The first time I saw the letter written by Lucius, handed to him by a mechanical soldier, Oda Nobumitsu was almost scared to death by the mechanical soldier.

At that time, Oda Nobumitsu was enjoying the hot springs, and with nephrite honey by his side, it was one of the great joys of life, but the mechanical warrior suddenly appeared almost silently.

Even the guards he arranged outside didn't find the mechanical warriors, not only did they not make any obstructions, but they didn't even make a warning sound.

After staring at the mechanical warrior for a long time, the two women beside Oda Nobumitsu finally came to their senses first, and when they saw the mechanical warrior with a metal chain, they screamed loudly in horror: "Ah......hh

As soon as the two women screamed, they immediately alarmed the guards outside, but the guards did not dare to rush in recklessly, so the leader of the guards could only stand at the door and ask loudly: "General, you, are you okay?"

Oda Nobumitsu didn't come to his senses until this moment, looking at the mechanical warrior who was close at hand, a chill suddenly came out of the soles of his feet, although he was sitting in the hot spring, he couldn't feel the slightest heat, so he could only try to keep his composure and shouted outside: "It's okay, what are you yelling about? ”

Seeing Oda Nobumitsu speak, although the two women around him were frightened, they still held back their fear and closed their mouths.

Oda Nobumitsu stood up from the bath, picked up the long scarf by the pool and wrapped it around his lower body, looked at the mechanical warrior and asked, "What do you mean by this? Even if you are a warrior under His Highness, you can't just break into my bath, you are disrespectful to me like this, I want to sue Your Highness." ”

The mechanical warrior disagreed, and directly handed the letterhead in his hand to Oda Nobumitsu, and said in a cold and mechanical voice: "This is hand-handed to you by His Highness, saying that it is very urgent." ”

After Oda Nobumitsu took the letterhead, the mechanical warrior turned around and walked away without stopping. When he walked to the door of Yuikemu, he stopped and said, "Lord Oda, you had better do what you say on the letterhead, and your Highness's affairs will not be delayed for a moment." ”

Seeing the mechanical warrior push the door and leave, the guards outside the door suddenly all exploded, they didn't expect that a mechanical warrior would come out of it in a blink of an eye just now.

The guards didn't dare to stop each other, so they could only rush into the soup pool, wanting to see if their general was still alive?

Seeing the guards rushing in, Oda Nobumitsu came back to his senses. Raising his head, he shouted angrily, "What are you doing here?" Get out of here and keep watch for me. ”

When the guards saw that Oda Nobumitsu was fine, they quickly turned and withdrew, and no one dared to raise their heads to look at it again until the wooden door was closed again.

Oda Nobumitsu pinched the letterhead in his hand, and after a moment of silence, he still had to open the letterhead, carefully look at the Fuso script that Lucius had studied these days, and read the whole letterhead. Oda Nobumitsu didn't have the heart to continue to enjoy, so he put on his robe and walked outside.

Soon after, Oda Nobumitsu, guided by his guards, returned to his temporary place of residence. The only one in a mansion in the south of Saitama.,And all the retainers and generals under his command are gathered.。

When the retainers and generals arrived, Oda Nobumitsu directly handed the letterhead to everyone present to circulate it.

It wasn't until everyone finished circulating it that Oda Nobumitsu asked in a low voice, "Shibata." It seems that you are in charge of the materials now, so how long do you think it will take to transfer so many materials that His Highness needs?"

Katsuya Shibata who was questioned by Oda Nobumitsu. is now the first retainer under Oda Nobumitsu, and he is also the most trusted retainer of Oda Nobumitsu, it can be said that Oda Nobumitsu will discuss many major matters with the Shibata Katsu family, and the latter will always give some very pertinent answers.

However, this time, when he heard Oda Nobumitsu ask, the latter did not answer immediately, but glanced at the others present, and then lowered his head and pondered.

However, before Shibata Katsuya could speak, the person kneeling on the other side spoke first: "General, do you really want to transfer our supplies according to the order of His Highness the West?"

Oda Nobumitsu looked at the person who spoke when he heard this, frowned slightly, and said, "Niwa Nagahide, do you know what you are talking about? What do you mean by 'order from His Highness the West'? His Highness is His Highness, do you dare to disrespect His Highness? Have you forgotten who gave you your current status?"

Facing Oda Nobumitsu's questioning, Niwa Nagahide immediately lowered his head, but after only a moment, he raised his head again and said fearlessly: "Nagahide only knows that the position he has today is given by the general, what His Royal Highness, Nagahide doesn't know, and he hasn't seen it, if the general wants to punish him, Nagahide is willing to accept the punishment." ”

"You ......" Hearing Niwa Nagahide say this, Oda Nobumitsu suddenly felt a little annoyed, but seeing Niwa Nagahide's way of admitting defeat and accepting punishment, Oda Nobumitsu didn't know what to say.

