As soon as the three of them left, they only heard Sanada Masayuki say: "My lord, my subordinates think that these three people are afraid that after this departure, they will not come back." ”

I saw the clan sect smile and said, "Not only do I know that they won't come back, but I also know that they will definitely go to Takeda." ”

"In that case, why does the lord let them go and strengthen the enemy, it is better to let his subordinates capture them." Maeda Toshiya couldn't help but hurriedly said after hearing this, now that these three people haven't gone far, it will be easy to catch them back, if they run away, it will not be easy to do.

"Now they haven't defected, it's not good to kill them directly if they are captured, and they go to Takeda, which is what I want to see the most, vote for Takeda, and the family will raise them in the province, and if they can say that they can use Takeda to attack, it will be the most ideal, okay, it's just a few small people who don't enter the stream, not to mention them."

Speaking of this, he only listened to the clan sect's instructions: "Nakamura Yi clan, you immediately go and count the population under the rule of these wealthy clans, and report to me together with the statistics of the land under the direct jurisdiction." It's time for the family to expand the army, and if it takes a long time, then I'm afraid the lord will be unhappy. ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will do it."

Now there are more than 30,000 stone in the land directly under the rule of the clan, and the ninja army is not counted in the battle sequence in Oda's house, except for the ninja army, the current army under the command of the clan is only more than 1,500 people, according to Nobunaga's requirements for every 100 stone ten people, he is still half of the difference, so he must expand the army, otherwise when he sees Oda Nobunaga, he will not be able to explain.

Hida is poor. How mountainous it is, so the people are strong, and the clan didn't get it here before, so he was already greedy, and now that he has obtained most of the country, how can he watch the stick guys in Hida continue to do nothing, and he will face the powerful Takeda next. Even with the addition of the ninja army, there are only more than 3,000 people, so no matter from which point of view, this expansion of the army is also a matter of necessity.

And the leading retainers were all overjoyed when they heard this exciting news. No one will think that there are more troops under their command, and the more troops they command, the greater the chance of their own meritorious service. Who will have a grudge against the merits.

Yamada Nagamasa, who is also standing behind the clan, after hearing that the lord is going to expand the army, his face is not so good-looking, and the expansion of the army means that there must be the same number of armor weapons, but after the independent prince gave a thousand sets of armor weapons to the Changzong family as if they were given away for nothing, there are only more than 300 sets left in the family's inventory, and this time the lord must be expanding the army on a large scale, and there are only more than 300 sets of armor how to divide it.

And if you let the family ashigaru wear cloth clothes and go into battle with a bamboo gun, then this is a dereliction of duty. So I only heard Yamada Nagamasa say: "My lord, there are only more than 300 sets of armor left in the family at present, and if you want to restore the previous number, even if those craftsmen of the family do their best, it will take at least more than a year." The subordinates really don't know how to solve it, and ask the lord to make it clear. ”

"Nagamasa, this family is not limited to Hachiman Castle in the county now, and there should be a lot of blacksmiths in this Hida town, if you recruit them. With the treatment of this family, I believe that most of them will work for this family, and the newly recruited Ashigaru, I don't plan to let them go to the battlefield immediately, at least not in the near future, during this period, at most, to annihilate the bandits, so you still have a lot of time to prepare, I think if there are Hida domestic craftsmen to join, it should still be possible. ”

"What the lord said is that his subordinates didn't expect it. If the lord has no other instructions, then the subordinates will go to recruit craftsmen. ”

"Go ahead." Clan Zong nodded and agreed to his request.

After solving the matter of the three wealthy family heads, there is one more thing that the clan needs to solve immediately, that is, the golden mountain under the jurisdiction of Sakurato Castle, although this golden mountain is under his own jurisdiction, but according to the custom, even so, it must be reported to Oda Nobunaga, and if nothing else, this golden mountain will definitely be included in Nobunaga's direct jurisdiction, so since the clan occupied the territory of the Ji Xiaolu family, he blocked the mine, and scolded Ji Xiaolu Yorizuna in his heart. …,

Gu Gaoshan said that it had been less than a year since this golden mountain was discovered and mined by Ji Xiaolu's family, and if it was not discovered, but discovered by himself, then he could still secretly mine it first, but now he didn't dare to do it.

There are a lot of ninjas under the command of Oda Nobunaga, and Hida is not too far from Gifu City, and it has been discovered for nearly a year, I'm afraid Nobunaga has already known about its existence, maybe he is now waiting for this to be handed over by himself in Gifu City, but if he hides it and does not report it, and secretly mines, it will be a big sin.

