Sakaimachi and Kyoto gained a lot. First, they obtained the position of the Second Lieutenant of the Kiyogo Guardian and Saemon, which not only improved the morale of the retainers, but also allowed the Luo family to have an uncontrollable righteousness; secondly, they reached a complete deal of war horses and even currency exchange; finally, they recruited retainers like Isono Toshimasa, Honta Toshimasa, and Honta Masato, and at the same time they met celebrities such as Masao Nagata, Masaoka Hisuka, Shoki Kuikawa, Doji Kou Naose, and Kouyou.

Of course, there are also some unsatisfactory aspects. First, he experienced a duel with the foreign master Long Yin, which made Masayoro completely feel the urgency to improve his own strength; secondly, although he secretly reached a good agreement with the Outo family, he was also placed on the same path as the Outo family and became a thorn in the Outo family's side.

On April 10, 10th of the tenth year of the tenth year of the First Ten, Masayora and others finally returned to their territory. In the meeting hall of Yetaka Mountain, all the retainers gathered together.

"Congratulations to Your Highness for successfully obtaining an official position during this trip." The leader of Kakukuma Ishisong congratulated first. Kakuma Ishisong was the one who encouraged Masayora the most when it came to obtaining an official position.

The other retainers also expressed their congratulations. Being able to obtain positions like the Guardian of the Chihou and the Second Lieutenant Zuoemon is already a good position for the Luo family, and the retainers are also very satisfied with this.

"Okay, calm down." Zhengliang signaled the retainers to calm down, "I'll talk about the impact of the official position this time."

"This time, your highness can order our family to proclaim the sergeant to promote it in the territory, which can greatly enhance the morale of our family." Kakukuma Shisou said, "In addition, after the ri, my family will not easily be subject to others' righteousness." During the Warring States Period, if the neighbors and retainers were to be loyal, they would gain great benefits, and the other was to convince them through this so-called righteousness.

"But, this time, the Daou family made a mistake and was recommended by the Kumagura Guardian, who was recommended by our family, was really bad." Kakukuma Shisou said, "I'm afraid that my family will never be able to make friends with the Otomo family again."

"Yes, this plan of the Oui family is very vicious. It completely cut off the possibility of the Hon's swaying between the Oui family and the Oui family." Akaba Nobusuke also said, "Since that's the case, it's better for the Hon's dependents to rely entirely on the Hon's voluntarily in order to obtain full support from the Hon's voluntarily."

"What a military advisor means to make my family surrender to the Oui family?" Heiji Togo immediately said.

"How is this possible?"

After Togo Heiji said this, the retainers present immediately started to discuss and even had differences. Some of the retainers believed that submitting to the great inner family just like Ri Zhongtian was not a bad thing. After all, this was a common thing in the Warring States Period, while the other part of the retainers opposed it. The Luo family rose to the No. 1 strong man in the past in just one year, making them think that with the rise of their family, there was no need to surrender to others.

"Once you surrender to the Da Nei family, you will definitely be asked to send hostages to the Da Nei family. What should I do if the other party asks the head of the family to go?" Da Nishiki Kyuji said loudly.

"I thought the Daoui family would not make such an unreasonable request. I can temporarily surrender to the Daoui family and then secretly seek development." Murakami also said. Murakami still had the idea of ​​establishing a relationship with the Daoui family through the Luo family.

"Everyone, please calm down." Akaba Nobunosuke said loudly, "I'd like to ask the head of the family to decide on this matter personally." He didn't expect that. Before he finished speaking, his colleagues quarreled. According to his ideas, he was not actually surrendering to the great family.

"Ahem" Zhengliang waited until everyone was completely quiet, and said, "I have my own opinions on cooperation with the big family, but I will definitely not surrender. There is no need to discuss this matter anymore." The big family will soon fall into a very long trough. Of course, the Luo family cannot surrender to the big family and thus be subject to others. Some retainers do not know the trend of history, so it is normal to propose surrender.

"Your Highness is wise." Akaba Nobuyuki immediately took the lead in complimenting. Masara's thoughts coincided with his.

The matter of cooperation with the domestic community has come to a temporary end, and the topic of comments has returned to the official position.

"Your Highness. Previously, the Shao Er family had summoned His Highness to Sefukuji Castle twice for their great righteousness. This time, His Highness received an official position, which immediately lost the name of great righteousness. It seems that the Shao Er family has to think of another way to deal with our family." Kakukuma Shisong analyzed. Masayora was still a white man in the past, but now he has an official position. As a person with an official position, the Shao Er family has no reason to let Masayora go to Sefukuji Castle in the most righteousness.

"Well, pay close attention to the movements of the Shaoye family and report them immediately if there is any disturbance." Zhengliang ordered, "At the same time, he ordered the important areas of the territorial border areas to prepare for reserves of precautionary materials and strictly prevent the other party from attacking them."

Kizao Shigetachi, who was responsible for evaluating information and conveying the lord's orders, immediately received the order.

"Everyone, this time my family purchased a batch of war horses from the Shenwu family and Nawu. So I am preparing to form a cavalry team." After the order was finished, Zhengliang took the initiative to mention the formation of cavalry.

"I don't know how large a cavalry team your highness is going to form." Dongxiang Heiji asked immediately. The war horses are a big family who eats food. According to the usual style of the head of the family, they came from a master who did not pity on money. Dongxiang Heiji was really worried that Masayoshi would have another heavy bleeding.

