On the top floor of the second-story Imperial Pavilion of Takaya Castle Honmaru, Hirata Hirahide sat on top of the maza, holding on to the railing and looking at the battlefield in front of him with a Nanban clairhandy mirror, and did not say a word.

It wasn't until the sun was setting that he finally let go, slowly got up, and let out a light sigh containing complex emotions.

Still silent.

Among the generals around him, there are those who think about problems from the standpoint of the overall situation, such as Hirate Hideyoshi, Kawada Nagakin, and Iwanari Tomotsu, there are those who are full of bad water and think about how to expand their advantages, such as Honda Masanobu and Konishi Yukinaga, who are eager to try out the opportunity to try, such as Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Yukawa Naoharu, who are embarrassed and uneasy when they return from defeat and retreat, and there are those who represent the shogunate and have subtle identities such as Hosokawa Fujitaka, Odate Haritada, and Ueno Kiyonobu, and there are those who think of the local feelings of Owari and are difficult to let go, such as Noguchi Masatoshi, Ieka Baigo, and Kinoshita Hidenaga, There are also VIPs who are nervous and happy and dare not show such as Kyogoku Takayoshi, Takeda Motoaki, etc.

But Ashikaga Yoshiaki is not here.

His addiction to cigarettes became more and more serious, and he could not get a stable supply, so he only survived on a few intermittent box bottoms, and his body became more and more embarrassed, and he gradually did not like to go out and deal with others.

Now everyone knows very well who is in charge of the Western Army.

A bold person was impatient and began to persuade: "Oda Danzheng has now become a turtle in an urn, and the general trend of the world must have arrived, and he is about to congratulate the Lord of the Criminal Department on such an immortal achievement." ”

Immediately, someone followed suit, saying, "The court must have something to say in order to make everyone convinced!" "The work of rebuilding the shogunate cannot be overstated." and words such as "The nations can only maintain tranquility by relying on your old man" and "The duty to protect the great righteousness is not to be compromised."

But the flat hand was tightly locked, his face was solemn, and he shook his head vigorously and said: "Oda Danzheng is a groundbreaking figure, and the battle is not over yet, so you can't take him lightly." What's more, as an old minister of Owari, even if I defeat the old lord, I just feel panic and guilt, where does the joy come from? ”

Immediately, the person who patted the horse's ass on the horse's hooves was embarrassed.

Only Kawada Chang personally heard the string song and knew the meaning of the song, and immediately said: "Lord of the Criminal Department, please forgive your subordinates for their courage." It is true that Oda Bomb's behavior of disobeying the public and taking pictures of Kyoto is rebellious and lawless, and it needs to be severely punished, but after all, it has not caused too much actual harm. Remembering that a few years ago, he waved his master to Shangluo, broke the hexagonal and three-good, and supported justice, and we should give him a chance to repent. ”

"Ah, this is a secret to my heart." Hirata couldn't help but nodded, then frowned and hesitated, made a very embarrassed look, and said slowly: "I'm afraid that Lord Gongfang has been frightened in the incident, so that your body is sick, and you have a deep prejudice against Odadan...... The final decision, of course, is still to ask the princess for instructions. ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka immediately responded: "The Lord of the Criminal Department doesn't need to worry, how about going down to advise the Lord Gongfang?" Past and old affairs, the opinions of all parties, must be clearly stated in the original text. ”

"That's great." The tie thanked him and then added, "At least...... I ask that Lord Gongkata can forgive the heirs of Oda Danmasa. ”

Hearing this, Hosokawa Fujitaka rolled his eyes a few times to show that he understood, and then retired to communicate with Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Then he turned his gaze back to the direction of the battlefield.

However, a few kilometers away, the sky gradually darkened again, and the specific situation could not be seen with the naked eye. In fact, with the most advanced Nanban clairvoyant mirror, the details of the front line are also very vague.

The main thing is to rely on scout reports to make a rough judgment of the situation.

It is known that Araki Village on the northern route abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the light, defected to the battle, and launched a front and rear attack on Asai Nagamasa's Handu division with the four-nation alliance led by Nagamune's Motoko, and it took only half an hour to achieve a complete victory, and he is currently preparing to move closer to the middle lane and besiege Oda Nobunaga's main camp.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, on the other hand, hid his identity and suddenly appeared with 2,000 cronies, thwarted the usurpation plot of Tokugawa Nobuyasu, Ishikawa Shumasa and others, restated his position of resolutely supporting the Western Army, and was fighting against Shibata Katsuie.

Shigeharu Takenaka, on the other side of the river, was very slow and did not react until after the incident on the northern route, when he hurriedly launched an operation to contain the Tokugawa army. However, the river water was rising faster due to the damage of the upstream dams, so it was weak.

At the same time, Oda Nobutada, who remained on the east coast, also found it difficult to move forward for this reason.

