"What? It's just that 3,000 people are out of the Tamba country, Lord Takenaka, are you trying to kill the young master? With 3,000 men, we can't penetrate the country of Tanba at all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Oda said loudly.

"Lord Takenaka, three thousand people is indeed too little." Shigenari Suzuki said.

"Let's listen to Takenaka-sama first." Kuroda said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is a reason why only 3,000 people were sent to Tanba Country. The purpose of this trip to Tanba Country is undoubtedly to rescue the young master. There are too many people to go, and when the good and the bad are mixed, it is easy to slow down the overall marching speed. And I want to tell you that the situation in Tanba Province has been carefully studied by me with the young master and Lord Sanada Masayuki before. At present, in the country of Tanba, in addition to the Naito family, the power of the Miyoshi family, and the large and small wealthy families attached to him, there are five major forces such as the Hatano family, the Akai family, the Shinoi family, the Shiomi family, and the Kawakatsu family, as well as countless small wealthy families with unknown attitudes, the situation is very complicated, and the various forces do not belong to each other, and only the southeast of the Tanba country belongs to the sphere of influence of the Miyoshi family, and the others can be used. If we want to rescue the young master smoothly this time, the key is one word, fast. Therefore, the family should not be at war or entangled with various forces along the way, it only needs to pass smoothly and quickly, and other things only need to wait until the young master is returned to think about it. Shigeharu Takenaka said.

"Should we go south or north?" Nabeshima Kiyonobu asked.

"The young lord is a smart man, and the south is the sphere of influence of the Naito family, so the young lord will definitely go north. After all, there are few people around the young master now, and it is impossible for him to choose to enter the territory of the Miyoshi family, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable once he is discovered. However, if you go north, there will be many large and small forces, and there will inevitably be many difficulties along the way, so the family must move quickly. Although he only brought 3,000 people this time, he must be the absolute elite of his family, because he has to travel quickly, so he must be all strong soldiers. ”。

"As for the attack of the four countries mentioned by the young master, it is an important direction of attack within the young master's plan, and I think it is better to let my own navy help and transport 7,000 men and horses to it. This time the dispatch of troops to the four countries, as the young master said, is to prepare for the future strategy, and there is no need to force the final result too much. It would be best to be able to get more, but the most important thing is that we must first occupy one or half of the land of the four countries, and at least one place to go ashore. And for this territory to digest first, other things still have to wait for the young master to come back. Shigeharu Takenaka said.

"In this case, this time, according to what Takenaka-sama said, I will send 3,000 troops to Tanba Country, and I will ask Takenaka-sama to rescue the officers and soldiers safely." Kuroda said.

"Hey! The lord, the subordinates have just said that this time to welcome back the young master, the people of the family must be the elite of the family, and the subordinates have the courage to seconded the family to the mother of the Kobei-sama, and I hope that the lord will send Takeuchi Hisamori, Katayama Hisayasu, Kosaii Zhennao, Saito Nagami, Umino Nobuyoshi, Nabeshima Kiyonobu, Kato Kiyotada, and Takeuchi Gorou Uemon to accompany the next several adults to Tanba Province. Shigeharu Takenaka said.

"No problem, these adults will go to the barracks with Lord Takenaka to select people now! Once you've chosen, you'll set off right away, so there's no need to delay any longer. Also, I'll send a fast horse to Kobei right away, so that Tsuchiya-sama can get ready. Kuroda said.

"Hey!" After Shigeharu Takenaka and the named samurai bowed to Kuroda, they immediately left Ohiroma together and went to the outside of the castle to take orders.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is also a top priority for the family to be able to occupy Shikoku this time, so we can't delay it. According to what Kankan and Kanwei said, Lord Motoyama Shigechen and the three sons led four teams to attack 800 people, as the vanguard of the four countries of the family. ”

"Hey!"

"As for the other way, I personally became the commander-in-chief, leaving the encumbers and Yasui Doton, Yasui Michibu, Inoue Nomasa, Oda Shigetsu, Oda Ryotsu, Ikeya Kaneshige, Nigami Masatoshi, Tanabe Nagatsune, and others to guard the territory, and the others went to Shikoku with me."

"Hey!"

At the same time, in the backyard of the Kuroda Castle Honmaruhara-Imperial Pavilion, which is the residence of Kuroda Vocational High School, when an extraordinary meeting was convened in the castle tower, Mrs. Iwa came to the courtyard with two maids in a hurry.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw that in the courtyard at this time, Matsujumaru, a two-year-old Kuroda vocational high school sister-in-law, was holding butterflies in the company of the maids and had a good time.

Matsushoumaru is a smart and lovely child, and when he turned around and saw Mrs. Iwa, he immediately ran over with unsteady steps, and said very respectfully to Mrs. Iwa in his own milky voice: "Matsushoumaru has seen my grandmother. ”

"Matsujumaru, what a good boy, what about your two mothers? Are they in the yard? Lady Iwa asked.

"The two mothers are here, and Kumanosuke has been crying just now, so the two mothers are taking care of Kumanosuke in the room! In order not to disturb the two mothers taking care of their younger brother, Matsujumaru went out to play by himself. Matsujumaru said.

"Matsujumaru, what a good boy" Mrs. Iwa picked up Matsujumaru and touched his head with a smile, sure enough, it was Kuroda's sister-in-law, who, like his father, was a child who cared about others very much, and he should be a great character in the future!

Mrs. Iwa walked to Ali's room with Matsujumaru in her arms.

"Mother, why are you here?"

Ali and Hikari were originally taking care of Kumanosuke by the bedside, but suddenly saw Mrs. Iwa carrying Matsujumaru into the room, followed by two of Mrs. Iwa's personal maids, and several of their own maids, all standing outside, the two immediately walked over to salute Mrs. Iwa.

"Sit down! Just now Matsujumaru said that Kumanosuke was uncomfortable, how is it now? Lady Rock asked at the two of them.

"Thank you mother for your concern, Kumanosuke is fine, it's just that the weather is cold during this time, and I'm a little cold." Ah Guang said respectfully.

"Kumanosuke, this kid is still young, you have to take care of him more carefully!" Mrs. Rock said.

"What Mother said is that we will pay more attention in the future, is there anything that Mother needs to tell when she comes?" Ali said with a smile.

"I also just got the news, and after thinking about it for a while, I think it's better to tell you, you have to be mentally prepared!" (To be continued.) )