Although the other party completed his promise to join his own side after returning to the Oda family, the clan did not think that Uesugi Keikatsu had the ability to betray him, but with the help of others is not so reliable after all, and once there is a special situation, even if the Uesugi army sends troops, it will be delayed for a long time, so Uesugi can only be used as reinforcements, not as the main attack, this is very clear to the clan, and now, the situation is different, the family has obtained Ueno, so no matter how Hojo tosses, his orders can be executed at the first time, in battle, This will give the family a lot of chances of winning.

Of course, the clan can see that Ueno is so important, he doesn't believe that the Hojo clan will not be able to see it, although the Hojo clan is inferior to his father in ability, but as a second-generation successor, he is still competent, so the clan believes that once he receives the news, he will definitely send troops to attack, just how many people come...... Thinking of this, the clan couldn't help but sneer, if the Hojo clan didn't plan to move those wealthy clans, it would really make him panic, but now that those wealthy clans are dissatisfied, the Hojo clan will gather 10,000 troops at most, if this is the case, as the defender's own family, there is a spear that is light, plus he sent a military advisor to the town, it is enough to deal with it.

As for who to send, the clan felt a little entangled, because this time it was not as simple as sending it to sit in the town, because the clan planned to use this dispatch to reward one of the military advisors in the family, Ueno is not a place valued by the clan sect, and it is most suitable to take it out for the purpose of rewarding it, but originally according to the merits, Honda Masanshin is the most suitable, although he likes to use risky strategies, but anyway. But it succeeded time and time again. Especially this time commanding the Battle of Echigo. It has reached its peak, but it is precisely because of this that the clan feels that he is not the best candidate to guard Ueno, or that sentence, the family is not ready for a full-scale war, and with the character of the righteous faith, maybe because of the matter of Ueno, it will become the fuse of the all-out war between the family and the Hojo family. To let him go, it is completely to add chaos to himself.

As for Hosokawa Fujitaka, he is most suitable for following him to give advice, and he is slightly inferior to the other two military advisors in the family in terms of strategy and tactics, and because he joined the family too early, the clan did not consider him at all.

And the most suitable candidate is none other than Sanada Masayuki, this time he sent his military division to sit in the town, not to attack. Rather, it is defensive, and such a strategy is best suited to execute with his prudence. It's not difficult to keep Ueno, if that's the case, then it's nothing to send him there, but the problem is that this time he wants to make a reward for the people who go, Sanada Masayuki has just lost to Uesugi Kenshin, and it's a big defeat, and he agreed to marry the Sanada family, if he rewards him now, then the other retainers may have more ideas.

And this is the most troublesome thing that the clan feels now, in the past, the family business was small, and the retainers put their minds on the war, but now with the continuous expansion of the family business, the retainers have no heart to compare, but it is a little abnormal. As for the thoughts of the retainers, the clan can't control it at all, and it doesn't want to care, otherwise the Gao Shan family will not be far from falling apart.

And the only way to solve this problem is to reward the three military advisors, so that the balance is reached, thinking of this, the clan feels that this should be the most correct approach, one is that the reward is a matter of time and time, except for the difference in location, there is no difference, and once he makes a reward for the military advisor, it can also bring hope to the retainers, thinking of this, the clan immediately made a decision.

"Come on, quickly recruit retainers to come to the discussion." This time, the clan not only wants to reward the military advisor, but also send troops to Ueno as soon as possible, if he is not fast enough, and is robbed by the Hojo family, it will be sad.

Since the important ministers of the Takayama family were all in Kofu Castle at the moment, not long after the clan gave the order, I saw them enter the assessment room one after another.

"Subordinates, etc., see the lord." When the people were seated, they only listened to what they said.

