In the room, the rest of the people on the side were worried, they didn't know what kind of people the Mino Saito family was facing at first, but now when they heard Maeda Toshiya and Niwa Nagahide, they already had a general impression in their hearts.

Mori Changke was silently worried on the sidelines, he was not qualified to speak here. After all, he hadn't been at Oda's house for long.

His father, Mori Kexing, was a genealogical retainer who guarded the Toki family in Mino and fled Mino after Michizo Saito expelled Toki Yorigi last year.

Mori Kenari turned around and came to serve Oda Nobunaga.

Mori did not participate in the discussion because of his low seniority in the Oda family.

However, Sasa Narumasa suddenly said, "Mori is from Mino, right?" Mino knows better than we do, does Mori think Mino can stop it? ”

Mori Chang didn't expect someone to ask him a question, so he was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react until Sasa Narimasa asked again.

He hurriedly said: "I'm very sorry, I didn't expect Zuo Zuo to ask Zaixia, I was a little surprised for a while, and I couldn't calm down."

As for Zuo Zuo's question, I can tell a thing or two below.

Although Saitoden expelled the guardian Tsuki and took control of Mino, some of the retainers who supported His Highness Toki fled from Mino.

As for the people who are still in Japan, they may not all listen to Saitoden. It's just that Saitoden was so powerful that he had to surrender.

Now that Shinano Ogasawara Hall is converging with the Kanto Governor of the Kanto Prefecture, His Royal Highness Uesugi has an army of more than 50,000 people in Kamiraku, if they want to make a move against Mino, I am afraid that not many people will be willing to follow Saitoden. ”

After listening to Sen Changke's analysis, everyone's faces were solemn.

At this moment, Mori Shinsuke, who was inquiring about the news, ran in and said, "Everyone, I have found new news below!" ”

Everyone in the room looked at Mori Shinsuke, and even shouted: "Mori, let's find out what news!" ”

Mori Shinsuke said with a serious face: "The situation is not good, the new news is that the imperial court and the shogunate have removed Toki Yorigi from the position of Mino guardian, and Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru is also the Mino guardian!" ”

Sazuo Chengzheng sighed secretly, smashed his left hand into a fist on the palm of his right hand, and shouted: "Bad thing! As Mori said, there are people who disobey Saitoden, and now Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru is also Mino Mamoru, which is justified! I'm afraid those people are now scrambling to show their loyalty. ”

Niwa Nagahideri's face turned pale and said, "In this way, the defeat of the Saito family is decided." ”

As soon as his voice fell, another samurai came running and said, "Oh no, there is a movement of troops in Suesan City!" ”

Everyone in the room got up, they knew that war was inevitable!

As the saying goes, the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuchs are in a hurry, and Oda Nobunaga is training his iron artillery team at this moment.

Of course, he knew that the current situation was not good for him, but he was still confident that he could defeat his stupid brother.

He was most worried not about his younger brother, but about the Shangluo army in the north.

His father-in-law, Saito Michizo, originally seized the power of the main family by Shimokagami, so he was seized by Ogasawara Yoshinaga, the vanguard general of the Kamiraka army.

From the middle of the Muromachi period, the Oda clan began to serve as the guardian of the Spo clan in Owari Province, and Oda Nobunaga's grandfather, Oda Nobunada, was the elder of the guardian generation Oda Nobuyomo.

The Oda Nobutomo clan actually ruled the four lower prefectures of Owari; The four upper prefectures of Owari were owned by the Oda Nobuyan clan, another branch of the Oda clan, and the Owari clan had been the de facto ruler of the Owari clan since the reign of the Spo Yoshino.

Oda Nobunaga's father, Oda Nobuhide, was one of the three commissioners under Oda Nobutomo, the ruler of the four prefectures of Owari.

Oda Nobuhide, with his extraordinary talents, continued to accumulate economic and military power, and after accumulating economic and military power, he overwhelmed the other two commissioners, and won the dominance of the Oda Nobuyomo clan and the four lower prefectures of Owari, and through successive power wars with close neighbors such as Matsudaira Kiyoyasu of Mikawa, Saito Michizo of Mino, and Imagawa Yoshimoto of Enoe-Suruga.

So Oda Nobunaga's family is also a subordinate, if Ogasawara Yoshinaga uses this as an excuse to meddle in the affairs of Owari, that is the real crisis moment of the Oda family.

As soon as Oda Nobunaga thought of this, he immediately shouted, "Someone! ”

A samurai immediately ran up to Nobunaga and crouched down to wait for Nobunaga's order.

Oda Nobunaga said: "Tell Yozaemon to take a few people to the castle to guard the palace, monitor the situation there, and report any changes immediately." ”

The samurai immediately went to inform Sasa Narumasa.