Don't look at Nobunaga's usual good to himself, that's because he didn't infringe on his interests, and once he exceeds his bottom line, then I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to be merciful, even if he can escape his anger, then after this incident, Nobunaga is also difficult to trust himself anymore, at present, the family is fledgling, and it depends on the development of the Oda family, so even if he doesn't want to, he can't help but hand over this gold mine.

"What is the current trend of the Takeda family?" The clan did not say anything about the gold mine, but asked Mizuse Uemon first.

I heard Mizurai Uemon hurriedly replied: "My lord, at present, the 3,500 troops of the Takeda family are still standing still, stationed in Fangka City, and according to the report of the ninjas who infiltrated the city, Yama Prefecture Masakai has not even held a meeting since the main family invaded Hida, and his subordinates believe that the Oda family and the Takeda family have an alliance at present, which is why they are so quiet." ”

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but sneer: "Covenant? This thing is just a piece of waste paper in front of the Takeda family, and if Takeda Shingen is really a man who keeps the promise, the Imagawa family will not perish, and it will never form a mortal enmity with the Uesugi family. ”

Speaking of this, I only listened to the words of the clan, and said: "The Takeda family does not move, it is still beneficial to the family for the time being, as long as there is half a year, then even if he makes another move, it will be too late, by then, the army of the family has nearly 5,000 people, and it is lighter and more elite than those spears of the Takeda family, even if he doesn't want to move, I have to find a way to let him do it, okay, you continue to send more ninjas to pay attention to the Takeda family's every move, if there is any situation, report immediately." ”

"It is the lord, and his subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." After speaking, I saw that Mizurai Youemon had retreated to the side.

Since the Takeda family has not moved for the time being, then he can rest assured that he can go to Gifu City, and if the gold mine stays in his hands for one more day, the clan will be uncomfortable for one more day, staring at the countless gold in front of him, but he can't move, which is completely a torment for him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have to go to Qifu City in person to report the mine to the lord in the next few days, so you can strengthen the defense of the territory, if the Takeda family takes advantage of my absence to send troops to attack, then you and others must obey the arrangements of the two military advisors."

Saying that, the clan looked at Watanabe Moritsuna and said, "Hanzo, tomorrow you will lead the essence armor to follow me to Gifu City, okay, let's all retreat." After speaking, the clan sect walked quickly in the direction of the outside of the training ground.

Sure enough, after leaving Matsucang City, the three heads of the wealthy clan did not immediately return to their respective territories, but gathered together and kept scolding the Takayama clan, but they were also happy, if they were really rebellious, when they saw the majestic strength of the Takayama army, they couldn't raise any thoughts of resisting at all.

But scolding alone wouldn't solve the problem, so it didn't take long for them to stop and start debating what to do next.

The Takayama clan doesn't even have the most basic trust in themselves, if they promise to live in Matsukura Castle, then the Takayama clan doesn't want to deal with themselves as much as they want, and they don't have any ability to resist at all, how can they let a person who doesn't have any good feelings for them think about their own fate, so they only have one way to go, and that is to go to the Takeda family. …,

They also thought about going to the Takeda family, but they felt inappropriate when they thought about it, the Eduma family didn't want to see the Takeda family's face and act, instead of voting for him, then go directly to Takeda, don't look at the Takeda family is very calm now, but they all know that the purpose of the Takeda family to lead the army to Hida is to win this place, so sooner or later it will have a battle with the Takayama family, if you go to Takeda, maybe there will be the possibility of regaining the territory from the Takayama family, even if it is reduced, it is much better than getting nothing.

Thinking of this, Omura Tadamasa and the other three agreed without saying much, and immediately returned to take their families out of Takeda, and fortunately, they went all the way east, although they encountered a lot of Takayama troops who were patrolling, which made them feel extremely panicked.

But what made them feel strange was that the other party just let them go after a few casual interrogations, and when they thought about it, even they felt that their panicked words were full of loopholes, but Gao Shanjun actually believed it.

Although this made them feel very puzzled, but what did it matter, as long as they could reach the room card city smoothly, then it was better than anything else, and the three wealthy family heads led their families and their relatives for nearly three days before they arrived outside the room card city.

Shan County Changjing listened to the report of his subordinates that the wealthy family of the former vassal Ji Xiaolu family came to vote, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, although they no longer have a territory, but if they accept them and warmly entertain them, then the other wealthy families will all come to surrender, Shan County Changjing is to let the wealthy family in Hida know the way, and the fate of this Gao Shan family is to take the territory, and follow the Takeda family, then not only the territory can be guaranteed, but also if there is meritorious service, there is also sealing.

Therefore, after hearing that the three wealthy families had led their families outside the city, in order to show that the Takeda family attached great importance to the power of the wealthy family, Changjing of Shan County actually went out to greet him in person and said good words to him. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )