On November 17, Matsudaira Ieyasu summoned all the nobles and samurai who had previously rebelled and now surrendered to Okazaki Castle. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Everyone, I'm so sorry! I let you down before! ”

"Thank you for believing in me again!"

Matsudaira Ieyasu said these two sentences from beginning to end, yes, just two sentences. But just these two sentences completely captured the hearts of those subordinates.

Although they did hear about Matsudaira Ieyasu's notice to review themselves, some even chose to submit because of that notice. But no matter what they thought, they would never have thought that when they came to Okazaki Castle and gave up all their arms to come to Matsudaira Ieyasu's territory, what they were waiting for was Matsudaira Ieyasu's apology.

When did a monarch apologize to a vassal who had betrayed him? Perhaps? Anyway, they haven't heard of it.

"Shame on your subordinates!" All the subordinates looked at Matsudaira Ieyasu with guilt on their faces and said. At this moment, they were really moved by Matsudaira Ieyasu's generosity.

And in the end, Matsudaira Ieyasu also made a very happy decision that they didn't need to send troops to attack Ichimune. Yes, even if the strength of the army is still not comparable to that of the Sho Sect, Matsudaira Ieyasu still has no intention of letting these subordinates follow suit. The reason is also very simple, they are all believers in the Sect.

This time, however, the vassals rejected Matsudaira Ieyasu's offer.

"The lord's good intentions and the guilty ministers have already decided to surrender, so the criminal ministers and others have absolutely made a clear relationship with the Yixiang Sect, so the lord does not have to scruple, please appoint the criminal ministers and others as the vanguard, and re-pacify the three rivers for the lord!" Watanabe Mamotsuna said loudly.

It is said that since the surrender, Watanabe Takatsuna has given up the position of the governor of the Watanabe family to Watanabe Shoutsuna. It was all his Watanabe Takatsuna's idea to betray the Matsudaira family, and he had no half-dime relationship with his son.

"Alas...... Why are you suffering? Matsudaira Ieyasu sighed with a look of unbearability.

"Please allow the guilty ministers to make meritorious contributions!" Many of the ministers shouted, whether they thought so or not, but Watanabe Moritsuna had already said so, what else could they say? You can't deny it, right? Then does he want to mess around in the Matsudaira family in the future?

In the end, Matsudaira Ieyasu agreed to their request and asked them to go back to rest first and wait for the next assessment.

"Father, you're really amazing! Just two sentences, it will easily pull people's hearts back! Matsudaira Ieyasu said excitedly in front of Oda Yoshinobu. Well, this idea was proposed by Yoshinobu Oda.

Hawkers, in fact, he didn't think much about it, he just felt that he should do a full set of acts. But since he succeeded, Oda Yoshinobu would definitely not admit that he was just saying it casually.

"Hehe, Ieyasu, now that Nishimikawa is back under your command, what are you going to do next?" Yoshinobu Oda asked with a chuckle. There was no smug look on his face, because he had recently discovered that pretending to be this kind of thing still had to be invisible to be fatal.

"The child is going to discuss this matter with his father." When Matsudaira Ieyasu heard this, he immediately changed to a serious expression. "Although Nishisanhe has now been pacified, there are still nearly 10,000 believers gathered in the temple, but according to Hanzo's information, after the child issued a review notice, many believers tried to leave the temple, but they were forcibly stopped by force by empty oath."

"Oh?" When Oda Yoshinobu heard this, he suddenly showed a surprised expression, then shook his head and smiled, "Hehe, this empty oath is really a good death~"

"Huh?" Matsudaira Ieyasu was stunned when he heard this, and only reacted after half a ring, "Father's words are really wonderful, indeed!" The empty oath is now his own death, and there is no need to be afraid! The only thing to consider is the impact of attacking the temple......" Matsudaira Ieyasu said, looking at Oda Yoshinobu expectantly, hoping that he would give him some advice.

"Hmm...... Indeed, attacking the temple could easily have caused the displeasure of the sensitive bald donkeys......" Oda Yoshinobu muttered under his breath. If there is anyone in this world who knows best how terrifying the strength of the Ichijo Sect is, then I am afraid that only Oda Yoshinobu is really the only one, and even the current Honganji Temple's Dharma Master, Honganji Xianru, is not as good as Oda Yoshinobu.