When Sasa Chengzheng received the order, he was very puzzled, and the other people who were close to him were also puzzled.

"The lord's order is not wrong, is it?"

"Is it any use to keep an eye on His Highness Spoo at this time?"

"That's it, there's only one name left for the guardian!"

Zuo Chengzheng suddenly realized, and he hurriedly said: "I understand what the lord means!" ”

Niwa Nagahide on the side was still thinking about it, he heard Sasa Chengzheng's words, his heart was a little envious and jealous, he quickly asked, "What does the lord mean?" ”

Sasa Narumasa said: "His Royal Highness Uesugi and Mamoru Ogasawara Shinano claim to act in accordance with the great righteousness, if His Royal Highness Guardian Spo runs to Mino to ask His Highness Uesugi to call the shots, then after the Kamiraku army takes Mino, they will attack my Owari!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, the words shocked everyone.

Toshiie Maeda was almost so frightened that he bit his tongue.

He was surprised: "Then it won't be the end of the Saito family, even the end of the family!" With Saemon, take me with you, I'm going to keep an eye on the guardian family. ”

Sasa Chengzheng was not polite, and immediately ordered a few people he was familiar with, and hurried to Cheongju City.

Oda Nobunaga's reaction was still a little slower.

Spoy was deliberating with his retainers.

Originally, Yoshicho was going to send someone to contact Spo Yoshitomi, but now his main energy is Kamiraku, so he didn't want to make a fuss, so he didn't send someone to Owari.

However, after Spo Yoshitomi learned about Uesugi Masatora's deeds, he wanted to ask Uesugi Masatora to help him regain power in Owari.

Just when the dark tide of Owari was surging, the Mino country was already divided, and Higashimino was close to Shinano, and Saito Michizo's control over Higashimino was relatively weak, and the Higashimino people led by Endo Yinen, a native of the gun, declared their long-term loyalty to Mino Mamoru Ogasawara Yoshi.

This time, Ximinon's side is even more chaotic.

There are eighteen powerful Chinese people on the side of Ximinon, of which seventeen are from the eighteen generals of Ximinon, and there is one Takenaka Shigeji, who is still a child.

His father was Shigegen Takenaka.

Now the eighteen families are gathered together, and the leader is Inaba Yoshitsu, who became a monk when he was young, and his law name is Yitie, because his father and brothers were all killed in the battle of Makita, so he was welcomed home by his uncle and the elder of the family to serve as the governor.

When Inaba Ryotsu was practicing in the temple, he studied hard, which gave him a solid cultural foundation, so he also became a famous fierce general in Mino, and was also praised as "winning the battle" in the future.

Today, the eighteen families can gather together because of the fame of Inaba Ryotsu.

After the eighteen principals sat down, the lord of Ogaki Castle said with a clear pretense of confusion: "I wonder what Inaba Iyomori is looking for us at this time?" Now that the enemy is pressing the border, all the people in the east have surrendered, and the situation at home is critical, there is no time to reminisce about the past. ”

The owner of the Bupo Pavilion said with a smile: "What else can this do?" Now that the situation is clear, why should everyone pretend to be confused? ”

If you don't break the light rule, it makes the family Naoyuan a little embarrassed.

Inaba Ryotsu, who was seated, saw that he did not break the light and made his words clear, and directly opened the skylight and said brightly: "As the Kawachi Mamoru said, today is to discuss our way."

Today, the Toki family has been removed from the position of guardian by the imperial court and the shogunate, and the new guardian is Ogasawara Shinanomori. We are right to take refuge in him. What do you think? ”

The other seventeen families, you look at me, I look at you, didn't speak for a while.

Seeing that everyone was not speaking, Inaba Ryotsu was also a little drumming in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "Of course, we still have two ways to go, one is to help the lord fight against Ogasawara Shinanomori's Kamiraku army. The other is to remain neutral and not help anyone.

Ladies and gentlemen, even if our people from the western part of the country gather to fight at Inabayama Castle, how long can we hold out in the face of an attack of 50,000 people?

The second is that the two do not help each other, which must be unflattering, and it is inevitable that they will face the liquidation of the winner. So do you want to keep your family's name, or do you want to be loyal to your lord? ”

Everyone in the hall was still silent, but their expressions were different, among which Shigegen Takenaka's expression was more relaxed, and he just breathed a sigh of relief.

He was actually nervous, because he had only met the emissary of the Ogasawara family before he came.

Yoshicho knew that Shigeharu Takenaka was the son of Shigegen Takenaka, so he wanted to use Huairou means to subdue the Takenaka family, so he directly recruited Shigeharu Takenaka as his own surname and brought it with him to cultivate.

