Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

Thinking he understood the reason why Ashikaga Yoshiaki raised the anti-Nobunaga banner, Saburo was very considerate of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's mood.

But he was considerate, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki's untimely behavior (for the Oda family) still caused him a lot of trouble.In particular, even the general has used the name of opposing Nobunaga, which not only damages Saburo's reputation, but also makes it much more difficult to do things conveniently in the future with the help of the general's name.

As for the general's garrison in Omi, will occupying the two cities put pressure on Hashiba Hideyoshi or something...

Well, looking at the general's past style and the quality of the shogunate army, it seems that there is nothing to worry about

Saburo, who trusts Hashiba Hideyoshi and Takenaka Hanbei's ability very much, just thought for a while, and made a very quick decision: "Let the general leave it to Hideyoshi and the others. It doesn't matter if you chase stars, but if the general runs to see you at this time Shingen-san is worrying."

After issuing such an order, he didn't know that "worrying people" could be regarded as a threat in addition to the literal sense of worrying in combination with the context——Saburo directly paid attention to other places.Ikeda Hengxing, on the other hand, quickly realized the (non-existent) deep meaning in Saburo's words after being slightly startled, with an expression of surprise on his honest face, he replied loudly: "Yes!"

Saburo stopped paying attention to Yoshiaki Ashikaga and focused on the message from Takeda.

Takeda Shingen quickly changed from Changxiao Castle to Fenglai Temple for cultivation, but even if he changed places, his condition did not improve.The Takeda army has been stranded in Yuanjiang and Sanhe because of the general's illness, and continues to consume food and grass, but has never acted.Because of Takeda Shingen's excellent resourcefulness and the strength of Takeda's army, even if the news of Takeda Shingen's serious illness has spread, it can be confirmed from the spies' reports that the news is true, and no one dares to act rashly.

Saburo and Tokugawa are tense, and they are the targets of Takeda.Such a depressing and tense atmosphere is not only like a guillotine that has not fallen for a long time, but also a real breathing room for them.

Asai originally had a small number of troops. With most of Omi occupied, Enryakuji Temple on Mt.But now that Takeda has not moved, Omi's Asai has become awkward again - firstly, they are indeed a qualified thorn in the heart of the Oda family, and secondly, their current strength cannot support them to do anything, so they can only Continue to wait in Xiaogucheng.

As for those who joined the anti-Nobunaga siege network, except for Asai, Asakura had already withdrawn troops under the mediation of Uesugi. At present, it seems that the time for dispatching troops is far away; Matsunaga Hideo of Yamato Kingdom is still defending the castle and continuing to fight against Morinaga under the command of Oda Nobunaga They can confront each other; like Matsunaga Hideo, the Miyoshi trio are making trouble in Kinai, but because of the weak numbers, it is only a small trouble for Saburo at present; Ishiyama Honganji is merciless against the disciples of the Ichiko sect because Saburo burned Mount Hiei , has established Oda Nobunaga as "Buddha's enemy", and declared to the outside world that fighting against "Buddha's enemy" can lead to Western bliss even if he dies, which led his disciples to fight against Oda Nobunaga without fear of death...

But there are so many people targeting Oda Nobunaga, and only Takeda Shingen can really exert pressure on him.

Even Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who had already set up the strongholds of the shogunate army in today's Katada Castle and Ishiyama Castle, was quickly captured and retreated to the general's residence in Kyoto. Excellent job done by Saburo (not actually) delivered.

The originally anxious front fell into relative calm because of Takeda Shingen.

Even if Takeda Shingen moved out from Fenglai Temple soon and wanted to return to Kai, no one dared to act rashly.Tokugawa Ieyasu’s experience in Mikatahara has already verified Takeda Shingen’s military prowess. This time, Takeda Shingen stayed in Enjiang and Mikawa for a long time, and then suddenly interrupted his trip to Shangluo, but in addition to Asai and the general, he would write letters Euphemistically asked Takeda Shingen about his next plan, and after the letter was lost, the former had to remain silent, and the latter continued to write letters to urge him. At present, no matter whether he is a member of the anti-Nobunaga siege network or a member of the siege. Had to be led by the nose by Takeda Shingen.

