Although as far as the clan knows, the Kinoshita family only has two large cylinders now, and the effective killing distance is still within two hundred meters, but the sound it makes and the way it causes damage to Ashigaru are really similar to the national collapse, so it doesn't work at all to scare the defenders of Himeji Castle by relying on the five gates of the national collapse, if these five doors are snatched away by the other party and pulled to the front line, it will be unpleasant, so he has no intention of changing his decision at all, and once again rejected the proposal of the nine ghosts Yoshitaka, otherwise so, Because of his reminder, the clan had to tell him to go with the Changzong and be careful of the other party's big tube.

After the meeting, the retainers of the Takayama family did not stay in Odawara Castle for long, but immediately returned to their respective territories to prepare for a decisive battle with the Kinoshita family.

A month seems to be sufficient, but in fact it is very tense, not only will there be a lot of delay on the way back and forth, but also the army in the general will be assembled for strict training, which naturally requires a lot of effort.

Although Shibata Katsuya was also in a hurry, after the meeting ended, he did not leave directly, but appeared in the living room of the Takayama clan.

"I've seen my father, and my father has become younger and younger in the past six months." When Shibata Katsuie appeared in the living room with the clan, Mrs. Sakura hurriedly greeted her and said with a smile.

For her father-in-law, Mrs. Sakura is still very respectful, if there was no father-in-law, even if she could marry her husband, I am afraid it would be difficult to escape the punishment of the hall, and her father-in-law's help to her husband, Sakura also knows it, it can be said that the family can have the power it has now, which is absolutely inseparable from the help of her father-in-law.

"The old man is still young, I'm afraid it won't be long before he can't even dance with a knife. Ha ha. Shibata Katsuya did not pose as a subordinate as usual at this time, but said very casually.

"How come, in Sakura's eyes, my father-in-law will always be the number one general in the world." Although he said so, he had only seen him for half a year, and his father-in-law had a lot more hair on his temples, but Sakura sighed a little in his heart, and his father-in-law seemed to be really old. So I just heard her continue: "Father-in-law, Sakura heard that her husband is going to have a decisive battle with Kinoshita-sama, and in my opinion, my father-in-law should not participate in this battle, Katsutoyo is older than her husband, and she is enough to take on a big responsibility." ”

Sakura doesn't want Shibata Katsuya to work too hard, after all, the battlefield is swords, and his father-in-law is now nearly sixty years old, so it is really not easy to fight at such an age, and if there is any damage, it is really difficult to recover.

And although this is a political affair of the Takayama family, it is actually a family affair of the Shibata family, and the clan clan was not present, so Sakura still did not hesitate to say it.

This was a good word, but after listening to it, Shibata Katsuya sighed and said: "Hey, you don't know your brother's situation, don't talk about your ability, this body... It's really hard to be a big task, and when I didn't come, he was seriously ill again, and this time... ”

"Brother is sick again? Is this time still serious? After Sakura heard this, she couldn't help but hurriedly ask, although she doesn't have too many brother and sister feelings for Shibata Katsutoyo, but after all, this is the son raised by her stepfather since childhood, and after the adoption, she has been cultivated as the heir of the Shibata family, but now she suddenly fell ill, wouldn't this make her stepfather worry even more?

When she finished asking, she saw Shibata Katsuya shaking her head lonely and said: "I've already looked for the three major people of Qu Naase Dao, for this disease, Qu Naase Dao San can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and it has been explained, I'm afraid... Fear... Hey, let's not talk about it. ”

Although Shibata Katsuya didn't finish speaking, from most of these sentences, she still heard that her brother's situation should not be too good, if so, then what should Shibata do in the future.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door, "Sakura-chan, I'm back, my father-in-law should come to see you." ”

When the words fell, the clan had already entered the door, and there should have been a scene of talking and laughing in front of him as usual, but when he came in, he found that the atmosphere in the living room seemed to be a little dull, especially after seeing the expression on Shibata Katsuie's face, the clan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

It's just that before he could ask, he saw the expression on Shibata Katsuie's face, and hurriedly saluted and said, "Subordinates see the lord." ”

"Father-in-law, how many times have I said that when there are no outsiders, don't be so formal, look at the two fathers-in-law of Sakuma and Lin, they won't be like you." Clan Zong sat at the low table and took a few sips of the water cup before speaking.

"How can my subordinates be the same as the two of them, so rude in front of the lord, how can I be a samurai of my generation, and the face of the samurai has been lost by them." Shibata Katsuya couldn't help but say with some dissatisfaction when he heard that the lord compared himself with Lin Tongzhen and Sakuma Nobumori.

"Okay, I didn't say it." Although the clan said that just now, although the clan sect said it more than once, it was also rejected by the other party countless times, and it seems that if he really wants Shibata Katsuya to change his attitude towards him, then I am afraid that he will have to wait until he concedes the family governor to Shibata Katsutoyo.

This is completely consistent with the idea of the clan and Sakura, and in addition to not wanting the Shibata Katsu family to work too hard, he also thought that if his father-in-law has not passed on the position of family governor, then how can Shibata Katsutoyo get experience, once the father-in-law is a hundred years later, the Shibata family will not be chaotic, Shibata Katsutoyo's ability is clear, by no means a person with great talent, fortunately he is cautious, after inheriting the family governor, the Shibata family should not have any trouble, and even if there is a mess, isn't this still himself.

It's just that although he is a subordinate, after all, it involves the family affairs of the Shibata family, and the clan is not good at interfering too much, so everything is left to the father-in-law.

It's just that although he didn't want to mention too much about the Shibata family's family affairs, when he finished speaking, he saw Sakura and hurriedly said: "Husband, just now Sakura heard from her father-in-law that her brother is seriously ill, and... And... ”

"How so? Shibata Katsutoyo didn't just recover from a serious illness a few months ago, why did he fall ill again after only a few months? What does Michizo Naase say? The clan was completely speechless after hearing this, and when he was assessed in the New Year, he saw that Shibata Katsutoyo did not participate, so he asked Shibata Katsuya about it, and after learning that he had just recovered from a serious illness, he didn't say much, Shibata Katsutoyo's body has not been very good since a few years ago, but when he thought that the other party was about the same age as himself, there should be no problems, so he didn't pay too much attention. But now that he thought that the expression on Shibata Katsuie's face was not very good just now, he had already guessed that Shibata Katsutoyo must be seriously ill this time.