Chapter 568: Lucius's Plan
Hearing such a risky plan of Lucius, everyone present was shocked, especially the three of Taiyuan Yukisai, Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamo, who were already dumbfounded.
The three of them knew very well that the samurai family that could become a daimyo was by no means an ordinary samurai family, and the power in their hands was extremely powerful, and in each place ruled by the daimyo was equivalent to the feudal town they controlled, and they had absolute dominance over it.
Especially the daimyo in remote places, they actually had a lot of power, but they were forced by the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate to choose these remote places.
But their strength is not weak, and even the strength of some daimyo is not inferior to those elders and retainers under the Tokugawa shogunate.
Most of the mansions of these daimyo were built in important places in their feudal towns, and it can be said that they gathered all the strength of their feudal towns as defense, even if the samurai retainers under their command were not so loyal to them, but in the location of their mansions, they definitely had unrivaled control power.
Taiyuan Xuezhai said very nervously: "Lord, if we attack rashly like this, if we are not successful, it is very likely that we will be encircled, and we may be caught by the other party at that time." ”
Instead, Lucius smiled and said: "According to what you said before, the strength of the daimyo in that place is not strong, and the samurai under his command are also limited, especially since there are not many dead soldiers in his own family, and thousands of people are almost the upper limit of his own family's dead soldiers, since he is equivalent to the whole army, what do we have to worry about?"
Soga Inamome then said to Lucius: "But Lord, you must take into account that he still has those retainers under his command, and those retainers also have a certain amount of troops in their hands. ”
Regarding Taiyuan Xuezhai and Su Idao's worries, Lucius didn't think so, and looked at Caroline with a smile: "How about it? Are you going to try the strength of the Daimyo of Fusang Country?"
Caroline was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but soon understood what Lucius meant, and immediately said excitedly: "Really? Are you willing to let me go this time? All the command is handed over to me? You won't interfere with me, can you let me command a battle to my heart's content?"
See Caroline's excited look. Lucius nodded and said, "Yes, this time I can let you try it, and by the way, take a look at the strength of those Daimyo of Fusang Country." ”
As he spoke, Lucius changed his words and reminded with a stern expression: "However, the mechanical warriors we have brought are limited, and I am afraid that the only ones we can send to you are the ones we have at hand. ”
Caroline was very confident in the strength of the mechanical warriors, laughed and said, "Hahaha, yes, yes, with this group of mechanical warriors." I'm sure I'll be able to capture that guy's mansion, no matter what the old family and the retainers can't do, you can rest assured, I will definitely return triumphantly. ”
Lucius nodded in agreement, then turned his head to look at Du Liniang and the others and said, "Auntie, you guys should go together, I will let Beludi go with you, if you meet the support of the famous retainers, I believe that Bellucci will command the mechanical warriors." It should be enough to deal with the army of samurai of Fuso. ”
Du Liniang frowned slightly when she heard this, and asked, "You let us all go, even Beludi and the mechanical warriors you sent to us, do you plan to stay in the village?"
"What? That's not going to work......" As soon as Du Liniang's words fell, almost all the others were relieved. Immediately exclaimed in unison.
Lucius glanced at everyone, grinned confidently and said, "Hehe, there's nothing that can't be done, I still have number three and number four by my side." There are also Mogupatin, it is enough to have them, this is the first time we have come to Fuso to fight. So you have to give it your all. ”
After listening to Lucius's words, Taiyuan Xuezhai, Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamo looked at each other, and Taiyuan Xuezhai asked on behalf of the three people: "Lord, do you mean, the three of us will also go together?"
Lucius nodded and said, "Of course, the three of you will also bring the ronin samurai, if any of you is good, I will give it to him when I take the daimyo's mansion." ”
The three ronin leaders were stunned for a moment, and Lucius said that he would give the Daimyo's Mansion to one of them, how could the three of them not know the meaning? This is equivalent to supporting one of them to become the new Daimyo, that is, to become the new lord of this place, which is definitely something that the three of them dream of.
Unlike in the past, the authority of the emperor was almost non-existent, and the Tokugawa family, who controlled the shogunate, did not have absolute control, so most of the daimyo in various regions actually supported their own armies.
In the past, the daimyo would have been granted fiefdoms by edict from the emperor, and during the successive shogunate periods before the Tokugawa shogunate, the daimyo should have been given by the shogunate who was actually in power.
