On the evening of May 11, inside the castle tower of Oguchi Castle.

"Your Highness." One of the guards came to the door on the second floor of the castle tower and said respectfully, "Oda Nobunaga has sent someone again." ”

"Didn't I say it all, come again to persuade you to surrender, and directly behead the public." Nakajima Nobutsuna's extremely impatient tone came from inside the room.

"But... This messenger insisted that he also had a hard time. I hope to be able to meet His Highness and talk to His Highness. The guard hesitated, then spoke in embarrassment.

"Bitter?" Nobutsuna Nakajima sneered, and the door of the room was also opened by him at once. When the guard looked up, he saw a middle-aged man with a sloppy beard and bloodshot eyes leaning against the door. "Who's coming?"

"It's the monkey who carried straw sandals for Oda Nobunaga, do you still have an impression, Your Highness?" When the guard mentioned Kinoshita Tojiro, he also mocked a little wittily.

"Yes, that monkey." Nakajima Nobutsuna's face also had a look of disdain, "Then let him in, I want to see what a monkey has to say." ”

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Nobutsuna Nakajima straightened his clothes, trying to make himself look less haggard. I plan to wait until Kinoshita Tojiro comes in, and immediately put on a straight face to give him a dismount.

Who would have thought that after Kinoshita Toyoshiro was taken to the castle tower, he suddenly broke free from the guards and threw himself at the feet of Nakajima Nobutsuna, while crying and kowtowing while shouting, "His Highness Nakajima!" Spare the villain's life! The villain is not here to persuade him to surrender! Your Highness spares your life! ”

Kinoshita Toyoshiro's performance made Nakajima Nobutsuna cry and laugh all of a sudden, and the dismount and lines he prepared were useless. So, he had no choice but to straighten his face and whisper very majestically: "Kinoshita Toyoshiro! What a system! You're here to play a monkey show! ”

"The little ones don't dare, they don't dare!" Hearing this, Kinoshita Tojiro hurriedly got up and knelt down, trying to make a serious appearance, which made people feel even more funny with his funny and ugly appearance. Nakajima Nobutsuna has been emaciated by the siege these days, and his mood is very heavy, but he was amused by Kinoshita Toyoshiro all of a sudden, and the atmosphere is not serious.

"Then tell me, you're not here to persuade you to surrender, what are you here for?" Nakajima asked, shaking his head.

"Your Highness spares your life! Your Highness spares your life! As soon as Kinoshita Toyoshiro heard Nakajima Nobutsuna speak, he immediately kowtowed and begged like pounding garlic.

"Spare your life! Spare your life! Don't knock! Nakajima Nobutsuna patted the tatami mat helplessly, "If you have any, hurry up." . ”

"Your Highness really doesn't kill villains?" Kinoshita Toyoshiro quietly raised his head and glanced tentatively at Nobutsuna Nakajima again.

"Don't kill, you have a fart to let go!" Nobutsuna Nakajima reprimanded in a low voice with some impatience.

"That's good, that's good!" Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro sighed again and again as if he had survived the catastrophe, and said in a low voice: "I can't hide it, the villain was sent by my lord to persuade him to surrender." ”

"What!" Nakajima Nobutsuna became angry when he heard it, "Didn't you just say that you didn't come to persuade you to surrender!" ”

"That villain is not afraid that His Highness will directly pull me out and cut me down! I didn't even have a chance to talk to His Highness! Kinoshita Toyoshiro pleaded in a low voice in fear: "Your Highness, there are a lot of them, spare the villain once!" My lord must send someone to persuade him to surrender, and in the end he gave it to me! The villain can't refuse! The villain was also forced to come! The villain doesn't want to either! ”

Nobutsuna Nakajima took a few deep breaths and tried to calm his emotions. Then, he waved his hand casually and said in a deep voice: "I know, I know, I don't kill you, you go back!" Just say to your father-in-law, my Nakajima family has served the Inuyama Oda family for generations, and I will never surrender. ”

"Don't! Your Highness! Seeing this, Kinoshita Tojiro hurriedly shook his head and said, "As soon as the villain comes in, he will go out, my lord must know that I didn't try hard to persuade me at all, and he can't spare me!" Can Your Highness hide the villain and stay in the city for a while! ”

"Where did your father-in-law get so many things? What does it have to do with me? Nakajima Nobutsuna patted the tatami mat and scolded in a low voice: "Get out!" ”

"Your Highness doesn't know anything, we really have countless hardships as courtiers!" Kinoshita Toyoshiro sighed and poured out in a compassionate tone: "The lord does not ask our opinions when he does something, he says that if he wants to do it, he will do it!" When the time comes, those of us who are courtiers will have to follow him according to his wishes! It's really a hard time! ”

After Kinoshita Toyoshiro said this, Nakajima Nobutsuna was suddenly stunned, and he who was already planning to wave his hand to drive Kinoshita Toyoshiro out, also stopped moving. Because these words really went to his heart.

Why didn't he have these hardships as a courtier?

The Nakajima family has served the Inuyama Oda family for generations, but it has never entered the core decision-making level of the Inuyama Oda family. Oda Nobukiyo does not need to consult the Nakajima family at all and will not consult the opinions of the Nakajima family. Back then, he allied with Oda Nobunaga to attack the Iwakura Oda family, and now he has defected from Oda Nobunaga, and the Nakajima family can only follow the actions of the Inuyama Oda family.

This time, when Oda Nobukiyo made a decision to rebel against the Saito family, Nakajima Nobutsuna was a hundred unwilling. Because his Oguchi Castle is located at the junction of the Inuyama Oda family and Oda Nobunaga's forces, once a war starts, his territory will be affected the most! However, Oda Nobukiyo did not care about the opinion of this loyal courtier, and resolutely announced his rebellion. Sure enough, in the past three years, most of the autumn harvest in his territory has been delayed due to wars and raids, and the savings he has worked hard for decades are about to be exhausted. However, the Nakajima family has been the wings of the Inuyama Oda family for generations, and Nakajima Nobutsuna also had to follow the pace of the Inuyama Oda family in order not to be scolded as "rebellious" by everyone.

"Alas..."Nakajima Nobutsuna sighed helplessly, and his raised right hand hung down weakly, and the pain of sympathy made him whisper: "Forget it, you can wait here for a while, and then go and report back after nightfall." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Kinoshita Toyoshiro kowtowed gratefully, and then got into a conversation with Nakajima Nobutsuna. Nobutsuna Nakajima also had a lot of dealings with the Oda family in the past, and there were a lot of old things to talk about with each other. Whose son died in battle, whose daughter married to a man from afar? Chatting and chatting, Nakajima Nobutsuna's mood has also improved a lot.

During these days of siege, he was really tormented day and night. With the defeat of Oda Nobukiyo and the fact that the Mino Saito family had no time to look south, he already understood that he would never be able to wait for reinforcements. The only hope of victory is to survive until the autumn harvest and wait for Oda Nobunaga to collect his troops. However, the autumn harvest in his territory is estimated to be delayed this year. The disparity in strength between Oda Nobukiyo and Oda Nobunaga made him see no hope of victory at all. For a long time, the Nakajima family will definitely not be able to hold on. The doomed war left Nakajima disheartened.

However, Kinoshita Toyoshiro chattered for a long time, but he didn't get to the point - persuasion to surrender, which made Nakajima Nobutsuna quite different. He originally thought that Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro was chattering for the purpose of persuading him to surrender.

