This year may be the most tiring year for Yamada Masamura, because he has to constantly check the training of the standing soldiers, the security of the surrounding towns, the city defense system of the castle, and a series of other things that he has not done in his two lives combined. Of course, the most important thing is to collect information about www.biquge.info the Imagawa family.

Originally, according to Yamada Masamura's idea, a complete intelligence system was established through the opening of pubs, lodging houses, and other facilities where people gather. It's just a pity that this kind of requirements for funds and personnel is too high, even if it is worth Mikawa and one country, it is impossible to afford it with the current strength of Yamada Masamura, and Oda Nobunaga cannot spend a lot of manpower and material resources to help him, so he can only temporarily use the two ninjas sent by Oda Nobunaga to help find out the news.

Well...... It's two ninjas, one to Mikawa and one to Suruga. Although Yamada Masamura was dissatisfied with this, he couldn't help it, but it also strengthened the idea of forming his own intelligence system. Well...... It's just an idea.

However, I don't know if it was Yamada Masamura's luck or the Imagawa family didn't plan to hide anything at all, and the ninja who went to Mikawa really brought information.

"What? Is there any sign of the Imagawa family sending troops? Yamada Masamura asked in a deep voice as he looked at the ninja.

"Yes."

"Hmm...... Have you found out how many troops have been mobilized? Where is the goal? Yamada Masamura asked again after a deep sigh. He thought about it, and it didn't seem that there was any sign of a large-scale confrontation between the Imagawa family and the Oda family before the Battle of Barrel Sasama, and since this was the case, I am afraid that this war would not be so difficult to fight.

However, in order to be cautious, Yamada Masamura decided to be on guard and let the ninja continue to monitor Mikawa's movements. He didn't tell Oda Nobunaga about this, because after all, there was only such a sign, and he didn't get any information, so if he told Oda Nobunaga so simply, wouldn't it seem very useless?

And Yamada Masamura still has a little bit of caution, that is, if he can handle this war by himself, wouldn't it be a big credit? Well, he didn't think about what would happen if he lost at all. Now this kid seems to have begun to grow proud, but it is no wonder that in this day and age, he does not seem to have lost a few times. In his opinion, the entire Imagawa family is worthy of attention, and only Taiyuan Xuezhai is concerned.

On January 15, 1554, just after the end of the year, Yamada Masamura had not yet recovered from Achi's attachment, and the ninja who was inquiring in Mikawa brought him news that I don't know if it was good or bad.

"The Imagawa family has sent troops! The goal is Kariya Castle! The number of people is about 600. The ninja's intelligence this time was very powerful, but it made Yamada Masamura frown again.

"Kariya Castle, Mizuno Family...... But these 600 people ......," Yamada Masamura muttered in pain.

The Mizuno family, after Mizuno Nobumoto became the governor, turned his back on Imagawa Yoshimoto and took refuge with Oda Nobuhide, however, not in the form of a retainer, but as an alliance. Hawkers,Of course,This kind of thing is naturally very happy for the Oda family.,After all, I picked up a help for nothing.。

However, for this ally, Yamada Masamura is very unhappy, because in his opinion, what qualifications does a small Mizuno family have to become an ally of the Oda family?

"After all, the Mizuno family is nominally an ally of the Oda family, and it must be saved, but if you take the initiative to go, it will inevitably show how important the other party is." Yamada Masamura thought that perhaps his biggest gain after becoming the Narumi Castle Castle was that he learned to use his brain.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside the house, and then, an excited voice came, "Lord, is there going to be a war?" ”

"Early, look at your urgency, how can you have the demeanor of a future celebrity?" Yamada Masamura sneered, and then told Maeda Keiji and Shiraki Yukihisa about the Imagawa family's attack on Kariya Castle. Hawkers,Although there are only two retainers, and they are still two and a half big ghosts.,But Yamada Masamura still wants to try the drama of the monarch's examination of the courtiers that will appear in various books.。

It's just a pity that this kind of examination seems to be completely beyond the acceptable range of Keiji Maeda and Yukihisa Shiraki, only to see the two of them frowning and thinking for a long time, and finally held back a sentence that made Yamada Masamura vomit blood, "It's all up to the lord's orders!" ”

With a wave of his hand to let the two little bastards get out, Yamada Masamura wondered if he was going to accept a retainer with a bit of intelligence.

And just as Yamada Masamura was counting what kind of intellectual retainer he had the opportunity to receive, Mizuno Nobumoto of Kariya Castle jumped a little anxiously.

In fact, when Imagawa sent troops, he was not in a hurry, after all, it was not uncommon for this situation before, but the Oda family quickly responded, so that the Mizuno family did not even need to go out to solve the crisis. But this time, the Imagawa army was about to kill under Kariya Castle, but the Oda army didn't seem to know, and there was no reaction at all.

"What the hell is going on with that fool? Why haven't you sent troops until now?! Mizuno Nobumoto asked angrily, but who could answer him?