"Okay, this time I gathered everyone here for the sake of Ueno." Speaking of this, the clan couldn't help but look like Mizuse Uemon, and said in his heart, Ueno had such a big thing, and he didn't even receive any information, and I don't know if he didn't get it, or he didn't tell himself, if it's the second point, then he has to give him some color to see, no wonder the clan is angry, there is such a big thing, and he hasn't even received a little rumor, how much does this have to delay? If Mizse Uemon can put Ueno's information in front of him as soon as possible, then I'm afraid that the army of this family has already entered Ueno at this time, so how can he be in such a hurry. And the clan completely forgot that it was he who said that as long as the result was not a process, otherwise even if he gave Mitose Uemon ten guts, he would not dare to hide it and not report it.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan ask Mizuse Uemon: "Uemon, you are the intelligence of your own family, and there is such a big incident in Ueno, why haven't I received any return?" ”

After listening to this, Mizuse Uemon said that this was a grievance in his heart, and he said, if it weren't for the lord you said that you only need to report the results, I wouldn't have reported it on time. It's just that when he thought that so many major matters in his family needed to be decided by the lord, it was understandable to forget, so he didn't take it to heart, so he hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, about the information about Ueno, my subordinates pay attention to it from time to time, but it's just ...... It's just that the lord ordered his subordinates to only report the results, and the subordinates did not report it, and asked the lord to forgive his subordinates for the crime of arbitrariness. ”

Although it seems that Mizse Uemon is pleading, everyone can hear that he is explaining, not only saying it clearly, but also giving the lord a wake-up call, and also admitting his mistake and giving the lord a step, which is enough to see his shrewdness.

After hearing this, the clan remembered that it seemed that he had really explained this way at the beginning, and it was entirely because he underestimated Kohata Nobutaza and the other three, thinking that even if they captured Gunma County, it would be difficult, how could they capture Ueno Country, and now that he remembered what he said at the beginning, of course the clan could no longer blame him.

And the clan is so good, no matter who the other party is or what his identity is. As long as you do it wrong. will bow their heads. I will never carry it to death, so I only heard him speak: "It is true that I have forgotten this matter, no wonder you, but since you already know this matter, then explain it to the retainers." ”

After hearing this, Mizuse Uemon did not hesitate and immediately told the information he had obtained. And since Ueno's information was to be reported to the lord, he had carefully sorted it out before that, and the cause and effect, and the order of development were very clear.

Since the retainers present did not know that the lord had ordered the three local tyrants to seize Gunma County, they were a little surprised when they heard that the lord had directly given the hao clan a chance, so how could he not know the lord's attitude towards the hao clan after following the lord for so long, and some people were even thinking that the lord might be using the hand of Hojo to eliminate the wealthy clans of the vassal family. However, as Mizuse Uemon continued to explain, the retainers couldn't help but change their minds. These three wealthy families only relied on a thousand people to capture Minowa Castle, which was defended by 3,000 troops, which is enough to prove the ability of these three wealthy families, such capable people, if they are used by their own family, will definitely make the Takayama family stronger, so some of them are thinking, if the lord has the mind to deal with them, it seems that they have to persuade them.

When Mizuse Uemon finished talking about the three families seizing Minowa Castle, the retainers present thought that the explanation should end here, and no one in the retainers, including the three military advisors, could have imagined that this was just the beginning.

And as Mizuse Uemon continued, they had changed from surprise at the beginning to shock, and by the time he finished speaking, the retainers were completely stunned, just like the original clan. They didn't expect at all that with only a thousand troops, and they had only just completed the separation of soldiers and peasants, and they had not trained much, and the military strength was not well-equipped, they could actually obtain Ueno, and it was still within a month, which is really a bit appalling, it can be said that although these retainers of the family have made a lot of meritorious contributions, most of their merits are to make wedding dresses for the Oda family, if the family itself, none of them have been able to surpass, fortunately, this is the credit of the three families together, otherwise it will make the Takayama family retainers feel ashamed.

