Looking at Shinsuke Yamashita who was a little surprised in front of him, Sabei didn't explain anything to his retainers, but said to Suzuki Heavy Industries on the side: "Gorou Bingwei, when I go out into battle, you will be responsible for the affairs in the territory, if you encounter something you can't handle, you can go to Axiu to discuss." ”

After listening to Sabei's words, Suzuki Heavy Industries immediately bowed his head and agreed, and then Sabei said to Sukeemon on the side: "Sukeemon, you stay to assist Goroubei, and be responsible for the liaison between Kuniyoshi Castle and the military situation!" ”

After arranging the tasks of his retainers, Sabei issued an order to assemble to the local servants and wealthy clans in the territory. Within a day, the local servants and wealthy clans in the Sabei domain led their subordinates to gather at the foot of Kuniyoshi Castle. The lineage of Sabei also came to Kuniyoshi Castle with the ashigaru they had collected.

After a night of repairs, Sabei led an army of more than 400 people towards the border area between Yamashiro Province and Kawachi Province, and there were still more than 150 samurai and standing guards in Kuniyoshi Castle, and the post office was naturally closed because of Sabei's departure.

After a day's march, Sabei entered Yamashiro Province with his men and arrived at Yodo Castle, where Akechi Mitsuhide's army was stationed. When Sabei's Marunouchi Ichiwei banner appeared under Yodo Castle, Tsuda Nobusumi, who was already waiting under Yodo Castle, walked up to Sabei and said with a smile: "Sabei, your family crest is really a little special!" ”

After listening to Tsuda Nobusumi's words, Sabei glanced back at his family crest, and then said to Tsuda Nobusumi without changing his face: "Nanabei, you were also invited by Lord Akechi to assist in the attack on Hanoi City?" ”

Hearing this, Tsuda Nobusumi nodded and said: "This time to attack the Miyoshi clan of Hanoi Kingdom, Lord Akechi is ready to defeat Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and Miyoshi in one fell swoop in a short period of time with an absolute superiority in troops!" ”

Saying that, Tsuda Nobusumi guided his sister-in-law to Yodojo Honmaru and introduced the current situation to him. Now that the Miyoshi trio had damaged Iwanari Yutsu, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu no longer dared to face the Oda army's troops, so he hid in Wakae Castle. Now Akechi Mitsuhide and Sakuma Nobumori are discussing tactics about the capture of Wakae Castle.

After bowing to the people in the assessment room, the Sabei who had been introduced into the castle hall bowed to the crowd and sat down with Tsuda Nobusumi. Akechi Mitsuhide nodded at Sabei, and then continued to explain to the generals in the assessment room how to capture Wakae Castle by himself.

Akechi Mitsuhide thought that it was necessary to use both conspiracy and conspiracy to capture Ruojiang City, the long-entrenched city of the Miyoshi family, and as for what kind of conspiracy to use, Akechi Mitsuhide did not inform everyone in detail, but only informed everyone that he had already made contact with the people in Wakae Castle. Akechi Mitsuhide also said that he would use the method of besieging the city without one, as well as tactics such as cutting off water and burning food.

After listening to Akechi Mitsuhide's words, everyone already had some numbers in their hearts, so they said a few polite words and said goodbye to Akechi Mitsuhide. It's just that Sabei obviously felt that Sakuma Nobumori, who was sitting next to Akechi Mitsuhide, was not as happy as he seemed on the surface.

After the generals in the assessment room left, Akechi Mitsuhide invited Sabei to the tearoom in Yodo Castle. Sabei, who was sitting in the tea room, looked at the wise Mitsuhide in front of him, who could be said to be high-spirited, and bowed his head and said to him: "Wise lord, if it weren't for the introduction of the lord to the lord that day, how could I have today's merits, and the recommendation of the wise lord in the next is unforgettable!" ”

After listening to Sabei's words, Akechi Mitsuhide smiled and said: "Sabei doesn't have to be like this, you have a saying in the Ming Kingdom called 'gentlemen's friendship is as light as water', you and I are gentlemen's friends, why be like those laymen?" ”.

Sabei also smiled in his heart after hearing this, although he didn't know what Wise Mitsuhide had in his heart, but naturally Wise Mitsuhide said that he would borrow the donkey from the slope and accept it. Thinking of this, Sabei said to Akechi Mitsuhide: "Since I am here, I won't say more!" ”

After the two talked a few more words, the two began to study the tea ceremony and said no more.

When he came out of Yodo Castle, Fushiwa Akijiro had already arranged the military situation under Sabei, and Yamashita Shinsuke also took out the roster of everyone and checked them one by one to prevent people from slipping away and spies from getting involved.

Sabei, who was walking on the dirt road, wiped off the remaining tea stains on his mouth with a handkerchief, and then took the water handed by the right Ichisuke and rinsed his mouth. Right Ichisuke looked at Sabei so embarrassed, and asked in a low voice, "Lord, could it be that the wise lord is not good at tea?" ”

Sabei shook his head, spit out the water in his mouth, and said to Right Ichisuke: "It's just that I'm not used to drinking it, or is Mingguo's tea method more in line with my taste, okay, let's not talk about it, how is Mingjiro's arrangement?" ”

After hearing this, the right Ichisuke said: "Brother Meijiro has already set up the camp, and the wood salary has been prepared, although it is not yet winter, but the cool breeze at night is unbearable!" ”

After listening to Ichisuke You's words, Sabei was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Mingjiro didn't have an argument with Shinsuke Yamashita, right?" ”

After hearing this, Youichisuke replied without thinking, "No, Brother Meijiro has never communicated with Taoya-sama since the lord went to the city, let alone had an argument!" ”

After hearing this, Sabei nodded, and said to Right Ichisuke: "I now appoint you as the middle attendant, and I am responsible for managing the close guards on my left and right!"

That night, Sabei gathered the retainers and nobles who had come with him, informed them of the tasks they might be assigned, and comforted them: "Akechi-sama will not be the main force in this battle, but will be the main force of Sakuma-sama's army, and our mission should be similar to that of Tsuda-sama, who will be responsible for guarding and flanking support during the siege." ”

After admonishing the Hao clan and the local servants on what to pay attention to in the enemy's territory, Sabei left his retainers behind. Looking at the five retainers in front of him, Sabei's originally kind face instantly became serious, and after seeing that the surroundings were guarded by the attendants, he whispered to Yamashita Shinsuke: "Yamashita Shinsuke, what do you think Akechi Mitsuhide is planning?" ”

After listening to Sabei's question, Yamashita Shinsuke thought for a moment and said: "My lord, the military strength of Lord Akechi is completely capable of attacking the Miyoshi clan of Kawachi Province, and his summoning Lord Gong and Lord Tsuda here is completely superfluous, and it will not affect the process of conquering Hanoi Province, as for Lord Akechi's plan..."

"He wants to win over the lord!" Fushiwa Akijiro on the side directly interrupted Shinsuke Yamashita's words, got up and said to Sabei.

After hearing this, Sabei nodded, then shook his head and said, "Maybe he wants to win me over, but with his intelligence, he will definitely not do such a superficial thing, this has been taken into account, other than that, what else do you think?" ”

Everyone shook their heads after hearing this, and Sabei didn't ask any more questions when he saw this, and took his retainers to inspect the camp again, and urged his wealthy landlords to arrange the personnel on night duty. After that, Sabei left Fushiwa Akijiro and Fujido Takatora in charge, and led the right Ichisuke, Yamashita Shinsuke and Kaima Yoshiya, as well as more than 20 attendants into the Yashiki of Yodojo to rest.