Taking advantage of Kawada Naga's own visit to ask for a meeting, Hirate Tsunohide was able to get rid of the renge meeting that he was not very interested in and return to the familiar military tent.

It's actually quite laborious to accompany a bunch of ministers and ministers in Kyoto, and it's not easier than trekking through mountains and rivers, because people have many years of experience and have been doing this professionally since childhood, but you are not.

In contrast, it is not very difficult to deal with military and political affairs that have long been familiar to Tieshou, especially now that he has a deep sense of authority, and he does not worry about his subordinates disobeying the yang and yin at all.

After returning to the army with Kawada Changqin, Hirata Honhide first found the retainers of the rank of General and above, learned about the situation one by one, and asked about the status of the soldiers.

After the comprehensive statistics, thousands of people from Awaji to Izumi to Yamashiro Province, a total of more than 20 non-combat attrition, most of them because of infection; Caught twice in the fight, no serious injuries were caused; Three cases of slackness in duty have been dealt with, and the relevant responsible persons have been punished with reduced salaries; There is no arrears in the payment of salaries for the time being; There was no loss of baggage except for a sack of miscellaneous grain that fell while crossing the sea.

By the standards of the current era, this is an excellent achievement.

Theoretically, it should be satisfied.

It's just that many retainers patted their chests to ensure that their morale was worry-free, and they all invariably expressed their concern for Izumi's affairs in a tactful or very tactful tone.

To put it bluntly, everyone must have been reluctant to hand over the authority of Izumi at the beginning. In the series of events that followed, the acting officials sent by the shogunate, as well as Sakuma Nobumori, who tried to pick peaches, did not gain a foothold, which gave the retainers hope of taking back Ichikoku Izumi.

On the surface, it seems that there is no one else who can calm down this area for a while, except for the Heite family.

However, neither Ashikaga Yoshiaki nor Oda Nobunaga took a position on this. The formal power of Izumi has always been hanging in the air, and it cannot be realized.

The shogunate had lost the bargaining capital and simply pretended to be deaf and dumb. But no one knows what Nobunda's mind is.

As you can imagine, in this case, everyone is like a gambler who has won a bunch of chips in a tavern and is told that it cannot be exchanged for cash, desperate for an explanation.

The intentions of the people are clear, and both the retainers and Yori want to rise with the Hirate family, and the locals of Izumi also miss the Hete family's relaxed policies.

In particular, the people of Ataka Nobuyasu moved to Izumi under the arrangement of Hirate Tsunohide, and he has been fighting with the Hirate family since then, and he did not realize that the Raushiko guardian sent by the shogunate was in a situation where his name was not right.

However, there is really no answer to this question.

Originally, according to the plan of the tie, as long as the conflict between Sakuma Nobumori and Kaimachi was triggered, he could return to Izumi as a mediator and successfully regain his authority.

However, when it came to actual operation, Yamauchi Kazutoyo on the front line was too active, and he found out that Nobuei Sakuma mistakenly killed Ikenaga Heihisa, which had an impact beyond expectations.

In the long run, this was actually a good thing, completely cutting off the possibility of Sakuma Nobumori meddling in Izumi's affairs, and making the wealthy merchants of Kai Town wary of the other bigwigs of the Oda family except for the tira.

But in the short term, it is not suitable to wade into this troubled water.

At least three or four months will have to wait, and Ikinaga's 100 days will be over.

Anyway, Izumi Ichikoku has already substantially mastered it, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki will not have the spare strength to intervene for the time being, and the rest, as long as Nobunaga doesn't go crazy, this territory can't escape.

All in all, for the concerns raised by his subordinates, Hisei was unable to give a substantive response, and could only appease him with a little false empty words.

To put it bluntly, it is forcibly suppressed by relying on the prestige of the past.

The flat hand has always given the impression of being kind and pleasant, and humble and open. But if he wants to make a real face, no one dares to have half a word of objection up and down. After all, the huge family business is basically run by him alone, and there is no "three dynasty veterans" with high hard work.

For two days in a row, more than a dozen hours, the core cadres of the family, one after another, came up one after another, and they all raised their faces. After such a circle, people are exhausted, but their spirits are broken and full.

This is the truth that power makes people young.

It's a pity that the days of playing prestige behind closed doors didn't last long. Early the next morning, the Oda family's nickname, Manmi Senchiyo, came to deliver a message, saying, "According to the will of the lord, if the military affairs of the Heishou are arranged, it is better to return to Kyoto as soon as possible." ”

It's also helpless.

The 100,000-strong army gathered in Kyoto, and it was obvious that the political significance was much higher than the military significance, so this trip to Shangluo was sure to be filled with various social activities.

No matter how you can't get used to it, you can only cheer up and try your best to deal with it.

……

So he followed Manmi Senchiyo and returned to Kyoto.

The way to the tie was much smoother than that of Kawada Nagakin. With his level, he naturally doesn't need to be notified layer by layer to verify his identity, and he doesn't have to care too much about passers-by who come to set up close - in fact, there are few people who dare to come forward to set up close to him.

Arriving in Kyoto safely, I went to the temple where Oda Nobunaga was staying, bypassed the front hall, and came to the backyard, but instead of the imaginary scene full of friends, only Nobunaga stood alone with his hands closed and meditated.

