。 191 On the mountain road to Kofu.

The icy spring rain continued to hit this group of down-and-out people. The rain poured mercilessly into the armor, and the cold swallowed the crowd. A guard somewhere got a cloak for his lord Nobushige Koyamada to drape on, but even then, he couldn't resist the cold rain.

On the 26th, when the east turned white, the group was still staggering in the icy rain. They are full of fear and panic. During the Great War of the Three Parties, Nobushige Koyamada, who was the overseer, ordered that deserters be severely punished, even the relatives of those who escaped, and now, he has fallen to such a state......

Wrong wrong! So far, Oda Nobunaga has not given an order to execute him, but he has given him an order with some difficulty: before dawn on the 26th, be sure to rush to Kofu ———— Shinfu Castle to meet him! Severe punishment for postponement!

Koyamada Nobushige was frightened at the time, Oda Nobunaga's methods he had heard of, how dare he disobey?

However, this road is not easy to walk, Iwaden Castle was originally built to defend against the Hojo Army, and it is separated from Kofu by a considerable distance, plus the road is full of mountains......

I've been on the road since last night, cold, tired, sleepy...... Overnight, he tasted human suffering. When the night gradually faded, the embarrassed little Yamada Nobushige could no longer care about any righteousness, human feelings, vanity and decency.

"Where are we going?"

When his son-in-law, Takeda Saemon Taio Nobumitsu, who had been following behind, asked in confusion, Koyamada Nobushige replied, "Then you still need to ask?" Go to Xinfu City! ”

Although he answered this on his lips, he was very awkward in his heart. Shinfu Castle is now the territory of the Oda Army, will Oda Nobunaga let go of himself, a traitor who betrayed his lordship? …… No, he must have played back his own, even the Takeda clan like Anayama Nobuyan has already been blamed for the past, and he has fought back......

In such a very poor environment,

Nobushige Oyamada came to Kofu before dawn.

"Oh, Yamada-sama, don't you know yet?" There was no Oda Nobunaga in the assessment room of Shinfu Castle, only a young man with the same name as his son-in-law, also known as "Nobumitsu", who was quietly writing with a wolf's quill. "Last night, Lord Youfu and His Royal Highness Major General Tokugawa went to Shima to soak in the hot springs."

Yes! I came all the way here, but Oda Nobunaga didn't see me! Is this kidding me?!

Nobushige Koyamada was furious.

On the other side of me, I put down the brush in my hand, "Don't be angry, Lord Yamada, before leaving, I will leave all the matters of how to deal with you." ”

It turned out that my punishment was decided by this young man, and it was okay, as long as it wasn't Oda Nobunaga......

Thinking of not having to face Oda Nobunaga directly, Koyamada Nobushige, who had experienced a hundred battles, suddenly felt a sense of relief for no reason, and at this moment, I said quietly:

"Doesn't Lord Koyamada have anything to say to me?"

"Oh......" Nobushige Koyamada then remembered to defend himself.

As soon as I finished speaking, Nobushige Oyamada knelt on the ground and muttered and apologized. At this time, I have no intention of listening to him, should I forgive him or be angry with him?

Nobushige Oyamada is a little different from Nobuyo-kun Anayama, who surrendered earlier. That Meixue-sama "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light (the most important thing is that he surrendered to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Oda Nobunaga could not have the face of Tokugawa Ieyasu)", and it was forgivable to forgive him, but Oyamada Nobushige had an unusually close relationship with Takeda Katsuyori (Koyamada Nobushige's maternal grandfather was Takeda Nobuya, that is, Takeda Nobuta's father-in-law and uncle).

Takeda Katsuyori was forced to this point, and it has a lot to do with Koyamada Nobushige, if it weren't for his sudden defection, then Takeda Katsuyori's family would not have committed suicide in Tianmu Mountain so miserably.

If it's a responsible person, you should silently wait for it, and the chattering appearance of Nobushige Koyamada only makes me feel that this person is annoying in vain.

"Have you seen Yama Meiyuki Nobu-kun?" I spoke in a cold tone.

"Yes. I heard that Anayama-sama has been forgiven by my lord, and I, Shinshige, am also determined to change my past mistakes and be fully loyal to Lord Youfu, so I ......"

"Lord Koyamada, although the Takeda clan was once my enemy, the unyielding feat of his clan is awe-inspiring.

"Yes."

"Especially the Nishina Rokuro Morinobu of Nagaoyuan Castle, although he was not very old, he always insisted on commanding the battle, and finally died in battle. It's a pity...... You tell me? ”

"Yes."

