"What! General Yoshiki was killed! Hearing such exciting news, the Oda family suddenly exploded and whispered, and even Oda Nobunaga frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Lord, although Kyoto has changed dramatically now, but the family is far away, let's solve the matter in front of us first." Hosokawa Nobugen was the first to react, in fact, he had already received this message, but he was afraid of scruples, so he pretended not to know.

"Hmmm! Rokuro is right, this is not a matter of concern to us, let's take down Mino Country first. Oda Nobunaga quickly adjusted his mood, and now the Oda family is still in its infancy, and there is no strength to compete for dominance in the world.

A month passed quickly, and the Oda family had gathered 3,000 troops, of which Oda Nobunaga's own team had 1,000 standing reserves, and the Hosokawa family had 500 standing reserves, accounting for as much as half. The main reason is that the Oda family has not yet implemented the separation of soldiers and peasants, so the effect of mobilization in the autumn harvest season is extremely unsatisfactory.

"My lord, Lord Hosokawa Fujitaka of Kyoto has successfully rescued Master Kakukei, the younger brother of General Yoshiki, and is now hiding in Wada Castle in Koga Prefecture. On Mt. Imu in Mino Province, Hattori Hanzo is reporting follow-up information on Kyoto.

"Well, Master Jueqing naturally refused to come, first, Owari was far away from Kyoto after all, and he couldn't suppress and control Gyeonggi; The second is that the Oda family is still only a guardian of one country, and it is naturally incomparable with those two countries or even the great guardians of the three countries. Therefore, Master Jueqing naturally will not be reluctant to seek the near and far, and when he hits a wall everywhere, he will naturally think of the Oda family. Tell Hosokawa Fujitaka that you don't have to interfere too much with Master Juekei's itinerary. Hosokawa Nobumoto, who was riding on a horse, didn't mind where Kakukei was going, because he knew that sooner or later he would come to Oda's house.

"The construction of the city will be stepped up, and this will be the place where the army will rest in the future." Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the hot construction site behind him, and he followed Oda Nobunaga's order to come to Mt. Imu as a pioneer to establish and defend the castle. First, it is used as a springboard for attacking Minong, a place for the army to rest; second, it can guard against reinforcements coming from the side of Nishiminon; The third is that it can oppress the Urinuma City and the Ape City in the middle of the country.

Due to the experience of the last time Sumata One Night Castle, the choice of the construction of Ikiyama was also based on the wooden fence of the Kiso River, and the Kawa Namizu was responsible for transporting the finished product, so the construction of Ikiyama Castle was very ideal.

"Hehe~~ Lord Hosokawa, I really admire the five-body cast in the next place, and he deserves to be the first wise general in the family." A sharp voice came from behind Nobumoto Hosokawa, it was Sumamata Castle and Kinoshita Toyoshiro who came with Kawa and the others.

"Kinoshita-sama has won the award.,Since the adults have been stationed in Sumamata Castle.,Relying only on the strength of the Kawa and the people.,The Sumamata Castle is seamless.,I deeply admire.,It seems that the talent of the adults has been buried before.。 Hosokawa Nobumoto turned around and looked at Kinoshita Toyoshiro, who was able to defend the ink mata for nearly two years with eight hundred rivers and all the people, this person's ability is not ordinarily strong, and he is worthy of Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who will unify Japan in the future.

"Hehe, where, where, Hosokawa-sama praised it falsely." Kinoshita Tojiro suddenly burst out laughing obscenely.

"By the way, Hosokawa-sama, after coming down to Imuyama Castle and observing it for a few days, I found that the Saito family has been in a panic all day, maybe if we make adjustments now, there will be unexpected gains."

"The next task is to build Yimu Mountain, and before the task is completed, I will not be distracted to do other things, otherwise the lord will blame it, and it will not be good. As for Kinoshita-sama, you're just assisting in transporting supplies below, and you and I don't belong to each other, so now that your adult's task has been completed, you can do it yourself. "Hosokawa Nobumoto disdains monkeys for dancing.

"In that case, I'll have to try it on the next person." didn't succeed in pulling Hosokawa Nobugen to adjust the strategy together, Kinoshita Toyoshiro was a little disappointed, after all, he was alone. And the ambition in his heart has been urging him to make meritorious contributions quickly, so he often does some extremely risky, but also rewarding tasks.

Within a few days, the Oda army crossed the Kiso River and besieged Unuma Castle.

Hosokawa Nobumoto stood on the already built city wall, silently looking at the Oda army that was organizing an attack on Unuma Castle at the foot of the mountain.

"My lord! His subordinates had already said that the lord of Unuma Castle, Jiro Osawa Saemon, would open the door and surrender as soon as the lord was willing to ensure that his territory was safe. Kinoshita Toyoshiro reported to Oda Nobunaga with a smile, and in the days before the arrival of the army, he successfully lobbied Osawa Jiro Saemon, who was known as the "Tiger of Unuma", to surrender the Oda family.

"Hahaha! Well done monkey, I agree to his request and let him open the city and surrender. "Oda Nobunaga was in a good mood, but he didn't expect to reap a joy when he first arrived in Mino.

Crunch crunch! The gate of Unuma Castle was wide open, and Osawa Jiro Saemon and others knelt at the door to welcome the Oda army into the city, and since then the Unuma Castle soldiers have been taken down bloodlessly.

After a short rest, the Oda army went up the river two days later to surround Saruki Castle, which was built on a high mountain along the Kiso River, and the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was not captured after three days.

"My lord! Give your ministers two more days, and you will definitely conquer the Ape City. "During the military meeting convened by Oda Nobunaga, Shibata Katsuie made a statement and asked for his life.

"Your Excellency! Or give your subordinates a chance, and your subordinates will persuade the city lord to see the repair and surrender within two days. Kinoshita Toyoshiro was also on the side to grab the credit, and was glared at by Shibata Katsuie.

"My lord, your subordinates have observed Saruchi Castle in recent days and found that the city needs to fetch water from the Kiso River from time to time to drink, which proves that there is no well in the city. Therefore, although the castle is backed by the Kiso River and built on a high mountain, it seems that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but in fact, the drinking water in the city needs to rely on the Kiso River, and as long as the water in the city is cut off, it will definitely not be able to hold on. "Niwa Nagahide is now an expert in building castles, and he can see the pros and cons of Saruki Castle at a glance.

"Haha! Good! Migoro, Saruki Castle will follow your method to attack the city, first cut off its water, besiege it for three days, and then attack the city. In addition, how could Tadashi Sato, the lord of Kajita Castle, not defect? Tell him, don't think about the left and right, when the army will be overwhelming, don't blame me for not reminding him! "Oda Nobunaga issued an ultimatum to Tadano Sato.

When he came here, he heard that in order to stop the invasion of the Oda family, the lord of Seki Castle, Nagai Michitoshi, the lord of Kajida Castle, Sato Tadano, and the lord of Doto Castle, Kishi Nobushu, reached an offensive and defensive alliance, and Sato Tadanon sent his daughter Yae Midori into Doto Castle as the adopted daughter (hostage) of the Kishi clan, which nearly strengthened the alliance.