Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

The arguments between Katsuie Shibata and Kenhide Gamo became louder and louder, which completely overwhelmed the cries of the maids.

Generally speaking, the only disputes between the two are whether to destroy Antu City, and how Guidie and Ashi should deal with it.Shibata Katsuya believes that once Saburo really dies at Honnoji Temple, the enemy will definitely take Azuchi as the first occupation target next, and keeping the property and buildings here will only be cheaper for the enemy; But Shibata Katsuie came too quickly and abruptly, he absolutely could not agree to entrust Guidie and Ashi to the past.

... Here we need to interrupt why Shibata Katsuya arrived so soon.

Since the death of Uesugi Kenshin, Echigo has been caught in civil strife. It was not until Uesugi Jingkatsu forced Kenshin's adopted son Hojo Ujihide to commit suicide, and quelled the domestic rebellion in turn, that he was barely able to secure his position as the governor of the family last year. Location.As a veteran, Shibata Katsuie knew that this was the weakest period of the Uesugi family, and his own territory was similar to Uesugi's, so he continued the tug-of-war with the Uesugi family.In March of this year, after he assisted in the attack on Toyama Castle and pacified Shinano (destroyed Takeda), he immediately set his next attack target and launched an attack on Uozu Castle, which is very important to the Uesugi family.

——Then it was discovered that Hojo Ujihide's survivors were struggling to contact the Five Tigers.

Shibata Katsuie: "..."

Is this reasonable! !Is it reasonable for you people from the Uesugi family to contact an Oda ninja instead of contacting the Hojo family, the hometown of Hojo Ujihide!

We Oda!right here!It's not that you haven't used threats and lures before. You ignored them and then turned around to find the five tigers to retreat. Is there something wrong with that?

Of course, Shibata Katsuie didn't know how much the five tigers were loved during the years when they stayed at Uesugi's house.Although Uesugi Kenshin is busy with affairs, he has personally (secretly) intervened in the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the five tigers, as well as the growth of the tigers. For the first time, an envoy was sent to Saburo to ask for this ninja.Even if the request failed, Uesugi Kenshin still treated the five tigers as ordinary warriors, and he was very close to him. He never shy away from talking about the five tigers when talking to his retainers.If Hojo Ujihide and Uesugi Kekatsu were not children in terms of age, and the Five Tigers had nothing to do with Uesugi Kenshin in terms of appearance, and their appearance was so strange that it was difficult to appear in front of people, otherwise this kind of preferential treatment would have made the two The true heir of the Uesugi family gritted his teeth.

It is precisely because of this kind of preferential treatment that even if the Five Tigers have already left Echigo, they will not be able to fade away from the memory of everyone in the Uesugi family for a while.Uesugi Kenshin gave him the personal dagger named "Five Tigers" not just because of the same name - this is actually equivalent to telling the Five Tigers that once they stay in Echigo, they can gain a certain status and power It is clear that Wuhutui is willing to return the original regardless of whether it is clear or not, which is also quite "righteous".Therefore, although this short-sword man has no foundation and no influence in Echigo, he has actually always carried the legacy of Uesugi Kenshin.Under normal circumstances, this legacy can only be used as a shelter for the five tigers retreating in Echigo, but at this time, it seems to represent a little of Uesugi Kenshin's own will.

After all, since Uesugi Kenshin did not have a confirmed heir when he died, most of the retainers of the Uesugi family are actually loyal to Uesugi Kenshin, and they do not have much preference for the two heirs.Based on political considerations, they believed that they would choose Hojo Ujihide or Uesugi Kagekatsu to maintain the relationship with the Hojo family.In this battle for the governor of the family, Uesugi Jingsheng finally won the victory, but the eldest son of Uesugi Kensei and Hojo Ujihide, who originally intended to conduct peace talks, were killed under his instruction. The retainers of the Takeda family paid bribes to reach peace talks with the Takeda family... All kinds of truths or rumors will be difficult to eliminate for a while, and Uesugi Jingsheng has to face many enemies as soon as he takes office, so he has to take strong measures to suppress it.So there was an embarrassing scene—that is, the retainers on the side belonging to Uesugi Jingsheng still remembered the dead Uesugi Kenshin, and were still in the running-in with the new governor; Some of those vassals and wealthy families who were optimistic about him died or fled without knowing the truth, and the other almost never appeared on the battlefield with Oda, which was obviously treated coldly.

