Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

The time-traveling army, which was incomparably brave in front of these ordinary soldiers, soon fell into a disadvantage.

The soldiers watched in amazement as the time-traveling army retreated slowly, shrinking back to the small shade of the tree where they appeared.The enemy sword and the enemy sword are closely attached to each other, and because of the crowding, they have a posture that is inconvenient to move.Because of their dull expressions, it is difficult for them to see their true emotions.But compared to their much more lively enemy naginata, one can clearly see the corners of the mouth curled up and the masseter muscles tensed, which is a posture that feels danger and is ready for battle.

I didn't see anyone else appearing, and I clearly saw that the enemy naginata was knocked down by an invisible thing, and all the enemies were forced to retreat—the rumors of "Oda Nobunaga gathered the Koka ninja under his command" have become The pure reality is imprinted in everyone's heart.

These enemies also called themselves "ninjas" before!If you can defeat ninjas without showing your face, only fellow ninjas can do that!

The team that had been temporarily stagnant due to the unexpected attack started to move forward again at this moment.Occasionally, a soldier would look back at the enemy under the shade of the tree, and all he could see was their movements as if they were waving weapons indiscriminately, and blood spattered from time to time.Oda Nobunaga's ninja didn't show up, but like a cat teasing a mouse, he played these enemies around without showing up.

This is...the confidence of the Oda family...is it?

No, this is actually the confidence of Oda Nobunaga alone - because he was the one who could say "Oda Nobunaga wants to seize the world" when he was young! !

The Oda family's army crawled on the mountain road like a long snake, but the shadow of retreating to Kyoto in embarrassment just ten days ago has disappeared.I really felt the power of the Oda family ninjas, even if this power is not enough to be used in war and has never been used in war, this does not prevent the soldiers from feeling at ease and swearing allegiance to the Oda family.

The Warring States Period was originally an era in which only the strong were allowed to speak out.

Saburo, who was extremely dull most of the time, naturally didn't notice it at this time.He even rode on the horse that was so frightened by the gun that it raised its hooves, drowsy in the slightly hot sun.After passing Qiancao Ridge and completely entering the border of Ise, Hengxing Ikeda reminded him that he should set up a camp to rest, and he finally regained his senses and passed on the order to rest.

It wasn't until the smell of dinner came that the most important person in the Oda family was finally fully awake.He didn't complain about the poor food during the march, and happily gathered around the pot of boiling water, waiting for the porridge to be cooked.

"We're going fast—I thought we'd get into Ise a little later."

Already accustomed to Saburo's unexpected behavior, Ikeda Hengxing forced himself to ignore the behavior of the Owari and Mino daimyos cooking porridge by themselves, and said excitedly: "Yes! The soldiers are very excited, this is all from His Highness Credit."

"Huh. Is it because of me?" Saburo stirred the porridge blankly and complained, "You don't need to involve me in this kind of thing."

At this time, there was already a long distance from the place where the sneak attacking Liujiao family ninja came out.Just looking at the place where Saburo and the others stopped, they can no longer see the situation there.

There is still a long time to cook the porridge, so Ikeda Hengxing just looked around, then knelt down in front of Saburo, and humbly talked to Saburo in this gesture: "Although the Asai family is good, they don't have much relationship with ninjas. Not closely. Considering the skills of the ninjas (time-traveling army) we saw before, everyone tends to believe that this is an ambush sent by the Liujiao family."

"Hey...you are really serious about dealing with me."

"Before, my subordinates sent a few ashigaru, and asked them to stop there to guard." Ikeda Hengxing cautiously told Saburo the news he had received, "The battle situation is almost one-sided, and those ashigaru have not seen it. When His Highness's ninjas show up, the enemy is already dead... If it is really His Highness's people, then can I meet them?"

This is not an unacceptable request-rather, it is the right request.It is a good thing that the lord has his own hidden power, and it is not an incomprehensible behavior to keep his retainers from knowing.But once the concealment is too much, it is easy to create a suspicious image of the lord.

Saburo has never been a suspicious person, so Ikeda Hengxing asked simply like this - as a breast brother, he must be one of the people Saburo trusts, and at least he can be tied with the four army generals who were single-handedly selected by Saburo , so he undoubtedly has the qualifications to know.

But the second after he made this request, he saw Oda Nobunaga, who had always been childishly plain and flamboyant, suddenly showed a very serious and embarrassed expression.

"--Can't."

"what"

"Even if I want you to see them, you can't see them." Saburo said, "I don't care about these things, but even I don't understand the situation at the moment. The more people know, the worse it will be."

"However, it is really worrying to see someone who has never appeared before you by your side—"

"It's okay, Xiaoguang has seen it before."

Ikeda Hengxing had mixed feelings in his heart for a while.

No one has seen those mysterious Oda Clan ninjas, except Akechi Mitsuhide, who came to join the Oda Clan before going to Luo, has the honor of meeting Nobunaga Lord and other hidden forces.

Obviously, it was only 11 years after Yonglu became the retainer of the Oda family, and it has only been nearly two years until now—but he has surpassed Shibata Katsuya, the head of the Oda family's retainers, and him, the breast brother of Oda Nobunaga, to become the Nobunaga family. The elder is a very trustworthy person.

Does Akechi Mitsuhide really have such talent and loyalty that Nobunaga can trust him? Or is it that only a few people have to be careful about these ninjas, but the one who needs to know is Akechi Mitsuhide

Hengxing Ikeda is a straightforward general.Except for Saburo's insanity at the beginning (he just didn't get used to time travel) and made some extreme behaviors, his loyalty to Oda Nobunaga in the Oda family can definitely be ranked in the top three.He doesn't even value reputation and rights, because as Nobunaga's baby brother, and the first person to accept Saburo's ideal of "struggling for world supremacy" and all kinds of strange ideas, he naturally stands in a favorable position.Compared with Hashiba Hideyoshi, who worked so hard to win Saburo's attention and gain power, he was much more relaxed.

As long as he is dedicated to fighting for Saburo, Saburo will never forget the existence of "Ikeda Hengxing".

But Hengxing Ikeda, who has such a special status, can't help but feel sore in the face of Nobunaga's trust in Mitsuhide Akechi who has been with him since he was a child (although he didn't realize that he changed people halfway).

This is no longer the lord's trust in his retainers—even if Nobunaga had confidence in his younger brother Oda Nobuoki, he might not have such trust.Akechi Mitsuhide was allowed to bring the "Shuzhuwan Hengji" to meet alone, and Akechi Mitsuhide was named one of the four generals of the army (although he did have a lot of credit), even if he was killed by those bull ghosts (enemy wakizashi) and wild samurai (enemy) Hit the sword) to chase and kill, and also say things like "It would be great if Xiaoguang was here"... Nobunaga's actions have almost pulled Akechi Mitsuhide from the position of a retainer to the height of being on an equal footing with himself !

——Perhaps in this world, the person His Highness trusts the most is Mitsuhide Akechi

Ikeda Hengxing couldn't help thinking this way.

Even with the affection he had when he was a child, Ikeda Hengxing will not influence Saburo's behavior - he clearly sees his own position, that is, a complete retainer.Therefore, he also believed in Sanlang's vision from the bottom of his heart. Even though his heart was sour because of the deep trust of these two people, he only showed the sourness and entanglement on his face, and only made up his mind in his heart to find a chance to have a good time. Ask Akechi Mitsuhide—at least this will make him feel at ease, and then he stood in Saburo's position and advised faithfully:

"It feels unacceptable to say this, so let's think of a better explanation—the ninjas of Koga are divided, some of them still serve the Liujiao family, and only a small number of people come to you. It is embarrassing to face the ninjas of the Liujiao family. unwilling to show up"

"That's fine. Hengxing, your face is ugly, have you eaten your stomach?"

The honest and straightforward military general who was eaten up could only nod in acquiescence.

Such a protagonist who doesn't know how to look at his face can win a place in the troubled times and even control the capital, it is because of God's blessing on the man "Oda Nobunaga".

On the bright side, he got the information about the ninja, and his stomach was ruined, Ikeda Hengxing stepped back when Saburo cooked the porridge and was about to taste it, and pulled out these things that he racked his brains out. Disclose things to other retainers (especially Hashiba Hideyoshi, who is also one of the four major army generals), so that the other party will not mistakenly think that he is not trusted.

...It can be seen at a glance that these things are completely made up, Hashiba Hideyoshi still has to smile and thank Ikeda Hengxing.In fact, Hashiba Hidecho, who was born as a real ninja, almost didn't laugh out loud when he saw the Koga ninja split and had an awkward position. For this, Hashiba Hideyoshi was scabbed.

There are so many people in the army, even if he wants to complain about the unreasonableness, Hashiba Hideaga can only hold back, watching his brother put on a smile, and go to the place where Saburo is attentively. Exaggerated, full of attitude and sincere expression of gratitude for the trust.

It's a pity that Saburo, who has always been incapable of understanding other people's emotions, was still not moved by Hashiba Hideyoshi's performance. After gently encouraging the ape-like general, he started busy drinking porridge.When Hashiba Hideyoshi bowed his back and backed away, he just heard Saburo's somewhat ambiguous and surprised voice because he was drinking porridge: "Oh, you are back - you have worked hard. Hey, you brought something back."

Hashiba Hideyoshi, who was originally retreating, paused, slowed down imperceptibly, with his head lowered, but his eyes slanted upwards, observing Saburo's side from the corner of his eye——

Obviously, no one was there.

Not even an extra shadow.