Before marching to Tangdong Castle, Sabei glanced at the samurai who was standing on the castle and was in good spirits, and said to Suzuki Heavy Industries beside him: "Niwa-sama is worthy of being a famous general of the family, even if the family loses a little to the Takeda family, he can stabilize the morale of the army and maintain the morale of the army!" ”

As soon as Sabei finished speaking, he saw the city gate not far away slowly open, and Oda Nobutada walked out of the city quickly wearing a pitch-black suit that reflected the sunlight, and Niwa Nagahide and others also followed closely behind Oda Nobutada.

Seeing this, Tsuda Nobusumi and Sabei and others immediately turned off their horses and headed towards Oda Nobutada, who was walking towards them. After Sabei saluted, when he looked up, he saw the sword that Oda Nobutada was holding in his hand. Sabei paused slightly, then continued to look up, his gaze swept over Oda Nobutada's somewhat excited and guilty face, and then after reaching the upright papaya-patterned headbag worn by Oda Nobutada, he lowered his head slightly and finally focused his gaze on Oda Nobutada's eyes, which seemed a little weak.

After looking at Sabei, Oda Nobutada said to Sabei and Tsuda Nobusumi: "Let's not say anything yet, the most important thing for us at the moment is to repel the Takeda army and relieve the crisis of Gifu Castle and Nishimino!" ”

Sure enough, after Oda Nobutada said this, Tsuda Nobusumi, who originally wanted to speak, stopped his squirming throat, bowed his head and said to Oda Nobutada: "Obey!" ”

Seeing this, Sabei also bowed his head to Oda Nobutada and saluted again, and then entered the hall under the leadership of Oda Nobutada.

After entering Tangdong Castle, Sabei turned to Oda Nobutada in front of him and asked, "Young Master, how many days has it been since the Takeda family came to Higashimino?" ”

Oda Nobutada stopped when he heard this, looked back at Sabei, and said to Tsuda Nobusumi on the side, "It should be four or five days!" ”

After speaking, Oda Nobutada turned his gaze to Sabei again, and said to Sabei: "Higashimino and Shinano in winter are difficult to travel, and from Kai to here, the Takeda army will have to travel for at least six or seven days. ”

Sabei nodded after listening to Oda Nobutada's words, and was about to speak, when he heard Oda Nobutada turn to him and say: "Sabei, it will be difficult for the Takeda army to evacuate in the short term, even if it is difficult to supply in winter, I will still give some supplies to the Kiso family and the people of Higashimino Tozan and other countries to support Takeda Katsuyori!" ”

At this time, Tsuda Nobusumi heard this, and also said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, the Takeda family has not yet been united, and the Kiso family belonged to the Takeda family after being conquered by the first lord of Takeda, Shingenko, and his heart should have an old grudge against the Takeda family, when Shingenko was alive, he could still suppress the Kiso family, and now Takeda Katsuyori has ordered the collection of grain from the Minami Shinano and Higashi Mino regions as the new master, I think these people should not give in to Takeda Katsuyori easily!" ”

After listening to Tsuda Nobusumi's words, Oda Nobutada turned his head to Tsuda Nobusumi and said: "Even if the Takeda family is now in internal discord, when facing the main family, the important ministers of the Takeda family are not stupid enough to hinder their lord!" ”

After hearing Oda Nobutada's answer, Sabei nodded at Tsuda Nobusumi and said, "It is the best result for the Takeda family to retreat in the face of difficulties, but if the Takeda family is bent on attacking the hinterland of the Takeda family, the Takeda family will definitely let the Takeda family hit their heads and bleed!" ”

Oda Nobutada heard the words and said to Niwa Nagahide on the side: "Gorouzuo, I will continue to ask you to gather the forces that have been defeated, and I will discuss with Sabei, Shichibei and others to arrange a military strategy to resist the westward advance of the Takeda army!" ”

After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Niwa Nagahide stiffly bowed his head and promised, and then raised his head and said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, if you don't have absolute certainty, the young master might as well negotiate peace with the Takeda family earlier, and then make plans after the Takeda family retreats!" ”

"Niwa-sama, don't do this, now the Takeda family's soldiers are approaching the main residence of Gifu City, if they negotiate peace with the Takeda family, the Takeda family will definitely take the opportunity to ask for a large amount of money and food from the family to supplement their losses in this battle... What's more..."

Sabei was expressing his opinion to Niwa Nagahide, but was suddenly stopped by Oda Nobutada in front of him. Sabei glanced at Oda Nobutada in front of him, and immediately bowed his head and said, "The young master must not take the initiative to negotiate peace with the Takeda family!" ”

Oda Nobutada didn't answer when he heard this, and said to Tsuda Nobusumi, Sabei and Niwa Nagahide beside him, "You go back to the house with me to talk in detail!" ”

After hearing Oda Nobutada's words, the other retainers around him also immediately understood the meaning of Oda Nobutada, although they were a little unwilling, but after all, the identity of the three of them was here, and the identity of one and the elder of the family was enough for these samurai who were a thousand stones and ten thousand stones at the same time to look up to for a while.

The four of them came to the evaluation room where Oda Nobutada and everyone discussed the defensive strategy, and as soon as Sabei sat down, he said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, Takeda Katsuyori's main family in this western expedition is thinking about consolidating his position within Takeda through the victory of the war; If the young lord and Takeda Katsuyori negotiate peace, Takeda Katsuyori is taking the opportunity to ask for money, food and materials from the family, which will definitely consolidate his position in the Takeda family, after all, a daimyo who is good at fighting will always bring a lot of opportunities for his subordinates to establish merits, with the strength of the Takeda family now, as long as the eastern Kanto daimyo is stabilized, you can rest assured that you will go west, and whether it is from the Higashiyama Road or the Tokaido army, the family will inevitably fight with the Takeda family again, and the matter of peace will do more harm than good to the family, and if the young master loses against Takeda, negotiated peace with Takeda, how will the retainers of this family view the young master? I hope the young master will think twice! ”

As soon as Oda Nobutada sat down, he heard Sabei babble and fell into deep thought. At this time, Niwa Nagahide also got up and said to Sabei: "Sabei, you persuade the young master not to negotiate peace, but how sure are you that you can defeat the Takeda army?" If the Takeda army breaks through Tangdong Castle and the troops reach Qifu, even if you and I can escape the fate of seppuku, it will be difficult for the lord to be reused, and the position of the young lord will also be shaken to a certain extent, you should know this! ”

After listening to the words of the two, Tsuda Nobusumi got up and said to Sabei, "Sabei, didn't you say before that Takeda Katsuyori was waiting for the opportunity to retreat?" Now it's time to put your speculation out! ”

When the other two people in the room heard this, they all set their eyes on Sabei. Seeing this, Sabei also got up and said to the three people in the room: "Even if Takeda Katsuyori fights into a god, he will also be subject to the things in the territory, and there must have been a lot of casualties in the previous battle between Takeda Katsuyori and the young master's army, coupled with such severe cold, most of the samurai and ashigaru who were seriously injured will be difficult to survive this winter; In addition, if the family arranges a tight defensive line in the area of Tangdong Castle, so that the Takeda army cannot break through the defense line in a short period of time, Takeda Katsuyori, who is worried about the loss of the territory, will definitely return to Kai with a great victory before he hits the wall; And we and Katsuyori Takeda are waiting for this opportunity! ”