Fushiwa Akijiro listened to Sabei's words, and said beside Sabei: "Lord, although I am stupid, I think that the Uesugi clan will not compromise with the Hojo clan, although there was an alliance with the Etsu Xiang before, but the Uesugi clan was expelled from the Kanto region, Uesugi Ken Nobu is the name of the eastern governor, but he is unable to dominate the Kanto, and now the Uesugi clan has Nobunaga Hall and Yoshigeden as allies, even if the strength of the Yoshishige Hall is not good, and he took the lead in compromising with the Hojo clan, but the Uesugi clan has not conquered a large area of territory from this battle, and he will not stop it so early!" ”

Hearing this, Sabei nodded, and then said, "Regardless of whether the Takeda clan will send troops or not, we must hold on to Sunfu Castle!" ”

After everyone agreed, they dispersed, and the inspection was light. Suzuki Heavy Industries stayed where he was and said to Sabei: "My lord, the Nobunaga Palace has lost nearly half of this battle, if you don't annihilate the Takeda clan, I'm afraid that the Uesugi clan and the Hojo clan will benefit in the end." ”

"Yes, if the Takeda clan fails to annihilate the Takeda clan after such a great sacrifice, then whether it is Suruga, Kai, or Shinano, they will all fall into the pockets of the Uesugi clan and the Hojo clan."

Sabei smiled bitterly, and then said to Suzuki Heavy Industries: "Kenshin Gong has not contributed to this battle, my family has captured Sunfu Castle and defeated the Takeda army several times, but Kenshin Gong's army has been unable to attack Kitashinano and go south to Kai, and even Ueno's offensive is progressing slowly. ”

Suzuki Heavy Industries was silent after hearing this, and Sabei also continued to take his subordinates to inspect Sunfu Castle, hoping that nothing would go wrong when Sunfu Castle's defense was weak.

In less than half a day, Oda Nobunaga's horse returned to Sunfu Castle to report the battle situation to Sabei and convey Oda Nobunaga's orders.

It turned out that after Oda Nobunaga led the army, he confronted the Hojo Army under Kokokuji Castle, and the Hojo Army and Oda Army each established a defensive line under Kokokuji Castle, and neither of them took the initiative to attack. Oda Nobunaga had a hunch that this battle might be a protracted battle, so he sent a horse back to report and ordered the Sabei who remained in Sunfu Castle to keep an eye on the movements of the Takeda clan and not let the Takeda clan cut off the retreat of the army.

There is bitterness behind the order of Sabei, there are only more than a thousand of his subordinates, if the Takeda army attacks the city, he still has the confidence to hold on for time, but let himself pay close attention to the dynamics of the Takeda clan, where are there so many ninjas and scouts under his command.

However, since it was Oda Nobunaga's order, Sabei had no choice but to carry it out. So Sabei drew 200 men from his subordinates and divided them into 20 groups of scouts and distributed them on the border between Suruga Province and Kai Province, hoping to play the role of guard and reconnaissance in turn.

Just when Sabei was nervous, Oda Nobunaga's horse came with good news that the Hojo Army chose to retreat overnight after killing 100 people in the first battle. Oda Nobunaga didn't want the Hojo Army to make any more noise, and led the army to pursue the Hojo Army.

Sabei, who remained at Sunfu Castle, was asked by Oda Nobunaga to look after the Chinese and Hao people detained in Sunfu Castle to prevent them from escaping while the castle's defenses were weak.

From Sabei's point of view, these countrymen and wealthy clans were not so much detained in Sunpu Castle, but because they were afraid that the Takeda clan would assassinate them and seek refuge in Sunfu Castle, how could Oda Nobunaga have a premonition that the people and wealthy clans in the city had bad intentions?

Although he had doubts, Sabei told his men to strengthen their vigilance, and sent additional men to monitor the people of the country and the wealthy clans.

However, things seemed to have been arranged by Oda Nobunaga, and on the night of receiving Oda Nobunaga's order, the people who were being watched actually tried to escape, and they happened to be met by Fushiwa Akijiro who was on patrol, and the result was that the six wealthy families who planned to flee were ordered to be beheaded by Oda Nobunaga.

Standing on the wall of Junfu Castle, Sabei looked at the head of the wealthy clan that was inserted under the city, and the questions in his heart gradually became clear.

If you understand it well, the first Hojo envoys were ambushed by Oda Nobunaga. So the purpose of Oda Nobunaga's ambush and killing of the Hojo envoy, in addition to provoking the relationship between the Hojo clan and the Takeda clan, should also be part of intimidating the countrymen and wealthy clans in the city. Intimidating the countrymen and the wealthy clans who remained in the city and further detaining and controlling them was also one of Oda Nobunaga's goals.

When the lord of the large and small clans was detained, most of them did not dare to act rashly, and the countrymen and the wealthy clan voluntarily stayed in Sunfu Castle for refuge, and most of the clans could only wait for the changes in the future, even if some wise people understood that Oda Nobunaga was detaining the clan in disguise, but they were also unable to make a move because of Oda Nobunaga's army.

Thinking of this, Sabei suddenly understood the meaning, the wealthy clan that has been entrenched in Suruga for a long time is one of the most unstable factors in Suruga at present, what loyalty is there for this kind of person who is good at seeing the wind and making the rudder, once the power of the Oda army declines, these wealthy clans will defect to the Takeda clan, and these wealthy clans have served in Takeda before.

Oda Nobunaga deliberately left a thousand men to defend Sunpu Castle and further disperse the forces of Sunpu Castle, in order to give these nobles a chance, so that he could rely on Sunpu Castle to crush the unscrupulous nobles, and after he annihilated these nobles, the territories of these nobles would be rewarded to the Owari or Minoshi loyal to Oda Nobunaga.

Sabei sighed, speculating that Oda Nobunaga would definitely pursue the Hojo clan fiercely and give the unscrupulous wealthy clan a chance. Suddenly, Sabei was stunned, is it just to give these wealthy families a chance? Sunpu Castle, which is not well defended, is also a great temptation for the Takeda clan, but the Takeda clan will not take the bait easily, unless Oda Nobunaga is defeated by the Hojo clan.

Thinking of this, Sabei felt that Oda Nobunaga might have a bit of a high opinion of the wealthy clans and countrymen of Suruga, and the troops that these wealthy families could gather might not be as strong as the Sabei troops who stayed behind, and they did not have the courage to attack Sunpu Castle directly, but could attack the Acropolis around Sunpu Castle.

Suddenly, Sabei laughed self-deprecatingly, there are some things that need to be fueled by himself. So Sabei turned to Fushiwa Akijiro on the side and said, "Look at those wealthy families, if they want to escape, kill them on the spot!" ”

At the same time, Sabei gathered all the people and wealthy people in the city, and said to the people with different expressions: "Yesterday, some people who tried to escape were killed by me, and I guess you all know about it, so please don't act rashly, otherwise your head will be my reward for the lord!" ”