Chapter 254: The Saito Family in a Desperate Situation
Although Nining's plan looks very similar to the village in the Hokage, Oda Yoshinobu is not really bored enough to make a village for them and name it Konoha. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoWell, in fact, the main thing is that Oda Yoshinobu doesn't have that much territory at all.
But anyway, the ninja training program was finally able to start unfolding, although it was just beginning, but Oda Yoshinobu finally let go of a knot in his heart. Well, in his opinion, no Sengoku is complete without ninjas! Belch...... Is this kid reading too many ninja manga?
"Tsk, Ning Ning, this girl, in order to get my attention, she is so desperate ......" Looking at Ning Ning's excited back of leaving, Oda Yoshishi thought proudly with confidence. It's just that then he suddenly thought of Ah Song mentioned by Ning Ning before, and the girl who always sat quietly next to Ah Shi with a gentle smile instantly appeared in his mind.
"Alas...... I have to say that there are too many women, and it is indeed a bit troublesome...... Especially a good man like me who doesn't like to make girls sad......" Oda Yoshinobu sighed shamelessly, got up and went to find Amatsu.
When Oda Yoshinobu found Amatsu, she was sewing new clothes for Taro and them with Aichi, seeing this, Oda Yoshinobu suddenly walked over and hugged the two girls into his arms and smiled, "Wouldn't it be good to buy new clothes directly?" Why do it yourself? ”
"Humph! You know what?! The children's new clothes have to be sewn by our mothers to make sense! Aichi glanced at Oda Yoshinobu and said angrily.
"But Taro, they're growing up now, even if you weave now, won't you be young after a while?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Ah Shi speechlessly, for her words, Oda Yoshinobu obviously couldn't understand.
"Humph!" When Aichi heard this, he pouted and turned his head, obviously not wanting to answer such a stupid question as Oda Yoshinobu. Seeing this, Ah Song on the side smiled softly, "It's fun to sew clothes by yourself~ And if Taro and they grow up, these clothes can also be left for their younger brother~"
Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu looked at Ah Song strangely, and he didn't know why, when he heard the word fun, he inexplicably thought of what Ning Ning said before.
And his gaze made Ah Song's face instantly appear rosy, although he has been married to Oda Yoshinobu for a long time and has done a lot of things together, Ah Song is still the same as before, very shy.
Mino.
Although the situation in Mino was very stable during this time, in the hearts of many retainers of the Saito family, it was obvious that a terrifying storm was already brewing.
Every retainer of the Saito family knew very well that after Mikawa Ichitsu was pacified, the Oda family would definitely send troops to attack Mino again. And after two defeats, once the Oda army attacks again, it will definitely be even more violent. For a while, people were panicked, and almost everyone was making their own little calculations in their hearts.
Inabayama Castle.
"My lord! The family had to make a change! Now that Mikawa has always been pacified, I believe that it won't be long before the Oda family will send troops to Mino again! In addition, the Rokkaku family has not yet recovered from the civil strife, so I am afraid that it will not be able to help the family stop the Asai family. In this way, once Oda and Asai unite, the main family will be in danger! Mamoru Ando prostrated himself in front of Saito Ryuxing and said loudly.
It's just that Mamoru Ando spoke impassionedly below, but Saito Ryuxing, who was sitting at the top, was holding a beauty, leaning lazily on the desk, while playing with the beauty, and tasting the wine handed over by the beauty from time to time. It seems that he didn't hear Ando's words at all.
"Lord!" Seeing this, Mamoru Ando's voice raised an octave again.
"Okay, I see......" Saito Ryuxing said impatiently, and then he started playing with the beauty again. It seems that compared to the that Mamoru Ando said, Saito Ryuxing is still more interested in the beauty in his arms.
"Lord!" Mamoru Ando looked at Saito Ryuxing with some dissatisfaction, although he did not have any loyalty to Saito Ryuxing, it did not mean that he hoped that the Saito family would perish. After all, it is the Saito family that can bring the greatest benefit to his family anyway.
Submission of the Oda family...... Although Mamoru Ando had considered this idea countless times, it was clear that it was impossible for Oda Nobunaga to reuse him. After all, he took the initiative to submit, and he was also a powerful wealthy family in Mino.
