Takato Castle, the Ohiroma of the castle tower, this is the second assessment after Takeda Katsuyori served as the castle lord.

It has been more than a month since the last assessment, and the weather has been much colder this time, and the four fields are covered with snow. In the Ohiro room, where the assessment was held, braziers were lit in every corner for everyone to keep warm. In this way, the temperature is much milder than the outside.

This time, all the retainers of Takeda Katsuyori were present.

As the lord of the castle, Takeda Katsuyori wore a brand-new kimono and held a sword, and followed by two people close to him, walked to the position of the central castle lord with extraordinary momentum.

After standing still, Takeda Katsuyori handed the sword to the crowd, and then with a wave of his hands, he lifted the wide sleeved robe backwards before slowly sitting down. After sitting down, Takeda Katsuyori's eyes were blazing, and he glanced from left to right at the retainers facing him, then took out a folding fan from his sleeve and opened it with a pop.

After serving as the city lord for more than a month, Takeda Katsuyori's momentum is still a little more stable than before, but in Li Xiao's eyes, he is still as impatient as before.

As the head of the retainers, Yamamoto Kansuke is sitting quietly beside Takeda Katsuyori at the moment, obviously out of his status that is different from that of other retainers. In fact, no one can question him, who has worked for Takeda Shingen for many years, and Yamamoto Kansuke ranks among the top three in the Takeda family in terms of resourcefulness, political strategy, and military strategy.

It would be fitting for him to be the head of the pen.

Then sitting in the first row of the retainers' seats were the very old head of the Hoshina family, Masatoshi Hokosa, and the former head of the Suwa family, and now the priest of the Suwa Shrine, Suwa Manlin, and finally Li Xiao.

At the moment, although Li Xiao is only a samurai at the level of Ashigaru general, he is also qualified to sit in the first row because he serves as Takeda Katsuyori's spear teacher.

The rest of the retainers behind him are mostly younger generations, such as the Baoke family's Baoke Masachi, the Baoke Masatsuki brothers, and the two sons of the Suwa Manchu neighbors, Suwa Yorizhong, Suwa Laifeng, in addition, this assessment is more than the last assessment, and there is a new face.

This is Sanada Masayuki who came out of Takeda Katsuyori as a general of Ashigaru, and now as a new retainer, Sanada Masayuki sits very low-key in the lower position of the retainers, quietly listening.

"Greetings, Lord of the Castle."

"Hmm."

Katsuyori Takeda nodded, and then the crowd around him signaled for the evaluation to begin. The main content of this evaluation is still presided over by Kansuke Yamamoto's agent Katsuyori Takeda. The current Katsuyori-sama is like the emperor who has not yet been in power, the nominal son of heaven, and the actual power is in the hands of Yamamoto Kansuke, the first assistant-sama.

So when it came to evaluation, Takeda Katsuyori put on a show, and then said to Kansuke Yamamoto's decision, okay; Very good; Good work, Yamamoto-sama or something. In addition, I can only take the folding fan in my hand and fan myself boredly.

First of all, Kansuke Yamamoto summarized the completion of the task after the last evaluation, and decided on rewards and punishments. For example, the last time the task of purchasing military rations did not meet the standard, the cost of buying iron cannons was too large, and the purchase was expensive, etc., they would be reprimanded by Yamamoto Kansuke, and some were even punished for being paid.

Finally, the task that has been completed well in the assessment is Nishimura Heizo, the former magistrate of Takato Town, who directed the repair of the castle walls of Takato Castle. Because of the completion of the repair of the walls of Takato Castle with labor and materials, and the diligent and conscientious work for the Takeda family for many years.

Kansuke Yamamoto finally decided to promote his position and was promoted from the original head of the Ashigaru group to the head of the Ashigaru group.

Nishimura Heizo is already in his thirties, and when he saw that he had finally been promoted to Ashigaru General and fulfilled his wish for many years, he suddenly looked grateful. Then he said a lot of thanks to Lord Yamamoto, the lord of the castle for cultivation, and expressed his determination to serve the Takeda family to the death, and he was willing to go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire.

Then in the second place, Kansuke Yamamoto glanced at Li Xiao and said lightly: "Li Xiao has completed the task excellently in the matter of exterminating the bandits, and he will be given a reward of one hundred times. ”

All the generals looked at Li Xiao with a surprised expression, this reward of 100 times was already quite powerful. Li Xiao smiled and expressed his gratitude, but he was not satisfied in his heart, secretly estimating how far away he would be if he was promoted to a general next time.

After summarizing the completion of the task assessed last time, Yamamoto Kansuke's face sank, and he said solemnly, "Now convey the instructions of the lord-sama." ”

"Oh."

The retainers buried their heads in their hearts, indicating that they were ready to listen.

Kansuke Yamamoto said, "My lord, I have decided to attack Ueno Province next spring, and since the castle did not participate in the battle of Kawanakajima last time, the army is complete, so it must have more than 700 troops to fight. ”

Takeda Katsuyori's territory consisted of Takato Castle plus the original Suwa family, about 40,000 kokugao, a total of 280 samurai, and if the peasants were recruited, the maximum number of troops could be 1,500.

Because it is to go to his territory to attack, it is necessary to deduct the necessary garrison of the city, so the mobilization of 700 troops belongs to the normal mobilization category. Among them, military rations are also counted as the scope of the city lord's self-raising.

And Li Xiao remembered that in history, the Takeda family's strategy against Ueno Country in the second year after the Battle of Kawanakajima was too large, because the losses in the Battle of Kawanakajima were too large, and they did not dispatch much troops, mainly Hojo was fighting, and the Takeda family was only a feint. It was not until the third year that the Takeda family officially dispatched a relatively large-scale military force.

But this means that it is an opportunity for Takeda Katsuyori, if the other city lords of the Takeda army can't get a larger force. Then the role of Takeda's victory in the 700 army is very important, if he makes military achievements, it will make Takeda Shingen take a look at it, and give the Takeda family one more weight to win the heir. On the other hand, if the performance is mediocre, it may disappoint Shingen Takeda.

At present, it is winter, and the farmers are mostly idle at home, so they can be recruited for training. Therefore, Yamamoto Kansuke is preparing for the war in the coming year, preparing to train an army first, so as not to sharpen his guns in battle.

Then Kansuke Yamamoto gave instructions for preparation, the main content of which was the collection of military rations and the training of soldiers.

The collection of military rations was supervised by Yamamoto Kansuke. Kansuke Yamamoto suddenly said, "As for the training of soldiers, the city lord will personally lead it, and Lord Li Xiao will assist the city lord. ”

Li Xiao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, thinking that there was still Baoke Zhengjun, how could he be in line with the two elders in the neighborhood. However, Kansuke Yamamoto didn't give Li Xiao a chance to refute at all, so he gave him a task.

You must know that Takeda Katsuyori actually has no experience in leading troops, so Li Xiao doesn't have to personally supervise all the training process. Thinking of this, Li Xiao couldn't help but scold himself secretly, he still had to hone his martial arts skills and prepare for a duel with Shigang Yiyu, wouldn't this distract him.

In the end, Kansuke Yamamoto was assigned, and everyone present received their own mission.

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