Takeda's whereabouts were quickly confirmed, and many people said that they saw him looting and setting fire to Gifu Castle, causing the people in the vicinity to flee in all directions.

This made the tie feel more and more that the counterattack was just a pretense, in order to disrupt the arrangement of the coalition forces and take the opportunity to withdraw and turn back.

No matter what the people of the Oda family would think, at least Hirate Honhide did not have any idea of going to the rescue, but ordered all the troops under his command to act cautiously according to the original plan and hold the frontal front.

In one day, from morning to night, the army of Hirate advanced in turn, and only moved about 220 towns (22 km) forward, resting in place and keeping on guard.

Then, after only two or three hours, on that night, I received a surprising piece of information.

It was Mizuno Nobumoto, the lord of Kariya Castle, who suddenly launched an attack at night, slaughtering Yasudai Terada and nearly 1,000 Izumi soldiers under his command who had been sent to monitor him, and openly defected to the Takeda family, with 2,000 people, and caged the castle to defend itself.

It is said that this person let go of his cruel words: "How vicious is the flat hand show, he actually wants to try to destroy my Mizuno clan!" Although my strength is weak, I cannot sit still, at least gnaw a piece of meat on him! ”

In this regard, as a party to the tie, Fan Xiu was completely speechless.

Although Mizuno Nobumoto's strong independence is indeed an unstable factor, this is a headache for Oda and Tokugawa, and I am far away in the Seto Inland Sea, so what are you doing with your?

- I can't say that......

Sending Dr. Terada to monitor in the past, it was not because this person was particularly trustworthy or particularly capable, on the contrary, this guy's ability and reliability were very average, but considering that the war was imminent, the good talent was not enough, and he was overstretched, so he reluctantly put it up.

It is said that a Hequan person and a Sanhe person, separated by such a distance, are bound to be jealous of each other, and theoretically it should be impossible to unite against foreign enemies, nor can they collude with traitors and defect together.

That's enough.

I never thought that Mizuno Nobumoto somehow misunderstood the meaning—perhaps pretending to misunderstand the meaning—and simply fell to Takeda's side!

Located at the junction of Owari and Mikawari, Kariya Castle is a road hub and a necessary place for communication and logistics.

If he retreats at this time and sits back and watches Mizuno Nobumoto defect, Tokugawa will be left alone and will probably sue for peace within a few days.

If Tokugawa surrenders, the situation will be even more erosive.

Fortunately, there was no land to rely on in that city, and there were no high-quality walls to rely on. Mizuno said that there were more than 2,000 troops, and the combat power was also very mediocre. Heishou didn't have time to think about it, and immediately ordered the generals to prepare for the siege of Kariya Castle early tomorrow morning.

Before the Takeda army came, it was best to pull this nail down.

Thankfully, instead of allowing the detachments of Hirate Hideyoshi and Nakamura Kazushi to fully support the Oda Army, they chose a conservative line of self-preservation.

Otherwise, the rebellion of Kariya City will be even more uncomfortable if it hits the seven inches.

It's not over yet.

After nightfall, before he could fall asleep, he was woken up by his own soldiers on the couch.

The messenger reported that some people had taken advantage of the darkness to shoot arrows with letters tied to them in the camp.

Take it and take a look, it turned out to be in the tone of Takeda Shingen, inviting a tie to share the world!

What "Oda is the dry bones in the mound, and the yellow flowers of tomorrow are unbearable." Wouldn't it be nice to set up contemptible people to take Yuanjiang, Sanhe, and Owari Prefectures, and the Criminal Department to accept Omi and Meino in their arms, and jointly try to dominate the industry. ”

Seeing this, he smiled bitterly.

Cunning and undisciplined, but the big tiger, the battle is skillfully used, although the smart people will not believe any of the words, but there are always fewer smart people in the world than the stupid people, and the stupid people often like to believe in conspiracy theories......

It doesn't hurt for outsiders, but if the people of the Oda and Tokugawa families believe this statement, it will be a little troublesome.

But the most troublesome thing is that if the retainers of the Heishou family also think that this statement is reliable, it will be really difficult to deal with.

But there is no point in arguing, and rumors can never be dispelled by reasoning. It's better to fight with the other party as soon as possible, and use actions to show your attitude, which is the most convincing.

Before I could give any orders, there was information sent in.

Hidenaga Kinoshita, who was assigned to monitor the Kumano Water Army, also sent back an urgent report that must be read!

It turned out that the fleet entered the port and was resting, a cousin of Nine Ghost Jialong quietly recruited more than a dozen ship generals, and colluded with some of his own soldiers to launch a mutiny!

This group of careerists first killed the residence of the head of the family, trying to kidnap the Nine Ghosts Jialong, force them to defect, and turn to Jiafei. However, the Nine Ghosts Jialong was very alert, and when he heard the wind was wrong, he fled from the window and found the sailors who were loyal to him.

Then, seeing that they could not do anything, the "rebels" led their team, seized dozens of ships, and planned to break through the siege by boat and go to Suruga to join Takeda Shingen. And at this time, according to Kinoshita Hidenaga's report, the nine ghosts Yoshitaka behaved very hesitant and ambiguous, and did not resolutely crack down on this kind of splitting the team, but had some merciful taste of his subordinates.

Fortunately, Hidecho Kinoshita was present.

Not only did he insist that the Nine Ghosts Jialong immediately surround and intercept the Nine Ghosts as the representative of the Tie Family, but when he was pursuing, he even took the lead in standing on the bow of the ship, braving the wind, waves and rain, armed with an iron cannon, and shot the leader of the rebels, that is, the cousin of the Nine Ghosts Jialong.

At this moment, the situation was finally calmed down, and most of the ships and men were recovered.

Only the men of the two brisk boats escaped.

Such a dramatic development is indeed worth reporting overnight.

Two pieces of bad news followed by one piece of good news, which is not too sad.

……

When it comes to this, Tie Tsunosu doesn't have to think about it to know that it must have been Takeda Shingen's shot.

I thought of a lot of ways and tried my best to create the illusion that this person was dead, but in fact, I knew very well in my heart that Takeda Shingen was just accumulating hard work, and he could still be a normal director.

The enemy's main force remained in Enoe only because he was still worried that Tokugawa Ieyasu would not be able to solve the problem and could not guarantee the supply of supplies after going west.

However, the enemy is not blind either, and there will certainly be ways to exert influence outside of the military.

"Kai Tiger" Si people, although later generations are famous for governing the army, but its practical use is more in the dark room of diplomacy and strategy, "Koshin diplomatic monk" in the Kanto affairs has always been very important, and the name of "Tobori Ninja" is resounding all over the world.

Of course, there is no shortage of talented people in the Heite family, but there are priorities, and they spend a lot of energy caring about Takeda Shingen's health and luring Takeda Katsuyori out of Cheongju Castle, and the rest of the people are used to maintain the intelligence system of the frontal battlefield, so they really can't spare any resources to invest in other secondary directions.

The Kumano Navy of the Nine Ghost Family can still be firmly tied to their own warship, relying on the wisdom, courage and decisiveness of Kinoshita Hidenaga. It's a pity that such talents are limited after all, and Dr. Terada Yasuda's guy used to boast of being shrewd, but he was beheaded by Mizuno Nobumoto in his sleep, and nearly a thousand soldiers were buried with him.

On an optimistic note...... More than half of the named samurai lords in the entire Izumi country may have been killed, and since the temple and shrine forces have been tossed and choked enough, there is no longer any obstacle to deepening the centralized rule in the future, and the surrounding area can be further gradually transformed.

…… That's the only way to console yourself.

Coming back to his senses, Hisho found himself faced with a difficult choice.

On the northern border of Higashi-Owari and Nishi-Mikawa, Oda Nobutada and Tokugawa Nobuyasu coincidentally fought with Yamagu-magakei and Takasaka Masanobu, but they didn't know what the situation was like and whether they needed support.

In the south position, Mizuno Nobumoto's Kariya Castle occupies an important place for water and land transportation, and it is like a gangrene of the appendages, which is not unpleasant. If it drags on for a long time, it is tantamount to giving up the rescue of the three rivers and the far rivers, which is absolutely unacceptable.

Takeda Katsuyori, who burned and looted in Gifu Castle, must be advancing and retreating, and it is estimated that he will turn back immediately, this is a great opportunity to intercept and eliminate his living force, and I am afraid that there will be no more after missing it.

Or do you need to divide your forces into two, or even three?

In any case, the enemy-friend ratio was always much better than when the tie Honhide first arrived in Owari, and the scene was generally evenly balanced, and Kiyoshu Castle was recaptured.

However, as their own interests become more and more involved, and the situation becomes more and more complicated, the pressure has increased.