In the Kono Castle Castle Castle Tower, a room specially used to meet guests, Oda Yoshinobu sat at the top of the seat, looking intently at the young man next to Nobutsuna Ueizumi. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Just yesterday, Nobutsuna Kamiizumi came to pay a visit, saying that an envoy from the Kai Takeda family had come and hoped to visit Oda Yoshinobu.

Hawkers, for this matter, Oda Yoshinobu was not interested in it, after all, the Takeda family was a force that had no connection with the Oda family at this time. Well, although the Takeda family has now captured Shinano, and Shinano is next to Mino. But everyone knows that from Shinano to Mino, there is only one way to go.

Well, how difficult is this road? Just ask Hidetada Tokugawa. Although Oda Nobutada also took this path when he attacked Takeda, because of the betrayal of the Kiso family and the complete decline of the Takeda family at that time, and the Tokugawa family also marched out of Suruga. Along the way, there was no one to resist Oda Nobutada's advance.

Therefore, Oda Yoshinobu was not worried that the Takeda family would send troops to Mino at all, so that the Takeda family, who was far away, would not need to pay attention until the Takeda family officially attacked Suruga.

Therefore, after hearing the words of Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, Oda Yoshinobu planned to let him go directly to Kiyoshu Castle to find Oda Nobunaga. After all, when the envoy of the Takeda family came, he must have wanted to discuss something with the Oda family, and he couldn't do anything about this matter himself. Especially when I heard that the name of the person who came was Muto Kibei, I was even less interested.

"What a broken name, as soon as you hear it, you know it's a dead trick." Oda Yoshishi thought boredly in confidence. Hawkers,If it's the four ministers of Takeda such as Baba Nobubo,He can see it.,But think about it.,It's impossible for those great gods to come to Owari inexplicably.。

It's just that when Kamiizumi Nobutsuna said that this Muto Kibei was the son of his old friend Sanada Yukitaka, Oda Yoshinobu changed his mind and directly asked Kamiizumi Nobutsuna to bring people.

Well, the name Muto Kibei, he is not familiar with it, but Sanada Yukitaka's son is very intelligent and wise, so it seems that there is only one person. Masayuki Sanada! Sanada Yutaka has the greatest achievements among the sons.,The top wise general of the last Warring States period who was called the person of the table and the inside by Hashiba Hideyoshi.。

For Sanada Masayuki, Oda Yoshinobu likes it very much, and the game is at the top of the resourcefulness and politics, and there is a son who is very good at commanding Wu Yong and resourcefulness. Hawkers~ If you add Lao Tzu, who is the top in resourcefulness, and other brothers who are not too bad, the Sanada family is a pretty good family in the entire Taiko and Shinno, and it is also one of Oda Yoshinobu's favorite families.

Moreover, in history, both Sanada Masayuki and his son Sanada Shinshiro are the masters of the awesome. Before the Battle of Sekigahara, Sanada Masayuki used the power of the Sanada clan to play with Tokugawa Nobutada's troops in applause. And Sanada Nobuyoshige, also known as Sanada Yukimura, is not to mention the existence of the first soldier in the world by Tokugawa Ieyasu, who led the Sanada army to almost break through to the Tokugawa main camp.

"Oda-sama, this is the messenger from the Takeda family, Muto Kibei. Although he is only 16 years old this year, he is the most valued samurai by His Royal Highness Takeda, the head of the Takeda family! Kamiizumi Nobutsuna said respectfully on the side. He introduced Muto Kibei like this, but he was worried that Muto Kibei was too young, which made Oda Yoshinobu feel contemptible. After all, no matter what kind of adopted son of the Muto family or the general of the Takeda family, he can only look up to the existence of Oda Yoshinobu.

"It turned out to be Kibei, no need to be polite~" Oda Yoshinobu said lightly.

"Thank you, Oda-sama!" Muto Kibei bowed respectfully and sat up.

"What a handsome boy!" After Oda Yoshinobu saw Muto Kibei's appearance, he couldn't help but praise.

There are many handsome men around Oda Yoshinobu, not to mention Shiraki Yukihisa and Maeda Keiji, the looks of Honda Tadakatsu and others, which are quite good. But Muto Kibei is different from them, and has the elegance of a wise man. Especially those eyes, at a glance, people will think that this young man is a very shrewd and wise person.

