。 193 "That's it...... At the banquet in a few days' time, you're going to say this. ”

"What am I going to say?"

"Don't interrupt you! Wait until I'm done! "Old

The husband seemed to be angry at my unruliness, and he pointed his folding fan at me, and said in his usual commanding tone, "You have to say...... The Takeda family, which dominated the Kanto region this time, depends on the hard work of all of us! ”

"Well, is that all? Okay, I'm ......."

"What's next...... It may make you feel a little wronged. ”

"Grievance?"

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in my heart, Oda Nobunaga was going crazy, and no one could bear it.

"I'll come over. shouted at you: You guy didn't fight a single battle, what's the hard work?! ”

"My lord, I generally understand your train of thought," I finally remembered, isn't this one of the fuses of the "Instinct Temple Change" in history -- the beating of Akechi Mitsuhide?

"You...... You get the idea? This time, the surprised person turned out to be Oda Nobunaga, who felt that he was only halfway through his words...... Could it be that this kid is the same as his father, and he is a master who is good at reading people's eyes?

If that's the case, it's great, and you don't have to work so hard to talk to smart people.

"In this crusade against the Takeda clan, only Lieutenant General Gifu has fought against the enemy, so the hardest person is Lieutenant General, and if I say that I am also very hard, it is actually equivalent to the credit of the shameless snatching of Lieutenant General......

"Huh! That's a good point! It's great that you understand what I mean! Oda Nobunaga slapped his palms happily, "Next, you have to pretend that young people can't stand it, and stand up to refute my words......"

"My lord, this is a bad statement, since I became the governor of the family, I have never made any contributions, if you want to refute it...... And my lord, if I directly refute you, it will be a contempt for your absolute authority...... So my lord, I think that when the time comes, I will pretend to apologize to you on the surface, but I am still not convinced in my heart. ”

"That's right! That's the effect! I'm going to make you suffer a little bit...... I will come over and give you a few slaps in the face, scolding while beating, you guy who doesn't know the height of the sky, what kind of hard work do you have, if I don't teach you a lesson this time, you won't know your own pounds in the future......"

"Father, don't do it!" Before he finished speaking, Oda Nobutada hurriedly dissuaded: "Lord Akechi is an old and important minister of the family, and he is also a member of the family, if you beat him in public like this, I am afraid it will be ......."

"Huh! Everything is just a show for those who don't know the truth, and you see, everyone here knows this in their hearts, and Kogoro will not complain......"

Who said I didn't complain, but even if I did, I couldn't say it.

And there are so many people here, it's not good for you to beat anyone, why do you have to beat me???

"That's right, Kogoro, this will be for the world! It's hard for you to be beaten once! ”

If you beat me, you have to fight the world, Oda Nobunaga's thinking is really not something that ordinary people can understand...... Yikes! Oda Nobunaga, what are you doing here?!!!

Oda Nobunaga said, suddenly hugging me tightly.

Everyone present, including me, was taken aback.

Oda Nobunaga hugged my shoulders and burst into tears. If it's really acting, there's no need to do it to that extent...... But Oda Nobunaga was very natural -- could it be that this time he was really in love, and not intentionally?

Forget it, people like Oda Nobunaga are not something I can understand casually.

Since you are my son-in-law, you are equivalent to my son, and I, as a father, not only did I not give you any love, but also made you embarrassed in public, and I was beaten by my fists and feet, which is really ...... I've wronged you......"

"The lord doesn't have to be like this, since it's for the world, then no matter how much I am wronged, it's nothing......"

Although I didn't understand what the beating had to do with the world, I had no choice but to follow his wishes.

And in all fairness, I really can't imagine what it would be like if I had a father like Oda Nobunaga.

"My lord, can you let go of your hand first? I've ...... I can't stand it......"

Takigawa Kazuki, who was sitting in the seat, whispered to Shibata Katsuya next to him:

"Repair Lord Liang, why does the good lord have to fight the wise lord? …… Moreover, even if it is a scene play, the wise adult's sentence of 'everyone has worked hard' is just a polite remark, and it is ...... to say it."

"Hehe, Lord Takikawa, can't you see it? The lord is here to help Major Lieutenant General Gifu establish his prestige, he wants to tell everyone that this time the destruction of the Takeda family, Lieutenant General Gifu should be the first to take credit, if anyone dares to take credit, even if it is his own son-in-law, he will not easily forgive. ”

"That's ......"

"Another point, from last year to now, Lin Xiuzhen, Ando Mori, and even the patriarch of the family, Sakuma Nobumori, who had just attacked Ishiyama Honganji, have been exiled by the lord one after another, and the lord has beaten the wise man who has not yet taken over as the governor of the family, in fact, it is also to remind him that if you don't work hard, I'm afraid there will be nothing...... Of course, this is also to knock us old ministers by the way, don't be complacent, and make persistent efforts......"

"It turns out that there is still this meaning, the lord is really ......" Takigawa Kazuki wiped the sweat from his head......

I don't know if Oda Nobunaga sincerely wanted to fool people, but the date of the banquet in Kofu was chosen on April 1 of the tenth year of Tensho.

Of course, I know that Oda Nobunaga just decided on this date very casually, because April Fool's Day will not be formed in the West until many years later.

According to the previous agreement, Takigawa Kazuyi first presented his trophy, the head of Takeda Katsuyori and his son.

"Hahahahaha......"

When he looked at the box containing the head presented by Takigawa Kazuyi, he couldn't help laughing. It seems that the head is very well preserved, and it has been more than twenty days since the day of his suicide, and it has not changed much. Takigawa Kazuyoshi presented it respectfully to Oda Nobunaga, and then stepped aside.

"Takeda Katsuyori......" Oda Nobunaga squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully for a while, and muttered to the head, "The two of us can be regarded as meeting, your fate is really bad......"

Senranmaru, who was standing on the sidelines, had red eyes and turned his head. Although what Oda Nobunaga said was not necessarily the impermanence of life, it seemed to have a great shock in the heart of the young Mori Ranmaru.

"It's said that you're called a marksman, and you're ...... The world-famous samurai finally handed over his head to me. Is this life? Oda Nobunaga slowly turned his gaze to the head of Takeda Taro Nobukatsu, "You've finally returned to your mother?" ”

Takeda Nobukatsu's mother was the daughter of Toyama Kubei Tomotada, the lord of Mino Naeki Castle, and the niece of Oda Nobunaga. When Takeda Shingen was still alive, Oda Nobunaga married her as an adopted daughter to Takeda Katsuyori, and the adopted daughter died shortly after Shinkatsu.

"Go and tell your mother, don't complain about Oda Nobunaga. It's all because your father and grandfather couldn't see through my luck, and they did something stupid themselves. ”

At some point, Oda Nobunaga changed to a tone of confiding, "The time when you married your mother...... Your uncle and I believe that the growth is weak, and he does not dare to offend your ancestor, who is called the tiger's father, and he is almost exhausted. However, as time passed, the positions of Katsuyori and I were reversed, but your father couldn't see the situation clearly, and finally buried Kai Genji. With that, Oda Nobunaga lowered his head and smiled again.

It is indeed rare for Oda Nobunaga to behave like this. He never mentioned trivial things, complaints and feelings, and the boys all looked at each other.

Oda Nobunaga immediately returned to Azuchi to conquer the Chugoku region. If you see your mother in that world, tell her that there is still a long way to go to war, but that the world is only one step away. Then Oda Nobunaga opened the fan and beckoned Ichiki over. This head, after Iida was shown to the public, was transported to the capital along with Takeda Shintoyo and other heads of the Takeda clan. By the way, let Hasegawa Munehito be the messenger. The place to show the public in Kyori is to be around a bridge. ”

"Yes." Takigawa Kazuki replied respectfully and took the head.

Oda Nobunaga glanced around the seats, many of the people present were of the same Takeda clan, but they didn't dare to look at Oda Nobunaga at all.

