"Boom!" With a deafening bang, the left side of the gate collapsed, and the one on the right barely managed to stand upright after a violent shock inside and out, but it was no longer able to defend itself on its own, and in fact, its own state was not so good!

"These things of the Hatano family are quite good!" Ikeda Hengxing patted his hand on the large cylinder captured from Mineyama Castle and said with a teasing smile: "I just wonder how Hideharu Hatano will feel when he finds out that you used it to attack Tamba's castle?" ”

"Don't you think he knows it now? You're underestimating them too! "My mouth is talking, but my hand doesn't stop. With a wave of the Taiji Regiment military fan in his hand, the 2,000 ashigaru led by Keer Caizo, Nagano Yemori, Hori Hidemasa, and Fujido Takatora rushed towards the open gate.

On the third day of entering Tamba, I was already standing in front of the fourth castle, Sonobe Castle (which will soon be in the castle again). The offensive in front was like a bamboo, and Shengguan Mountain City, Muping City, and Shanjia City all fell in one drum.

Everything was as I expected, and Shinoi was stripped of his military power and placed under house arrest in Hatano Hideharu's home city, Yagami Castle. Naturally, the generals who returned from Tango, such as Takatsu Feldsshi and Kamata Toshimasa, were not willing to do so, and began a series of "petition" actions! Whatever its original purpose, the effect was to dramatically increase the chaos within the Hatano family. Akai Naomasa and Hatano Sotaka are also anxious, on the one hand, they have to intercede for the Shinoi sect, and on the other hand, they have to appease the growing discontent below. At the same time, however, they feel increasingly inadequate, and a long period of holding power will cause many people to be dissatisfied.

The resistance in this situation can be imagined, and for three days I did not encounter a concentrated resistance force of the Hatano family. Although my attack speed is a little faster, their reaction is too slow! However, the popularity of the Hatano family in Tamba seems to be good, and I have not met an enemy without a fight. It's always a bit of effort, but ...... It's hard to say how much!

"It's like this again, it's boring!" Shinhachiro hatefully inserted the "Shura's Fury" in his hand on the ground, and Keiji Maeda simply slapped his mouth and yawned on the side.

My attacking troops had barely reached the bombed gates, when a white flag was stretched out from the window of the enemy tower at the head of the city! This is similar to the experience of the previous times, and it is only after destroying some things that these people can really understand the truth.

"These idiots!" I couldn't help but curse. If you talk to them well, you won't understand, and you have to see them to be sensible. I have to pay for the repair of these destroyed facilities at my own expense, which is really something that "leads me and goes backwards". Seeing that the troops in front of me poured into the city in large numbers, and that there were indeed no more violent clashes, I mounted my horse and walked forward with the people around me.

"There are 260,000 stones in the land of Tanbo, how many have you won now?" Ikeda asked me about the horsewhip in his hand leisurely.

"Going too fast, not counting carefully!" I tilted my head and thought about the shape of the layout on the operational map. “…… According to the approximate area, it is less than 50,000 koku, but 40,000 koku is in the early stages! ”

"That's ......," he tilted his head and thought for a while and said, "It won't be useful for 20 days, and it should be over, this war is really easy!" ”

"How can it be so easy, the Hatano family still has an army of nearly 20,000!" I shook my head and retorted to his "idealistic" arithmetic. “…… Now they are stunned and haven't reacted yet, otherwise how could they not jump before they die! Besides, Tanbo is not better than Tango, it is impossible for the Hatano family to operate for many years without a little foundation, and the attitude of the local wealthy family is not easy to determine now, and it will be a trouble to govern it in the future! But ......," I then added, "at most another month and a half will be about the same, and you can definitely go back early this time......"

"Don't even think about it, I will never leave if I don't eat enough for you for 3 months!" Ikeda immediately shouted in a fight-like tone. “…… You guy has nearly 400,000 territory all of a sudden this time, and you are still so picky! Of course, I know that you have never pointed to Tian Fu's income, but after all, this has become one of the most wealthy families in the world in one fell swoop. More than 3,000 of us have been working with you for so many days, and there is no credit and hard work! I was reluctant to even invite a few meals, is this like a word?! ”

"Aren't I worried that my lord urgently needs your 'pillar'!" I saw that he was going to start playing tricks, and hurriedly defended himself. “…… With the friendship between our brothers, no one has to have yours! But I also have difficulties now, aren't I afraid that there are too many troops in my hands, and the lord will be too careful! ”

"You don't come!" Ikeda looked at me vigilantly and said, "You think I don't know what you think!" This time, no matter what, it's to help you fight, how much 'blood' are you going to put in the hell? "I didn't expect him to see my intentions and make my words clear at once.

"You were sent by the lord, how can you ask me to pay this money?!" I struggled for the last time.

