Chapter 683: Everything is ready
Since the failure of the Wind Demon Kotaro to assassinate the Takayama clan, his life with his subordinates has become even more sad, and now not only Yama County Changjing does not like to see his chickens and dogs, but the deputy general Daxiong Chaoxiu is also everywhere
Originally, the ninja army under his command only needed to guard around Takayama Castle to prevent the enemy from leaving the city, but now whenever the Takeda army launched an attack on the city, the ninja army had to participate, and in many cases they would also serve as the main attack, and in order not to let the people of the Takeda family see the flaws, he had to let his subordinates attack as before, so that the people of the Takeda family did not see the flaws, but after several attacks, he lost hundreds of ninjas.
In this battle, the two thousand ninjas he brought are now only nine hundred people left, and in just ten days, the loss is more than half, which undoubtedly makes his heart bleed, and now no one wants the Takayama Army to carry out a counteroffensive more than him, although the counterattack will still have many of his subordinates killed, but this will at least make their death clear, at least they will know who they are fighting for.
Just when the Wind Demon Kotaro was melancholy, he saw one of his cronies come to him and whispered: "Commander, Lord Minase said that there is something important to inform, and now that the people have arrived in the woods outside the city, please make a decision." ”
Wind Demon Kotaro heard that Mizse and Emon were coming, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed, he hadn't seen the other party yet, but he had already guessed the purpose of the other party's coming, and it seemed that his unlucky days were finally over.
Sure enough, as he thought, when he saw Mizuse Uemon, the other party directly said the lord's order, and in his opinion, the preparation time of these two days was not rich, and it would not take too long to destroy the pontoon bridge, and it was completely possible to wait for the supply team of the Takeda Army to pass before destroying it.
In this way, not only will it be timely, but it will not be easy for the people of the Takeda family to find out, but beyond that. There is another important thing that he needs to complete within two days, and that is to tell the ninjas under his command that the Wind Demon has returned to the Takayama family.
You don't have to worry about it, you just need to answer the order yourself. They will definitely carry it out unconditionally, so Wind Demon Kotaro didn't intend to tell them at all, and the dozens of middle ninjas under his command can't help but tell them, after all, they still have to be expected to lead the army, as for their attitude, Wind Demon Kotaro is a little uncertain. After all, Wind Demon was built in Sagami, and most of them were from Kanto, so no one knew whether they were reluctant to leave their homeland and fight for a new world with themselves.
But he had already made up his mind that if anyone did not want to follow, he could only control them for the time being, and then restore their freedom when the battle was over. As for those who want to destroy, Wind Demon Kotaro is not a good man and a woman, if someone wants to destroy the Wind Demon's plan. Even if it is an old subordinate who has followed him for many years, he will not show any mercy.
In order to avoid being exposed, Mizuse Uemon did not dare to stay outside for too long, and when he received an accurate answer from Kotaro Kazama, he immediately took his leave and returned to the county of Hachiman Castle to report to the lord.
And Wind Demon Kotaro first recruited more than 20 cronies in Nakashinobi, these more than 20 people, all of whom grew up with him, can be trusted, so as early as after he returned from assassinating the Takayama clan. He told them about returning to the Takayama family, after all, in order to provide a chance for the Takayama ninjas in the city to leave the city, he couldn't do it alone.
As soon as the twenty-odd shinobi arrived, he scattered them around the woods, one so that he could get the news when someone from the Takeda family approached. There is also a case against any unusual behavior of the remaining middle ninja under his command, if any of them report to the Takeda Army after hearing the news, then I am afraid that they will be mercilessly shot on the spot before they can get out of the woods. …,
And when he arranged all this, he sent his subordinates to recruit the remaining dozens of middle ninjas, and it was already ten minutes of the night at this moment, so he didn't have to worry about being discovered by the people of the Takeda family.
It didn't take long to see dozens of wind demon shinobi galloping towards the woods outside Takayama City under the moonlight, the commander suddenly summoned everyone to come, and several ninjas found the ninjas lurking around, which made them feel very puzzled, it seemed that the commander had something important to announce, so they didn't dare to slack off, waiting for the commander to speak.
In the wind demon, Kotaro saw that everyone had arrived, so he turned over and jumped down from a tree, he first straightened his clothes, and then said: "The purpose of my gathering of everyone here today is very simple, one is to tell you that now I have changed to the Takayama family, and the lord will not abandon me, not only admitting me as the commander of the ninja army, but also giving me the status of Ashigaru general, it can be said that since a few days ago, I have been a minister of the Takayama family." ”
Speaking of which, Wind Demon Kotaro did not continue, but gave the dozens of ninjas under his command some time to digest them first.
The ninjas present were shocked when they heard the news, if the commander was obedient, then what would they do, what would they do in the Wind Demon?
