Not long after Sakai Tadaji left, Yamauchi Kazutoyo walked in with a sad face, and shortly after the Assassin left the samurai mansion, he led Ashigaru to completely blockade Nishio Castle, and also turned the castle over, even the place where Sakai Tadaji and his Ashigaru lived, but even so, the Assassin was not found.

I saw him walk quickly to the front of the clan, knelt on the ground and said ashamedly: "My lord, my subordinates are incompetent, and I haven't caught the assassin, so I ask my lord to punish him." ”

After listening to the performance of the clan sect, he did not jump like thunder as the retainers present thought, but seemed very calm, the clan still maintained the posture just now, did not even raise his head, and said lightly: "Zhilu Dao, you all retreat, I want to be quiet." ”

The three retainers were afraid that the lord would have another accident, and when they saw that the lord was acting abnormally, where did they dare to leave, they looked at each other, and they all stayed in place without moving.

Seeing that everyone was not moving, the clan couldn't help but yell: "Stand down for me, don't show anyone in front of me tonight" Now, the clan just wants to stay alone for a while, and stay with this girl who has saved his life three times.

Seeing that the lord was angry, the three retainers knew that it would be futile to persuade him, so they had to leave the inner room gently, but they did not leave the samurai's mansion, but all sat quietly in the hall, waiting for the lord's summons, and at the same time guarding against the assassination of the lord again.

After the three retainers left, they only heard the clan say to themselves: "Hatsune, although you are gone, however, you will live in my heart forever, you can rest assured, this matter will not be settled like this, I will continue to investigate, and after I find out the real murderer, I will definitely cut him with thousands of knives and break his body into thousands of pieces, in order to repay you in the spirit of heaven." After speaking, the clan dug out the shuriken that had been shot into Hatsune's body, and after staring at the shuriken with cold eyes for a while, he didn't wipe off the blood stains on it, and directly took it into his arms.

On the second day, after the clan buried Hatsune with his own hands, although he was sad and angry, he did not procrastinate, and directly handed over the defense of Nishio Castle with Sakai Tadaji, Sakai Tadaji saw that the other party not only did not procrastinate, but very happily handed over Nishio Castle to the Matsudaira family, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he thought to himself, this Takayama clan does not look like Ishikawa Shumasa said, at least in this matter, its actions are still very admirable.

Although the city defense has been handed over to the Matsudaira family to be in charge, the clan has not yet received the order of Nobunaga to let him return to the army, so after discussing with Sakai Tadaji, he will stay here for two more days, Sakai Tadaji sees the clan so happy, so even if he wants the clan to get out of the house quickly, but he can't do too much, anyway, now that Nishio Castle has arrived, he is not afraid of what the clan is playing, so he still happily agreed to this request, after all, the two families are still in the honeymoon period, and he can't let the Oda family find any excuses.

At the same time as the clan buried Hatsune, in the castle tower of Okazaki Castle, Matsudaira Motoyasu sat in the living room with a gloomy face, and there was a person kneeling in front of him, he was Hattori Hanzo, who failed in the mission to assassinate the Takayama clan. I saw that his right arm was wrapped in a thick white cloth, and most of this white cloth had been stained red by the blood stains that had been poured out. Since he did not have time to treat the wound after his defeat, he lost too much blood, so he is now pale.

"Failed?" Matsudaira Motoyasu asked flatly.

"The subordinates are incompetent, just when the subordinates are about to assassinate the Takayama clan, but they find another Shangnin lurking in the dark. If it hadn't been for his intervention, his subordinates would have succeeded, and when his subordinates fled, the shuriken had already been shot into his vital point, and this person had no hope of survival, and his subordinates were willing to go to assassinate him again, and asked for the lord's approval. ”…,

Matsudaira Motoyasu couldn't help but think that under the command of the Takayama clan, in addition to the ninja Wasuka Masakatsu, there were ninjas who could hurt Hattori Hanzo, and now that Wasuka Masakatsu has returned, and he has been prepared, it seems that he still can't take risks, thinking of this, I saw him wave his hand and said: "Okay, there is no need to mention this matter, you can retire and recuperate." ”

Within two days, Ashigaru, who had been sent to Owari to report to Oda Nobunaga, had not returned, but it welcomed Shuichi Hasegawa, who was sent by Oda Nobunaga. I saw Hasegawa Hideichi coming to the clan in front of the clan, and Da Lu said with a smile: "Ha Luha, Lord Takayama, this time I congratulate you first, and when you return to Owari, you won't be able to run away if you get promoted." ”

After speaking, he walked up to the clan again, put his ear to the clan sect, and whispered: "Lord Gao Shan, I have secretly told you at the risk of the lord's punishment that when the lord learned what you did in Sanhe, he is now in a very happy mood every day, and sometimes, he even laughs out loud involuntarily. Ha Lu Ha. ”

After hearing this, the clan was in a slightly better mood, but it was definitely not a happy mood, so he just heard him say listlessly: "Oh, thank you Hasegawa-sama, the clan will not forget to repay it." ”

Seeing that the expression of the clan was wrong, Hasegawa Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything difficult for Takayama-sama, if you can help in the next place, please don't be polite?"

