Sakai Tadaji's residence was in Okazaki Castle, which was originally in the castle town, but because of the Mikawa incident, Matsudaira Ieyasu asked all his retainers to move to live in the castle, also to avoid the recurrence of rebels. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Not long after entering the house, after the wine and food came up, Matsudaira Ieyasu poured himself wine vigorously and didn't say a word, and Sakai Tadaji didn't understand what was going on, but he didn't dare to ask more, just drank with Matsudaira Ieyasu with his head bored.

After a long time, Matsudaira Ieyasu asked faintly, "Tadaji, do you think I'm useless?" If it weren't for Oda-sama, I wouldn't have been able to keep the Matsudaira family's business. And Oda-sama finally opened up the situation, but when I came to the place, I couldn't make the decision to connect ......."

Matsudaira Ieyasu kept complaining, his expression was very decadent, and he didn't have the slightest optimism in front of everyone. It seems that the various things that have happened during this period of time have really hit him very hard.

"My lord, my subordinates definitely don't think so!" Tadaji Sakai said with a firm face. "In the past, the Matsudaira family was forced by the Imagawa family to become his retainers, and all the retainers from the lord to the main family were imprisoned in Sunpu Castle. At that time, if it were not for the lord, I am afraid that we would have given up all hope long ago. ”

"Haha! Is it? Hearing this, Matsudaira Ieyasu immediately burst out laughing. Speaking of that time, it is really gloomy and makes people unable to see the future path......"

"Not bad! At that time, the lord was not discouraged, why is it that now it is just a small difficulty, but it has become so? Sakai Tadaji asked in a deep voice, a little puzzled and a little dissatisfied.

"Alas, you are my most trusted retainer, so I have nothing to hide from you." Matsudaira Ieyasu held the wine glass, looked at Sakai Tadaji and said in a depressed tone, "Since I got the help of the Oda family, I desperately want to restore the strength of my family as soon as possible. But now? What I was proud of at the beginning turned into a tyranny, and it led to the riots that had always been the same. ”

Taking a sip of the wine in the cup, Matsudaira Ieyasu sighed and said, "If it weren't for the help of Lord Oda, I'm afraid that the family would have been wiped out directly, and then, with the help of Lord Oda, the situation was opened up and most of Nishimikawa was pacified." And all this has nothing to do with me, I'm just like you, listening to Oda-sama's orders......"

"Lord......" Sakai Tadaji looked at Matsudaira Ieyasu, and didn't know what to say for a while. And Matsudaira Ieyasu's complaints obviously do not intend to stop.

"I don't know if I'm used to following orders, Lord Oda has asked me to return to the position of general in the past two days, but you have also seen that whether to concentrate troops or divide troops to attack those castles, whether to negotiate with Honshoji Temple first, or continue the war, I can't make up my mind at all." Matsudaira Ieyasu kept nagging, and at the end, sighed helplessly again.

"Huh...... Even some retainers were debating whether to ask Lord Oda to come back to preside over the overall situation. And just now I went to look for Oda-sama, and I was also reprimanded, maybe ......" Matsudaira Ieyasu chuckled softly, but the smile looked so helpless.

"Lord!" Just before Matsudaira Ieyasu finished speaking, Sakai Tadaji suddenly broke off his drink, interrupting what Matsudaira Ieyasu had not yet said.

"My lord! Please be careful! Sakai Tadaji looked at Matsudaira Ieyasu and said in a deep voice, "My subordinates understand that the lord is not having a good time during this time, but I also ask the lord to cheer up." The Matsudaira family, only under the leadership of the lord can return to its former glory. ”

"Tadaji ......"

"My lord! Believe in yourself! You think, why would we follow you if you don't have the ability?! Why did Master Taiyuan accept you as a disciple? Why does His Highness Oda take such a fancy to you?! Why is it that Lord Oda is now talking about the position of the chief general to you?! The more Sakai Tadaji spoke, the more excited he became, and he almost slapped the table with spit. It's just such a rude behavior, but Matsudaira Ieyasu seems to be like a primary school student, obediently sitting in front of Sakai Tadaji and letting him keep asking questions.

"Lord!! You must cheer up! Otherwise, even if Mikawa is pacified, what is the point of the Matsudaira family? Maybe in a few years, the entire Mikawa will only look up to the Oda family to survive, and the Matsudaira family is just one of them! Sakai Tadaji said at the end, and his voice couldn't help but choke.

