Oda Katsucho sat listlessly on his horse, and the majestic Catholic Pavilion in front of him was already in sight, but the young master's eyelids did not lift, and he just walked with his head down.

Hasegawa Shuichi peeked at the side, laughing in his heart, but his face was not easy to show, so he had to say slowly: "Young master, Azuchi Castle is coming soon." ”

"Huh? Oh......" Oda Katsucho raised his eyelids, finally forgetting to glance at the majestic mountain castle, and then sighed and lowered his head again.

Hasegawa Shuichi really had no choice, shook his head helplessly, urged the mount, and left the young master who sighed for a long time.

Oda Katsucho was full of worries at this time, and he was worried about his father's arrangement this morning, even if he didn't let himself lead the troops, follow Uncle Niwa, and be a general in the front, at least he had the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, but in the end, not only did he not mix into the front as a vanguard, but even the middle army and the rear army did not have their own position, and they were sent back to transport iron cannons......

Thinking of this, Oda Katsucho couldn't help but sigh again, quite a feeling that heroes were useless.

To say that the one who knows this young master the most is Long Shaocong, of course, he raised his hands in favor of returning to Antu, that kind of battlefield killing days, he didn't want to spend a day, returning to Antu City to study and practice swords, enjoy the flowers and wander, leisurely and comfortable, what's wrong?

I saw Long Shaocong rushing to Oda Katsunaga's side, and said to himself: "Alas, I don't want to come out for three days in a row this time, I wonder if Princess Hideko and Meizi miss us?" ”

As soon as he heard the word "Meizi", Oda Katsunaga's eyes suddenly lit up, and he secretly thought: Yes, he has been away from the city for three days, and this time he went back to find a chance to meet Meizi, and told him that he was about to go to the battlefield and fight bravely to kill the enemy......

Thinking about it, Meizi's shy and lovely appearance came to his mind, and the infatuated young master of beauty couldn't help but smirk. He has always believed that Meizi is lukewarm to himself, just because he thinks he is too young, and now that he has been subdued, he will soon go into battle to kill the enemy, and these problems will be solved by people......

Long Shaocong was on the side, seeing Oda Katsunaga's self-absorbed appearance, he forced a smile, deliberately shook his head and sighed: "Alas, it's a pity, our young lord is a hero of the world, how could he miss a military event for the sake of his children's affection, therefore, I propose that after the army enters the city, immediately count the number of iron cannons, and after loading, we will set off overnight." ”‘

"Huh? This ......" Oda Katsucho hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't be in such a hurry, Uncle Shuichi will handle everything, and I don't need to do anything, I want to start tomorrow morning, and it's not too late." After saying that, he fell into intoxication again.

Long Shaocong saw it in his eyes, lowered his head and smiled silently.

"Long Shao!"

"Ah...... What does the young master command? Long Shaocong immediately suppressed his smile and replied solemnly.

"This young master orders you to hurry up and return to Azuchi City immediately, inform my mother and sister, let them rest assured, and prepare to meet this young master." Oda Katsucho deliberately concealed Meizi and didn't say anything, because he knew that Meizi would definitely follow her sister inseparably.

"Young master, in less than an hour, our army will enter the city, don't be in such a hurry, right?"

When Oda Katsucho heard this, his face showed displeasure, and he shouted: "This is an order, hurry up and execute it!" ”

Long Shaocong immediately agreed, clamped the horse's belly with his feet, and galloped forward. However, due to his poor horseback riding, in the fierce battle last night, the redness and swelling left by his twin strands had just been relieved.

Long Shaocong rode on the horse crookedly, regretting all his intestines, it seems that he can't be too immoral......

As soon as Long Shaocong drove away, a figure flashed next to Oda Katsunaga, and he turned his head to see that it was Aoki Saemon.

Since he returned to Azuchi Castle this time, the Shimai family also had to fund some grain and grass to be transported to the front line with the army, and he didn't want to go to the battlefield to die, so after writing a letter to Kyoto Castle Town, he also rushed back to Azuchi Castle with the army.

"Young master, I was tired on the battlefield last night, and tonight Aoki will take you to a ** place to relieve your fatigue, how about it?" After Aoki Saemon finished speaking, he showed a cheap expression.

When Oda Katsucho heard this, he turned his head to look at him, and thought: My Meizi sister is far better than those broken flowers and willows! Therefore, he replied coldly: "No time!" After saying that, he urged his mount and walked away, leaving Aoki Saemon behind, embarrassed.

Long Shaocong and their team rushed back to Azuchi Castle, and Oda Nobunaga also set out of camp, with Niwa Nagahide as the front team, Gamo Kenhide as the rear team, and himself and Horihide Masato in the center to dispatch the whole army. The 3,000-strong team unfurled the pennant, the sound of horses' hooves, left Mt. Hiei, and went straight to Yamato.

The breeze rises, the birds chirp, after a day and a night of bloody fighting, the secluded green mountains finally return to the tranquility of nature, but in this quiet and pleasant, there is a burst of earnest whispers, coquettishness, resentment, desolation, and a confused ......,

"Senior brother, slow down, I have something to say......" The one who spoke was a woman, dressed in a black ninja suit, with a slender body, delicate and beautiful.

"Leaning on my ears, my mission is ......" The man turned his back to his junior sister and did not stop moving forward.

