At a time when the Shibata Katsuya expressed great concern about the retirement of Li Xiao of the Takeda family. 【Martial Arts】

At this time, a samurai hurriedly ran to the temple and reported to Oda Nobutada: "Report to the lord, Matsunaga Shu colluded with Ishiyama Honganji Temple, raised troops in Shinguiyama Castle, and erected a rebel flag!" ”

"What?" Oda Nobutada was taken aback and said, "Matsunaga is ...... again It's the other way around? ”

Yes, Matsunaga Hide, the anti-bone boy, betrayed the Miyoshi family, conspired against the Ashikaga family, and now the main family, the Oda family, has also rebelled twice.

The samurai sighed and replied, "It is said that Matsunaga Shu heard that Harada-sama had died in Nagashino in battle, and that there was no one to protect Yamato Province, so he rebelled in his territory. He made it possible for the family to grant the Yamato guardian to the Matsunaga family, and to expel the Tsutsui family from the Yamato, otherwise he would join forces with Honganji Temple and seize the family's rule in! ”

"Bastard, you must not agree," Oda Nobutada reacted immediately after he was angry at the beginning, and said strongly: "Matsunaga is testing the bottom line of his family, and he must not give in at this time, otherwise he will give him all the Oda family, and he will not be able to satisfy his ambitions." ”

"That's right," Hidetaka Kawajiri, who was the aftermath of Oda Nobutada, saw that Oda Nobutada's handling of this matter was quite a bit of Nobunaga's demeanor, and immediately echoed and said: "For a traitor like Matsunaga, only by strong means can it be suppressed, otherwise there will be a second Matsunaga, a third Matsunaga." ”

"But in the Battle of Nagashino, our army's Army and Ise Army have suffered heavy casualties, and it takes a long time to recover, so what are we going to do to suppress Matsunaga Hide?" The one who raised the question was Nobunaga's younger brother, Oda Nobubu.

Oda Nobubu's opinion made Oda Nobutada hesitate, and he looked at the newly appointed Army General Akechi Mitsuhide with a pleading look, and asked, "Hinata Mamoru, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled slightly, and said: "Back to the lord, Matsunaga Hide's rebellion is not to be feared, Matsunaga Hide and Tsutsui Shunkei have been fighting for control of Yamato Province for a long time, the two are mortal enemies, we want to deal with Matsunaga, just rely on the power of Tsutsui Shunkei." ”

"But the immediate priority is not to suppress Matsunaga's rebellion, but to lead a large army into Kyoto to suppress other daimyo who are about to move, and as for Honganji, I can use the power of the public family to get the imperial court to come forward and make peace with Honganji for us temporarily."

Hearing that Akechi Mitsuhide answered so confidently, Oda Nobutada couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said: "I can rest assured that Hinata will keep this word, so please go to Kyoto immediately to take up the town." ”

"Yes, my lord." Akechi Mitsuhide replied cleanly, a faint smile on his face.

"I'm relieved that Akechi Mitsuhide is sitting in and presiding over the war against Honganji." After Akechi Mitsuhide stepped back, Oda Nobutada said in a small voice.

At this time, Shibata Katsuya also said: "My lord, then I will also return to Echizen, take advantage of the current time when Li Xiao is retiring, capture Kaga, enter Hokuriku Province, and do my best for the Lord to announce the martial arts." ”

Then Takigawa Kazuki and Yushiba Hideyoshi also said goodbye.

Watching these four people say goodbye one after another, Oda Nobutada sat on the main hall and was silent for a long time, at this time Kawajiri Hidetaka said on the side: "Lord, Shibata thinks very highly of himself, and he thinks of himself as an old man with his own pen, and does not put others in his eyes. ”

As if he was caught by Kawajiri Hidetaka, Oda Nobutada's vest tightened, and he said: "You say yes, this person has always been arbitrary, and you have seen it before the military discussion, and you will not allow others to have any objections to his decision, so that this person will be the second Matsunaga show in the family in the future!" ”…,

Kawajiri Hidetaka nodded and said, "It's a pity, Shibata is not Li Xiao after all." ”

At sunset, Gifu Castle rises above the Noo Plain.

The army with the water-colored bellflower banner is preparing to march by night from Gifu Castle to.

Akechi Mitsuhide, dressed in a full-fledged vehicle, sat on his horse and looked back at the eye-catching white five-story castle tower of Gifu Castle.

Akechi Mitsuhide held a horsewhip and looked at the white castle tower in silence for a long time, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice, "Nobunaga is finally dead, and this world may belong to the Toki clan in the future." ”

After finishing speaking, Akechi Mitsuhide turned his horse around, waved his horsewhip, and shouted, "Enter Kyoto!" ”

At the same time, in a side hall in Gifu Castle.

An emaciated young samurai is sitting in front of Hideyoshi Hashiba.

This person is the old Kuroda Rusui who came to negotiate with the Oda family on behalf of the Kodera family.

I only listened to Kuroda Rushui, and said slowly: "The Maori family sits on the ten countries, the military is strong, the Maori two rivers Kobayakawa Takakei, Yoshikawa Motoharu These two people are both literary and martial arts, both of them are heroes who have passed through the heavens and latitudes, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, not underestimating, if the Oda family only sent a legion of Tsukumae Mamoru to challenge Maori, then it is still regarded as if I have never been to Gifu." ”

Hearing Kuroda Rusui say this, Hideyoshi Hashiba couldn't help but laugh and patted his thigh with his rough right hand.

