For a month or two, the position of head of the Oda family was left undecided, and the various factions gradually formed their own small groups.

On the one hand, Oda Nobutaka was the mainstay, uniting Takigawa Ichiyoshi and Shibata Katsuya to become the North Oda Alliance; On the one hand, Hideyoshi Hashiba was the mainstay, uniting Oda Nobubo, Hayashi Hidesada, and Sakuma Nobumori to become the Minami Oda Alliance; The last party was dominated by Hosokawa Nobumoto, and united Hosokawa Fujitaka, Mibuchi Fujiei, Hosokawa Fujiken, Ikeda Tsuneko, and Niwa Nagahide to form the neutral Oda Alliance. Although all parties are now flying the banner of the Oda clan, it is clear to everyone that the Oda family has actually existed in name only.

The Oda system in the north and south was full of contradictions and frictions, and the neutral faction was a huge force that they wanted to fight for but did not dare to offend. But they are not of the same mind within themselves, they still have their own young masters, and they are only temporarily united to fight against the common enemy.

Oda Nobutaka was afraid of the power of Hashiba Hideyoshi, so he united Shibata Katsuie; Oda Nobubao was worried that Nobutaka would sit big, and with the lobbying of Yushiba Hideyoshi, he allied with Hideyoshi. For this matter, Oda City, who had a grudge against Hideyoshi Hashiba, turned his face with Oda Nobupo in public and defected to Shibata Katsuie, marrying him soon after.

On this day, the sun is shining and the autumn is crisp, but the small Bupo County is destined to be not peaceful. The three parties gathered in Sekigahara and set up a big negotiation table, and two of them were scolding at the negotiation table.

"Takenaka is re-interested! What do you mean! I don't know that Fuzhong Village is the family leader of our unbroken generation! Why do you come to collect food? Bupo Shengda angrily reprimanded, he is the younger brother and retainer of Bupo Guangji, and the Takenaka Shigeri in his mouth is the younger brother and retainer of the Takenaka Hanbei.

"Nonsense! Fuchu Village was given to the family when Nobunaga was alive! There is also an Andu document issued by the Oda family! Shigeri Takenaka shook a piece of rice paper in his hand, and his tone was very arrogant.

"You! Nonsense! How dare you forge documents! Bring! You bring it to me! "Bu Po Sheng is so angry that he gritted his teeth and went up to move his hands and feet, he has never seen this kind of paperwork without breaking his family.

"What do you want to do! What do you want! Do you want to destroy the evidence! Don't! Island-sama! You have a few fair words! The two of Takenaka Shigeri and Bupo Shengzhong tore up, and the people behind them also followed suit, like the scene of the old boy.

"You are all calm and calm, you have something to say, you have something to say." Shimakatsu was lazy, and he didn't have the kind of posture of pulling a battle at all.

Shigetoshi Takenaka squinted at Katsu Shima, who was yawning, and it seemed that the Hosokawa family's statement was just thunder and rain.

"Damn fellow!" Bu Po Sheng grabbed Takenaka's collar, and the attention of this guy in front of him was not on him.

Duang's sudden, Takenaka's knee pressed heavily against the crotch that did not break, as if hearing the sound of an egg shattering.

"Ahh You... Uh-uh... You..."The tears of heavy pain came out, this trick is too yin.

"Humph! Let's go! Takenaka's goal was achieved, and his subordinates left the negotiating table one after another, just to test the reaction of the Hosokawa family first, but they didn't expect it to be completely unexpected.

"Damn fellow! I'll make you pay! The one who suffered the loss did not break, and he covered his crotch in pain, and cursed viciously.

"Yawn... Let's all disperse. Shimakatsu yawned again, his reaction today was like a drug addict, and he was absent-minded the whole time.

Soon, the first armed clash broke out in Bupo County, and Bupo violently expelled the grain collector who came to Fuzhong Village from the Takenaka family. It is said that after the grain collector was beaten into a pig's head, Shigetoshi Takenaka then led people to rush into Fuzhong Village, and a fight broke out between the two sides, and more than a dozen people were injured as a result, but no one was killed.

Hosokawa Nobumoto didn't care about these trivial matters between the two of them at this time, and he wished that they would fight quickly, and today he met with some samurai who came to take refuge.

As time passed, the samurai of the Oda clan became more and more confused, and they did not know who to be loyal to. Then in this case, there will be samurai who will begin to find their own way out and choose a side that suits them to swear allegiance.

The two brothers, Miyoshi Masaysu and Miyoshi Masakatsu, were among the best, they were originally retainers of the Hosokawa clan, and naturally integrated into the Hosokawa family again, and were sent to Sakamoto to be the deputy general to help Sanada Masayuki lead Sakamoto.

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"That's the way it is, please let the hall and the lord decide." In Nagahama Castle, Shigetoshi Takenaka reported everything that happened in Bupo County.

"Huh? His Royal Highness Hosokawa, what kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd? "Bee Suga Koroku scratched his head, how do you feel that what you do is different from what you say.

"I'm afraid His Highness Hosokawa wants us two tigers to fight, and then take advantage of our vitality to destroy us in one fell swoop." Takenaka Hanbei has been studying the pros and cons of all parties recently, in a word.

"Hmph, he thinks beautifully!" Hideyoshi Hashiba was half-lying without a seat, his right hand still plucking his ears impatiently.

"That's right, even so, we have to keep expanding, because his Hosokawa family has a platform for external raids, and we are trapped in the belly of this state. Therefore, according to the original plan, we will continue to expand the incident and stir up the situation. In addition, it may be helpful to introduce a person below. "Takenaka Hanbei is now serving as the military advisor of the Yushiba family, and in order to keep his family from becoming that victim, he has been racking his brains recently.

"Oh? Who is it? Let him in. Hashiba Hideyoshi suddenly became interested, and one of the things he was most useful for was that someone would work for him, regardless of his background.

Soon, a middle-aged samurai with an extraordinary appearance and a confident expression came in from outside the door, only to see him smile at Yushiba Hideyoshi and salute peacefully: "The elder of the family in the Shimoyuki family, Nagafune Sadakin, has seen His Royal Highness Yushiba." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Longship, look up for a long time." Hashiba Hideyoshi was a little regretful, and he thought that someone wanted to serve him.

"My lord, Lord Nagase-sama is a rare wise man in the world, and he came this time to bring a way to contain the Hosokawa family." When Takenaka Hanbei said this, everyone looked sideways and talked about it.

"What! Are you sure! That's great! That's great! Let's talk about it, what is the containment method? Hideyoshi Hashiba slapped his thigh excitedly when he heard that he was curbing the Hosokawa family, this incident has made him sad lately.

"I am under the order of the lord, and I hope to reach a strategic alliance with your family." Sadako Nagafune explained the purpose of his visit.

"It's... What's in it for my family? "Yushiba Hideyoshi obviously doesn't value the alliance of the two families, this Uki family is now just a retainer of the Bizen Daimyo Urakami family, and he is now a semi-independent daimyo, and the two are not qualified at all.