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There are several theories about the mobilization ability of the daimyo during the Warring States period, with the low ratio saying that it is one person per forty koku, and the high one saying that it is one person per twenty-five koku, or even one person per twenty koku. In a sense, these statements are true. In this era, the mobilization ability of the daimyo and the wealthy clan depends entirely on his ability to supply military rations. The period after the autumn harvest was the time when the army had sufficient rations, and the troops could bear it at the ratio of twenty stone to one person; However, in May and June of each year, the grain reserves of each family are almost exhausted, and at this time, it is certainly impossible to maintain the mobilization ratio of 20 stone per person. At the time of the Battle of Tsubakusama, Imagawa Yoshimoto controlled almost 1 million koku, so the number of troops was about 25,000, but it was claimed to be 40,000.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Oda Nobuhide, who was only one of the three Cheongshu commissions in his early years, and his territory was said to be no more than 70,000, but he sent thousands of troops until he overwhelmed all the forces of Owari, and fought with Mino and Mikawa very well, because of the support of Tsushima, there was no need to sell military rations to provide for various expenses of the family. The same is true of the current Asakura family, which is able to maintain an army of more than 30,000 men, although it only controls the Echizen country. The financial source of the Asakura family is the Tsuruga Gun, which controls Wakasa Bay, and the most prominent of the Asakura clan, Asakura Munetsu, has been holding the position of the Tsuruga Gun Division for decades, and is also the pen of the Asakura family's namesake, leading the most powerful of the three branches of the Asaka family.

This time, the Kitabatake family sent 7,000 troops, which is already the highest mobilization at present, and this depends on the support of Uji Yamada Port's donation; At the end of last year, the Kobe family gathered 5,000 men to attack me, but due to the great loss of military strength and prestige after the defeat, at this time, even if they jointly sent troops with the Shikafutu family, there were only 4,000 troops; The Nagano family has only experienced civil strife, and it is still unknown how many people can be produced, depending on the ability of the Yunlin Yuan Yuki himself, but without the support of the Hosono family, the branch family, and Nagano Fujitsu himself, it is estimated that it will not exceed two thousand at most. These 13,000 men are the largest number of the enemy's troops.

As far as we are concerned, my standing and reserve together are more than two thousand five hundred, and the navy has three thousand men, and these five thousand five hundred men are the main force in this battle; Then there are the two thousand reinforcements of the Lord's family, although it is said that there will be more people coming, but I estimate that there will be no more than a thousand; The Thousand Species family has been attached to my Kira family since the arrogance and after the war, and can provide five hundred; In addition, if I want, I can recruit nearly a thousand people from the Nine Ghost Family, but the attitude of the Nine Ghost Family seems to be more ambiguous at present, so it won't be troublesome; And then there are about 1,500 people in the family, and they are absolutely reliable. According to the information I received, the hostages handed over by the Guan family were actually Guan Shengxin's main room and his eldest son, Guan Shiro, who had just turned one year old.

The reason why they have such determination is probably the reason why my Kira family is next to me. When Naomasa arrived at Kameyama Castle of the Seki family, Shigeharu Takenaka happened to capture the Shun family of Harumbe, and this news was very weighty. Then I thought of Wasuka Masakatsu, who destroyed the Akabori clan, and Ii Naotora who defeated the Kobe coalition army, and led 5,000 people to swagger into his Seki family's territory...... It's understandable that they are so sincere!

Thirteen thousand to ten thousand and five hundred, or eleven thousand five hundred.

However, if you want to intervene in Nagano, you must also have the name and support of Nagano.

Led by Kihachi Miyata, Hideki and I arrived at Fujitsu's residence in Nagano. As soon as I entered the door, there was a smell of rancidity, and then I saw Nagano Fujitsu sitting with his back to the door, and his body was still the same bloodstained body as yesterday. Behind him lay two small tables, on which were rice, sorrel, and fish, but they had not been touched in the slightest. Branch Guangjia is also beside him, facing such a stubborn and decadent brother, he seems helpless, after all, he is only a thirteen-year-old child.

"Brother, His Highness Kira is here to visit!" Seeing me and Xiujing coming in, Branch Mitsuka reminded Atsushi Nagano Fuji. But Nagano Fujitotsu didn't make any moves. Branch Guangjia hurriedly turned around and apologized: "It's really rude...... My brother couldn't think about it for a while, and he didn't mean to be lazy, so I ask His Royal Highness Kira to understand! ”

"Needless to say," I walked over to Nagano Fujitsu and sat down, "It's just that if His Highness Fujitsu is so irresponsible, I don't need to visit at all." ”

"His Highness Kira!" Branch Guangjia's face changed, obviously misunderstood what I meant.

"Are you making me seppuku?" Hearing this, Atsushi Nagano turned around and nodded to me, "At this point, I can really only redeem my shame like this." His Royal Highness Xuanjing is really annoying to be able to come, so please make a mistake for me! ”

"That's all you have to be responsible for? Don't you want to cheer up and reclaim the territory again! I couldn't help but shake my head.