"You're here! Let's find a place to sit first, and there will be a lot of eminent monks who are good at manipulating whether or not to be present later, and I'm afraid it will take you a lot of speech. ”

Nobunaga didn't turn around or look back, as if he knew the identity of the comer just by listening to the voice, and reminded him very "kindly", and the contempt for the Buddhist forces in his words was undisguised.

"Thank you for the reminder." He bowed and bowed, then looked around to the left and right, found a stone and sat down like this.

The lord doesn't seem to have the heart to talk nonsense, so why bother yourself?

But he didn't think about it, but he only sat quietly for a while, and then Nobunaga slowly walked up to him, still standing with his hands in his hands, his eyes squinting at the flowers and plants around him without emotion, and he gently "exhaled", as if unintentionally, "What do you think about the matter of Izumi, you are in charge of the affairs of the master?" ”

Such a rare gesture made Fan Xiu slightly stunned.

Is this still the big demon king who is resolute and doesn't talk nonsense? Could it be that after chatting too happily with the ministers and nobles, his personality changed?

Talk to each other if you have something! What kind of elegant person is you? Everyone is so familiar with each other, who still doesn't know who?

Tieshou Fanxiu secretly complained in his heart, completely forgetting that he was usually this posture of pretending to be a criminal.

Spit and spit out, the question still has to be answered.

After sorting out his thoughts a little, Fan Xiu said loudly: "Back to the lord, Hequan Kingdom is already under the control of his subordinates. It's just that considering the unexpected death of Chi Yongheijiu, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to get involved in it with great fanfare at this time. I plan to look for another opportunity in three months' time. ”

"Really? That's fine. Nobunaga still looked preoccupied, and his tone was not at all like the previous style, and he paused for a long time before he spoke again: "It's okay for Izumi to hand it over to you, but to ensure the safety of Kaimachi, you are also responsible for Sakuma Nobuei to make that kind of thing." ”

Although the words are accusations, the tone is neither soft nor hard, which is really confusing. Pingshou Fan Xiu could only kneel on the ground, put on a posture of reflection, and said, "The subordinate is guilty!" But I didn't know what to say.

"Get up!" Nobunaga waved his hand, his expression became more and more interested, and the loneliness in his words became heavier and heavier, "We have also been monarchs and ministers for so many years, why should we be so serious about a small mistake?" What I'm going to tell you today is a hundred times more serious! ”

What?

A hundred times more serious?

Hearing this, Tieshou was completely dumbfounded.

The fact that Ikenaga was "mistakenly killed" by Sakuma Nobuei is not earth-shattering, but it is not trivial, at least it is a medium meaning.

It's a hundred times more serious than this, this has to be the rhythm of some big guy's head to move, right?

No wonder Nobunaga's words and deeds suddenly became so strange!

What went wrong?

Ashikaga Yoshiaki wants to completely turn his face with the Oda family? Takeda Shingen or Uesugi Kenshin want to go to Luo in advance? Matsunaga Show wants to rebel in advance and become Spider-Man?

Tieshou Fanxiu racked his brains and couldn't figure it out, so he could only wait quietly.

Nobunaga groaned a few more times before he frowned and said, "This morning, I received a letter from Anon from Gifu Castle and learned of something amazing. It's about your children, it's about my children. ”

Hearing this, Fan Xiu was even more puzzled.

Child?

It doesn't make sense anymore.

How much noise can children make? What's the big deal?

What's more, the wives and concubines and children of the Heite family have already received Awaji Island, and they have long since stopped living in Gifu Castle!

Can you volley through a few hundred kilometers?

I was puzzled, so I could only listen to Nobunaga continue.

“…… As you know, I was going to marry my eldest daughter, Gotoku, to Takechiyo, the sister-in-law of the Tokugawa family, so before going to Luo, I instructed Anon to arrange for the two children to meet while the retainers had come to Kyoto and the people were few and clean. But who knows......"

Speaking of this, a wave of anger suddenly appeared between Nobunaga's eyebrows, and he slammed the folding fan on the ground with his hand, and let out a heavy "snort", instantly changing from Qu Yuan, who was sad and emotional, to Zhang Fei, who was angry.

“…… The subordinate really couldn't figure out how the dog could get involved in this matter even though he was stubborn......"

Tie Fan Xiu couldn't help but cry out.

On the other side, Nobunaga laughed angrily, "hehe" twice, turned around, and scolded angrily: "Your child is not stubborn, but he is very capable!" Did you know that Gotoku and Tokugawa Takechiyo had a good conversation and played shogi together. As a result, Wude won many battles and killed that kid from Sanhe without leaving a piece ......of armor behind."

At this, Nobunaga couldn't help but smile smugly, but after a moment it turned into an angry pursed mouth.

Then the tone of his voice rose three degrees, and he changed from scolding to roaring: "Then when Wude went back, he said to Nong, 'This kid is too stupid, how can he be my husband?' I'm only willing to marry a smart guy like Hirata Chiyomaru! Look, what a good son you taught! ”

Ha?

This......

This ......

This, this, this......

Pingshou was dumbfounded, and he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

Rather than being afraid, his current psychology is closer to wanting to laugh, but he doesn't dare to let Nobunaga see it, and he is extremely uncomfortable.