The clan shook his head, squeezed out a smile from his stiff face and said, "Hehe, thank you Hasegawa-sama, I'm just having some troubles, oh yes, did the lord mention the matter of returning to the army?" ”

After hearing this, Hasegawa Xiuyi also felt that nothing major had happened to the clan, so he was immediately relieved, and his nervous expression was immediately replaced by a smile, only to hear him speak: "Ha Luha, Takayama-sama don't say it, I forgot that the lord has given the order to let the adults return to the army, and Nahori Hidemasa and Ho Naomasa have already prepared a dust-washing banquet for the adults in Komaki Mountain Castle, and the adults must be invited to participate in the time." ”

"Let you all bother, after meeting the lord, I will definitely go next."

"Okay, since the lord's order has been conveyed, let's take the next step, return to Owari to report to the lord first, and leave." After Hasegawa Shuyi finished speaking, Oki clan clan clan clenched his fist, and rode his horse in the direction of Owari.

At the same time that the clan was preparing to return to the army of Owari, the assessment room of the castle tower of Kai Hesakikan Castle was full of retainers, but compared to three years ago, many familiar faces were gone, replaced by many young and unfamiliar figures.

The reason for this is entirely attributed to the fact that at the beginning of this year, the Takeda family and the Uesugi family broke out in the fourth Kawanakajima battle, and although the final result of this joint battle ended with the victory of the Takeda family, the Takeda family lost more than a dozen powerful retainers in this joint battle, and even Takeda Shingen's younger brother, Takeda Nobuyoshi, who has always been deeply trusted, was also killed in this joint battle, so it seems that the Takeda family won the victory, but its losses were much greater than those of the Uesugi family.

And in order to make up for the losses of the Takeda family in the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, he had to set his sights on the Imagawa family, which was already a dry bone in the mound, if Toe and Suruga could be annexed, it would not be long before the Takeda family could ease up.

And not only Takeda Shingen knows, but basically some of the daimyo who are slightly well-informed about Tokaido and Higashiyamado now know in their hearts that since Imagawa Yoshimoto was taken from the battle in the barrel and narrow room, the Imagawa family has been in a slump since then and has begun to go downhill.

As for the current governor of the Imagawa family, Imagawa Clan, when Imagawa Yoshimoto was alive, Takeda Shingen had already seen his weakness and incompetence. As soon as the Imagawa clan succeeded to the throne, the Matsudaira clan declared their independence, not only occupying Nishimikawa, but also allied themselves with their enemies, the Oda family. …,

At that time, after Takeda Shingen got the news, he sent an envoy to Sunfu Castle to discuss with the Imagawa clan, if the Imagawa family intended to attack the Matsudaira clan, he was willing to send troops to help, in order to fulfill the alliance's righteousness, but who would have thought that the Imagawa clan not only did not send an army to fight, but also allowed Matsudaira Motoyasu to take the family members who stayed in Sunfu Castle as hostages back to Okazaki Castle, Takeda Shingen after getting the news that the Imagawa clan was so incompetent, in addition to being angry, he couldn't help but have the idea of annexing its territory.

Moreover, since the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, this idea has become more and more intense, and today, the purpose of his retainers is to discuss how to carry out the Imagawa Raid.

Takeda Shingen sat firmly on the throne, only to hear him say leisurely: "Ladies and gentlemen, at present, the Takeda family has Uesugi in the north and Hojo in the east, and the strength of these two families is almost the same as that of the main family, and they cannot win easily, and the land of Hida in the west is barren, which is not of great use to the family, so if the family wants to develop again, it will only expand to the southwest."

And the Imagawa clan is really incompetent, although now although the three rivers and one country have been lost, but there are still two rich lands, which is no different from a baby holding a gold nugget, this is a great opportunity for my Takeda clan to seize Suruga, Enoe, so you must not miss it.

I don't know if you have any objections to the Imagawa strategy that this family is about to carry out, so you might as well say it. ”

As soon as Takeda Shingen's voice fell, he saw his son Takeda Yoshinobu take a step forward and said anxiously: "Father, this matter must not be done, this family has been allied with the Imagawa family and the Hojo family for many years, if my father goes to the army Suruga, it will be a betrayal of the covenant, I think my Takeda clan is a famous family, if I do such a thing of forgetting righteousness, will I not be ashamed of the world?" Please also ask my father to think twice. ”

Although Takeda Yoshinobu said this righteously, but this remark was his selfishness, it can be said that among the samurai of the family, he is the most reluctant to see the Imagawa family perish, after all, his main wife Ryomatsuin is the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, although this marriage was reached entirely for the interests of the two families, but with other politics. Different marriages, Lingsongyuan is not only beautiful as a flower, but also reasonable, gentle and considerate.

Since Takeda Yoshinobu and Ryomatsuin got married, even now, the two are still in love, if the family and the Imagawa family really go to war, the Imagawa family will be destroyed, how can Ryomatsuin not be sad and sad, thinking that his beloved wife will be depressed because of this, so Takeda Yoshinobu will be desperate to say what he just said. ……，