When the clan clan walked out, except for Sakuma Nobumori and Shibata Katsuie, who only bowed slightly, the rest of the people, regardless of which family, saluted respectfully and said, "Subordinate (below) see the lord (Takayama-sama)." ”

"You're welcome to come from afar." After the clan band sat down, he signaled to Murai Sadakatsu that the meeting could begin.

After receiving the signal from the lord, I only heard Murai Sadakatsu say unhurriedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this year, the family and all of you have ushered in a period of great development, and the family has won Kai again, and after the Shinano is fully in charge, the total stone height has exceeded one million, and then the family will complete the task assigned by the Oda Palace, and carry out the Kanto strategy......"

That's it for the meeting.,Look back on the past.,Look forward to the future.,Of course, because in this year, except for the clan.,Shibata,Sakuma.,The four families of the nine ghosts,The others are just shoucheng.,There is no chance of expansion.,But even so,After the final statistics of Murai Sadakatsu.,All the forces of the Takayama faction combined.,The territory under its control has exceeded three million stones.,Especially the two .5 million stones of the three families of Takayama, Shibada, and Sakuma in the eastern country.,The usable army reaches 80,000.,In addition to the Oda family, The Takayama Eastern Army is definitely the most powerful force, even if Hojo and Mori are far inferior, if it weren't for the fact that Uesugi was entrenched in Echigo and contained Shibata Katsuie, otherwise, once the troops were used against the Kanto, it would definitely be crushing, crushing all the forces in the Kanto region, and trapping Hojo in Odawara.

After all the samurai present finished talking about the development of the territory, they only heard the clan say: "This time I invite you to come, the clan has two things to discuss with you, the first is the decision of the clan. Strongly support the Chozong family. Help the Chosō clan unify the four kingdoms as quickly as possible. This is very important for our development, once Chozong and my department are in charge of the four countries, then Longchuan Yiyi's Shikoku strategy will become an ornament, and at most it can only control Kii, which not only strengthens itself, but also severely restricts the development of the Kinoshita faction, and in front of the lord, we will have more say. ”

Said here. The clan couldn't help but look at it like the Nine Ghosts Jialong, and then continued: "So the clan hopes that the Nine Ghosts can lead the water army under their command to harass the other forces of the Four Kingdoms, and the family will take out a lot of money and weapons and equipment to give Changzong and my lord for free to speed up the unification of the four countries, and the funds are tentatively set at 50,000 yuan, as for the weapons and armor, at present, because the family is preparing to expand the army, it can only provide 3,000 sets for the time being." ”

The materials to support Chomune's ministry Before the meeting began, the clan had already worked with Murai Sadakatsu. Masuda Nagamori and other retainers have calculated, on the premise of not affecting the development of their own family. It is completely possible to take out these resources, and the clan has also considered that the four countries are too poor to be compared with the power of the state, so with 50,000 yuan of funds and 3,000 sets of equipment, the equipment that has been sold to the Changzong and my clan one after another before adding it is enough to arm an army of 5,000 people to the teeth, once it is formed, then with the strength of the countryside of the four countries, even if they go together, they will never be able to stop the pace of the Changzong and my tribe to unify the four countries.

After all, in history, even if the Changzong clan did not receive support from the outside world, it was still able to unify the four countries, but the time was a little longer, and now the most lacking thing in the clan is time, so in order to speed up, it can only bleed by itself. Of course, this is also to let the Changzong and my clan completely take refuge in their own side, the Changzong and my department are not only rare talents, but also have a superior geographical location, once such a person really takes refuge, then it will definitely be of great help to dominate the world in the future.

Although the head of Nagazong's department knew that he would definitely be able to get the help of the Takayama family this time, he definitely didn't expect that the strength would be so great, three thousand collars and weapons, plus 50,000 kan, even if he sold Tosa, it would not be worth so much money.

So after the clan sect finished speaking, I saw him hurriedly say: "Thank you, Lord Gaoshan, I swear in the name of the Changzong and my clan, and from today onwards, the Changzong and my clan will never betray the Gaoshan family." ”

"The Lord of the Changzong and my department don't have to be like this, since the Lord has joined the Gaoshan Sect, it is the obligation of the clan to be the head of the sect. And the clan has a reluctant request here, that is, the clan hopes that the lord will rule the four kingdoms with absolute strength, as for those wealthy clans, ......"

Although the clan sect didn't finish speaking, the Changzong department still understood what he meant, and of course this was the best result he thought.

As a great name, especially if the strength allows, no one wants other forces to appear in the land under their rule, and in this era, everything is such a product of the wealthy clan, completely because those big forces have no ability to eradicate them all, so they can only accept this reality.

But for the Nagazong Ibe clan, who has the support of the Takayama family, all this is not a problem, so even if the clan sect doesn't say it, he will do it.

