Just when the Imagawa family was preparing to go to Luo, and the Matsudaira family was about to become the vanguard of Imagawa Yoshimoto Kamiro, Owari Province, which was the only way for Imagawa Yoshimoto to go to Lo, was also in a tense atmosphere at this time.

Oda Nobunaga, the governor of the Oda family, who is now the Sengoku daimyo of Owari Province, is naturally thinking about how to deal with Imagawa Yoshimoto's Kamiraku. For him, it was necessary to delay Imagawa Yoshimoto's time in Kamiraku now, no matter what, so that the Oda family, who had just unified Owari Province for a short time, had enough time to consolidate the border.

This is also because the disparity between the forces of the two sides is still too great. Judging from the current shape, the Imagawa family can mobilize about 40,000 troops, while the Oda family has only about 7,000 people (in fact, in history, the Oda family can mobilize even less than 5,000 troops at this time. Due to this life, under the unintentional influence of Masarashi, Oda Nobunaga unified Owari Province ahead of schedule, so that he could mobilize more troops).

Moreover, in the midst of this, some troops must be left to deal with the military strength of Saito Yoshiryu in the direction of Mino, so what is left is less than one-tenth of the disadvantage of the opponent. But even so, Oda Nobunaga never had the intention of surrendering to the Imagawa family.

On this day, he asked one of his retainers, Neami, who was very good at imitating other people's handwriting, to write a fake letter to secretly report to Tobe Shinzaemon and Yamaguchi Saomanosuke, and sent the fake letter to the Kasa Temple area, which was guarded by Tobe Shinzaemon and Yamaguchi Saomanosuke.

Tobe Shinzaemon and Yamaguchi Samanosuke were originally retainers of the Oda family, but by this time they had both betrayed the Oda family and became retainers of the Imagawa family. Of course. The one who betrayed the old master. Nature is not credible. So Imagawa Yoshimoto sent his henchman Okabe Gobu to guard the castle of Mt. Orochi, in case they pretended to surrender but secretly reported to the Oda family. Therefore, the surveillance in the Kasa Temple area is very severe. Every path from the Oda family's territory to Kasaji Temple, no matter how small, is strictly guarded by guards.

So when Oda Nobunaga's men re-entered the area, they deliberately attracted the attention of these guards, and then deliberately dropped the false letter as they fled. As a result, this false letter ended up in the hands of Okabe Gobu Guard:

"His Royal Highness Nobunaga, Oda Uesuke Nobunaga, Masato Tobe......"

As soon as Goroubei Okabe saw the beginning of this fake letter, he was immediately dumbfounded, and continued to read it. In the end, I couldn't help but sigh, and I couldn't help but think in my heart: It seems that Tobe Masanao and Yamaguchi Sama Nosuke, who are so loyal to the Imagawa family, turned out to be secretly in a relationship with the Oda family.

"Just check the handwriting, this is really the handwriting of the household! This guy is really negligent. ”

On the same day, Goroubei Okabe immediately sent a fast horse to deliver the fake letter to Imagawa Yoshimoto in Suruga Province. Just when Imokawa Yoshimoto completely believed in the two people, Masanao Tobe and Yamaguchi Saomanosuke, and was preparing to send troops to Shangluo, he should be angry.

"Good! Call Tobe Shinzaemon to Suruga right now and cut off his head. ”

Afterward. Can't even wait for Tobe Shinzaemon to arrive in Suruga Province, the Imagawa family beheaded Tobe Shinzaemon at a place called Yoshida. It can be seen from this. Imagawa Yoshimoto is extremely angry. Next, the father and son of Yamaguchi Saoma, who were mistaken for accomplices, also suffered the same fate.

So, Oda Nobunaga pretended to kill the traitor for him by the hands of others, and made Imagawa Yoshimoto delay the battle of Kamiraku.

In a good mood, Oda Nobunaga immediately led people to ride a horse to a place about three miles south of Kiyosu Castle, that is, in the oak forest near Kawahara in Inabachi. This is the place where Oda Nobunaga rides horses every day, and even falcons are often used around the area.

Just when Oda Nobunaga came here with great joy, what Oda Nobunaga didn't know was that there was someone who had been waiting here for a long time for his future. This person was Kinoshita Toyoshiro (that is, the future Toyotomi Hideyoshi).

