On October 25th, the basic construction of Sakamoto Castle was basically completed, and Hida Gong also slowed down the manufacture of horse-drawn carriages and gradually appeared, as well as the masonry cave Taizhong, who was changed to earth and stone cover to assist the cave Taizhong to complete the construction on the waterfront side, and in general, the construction of the castle was orderly and lackluster.

At this stage, Yamamoto Kansuke does not stare at the permanent construction site every day, and the main work is entrusted to the Ina Tadashi family, in the words of Yamamoto Kansuke, the Ina Tadashi family has a very strong understanding of government affairs, and the growth is also very rapid, and it will not be long before he is in charge of logistics matters.

The construction of the castle was entrusted to the Ina Tadashi family, and Yamamoto Kansuke kept an eye on the progress of the siege every day, and the rest of the time directly took over the work of organizing and training the preparation team, and he approached Kira Manmatsumaru and suggested: "Lord of the Pavilion! It's a bit inappropriate for the Akabi samurai to only train as ashigaru, but they have their own mounts, so wouldn't it be better if they were formed as samurai on horseback? ”

"Samurai on horseback? You mean the kind of troops who get on their horses and move and get off their horses to fight? How useful is that? "Japan has always had a tradition of mounted samurai, that is, unqualified cavalry, because of the lack of suitable horses, and there is no cavalry training method, riding combat is not good at all, except for a few excellent riding skills of the samurai have mounted archery combat power, other so-called cavalry are mounted samurai.

"Yes! The Flowing Horse is too difficult to master, and the Horse Warriors of my Kira clan can easily expand the number of 200 people with the foundation of 300 years passed down from generation to generation, and even then only half of the horsemen who can skillfully control the mount and shoot on horse, and the other half still need to be trained for several years. ”

He knows that cavalry is not easy to develop, the quality of Japan's native horses is relatively poor, and the best Kiso horses are also distant relatives of Mongolian horses, which can be regarded as good breeds among Mongolian horses, Hokuriku horses, Oshu horses, and Kanto horses are second-line, at most they can only be regarded as middle and lower among Mongolian horses, and most of these horses are inferior horses and pack horses that are not suitable for riding, and they have little effect except for the load-bearing cart.

"So a samurai on horseback, right? I see, let's get a samurai on horseback first. Kira Manmatsumu shrugged and said no problem, the horse warriors of the Kira family are still the good breed Kiso horses that the Kira family spent a lot of money to buy, those Mikawa Bong public can be much miserable, most of them ride a group of inferior horses similar to Yamaoka Zenjiro's, and the speed is probably a little faster than trotting on foot, what can this kind of riding samurai do? The mobility is greatly reduced, and at most the skills of riding and combat are practiced, and it is difficult to say whether the effect is good or bad.

"Leave this matter to the master craftsman! 300 horseback samurai, 200 akabi samurai, but the ashigaru queue training will continue to persevere, and the tacit understanding is to be discovered in the training, so change it to a joint practice every two days! Kira Manmatsumari asked casually, "How is Shimazaunai doing these days?" ”

"Very good, this is a very smart child, not as smart as Honda Masanobu, his understanding of military strategy is very strong, and he has a set of family marksmanship that is very good, and it is said that his bow skills are also very good, right? I really don't know where the owner of the museum discovered the talent. Kansuke Yamamoto sighed.

"Well, I met it by chance, and at the beginning, I just thought I had found a fierce general Miao Zi, but I didn't expect that the talent of military strategy was very good." Kira Manmatsumaru lied and his face was red and his heart was not beating, he couldn't tell him that I already knew that Shimazuo was a wise and brave general, right?

Hurry up and hurry up to finish Sakamoto's general affairs at the end of October, and rush to Jishoji Temple with dozens of horsemen, this time many shoguns came to say hello, but it was only a nodding acquaintance, Kira Manmatsumu was too lazy to be hypocritical and polite with them, and even omitted to serve the public, and went straight to the permanent palace.

The Great Imperial Palace is still dry and thin and is about to fall down when a gust of wind blows, and when he listens to Kira Manmatsumaru's return, he only sat for half an hour and had to retire to rest, Ashikaga Yoshito said: "My father has always had asthma, and his body has been a little swollen in recent days, and Daozo told my father not to sit for a long time. ”

"I see!" Kira Manmatsu Maru sighed.

Yu asked Dao San privately and learned that it would be difficult for his father to survive next year.

"What? Hard to survive next year? Kira Manmatsu Maru's body was shocked, and he was not surprised at all, "The sick, crooked and crooked Great Imperial Palace, the clear-eyed people can see that the life is not long, right?" It's just that His Royal Highness mentioned the name Dao San in a row, who is it? Isn't it Mino's pit viper? He's not a monk yet. ”

Ashikaga Yoshito also seemed to guess his thoughts, and explained slightly: "Qu Naase Michizo is a famous doctor in Gyeonggi. ”

"It's him!" Kira Manmatsumaru suddenly realized, he had also heard the name of Qu Naase Michizo, and there were occasional rumors of him in Tokaido, and later generations were known as the ancestor of Japanese medicine Zhongxing, in fact, he is the ancestor of Kampo Chinese medicine.

This Qu Naase Michizo is not an unknown person, but Omi Kurita-gun Katsube Sao Katsube clan from a family, soon after the death of his parents, he entered the Sokokuji Temple as a drinking and food practitioner to study Sinology, during this period changed his name to Qu Naase, at the age of twenty-one entered the Kanto Ashikaga School to study, and began to contact medical books, and then met his mentor Tashiro Sankisai, and visited the disciple to study Kampo medicine.

It wasn't until the fifteenth year of astronomy that his mentor Tashiro Sankisai died of illness, and he returned to Kyoto for a long time to open a doctor's office, with his exquisite medical skills and excellent professional ethics from the royal family to the common people's praise, compared to his other junior brother, known as "Mr. Sixteen Bun" Nagata Tokumoto, Qu Naase Michizo slightly more utilitarian thoughts, basically only in the vicinity of Kyoto, and most of the people who came and went were the ministers of the court, the wealthy merchants in Beijing, even the townspeople were treated equally, and it was better than Nagata Tokumoto, who only charged 16 bun for the consultation fee.

"I saw His Royal Highness the Great Imperial Palace in pain just now, and it should be very troublesome to sit and lie down, right?"

"Yes! Every day before going to bed, you have to take anesthetic medicine to sleep, Dao San said that the mandala flower should be used as little as possible, and only if the pain is too bad can it be increased a little. Saying this, Ashikaga Yoshito's eyebrows twisted into a pimple.

"Although I don't want to admit it, it's an indisputable fact that my father's last date is not far away, and the shogunate must prepare early."

Kira Manmatsumu was silent, he understood the meaning of Ashikaga Yoshito's words, which was only bitter and helpless without a trace of joy, no matter how the shogunate declined, Ashikaga Yoshiharu was always a shogun who had experienced twenty-five years of ups and downs, and experienced the rise and fall of Hosokawa Takakuni and Hosokawa Harumoto during his tenure, it can be said that he has become the actual symbol of the shogunate since the Meiwa coup, even if he escaped many times, he was still able to return to Kyoto with difficulty, this strong persistence also gave great encouragement to many samurai loyal to the shogunate.

As soon as Ashikaga Yoshiharu is gone, the symbol disappears, although Ashikaga Yoshito has a noble status and the support of a godfather of the Konoe family, but in the end he is still just a teenager, and he does not have enough fame to support the banner of the shogunate, so how can you get those samurai who are loyal to the shogunate to support you? So Ashikaga Yoshito's sorrow is understandable, because he has encountered similar problems in Mikawa.

"My father had predicted that his life would be imminent a few months ago, but for the sake of the great cause of the shogunate, he still gritted his teeth and insisted, Nakao Castle is the last strength left by my father to Yu, and Yu must protect this power!" Ashikaga Yoshito stared at him sideways, and said seriously: "Saburo, Yu needs your strength!" ”

With all that said, what else could he say? I could only kneel on the ground with gratitude: "I, Kira Saburo, will definitely do my best to be loyal to His Royal Highness." ”

"I'll give you a task to send Yu's parents back to the Sakamoto Imperial Palace to recuperate, and I'll call Daosan to accompany you."

"Yes! Your Majesty understands! ”

"Go ahead! Remember to come early before the meeting. ”

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