The matter on the letter is indeed very important, otherwise Takenaka Hanbei would not be in such a hurry to turn people around. In fact, not only for me, but also for the whole of Japan, it can be regarded as a great event: the "monkey" and Shibata Katsuke have officially started a war! However, it didn't have much impact on me, even if a thing was important, if it was mentally prepared, then the impact would naturally be much smaller.

It happened very suddenly, as if it was triggered by a small thing. Under the pretext that Oda Nobutaka was guarding himself, the "monkey" secretly seized the property of the Oda family in Minami-Omi, and began to mobilize troops and horses. Naturally, Nobutaka Oda and Shibata would not agree with this accusation, and the two sides went to war.

At first glance, it seems that this is due to a small incident caused by accident during the cleaning of the previous year's taxes at Minami Omi Akeie Castle, and it was found that there was a number of shortcomings in the process of counting materials, and there were people from Niwa at that time. Even though everything seemed so casual, I smelled a deep sense of intrigue in it.

It has not been half a year since the Cheongju Conference ended, and my operation in Kyushu did not go very well, so it seems that there is no need to rush. Now that all parties are trying to accumulate strength, coupled with the recent small friction and the spring ploughing season, Shibata-Nobutaka's side did not take this level of provocation too seriously, but just scolded a few "monkey" thieves and shouted to catch the thief, which caused a few responses.

However, this time the "monkeys" acted differently from before, accusing on the first day, insulting on the second day, and directly sending troops to control Kyoto on the third day, followed by troops to Minami Omi, and the troops were directed at Nagahama Castle. Shibata was not well prepared, and Niwa, Ikeda and others did not have time to react.

The information came in a very timely manner, but because of this, many cases did not happen when this information was sent, but now I think it has been carried out to a certain extent. Based on this preliminary situation and my understanding of the "monkey", this incident must have been premeditated, and Shibata may be finished. In this case, it doesn't seem good that I've been silent all the time, it seems a little too fake!

"Shall we go out again in the afternoon?" At this time, Shinhachiro also finished eating, and he always ate faster than others, but it took a long time.

"Go yourselves! I'd like to write a few letters...... "I'm going to put the letter back in the envelope, and I'm going to have to make a little arrangement." "You can just buy whatever you want, and bring more money with you!"

"I want to buy a few gifts for Yuan, so I won't save it for you!" Shinhachiro also admitted calmly and was not polite at all, but he was still a little dissatisfied when he saw my appearance. "We're here to relax, why are you still thinking about those things! You're just a worrisome life, and you don't know how sorry you feel sorry for. Lord Takenaka is really, what a big thing is worth sending in a hurry! ”

"I was born to suffer hardships, and I have been like this all my life!" I straightened up and yawned. I also felt a little tired when I asked him to say this, and I wondered if I should take a nap first. "'Monkey' and Shibata have already fought, and it's completely normal for our people to be a little nervous!" I rubbed my eyes and said.

"Really! Has it already begun? Shinhachiro's voice was immediately filled with excitement.

"Well, two days ago!" I nodded, there was no need to hide it from him.

"Then you let me go back!" Almost as soon as I finished speaking, Shinhachiro screamed excitedly. "There's no point in war here, so you might as well let me go back to. Those two people have been fighting for a day or two, and this time it must be a fierce battle. I don't have much to do here anyway, so I might as well hurry up and let me go back and have a good time! ”

"You, want to go back?" I was a little surprised that he actually saw the contradiction between "Monkey" and Shibata.

"Hmm!" He nodded busily.

"Looks like you really can't wait!" I smiled helplessly and bitterly, I still can't help this brother-in-law, he is such a big person, and he still has no brains at all. "This letter was written the night before yesterday, and it must have been in full swing by now. You're going back now just in time, do you really want to go? ”

"Really, really!" Shinhachiro nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.

"But now there's a problem!" I helplessly shook the letter in my hand at him, and asked very "sincerely": "Can you not hesitate to give advice, who are you going to beat when you go back?" ”

"Naturally...... Oh? His excited words suddenly stopped, and his eyes became confused. It's Yuchai...... No, it's Shibata...... Or is it Yuchai...... It seems that Shibata is better......" He tilted his head and thought for a long time, but not only did he not think clearly, but his eyes became even more confused. "Hey! Tell me who to hit! In the end, he gave up on his own efforts.

