While Ichishiki Yoshido was meditating, the door of the living room was kicked down from the outside, and I saw more than a dozen Takayama ninjas rushing in, and Inatomi Naohide did not lead his subordinates in because he felt guilty.

"You're a righteous way?" This time, the enemy no longer had the ability to resist, so Yokotani Yushige didn't rush to make a move, and only listened to him ask.

"Hmph, you're just a low-status ninja, so don't you deserve to ask the old man." After the other party rushed in, Isshiki Yoshido only glanced at it, and then never raised his head again, but continued to ponder his death poem.

After Yokotani Yukishige saw what the other party meant, not only did he not get angry, but laughed and said: "Haha, the defeat of the Isshiki family is not unjust, if you use this thought on the military and politics, how can you end up like this." ”

"You!"

"What about me, although my status is not high, but at the moment I am indeed a winner, a famous family, no matter what it is." After speaking, I only listened to Yokotani Yukishige instruct the ninja beside him: "You two watch him, and his seppuku will be, if he moves other thoughts, he will be killed immediately." After saying that, he walked out immediately with the rest of the people, and the righteous way of Isshiki had been solved, and his family must not let it go.

At the same time, the Sakuma army also launched an attack on Tango in two ways, and there were not many castles in Tango, and there were few flags, most of them were temporarily mobilized peasant soldiers, so it was impossible to block the attack of Sakuma's army, and in only half a month, Tango was completely pacified by the Sakuma army, and since then, Tanba and Tango have been completely included in Sakuma Nobumori's rule.

Shortly after pacifying the two countries, Sakuma Nobumori did not stay in the territory for long, after some arrangements. and went east with the mountain army. Go straight to Azuchi Castle. The reason why he is so anxious is entirely because although it is not difficult to seize the territory, it is a little difficult to govern, especially in this battle, the samurai of the Sakuma family suffered heavy casualties, and even if the important ministers of the Sakuma family who were lucky enough to save their lives did not end well, the best thing is to be idle, and more is to escape the fate of being banished.

Since the current Sakuma family is a major minister, only Minoru Ogino and Naohide Inatomi, who has newly returned to Shun. and Sakuma Morimasa, who is completely unfamiliar with government affairs, there is no one else, and the territory of Ogino Minori and the Inatomi family is inseparable from the two of them for the time being, so at this moment, although Sakuma Nobumori is not a bare-bones commander, it is almost the same, and he can't help but be in a hurry.

Therefore, as soon as the Takayama clan asked for his farewell, he decided to go to Azuchi with him.

Since the places they passed along were all under the rule of the Oda family, the speed of the march was not slow, and after three days, they came to the outside of Azuchi Castle, although the clan did not have any important things to see. But the people have already arrived here, and if they don't go in and pay a visit. On the contrary, it was not for the ministers, so he had to let Honda Masanobu, Sanada Masayuki and others lead the army back first, leaving only Maeda Keiji to lead the two hundred banners of the samurai to follow the left and right, and he himself followed Sakuma Nobumori into Azuchi Castle.

Although Oda Nobunaga did not participate in the war, he had received a report from the ninjas, so he had some understanding of the Tanba carried out by Sakuma Nobumori, and the strategy of Dango, before that, he was more and more dissatisfied with Sakuma Nobumori, but because he had always been conscientious, so Nobunaga still gave him a chance, if this time he was not able to take Tanba, Tango and the two countries, then Nobunaga would definitely not be merciful, for such a waste, Nobunaga would never let it shake in front of his eyes, so he has made a decision, Once Sakuma Nobumori fails, then he will definitely be banished.

However, before he went to war, after Nobunaga heard that the Takayama clan personally led the army to help, he knew that it was unlikely that he wanted to sanction Sakuma Nobumori this time, after all, this Takayama clan clan was not Hatano Hideji in terms of military strength or strategy, and Isshiki Yoshido could be compared, but despite this, he was even more dissatisfied with Sakuma Nobumori, even if he was incapable, he had to delay others to carry out the strategy, such a person is really insulting to the spirit of bushido.

And Hatano, Isshiki is just a small moss, Uesugi and Hojo are the henchmen, Hojo Uesugi is undefeated for a day, then Nobunaga will not dare to abolish the emperor for a day, after all, the Hojo family sits on the land of several countries in the Kanto region, and can urgently recruit tens of thousands of troops, although there is Satake to contain it, but if it wants to move westward, the military strength will definitely exceed 40,000 people, if it is because of his own abolition of the emperor that leads to the reconciliation of the two families, then not only Hojo can pour out of the nest, and even Satake and other forces will send troops to help, as for Mutsu, It's not sure that it will move.,If it's in the face of the Hojo family.,Nobunaga won't be afraid.,Even if there are Satake's small forces to help.,Nobunaga is not afraid.,But how can Echigo Uesugi this nosy guy just wait and see.,Once it is known that he has abolished the emperor.,Then it will definitely do its best to attack.,In this way, it shouldn't be a problem for the eastern country to send 100,000 troops.,And there's the god of war.,It's a little hard to say whether the family can stand up.,If it's just the eastern country, it's okay.,Although the western country Maori is relatively loose, But it is still possible to send an army of 30,000, Kyushu, Shikoku to send an army of 10,000 or 20,000, then the Oda family will face an attack of 150,000 enemies, which is definitely a death situation for the Oda family.