Nobushige Koyamada's face grew redder and redder as his heart began to kick and stir.

Compare me to Nishina Morishin, what is Akechi Kogoro doing?

"So...... I cannot forgive you for such shameless betrayal...... Beheading! ”

"Wise Adults!!"

Nobushige Koyamada, who was struck by lightning, really couldn't understand why he was so humble, but instead, he ......

He wanted to beg for mercy, but by this time I had gotten up and was ready to leave......

Shima Onsen

"Samurai-sama, you're here!" Ayano, who was doing laundry, saw me coming and waved excitedly.

This little girl entered this large hot spring town to work under my arrangement, in fact, her age is not enough at all, but how dare the owner of the hot spring town disobey the samurai's will.

"Ayano, how are you doing here? Has anyone seen you being young and bullied you? ”

"This ...... No one did that," Ayano tilted her head and recalled, "Everyone was very polite to me, and they didn't dare to arrange heavy work for me to do...... Well, I still wash my own clothes, and no one dares to give me a yukata......"

"Well, everyone is so polite to you, this is a good thing and a bad thing, and you won't be able to integrate into this collective after a long time...... Of course, how you communicate with people is up to you. ”

"Yes, I'll try...... Thank you, my lord, thank you for doing so much for me, Ayano really doesn't know how to repay your kindness.

I was about to speak, but a joking voice came from behind me.

"If you want to repay this adult, wouldn't it be nice to make a promise."

Takigawa Kazuki walked up to me in civilian clothes.

This immodest middle-aged uncle, can you say this kind of thing to a child casually?!

"This mustachioed adult, what do you mean by 'making a promise with your body'!" Ayano obviously hadn't read much, but then again, the title "mustache-sama" was too bold.

"Mustache ......" Takikawa Yiyi is also embarrassed, he has a mustache, and he still looks very beautiful, but it's a pity that he has been running outside for a long time and tanning others.

"Hahahahaha......ha......ha And it's a little girl, and she dares to give you a nickname for Takigawa Iyomori-samarum, mustache-samain...... Hahahaha, so apt......"

was ridiculed by Shibata Katsuya like this, Takigawa Kazuki rolled his eyes even more, but as a high-level samurai, he couldn't blame an ignorant little girl, which would make him seem immetrical.

"Little girl, I'll tell you," Shibata Katsuya didn't pay any attention to my eyes and said with a grin, "The so-called 'promise by body' is what you mean by marrying this adult, so that you can repay him." ”

"Marrying a samurai-sama?" Who knew that Ayano heard this, but she didn't look a little shy, but looked at Shibata Katsuya expectantly, "Really? Just marry him, is it okay? ”

"Stop!" I hurriedly interrupted the two of them, Shibata Katsuya didn't plan to speak seriously at all, and Ayano also had to be completely ignorant, a twelve-year-old child, can he understand what it means to "marry"?

"Ayano, do you know what 'marrying' means?"

"I know, that's what it means that I've been on the big side since then, doing anything for adults." Ayano was naïve, I was just about to say something, but Mori Lanmaru came out of the hot spring town, "Three adults, the lord summons!" ”

All right! It's finally time to end this awkward conversation.

Who knew that as soon as Oda Nobunaga saw the three of us, he pinched his nose with his hand, pretended to be disgusted, and said, "You three are all sweaty, hurry up and take a bath, and come back to see me in half an hour!" ”

Sweaty? No way?

"Back to my lord, I have washed it after I got up this morning."

"Wash it once more and you won't die! If you are told to go, hurry up! Yukata is ready for you! ”

Sure enough, Oda Nobunaga was looking for fault. Come on, since people tell us to wash, let's wash it!

More than half an hour later.

"Hahahahahaha......" Ignoring the fact that Kawatokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobutada were also present, Oda Nobunaga pointed at Takigawa Kazuki with a folding fan and laughed: "I've heard it all, Hikoemon you are called 'mustache-samasprud' by a child, hahaha, a very appropriate name." ”

Takigawa Kazuki was even more depressed.

Finally, when Oda Nobunaga finished laughing, I said, "My lord! I have been ordered by you to behead the lord of Iwaden Castle, Oyamada Hyoe Nobushige, and his son-in-law, Takeda Saemon Taio Nobumitsu! ”

"Well, you're doing a good job, a ruthless and unrighteous man like this, the sight of him will stain my eyes! There will be many more such missions to come, and you will have to complete them for me and Lieutenant General Gifu! ”

"Obey!"

It turned out that the killing of Nobushige Koyamada, all this was what Oda Nobunaga meant.

In this way, the Takeda clan perished. However, Oda Nobunaga did not stop there and continued to sweep away Takeda's henchmen.

Returning to Ieyasu's cave mountain Meixue, only the father and son were able to survive and barely survive, and the rest were all pulled out and killed. Although Urayama Umeyukisai Fubai of Suruga Ejiri Castle was a member of the Takeda clan, his mother was the sister of Takeda Shingen, but because he returned to Shun Tokugawa Ieyasu, he was spared. Takeda Nobutoyo and his son Jiro were deceived by Shimosone Uchisho and were killed in Komoro, while Takeda Noburu, who looked exactly like Takeda Shingen, became a monk in the house and changed his name to "Xiaoyao Xuan Angang", but still did not escape and was beheaded by Oda Nobunaga's order.

The three of them, Daikisuke Katsushi, Suwa Echichu Maruto, and Imakfuku Chikumae Masahiro, lost their lives in Suwa. Takeda Katsuyori was beheaded by Oda Nobunaga's son-in-law, Akechi Kogoro, at Zenko-ji Temple in Kofu, along with his son-in-law Takeda Saemon Taio Nobumitsu, as well as Katsuyama Juro Nobusada and Kosuge Goro Bee Motonari at Zenko-ji Temple in Kofu.

Ichiemon Taio Shinryu was killed by Tokugawa Ieyasu in Ichikawa's Tsuchino, and Yama Yama Genshiro Masaaki, Asahina Suruga Morinobu and his sons Nobuya, Imafuku Tanba, Imafuku Zenjuro, Tamine's Suganuma Shofu Dingnao, Suganuma Izu Morimanao and others were also killed by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the capture of the castle, and in the end, the vast territory of the Takeda clan was annexed by the Oda and Tokugawa families.

"So," Oda Nobunaga looked at us and asked, "The remnants of the Takeda family, will this be considered a clean death?" ”

"I can't say that," Shibata Katsuya replied, "One of Takeda Shingen's sons survived, it was Shichiro Nobukiyo of the Takeda family, and he fled to Echigo to find his brother-in-law Uesugi Keikatsu, my lord, do you want to order the Uesugi family to ......"

"It's for sure, people from the Takeda family...... However, this matter is in a hurry, maybe this little ghost of the Takeda family will add some spice to the conflict between the two brothers of the Uesugi family, haha......"

"I see." I don't know if Shibata Katsuya really understood what Oda Nobunaga meant, anyway, that's what he answered.

"By the way," Oda Nobunaga suddenly said to Tokugawa Ieyasu, "I heard that Takeda Nobumichi, the grandson of Takeda Shingen and the son of Nobuko Umino, fled to Suruga?" Major General, have you heard? ”

"Listen...... I've heard that. Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little anxious, "I have already ordered Sakai and the others to launch a search!" ”

If you ask who else in this world can make the "old fritter" Tokugawa Ieyasu feel afraid, then the answer must be Oda Nobunaga.

"Well, I have always had no doubts about your ability, Major General," Oda Nobunaga nodded, as if he wasn't going to make a fuss on the subject, "By the way, I heard that you're going to move the castle from Hamamatsu to Sunfu, right?" ”

"Lord Youfu is really well-informed," Tokugawa Ieyasu replied cautiously, "After moving to Sunfu, where transportation and shipping are relatively developed, I can devote myself to developing the economy of the territory, and I have been patronizing and fighting with the Takeda family all these years, and I have not been very concerned with internal affairs, and I feel very heartbroken when I think that my father and fellow villagers in my hometown are still very poor." ”

As he spoke, Tokugawa Ieyasu frowned and made a distressed look.

Oda Nobunaga patted Tokugawa Ieyasu on the shoulder very "empatheticly", "Major General, you are always so admirable for the country and the people." ”

"I don't dare to be ashamed."

"Okay, if you have such an idea, then I can't help it, it's just...... If it is not settled today, there is no problem for the major general to develop internal affairs, but if the sword is put into the warehouse like this, I am afraid it is not the time to put Ma Nanshan............

"Youfu-sama is talking about the Hojo family of Sagami?" Tokugawa Ieyasu is not stupid at all, but then again, now that the Takeda family has perished, the south is the East China Sea, and the west and north are the boundaries of the Oda family, and he can only develop to the east and find trouble with the Hojo family (Imagawa finished fighting Takeda, and Takeda had to continue with Hojo after fighting, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's development in the Oda Nobunaga era was really not easy>3