At the foot of the Eagle Front Ridge, which is still a day's journey from Gibu, is Oda Nobunaga's large camp. Although Tokugawa Ieyasu, Matsunaga Hide, and others had already left, the generals of the Oda family were still there, and the army was about 24,000.

Oda Nobunaga was sitting in the camp in the camp surrounded by white Buman, and seemed to be a little unsettled, and the retainers above the rank of the general were sitting on both sides of the road leading to the "palace gate" in front of him. Everyone was actually a little uneasy, waiting for a guest who made people feel "awkward".

In fact, as far as the guest himself is concerned, he is neither ugly nor rude, and can even be said to be elegant and perfect in etiquette, because Mieda Kanshu is a well-known diplomat. Before the Oda family returned home after experiencing this major "twist and turn", Takeda Shingen sent him to hurry over with great difficulty, and the meaning of this is quite intriguing!

Theoretically, the territories of Oda and Takeda are connected, but the Higashiyama Road is not easy to walk, and if you take the Tokaido along the line of Suruga, Enoe, and Mikawa, it is quite detouring. The Oda family's crusade against Asakura Yoshikei can be described as a big arrangement, and the Takeda family did not make any indications at that time. Now that it has been less than 20 days since the Asai rebellion, Takeda Shingen's "condolences" have arrived, what does all this mean?

"Envoy of the Takeda family, Sanzhi Kanjie is here to Shouyou-sama!" With a report from the guard officer on duty, Sanzhi Guardman walked in from outside.

"Foreign Minister Sanzhi Shouyou Jin saw His Royal Highness Oda Dan Masatada, and greeted His Highness well on behalf of the Emperor Xuangong!" Although he is not a well-known diplomat in the history of the Warring States Period, he can eat this line of food anyway, and the etiquette on the scene is impeccable.

"Thank you Shin Xuangong for your kindness, Lord Sanzhi, please take a seat!" Oda Nobunaga pointed to the seat next to him with a spring breeze on his face, and when he saw Saneda Shou Friend sitting down, he asked with concern, "Is Shingengong okay?" ”

"His Royal Highness Lao Dan Zhengzhong asked, everything in the Takeda family is smooth!" Sanzhi Shouyou politely owes a debt. "I heard that His Royal Highness Dan Zhengzhong has encountered a little 'little trouble' in Echizen recently, and I don't know how to know the details and even worry about it!"

"I didn't expect Shingengong to hear about it......" Oda Nobunaga's attitude was unusually open-minded. Everything is as you say, just a few 'minor troubles'! Asakura Yoshijing is disobedient to the imperial court, and Asai Nagamasa is treacherous, they are just some clowns who jump off the beam, and they really don't deserve such attention from Xin Xuangong. Even if it's just a few people, it's easy to eliminate them! It's just that His Majesty the Emperor issued an imperial decree, and for the sake of the stability of the imperial court, I had to temporarily withdraw from the army. Rest assured, their good days are numbered! With that, the folding fan broke in two in his hand.

"His Royal Highness Dan Zhengzhong can give up his personal grievances for the sake of the world, which really makes His Majesty deeply admired! With this kind of ambition, how many people can there be in the world! However......" Sanzhi Shouyou couldn't help but show a trace of melancholy while being relieved. "Sanhao has just retreated from the court warehouse and risen again, and the situation of the court is really worrying! Although His Royal Highness Dan Zhengzhong is wise and martial; The Oda family is full of wisdom and bravery, but after all, they are in adversity and shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the imperial court and the shogunate! When he came down, he repeatedly told him that His Royal Highness was playing Zhengzhong, but there was an order, and the Takeda family was ......"

"I can't understand that Lord Yui may have come in a hurry, and I haven't heard of it yet......" Oda Nobunaga interrupted Mieda Moritomo's kindness, and said with a smile: "The power to deal with these thieves Oda family is more than enough!" Since escorting His Royal Highness Yoshiaki to Shangluo to revitalize the shogunate, he has successively defeated traitors such as Rokkaku and Miyoshi; Kitabatake's misdeeds are now in detention; Asakura Yoshikei did not respect the shogunate, and he had also been taught; Although Asai Nagamasa made an insidious sneak attack, he was also beaten to the point of no defense in the battle a few days ago, and his important ministers Mitamura Hidetoshi and others were all awarded! Besides, with the help of loyal people such as Tokugawa Mikawa Mamoru and others, there is no need to trouble the Takeda family's Nagatsu division! ”

"Since His Royal Highness Dan Zhengzhong has such a mighty division, I think Xin Xuangong can rest assured......" A trace of anger flashed on his face under the frequent nodding of Sanzhi Shouyou. In that case, we won't have much to do! It's just that A, Shin are some mountains and wilderness, and the products produced are really incomparable with No, O and, even so I can't come empty-handed, since everyone in the Oda family is heroic, this gift is also to make the best use of it! Pull in! The last sentence was shouted outside the camp gate.

As he spoke, four big men squeaked from outside and pushed a flatbed cart from outside, with a large box one foot square on it, but because it was covered with green bushman, it was impossible to see the contents. Everyone was a little confused, and faintly heard that there seemed to be some movement inside, it should be a living thing. The three guards made a gesture, and the big man of the cart uncovered the bouman, covering not a box but a large iron cage in which a horse was kept.

