Sumamata Castle. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoYoshinobu Oda and Katsuie Shibata stood bored on the city wall looking out, this is the fourth day they have been in Sumamata, and in the past four days, they have not even seen a single hare passing by, except for the occasional spies of the Saito army.

"Shibata-sama, I can't go on like this." Oda Yoshinobu pursed his lips and muttered.

"Haha~ What's wrong, Oda-sama? Can't stand the loneliness? Shibata Katsuya asked with a laugh when he heard this.

"Hehe, it's true, we've been stupidly staying here since we took over the monkey and entered Sumamata Castle. On the lord's side, Changxiu and the others have already captured the ape pecking and other cities. Yoshinobu Oda chuckled. For a long time, Oda Yoshinobu participated in almost all the battles of the Oda family, and all of them were the main fighting power. And in this attack on Mino, Oda Yoshinobu pulled out all the reserves he had just trained.

The result? He thought that he could earn a lot of merit, but he was helpless to find that he and Shibata Katsuie, the two top two generals of the Oda family, were shamelessly thrown here by Oda Nobunaga as bait. The only thing he can do every day is either to look at Shibata Katsuya in a daze, or to stand on the city wall and look outside in a daze.

"Hehe, this is also something that can't be helped~ Who made the two of us famous? If it weren't for the two of us being here at the same time, how would we be able to contain the Saito family's troops? Shibata Katsuya said with some sighs.

Yes, since they came to Sumamata, Inaba Ryotsu has sent information directly to Inabayama Castle, and at the same time increased the surveillance of Sumamata Castle. It's a pity that all the spies or ninjas who dare to approach will be killed by Chiyome Mochizuki and Kato Duanzo God unknowingly, so that in the end, Inaba Ryotsu can only let the spies watch from afar, as long as they can know as soon as they send out their troops.

After receiving the information from Saito Ryuko, he did not dare to immediately send troops to support Higashiminon, after all, in order to do a good job of bait this time, the combined troops of Shibata and Oda Yoshinobu were nearly 5,000 people. If Saito Ryukoshin led the main force to leave Inabayama Castle, in case Inaba Ryotsu was defeated by the army led by Oda Yoshinobu and Shibata Katsuie during this period, it would be too late for Saito Ryuko to cry.

"But we can't wait here stupidly......" Oda Yoshinobu didn't understand this truth, but he was just unhappy to see other people constantly brushing up on their exploits over there, and he could only watch the scenery here. Well, he admits that he has an inexplicable pursuit of such a thing as merit, just like when playing a game, even if his merit is full, he still has to take the first credit. How so? This is a disease, and it must be cured!

"Haha~ Then it's better for Oda-sama to think about what other ways we can get merit by staying here~ When the time comes, I'll follow Oda-sama and you to mix it up~" Shibata Katsuie said with a laugh, and then left the city wall to go back to rest.

"I'll have to find a way...... Oda muttered, then returned to his room to summon Li Huamei and Fernande.

Having said that this time, in Oda Yoshinobu's opinion, it was very likely that Mino would be taken down in one go, so he brought most of his retainers over. However, when it comes to moving his head, Oda Yoshinobu still thinks that it is enough to only find smart people. Tsk, I don't know if Keiji Maeda and the others would be sad and cry if they knew that they were just a fool in Oda Yoshinobu's heart?

Lighting a cigar, Oda Yoshinobu took a deep breath, then looked at the two casually and said, "Come, think about it, see if we can make some merits by staying here, we can't let Changxiu and them brush up on merits every day over there, I'll just stay here and watch the show, right?" ”

Hearing this, Li Huamei couldn't help but glance at Oda Yoshinobu, what is called brushing meritorious deeds, as if those meritorious deeds were not made with their lives. "Lord, what do you want, we can't leave Sumamata Castle, what can we do?" Li Huamei asked angrily.

"Who said that? We can play strategy, create discord, and even see if we can find a way to lure Inaba's troops out~ It's just that the troops can't leave Sumamata, and it doesn't mean that you can't leave~" Oda Yoshinobu gushed endlessly, as if there were countless means to get rid of the Saito family.

However, his words made Li Huamei and Fernande ponder, because from Oda Yoshinobu's words, they suddenly thought of a possibility, "Separation! Li Huamei and Fernande said almost at the same time.

