"Ladies and gentlemen, have the Takeda family and the Tokugawa family made any moves in the days when I was away?"

"Back to the lord, at present, the Takeda family is recruiting Ashigaru on a large scale, and it seems that there is a sense of fighting to the death with the main family or the Tokugawa family, and the Tokugawa family has also been actively preparing for war in recent months, especially according to the ninja of the family, the ninja army of the Tokugawa family has also begun to take shape, although the specific number is not yet known, but its number will definitely not be less than a thousand. In addition, although the Tokugawa family did not carry out a large-scale attack, after several tentative attacks, several castles on the Kai border had all fallen into the hands of the Tokugawa family. ”

After listening to Honda Masanobu's introduction, the clan just nodded noncommittally. The Tokugawa family is getting stronger and stronger, and the Takeda family can survive until now under its step-by-step pressure, all because of the existence of the family, and the clan believes that if it weren't for the Takayama family giving the Tokugawa family huge pressure, then it is estimated that the current Kai country has changed hands. However, it was precisely because of Tokugawa Ieyasu's caution that the clan was not in a hurry to seize Kai.

But this time, Kai is bound to win, because Kai is a country that has a huge role in the next Kanto strategy, although it can also be directly inserted into Musashi from Kitashinano, but this will not only greatly increase the difficulty of supply, but also may have to face the attack of Uesugi, Takeda, Hojo three, and it is too far from Musashi to Odawara, and the land of the Hojo family is passed through on the way, and once it is surrounded, there is no place to run. So what reason does the clan have not to go to Kai and go around the wilderness? In fact, this is not the most important reason, the most important thing is that the clan will never allow the Tokugawa family to grow. Let it sit on the land of the Three Kingdoms. It is already the limit of what the clan can tolerate. It must not be allowed to expand again.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say: "It seems that in the days when I am away, the Tokugawa family has made a lot of contributions to the next strategy of the family, if the family still does not move, it will be a little too unreasonable." ”

"The lord means to attack Kai? Wipe out the Takeda family? Kazutoyo Yamauchi asked with some uncertainty.

"Good, I like the word extermination." I saw that the clan nodded with satisfaction and said.

"My lord, my subordinates feel that something is wrong, if it was before. The subordinates are very much in favor of the lord's proposal, but at present, the relationship between the family and the Tokugawa family has just eased, and there is a covenant, and the covenant is famous that Tokugawa cannot obtain Kai, and the family will take it, if you attack now, then the lord will not only lose his trust in Tokugawa, but also make the world laugh, so the subordinates think that this matter needs to be considered in the long run. When the clan sect finished speaking, he only heard Yamauchi Kazutoyo hurriedly persuade him.

"Yamauchi-sama. I don't agree with this, and the Tokugawa family has not been able to make substantial progress for so long. This is enough to show that the Kai strategy he carried out has failed, and the lord has given him such a long time to prove that his family is magnanimous, how can he be laughed at by others, so it is imperative to attack Kai and use Kai as a springboard to capture Kanto. "Watanabe Moritsuna, with the change of identity, now the consideration of the problem is no longer as one-sided as before, what he said is exactly what the clan really thinks in his heart, Kai is not important at all, the important thing is Kanto, of course, it would be more perfect if it could be connected.

"Okay, as for the matter of the covenant, you don't have to worry about it at all, I still remember the content of the covenant, allowing the Tokugawa family to attack Kai first is only a one-off, the last time it has failed, then the covenant has long been a waste of paper, and the Tokugawa family is now just wishful thinking." After saying that, the clan immediately asked Ichiro to get the covenant.

After the circulation, everyone really no longer had any opinions, although the covenant was written more vaguely, but if you look closely, there is no difference at all from what the lord said. So everyone no longer has any opinions, and they all support the lord's decision.

Now that the goal has been set, then the following is the highlight of the meeting, the assignment of tasks is a matter that no one is willing to humble, including the four heavenly kings of the Gaoshan family, although they have now been given a territory, but who would think that their territory is too much, and the retainers who have not yet had a territory are even more energetic, hoping to gain the territory through this battle. Especially in the face of the Takeda family, which is not in the scenery, as long as you can get the ideal task, then this feat is simply the same as that given for nothing.

So before the clan could speak, the retainers had already unceremoniously scrambled, and the competition was so fierce that they almost made a move.

Of course, most of the people who are competing for the task are some old ministers in the family, and the few people who asked for their new Nobunaga are all silent, and they are sitting in their positions shyly at the moment. However, in addition to not being clear about the situation, there is also the fact that the highest position held by these people is only the deputy commander, and the dispute does not have much to do with them.

