Inabayama Castle, Saito Ryuko's room, there are constantly various "crackling" sounds coming from inside, and from time to time, bursts of roaring sound sound in the house. www.biquge.info I don't know how long it lasted until the house was quiet again.

And at this time, the trembling little surname outside the door dared to speak, "Your Highness...... Takenaka-sama asks to see ......"

"Let him in......" Saito Ryuxing's voice sounded hoarse and powerless from inside the room.

Soon after......

"My lord......" Takenaka Hanbei whispered as he walked into the room.

"Well, it's back...... How's it going over there? I heard that the Asai family is unwilling to ally with the main family? Saito asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, Asai Nagamasa seems to be more interested in an alliance with the Oda family, but his subordinates have already reached an agreement with the Rokkaku family, and they are willing to form an alliance with the main family." Hanbei Takenaka said a little strangely, he noticed that Saito Ryuko didn't seem to be the same as usual.

"Hmm...... Good work...... Let's go down and rest......" Saito Ryuxing said lightly.

"Yes......" Takenaka Hanbei replied respectfully, and then quietly retreated.

Just walking out of the room, Takenaka's Hanbei's expression became puzzled, because under normal circumstances, Saito Ryuko should tell him about the previous battle with the Oda family. Hawkers, although Saito Ryuko is back, he is back with a small number of people, and the people of Inabayama Castle don't know much about the battle situation outside.

On the other side, Oda Nobunaga gave the troops a full half a day of rest before launching an offensive against Shijo Castle. In the face of the Oda army, although the number of Saito troops in Shijo Castle was not small, because Saito Ryuko left alone, the morale of the Saito army plummeted, and there was no way to resist the offensive of the Oda army.

In addition, the three of Ando Mamoru also looked preoccupied, but in two days, Ando Mamoru directly led the army to abandon the city and leave. There is no way to do this, even if they insist on defending it, the fourteen cities will not be able to support the food of tens of thousands of people. In fact, on the day they left, the city rations would only be enough to sustain them for another day.

And Oda Nobunaga did not pursue, but asked Kawajiri Hidetaka to lead 500 people to garrison 14 jo castles, and Mori Shinsuke to lead 500 men to garrison 19 jou castles. In the end, after a few words of encouragement to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, he directly led the army back to Owari.

Inabayama Castle, the residence of Mamoru Ando.

"Father-in-law, what's going on?!" Hanbei Takenaka asked with a shocked expression. Just now, Saito Ryuxing scolded Mamoru Ando and others at the assessment meeting, and the reason was naturally because they lost the fourteen castles. But everyone in the know understands that this is just Saito Ryuxing's excuse.

"Hehe, what else can happen? The lord wants to take back his rights. Mamoru Ando said with a wry smile, a hint of tiredness on his face.

"But even so, you don't need to treat your father-in-law like this, do you?" Takenaka Hanbei couldn't figure it out at all, because in his opinion, if Saito Ryuko wanted to take back the rights, then wouldn't it be good to go directly to Mamoru Ando? Does Mamoru Ando still dare not give it? Although he is the boss of the Mino trio, Saito Ryuko is the master of Mino handpicked by Saito Yoshiryu!

Even now, Saito Ryuxing does not have the kind of control and appeal that he had over Mino during the Saito Yoshiryu or Saito Michizo period, but after all, his identity is over there. There are quite a few people who support him in the whole of Mino.

"Okay~" Mamoru Ando heard this, chuckled and patted Takenaka's half-guard on the shoulder, "You don't have to pay attention to these shady things, I just hope you can show your talent in military affairs." Politics is a very annoying thing, and it's not useful at all. Mamoru Ando laughed self-deprecatingly.

"Alas...... Since that's the case, I won't ask too much in the next, but I have a faint bad premonition in the next, and I hope that my father-in-law will be more careful......" Takenaka Hanbei heard this, so he didn't say much, after all, he was indeed not as perverted as the military side when it came to politics. But Ando Shou is a good player in this.

Five days after the Battle of Shijujo Castle ended, the Saito family finally realized that the Oda family had not only captured Jujujo Castle and Jujujo Castle, but had also built a fortress at the Sumamata Castle. This discovery immediately shocked the Saito family, because when they found out, what should have been an open space in Minamata had appeared out of thin air with a castle that looked quite perfect.

