will not exceed 150 people. The Nagano family also stopped the offensive after losing reinforcements from the Kodera family, and at present, the general of the Nagano family, Tadashi Kawakami, is rectifying the newly captured Odaka Castle. And the Nagano family didn't have many troops in the first place, and if they divided their troops to guard the two cities, they could only stay on the defensive depending on the situation."

After listening to Kuroda Iekane's report, Soji nodded and said, "Well, how is the war between the Rokugo family and the Hondo family in the east?" ”

"My lord, the two sides confronted each other a week ago in the area of Gaogen Mountain at the junction of the two families, and although they carried out some small-scale tentative attacks, in general, there was no momentum for a big war." Kuroda Iekane replied.

"What is the strength of both sides?"

"The general general of the Liuxiang family is the current governor of the Liuxiang family, Liuxiang Shengwu, and directly leads the army with 600 people. There are 200 reinforcements under his command, the general of Takane Castle, Junko Shigetsu. In addition, there are more than 100 wild samurai recruited by the Rokugo family, and the total army is about 900 people. Kuroda Iekane said, "And the head of the Hondo family is the head of the family, the head of the family, the main body of the family, the loyal relatives of the main hall, the direct army of 500 people, the reinforcements of the Kodera family, Kodera Masamitsu, and the main main temple of the main sect of the sect of the main body of the main temple

"To sum up, the strength of the two families is roughly equal, but the main family has a 50-person riding team, which is still not to be underestimated." Kuroda Iekane added.

Soji Tsugawa nodded, thought about it for a while, and said, "In this way, the battle between the Hondo family and the Rokugo family will continue for a while, so now is the time for the Hondo family to send troops to the Ryohei family and the Nagano family." In this way, the Nagano family will not be able to obtain reinforcements from the Hondo family, and the main family will be able to directly capture the Ryohei family and the Nagano family in one go, and unify the western part of Nansenkita-gun. After saying that, an unconcealable smile appeared on Tsugawa Soji's face.

"Lord, leave the attack on Liangping Castle to me Yoshikawa Hiroka, it doesn't take a day to send troops from Iwatani Castle to capture Liangping Castle, I want to avenge my brother." Yoshikawa Hiroya saw that Tsugawa Soji intended to send troops, and hurriedly said.

"My lord, please also serve as a vanguard, and I will definitely take Ryohei Castle for my family," Kuroda said eagerly.

Just when Soharu Tsugawa was still thinking about it, suddenly the voice of Kimoto came from outside the door. "My lord, Lord Togo Yoshiyo of the Togo family is here and is waiting outside the hall."

"Togo Yoshisuke? Is it for the sake of marriage? Tsugawa Soji didn't think about it, and hurriedly said to Qimoto, "Quickly invite Togo-sama in." ”

"Hi" Qiben took the order lightly.

After a while, an embarrassed figure ran over.

"Lord Tsukawa, hurry, hurry up and send troops to rescue the family, the Tanaka family suddenly sent troops to attack Dongxiang Castle"

Soji Tsugawa stood up abruptly and shouted, "What! ”