After waiting for the 3,000-strong army to be gathered, Sakuma Nobumori marched towards the Enoe region tomorrow under the instructions of Oda Nobunaga. In the evening, Nobumori Sakuma, who was the commander of the 3,000 army, gathered the samurai who had come to join him in the camp. Due to the performance of the Burning Sky in the Battle of Otani Castle, the Burning Sky was also appointed by Sakuma Nobumori as the iron cannon general of the 100-man Iron Artillery Team.

After repairing under Gifu Castle for the night, Oda's 3,000-strong reinforcements sailed out of Gifu Castle under the morning dew. Oda Nobunaga, who was standing on Honmaru, looked at the three thousand troops that were gradually moving away, and said to Oda Nobutada: "With Captain Uemon, Hirohide and Sado Mamoru, Ieyasu should be able to resist Takeda Shingen's attack; And the Ming Shamen let me pay attention to the Yuanshan clan? ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobutada bowed his head and said: "That's true, I also think that as the pillar of Higashimino, we need to pay attention to the Toyama family, after all, many of the landlords and wealthy clans of Higashimino have already thrown themselves into Akiyama Nobuyo, plus..."

"Okay, I know, you can go back next time!" Oda Nobunaga interrupted Oda Nobutada's words and ordered Oda Nobutada to step down. Seeing this, Oda Nobutada bowed his head to his father, then turned and walked towards his house. Oda Nobunaga, accompanied by all the attendants, continued to watch the distant Sakuma Nobumori army.

After a three-day march, Sakuma Nobumori's 3,000 troops managed to reach Hamamatsu Castle, the residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu personally greeted the arrival of Sakuma's army outside Hamamatsu Castle and invited the middle and high-ranking samurai of Oda's reinforcements to a banquet on the same day.

Although Yakora received the invitation, Yakora expressed great doubts about the purpose of Tokugawa Ieyasu's banquet. Obviously, the Takeda army has already captured the castle, Iida castle, and the second castle, and now they are about to enter the gateway to Hamamatsu Castle, Futamata, how can Tokugawa Ieyasu still be in the mood to have a banquet.

After arranging the camp of his volunteer samurai and iron artillery team, he left Fushiwa Akijiro to guard the camp, and then rode a horse with Ichisuke to follow Sakuma Nobumori and others into Hamamatsu Castle. At this time, there was panic inside and outside Hamamatsu Castle, and the townspeople in the castle had already fled to their own places, and the samurai ladies in the castle took out their short naginata swords and prepared to live and die with their husbands.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Ignori was even more suspicious of Tokugawa Ieyasu's motives for inviting Oda reinforcements. Sakuma Nobumori and his entourage marched through the city on horseback, attracting the attention of the surrounding samurai and their families, when someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "His Royal Highness Oda has sent 5,000 troops to help the lord resist the invasion of the Takeda family, and this family will definitely be able to repel the invasion of the Takeda family!" ”

After hearing such a voice, Burning Sky and the others smiled at each other, and Burning Sky said to Lin Xiuzhen beside him: "His Royal Highness Sanhe intends this to calm the emotions of the warriors and families in the city. Lin Xiuzhen also smiled after hearing this: "I didn't expect that the Three Rivers Palace invited me to the banquet for this reason!" ”

After listening to Lin Xiuzhen's words in front, Sakuma Nobumori turned his head to everyone and said, "I think the purpose of the Sanhe Hall is more than this, I just need to go to the banquet, no need to say more!" After listening to Sakuma Nobumori's words, everyone bowed their heads and said, "Understood! （はいっ！ ）”

Everyone was greeted by Ishikawa Sushimasa in Honmaru, and after Sakuma Nobumori and others saw Ishikawa Shumasa, they also dismounted and saluted the Tokugawa family's Nishimikawa flaghead. After returning the salute, Ishikawa Shumasa said to Sakuma Nobumori, "Captain Uemon, you have worked hard to help the family resist the Takeda invasion this time!" After saying that, he bowed his head to the burning sky and the others, and the burning sky and the others immediately bowed their heads and returned the salute when they saw this.