Although Nobunaga is arrogant, he is very shrewd, and he doesn't want his family to perish because of this matter, so it can be said that the strategy for the next few years, Hojo and Uesugi is the top priority, but this Sakuma Nobumori actually sabotaged his own policy, which is really hateful.

However, after Tanba, the battle situation of Tango was constantly reported back, Nobunaga's attitude towards Sakuma Nobumori changed greatly, although the Takayama clan personally led the army to aid in this battle, but Sakuma Nobumori only let the Takayama Army garrison the main camp, all the battles were basically completed by the Sakuma Army itself, and the Takayama Army had almost no losses, after seeing such a battle report, Nobunaga was finally relieved, as long as the losses of the Kwantung Army were not large, they did not have losses, then it would not affect their own strategy Hojo.

And this Sakuma Nobumori is probably just not very lucky this year, judging from this strategy, he is still a general that he can rely on, and when Nobunaga learned that Sakuma Nobumori because of this strategy, after the loss of his retainers, he and the Takayama clan thought of going together, although Sakuma Nobumori was brave, but his retainers were really a little unbearable, I am afraid that he has not been able to make meritorious contributions in recent years, and his retainers are inseparable.

And in recent days, Nobunaga has learned that in just three months, Tanba and Tango have been completely mastered by Sakuma Nobumori, which is something that Nobunaga did not expect at all, if the Takayama Army is the main attack, then there will be no surprise, but this time it is completely the Sakuma Army as the main force, so he can't help but be happy, since the year-end assessment, only the Kumano Water Army has taken Awaji, this is still because of the reason for the return of Ataka Nobuyasu, and most of the other legions are still in the preparation stage, Sakuma Nobumori has already completed the task, and he definitely has to reward himself heavily.

Although Oda Nobunaga's idea was correct, he ignored one point, that is, although the Takayama Army basically didn't make much moves, but if there was no Takayama Army, then Yagami Castle would definitely not be able to be captured, so maybe at this moment Sakuma Nobumori had withdrawn his troops and accepted sanctions. In addition, although the Gaoshan Army did not move, the reputation of the military strength alone was enough to overwhelm the enemy and make the enemy lose the heart to resist, that is, it took a lot of effort to go to the Eight Upper Cities, and the rest of the city was simply swept away.

And when the two came to the castle tower, the clan did not forget to tell his father-in-law a few words, if the lord is in a good mood, he must ask for a few more names and strengths, don't be embarrassed, and Sakuma Nobumori is full of promises.

"Report, lord, Lord Sakuma is asking to see you outside the door."

"Let them in."

"His subordinate Sakuma Nobumori sees the lord. The subordinates are fortunate to live up to the trust of the lord, and have assessed the two countries after Tambo Dan, and this time they came to report to the lord to know, and also ask the lord to decide. ”

"Well, I'm very satisfied with your performance this time, although there is the help of the Takayama army, the bravery of the Sakuma family has not declined, I am very pleased."

"My lord, although I was able to pacify the two countries this time, my subordinates deeply felt the inadequacy of the retainers, and after several fierce battles, the retainers under my command suffered heavy casualties, so my subordinates asked the lord to send and force to help, and also asked the lord for permission."

Nobunaga, who didn't know how to reward Sakuma Nobumori, listened to the other party lead the conversation to the retainers, and suddenly had an idea, the strength of the family is now in full swing, and there are countless samurai who have come to defect, and sending some with force is not a big deal at all, and it has also solved the problem of rewarding his own headache, it seems that this Sakuma Nobumori is not useless, thinking of this, I only heard Nobunaga promise with his mouth: "You should already have the right person in your heart, let's hear it." ”

Sakuma Nobumori did not hesitate to report the names of individuals such as Masakata Takaji, Maebo Yoshitsugu, Sakurai Mototada, Koizumi Nagaji, etc., and this is not the end, and then a string of names broke out, adding up to no more and no less exactly fifteen, because there are too many direct ministers of the Oda family now, speaking of the latter few names, Nobunaga has not even heard of it, and it is estimated that it must be some new low-level samurai.

If it is an important person from the clan, then Nobunaga must think about it seriously, after all, the eyes of the clan are too poisonous, but now that he is Sakuma Nobumori, there is no need for this at all, so Nobunaga didn't even bother to think about it and directly approved his request.

Seeing that the lord approved it so happily, Sakuma Nobumori felt a regret in his heart, originally he thought that it would be a lot to ask for fifteen and strength, but now it seems that even if he asks for ten or eight more, it is estimated that the lord will not refuse, hey, the bad thing is that he is too careful. (To be continued.) )