Burning Sky looked up at the two people with sad faces, and said to Shibata Katsuya: "Lord Shibata, the lord is a very human being, I think the lord has his own judgment, it will be useless for me to be worried here now, it is better to prepare quickly and return to Gifu City as soon as possible, as for the Fuchu Castle side, Yushiba Hideyoshi will definitely send heavy troops to guard it, otherwise the lord will not only let the lord leave a hundred people to garrison Momoyama Castle!" ”

Shibata Katsuya listened to the words of the Burning Sky, nodded and said to the Burning Sky: "I recommended you to the lord in the letter to take charge of the former cities of Nanyue, and it is estimated that the lord already has an idea, so I let you ride to Gifu alone; By the way, when you get to the lord, Gorou Zuo and I will explain everything to the lord, and if the lord doesn't ask you, you don't need to speak. ”

After listening to Shibata Katsuie's words, Burning Sky nodded, and said to Shibata Katsuie: "I will not speak casually, Shibata-sama is recommended to take charge of Nanyue before I am very grateful, and I will definitely hold the danger of Nanyue before, so that the Asakura family and Ichishozong will not be able to go south!" ”

"Okay, Mingshamen, go and prepare, we're about to set off!" Shibata Katsuya patted Burning Sky on the shoulder and admonished after Burning Sky solemnly finished speaking.

Hearing this, Burning Sky lowered his head and asked Shibata Katsuya: "Lord Shibata, the wealthy clans of the former South Vietnam have come to visit me every day in recent days, and I also know their intentions. ”

Shibata Katsuya listened to the words of the burning sky, looked up at the burning sky and said: "Naturally, what they do, how I will report it to the lord, Ming Shamen, you don't have to worry too much about this matter, these wealthy families who see the wind and rudder, if they don't give them some color to see, it is difficult for them to fear and surrender." ”

Burning Sky nodded, bowed to Shibata Katsuya and Niwa Nagahide, and then quickly exited the room where Shibata Katsuya was resting, and walked towards his room.

After admonishing Fushiwa Akijiro and others, Sakaku picked out a relatively strong black horse from the captured war horses, dressed in a belly roll that had been simply cleaned but still had some blood stains, put on a horn pocket with one of its horns cut off, and returned to Gifu with Shibata Katsuie's military forces and Kawajiri Hidetakaka.

As he passed by Tsuruga Castle, Mae-Hayoshitsugu handed over the sword, calligraphy and paintings dedicated to Oda Nobunaga to Yakora and whispered to Ashor, "Lord Hieiyama, the items you have captured will be delivered to Momoyama Castle the next day!" After hearing this, Burning Sky smiled and said to Shibata Katsuie: "Shibata-sama, Koba-sama said that these treasures should be dedicated to the lord, and I hope we can transfer them to the lord." ”

After listening to the words of the burning sky, Shibata Katsuya said to the burning sky: "Got it! Let's go quickly! ”

When Shibata Katsuie and his entourage, who set foot on the road again, passed by Nagahama Castle, Hashiba Hidecho prepared food for Shibata Katsuie and his party at the foot of Nagahama Castle. Burning Sky glanced at Shibata Katsuie, and saw that Shibata Katsuya was ignoring Hashiba Hidecho, so he beat his horse and ran directly in front of Hashiba Hidecho, leaving a trail of dust.

Hashiba Hidecho looked at Shibata Katsuya and his party passing in front of him, and said to the attendants behind him, "Let's eat these things!" With that, he sat down on the ground, brushed the dust from the fish and rice balls with his chopsticks, then put them in his mouth, chewed and looked in the direction of Gifu Castle, and then hung his head and said nothing.

It took two days for Shibata Katsuie and his party to arrive in front of Gifu Castle. When the samurai on duty in front of the gate saw Shibata Katsuka's Marunuchi Fugami Kinjunqi and Nihoni Nagahide's Nihon, they immediately sent someone to inform Oda Nobunaga and opened the door in advance.

Shibata Katsuie placed his troops in his early 1,000s at a lodging outside Gifu Castle, and walked into Gifu Castle on foot with Niwa Nagahide, Kanku, and more than a dozen generals.

When the samurai guarding the gate and Shibata Katsuie and others entered the castle, they immediately bowed their heads and saluted the crowd. After Shibata Katsuie and his party entered Gifu Castle, they walked towards Honmaru with their heads down, and when the samurai on the road saw it, they all made way for Shibata Katsuie and his party.

After Shibata Katsuie and his entourage entered Honmaru, Oda Nobutada walked out of the castle hall (Goten) and walked quickly in front of Shibata Katsuie. Shibata Katsuie and Niwa Nagahide were about to kneel and salute, but were stopped by Oda Nobutada. Oda Nobutada grabbed the two and said, "My father is also very puzzled by the defeat of this battle, and the two of you must explain the matter clearly when you meet your father!" ”

After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Shibata Katsuie and Niwa Nagahide bowed their heads to Oda Nobutada and said, "Thank you, young master!" After hearing this, Oda Nobutada nodded, and said to everyone: "Father is waiting for you in the assessment room of the castle hall, and I have ordered me to lead you there, let's go!" Immediately, a group of more than ten people huhulala, wearing armor, entered the city hall under the leadership of Oda Nobutada.

After handing in their swords and ribs in front of the assessment room, the men in armor were ushered into the assessment room by Oda Nobutada. As soon as Burning Sky entered the assessment room, he saw Oda Nobunaga sitting on top of the armor in pure black Nanban carat, his eyes sweeping sharply over Burning Sky and the others. Burning Sky hurriedly avoided Oda Nobunaga's gaze, only to find that there were only two maza in the assessment room. The Takenaka Hanbei sat upright on one of them, and Hideyoshi Hashiba stood beside the Takenaka Hanbei.

After Shibata Katsuie, Niwa Nagahide and the others half-knelt and saluted, Oda Nobunaga, who was sitting at the top, said to Akira, who was standing in place and bowing his head, "Mingshamon, come and sit here!" ”

Hearing this, Burning Sky raised his head and saw Oda Nobunaga pointing to another Maza talking to him. After making sure that he had heard correctly, Kinku walked past the half-kneeling Shibata Katsuie and Niwa Nagahide, and walked to the maza that Oda Nobunaga pointed to and sat down.

After Oda Nobunaga sat down in the sky, he took his saber from the hand of the small man beside him, and quickly pulled the saber out of its scabbard. At this time, both Shibata Katsuya and the others, who were half-kneeling, as well as Burning Sky, Hanbei Takenaka, and Hideyoshi Hashiba, all shivered slightly.

Oda Nobunaga, who was holding a saber, got up and walked in front of Hideyoshi Hashiba, who saw this and hurriedly bowed his head to Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly and kicked Hashiba Hideyoshi to the ground, and said to Hashiba Hideyoshi: "Monkey, you give me three months of reflection in Nagahama City, and I am not allowed to go out of the city for three months!" Oda walked over to the Takenaka Hanbei with his saber in hand.

Seeing this, the Takenaka Hanbei got up from Maza and knelt down, bowed to Oda Nobunaga but did not say a word. After Oda Nobunaga stopped in front of the Takenaka Hanbei for a few breaths, he said to the Takenaka Hanbei in an emotionless tone: "Hanbei, you return to the Zhixing Land of Kita-Omi and return to Bodhi Mountain Castle to reflect, no one is allowed to see you without my order!" ”

With that, Oda Nobunaga turned his head and glared at Hideyoshi Hashiba, who was about to speak, and then walked towards Shibata Katsuya and the others with his saber in hand. Shibata Katsuie, Niwa Nagahide and others buried their heads deeper when Oda Nobunaga walked in front of them. Oda Nobunaga glanced at the more than ten retainers kneeling in front of him, and said to Shibata Katsuya: "Quan Liu, 10,000 troops, I gave you 10,000 troops, and you just took Nanyue Qian?" ”