"Sixteen thousand spears are light?" Sasa Chengmasa was first taken aback by this number, and then thought that he had only been separated from Takayama-sama for only three months, and how could the other party suddenly have a spear-footlight team of 16,000 people, which was not in the army under Takayama-sama's command before.

Except for the two military advisors of the Takayama family, the others behaved similarly to Sasa Narumasa.

I only heard the clan explain: "Don't be surprised, you don't have to be surprised, Kanbei Tojo now has 70,000 troops, and although the army of this family is elite, the number is really small, once the war with Hojo starts, then only a small number of elites will definitely not work, so, after the last time I met with you, the change began to expand the army, but due to the limitation of funds, except for the spear ashigaru pair has completed the recruitment and training, the rest of the army will need to wait for a while." ”

Speaking of which, everyone present understood that if you want to start a war with Hojo, whether the army is elite or not is secondary, the main thing is that the number of people must be large, not to mention anything else, even if Hojo is destroyed with the elite, but the Kanto region is so big, if there is not enough military strength, even defense will be a problem.

After seeing that their reaction was normal, the clan continued: "And the clan thought that the Uesugi family and the Takeda family had been fighting for so many years, and they must have a lot of experience in fighting with the cavalry, and this time it was our iron cannon that took the initiative to attack and was good at defending, Shigeto basically didn't come in much use, and the rest of the family's army had to guard against Hojo, so this time I had to send spears to fight, of course, as for combat power, please don't worry, although this military division is not as good as other military elites of the family, but there are 3,000 new groups as the backbone." The equipment is also quite well-equipped. So it should be usable. And the clan also hopes to train them through actual combat. So I ask for my father-in-law and my lords' bearing with me. ”

Although the army sent by the clan is not a veteran of a hundred battles, and basically has never seen blood, but the number is enough to 16,000 people, and the equipment is there, what else can they not be satisfied with.

This time, even Shibata Katsuya himself could only use 20,000 troops, of which at least 5,000 were Shiina, and those troops under Hatakeyama who had just completed the separation of soldiers and peasants, as for Sasa and Bupo, only 3,000 each. So Shibata Katsuya has nothing to blame. In addition, the total number of troops attacking Echigo this time will exceed 40,000, and it will definitely go down in history if it is provoked by a handful of forces such as Mori, except for the main family Oda, who was provoked.

However, as the clan thought, since this attack on Uesugi was a head-on battle, he really didn't want the clan to fight in person, otherwise how would he show his bravery. If you can become the general of this war, then you will definitely leave a strong mark in your career.

However, although Shibata Katsuya didn't want the clan to fight, they sent reinforcements. I can't say it directly, so I just heard Shibata Katsuya say, "Clan." The old man heard Sakura say that Gentaro will hold a wedding next month, and if you come with the army in person, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up. ”

Regarding his father-in-law's careful thoughts, the clan sect is a door clearer, and he only heard him speak: "This time the Gaoshan Army is only helping my father-in-law, and it is a frontal attack, so the clan does not plan to fight this time, as for the general of the Gaoshan Army, Chang Xing will be the general." ”

"The subordinates thank the lord for his trust, and the subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord."

As early as when the strategy was decided just now, Sanada Masayuki had already thought that he would be in charge, after all, the lord had chosen his own plan, and it was a little too much to say that Lord Honda was in charge, so he saw that there was no wave on his face, and he replied calmly.

Shibata Katsuya was even more satisfied now, and even a smile appeared on his face. "The old man won't let Senbei Bai work hard this time, once Uesugi is eliminated, then Ueno and Shinano County controlled by Uesugi will be regarded as a reward." Since the clan sect is on the road, the Shibata Katsu family can't help but express it, and this expression means that one-third of the Uesugi family's stone high is out, it can be said that this kind of remuneration is not low, you must know that the Takayama clan is seizing Tanba for the Sakuma family, and the two countries of Tango have nothing but the military expenses and grain and grass they deserve, and even Ono Minori, one of the sixteen gods, also returned to the Sakuma family by mistake, that is, the Sakuma family is now moving Jun Yuansan to help the clan eliminate Hojo, otherwise, The clan is really at a loss to grandma's family, of course, there is family affection, and there is no compensation or not.

If it was before, the clan would definitely shirk, after all, we are purely helping, and it would be a bit too much if we wanted benefits, but this time it was different, he was about to face Hojo, and the clan would never give up the opportunity to strengthen his strength, and since the father-in-law opened his mouth, it was impossible for the other party to agree to his refusal, and at that time it seemed a little hypocritical.

