"What do you mean by that?" Sasa asked puzzledly, "We have already set foot on the territory of Mino, how can the wealthy clan of Nishimino sit idly by?" ”

"We're here to fight the Saito family, not the Nishimino family." Oda Nobunaga sneered, "You don't know what the relationship between the Nishimino family and the Saito family is. ”

"We're not here to attack Seminon." Oda Nobunaga raised his eyebrows, raised his right hand, and pointed straight in the direction of Nishimino, "Instead, they came to persuade the wealthy clan of Nishimino to besiege Inabayama Castle with us!" ”

As soon as Oda Nobunaga said this, everyone was shocked. It has been almost decades since the Nishimino clan and the Oda family had been at loggerheads, so how could Oda Nobunaga suddenly have a whim and want to omit them?

"What, don't you believe me?" Oda Nobunaga laughed twice and clapped his hands, and Takigawa Kazuyi stepped forward and handed a few secret letters to Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga casually threw them into the middle of the hall and smirked, "This is a letter intercepted by Yu's ninjas to communicate with the Nishimino clan, so take a look for yourself." ”

Those letters almost included most of the major wealthy families in Ximinon, including the Ando family to the Inaba family, the clan family and the Bupo family, and so on. And the meaning of the letter is roughly the same. The wealthy were pessimistic about the protracted war between Owari and Mino, and with the fall of Higashimino and the nail-like Sumamata Castle embedded in Nishimino matter what, they felt that they would not be Owari's opponent anyway. In addition, the merchants from Owari and their trade brought them huge incomes, so they did not want the war situation to continue, and they discussed with each other whether they could seek a peaceful diplomatic relationship with Owari.

"If this is true, if the Semeno Tycoon has been shaken to such an extent." After Sakuma Nobumori finished reading the letter, his eyes were already starting to glow with excitement, "Then we can really consider sending someone to transfer the Nishimino wealthy clan immediately!" ”

"What His Highness Sakuma said is very true." Sasa Naruma also immediately agreed, "The lord is wise and powerful! It's time to send someone to tease the Ximeno wealthy family! ”

After these two men spoke out, many people in the tent also stood up in support of the suggestion to immediately send someone to omit the Nishimino wealthy clan, and sang the praises of Oda Nobunaga's wisdom and martial arts.

"I don't think it's appropriate." However, in the midst of a group of echoes, an untimely voice rang out. Everyone looked at it and found that it was Shibata Katsuya who was sitting in the first place. As one of the oldest members of the Oda family, he was fully qualified to pour cold water on everyone on such an occasion.

"Lord, you are a rough man below, speak directly, and I hope the lord will not blame." Shibata Katsuie arched his hand to Oda Nobunaga, who smiled and motioned for him to continue.

"I don't think it's time to adjust Simino yet." Shibata Katsuya said angrily, "Ximino's strength has not been damaged, if you go to adjust it at this time, you will definitely be able to keep all the territory, and even ask for other territories." In this way, did we fight Mino for the sake of the Oda family, or did we fight for their Nishimino wealthy clan? ”

Shibata Katsuie's words suddenly quieted down the originally enthusiastic tent, and what he said was indeed very reasonable. The Nishimino clan is already powerful, and it can compete with the Saito family. If the Oda family omits the Nishimino clan at this time, then the territory of the Nishimino clan will not only not shrink, but may also claim the territory of the Mimino clan. And after that, the Oda family went to attack the Saito family, which had a bad relationship with the Nishimino wealthy family, and it was inevitable that there was some meaning to be a thug for the Nishimino wealthy family. After the destruction of the Saito family, the bitter fruit of the Nishimino clan will be tasted by the Oda family.

"So Kwon Roku, what do you mean... Should we those stinky guys in Nishimino first? Oda Nobunaga raised an eyebrow, "And then force them to sign an alliance under the castle and reduce their territory?" ”

"Exactly." Shibata Katsuya nodded.

"That's right, I think too!" This proposal is obviously very much to the appetite of Ikeda Hengxing, an energetic fellow, "If you don't beat those old guys hard, won't your tail go to the sky in the future?" Use the set of disobedience to the Saito family to us! ”

"I think it's okay to go down." After thinking for a moment, Sakuma Nobumori immediately realized the significance of Shibata Katsuie's suggestion, and changed his mind to support Shibata Katsuie.

For a while, the direction of the wind in the tent changed because of Shibata Katsuie's words, and everyone asked Oda Nobunaga to fight fiercely. As samurai who crave merit and war, it never hurts for them to fight more.

However, what made Yu Qiuping a little puzzled was that Maeda Toshiya didn't open his mouth to echo for a long time. A hot-blooded samurai like him, who thinks about fighting and making meritorious contributions every day, didn't say anything to support this proposal?

"Big brother, what's going on with you today?" Yu Qiuping, who was sitting next to Maeda Toshi's house, asked in a low voice, "Isn't this proposal supposed to be right on your appetite, why don't you open your mouth and shout a few words?" ”

"Uh... This one. Maeda Toshiya scratched his head when he heard this, and whispered in a somewhat restrained voice, "I feel... The lord doesn't seem to be very supportive of this suggestion, you can see the lord's expression. Maeda Toshiya secretly pointed to Oda Nobunaga, who looked a little subtle, and said in a low voice: "And because Shibata's old fat man is alone, he changed everyone's opinions, will the lord feel a little uncomfortable." ”

Maeda Toshi's words made Yu Qiuping stunned - of course, the thoughtful latter also noticed these problems, but he didn't expect that his eldest brother, who had always had a big personality, actually had this concern.

