Okazaki Castle, Matsudaira Ieyasu's residence. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Father, Qingji and they have already captured their respective target cities, I am afraid that after some more major battles, there will be 4 more famous generals under my father's command." Matsudaira Ieyasu said with a chuckle.

It's just that Matsudaira Ieyasu's flattery Oda Yoshinobu didn't buy it at all, only to see him snort coldly and say with an unhappy face, "Ieyasu, you kid don't come to this set, you kid is going to lose today!" Make move! I saw Oda Yoshinobu quickly click on the chessboard with his right hand, and then laughed and said, "Haha! Eat it all! As he spoke, he prepared to remove the sunspots around Shirako.

"Father...... ...... you" Matsudaira Ieyasu looked at Oda Yoshinobu dumbfounded, and his mind was completely unable to function for a while. Because the white seed under Oda Yoshinobu is completely surrounded by sunspots, no matter how you look horizontally and vertically, you can't see the possibility of eating your own sunspots.

"What? Can't get it? Oda Yoshinobu looked like a scoundrel, lit a cigar and took a deep breath before exhaling it slightly, looking at Matsudaira Ieyasu in the clouds and mist, looking at Matsudaira Ieyasu with an unfathomable look and asked.

"This ...... I also asked my father to make it clear that the child had learned Go with Master Taiyuan for so long, and he had never heard of this kind of distribution. Matsudaira Ieyasu hesitated for a moment and said, well, the subconscious meaning is obvious, "Are you here to make trouble or can't afford to lose?" ”

But when Oda Yoshinobu heard Matsudaira Ieyasu's words, he said proudly, "Let me ask you, did this thing of Go appear for the purpose of simulating war?" ”

"This ...... It should be, right? Matsudaira Ieyasu hesitated for a moment and said, how could he have learned about the origin of Go, and if he likes to drink tea, he wants to know how tea is grown?

"Humph! That's right, you see, you sunspot is your Matsudaira family's ashigaru, and my sunspot is me! Do you think I can beat those ashigaru in your house?! In the end, Oda Yoshinobu looked at Matsudaira Ieyasu with an unkind face, obviously as long as this kid dared to say half a word, he would give him a good look.

"This ...... This...... This ......" Matsudaira Ieyasu looked at Oda Yoshinobu dumbfounded, and couldn't understand why there were such brazen people in this world, but he didn't dare to resist. After holding it for a long time, he finally held back a sentence, "What my father said is true!" ”

"Hehe, that's right~" Oda Yoshinobu said, urging Matsudaira Ieyasu to hurry up, but when he encounters such an unreasonable person, where is Matsudaira Ieyasu in the mood to continue. "The father is superb in chess, and the child admits defeat......"

"No! You have to play 10 games today! Oda Yoshinobu suddenly stopped doing it when he heard this, you must know that yesterday he happened to see Matsudaira Ieyasu playing Go, thinking of the chess game he saw yesterday, he immediately got together and prepared for a while, and the result was naturally killed. Now that he has finally tampered with the rules under his obscenity, how can he give up such a good opportunity for revenge?

Just when Matsudaira Ieyasu was at a loss, Hattori Hanzo suddenly appeared in the room, "Oda-sama, lord." ”

"It turned out to be Hanzo~ How about it? Is there any emergency military situation? Come on! As if he saw an old lover, Matsudaira Ieyasu quickly rushed to Hattori Hanzo's side and kept asking.

"Rub, you." Oda Yoshinobu muttered, but he was too embarrassed to say anything more. After all, he also knew that he was purely vexatious just now, only Matsudaira Ieyasu was there, and now that Hattori Hanzo was there, he was naturally embarrassed to be embarrassed again. After all, if only Matsudaira Ieyasu knows, he is not afraid of others knowing...... Well, this kid is very calculating.

Looking at Matsudaira Ieyasu, who was a little inexplicably enthusiastic, and then at Oda Yoshinobu who was sitting there with a calm face, Hattori Hanzo finally decided to pretend that he didn't know anything.

"My lord, now that Lord Sakai has besieged Ueno Castle, Lord Okubo has also defeated Watanabe and his sons in the field battle, forming a siege of Terabe Castle. In addition, the four Maeda-sama have already broken through their respective target castles......" As soon as Hattori Hanzo's voice fell, Oda Yoshinobu laughed out loud, "Haha~ Keiji, they did a great job!" ”

"Congratulations to my father!" Matsudaira Ieyasu smiled a little helplessly, he was indeed very helpless, so many of his retainers were only besieging after fighting for a long time, but the four of Maeda Keiji over there directly attacked the castle. If you count the time of rushing, it was almost a day to break through. The gap is simply ......

Seeing Matsudaira Ieyasu's expression, Oda Yoshinobu's previous unhappiness of losing Go disappeared without a trace in an instant, "Hehe, Ieyasu, you are still young~ Don't worry, you will also have many outstanding retainers in the future~" Oda Yoshinobu said with a chuckle, and at the same time secretly added in his heart, "Although the best has been accepted by me." ”

And when Hattori Hanzo told the specific battle situation of Maeda Keiji and the four, Oda Yoshinobu and Matsudaira Ieyasu were silent. Not for anything else, but because of Fernande's self-assertion.

Yes, it's on his own, in fact, neither Matsudaira Ieyasu nor Oda Yoshinobu said that they would forgive the rebel samurai, but Fernand did, and he also packed the ticket to the other party. This situation ...... To put it more seriously, seppuku is okay.

"Father, ......" Matsudaira Ieyasu looked at Oda Yoshinobu and stopped talking, well, he really didn't know what to say, strictly speaking, deep down in his heart, he didn't want to let go of this group of bastards who dared to betray him, but Fernanda was Oda Yoshinobu's retainer after all, and if he only needed such a sentence to make the enemy surrender, Matsudaira Ieyasu was indeed very happy to see it.

"Hmm...... Fernand, this kid...... That's a good job......" Oda Yoshinobu muttered softly, but Matsudaira Ieyasu didn't dare to respond, God knows if Oda Yoshinobu was extremely angry at this time? Especially after Oda Yoshinobu muttered such a sentence, he became silent again, which made Matsudaira Ieyasu dare not take a breath.

After a long time, Oda Yoshinobu stood up abruptly, looked at Matsudaira Ieyasu and said loudly, "Yes! That's it! ”

"What?" Matsudaira Ieyasu looked at Oda Yoshinobu with a confused expression, and he didn't know what Oda Yoshinobu meant.

"Ieyasu, you immediately go and write a notice to review yourself, and post it all over Mikawa. At the same time, he sent someone to pass it on to everyone, telling them that as long as they are willing to surrender, all their previous mistakes will be blamed in the past! Yoshinobu Oda said loudly.

"What?!" Matsudaira Ieyasu said again, and this time, it was shocked.

"What? Don't you understand?! Oda Yoshinobu looked at Matsudaira Ieyasu and asked, but he didn't get angry, but explained to him very proudly. Why? Because he admires his genius brain so much, he is embarrassed not to say it for others to worship.

Ahem......

"To put it simply, you write down all the mistakes you made when you ruled the Three Rivers, tell those wealthy people and commoners that you already know your mistakes and are ready to correct them, so that they can give you a chance to make amends...... Think about it, if you were a retainer and heard your former lord say this, would you be very moved? Will you regret your rebellion? If you're a civilian, aren't you even more excited? The high-ranking samurai lord actually apologized to himself! Yoshinobu Oda said excitedly.

"I see!" When Matsudaira Ieyasu heard this, he suddenly realized.

"That's right! As long as this happens, even if there are still stubborn enemies, their men will no longer be determined. At that time, our process of pacifying the Three Rivers will be smoother! Yoshinobu Oda smiled.

"But...... Will this bring shame on the lord? Hattori Hanzo, who had always been silent, couldn't help but say. Well, how can there be a ruler in this world who apologizes to the ruled? If you do this, will there be authority? Will others obey you?

"No!" Before Oda Yoshinobu could speak, Matsudaira Ieyasu said resolutely, "As long as I have absolute strength in my hands, no one will underestimate my family!" "Matsudaira Ieyasu has known force very clearly since he was very young.

"I'm going to write it!" After Matsudaira Ieyasu finished speaking, he walked to the desk and quickly wrote, and after a while, an apology notice full of sincerity was freshly released.

"Hanzo, you immediately send someone to copy this notice and send it to the various castle towns and hostile castles." Matsudaira Ieyasu said after handing the letter to Hattori Hanzo.

"Well, from the castle town, send someone to read it to the civilians, otherwise I'm afraid most of them won't know what they're writing." Yoshinobu Oda added.

"That's right, it's still my father's wisdom!" After Matsudaira Ieyasu gave Oda Yoshinobu a little more, he ordered Hattori Hanzo, "Let all the people in the city who know how to read and write go out, and be sure to distribute this notice to the entire Mikawa within 3 days!" ”

"Yes!"