"What the hell is going on?! Why did a city suddenly pop up there without anyone knowing?! Saito Ryuxing roared angrily. It is said that since the first encounter with Oda Nobunaga, his steady demeanor has completely disappeared. Well...... In other words, Saito Yoshiryu was originally this kind of character, should it be said that he is worthy of being the son of Saito Yoshiryu?

It's a pity that no one dared to answer Saito Ryuko's question. After all, this matter is too serious, even more serious than losing the battle. You must know that according to the reply of the information, there are nearly 2,000 people in the castle of Sumamata. I don't know if Oda Nobunaga left behind before he left Mino, but so many enemies stayed in his own territory and no one even noticed it......

"Hold on! You've been staying in Shijo Castle since then, so you haven't found anything?! Saito Ryuxing looked at Mamoru Ando angrily and asked.

"The lord asks for atonement, his subordinates have been confronting Oda Yoshinobu in Shijo Castle, and they have not had the opportunity to find out the information on the Sumamata side." Mamoru Ando replied respectfully, "And the information of the main family has always been the responsibility of Nagai-sama......"

"Mamoru Ando!" When Nagai Michitoshi heard this, he immediately glared at Mamoru Ando, and then turned his head to Saito Ryuko and shouted loudly, "My lord! Although his subordinates were indeed in charge of intelligence, before the Oda Army marched in, there really were no enemy troops on the Sumamata side! Because his subordinates felt that it might be the place of battle, they also deliberately investigated it several times......"

"Oh? In this way, Nagai-sama means that the Oda family only took a few days to build a barrage? Hehe, I have a low culture, don't lie to me~" Inaba Ryotsu sneered. As early as the night attack on the Oda army before, Inaba Ryotsu was very dissatisfied with Nagai Michitoshi being in charge of this matter, and the two sides did not deal with each other in the first place, so it was natural to come out and stand up for Ando Mamoru at this time.

And with Inaba Ryotsu's words, several retainers from Higashimino also stood up and accused Nishimino of whom, and after a while, the two sides quarreled again.

"Enough! Give me all the quiet! Saito Ryuxing roared angrily, and the assessment room instantly returned to silence.

"The enemy has already come to the door, and you only know how to make noise?! Isn't there any way to drive out the enemies of Sumamata Castle?! Saito Ryuxing said angrily. I don't know why, his IQ has plummeted in the past two days, and he can't see the state of strategizing before at all, is it because Oda Nobunaga lost all his confidence at once?

It's just a pity that in the face of Saito Ryuxing's roar, no one made a sound. It's not that they don't want to come forward, it's that there's really no way. There were more than 2,000 people on the Sumamata side, and 1,000 people from the 14th and 19th Castles combined. Moreover, the entire Sumamata was already under the rule of the Oda family at this time, and once the army was dispatched, not only would it have to face enemies from three directions, but it would also be possible to attract the support of the Oda army.

More importantly, it is about to enter September, and it is simply impossible to mobilize a large number of troops. In this case, how easy is it to repel the Oda army?

The evaluation was held for a whole day, but in the end, it was disbanded without any results. This made Saito Ryuxing angry and helpless at the same time.

"Father, what should a child do?" Saito Ryuxing sat in the study of the former Saito Yoshiryu, buried in thought.

The situation in the Saito family was obviously a bit chaotic, and Saito Ryuko did get a boost in prestige after successfully attacking the Oda army at night. But the subsequent escape alone also cast a trace of shame on his majesty, although it was diluted a lot with the efforts of Nagai Michitoshi and others.

However, the biggest influence on the Saito family was the complete break between the two factions represented by Mamoru Ando and Michino Nagai. Although it has not yet risen to the level of a civil war, it is a quarrel every three days and a conflict every five days, and the beam between the two sides is completely knotted.

In this regard, Saito Ryuxing just watched coldly and did not make any action at all. Or, rather than being a cold bystander, he simply had nothing to stop it. After all, he was just a teenager after all. Even if I read a lot of books such as military discipline and got the cultivation of Saito Yoshiryu, everything is just a thing on paper.

