Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

For Mitsuhide Akechi and the others, the time for a life-and-death showdown is on June [-]st—if you count, there are only ten days left to arrange.But for the rest of the Oda family, the Oda family is still in full swing, even if it is suspected that a decisive battle with the Mori family will soon be launched, almost no one will feel intimidated.Especially in March, the excitement of completely defeating Takeda has not disappeared. At this time, the morale of the Oda family is extremely high, and almost everyone points to this battle to make great achievements-if even Maori is wiped out, the remaining daimyo and The only difference between their territory is how quickly it is controlled by Oda.

The world seems to be at your fingertips.

At this time, Niwa Chohide was keenly aware of the problem.

"—Your Highness, something seems wrong these days."

What's wrong is of course not that "Sanlang" suddenly ran away and disappeared this time, and the retainers had to convince themselves that he was about to go to the front line again before appearing, and it turned out that he didn't bring the return butterfly with him during such a disappearing time. Together... Ah, of course this is a bit wrong, but Niwa Chohide is not interested in the relationship between husband and wife of Oda's former governor, and he doesn't intend to speak about it.

What he felt was wrong was that Tokugawa Ieyasu came. Although "Saburo" still showed a very close relationship with the Tokugawa family governor, this kind of closeness was still different from the previous informality.This can of course be explained that "Saburo" is concerned about the upcoming battle with Moori and has no intention of chatting with Tokugawa Ieyasu. However, if he is really concerned, there is no need for him to entertain Tokugawa Ieyasu.Because now directly confronting Maori is Hashiba Hideyoshi in Harima, Tango's Hosokawa Fujitaka, and Tamba's Akechi Mitsuhide are behind the guard, and Akechi Mitsuhide is next to Akechi Mitsuhide in Wakasa's Niwa Nagahide.Based on the closeness Hashiba Hideyoshi showed to him in the past, there is really no need to specially transfer him to Azuchi to entertain Tokugawa Ieyasu.

...It's almost as if it was specially designed to transfer him away.

At this time, don't say anything about the reason that it is not good for Mitsuhide Tokugawa to entertain Tokugawa Ieyasu, and this task was transferred to him.Judging from his knowledge of Akechi Mitsuhide, this man is by no means someone who would be negligent in this regard.

The second reason is that "Saburo" previously bestowed Awa in the Shikoku area to Oda Nobutaka, which is no different from an insult to the Nagamune family who dominated the Shikoku area.He heard that "Saburo" intended him to assist Oda Nobutaka to break through the four countries, but this matter will undoubtedly have a profound impact-not on him, but the fact that the attack on Chang Zonggabu Yuanqin itself will affect Akechi Mitsuhide The power and influence in Oda caused a major blow.Akechi Mitsuhide's foundation in Oda's family is weak, and those who can be called good friends are almost always connected to Oda through him first. During this period, a friendship is established. It is more appropriate to say that they are friends rather than alliances.It is also the network connected by this kind of interest exchange and integration that makes Mitsuhide Akechi essentially have the strength to be a general of one of the four major armies of the Oda family. It is impossible to convince the public.Chosogabu Motokin is the most important part of this small alliance, so it is conceivable that Akechi Mitsuhide will be in a dilemma when Oda mentions that he wants to attack the Shikoku where Chosogabu Motokin is located.

Niwa Chohide himself is very willing to see Akechi Mitsuhide's power damaged.However, "Saburo" ruthlessly weakened Mitsuhide Akechi's power, and at the same time used Mitsuhide Akechi to fight against Maori... These are fundamentally contradictory.

Niwa Changhide is destined to be so confused about this matter-because it is Akechi Mitsuhide and not Saburo who is actually in charge of this matter, and he chose to attack Chang Zonggabu Gen at the same time, and it is nothing more than because of the first issue Yizhen clearly informed the time of the "Honnoji Change", and he wanted to assist Saburo to truly win the whole of Japan before this time!It is impossible for Chosogabu Yuanqin to fall into Saburo's command so easily because he is sitting in Shikoku. Akechi Mitsuhide was also prepared to attack Shikoku first, and then persuade Changzonggabu Yuanqin to surrender... Oda and Changzonggabu The result of the confrontation is only to damage Akechi Mitsuhide's own power, which is completely acceptable to him.

It's just a pity that time is still too tight.And because of the appearance of Akechi Juhei and Oda Nobunaga, two important roles in the retrograde army, Akechi Mitsuhide can't put all his thoughts on the world right now.

... Is it because this is destiny, or is it because he is the one who currently uses the name "Nobunaga" that he ushered in the change of Honnoji before taking over the world?

When Niwa Chohide came to see him, Akechi Mitsuhide was still thinking about it.

He retracted the Nagahide Nagahide, which he was appreciating just now, into the sheath, and naturally assumed a sitting posture with a straight back and a dignified manner, and gently greeted Niwa Nagahide not to be too polite.The latter, of course, came to elaborate on the details of preparing to entertain Tokugawa Ieyasu-this kind of thing has no difficulty for Niwa Nagahide.But when he finished speaking, got the approval of Akechi Mitsuhide, and was about to step down, Akechi Mitsuhide did not let him leave directly, but placed Nagamitsu Nagamitsu in front of Nagahide Niwa.

