"Go and call me Sadakatsu Murai." As soon as Nobunaga left the secret room, he saw Shuichi Tanigawa, a close attendant, in the cloister, and couldn't help yelling at him.

"It's the lord, and my subordinates will go to summon me." Hasegawa Shuichi saw that the lord's face was not good, and after answering, he didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly got up and walked quickly towards the office.

As he walked, he thought to himself, how can he be the same as Lord Takayama, who usually looks at that Murai Sadakatsu, who is honest, is the same as Lord Takayama, so he will make the lord angry, this person is really unseemly.

At this time, Murai Sadakatsu, who was busy in the office, heard that the lord was furious, and he also asked him to go to the castle tower by name, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and quickly put down his work and went to the castle tower with anxiety.

"Subordinate Murai Sadakatsu see the lord." As soon as Murai Sadakatsu entered the inner room, he immediately saluted respectfully and said.

Nobunaga didn't scold himself as he thought, but nodded and said lightly, "Well, go get the pen and paper." I have something to say. ”

Murai Sadakatsu was afraid that he would not say the right thing and touched the lord's brow, so he didn't ask too much and immediately got up and went forward.

After everything was ready, Nobunaga did not explain, but said directly: "Write, from now on, this family will use the secret inspection system, and all the retainers who are inspected, if they are really capable, will be reused......"

On the same day, after this notice was posted in Owari Kiyosu Castle, it was really as Nobunaga thought, not only was it not disgusted by the retainers, but the retainers felt that it was a great thing, if it could be secretly inspected by the lord, it would mean that he was not far from being reused, how could he know if he was secretly observed by the lord? It seems that you must pay attention to it at all times in the future, and you must not be discovered by the lord.

Of course, there are also a small number of retainers who have ghosts in their hearts, secretly panicking, they can't help but secretly think, could it be that their previous affairs have been exposed, and the lord is coming for himself? If this is the case, I am afraid that this is the lord warning himself that he will not be able to do those things in the future.

At this moment, in the castle tower of Okazaki Castle, Matsudaira Motoyasu sat on the main seat in the middle of the assessment room with a frown, before he asked Okubo Tadashi and Ishikawa Shumasa to persuade the wealthy families of Mikawa to see the results.

Matsudaira Motoyasu had already wanted to start a counterattack at that time, and the strength of Shanggongji was only more than 10,000 to eat, and with the elite in his hands, he could barely fight with it, but just when he had just made up his mind to go out to fight in the field, he suddenly received a report that the army of Shanggongji had reached 20,000 people, and this extra number of men and horses were all driven over by the Oda army from Bihai and Hatazu counties.

Seeing that the enemy's army had increased by nearly half at once, Matsudaira Motoyasu also cut off the idea of leading the army out of the city and engaging in a field battle with the enemy.

Just when Matsudaira Motoyasu was sitting alone in the assessment room, extremely bored, suddenly a close attendant walked into the assessment room quickly, only to hear him report loudly: "Report to the lord, the lord of the Oda army, the lord of the Takayama clan, sent his retainers to discuss with the lord the plan to retreat from the enemy, at this moment the people have arrived outside the city, and ask the lord to decide." ”

When Matsudaira Motoyasu heard that the Oda family's reinforcements were finally willing to move, the boredom just now suddenly disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by great joy.

However, when he heard that the main general of the Oda family's reinforcements was actually the Takayama clan, he felt a little unhappy in his heart.

The last time the Qingzhou Alliance, the Matsudaira family had completely hated the Takayama clan, and since he dared to send someone here, he had to give him some color to see, so as not to lose the prestige of the Mikawa samurai.

I only heard Matsudaira Motoyasu say flatly: "Let the envoy of the Oda family enter the city and wait, and quickly recruit the retainers to come to the assessment room for discussion." ”…,

The retainers were already in Okazaki Castle, and after receiving the news that the lord had received them from the close attendants, it didn't take long for all the other Matsudaira retainers to arrive, except for the samurai who continued to be in charge of defense on the castle walls.

Seeing the sparse retainers present, Matsudaira Motoyasu couldn't help but sigh secretly, alas, before the outbreak of the first and first slash, there were more than 100 retainers in the family, and since the outbreak of the first smash, the retainers from the enemy to the enemy, the dead in battle, now look at it again, there are only more than 40 retainers left, it seems that after the pacification has always been a smash, the retainers of the enemy should be punished lightly, otherwise the Matsudaira family will really collapse from then on.

Not long after the retainers sat down, they saw Masakatsu Wasuka walk quickly into the assessment room from the outside. "In the lower bee Suga Masakatsu, see Matsudaira Hall." Wasuka Masakatsu walked quickly to the middle of the assessment room and said without humility or arrogance.

Matsudaira Motoyasu saw that Wasuka Masakatsu was intact, and there was not even blood on his body, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, he was able to sneak into the city through the encirclement of 20,000 troops without being discovered, and he really had some ability, even compared to Hattori Hanzo at home.

And when the people present thought of Wasuka Masakatsu's record, no one dared to underestimate him.

Matsudaira Motoyasu knew that the situation was critical, so he didn't say too much, and said straight to the point: "Lord Beesuka has worked hard here, I don't know if Lord Takayama has any good plan to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Wasuka Masakatsu took out a codex written by Honda Masanobu from his bosom and said: "Matsudaira Palace, my lord has agreed to send troops with you in two days, and the enemy army will be flanked before and after, in order to quell the rebellion. ”

After Matsudaira Motoyasu took the codex, he read it carefully, and saw that it only agreed on the time, but did not talk about the number of troops, so he couldn't help asking: "I don't know how many troops you plan to lead to support, Lord Takayama?" ”

"Back to Matsudaira Palace, two days later, my lord will lead a thousand troops to aid Okazaki City, but I also ask Matsudaira Hall to send troops on time to fight the rebels."

Matsudaira Motoyasu was overjoyed after hearing this, the battleable army in Okazaki City was only 1,500 people, and this time there were more than 1,000 troops, and he was full of confidence in destroying the outside of the city, and others didn't know the way, but he knew the way, Oda Nobunaga's ashigaru, that was the elite of the elite, and if he could get this reinforcement, then Okazaki City would have no worries.

However, when he thought that the leader was the Takayama clan, he couldn't help but become vigilant, and Matsudaira Motoyasu knew in his heart that the Takayama clan was very hostile to the Matsudaira family, and there would be nothing wrong with it then. The army is definitely going to come out, and it seems that after Wasuka Masakatsu leaves, he will have to discuss it with his retainers, so as not to be calculated by the Takayama clan.

Thinking of this, I only heard Matsudaira Motoyasu say: "Lord Wasuka, this matter is related to the survival of the Matsudaira family, and there can be no delay in the slightest. ”

"Please rest assured that Matsudaira Hall will return to Xiwei City and report to the lord." After Wasuka Masakatsu finished speaking, he bowed and walked out of the ...... quickly,