Takeda's fall is ahead, and these coldly treated guys don't have time to wait for Uesugi Jingsheng to figure it out slowly. Besides, there is no irreconcilable conflict between them and Uesugi Jingsheng-those who really have conflicts have already taken the first step .But even if they want to ask for peace, they have nothing to do. After all, Uesugi Jingsheng inherited a lot of gold and silver, and it doesn't make much sense for them to donate money to him. The embarrassment that convinced the veterans left behind by Kenshin made a move, so...

It's decided to be you, the five tigers will retreat!

Speaking of which, there is something wrong with the Five Tigers retiring and letting the samurai go back to be a ninja!Even if he betrayed the Oda family and became an official Uesugi, would the Oda family still fight for him alone!

Leaving aside who is the real problem... Anyway, that's how it is.

Shibata Katsuie had already secretly thought something was wrong when Saburo (Akechi Mitsuhide) was playing around leisurely and entrusted Awa to Oda Nobutaka in advance.He has a straight personality, and he is the elder from the generation of Oda Nobuhide (Nobunaga's father). He has experienced the devastation of Saburo's various miraculous actions, and now he can also respond to Saburo's sudden "I am going on a date" and " This tree grows very well, I want to climb it" and other similar speeches pretending not to hear, but this seems to have taken the world into his hands, and even entrusted Awa to Oda Nobutaka (Akechi Mitsuhide)'s arrogance in advance attitude, he still couldn't ignore it.

Even if it is indeed only a short distance away from becoming the master of the world... that is still a short distance away! !

He watched Saburo's territory expand from small Owari to what it is now, and it would be a lie to say that he wasn't overwhelmed.However, although the exile of Sakuma Nobumori and Lin Xiuzhen had no impact on his power, it was indeed like a blow to the head, knocking him out of that inflated confidence, so much so that he faced Saburo (Akechi Mitsuhide) right now. ) This mentality is worrying.In the past, Saburo was able to take advantage of Imagawa Yoshimoto's underestimation of the enemy and carelessness, and kill him in a narrow way... How can I know whether Oda will become the original Imagawa with such an arrogant attitude, and the current Mori and Changzong? My department will play the former Oda

Thinking of those who were fellow veterans but were exiled, although Shibata Katsuie wanted to persuade them, he lost a bit of confidence.He had to admit that he no longer dared to speculate on what Sanlang meant, let alone point fingers too much.But no matter how much he concentrated on attacking Yujin City, his worry didn't disappear, especially after he learned about Uesugi's family and the retreat of the five tigers, he became more and more stupid.

Shibata Katsuie didn't care how many hidden secrets there were, he only knew that Wuhutui was a ninja trusted by Saburo, and had been sent to Mitsuhide Akechi many times.The Uesugi family wanted to find and lure the Five Tigers to surrender, no doubt for information!Even if the five tigers are loyal to Saburo, it doesn't mean that he can't use this to lure those in the Uesugi family who belonged to Hojo Ujihide to surrender!

Thinking of the fact that Saburo attaches great importance to the Koka ninjas and has only been assigned to Akechi Mitsuhide for a long time, I also want to test to see if the current Saburo can still accept other people's opinions... Knowing that there are many Echigo ninjas, Shibata Katsuie The final choice was still to send people to attack Yujin City, but in fact, he led a few teams of troops and rushed to Antu quietly with light clothes.Because he, as a general of the legion, leaving without authorization may cause instability in the army, so this action was not publicized, and everyone still attacked according to his previous deployment.He even sent someone to tell Mori Chang to step up the attack on Kasugayama Castle, so as to divert the attention of the Uesugi family.

——And then, as soon as Shibata Katsuya arrived in Anzu, he heard that the lord had died in the change of Honnoji Temple.

