In Echigo, since those retainers of the Uesugi family have already led a large number of ashigaru to leave, even if there is a military defense in the territory, it will not be too much, and it is not realistic to take the city with a few ninjas, but it is still possible to create chaos.

And after listening to it, the clan couldn't help but light up, and praised the Sugitani Zenjubo, shouldn't the ninja army use it like this, let the ninja army fight on a large scale, in fact, it is a complete waste, but with the increasing strength of the family's army, the clan has begun to abandon the previous idea of scattered attacks, but has transformed into a large-scale regular battle, so the clan didn't think about it at all, fortunately, there is a reminder from the Sugiya Zenjubo, otherwise, even the clan has no way to keep the Shibata family in the current situation.

After carefully thinking about whether the strategy was feasible, the clan immediately made a decision, only to hear him speak: "This proposal is in line with my new idea. Where is Ishikawa Goemon! ”

"The subordinates are here, please give instructions to the lord." Ishikawa Goemon is now the commander of the ninja army, and he appeared at this meeting on behalf of the ninja army.

"Now among the ninja army of the family, how many people have reached the middle ninja." I only heard the clan ask as soon as he spoke.

"Hui Lord, among the ninja army currently under the command of his subordinates, there are one hundred and thirty-two ninjas, but there are more than one hundred and ten of them, although these ninjas are stronger than other ninjas in terms of combat power, but they are not very proficient in infiltration and destruction, so if you want to infiltrate the Uesugi family to destroy, your subordinates think that these ninjas are not very suitable." Ishikawa Goemon spoke. As the commander of the ninja army, he not only has to consider his own family, but also needs to be responsible for his subordinates. So it was necessary for him to make it clear. Otherwise, once the policy fails. Not only did it have a great impact on the family, but the loss of these battle ninjas was also unacceptable to him, the reason why the Takayama family ninja army was strong, these capable war ninjas were indispensable, and it was a pity to lose them like this.

The clan couldn't help frowning after hearing this, if there were less than twenty middle ninja infiltrating Echigo to destroy, then the impact would be too small. After all, it is impossible for every team to succeed, and even if they are successful, they may not be able to attract the attention of Uesugi Kenshin, of course, if these shinobi are allowed to go to the next city to continue to destroy after the destruction, it is not impossible, but in this case, it will take too long, and after the first wave of destruction, it will be more difficult to carry out the second wave, and the other party will definitely take more precautions. So more ninjas must be invested at once, and destruction is only once. In order to get the other side back into the army, it is necessary to cause large-scale chaos at one time.

Thinking of this, the clan also made a decision, only to hear him suddenly speak again: "Where is Kobe Xiaonan!" ”

"The subordinates are here." As soon as the clan's voice fell, he saw Kobe Konan's figure appear and come to the clan, and the clothes he was wearing and the makeup on his face were exactly the same as where he was.

Although his appearance can be described as amazing, at this moment, everyone in the assessment room, including the clan sect, has no heart to pay attention to these.

When Kobe Konan saluted, he only heard the clan say: "This battle is related to the safety of my family, so I decided to send you and the fifty shinobi in charge of defense under my command to infiltrate Echigo, from now on, you will temporarily belong to the command of Ishikawa Goemon, and after the matter is completed, you will be in charge of the original work." ”

There is no way for the clan to do this, the fifty shinobi under the command of Kobe Xiaonan who are responsible for protecting themselves and their families are all good at lurking, sabotage, and assassination, after all, if they are not proficient in these, how can they take precautions, so it is most appropriate to send them there. Of course, the clan does not believe that the lower ninja in the ninja army is not good at this, but the problem is that the reason why they are still under the ninja, then it means that no matter what kind of ninjutsu is practiced, it is only the introductory stage, so the clan is not optimistic, only when it comes to the middle ninja, the clan dares to let it lead the team, after all, the middle ninja must be proficient in at least one ninjutsu, whether it is combat, or assassination, or lurking, etc., there must always be a hand at it, as for the upper ninja, it is even more incredible, that not only does it require a ninjutsu to reach the point of being superb, And other ninjutsu also have to reach the point of mastery, such as the mad demon Kotaro, who is definitely the top in terms of combat, and other ninjutsu are slightly worse, but they have also reached mastery, so they can get the ninja mandate, and Wasuka Masakatsu's military law, even if not the first among ninjas, is also ranked in the top three, and other ninjutsu are also proficient, like other ninjas in the family such as Ishikawa, Yokotani, Kobe and others also have a unique skill, even Sugitani Zenjubo, although the clan did not use him as a ninja, But he can't ignore the ability of the iron cannon in his hand to shoot down birds, as well as his mastery of other ninjutsu, otherwise the number of ninja wouldn't be so small,

"No, the lord is the hope of my Takayama family, if you send Kobe-sama and the ninjas out, then the lord's safety will be threatened, so please think twice." Sanada Masaki was the first to object.

