After Yu Qiuping left the room, he rushed to organize defense. He originally wanted Longzi to stay and let Imagawa Kaede accompany her. But before he could say anything, Longzi came forward very aggrievedly.
"Your Highness." After several days, Long Zi finally spoke to Yu Qiuping again, but there was a cry in his voice, "Don't abandon me. I promise not to cause trouble or talk nonsense. Your Highness, please let me follow you.
" She lowered her eyes, not daring to look directly into Yu Qiuping's eyes. But her humble request and the tears in her eyes made Yu Qiuping feel a twinge in his heart, and he could hardly face this kind and simple girl.
"When did I say I would leave you?" Yu Qiuping's thoughts were seen through, and he couldn't help but explain with some embarrassment, "Long Zi, what are you thinking about?"
"Your Highness, you clearly said that." However, Long Zi didn't buy it, trying hard to suppress his crying and whispered.
"No, no, really not." Yu Qiuping waved his hands repeatedly, pretending to be very serious and said in a deep voice, "If Long Zi makes trouble again, I won't let you follow him."
As soon as this sentence was spoken, the girl who originally wanted to ask further swallowed the words that were on her lips. After a moment of silence, she began to sob in a low voice. She didn't say anything more, just looked at Yu Qiu.
After bowing to each other, they went to help Yu Qiuping pack her bags. Yu Qiuping looked at her back and sighed helplessly, and the pain in his heart became more intense.
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However, Yu Qiuping did not have time to pay more attention to Ryuko's affairs. The invasion of Honganji Temple was imminent, and he had to organize defense immediately. Under the arrangement of Takenaka Shigeharu's staff, Yu Qiuping gathered all the troops of Hanoi's small wealthy families and unified them.
, established the Hanoi garrison. In order to unify command, he disrupted the organization of the troops of the small wealthy tribe to a certain extent, and instead imitated the military system of the Yu Qiu Army. This made the small wealthy tribe very dissatisfied, and some people immediately moved out of the Yu Qiu Army.
Qiuping's agreement - not to interfere with the military power of the small wealthy clans. The wealthy members of the House of Lords immediately protested against Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping knew that he was wrong and apologized to the small wealthy clans after explaining the reasons why he had no choice. During the formation, he
No one from the Yu Qiu family was placed in the command system, but all the warriors from the small wealthy clan were commanded. Yu Qiuping's sincerity won the understanding of the small wealthy clans and agreed to the establishment of the Hanoi Guard Force.
After completing the formation, he arranged the Hanoi garrison of nearly 2,000 people to important towns, business roads, and official roads in Hanoi to prevent Honganji's troops from marching in. However, these 2,000 people alone were unable to defend the narrow territory.
Yes, and Sakai Town must also leave people to defend it. When facing a large army, the troops of the small wealthy families can only shrink and protect themselves. They are likely to face the dilemma of being divided and defeated individually. The Yuqiu family is urgently needed in the territory.
The ground needs a field force for mobile support. Therefore, it is urgent to expand the army and establish a new reserve force.
For this reason, Yu Qiuping personally rode his horse to Sakai Town and gave a public speech to the House of Commons, asking the House of Commons to approve his request to expand the army. The Yu Qiu family was extremely nervous because Hatakeyama Takamasa returned Yu Qiu Shang last year-
Relations with the Diet also eased due to the tremendous pressure from the Honganji family.
These businessmen in the Diet know better than anyone that Honganji’s army can be
If they can invade, if Yu Qiuping is not allowed to expand his army, Hanoi's territory will become a mess. They have worked hard to establish many factories in Sakai Town and Hanoi, producing a large number of products and selling them to Hanoi, Izumi and Kinki.
They are workers recruited from Hanoi. If Hanoi encounters war, more than half of these strong laborers will definitely be lost, and the merchants' trade routes will be temporarily cut off. What makes them even more uncomfortable is that if Hanoi is destroyed by war, those who originally had a wealthy family can buy
The families that produce their products also have to cut back on food and clothing due to financial constraints, making it impossible to sell the products they produce.
Therefore, whether it is to protect the safety of Sakai Town or to protect their own vital interests, it is urgent for Yu Qiuping to expand the army at this moment. The Lower House and the Upper House voted to pass the temporary budget for the new quarter, allowing Yu Qiuping to continue
Expand and train a reserve force of 1,200 soldiers. However, in exchange, they also requested the passage of the bill that "If Yu Qiuping wants to carry out large-scale military activities during spring plowing, autumn harvest and other busy farming seasons, it must be passed by a half vote of the parliament."
.Yu Qiuping had no choice but to compromise.
However, Hatakeyama Takamasa did not betray Yu Qiupei and the Diet at all, and once again rejected the bill as unconstitutional. The lower house had to amend it and changed it to "If Yu Qiupei wants to carry out large-scale activities during spring plowing, autumn harvest and other busy farming periods,
For large-scale military activities, the required budget needs to be reviewed by the House of Commons and passed by half of the votes." In this way, a loophole in the Constitution was exploited. It did not interfere with Yu Qiuping's military command power, but restricted Yu Qiuping's troop dispatch by controlling the budget.
After power. Hatakeyama Takamasa reluctantly agreed, he was furious and demanded immediate revision of the constitution.
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After everything was settled, Yu Qiuping immediately started recruiting troops in the territory. As usual, he selected 300 people from Tokiwa Bei and Naruhei Bei as seed troops, setting up the framework of a new reserve team. Then the newly recruited
1,400 recruits, except for 600 who joined the newly established reserve team and were trained in Maple Leaf Mountain Castle; the remaining 800 people were added to the teams of Tokiwa Bei and Naru Kabuti, and they were asked to follow Tokiwa Beiwa on the front line of Takaya Castle.
Ming Dy prepares for training. On the one hand, he will make up for the soldiers lost after the last battle, and on the other hand, he will also fill the gap left after the deployment of seed troops this time.
At this time, after hard work, the Military Industry Department also produced another three-pound cannon. Yu Qiuping organized all of them into artillery units according to the artillery organization of 20 people, and then asked the two artillery groups to be led by Senju Ounari
, all were first sent to Takaya Castle to practice artillery fire using the Miyoshi family as a target in a real combat environment. Naoe Seigenmaru, who was only 10 years old this year, was temporarily appointed as the gunner of the second artillery group by Yu Qiuping due to lack of personnel.
However, the choice of captain for Amakihei's newly established reserve team has become a big problem. Nakahide Omaezaki, Katsumasa Yoshioka, and Yutaka Ogawa all have exactly the same qualifications, and they don't know how to choose. Previously, Yasunari Fukushima served as the captain.
Everyone is convinced by the captain. Charlie has been recognized by everyone because he has been the company commander before. But now, it is really difficult to choose a candidate among these three brothers. No matter who is chosen, in addition,
Both of them will definitely disagree. Time is tight, and Yu Qiuping has no time to argue here, so he simply chooses the simplest method - drawing lots. Anyway, whoever you choose will not be better, so whoever you choose will not be worse.
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Qiupei rushed to Takaya Castle in person, made three paper balls, one with a checkmark and two with a cross, and asked Omaezaki Nakahide, Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yutō to come directly to draw lots. This time, this brother could
The three of them were extremely nervous. Although they were brothers who shared life and death, they were all strong-blooded warriors. No one wanted to miss such a good opportunity for promotion. The three of them looked at me and I looked at you. No one wanted to take the first blow.
.The three grown men gathered around Yu Qiuping and stared at each other, making Yu Qiuping very unhappy.
At this moment, Naoe Seigenmaru came to report to Yu Qiupei with a stack of training documents, and he was immediately grabbed by Omaezaki Nakahide as if he saw a savior.
"Come! Chengyuanwan! You have always had the best luck. Come and catch it for uncle! If you catch the hook, uncle will treat you to something delicious!"
"Uncle Zhongxiu has agreed, but you are not allowed to cheat." Naoe Seigenmaru is a childlike child after all. Hearing this, he immediately became happy and said, "Don't blame me if you don't catch him!"
"I don't blame you, I don't blame you, just catch Naruhide!" Nakahide Omaezaki said while laughing, his eyes narrowed to a slit, expecting Naoe Narumaru to quickly take action. As Naoe Narumaru moved him
When a small hand reached out to the paper ball in Yu Qiuping's hand, the eyes of the three grown men were all locked on that small hand. Everyone held their breath and stared at Naoe Seigenmaru as he randomly selected a paper ball.
, pinched him and took it back to his hand, and opened the paper ball three times, five times and two times——
A hook!
"Beautiful!" Nakahide Omaezaki excitedly jumped three feet high, then excitedly lifted Naoe Seigenmaru up, spun it around several times, and promised him to bring him delicious food.
Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yutō stomped their feet angrily, "Damn it! Why didn't I think of asking Seigenmaru to catch it for me! Let this guy get the first step!"
"Admit the bet and admit defeat! Admit the bet and admit defeat!" Seeing this, Omaezaki Nakahide hurriedly took the note from Naoe Seigenmaru's hand and held it in his own hand. He glanced at Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yutō very warily.
"No cheating!"
"Don't be ridiculous! Damn it! A manly man, keep your word!" Although Yoshioka Katsumasa was very angry, he still patted his chest vigorously, "When I become the captain next time, I will kill you in the first battle.
It surpasses all previous achievements!”
"Tch, you idiot, why don't you wake up!" Nakahide Omaezaki snorted with disdain, "Don't even think about it!"
"What about the name of your reserve team? Have you thought about it?" Yu Qiuping looked at the proud Omaezaki Nakahide and asked with a smile.
"Let Narigenmaru come up! This is the reserve team he has drawn!" Nakahide Omaezaki rubbed Naoe Narigenmaru's hair lovingly, "Tell me, Narigenmaru, do you want this reserve team to be called
What?"
"When I passed by the castle town today, I saw a very beautiful willow tree." Naoe Seigenmaru said with a smile to Ame Qiupei and Gomaezaki Nakahide, "Why don't we just call it Hoshiyanagi Bei! Let's use willow branches as the military flag!"
"Xiliu? It has a very good meaning. That's it!" Yu Qiuping's eyes lit up when he heard this. This name is really good. However, he changed his mind and looked back at Omaezaki Nakahide - it's not that big of a deal.
This little guy doesn't have any trace of Zhou Yafu at all, so his good name will probably be wasted.