"There are two over there, but Kiso-sama and Anayama-sama?"

Nobuyoshi Anayama and Yoshimasa Kiso, who didn't understand why they were named, looked at each other, and then replied:

"Meet Lord Youfu!"

"This time to eliminate the Takeda family, the two adults can be said to have made a lot of contributions."

Kiso Yoshimasa is okay to say, but Anayama Nobuyoshi is extremely ashamed, he was originally the descendant of the Takeda family, and saying that he destroyed the Takeda family is not tantamount to laughing at him for deceiving his teacher and destroying his ancestors?

"It's really admirable that Kiso-sama showed me the way, and Anayama-sama gave up his own selfish interests for the sake of Suruga's survival......"

Nobuyo-kun Anayama couldn't even lift his head this time.

"If you have merit, you will be rewarded, Lord Kiso will reward Anzumi, Shenzhi will give two counties, and Lord Cave Mountain will reward Jumo one county."

"Thank you, Lord Youfu!"

It's finally over......

Just when Anayama Nobujun breathed a sigh of relief, Oda Nobunaga suddenly said:

"I heard that it took seven days and seven nights for this person to persuade one of the generals of Takeda to surrender, is this Blood Spear Jiulang here now?"

Nobunaga knew that Nobuyan was a general, but he said this, which was really a great irony for him. Tokugawa Ieyasu glanced at Anayama Nobuyoshi quickly, only to see Anayama Nobuyoshi with his head down, eager to find a crack in the ground and get in.

"That one is called Bloody Gun Jiulang, if you bring it, I want to see him. I heard that thanks to this man, Ieyasu's later battles were all victorious. I want to hear what he said for seven days and seven nights, and by the way, praise him. Call him to me. ”

Somehow, I suddenly felt a tingling in my heart, and I replied in a low voice, "My lord, when Major Admiral Tokugawa and I captured Shinfu Castle, that Lord Tokugawa was arranged by Lord Tokugawa to go back to Suruga to do other things. ”

This is, of course, a lie. However, in any case, Anayama Nobuyuki was a famous general in the Takeda clan, and his mother was the sister of Takeda Shingen, and his wife was Shingen's daughter. And Nobunaga, who is clear about these, wants to call the bloody gun Jiurou and ask him to tell him about the bitter persuasion of surrender, which is obviously to despise the surrender of Anayama Nobukun, and even insult the latter's personality.

People are dignified, and of course I don't sympathize with Nobukun Anayama, I just think that if you push a person too hard, something will happen.

As I spoke, I glanced at Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was an old fritter and immediately understood what I meant, and although he didn't understand why I was doing it, he knew that if he didn't cooperate with me now, I would ......

"Well, yes, I still have this for him to deal with."

While singing the duet with me, Tokugawa Ieyasu was also thinking, why should Oda Nobunaga have trouble with a person who has already surrendered?

Why, exactly? Tokugawa Ieyasu pondered for a long time and finally came up with the fundamentals.

Although Oda Nobunaga destroyed the Takeda family, the remnants of Takeda's forces merged with his own forces, and he recovered many of the Takeda family's fallen samurai. Oda Nobunaga feared that these remnants would become entrenched and continue to develop.

Alas! The former cheerful and generous, clear praise and disapproval, and resolute Oda Nobunaga is now gone, and now he has begun to see himself as an opponent in the world......

"Oh! It's a shame that such a great person didn't come to such an important occasion today. ”

Oda Nobunaga made a gesture of regret, smacked his lips, took out a short knife he carried with him and put it in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu, "You go back and tell the blood gun, saying that Nobunaga admires him very much and gives him this knife." Since it is your retainer, it is the same as mine. ”

"Thank you." Tokugawa Ieyasu gave a salute. It occurred to him that Oda Nobunaga's recent changes were all due to the fact that he was conceited because he regarded himself as a "man of the world".

"If you are your retainer, then you are like my retainer." This sounds like playing with me since I was a child, and I affectionately called myself "Brother Chiyo Take", and the tone is very different. He himself is the commander of the world, and his own Tokugawa Ieyasu is his retainer, and Bloody Gun Kuro is the retainer of the retainer.