And after him, the retainers also opposed the clan's decision.

But since it was already a matter of decision, no matter how strong their opposition was, they couldn't change the clan's determination, so they only heard the clan say: "I already know your intentions, but compared to the safety of my own, the safety of my family is the most important, you only saw Uesugi attack Shibata, which seems to have nothing to do with the family, but have you ever thought that once the other party succeeds, the next target will be the family." At that time, the family will have no hope of surviving under the attack of Uesugi and Hojo, so no matter how much you persuade you to do this, I will not change my original intention. ”

"The lord doesn't have to be so pessimistic, if the situation really develops according to what the lord said, although it is not good for the family, the lord can also ask the main hall for help, with the status of the lord in the Oda family, and the weight in the heart of the main hall, his subordinates think that the main hall will definitely not die without help." Omiya Jinglian continued to persuade reasonably.

However, I saw that the clan shook his head and said: "I have already made an agreement with the lord back then, and I will give up the lord's assistance while gaining power, with the lord's character, even if the family encounters great difficulties this time, we will never send troops to help, so this time we can only rely on ourselves." ”

Speaking of this, everyone was silent, the family can develop to such a scale in a few years, this is inseparable from the agreement between the lord and the main hall back then, once the family destroys this agreement, even if you can invite the main hall, the price paid at that time is undoubtedly huge, after all, the lord is still nominally a retainer of the Oda family, but whether it is in the heart of the main hall, or the world recognizes, they have already treated the family as a vassal of the Oda family, as a vassal, then there must be the consciousness of the vassal forces, I want to ask the lord to help, Then the price will definitely not be less, especially if there is an agreement between the lord and the main hall, this price will definitely exceed the bottom line of the family.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the clan continued: "Could it be that there is no one in this family who can protect my own safety except for guarding the ninjas, at this moment there are more than 10,000 troops in the city, if you don't even have such confidence, then it is impossible for the Takayama family to survive forever in this troubled world, and we are waiting to be wiped out by the enemy." ”

After everyone listened, they reacted, yes, the family is not only fifty ninjas, in addition, is the army under his command all paper-paste, with them, can the enemy still assassinate the lord under his nose? Just now, they just focused on the body of the ninja guard, and they didn't count themselves and the army under their command at all, so they persuaded together, and now they were awakened by the lord's words, and they came to their senses.

As a samurai, they have a competitive heart, they will never allow others to say that they can't do it, even if the person who says this is their own lord, for them, if they can't get the approval of others, especially the lord, then as a samurai is a complete failure.

Therefore, the clan sect just made a radical statement, and all these retainers immediately changed their minds.

Especially Maeda Keiji, who has always been more excited, after the clan sect provoked the generals, he actually stood up with a pout, and said with a red face: "Lord, whether other military forces can do it, subordinates don't know, but the flag warriors are originally to protect the safety of the lord, so as long as there are subordinates, the lord's safety does not have to worry at all." ”

"Maeda-sama, what do you mean by this, is it true that only the Banner Samurai under your command can protect the Lord, I'm not afraid to tell you, before the Banner Samurai Team was formed, it was our cavalry who came to protect the Lord's safety, and I wasn't afraid to flash my tongue when I said big things." Although Sanada Masaki has not been serving the Takayama family for a long time, this does not mean that he does not know about the Takayama Army, especially the cavalry under his command, which was the lord's personal guard elite cavalry before, and was specifically responsible for the lord's safety.

"It's not interesting, it's just telling the truth, can the cavalry ride around the castle tower all day long? You don't like to be noisy, but the lord is still noisy. ”

"I think you're noisy enough now, you can only protect yourself closely, but the army under my command and Lord Sugitani's command can defend against the enemy, as long as we are here, don't say that we want to be unfavorable to the lord, even if you want to enter the city, it will be difficult." Ogong Jinglian Ye couldn't help but speak, after all, at this time, if he didn't speak, then it would be tantamount to him acquiescing that the bow team under his command was not as good as them, especially in front of the lord, he would never accept such a shame.

And the same member of the Takayama family, Omiya Jingren has a good relationship with Sugitani Zenjubo on weekdays, and he knows that he has always been reluctant to participate in family quarrels, so he simply brought his iron artillery team with him. (To be continued.) )