"Lord, why don't we take the initiative to ask for help......," a retainer cautiously suggested, but was immediately vetoed by Mizuno Nobumoto.

"No, if that's the case, I believe that fool will definitely take the opportunity to make the Mizuno family completely surrender." Mizuno Nobugen refused without even thinking about it. Why did he rebel from the Imagawa family, didn't he just want to take advantage of the chaos in Mikawa to expand his power? Therefore, he used Takechiyo as a gift in exchange for the support of the Oda family.

And the effect of this is also obvious, and the Mizuno family is now slowly changing from a small wealthy family to a medium wealthy family. And Mizuno Nobugen believes that as long as he is given another ten years, the Mizuno family will definitely become the No. 1 wealthy family in Mikawa, and the Matsudaira family will become history completely.

Well, it can be seen that Mizuno Nobugen is also an ambitious guy, but is his idea too idealistic? Didn't he notice that since the Onin Rebellion, the pace of the troubled times had begun to pick up?

On January 18, the Imagawa family, led by the general Okabe Motonobu, launched a tentative attack on Kariya Castle. Since it was tentative, the result was naturally nothing to say, and not a single corpse left on the battlefield was able to explain everything. Immediately, the Imagawa army was not in a hurry to attack the castle, but began to build a fortress not far from Kariya Castle.

When Mizuno Nobugen saw this, he immediately cried bitterly, because if this castle was built, then the Mizuno family would be embarrassed. Because the Imagawa family can switch from offense to defense with this, there is no need to fight hard with the Mizuno family at all.

But what about Mizunoya? Whether it's to ensure one's dominance over one's territory or for other reasons, it's impossible to endure such a thing. It's just that the question is, the Imagawa army has more troops than itself, and now it has turned to a defensive posture, so how can you fight yourself? What if the other party just lures him to go to the field and waits for him to send out his troops?

"My lord, the guardian of Narumi Castle is Yamada Masamura, and the distance between Narumi City and here is so close, it is impossible for Yamada Masamura not to know what is happening here. And now he has no sign of sending troops, and his subordinates feel that it is their duty to report this kind of thing to His Highness Oda......" Hisamatsu Toshikatsu suggested.

"Wonderful!" After hearing this, Mizuno Nobumoto immediately applauded and praised, and immediately sent someone to Cheongju City.

Well, that's really smart. Under normal circumstances, since the Mizuno family and the Oda family are allies, after the Mizuno family is attacked, Yamada Masamura, the closest to Kariya Castle, should send troops to the rescue. In fact, until now, there has been no movement on Yamada Masamura's side.

So, how would Oda Nobunaga react when he learned the news? Hisatsu said with great anticipation. Well, by the way, if it weren't for Yamada Masamura, Toshikatsu Hisamatsu would be Yuda's husband. And just before Yamada Masamura picked him up, Hisamatsu Toshikatsu had already proposed more than once that he hoped to marry Yu Da.

And Mizuno Nobugen also hopes that Oda Nobunaga can punish this kid Yamada Masamura, as for the reason, it's simple, this kid will take his sister away, but now he doesn't help himself? What a thing!

Of course, the most important thing is to tell Oda Nobunaga about the situation here, and even if you don't know, then I'll tell you now, you should send troops, right?

As Mizuno Nobumoto expected, when the envoy of the Mizuno family told Oda Nobunaga about this matter, Oda Nobunaga scolded Yamada Masamura fiercely in front of the envoy. It was only when the envoy proposed to send troops that Oda Nobunaga offered to ask Yamada Masamura before he acted.

However, no matter what, the envoy of the Mizuno family still received a reply from Oda Nobunaga, that is, he would definitely send troops to help. So the envoy of the Mizuno family went back satisfied.

"What the hell is this Overlord Pill thinking?!" Oda Nobunaga complained to Nohime with a dark face.

"Hehe, he must have his own ideas, do you think that Overlord Pill has rebelled?" Nong Jijiao said with a smile.

"Cut, that kid dares to rebel, see if I don't pick his skin!" Oda Nobunaga pretended to be vicious and said, not knowing who he was scaring him.

"But you can't beat him." Nohime dismantled the stage without care, making Oda Nobunaga wilt immediately.

After such a fuss, some irritability is gone, "Ah Nong, why do you think that kid from Overlord Pill did this?" Oda Nobunaga repeated the question he had just asked.

"Well, I think with the idea of the overlord pill, I guess I will put the other party in my eyes at all, so I don't bother to report to you. Moreover, that kid must have wondered, if you told you about this, you would definitely send troops to the rescue, so wouldn't his merits be less? Nohime thought about it for a while, and then guessed what Yamada Masamura thought.

"This bastard!" When Oda Nobunaga heard this, he immediately gritted his teeth, he had never seen a guy who took war so seriously. "I'm going to make that bastard look good tomorrow!" Oda Nobunaga made a decision.