The main force attacked northward, while Hirate Fanshu took the rest of the men, plus the sixty ashigaru he had brought, to guard the castle of Cheongju. www.biquge.info Nobunaga also left his cronies Hidetaka Kawajiri and Shigemasa Nakagawa as his deputies.

After the capture of Cheongshu by Nobunaga, the castle tower was built five stories high, and the outer castle was more than 400 feet (about 120 meters) in circumference, towering over the key points of the Tokaido, and the scale was far from comparable to that of the remote soil in the countryside. The four or five hundred men left behind were arranged in the city, but they were overstretched and could not leave a mobile force. Fortunately, it wasn't really a siege battle.

In the early morning of the next day, the battle report from the front had not yet returned, but the follow-up troops of the family had arrived.

The first to come was a member of the Oda family, and Oda Osumi was trustworthy.

Oda Nobuhiro is Nobuhide's eldest son, Nobunaga's elder brother, and because he was born from a concubine, he is regarded as an heir. In the ninth year of Astronomical (1540), he was exiled as the lord of Mikawa Anxiang Castle, and nine years later, the army was defeated and the castle fell, and he was captured at the hands of the Imagawa family's military advisor Taiyuan Yukisai, and later the Oda family redeemed him in exchange for Matsudaira Takechiyo (the young Tokugawa Ieyasu). However, after this incident, the reputation of the family has plummeted.

For several years, Oda Nobuhiro had guarded his disdainful territory, maintaining cautious neutrality in the fight between his two younger brothers. Although he has not made any eye-catching moves, he has gradually accumulated a lot of contacts, and now he has regained thousands of fortunes, and he also has an army of 300 people under his command.

Nobunaga's original words were to "don't let anyone in," and he added the phrase "especially my brothers," the meaning of which is self-evident, saying that there were people within the clan who had colluded with foreign enemies to deceive Kiyoshu Castle. Originally, Fanxiu thought it was Oda Nobuyuki, but it was another person who didn't want to come.

The gates of the outer city were closed, so Oda Nobuhiro stopped his army a mile from the city and sent men to knock at the door.

"The army of Mamoru Osumi (Oda Nobuhiro) has arrived, please open the door to the head of the lord (Nobunaga)!"

Before the head of the castle could answer, Kawajiri Hidetaka beside him reminded: "Lord Heishou, the lord's order is to close the door and not let anyone in." ”

"In addition, you can also send someone to inform the lord below." Shigemasa Nakagawa on the other side said so, and it seems that he has received more information.

Fanxiu nodded, so he sent an order to the left and right: "Tell him that I am the temporary garrison officer of the Pingshou Fanxiu, and I can't confirm the identity of the army, so I can't open the city gate." ”

The order was heard, and then Ashigaru, who was guarding the gates, shouted.

The people outside the city listened to the response in the city, were stunned for a long time, and ran back to Xinguang's army.

"It turns out that His Royal Highness has a plan in his heart." Hidetaka Kawajiri bowed down and said.

A moment later, a mile away, several more people approached.

The content of the shouting has changed slightly.

"The military flag and the horse seal are very clear, isn't it that Lord Pingshou is turning a blind eye?"

Fanxiu's response was:

"The military flag and horse seal may also be forged by the enemy!"

"Down there are the retainers of Osumi (Oda Nobuhiro)! Adults can send someone to check! ”

"But who can prove that you didn't collude with outsiders to murder Osumi-sama, and then come here to deceive under the guise of a name?"

"I swear to the gods and demons that I will never betray you!" The voices outside the city were a little angry.

"The city is praying for this battle, and the soldiers and horses are not suitable to enter the city, so please enter the city alone." The excuses given by Fanxiu are becoming more and more outrageous.

…………

Every time I communicate, I have to shout at each other, and I have to pass the words from top to bottom, which consumes a lot of time.

On the morning of early winter, the weather was gloomy and there was some cold wind, and the taste of the army of Xinguang outside the city was naturally conceivable.

"Haven't the other party found out yet?" Hidetaka Kawajiri stood at the head of the castle and was overjoyed.

After such a delay for a while, Oda Nobuhiro outside the city finally understood, but he became more and more hesitant.

By the time it was finally decided to retreat, the main force of Nobunaga, the banner of the Oda family, had already appeared in the north, and had returned from the front.

Swept through the city, and before he had time to rest, he went straight to kill the deployment of Xinguang.

Oda Nobuhiro only took a few horses and retreated in a hurry.

…………

In this battle, Nobunaga preemptively repelled the army of Iwakura Castle using the tactic of encircling and waiting for reinforcements, and then returned to the division to defeat the rebels, obtaining a total of 300 heads, and Saito's reinforcements also retreated after hearing about Iwakura's defeat.

However, Oda Nobuhiro also had some courage, and after the plot failed, he immediately tied his arms, shaved his hair, and went to Cheongju alone to plead guilty. Nobunaga, as before, forgave the first betrayal.

After the war, everyone who participated in the battle was naturally rewarded, and the tie Fan Xiu was also praised for "sticking to the city and seeing through the rebels' tricks......

In the castle tower of Kiyoshu, Fanxiu is reporting to Nobunaga about the situation of defending the castle. When it came to the delay in the dialogue between the two sides, the latter couldn't help but laugh.

"My cousin is not a dull person, but he is faint."

"Your Highness is wise." This kind of harmless flattery is naturally not too much.

"Iwakura Castle will be left for that!" Nobunaga, who was in a good mood, leaned against the wall and glanced at the Owari map placed in front of him, "As for the reward this time......

"Your Highness!" Fanxiu suddenly spoke, "Your subordinate Ma Wandering Mori Shinsuke has a good temperament with me, please transfer him to my subordinates." ”

"Mori Shinsuke?" Nobunaga searched in his head for a while, "I can leave this person to you...... Yoshibei (Sadakatsu Murai)! How much is Shinsuke's knowledge and action? ”

"Ten through four hundred texts." Murai Sadakatsu, who was behind Nobunaga, replied without thinking, with such a memory, it is no wonder that it is the chief of the Oda family.

"Then how many Zhixing is Zhizuo going to take out to invite him?"

"Let's use twice as much as twenty."

"Just go to Yoshibei and get the pleadings...... But if you choose a man, your reward will be less! I was going to give you a hundred, but now I can only add fifty. ”

"Thank you, Lord." Fanxiu didn't care, anyway, this point of Zhixing is not much in terms of commercial income.

In the winter of the third year of Koji, the Chiyuki of the Tie Bunhide was finally fixed at 480 times, and the number of retainers was increased to six, and the official name of Mori Shinsuke was "Mori Shinzaemon Yoshikatsu". When he was transferred to the new Sovereign, he behaved as both puzzled and reserved, but these are problems that can be solved with time.

Then comes the normal historical plot, Oda Nobuyuki was denounced by a heavy minister for attempting to rebel again, and then lured to the castle of Kiyoshu to be killed, and it was not Sasa or Ikeda who wielded the knife, but Hidetaka Kawajiri, who seems to have become one of Nobunaga's most trusted henchmen.

The only thing that was a little surprising was that Mino's Saito Yoshiryu led his retainers to Kamiraku, met with the imperial court and the shogunate, and obtained the official position of Daisuke of the five lower rulers and the official service of the imperial companions.

And the flat fan Xiu, who is familiar with the later generations, has already set his mind on the future of the barrel narrow......

PS: The first volume is coming to an end.