The news of Saito's return spread throughout Inabayama Castle and beyond. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

For the return of the young master Saito Ryuxing, the people's reaction was very positive. After all, he is the only son of Saito Yoshiryu, the heir of no challenger, and he has been plated with a layer of gold by Date Masahiro's side, and he will be a lot more reassuring when he returns now. At least on the border of the United States, the mountain monkeys of the Takeda family no longer dare to make a big mess.

The people's thinking was positive and simple, and the official reaction was a bit varied, and forces such as Nagai and Hineno, who had advanced and retreated with the Saito family, were overjoyed, and since Saito Yoshiryu was riddled with illness, the authority of Inabayama Castle was declining at a rate that was visible to the naked eye.

There are more and more voices of dissatisfaction in the local area, and in the eyes of the people of Inabayama Castle, all this noise is just a temptation of the local powerhouses, and the intensification of dissatisfaction can only show that more and more people from the wealthy clan are involved and begin to touch the bottom line of both sides.

But Saito Yoshiryu didn't make a move, not because he didn't want to do it, but he knew that he only had one chance, whether he won or lost, he would have to pay a heavy price, and it would give people a feeling of being at the end of the road, and he had been patient.

The local tycoons are intimidated by the aftermath of Saito Yoshiryu, they know that whoever makes the first bird will bear the devastating attack, and no one has such lofty sentiments, sacrificing themselves to fulfill the sentiments of others, but the strings will break one day.

As Saito's condition worsens, the temptations become more frequent until the strings break.

I didn't expect Saito Ryuko to return at this time, he didn't flee in private, and he was accompanied by the well-known "Little Military Division" Kuroda Kanbei, "Izumo no Deer" Yamanaka Yukimori, and 100 heavily armed Date Cavalry. The cavalry bypassed the castle town and broke into Inabayamasari, which can be said to have shattered the dreams of many people, and they were all so excited that they jumped to their feet.

During the day, Mamoru Ando, who witnessed the arrival of the Date family, said angrily: "The Date family is escorting the child, and he is interfering in the internal affairs of Mino Province by Akaka, and we should urge Inaba Yamajo to protest and strongly condemn it." "Ando Shouzhong is the second son of Ando Mori, and he is quite active in Ando's family, and has attracted a group of people to wave the flag and shout for him, and the voice is quite high, and from time to time he challenges Ando Sho, who is the eldest son, and wants to become the new heir if he wants to cross Ando Sho.

Ando Shang didn't bother to pay attention to his brother's nonsense, he turned his head and thought about his worried father, and said in a low voice: "Father, the person who came is not good!" ”

Mamoru Ando slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Captain Heiemon, your eyebrows are burning, what nonsense are you talking about!" ”

Ando Shang stared at him, and quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake, he didn't expect that his father, who usually treated their brothers fairly, would be so partial, he glanced down at his snickering brother, secretly angry, but he didn't break out, and continued to speak: "It's probably the variables caused by the accident in Owari. ”

Thinking of the news I heard a few days ago, Oda Nobunaga was defeated at the hands of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and then looking at the reconciliation of Mino and Owari, corresponding to each other, "Obviously, Owari was newly defeated, and the Date family didn't know why they didn't want to end up in person, so they had today's trip." ”

After listening to Ando Shang's analysis, Ando Mamoru finally calmed down: "It should indeed be Owari Desaku, damn Oda Nobunaga!" "He had already mobilized many Chinese people to besiege Inabayama Castle together, but he never thought that it would be completely destroyed.

Ando Mamoru was unhappy with his brother's suggestion and was approved by his father, "Owari has an accident, why do you want us Mino people to come out and pay the account, if Saito Yoshiryu is confused, we will resist and die, let him look good!" ”

To put it so clearly, Ando Shouzhong is still dead, and even his father Mamoru Ando, who has always favored him, was also angry, and he was in a bad mood, and when he heard this kind of stupid thing again, he shouted angrily: "Idiot! Let me go down and reflect on it. ”

Ando Morishige's face suddenly froze, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes, and he wanted to defend himself, but when he saw Ando Mori's face, he didn't dare to speak. His face was pale, his mood was complicated, and he suddenly felt that the distance from the heir position had suddenly become infinitely distant.

Ando Shang saw Ando Morishige leaving, the corners of his eyes moved slightly, and his mood was secretly refreshing, he knew that the two sides were finally in the upper hand, but he still needed to make persistent efforts, otherwise his younger brother was still a strong contender for the position of heir.

