After Wasuka Masakatsu left the assessment room, Matsudaira Motoyasu did not announce the dismissal of the meeting, but also wanted to listen to the opinions of the retainers, so as not to fall for the tricks of the Takayama clan again, especially to hear the advice of Ishikawa Shumasa, and only his resourcefulness in the family can compete with the Takayama clan. (Read it)

I only heard Matsudaira Motoyasu say solemnly: "Everyone, now that the Oda family has come to help, the family has taken a turn for the better, I don't know if you have any suggestions for this battle?"

How could the retainers think of any other way, now Okazaki Castle has been surrounded by a large army, except for the ridge city is out of the city to fight, so they shook their heads.

Ishikawa Shumasa, as Matsudaira Motoyasu's think tank, thinks more than the retainers, and he secretly thinks in his heart that since there are a thousand elite reinforcements, then now is indeed the best time to go out of the city to fight, so he does not object to the fact that the lord will send the army directly to undertake, and what Ishikawa Shumasa is now thinking about is how to preserve some strength for the Matsudaira family in this war.

After thinking about it for a while, I only heard Ishikawa Shumasa speak: "My lord, my subordinates have no objection to the army after tomorrow, but according to the opinions of my subordinates, my family should not send troops at the agreed time, but should postpone the time of sending troops after a stick of incense." ”

After listening to this, Matsudaira Motoyasu couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Oh? Why postpone it for a while? ”

"Back to the lord, if you go out on time, then the enemy will definitely target the attack on the family, so that even if this battle can be won, the Matsudaira family will be greatly injured, and then how to quell the rebellion, if the time is delayed, let the Oda army take the lead in attacking the enemy, then it will inevitably attract the attention of the enemy, at this time, the army of the family will be killed in Okazaki City, it will be much easier, this is the opinion of the subordinates, and please decide."

After listening to this, Matsudaira Motoyasu secretly praised in his heart, this method is good, not only can it preserve its strength, but also give the Takayama clan some color to see, so as not to be rampant in front of him in the future, thinking of this, his mood suddenly improved, and he smiled slightly and said: "Okay, just do as you say." ”

At night again, the clan was lying on the couch, but he hadn't slept for a long time, he was still thinking about the female ninja who had saved his life twice, sometimes, things are like this, the more mysterious the more people look forward to it.

The clan listened with his ears pricked up for nearly half an hour, and during this half hour, except for the sound of footsteps outside the window, there was no sound in the samurai's mansion, which made the clan feel very disappointed. (Remember to read .dukankAn.)

Although he hadn't seen the face of the female ninja, he didn't know her name, and he didn't even know anything about the female ninja except for guessing that she was a ninja sent by Nobunaga to keep an eye on him, but the clan had a strange feeling, as if he had left her petite figure in his heart.

The clan's patience was not strong, and seeing that the female ninja never showed up, he didn't make any sound, so he didn't want to wait any longer. I saw the clan get up and sit on the couch and said softly, "Are you there?" ”

After waiting for a while, and there was no response, the clan raised his head and said to Fang Liang again: "If you are here, then please come out and talk about it." ”

There was still no voice from the inner room that made him look forward to it, and the clan couldn't help but sigh softly.

In the early morning of the next day, not long after the clan had just fallen asleep, he heard a loud report from outside the door: "Report, lord, Lord Beesuka has returned, and now he is out asking to see him." ”

"Zhilu said! Let him be outside the door later, and I'll come out. Although the clan sect was reluctant, he knew that the main matter of the Dao was important, so he rubbed his eyes, quickly got dressed, and walked out of the inner room.

"The subordinate Wasuka Masakatsu sees the lord. The subordinates were not in these days, which frightened the lord. As soon as he returned, he had heard of the assassination of his lord, and when he had examined the body that had been brought out of his chamber, he was even more shocked.

Just looking at the corpse, although I can't see its ability, but when Wasuka Masakatsu saw the ninja knife he used, he knew that this person was at least a nominal ninja, and the upper ninja was more likely, for no other reason, just because it was impossible for the lower ninja to use a ninja knife worth more than thirty times, and even if they had the money to buy it, they would be robbed by other peers.

The clan nodded, seeing that he already knew about the events of that night, he couldn't help but say: "Well, I regret that I shouldn't have listened to Zhengsheng's words of leaving that day, fortunately, although there was a thrill this time, it was not a big deal, but in order to strengthen the prevention, there would be no such thing in the future, so on the same day, I asked Minase Uemon to go out to practice for three years, and later, you will select a few ninjas who are absolutely loyal and have room for growth to go out to practice for three years, and after they return, they can not only help you manage the ninja army, At that time, you can also cooperate with Ishikawa Goemon to protect my safety. ”,

When Wasuka Masakatsu heard that the person chosen by the lord was Mizuse Uemon, he couldn't help but secretly admire the lord's vision.

That Mizuse Uemon is none other than the ninja who was the first to sneak into the city with himself when he attacked Inuyama Castle and killed the defenders on the high turret, his skills can be said to be the best among the ninja army, and he is alert enough, and he is definitely a good seedling.

But apart from him, there are no more talents in the ninja army, let alone giving them three years, even if on this basis, if they are given three more years, it will be difficult to become a middle ninja in the end.

Thinking of this, Wasuka Masakatsu frowned and said: "Back to the lord, the number of ninja soldiers is not many after all, except for Mizse Uemon, who is still a talent, I really can't find a suitable candidate, and I ask the lord to forgive me." ”

"In that case, forget it, but when you recruit ninjas in the future, you should pay more attention." The clan said helplessly.

"It's the lord, and his subordinates will definitely pay more attention."

After finishing the topic of ninjas, he began to ask about business again, only to hear him ask: "You are going to Okazaki Castle, has Matsudaira Motoyasu agreed to join the army?" ”

"Back to the lord, the Songpei Hall has no objection to the strategy proposed by the lord, and now there is not much time left, so please prepare the lord early."

"Okay, I know it, you've worked hard." After the clan said to Wasuka Masakatsu, he said loudly to the ashigaru standing guard outside the door: "Quickly summon the retainers to come to discuss the matter." ”

Okazaki Castle was not too far away from Nishio Castle, and after consulting with his retainers, the clan did not immediately send out an army, but waited for the night to fall, so that he could avoid the eyes and ears along the way. This battle is related to the entire army of Sanhe, so it is not prudent for the clan to treat it carefully.

This time out of the army, the clan did not lead 1000 troops as agreed by Wasuka Masakatsu and Matsudaira Motoyasu, and this time he only led 800 troops to set off, after all, Oda Gotoku is also a princess, and if he doesn't leave enough Ashigaru to protect, it will be too much to say, and although Hatazu has always been pacified, who dares to say that there will be no accidents, after all, the situation in Mikawa is still very chaotic.

This expedition, including a hundred iron thorn cavalry led by Maeda Toshiie, a hundred ninja troops led by Wasuka Masakatsu, and six hundred spears led by Watanabe Moritsuna, as for Yamauchi Kazutoyo and the childish sword Ashigaru under his command, because the losses were too great during the Kagagawa battle, so the clan did not let him go out, but continued to stay in Nishio Castle to recuperate, and at the same time, Yamauchi Kazutoyo also had to take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the city, otherwise with Oda Nagayoshi's ability, the clan was really relieved.

The 800 troops marched day and night, and before dawn they were encamped on a wooded and unnamed hill in Nutian County. It was only a little more than a mile away from the outside of Okazaki Castle, so they didn't dare to make too much noise for fear of being discovered by the enemy.

On the second day, seeing that noon was approaching, the 800 troops led by the clan had already been prepared, and the retainers only waited for the clan to give the order to attack, and after a while, the scheduled time had arrived, and the retainers saw that the lord still did not have the order to attack, and they couldn't help but start to get anxious.

I only heard Maeda Toshiya speak: "Lord, now that the time has come, my subordinates have applied for the army, and I ask my lord to approve it." ”

Clan Zong snorted and said: "Matsudaira Motoyasu has a good calculation, you want me to take the lead in attacking, attract the enemy's attention, let him dream, Lao Tzu is a reinforcement, can he fight to the death here, since Matsudaira Motoyasu is not in a hurry, then Lao Tzu is in a hurry."

The order goes down, as long as the Matsudaira family does not take the lead in sending the army, our army will not move, and once the Matsudaira army moves, our army will move again. "Ishikawa Shumasa's unruly little tricks, how can he hide from the clan, this will only make the clan look down on him even more, and the Matsudaira family's brains are nothing more than that.

Maeda Toshiya and others have now understood the joints, seeing the Matsudaira family treat the reinforcements like this, they can't help but feel resentful, fortunately the lord has seen through it, otherwise this time I am afraid that the army of the family will suffer heavy losses.

At this time, Matsudaira Motoyasu in Okazaki City was really anxious, seeing that noon had passed, and the reinforcements sent by the Oda family still did not move, and he didn't even see a shadow, Matsudaira Motoyasu couldn't help but think, could it be that the Takayama clan had not come at all? Tricked by him?

But after thinking about it, I felt that it wouldn't be, although the Takayama clan was hateful, he would never dare to joke about it, otherwise, if the Matsudaira family didn't have to settle accounts with him in the future, I'm afraid that even Oda Nobunaga would not let him go.

Matsudaira Motoyasu was afraid that this was the enemy's ploy to lure them out of the city, so he hurriedly took out the codex brought by Wasuka Masakatsu from his arms, and called the attendants to go to the inner room, and took the codex back from Ishikawa Shumasa when he met with Kiyosu before, and carefully compared it. When Matsudaira Motoyasu saw that the two codexes were exactly the same, whether it was handwriting or pressed flowers, he no longer doubted.

But seeing that noon has passed, Matsudaira Motoyasu can't wait any longer, after all, Okazaki Castle is his Matsudaira family, in case something goes wrong, it will be difficult to have a place for his Matsudaira family in the middle of the world. He couldn't, and wouldn't dare to wait, any longer.