He really couldn't explain why he came so soon.After all, if Saburo really died, his act of entering Antu first, and even taking away the lord's wife and sister, was undoubtedly a bargaining chip for power.But he himself knew that he had already been convinced of the lord when he abandoned Nobuyuki and chose Saburo, and now that this kind of change happened, he already hated the "Akechi Mitsuhide" who launched a rebellion in the Honnoji Temple. Eat its flesh raw.Although he is still arguing with Gamo Hyun-hide, in fact the blood is rushing to his brain, and the veins on his forehead are throbbing, all because he does not want Guidie and Ashi to fall into the hands of the enemy, and the enemy will use their marriage to plunder the power of Oda Persistence is the only way to stand here.

Since such a tyrant was given to the Oda family!A British Lord!Why do you have to take away in such a ridiculous way at this time? Even the current governor, Oda Nobutada, has not let go!The way of heaven... the way of heaven--

Just when Shibata Katsuie's eyes were bloodshot and he was about to be dazzled by anger, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from the corner of his eye.

In an instant, Shibata Katsuie had already grasped the sword in his hand and almost raised the sword, and it fell to the ground with a bang.

The veteran of the Oda family took a few steps towards that side as if he had just woken up from a dream, and then he knelt down on one knee belatedly, completely ignoring Kamo Kensuke who was still shouting and asking, and completely forgot to pick up his sword again When he got up, his eyes were instantly filled with water.

"Your Highness, Your Highness...you are safe and sound, aren't you?"

"Ah. That's it." Saburo replied, "Long time no see!"

Only then did Shibata Katsuie let out a long breath of relief.Obviously he was relaxed, but his face seemed to be a little older than before. Two lines of hot tears fell uncontrollably from his wrinkled face, and were quickly wiped away by himself, but the excitement The tears couldn't be stopped for a while, and he wiped his eyes several times fiercely, and finally he was able to calmly raise his head and look at Saburo.

Pu Sheng Xianxiu also knelt down in great joy, and at the same time heaved a long sigh of relief: "Fortunately! Before your... incident spread to the city, Mrs. Guidie and Shi Ji (A Shi) were about to commit suicide on the spot. Fortunately, I was persuaded to come down with the excuse that the facts are not clear... Otherwise, I would have no face to see you. It is destiny that you are safe and sound this time!"

"Ah, well, let's put this kind of talk aside for now." Saburo said, "Where is Xiaoguang now, why did you say that Nobutada is dead?"

His lack of grudge against Akechi Mitsuhide made Shibata Katsuie confused for a moment, and after hesitating for a while, he and Gamo Kenhide made up for the information he had received so far: "I heard that you were at Honnoji Temple before. He was attacked by Akechi Mitsuhide and died in the temple. On that day, after Akechi Mitsuhide broke through the Honnoji Temple, he immediately marched into Kyoto to attack His Highness Nobutada—"

"His Royal Highness Xinzhong committed suicide because of this."

As soon as he finished listening, Saburo made a judgment: "Impossible."

Shibata Katsuie replied: "Indeed, seeing that you have returned safely, I think there is something hidden about Akechi Mitsuhide—"

"No, it's not just Xiaoguang who will never attack me." Saburo said, "It's impossible for him to attack Nobutada. There are other people who attack Nobutada."

Shibata Katsuie was shocked!

Saburo is right here, what he said is more convincing to Shibata Katsuie than anything else, so Shibata Katsuie has to think of another possibility-there is a traitor in the Oda family, and it is not Mitsuhide Akechi!

He immediately said: "Your Highness! In this case, if you directly tell other people that you are safe and sound, the enemy may immediately find out where you are! I only brought a few hundred troops this time, and it is difficult to protect you , it’s better to hide it now!”

"So I also plan to call someone I can trust first. Gui Die and A Shi are not suitable to stay here anymore, so I will be with you... Well, you seem to live far away, so I will leave it to Xianxiu. Saburo said, "Then, there is the most important thing——"

"I'm going to Honnoji Temple."