After the promotion, the other retainers who were not promoted, the clan clan also did not hesitate to reward 100 yuan each, and even Yamada Nagamasa, who was far away in Kai Town, was not left behind. Nowadays, the most important thing that the clan lacks is money, and although these retainers have not reached the promotion standard in the heart of the clan, they do have some credit, especially the earliest Nakamura clan who followed him, and he paved the way for him to interact with the minister, and he is also worthy of the reward of this hundred yuan.

The reward has been completed, because there is no unfairness in the clan, so the retainers who have been promoted are full of joy, and the samurai who have not been promoted and only received monetary rewards are not arrogant or impatient, anyway, as long as they follow the lord, there are many opportunities for promotion in the future, and they are not in a hurry.

After the retainers calmed down for a while, the clan sect turned to today's topic, only to hear him speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, the lord has rewarded me with 8,000 stone Chiyuki from Hachiman Castle in North America, but now this city is still in the hands of the Saito family Endo Katsushu, I don't know if you have any good plans to take this city?" ”

After the clan finished speaking, he saw that the retainers couldn't help but look at Honda Masanobu, and they didn't bow their heads and think like before, and couldn't help but feel unhappy in their hearts, since Honda Masanosin was loyal to him, it was okay at first, but it didn't take long for almost every time the military was discussed, and the retainers no longer used their brains to think about problems like before. The clan is not afraid that what they say is wrong, but they are afraid that they don't want to, if it goes on like this for a long time, how can they rest assured that they will be left alone after they are strong.

Just as Honda Masanobu was about to speak, he heard the clan stop him and say, "Masanobu you wait a while, I want to listen to the advice of other retainers first." ”

After hearing this, the retainers tightened their hearts, so that it was not that they didn't think of a way, but they didn't think about it at all just now, and they didn't realize their mistakes at all, which should be represented by Wasuka Masakatsu.

I only heard Wasuka Masakatsu say with a smile: "Hehe, the lord and the military advisor are incomparably wise, and the subordinates are all arranged by the lord." Wasuka Masakatsu was already very arrogant, and he had just been promoted to a general, so he was a little fluttering, he didn't notice at all, the clan's face had begun to be gloomy, and it was precisely because of his smugness that he had already forgotten the stern side of the Takayama clan.

Seeing that he was still laughing, the clan couldn't help but be furious: "! Could it be that with me and the military advisor, you can take my words as wind in your ears? If so, how can I rest assured that you will each be on your own? ”

"Please calm the anger of the lord, and the subordinates will know their mistakes." The retainers bowed their heads in shame, they saw that the lord was angry, and then they realized that they had indeed been a little slack recently, if they continued like this, I am afraid that they would never be able to do without the lord and the military advisor in the future, but when they heard that one day, the lord guild would let themselves be alone, and they couldn't help but start looking forward to it.

The clan did not let go easily because they bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes, if they didn't pay attention to it once, it would be difficult to guarantee that they would not be inert again in the future, but the clan sect still said in a bad tone: "I'll give you a stick of incense, hurry up and give me a strategy for this battle." ”

After the retainers replied, they returned to their previous state of contemplation. Before it was time for a stick of incense, I saw Maeda Toshiya frowning and said: "My lord, my subordinates think that the defenders of Hachiman Castle in the county are about 900 people, and Endo Morishu is not a famous general in the world, so it is not difficult to capture this city, but ......" He said here After a pause, he continued: "However, what my subordinates are worried about is that when the army of this family attacks Hachiman Castle in the gun, if there are other wealthy Saito families in North America who lead an army to help, in this case, it will be a little difficult to take this castle again. The subordinates really didn't think of a solution to this, and asked the lord to forgive him. ”

Although what Maeda Toshiya said, the clan had already thought of it, but he still nodded with satisfaction. But he didn't speak, but waited for the other retainers to speak.

After a while, Yamauchi Kazutoyo also spoke: "My lord, my subordinates think that the lack of strength in the army of this family is the biggest problem, after the battle of Mikawa, the loss of the childish sword ashigaru is the largest, and now there is only fifty percent of the combat power left, if you want to expand to 100 people, counting the training time, it will take at least three months, but the order issued by the main hall is to conquer the gunjo Hachiman Castle a year ago, if the young sword Ashigaru reluctantly fights this time, its combat power will definitely be greatly reduced." ,

And not only is the sword light, but even the other military forces in the family are the same, and if they are not fully rested, the combat power is really difficult to guarantee, and the newly formed elite armored cavalry of the lord has not yet taken shape, and the military situation of the family has reached the point of being stretched, so it is not easy to attack Hachiman Castle in the county this time, and please decide on the lord. ”

Regarding the problem of the military situation in the family, the clan did not think of it, but if he was asked to give up the 8,000 stone Zhixing and choose the Kaneyama Castle with only 4,000 stone Zhixing, he would not be willing to say anything, and the most important thing, if he chose the 4,000 stone Zhixing of Kanyama Castle, I am afraid that his impression in Nobunaga's heart will also be greatly reduced. The clan of the Hachimanjo clan is determined to win, and no matter how difficult it is, it can't stop him.

