"Aren't these people sent by my brother-in-law?" Looking at the few strangers who suddenly appeared in front of him, Haruhi Gensuke thought suspiciously.

Just as Gensuke Kasuga looked at Kizo Shigetuda and the others who appeared in front of him. Kizo Shigetuda also looked at the young man in front of him.

It took a lot of hard work to finally find the current young man before the date required by the Masato list. If it weren't for Kansuke Yamamoto's introduction to a few local farmers who were familiar with Kai's situation before he left for Hizen in Kyushu, he probably wouldn't have been able to find this place by the stipulated date. Luckily, I was able to find the boy before he left here.

But when he saw this young man with his own eyes, Kizo Shigetada couldn't help but wonder again. Was this really one of the first few people the lord wanted him to find? If you look closely, this young man is quite handsome as described in the information in the list, although he has a dish on his face at this time, and the clothes on his body are also very shabby, but he can't hide his handsome and outstanding appearance.

"Could it be that the purpose of the lord to bring this person back is for the sake of the people?" Kizo Shigetada finally came to such a conclusion. But he quickly rejected this conclusion again. Because he knew very well that the lord of his house had no interest in the way. Although the public way is a fashion of many wealthy families at present, the lord of his family seems to be a little disgusted with this way.

"Isn't it to recruit back as a public way, is it really to be cultivated as a great future? Just such a peasant? Although many of the lists given to him by Masara were not very old, such as Yoshiro Kawada, whom he found before leaving Kyushu. But those who can be regarded as a small wealthy family after all. Now Zhengliang wants him to recruit such a young peasant. He had to wonder.

But Kizo Shigetada will know there that the young farmer in front of him is none other than Takasaka Masanobu, one of the four ministers of the Takeda family in the future. After being kicked out of the house by his brother-in-law this time, he finally became a close attendant of Takeda Shingen by chance, and after that, he was officially promoted to a general by Shingen. It served as a garrison for several front-line strongholds, such as Kaizu Castle and Komoro Castle, mainly to resist the attacks of the Uesugi army and develop new territories. In 1561, during the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima. He successfully attacked the Imperial Queen's troops of the Uesugi Army, and achieved great success, and the most Emperor Shingen officially changed his name to Takasaka Masanobu according to the Takasaka clan, a wealthy clan of Shinano Province.

He is a very calm commander, especially for retreat battles, so he is also called a fleeing bomb (another is that he is good at avoiding confrontation with the enemy). In the Battle of Mikatahara, when everyone decided to attack, he decided to stay behind and wait for more opportunities, but he was left out in the cold during the Takeda Katsuyori era. In 1575, his son-in-law, Masasumi Takasaka, was killed in the Battle of Nagashino, but he did not participate in the battle because he stayed at Kaizu Castle to guard against Kenshin Uesugi. After hearing the news of the defeat of the Takeda army, he led his army to the border to meet Katsuyori's defeated army. And sent the flag and armor, so that Shenglai and his party could return to China with a clear banner.

In addition to being famous for his commanding talents, Masanobu Takasaka is famous. He also left his name in posterity because of his relationship with Takeda Shingen. It is said that Takeda Shingen was once Shingen's dojo because he liked Gensuke's beauty (he was known as the first beautiful man in the Warring States), and there were letters at that time that proved their unusual relationship, which is the only love letter written to Kodochi in Japanese history.

Of course, Masato asked Kizo Shigetada to recruit Takasaka Masanobu according to the list, naturally not for the so-called public way, but for the talent he will show in the future.

Just when Kizo Shigetada found Takasaka Masanobu, Hizen was caught in a tense preparation. With the arrival of June in the thirteenth year of astronomy, the busy season of spring farming has ended, and Masayoshi is also preparing to take down the five islands on the sea southwest of Hizen in one fell swoop. So that the Luo family can obtain a more stable border in the southwest.

"My lord, the second standing naval army located in the coastal waters of Hirado and Nagasaki Island has been prepared, and according to the lord's order, the first and third standing naval forces will also take part of their ships to participate in this Goto raid." In the council hall of Kishigaku Castle, which was large enough to accommodate hundreds of people at the same time, the military advisor Kakuma Ishimune reported to Masayoyo.

"My lord, ships, gunpowder, grain and grass and other materials are also ready, which can fully supply the family for a month of continuous combat at sea." On the other side, the Cabinet of Ministers, Togo Heiji, also reported.

"This strategy is still based on appeasement, what do you two think?" After learning that the army was ready, Masara nodded and said.

"The lord means to appease the sailors of the five islands first, and if the other party is unwilling, the family will attack again?" Kakukuma Ishizong asked.

"No, it's to strike at the sailors of the five islands first, and after repelling them, I'm sending people to persuade them to surrender." Masara said. Although Masahiro decided to expand the navy squad a few years ago, so far, the number of the three navy armies has not been full. With such a lineup, to fight to the death with the sailors of the five islands, there may be a lot of losses. So Zhengliang decided to beat the sailors on the five islands first, and then give a few sweet dates to let them surrender to the Luo family.

"If this is the case, how about letting the general of the navy of our family, Tao Masato, be the messenger to persuade you to surrender?" Kakukuma Ishizong knew that it would be difficult for Masara to change what he had decided, so he simply thought about how to do it well for Masahiro.

"This is what the Lord of our country wills." Masarashi nodded.

At this moment, the shouts of Kansuke Yamamoto rang out in the courtyard outside the council hall.

"Kansuke?" Zhengliang wondered. According to the previous deployment, Yamamoto Kansuke was sent by Masato to Nanfei to personally arrange the preparation of the Goto raiders at this time, why did he suddenly run back without permission? Moreover, it is very rude to openly shout loudly in the neighborhood when the head of the family is deliberating. This is not something that Kansuke Yamamoto, who has always paid attention to etiquette, can do at all.

......Just when Masato was confused, Kansuke Yamamoto appeared at the gate of the council hall with a cane. Although it was inconvenient to walk, Yamamoto Kansuke's footsteps were even faster than ordinary people at this time.

"Strategist? What are you? Seeing Yamamoto Kansuke's urgent appearance, Masarashi couldn't help but ask even more suspiciously.

"My lord, please take a look at the urgent information sent from Higo Shinnosuke Akabane this morning." After Kansuke Yamamoto finished saluting Masayo, he immediately presented a secret report to Masayo. The latter immediately opened it and looked at it.

"Otomo Ko'er!" After reading the secret report, Masahiro directly slapped the desk in front of him, almost knocking over some of the documents on it.

"My lord?" Kakukuma Ishimune and Togo Heiji saw that Masarashi was suddenly so angry.

"Look." Masarashi casually put the letter in his hand on the desk, and motioned for Kakukuma Ishimune and Togo Heiji to come and read it. (To be continued......)