Leaning on his ears and feet, he flew up, stepped on the tree trunk on the left side, and turned to the front of his senior brother Chongming, and the two beautiful eyes stared at the handsome face of the senior brother without blinking.

Chongming was looked at by his junior sister's show, and his heart sank, and the following words were not spoken.

"You've got something to hide from me." Yi'er continued to ask, with a faint resentment in his words.

Shigeaki sighed lightly and replied, "I'm a ninja, and I only have missions and secrets in my heart. ”

"I don't mean the task, but the other things in your eyes."

When Chongming heard this, his heart trembled slightly, and he said, "Don't forget, you and I are both ninjas. ”

"This time, you were wounded by the lord's arrow, not only did the master not reward him, but there was also obvious reproach in his words, and your eyes were also full of horror, and you have been dodging ......"

"Enough!" Chongming angrily stopped leaning on his ears, but he didn't say anything below, just slowly turned around and jumped away, leaving a lonely shadow, looking thin and helpless in the forest......

Chongming is more heartbroken than Yi'er at this time, although he is a ninja, he is not worthy of love, but people are not grass and trees, this friendship of his sister, he knows it, especially in order to vent his anger, Yi'er actually lost his mind, and did not hesitate to disobey the teacher's order, leading the ninja army to attack the enemy head-on, fortunately, he listened to the sister in time to stop him, and did not damage the people, otherwise he would be convicted of a felony by the master.

On top of the pain, he was even more confused, as a ninja, being loyal to his master and mission was what he considered an insurmountable vocation, a destiny that was born and predestined.

But now, he found that his master, whom he respected very much, had betrayed his "loyalty" and the oath he had made when he joined the Oda family!

Originally, all the plans of Tsutsui Shunqing in Azuchi Castle, the ninja army led by him had already noticed it and reported it to the master, but it was suppressed and not reported by Sanji Zhongyue on the grounds of hearsay and insufficient evidence.

On the night of the night attack of the Tsutsui army, he was called by the master for questioning, and when he came back, he found that the ninja army who was secretly protecting the lord was all killed, but there was no trace of a fight at the scene......

As a shinobi, Shigeaki can only obey his master's orders, but this does not mean that he can't think, and this kind of thinking has brought him endless pain......

When Shigeaki left Mt. Hiei with this thought and pain, the two figures had been hidden on the top of the mountain forest......

"You've already tried the Xiaoyaozi skill, how about it?" Shanzhi Zhongyue stood on a cliff, looked at the stream flowing under his feet, and said lightly.

As soon as Shanzhi Zhongyue's voice came out, it was muffled by the sound of falling water from the stream, and in the eyes of outsiders, he was just a little uncomfortable in his face, and he opened his lips a few times, but a gray-robed man in the hidden forest heard his words clearly.

I only heard the mysterious man in the gray robe reply: "The skill is unfathomable, I am sure to win him within a hundred rounds, but outside a hundred rounds, I will definitely lose." ”

Shanzhi Zhongyue was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "This stinky Taoist priest's internal strength is so deep?" ”

"That's right, the Middle Earth Taoists pay great attention to internal cultivation, although the progress is slow at the beginning, but the foundation is solid, but in the later stage, it is a long and far-reaching journey, which is just the opposite of our ninjutsu practice, we attach too much importance to the arts, but we are indifferent to the inner cultivation."

Sanji Nakagaku let out an "um" and did not refute the mysterious man's words, but he did not approve of them.

"Still. This time, I just distracted him, so that this Taoist priest would not interfere with the actions of Mt. Hiei, so it was not a real confrontation. ”

"He didn't doubt it, did he?"

"No, this Taoist priest has always thought that I was going to the big demon in the mountain of Chongbiei, and your trick is indeed clever."

When Sanji Zhongyue heard this compliment, he smiled, but the laughter was full of gloom and horror......

"But ......" the mysterious man changed his words and said: "'Owari Big Fool' is not dead, and Long Shaocong is still unharmed, but you lost this game again." ”

Shanzhi Zhongyue snorted coldly and said, "The real time has not yet come, as long as they continue to be kept in the dark, the final success will still belong to me." ”

"But you actually killed Tsutsui Shunkei, so that the 'Owari Great Fool' has one less strong opponent, not to mention, he will subdue the Yamato Kingdom in the next step, and his strength will increase again, and it will be even more difficult to deal with it in the future."

"Hmph, that fool actually set fire to the forest, and the one in the forest was unhappy, and he was innocent! As for that 'Owari big fool', I'm not that stupid to fight with him in terms of strength. On the contrary, this man is so happy that the day of revenge will be the day of your revenge when he is at his strongest, so I will encourage his arrogance. ”

The mysterious man smiled slightly and said, "Your opinion coincides with that of my lord. What's next? ”

"Although Tsutsui Shunkei is dead, but Matsukura Shigenobu is in my hands, the next step, we can wait for the one in Hiei Mountain to come out."

"If I wait like this, I'm afraid that I will eventually show my feet, that Taoist priest in Middle-earth is not a fuel-efficient lamp."

"This, you can rest assured, now that Yoshida Kenkazu is completely under my control, I will release the news of Akiyama Hongyi's disappearance, and at the same time stimulate the Nine Yuan True Qi in Long Shaocong's body, force him to become a demon, take it for his own use, and ensure that the stinky Taoist priest will be busy for a while."

After saying this, the two of them laughed at the same time, and the birds in the forest flew away in shock......