Under Kuroda's surprised gaze, Hashiba Hideyoshi stretched out his hand to himself and said confidently: "Kuroda-sama, I, Hideyoshi, am thirty-nine years old Chinese New Year's Eve, and twenty years ago, I didn't even know if I could be a samurai, but today I can sit in this Gifu Castle and stand alongside the daimyo as the commander of the Oda family. ”

"I don't say this because of the arrogance of the people you imagined to be in a position of success, nor do I want to boast about anything, but I want to say that nothing is impossible, just like twenty years ago, I didn't know if I could become a samurai tomorrow."

Kuroda Rusui heard Hashiba Hideyoshi say this, and Masasei looked at the other party again, and said with a smile: "Chikuzen Mamoru is really a confident person." ”

"Your Excellency is the same, when you were able to persuade all the retainers to throw themselves to my Oda instead of Maori at the family meeting, and reverse all this, this shows that Your Excellency is an ambitious person, and you are more optimistic that the Oda family can take over the world, and I, Hideyoshi, am also an ambitious person, and ambitious people should work with ambitious people, Kuroda-sama, can you follow me to create greater achievements?"

Hearing what Hashiba Hideyoshi said, Kuroda Rusui thought about it for a while, then bowed down and said, "Although it is still very risky, I, Kuroda Kanwei, and the Kodera family, please leave everything to Chikuzen Mamoru to you." ”

After getting one of the two guards in the world who is as famous as Takenaka's half-guard, the famous military master of the Warring States period, Kuroda Rusui, took action, Yushiba Hideyoshi had a satisfied smile on his face.

Kai, Tsugasaki Pavilion.

Ten days have passed since the meeting of the Takeda family to decide on the ownership of the new governor of the Takeda family.

In the past ten days, many changes have happened in the Takeda family.

After the meeting, Takeda Shintora, the governor of the Takeda family, fell ill and fell on the bed.

At the meeting, Li Xiao, who fought with Takeda Shinhu, decided to remove all his positions and declared that he would give up his family governor.

This latter incident undoubtedly caused an uproar in Takeda's family.

For Li Xiao not hesitating to contradict Takeda Shinhu, disobey the orders of the shogunate, and support Kuang to win Lai's young son, the samurai in the Takeda family are admired.

This is a samurai, and he should abide by loyalty, and for a samurai, there is nothing more noble than fulfilling the trust entrusted by the lord and being loyal to the lord's family.

Li Xiao would rather not only be the head of the family, but also stick to his own opinions, which is obviously a temporary model.

In the past ten days, many young samurai of the Takeda family have been waiting in front of Li Xiaoyashi's door day and night, hoping to meet Li Xiao and persuade him not to make the decision to retire when he is in the prime of life. …,

However, since that day's meeting, Li Xiao has been at home, closed doors, no one has been seen, let alone these samurai, even old ministers like Baba, Sanada, and Takasaka, all of whom have eaten behind closed doors.

Li Xiao's decision was obviously a more resolute expression of his determination to retreat, which made the warriors in the family even more anxious.

Every day in front of Li Xiao's house, there is a crowd, and hundreds of warriors of their own family gather outside the door, hoping that Li Xiao can take back his life.

There are even samurai who are ready to use seppuku to admonish him, hoping that Li Xiao will change his decision, but fortunately, Li Xiao is stationed near the outside of the door, and when he found out about this act, he stopped the other party's move of seppuku at the door of Li Xiao's house on the spot.

Of course, this series of radical moves has made some people's speculation even heavier, they believe that Li Xiao's move is to sell fame and reputation, sell direct fame, and even deliberately close the door, which is a means of retreating politically, in order to make his family pay greater conditions in exchange for his comeback.

Everyone knows that the current situation of the Takeda family is indispensable for a confidant like Li Xiao.

As a result, the two rows of Takeda and Li were disputed, and the two sides evolved into a war of words.

But for Li Xiao, who returned home and reunited with Yumi Kohata and Li Zheng's family, none of this was in his troubles.

Afternoon.

Behind the courtyard of Li Xiao's house, Li Xiao held a wooden gun with a bar to the tip of the gun, and faced Li Zheng and his son.

Under the scorching sun, both father and son were shirtless and sweating profusely.

The two confronted each other for a long time, and suddenly Li condensed his face and killed him with a gun, and the head of the gun broke through the wind.

Li Xiao sideways dodged, dodging the tip of Li Zheng's gun, and then reversed the gun bar, tripping him to the ground.

Li Zheng gasped and said, "Father, in terms of marksmanship, I am far from being your opponent, so let's compete in archery!" ”

Li Xiao laughed when he heard this, stepped forward to grab his son's hand, helped him stand up, and said: "Competing in marksmanship is not for winning or losing, but for sharpening your marksmanship." In martial arts, you are not as good as me. ”

Li Zheng retorted: "That's not true, if I hold a bow and my father holds a gun, and the distance between the two is more than 50 meters, my chances of winning are even greater!" ”

Li Xiao shook his head slowly, and was about to say something, when a warrior outside the door came to report and said, "My lord, the pardon envoy of the Gongfang Palace is asking to see you outside!" ”

"Gongfang Palace! Ashikaga Yoshiaki! ”

Li Xiao was slightly surprised, and asked rhetorically, "What is the matter with him coming to me?" ”

The samurai replied, "I heard from the pardon envoy, it is the Lord of the Gongfang Palace, and I intend to confer the title of guardian of Noto on the lord, and ask the lord to see him." ”

Noto Guardian!

Li Xiao took a breath slowly, this gift Ashikaga Yoshiaki is not small, such a courtesy, I don't know what he wants from me.