When I came out of Oda Nobutada's tent, it was already halfway through the clock (about four o'clock in the morning), and the sky was still dark, but a faint light was faintly visible on the eastern horizon.

The coalition army of more than 30,000 people was divided into more than 20 camps of various sizes, and it was bustling and continuous during the day. At night, most of the soldiers fell asleep, leaving only a few people on duty to patrol in groups of three or five with torches, and occasionally there was a link to confirm the identity of the password. At a glance, there are still or moving stars all around, endless and countless.

After tossing for most of the night, his heart was already quite haggard, and he just wanted to hurry back to the camp and sleep happily.

In the past, Fan Xiu had a "bad resume" of fighting with his family, but now that Ji Wushi is pregnant, he stays in the city of Awaji Prefecture to give birth, so the taste of warm nephrite in his arms cannot be continued to be enjoyed.

From this point of view, it is still Oda Nobutada's self-control and principled strength.

While lazily walking back, while indulging his thoughts and thoughts, he was about to walk to the door of the house, and was about to lie down on the warm bed, when he was suddenly stopped by someone from behind.

"Tie hand, please stay, there is something to discuss!"

It's a real disappointment.

But listening to this voice, it is clearly a colleague at home, Hidetaka Kawajiri.

The "Horse Guards" who had previously served with him as Nobunaga were under his tent. Now that they are assisting Nobunaga's son together, they have come to attack Iga Country, which can be regarded as some fate.

Hidetaka Kawajiri has always been thoughtful, silent, calm, and neat character. He ran out in the middle of the night and said, "There is something to discuss," so there must be something important to discuss.

So Hirata took half a second to sort out his mood, forcibly lifted his spirits, turned back, bent down to salute, and responded with a smile: "Since it was Kawajiri-sama's invitation, there is no reason to refuse." ”

In the past, neither of them was born, and they were called each other as "Jinzaemon" and "Yobei". Now the one who walks faster is already a "tie master", and although the other person has no official status, he must always be called "Kawajiri-sama" to be polite.

"Thank you!" Kawajiri Hidetaka hurriedly bowed down in return, then took two steps, came to the front, looked around left and right, and made sure that there were no idlers present, before leaning forward and whispering: "Go to the camp tent to talk, but there are many people and miscellaneous, I see that this place is very quiet, so there is no need to move, I will speak bluntly here." Actually, I came here because I suddenly had an inspiration and thought of a plan to join the army at night. ”

Entering the army at night?

Pingshou Fanxiu's brain is a little out of state, and he is a little ignorant at first hearing. But after thinking about it, he immediately understood what the other party meant.

"Do you mean, to take the enemy by surprise while the news of the tsutsui's ambush has not yet leaked out?" Although he understood the meaning, he couldn't judge the merits of the strategy for a while.

"Exactly!" Kawajiri Hidetaka's eyebrows rose slightly, and there was a sense of joy in his eyes that "heroes see the same thing": "After all, the real target of the strategy is Iga Province, and Tsutsui is just an ally of the Iga people, so he has to solve it in advance because he is in the way that must be passed." It's good to be happy to subdue the tsutsui, but if you stop there......"

Before the last words could be spoken, Hirate Honshu had immediately grasped the point of it, not only frowning and asking, "Lord Kawajiri, it seems that you are not optimistic about the prospects of the army attacking Iga Province." ”

Hidetaka Kawajiri sighed lightly when he heard this, and said honestly, "I really can't be optimistic. The people of Iga are quite stubborn and difficult to deal with, and our coalition forces are mixed and unsophisticated, and I don't know how many people have been mixed in, and even eat inside and out......"

"Oh? Is there such a thing? ”

Hearing this, Pingshou Fanxiu also began to become serious, and his sleepiness had completely disappeared.

The coalition of more than 30,000 people, some of whom are indiscriminate, is not surprising, and it will not cause too serious consequences.

But inside and out, that's another level of business.

It is said that Hidetaka Kawajiri has always acted steadily, and he doesn't like to be unconventional and exaggerated, since he said so, did he feel the wind in this regard?

"I did receive some information about chasing after the wind, and in short, I would rather believe it than not believe it." Hidetaka Kawajiri frowned and asked softly in a consultative tone, "What do you think of my idea of a sneak attack?" ”

So he lowered his head and thought about it for a while.

As usual, although the Oda family has already raised the banner of pacifying Iga, with the fortified castle of Tsutsui in front of them, the people of Iga will definitely be negligent, and there may even be some "smart people" who do not take Oda's banner seriously at all.