After a while, the clan saw that no one was talking, so he moved his gaze to Honda Masanobu, only to hear him speak, "Masanobu, now tell me what you think." ”

"Hui Lord, what the two adults said just now is exactly what the subordinates want to say, if you rush into the army now, it will be difficult to win in a hurry, as for the solution... The subordinates haven't thought about it for a while, so please forgive the lord. ”

With the hundreds of remnants of the family at home, he wanted to capture Hachiman Castle in the county and pacify North America. In such a short period of time, even if Honda is wise and wise, he may have thought of something that works.

Seeing that Honda Masanbu had no choice, he couldn't help but stand up, frowning and pacing around in the samurai mansion, now there is only one problem in front of him, that is, the family has few troops, and the enemy army is many, this problem is really not easy to solve, and now the Zhixing he leads is still in the hands of the Saito family Endo Morishu, and the territory of Dongqi Castle has been recovered by Oda Nobunaga, now even if you want to recruit peasant soldiers, there is no place, Lao Tzu now has enough money, to be able to recruit ronin, However, it is impossible to recruit enough people in a few days, and even if you can recruit thousands of ronin, it will be very difficult for an untrained army like this to win the battle if it goes to the battlefield. Could it be that Lao Tzu really has no chance with the eight thousand stone Zhixing?

Just when the clan was upset in his heart, suddenly a flag ashigaru walked in outside the hall, and he only heard him report: "Report! The lord, Lord Maeda Okumura Eifuku asked to see him outside the door. ”

"Please!" After speaking, the clan sat back on the main seat, and secretly thought to himself, what is the intention of the Maeda family to send someone here at this time? Although he and he have an offensive and defensive alliance, but they have never really implemented it, is it for this? If this is the case, why not let it send troops to help in Hachiman Castle this time, but when I think that the Maeda family only has 200 troops, even if they help, how many troops can be sent, thinking of this, the clan can't help but sigh in my heart.

As soon as the clan clan sat down, Okumura Yongfu had already walked in, and I saw him walk quickly in front of the clan, bow down and say, "Maeda family Okumura Yongfu see Takayama-sama." I've seen you. ”

"Okumura-sama doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat." Clan Zong said lightly.

Before Okumura Yongfu sat down, he heard Maeda Toshiya ask anxiously: "Okumura Yongfuku, you came this time, but what happened to the family?" "Although the Maeda Toshi family is not in the wilderness, but his heart is always in the mind, he is afraid that because he refuses to inherit the family governor, the main hall will retaliate against the Maeda family, so he has this question, if it is really as he thinks, then he is the sinner of the Maeda family.

Seeing that the Maeda Toshika family was so nervous, Okumura Nagafuku hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, my lord, Maeda Yasutsu, has succeeded him as the family governor, and everything is fine in the Maeda family, please rest assured." ”

After hearing this, Maeda Toshiya breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Maeda family had nothing to do, then he would be relieved.

Seeing that the two of them had finished talking about their family affairs, the clan couldn't help but ask: "Lord Okumura is here, I don't know what is going on, and I ask my lord to say it clearly." ”

"Back to Takayama-sama, I have heard about the fact that you are going to go to Hachiman Castle in the military county, and the Maeda family and the Takayama family have always had an offensive and defensive alliance agreement, and my lord is afraid that the army of the lord is insufficient, so in this battle, I am willing to impermanence to support the one hundred and fifty troops of the lord to help the lord make contributions."

After hearing this, the clan sect was as expected, but Maeda Yasukatsu was able to provide one hundred and fifty ashigaru at once, which was already more than the clan had expected. He is secretly happy in his heart now, this is really what he wants, just now he was still worried about the lack of troops, and now someone took the initiative to send reinforcements, and it was provided free of charge, this is really just a dozing off and sent a pillow.

And the combat power of the desolate people, although it is not as good as the elite army under his command, even if it is weaker than the elite spear Ashigaru directly under Nobunaga, but if it is compared with the Ashigaru under the command of those local tyrants in North America, then it can be called the elite of the elite, and it is enough to have such an army to fight with them.

Ke clan thought about it, when he recruited Maeda Toshiya before, he did have a verbal agreement with Maeda Toshihisa, but, in this chaotic era, even the written covenant is unreliable, let alone verbally said so, so at that time the clan did not take it too seriously, this time I am afraid that it was Maeda Ankatsu's kid, seeing that Lao Tzu was promoted, so he hurried over to sneak around and pat the horse, so as to get some benefits, as the saying goes, no profit is not early, it seems that there is still some truth in this.

As for what benefits the Maeda family wants to get from Lao Tzu...... Whatever, let's get the reinforcements of this one hundred and fifty people first.