Just when Wasuka Masakatsu was sheltering from the rain under a large tree with lush foliage, suddenly a ninja under his command rushed over quickly and excitedly reported loudly: "Report to Bee Suka-sama ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Wasuka Masakatsu stand up and scolded in a low voice: "Bastard, if you alarm the enemy army in the city, even your life will not be able to compensate." "If it weren't for the fact that now wasn't the time, he would have repaired this ninja who didn't know what to do.

After listening to this, although the ninja lowered his voice a little, he still couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and only heard him say in a slightly trembling voice: "Bee... Lord Wasuka, the enemy has abandoned the castle and left, and now Inabayama Castle has become an empty castle, please decide. ”

"What?" Now it's Wasuka Masakatsu's turn to be surprised, obviously the enemy in the city has received the news that the Oda family's army is coming to attack, this is obviously abandoning the city and fleeing, Wasuka Masakatsu feels a little hard to believe, this Saito Ryuko no matter what he says, he is also the head of the family, in the face of the family name is about to be destroyed, it should be decent seppuku, it is in line with common sense, and now he is running away like this, which is really insulting to the spirit of the katana.

However, if he runs, won't this city cheapen itself? The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, but he didn't immediately give the order to occupy the castle, but came to the castle in three steps and two steps to observe first, and when he saw the gate of Inabayama Castle wide open and hundreds of ashigaru people pouring out, although he was not suspicious, he immediately ordered the ninjas around him: "Quickly gather the ninja army, occupy the city, and if anyone in the city resists, kill him."

Today's Inabayama City has long become an empty city, not only can you not see people, even the previous five pieces in the city are also a province, this is not Saito Ryuxing, he fled this time, in order to hide people's eyes, so he only brought the eight retainers at home, as well as more than 20 cronies Qiben, and in addition to the gold and silver soft with him, he didn't take anything else, however, he didn't take those large items, but it doesn't mean that the remaining more than 400 ashigaru under his command don't want it, those ashigaru saw that the lord and the adults and their families had fled, If it's not like I'm running away, then I'm sorry for myself.

Therefore, anything of little value in the city was swept away by these four hundred or so locust-like feet.

Despite this, however, Wasuka Masakatsu's ability to take down this world-famous fortified city without bloodshed is definitely a great achievement. After easily capturing the city, Wasuka Masakatsu immediately sent a ninja to report to the lord.

And at the same time as this ninja set off, in a rain-leaking earthen house in the middle of the mountainside, a young man with a simple face, also saw the whole process of the people in the city escaping, although he has lived in the mountains for a long time, but he is not a fool, and he has always been determined to be a samurai, he immediately found that this is definitely a great opportunity to make himself a samurai, the war between the Oda family and the Saito family has not stopped since he can remember, the Oda family attacked Inabayama Castle several times, but because the city is strong, so it was unsuccessful, If he takes the lead in reporting the news that the Saito family has escaped and that this city is already an empty city, then the other party will definitely reward himself under the great pleasure of the other party, and it should not be difficult to become a samurai with his own strength and not a stupid mind.

Thinking of this, he no longer had any reason, and immediately closed the door of the house, and hurried away in the direction of Owari in the torrential rain.

Due to the torrential rain, Nobunaga had to pause his advance, anyway, Inabayama Castle has become meat on the chopping board, so what does it matter if he just waits for his own sword, a little sooner or a little later.

"Who is standing there" Kinoshita Toyoshiro who was in charge of guarding outside the camp tent saw someone running quickly in front of him, and couldn't help frowning, this time he went to Inabayama Castle, because Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro only brought one hundred and fifty ashigaru, so he was assigned to Nobunaga's main camp, and now it was raining heavily, and everyone else was hiding from the rain in the tent, but he was unlucky enough to be sent by the lord to be responsible for the defense, which made him feel a little unhappy, and now there are people making trouble outside the camp, and he had to brave the torrential rain and lead a few of his subordinates to run to the door, He drew the knife from his waist and interrogated the visitor.

When the visitor saw that the samurai at the door was dressed gorgeously, he knew that his status in the Oda family was not low, so he hurriedly knelt on the muddy ground and reported loudly: "My lord, the villain lives on the mountainside of Mt. Inaba, this morning, I saw that the samurai of the Saito family and Ashigaru in Inabayama Castle all escaped from this city, and now Inabayama Castle has become an empty city. ”…,

"Bang dang", the knife in Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro's hand fell to the ground, I saw him waiting for his eyes, his mouth grown, and he didn't say anything for a long time, for him, this news is too shocking, if this information is reported to the lord. It's definitely a big achievement, and what I have to do now is to make sure if I heard it wrong.

I only heard Kinoshita Tojiro ask, "What's your name, and is what you just said true?" ”

"Back to my lord, the villain Horio took the suke, the ancestor was originally a samurai of the Toki family, after Saito Michizo captured Mino, the ancestor was implicated and exiled, and the villain is willing to use the name of the family to vouch, what I just said is true, and please decide."

Kinoshita Toyoshiro didn't panic when he saw his answer, obviously he was not an ordinary farmer, and he used his family name as a guarantee, so Kinoshita Toyoshiro had already believed eight points, although he was born as a farmer, but he clearly knew that the most important thing for a samurai was his family name, and since the other party used this as a guarantee, this should be true.

Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro wanted to take him to meet Nobunaga in person, but then he thought that if he was allowed to meet Nobunaga like this, he would not have much credit, if so......

Thinking of this, Kinoshita Toyoshiro had a bold idea, that is, to recruit this person as a retainer, and then report to Nobunaga himself, so that the credit would be his own, and then he would make some rewards to the person in front of him, and everyone would be happy.

Thinking of this, I saw Kinoshita Toyoshiro pick up the sword in his hand and said solemnly, "Are you willing to be my retainer?" ”。

After listening to this, Horio Masuke was overjoyed, the purpose of his trip was to become a samurai, and he was still thinking about how to speak along the way, but he didn't expect the other party to propose it first, although he failed to become a direct minister of Oda Nobunaga, but, looking at the samurai in front of him, it was obvious that his status was not low, and he was not satisfied.

I only heard Horio Hasuke say excitedly: "I want to be loyal to the adult, and please take it in." ”

Kinoshita Toyoshiro nodded and said with satisfaction: "Okay, I accept your allegiance and appoint you as the head of the ashigaru. After speaking, I heard him continue: "This news is very important to me, you have done a good job, and the reward is thirty times." ”

"Thank you, Lord." Horio Hasuke hurriedly saluted and said.

Kinoshita Toyoshiro said to Asano Nagamasa behind him: "Take him down to change his clothes first, and I will meet the lord immediately." After speaking, Kinoshita Toyoshiro didn't wait for Asano Nagamasa to answer, turned around and walked in the direction of the big tent where Nobunaga was located, ......,