Iga's people certainly did not have the financial resources to maintain a standing army, and it took a lot of effort to gather peasants before the war. If you take this opportunity to take down some strongholds and heads, then this raider behavior can be regarded as an explanation.

Seeing that Tsunohide didn't answer, Hidetaka Kawajiri added, "The agreement made at night will not be announced until daytime. If you act fast enough, you will be able to capture some territory before the Iga people mobilize. ”

At this point, Hirate Tsunohide already knew Kawajiri's determination, and felt that there was no reason to dissuade him.

It's just that the core problem is that-

"Who is going to command the surprise troops? The young master cannot be allowed to take on such a dangerous duty. ”

The most crucial point is to be said in one sentence.

The surprise attack force pays the most attention to lightly armed, moves like thunder, and has to adapt to accidents in the event of an accident, Oda Nobutada This is still the first battle, and he will definitely not be able to play such a high-end operation.

But it's not appropriate to send someone else, there is no suitable candidate in the Ichigo and the pedigree, and if you send someone else, even if you win the battle, you will be divided in half, which is not in line with the campaign goal of making a name for the young lord of Oda.

In this regard, Hidetaka Kawajiri smiled lightly: "This candidate, I'm afraid it is more suitable for me to go." And in the middle of the draw, you accompanied the young master and led the army to follow up half a day later. If I am unfavorable in the battle, I will ask you to help the young master stabilize the troops. ”

"That's right......"

Tieshou was slightly surprised.

In terms of identity, Hidetaka Kawajiri has been given to Oda Nobutada, and his record is naturally also Oda Nobutada's, which is very suitable for fighting as a pioneer.

It's just that I didn't expect this old teammate to finally climb to the high position of the second-generation assistant, and he actually took the initiative to ask Ying to take on the most dangerous pioneer duties.

Perhaps that's why Nobunaga chose him to assist the second generation......

"How many people are you going to take with you?" Fan Xiu then asked another core question.

"Two or three thousand people are expected." Hidetaka Kawajiri immediately replied, "I want to leave half of the guards in the flag book, and I can take away fifteen hundred at most, and I am going to borrow a few hundred people from the Mino country as flanks, and I also hope that you will also send some elite assistance from the Hirate family." The rest are not worth ...... for the time being"

He didn't say the words "not worth relying on", but the meaning was clear.

This is really embarrassing, and the assessment results of Kawajiri Hidetaka and Hirata Tsunohide on the actual combat strength of the coalition forces seem to be similar.

It doesn't matter if the outsiders are despised or suspected, but I didn't expect that Ichimen and Owari Kuniko are also widely distrusted.

If you think about it, these can be said to be the two major hidden dangers of the Oda family.

Nobunaga had more than a dozen brothers, among whom he was called a talented one, one was his cousin Nobuyhiro, who was marginalized on suspicion of rebellion, and the other was his younger brother Nobuyuki, who was killed in two attempts to usurp the throne. Therefore, the sense of existence of the remaining sects is very weak.

There were also a lot of talented people among the retainers of the lineage who were born in Owari, but they were gradually sent out after Kamiraku, not only the elders of the Niwa and Shibata families, but also the backbone of Maeda and Sasa were also given the responsibility of sending the rest of the power. Therefore, most of the civil officials who can speak in the center have followed it.

The topic was so big that Hirate didn't think about it anymore.

Let's focus on the things at hand.

After thinking for a moment, Fan Xiu nodded and agreed to this request: "If you lead the team to attack, I will send the two most elite reserve teams under my command with 700 people to participate." ”

"That's grateful!" Kawajiri Shu nodded solemnly, "Without further ado, let's go and ask the young master for instructions, and ...... as soon as we get the general's order."

"Wait a minute!" Hirata Tsunosu resolutely interrupted this sentence, "Please go alone to ask the young master, and be sure not to mention the name of the contemptible person." ”

"Uh...... Yes, yes, you really should, and in the next moment, I was confused, but thankfully you reminded me. ”

Hidetaka Kawajiri showed a gesture that was half ashamed and half abrupt, and apologized again and again.

I just don't know if there's any camouflage in it.

Anyway, whether there is or not, the tie thinks that there is no loophole.

Thirteen-year-old Oda Nobutada could never have had the scheming to let Hidetaka Kawajiri test the minister.

But thirty-four-year-old Oda Nobunaga is not easy to say.