"Lord Stars and Lord Kinoshita are in front of you!"

Following the direction of Maeno's finger, I saw an imposing rock in the valley. "It's huge! It is worthy of the Beesuka Party that rules over thousands of people! I was amazed. Regardless of my opinion, I have been tethered to Kinoshita Toyoshiro by his "monkey". Due to the dual concern of history and Kinoshita Toyoshiro's ability, I had to personally intervene in this "incident". After careful consideration, I thought that the key to the first step was to convince Wasuka Masakatsu to participate in this matter. Although Kinoshita Toyoshiro had been in the Beesuka Party, he was just a minor minion at the time, and it was difficult to say that he had any influence, so I decided to come here myself to be more sure. In order not to be too conspicuous, I only brought Shimakatsu Takeshi and Kusunoki Hayato, and "Monkey" brought Koichiro Kinoshita. After walking for about half an hour, we came to the gate.

"Squeak~~~! "......It seems that someone has already noticed our arrival, and as soon as we arrived at the door, the gate opened, and Wasuka Masakatsu strode out from inside. "Lord Stars, it's been a long time! Oh! And you're a 'monkey', you seem to be doing a good job."

"Chief! You've been well! Kinoshita Toyoshiro was full of smiles, not caring at all about Wasuka Masakatsu's rudeness.

"His Royal Highness Little Six! You're getting stronger! I looked at the group of big men who came out with him.

"Thank you so much!" After saying that, he leaned sideways and pulled his hand in. "Please! We'll talk. ”

With Masakatsu Wasuka, our group entered the rock. It was a mixture of military defense and civilian settlement, with low huts lining the simple paths, women washing their clothes by the wells, old people sitting in groups of old people chatting in front of their homes, and a few children running past us from time to time. But the fortifications were quite tight, with walls more than five meters high, made of barrel-sized wooden stakes tightly packed with sharp pointed ends, with five-foot-wide treads on the inside to allow the guards to patrol and a few high wooden watchtowers in the corners. The whole layout reminds me of the settlements that guarded against the Indians when the United States developed the West. "Except that there are no civilians, Sumimata Castle should also be built in this style!" I'm thinking about it in my heart.

"What did His Highness Little Sixth mean when he said thank you to us just now?" When I sat down in the back room, I remembered what I had just said.

"Haha! Haven't you been idle in the Oda family all this year? Masakatsu Wasuka said with a smile. Due to the war between the two families, each family on the Mino side has raised taxes and conscripted troops, do you think I can not enter the army? ”

"Let's get down to business!" Kinoshita Toyoshiro was burned by the fantasy of "military exploits". "We're here to ask for your help in building a castle in Sumamata!"

"Building a castle in Sumamata? You're not kidding me, are you? "Masakatsu Wasuka was really smiling when he said this." Didn't your Sakuma Nobumori and Shibata Katsuie try it somewhere? It turned out that it didn't work at all! ”

"We've already considered whether it will work or not!" I try to pretend to be as inscrutable as possible. "Now we just want to know your attitude!"

"It's hard! It's very difficult......" Wasuka Masakatsu said with a wry smile, "The repeated failures of your Oda family during this period are far from our original agreement, and now there are differences of opinion among my subordinates. As a leader, I can't take their views seriously...... "He doesn't say yes or no, he always avoids the essence of the problem."

"His Royal Highness Little Liu...... No! Chieftain! This is about my future, all my hopes! At all costs! Anyway......" Kinoshita Toyoshiro knelt forward and took two steps forward, holding Wasuka Masakatsu's hand tightly, and his voice was full of tears. But no matter how much he pleaded, Wasuka Masakatsu could always find very "legitimate" reasons and insurmountable "difficulties".

Looking at the "comedy" in front of me, I couldn't help but feel awkward for a while, "Binding is not husband and wife, catching up is not a deal!" What is this for? "In comparison, I prefer to talk to businessmen like Muneko Tsuda, because they always go straight to the content of economic interests." His Royal Highness Little Liu! "Although I don't have a strong sense of belonging to the Oda family, after all, I came with this hat, and I really can't stand the "monkey" to spread virtue for the Oda family again. "When do you think it's appropriate to do it again?"

"When......" Wasuka Masakatsu blinked his eyes and thought for a moment and said, "I think that when the Oda family besieges Inabayama Castle, then the Saito family will definitely mobilize all their forces to defend the castle!" My men and I infiltrated the city in the name of helping to defend it, and opened the gates at the right time, and the world-famous fortified city was within reach. ”

"You have a point...... Kinoshita Tojiro's eyes were distracted, and his voice became lower and lower.

"There's a!" I cursed TMD in my heart. This guy is so cunning that he still wants to "go down the mountain to pick peaches"! I'm just a little surprised, how can there be such a set of "curves to save the country" in this era! In order to break his unrealistic illusions, and at the same time to tell him not to sell too much later, I decided to pour him a basin of "cold water". "Haha! Your Highness Koroku, do you really think that the day when the Oda family will capture Mino is so far away? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Wasuka Masakatsu looked at me suspiciously. "Isn't the Saito family always winning?"

"Then let me put it up in a different way!" I don't give him the slightest time to think. "How many times do you think the Saito family can withstand such victories?"

"Victory? …… Can it stand up? …… It's incomprehensible! He glanced around at Maeno Nagayasu and several of his other men around him. Do any of you understand what Lord Stars means? ”

The men laughed together. "Lord Stars, you're not kidding, are you?" Maeno Nagayasu said.

"There are a lot of people who used to think that I was joking, but then they all understood: I never joke when I get down to business!" I glanced at them coldly. "You know the actual situation of the Saito family better than anyone else, but it's just a flashback! If it weren't for that, how would you dare to take in so many fleeing Saito subjects? I think you know the affairs of our Oda family, which daimyo has you seen grow so rapidly? Not to mention that you didn't need to be at that time when you said it, the reputation of 'wall grass' alone will make His Royal Highness Nobunaga hate, but I am afraid that those lower-level captives will be treated better than you by then! At this point, I paused for a moment, and then said in a firm tone to the group of stunned people: "My condition is: you help us complete this!" I guarantee that you, Maeno-sama, and the other two who have made this meritorious service will become official samurai of the Oda family; Those who are willing to join the army become ashigaru; Provide you with funds on time before the capture of Minon; After Mino occupies it, it will be given priority to other people's fields! Now I'm waiting for your answer! ”

"I agree to your terms!" Masakatsu Wasuka finally lowered his head, which had been held high. "But...... You'll have to go to Minamata with us this time, that's my last condition! ”

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Bear in Winter: There has been a lot of book reviews from last night to today, and I thought I needed to say a few words here. I'm really making up chapters, and I don't think there's any novel that simply takes a piece of paper and writes the ending, and I don't think anyone will read it except for notice! Opinions on "monkey" vary from person to person, but after all, he was an important figure of that era, and I think he should have a place in even fictional history. If I slaughter the "monkey" in the next chapter, let Oda Nobunaga exit in the next chapter, and ...... Tokugawa in the next chapter, then in less than three days and two mornings, the protagonist will probably be sitting alone in front of a chessboard with no opponent! Isn't that interesting? Do you want the protagonist to make an opponent of a "kitten" like the Hojo clan in the end? The protagonist also has a growth process, don't forget how Wang Yun died in the Three Kingdoms! At this time, the Star Loyal Guards here and now are not qualified to carry out the "ultra-left" line and beat everyone to the opposite side.

On the other hand, I welcome everyone's opinions! There are emotions, which is understandable! But it's best not to get into personal insults, and even though I haven't deleted a single review, that doesn't mean I won't!