Sabei sat in the house, combing through the operation of Oda Nobunaga coming in, and did not say what the ambush of the Hojo clan's envoy meant, but said that Oda Nobunaga defeated the Takeda Katsuyori army at the Kai and Suruga borders, but did not attack Kai in one go, but suspended the offensive and returned to Sunpu Castle to negotiate peace with the Hojo clan. This puzzled Sabei.

However, Oda Nobunaga has never been a person who likes to give his goals in full, and Sabei can only speculate about Oda Nobunaga's intentions.

Soon after, Sukeemon also returned smoothly and came to meet Sabei. Sabei encouraged Sukeemon and asked if Sukeemon had any clues.

Sukeemon shook his head, thought for a while, and then said to Sabei, "When we found the banner and corpse of the Hojo envoys, it was already after they were ambushed, and we searched around for a short time before we found the samurai of His Highness Nobunaga, and then Jiro Ken was ordered by the lord to let us come back. ”

Sending off Sukeemon, Sabei looked at the candle flame in front of him, and the doubts in his heart did not decrease but increased.

However, since Oda Nobunaga must have his own plans for this, he still did not participate in it, so as not to burn himself.

After a few days of recuperation, Sabei and his troops gradually regained their vitality, and the second wave of envoys from the Hojo clan also came to Sunpu Castle.

The Hojo envoy was summoned to the hall by Oda Nobunaga, and Sabei, who was one of the retainers, also sat in the hall and looked at the envoy in front of him.

After saluting Oda Nobunaga, the Hojo clan sat in the hall and said to Oda Nobunaga, "Nobunaga, this time I have come to negotiate peace with you on the order of the lord, this is the sincerity of our family!" ”

The Hojo clan opened the big box beside him, and everyone in the hall was immediately shocked by the gold in the box, and Oda Nobunaga, who was at the top, also smiled and said: "This is not bad, but the current family is more important than making peace with you, and it is more important to attack Kai, do you know why I ordered to lead the army back to Sunfu?" ”

The Hojo clan chuckled lightly when he heard this, and then said to Oda Nobunaga: "Although it is a bit rude to say this, but if Nobunaga Hall does not negotiate peace with the family, the army of the family will attack Suruga, and the remnants of the Takeda army of Kai will attack your side, and they will only be afraid of arguing, and they will be argued by the important ministers such as Sakuma Nobumori and Takigawa Kazuki who came here for a long time, and at the same time, Tokugawa Ieyasu also said: "Hikirisuke, Nobunaga Hall and the family have been defeating Takeda Katsuyori for several days, and the current military situation, your army's strength should be completely assembled, Coupled with the 5,000 troops that were annihilated the previous time and the military strength that was killed and injured in the confrontation with the Satake Satomi coalition forces, you should not be able to gather 10,000 people now, and now the coalition Nobunaga Palace is about to fall in the footsteps of the Imagawa clan! ”

Bao Zhongzuo held it down, and Sabei also turned around and shook his head at Mori Changke.

Mori Naga, who was sitting behind Sabei, heard the words and immediately wanted to get up and fight for more than 10,000 people, and now Izu and Sagami are empty, and I am afraid that within a month, Izu's gold mine will fall into the hands of Nobunaga's Palace. ”

At this time, Takenaka Hanbei also spoke: "Lord Tokirosuke, instead of bluffing here, it is better to think about how to get the lord to agree to peace talks!" ”

The Hojo clan laughed when he heard this, then glanced at everyone and said, "Don't underestimate the bravery of the Kanto samurai! Uesugi Kenshin's 100,000 people failed to break through the Odawara Castle of his own family, and more than 10,000 people on your side dare to be delusional? ”

Oda Nobunaga, who was at the top, looked at everyone's lips and words, and said, "Okay, Hitakusuke, since you have asked for peace talks, in order to ensure that you will not secretly collude with the Takeda clan, offer hostages!" ”

After hearing this, the Hojo clan immediately got up and refused, and said: "This family is just a failure because of Takeda Katsuyori's clumsy command, and it is absolutely impossible for you to blackmail your family. ”

Sabei listened to Hojo Shigeru's words, his eyes swept towards Oda Nobunaga, only to see Oda Nobunaga also get up and laugh: "Since you want me to show my sincerity, I will show my sincerity!" ”

Hearing this, Sabei looked at Oda Nobunaga who waved his hand, and then looked out of the hall, only to see a horse back walking into the hall with a wooden box in his hand, and Oda Nobunaga himself also walked down and took the wooden box in Ma Hui's hand.

Seeing this, Ma Hui knelt on the ground and did not move again, while Oda Nobunaga placed the wooden box in front of the Hojo clan.

Seeing this, the Hojo clan snorted, and then said to Oda Nobunaga, "Nobunaga-den, what's in this box?" ”

Oda Nobunaga smiled when he heard this, and then opened the wooden box, and the head of Yamaguchi Masakai appeared in front of everyone.

Suddenly, there was a smell of decay in the hall, and the Hojo clan shook his head when he saw this and said, "Why didn't Nobunaga Hall set up a mound for burial, but let the dead not rest in peace?" ”

Oda Nobunaga ignored the Hojo clan and said directly: "The Uesugi clan is now eyeing Ueno, once you lose Ueno, then the road to Musashi will be opened, and Uesugi Kenshin will not give up the opportunity to take charge of Kanto again!" ”

The Hojo clan did not refute Oda Nobunaga, but followed Oda Nobunaga's words: "But Nobunaga Hall will not sit idly by and watch the Uesugi clan regain control of the Kanto region and give the Uesugi clan a chance to compete with you for the world!" ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobunaga laughed and said: "So, I want to put aside the dispute with you and attack the Takeda clan wholeheartedly, as long as you resist the attack of the Uesugi clan in Ueno, I will not offend Izu and Sagami in the slightest!" ”

After hearing this, the Hojo clan also laughed and said: "Nobunaga Palace, I am not a three-year-old child, if Nobunaga Palace cheats, then my Izu and Sagami countries will not be in danger?" ”

Then the Hojo clan said again: "Nobunaga Hall might as well send hostages to the family and give ten thousand silver, so that the family can rest assured!" ”

Hojo's words were fiercely countered by the retainers of the Oda family, and the peace talks broke up unhappily.

A few days later, Takeda Katsuyori, who was recuperating in the Tsugasaki Pavilion, met with an envoy from the Hojo clan, who explicitly stated that the Hojo clan invited Takeda Katsuyori and the Hojo army to flank Oda Nobunaga in Sunpu Castle, and asked Takeda Katsuyori to cede the Suruga half of the country to the Hojo clan after defeating Oda Nobunaga.

At this time, Sabei was thinking about what to do next in Sunfu Castle after Oda Nobunaga's peace talks with the Hojo clan broke down, and the retainers in the house also offered their own suggestions and speculations, and Sabei also affirmed them after listening.

However, Sabei still couldn't understand what kind of plans Oda Nobunaga had clearly given up the pursuit of Takeda Katsuyori and returned to Sunpu Castle for peace talks, but let the peace talks break down, or did these plans be offered by Takenaka Hanbei.