Three days later, at 10 p.m., all the young men and women of the right age in the villages under the jurisdiction of Hachiman Castle in the county had already assembled at the training center.

After hearing that the main hall was going to select 200 Qiben Ashigaru from among their own people, and there were 100 people as personal guards, they began to get excited a day ago, nothing else, just for the high amount of money.

They all participated in the war as peasants before, including the battle a week ago, most of them also participated, although they are not Endo Morishu's flagbook, but they know that the flag book is light but there is a lot to take, and it is quite rich, it is said that if it is under the command of the high mountain hall, if you perform well, in addition to Yulu, there will usually be a reward to take, which is enough for them to worry about food and clothing on weekdays, it is enough to be excited for a long time.

And when they came to the training center, some of them were very thoughtful, and when they saw that there were a hundred horses, a hundred weapons and armor, and the burning stick with a blade tied, they immediately understood that these things were probably the equipment of those who had been chosen. This made those young men with bright minds almost faint with excitement.

The armor in front of him looks even better than the one in the Endo Hall before, if he is chosen, he must wear it and return to the village at that time, I'm afraid that Naoko and his mother should no longer oppose the marriage of the two of us, and many young people standing in the training center have similar ideas to a certain Sichun boy.

As soon as the clan entered the training center, the Nakamura clan immediately greeted him, only to hear him open his mouth and report: "My lord, there are a total of five hundred and forty young men in the territory under my rule, and all of them have gathered here, please ask the lord to choose." After speaking, he respectfully followed behind the clan.

The clan sect came to the front of the phalanx of more than 500 people, and saw that they were even uneven in the phalanx, and they were all standing in any way, and couldn't help frowning, looking at their quality, even worse than the bandits under the command of Wasuka Masakatsu, it seems that even after selecting the candidates for the elite armor and the iron cannon ashigaru, they must be trained strictly.

Thinking of this, the clan clan was the same as the last time he selected the iron thorn to ride ashigaru, and selected the young men who were more than one meter six tall and relatively strong, and let them stand aside, the clan thought that after all, this is his own personal guard, not only is the combat power strong, but this image cannot be too bad, and if he really gets a group of dwarfs by his side, it will not look good.

However, in this era, the peasants are still struggling to solve the problem of food and clothing, let alone any nutrition and the like, although there are more than 500 people in front of them, but there are only more than 80 people who are more than or almost 1.6 meters tall, which is still a lot away from the goal of 100 people.

In this second selection process, he only selected those childish teenagers, their bodies are still growing, so there is still the possibility of growing taller, and because they are young, then under their own temptation, they will be more loyal in the future, after all, they are their own guards, and the chance of death is not great, so loyalty is the most important thing.

The two young families selected twice are together, a total of one hundred and two, and the extra two are used as alternates, so as not to have an injury or something under the cruel training, and the two of them can just make up for it.

After selecting the elite armor cavalry ashigaru, the clan began to select the iron cannon ashigaru among the remaining more than 400 people, compared with the elite armor cavalry ashigaru, the requirements for it are lower, after all, the remaining young and strong are all selected and leftover, and they can only pull the general in the sting, fortunately, the iron cannon ashigaru does not need to charge on the battlefield, and it is even very likely that they can't even touch the enemy, so even if the conditions are lower, it is not a big deal. …,

When the clan clan finished selecting the flag Ashigaru, he felt a little headache, and the elite armor cavalry Ashigaru could be handed over to Watanabe Moritsuna to be responsible for training, but who should these 100 iron cannon ashigaru let be trained, he can't do it himself, and even if he wants to do it, how can he have time to care.

Thinking of this, the clan inadvertently moved his gaze to Keiji Maeda again, let him come? The clan shook his head secretly, and immediately denied this idea, although Maeda Keiji's understanding of iron cannon is not ignorant, but at most it can only be regarded as a half-understanding, if he is in charge of training, I don't know what chaos will happen to the road at that time, and now his frizzy and irritable personality, although it has been somewhat restrained, but still has not met his expectations, it seems that it is better to hide him for a while.

Speaking of which, there really isn't a suitable candidate among the retainers in the family, alas, Suzuki Shigehide, Inatomi Yunao, such an iron cannon master, Lao Tzu doesn't have extravagant hopes, God, give me a poor talent, let me respond to emergencies first.

Just when the clan was thinking nonsense, suddenly a ninja walked into the training center quickly, came to the clan sect, and reported loudly: "Report to the lord, Lord Beesuka and the Koga ninja - Sugitani Zenjubo have arrived outside the city to ask for a meeting, and please make a decision." ”

The clan was overjoyed after hearing this, Sugitani Zenjubo is here, I'm x, it's really a god who can't die of hunger and blind sparrows, what do you want, Sugitani Zenjubo is the No. 1 iron cannon master of Koga who can shoot down birds, Wasuka Masakatsu is not from Iga Ninja, how can he be mixed with him again? No matter what, since he's here, it's better to keep him anyway. Thinking of this, I heard the clan sect hurriedly speak: "Quickly call the two of them in." ”

In a short time, Wasuka Masakatsu rushed over, and in addition to him, there was a ninja dressed as a ninja behind him, followed by a man with an iron cannon behind him.