"Does it make sense to cheer up? It probably depends on your strength to regain the territory, right? And then I become your puppet, just like I did to Nagano Goto? The corners of Nagano's mouth twitched, revealing a self-deprecating smile, "Then I can't do it." ”

"Who wants you to be a puppet?" I decided to cut through the mess quickly and set a strategy quickly, after all, there was still a lot of work to be done, and Atsuno Nagano Fujino was the key to it, "Remember the conditions I said last time?" This condition continues to be valid! ”

"How is that possible! Please stop kidding. Nagano Fujitsu turned his head, "At this time and that time, I'm not a three-year-old child, I still understand this truth." ”

"I'm not kidding." I said seriously, "You think I want to control the Nagano family?" That's impossible, His Royal Highness Danzheng will definitely not allow it, and he will definitely send another important minister to sit in the town and contain each other with me. Rather than that, it's better to put it in your hands. After all, you and I have such a deep friendship, and the alliance has been cooperating very well in the past few years. ”

This is a very heartfelt remark, and it is very reasonable, and if it is spread to Nobunaga, there will be no good fruit for me to eat. To be able to say these words is a full demonstration of my sincerity and the trust I have in his brother.

Sure enough, Nagano Fujitsu straightened his attitude: "So, how did you decide to explain to Oda Danmasa?" After all, I had already rejected the covenant before. ”

"The refusal of the covenant is currently known only to my three close ministers, and it can be completely concealed." I'm referring to Masakatsu Wasuka, Shigeharu Takenaka, and Yoshiyuki Sawaki. Before leaving, I only told the three of them what I was going to do. I will use myself as a hostage as a guarantee of the covenant, and I don't even know about Naotora Ii and Xiujing beforehand. So even though I came back, the others didn't understand that it meant that the covenant had not been formed.

"But where do I go to find hostages now? Originally, there was a younger brother called Sanshiro, but he had been sent to the Kitagawa family as an adopted son, and he was still ...... Nagano Castle," he said worriedly.

I looked at the branch Guangjia and saw that he was stunned.

"Oh!" Seeing my gaze, Nagano Fujitsu reacted, but he hesitated a little, "Shiroji is already the head of the branch family, and it's really ...... as a hostage."

"Where's the branch home?" I asked.

"That's true." Atsushi Nagano made up his mind, "Please!" ”

……，……

In the evening of the same day, the Shima pirates, who had not appeared in Ise Bay for a long time, suddenly attacked the Anonotsu town of the Hosono family, and they looted in the town, burning down the office and a large number of department houses, and the bright fire illuminated the entire Tsu town. The Hokuhata army stationed in Tsujo entered the town to quell the turmoil, but unexpectedly, these pirates were extremely brave, not only defeated them, but even captured Tsujo.

This group of Shima pirates is the five hundred elites of our navy pretending to be. They held high the white banner of the Hachiman Great Bodhisattva, which was customary for the Kuki family, and their leader was Wasuga Masakatsu, the leader of the Kawaami clan, who had regained his old business. Contrary to the tradition of our navy never disturbing the people and their friendly attitude towards the territory of the Hosono family, they razed all of Tsuya's rivals in Anonotsu Town. When the people of the Kitabatake family saw the evil appearance of these people, they did not suspect that this was our navy, nor did they expect that they would plot against Anotsu Castle, and even tried to connect with Wasuka Masakatsu as the leader. This also verifies the rumors from the side that the Nine Ghost family is indeed connected to the Kitabatake family.

Due to the different combat scenes, the navy did not use standard spears as melee weapons, but were accustomed to using notai swords, which were longer than katanas. Wasuka Masakatsu used to use this kind of sword, and it wasn't until he became a lord that he changed his identity to a katana. This weapon is certainly restrained by spears in battle formations, but it is very suitable for random combat, sneak attacks, and hand-to-hand combat. During the sneak attack on the Kitabatake's naval army, Wasuka Masakatsu used the Notai knife, and this time he naturally changed it again. And the Kitabatake army's hasty entry into the town just allowed them to give full play to their advantage in weapons.

After taking advantage of the chaos to capture Tsu Castle, this group of "Shima pirates" left Tsu Castle after a while of looting in the spirit of piracy, and entered the castle town of the Yunlin Yuan family overnight under the leadership of two Tsuya merchants.

At this moment, Nagano Fujitsu also came to Tsu Castle out of nowhere. He led a small number of people to take advantage of the situation and take control of Anotsu Castle in his hands, and then began to gather the people in Hosono and the branch family to put on a posture of defending the city.

After receiving the news that his own territory was invaded by the "Shima Pirates" and that his rival Nagano Fujitotsu led a small number of people to occupy Tsujo, Yunlin Yuan Yuki couldn't sit still. Previously, in order to facilitate the handling of the people on Nagano Fujito's side, he forcibly disbanded the reserves of Hosono and the two divisions, but now Nagano Fujitsu has gathered people from the castle, and maybe he can summon a large group of people to gain a foothold in the old territory. In addition, his family is in the collar, and if the "Shima Pirates" do a vote like they did in Tsumachi and Tsu Castle, he will have to hit the wall!

Although the Kitabatake family felt that something was wrong and expressed doubts about the real surname of the "Shima Pirates", it was an indisputable fact that the pirates burned, killed and looted. It was a matter of his own roots, and Yunlin Yuan Yuji insisted on leading his family's reserve team back to the territory. Kitabatake Gukyo couldn't convince him for a while, so he agreed to his request and reinforced him with a thousand troops.