Chapter 154: A Difficult Choice

In the hall of Matsudaira Motoyasu in Okazaki City, Matsudaira Motoyasu sat expressionlessly on the top seat, and not far in front of him, there were several saber surnames. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info and next to Matsudaira Motoyasu, Sakai Tadaji and Hattori Hanzo sat on either side.

Oda Yoshinobu sat about 10 meters away from Matsudaira Motoyasu, and the god-killing halberd had been handed over to Keiji Maeda, with Yagi on his waist. Keiji Maeda and the others were asked to wait outside the hall.

In addition, around Oda Yoshinobu, dozens of Matsudaira Motoyasu's Hachimoto samurai stood aside, and more than a dozen ninjas lurked throughout the room. Obviously, if Oda Yoshinobu wanted to take the opportunity to kill Matsudaira Motoyasu, it would be basically impossible.

Oda Yoshinobu looked at the battle in front of him with a smile, but he was still very proud that he could have this kind of deterrent. After all, if he wasn't too strong, how could Matsudaira Motoyasu be so wary of himself?

"Yoshinobu-sama, if His Highness Oda has anything to say, please convey it." Matsudaira Motoyasu's words interrupted Oda Yoshinobu's obscenity, his words were very flat, and he seemed to have regained the normal heart that the governor should have.

"Oh, it's nothing, my brother said, I hope the Matsudaira family can submit to the family." Oda Yoshinobu said in an indifferent tone, as if he was saying that he had eaten breakfast.

Hearing this, Matsudaira Motoyasu immediately shouted luck, because among the important ministers here, only Sakai Tadaji is here. Because he was worried that Oda Yoshinobu would talk nonsense, Matsudaira Motoyasu didn't let the others come over, otherwise this group of people would probably fight directly when they heard Oda Yoshinobu's words.

"Yoshinobu-sama, you're joking, the main family has always been a retainer of the Imagawa family, how can you submit to the Oda family?" Matsudaira Motoyasu said lightly, looking like a loyal minister of the Imagawa family.

Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu suddenly sneered, "Matsudaira-sama is joking, right?" I remember that when Seiyasu Gong and His Royal Highness Hirotada were alive, the Matsudaira family was not a retainer of the Imagawa family......"

"You!" Matsudaira Motoyasu was immediately angry when he heard this, this matter was the last thing Matsudaira Motoyasu wanted to face, and now it was directly exposed by Oda Yoshinobu.

The "lord ......" saw this. Sakai Tadaji on the side hurriedly looked at Matsudaira Motoyasu.

Oki Sakai Tadaji nodded, and Matsudaira Motoyasu regained his composure again, "It's true that the main family was not a retainer of the Imagawa family at that time. But he was not a retainer of the Oda family...... It's true that I've always wanted to restore the glory of my family, but changing from a retainer of the Imagawa family to a retainer of the Oda family doesn't seem to give me what I'm wanting. ”

"It's true, but the family doesn't intend for the Matsudaira family to completely submit to the family, and only needs to be nominally a vassal to the family." Yoshinobu Oda said with a chuckle. He naturally didn't believe that Matsudaira Motoyasu would really agree to submit to the Oda family, that was obviously impossible.

"Nominally?" Matsudaira Motoyasu looked at Oda Yoshinobu in surprise, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Lord Yoshinobu, why don't you just say the conditions." ”

"Quite simply, the Honke family guarantees the Matsudaira family's position in Mikawa, and if the Imagawa clan attacks the Matsudaira clan, the Honke family will also send troops to support. But in the same way, when the family fights, the Matsudaira family must support the family. Of course, the family will pay the Matsudaira family accordingly. At the same time, don't do anything that is inconsistent with the Oda family's strategy......" Oda Yoshinobu said slowly.

Hearing this, Matsudaira Motoyasu and Sakai Tadaji glanced at each other, and both saw the intention in each other's eyes. Indeed, Oda Yoshinobu's proposal appealed to Matsudaira Motoyasu and Sakai Tadaji, because apart from the so-called nominal vassal, everything else was nothing different from an ordinary military alliance.

It's just that, even so, it is difficult for Matsudaira Motoyasu to make up his mind immediately. After all, this matter will affect the survival of the Matsudaira family in the future, and for Oda Yoshinobu, Matsudaira Motoyasu no longer believes in it.

"Yoshinobu-sama, this matter must be considered for a while. But even if I want to say yes. I'm afraid it's also difficult to do, but I believe you should know that my wife and children are now hostages in Sunfu Castle......," Matsudaira Motoyasu said in a deep voice.