I saw Bee Suga Masakatsu and came to the front of the clan sect, saluted and said, "Subordinate Bee Suga Masakatsu see the lord." ”

The thin ninja with the iron cannon on his back also immediately knelt down and saluted, saying, "Takayama-sama, I received a letter from my sister-in-law Hatsune not long ago at Shimosugiya Zenjubo, and I learned that she was working for my lord, so I came to join her, and asked my lord to take her in." ”

Seeing him mention Hatsune, the clan couldn't help but sigh lightly: "Alas, Lord Sugitani, Hatsune has already died, if it weren't for Hatsune's rescue, I'm afraid the clan would have died three times." I can't protect Ling Mei well, I'm really ashamed. ”

After hearing this, Sugitani Zenjubo had forgotten the etiquette, stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, and he asked loudly, "Do you know who the murderer is?" I am determined to avenge my sister Hatsune. ”

I saw that the clan shook his head and said: "I don't know the way yet, but the clan has never forgotten this matter, so I have been sending people to investigate in Sanhe, Hatsune is my wife, I will not let her leave so inexplicably, that day the clan swore that after catching the murderer, he would definitely cut him with a thousand knives." ”

The atmosphere in the training center was a little awkward, and no one in the field made even the slightest movement. After listening to this, Sugitani Zenjubo lowered his head and pondered. Since Hatsune came to Koga, he has always had a crush on each other, but compared with Hatsune, who has a high level of understanding, he knows that if he takes the normal path of cultivation, he is afraid that he will not be able to become a middle ninja in his life, in order not to be underestimated by Hatsune and be able to get close to her, so he gave up the normal path of cultivation and changed to specialize in iron cannons, only in this way can he not fall too far behind.

But now that he has finally become a shinobi, and Hatsune has passed away, how can this not make him feel sad.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, the clan couldn't help asking: "Sugitani Zenjubo, now our goal is one, and that is to avenge Hatsune, I wonder if you still plan to leave the family?" Join me in finding out who killed Hatsune? ”…,

Sugitani Zenjubo has calmed down, putting aside the matter of Hatsune, he has long heard about the attitude of the Takayama clan towards ninjas, so even if there is no letter from Hatsune, after he is trained, he plans to defect, after all, in this era, I am afraid that only the Takayama clan will treat ninjas as human beings. Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "Lord Takayama, I am willing to want you to be loyal, but there is one condition below, and I hope that Lord Takayama will agree." ”

"Please."

"If the murderer of Hatsune is caught one day, please hand it over to you, and I, Sugitani, will personally avenge Hatsune. Thank you for your permission. After saying that, Sugitani Zenjubo knelt on the ground again, waiting for the clan's answer.

"I can give it to you, but you have to return the body to me, and since I promised Hatsune that I would break it into ten thousand pieces, I must do it." After thinking about it, the clan agreed to his request.

Sugitani Zenjubo saw that the clan's treatment of Hatsune was sincere, so he no longer hesitated, and hurriedly saluted and said: "The subordinate Sugi Zenjubo sees the lord, and asks the lord to take him in." ”

Seeing his loyalty, the clan couldn't help but feel relieved, and immediately said solemnly: "Sugiya Zenjubo, I now appoint you as the head of the ashigaru, with an annual salary of 60 yuan, and be named the commander of the iron cannon ashigaru, and come out of the family as a member of the family." Would you like to? ”

Sugitani Zenjubo took off the ninja face towel on his head, straightened his clothes, and replied solemnly: "My subordinates thank you for the generous reward of the lord, and my subordinates will live up to the expectations of the lord." ”

Wasuka Masakatsu saw that the lord directly appointed him as the commander of the iron cannon ashigaru, and couldn't help but want to dissuade him, after all, the ability of this Sugitani Zenjubo has not been confirmed, and the lord saw the iron cannon behind him, so he directly appointed, which is too arbitrary, but as soon as he thought of Honda Masashinobu's matter, he immediately gave up the advice, the lord has never looked away, I'm afraid that the same is true with this Sugitani Zenjubo, I really don't know where the information of the lord of Sugitani came from, and he will know so much about samurai ninjas.

The clan knew that he had come all the way and was already exhausted, so he planned to let him rest for a few days before training the iron cannon ashigaru, after all, the iron spike was still in the iron thorn rider, and after the scimitar was brought back, the iron cannon would be taken for his training.

But who knew that Sugitani Zenjubo was an impatient, he directly rejected the kindness of the clan, and was stunned to pull a hundred iron cannon ashigaru to Lushan City, and promised to use those weapons to train on the basis of not delaying the iron spur cavalry to defend the city.

Seeing that he was hard to return, and adding that there was something about Hatsune, the clan felt guilty about him, so he agreed to his proposal. Ordered him to lead his ashigaru to training, and after the scimitar was transported, he led the army back to the county of Hachiman Castle .......