It's not that they don't know the attitude of the Takayama clan towards ninjas, but the wind demon is far away in Sagami, and even if the Takayama clan can take all Hida, but there is still Takeda between it and the wind demon, and now the wind demon has fallen out with the Hojo family, if it is a falling out with the Takeda family, then among these two families, as long as one of them goes out to attack, it is not something that the wind demon can resist, and how can the Takayama family who is far away in Hida be saved.
Thinking of this, several ninjas couldn't help but express their worries in their hearts.
After listening to this, Wind Demon Kotaro nodded, and said: "Your worries, the lord and I have thought of it before, first of all, you guys, I am not one person who returns to the Takayama family, but brings the entire wind demon to return together, including you, including more than 2,000 subordinates, as for your treatment, the lord has already drawn up, the middle ninja is the same as the samurai, and the lower ninja is the same as the flag ashigaru."
From then on, the Wind Demon will no longer exist, and all ninjas will be merged into the Takayama family ninja army. You have followed me for many years, if there is anyone who is unwilling to submit, I will not be reluctant, I may temporarily imprison you for a while, and after this battle is over, I will definitely let you go free, from now on, the two do not owe each other, okay, now you start to choose. ”
After hearing this, the ninjas present were very surprised, they could enjoy the treatment of a samurai? It's not a dream, right?,If there were still people hesitating before hearing this.,Then no one will think about it now.,That's samurai treatment.,Even a lot of ninja struggle all their lives are difficult to enjoy such treatment.,And I'm just a middle ninja.,You can be on an equal footing with samurai adults.,Only a fool would disagree.。
They all know that when Takeda recruited, he only gave the commander the status of a samurai, and what he was like before, and what he was like after he returned to obedience, but now as long as he nods, then he will get the identity of his dreams, who can resist such a temptation?
But soon they thought of a question, that is, whether the Gao Shan family has such financial resources, there are dozens of Shinobi in the Wind Demon alone, and there are more than two thousand Shinobi in the lower Shinobi, if it is according to the treatment offered by the Gao Shan Clan, wouldn't it mean that the money spent on the Wind Demon in a year will reach tens of thousands?
But there are only a lot of Zhixing in the Gao Shan family, don't be deceived by the commander.
Thinking of this, he only heard a middle ninja ask worriedly: "Commander, the territory of the Gao Shan family is only tens of thousands, and to put it mildly, there is not as much land as the commander controls, let alone according to the Gao Shan clan...... The treatment proposed by Lord Takayama, even according to the current standards, may be able to raise so many ninjas at once, and he has other military forces to raise, with his financial resources, I am afraid it is impossible to do it at all. ”…,
When he finished speaking, he saw that the ninjas present nodded their heads, and this was exactly what they were going to say.
Wind Demon Kotaro didn't answer directly, but asked, "Have you heard of the Sparrow House?" ”
Although the Sparrow House is far away in and other areas, the Kaimachi Sparrow House has become the third largest shop in the Kaimachi in addition to Naya and Tennoya, and even Konishi Jobaka's Konishi House is also compared, so how could they not have heard of such a first-class shop.
And many of them also know that this sparrow house is not only a boundary town, but also has a semicolon in Kyoto, Iguchi, and other towns, and the money earned in a year is completely a celestial number for these ninjas.
Among them, a few people knew that the main business of the sparrow house was gambling, but it had been engaged in the iron cannon business, and the iron cannon was not a weapon that ordinary people could have, and the one who could do this business fully reflected its strong financial resources.
However, when the commander was talking about returning to the Takayama family, why did he suddenly mention the Sparrow House?
I only heard another middle ninja say: "Commander, the subordinates of this sparrow house have all heard of its great name, and they also know that the amount of money it earns every year is unimaginable, but what does this have to do with the Guishun Gaoshan family?"
Could it be that the owner of the Sparrow House has become the royal merchant of the Takayama family? Or would you like to help? But even if this is the case, how much money can be provided to Takayama-sama, even if it is enough for a year's Fengroku, then what should I do in the future? You can't live by drinking the northwest wind. ”
Ninjas are not the same as samurai, most ninjas have no culture, and even most of them don't even know a few big characters, and there are not many rules, so they don't speak very carefully, they say whatever they think, they don't have to be taboo too much, and they speak very casually.
And Wind Demon Kotaro didn't take this tone too seriously, only heard him say: "Wrong! It's not that the owner of the sparrow house has become the royal merchant of the Gao Shan family, let alone that it provides financial support to the Gao Shan family, the reason why I mention it is because this lord is the owner of the sparrow house, and the lord has many means to make money, are you waiting for the high table and chair that is now popular? This is also the masterpiece's masterpiece, with these transactions that can earn countless amounts of money in hand, not to mention more than two thousand ninjas, even if it is two thousand, it can still be raised, now do you have any concerns? ”
"We are all willing to follow the Commander." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )