Kuroda Officer, who had just been standing in Kinoshita Hideyoshi's position, saw that there was a cold situation, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly, he didn't know what the lord was thinking, fortunately he was guarding against this situation just now so he didn't speak, otherwise it would really not be able to end.

Seeing that the lord had nothing to say for a while, Kuroda Kanbei hurriedly said: "Lord, my subordinates think that a decisive battle with the Takayama family at this moment is not the best time. Speaking of this, the guard paused and continued: "First of all, the morale of the Takayama family is strong in destroying the power of Hojo, and they should avoid the edge for the time being. Secondly, at present, is new, and it is not stable, and it needs to be maintained by a large army, and although it is important, it cannot be compared with at all. Therefore, his subordinates thought that at this moment, they should immediately recall the army that had gone out of the battle, and withdraw the army before the arrival of the Gaoshan army. ”

After hearing this, Kinoshita Hideyoshi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although this official guard is not likable, but it still has some effect at the critical moment, and in addition to him, the other samurai can be regarded as having a long breath and secretly vomiting.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi said all the big things just now, if he was persuaded to say yes, it would be too faceless, for the sake of a decent end, he still said: "If you retreat this time, wouldn't it be cheaper for the Takayama clan?" ”

"Lord, the elimination of the high mountains is not something that can be achieved overnight, and after the rear is stabilized, it is the best policy to slowly draw the way. Please also think twice. ”

Since Hideyoshi's words were not so strong this time, everyone finally understood that the two of them were singing double reeds, and there was no longer any risk in persuading them at this moment, so they only listened to the audience and said, "Please also ask the lord (adult) to think twice." ”

"Okay, it's up to you." After speaking, he commanded the attendants outside the tent: "Give the order, stop the offensive, and the whole army retreats." ”

The Kinoshita coalition army was not slow to retreat, and on the night when Kato Kiyomasa and Takigawa Kazuki returned to the army, the army had already pulled out of the village and headed west.

This is in line with the mind of the Takayama clan, Kinoshita Hideyoshi is unwilling to have a decisive battle at this time, how can he not, the other party is the new capture of, his new Kanto, there are things to do, and the army under his command has been fighting repeatedly, and he is already exhausted, plus the clan is currently not sure that the Kinoshita family will be completely wiped out through this battle, this is a key battle related to the belonging of the world, there is no room for sloppiness, and if you are not sure, you will continue to accumulate strength, the clan is not in a hurry at all, the collapse of the country has been successfully developed, just give yourself three or five years, When the time came, dozens of doors were swinging to the front line, and he didn't believe that Kinoshita's army could withstand it.

"Come on, let's remove the sparrow houses in and the western country." The sparrow house is still too dangerous to open on the territory of the Kinoshita family, and after the Kinoshita family is slightly more stable, he doesn't believe that Kinoshita Hideyoshi doesn't do anything to the industry under his name, although the income brought by the sparrow house is dispensable for the Takayama family, but the clan doesn't want to cheapen Kinoshita Hideyoshi in vain, as for the other role of the sparrow house, to open up contacts for himself? Then it's even more unnecessary, if there are two points today, it's either yours or mine, plus the emperor is gone, who else do you want to woo?

"It's the lord." Honda Masamune, who was waiting beside him, replied and retreated.

Sometime in 1578, five days after the Battle of Gifu Castle, the castle did not appear dilapidated because of the war, and still stood quietly on Mt. Inaba, where the bodies of the enemy had already been burned and buried, and even the blood stains left behind had been wiped clean.

If you have to find out what is different from before, I'm afraid that only on the city wall, the papaya pattern on the side of the road has been replaced by the Tuanshan pattern, and the owner of this city has been replaced by the Takayama clan.

Not only this castle, but the entire Mino and Owari have also been controlled by the reinforcements brought by the Takayama clan.

Ono Nikoku was the place where the Oda family flourished, and it not only added more than a million stone to the place, but also proved to the world that the Oda family had become a thing of the past, so in order to make the world more impressed, the clan was the former young master, and Oda Nobutada held a grand funeral.

In addition to the more than 100 samurai of the former Oda clan who had already sworn allegiance to the clan in Gifu Castle, there were 10,000 people who watched as Nobutada's coffin slowly sank into the ground.

The clan couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart. Then he whispered to the half-soldier guard of Takenaka, who had declared his allegiance and had been appointed as a military advisor, "Actually, faithfulness should not die." ”

Takenaka Hanbei couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, he didn't mention it after the war, not that he wanted to hide it, but he felt that it was not necessary, but at this time, the lord suddenly mentioned this matter, so he couldn't help but think about it seriously, although Takenaka Hanbei was also outstanding in terms of political strategy, but compared with Zhiluo, it was much worse.

However, with the reminder of the clan, he quickly understood. Nobutada's and Nobunaga's personalities are completely opposite, which is clear to all the retainers of the Oda family, Nobunaga is eager for quick success, while Nobutada is peaceful, Nobunaga treats people hard, Nobutada treats people generously, and most importantly, Nobutada has no ambition to take over the world at all, if Nobunaga can complete it, he can keep it, if he lets him achieve it himself, it is basically impossible.

And as long as Nobunaga passed away, the living Nobutada did not know how much of a threat it brought to the Takayama family, especially after Mino was actually controlled by the Takayama family through the battle with Kinoshita, Nobutada only played a losing role at most.

But as long as there is faithfulness, then it represents the orthodoxy of the Oda family, and then coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to fight the injustice with great righteousness, even if Kinoshita Hideyoshi and others don't care, what about the original retainers of the Oda family?

What the lord said was extremely true, but his subordinates were not thoughtful. ”

Seeing that the other party understood, the clan nodded slightly. "That's why I have a grand funeral for Xinzhong, but a dead Xinzhong is not as good as a living one."

"Lord, although the line of faithfulness has been severed, the ancestor still has two sons, it is better to welcome back one...

Without waiting for Takenaka Hanbei to finish speaking, he saw the clan shook his head and said: "Nobuo Nobutaka, he has no prestige in the Oda family, even if he welcomes back, it won't work, forget it, just leave it to the monkey." After speaking, the clan sect did not speak again.

And at the same time that the clan felt pity, this scene in Azuchi Castle was also staged.

Although the Kinoshita coalition did not achieve any benefits in Mino-Owari in this battle, really got it, although it was necessary to divide most of it, but the rest was enough to make the Kinoshita family's strength skyrocket. Since the Takayama clan mentioned that the reinforcements he brought had not yet withdrawn from Gifu Castle, he did not dare to return to the western country with a large army in such a grand manner, and from the original intention, he did not want to leave.