Because after Takeda Shingen really revealed his intention to go to Luo, he became an important main force in the anti-Nobunaga siege, and became the real leader after Asakura withdrew.After Takeda Shingen's physical condition was exposed, the Takeda Army directly used the reason that "Takeda Shingen is seriously ill" and calmly walked the road from Shinano to return to China-but before the Takeda Army actually returned to the country, no one could rest assured.

Because Takeda's idea is Shangluo!Even if they are seriously ill, it is much better to recuperate in place than to withdraw directly. After all, after withdrawing directly, the city that was originally captured by Takeda's army is likely to be taken back by Tokugawa and Oda.After that, Takeda Shingen will continue his trip to Luoyang again, which will inevitably add a lot of trouble.

Asai and Shogun are first-class, and they still hold the idea that Takeda Shingen will come back at any time, while Oda and Tokugawa are also guarding against whether Takeda Shingen will use this to paralyze the world and then attack suddenly.

But it is foreseeable that even if Takeda Shingen really withdraws to Kai, he can make a comeback at any time.Before Takeda Shingen cancels his intention to go to Luoluo... no, before Takeda Shingen dies, the crisis between Oda and Tokugawa will never be resolved!

——This is the last life-saving straw that the Asai family, who have been besieged and almost equal to the fish on the case, can grasp.

It's just a pity that Takeda Shingen finally withdrew Kai.Only the strong sense of oppression he once brought can give the general and Asai some confidence and comfort.

However, this confidence and comfort soon faded away.

Because as Takeda Shingen withdrew his troops back home, Matsunaga Hideo surrendered to Oda Nobunaga when the siege network against Nobunaga was on the verge of breaking down!

The person who betrayed Oda Nobunaga before without warning, suddenly surrendered to Nobunaga at this time-this is really courageous.

Well, at this time, we need to take a look at the life of Matsunaga Hideo again.

First of all, the underworld brother in Heisei years suddenly crossed over to the Warring States period and changed the name Matsunaga Hideo.Originally, he was quite ruthless, but after the initial shock after the time travel, he quickly adapted to the troubled times of the Warring States period and thrived.Then he became Miyoshi Changqing's retainer, and——

Then he poisoned Miyoshi Changqing's son-in-law. After Miyoshi Changqing's death, he took his concubine, and competed with the three of Miyoshi for the real power of Miyoshi's family.He killed generals, burned Buddhist temples, supported puppets, surrendered to Saburo when he went to Luo, and joined the anti-Nobunaga siege network in 1570.

Even if there was no trust at all in the Warring States Period, there are really very few people who have reached the level of Matsunaga Hideo.

And after betraying Saburo, and even attacking the Oda family's castle, Matsunaga Hide had the cheek to come and surrender... This person has no self-consciousness at all, and he has no shame for his betrayal.

Putting it on other daimyos, most of the new and old grudges were combined, and Matsu Yongxiu was directly beheaded on the spot to alert other retainers.However, for Saburo——

He looked at Matsunaga Hideo, who was sitting in a majestic posture without any respect, and the two rows of retainers with black faces who were glaring at Matsunagahide, and said frankly and troubledly: "At least this time, be more serious—my retainers I don't like you very much."

In fact, it was also unscrupulous to tease the sensitive nerves of the Oda family's retainers. Matsunaga Hide, who tried to provoke their anger, immediately sneered, and after sitting down meaningfully, he did not forget to add fuel to the fire and said: "Mutual betrayal was common in the Warring States period. Some things, even your retainers who don’t know this don’t have to mess around in this era. How can I understand the cruelty of the Warring States Period now? I’ve taught you a good lesson.”

"Hey. Your 'last lesson' really surprised me." Saburo replied, "It really made the situation worse."

"Why don't I just come and surrender to you now? You will forgive me, Nobunaga."

Although he said surrender, Matsunaga Hideo's face was still full of confidence that made the retainers of the Oda family extremely angry.

"After all, we are 'folks'"

Immediately, the retainers of the Oda family became violent.

"Who would be a fellow villager with someone like you!"

"His Royal Highness was born in Meinong, how could he have a relationship with someone like you!"

"People in Jinai don't say that!"

"Don't you think it's ugly to have a relationship like this?"

"But when you voted for Mr. Shingen before, you didn't regard me as a fellow at all." Different from the unbearable accusations of his retainers, Saburo himself had no intention of refuting the statement of "fellowship", "You gave it during the Chinese New Year. Knife, Hengxing Xiaojiu, and Xiaoguang all angrily refused to allow me to look at it. Now they are talking about surrendering, it feels so sudden."

"What happened to that knife? I carefully selected it for you. Shouldn't you accept it gratefully?"

"Because that sword is 'Yakuken Toshiro'." Saburo replied straightforwardly, "It's a bit ironic that you sent the sword representing loyalty—that's why."

"No prospect." Song Yongxiu commented with a sneer, "If you don't want the knife, return it to me."

"Don't return it. Don't say such things if you gave it to me." Sanlang said, "I'm still very curious about this knife. I even prepared the medicine research and wanted to use it to test the knife, because you sent it to me. Yes, it ended up being put in the warehouse without opening it."

"So I'm here to surrender." Song Yongxiu said, "But I understand why people like you don't understand-because the news hasn't spread yet. Except for Uesugi Kenshin, no one can get the news faster than me. ——Not to mention anything else, at least I still have confidence in this point.”

He looked at Saburo and said with a strange smile: "Takeda Shingen died of illness."

…Takeda Shingen has indeed been in poor health in recent years, and was shot in Noda Castle, but even if he had received news that Takeda Shingen was seriously injured and could not ride a horse, no one thought that Takeda Shingen would die of illness so quietly !

Compared with the regret for the death of the famous general in the world, the retainers of the Oda family were murderous for a moment when they heard these words, and they looked at each other in shock, regardless of the hostility towards Matsunaga Hideo.

Shibata Katsuie couldn't help saying: "In this way, the crisis of the Oda family will be resolved!"

Even Katsuya Shibata, who has experienced ups and downs, can't help but marvel at this wonderful solution that can almost be attributed to God's will.

It is true that there are many factors that need to be paid attention to in war, such as terrain, or weather... Luck is naturally one of the factors that can even determine success or failure.But this kind of luck can already be called terrible!

In the previous Battle of Oghazama, it happened to be raining when Saburo confronted Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the Imagawa army scattered around to avoid the rain, giving the Oda family a chance to take Imagawa Yoshimoto's head directly.In the subsequent Mino Raiders, although the battle against Mino was a series of defeats at the beginning, after that, almost without a single soldier, under the betrayal of Mino's important ministers, he took down the then Inabayama Castle and now the Gifu Castle—— —

The same is true for Shangluo. Almost all the daimyos rejected Ashikaga Yoshiaki at that time, and only Saburo agreed to Shangluo.

Afterwards, even though it has become dangerous, Sanlang can always find a chance of survival!

It was almost as if the heavens wanted to end this troubled world—then, it chose Oda Nobunaga who wanted the world.

destiny.

Shibata Katsuie didn't know what mood he was in right now.

Intellectually, he didn't want to attribute this kind of thing to Xuan Qi's theory of fate, but Takeda Shingen's death was too timely for the Oda family... just in time for Oda Nobunaga to restore all the lost momentum before!

The oldest retainer of the Oda family shook his head, reluctantly suppressing this absurd association, trying to attribute it to a mere coincidence.

But Ikeda Hengxing doesn't have so many worries.

Hengxing Ikeda—and a total of ten people, including Maeda Toshiie and Sasao Narumasa, had witnessed the thrilling assassination of Saburo by the time-traveling army of Empress Kanezaki.