Because, Oda Yoshinobu knows very well that in history, the Battle of Stone Mountain was fought for eleven years! If there were no Honganji Temple, I am afraid that Oda Nobunaga would directly unify Japan, and there would be no Honnoji Temple at all. So in this matter, even if he has always been arrogant, he doesn't dare to make any decisions easily.

After a long time, Oda Yoshinobu said slowly, "Don't be in a hurry about the group of bald donkeys in Honshoji Temple, let's get rid of Kira Yoshiaki of Higashimikawa first." "Well, now he can only do this.

"Well, that's all there is to it." Hearing this, Matsudaira Ieyasu sighed and said that he also understood Oda Yoshinobu's scruples, because it was because of his scruples that he came to ask Oda Yoshinobu. In this era, no matter what the reason, there are always a lot of concerns about the temple. In particular, it is a country like Mikawa, where almost everyone is a believer.

Therefore, while Matsudaira Ieyasu ordered armaments in various places to prepare for the attack on Higashimikawa, he sent Matsudaira Kiyomune, Matsudaira Itada, Matsudaira Shinichi, and Matsudaira Kinmasa to lead troops to garrison the castles near the four temples including Honshoji Temple, and at the same time to monitor and guard against their sneak attacks. Well, though, according to the previous situation, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen.

Yoshinobu Oda's residence.

"Hehe, you guys did a great job this time, especially Fernand, you did so beautifully!" Yoshinobu Oda exclaimed. To be honest, although it was a four-way division, Oda Yoshinobu was not really optimistic about Fernande. Because whether it is martial arts or military strategy, Fernande is far inferior to Maeda Keiji and others.

However, Fernande was the fastest of the four to capture the city. Well, he didn't attack at all, and he made the opponent submit with a mouth. And this made Oda Yoshinobu very satisfied.

"The lord praised it falsely, and his subordinates are ashamed!" Fernand said respectfully.

"Hehe, you, you're becoming more and more like a samurai~" Oda Yoshinobu couldn't help but smile when he saw Fernand's modest appearance.

Afterwards, Oda Yoshinobu sat quietly in the first place and listened to how the four of them captured the castle, and nodded again and again as he listened.

"Lord, in fact, in addition to capturing the city this time, his subordinates also found a good young man." Keiji Maeda said suddenly.

"Oh? Can you say yes to Keiji? That's quite rare~" Oda Yoshinobu suddenly showed a surprised expression when he heard this, and then couldn't help laughing, "It's not that you kid thinks it's not enough to capture the city, so you still want to get a meritorious credit, right?" ”

"Hehe, lord, don't say it so bluntly~" Keiji Maeda scratched his head and said with a smile, "But that kid is really good, his words, behaviors, etc., all reveal a maturity that does not fit his age." ”

"That's it~ Then let's call it and take a look~" Oda Yoshinobu said casually.

Although he didn't have much interest in that young man, since Keiji Maeda said so, then Yoshinobu Oda didn't care about seeing that kid, if it was okay, let him be Keiji Maeda's retainer. Hawkers, after all, Oda Yoshinobu only accepts famous generals.

A short time later, a thin teenager appeared at the door.

"Ina Tadaji, the son of the Ina Tadashi family, the lord of Ina Castle, has met Oda-sama!" Ina Tadaji bowed respectfully to the ground and said loudly. After a set of etiquette, I'm afraid that no matter how picky people are, they won't be able to find any faults.

It's just that Oda Yoshinobu's focus is obviously not on his etiquette, but on ...... Name!

"Your name is Ina Tadaji? How old is this year? When did the Yuan serve it? Oda Yoshinobu asked curiously, while thinking to himself, "If I'm not mistaken, Ina Tadaji's internal affairs in the game seem to be first-class existences?" ”

"Back to Oda-sama, the kid is 13 years old this year, and he just completed the Yuan Ceremony last year." Ina Tadaji replied respectfully.

"Oh~13 years old~ So what will you do?" Oda Yoshinobu answered, and asked casually. Now that he is no longer a sassy year just by hearing a name. Although he is still a famous general, he still has to take the school exam.

However, in the face of Oda Yoshinobu's various questions, Ina Tadaji answered very well. Hawkers, although it hasn't reached the height that Oda Yoshinobu imagined, but if you consider that he is only 13 years old, then Ina Tadaji can be said to be very, very good.

"Well, not bad! In that case, you will be my retainer in the future~" Oda Yoshinobu nodded with satisfaction and smiled.

"Yes!"

