In the territory of Hida country, this place is basically all mountainous, because there has never been rich here, so the people are strong, and the local poor are too poor, so when they heard that if they can become the child of the Takayama family, they can get 20 yuan a year, and they can eat large white rice at once, all those who meet the age conditions have come to apply, and even some villagers in the village, after learning the news, also left their work in their hands and came to apply, for fear of this golden opportunity

However, although there are a lot of people who come to apply, but not all kinds of people can be selected, Yamauchi Ichitoyo adheres to the recruitment conditions of the clan, first the age is limited, sixteen to twenty-eight years old is a hard standard, but this rule is not easy to use in the bitter cold land of Hida, many farmers over twenty-eight years old in order to get out of the predicament, have falsely reported their age, and even among them, there are many gray hair, hunched over the old people, they have now been blinded by the high amount of money, generous treatment, They have long forgotten that deceiving a samurai comes at the cost of their lives.

Yamauchi Kazutoyo killed a few civilians who lied about their age on the spot, and then he selected the tall and strong ones among the civilians who matched the age, and then filled the vacancy of the childish sword, looking at the other hundreds who were not yet young and strong, he couldn't help but sigh, alas, it would be great if the lord could give more places for the childish sword.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he didn't dare to disobey the lord's order, and after recruiting enough childish swords and ashigaru, he didn't dare to stay here, so he hurriedly pulled these young men and returned to Dushan City immediately, and these ashigaru family members went to North America on their own.

In the Matsukura Castle Assessment Room, although most of the retainers and the Uchijima clan persuaded him to fight, Ji Xiaoji Yoritsuna never made up his mind.

Just when he was hesitating, suddenly a flag rushed in from the outside, only to see him walk a few steps quickly, came to the middle of the assessment room, knelt on the ground and saluted anxiously and said Lord, the big thing is not good, the general under the command of the Takayama clan, the capital mountain castle Daiyamauchi Ichitoyo led dozens of ashigaru to sneak into the villages under the rule of Yitian Castle, and recruited a large number of young people.

After Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang listened, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, stood up with a snort, and scolded bastard, the Gaoshan clan bullied people too much, and he didn't even take my Ji Xiaolu family in his eyes, he must be taught a good lesson, and he must not be allowed to be so arrogant. ”

Before the retainers could speak, they only heard Himekoji Yoritsuna turn his head and say to the Uchijima clan, you say, how can you teach the Takayama clan a lesson, and not provoke Oda Nobunaga, tell me the strategy quickly. Although Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna was extremely angry, he was not blinded by his heart, he just wanted to give the Takayama clan some color, but he didn't dare to provoke Oda Nobunaga. Otherwise, it is the name of the family and the territory that you can't get by.

The Nei Island clan had already thought of a plan before he came, since Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang really planned to send him to death, then he had no reason to stop it, and he didn't need a strategy at all, as long as he let him go directly to the army. However, despite this, it is necessary to modify the language, otherwise, even if Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang agrees, his retainers will speak out to dissuade him.

I only heard the Uonejima clan say calmly Kokuji-sama, in the next opinion, should immediately mobilize Ashigaru, and then take the capital mountain castle under his rule, as long as this castle can be captured, not only can the Takayama clan teach a hard lesson, save the face of the Ji Koji family, and for the Kokuji lord, the strategic location of the capital mountain castle is very important, if the Oda family wants to invade Hida, they must pass under the mountain from this castle, if they can grasp the gateway of Hida in their hands, they can attack and defend freely, even if Oda Nobunaga leads a large army to attack in the future, As long as Kuniji-sama deploys heavy troops here, no matter how many troops the Oda family has, they will not want to step into Hida.

The most important thing is that there is only one village under the rule of Toyama Castle, and the knowledge is only 800 koku, so even if Kuniji-sama takes this castle, will the Oda family abandon Mino and Ise for the sake of this humble small city, and instead lead an army to attack Hida, which is not very important?

As for the Takayama clan, as long as the capital mountain city is captured, what can it do, after the southwest has no worries, the adults can shift the center of gravity to the east, under the full attack of the Kokuji, how can the Jiangma family be the opponent, in this way, the Kokuji lord is not far from the day of unifying Hida, this is the foolish opinion of the next, and please decide. ”,

Ji Xiaolu Yorizuna has no big ambitions, his biggest ideal is to unify Hida, to be a real lord of the country, although compared to other places outside of this place, Hida is too poor, but even so, but there is also the status of a country, if it can really eliminate the hostile forces in Hida, and unify Hida, then it will be regarded as a glorious ancestor.