Because it was an ambush in the dark, Saburo tried to return to Kyoto with only ten riders.In the situation where Asai had a cold knife behind his back and Asakura took the opportunity to counterattack, killing the ten riders together with Oda Nobunaga would also "change history" without causing violations of the inspection. Therefore, the time-traveling army was at that time What was dispatched was a large number of enemy wakizashis in the shape of bull ghosts, with only a small number of enemy swords mixed in.

At that moment, Saburo trampled on the enemy's threat and flew past without fear, and the appearance of the bull ghost beside him as if being torn apart by invisible things really left a deep impression on people.Even if Saburo actually opened his mouth and said that he sent a swordsman to fight at that time, he was infinitely weakened under the plot of being dangerous like a lonely hero.So much so that when they think about it now, they don't think of the "Southern barbarian ninja named after the sword" who can now appear in the Oda family in a fair manner. They only have a deep memory of Saburo's appearance of divine help.

Regarding the death of Takeda Shingen, he was only stunned for a moment, and he accepted it as a matter of course. His excitement was beyond words, and he directly excitedly said to Saburo: "Your Highness! Then you can go to prepare to recover Dongminong and attack now." Asai and the others!"

"'If it's true'." At this time, Niwa Changhide reminded very calmly.

It's not that he wasn't surprised, it's just that he's always been used to keeping things in his heart, and he's cautiously skeptical about everything.Seeing that Ikeda Hengxing calmed down a little under his reminder, he refocused his attention on Matsu Yongxiu.

"If you are the only one who knows besides Uesugi-sama, it means that Takeda Shingen's death is still a secret."

"Brother is very sharp." I wanted to say a few more derogatory words to provoke Niwa Nagahide, but Matsunagahide snorted rather boredly when he met those calm eyes, and he was quite patient. He replied bluntly, "That's right. Takeda Shingen didn't mourn, and let his retainers pretend that he was still there in the past three years, and left a lot of papers to fool us--it's a pity that it was only a dozen days. Discovered by Uesugi Kenshin. Well, and me"

Takeda Shingen is also thoughtful.It is absolutely impossible for the paper that can be used for three years to be prepared in a short time. It can only show that he has anticipated this day—that is to say, Takeda Shingen’s body has collapsed to a certain extent before he went to Luo. To the extent that Tie Pao's injury only hastened his death.

If it hadn't been discovered, by virtue of Takeda Shingen's remaining prestige, the Takeda family would have at least... no, now that they had been discovered, then no matter what plans Takeda Shingen had, it would be empty talk!

"Ah—I'm saved." Saburo sighed, "Mr. Shingen is really difficult to deal with. Now... Hey, am I going to the funeral?"

Retainers: "..."

"However, the student uniforms I brought over couldn't fit anymore. After all, it's been so many years. It's really annoying."

Niwa Chohide: "...If the Takeda family wanted to conceal the fact that Lord Shingen had died, they would not want you to come to express condolences. Besides, the journey from Gifu to Kai is too dangerous."

Saburo: "Is that so?"

Niwa Chohide: "That's it."

Saburo: "Okay. It seems that Mr. Shingen also feels that he has a bad relationship with me, so he won't go—but if you think about it this way, it's time for Xiaoguang to come back."

Hearing Akechi Mitsuhide's name, although there was no change in expression, both Niwa Chohide and Hori Hidemasa's eyes changed.

The latter, as Saburo's valet, has always abided by his duty, so naturally he would not interrupt without authorization at such a time.The former is Saburo's retainer, so he had more room to ask questions at this time, so he asked very calmly: "Indeed. I haven't seen Mr. Wise. His Highness sent him to collect iron cannons. Mr. Wise took a little longer. Yes. Is there anything else to do?"

"Ah. Hikari said that he wanted to bring back a new person. The general happened to be in Kyoto, so I asked Hikaru to chat with him. He captured the castle for no reason, so that the general couldn't see Mr. Shingen. I'm a little sorry for him. "

Almost all the retainers interpreted this sentence as a threat, and nodded without any communication barriers, silently praising Saburo's courage.

"That's how it is." Saburo finally concluded, "I also want to write a letter to Ieyasu."

Thank you Mr. S for your two thunders!

Thank you Maotuanzi for the three grenades!