"Huh?" Oda Yoshinobu heard this, and looked at the two of them a little strangely, well, he admitted that he was a little dissatisfied with the fact that the two of them said the same words in unison, but then this boring thought was dispelled by Li Huamei's words.

"My lord, maybe we can use the discord strategy, it is said that Saito Ryuxing has been trying to weaken the power of the three people since he took office." Li Huamei said in a deep voice,

"What about the three of you......" Oda Yoshinobu heard this, and immediately fell into deep thought. Although he had never dealt with the three of Mino, he had heard of it several times. However, the biggest impression of them is that after the famous Takenaka Castle Capture Incident in history, these three people were directly rebelled by Takenaka Shigeji, which made the Saito family completely lose its strength against the Oda family.

And now, the seizure of the city in Takenaka has not happened, so is it useful to rebel against them? Thinking of this, Oda Yoshinobu suddenly remembered that what the two were talking about was not a bed but a separation, and suddenly said excitedly, "That's right! It's discord! This time, the lord suddenly changed direction to attack Higashimino and only sent us to garrison in Sumamata, which will definitely make Saito Ryuko suspicious. ”

"Yes, we only need to use some small means, even if we can't really get Saito Ryuko to get rid of the three people, it can make him suspicious. According to intelligence, Saito Ryuko has always been a very conceited person, and conceited people are usually prone to suspicion of others. Li Huamei said with a smile.

"Hehe, that's good, that's it," Oda Yoshinobu said with a wicked smile, and then asked Li Huamei to write four letters and called Kato Duanzo.

"I'll leave this matter to you, I believe that with your ability, you should be able to disguise it as real, right?" Oda Yoshinobu laughed.

"Please rest assured!" Kato Duanzo answered, and then disappeared directly.

2 days later.

In the assessment room of the castle tower of Inabayama Castle, more than a dozen important ministers of the Saito family gathered here, and they sat there with their brows furrowed, their expressions solemn and silent, and no one was in the mood to speak. The news that the three cities on the Higashimino front line had been captured in an instant had already arrived, and this situation made them sit still, but they couldn't think of any specific way.

At this moment, Saito Ryuxing walked in with an angry face, and as soon as he sat down, he angrily asked, "What the hell is going on?" Why was it only two days before the city was captured? Can anyone tell me? Why the hell is that?! ”

Well, Saito Ryuko does have a reason to be angry, and if he says that after holding out for a while, he was forced to break through by the army of the Oda family, then he didn't have much to say. But now? The three castles were breached in two days, and the bridgeheads of Mino and Owari! How does this not make Saito Ryuxing angry?

It's a pity that in the face of Saito Ryuxing's questioning, no one spoke up, just lowered his head and was silent, as if he was afraid that Saito Ryuxing's anger would reach their heads. But to be honest, they were also puzzled by the news from the front, because they didn't know why their troops had only resisted for two days and were directly defeated.

In their opinion, although the cities such as Ape Peck City are not as perfect as the garrison of Daheng City, it is not a problem to block them for more than ten days.

After looking around, Saito Ryuxing, who saw that no one answered, was even more angry, "Waste! A bunch of rubbish! What's the use of keeping your bunch of waste?! When it comes to the critical moment, no one will be useful! Saito Ryuxing cursed, and all kinds of ugly words came out of his mouth, but the only thing the retainers below could do was to listen obediently. I believe that if anyone jumps out at this time, then it will definitely be Saito Ryuxing's sword that will greet him.

I don't know how long I've been scolding, and Saito Ryuxing doesn't know if I'm tired of scolding or if I find it useless to scold like this. Anyway, he stopped and looked around, and suddenly frowned and asked, "Daoli and Liangtong them?" ”

"My lord, Lord Nagai has rushed back to Guancheng yesterday to prepare to support Ape Peck City, and now he should be preparing to defend the city. As for Inaba-sama, he has been monitoring the castle of Sumamata in Daheng Castle. Hearing this, Saito Toshimichi replied in a low voice.

"Hmm......" Hearing this, Saito Ryuxing didn't say anything more, and instead asked about the current countermeasures. This time, everyone finally dared to speak, but to Saito Ryuxing's annoyance, the opinions of the retainers could not be unified at all.

Some people believe that they should concentrate their forces on Sumata Castle, because as long as Sumata Castle is captured, then the Saito army can directly invade Owari, so that the Oda army will inevitably withdraw and return to help.

