On the fifth day after the wedding, the clan reluctantly returned to Shimosha Castle with Sakura.

On the way back, I happened to meet Shibata Katsuya, who was hurrying to Kiyosu Castle. The clan clan and the others hurriedly dismounted, walked quickly to the Shibata Katsu family horse, and only heard him salute respectfully and said: "The Takayama clan has seen Shibata-sama. ”

Shibata Katsuya grabbed the reins, and didn't have the heart to ask the clan how the clan was doing these days, and said directly: "Qianbei, the lord has summoned all the retainers to Qingzhou City to discuss matters, it seems that he is going to make a move on Mino, you immediately return to the territory to mobilize Ashigaru, ready to go out at any time!" ”

After hearing this, the clan was overjoyed, Oda Nobunaga was finally going to make a move on Mino, and in this way, it seemed that the day when he would become Oda Nobunaga's direct minister again was not far away. "Yes, my subordinates will go back to Dongqi City to prepare."

In the castle tower of Kiyosu Castle, Nobunaga sat on the main seat in the middle, he couldn't calm down in his heart, since the meeting at Shotokuji Temple that year, Saito Michizo made it clear that after his death, when he gave Mino Guardian to himself, Nobunaga had already regarded the two countries as the foundation of his struggle for world domination, but who knew that there were branches during the road, Saito Michizo died in the battle of the Nagara River, and Saito Yoshiryu killed his father and seized power. Nobunaga was furious and sent troops to fight several times for this reason, but because the situation in Owari was unstable, he could not use all his strength.

And now, Imagawa has been defeated, Yoshimoto has been given the head, and the forces of the Owari rebellion have been destroyed, not to mention that now the retainers are using their lives, and the morale of Ashigaru is high.

Nobunaga said with a little excitement: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the situation in Owari has been decided, I have decided to lead the army to Mino, I wonder what your best plan is?" ”

After the retainers took control of Owari in the Oda family, they knew that it would not be long before the lord would make a move against Mino, so they were thinking about an attack as early as then.

After the retainers pondered a little, Lin Tongsheng was the first to speak: "My lord, according to the opinion of his subordinates, Owari has not been unified for a long time, and has encountered many major battles, at this time, it should be mainly to recuperate, and after three or four years, the Oda family soldiers will have enough food, and if they attack at that time, Mino can be won in a battle." Please also think twice. ”

After Lin Tongsheng finished speaking, he was ready to be scolded, and the reason why Lin Tongsheng poured cold water on Oda Nobunaga was because he had collected a lot of information about the Saito family in the past few years.

Mino country, since Saito Yoshiryu succeeded to the governor, there has been no war for a long time, and there are three people in the family, and the eighteen generals of Nishimino will do their best to assist, and there are more than 10,000 elite ashigaru. In Kanowari, there are many ministers who can recruit good wars, but now the situation east of Owari is unknown, although the Imagawa family has not led the army to take revenge for the time being, it does not mean that they will not wave their army westward when the Oda family attacks Mino, if this is the case, the Oda family's foundation will also be destroyed.

And although the family now has more than 10,000 armor ashigaru, the Oda family is on the attacking side, and they are already at a disadvantage, and they have to leave part of the ashigaru to defend in Owari, so Lin Tongsheng is not very optimistic about this battle, and would rather fight the danger of being scolded by the lord, but also to persuade.

After hearing this, Nobunaga's face really changed greatly, but after thinking about it, Lin Tongsheng did not dissuade himself from going into battle, but suggested postponing the time of the attack, so his face softened again, and he said: "This is a serious remark of the old man, but this matter cannot be delayed, and you don't need to persuade again." ”

Lin Tongsheng saw that the lord did not blame, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and even claimed that it was, he thought to himself, anyway, he had fulfilled his duties as a retainer, and if it was really as he said, if the Oda family failed to attack, the lord would not blame him.

Unlike Lin Tongsheng, Shibata Katsuya attaches great importance to meritorious service, especially military exploits, as long as he hears that there is a battle to fight, he can't wait to attack now, and it is not enough to go out of battle, if you want to earn credit, you have to expand the war. He had already thought that Inabayama Castle was not far from Owari, and if he could directly capture the enemy's main city, it would definitely be a great achievement.

Thinking of this, Shibata Katsuya said loudly: "My lord, my subordinates thought that I should go north and go straight to Inaba Mountain Castle. As long as the enemy can take the city, the country of Namino will be destroyed, and the lord will decide. ”

Sakuma Nobumori, who was sitting next to Shibata Katsuie, had the same idea as him, and when he saw Shibata Katsuya taking the lead in proposing it, he was a little depressed in his heart, but he still hurriedly said: "Shibata-sama said that it is favorable, and his subordinates will reconsider." ”

"My lord, my subordinates don't agree with Shibata-sama's proposal." The person who spoke was Niwa Nagahide, another important minister in the family, only to hear him speak again: "My lord, if you attack Inabayama Castle directly, the retainers of the Saito family will inevitably bring in troops to help, so our army will not be able to attack with all its strength, so my subordinates think that the Mino strategy should be gradual and step by step, so please think twice." ”,

Before Oda Nobunaga could speak, Shibata Katsuie stopped doing it, only to hear him say, "Migoro, what do you mean by targeting you like this?" If you attack according to the strategy you said, it will be appropriate for Mino Ichikoku to be incorporated into the Oda family? ”

Niwa Nagahide knew that Shibata Katsuya had a hot temper, so he didn't have a hard top with him, and hurriedly explained: "Lord Shibata, I am also thinking about my family, and I have no intention of targeting adults, and I ask my adults to calm their anger." ”

Seeing that Niwa Nagahide softened, and there was the lord present, it was not good for Shibata Katsuya to continue to attack, after all, the two had the same identity, and it would not be good for him to really make trouble. Now that he had won face, he no longer continued the topic, but persuaded Oda Nobunaga again: "My lord, my subordinates feel that they should attack Inabayama Castle directly. ”

Oda Nobunaga was upset when he saw that your retainers said a word and I said a word, so he immediately interrupted: "Okay, I have decided to adopt the proposal put forward by Gonroku and Yonegoro, so that the two prongs will be taken by Mino and the country in a short time." ”

After Nobunaga finished speaking, the retainers in the seat were completely stunned by these words. Shibata Katsuie's strategy was too hasty, and Niwa Nagahide's strategy was too slow, so it can be said that these two proposals were completely incompatible, could it be that the lord planned to send troops to encroach on the ordinary castle of Mino while leading the army to attack Inabayama Castle? However, with the current military strength of the Oda family, it is obvious that it cannot be implemented at the same time. After thinking about it, the retainers didn't know what the lord wanted, so they had to wait for an answer.

Although Nobunaga also wanted to attack Inabayama Castle directly, he had already sent troops to Mino many times, and he knew that the Domori Border Castle, the nineteen and fourteen bars were in front of Inabayama Castle in turn, and if these three castles were not captured, it would be easy for the enemy to cut off the way back.

Nobunaga saw that the retainers below were silent, and without explanation, he directly began to issue orders: "Shibata Katsuya! I order you to lead your headquarters to attack Senbian Castle! ”

Shibata Katsuya saw that there was a battle to fight, and he no longer figured out the master's thoughts, and hurriedly bowed down to answer.

"Sakuma Nobumori! Ordered you to lead the headquarters to attack the Nineteen Pillars. ”

"Subordinates obey!"

"Lin Tongsheng! I order you to go and take the fourteen pieces for me! ”

"It's my lord! Subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord. ”

Seeing that the retainers had no objections, Nobunaga stood up and said solemnly: "The three of you are only allowed to win this battle, not to lose, and I will lead the army to Inabayama Castle when you are waiting for you to attack." Meeting! After saying that, Nobunaga didn't care about everyone, and walked directly into the inner room quickly.

After Nobunaga left, the retainers also left the castle tower one after another to go back to prepare, and there were still three people left in the assessment room, they were Shibata Katsuie, Hayashi Tongkatsu and Sakuma Nobumori. At the moment, they are discussing the specifics of the battle.

Lin Tongsheng planned to postpone the date of the battle, he thought to himself, the lord must wait until the three of them entangled the enemy, before he went out, although he didn't dare to delay the time too long, but if it could be delayed for five days, it would be better, this is not because Lin Tongsheng is cowardly to avoid the battle, it is completely because the fourteen bars he wants to attack are the closest to Inabayama City, if he is not fully prepared, the failure of the attack is still a trivial matter, and it will be a little worthless if he loses his life because of this.

However, how could Shibata Katsuya agree to his suggestion, if time permitted, he would like to send troops to Mino today.

Seeing that the two were arguing, Sakuma Nobumori was also very helpless, so he had to play a round on the side, and finally after some bargaining, the time of the battle was set for three days, and the three of them left the assessment room.

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