After Hattori Hanzo left, Matsudaira Ieyasu looked at Oda Yoshinobu with admiration and said, "I can't imagine that my father has such a clever plan, and I only need to apologize briefly to save the hearts of the people." ”

"Hmph~ Of course~" Oda Yoshinobu said with a smug face. Hawkers, of course he wouldn't say that this trick has long been played badly in Chinese history, those emperors who have nothing to do, basically before their deaths or whatever, will play such a hand, and then it will be an amnesty to the world, so that the ignorant civilians are moved to death. Obviously, the Japanese civilians of this era are better fooled than the civilians of China at that time, not to mention those samurai who are basically tendons.

Three days later, countless civilians gathered at the entrance of the town, looking at a large sign next to it, which was a notice issued by the Matsudaira family.

"Hey, what's that notice about?"

"Who knows, anyway, it's not that every young person is required to go to the battlefield, otherwise we just want to stay at home honestly and not follow the Yixiang Sect, right?"

"Tsk, does Matsudaira Ieyasu think that kid will be able to pacify Mikawa in this way?"

"That is, what else will he do besides tyranny? Maybe they want us to donate money and food. ”

A group of civilians kept talking, and no one knew what was written on the notice. Well, they can't be blamed either, who made most of the civilians of this era illiterate?

At that moment, a samurai-looking figure walked up to the notice and shouted to explain its contents.

"Hey, isn't that, our lord apologized to us?"

"Did I hear me right? The samurai lord even apologized to us civilians? ”

"It seems that there are still 3 years of tax exemption, tell me if I heard it wrong!"

"That's right, that's right! And as long as we support the Matsudaira family, no matter what kind of mistakes we have done before, we will not be held accountable! ”

Everyone kept talking, but compared to just now, their emotions were obviously very high. And the man who looked like a warrior read this notice three times. Belch...... Because Oda Yoshinobu has instructed that such an important thing must be said three times. Although Matsudaira Ieyasu didn't understand it very well, he still honestly asked people to do it, and it wasn't him anyway.

And when he finished reading, all the civilians instantly boiled, they cheered, and some even ran out of the town, ready to tell the good news to their friends and brothers who were about to flee from Mikawa.

On November 13, the true effect of this notice was finally fully manifested, and its effect shocked Sakai Tadashi, Sora Oath and other people who disdained it.

In Ueno Castle, Sakai Tadashi looked at the many retainers who surrounded him with knives, his mouth opened for a long time, and finally turned into a sigh, "I still lost after all......" Then, he committed suicide directly by cutting his abdomen. He knew very well that although Matsudaira Ieyasu said that he would not pursue everything in the past, how could he, the person who had always been against him, have any good end? It is not too easy for a powerful monarch to deal with a losing retainer.

Terabe Castle, Watanabe father and son, who have been stubbornly resisting, were really moved by Matsudaira Ieyasu's review book when they couldn't see victory. So, they opened the gates and surrendered to the Matsudaira army.

Benzheng Temple, empty oath looked at the temple compound with a gloomy face, where a massacre was being staged. The reason is very simple, because there are believers who are not strong-willed and want to secretly leave the temple, so the empty oath directly ordered the death of these traitors who betrayed the Buddha and turned into ghosts. It's just that how long can this kind of deterrence in exchange for killing last?

In this way, almost without bloodshed, Nishimikawa was completely pacified, and Oda Yoshinobu and Matsudaira Ieyasu's eyes were immediately placed on Higashimikawa.

At this time, the Kira family was undergoing a major relocation. Yoshiaki Kira moved to Nagashino Castle, and stationed Michiyoshi Ono, Yasuyo Kondo, Shigetoki Suzuki, and Tadahisa Suganuma to guard the Shinjo, Sakute Castle, Furumiya Castle, and Kakimoto Castle around Nagashino Castle, respectively. At the same time, the defense of the five cities was continuously strengthened, and a ****** was issued that as long as they could hold weapons, all men, women, and children, all of them must participate in the war. Well, those who participated in the war, forcibly captured and came to participate in the war.

Perhaps, the result of this will make the Kira clan's prestige in Higashi-Mikawa completely fall to the bottom, and even if they can block the attack of the Matsudaira family, it will be difficult for the Kira family to mix in Higashi-Mikawa. But at this time, Yoshiaki Kira couldn't manage so much, he only knew that if he couldn't stop the attack of the Matsudaira family this time, the Kira family would be finished. (To be continued.) )