At this moment, a voice full of cynicism came, "Ando-sama! The lord has already said that he knows, what else do you want? ”
Hearing this, Mamoru Ando turned his head angrily and looked, who is it not Saito Toshimichi?
Speaking of this Saito Ryōdo,But it's quite amazing.,He's a group of people who were promoted after Saito Ryuxing succeeded him as the governor.,It can be regarded as Saito Ryuxing's lineage.,According to reason,It should be used to compete with those old ministers.。 It's just that over the years, he hasn't seen anything in his ability, and he has shown more like a villain who flatters and panders to the horse.
Help Saito Ryuxing plan a banquet and find beautiful women among the people to give to Saito Ryuxing...... In the eyes of many Saito family retainers, the reason why Saito Ryuko has fallen to this point is that he and Nagai Michitoshi are absolutely inseparable.
At the same time, the relationship between him and Mamoru Ando is very poor, perhaps because he is on the side of Michitoshi Nagai, so as long as there is an opportunity, he will never let go of the opportunity to fight Mamoru Ando. So much so that the relationship between him and Mamoru Ando and others can't even be described as bad.
"What did you say?!" Mamoru Ando saw the mocking expression on Saito Toshimichi's face, and the anger in his heart that he didn't know how long he had suppressed instantly exploded, "It's because of a traitor like you!" will let the Saito family and the lord fall to the point where they are now, and now the Oda family is almost directly surrounding Mt. Inaba, and you are still ......"
"What else?!" Where will Toshido Saito be obediently abused by Mamoru Ando? If it was before, he was indeed afraid of him, but now ...... "The lord has already said that he knows, you still dare to doubt it?!" Do you think the lord is worse than Oda Nobunaga's kid?! Or do you not think that your family will be able to win at all?! ”
The two of them kept arguing, and I don't know how long it was, but suddenly a wine glass flew over and smashed not far from the two.
"Have you had enough of the noise?" Saito Ryuxing asked with a gloomy face, and that appearance suddenly frightened Saito Toshido and Ando Mamoru to the ground and apologized continuously.
"Humph! Hold on, I already know what you said, and I can go down. Saito Ryuxing said with a cold snort. Although he didn't say anything directly, this look, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be defending Saito Toshimichi, right? Otherwise, why just let Mamoru Ando leave?
"Humph!" When Mamoru Ando heard this, he answered and left, with a gloomy expression, obviously very dissatisfied with Saito Ryuxing's decision.
After Mamoru Ando left, Toshido Saito immediately whispered to Ryuxing Saito, "My lord, this Mamoru Ando's expression when he left was obviously very dissatisfied with the lord, and he must be careful......
"Hmm......" Ryu Saito replied, looking out the door with a cloudy expression.
Mamoru Ando left angrily, he didn't expect that he would provoke Saito Ryuxing's displeasure by doing so? Of course he thought of it, but he didn't care anymore. Because if Saito Ryuko continues like this, then the Saito family will die!
"Looks like we have to plan ahead." Mamoru Ando thought with a gloomy face. If he could, he definitely didn't want to go down the path of rebellion, because this path would not lead at all. But now, Saito Ryuko is already like this, does he have any other choice?
That night, he summoned his son-in-law, Shigeharu Takenaka, and told him what he thought.
"Father-in-law! Never! When Shigeharu Takenaka heard this, he immediately objected. Father-in-law, you're the pillar of Mino, how can you have such thoughts?! And even if you go to the Oda family, will you be able to gain more power than you do now? According to the following, being able to keep the territory is already the best result! ”
"Alas...... I don't know, but you have also seen that now the lord does not listen to the admonitions, and hangs out with villains like Saito Toshido every day, indulging in alcohol and ignoring government affairs, if this continues, how can the Saito family resist the attack of the Oda family? Mamoru Ando sighed helplessly.
"Father-in-law......" Shigeharu Takenaka looked at Mamoru Ando's lamenting appearance, and he didn't know how to persuade for a while.
And just when the two were talking secretly, Inabayama Castle Saito Ryuxing's room.
"Your Highness, Mamoru Ando and Shigeharu Takenaka met tonight and talked in secret for about an hour......," the ninja reported in a low voice.
"Hmm......" Ryu Saito replied, and as the ninja left, the room was quiet again. I don't know how long it took, Saito Ryuxing sighed helplessly, "Alas...... An unsolvable puzzle......"
Yes, the mystery that cannot be solved, Saito Ryuxing has been thinking about it for a long, long time, but he can't think of any possibility of defeating the Oda family at all. Because now, the situation has long been reversed, and the strength of the Oda family is much stronger than the Saito family. Although relying on the foundation left by Michizo and Yoshiryu in the past, the Saito family may be able to last for another two years, but what can it be? Unless Oda Nobunaga dies violently or the Oda family is in civil strife, the Saito family can only end up in destruction.
And this is not the key to Saito Ryuxing's helplessness, what makes him helpless or angry the most is that the whole Mino no longer knows how many rumors have spread about a certain wealthy family secretly joining the Oda family. However, Saito Ryuxing did not dare to take any action, because if he did so, a careless mistake could lead to more serious consequences.
Speaking of which, it will become like this, and Saito Yoshiryu is really to blame. When he rebelled, in order to quell the civil strife as soon as possible, he used the most violent and bloody means. Although this made Mino quickly pacified by him, it is conceivable that once there is a crisis in the Saito family, will those families who were forcibly surrendered in the first place fight for their own lives for the Saito family? Obvious.
And it's not just such a problem, although the conflict between the three members of the West Mino and the three of East Mino seems to have stopped under the strong pressure of Saito Ryuxing, it is clear that the relationship between them has not been alleviated at all. I believe that one day, once Saito Ryuxing can't be so strong, or their contradictions intensify to a certain extent, then the contradictions between them are likely to directly destroy the Saito family.
This helplessness and stress forced Saito Ryuxing to resort to wine, and only at that time did Saito Ryuxing feel that he could relax and not be completely crushed by the heavy pressure. Although, doing so doesn't help solve things.
In the assessment room of Kono Castle, Oda Nobunaga looked around at everyone and said loudly, "I have decided to move this castle to Komaki Mountain, a new town!" And at the beginning of next month, send troops to Higashiminon! Everyone go back and get ready! ”
"Yes!"
When he returned to Nakono Castle, Oda Yoshinobu summoned his ministers and gave an explanation. In the past, this kind of thing naturally didn't need to be explained, when you went out of the battle, you just took the Grim Reaper and left. But now that the reserve has been created, it is necessary to think a little more.
In particular, although the reserve service has not been opposed in the territory, it will take some time to build the equipment, and the training has only just begun.
However, Oda Yoshinobu didn't care, after all, it was just the beginning, and the current Saito family was no longer the opponent of the Oda family. The only thing that puzzled Oda Yoshinobu was only one thing, "Why hasn't the seizure of the castle happened yet?" According to the time, it should be about the same......" Oda Yoshinobu thought suspiciously.
It's just that his doubts didn't last long, and he forgot about it because of another thing.
"Yu Wan is pregnant?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Hattori Hanzo and asked with a painful face.
"Yes! According to the doctor, it must have been about 3 months. Hattori Hanzo whispered.
"Uh......" Oda Yoshinobu was speechless when he heard this. Because if you count it like this, it's really hard to say whether the child is his or Matsudaira Ieyasu's. And Matsudaira Ieyasu sent Hattori Hanzo to inform, apparently also wanting to hear Oda Yoshinobu's thoughts. After thinking about it for a long time, Oda Yoshinobu said in a deep voice, "I see, my child is going to be a father again~ Well, in this way, it is my intention to help me bring some gifts." ”
These words undoubtedly show his attitude, no matter what the situation, this child is Matsudaira Ieyasu's.
"Yes!" When Hattori Hanzo heard this, he naturally didn't say much, and left directly after taking the gift.
Shaking his head a little helplessly, Oda Yoshinobu slowly stood up, "Tsk, how strange is this feeling?" Like a scumbag. Oda Yoshishi thought confidently and walked towards Sena's residence. In his opinion, this matter seems to be better with Sena.
(To be continued.) )