Honda Masanobu went to Mikawa alone to lobby, but achieved unexpected results. The first www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" was Kato Kato, whom he called a "devout believer", a more rational and calm man, who had already sensed that something was wrong when the anti-Matsudaira coalition forces were swarming, so he was dissuaded and left the Ichikushi army and fled to Owari alone. When he heard about this festival, he sent a ninja to steal his wife and children from the temple, and the latter was grateful, so he decided to serve the Heite family.

Then there was the Ashigaru general who commanded the 201 army, Toda Tadaji, who was born in the Mikawa country, because of his in-law relationship with the Matsudaira family, he was suspected by the upper echelons of the Ichikozong sect, and in desperation decided to return to Okazaki Castle, and then Honda Masanobu only said one word to him: "Don't you know that this is the Matsudaira family's counter-plan?" The latter suddenly realized, and turned to the Oda clan through Honhide. Nobunaga of Kiyoshu Castle did not pay much attention to these irregular forces, so he simply placed him under the rule of Hinode.

After a few months, the siege of Okazaki Castle was fruitless, but the internal consumption was getting bigger and bigger, and at the same time, winter was gradually approaching, and the disciples began to be intolerant of the cold and cold, and they had the intention of retreating. After the Matsudaira clan gained a firm foothold, they also began to adopt diplomatic tactics, and Torii Mototada, who was loyal to Motoyasu, persuaded his younger brother Tadahiro to return his younger brother Tadahiro, and the Itakura clan, who remained in Okazaki Castle, also reached a reconciliation with some of the disciples through the relationship of the Ichikoji monk Itakura Katsushige. At the same time, the four or five "anti-Songping coalition forces" gradually became slacking off because they could not attack for a long time.

Gradually, the situation was reversed.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga, who had just moved to Komaki Mountain Castle, seemed to suddenly remember the words of Hite-hide's rescue of Matsudaira, so he suddenly made a move. Ordered Hayashi Hidezhen, Hirate Hazuhide, Sakuma Nobumori, and Mizuno Nobumoto and others to lead the army to support Mikawa. Seeing this list, Fan Xiu couldn't cry or laugh, if I remember correctly, the lineup that supported Sanfang Yuan in history was not far from this, and the later results were known to everyone in the world.

This time there was not such a strong opponent, but the problem was internal. Lin Xiuzhen made her attitude clear from the beginning, in order to build momentum for her adopted son, son-in-law and heir, Lin Tongzheng, she sent the latter to fight instead of herself - this young boy who had not been serving for a long time obviously did not dare to call himself a general. Although Mizuno Nobugen has enough strength and ability, after all, he is attached to the wealthy clan rather than a regular retainer, so he is at the bottom of the throne, and he and Sakuma don't seem to deal with each other very well. The remaining Tie and Sakuma can only look at each other without saying a word, and Tie is in front of Nobunaga when he points to the general, but Sakuma's seniority is superior, and it is obviously not appropriate to let anyone decide.

The result of the discussion was to divide into two reserve teams, Tie and Mizuno Ichi, and Sakuma and Hayashi Ichi.

Mizuno Nobumoto has been in business in Owari for decades, and the relationship between in-laws is extremely complicated, and any samurai within fifty miles can be related to him. This is the first time to deal with each other, and Fan Xiu thought about it for a long time, and found that from different angles, the two can be regarded as peers, Mizuno is a generation higher, or even two generations higher. The name alone does not seem to have gained much popularity in later generations, but considering that he was Tokugawa Ieyasu's uncle and nominally the maternal grandfather of Ikeda's wife......

"Lord Nobumoto, how many soldiers do you plan to send?"

Either way, this question always needs to be asked.

"Well...... Mizuno Nobumoto hesitated for a long time before replying, "Recently, there have been many thieves in Kariya Castle, and the harvest is not very good, and many people go to worship the gods at the end of the year......"

This is the difficulty of the affiliated wealthy families, and every time there is a major military and political event, they must be carefully calculated. If you contribute too little, you may be suspected of loyalty, and if you contribute too much, you may lose your relative independence in case of damage.

Hirate Hiraku just quietly listened to the other party's nagging, without showing any impatience at all, Mizuno couldn't help but be impressed, thinking that this famous door was really different from the vulgar martial artist of Sakuma.

“…… However, in order to show my allegiance to the Oda clan, I, the Mizuno family, will do my best to send 350 people! If you ask for the help of some close forces, the total number of troops should be more than 400. ”

This is clearly not his true strength. However, Fan Xiu naturally didn't break it, just bowed his head slightly, and replied: "The strength of the contemptible people naturally can't be compared with you, but you can barely make up more than two hundred people......

Before the words were finished, Mizuno Nobuyuan couldn't help but change color slightly-how can it be said that there are five hundred people in the territory of six or seven thousand stones, and only less than half of them are out, which means that I want Mizuno to be the main force? Could it be that I have been ordered to consume my strength?

Just as he was calming down on his face, and thinking hard in his heart about where to offend Oda Nobunaga, Honhide spat out another sentence: "In addition, there is Lord Toda Tadaji, who has just attached himself to his family, and there are two hundred Mikawa people under his command, and they are temporarily under the rule of the contemptible people, so they can be responsible for leading the way in the front." ”

Only then did Mizuno settle down.

……

In this era of extremely underdeveloped military industry, what really determines victory or defeat is often something other than the sword and soldier, and war is usually just a continuation of political insignificance.

As an ally, the Oda family must make a certain gesture, but who to fight, is not a small problem, among those anti-Matsudaira coalition forces, there are many forces that have been friendly with Oda for many generations, such as Sakurai, who is the division of Matsudaira, these forces are likely to change their doors and continue after the end of the fight, and it seems that it is not easy to make enemies. In addition, the disciples were involved in religious issues, and the Oda family did not have a clear attitude towards this for the time being, so it was better not to engage in a big war.

In the end, he targeted two forces: one was Sakai Tadashi of Ueno Castle, who was most closely related to the Imagawa family and did not have many branches in the local area. Then there was Yoshiaki Kira of Tojo Castle, who had conspired with Yoshigin-Spo against Oda and was an unpopular character for the Owari people. As for how to avoid other forces, it will depend on how the newly defected Toda Tadaji leads the way.

The 800 men of Hirate and Mizuno were concentrated in Kariya Castle of the Mizuno family, and some small wealthy clans with a scale of 10 or 20 people were recruited, totaling 1,100 people, and marched eastward in the first month of the sixth year of Eiroku.

Unexpectedly, Sakuma and Hayashi, who went out at the same time, went straight to Ueno Castle to the east. Unwilling to argue with him, he ordered Toda Tadaji to turn south, bypassing the Honshoji Temple, the base of the Ichijo sect, and rushing to Tojo Castle of the Kira clan.

On the way, he was blocked by a small fortress called Rokusu Castle, and was about to attack, but Honda Masanobu advised: "The lord of this castle, Lord Natsume Yoshinobu, was born in the country, and he is a devout disciple of the Pure Land Shin Sect, and he has entered the Tao many years ago, so I can persuade him below." ”

Natsume Yoshinobu, this name is a little familiar, and Toyoshi agreed to him. Sure enough, not long after Honda entered the city, the lord of the castle expressed his willingness to submit, but he was still quite attached to the Matsudaira family. It wasn't until he heard that Matsudaira Motoyasu had ordered a ban on the preaching of the Ichijo sect and forced his retainers to convert that he decided to break away from the Matsudaira clan.

Then there was a little episode, and there was a man named Otobe Hachibei in Rokusu Castle, who was very dissatisfied with Natsume Yoshinobu's behavior of giving up his ancestral business for the sake of his faith, and encouraged everyone to return to Matsudaira, leaving Natsume himself to go to Owari with a few family members.

After traveling for most of the day, he attacked Tojo Castle and set up a position, but he did not see a reaction in the city. Sending the first to attack, only to find that Yoshiaki Kira had abandoned the city and fled, and what he got was an empty city, and Hirate and Mizuno could only smile at each other.

Then he entered the city to rest, and the next morning he received a battle report from Matsudaira Motoyasu that he had won a great victory in Matouyuan, and only then did he understand why the Kira family had abandoned the city.

This was followed by a period of internal purge in Mikawa, and another Ina-Tadashi family, who did not want to return to the Matsudaira family, was persuaded to go to Owari.

At this time, there were already 3560 people in the Sanhe people under the tie, and one of them who temporarily broke up could persuade them to disarm and return to the field. Honda and Kato are almost out of the house, but there are still nearly 200 ashigaru left in the Toda, Natsume, and Ina families, but they have to consume food. As for spreading the word in the territory, there is no need to be too concerned, the taxes and levies near the city are not heavy, and the people are not so easily instigated.

PS: There's something going on tomorrow, and I need to catch up today.

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