Shigenoshi Takenaka and Yoshinaga's envoy negotiated a condition that Yoshicho would retain the existing territory of the Takenaka family, which was something that Yoshicho could promise.

Now that he saw that Inaba Ryotsu had the intention of taking refuge in Yoshinaga, his heart was much more relaxed.

At this time, Fupo Guangji spoke: "Since Ogasawara Hall is already the guardian of Mino, then as a countryman of Mino, it is natural to be loyal to His Royal Highness. ”

The family Naoyuan also said: "That's what it means below. ”

As for Mamoru Ando, who was used by Saito Michi, he was a little hesitant and couldn't make a decision.

Inaba Ryotsu saw Ando Mamoru's thoughts, looked at Ando Mamoru and said, "Ando Mamoru, what are you still struggling with?" ”

Ando Mamoru sighed and frowned: "I relied on the lord under the lord, but now I want to betray him, I can't bear it." ”

When Inaba Ryo heard this, he chuckled and said, "Hehehe, Ando, the lord was a retainer of the small guardian generation Nagai Hall at the beginning." ”

As soon as Mamoru Ando heard this, he looked up at the passage of Inaba: "Isn't it okay to do this... Never mind... Iyomoru have you already been in contact with Mamoru Ogasawara Shinano? ”

Inaba Ryotsu did not hide it: "Yes, Ogasawara has already sent an envoy to find Zaixia, he will keep all the territories in Zaixia, and as soon as he takes the lord, he will give Zaixia an blocking paperwork."

Zai recommended Ando to the envoy of Ogasawara Hall, and as long as Ando made up his mind, he would definitely say good things in front of Ogasawara Hall and let His Highness keep Ando's territory. ”

Mamoru Ando thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, I am also willing to pledge my allegiance to Ogasawara Temple." ”

Now that the top four in Ximeinon's strength have all expressed their positions, the rest of the Chinese people immediately relented, saying that the eighteen should advance and retreat together.

Seeing everyone's statement, Inaba Ryotsu stroked his beard with great relief and said, "Okay, you have really chosen the wisest path, and I will explain everyone's attitude to the envoy of Ogasawara Hall." ”

The messenger who visited Inaba Yoshimichi was Uehara Tadadasa, and he automatically asked Ying to lurk in Inaba Mountain Castle.

There was already martial law in the city, but because everyone in the city had different thoughts, he naturally found a gap.

Uehara Tadasada got the letter signed by the eighteen families, and his heart was overjoyed, he looked at Inaba Ryotsu and smiled: "The credit of Inaba will be truthfully reported to the lord in the next meeting." ”

Inaba Ryotsu said with a smile: "Then thank Uehara for his kind words in advance, a small gift is not a tribute." As he spoke, he asked his subordinates to bring the gift box and handed it to Tadasada Uehara.

Uehara Tadasada did not shirk, accepted the gift, and he paused: "Inaba, pay attention these days, if something happens to Honmaru in the city, Inabaki must raise troops in time to control the people in Honmaru." ”

Inaba Ryotsu was shocked, and hurriedly nodded: "I understand, thank you for the suggestion." ”

Uehara Tadasada smiled: "Then I'll go and get busy first." ”

Inaba Ryotsu immediately got up and personally sent Tadasada Uehara away from his house.

After Tadasada Uehara came out of the house of Inaba Ryodotsu, he went to an ordinary house.

There are several ninjas waiting here.

Tadasada Uehara handed the document signed by the eighteen families to one of the ninjas, and said, "Be sure to show it to Yoshiryu Saito to strengthen his determination!" ”

Then he said to another ninja: "Go back quickly and tell the lord that it's time to send troops!" ”

The two ninjas who received the order immediately got up and left.

In the evening, Saito Michizo went to Fukayoshino to relax again, while Saito Yoshiryu was dealing with trivial matters.

His face was not good-looking, and in the past two days, because of his life experience, he was often distracted, so he was scolded by Saito Michizo, and the resentment in his heart deepened.

He was dealing with the paperwork, when a black shadow appeared in front of him, he quickly raised his head, and the movements in his hands were also very fast, and he pulled out the ribs in an instant.

The black shadow that appeared was none other than the ninja of the Ogasawara family, and he bowed his head and said, "The villain is here to send you something." As he spoke, he took out a joint letter from the eighteen generals and sent it to Saito Yoshiryu.

When Saito Yoshiryu read the letter, he was stunned and his heart jumped wildly.

Eighteen will turn against the water, what resistance can this Inaba Mountain Castle have, and the destruction of the Saito family is imminent.

Saito Yoshiryu understood that it was the Ogasawara family urging him to do it quickly.

As soon as he remembered Saito Michizo's attitude towards him, coupled with Fukayoshino's words, he immediately said, "I know, just do it in the next two days." ”