At this time, Shibata Katsuya, who had not spoken a word before, suddenly spoke: "General, in fact, there is nothing wrong with what Changxiu said, our current status and the strength in our hands are all fought by our soldiers with blood and sweat, not given to us by His Royal Highness." ”

After listening to the words of Shibata Katsuie and Niwa Nagahide, and looking at the expressions of the other people present, Oda Nobumitsu understood the expectations that everyone had for him, and hoped that he could truly stand on his own.

Oda Nobumitsu thought quietly for a moment, and finally said very sternly: "His Highness didn't say that our status was given by him, he just needs us to provide some resources now. ”

"It is this that provides resources, we have to stop you, general, have you ever thought that now we are in a period of strategic offensive, now is the best time for us to fight for land, our soldiers need a lot of material support, they can fight at ease on the front line. ”

One of the retainers sitting behind Shibata Katsuya suddenly spoke: "But now, General, you want to distribute our supplies to others, which is a huge loss for us, and it will also slow down our current offensive momentum, and it is likely that it will eventually affect the development and growth of our forces. ”

Hearing this, Oda Nobumitsu raised his head to look at the person who spoke, who was a handsome young man and one of the most trusted retainers under Oda Nobumitsu's command.

Just like Tokugawa Iehiko has the Four Heavenly Kings as his close ministers, Oda Nobumitsu also has the so-called Four Heavenly Kings around him, as the most trusted close ministers around him.

Among them, Shibata Katsuya and Niwa Nagahide are all one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and the other is an older middle-aged man named Takikawa Kazuki who has been silent and sits in the position of Niwa Nagahide's hand.

The last of the Four Heavenly Kings is the young man who spoke, Akechi Mitsuyoshi, who was able to become one of the Four Heavenly Kings at a very young age, which shows the value of Akechi Mitsuyoshi by Oda Nobumitsu's side, and can also show that Akechi Mitsuyoshi's ability is recognized by most of the people under Oda Nobumitsu.

It can be said that even Oda Nobumitsu has to admit that Akechi Mitsuyoshi has extraordinary abilities, whether it is in commanding troops in battle or in strategy, he has a keen insight that does not belong to his age.

It was also because of Oda Nobumitsu's trust that Akechi Mitsuyoshi dared to speak out so boldly and bluntly, expressing some of his opinions on the supplies that Oda Nobumitsu was going to give to Lecius.

Listening to Akechi Mitsuyoshi's words, Oda Nobumitsu couldn't help but stare at the latter for a long time, and finally grinned and said, "It seems that none of you agree to send supplies to His Highness?

Seeing that Oda Nobumitsu was obviously angry, everyone present was suddenly stunned, and even Tomorrow Mitsuhide quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

Seeing this, Oda Nobumitsu sneered and said, "Hehe, you are all ambitious, but have you ever wondered if you have the ability to support your ambitions?"

Speaking of this, Oda Nobumitsu gradually reined in the aura that burst out, and whispered to everyone present: "When you don't have enough ability to support your ambitions, it's better to put away your ambitions." ”

Everyone present was silent one by one, because they knew very well that Oda Nobumitsu's words were actually beating them, obviously some of their thoughts were seen by Oda Nobumitsu, and this incident could be regarded as a beating by Oda Nobumitsu to them, so that they could recognize their identities.

Some of the retainers who were in the back seat were already in a cold sweat when they heard this, and many of them turned to Oda Nobumitsu as an expedient measure, and they always had the intention of pushing Oda Nobumitsu away.

Now that he was warned so bluntly by Oda Nobumitsu, some of the thoughts of those present were naturally suppressed, although it was only temporary, but it was enough for Oda Nobumitsu to be among the soldiers later, no longer have to worry about these things, and could devote himself to the upcoming war.

At this time, Shibata Katsuie spoke up again: "General, since His Royal Highness has seconded materials to us, he must also be seconded to Soga Inamo, do you say that Suga Inamome will give them?"

Oda Nobumitsu looked at Shibata Katsuya with deep meaning when he heard this, smiled, and said, "Katsuya, your question is very good, but I can tell you very directly, Su I Inamome will definitely send the materials to the designated place on time and in quantity, and will even attach great importance to sending the most loyal retainers under his command to escort the materials." ”

Wise Guangyi was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked, "General, are you so sure?"

Oda Nobumitsu continued to maintain a meaningful smile and said: "You will not understand this matter, maybe one day in the future, you will see the methods of His Highness, and then you will understand the horror of His Highness, and I think you will no longer have any different intentions." ”

Obviously, for Oda Nobumitsu, he has been impressed by Lucius, and although he has now become a powerful and powerful general in charge of one side, he still does not dare to have any disagreement with Lucius.

And just when Oda Nobumitsu was discussing with his retainers how to allocate enough supplies to send them to Chiba, Soga Inamime had already told Oda Nobumitsu that he had sent a retainer under his command equivalent to the Four Heavenly Kings of Oda to lead a large army to send the materials needed by Lucius to the designated place. (To be continued......)