The railing of the iron cage was the thickness of a thumb, but it was scarred and bent in many places, and a tall gray horse stood quietly in it. In terms of stature, the height of this horse has surpassed that of Keiji Maeda's "Matsukaze", and it is only slightly shorter than those Ezo horses, and the lines are stretched and knotted, which can be said to combine all the advantages of "Matsukaze" and "gold". The color of the coat on the body is a gray dark flower pattern formed by black miscellaneous hairs on the white ground, but the mane of the neck, tail and four legs below the knee are shiny inky black, and the most peculiar thing is its two eyes, which are rare blood red. It may be that when it suddenly saw the light and so many people, its emotions were a little excited all of a sudden, and its front hooves kicked on the iron fence in front of it, and it was stunned and splashed with sparks.

"Hiss~~~!" Many people took a deep breath and understood how the scars on the iron fence came from.

Mieda Mori showed a smug smile, and that's what he wanted. "This is a wild horse in the North Shinano Mountains, its name is 'Nightmare', and it is the king of horses in a radius of 100 miles! Every spring and autumn, he led the horses down the mountain to destroy the crops, and the local wealthy families had nothing to do about it. In order to prevent the people from being harassed by him, he sent an army to encircle and suppress him, and finally captured him after seven people died. This kind of fierce horse should belong to a famous general to be considered unyielding, so I ordered me to bring it to His Royal Highness Dan Zhengzhong, and the Oda family naturally has someone who can surrender! ”

"Isn't this a blatant 'call'!" The thought flashed through everyone's mind.

With Oda Nobunaga's character, it is absolutely impossible to admit "planting", and he tries his best to find it among his retainers, but all he gets is evasive glances. "You! Give it a try! "He finally saw Shinhachiro behind me.

"You take it easy, don't come hard!" Since Oda Nobunaga had already spoken, I couldn't stop it, so I had to remind it in a low voice.

"Please wait a minute!" Shinhachiro was about to go down, but Mieda Mamoru suddenly stopped him. "This horse has a violent personality, don't hurt anyone!" He looked at Shinhachiro's baby face with some contempt.

"Don't worry!" Shinhachiro replied to him and walked out of the shogunate, looked up and saw dozens of carts at the corners of the camp. These were carried on the march, and several of them had bags of grain on them. He came to the side of the big cars, stretched out his left hand and grabbed the wheel of the outermost car, and held the bottom of the car with his right hand, "Hey! With a bang, he lifted the cart, walked back to the iron cage and put it down, and just lifted them one by one, forming a large circle of "barriers", regardless of whether there was anything on it.

"Silly boy! Just push it over! I shook my head inwardly.

"Ahh Sanzhi's eyes almost fell.

"Whew!" The door of the iron cage was opened, and the "nightmare" walked out slowly, snorted, and stared at the daring man in front of him. Shinhachiro was not in a hurry, but kept watching his opponent. "Nightmare" finally got impatient and attacked first, but instead of kicking, he ...... Bite!

"Is this still a horse?" I'm even more worried about Shinhachiro.

Shinhachiro dodged the attack with a twist of his body, and when he stretched out his right arm, he actually grabbed the horse's head under his armpit. "Nightmare" obviously didn't expect to fall into such a predicament, so he screamed and raised his leg and kicked Shinhachiro. Since he couldn't see, he lost his head, and Shinhachiro easily dodged this hoof.

Shinhachiro's legs bent slightly and gradually pressed the horse's head towards the ground, and "Nightmare" screamed and fought hard. Because the position of the head is getting lower and lower, the front hooves can no longer be raised, and one man and one horse fall into a situation of wrestling. The six legs of the man and the horse were still firmly planted on the ground, but they were both trembling slightly, and soon I noticed that Shinhachiro's face was getting redder and redder.

"Hey!" Shinhachiro suddenly stretched his body and jumped up, and the "Nightmare" also raised his head high because of the sudden loss of pressure. Shinhachiro turned over and rode on the horseback with the help of horsepower, grabbed the horse's mane tightly with both hands, and pressed his body flat.

The "Nightmare" is really furious, it can't tolerate someone trampling on its dignity like this! Sometimes it jumped high, sometimes it kicked its feet, sometimes it rolled on the spot, but no matter how it tossed, Shinhachiro stuck firmly to its back like a plaster. After 40 minutes, it may have been a little tired, and its frequency gradually slowed down.

Shinhachiro gradually leaned back and let go of his right hand, which was holding the horse's mane, "Bang! A punch hit the horse in the back of the hip. With this muffled thunderous sound, the body of "Nightmare" shook significantly. "Bang, bang, bang......" fists rose and fell, and the body of "Nightmare" shook more and more, not only could it no longer jump, but even standing seemed difficult, and finally knelt down with weak legs. The king of the Shinano mountains finally lowered its proud head.

"Back to the main hall, the last general will not be dishonored!" Shinhachiro returned to Oda Nobunaga and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"You've worked hard! Well done! Oda Nobunaga nodded in satisfaction. This horse will be given to you, thank you for your kindness! ”

"The last general will thank you for the three branches, which can be solved by your lord!" Shinhachiro came to Mieda Shouyu again and clasped his fists in salute.

"Good...... Sure enough, the hero came out of a teenager! Mieda's smile was a little bitter. I don't know who this is......"

"Oh! He called the stars Kiyohiko......" Oda Nobunaga replied as if casually. “…… It's just the new retainer of the Zhuxing Qing clan over there! ”

"That's ......," Mieda's cheeks twitched unnaturally.