"The first batch of fifty war horses will be delivered soon, and there are another fifty war horses that will be delivered later." Zhengliang said.

Is this true? Heiji Donggo's head was sweating when he heard this.

"Your Highness, plus the fourteen war horses that already exist on the territory, there are about to have one hundred and fifty war horses in the territory." Heiji Togo whispered. Originally, there were fifteen war horses from the Luo family, but one of them was injured and crazy when Masaruo was attacked by Matsuura County last time, and finally ran into the mountains and fields and could not be retrieved.

"Um."

"Your Highness, if you don't count the salary and equipment of the cavalry themselves, the consumption of food and consumption of just one war horse is equivalent to the consumption of three regular and light." Seeing that Masayoro had no response, Heiji Togo had to remind him directly.

"What Lord Heiji said is very much." Kakukuma Ishisou also said, "When the minister was at the Otomo family, he saw that there were only hundreds of cavalrymen in the Otomo family. When the war started, these cavalry were only used for rushing into the formation."

"Not only this," said Akaba Nobusuke, "Because Kyushu has more mountains and fewer flat lands, in fact, cavalry is not the main force in combat. However, it can be used for transport and riding, which facilitates the transportation of materials and the rapid transfer of troops."

So, in the descriptions of the retainers, Masayoshi finally discovered a fact that he was amused and crying. The horse riding team seemed not as powerful as he originally imagined.

First of all, due to the huge consumption, not all powerful people are able to support cavalry. Moreover, additional breeders are required. The cost for the Rib Bun during the Warring States Period was very high. Think about it, the consumption of raising a war horse is equivalent to providing a slight 2.5 to 3 times. Such a huge consumption can only afford to support those wealthy tyrants.

Secondly, there were actually no real cavalry in this era, at best, just infantry riding on horses. Moreover, the local war horses of Riben. Due to the long-term locking and reproduction of stallions, they were too short and had a shoulder height of 100 to 110cm, which was about the same height as the Chinese detachment or the same origin. If they were not strong enough, they could run a hundredth level, so their combat power was limited.

Finally, due to the numerous terrain of Riben Mountains, which lacks many essential technologies for cavalry, it directly leads to the fact that cavalry is not the main force on the battlefield.

Hearing this, Masayoshi suddenly realized a fact. The length of the ri-bow is generally more than two meters. It can be imagined that a 1.5-meter-high war horse is riding a war horse with a foot of more than one meter high. It is really hard to imagine. From this we can see what the power of the so-called "riding shè" can achieve. Is the "dragon rider" of the Ida family, which was famous in the late Warring States Period, really as powerful as it is said? In Zhengliang's view, it is estimated that the power of this tactic is more reflected in its rapid movement and the power caused by the sound of the huge iron cannon.

But are cavalry really useless?

Not entirely. The strength of any type of troops depends on the use of the main general.

First of all. As the previous analysis said, war horses are a very suitable means of transportation in the mountains. With the increasing strength of the Luo family, the scale of war will definitely continue to increase. Relying solely on the logistics peasant soldiers who push wheelbarrows cannot guarantee the logistics supply of war in a timely manner. The war horses just solve this problem.

Secondly, even if a horse riding team without combat power appears at a specific moment on the battlefield, it will give the enemy a fatal intimidation. Even when used as a rushing formation, it can even disperse the enemy's formation. In fact, cavalry is an assault, crushing infantry, causing chaos, and defeating the opponent. Once the cavalry stops its horse, it will become infantry. However, because cavalry is a professional soldier, its combat awareness and ability are much stronger than peasant soldiers.

Finally, there is another more important reason why the cavalry team is not very powerful, that is, it is limited by its own equipment. Now it seems that the equipment of the cavalry is really simple. A horse, a foot or a warrior, and the last weapon form a cavalry. The better thing is to wear good leather armor, that's all.

"Well, I have decided." Zhengliang stopped the discussion of the retainers. "The dozens of war horses in the original territory continue to be used to convey information." Although the information is more about conveying flying feet now, Zhengliang believes that it is completely unnecessary to follow this standard reached by horse borrowers and martial artists.

"The cavalry team is formed with the 100 war horses I bought this time, and recruit fifty cavalry in the territory first." Zhengliang decided to say that war horses will suffer losses as the war progresses. Fifty war horses are the main force and fifty war horses are the reserve, which is most suitable for the actual situation of Luo's family.

"Your Highness, even if you have formed a cavalry team, my family lacks the means to train cavalry." Seeing that the head of the family had made up his mind, Kakukuma Ishisect had to take the initiative to give advice to the head of the family. Kakuma Ishisect, who had stayed in Otomo's house, knew very well the difference in combat power between the horse-riding team who knew cavalry tactics and the horse-riding team who did not know cavalry tactics.

"I had expected this." Masara responded with a smile, "Miyazawa Heihachi!"

"I'm here." Hearing Masara's name, Miyazawa Heihata immediately leaned over and saluted.

"Now you are officially appointed as the cavalry general of our family, responsible for the training and command of this horse riding team." Masarara said. According to history, Heihara Miyazawa is best at assault in horse riding tactics. During the battle of Elsawa, Heihara Miyazawa led the cavalry and broke the eleven sections of the thirteenth section of the Oda Army below Sakai.
Chapter completed!