So I only heard the clan said, "Thank you father-in-law for that." ”

As for Sasa Narumasa and Bu Guangzhi, the two of them don't have such treatment, the two of them were sent by Oda Nobunaga to Shibata Katsuie, and they should send troops, of course, if the two of them can get enough credit in this war, presumably Shibata Katsuya will never treat them badly.

In the end, it was agreed that on April 15, the army would assemble in Viet Cong and send troops to Echigo. As the general of the Takayama family in this battle, this time he still served as the commander of the general army, and the deputy general was held by Sasa Narumasa.

No matter how they arranged it, there was nothing going on with the clan here anyway, but he couldn't just flick his sleeves and leave, so he began to observe Shibata Katsutoyo.

Shibata Katsutoyo's feeling for the clan and the time when he had to be sent to the Shibata Katsu family and force, except for the traces of the years that can be seen on his face, nothing else has changed much, and it still looks like a flat win, but the clan still finds that he still respects his adoptive father now as he did more than ten years ago, and it is still from the heart, because his eyes can't deceive the clan, so the clan is also relieved, he is really afraid that Shibata Katsutoyo will embark on the road of history, but now it should not be.

Originally, the clan was here to accompany Sakura to visit her father-in-law, but now that he has nothing to do, Sakura can finally go back with confidence.

And the first thing he did when he returned to Kofu City was to urge the clan to immediately prepare for the wedding for Shinkatsu, the clan was a person who came over, so it was easy to handle, and he only needed to move his mouth, and some errands were people. Of course, although Takayama Nobukatsu has been recognized by his own retainers, his reputation in the Oda family and the world is slightly insufficient, after all, he has only gone through the battle. Therefore, if you invite some important ministers of the Oda family, or invite samurai from friendly forces, then the invitation can only be written by the Takayama clan.

The clan first wrote the invitation of the people of the Gaoshan faction, and then even the people of the monkey faction also wrote the invitation, when they got married before, everyone's status was not high, and they couldn't get any decent congratulatory gifts, but more than ten years have passed, as long as they can survive, they can already be regarded as a high authority, if they don't slaughter them once, the clan feels that some can't be said, especially now that the Gaoshan family is financially tight, the people of the monkey faction can not come, but the ceremony must come, of course, the clan is completely sure, As long as the invitation is sent to them, then the gift will definitely come.

Monkeys are not stupid, and the factional struggle cannot be put on the bright side in the fierce, especially now that everyone has hundreds of thousands of stone territories, and the armoured army is tens of thousands, once the performance is obvious, it is easy to arouse Nobunaga's suspicion, of course, the clan can also be sure, they will definitely not come, after writing their invitation, the rest is some friendly forces, at this time the clan found that there are really no forces other than the Oda family that are friendly with themselves, and there is really no one else in their popularity, of course, the Otomo family is to be invited, not to mention the Tachibana family, After thinking about it for a long time, I finally invited the Satake family, and the Utsunomiya family each wrote an invitation, although the last time we talked about it was not pleasant, but whether I want to admit it or not, these two families have the same purpose as themselves after all, so even if they don't form an alliance, they should discuss and discuss the matter of dealing with the Hojo family, as for the conflict of interest between themselves and them after the elimination of Hojo, it is all a matter of the future, and of course the future will be talked about later. Of course, the clan clan really wanted to give Tokugawa Ieyasu such a letter, but after thinking about it, Tokugawa Ieyasu was too picky, and he didn't need to expect much money from him, in this case, there was no need for the clan to send someone to get in the way.

In the past few days, the clan also encountered an unexpected happy event, originally looking for a pharmacist to come to see the month of Chiyo, but I didn't expect that Wise Yuzi just followed in the fun, but it was also found out that she was pregnant, which made the clan very happy, and the child in Chiyo's belly had half a chance of being sent away, and the child in Yuzi's belly, no one could snatch it away.

After learning about this, the clan looked at Takayama Nobukatsu, who was about to become a father, for a long time, this kid is really tough, this has not yet gotten married, and it has enlarged the bellies of the two girls, it seems that the continuation of the Takayama family will not be a problem in the future, and what makes the clan even more satisfied is that the months of these two daughters are not big, even after two months, they can't see it, so that the time to prepare is more abundant.

On April 15, the 16,000-strong army of the Takayama family set out from Kai and headed for Echichu, while Shibata, Sasa Bupo, and Shiimaki also sent troops to Echichu Katsuyama Castle to join up with the other forces.

Although the scale of Katsuyama Castle is not very large, it cannot accommodate so many thousands of troops at all, and most of the troops have to be stationed outside the city, but it does not hinder the particularity of the location.

The castle is located at the easternmost point of Echigo, just over an hour away from Echigo, and due to the terrain of Hokuriku, if Echichu wants to attack Echigo, there is no other way to attack Echigo. (To be continued.) )