Kii, Saga Port, a 3,000-strong navy is constantly training, even though the time is approaching dusk, but their training is still not slackening. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Saeki Yukai stood aside with a serious expression, and ordered to stop from time to time to explain the problems that arose during the training.

"Hehe, Weihai, you're still practicing them~" Shigeji Takenaka's voice came from a distance, Saeki Weihai turned his head to look, and saw Shigeharu Takenaka slowly walking towards this side, followed by the Gamo clan and Fujido Takatora. They are 15 years old this year, and since Motofu, they have been practicing various practices every day as deputies to Shimazo Kon, Shigeharu Takenaka, and others. And after Shigeharu Takenaka was transferred to Kii Province this time, they also left the musket team under the command of Shigehide Suzuki and came here.

Everyone could see that Oda Yoshinobu had great expectations for these two people. And they also did not disappoint Oda Yoshinobu, whose growth that can be seen with the naked eye makes everyone know that these two people will definitely become famous generals entrusted with important tasks in the future.

"They are not skilled in cooperating." Saeki shook his head and said.

"Hehe, Weihai, you're too nervous, in fact, the war is no different from the naval battles you fought before~ So relax, if you are always so tense, maybe after the war comes, you will collapse." Shigeharu Takenaka smiled, then walked to Saeki Yuumi's side and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know you want revenge very much now, but don't let hatred blind you~"

"Thank you Takenaka-sama for your advice, and I will definitely take it to heart." Saeki Yukai said in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Shigeharu Takenaka nodded and said, "Then, go have a drink with us and relax, I think it won't take a few days, and we won't have any stable days to enjoy~" Shigeharu Takenaka said lazily. I don't know if it's because of the black ink closer, Shigeharu Takenaka is becoming more and more similar to Oda Yoshinobu in many times, such as when he has nothing to do, he likes to drink, smoke and bask in the sun, and he is always lazy and casual. However, those who know him well know that if you underestimate him because of this, then you will definitely get a very deep lesson.

In this regard, Saeki Weihai naturally will not refuse, not to mention the words of Shigeharu Takenaka just now, Shigeharu Takenaka's invitation alone is not something he can and does not want to refuse. Shigeharu Takenaka's status under Oda Yoshinobu is not much worse than that of the first batch of retainers such as Keiji Maeda. Not to mention that at this time, Shigeharu Takenaka was still the acting official of Kii Province, and he was in charge of the military and political power of Kii Province.

However, just as everyone was about to leave, a ninja suddenly appeared beside Shigeharu Takenaka, "Lord Takenaka, news has come from Izumi Province that Maeda and the other three adults have led the army to defeat the invading troops of the Miyoshi family, and the three of them have been killed in battle, and most of the enemy troops have been captured. Maeda-sama expressed his hope that Takenaka-sama would help keep the captives in custody. ”

"What?!" Shigeharu Takenaka and the others were stunned when they heard this, with an incredible look on their faces. But in an instant, they reacted, and they all showed extremely excited looks. "Great! The Miyoshi family was defeated, so Maeda and the other three adults could go to support Sakuma-sama-sama! ”

It is true that in the entire Oda family encirclement network, the role played by the Miyoshi family is really negligible, whether there is a Miyoshi family or not, it is actually the same. But the impact of this victory is definitely not as simple as defeating Miyoshi.

The siege network led by the terrifying forces such as Mori, Uesugi, Takeda, and Honganji may not be as calm for the young people of the Gamo clan as the samurai who have been famous for a long time. Maybe when they go to the battlefield, they will forget the panic in their hearts like Sakuma Morimasa, and use everything they can to get the merits. But when there is no war, tension and worry are absolutely unavoidable.

And now that the three of Maeda Toshi's family defeated the Miyoshi family, the victory has undoubtedly swept away all the negative emotions in their hearts. To put it simply, it's a perfect start. In this case, those young samurai will face this war with a more normal mentality, which may save their lives on the battlefield.

"Let's go to the assessment room first." Shigeharu Takenaka said after a moment of silence, and then ordered the ninja who came to report, "Go and gather the others to come and discuss it." ”

"Yes!"

A moment later, in addition to Shigeharu Takenaka and his party, Masuda Nagamori, Ina Tadaji, Suzuki Shigema, Shigekane Brothers, Ito Keihisa, and Tarao Mitsutoshi all gathered in the assessment room of Saga Castle, all the retainers sent by Oda Yoshinobu to Kii Province to assist Shigeharu Takenaka.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as you may have heard, the three lords of the Honka, Maeda, Ikeda, and Sasa, have defeated the invading army of the Miyoshi clan, making a perfect start to the war between the Honke and the Mori and other enemies of the DPRK." Shigeharu Takenaka cleared his throat and said loudly. In other words, this is the first time that he has been so formally evaluated as a superior since joining Oda Yoshinobu's command.

