In addition to the change of the Saito family in Mino Province, in addition to the fact that the Eagle of Omi Asai Nagamasa resolutely decided to follow the recommendation of the Asai family retainers and oust his father Asai Hisamasa by force, so as to inherit the position of family governor and resist the invasion of the Rokkaku family, it also made the Matsudaira family in Nishi-Mikawa Province nervous.

Matsudaira Motoyasu is not a fool either, he knows that the Matsudaira family for the Oda family to block the Takeda family and the Imagawa family is precisely relying on this status, although he previously promised the Oda family's envoy Kizo Shigetada, ready to go to Kiyoshu Castle to meet with Oda Nobunaga, and formally establish the alliance between the Matsudaira family and the Oda family. However, in order to gain more initiative in the alliance, he still did not finalize a specific date for going to Cheongju City.

It's just that now the Saito family has suddenly changed drastically, and the Mino pit viper Saito Michizo, who was originally rumored to have died, has been resurrected again, and the alliance with the Oda family has been re-established, so Matsudaira Motoyasu feels a little crisis, after all, one of the reasons why Oda Nobunaga planned to form an alliance with the Matsudaira family before was that the Oda family was free to deal with Saito Yoshiryu to the north, and now Saito Yoshiryu suddenly died, and the head of the Saito family became Oda Nobunaga's father-in-law, Saito Michizo, The Oda family is even more realigned with the Saito family, so the threat to the north of the Oda family is naturally temporarily eliminated, and even its north has become one of the boosts for the development of the Oda family.

As a result, the Oda family's remaining direction of development was actually only Ise Province in the west and Mikawa Province in the east. If Oda Nobunaga suddenly decides to develop to the east, then the Matsudaira family will face the Imagawa family, the Takeda family, and the Oda family. Such a situation is naturally very dangerous for the Matsudaira family. So Matsudaira Motoyasu immediately sent an envoy. Determined with the Oda family the time to go to Kiyoshu Castle.

However, Matsudaira Motoyasu finally arrived at Cheongju Castle nearly half a month later than the scheduled date. When he arrived, it was the fifth day of the third month of the fourth year of Yonglu (1561 C.E.).

There was a big reason why he was late. Because some of the retainers of the Matsudaira family believed that the reason why Oda Nobunaga invited his own governor, Matsudaira Motoyasu, to Kiyoshu Castle was to take the opportunity to kill his own governor, so they unanimously opposed Matsudaira Motoyasu going. In this wave of opposition, Matsudaira Motoyasu had to appease them one by one before he was able to make his trip.

In the end, Matsudaira Motoyasu selected twenty-two retainers to escort him into Owari Province, and Oda Nobunaga specially sent Kizo Shigetada, who was stationed at Tsukake Castle, to Nakono Castle to greet him. Kizo Shigetada was an envoy to Okazaki Castle. There are several sides to Matsudaira Motoyasu, and he is the right person to greet him.

After the two families met, due to the relationship between the two families in the past, like a dog and a monkey, it has always been very discordant and even hostile. As a result, Okazaki's retainers and Owari's retainers had several scenes of tension before they entered the Honmachi Gate of Kiyoshu Castle, and the two sides almost caused a conflict full of crises.

When the two teams arrived at Cheongju City. There are already a lot of people gathered around, and the streets of Cheongju Castle are even more crowded. Among these, many of them spoke ill of each other, and even Matsudaira Motoyasu, who was on the horse, could hear them.

"Ahh You see! That is Chiyo Take, who came to Owari to be a hostage when she was six years old. Well! He's really grown up!"

"Really! At that time, he had made a pact with the Lord of the Kingdom that he would be a subordinate of the Lord of the Kingdom in the future, and now he is probably fulfilling his promise!"

"That's right! He is completely different from our lord, he has come to submit. Since it's a surrender, why bother with a fox and a tiger?"

"Oops! This is only when he goes through the streets, and when he enters the city, he can't hold his head up. ”

For a while, the streets were full of gossip.

And at the front of Matsudaira Motoyasu's ranks, there was a young guard with a childish face, who drove away the crowd of onlookers without hesitation:

"Stand down, stand down, everyone! We're not here to submit, and if we don't retreat, your head will fly, and I'll not be responsible then!"

As he spoke, he waved his three-foot broadsword above the heads of the crowd.

"Look at this man, who is he? How can you be so rude? It's not just people on the streets watching the hustle and bustle. ”

"What? What did you say? ”

The young guards walking on the street, looking at each other with wide eyes, said:

"I am the retainer of the Mikawa Matsudaira Motoyasu family known to everyone, Kamihara Kodaira Taiyamasa. The people of Mikawa have always been very hot-tempered, and if you don't give us a way to get through guò, your head will fall off your neck. ”

"This guy is really unreasonable, he has lost all the battles, and he has this virtue!" Someone said, "You guy!"

And Kamihara Kohei Taiyasuma scolded back: "Yes! I'm a twelve-year-old guy, but I'm a kappa who doesn't care about my life. If any of you dare to speak ill of our lord again, my knife will really pass. ”

In the midst of the chaos of words around them, some people have changed their faces. If Oda Nobunaga hadn't sternly warned everyone beforehand, something bad would have happened before entering the city.

The group dismounted in front of the Honmachi Gate, and the first to greet them were the important ministers of the Oda family, such as Hayashi Sado, Shibata, and Niwa. When they arrived at the Grand Entrance Gate in Midtown, Matsudaira Motoyasu, who was only twenty-one years old, looked at everyone with a calm, serene face, while his retainers all posed as if they were ready to fight. When Kizo Shigetada, who was standing at the forefront, saw this situation, he immediately felt uneasy in his heart.

And when the Matsudaira family saw Oda Nobunaga, their faces almost burst into flames. Fire and fire ...... No! It's better to say that the feeling of the white blade to the white blade makes the hearts of those watching from the sidelines worried.

"Hoo ......"

After entering the big entrance, Kizo Shigetuda couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, after all, there was no conflict before! As for what happened after that, even if they both drew their swords against each other, it had nothing to do with him.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga was already standing in front of Matsudaira Motoyasu! And Oda Nobunaga immediately said after meeting:

"Oh! Chiyo Take!"

Oda Nobunaga shouted and walked down the stairs step by step: "Me! O Kichibo-sei! Oh! Hahaha, you still have the same appearance as when you were a child...... I'm glad you're here. ”

At this time, Matsudaira Motoyasu's retainers gradually surrounded the two in the middle. But Oda Nobunaga dismissed them and said to himself:

"Come on! Come on! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

For Oda Nobunaga, Matsudaira Motoyasu also replied with a courtesy: "It's really nostalgic!" Kichiboshi Childe ......"

When the two of them met their eyes, each other's eyes turned red.

"Chiyo Take!"

"Kichibo-samachi!"

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