Burning Sky looked at Oda Nobutada, who had a serious face, first pointed to the Yokoyama Ridge on the side, and then bowed his head and said, "Young Master, do you know who cultivated this Pavilion?" After hearing this, Oda Nobutada directly said to the burning of the sky with his head bowed: "If the Ming Shamen is said like this, it must be cultivated by the Haima family of Jiashan Village. After hearing this, Burning Sky nodded and continued: "The Haima Yi family was originally a side line of the Koyamada clan in Koshu, and they went out because the main family descended to the Kai Gen clan Takeda, and settled here. ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobutada said with a smile: "Although the Yokoyama is small, its structure is reasonable and the attack and defense are moderate, and it seems that the Haima Yoshiya is an expert in building cities." After hearing this, Burning Sky continued: "Not only that, but the martial arts of the Seahorse Yijia are also good, and the soldiers under his command are good at archery, and they are all armed with high combat power in the surrounding area. ”

Oda Nobutada suddenly laughed at the burning sky at this time and said, "It's not good, I've fallen for your trick!" After hearing this, Burning Sky immediately bowed his head and said: "The situation is broken, and I have to make this bad plan!" With that, he took off the sword from his waist and put it on the ground, motioning for Oda Nobutada to dispose of it.

Oda Nobutaka looked at the burning of the sky in order to save the seahorse Yijia regardless of his own life and death, and the curiosity about the seahorse Yijia in his heart rose sharply, and then he was impressed by the spirit of the burning sky, so he said to the burning sky: "Mingshamen is really a loyal and righteous person, I will think twice about this matter, and I will continue to quell the chaos tomorrow, you go back and tell everyone to rest early!" Then Oda Nobutada pressed the sword at his waist and walked towards his house.

After Oda Nobutada left, the sweaty Burning Sky was blown by the night wind, and immediately shuddered, picked up his saber and walked out of the city.

Early the next morning, Oda Nobutada gathered the crowd and walked north, and one of the somewhat unfamiliar faces caught the attention of Burning Sky. Just as Burning Sky was about to open his mouth to ask Dokii Katsu, Doki Katsu had already spoken: "Lord Mori Nagake, the lord of Jinshan Castle, the second son of Lord Mori Kecheng. Only then did Burning Sky realize that the handsome young man in front of him who was chatting happily with Oda Nobutada turned out to be the elder brother of Mori Ranmaru, who was known to later generations.

Oda Nobutada and Mori Naga, who were chatting in front, seemed to hear someone talking about him behind them, and when they turned their heads, they found a monk and samurai with the flag of the Oda family on their backs staring at them. The moment Burning Sky and Mori Changke looked at each other, they realized their faux pas, and then bowed their heads to Mori Changke, and Mori Chang also returned the Burning Sky salute. Then Mori Nagake turned his head and continued to chat with Oda Nobutada, not taking the faux pas just now.

Just as Oda Nobutada and his entourage were heading towards Kita-Omi, they suddenly heard the sound of armor colliding in the woods beside the road. Burning Sky hurriedly shouted: "Young master, beware of enemy attacks!" After that, he and a few reacting group leaders surrounded Oda Nobutada and Mori Nagake in the middle, and Oda Nobutada's close guards also reined in their horses and drew their swords, forming a charging formation, ready to attack the enemy.

At this time, a number of armed peasant soldiers poured out from the bushes on both sides, holding rattan bows and aiming at Oda Nobutada, who was on horseback. When he saw these peasant soldiers holding rattan bows, he was immediately overjoyed, and first said to Oda Nobutada: "Don't worry, young master, this is a peasant soldier from Jiashan, and let me go down to negotiate." After saying that, Burning Sky handed his naginata knife to Ming Shan, walked out of the team according to the Tai Knife on his waist, and shouted into the bushes: "Is it you who is the righteous family?" ”

When the peasants with rattan bows saw Burning Sky coming out of the ranks, they immediately loosened the bowstrings in their hands. Several of them wanted to turn around and report the situation, but they saw that the Seahorse Yijia had already beaten their horses and galloped out. When Burning Sky saw the Seahorse Yijia with a happy face, he immediately went up and said, "Yijia, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" And it was such a sentence that made the Haima Yijia on the horse dismount and bow his head to the burning sky and said: "My lord, if I fail to complete the service to the adult for half a year as agreed, please deal with it!" ”

After saying that, the Haima Yijia was about to untie the Tai Knife from his waist, and at this time, he grabbed the arm of the Haima Yijia and said, "It's not your fault, come and meet His Royal Highness, the young master of this family." With that, he pulled the Seahorse Yoshiya into the formation, and the samurai and standing guards in the formation looked nervous, for fear that Burning Sky was a traitor who colluded with the enemy. Even Tokii Katsu, who was guarding Oda Nobutada, couldn't help but draw his bow and aim it at the burning sky that was walking towards Oda Nobutada.

After seeing everyone's reaction, Burning Sky shouted at Oda Nobutada: "Young master, this is the Seahorse Family!" Oda Nobutada looked at the two people who were surrounded in the center in front of him, and then looked at the peasants and soldiers who were drawing bows and arrows outside the formation, and said loudly: "Listen to my order, everyone put away their weapons!" ”

The samurai and Chang Bei, who were surrounding the two of them, looked at the resolute young master on horseback, and gradually raised the spear in their hands. Seeing this, the peasants and soldiers who bent their bows and arrows also loosened their bowstrings again.

Seeing the blades that everyone had put away, he led the Kaima Yoshiya to Oda Nobutada's horse. The Kaima Yoshiya first exchanged a courtesy greeting with Oda Nobutada, and then was asked by Oda Nobutada: "I heard that Ming Shamen said that you were originally a local servant who supported your family, why are you rebelling against your family now?" After hearing this, the Kaima Yoshiya said to Oda Nobutada: "I didn't betray Oda, but the letter of ownership sent by Xia was returned, which also made Zai extremely puzzled. ”

Oda Nobutada was a little stunned after hearing this, and the letter of belonging was returned, thinking of this, Oda Nobutada's heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately said to the seahorse Yijia and the accompanying samurai: "You follow me back to Yokoyama Castle, burn the air, you stay here, and don't let the two armies ignite the flames of war." "After that, under the escort of the accompanying attendants, he returned to Hengshan City with the Haima Yijia.

Half a day later, Oda Nobutada returned with Kaima Yoshiya and a new reunification order. Under the leadership of the Kaima family, Oda Nobutada successfully persuaded and subdued several landlords in the same situation as Jiashan Village, and with the efforts of everyone, he exterminated several landlords who still refused to submit.

In the evening, when Oda Nobutada returned to Yokoyama Castle with Oda Nobutada, he saw several headless corpses hanging upside down in front of the gate with their heads cut off outside the gate. Oda Nobutada said to the burning sky at this time: "Thanks to the Ming Shamen, otherwise these spies of the Asai family would have stayed in the army and continued to sabotage the plan. ”

Speaking of this, Oda Nobutada whispered to the burning air: "I heard Sasa Naruma say after drinking, you brought people to suffer, no, you were slandered before you were removed from the horse, is that so?" After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Burning Sky bowed his head and said: "Young master, you don't have to worry too much about this matter, I am still alive and can serve my family, so I am already very content." ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobutada smiled and said: "You are only four years older than me, how can you look like an old fox, no wonder my father said that you have a sharp eye like an eagle, a fierce advance like a pig, and a cunning mind like a fox', and also said: 'If Ming Shamen had been born twenty years earlier, maybe he would have a chance to compete with me.'" ’”

After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Oda Nobutada suddenly sweated like rain, Oda Nobutada was telling Burning Sky that you have been tightly held in the hands of me and my father, and it is as simple as pinching you to death an ant, or is it simply telling Burning Sky that you don't have to play any twists and turns with me, just say something straightforward.

Just when the Burning Sky was nervous, Oda Nobutada stepped forward and patted the Burning Sky on the shoulder and whispered: "The man of my Oda family may be teased once, but don't think that you can play with me in applause, I will make people remember your persuasion and surrender achievements this time, and I will also say a few good words to my father after the war, but I hope that you can be like the Zhongshan King of your Ming Kingdom, and I will not treat you badly in the future!" ”

After saying that, Oda Nobutada took the lead and walked towards the castle tower, and the burning sky was full of mixed feelings, smelling a trace of ambition and uneasiness in Oda Nobutada's words.

As Oda Nobutada, who was also born as a concubine, there are several younger brothers who were born as concubines at the same time, although Oda Nobutada has always been cultivated as a concubine and heir, but the cruelty of the Warring States period makes Nobutada understand his father's idea that he would rather bear the infamy of killing his brother than let his ambitious and rebellious uncle live in the world.

Burning Sky didn't expect that Oda Nobutada, a young man who had just served Yuanfu, would be so meticulous in his mind, and his speculation about power and people's hearts also made Burning Sky, who thought that he could surpass the vast majority of military generals of his generation in strategy and mental skills, had a new understanding of the military generals of the Warring States.

After Oda Nobutada and others reported the situation, Oda Nobunaga issued an order overnight: "Tomorrow morning, we will march to Nagahama!" For a while, there was a tense atmosphere inside and outside Hengshan Castle that a big war was imminent.