Seeing that everyone nodded, Shigeharu Takenaka continued, "Maeda and the other three adults asked us to go over and help them take care of the prisoners, so I decided to set off by sea immediately and bring those prisoners here. ”

Hearing this, Ina Tadaji asked suspiciously, "Lord Takenaka, according to Maeda-sama, there are at least 15,000 of those captives, is it a bit of a ...... to receive such a number of captives from us?" In my opinion, it is safer to send it to the lord. ”

Because Shigeharu Takenaka is only the acting official of Kii Province, although he has a general view of Kii's military and political power, Ina Tadaji and others can only be regarded as his subordinates and not retainers. Well, this is naturally Oda Yoshinobu again, and I don't know why, Oda Yoshinobu is all kinds of unhappy with the feudal system of this era, so under his command, there is a completely different system from the system implemented by all the daimyo in Japan.

If you have to say it, Oda Yoshinobu implements the simplest and crudest centralized system, all the territories belong to Oda Yoshinobu, and for the retainers, they are treated with a higher rank than others. For example, Shigeharu Takenaka, who is now a general under Oda Yoshinobu, has 10,000 koku.

Of course, if it really wants to be compared, I'm afraid that no one is willing to give up the territory as long as they are happy, if other forces do this, I'm afraid those retainers would have already made a mess. But here is Oda Yoshinobu, but there is no such problem at all. The reason is also very simple, Maeda Keiji, Shiraki Yukihisa, and Shimazo Kon, the three retainers with the oldest qualifications and the most military exploits, expressed no opinion on this. So what if others have opinions?

And there is a more important reason, that is, whether it is Ise or Kii, or Ezo and Sado, uh...... Well, Ezo doesn't count. Every time Oda Yoshinobu conquered a territory, he basically carried out a purge of the local wealthy clans. Although Oda Yoshinobu did not intend to do this, it is clear that the result of this is that the implementation of Oda Yoshinobu's various decrees within the territory is completely unimpeded.

Of course, it is not without people who try to challenge the authority of Oda Yoshinobu, although they do not dare to oppose it openly, but they will seek Oda Nobunaga's help. It's a pity, how could Oda Nobunaga, who has a lot of ideas himself, pay attention to the requests of these guys? In fact, even if Oda Nobunaga didn't have any ideas, between Oda Yoshinobu and the unknown local wealthy clan, he could know which way to go with his toes.

However, speaking of which, Oda Yoshinobu's centralized system made Shibata Katsuya and others, and even Oda Nobunaga very jealous, after all, no one does not like to have more power in their hands. It's just a pity that only one of the Oda family or the entire Japan can implement this kind of system, and the others already have a mature system themselves, and it is impossible to change it. And not to mention someone like Hashiba Hideyoshi, he took down Harima with one mouth, and if he wanted to centralize power, Kotera and Bessho would definitely go to Azuchi Castle in minutes to ask Oda Nobunaga to call the shots for them.

Hearing Ina Tadaji's words, Shigeharu Takenaka chuckled and explained, "Indeed, with our current strength, if we bring all those captives here, it may be necessary to waste a lot of troops and food just to guard them. But......" Shigeharu Takenaka pointed to the sand table in front of him, "why did we leave them in Kii?" ”

Looking at the place pointed by Shigeharu Takenaka, everyone suddenly took a breath of cold air, "Lord Takenaka, do you want to directly send troops to Shikoku?!" ”

"Not bad!" Shigeharu Takenaka nodded, "Even if the Miyoshi family didn't come out of the nest this time, there weren't many troops who wanted to stay in Shikoku, not to mention that the three of Miyoshi had all been killed in battle. If you don't take Shikoku at this time, when will you stay?! After a pause, Shigeharu Takenaka said again, "And with these more than 10,000 people as our guides, maybe we don't need to do anything to be able to win the territory of the Miyoshi family." ”

Everyone was stunned for a while when they heard this, but when they came back to their senses and thought carefully, they found that as Shigeharu Takenaka said, the Miyoshi family at this time had almost no possibility of stopping them. In that case, will they not be slaughtered by them? At this time, if you don't go over to grab land, do you wait for Maoli to take it?

Seeing everyone's expressions, Shigeharu Takenaka knew that they had been convinced, "Then, it's decided!" Weihai, you lead the navy to pick up people, and pay attention to the movements of the Maori navy. Mitsutoshi, you send someone to Ise to inform the lord. Shigeharu Takenaka kept giving orders.