Ando Shang persuaded him: "My younger brother is young and ignorant, please forgive." ”

Mamoru Ando waved his hand and asked, "What do you want to do now?" ”

Ando Shang hesitated for a moment, and then slowly spoke, "Father, we must take into account the situation in Tokaido, Oda Nobunaga's new defeat is directly related to the safety of Date Ling, so the stability of the Mino situation has become important, which is also the reason for the return of the young master." Originally, Owari was not chaotic, and for the Date family, it didn't matter much to him who would rule Mino Country, and besides, the authority of Inabayama Castle was not there, and for the Date family, interfering in Mino's internal affairs would also have more advantages than disadvantages. ”

Mamoru Ando bowed slightly, agreeing with what Ando said.

Ando Shang replied: "Father, the one in Inabayama Castle now, everyone knows that his life is short, and he doesn't know if he can survive this winter. Everyone knows how high Saito Ryuxing's ability is. The Date family needs Mino stability and doesn't want to be variable, so it is in the interests of the Date family to support a puppet with low IQ ability to come to power. ”

Mamoru Ando asked, "According to you, how should we deal with the new situation?" ”

Ando Nao pondered for a moment again before he said, "From the standpoint of the Date family, it is in their interest for him to stabilize Mino and then control Owari, and then Tokaido." The man who was short of life, and his only thought was to protect the interests of the Saito family, and the two sides hit it off. Then the only ones who are damaged are the local people, but since the Date family has already taken action in person, and then rebelled against Inabayama Castle, I am afraid that it just gave Inabayama Castle a chance to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys. The one in Inabayama Castle wants us to continue to disagree and clean us up with the help of the Date family. Therefore, in the son's view, it is better for the father to compromise and retreat as advance, which is also the best policy. ”

Mamoru Ando smiled, he had already understood the meaning of Ando's words, but he seemed to want to prove it, so he continued to ask: "What does it mean to advance by retreating?" ”

Ando Shang nodded and replied: "The one from Inabayama Castle died soon, and the young master lacked intelligence and strategy, and he was not enough to take on the big responsibility, so in the future crusade against the Kanto countries, Mino will send troops and contribute, who will be the main general?" It can be said that this already points to Saito Ryuko as an idiot and not enough to be a country.

Ando Shang stopped here when he said that if he followed the Date family to fight in the future, the lord of the country was incompetent, then whoever will be the main general will be the real controller of Mino Country, as long as he serves the Date family well, and then makes a few contributions, who knows if he will be on the throne because of this.

Mamoru Ando nodded vigorously, "As you said, the father should immediately go to Inabayama Castle to greet the lord of the country. He had already understood what Ando Naoyu meant, obviously greeting Saito Yoshiryu, but actually showing favor to someone from the Date family.

Suddenly, Ando Shang remembered something and hurriedly asked, "Father, how do you deal with the proposal of the Takenaka half-soldier of the Bodhi Mountain Castle in the county?" The child did not agree to marry Ah Xu Xu to a sick man. "Takenaka Hanbei didn't know for what purpose, but he whimsically proposed to them, this is a lazy toad who wants to eat swan meat.

Ando Mamoru frowned, of course he knew that the half-guards of Takenaka were pampered by Inabayama Castle, and if it weren't for the fact that it was still a little useful, they would have been swept out of the house a long time ago, but Ando Mamoru didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup he ate and tried his best to promote this. The reason is also quite sufficient, and the power of the Ando family can be inserted into the Bupo County.

Ando Shang saw that his father did not object, and said eagerly: "Father, don't send Ah Xu into the fire pit, according to the rumors outside, that Takenaka half-guard was infected with the disease of Inabayama Castle, and his originally strong body became sick, I'm afraid it won't be long before." ”

Mamoru Ando grabbed Naoshi Ando's sleeve and said, "Are you serious?!" ”

They don't know what disease Saito Yoshiryu has, whether it will be contagious, but everyone knows the truth of pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and Saito Yoshiryu's love for Takenaka Hanbei is well known, and after getting sick, he is also happy every night. It is rumored that Takenaka Hanbei is infected with a vicious disease, plus he has become sick, eight or nine are not far from ten, if he marries his daughter to Takenaka Hanbei, it is really pushed into the fire pit, and then the daughter is infected with a vicious disease, go home to visit relatives, and then infect the evil disease to her mother's family.

Oops, thinking of this, Mamoru Ando felt numb and itchy all over his body, where would he be willing to push his baby daughter into the fire pit.

Ando Shang saw that Ando Mamoru left in a hurry, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and then came to a courtyard, and said to his sister who was arranging flowers in the courtyard: "Ah Xu, your marriage is already yellow." ”

Ah Xu hurriedly replied: "Thank you, brother! ”

Ando Shang sighed and said, "Got it, hey! He pushed the door open and left.

Mamoru Ando was worried about galloping in the direction of Inabayama Castle, and when he arrived at the castle town, he saw the clan Bu Quan, Inaba Ittetsu and others, and everyone looked at each other, and the bitter smile was overflowing, and it was self-evident that the fight against Inabayama Castle was a complete failure.

When Qi arrived at Inabayama Castle, he was stunned by an order and announced the arrival of war. Saito Yoshiryu will rescue Oda Nobunaga, and the generals such as Mamoru Ando, Buquan of the clan, and Ichitetsu Inaba, as well as the expected position of general will be held by the young lord Saito Ryuko.

The order also detailed the number of troops sent by each family, and the people who wanted to make some work on the soldiers after Saito Ryuko took the position of commander-in-chief, heard that the envoys of the Date family would also follow the battle, and all of them dispelled the idea of sending a strong army as much as possible.

With the support of Saito Yoshiryu and the support of all the Mino people, an army of 6,000 men was soon gathered at Inabayama Castle, and with the sound of a trumpet, he raised a banner and crossed the Nagara River and stepped into the land of Owari. This time, instead of being enemies, they came to the rescue of Owari in the crisis as allies.

Narumi Castle.

Oda Nobunaga retreated to Narumi Castle to stop the decline, and the remnants of the army finally improved, and at the same time, Arako Castle finally sent troops to Suemori Castle under the advice of Maeda's interests, and the Niwa clan of Iwasaki Castle also made it clear that they were loyal to the Oda family.

However, before Oda Nobunaga could stop the decline, the gateway to Narumi Castle was lost, forcing Narumi Castle to face Imagawa Yoshimoto's troops. Oda Nobunaga knew that he had no way back, and if he retreated, he could only retreat all the way to Kiyosu Castle.

When Oda Nobunaga thought of the great war that broke out not long ago, his heart was bleeding! Imagawa Yoshimoto placed Kai's reinforcements in the salient, giving Oda Nobunaga hope of eating Imagawa Yoshimoto's Ichichi again. While he was still hesitating, Shibata Katsuie, who was in his hands, took the lead in attacking, causing a chain reaction that caused Oda Nobunaga to lead the main force to pounce. Originally, the Imagawa Army, who had thought of eating the salient, could calmly withdraw after that, but he never thought of hitting the iron plate.

Shibata Katsuie was seriously wounded, and the strikers suffered heavy casualties, if it weren't for the fact that the Imagawa army didn't seem to have the will to pursue the victory, I'm afraid that the Oda army would have collapsed long ago.

Oda Nobunaga looked at Ryota Masatsuna, and his face was very ugly.

Ryoda Masatsuna had been in charge of the intelligence work of Tokaido, and there was such a big mistake that he did not detect the new army of the Imagawa Army. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, until now they still don't know whose hands they are defeated, and how not to be angry.

Liang Tian Zhenggang was speechless, and cried: "The minister is willing to take full responsibility, and please ask the minister to apologize!" ”

Oda Nobunaga kicked down Ryoda Masatsuna, then pulled up his collar and scolded, "What do you say about being responsible, and you also said that you will apologize for your seppuku, and you will wait until you defeat Imagawa Yoshimoto, and now you will immediately find out where that army came from." ”

Liang Tian Zhenggang said: "This is the array hat that the minister got from the battlefield, and please check it out with the lord." ”

Oda Nobunaga picked up the tattered array hat, flipped it over and looked at it several times, shook his head, and couldn't see the difference, it was similar to the array hat used by the Imagawa family, but it felt a little different, that is, he couldn't understand what was wrong, so he handed the array hat to the retainers.

When it was passed to Takigawa Yiyi, Takigawa Yiyi said "um", he buckled the lacquer on it with his fingernails, and then said: "Lord, this is Kai's hat, because Jiafei has a lot of gold mountain, so their lacquer is a little red." ”

Hearing Kai's array, and then thinking of the strength of the enemy's army, Oda Nobunaga didn't understand that what he encountered was not the incompetent soldiers and horses under the command of Imagawa Yoshimoto, but the mountain monkey from Kai, his heart pounded suddenly, and the strong feeling of suffocation made him dizzy.

I don't know what to do, Sasa Hayato sent his younger brother Sasa Naruma to gallop into the city, and entered in embarrassment under the leadership of people. (To be continued.) )