Chapter 152: Between Brothers

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Oda family is about to perish!" To the surprise of the important ministers, Oda Nobunaga changed his previous non-mainstream and pompous attire and put on a very formal costume, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he almost made everyone bite their tongues. Nyima, Pen Fun and Pavilion www.biquge.info, the Oda family is about to perish, this kind of thing can you say as a house governor?

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while, a tall and burly samurai sat in the front row, with a look of displeasure, while on the other side, a young and handsome samurai had slightly narrowed his eyes, and he didn't know what kind of light flashed in his eyes. This tall samurai is Shibata Katsuie, who has always been the first fierce general of the Oda family, and this young and handsome samurai is Oda Nobukatsu, who is unanimously favored by the important ministers of the Oda family, that is, the younger brother of Oda Nobunaga.

Seeing everyone's stunned expressions, Oda Nobunaga smiled triumphantly, "Do you know what happened in Tokaido recently?" ”

"Elder brother, can you refer to the movements of the Imagawa family?" Oda Nobukatsu said slowly, he is also interested in the position of the governor of the Oda family, so he also has his own intelligence network, as the old enemy of the Oda family, the information of the Imagawa family is also the focus of his collection.

"Yes, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Harunobu, and Hojo Clan have the intention of forming an alliance, and once the Imagawa family is exempted from the troubles in the north and east, they can go all out to the west and use troops against Owari. And the Kawa family has been in obscurity for many years, and if they send troops this time, the number of troops is likely to reach 40,000! ”

40,000 people! Although the important ministers of the Oda family were a little mentally prepared, this number was still beyond their psychological endurance limit, and it suddenly exploded! This is obviously open, even during the Oda Nobuhide period, the Oda family could only get 20,000 troops, how can this battle be fought? In the final analysis, at this time, the Oda family was still a turtle samurai in the countryside, far from reaching the grand occasion of dominating and competing for the world in history, 10,000 people was already a very large army in their eyes, and 40,000 people were completely unimaginable! It's like before Bill Gates or Steve Jobs made their fortunes, 10 million dollars was an astronomical amount in their eyes, and when they were rich, 100 million was just a string of numbers. But the problem is that the Oda family at this time was not even unified with Owari, and furthermore, even the Oda family was still divided, which is really difficult to make people feel high.

"Don't panic, the lord must have a way out of trouble!" Oda Nobumitsu shouted angrily, and immediately suppressed everyone's discussions, and everyone's eyes were focused on Oda Nobunaga.

Seeing this scene, Oda Nobukatsu couldn't help frowning, Oda Nobumitsu is one of the seven guns of Kodozaka, and he is a powerful member of the Oda family, he favors Oda Nobunaga, which is not good news for Oda Nobukatsu.

"Hahaha! Although it is difficult to get out of trouble, but for me, it is not an impossible thing, the 40,000 troops of the Imagawa family, in my eyes, are just local chickens and tile dogs! Oda Nobunaga laughed boldly.

Seeing Oda Nobunaga so confident, everyone's hearts were a little relieved, and the contempt for Oda Nobunaga on weekdays suddenly dissipated a lot. It is normal for people to panic in a crisis, but in such a nervous time, once someone shows extraordinary self-confidence, whether it is real self-confidence or strong self-calmness, everyone will unconsciously take him as the center and become dependent and respectful of him. Such a scene made Oda Nobukatsu more and more uneasy.

"The Imagawa family relied on the Takeda family and the Hojo family to defend the back road for them, and although the alliance was good, it also dragged the Imagawa family into the battlefield in Kanto. Tsukahara MoryΕ« is by no means a man of defense, and I expect that after he has digested the lands of Shimono and Hitachi, he will definitely continue to attack the Hojo family and the Uesugi family. And the Imagawa family would never dare to sit idly by and watch Tsukahara Molong unify the Kanto region, that is to say, as long as Tsukahara Molong sent troops to Hojo, Imagawa Yoshimoto would have to draw troops to the east, and under the two-front battle, the number of troops that could be dispatched was limited. Although Oda Nobunaga looks wild and uninhibited, when he analyzes the current situation, he is the head of the road, which makes more people feel a sense of respect for Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga was extremely satisfied with everyone's reaction, and said with a smile: "What the family needs to do right now is to immediately send someone to the Tsukahara family to contact the alliance matter!" ”

Ally? Everyone showed incredible expressions, Tsukahara Molong is the overlord of the Five Kingdoms at the moment, and the territory that Oda Nobunaga nominally controls is only about 200,000 stones, and the other party may not be willing to accept it as a vassal of the other party, and form an alliance? It's no wonder that Tsukahara Molong doesn't go crazy!

However, Oda Nobunaga didn't care about this, he smiled and said to Oda Nobumitsu: "This matter is related to the life and death of the family, and it may even be intercepted and killed by the Imagawa family on the way, so I can only ask my uncle!" ”

"I don't agree." A woman's voice suddenly came, and Oda Nobunaga's face suddenly changed. I saw a middle-aged woman wearing plain makeup slowly walking into the assessment room, which turned out to be the main room of Oda Nobuhide, Oda Nobunaga and Oda Nobukatsu's mother, Tsuchida Gozen. Due to her husband's new funeral, Tsuchida Gozen didn't wear any fancy clothes, but being a housewife for many years gave her the momentum of not being angry and arrogant.

"See Mother." Oda Nobunaga, who was the governor of the Oda family, also had to bow his head. In fact, Oda Nobunaga's feelings for Tsuchida Gozen are very complicated, although the cheap daddy Oda Nobuhide is a well-known humanoid cannon, and he is "merciful" everywhere, but in the final analysis, Oda Nobunaga's blood parents are still Oda Nobuhide and Tsuchida Gozen, and Oda Nobunaga always has respect for his mother Tsuchida Gozen. Especially after the death of his father Oda Nobuhide, his younger brother Oda Nobukatsu turned against himself, in the eyes of Oda Nobunaga, she is his only relative in the world, but Tsuchida Gozen does not like Oda Nobunaga's eldest son very much, but he is quite fond of Oda Nobukatsu's younger son, and before Oda Nobuhide's death, he persuaded Oda Nobuhide to change Oda Nobukatsu as the heir to the family governor, but was rejected. Oda Nobunaga did not resent his mother because of this, he knew very well in his heart that Tsuchida Gozen actually loved his two brothers. Because Oda Nobukatsu fell out with himself, once he completely grasped the power of the Oda family, Oda Nobunaga didn't know if he would wield a butcher's knife when the time came for this younger brother who had always threatened his position as the governor of the family, so Tsuchida Gozen has been mediating between his two brothers, hoping that both of them can be saved. Originally, Oda Nobunaga occupied Nakono Castle, and Oda Nobukatsu occupied Suemori Castle, and the two brothers could be said to have maintained the balance of power, so they were fighting but not breaking. At present, Oda Nobunaga captured Kiyoshu Castle overnight, and the situation was immediately reversed, so Tsuchida Gozen couldn't sit still.

After Tsuchida Gomae appeared, he didn't mean to give face to his eldest son, but said coldly: "I heard that Molonggong admires Nobukatsu very much, and I will leave the matter of envoying to the Tsukahara family, so I will leave it to him." You can't slack off, whether it's Mino or Kanto, it's not as reliable as you are. After saying that, he left without looking back.

Oda Nobunaga's eyes flickered, and he announced for a long time: "Since my mother has spoken, then I will ask Jiro to visit the Tsukahara family this time." ”

"It will live up to expectations." Oda Nobukatsu nodded solemnly, but there was a hint of loneliness in his eyes.

Both brothers knew that although it was not yet to the point of life and death, the division between the important ministers was too obvious, and Oda Nobunaga's uninhibited and Oda Nobukatsu's dignified and gentle personality were also incompatible, and one of them would fall in the future before the Oda family could move on. Tsuchida Gozen's move seems to be to win foreign aid from the Tsukahara family for Oda Nobukatsu, and it is not good for Oda Nobunaga, but in fact, the second sentence shows Oda Nobunaga's attitude towards unifying the Oda family...... Tsuchida Gozen, in order to avoid fratricide, finally made a choice.