Chapter 224: Purging After the War

After Sabei got married, he was once again summoned by Oda Nobunaga to Fuchu Castle to serve around. However, the plan to pacify the former Hokuetsu had been decided, and Sabei could no longer gain merit from the pre-pacification of Hokuetze, and Oda Nobunaga obviously had no intention of sending Sabei to lead the army to assist Shibata Katsuie and others in stabilizing the situation. On the contrary, he asked Sabei and Sasa Narumasa to protect him every day, and from time to time he passed Oda Nobunaga's orders to Shibata Katsuya and others.

Sabei also had the feeling that when he first arrived here, he was on duty outside the castle hall of Gifu Castle. However, Oda Nobunaga only let Sabei stay in Fuchu Castle for two days, and then ordered Sabei to lead 200 troops and 20 horses under Oda Nobunaga to serve as Oda Nobunaga's special envoy to replace Oda Nobunaga to inspect North Vietnam to search and deal with the remaining evils.

When Sabei received such an order, he was naturally flattered. After receiving the order, he immediately led the 220th Army to quickly embark on the road to the depths of North Vietnam.

The closer you get to Fuchu Castle, the easier it will be to clear the whole thing. Niwa Nagahide, who was in charge of the inventory of the remnants of the Honsho clan at Takebu Castle, Sabae Castle, and Toba Castle, stopped thinking of himself as an elder and talked to Oda Nobunaga in the form of a document summarizing the results of his search.

At the same time, Sabei naturally had to write a letter to Oda Nobunaga alone based on the results of his own inspection, and Sabei's letter was to send his horses back to Oda Nobunaga's hands.

As he advanced deeper into the northern Etsu front, Sabei felt more and more the influence of Ichimune among the common people. Even though Oda Nobunaga issued a decree, Sabei could still see monks on the road who were disguised as foot merchants and spread the same religious teachings on the roadside. And these monks were naturally cut down by the "one-eyed dragon" under Sabei with a knife. Naturally, the farmers and townspeople who did not report the information were also captured by Sabei and beheaded in the nearby towns. In troubled times, re-canonization, well, this is indeed the truth.

However, in the eyes of the locals, Sabei's actions turned into a brutal and sexless act of the Oda army. On the way to Kitanosho Castle, Sabei was attacked by a group of remnants of the Ichijo sect. The army under Zuobei was naturally not afraid of the attacks of these disciples, but under the command of Zuobei, they killed more than half of these disciples of the Sect. Especially Fushiwa Akijiro, who beheaded the twelfth level with just one person, and cut down countless disciples of the Sect.

The behavior of the remnants of the Ichijo sect of the sect hitting the stone with an egg also made Sabei understand the difficulty of the Oda family's rule in the former North Vietnam and the importance of eliminating the remnants of the Ichijo sect.

After arriving at Kitanoso Castle, Shibata Katsuie graciously invited Sabei to watch the execution of the remnants of Ichijo Sect under the castle. Sabei wanted to retreat, but after thinking of his mission, he went to the castle with Shibata Katsuya to see the execution process.

Looking at the monks of the Tsuyo sect who were boiling in the cauldron, Sabei was a little disgusted, but as the people who watched were not the monks who laughed and screamed. Immediately, Shibata Katsuya sent people to drag row after row of Ichijo sect disciples to the castle, and after his order, rows of blood gushed out, and the entire world of Sabei turned scarlet.

After Sabei made a basic patrol of Kita-Omi, Oda Nobunaga summoned Asakura Yoshikage to Fuchu Castle. At the behest of Oda Nobunaga, Sabei briefly informed Asakura Yoshikage of the problems encountered during the inspection. After hearing this, Asakura Yoshikage also immediately bowed to Oda Nobunaga. Subsequently, Oda Nobunaga informed Asakura Yoshikei that the situation in front of North Vietnam was now turbulent, and if the Oda army suddenly withdrew its troops, he was afraid that the forces of the Ichijo sect that had just been suppressed would rise again.

Although Asakura Yoshikage is not good at military affairs, he still has this bit of vision and brains. Asakura Yoshikage first bowed his head to Oda Nobunaga and thanked him, and then said to Oda Nobunaga: "My lord, I implore my lord to continue to garrison troops in front of North Vietnam, and when my family is able to take over, I will inform my lord!" ”

Sabei, who was listening in the assessment room, couldn't help but sigh that this Asakura Yoshikage was no longer the Asakura Yoshikage who had indulged in the pain of losing his son and blindly pursued pleasure. In this Hokuriku battle, the Asakura family was not destroyed as in history, but took refuge in the Oda family, and Echizen's Ichichi was also broken out in advance, and even Tomita Nagashige and Mae-Hayoshitsugu and others were killed one after another, and how will the trajectory of history change.

After listening to Asakura Yoshikage's words, Oda Nobunaga smiled and then pulled out the saber behind him and said, "Even if you know the trade-off, otherwise I wouldn't mind cutting off your head." ”

After listening to Oda Nobunaga's words, Asakura Yoshikage kowtowed to Oda Nobunaga again and said, "Thank you Lord for this kindness!" ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobunaga waved his hand and said to the kneeling Asakura Yoshikage in front of him: "I am going to leave Gonroku in front of North Vietnam to guard against Kaga's Ichisumune, you must listen to his advice in Ichijo Valley Castle!" With that, Oda Nobunaga ordered the Sabei in the house to send Asakura Yoshikei out.

After completing the mission assigned by Oda Nobunaga, Sabei obtained the consent of Oda Nobunaga and temporarily returned to Momoyama Castle. Sabei, who led nearly 200 troops under his command, had just returned to Momoyama Castle, and before he had rested for a while, he heard the shouts of Fushiwa Meijiro outside the door. Sabei had to apologize to Ming Wei Xiu beside him, Ming Wei Xiu chuckled and shook his head after hearing this, and then served Sabei to tie the sword around his waist, and watched Sabei stride towards the door.

Sabei, who walked out of the house, looked at Heiji and Fushiwa Akijiro, who bowed respectfully in front of the door, and asked the two, "What do you report?" ”

After hearing this, Fushiwa Akijiro stepped forward, took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Sabei, and whispered to Sabei: "My lord, Nanjo Terukei wants to resign as the head of the Nanjo family and appoint his son Nanjo Yaemon Teruaki as the new head. ”

After hearing this, Sabei looked at Fushiwa Akijiro's one-eyed, then took the letter handed by Fushiwa Akijiro, read it carefully, and then raised his head and continued to stare at Fushiba Akijiro.

Seeing this, Fushiwa Meijiro immediately said respectfully to Sabei: "My lord, this is what Nanjo Terukyo wrote to inform me; He hoped that he could first ask the lord how he could hide it from him, so he came to tell him that there was some money with the letter, about fifty times. ”

Hearing this, Sabei smiled and said to Fushiwa Mingjiro: "You can take the money, don't reply to the letter for the time being, and let you know when I decide, and then you will write back to Nantian Huijing." ”

After dealing with this matter, Sabei gave Heiji a few more words, and then turned and entered the room behind him. Ming Weixiu, who was in the house, saw Sabei coming back, stepped forward to untie Sabei's sword, and said with a smile: "My lord, is the matter settled?" After hearing this, Sabei touched Ming Weixiu's hair, laughed to himself, and then said softly: "It can be said that it has been solved, or it can be said that it has not been solved." ”

After hearing this, Ming Weixiu put Sabei's sword under the pressure cut, and then leaned in front of Sabei and whispered, "I don't know if your lord can tell me, I can also give some suggestions to my lord." ”