For a loyal minister like him, who had hoped to help the Matsudaira family recover since he was a child, the situation in front of him was too cruel. It is not easy for the lord to go through one predicament after another, but the lord who is loyal to him suddenly loses all his fighting spirit.

"Tadaji ......" Matsudaira Ieyasu looked at Sakai Tadaji in front of him, and suddenly, it seemed that he had returned to the appearance of when he was imprisoned in Sunfu Castle, and similarly, Sakai Tadaji sat in front of him, crying emotionally. Only that time, it was he who felt that there was no hope, and he was persuading him.

"Haha!" Matsudaira Ieyasu suddenly laughed out loud in Sakai Tadaji's surprised eyes, "I didn't expect that after many years, the roles of the two of us have fallen one by one, it's really unpredictable!" Matsudaira Ieyasu said with a sigh.

"My lord?" Sakai Tadaji was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood what Matsudaira Ieyasu meant, and suddenly, Sakai Tadaji, who still looked like an iron-blooded real man just now, couldn't help but twist, "My lord...... At that time, it was just that the subordinates were young and ignorant......"

"Hahahaha!" When Matsudaira Ieyasu saw Sakai Tadaji's appearance, he immediately burst into laughter. I don't know why, Matsudaira Ieyasu's smile also made Sakai Tadaji laugh. Perhaps, from Matsudaira Ieyasu's laughter, he no longer feels confused, right?

"Zhongji, the happiest thing in my life is to be able to have a retainer like you!" I don't know how long it took, but Matsudaira Ieyasu said something from the bottom of his heart.

"It's also a blessing for my subordinates to be able to follow the lord!" Tadaji Sakai said the same.

The troubles and entanglements in his heart dissipated, and Matsudaira Ieyasu returned to his old self, and began to discuss with Sakai Tadaji how to deal with the Ichijun army next.

The next day, when Oda Yoshinobu came to the assessment room and saw Matsudaira Ieyasu, I don't know why, I always felt that the kid in front of me seemed to be a different person, "Why is it?" Oda Yoshinobu thought strangely. Matsudaira Ieyasu naturally can't really change people, but judging from Matsudaira Ieyasu's expression alone, Matsudaira Ieyasu is completely different from yesterday. "Seems to have become more confident?" Oda Yoshinobu thought with some uncertainty.

However, Matsudaira Ieyasu's next behavior made Oda Yoshinobu firm his thoughts. I saw that Matsudaira Ieyasu, who was still hesitant to make up his mind in the face of the proposals of many retainers before, but today he directly cut through the mess with a quick knife, and set the tone for the future in no two sentences.

"Ladies and gentlemen, His Highness Oda has sent an order for us to end this turmoil before the end of the year, so I have decided to divide my troops and take all the other fortresses in Nishimikawa except for the temple first!" Matsudaira Ieyasu said loudly.

"This ......" Many retainers looked at each other, although some still felt that this was not good, but Matsudaira Ieyasu moved out of Oda Nobunaga, and Oda Yoshinobu on the side did not have any opinions, after thinking about it, they finally chose to be silent and obedient.

One order after another was issued, Matsudaira Ieyasu was so decisive and decisive, and Oda Yoshinobu on the side nodded secretly when he saw this. "It's finally a bit of a turtle." Oda Yoshinobu has always looked at Matsudaira Ieyasu's performance during this time, and now, he is finally satisfied.

"Father?" Oda Yoshinobu was thinking about it, Matsudaira Ieyasu's voice suddenly came, turned his head to look, but saw him looking at him respectfully and asked, "Father, the child wants to invite Maeda-sama and them to come out together, I don't know ......"

"It's up to you." Oda Yoshinobu said casually, and as soon as he finished speaking, he realized what Matsudaira Ieyasu suddenly meant by asking such a question, "Keiji, you also have to listen to Matsudaira-sama's orders, do you know?" ”

"Yes!" Keiji Maeda and the others hurriedly responded, and then said loudly to Matsudaira Ieyasu, "Please give an order!" ”

"Ahem, that's the case, now that most of Xisanhe has been pacified, but most of the area located in the north of Xisanhe is still in the hands of the rebels. So...... I hope you can lead your troops to support. Matsudaira Ieyasu coughed dryly twice and said.