Tokugawa Ieyasu clearly felt this implication.

This was something he himself had always been reluctant to admit, and although he had always emphasized that he was an independent daimyo, outsiders always regarded him as a retainer of Oda Nobunaga.

When Oda Nobunaga said this, it was clear that he was putting pressure on himself!

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At this time, the flag outside the door reported: "General! The people of the Hojo family have arrived! ”

"The people of the Hojo clan? Hmph," Oda Nobunaga said with some dissatisfaction, "If you come, let them in!" ”

"Yes! The subordinates brought him in. ”

The envoy whose name was Daidoji Masashige, who was also a well-known diplomat, came to Kofu on behalf of his master, the Hojo clan, and presented Oda Nobunaga with 1,000 koku of grain and 10 swords in the name of transporting horse grain.

By the way, although the Hojo clan has long fallen out with his brother-in-law Takeda Katsuyori because of the territorial issue, he is also very uninterested in Oda Nobunaga, so the alliance is still yellow in the end, but the Hojo clan did not give up the idea of beating the water dogs, and at the same time as Oda Nobunaga's eastward crusade, he also sent troops to eliminate all the Takeda troops stationed in Musashi Province, and also attacked Koyamada Nobushige's Iwaden Castle by the way, but unfortunately the latter had already taken precautions, so he did not succeed.

However, his "stealing chickens" behavior is completely out of place compared with the angry siege of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Oda Nobunaga, while despising the Hojo clan's actions, also believed that the latter's refusal to form an alliance was a loss of face.

However, he didn't vent this extreme dissatisfaction in public, and he still talked to the other party very politely about the Dao Temple Zhengfan, and finally ordered Mori Lan Maru to send them away.

"My lord, what should I do with the gifts sent by the Hojo family, should I return them to Azuchi Castle, or should I just stay in Kofu?"

"Gifts? Hehe......" Oda Nobunaga suddenly sneered, "The gift given by the Hojo Sagamiyama Mamoru Clan, who commanded Kanhashu and had an income of 1.8 million koku, was only worth 1,800 percent of his income if he didn't count those swords...... That's so generous, hahahahaha......"

We looked at each other.

As the saying goes, goose feathers are sent thousands of miles, and the courtesy is light and affectionate. No matter how small the value of the gift is given by the Hojo clan, it represents the willingness of people who don't want to turn their faces with you now, and Oda Nobunaga, no matter how dissatisfied you are with others, you can't be so grandiose and picky, this seems that you are too stingy......

Shibata Katsuya and others didn't understand it even more.

In the past, Oda Nobunaga had a habit of accepting even the slightest kindness from others.

Now, on the contrary, a thousand stone of grain is already a generous gift, but Oda Nobunaga didn't pay attention to it at all, did he have a bigger appetite? Or is he ......

I combined the research of later historians on Oda Nobunaga, and speculated on the topic:

This is probably because Oda Nobunaga is conceited as a man of the world. In this position, all the good intentions are taken for granted, and no matter how beautiful the gift is, others should be honored.

This temperament seems to be also present in Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last general of the Ashikaga shogunate. Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki doesn't have any strength anymore, he still thinks of himself as an orderer, and as a result, he hits nails everywhere, by the way, that Takeda Katsuyori seems to have such an illusion.

"Kogoro," Oda Nobunaga said to me suddenly, "I'll give you these gifts." ”

"Me?" My eyes widened, what else was going on with me? Besides, Oda Nobunaga, why did you suddenly borrow flowers to offer Buddha......

Then there was nothing to do, everyone was very happy.

"Lord Akechi," said Gifu Lieutenant General Oda Nobutada, "It's not easy to eliminate the Takeda family this time." ”

"Alas!" I sighed secretly in my heart, today's beating is inevitable, I just hope that Oda Nobunaga can see that I am his "son" and can be a little lighter......

"Yes, the Takeda family has been entrenched in Kanto for many years, and it is not easy to defeat it, but this time the family was able to perform such an earth-shattering feat...... It's all thanks to everyone......"

With that, I looked at Oda Nobunaga, who nodded, and said "Well done, leave it to me next."

"Yes, all the adults ......"

Those unwitting retainers only echoed me when I said polite words.

"Kogoro !!" According to the prior rehearsal, this is the initiation of the melody.

"The minister is here!" I asked, feigning panic.

"You guy!" Oda Nobunaga suddenly stood up and shouted, "You guy! What credit do you have! ”

"Minister......

"You arrogant guy, take care of your mouth in the future!!"

Except for Shibata Katsuya and others, the rest of them watched inexplicably.

Wise Kogoro just said a polite word, Oda Nobunaga needs to take it so seriously???

I left my seat and hung my head on the ground.

"I'm sorry, but I have something to say!"

I looked at Oda Nobunaga with the indignant expression of a young man and a pair of puzzled and hateful eyes.

"What else do you have to say?" Probably because my eyes were too vicious, even Oda Nobunaga jumped his eyelids.

"To this day, I have been working tirelessly with my retainers, from marching to pacifying the people of Kai, and I have carried out everything with all my might, but your lord has wiped out all my efforts with a single word...... Why is that? Anyway, you should give me a reason so that I can give an account of what I've been doing these days, right? By the way, please tell me honestly, what did I do wrong? That makes you so angry with me?! ”

This is already very excessive! Don't talk about the moody Oda Nobunaga, even ordinary people will be angry when they hear this.

Oda Nobunaga, in order to make your play more realistic, I'm out of the way!

"You bastard!" Oda Nobunaga was really very "cooperative" and furious.

"Along the way, you didn't fight a single battle, and Major General Tokugawa, who was on the same road with you, collected the entire Suruga Province without a single soldier, and also mobilized food to relieve the people of Kai, but what did you do?!!!

"I ......"

"Needless to say! You little devil who doesn't know how thick the sky is! It seems that you have not lived a hard life, so that you are arrogant, and today I will teach you a lesson in place of the Ten Soldiers! ”

All right! It's finally time to get beaten!

Who knew that Oda Nobunaga said to Mori Ranmaru: "Ranmaru, you come and help me clean up this stupid and arrogant guy and beat me!" Hit the !! hard ”

Yes?! How did the person who beat me become Senlan Maru?

Actually, I still prefer Oda Nobunaga's fight to Senranmaru, not that I'm a cheap person, but ...... This guy looks like a girl, but in fact, his martial arts are even better than mine, otherwise Oda Nobunaga wouldn't have let him be the head of his guard.

"Lightly ......," I told him in the voice of a mosquito.

Moran Maru glanced at me and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Lord Ake, my lord asked me to hit you with all my might to make it look more real......"

Moriranmaru rolled up his sleeves, took off the crow hat from my head, and slammed my head with a fan. When Mori Ran Maru, who was as graceful as a woman and had great strength, swung his fan towards his forehead, a blood tide immediately appeared on my forehead.

Probably because people themselves feel very sorry for me, Senranmaru kept muttering to himself while fighting: I have no choice but to do it!

Yes...... You tap it, it hurts me to death......

After having someone beat me up, Oda Nobunaga said coldly, "Throw this shameful guy out!" ”

I don't need to say anything, I'm going to leave this place too.

Everyone looked at me with sympathy, especially Oda Nobutada, because it was almost because of him that I was beaten......

The party, which had been quite lively, became a lot more deserted after I left, and most of the people present realized that they couldn't talk nonsense, otherwise they would ...... If you look at the wise Kogoro-sama, as the son-in-law of Oda Nobunaga, he inadvertently said a polite word, and he will be beaten, and we outsiders will be even more ......

"Gonroku, I'm going to return to Azuchi Castle soon, Kai and Shinano and the guardianship of Ueno, I'll hand it all over to you."

Towards the end, Oda Nobunaga was finally about to convey his appointment, "Ueno, I'm not worried, Takeda Shingen has been running Koshin and Ryogoku for many years, and it can be said that the power of the Takeda family here has been deeply entrenched, and now that the Takeda family has perished, there are still many remnants of wandering samurai among the people who don't like their own family, so I hope you can use your merciless means to wipe them out!" ”

"The lord can rest assured," Shibata Katsuya smiled confidently, "Echizen and Kaga's Ichimune were so arrogant back then, didn't I surrender them all the same, hahahaha......"

"Well, I believe in your ability, by the way......" Oda Nobunaga said with satisfaction, and then his eyes turned to Tokugawa Ieyasu: "By the way, you don't need to kill them all, if they are willing to serve their family...... Didn't you lose the three people in the house? This is a great opportunity to replenish talent! ”

"Yes!" Shibata Katsuie actually didn't take Oda Nobunaga's orders seriously.

Hum! Lao Tzu is relatively short of manpower now, but ...... These hillbillies in Kanto are all ill-intentioned, and even if they really want to be hired, they must be strictly investigated......

Oda Nobunaga's real intention was not to let these talents drain into the hands of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was known for buying people's hearts, but it seems that Shibata Katsuie still doesn't know much about this.

However, although Shibata Katsuya has a particularly strong "sense of regional superiority", he is not like the one in "Taiko", he is an arrogant person who rejects outsiders, and the best evidence is that he recommended Takigawa Kazuki to Oda Nobunaga from Omi Ninja.

"And ...... Long can be! Oda Nobunaga called the next person's name again, and like Shibata Katsuie, he was also the person Oda Nobunaga wanted to canonize.

"In!" It's completely different from me, who didn't gain anything along the way, and Mori Chang, who had a tough battle with Renko Shengxin in Takato City, is still covered with white gauze on his head.

"This attack on Gaoyuan City, you have also made a lot of contributions, you are a very good young man, you have been working very hard all these years to support the family business that Kecheng stayed, it is really not easy, I like a self-motivated young man like you...... I'll hand over the Kaijin Pavilion in Kita-Shinano and the surrounding 200,000 stone territory to you, so don't let down my expectations for you! ”

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord! Mori Changke burst into tears with excitement, the territory of 200,000 stones is not a small place, it is almost the entire North Shinano! With the appointment of Oda Nobunaga, the Mori family has since been in the position of the world's great names, but it is about to be revived, which is the long-cherished wish of their brothers for many years.

Seeing that Mori Naga was about to cry, Oda Nobunaga felt very relieved and a little sad.

"Kecheng, did you see it? Your sons are all amazing, you died early and didn't have time to open up the road to peace with me, and now I will give your son the glory and wealth that should have been enjoyed by you, now you should rest assured......

Alas, it's really old, your two sons are very good, of course, my wonderful pill will not lose to them, the children of the Niwa family are heavy, and the prodigy of the Gamo family, Chiyo, is a very good young man...... Oh, by the way, and the wise Kogoro who was beaten by me just now, they are also tomorrow's stars who can be cultivated and will take over our class in the future...... Alas, we are really all old, and many things have to be left to young people.

Just as he was about to end the party, Oda Nobunaga suddenly asked, "Is the lord of Numata Castle, Sanada Kibei Masayuki, here?" ”

Belch? Why did he suddenly remember this person?

A middle-aged samurai who looked to be in his thirties or forties, dressed in red haori, walked out.

"It's Sanada Masayuki below, I don't know what His Highness the Right Mansion has to order."

"You're Sanada-sama...... I've been hearing your name for the past few days, and at the same time, I'm also thinking about a question, could you please answer me," Oda Nobunaga looked very puzzled, "I heard that on the eve of Takeda Katsuyori giving up Shinfu Castle, you and Oyamada Nobushige sent an invitation to Takeda Katsuyori at the same time, of course, Takeda Katsuyori mistakenly believed that the villain was betrayed by the villain and died in Mt. Tianmu, it's no wonder that no one else, but I want to ask...... What would you have done if Katsuyori Takeda had gone to you? ”