"You're right, big brother." Yu Qiuping gently patted Maeda Toshi's back twice, "It seems that Mrs. Song didn't teach you in vain!" ”

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Sure enough, after realizing that Oda Nobunaga had not expressed his position, everyone gradually stopped talking. When Oda Nobunaga saw this, he sneered, knocked on the table with the folding fan in his hand, and said loudly: "Shout and fight, why don't you continue to beat Yu Shout!" ”

As soon as Oda Nobunaga said this, those low-level generals and generals did not dare to speak. However, Sakuma Nobumori relied on his old qualifications, and whispered with some dissatisfaction: "My lord, please forgive me for being stupid, but I think what His Royal Highness Shibata said is quite reasonable. ”

"Makes sense, it makes sense," Oda Nobunaga smiled a little mockingly, "what's the point?" Your reason is to go and fight with people who can already be wooed, maybe you can leave tens of thousands of stones or hundreds of thousands of stones of territory? ”

After hearing Oda Nobunaga himself say what was in everyone's minds, everyone turned their curious eyes to him to see how he planned to justify himself.

"How much time, manpower and material resources will be wasted to fight a battle that should not be fought, not to mention whether it can be won or not?" Oda Nobunaga stretched out his hand and said loudly to the retainers below: "Yu has been spending more than ten years in this thick space, and he has been grinding with Saito Ryuxing, a milky boy who has not dried up, for almost seven years!" There's no energy to spend on the tail anymore! Yu's eyes are on the world! ”

"You blind guys! I know that I am looking at the one-third of an acre of land in front of me! Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly and continued to raise his voice: "If there is only one country left, the territory of these tens of thousands of stones is of course important!" But if Yu owns the territory of one million stones in the end, wouldn't one hundred thousand stones be so critical? If Yu dominates and dominates the world, who will pay attention to this small tens of thousands of stones! For the sake of such a small amount of territory to waste a lot of time to seize the world, you can think of it? ”

"Just yesterday, our Ashikaga general has sent a letter to Yu, inviting Yu Shangluo to crusade against the rebel Matsu Naga." Oda Nobunaga took out a letter from his bosom as he spoke, and shook it in the direction of the crowd, "The Rokkaku family, the Matsunaga family, and the Miyoshi family made peace not long ago, and the unlucky general was driven out of the Rokkaku family, and now he is in exile to the Echizen Asakura family. This sword master general thinks about recovering the shogunate every day, and moves up and down day and night, but just relying on the strength of the Asakura family, there is no way to take the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family. That's why I wrote to find Yu. ”

"Your Highness wants to go to Luo for that sword general?" Sakuma Nobumori was taken aback when he heard this, "Isn't that being used as a gunman!" ”

"Who is the man, who is the gun, not necessarily!" Oda Nobunaga smiled confidently, "But the name and opportunity of Kamiraku are rare. We're going to hurry up and pack up Mino and get ready to take over the world! Where is the time to delay here? ”

"Momiji!" Oda Nobunaga waved his folding fan and pointed in the direction of Yu Qiuping, "I heard that you brought Shigeharu Takenaka, the stinky guy who has always refused to go out of our Oda family, to Sumamata Castle?" ”

"Exactly." Hearing this, Yu Qiuping leaned over and said, "I brought him here to persuade the Ximeinong Hao clan to surrender." ”

"Or you kid understands me!" Oda Nobunaga laughed twice with satisfaction, "Then send him as an envoy and take down Nishimino for Yu!" ”

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On April 6, 1567, Shigeharu Takenaka sent an envoy to Nishimino as an envoy of the Oda family, and conveyed Oda Nobunaga's opinion to many wealthy families in Nishimino: asking the Nishimino clan to break away from the Saito family and swear allegiance to the Oda family. In response, the Oda family will also grant security to their territory, ensuring that the original territory remains unchanged. Those who refused to surrender to the Oda clan would have all their territories confiscated and handed over to the original Nishimino clan.

The wealthy family of Nishimino, who were already very dissatisfied with the Saito family and disappointed with the prospect of war, immediately became active when they received such assurance. Anyway, their own interests will not be damaged, so what is the difference between serving the Saito family and the Oda family? Rather than fighting an endless war with the Oda family, it is better to throw themselves to the Oda family to protect the territory.

At this time, the Hara family, the Nonomura family, the Kato family, and the Kawanami family, the four small wealthy families, announced their defection to the Oda family at the same time, and Oda Nobunaga immediately and generously granted them the peace they received. And the former Nagayori, Nonomura Yukinari, Kato Koyasu and Wasuka Koroku and others also came out as hostages to the Yuqiu family, which was close to them.

With these four small wealthy families taking the lead, the wealthy families of Ximino no longer hesitated under the persuasion of Takenaka Shigezhi. Led by the three members of Nishimino, most of the wealthy families of Nishimino handed letters of allegiance to Oda Nobunaga and announced their departure from the Saito family. By April 15, the last few wealthy clans that refused to surrender were exterminated by the combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and the Nishimino clan, and Nishimino was completely pacified.