Under the cloudless sky, Kinoshita Toyoshiro opened his eyes and closed them again from just now. When I opened it, I felt too dazzling, and when I closed it, I was afraid of falling asleep.

"Today, you must wait until His Royal Highness Nobunaga...... I'm twenty-three years old this year, and I can't go on like this every year. ”

To be honest, Fujiyoshiro's days of wandering are indeed too long. But during this period, he was by no means all wasted on amusement. I changed eleven kinds of jobs, including the wisdom tank of the wild samurai's family, selling needlework and thread, disguised as a phase master, etc., and gathered information to sell it. Once, he was working in one place, but thinking that it would be useless to continue doing it, he simply traveled around the world with some robbers he knew, until he finally returned to his birthplace, Owari Province.

As a result, he has a lot of life experience and is confident that he will not be left behind. Although he couldn't read the military book with the text straight and juxtaposed, and he couldn't understand it. However, as soon as he saw a person's face, he could immediately know what the person was thinking now, what he wanted, and not only to people, even the face of a wild dog, he could understand it, even the plants that could not make a sound.

"The people who hired me were like digging into a gold mine! I'm sure His Highness Nobunaga will hire me. ”

And his outfit today can be called a fancy dress. From there, he had gotten out of here, a crumpled blue feather woven cotton, and put it on his body, with two knives with curls stuck in his head. On the outside, it looked like a mad Taoist priest, but at this time, the Taoist priest's ears finally heard something, so he immediately stood up.

In fact, he did hear the sound of horses' hooves coming from the earth. He has two big, deep eyes. There are big ears on both sides of the face. He straightened the wide, large collar of the feather weave and adjusted the appropriate length at the waist.

In this way, at a distance of seven or eight rooms (one about 1.8 meters) away from him, two horses that were galloping like a wind came to a halt. These two people are naturally Oda Nobunaga and his close attendant Maeda and Saemon Toshiya.

As for Oda Nobunaga's other bodyguards, they were all left behind at this time, and Nobunaga personally tied the reins to the tree.

"Haha. Left again. The weather is so nice today. Let's take a break here!" said. Oda Nobunaga sat down on the beautiful lawn next to him. Immediately after, Oda Nobunaga simply leaned back and lay on the grass, just as Oda Nobunaga was asleep, a voice suddenly appeared:

"Please do me a favor!"

The sound came from the nearby forest, and then a man dressed in navy blue featherweave appeared. This man is none other than Yoshiro Tojiro, who has been waiting for a long time. But Maeda Matazaemon was startled by the sudden appearance of Fujiyoshiro and stood up directly, he didn't want the man to get too close to Oda Nobunaga. So he walked in the direction of Toyoshiro.

"Who are you? What for?"

"I want to meet the great general Nobunaga."

"What? Do you want to see my father-in-law? ”

So Saemon looked at Yoshiro Toji from head to toe again. Then he said:

"It's not okay to just say that you want to see my lord, what about your name?"

Fujiyoshiro laughed out loud. And as soon as you hear this laughter, you know that it has the meaning of making fun of people.

"You're a strange man. I'm just going to tell you to come by name. Seeing that Fujiyoshiro was so rude, Saemon immediately took another step forward and glared at Fujiyoshiro.

"Huh. You're Maeda and Saemon Toshiya, of course you don't know me, but I know you very well. My name is Kinoshita Tojiro, from astronomy to geography, as long as it is a matter of this world, there is nothing I don't know. I'm a brilliant man. ”

"What...... From astronomy to geography ......"

"Exactly. I will read the mountains when I look at the mountains, and I will read the water when I look at the water. The ancients said that if you only understand the words in the book, things will always be wrong, but if you can read and understand all the things in the heavens, earth and the universe, then there is absolutely no time to be wrong. Again, Lord Zuo, do you want me to try to read your face? ”

"You guy!" At this sudden remark, Maeda involuntarily held the knife with his hand again, and his tongue was knotted: "Stupid, stupid!" Madman!"

"That's right! Right! But you read it wrong. ”

"I read it right. Your eyes are the eyes of a madman. You are not allowed to come forward. Saemon cursed again.

"Hmmm! Well...... : Fujiyoshiro scratched his head, but continued: "On Mr. Tsuzuo's face, it is written that he will pay attention to law and righteousness, and he will have a bright day, but you can see very carefully that my eyes are the eyes of a madman. My eyes! At night, you can see three miles away. You can see people's tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and of course, you can also see the day after tomorrow in the world! If it's daytime, of course, you can see the whole warring states, so of course, the light emitted by my eyes is different from ordinary people! I can prove it to you. "Toyoshiro started bragging again.