"This ......" Oda Yoshinobu frowned when he heard this. Naturally, he didn't know that Matsudaira Motoyasu had planned to give them up, and in his memory, whether it was Sena or the future Tokugawa Nobuyasu. Soon after the Cheongju League, he was rescued by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

So although Fernand Dias mentioned it in the intelligence, he didn't care. But now that Matsudaira Motoyasu has directly mentioned it, he can't say to Matsudaira Motoyasu, "Don't care, you won't be able to save it in a short time anyway", right? After all, this matter is quite reasonable no matter what you say.

Oda Yoshinobu frowned and pondered here, and Matsudaira Motoyasu was also pondering over there, but unlike Oda Yoshinobu thought, he was thinking that among the two forces of the Oda family and the Imagawa family, it would be the most beneficial for the Matsudaira family to fall over there.

Hawkers, although at present, the Oda family seems to be stronger than the Imagawa family, but Matsudaira Motoyasu is very clear that although the Imagawa family has been a little sluggish after the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, its heritage is still there, and it is definitely not something that the Matsudaira family can compete with.

But just as he thought before, the Matsudaira family couldn't afford to offend the Oda family at all. In case Oda Nobunaga's army was provoked because he did not agree, Matsudaira Motoyasu really didn't know what he could use to resist. Perhaps, the Imagawa family will not sit idly by and watch the Oda family capture Mikawa, but they will not be able to send troops to rescue them immediately. The biggest possibility is that the Oda family sent troops after the Oda family beat the Matsudaira family to half death or even wiped it out.

After all, the Imagawa family is not the same as before, and they don't really need the Matsudaira family to help them rule Mikawa. At this time, they already had many candidate spokespersons, such as Tadashi Sakai, who was very loyal to them.

The two sides were silent, and after a long time, Matsudaira Motoyasu took the initiative to break the silence, "Lord Yoshinobu, there is no way to reply to you immediately about this matter, why don't you rest in this city for a few days and discuss it with your retainers in the next place." Matsudaira Motoyasu said respectfully.

In terms of right and wrong, personal hatred is nothing, so Matsudaira Motoyasu decided to let go of his hatred for Oda Yoshinobu.

"Hmm...... It's good. Oda Yoshinobu replied casually. Then under the leadership of the little surname, he went to the room prepared for him.

After Oda Yoshinobu left, Matsudaira Motoyasu clapped his hands, and immediately the others left quickly. Soon after, only Tadaji Shimosakai was left in the room.

"Tadaji, what do you think?" Matsudaira Motoyasu asked softly.

"My lord, my subordinates feel that if what Oda Yoshinobu said is true, then the family can seriously consider it. After all, he is only a nominal minister, and his subordinates feel that this condition may not necessarily be what Oda Nobunaga meant. Tadaji Sakai whispered.

"Oh?" Matsudaira Motoyasu glanced at Sakai Tadaji in surprise. But then he reacted.

"Yes, if the situation of the Oda family is based on today, then after the death of Saito Yoshiryu, Oda Nobunaga will definitely take the opportunity to attack Mino in a big way. That's it. If you can win over the main family, then the Oda family can have no worries. Matsudaira Motoyasu muttered to himself.

"The lord, the cat and the tiger, who should the family unite with is a very worthy consideration." Seeing that Matsudaira Motoyasu was thinking about it. Sakai Tadaji hurriedly continued to persuade.

Sakai Tadaji very much hopes that the Matsudaira family can unite with the Oda family, after all, the rise of the Oda family is already an ironclad thing, Imagawa Yoshimoto died in battle, and Saito Yoshiryu died of illness inexplicably. Whether it was luck or something, all the obstacles that stood in Oda Nobunaga's way were gone.

Moreover, in addition to the development of his family, Sakai Tadaji is also selfish. Now in the younger generation, he and Ishikawa are considered to be the highest-ranking and most powerful retainers. So he hoped that through this incident, he would become the real first retainer. Well, in his mind. I didn't take people like Tadashi Torii to heart at all, because these people were all three generations of patriarchs. Perhaps the status is very high, but because of this, they will never be able to become Matsudaira Motoyasu's direct retainers.

"Hmm......" Matsudaira Motoyasu nodded silently when he heard this. After a long time, he ordered someone to bring a pen and paper, quickly wrote a letter, and handed it to Hattori Hanzo, "Hanzo, give this letter to Oda Nobunaga." ”

"Yes!"

In another room. Oda Yoshinobu was also thinking, not thinking about how to get Matsudaira Motoyasu to agree to this, but thinking about how to save Sena's mother and son. In his guess, perhaps Matsudaira Motoyasu may not care whether Sena lives or dies. But his son, the future Tokugawa Nobuyasu, there is absolutely no way he doesn't care. After all, according to his information, Matsudaira Motoyasu only has such a son, and there is only such a lady as Sena.