Don't look at the four countries together are less than a million stones, but it is very important to the clan, the clan does not value the land of more than 900,000 stones, he values the location of the four countries, this place can not only contain the Kinoshita faction of the western country, but also is very useful for the future conquest of Kyushu, so there must be no different businesses here, so as not to be bought by others when the time comes, causing civil strife and affecting their own layout.

After solving the affairs of Shikoku, the clan began to talk about the Kanto strategy, he first explained the form of the Kanto, after all, everyone present did not know much about the Kanto, so it was necessary for the clan to popularize it to them first, and even the clan wanted to take this opportunity to kindly remind his father-in-law Sakuma Nobumori, whose heart had begun to be extremely inflated, so as not to affect the overall situation because of arrogance, after all, if you want to win Kanto this time, his help is indispensable.

Sure enough, after hearing that the Hojo family and its affiliated forces controlled more than 2.5 million koku, and that the army would reach 60,000 or 70,000 after the expansion of the army, Sakuma Nobumori finally recognized the facts. Especially when Shibata Katsuya was unable to mobilize his troops, the Takayama faction was still at a disadvantage in the eastern country.

The expressions of the other people present also became solemn, the Gaoshan Clan Sect is the head of this sect, if it can't complete the task of the main sect, then once the lord punishes the clan, the consequences will be unimaginable, so they can't afford not to face this problem.

After thinking about it for a while, I only heard Sakuma Nobumori speak: "Senbei, although the family has become the master of the Three Kingdoms, its strength has improved a lot, and it is not a problem for the army to reach 30,000, but because there are still many forces in the Three Kingdoms that are not united with the family, once the troops are used against the Kanto, the family can only dispatch a maximum of 20,000 troops to help." ”

"With the old man here, the pressure on Uesugi doesn't have to be considered." Although Shibata Katsuya knew that he couldn't help much this time, he was unwilling to watch Sakuma Nobumori show off here, so he said next.

"Thanks to the two fathers-in-law, with the help of the two fathers-in-law, the clan believes that it will not be difficult to eliminate Hojo."

After Shibata Katsuya finished speaking, the clan finally put his mind at ease, as long as Shibata Katsuya could contain Hojo, then he could free up more troops to use troops against Kanto. Then after the expansion of the army, plus the reinforcements of Sakuma Nobumori, as well as those cannon fodder who have recently taken refuge in Ueno, this time in the conquest of Hojo, the strength of his own army can definitely reach 50,000, although there is still a difference between 50,000 and 60,000, but in terms of troops, it is not much worse. In particular, the main family, except for the 5,000 or so cannon fodder in Ueno, are all elites, which is incomparable to the Hojo family.

With the decision of these two major events, the purpose of the clan has also been achieved, but people come from afar, of course, the clan also has to do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord, so on the second day after the meeting, the clan held a hunting event in the territory, of course, like Sakuma, Shibata and others are now the daimyo of the town, and their self-held identity will definitely not end, but this time they also brought a lot of retainers, so that there is a play, and the retainers are holding back their strength in order to be able to show their bravery in front of the adults, If you want to come out on top, the clan did not rely on the strong and the weak as the landlord, this time it only sent some new retainers such as Inatomi Yunao and Maeda Toshinaga to participate, so the ranking was not too good, but the clan did not care......

A few days later, after sending off these important ministers, the clan sold some armor and weapons to the Otomo family at a lower price, and sent Shi Zong away, and then gathered all the retainers to the assessment room.

And this time all the retainers of the Takayama family are very much looking forward to it, because this time the family has the possibility of participating in the war with the Hojo family soldiers, except for a few military forces, this is definitely a great opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune, and they also know that with the strength of the family in the eastern country, once the Hojo is destroyed, there is no force that can be resisted, I am afraid that the family only needs to release the wind to attack a certain strength, and the other party has a great chance of defecting to the family, if so, there will not be many opportunities to fight in the future, Therefore, the generals of the Gao Shan family have held back their strength this time, no matter who gets in the way of their promotion, then they will definitely not be as easy to talk as before.

"I think you already know that our family will launch a full-scale attack on the northeastern part of the Kanto after next year, and now the current military strength of our family cannot meet the requirements of a full-scale war, so the first step of our family is to expand the military strength."

Every time the Gao Shan family is evaluated internally, the clan clan first cares about the people's livelihood in the territory, but this time, it is not like this, and the military situation is directly mentioned as soon as it comes up, which makes the atmosphere in the assessment room very tense as soon as it comes up. They all pricked up their ears and listened carefully to how the lord expanded, and how much the army under his command could expand.

The clan didn't want to appease them, but only listened to him continue: "I have decided to expand the number of Qiben samurai from the original base of 1,000 to 2,000. Personnel are drawn from the various military forces of the family. (To be continued.) )