"I just can't figure it out, that's why I want to ask you for advice!" I almost wanted to laugh at the sight of him, but in the end I couldn't help it. "Before I left, I discussed with Takenaka-sama many times whether to help one of them fight whom, but no matter how I thought about it, I didn't figure it out, and in the end, it was possible for the two of them to beat me together. It would be great if you could figure it out for me, but please let me know if you could get involved? ”

"If you don't let me go back, forget it, you can't use this to squeeze me!" Shinhachiro is just not very brainy about these things, and he is not really a fool, so he can naturally hear that I am making fun of him. "Actually, it's not bad to beat the two of them together......" he muttered quietly.

"What did you say?!" I raised my voice all at once.

"Nothing, I didn't say anything!" He didn't expect me to hear this, and immediately shook his head in denial. Although he was a little confused at times, he was still a little afraid of me in his heart, and I put it down to the category of the laborer.

In fact, I don't deny that the method he said is the most painful method, but as a high-ranking person, if he only thinks about the problem from the perspective of "happiness", then his end must be sad. The tactic of "destroying 10,000 enemies and losing 3,000 self-inflicted losses" is not easily adopted by Sun Tzu, not to mention the "siege of the city" that has always been listed as the next policy! If I were to attack the "Monkey" and Shibata directly by force, I was afraid that I would not be able to "cut down the city", then it was very likely that a series of arduous "sieges" would await me.

"Lord!" The companion Shin and the boss walked in, this time leading the 20 ninjas I was traveling with. However, the responsibility of the ninja is to protect in the dark, how did he come directly. "Someone wants to be unfavorable to the lord, let him tell him the details!" Without waiting for me to ask, he pointed to the boss next to him.

"Oh, tell me about it?" I wondered if anyone had noticed that I had left the army.

This may indeed exist, and there must be ninjas around my camp who are being watched by other forces. But even if it is like this, if you want to attack my elite team of more than 30 people and achieve the effect of killing with one hit, then I am afraid that at least a hundred or so elite samurai will be needed, but if the nearby big forces had such a move, Takenaka Hanbei must have noticed it a long time ago, how could it be that it was discovered only when it arrived in Hirado?

"That's right, one of my men heard a message!" The boss is an intelligence officer who has never experienced such a thing, so he seems a little cramped. "Two samurai with mysterious identities have gathered several bands of thieves and some unemployed wild samurai, saying that there is a 'big deal' to be carried out in the middle of the night tomorrow. The man was very generous, and it was said that he had already paid some deposits to several of the leaders, and asked them to find more! ”

"Do you know the identity of that mysterious man?" I asked.

"It's not clear, my people haven't seen him at all!" Seeing my confusion, the boss explained, "My subordinate is a ruffian on Hirado Street, and today a thief of familiarity suddenly approached him and asked him if he would like to participate in this operation. My man thought something might be wrong and asked him for a drink, and then inquired about the above, but the thief didn't seem to know who or what he was up to. But it seems that the patron promised to give 10 yuan per person, and he could pay a deposit of 5 yuan in advance, and the thief asked my subordinates if they could find a few more people to participate! ”

"How many people will they be able to find?" I asked again.

"According to the situation nearby, there are more than two hundred at most, most of them are ruffians and scoundrels, although many people have been soldiers but their combat effectiveness is not strong, and there are not many who can be called Ueno samurai!"

"You go down first!" After I sent the boss away, I asked my companion Xinxin, "Look at how many people we have arrested, can you figure this matter out!" ”

"Unlikely!" The companion shook his head with a look of ninety-five percent certainty. "In terms of technique, this is a typical method of killing people with a knife, and those who send them to death are unlikely to know the details. Since the people behind it didn't let them know their identity, it was also impossible for them to know that the target was the lord. Those outlaws are not fools, although they may not take the Matsuura family in Hirado seriously, but they are afraid of killing them and dare not provoke the lord. If they really knew the identity of the lord, maybe they would have directly captured the 'protagonist' to receive the reward! ”

"Hmm...... It's very possible! I nodded, but was disappointed.

"But ......" Ban Changxin hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I've done this kind of thing before, and most of them have met a suitable target temporarily when I was out and about. But I don't think this person is a ninja, and it's probably an important member of some family! ”

"Where do you see that?" I asked very attentively.

"The deposit alone is more than a thousand kan, and ninjas will never carry a lot of money with them when they go out!"

His words reminded me at once, it seems that Hidecho Hashiba came here a while ago to connect Mori and the Ryuzoji family, so even if the person in front of him is not himself, it is very likely that he has some kind of relationship with the "monkey". Okay, you thief "monkey", you are busy over there and don't forget to take care of me! But since this is the case, it is also possible that someone here is making an assertion if I catch him......