Chapter 193 is full of scrambles

Today, as Asai Nagamasa thought, as soon as he finished sending his retainers back to Kita-Omi to mobilize Ashigaru and lead the reinforcements, the retainers had already begun to fight over this matter. Now that the assessment room is in chaos, Asai Nagamasa doesn't say anything, just sits on the main seat and looks at the performance of the retainers, as if he is watching a monkey.

"My lord, my subordinates have applied to return to Kotani City to mobilize the light, and I also ask my lord to decide." When everyone was competing for this task and ignoring Asai Nagamasa, Sukatani garrison Naosada, Katagiri Naosada, ignored everyone and spoke directly to Asai Nagamasa.

Katagiri Naosada's status is only a general of the ashigaru, and if he participates in the argument between his retainers, he will definitely not be in such a task, and he will not even have the right to speak, so he has to go off the rails, not according to common sense, and apply directly to the lord.

He plans to fight, as long as the lord can agree to go to Kita-Omi to mobilize the ashigaru, then, with this credit, maybe he can also be among the important ministers in the family. However, because of his humble status and not much knowledge about the affairs of his family, he could not have imagined that even if the lord agreed to his application, there were so many important ministers in the family, and he would speak out to stop him, and even the lord would have to consider their suggestions.

Sure enough, as soon as his voice fell, Akao Kiyozuna, one of the three ministers of Chiyuhai, said disdainfully: "What is your identity, and you dare to apply, with your prestige in Kita-Omi, when you mobilize Ashigaru, I'm afraid that Sawa Mountain Castle has already been breached, and you won't shut up." ”

"You ......" Katagiri Naosada, he was just a hot head just now, so he opened his mouth to apply, but when Akao Kiyotsuna finished speaking, he also calmed down, although what Akao Kiyozuna said was not very popular, but what he said was also true, his status is too low, and the speed of mobilizing Ashigaru cannot be too fast, it seems that although this credit is great, it has nothing to do with himself.

However, he is not a person who gives up easily, since there is no hope of becoming the main general, then isn't there a deputy general, if it really doesn't work, he has to get a commander general, although the merit is not as good as the main general, but it is also better than nothing. Thinking of this, I only heard that he did not refute Akao Kiyozuna's words, and said again: "The lord, the subordinate applied to be the deputy general to assist the lord to return to the north Omi to mobilize the ashigaru, and I also asked the lord to approve it." ”

The important ministers present were all vying for the position of the chief general, and they didn't look down on this deputy general at all, so when he said it, they no longer entangled with him and continued to argue. However, many of the middle and lower-level samurai present began to move their minds, yes, seeing that the main general is hopeless, then can't he still apply for a deputy general or a commander general, this piece of Kirichi is really smart. The middle and lower-level samurai, who had been silent, also began to argue.

Then the retainers continued to quarrel for a while, but to no avail, and if they continued, they were afraid that everything would be delayed, so it was only at this moment that they thought of their lord, who had been watching them from the throne.

"Lord, this matter is related to the safety of the lord, and it is also related to whether the mountain castle can be defended, so you should also send a respected minister to go, the subordinates are not talented, since the head of the family, it has been three generations, so the subordinates apply to return to the North Omi, and ask the lord for approval." Among the important ministers, Akao Kiyotsuna was the first to speak.

"Lord, let's let my subordinates go down, my subordinates will definitely be able to use the shortest time and mobilize the most Ashigaru to come, and ask the lord to decide." Haibei Gang personally took the lead in Akawei Qinggang, and he was not far behind, and hurriedly said.

Seeing that the two important ministers who had been fighting against him had already opened their mouths, Endo Naokei also had to speak: "Lord, as the first important minister in the family, his subordinates have the obligation and ability to share the worries of the lord, and I also ask the lord to hand over this task to his subordinates, and his subordinates will definitely live up to the lord's trust, and please think twice." ”

"Lord, let's let my subordinates go."

“……”

Although the middle and lower-ranking samurai in the family no longer participated in the competition for the position of the main general, the important ministers had no intention of backing down, and after arguing for a while, everyone saw that the lord had not agreed to their request, so they gradually quieted down and waited for the lord to speak.

Asai Nagamasa had long been accustomed to such quarrels, so he didn't get angry, and now that he saw that the retainers had quieted down and his eyes were focused on himself, he couldn't help but say, "Enough of the quarrel?" Hmph, do you still have any consciousness as a samurai? ”,

The retainers had already resisted this sentence for a long time, and even before the lord spoke publicly, they already knew that the Dao Lord Guild would say this sentence first, and every time the retainers quarreled before, Asai Nagamasa would say this, so although they felt a little rude, they had already gotten used to it.

Seeing that the retainers all lowered their heads, he was silent, and his eyes couldn't help but sweep over the retainers one by one, and after a while, he only heard Asai Nagamasa directly call out: "Where is Hidekatsu Sakazaka?"

When Hidekatsu Kazaka heard the lord shouting his name, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, it seemed that the lord was planning to give this great achievement to himself, and he hurriedly replied with excitement: "My subordinates are here, please give my lord's orders." ”

I only heard Asai Nagamasa say solemnly: "I order you to go to Kita-Omi immediately to mobilize Ashigaru, I will only give you five days, five days later, if there are no three thousand Ashigaru appear in front of me, I will ask for you"

"It is the lord, and his subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord"

After Hidekatsu finished speaking, he was about to salute, but he heard Haibei Tsunade immediately speak and stopped: "Lord, it seems that something is wrong for Hidekatsu to go." ”

"Oh? Who do you think you should send? I saw Asai Nagamasa frowning and asked with some displeasure

Hidekatsu Kazaka as the lord of the lineage, is well known, his ability can only be regarded as average, if it is not for the lord to support, with his ability can definitely not be promoted to the head of the ashgaru within a few months, and looking at the trend, the lord also intends to promote him. So the retainers really don't have much of a good impression of him, and Hidekatsu Ribaka is not unaware that the retainers have already had an opinion on him, but he doesn't care, in his opinion, as long as he can hug the thighs of the lord tightly, even if the family has a big opinion of him, what can he do, and after the worst, he is still promoted and rich, and the future is bright?

And after his years of hard work, he and Anyangji Shikei, Watanabe Ren, Abe Sadasei and others have become the confidants of the lord, otherwise it would be impossible for such a credit to fall on his head.

Haibei Tsunade was asked by Asai Nagamasa, and was speechless for a moment, he was not uninvolved in the quarrel between the important ministers just now, if he dared to recommend himself at this time, he would return to the quarrel just now, and he would also be besieged by other important ministers in the family, Haibei Tsunade saw that he couldn't do anything, so he reluctantly said: "What the lord said is that his subordinates are not thoughtful." ”

Asai Nagamasa ignored him, and then named a few low-status cronies as deputy generals and commanders, his eyes began to sweep to other retainers, and all the retainers saw that Haibei Tsunade had touched a nail, so no one was opening their mouths to dissuade him,

Seeing that his retainers were silent, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but be happy in his heart, so he continued to order: "You should go to Kita-Omi immediately, and there must be no mistake." ”

As soon as Hidekatsu Kusaka and the others left, they only heard a report from Ashigaru outside the door: "Newspaper, lordship, Lord Anyangji brought the envoy of the Oda family, Takayama clan, to ask for a meeting outside the castle tower, and asked the lord to decide." ”

"What? The Takayama clan is here? "Asai Nagamasa was very surprised, since the Anyangji Temple Shikei was able to bring it here, it means that the alliance between the two families has almost been negotiated, but... But this progress is too fast.

Asai Nagamasa had already thought about it before he went out of the army, in his opinion, compared with the Oda family, the family was at a disadvantage, so there must be a lot of unfavorable terms in the covenant brought by the Takayama clan, and if the family wanted to keep their interests, they would need to discuss with it for at least ten days and a half months, or even longer, and at that time, he was afraid that he had already led the army back to Kotani Castle, but it was only three days before he went out to the army, could it be that the Oda family directly agreed to the alliance he had drafted at the beginning?

Thinking of this, even if he thought about Asai Nagamasa, who was not shocked, he couldn't help but be excited, and only heard him say: "Come with me immediately." After speaking, regardless of the retainers, he got up and walked towards the door of the assessment room.

"Lord Takayama, this is the head of my family, Asai Nagamasa, and my lord must not lose his manners." Before Asai Nagamasa came closer, he only heard the Anyang Temple Shijing hurriedly remind, so as not to be rude to the Takayama clan without knowing the lord.

Seeing that Asai Nagamasa, who was the governor of the Asai family, would actually greet him in person, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, first nodded at the Anyoji Temple, and then hurriedly strode forward, and as soon as he came to Asai Nagamasa, he saluted respectfully and said: "The envoy Takayama clan sent by the Shimooda family will see the Asai Hall. ”

Asai Nagamasa didn't have any shackles, and while bowing down and mixing the clan with both hands, he said with a smile: "Lord Takayama has worked hard for the alliance between the two families, and Nagamasa was entangled in trivial matters and was unable to greet him outside Kotani Castle. ”

"The words of the Asai Hall are really frustrating, how can he dare to bother the hall to greet him in person." The clan said politely, while quickly taking a look at Asai Nagamasa, only to see that his face was white and beardless, thick eyebrows and big eyes, in terms of his appearance, he could definitely be regarded as handsome, and although his height was less than one meter seven, it was not much different. Compared with the equally handsome Oda Nobunaga, he lacks the domineering spirit of Nobunaga, but in general, Asai Nagamasa's first impression of the clan is still good, at least much stronger than Matsudaira Motoyasu.