Nowadays, the times are different, and almost all the daimyo in various places are self-reliant, as long as they control a place of their own and establish their own feudal town, then they can become the daimyo in charge, which is why most samurai choose to turn their backs on their main family and become ronin, they all want to try to become a daimyo.
However, even if the Fuso Kingdom was in turmoil, it was not easy to become a daimyo or to occupy a feudal town.
However, if you capture another daimyo and take control of the domain from someone else, it will be much simpler, as long as you can control the power under the other party's command, it will be equivalent to obtaining your own domain.
At the moment, Lucius gave the three ronin leaders a chance, and he sent someone to solve the daimyo who owned the feudal town for them, and let them take over the other party's power, which is equivalent to directly pushing one of the three to the position of the daimyo in charge of the feudal town.
understood Lucius's intentions, even Taiyuan Xuezhai couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, knelt up straight, and then kowtowed to Lucius: "Thank you Lord for the opportunity, Taiyuan Xuezhai will swear to follow the Lord to the death." ”
Seeing this, Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamome also knelt down and kowtowed in unison, "I am willing to follow the Lord to the death." ”
Lucius smiled and waved his hand to get the three of them up, and said, "This is my promise to you, and it can be regarded as a chance for you, after all, I don't want to participate in the governance of your own country, so I hope to be able to support some forces that can maintain enough friendship with me in the future." ”
Without letting the three of them kowtow again, Lucius said very directly: "Okay, you go and prepare, I know that there are still some ronins under your command, and the opportunity is in front of you, so I hope you can go all out." ”
The three ronin leaders did not hesitate, and quickly got up and bowed out, and began to gather their hidden men.
When the three ronin leaders left, Du Liniang looked at Lucius with some puzzlement and said, "Why did you give them such a promise? Are you so sure that we can take down the Daimyo's mansion?"
Lucius smiled and looked around at everyone: "Auntie, don't you believe in your own strength? Or do you think Caroline doesn't have enough command ability to command this battle? If it's the latter, I can let Caroline hand over the command to you, and I will let Beruti listen to your command." ”
Du Liniang shook her head and said, "No, Lucius, you know that I didn't mean that, I just think that if you let us all go out, and you stay by yourself, will it be too desperate?"
Konstantin also suddenly said: "Yes, you are indeed a bit offended by doing this, once a link goes wrong, then we may lose a lot." ”
"That's why I let those ronins go with me, and promised a heavy reward for them to use all their strength, so that they can fight so that they can deal with the army of the daimyo retainers, so that as long as you buy time, you will be able to conquer the daimyo mansion lightly. ”
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and Ying quickly calmed down and said, "You mean, let those ronins contain the forces of the other party's retainers?"
Christine pushed her glasses and said with some concern, "Are you sure those guys can withstand the forces of that daimyo's retainers? ”
Lecius replied confidently: "Naturally, don't forget, they have two ghost warriors, according to them, the other party's daimyo is just a ghost warrior, and the retainers under his command are actually not as strong as Taiyuan Xuezhai, and do you think that the three of them only have so many ronins?"
As he spoke, Lucius shouted to the room next to him, "Shirou, come out and tell everyone how I asked you to do it?"
The wooden door next to him was suddenly pushed open, and Shirou walked in from the next room, knelt down and saluted Lucius and said, "Big brother, the matter you asked me to check has been clarified, there should be hundreds of strange samurai hidden in the village." ”
"Hundreds of strange samurai hiding in the village?" everyone was surprised when they heard this, and looked at Shirou who was kneeling there, and then at Lucius.
Lucius then explained: "Actually, I felt from the beginning that those three guys were not ordinary, especially Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamo, they must still have a certain amount of troops, otherwise ordinary ronin, why would they gather so many samurai under their command?"
"So, I asked Shirou to secretly help me investigate, he is from the village, and he is still a child, so it is natural that he will not attract the attention of others. ”
Speaking of this, Lucius lowered his voice and said affirmatively: "Moreover, I'm sure that those three guys definitely have more than a few hundred people under their command, I'm afraid that the three of them together should be able to make up a thousand." ”
After listening to Lucius's analysis, everyone had to admit that Lucius had amazing insight, just by relying on some conversations on the road and contacting some inappropriate places, he could analyze a lot of things hidden in the shadows, and he would verify his inferences in a way that was not easy to be detected, which showed that his scheming was really terrible. (To be continued......)