As soon as the words fell, before Maeda Keiji and the others could answer, Oda Yoshinobu on the side took over the conversation, "Ieyasu, you are too polite, rescue or something, just leave it to your subordinates." ”

After speaking, he snatched the map from the little surname on the side, pointed to four places at random and said, "Na, now Kira Yoshiaki on the other side of the East Three Rivers is very arrogant, either attacking our city or building a city in an important place, obviously preparing for a long-term battle." So I decided that you would divide your troops into four routes, Keiji and Tadashi to attack Ina Castle, Yukihisa and Hidemoto to attack Tashiro Castle, Zuojin and Yasumasa to attack Ichinomiya Castle, and Fernande and Nagae to attack Kameyama Castle. Well...... That's it. ”

After Oda Yoshinobu finished speaking, he casually threw the map to Matsudaira Ieyasu, and then looked at Matsudaira Ieyasu as if nothing had happened just now.

But Matsudaira Ieyasu obviously can't just forget it, you Oda Yoshinobu is as simple as that, but the question is how many troops do the four of them have to bring? You must know that Oda Yoshinobu's troops are only more than 1,000 people, is there no one to bring 250 troops to attack the city? That's really 250.

can look at the appearance of Oda Yoshinobu, it seems that he has made up his mind to let Maeda Keiji and the others lead the army alone. Hawkers, Matsudaira Ieyasu also guessed what Oda Yoshinobu meant, it was nothing more than taking the opportunity to exercise Maeda Keiji and them. After all, from the past to the present, Keiji Maeda and his men under Oda Yoshinobu have no chance to lead the troops alone. Even if Oda Yoshinobu didn't say this explicitly, everyone could guess it. Well~ The fact that there are only 100 Death God Worshippers under the command of Oda Yoshinobu is not news in Mikawa.

However, in the end, Matsudaira Ieyasu still did not dare to deny Oda Yoshinobu's proposal, but divided 1,000 troops to them, and these troops plus the original more than 1,000 people brought by Oda Yoshinobu would be more than 2,000 people, as for how they were divided, it was up to Oda Yoshinobu to decide. Even if Oda Yoshinobu didn't decide, Matsudaira Ieyasu didn't bother to mix in.

This evaluation ended in Matsudaira Ieyasu's happy decision, and everyone felt the difference between Matsudaira Ieyasu today.

"Ieyasu, you're doing well, hehe, before I started today, I was still thinking, if you kid still dare to grind and chirp today, I'm going to beat you up." Oda Yoshinobu patted Matsudaira Ieyasu on the shoulder and smiled.

"The child has bothered the father, please rest assured that the child will never be like this again in the future." Matsudaira Ieyasu said respectfully.

"Hmm. Very good, let's go down, and call Keiji and them by the way. Oda Yoshinobu nodded and said.

"Yes!"

Soon after Matsudaira Ieyasu left, Keiji Maeda and others came in. As soon as he entered the door, Keiji Maeda couldn't wait to shout, "Lord, when will we be able to go out, my subordinates already feel that the blood is about to burn!" ”

"Why don't you say that your youth is starting to burn?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Keiji Maeda helplessly and thought secretly.

However, Oda Yoshinobu was also used to his character for a long time, so he didn't care, and asked everyone directly, "Do you have any objections to my orders during the day?" If you feel that you can't take that city, you can just say it, after all, none of you have experience leading troops alone. ”

Oda Yoshinobu didn't say anything to test anything, but really what he thought in his heart. Although he doesn't know much about the art of war, he still understands the truth of a soldier and a nest of bears. Although the martial arts of Keiji Maeda and others are still very trustworthy, it is enough to lead troops alone, not just excellent martial arts. To be honest, among them, only Dao Zuojin, who was studying with military books and military records every day, and Fernande, who was studying by Li Huamei's side, could reassure him.

Although it is hoped that they can take the opportunity to practice and level up, if they lose, it is not something that Oda Yoshinobu wants to see. For her, once the troops are dispatched, there are only two options: ordinary victory and big victory. Why? Because he can't afford to lose that man!

However, Keiji Maeda and the others obviously failed to grasp Oda Yoshinobu's thoughts, and when they heard Oda Yoshinobu say this, they said in unison, "My subordinates will definitely capture the castle and live up to the lord's years of cultivation!" Even Fernand, a Europa, shouted quite loudly.

"Well~ Okay, but you remember, you are absolutely not allowed to lose!" Yoshinobu Oda pursed his lips and said his only request.

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )