In the assessment room of Nakajo City, after Harada Fujihachi left, the assessment meeting continued, but after the retainers of the Matsunaga family who were present saw that the lord happily agreed to Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's request, they were completely confused by the lord. [Literature]

At the evaluation meeting two days ago, the lord said in person that the family had decided to return to the Oda family, but now why is he going to support the Miyoshi family again, and what the lord thinks, it's really hard to understand.

As soon as Harada Fujihachi left, he only heard the important minister Takayama Yuteru ask: "My lord, since the family is going to return to the Oda family, why did you agree to send troops to help the war just now, my subordinates really can't figure it out, and I ask my lord to forgive his subordinates for being stupid." ”

After speaking, I saw him raise his head, waiting for the lord to solve his doubts, while the other retainers also focused their eyes on Matsunaga Xiu.

The reason why Matsunaga Shu agreed to Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's request to assist in the army after he surrendered to Oda was not that he wanted to step on two boats, but that he knew that if he refused Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's request, then with his current military situation, it would be difficult to make up his mind to fight a decisive battle with the Oda army as he did at the beginning, and in terms of the current situation, the more heavy the losses of the Miyoshi family, the better it would be for him.

His own territory is in Yamato, bordering the land of the Miyoshi family, if the Miyoshi army did not have a decisive battle with the Oda army in this battle, but used the ridge castle, then, I am afraid that it is possible to hold the city, so that after the Oda army retreats, with the character of Miyoshi Yoshitsu, coupled with the retainers, I am afraid that the next target will be placed on himself.

And now those temples in Yamato Province have not been resolved. [Literature] civil strife in the country continues, if the Miyoshi family army attacks again, even if the family has three thousand elites, but under the attack of tens of thousands of Miyoshi troops, he will never be able to resist, so he must strengthen the confidence of Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and the retainers of the Miyoshi family to fight a decisive battle with the Weaving Sky Army.

And in his opinion, although the Miyoshi Army has many troops, since Miyoshi Yoshiji sent 3,000 troops back to encircle and suppress the Gaoshan Clan, there are only 7,000 Miyoshi Army Banners left. Although it still surpassed the Oda army in terms of overall strength, in the face of the real elite, no matter how many peasant soldiers were put together, it was useless.

So although the war has not yet started, it is already doomed that the Miyoshi family will end in failure, and this is not only understood by himself, but also by Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and the retainers around him, otherwise. With their hatred of themselves, they would never ask themselves to go out into the army.

As for what Yoshitsugu Miyoshi promised himself. It seems like a lot of grace, but if you think about it, it means that nothing has been rewarded to you.

Forgive yourself for your previous mistakes? It's really a joke, one is that he doesn't need to forgive at all, and the other is that even if he forgives verbally, how can he forget all the previous things in his heart, if he really believes his nonsense, then he is not far from death.

And it is said that after the Oda army was repulsed. Rewarding Yamato to himself, this is even more nonsense, now more than half of Yamato's territory is already in his hands, what kind of reward is this, and he said that he sent troops to help him eradicate those temple aspirations, he didn't believe it even more, even if Miyoshi Yoshitsugu was stupid, he would definitely not help himself become stronger.

When Matsunaga Shu figured out the ins and outs of this. Seeing that the retainers were looking at him and waiting for his answer, he couldn't help but say, "Since the matter of the return of this family to the Oda family has been decided, it will never be changed, and the reason why I answered the request of Miyoshi Yoshitsugu is that the territory of this family is in Yamato, which borders the Miyoshi family. If the Miyoshi Army gave up the decisive battle with the Oda family and adopted the Ridge Castle. The losses are bound not to be too much, so that goes. After the Oda army retreated, the family would be in danger, so I agreed to strengthen his resolve. …,

As long as the Miyoshi family suffered heavy losses in this battle, then the opportunity of the family will come, and at that time, the family can take advantage of the weakness of the Miyoshi family to lead the army to the east to seize Hanoi Izumi, retreat to hold the Yamato country, and the Oda family is reliable, so no matter who you are, don't want to touch the family, now you all understand my intentions. ”

After listening to this, the retainers present were all impressed by the wisdom of the lord. However, Nanki Masanhu is a little worried about the lord's approach, if the lord leads the army to fight, then when will he join the Oda army, if he takes refuge before the battle, although he will be ashamed of the world, but it is also human nature, which is understandable, but if it is a defection before the battle, then he will never be able to raise his head.

Now the reputation of the lord is not very good, if you are doing something that damages your reputation, it will be difficult to get the recognition of the world, if this is the case, no matter what the family does in the future, it will be even more difficult, and the future of the family is really worrying... He had to open his mouth to warn, lest when the time came, it would be irreparable.

Thinking of this, I only heard Nanmu Zhenghu ask: "Lord, since you have decided to send an army to help the Miyoshi family, but when should you return to the Oda family, and according to what your subordinates have heard, Oda Nobunaga is violent by nature, if the family goes to war, will it attract its anger, which will lead to the refusal of the family's submission, so the subordinates think that this matter needs to be cautious, so as not to block the way out of the family at that time, please think twice." ”

After he finished speaking, Matsunaga didn't take his words too seriously. Although he and Oda Nobunaga had never met before, since they wanted to submit to each other, Matsunaga Shu still put a lot of effort into collecting information about the Oda family.

From the information sent by the ninja, it can be seen that Oda Nobunaga and his people are indeed as violent as Minamiki Masato, but such an attitude is not for everyone.

He can analyze according to the content of the information, Oda Nobunaga does not have a very good attitude towards useless people, and even if these people want to be obedient, they may not be accepted by Nobunaga, and if the other party is a capable samurai, Nobunaga will be much more tolerant, and the Takayama clan is a very good son, he has angered Nobunaga more than once before, but the most is not the same as Nobunaga's favor.

And his ability is not bad, how could Nobunaga refuse himself, as for his reputation, although it is a little bit worse, but the Takayama clan, as the number one enemy of the Buddha, is not necessarily much stronger than himself, so Matsunaga Hide is confident that as long as he proposes to submit, no matter when, Oda Nobunaga will accept it. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )