Okazaki Castle. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"My lord, according to the intelligence, the Imagawa clan had already fled into Enoe Kakegawa Castle before Junfu Castle was breached. With him, there is also his wife and the long photo of the Asahinai Taichao and the Pelican Palace. Hattori Hanzo knelt on the ground and said in a respectful voice.

"Hmm...... So, isn't the Takeda family far from capturing Suruga? Matsudaira Ieyasu touched his chin and muttered.

"According to the offensive of the Takeda family and the current situation on the Kanto side, I am afraid that Takeda Shingen has already begun to sweep many places in Suruga, and has even sent people to attack Enoe." Tadaji Sakai thought for a moment and said.

"Lord, since this is the case, let's immediately send troops to Yuanjiang!" Tadashi Okubo stood up and said loudly. "Although His Royal Highness did not say it explicitly, according to his attitude all along, as long as the family can capture Yuanjiang, then Yuanjiang must be a feudal country belonging to the family, so that the lord will surpass the Qingkang Gong and create a new era for the Matsudaira family!" In the end, Okubo Tadashi was already excited, or not only him, but many of his retainers also became excited when they heard this.

Today, the three generations of the Matsudaira family, such as Tadashi Torii, have all lived in seclusion, and it can be said that most of Matsudaira Ieyasu's retainers are the retainers he recruited after he succeeded to the governorship. These people are obviously very excited about the fact that they have surpassed history and reached a new height. After all, the expansion of the general country to Enoe was something that even Matsudaira Kiyoyasu had never done.

Although the Matsudaira family went from being an independent daimyo to being a retainer of the Oda family, even so, they were very excited.

It's just that for Okubo Tadashi's words, Matsudaira Ieyasu just nodded noncommittally, and then looked at Ishikawa Shumasa and asked, "Shumasa, what do you think?" ”

Hearing this, Ishikawa Shumasa said lightly, "According to His Highness's intentions, it is to give priority to persuading the Imagawa family to surrender, and if the Imagawa family is unwilling, they will conquer it by force." ”

"But in this way, won't the family lose the best opportunity to expand the territory?!" When Okubo Tadayo heard this, he immediately objected. His idea was simple, the current Matsudaira family's territory was in Mikawa, Ise to the west, Owari to the north, and inevitably the sea, and the only place that could be expanded was Toe. If the Imagawa family surrendered to the Oda family, then the Matsudaira family would not have any territory to expand.

As soon as the words fell, before Ishikawa Shumasa could speak, Sakai Tadaji coughed lightly twice and said, "Everyone, I don't think you need to worry about the affairs of the territory. Historically, it has not been the case that fiefdoms are completely uncontiguous, and although this situation can be difficult in times of war, it will not be a problem when peace comes. ”

"Not bad! As long as the family can establish great merit in the stage of unifying the world, the lord will not be stingy with rewards. Matsudaira Ieyasu echoed, "I don't think there should be anyone who doesn't believe that the Oda family can't unify the world, right?" ”

Hearing this, many retainers nodded slowly. If most of the Matsudaira retainers were very reluctant when they first surrendered to the Oda family, then after Oda Yoshinobu helped the Matsudaira family to pacify, everyone began to slowly accept it. And now, the vast majority of the Matsudaira family retainers have basically accepted this fact, and even if they can't accept it, they won't mention it in front of people.

The reason why this is so is that the Oda family is so strong today, so strong that even if they are surrounded by many forces and declare war, they do not have any panic. The second point is that after the Matsudaira family became a retainer of the Oda family, it did get unprecedented development.

Although the Oda family did not support the Matsudaira family with much money, there were many things, and the benefits were not what could be seen on the surface. In fact, in today's troubled times, peace means rapid development. And without the Oda family, the Matsudaira family would never have developed to this point, which is a fact that neither Matsudaira Ieyasu nor those retainers can deny.

As for whether the Oda family can rule the world, they really don't have any doubts about this, although it sounds a bit boastful, but in fact, all the retainers of the Matsudaira family or the Oda family think so, and it is only a matter of time before the world is unified.

After all, the Oda family today has a powerful retainer regiment, a terrifying number of troops, and an economy that kills almost all forces in seconds, and if it can't be unified in this case, it would be a joke.

In the simplest example, Nagashima has always had nearly 100,000 people, but so far no one has paid attention to the Ise side, not because they don't care, but because they feel that there is nothing to care about, and anyway, those people are no match for Oda Yoshinobu's legions. Everyone believed that when Oda Yoshinobu arrived in Ise, Nagashima had always been wiped out in a short time, and the only thing that could be guessed was how Oda Yoshinobu used to eliminate those people.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Matsudaira Ieyasu said, "In that case, Shuzheng, it's up to you to go to Kakegawa Castle to ask about the attitude of the Imagawa family." Come to think of it, with the Imagawa clan's attitude in the past, they would not object. ”

Matsudaira Ieyasu was very confident, because when he was ordered to go to Sunpu Castle to worship Shouguini, he had already noticed the change in Imagawa Shin's attitude towards the Oda family. And this change is a signal that Imagawa's family service is soft.

Moreover, Matsudaira Ieyasu is not without selfishness, once the Imagawa family is persuaded to surrender, then when the Takeda family and the Oda family are enemies, the first barrier is the Imagawa family instead of his Matsudaira family. Although saying this is a bit prestigious, Matsudaira Ieyasu has to admit that even if the Matsudaira family alone occupies Enoe, it will be difficult to block the attack of the Takeda family.

In addition, persuading the Imagawa family is undoubtedly a very great achievement, especially considering the historical grievances between the Imagawa family and the Oda family, I am afraid that there will be more rewards. However, Matsudaira Ieyasu did not forget about the events that followed the persuasion of the Imagawa family.

"Tadaji, start arming now, whether the Imagawa family is willing to surrender or not, it won't be long before the Imagawa family will enter Enoe." Matsudaira Ieyasu said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" When Sakai Tadaji heard this, his expression suddenly became solemn, and he naturally heard the subconscious meaning of Matsudaira Ieyasu. The Takeda family, although they don't want to face it, has to face a powerful force.

Seeing Sakai Tadaji's serious expression, Matsudaira Ieyasu smiled again, "Don't worry, if the Takeda family really intends to be an enemy of the main family, then His Highness will definitely send reinforcements~ And it is very likely that my father will come in person." ”