After watching it with great enjoyment for a while, the clan finally stopped the quarrel and only listened to him say: "Last time I fought with my father-in-law against the two countries of Tanba, the cavalry team, the flag samurai team, the bow team, and the 1,000 ninja army of Yokotani Yukishige have just returned, and they have not been corrected, so this time they are not among the battle. ”

The four commanders who mentioned the reserve team were all dumbfounded after hearing this bad news, just a few of them had a good time, and now they were excluded by the lord, which made them unacceptable no matter what.

And it's just that others don't go out of battle, the flag samurai team is to protect the safety of the lord, how can you not go, thinking of this, I only heard Maeda Keiji say: "Lord, the current morale of the flag warriors led by his subordinates is strong, enough to fight, and our mission is to protect the safety of the lord, how can I leave the lord's side, so I also ask the lord to allow the flag samurai team to go out." ”

"Huh? Who said I was going to lead the army myself? Do I have to go to the current Takeda family in person? With the current strength of the Takeda family, there is no need for a main battle force, and the new formation of 5,000 troops by the two countries is enough to destroy Takeda. ”

If Nakagawa Kiyohide and Tanaka Katsusuke, who were present, couldn't understand the meaning of the lord's words, then they wouldn't be worthy of sitting here anymore, so as soon as the clan clan just finished speaking, they heard Nakagawa Kiyohide, the commander of the Hida garrison, hurriedly said: "My lord, the two thousand five hundred troops led by my subordinates can fight at any time, and I ask the lord to decide." ”

"My lord, the Shinano garrison of 2,500 people under my subordinates is also ready to fight, and I also ask my lord to allow him to go into battle." Not to be outdone, Katsusuke Tanaka hurriedly said.

The clan really plans to let the new team complete the Kai strategy this time, because since the expansion of the new team, although the credit for maintaining law and order in the territory and exterminating the bandits is still remarkable, but the real battle is really rarely participated, especially the Shinano garrison, since its establishment, it has not seen blood, even if such an army is well equipped, it is definitely not elite. And this time, it is just right to use the Takeda family to train soldiers.

Thinking of this, I saw that the clan nodded and said, "Well, this time, as the two of you wish, the new writing team will serve as the main attacker this time." ”

The two couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for the success of the lord, and the subordinates will definitely live up to the lord's trust." ”

Of course, only with these 5,000 territory garrisons that have not been on the battlefield want to capture Kai, there is still a little bit of insufficient troops, after all, although Takeda's current military strength is not very good, and the civilized Red Reserve Army is exhausted by the Tokugawa family, but there is still a great advantage in numbers, and the form of this Kai is different from Shinano, the reason why the family can quickly capture Shinano is not because although this place belongs to Takeda, but it is actually independent, and there is no unified leader, and Kai is different, Kai is the direct leader of the Takeda family, the 20,000 troops under his command are all from the Takeda family. For the family as a whole, it is not difficult to deal with the 20,000 troops, but for the new writing team, it is still more challenging.

Therefore, after deciding to use the new group as the main offensive force, I only heard the clan sect speak again: "Where is the Izura Shengqing!" ”

"The subordinates are here!" After hearing the lord's name, he didn't hurriedly answer, he had already guessed that this time the lord's guild would send the ninja army out of battle, after all, since the establishment of the ninja army, there must be a ninja army in basically every battle, and this time of course will not be an exception, the only question is who will lead the army, in addition to Yokotani Yukishige will not be considered by the lord, Tang Ze Xuanfan is also his own competitor, but he is very lucky, he was named by the lord, and what makes him even more excited is that this time is the battle to destroy the country, and the credit obtained after the war, It must be much higher than ordinary battles, so how can he not be excited.

And Tang Ze Xuanfan, who was sitting next to him, couldn't be happy, it seemed that he had chosen a very wrong position, he drank Yokotani Xingzhong, and the identity of Izura Shengqing was the same, only because he had the virtue of humility and sat under the two of them, so he was ignored by the lord, otherwise he would have to be his turn this time, I want to think about it, but he doesn't dare to complain.

The clan didn't know what they were thinking, so he continued, "I ordered you to lead a thousand ninja troops, and be responsible for assisting the new group to attack Kai. ”

"Please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to the trust of your lord." After respectfully saying and retreating, he raised his chest and raised his head and showed off to Tang Ze Xuanfan.

"Sugiya Zenjubo, you lead the two thousand iron artillery teams under your command to participate in the battle." The iron artillery team under his command has not participated in the battle for some time, and because of the hard injury of the marching speed, so after the fast troops of the cavalry team, the ninja team, and the flag samurai team are becoming more and more perfect, the opportunities for the iron artillery team to go out of battle are becoming less and less, and more often, the clan only uses them as garrisons or reserves, and the Takeda family to be eliminated this time is on the edge of the family, which just makes up for the disadvantage of the slow marching speed of the iron artillery team. (To be continued.) )