"It seems that you have been out for a long time, so you forgot the rules of the Oda family!" Ikeda smiled "sinisterly" at me. "On the orders of the Lord: Fighting in someone else's territory is to eat and drink wherever you want, and the rewards for military merit are counted separately! These days, for the sake of your face in charge of these two countries, I have been strictly restraining my subordinates! Brother is enough to mean that you have to know each other as an elder brother, don't you want us to 'take care of ourselves'? ”

"Gotcha! Just do as you say......" I shook my head helplessly, I really regretted that I had taken them to Tambo in a hot head. How good it is to let them endure in Miyazu, why bother!

"Lord...... "At this time we have reached the city gate, and a banner book has caught up from behind." The envoy of the Akamatsu family, Zuo Yongchun, arrived at the camp, hoping to see the lord as soon as possible! ”

"Let him wait!" I waved at the flag. "I don't want to see them so soon!" After saying that, Ikeda and I looked at each other and smiled.

"Lord ......" Before Kimoto left, someone called me again, but when I looked back, it was Yoshitsugu Otani who accompanied Ikoma in a hurry.

"Ikoma-sama has worked hard!" Although my relationship with Ikoma is not close, it is okay, but I don't know what Oda Nobunaga sent him to do at this time. "Does the lord have any orders? Please go into the city and talk about it! ”

"Lord Stars, there's no need to ......" Ikoma nodded politely, but his expression seemed a little unnatural. I'm here to convey the urgent order of the lord, please follow me to meet the lord as soon as possible? ”

"Back to Qibu! At this time? "I was stunned. Recall the general in battle? What a strange order!

"The lord is not in Qibu now!" Ikoma shook his head and replied. "The lord has just arrived in Wakasa Kohama Castle, and it won't take two days to get back and forth! Please come with me to ...... as soon as possible."

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This castle was where I lived not long ago, and now it is the base camp of Niwa Nagahide. Right now, Oda Nobunaga was sitting in the assessment room where I often summoned my retainers, and there was no one else around.

"You've been doing a good job lately...... Oda Nobunaga smiled at me with an expression I'd never seen on his face, and there was an almost "loving" concern in his tone. "I've heard everything! Very good, you have worked hard! ”

"The lord has won the prize! This is all the duty of subordinates......" Although I said this, I actually felt very bad!

After riding a horse for a day and midnight, my already very sensitive constitution was even more uncomfortable! What made me even more unsettling was the sudden summons of Oda Nobunaga, and things may have taken some unexpected turn. When I met him in person, I confirmed this view even more, Oda Nobunaga usually doesn't talk like that! Very good? It's really good, just let it continue to develop, okay, what are you doing here!

"I'm relieved that you can have this attitude......" Oda Nobunaga finally got to the point. Now the situation has changed for a new time, and both Asai and Asakura are in a dying struggle! It is foreseeable that they will not last long without the intervention of external forces, and this is exactly what they want! Honganji had openly sided with them, and Nobuyomori's attack on Ishiyama Castle was not going well. One of the important reasons for this is that the Maori family is assisting these monks by sea. At present, the power of the family in the western country is still very weak, so these small daimyo oscillating between the family and the Mori have become the key to the fight between the two sides! To show that the family has no intention of eating them completely, this is the end of the matter for Tamba! ”

"In that case...... I understood what he meant after a long time, and asked bitterly: "Do you want to return the cities that have been captured?" ”

"That's not necessary! Anyway, Hideharu Hatano still has to teach a lesson! Oda Nobunaga thought for a moment and shook his head, and immediately remembered that he wanted to give some comfort to my loss. The land of Tango and the northern part of Tanba will be handed over to you, and the appointment of the guardian will be officially issued soon! ”

"Thank you, my lord......" I had to say against my will. It's just that if it ends so hastily, it may cause the daimyo of the Western Kingdom to make a lot of speculations about the strength of their family! ...... about that"

"You already understand my intentions, how to do it yourself!" Oda Nobunaga saw that the goal was achieved, and he did not dwell on the details.

"Yes! But there's one more thing...... "I have another question that comes to mind." "My subordinates are alone in the western country, far away from their own home base, if someone with ulterior motives tempts or even provokes ......"

"Fight back! We must not let people think that our family is weak and can be bullied! Oda Nobunaga said sharply, and then said to me: "You just have to let it go, I can rest assured that you will do something!" ”

"Yes!" I replied very loudly.

Two days later, Yamanaka Shikanosuke led 1,500 men to conquer the castle of Jinoji Temple, plundered the treasury and transported it to Tango. Another day, Nagano Yosmori conquered the small town of Inozaki with 1,000 men, and ordered the soldiers to carry the grain stored in the warehouse.

Hideharu Hatano seemed to see hope in the darkness, and the messenger secretly came to my camp. And I naturally won't be polite, and I offered him a sky-high price of 1 million! After some fierce bargaining, Hideharu Hatano won my strike at a price of 270,000 kan, as well as the two castles of Kamioji and Inogasaki. The vigorous Hatano crusade came to an end......