Yamato country, Shingui mountain castle.

The glorious history of Matsunaga Shu was swept into the garbage heap, and it temporarily became a transit point from western to the Tokaido, where countless samurai, ashigaru, commissioners, miscellaneous servants, and even merchants and young girls traveled during the period.

In order to thank the Lord of the Heite Punishment Department for his benevolent act of "following the law to fight against rebellion and relieving the people from falling", the local people of Yamato Province gathered more than 3,000 people, led by Yanagi Sogan's eldest son, Yanagi Yangyu Yankatsu, and offered to help resist Takeda's "great cause". Tsutsui Shunkei, who didn't want to be troublesome, had no choice but to order Matsukura Shigenobu to lead 2,500 soldiers to join in order to fight for the right to speak in the division of Matsunaga's inheritance.

As always, the draw promised to bear the full supply of grain.

Thus, after a complicated process, the total number of troops reached about 30,000. The army had already issued a plan to enter the area of Owari and Mikawa by way of Minami-Omi and Nishi-Mino, and fight against Takeda Shingen, who was advancing westward.

However, at the beginning of the promotion, the officers were suddenly urgently summoned and passed on the instruction of "all stop and be on standby".

This is repeated, the order is changed day by day, and the whole army is stunned, unclear, and at a loss.

In particular, the "friendly army" and the "guest army" of all stripes.

The person in charge of the herald was Iwanari Yutsu, who was expressionless, read a simple sentence in a calm tone, and then turned around and left, leaving no chance to ask.

Then, when Oda Nagayi heard the news, he was immediately shocked, and shouted in public: "Could it be that in a place that we didn't pay attention to, something happened that the sky and the earth were shattering?" How good is that? ”

When he shouted, Yanagi Yansheng, the head snake of the land, and Matsukura Shigenobu of the Tsutsui family couldn't sit still, on the one hand, they despised this person for not having any castle government and was ashamed of being Oda Danmasa's own brother, but on the other hand, they were as curious as him, and couldn't help but ask.

Shikoku's Tokawa Storage, Ioka Sakyo, Kagawa Nokei, and others were much calmer, probably seeing too much of the hands of the Lord of the Hirate Punishment Department, and they were afraid, and although they had doubts on their faces, they did not immediately put them into words.

Hirate Hideyi, Nakamura Kazuji, Asano Nagayoshi, and Baixiang Ieka, including most of the Ichi, Qimoto, and Waixiang retainers, of course, have confidence in their own lord, but at this time, they can't help but be a little surprised.

Kawada has been on assignment for more than a year, and he doesn't know much about the situation in the center, but he still thinks of himself as an "old man with a pen" in his heart, and he immediately wants to appease this group of nervous and restless people a little.

Changzong's Yuan Qin was a little faster than him, grabbed the front and got up, stood in front of everyone, calm, calm, and said, "What kind of person is the Lord of the Criminal Department?" is a drastic change that the sky is falling apart, and his old man has his own means, and he dares to guarantee that nothing will happen that cannot be cleaned up. ”

When the words landed, the faces of the people of the four countries eased slightly, obviously believing this. Oda Nagayi, Yanagi Yankatsu, Matsukura Shigenobu and others were intimidated by his demeanor, and they all reined in, apologized in unison, and then hurriedly turned their heads and ears to inquire about the information of the person "Changzong and my department".

At this moment, the head of the Changzong and my department suddenly smiled again, and the words changed: "However, we are mediocre and layman, not as far-sighted as the Lord of the Criminal Department, and it is inevitable that we will be puzzled for a while. Why don't you do this—how about I ask for you? ”

"Then trouble His Royal Highness Changzong!"

Many people subconsciously nodded in agreement, and even included some of the flag books of the Heishou family and the retainers of the foreign family.

Kawada was in a hurry, but considering his status as the "Acting Governor of Shikoku", it was not appropriate for him to come forward to have a dispute with Tosa Guardian, so he hurriedly signaled to Nakamura, Asano, and Baixiang with his eyes.

Both Nakamura Kazushi and Kato Kyoaki reacted, and rushed to the side of Nagazong's head himself, saying something like "How can you bother His Highness the Guardian of a Country to do this thing", and held it tightly.

Seeing this, the Yuan Qin of Changzong and my department were not in a hurry, as if they were all expected, and were about to speak out to defend themselves, but suddenly heard a loud noise around them, and couldn't help but be stunned.

It turned out to be Sasa Chengzheng, who was sitting in the corner and was unnoticed, slapped the table hard, and said in a loud voice: "It was not easy to assemble the army, and I made up my mind, I have to ask why the battle with Takeda was postponed!" I have to ask, so please don't fight! ”

Everyone looked at each other, let go and bowed their heads.

Sasa Chengzheng's gesture was made, and naturally no one would argue with him, but everyone's impression of him also deteriorated a little - although he didn't see much good.

Some people think: Isn't it just relying on the power of the Oda family? You must know that the word Oda is not so easy to use now! If you don't change this domineering style, there will be a time when you will be punished in the future!

Someone secretly scolded: Isn't it just relying on the quasi-in-law relationship with the Lord of the Criminal Department? What are your own merits? Relying on nepotism to get on top, but proud of it?

……

In fact, Zuo Zuo Chengzheng was also very aggrieved in his heart.

During this time, he gradually realized that things were not quite in the right direction.

Colleagues in the Oda family all know that Sasa Narumasa is a person who is upright by nature, does not understand the truth of twists and turns, and attaches great importance to righteousness. So he was convinced of what Tie Tsusue said.

But he's not stupid after all.

It took three or four months to come around and go around in Kinai, but it did not get the reinforcements to arrive in Owari as soon as possible, and only got a bunch of hypocritical and cheap promises.

The dignified shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, was theoretically the most responsible to lead everyone against the Takeda traitors, but he had been busy fabricating accusations in the past few months to co-opt and annex the people of Yamashiro and Hanoi.

The dignified guardian of the Three Kingdoms, Hirate Honhide, was actually the most powerful to send reinforcements to support Oda and Tokugawa, but in the past few months, he has followed the events of Enryakuji Temple, defeated the Matsunaga clan, and occupied the castle of Shinkiyama.

Ladies and gentlemen, all of you shout the righteousness of the world all day long, but your words and deeds are obviously not consistent.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki is just that, and he didn't expect him to do anything reliable.

But the tie is ...... He's an old minister reused by Oda Danmasa, and he's an old friend of Owari, and he's a quasi-in-law of the Sasa family, and he has a very close relationship, and he's gotten along like a brother since he was a child.

It hurts too much to be deceived by such a friend.

The "Enryakuji Fire Disaster" happened very inexplicably, and afterwards, Sasa Narimasa vaguely felt that he was not being used.

Looking back now, is it true that if the Matsunaga family is not resolved, there will be no way to support Oda? Or is it an excuse to expand their personal power?

I can't think about it.

However, Sasa Naruma didn't understand the details, and it was not easy to pursue it, so he just urged the tie to understand the matter as soon as possible, and send troops quickly, so as not to let the children of the Oda family be frightened.

Fortunately, after Matsunaga was settled, there were no more moths, and the time for sending troops was finally planned, and the grain and grass were prepared, and everything was developing in the ideal direction......

Then, less than twelve hours before the official departure, the flat hand suddenly had a "cancel the operation, stand by the spot" reaction.

Sasa Naruma really couldn't help it.

He couldn't wait to rush all the way into the castle tower of Shinguiyama Castle, twist the back collar to pull out Hite, punch that hateful face, and ask if he still regarded the Owari Oda clan as "his own".

Obviously, only the first sentence of this paragraph is capable of doing it.

That is, "rushing all the way into the castle tower of Shinkiyama Castle".

The gatekeeper knew him, so Sazuo Chengzheng was about to break in without being informed, and he didn't dare to really stop him, but he was very resolute in letting him untie his sword first.

So he strode through the door and up the stairs.

Then I saw Pingshou Fuxiu half-lying and half-sitting on the floor, lazy and debauched, and became more and more angry.

However, no matter what, there is no step of "twisting the back collar to pull out the flat hand".

Sasa Narumasa didn't know that if he really dared to do this, he would fall in a pool of blood in the next moment. It's just that his common sense still overrides emotion.

Therefore, he just blushed his face, bowed down, and asked coldly:

"The soldiers are all ready, may I ask the Lord of the Criminal Department, why did you suddenly cancel the order to enter the army? If there is no suitable reason, I am afraid that it will cause chaos in the hearts of the army! ”

Hearing this, Hiratsu was not angry, but smiled bitterly, quietly reached out in a certain direction, shook it gently, and then handed over a piece of paper in front of him.

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng stretched out his hand to take it, swept it hastily, and was stunned like a wooden chicken.

It was written in very short lines -

"The Awaji Navy fleet caught fire in the Kumano Waterway two days ago, and after that six ships were sunk and nine were damaged, only two of which were intact. The surviving sailors temporarily resided in Kumano Taisha Shrine. The rations, timber, and armaments were almost exhausted, more than 200 were killed, the wounded were not counted for the time being, and the general of the ship was in a safe and healthy house, and his whereabouts were unknown. ”

Then the faint voice of the flat hand sounded slowly: "I have lost 8,000 stone of military rations, 3,000 stone of wood, and 1,500 stone of ordnance. This is not a small amount, and it will take at least half a month to raise it again. If you don't want the soldiers to starve to death in Owari, or loot the local people for food...... You have to wait. ”