"Yosa Oda-sama compliments." Muto Kibei thanked respectfully when he heard this, but deep down, he was full of shock at Oda Yoshinobu's appearance. Because he never thought that the first fierce general of Owari, the man who could defeat the sword saint Tsukahara Buden and the swordsman Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, who was excellent in swordsmanship, would look so ...... Beautiful......

Well, please forgive Kibei Muto for using such a word to describe a woman, but with his clever head, he can only think of such a word at this time.

"I wonder what happened to Kibei here?" Oda Yoshinobu asked casually.

"On the orders of the lord, I came to escort the family of Lord Shangizumi. At the same time, I also hope to meet with His Royal Highness Oda and enhance the exchange between the two families. Kibei Muto said in a deep voice.

"Hehe, I see......" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Muto Kibei, and suddenly thought of something in his mind, "So, His Royal Highness Takeda is preparing to make a move against the Imagawa family?" It's just that when I thought of this, my mouth forgot to close the door, and I blurted it out directly.

As soon as these words came out, Muto Kibei and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna were suddenly shocked, and Muto Kibei couldn't help but look at Kamizumi Nobutsuna, with a look of doubt on his face. You must know that the reason why he knows about this is because he is the little surname of Takeda Shingen, and he heard it by chance.

After all, this matter is too important, and if it spreads, it doesn't matter how the Imagawa family, which has decayed, reacts, but on the side of the Hojo family, it is difficult to explain. Moreover, at this time, the Takeda family did not negotiate peace with the Uesugi family, in case Hojo, Imagawa, and Uesugi joined forces to attack the Takeda family, then even if Takeda Shingen had three heads and six arms, he would not be able to return to heaven.

Well, Muto Kibei is still too young, if it is Muto Kibei in the future, it is estimated that this sentence will not make him shake at all, and he can even guess that this kind of thing is impossible not to leak under the attitude of Takeda Yoshinobu. But now, he also reacted quickly, and said with a puzzled face, "The main family, Imagawa, and Hojo have always kept their covenants since the alliance with Shotokuji, I don't know where Oda-sama heard these words?" ”

Seeing Muto Kibei's panicked appearance, Oda Yoshinobu knew that he had guessed correctly, and Takeda Shingen really had the idea of breaking the alliance and attacking Imagawa. However, because Oda Yoshinobu is not very clear about this history, he does not know where Takeda Shingen has progressed.

Thinking about it, Oda Yoshinobu was helpless with his big mouth, and he could only continue to fool the young Muto Kibei.

"Hehe, if it's not the Takeda family who wants to attack the Imagawa family, then why did they come to Owari to investigate the situation of the family?" Oda Yoshinobu casually talked nonsense, but inadvertently revealed the truth.

"This ......" Muto Kibei suddenly felt a little irritated, because he didn't know if this matter was reported by Nobutsuna Umiizumi to Oda Yoshinobu, let alone how to deal with the matter in front of him. After all, the Takeda family and the Oda family have nothing to do with each other, and Oda Yoshinobu or Oda Nobunaga has no responsibility to help the Takeda family keep secrets.

Seeing Muto Kibei's somewhat tangled expression, the smugness in Oda's confidence was really difficult to express, "Tsk, this is Muto Kibei, who is known as the top general of the late Warring States period in history, and now he hasn't been played around by Lao Tzu?" "Uh, did this kid deliberately ignore Kibei Muto's age?

However, Oda Yoshinobu didn't want to be too embarrassed by Muto Kibei, and then smiled, "Kibei, you don't have to worry too much, in fact, the Imagawa family must also know what His Royal Highness Takeda meant, after all, ......" Oda Yoshinobu didn't finish his words, after all, if he directly named the person's name, it wouldn't be able to reveal it in a few words.

But these words were enough for Muto Kibei, "Yes, since His Highness Yoshinobu knows that the lord has such thoughts, he must have already revealed the rumors, right?" Moreover, in recent years, the Imagawa family's defenses on the border of Suruga and Kai have indeed been strengthened a lot. Kibei Muto suddenly realized.

But then my heart was full of shame, "I can't think of something that the Oda family can guess, but I always thought it was a big secret at this time." I'm afraid that everyone from the lord to other important ministers already knows about this, right? Well...... Even if the Imagawa family knew about it, they wouldn't dare to take the lead, if that did, they would lose their righteousness, and the Hojo family wouldn't be able to interfere......"