When Mizuse Uemon finished speaking, the clan saw that the retainers were stunned, and couldn't help but smile slightly, and then coughed lightly, and said: "Ahem, everyone, Kohata and the other three have made great contributions to the family this time, so I decided to recruit the three of them as the retainers of the family, and made a heavy reward, and has given Saito Iwaki Castle 30,000 koku, Yura Kanayama Castle 35,000 koku, and Kohata Kunimine Castle 20,000 koku." ”

For the three of them to be able to get such a rich reward, the retainers present did not have any jealousy, after all, with their merits, the lord gave these rewards are still completely matched, but Mizuse Uemon said the details just now, and they listened carefully, so they all thought that this time they could win Ueno, and the biggest credit should be Kohata Nobusada, how did he get the least reward.

However, this doubt was quickly solved, and I only heard the clan continue: "The stone height of the Ueno country is nearly 500,000, and even if the three of them are rewarded, plus the Kawara family, it will be less than 100,000, so relying on the stone high of the remaining direct jurisdiction, I decided to form an Ueno army of 10,000 people, and it will be led by Nobutsada Kohata." Saying this, the clan clan looked down, and his eyes kept looking at those retainers who had not yet obtained positions or whose positions could be changed at any time.

After looking around, he continued: "Other than that, I decided to ...... Where is Shunhide Muto? ”

"The subordinates are here, please give instructions to the lord." Muto Shunxiu couldn't help but be happy when he heard the lord call his name, and hurriedly replied. He knew that he was called at this time, so he didn't need to ask to know that the lord must be arranging a position for him. His identity in the Takayama family has always been very embarrassing, although he has the identity of a general, but he has never been given any specific arrangements, not even the general who leads the troops, which makes him unable to raise his head at all in front of other retainers, especially those who transferred to the Takayama family with him, and seeing that even Hasegawa Shuichi, who is not as capable as himself, has a place to go, he is even more anxious, but he knows that from this moment on, he finally has something to do.

Just as he thought in his heart, when he finished answering, he only heard the clan say: "I have appointed you as the deputy commander of the Ueno Legion, and your task is to assist Kohata Nobutada to form the general force as soon as possible, and train an elite army for me in the shortest possible time." ”

"Please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to the trust of your lord."

"Ho Naomasa, you will be the commander of the Ueno Legion." If there was no betrayal of Lin Shengji, the clan would have planned to arrange Lin Tongzheng to take this position, but now he didn't want to do it, this can be regarded as a warning to Lin Tongzheng, don't think that with your father-in-law, you can't do anything to them, for the betrayal, you just snubbed them, such a punishment is definitely light, especially that Lin Shengji, after Uesugi joined the camp of the family, he was sent back, the clan saw Aiyuan's face, just exiled him, and did not kill him, which was enough to give his father-in-law and Aiyuan face.

"Yes, please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to the trust of your lord." Ho Naomasa's mentality is much stronger than that of Muto Shunhide, because his son is now the lord's close attendant, which shows that the lord has not forgotten himself, but he has not yet had a suitable job arrangement, so he has been waiting, and today he finally let him wait.

After making this arrangement, I heard the clan sect say again: "This matter is not the point of summoning everyone to come this time. Wanting to form the Ueno Army is not something that can be completed overnight, and the Hojo family will definitely not give us much time after learning that the land of Ueno is lost, especially now that all the vassal clans of Hojo in Ueno have been wiped out, which is in the hands of the Hojo clan, so I think that this time a battle with the Hojo family is inevitable. ”

"My lord, my subordinates think that even if the Hojo family sends troops to attack this time, it will not be too many in terms of numbers, after all, although the Hojo family has a lot of troops now, they are contained in large numbers in various places, even if they see the importance of Ueno, they will only send two troops at most." Hosokawa Fujitaka couldn't help but say after hearing this.

And as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Honda Masatin say: "Hosokawa-sama seems to have forgotten that his army is not only pinned down in the four directions, but also due to the great change in the attitude of the wealthy family, the Hojo clan has to leave a guard against those wealthy families, so his subordinates think that in this battle, the Hojo family can only send one elite at most, and as for the military strength of other retainers, it will not exceed four thousand, twelve thousand people, for the family, even if they do not invite reinforcements, they can resist." (To be continued.) )