Helplessly, he has forgotten in history. How did Matsudaira Motoyasu save Sena's mother and son? Although he can wait, because according to history, when the Matsudaira family and the Oda family formed an alliance, Sena's mother and son were still hostages in Sunfu Castle. But he didn't dare to bet on this, because in history, there was no such thing as him, who had so much hatred with Matsudaira Motoyasu.

It's just that, no matter what he thinks, in the end, he only seems to think of a way to go directly to Junfu City to save people. Well, after having strong force, he doesn't seem to know how to use wisdom at all to solve things that can be solved by force, although he has always thought that his wisdom is not lost to Zhuge Liang's group of genius military advisors. Ahem!

After a long time, Oda Yoshinobu finally made up his mind, "Damn, if you can solve it by force, why do you have to think so much!" Lao Tzu doesn't believe that there is anyone in the Imagawa family who can stop Lao Tzu now! Oda Yoshishi thought confidently, and then said his thoughts to Keiji Maeda and the others.

"No!"

"Think twice!"

"Lord, this is too dangerous"

The three of Maeda Keiji hurriedly persuaded that although they knew about Oda Yoshinobu's martial bravery, this kind of thing of directly breaking into the enemy's main city was a whimsical thing no matter how you looked at it.

"Alright, that's it! Come with me. Do you think that with the strength of the four of us, where in this world can stop us? Oda Yoshinobu glared at the three of them and said firmly.

"This ......" Keiji Maeda opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. As retainers, they really didn't want Oda Yoshinobu to take risks, but as samurai, and they were samurai who were confident in their own martial arts, they really couldn't say that they were not good enough.

Seeing this, where will Yoshinobu Oda give them a chance to speak again? "It's so decided, don't worry, we're not breaking in, sneaking in, and flashing people directly after bringing people out." Yoshinobu Oda said with a chuckle, as if it weren't a big deal at all.

As soon as he thought of it, Oda Yoshinobu immediately found Matsudaira Motoyasu, and at this time he was still discussing the alliance with the Oda family with Sakai Tadaji. Well, in their hearts, an equal alliance is the basis of everything.

"Oh? Is Yoshinobu-sama going back? Matsudaira Motoyasu looked at Oda Yoshinobu in a little panic, he couldn't figure it out at all, he was fine just now, why didn't this kid leave in such a hurry after a while.

"Could it be that something happened on the Oda family's side?" Matsudaira Motoyasu thought to himself, but then threw the thought aside. Now that Saito Yoshiryu is dead, and the Imagawa family has no plans to attack Owari, what can happen to the Oda family?

"It's nothing, I'm just a little worried about them all of a sudden......" Oda Yoshinobu lied casually, he naturally couldn't tell Matsudaira Motoyasu what he thought. Otherwise, God knows if this kid will send a letter directly to the Imagawa clan, telling him that he will go to Sunfu City to steal people. And in Oda Yoshinobu's opinion, this matter is very likely.

"Huh?! Mother, what's wrong with her?! When Matsudaira Motoyasu heard this, he immediately asked with some excitement. If there is anyone he feels most guilty about over the years, it must be his mother Yu Da. If it weren't for her, her mother wouldn't have fallen into the clutches of Oda Yoshinobu and suffered humiliation.

Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu was stunned, and then looked at Sakai Tadaji beside Matsudaira Motoyasu.

Seeing this, Matsudaira Motoyasu also reacted, made a look, and Sakai Tadaji left with interest.

Although it is dangerous to let Matsudaira Motoyasu and Oda Yoshinobu be alone, now that the Oda family wants to form an alliance with the Matsudaira family, Oda Yoshinobu will definitely not make a move against Matsudaira Motoyasu.

After everyone left, Oda Yoshinobu said with a strange smile, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that Yu Da is more than pregnant...... Hehe, speaking of which, I should be your stepfather, right? ”

One sentence made Matsudaira Motoyasu's eyes turn red for a moment, and he rushed to Oda Yoshinobu regardless of it, "You bastard!" ”

It's just a pity, how can he be Oda Yoshinobu's opponent, a random block and a belt directly let Matsudaira Motoyasu lie on the ground.

"Good son, don't be so excited~ Actually, you should thank your father-in-law, so that you can have multiple brothers and sisters at the same time, and also have multiple nieces or nephews~" Oda Yoshinobu smiled, that look, that tone, as if he was afraid of being angry Matsudaira Motoyasu.

(To be continued.) )