After the fall of Hiroshima, Oda Nobunaga still did not receive news. It wasn't until Ye Mo sent people to assassinate the city lords of the two small cities that some officials in the city reported the matter.

After receiving the news, Oda Nobunaga first disbelieved it, and then became furious.

The Kyoto fleet was still cruising in the Kanmon Strait at this time, but the Han reinforcements had landed on Honshu Island partially, or even in full, and they found nothing. Hiroshima Castle was lost, but Oda Nobunaga seemed to be the last person in the world to get the news.

Anyway, no matter what it was, it made Oda Nobunaga feel extremely annoyed.

"Let the patriarch of the Abe family come over, I have something I want to ask him well." Suppressing the anger in his heart, Oda Nobunaga said to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It's just that although Oda Nobunaga tried his best to maintain a calm attitude, his words still revealed a murderous aura.

Regarding Oda Nobunaga's murderous aura, Toyotomi Hideyoshi seemed to be unaware. just gently retreated and went to the Abe family to find the patriarch of Abe.

At the same time that Oda Nobunaga got the news, the patriarch of the Abe family also got the news that Hiroshima Castle was missing. Along with the news of the loss of Hiroshima Castle, the Lord of Abe Castle and General Abe defected to the enemy.

Hearing these two news at the time, Oda Nobunaga was so frightened that he almost didn't fall out of his seat.

The loss of Hiroshima Castle is a small matter, and the key problem is that some of the people of their Abe family dare to defect to the enemy. This is going to be fatal, the Abe family originally took refuge in the account of Oda Nobunaga from the emperor's side, and this surrender will not make Oda Nobunaga hide a trace of estrangement from the Abe family from now on.

It's also good that Patriarch Abe doesn't know that the reason why Abe's uncle and nephew surrendered is because of the crown prince of the island country. If only you knew. Now it's time for him to prepare for the Abe family's departure from Kyoto.

Without waiting for Oda Nobunaga to come to him. Just hesitated, Patriarch Abe took the initiative to go to Oda Nobunaga. Also on the peninsula, Toyotomi Hideyoshi met Patriarch Abe, who was about to go to Oda Nobunaga.

After entering the palace, Patriarch Abe saw Oda Nobunaga with his back to them, and hurriedly walked towards Oda Nobunaga, and then stopped at a distance of about two zhang from Oda Nobunaga.

"Abe, do you have anything to say now?" didn't turn around, Oda Nobunaga also understood that it was Abe Yongshin who came.

Faced with Oda Nobunaga's seemingly bland questioning. Oda Nobunaga knelt down without hesitation. "General, those two defected to the enemy, and they have nothing to do with our Abe family, and I invite the general to know it!"

After hearing Abe Yongshin say this, Oda Nobunaga turned around, looked at Abe Yongshin with a kind face, leaned over to help him up, and said: "The head of the Abe family doesn't have to be like this, I naturally know the loyalty of the head of the Abe family." ”

When Abe Yongshin heard Oda Nobunaga say this, he temporarily breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. "Then I don't know that the great general sent General Toyotomi to find his subordinates. What is it? ”

Abe Nagasobu did not forget, although he took the initiative to come to Oda Nobunaga. But on the way, he met Toyotomi Hideyoshi coming to him, so naturally Oda Nobunaga was looking for him for something. At first, Abe Yongshin thought that Oda Nobunaga was looking for him because of Abe's uncle and nephew defecting to the enemy, but now it seems that there are obviously other things.

Sure enough, after Abe Yongshin asked this, Oda Nobunaga suddenly changed his expression. "Although their defection has nothing to do with your Abe family, you, Abe Yongxin, are ultimately responsible for lack of discipline. So, this time, I hope that you will be able to take the blame for your crimes and take Hiroshima Castle back. ”

Abe Nagasobu heard Oda Nobunaga say that he would go and take Hiroshima Castle back, and naturally he was 100,000 willing. The former lord of Hiroshima Castle was still the son of Abe Einobu, and if he let other generals pass, he might not be able to see his son and be slaughtered directly.

Now Oda Nobunaga has asked Abe to recapture Hiroshima Castle, doesn't that mean that he should be asked to deal with his son's problem.

"Rest assured, general, if you can't recapture Hiroshima City, your subordinates will come to see you." Abe Yongshin is actually not very sure that he will be able to snatch Hiroshima Castle back, after all, his younger brother was in Hiroshima Castle at the time, but he was still defeated. Abe Nagasobu believes that when it comes to leading troops to fight, his level is still a little lower.

However, this must be said. If he didn't say it, maybe Oda Nobunaga would be able to find a reason to take Abe's head off at this time.

Oda Nobunaga also seemed to know that this matter was a little difficult, so he said to Abe Yongshin at this time: "Don't worry, this time I will hand over to you an army of 30,000, which is enough for you to take Hiroshima Castle back." Then, all you have to do is hold on to Hiroshima Castle and not let the enemy take another step east. ”

With Oda Nobunaga's words, Abe Yongxin was completely relieved.

After Abe Nagasobu received the order, he did not delay, and soon gathered the 30,000 troops promised by Oda Nobunaga, and at the same time, together with some temporarily conscripted Minzhuang and the private soldiers of the Abe family, a total of 50,000 was made.

While gathering troops, Abe Yongshin did not forget to inquire about Hiroshima Castle. The information found out also made Abe Yongxin extremely relieved, and he could even eat a few more bowls of food.

According to the information he sold, the defenders of the city were only 3,000 men, and the people in the city were not enthusiastic about defending the city. After getting these news, Abe Yongxin will no longer have the ** to continue to inquire about the news in the city.

50,000 soldiers, capturing a city with only 3,000 soldiers, in Abe's opinion, is only two or three days of effort, and this is still for the purpose of reducing casualties.

In the nearly ten days that followed, Abe Yongshin waited for the soldiers to gather, while training those newly recruited people, and at the same time thought of some ways to attack the city. Although in the end, Abe Yongshin did not come up with any clever tactics to attack the city.

However, after receiving some simple training for so many days, those people are enough to be a qualified cannon fodder.

By the time they were almost ready, the situation in Hiroshima Castle was also very different from the information that Abe Yongshin had snood. As long as Abe Yongnobu arrives outside Hiroshima and begins the siege, he will realize how ridiculous his current thinking is.

In Hiroshima City, Fa Zheng and Wei Yan are working hard to prepare some defensive matters with the soldiers and people in the city.

Ye Mo and Abe Yongshin are both rushing in the direction of Hiroshima City, just looking at the distance, it seems that Abe Yongshin will arrive in Hiroshima City a few days faster.

The offensive and defensive battle of Hiroshima Castle is about to begin. (To be continued.) )