All in all, it was Araki Murashige's reluctance, Takenaka's hesitation, the change in the water situation, and, of course, the unknown civil strife that the Tokugawa family was extinguished, which made the advantage created by Oda Nobunaga's bold crossing of the river short-lived.

At present, the western army is facing 13,000 people in Gaoya City, including 4,000 elite banners of the Pingshou family who have not yet gone into battle. On the left flank, there were more than 10,000 Nagamune and Araki, and on the right flank were more than 7,000 soldiers of Tokugawa.

And Oda Nobunaga, who crossed the river, was about 11,000 people, and although the morale was high, it was also almost to the end of the crossbow.

It is already a situation of catching turtles in an urn.

Since the hour was approaching evening, it was not convenient to send troops for the time being. However, all the generals of the Western Army have decided that tomorrow will be a great opportunity to kill generals, capture the flag, make meritorious contributions, and glorify their ancestors.

Although it was said earlier that they would "ask Lord Gongfang to give the other party a chance to repent", Yukawa Naoharu, Yamauchi Kazutoyo and others were still very thoughtful, and they pouted the stunned pro-guard Natsume Yoshiji with their eyes, so that the latter couldn't help but come out and ask for battle and said: "Lord! You used to say that you can fight to make peace. Oda Danzheng still has 10,000 strong pawns, and with his old man's temperament, I'm afraid he won't bow his head easily and give in, so he thinks that there will be a hard battle tomorrow! The last general is not talented, willing to be a pioneer, breaking through the sharp! ”

This person is obviously out to play the role of throwing bricks and leading jade.

Natsume Yoshiki, as a Mikawa who left his hometown with his father because of the Ichizun incident, does not really believe in religious forces like his father, and hopes to work hard to climb to a high position on the big tree of the Hiterate family, relying on martial arts, so he must have a good relationship with the military bosses, and would rather be used as a gunman than care.

Anyway, a nobody, relying on his father's Yu Yin to become the second generation of a team leader position in the guards, it doesn't matter if he is scolded a few words of "I don't know the height of the sky". It's better to say that it is a great honor to be scolded by the Lord of the Criminal Department in person, and it will be a rare qualification to take it out in the future!

Decades later, when people discussed the "Ishikawa Battle, which decided the trend of the world", Natsume Yoshiki could touch his beard and smile and say, "At that time, I happened to be fighting under the old lord, and I didn't take it upon myself to ask for the vanguard position, but now that I think about it, I am so young and not stable at all, ahahaha......"

However, the Lord of the Criminal Department is not so easy to get angry.

After listening to the words of the battle, he just waved his hand calmly and said, "Courage is commendable, but it is not enough." But every 1 in 10,000 chance, I should try my best to fight for peace - by the way, how long has the Hosokawa military department been there? It's time to come back after talking to the princess, right? ”

And then no one dared to mention the words of war again.

Only Kyogoku Takayoshi and Takeda Motoaki, the two high-ranking guest soldiers, complimented each other on the left and on the right, to the effect that the Tieshou Punishment Department is "holding a sword that can cut the Yaksha Shura under the horse, and has a strategy that even demons and monsters can't see through, but there is a bodhisattva-like compassionate heart in his heart." ”

All in all, these traditional old aristocrats may not be able to fight wars, but the sycophants are ancestral, very professional, and very useful.

However, between the lines, Jingji Gaoji vaguely led the words to the boudoir skirt, which seemed to have a bit of a meaning of offering a daughter for glory, but it was incomprehensible.

In other words, isn't that Kyogoku Ryuko going to marry Takeda Motoaki?

Pingshou Fanxiu was puzzled in his heart, and felt abrupt. But seeing that he is about to be born by virtue and the people of the world, it is not easy to talk about these things in public, so he just messed up.

After a while, Hosokawa Fujitaka returned dejectedly, and when he saw him, he bowed down and said guiltily: "Alas! Please forgive me for not doing anything well! No matter how he explained it to the princess, he insisted on going his own way, claiming that he had to destroy the Oda clan in order to dispel the hatred in his heart. Even...... Even...... Even when I told him that the main room of the Heite Punishment Department was also from the Oda family, the princess still didn't think about it, so what did he say...... Say what...... It is also common for a husband to be rich and take a new wife. ”

When the words landed, everyone looked at each other, shocked, and all felt that Ashikaga Yoshiaki was too harsh and ruthless.

Tieshou Tsunohide sighed twice, pondered for a long time, and finally made a categorical conclusion: "Since the princess has an order, I should fight to the death with Oda Danzheng." But not all of them were involved in the rebellion, and the so-called 'clan punishment' and the like are nonsense! I beg your pardon for the fact that I will be outside, the king's order is not affected! ”

These words are sonorous and awe-inspiring, and there is no room for refusal.

Suddenly, the autumn wind is blowing, and under the moonlight, the flat hand is standing with the hand, the clothes and belts are flying, and the abyss are like pine.