This is the threat that Saburo once gave him.

"Changxiu." Akechi Mitsuhide said.

When he was still "Oda Nobunaga"—before he exchanged identities with Saburo, he had heard of Niwa Nagahide's reputation for intelligence, and knew that the other party would definitely become Oda and become his team.It's just that he was still trapped in this weak body at the time, and wanted to evade his responsibilities, so naturally he would not contact Niwa Nagahide in advance.Going around, he returned to the Oda family as a retainer, but because of the burning of Mount Hiei, Niwa Chohide suspected that he had something wrong with Saburo... This made him embarrassed, but also made him feel lucky from the bottom of his heart. As expected, he was as intelligent and astute as he had been rumored back then, and he was loyal to Saburo.

...He didn't want to hand over the vibrating knife to others.However, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. In the confrontation with human beings, he still cannot guarantee that he will have the last laugh. This time, he will face Oda Nobunaga who is leading the retrograde army, and it is impossible for him to assert that he will live longer The one in the back.

It would be fine if Saburo can stay in the Government of Time, if he returns here, if he returns here! !

—— Niwa Chohide took the knife in a little confusion, and was about to ask Akechi Mitsuhide's intentions, but he met Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes unexpectedly.

In the eyes of the latter who had always been pure and indifferent (when Saburo was) there was an irresistible... frightening determination.

"Nagahide." Akechi Mitsuhide said his name again, and said calmly, "This is Nagamitsu Nagamitsu. It originally belonged to Yoshihide Rokkaku. After he was defeated by Oda, this sword also fell into Oda's house. I (Saburo) gifted it to Mitsuhide. Now, I give it to you."

Niwa Chohide was stunned for a moment.

"You must, from the beginning to the end, only serve 'Oda Nobunaga'!" Akechi Mitsuhide said, "I want you to go to attack Awa together as Nobutaka's lieutenant general. After entertaining Ieyasu, you should leave as soon as possible. Remember not to stay here!"

Niwa Chohide was silent for a few seconds, and then simply agreed, before leaving the Japanese room.He should have wondered why the knife that had been given to Akechi Mitsuhide would return to the hands of "Saburo". Such an absurd and weird thing... But at this moment, he was intimidated by Akechi Mitsuhide's overly decisive eyes, as if he was ready to die, and he couldn't think of such an obvious doubt.

Why do you want to emphasize to him that "you are only loyal to Nobunaga?" His loyalty to Saburo can be learned from the sun and the moon, and he has not done anything inappropriate.Or, "Saburo" and Akechi Mitsuhide really had too much dispute, so it affected him

Niwa Chohide couldn't figure it out for the time being—and Akechi Mitsuhide had no intention of letting him think about it now.

It would be fine if everything in the "Honnoji Incident" went as planned by Mitsuhide Akechi and the swordsmen, but if something unexpected happened...he couldn't guarantee whether the swordsmen in this era would be able to fight in the weaving army of the retrograde army. Tian Nobunaga survived the attack, and no one disturbed the magic circle, and Saburo came back, so he must do a good job so that Saburo can regain control of the forces as soon as possible.When the time comes, he unfortunately dies and Saburo is unscathed. With Niwa Nagahide's intelligence, he can naturally understand the deep meaning of this vibration.

After all, unlike Mizoo Shigetomo, the secret of "Saburo and Akechi Mitsuhide" must not be revealed to Niwa Nagahide unless there is no other way out.

For the time being, it is true that Nagamitsu Nagamitsu can only be regarded as the proof of the lord Nobushige. Niwa Nagahide, who has been well stored, has also successfully entertained Tokugawa Ieyasu, and returned to Wakasa to form an army. He is ready to send troops to respond. Oda Nobutaka on his way to Awa.And when he was about to set off, he also received information about "Mitsuhide Akechi" by accident—because he had been on high alert for Mitsuhide Akechi before, for fear that the other party would do something unfavorable to Saburo, even if he hadn't sent a spy to secretly Go latent to send a message, and the scouts under his command will also take the initiative to pass on the movements of "Akechi Mitsuhide" to him.

Of course, it is impossible to convey some secret information.

However, it seems that because there seemed to be spies sent by Mori in Sakamoto Castle to try to stir up internal strife, Akechie is now extraordinarily vigilant, and even the information sent to him by the scouts is messed up with ink marks everywhere. Xiu couldn't tell whether he wrote "下なる" or "下しる". [Note①]

He remembered "Saburo"'s stern order to let him set off as soon as possible, but in the end he didn't check the specific words. After all, this was just what "Akechi Mitsuhide" did on Mount Atago before going out to attack Maori. Liange uttered a sentence, so he didn't need to care about it at all.

It wasn't until Niwa Chohide had completely regrouped his troops and set off towards Awa that he was halfway there, that he heard the urgent news from the scouts that the Honnoji Temple suddenly caught fire last night, and someone broke into it with the intention of murdering Oda Nobunaga—

At this time, it was the second day of the sixth month in the tenth year of Tianzheng.