Suddenly, he felt like he was beginning to be silent in the wine, trying to escape it all. Well, obviously a self-confident year, the bloody result after being hit hard by reality.

By the way, after Takenaka's half-guard, he stayed in his own castle and studied honestly, completely ignoring what happened in Inabayama Castle.

Oda Nobunaga naturally did not know about the sudden chaos of the Saito family, but he did not take the opportunity to send troops to Mino again. On the one hand, it was indeed because of the autumn harvest, and on the other hand, he did not want to unite the Saito family again because of his own troops.

The experience from childhood to adulthood made Oda Nobunaga very clear that no matter how noisy the family was, when facing foreign enemies, they would still be united. So, Oda Nobunaga is waiting, waiting for a good opportunity to swallow the Saito family in one go.

Oda Yoshinobu didn't know what Oda Nobunaga thought, but he didn't bother to pay attention to these things. Because for him, at this time, the heavens and the earth are not as big as the big belly.

Yes, Yu Da is going to be born!

"Ahh Yu Da, who was lying on a rocking chair basking in the sun, suddenly cried out in pain.

"What's wrong?! Yu Da, what's wrong?! You okay?! Oda Yoshinobu instantly appeared beside Yu Da, shouting in a panic around Yu Da. What does he say? Like ants on a hot pan?

"Master, slave is fine. Just now, the little guy kicked the slave~" Yu Da said with a tender face. Although she has given birth to two children, this time, Yu Da is undoubtedly the happiest. Because what she conceived this time was not the son of Matsudaira Hirotada, who had no feelings at all because of a political marriage, nor the daughter of someone who was forced to conceive by the situation, but the child of her master, whom she loved with all her heart.

Although Yu Da was only a slave girl, and Oda Yoshinobu was her master, it was clear that no one really took this title seriously. Oda Yoshinobu really fell in love with this virtuous, gentle and strong woman, and Yu Da also fell in love with the man in front of him because of his gentleness, his domineering, and his bad ......

"So naughty?! Hum! When this bastard comes out, I will definitely teach him a good lesson! Oda Yoshinobu muttered unhappily, which immediately provoked Yu Da's laughter.

"Master......" Yu Da gently leaned his head into Oda Yoshinobu's arms, rubbed it gently, and showed a comfortable expression. After the slave's son was born, the slave asked Master Xingjiu to teach him martial arts, so that he could be the master of your banner book in the future and protect your safety for the slave. ”

Carefully hugging Yu Da, Oda Yoshinobu, who has always been very aggressive, even moved a finger carefully this time, as if he was afraid that a child in the big belly would be injured by accident. Hearing Yu Da's words, Oda Yoshinobu pursed his lips and said helplessly, "If it's a boy, I think I should let Zuo Jin and Xingjiu teach him together, so that when he grows up, he will be my retainer and fight with me in the north and south." ”

Hawkers, I have to say, Oda Yoshinobu has really grown up, if it was him earlier, it is estimated that he would not be a retainer but an heir at this time. After all, in his concept, there is no distinction between son-in-law and son-in-law.

And now, he knows, in fact, it is difficult not to know, because not only Yu Da, but also Li Huamei and other women, but also Oda Nobunaga and Nohime have warned him about this. Well, this also shows how unreliable this kid Oda Yoshinobu is in everyone's hearts.

Having said that, Oda Yoshinobu didn't take it seriously, but after hearing that if the eldest son was really established as the heir, then there was likely to be an infighting for the governor in the future, Oda Yoshinobu had to take this matter to heart very seriously. There's no way, he doesn't want to wait for him to be old, and a large group of sons fight to the death every day for the position of family governor. This kind of bloody plot is enough to watch other people's homes stage it.

Hearing Oda Yoshinobu's words, Yu Da smiled softly, "Well, the slave will definitely train him to be an excellent samurai." Just after finishing speaking, she suddenly looked at Oda Yoshinobu with a strange smile, "If it is a daughter, the slave will definitely train her to be an excellent slave girl, and when she grows up, she will continue to serve the master instead ......of the slave."

"Whoosh!" In the face of Yu Da's words, Oda Yoshinobu could only flee in the wilderness. (To be continued.) )