Matsudaira Ieyasu didn't ask much about Oda Yoshinobu's acceptance of Ina Tadaji as a retainer, after all, in his opinion, Ina Tadaji was just the last son of a subordinate. Of course, even if he knew how awesome Ina Tadaji would be in the future, what would he dare to say?

Time, just like that, passed slowly, the Matsudaira family was preparing for the attack on Higashimikawa, and Yoshiaki Kira was also constantly strengthening the defense of Nagashino and other defensive circles. After the letters sent out sank into the sea, the only thing Yoshiaki Kira could do was to defend them.

Perhaps, he can still choose to submit, but now, he finally has the hope of reviving the Kira family, how can he be willing to give up so easily? What's more, he also knew very well that even if he surrendered, Matsudaira Ieyasu would not be able to let him go.

However, he still had a fluke in his heart, that is, once he was able to resist the initial offensive of the Matsudaira family, would the group of monks from the Honshoji Temple send troops again? Well, now he can only hope for this.

At night, in a secret room in Okazaki Castle.

"Father, preparations are made to attack Dongsanhe, and you can attack at any time." Matsudaira Ieyasu said respectfully.

"Hehe~ Ieyasu, you did a good job~ In addition, I have thought about it recently, although I am not sure how to deal with Yixiangzong, we can make some preparations first." Yoshinobu Oda said with a chuckle.

"What preparation?" Hearing Oda Yoshinobu's words, Matsudaira Ieyasu suddenly asked excitedly. At this time, for Matsudaira Ieyasu, although the Kira family occupied Higashimikawa, as long as the Imagawa family did not send troops to rescue, it was only a matter of time before Higashimikawa was captured, and it would not take long. The only thing that made him helpless was Yixiangzong.

"Rumors......" Oda Yoshinobu said in a low voice, "Let Hanzo and his men spread rumors, just say that this war was actually provoked by empty oaths, and many of your previous policies were also because of the domineering ...... of the Tsuyoshi Sect" Halfway through speaking, Oda Yoshinobu scratched his head a little embarrassed, "Anyway, that's pretty much what it means, it's better for you to discuss with your retainers how to slander them." ”

"This ...... Was this helpful? Matsudaira Ieyasu asked with a strange look at Oda Yoshinobu. Slander hostile forces, this kind of thing is common, but slander monasteries? Matsudaira Ieyasu felt a little dizzy when he thought about it.

"How do you know if you don't try? However, you have to pay attention to the fact that all slander must be limited to the four of them who swear an empty oath, and don't get involved with the side of the Yixiang Sect. Oda Yoshinobu said solemnly.

"This ...... Let's discuss it with my subordinates......" Matsudaira Ieyasu thought for a moment and said with some hesitation.

"Well, go ahead, if it doesn't work, forget it, and we'll see how to do it when the time comes." Oda Yoshinobu responded, and did not force Matsudaira Ieyasu. After all, he himself felt that his method was a bit unreliable.

"Yes!" Hearing this, Matsudaira Ieyasu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Oda Yoshinobu would force him to execute, if that was the case, he really didn't know what to do.

The two chatted for a while, and Matsudaira Ieyasu was ready to say goodbye and leave. Suddenly, Oda Yoshinobu looked up at somewhere on the ceiling and sneered, "I said, since you're here, let's just come out, hide on the ceiling like a mouse, don't you feel bored?" ”

"Huh?!" The Matsudaira family was stunned when they heard this, and followed Oda Yoshinobu's gaze to the ceiling.

"Tsuki, worthy of Lord Oda, was able to find out." A strange voice came from the ceiling, and it sounded so oozing.

At the same time as the voice sounded, a figure instantly appeared in front of Matsudaira Ieyasu, but it was Hattori Hanzo.

"Please forgive Lord Oda and Lord for your sins!" Hattori Hanzo whispered.

"Hehe, it's okay, with my father here, it's normal for you to be a little lax." Matsudaira Ieyasu said with a chuckle, not showing any nervousness at all. Well, for Oda Yoshinobu's confidence, Matsudaira Ieyasu is simply not too sufficient.

"Truly, that ninja's strength is really good, don't ......" The voice was about to make fun of it, when suddenly a sound of breaking through the air sounded, and then a black shadow jumped from the ceiling. But it was a man whose whole body was wrapped in a black tights, and only his eyes were exposed. He looked at Oda Yoshinobu vigilantly, and he didn't know if he didn't expect Oda Yoshinobu to shoot directly, or if he didn't expect Oda Yoshinobu to throw it so powerfully.

(To be continued.) )