"Are you really not going to persuade you to surrender at all?" Nakajima Nobutsuna asked angrily and funny, "Although I, as a loyal servant of the Inuyama Oda family, will definitely not surrender." But you don't persuade you a word, are you worthy of Oda Nobunaga who sent you? ”

"The villain feels that he is already very worthy!" Kinoshita Tojiro nodded solemnly and said: "The villain is willing to risk his life to enter the city, which is already worthy of the cultivation of the lord and the word 'loyalty'." Those who are afraid, after hearing that His Highness is going to kill the envoy of persuasion, probably do not dare to enter the city. ”

"That's right." Nobutsuna Nakajima laughed.

"But more things! The villain didn't do it! Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro straightened up as he spoke, waving his hand again and again, "The villain is already worthy of the lord when he comes in, and I won't persuade His Highness to surrender again." In case any sentence annoys His Highness Nakajima, the villain's life is not guaranteed! ”

"Then you dare to say that you are loyal?" Nakajima Nobutsuna teased in an unkind tone, "It's clear that I didn't do my best. ”

"Your Highness, where are you talking about this?" Kinoshita Tojiro glared and retorted in surprise, even the pair of tricky ears shook up and down, "Your Highness's life is fate, isn't the villain's life fate?" If the villain dies here, the whole family will not be able to live! No matter how loyal he is, the villain thinks that it is okay to do almost it, and there is no need to give up the lives of his whole family to the lord! ”

Nakajima Nobutsuna was stunned when he heard this, and swallowed his saliva a little reluctantly. Isn't what Kinoshita Toyoshiro said about his own situation?

Speaking of this, Kinoshita Toyoshiro finally couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "If the villain does this, he will be pointed at his backbone and scolded as an unfaithful rebel, then how many people in the world dare to say that they are clean?" ”

Seeing that Nakajima Nobutsuna's face was getting more and more gloomy, Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro did not hesitate to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and continued to add step by step: "The villain thinks that the villain doesn't care so much about what outsiders say about the villain. As long as the villain has a clear conscience, he has already given his life for the lord, and the rest of the things are almost the same - it is not necessarily necessary to ask the villain's whole family to die for the lord's actions! Fairness and people's hearts are self-evident. ”

"The villain doesn't want to push the whole family to death for the sake of so-called loyalty and reputation!"

After Nakajima Nobutsuna heard this, he was silent, but his thoughts were tumbling in his head.

The lord didn't ask for my opinion, and he insisted on rebelling, which in itself couldn't stand me.

Even though I knew that rebelling with my lord would cause me countless troubles, I still followed him. In the past three years, Oda Nobunaga has led countless times my troops to besiege my Oguchi Castle, and I have fought to the death, so I can be regarded as worthy of my lord.

There is no need to take the Nakajima family, which has been passed down from generation to generation, for the sake of the so-called wind evaluation, and retreat the whole family to death.

This stupid monkey understands the truth, how can I not figure it out.

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On the evening of May 11, Nakajima Nobutsuna Kaejo surrendered. Oda Nobunaga was overjoyed, not only let Nakajima Nobutsuna continue to be the lord of Oguchi Castle, but also directly promoted Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro to the general of the Oda family, and gave him the name Kinoshita Hideyoshi, making him a samurai with a head and a face.

Except for Yu Qiuping, everyone else didn't expect Kinoshita Toyoshiro to really persuade Nakajima Nobutsuna, who was loyal to Oda Nobukiyo, to surrender, and for a while, the entire Oda family's camp was full of discussions. And Yu Qiuhei, Maeda Toshiie and others were busy holding a small celebration banquet for Kinoshita Hideyoshi. Overly excited, Kinoshita Hideyoshi got drunk at the banquet and shouted "Lao Tzu is a samurai" over and over again, causing everyone to laugh more than once.

The surrender of Koguchi Castle caused a chain reaction in Niwa Prefecture. Okusa Castle was surrendered by Niwa Nagahide, and many small towns and villages were also attached. Seeing that the general trend was gone, Oda Nobukiyo opened the gate and broke through, fleeing in the direction of Mino-Kai, and Inuyama Castle was also recovered by Oda Nobunaga. The Inuyama Rebellion, which lasted for three years, was finally put down.