And some people think that they don't need to pay attention to the Oda army in Sumamata Castle, and only need to let Inaba Ryotsu contain Oda Yoshinobu and them, and the main force of the family goes directly to Higashimino to resist the Oda army. It only takes a while to resist, and the Oda army will naturally retreat.

In addition, some people proposed to negotiate peace, some people proposed to ask the imperial court for a truce, and some people moved out of the example of Saito Michizo, giving up all their territories and defending Mt. Inabayama directly.

With so many different opinions that Saito Ryuxing only felt that his head was about to explode, he turned his head to look at Ando Mori to the side, hoping that the old minister, who was known for his wisdom, could give him some advice. Just looked at the past, but found that Mamoru Ando looked like he was in a state of despair.

It's just that even so, Saito Ryuxing could only force his anger and ask, "Shou, I don't know if you have any thoughts about the current situation?" ”

"Huh? Yes! The subordinates felt that they should still support Higashiminon's side. When Ando Mamoru heard this, he was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and hurriedly said. For Saito Ryuxing, Mamoru Ando has long been disappointed. Especially after meeting with the mysterious person last night, although Ando Mamoru didn't directly agree, his heart gradually tilted.

Seeing this, Saito Ryuxing suddenly felt dissatisfied in his heart, others said this, you actually said the same? And what's the situation with that stunned god? Now that the Oda army is about to be killed under Inabayama Castle, do you still have other things on your mind?

It's just that just when Saito Ryuxing was about to ask about the crime, Saito Toshido on the side spoke first. "Lord Ando, support Higashimino? Doesn't that seem inappropriate? ”

Hearing this, Mamoru Ando looked at Saito Toshido with dissatisfaction and asked, "Then what is Saito-sama's opinion?" ”

"Hehe, Takami doesn't, I just think it's really not good to support Higashi Mino from the mouth of Lord Ando...... In case the lord is dragged by the enemy on Higashimino's side, and your side directly surrenders to the Oda family......" Saito Toshimichi said with a sneer, looking at Mamoru Ando.

"What do you mean?" When Mamoru Ando heard this, he stood up in a bit of a panic and asked, last night, he had obviously investigated the surrounding situation, so it shouldn't be possible for a third person to know.

"What do you mean?!" Saito Toshimichi also stood up when he heard this, looked at Mamoru Ando and said loudly, "Lord Ando! I dare to ask you, did you have a long secret conversation with someone from a certain force last night? ”

"What?!" Mamoru Ando looked at Saito Toshimichi in shock, and then glared at him angrily and roared, "What nonsense! I have been working for my family since the time of the Three Princes of Dao, and now it has gone through three generations, and you rely on the favor of the lord, and now you dare to question me?! ”

"Humph! Oppugn? Yes OK! Saito Toshimichi glanced at Mamoru Ando coldly, and then said directly to Saito Ryuxing, "My lord, someone reported to his subordinates last night that a ninja with unknown forces entered Lord Ando's room. Later, when he was in pursuit, he was allowed to escape, but the other party dropped a letter. ”

Saito Toshimichi said, took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Saito Ryuko, "Although my subordinates were shocked by the contents of the letter, they were also afraid that it was the enemy's divisive strategy, so they didn't dare to report it. But now seeing Ando-sama's attitude, it's hard for his subordinates not to believe that it's true. ”

When Saito Ryuxing heard this, he took the letter with a dark face and hurriedly read it, and then looked at Ando Mamoru when he looked at him, and his eyes almost cut Ando Mamoru with a thousand knives.

Seeing this, Mamoru Ando immediately bowed down and anxiously distinguished, "Lord! Last night, there were indeed ninjas from the Oda family who came to find their subordinates, but the subordinates didn't agree at all! Originally, his subordinates also planned to catch him, but the other party's skills were very superb, and he ran away as soon as he saw something wrong. The subordinates dare to vouch for the head, and that letter is definitely not written by the subordinates! ”

On the side, the ministers of Shigeharu Takenaka and Nishimino also kept begging for help with Ando Mamoru .

Looking at Mamoru Ando in front of him, Saito Ryuxing's face changed and changed, and finally said in a hoarse voice, "Lock up Mamoru Ando, and deal with it when I repel the Oda army!" ”

(To be continued.) )