After some politeness, Ishikawa Sumasa introduced Yakora and the others into Tokugawa Ieyasu's castle hall, while Yakora and the others' attendants stayed outside the castle hall and pulled the horses to the stables. Ishikawa Shumasa introduced Sakuma Nobumori and his party into the castle hall, and at the same time explained the recent battle situation to Sakuma Nobumori and his party.

Now Takeda Shingen's 30,000-strong army has attacked the castle of Futamata, and Tokugawa Ieyasu has also mobilized the forces in the Enoe and Mikawa regions, and now more than 6,000 people have been gathered, and the 3,000 people of Oda's reinforcements are less than 10,000. Although there were still local servants who continued to come from all over Mikawa and Enoe, the Tokugawa clan had failed in several previous joint battles, and now the morale of the Tokugawa clan was extremely low.

After listening to Ishikawa Shumasa's description, Burning Sky vaguely knew the purpose of Tokugawa Ieyasu's banquet. But miracles can't be replicated, and God won't favor everyone. Then Tokugawa Ieyasu got up in the hall and said to the Oda generals who had come: "You have worked the march, come and sit down!" "Due to the low status of the Burning Sky, he was naturally placed at the bottom of the seat.

At the same time, the last few samurai are all Ashigaru generals with the same identity as Burning Sky. Burning Sky looked at the people around him, and was a little worried about the fact that he only brought seventeen people to report on it, whether Oda Nobunaga would settle accounts after the autumn, and the Yulu he pursued plus the three hundred and sixty stone Yuroku actually only brought seventeen people to the battle, and there was no inadequacy.

Just as he was distracted, Honda Tadakatsu got up and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu: "My lord, Lord Sakuma, Lord Mizuno, and Lord Hayashi are all famous Oda generals who have been famous for a long time, and when I went out to Kotani Castle in the next round, I met a new star of Oda, and I will introduce him to the lord!" ”

After saying that, Honda Tadakatsu walked in front of the burning sky and said, "Mingshamen, follow me to meet the lord!" Seeing that Honda Tadashi bowed his head and was silent, Honda Tadashi looked at Honda and coughed, and Honda Tadashi came back to his senses and said to Honda Tadakatsu: "Honda-sama, it's rude!" After hearing this, Honda Tadashi smiled and said, "Come with me to meet the lord!" With that, he walked in the direction of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

After listening to Honda Tadakatsu's words, Burning Sky glanced at Sakuma Nobumori in the distance, and seeing Sakuma Nobumori nodding, Burning Sky quickly got up from his seat, respectfully followed Honda Tadakatsu, and walked towards Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Honda Tadakatsu knelt down in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu and said: "My lord, Ming Shamen is a native of the Ming Kingdom, and if you don't kneel to His Highness Oda, I hope you will forgive me for being rude!" After listening to Honda Tadakatsu's words, the whole person couldn't believe that Fang Cai's words came from Honda Tadakatsu's mouth.

After hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a smile: "Since he is a person from the Ming Kingdom, he does not practice the etiquette of my humble country, and there is no rudeness. Then Tokugawa Ieyasu said to the burning air: "Mingshamen, let me ask you where the trend of Japan will develop?" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky couldn't react a little, why don't you follow the routine, shouldn't you ask: "Is there a good way to break the enemy?" But after a few breaths, the burning sky still bowed his head and said: "The trend of the world, it will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time!" The Ashikaga shogunate has existed for more than 200 years, but its authority has been lost, and the great lords have risen up to fight for its authority; For example, there are four heroes today, the lord is one of them, the Xin Xuan Gong is one of them, the humble Xin Gong is one of them, and the Lord of the Three Rivers is also one of them. ”