When he came out of the castle tower of Kasuga Mountain Castle, Sasa Narimasa couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

Sister Jinghu in the castle tower heard Cheng Zheng's wild laughter, threw this and kicked that in the chanting room, and finally kicked on the hard armor and didn't stand up for a long time......

With chicken feathers as an arrow, Sasa Narumasa immediately issued an announcement to recruit the Ji samurai in Echigo to form a pro-guard iron artillery team.

In a vacant lot in the old castle town, Usami Nami, the same Ji samurai who despised Sasa Seimasa before, was the main person in charge and organized the registration of the Ji samurai.

Sasa Narumasa returned to Hojo Castle non-stop and sent Kanetoyo Higuchi to Mutsu.

Suzuki Shrubto and Ishikawa Goemon still hadn't arrived, and Sasa Naimasa felt that it was not a good idea to wait, so he took Ii Naotora to visit Ogasawara Sadakei, who lived in Kasuga Mountain Castle.

Ogasawara Sadakei is the late Shinano's sister-in-law who guarded Ogasawara Nagashi, in the previous Echigo riots, he was driven to Nechi Castle by Ogasawara Nagashi early, and he also followed Sasa Narumasa to invade Shinano in the south, who knew that he had just returned to Echigo, and he knew that his father was dead, which was really sad.

What is more sad than the dead father is that the family heirloom service "Shinano Guardian" was taken away by Echigo land snake Nagao Keito, and the initiator of this incident turned out to be Ogasawara Sadakei's close comrade-in-arms - Sasa Seimasa.

Sadness, not only sadness, is simply sadness.

After returning to Kasugayama Castle, Ogasawara Sadakei even put aside the art of riding and arching horses, which he had practiced for more than ten years, and drank all day in his house's house (temporary).

Unexpectedly, Sasa Naruma visited at this time.

Ogasawara Sadakei suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and personally came to the door to greet Sasa Narumasa, who had lived in exile for several years with his father Ogasawara, and naturally knew when to bow his head. Sasa Narumasa is Nagao Keitora's favorite retainer, and in just one year, he has gone from a foreigner to an old castle lord, and he can't help but let Ogasawara Sadakei greet him with a smile.

What Ogasawara Sadakei doesn't understand is, why did Sasa Narumasa come to his house to do it? Is it to laugh at the failure of their father and son?

"Ogasawara-sama...... Sasa Seimasa came this time to use the power of adults. ”

After coming to the living room, Sasa Narumasa immediately bowed to Ogasawara Sadakei, took out a money bag from his arms with a sincere expression, and respectfully pushed it in front of Ogasawara Sadakei.

Ogasawara Sadakei's face was a little ugly...... He was angry.

"No matter how unbearable my Ogasawara family is, I have served as Shinano's guardian for more than 100 years, and I have passed on the "Ogasawara Art of War" to the family, even though I have lost my territory and service, I have not been reduced to the extent that I need Sasa-sama's help. Please come back! ”

Ogasawara Sadakei obviously misunderstood what Sasa Narumasa meant, and he directly issued an eviction order.

Sasa Chengzheng did not take the money and walk away as Zhenqing expected, let alone angry, but laughed.

The smile was harmless to humans and animals, and the sun was shining, and the smile made Ogasawara Sadakei very unhappy.

"Ogasawara-sama misunderstood what I mean...... This money is not used to apologize to the lord, and as a retainer of the lord, it is within my duty to seek benefits for the lord...... Regarding the attribution of the 'Shinano Guardian' service, Narumasa believes that he has not done anything wrong! ”

Ogasawara may be even more angry if Sasa Narumasa is busy saying good things and apologizing, but Narumasa insists that his actions are justified, which makes Ogasawara lose the motivation to be angry.

"Although I can't live up to Ogasawara-sama, I think that Shinano's duty as a guardian is not the key."

"What's the point?"

Ogasawara Sadakei sneered, he found that he didn't like Sasa Naruma even more, and the relationship and tacit understanding established during the previous work together seemed to be shattered by Sasa Naruma in a matter of minutes.

"The key is whether you can restore the old collar!"

Sasa Narumasa raised his head and stared at Ogasawara Sadakei's eyes.

"It's all about ...... Can you help Ogasawara-sama restore Shinano's old collar under the next? Is the empty office more important, or the territory is more important, I wonder what Ogasawara-sama thinks? Moreover...... Even if I don't apply for a position for His Royal Highness Keito, will the position of Shinano's guardian be passed on to Ogasawara-sama? Ogasawara-sama...... It seems that he forgot about Takeda Harunobu. ”

When Naruma said a word, Ogasawara Sadakei's anger weakened by two points, and by the time Sasa Naruma finished speaking, Ogasawara Sadakei had already suddenly realized and understood.

It is indeed hateful that Sasa Narumasa directly took the service of Shinano's guardianship from the shogunate, but if it were not so, it must be Takeda Harunobu who wanted Shinano's duty from the shogunate. Narumasa is right, no matter which family the service falls to, it will not be their Ogasawara father and son.

After thinking about this, Ogasawara Sadakei's anger also disappeared, and he looked at the money bag in front of him and seemed to understand what Sasa Naruma meant.

Zhenqing stretched out a hand to sweep the money bag, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face.

"Lady Sazo is too picky...... Is it just the treatment of the Ashigaru Shogun? ”

Seeing Zhenqing coming to the road, Cheng Zheng also had a smile on his face.

"Speaking of which...... The treatment of Shogun Ashigaru was very meagre to Ogasawara-sama, but I thought that adults should accept my invitation. ”

"Why?"

Zhenqing untied the money bag and poured out the 50 small coins inside, staring at the glittering gold, he was also a little moved...... Tiger falls Pingyang is still being bullied by dogs, not to mention the Ogasawara family who has long lost their territory?

"Because I will form a standing cavalry of several hundred men...... Ogasawara-sama, will be the leader of this riding team! ”

Ogasawara Sadakei's eyes lit up suddenly, but when he thought of the size of the hundred-man cavalry, he asked suspiciously:

"Even if it's a general who is one level higher than the general of Ashigaru, he only has the qualifications to command 50 horses, and the lord asked me to command 100 horses, so I'm not afraid of breaking the rules?"

Zhenqing's title to Zuo Zuo Chengzheng has become "Lord Gong", obviously he has accepted Chengzheng's invitation.

"This ashiki general of yours is not ordinary...... for my army is only a hundred horsemen...... It should be noted that I need a cavalry team loyal to me, not a cavalry samurai loyal to His Highness Nagao Keitora, and I will select people from among the mountain people and hunters who are good at shooting to form this cavalry team, the name has already been decided...... It's called the Rose Knight! ”

Sasa Narumasa seems to be talking to Ogasawara Sadakei, and he seems to be talking to himself, but there is no doubt that there is a worry about Sadakei's "broken rules", and Sagemasa does not take it to heart at all, which makes Sadakei can't help but think of the battle in Shinano a few days ago.

Regarding the use of cavalry, Sasa Narumasa seems to have an opinion beyond ordinary people - this is what Sadamei thinks at the moment, and he seems to have vaguely felt that he will follow this conceited samurai to create a new trend in the use of cavalry in Japanese history.

When he thought of this, Ogasawara Sadakei couldn't help but be excited.