Thinking of this, Muto Kibei was completely relieved, looked at Oda Yoshinobu and said respectfully, "When I was in Kai, I heard for a long time that Lord Oda had the courage of ghosts and gods, and I didn't expect that the wisdom was not inferior to Wu Yong, so I bowed down!" ”

"Haha~ Where is it~ It's just a little more experience~" Oda Yoshinobu said with a laugh, the comfort in his heart can't be described in words. Well, this is the first time that someone has praised his resourcefulness, and it is also the praise of the first strategist of the Warring States. Uh, is the future even omitted now? Maori Moto knew that he would start calculating Oda Yoshinobu, this bastard who is neither big nor small?

In the conversation that followed, Muto Kibei became more and more respectful to Oda Yoshinobu, and Oda Yoshinobu was naturally even happier with his attitude, and his mouth couldn't help but start to talk nonsense. Fortunately, he was just a little carried away and didn't say anything he shouldn't have said.

"Kibei~ I don't know if you're married now?" Oda Yoshinobu suddenly asked an inexplicable question.

Hearing this, Muto Kibei was stunned, obviously not knowing what Oda Yoshinobu meant by asking, but he still replied honestly, "Not married yet." ”

"Oh~" Oda Yoshinobu replied and said no more.

In this regard, although Muto Kibei was a little inexplicable, he didn't pay much attention to it.

I don't know how long it took, but the meeting ended in a very pleasant atmosphere.

Before leaving, Oda Yoshinobu patted Muto Kibei's shoulder and smiled, "Kibei, I have a hunch that you will definitely become a conspirator who shocks the world." So if you want to change the environment one day in the future, the scenery here in Owari is still good~"

Well, Oda Yoshinobu didn't resist throwing an olive branch in the end, but because he didn't know Muto Kibei's status in the Takeda family at this time, and Muto Kibei didn't marry a wife and have children now, so Oda Yoshinobu didn't say it too bluntly.

Oda Yoshinobu's words made Muto Kibei pause for a moment, and then he realized that Oda Yoshinobu was soliciting himself, but fortunately, Oda Yoshinobu's words were very vague and casual, so Muto Kibei just said respectfully, "If you want to change the environment at that time, you will definitely come to Owari to go around." ”

After returning to Kamiizumi Nobutsuna's mansion, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna immediately made it clear that he had not revealed any information about the Takeda family.

"Lady Shangizumi, please rest assured, I don't doubt your character." Kibei Muto said with a chuckle. Now, it doesn't really matter who actually told the story, or what Oda Yoshinobu himself guessed. After all, as Oda Yoshinobu said, the Imagawa family must have known about this, and many important ministers of the Takeda family must have known about it.

However, Muto Kibei still made up his mind to report the matter about Oda Yoshinobu to Takeda Shingen as one of the key points after returning to Kai. I don't know why, Muto Kibei always felt that the man Oda Yoshinobu was very dangerous, and might even threaten the Takeda family.

Shaking his head, Muto Kibei threw this inexplicable thought out of his mind, you must know that at this time, the Takeda family was already a powerful daimyo in the world at this time, and the Oda family was just a new force that had just risen to dominate Owari.

The next day, Muto Kibei visited Oda Nobunaga again, and Oda Nobunaga also made a deep impression on Muto Kibei, especially his eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything. Under his gaze, even Muto Kibei, who had been serving Takeda Shingen, was already sweating when he left.

"Sure enough, the Oda family was able to dominate Owari in Oda Nobunaga's generation and defeat the Imagawa family, which was in full swing, not by luck as the world said." Kibei Muto thought to himself.

After visiting Oda Nobunaga, Muto Kibei returned to Nakono Castle to meet with Oda Yoshinobu, and after a long night of talking, he left for Kai the next day.

In the same month, 15-year-old Hidemoto Kamiizum's son, was accepted by Oda Yoshinobu as a retainer. He has been trained in martial arts by Kamiizumi Shintsuna since he was a child, and he is very good at swordsmanship, spearmanship and even military science. Speaking of which, Oda Yoshinobu just felt that since this kid was the son of Nobutsuna Ueizumi, his martial arts would definitely not be too weak, so he came up with this idea. Where did I think that after taking the school exam, I got a big surprise.

So Oda Yoshinobu immediately threw it to Shimasa, and asked Hidemoto Kamiizumi and Sakakihara Yasumasa to learn the art of war with Shimasa. As for martial arts, well, with Kamizumi Nobutsuna personally training, do you need someone else?

(To be continued.) )