On September 11, the 11th year of the Astronomical Era, Soji Tsugawa summoned the generals of the Tsugawa family, Hiroie Yoshikawa and Hisaharu Mizutani, in Tsugawa Castle. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

With the death of Kuroda Iekane, the former Tsukawa "Three Fierce Generals" are left, and only today's "double walls" remain.

After Hiroya Yoshikawa and Hisaharu Mizutani entered the castle tower, Soji Tsugawa had been waiting for a while, and when he saw that the two had arrived, he hurriedly beckoned the two to sit down.

"I called you two here today because I want to discuss something with you." After the two sat down, Soji Tsugawa spoke.

Yoshikawa Hiroke nodded and asked, "I wonder what the lord wants to discuss with us?" ”

Soji Tsugawa said with a smile, "In the battle a few days ago, His Royal Highness found that although the combat effectiveness of the Ashigaru family was already very impressive, it still showed deficiencies in the deployment and deployment of troops. ”

"Oh?" Yoshikawa Hiroya and Mizutani Hisaharu glanced at each other and said, "Please also ask the Lord to make it clear...."

"Okay." Tsugawa Soji nodded and said, "The last time I fought in the Isashi War, His Royal Highness found that there were big problems in the deployment and identification of the Ashigaru of the family, such as some Ashigaru actually stood on the wrong team, and a few Ashigaru were members of the Miki Naogo team, but they actually ran into the Totoki Yoshimori team. For a while, chaos was caused, but fortunately, the chaotic place was not the main area of the fighting, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

Tsugawa Soji is still a little helpless when he talks about this, generally speaking, when the battle is combined, the ashigaru under the command of each retainer fights separately. In this way, the troops can be effectively deployed to facilitate command, and secondly, they can clearly identify and distinguish between various units. In this way, when an army on the battlefield is at a disadvantage, it is possible to intuitively see which army it is, which is convenient for command and support.

"My lord, in fact, your subordinates have already discovered such a situation." Hisaharu Mizutani nodded and said.

"Because the retainers of the main family all use the main family's family crest and horse seals and other counters, they all look exactly the same, so it is difficult to distinguish them." Kuji Mizutani explained.

Generally speaking, the retainers under the main house also have their own family crests and counters, so the units can be easily distinguished. However, most of the retainers of the Tsugawa family are from the "grassroots" and do not have family crests themselves, so they are all directly used with the Tsugawa family's bellflower pattern. In this way, the various units are exactly the same whether they are full or rely on the flag, and it is impossible to distinguish who is whose subordinate during the melee.

Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "That's exactly what I want to say. ”

"What do you think of it?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

"Lord" Kuji Mizutani replied at this time, "Among the retainers of the main family, Lord Yoshikawa Hiroka, His Majesty, Lord Miki Naogo, and Lord Saigo Ki do all have no family crests, while Nagano Masabo-sama, Shigedo Junmitsu-sama and other retainers all use the previous family crest or the family crest of the previous main family. We can ask all the retainers who don't have a family crest to re-establish the family crest, and that's it. ”

Soji Tsugawa nodded, and said to Yoshikawa Hiroie, who was silent on the side, "Yoshikawa Hiroya, what do you think?" ”

Yoshikawa Hiroya also spoke, "Back to the lord, if the lord can give his subordinates the right to use the lord's family crest, his ministers will be grateful." "Yoshikawa Hiroshi is very reluctant to change the family crest, you must know that the retainer uses the family crest of the main family, either it is a public or it means that the retainer hates the trust and value of the lord. Generally speaking, the family crest of the main family cannot be used by ordinary retainers, unless there are exceptions.

Now the Yoshikawa family has defaulted to using the Tsukawa family's family crest, and suddenly let him change it, and the Yoshikawa family is still very reluctant.

After listening to the words of the Yoshikawa Hiroka, Tsugawa Soji smiled and said, "Haha, in that case, Yoshikawa Hiroka, you can continue to use the family crest of the family." ”

"Yes!" Yoshikawa Hiroke replied excitedly, "Thank you, lord! Your Majesty will definitely not insult this family crest! ”

At this time, Mizutani Hisaharu frowned and said, "But lord, isn't this still not beneficial to today's topic?" ”

Soji Tsugawa smiled and said, "It's okay, His Highness has already come up with another way." ”

"Since the style of the family crest can't be changed, let's change the color."

"Color?" Hisaharu Mizutani and Hiroie Yoshikawa asked.

"Yes, color!" Soharu Tsugawa said, "We can dye the ashigaru and distinguish it by color. ”

"But in this case, it will cost a lot!" Hisaharu Mizutani said, "If all the ashigari of the family were like this, it would be a lot of money!" ”

Soharu Tsugawa smiled and said, "If you dye it all, of course, it will cost a lot, but what if you only dye a part of each piece?" ”

"Part of it?" Hisaharu Mizutani nodded, "It's really good if it's just dyeing colors in a special place, so that you can not only distinguish the difference, but also reduce expenses." ”

"So, then it's decided, Dye." Soji Tsugawa said sharply.

However, the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family poured a basin of cold water at this time, "But the lord, there are only a few colors in total, but the number of retainers in this family is quite a lot, and in the future, with the expansion of the power of this family again, the number of retainers will also increase greatly." If you just use the colors to distinguish them, they won't be enough in the future. ”

Yoshikawa Hiroie's words made the "high-spirited" Tsugawa Soji extinguish the fire, and it was true. At this time, the pigment is very single, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple are estimated to be able to be made, but these colors are not enough to configure the whole army.

Soji Tsugawa lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head with a bright eye, and said, "What if it's just for a few standing troops with very strong combat effectiveness?" ”

Soji Tsugawa suddenly remembered the Hojo family's "five-color preparation", which is the five-color flag representing the five armies. Of course, Tsukawa Soji didn't know the specific situation of the five-color preparation, but only knew some basic information. But this also provided an idea for Tsugawa Soji, why bother dyeing the ashigaru of each retainer? You only need to color a few of the Tsugawa family's standing ashigaru, and ordinary farmers don't need it. Anyway, the war depends on these elite ashigaru.

Mizutani Hisaharu and Yoshikawa Hiroke also nodded after hearing this, and said, "That's fine, but what color do you want to use for the troops in those places?" ”

Tsugawa Soji thought for a moment and said, "The Ashigaru of the main family, the standing ashigaru has a relatively strong combat power, and it was Kuroda Iekane, Miki Naogo, His Royal Highness's Banner Honmoto, the cavalry of Hondo Castle, the bow and arrow Ashigaru of Otakajo, and the strength of the two of you. ”

"Now that the real guards have been killed, and the cavalry and archers are separated, if you just look at the standing ashigaru, now it's the two of you plus Miki Naogo's ashigaru."

Hisaharu Mizutani nodded and said, "So you only need three colors!" ”

Tsugawa Soji thought about it, and suddenly said loudly with a smile on his face, "Since that's the case, let's get a five-color preparation!" (To be continued.) )