When he listened to the words of the Unejima clan, in addition to wanting to give the Takayama clan some color to see, there was a little more expectation in his heart, besides, according to the information sent to the land a few days ago, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang knew in his heart that the Takayama clan had not been replenished and repaired in time after years of war, so although the army under his command was elite, the number was indeed consumed a lot, especially the childish sword led by Yamauchi Ichitoyo, which was only half consumed, and the other troops under the command of the Takayama clan had to be defended in many places. If the family's attack on Dushan City was fast enough, it must have been captured by the family's army by the time its reinforcements arrived.

At that time, with the help of the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain of Dushan City, it is not difficult to keep this city, thinking of this, just listen to Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang said and do what Lord Nei Nei said, now you and so on immediately mobilize Ashigaru, five days later, the family will send troops to North America, and it is necessary to capture Dushan City. ”

Seeing that the lord had made up his mind, even if there were any retainers among them who opposed the war, even if they tried to persuade him, they would not change the lord's mind, so they all kept silent, and only listened to the retainers who were sitting with their hands answered in unison that they were the lord, and their subordinates would live up to the lord's trust. ”

I saw Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang nodded, his eyes swept towards the lower part of the river, this time he fought with the Takayama clan, he didn't plan to go out in person, after all, the identity is respected, and the identity of the Takayama clan is just a general, if you go, it will be a bit of a fuss, and if it is a parent-child horse, it is easy to arouse the idea of the Oda family, so it is more appropriate to send a retainer out of the horse, thinking of this, he couldn't help but focus his eyes on the body of Miki Kunisuna, the lord of Sakurato Castle, this time the Takayama clan provocation for no reason, Sakurato Castle suffered the most, Miki Kunisuna can't escape the crime of negligence, and it seems that it is better to let him treat the crime and make meritorious contributions.

Thinking of this, I only heard Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna open his mouth and shouted Miki Kunisuna"

Miki Kunitsuna listened to the lord and didn't call anyone, only the name that was named, and thought that the lord was going to be punished for the plundering of the people, and he couldn't help but tremble, only to hear him quickly reply that his subordinates were there. ”

"The reason why this family has suffered such a big loss this time is because you are not strict in supervising the territory, if you don't punish the crime, it will be difficult to convince the public, but I will give you the opportunity to treat the crime and make meritorious contributions, this battle is all under your command, if you can win, you will not be blamed for the past, if you fail, then the two crimes will be punished together, can you hear clearly?"

After listening to Miki Kunitsuna, his mood turned from sad to happy, since the people under his rule were plundered by most of the people in Dushan Castle Yamauchi Yifeng, he sent people to Dushan City to inquire about intelligence, according to his understanding, in Dushan City, in addition to the young and strong who were plundered this time, it can really be regarded as elite, and there are only fifty young swordsmen who are light, and this time the family is out of battle, no matter how little it can mobilize its six hundred troops, the difference in military strength is so great, it is not difficult to capture Dushan City, so he has begun to think about what kind of reward he will get after capturing Dushan City.

Now the lord is waiting for an answer, so Miki Kunitsuna didn't dare to continue thinking about it, but he solemnly said Thank you for the lord's kindness, please rest assured, even if his subordinates fight to the death, they will capture Dushan Castle. ”

"Okay, in that case, I'll wait for your good news in Matsukura Castle and dismiss the meeting." After speaking, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang walked into the inner room quickly.

Although Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna and Miki Kunitsuna were now full of confidence, it was only after five days that they fully understood how the Takayama clan, who had always been outwitted, could provoke without preparation.

When Miki Kunisuna confidently led the 700 army to climb the capital mountain, and before the attack on the city, Wasuka Masakatsu led the ninja army to quietly come to the 700 army and launched a sneak attack, and the army led by Miki Kunisuna was exhausted because it had just climbed to the top of the mountain, and how could it resist the attack of the elite ninja army led by Wasuka Masakatsu. After only resisting for a moment, the whole army was scattered, and Yamauchi Kazutoyo took advantage of this great opportunity to lead 150 ashigaru soldiers in Toyama Castle to cover up and kill. If it weren't for Miki Kunitsuna's long legs, I'm afraid he would have died here.

After he led the defeated soldiers to flee back to Hida, Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna was already terrified, although he was elite under the command of the Takayama clan, but he didn't expect that his army had been elite to such a point, with only 250 people to easily defeat 700 Honke Ashigaru, while he was shocked, he didn't dare to give birth to the idea of taking the city, and he was resentful of the Uinejima clan, if it wasn't for the heavy losses of the family in this battle, he would definitely lead the army to return to Cloud City and destroy the Unejima clan.