Oda Nobunaga was still lying on the grass at this time, smiling with his eyes slightly open. However, he remained silent.

"I drew this little hand, Shinano is Nagao Masatora and Takeda Shingen on this side, and there has been a fight in Kawanakajima. However, after a period of fighting, both sides faced difficulties, so it can be said that this is a war without a victory, and the situation will remain the same for the time being...... And Imagawa Yoshimoto here can be said to be a person who was ordered by the Son of Heaven. Preparations for the Battle of Shanglo have begun. But there are two things to worry about. The first one! This will be solved very quickly. That is the Yamaguchi Saomanosuke father and son of Narumi Castle, Imagawa Yoshimoto deceived the Sama nosuke father and son to the Sunfu, and they committed suicide by seppuku without even checking. Fujiyoshiro continued.

After hearing Fujiyoshiro's words, Oda Nobunaga, who was on the grass, was really startled, and his body couldn't help moving, but he still didn't look like he got up in the end, but closed his eyes again.

"And the city left behind after being forced to commit suicide, it is okay for the chief of the pelican hall to enter the city to be the lord of the city. Another thing is that the 30,000 people of the mountain family of Mikawa are not convinced by Imagawa Yoshimoto. However, it would be a mistake to say that this takes time. Anyway, Imagawa Yoshimoto has a strong army, and he has been calculating the mountain family, and the other party will always compromise sooner or later. Also in Junfu, there is a poor man who is troubled. ”

"What...... What, poor man? Maeda Matazaemon Toshiya asked at this time.

"That's right! The hostage from Okazaki is also Matsudaira Takeganyo, who doesn't know whether to agree to be the first vanguard of this Shangluo War...... Next, there is Mino Saito to the west...... This person is also eager to get Owari now. But it seems that the body does not listen to the call! The illness is not light. However, it seems that his children can gradually replace him. If he could, of course, he wanted to get Owari before Yoshimoto's Kamiraku. You have to be careful about this! Maeda and left, how! Lijia, do you think my eyes are wrong? ”

Maeda Matazaemon was suppressed by this chattering rap, and he let go of his grip on the hilt. In this way, Fujiyoshiro refused to stop there.

"Listen up! Mr. Maeda Matazaemon. After watching the rest of the world, let's take a look at our Nobunaga! What do you think Nobunaga is thinking now? The general of Suruga, Enoe, and Mikawa, Imagawa Jibu Daisuke Yoshimoto, was about to launch a large army to go to Luo. ”

"Is it better to give in before then, or to fight him? If you don't care about Nobunaga's troubled and thoughtful appearance, the courtiers who can't share his worries and relieve him are disloyal courtiers. ”

"If you give in here, you'll always be just a subordinate of Daisuke Jibu. However, if he is defeated, will he not become the king of the East Sea...... However, there is only one way to defeat him. Do you know? The generals of Daisuke Jibu were all educated in the tradition, and they only knew how to fight according to the words on paper, and they would not fight wars that were not recorded in writing. What is not recorded in the text is the unwritten tactics of these wild warriors. And to defeat them, there is no other way than to use this method. We Nobunaga also understand this, he runs around in search of talents, and to meet me is really a great gift, and using me is like getting the auspiciousness of the world!"

This time, Oda Nobunaga's body finally began to move as if it had been electrocuted. This guy who suddenly appeared seemed to really say what he had been planning all along.

"Left again."

"Yes, my lord."

"The talkative guy was so noisy that I couldn't take a nap. Take him to Ashigaru. ”

"What do you mean?"

"It's not a big deal. Let him come and wait for my horse." You just sue Fujii Masaemon and bring him into the camp!"

Hearing this, Toyoshiro's entire face was wrinkled. He laughed. He understood that he had been recognized by Oda Nobunaga, and had finally become a retainer of Oda Nobunaga.

After Oda Nobunaga finished speaking, he stood up, and after glancing at Fujiyoshiro, he silently took the reins of his beloved horse "Hurricane".

"Left, I'll go back first." After saying that, Oda Nobunaga stepped on the horse's back and walked away with a whip...... (To be continued......)