Although Yu Qiuping is located in Yeli County, which is far away from Qingzhou City, because he rushed here with Maeda Toshiie early in the morning, he was the first group of people to arrive. But no matter how early he came, he would still be the first to arrive.
The meeting had to wait until everyone was gathered before the meeting could begin. So, anxious, he had to pace back and forth outside the castle tower to relieve his mood.
Maeda Toshiie, who finally completed the task, quietly slipped away from his post that was supposed to be on duty, intending to go home and take a nap to make up for the grief and anger of being woken up by Yu Qiuping so early in the morning. As a result, before he could wait,
He slipped out of the main pill and was bumped into by Sasanagi Masa.
"Master Maeda." As soon as Sasaki Namasa saw Maeda Toshiie, a habitual escaping criminal, his face suddenly darkened, "If I remember correctly, you should be on duty at the castle tower today."
"Damn it! Why did you meet Asura!" Maeda Toshiie secretly screamed inwardly. Sasana Narimasa is famous for being unkind. If anyone in the Oda family violates the rules, he will definitely stab Oda directly.
Go to Nobunaga's place. If Oda Nobunaga finds out that he tried to sneak away while on duty, he will definitely be punished with a month of duty. "Uh...well, Sasa-sama...to tell you the truth, I am actually
Sent to deliver orders!" Maeda Toshiie hurriedly waved his hands and made up nonsense in embarrassment.
"Really?" Sasaki Narimasa snorted coldly, "Didn't Master Maeda just come back with an order? I don't know which highness you received the military order from, and you are so anxious to go and convey the order again? Can you tell me?"
"Uh... well..." Maeda Toshiie's expression became even more embarrassed, but at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from behind.
"It was my order." Lin Xiuzhen, who walked up to Maeda Toshiie and Sasaki Narimasa at some point, said gently, "I asked him to notify the guards at the west gate to tighten their guard."
"Yes, yes!" Although Maeda Toshiie didn't know why Lin Xiuzhen helped him to exonerate him, he still shouted excitedly as if he was grasping a life-saving straw: "I was sent to deliver the order on His Highness Lin's order!"
"Is that so?" Sasaki Narimasa frowned, "If that's the case, it won't hinder you from carrying out your official duties. Your Highness, Lin, please excuse me."
"Go, Naizangsuke." Lin Xiuzhen waved her hand, signaling Sasaki Narimasa to leave. Then, she turned to Maeda Toshiie with a smile.
"Your Highness Lin! What a great kindness! Thank you so much, Your Highness!" After Maeda Toshiie saw Sasaki Narimasa walking away, he immediately hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Lin Xiuzhen. Lin Xiuzhen also laughed after hearing this, and then patted Maeda.
Looking over Li Jia's shoulder, he said with a smile: "After all, I am an elder who has watched you grow up, so it's okay to help. However, I want to ask you something. I wonder if you are free, A Quan?"
"If you're free, of course you're free." Maeda Toshiie nodded repeatedly, "Your Highness, please speak."
"Then I won't be too polite." Lin Xiuzhen said as she cast her gaze towards the castle tower in the distance, "What happened to the red leaves in Yuqiu? Why did you come so early and still keep wandering around the castle tower?"
"Hey! I thought you were going to ask something, but it turns out you wanted to ask my little brother." Maeda Toshiie scratched the back of his head nonchalantly with his hand, and said carelessly: "That kid doesn't know what's going on. I heard yesterday that he was going to attack.
I felt like I was in a daze after Simeon. I was so excited. He woke me up early this morning and dragged me to Qingju City. I didn’t sleep well——"
After saying that, Maeda Toshiie yawned loudly and said lazily: "Your Highness, if you have nothing to do, can you let me go home and take a nap? I'm really sleepy."
"No problem, let's go, Aquan." Lin Xiuzhen smiled kindly and patted Maeda Toshiie on the shoulder. After the latter received permission, he quickly ran away, not noticing that Lin Xiuzhen's originally kind eyes were gradually changing.
He was extremely sharp. He waved, and two ninjas immediately jumped out of the house on the side and came to his side.
"Your Highness Lin, what are your orders?" the two ninjas whispered.
"Have there been any changes in the two people I asked you to keep an eye on in the past few days?" Lin Xiuzhen asked in a low voice.
"Everything is normal, Maori Shinsuke. Hattori Koheita seemed to want to go out of the city to seek medical treatment, but he seemed to give up after that." The ninja bowed his hands respectfully.
"That's it." Lin Xiuzhen narrowed her eyes slightly and ordered: "Keep watching and stay vigilant."
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On the evening of March 10, the Oda family's evaluation meeting was held in the Qingzhou Castle Castle Conference Hall. Yu Qiuping looked at his colleagues whom he had not seen for a long time, but his heart was filled with mixed emotions.
If his plan is carried out smoothly, these important ministers should be buried together with Oda Nobunaga in the castle tower of Sumamata Castle. Only in this way can the Oda family be left destitute and give Amakihei the opportunity to attack Owari.
In other words, it is very likely that this will be the last time they meet. Next, Yu Qiuping will ruthlessly blow them all to death in Momata City, and then capture their territory and capture their wives, children, and their entire family.
Small.
Therefore, no matter how Ikeda Tsuneaki, Maeda Toshiie and others joked about it, Yu Qiupei could never get interested. When Niwa Nagahide and Mori Katsunari greeted him, Yu Qiupei only responded hastily. His abnormality made everyone a little confused.
, but after Yu Qiuping excused himself and said there was something going on at home, no one asked any more questions.
Yu Qiuping was immersed in his own thoughts. When he came to his senses, Oda Nobunaga had already taken his seat on the main seat. He hurriedly followed everyone to salute and say hello to Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga never cared about these red tapes.
He got down to business directly.
"I won't talk nonsense to you anymore," Oda Nobunaga casually put his feet on the table in front of him and said loudly: "I am going to prepare to send troops to West Meinong! Just like I conquered East Meinong two years ago
Same, this time we use Sumama Castle as a springboard to knock down Simino, and then directly besiege Inabayama Castle!"
After Oda Nobunaga finished speaking these bold words, surprisingly no one in the evaluation room objected. Amakihei looked at Niwa Nagahide, who always advised Oda Nobunaga to play it safe, and realized that the latter was also full of confidence at this moment.
.No wonder, after the victory in the Higashi Mino Raiders the year before last, coupled with Oda Nobunaga's continuous penetration of Central Mino and Higashi Mino in the past two years, the balance of strength between Mino and Owari has gradually tilted towards Owari.
Zhang. Although the Oda family suffered a setback in the Battle of Konoshima last year, Amekihei also occupied Sumamata and the land surrounding it, giving the Oda family a foothold on the north bank of the Kiso River.
The relationship between the Simino wealthy family and the Saito family has also become increasingly tense during this period. The Simino wealthy family has not even visited Saito Ryuuki for several months. Under such circumstances, Simino is very
It may not be possible to get strong support from the Saito family, and the strength gap between the Saito family and the Oda family has become huge. This is why everyone in the Oda family is so confident.
"Yonegoro, Sanzaemon, you don't need to participate in this operation." Oda Nobunaga first called the names of Niwa Nagahide and Mori Katsunari, "Yonegoro will stay in Kiyoshu to take charge of logistics, and Sanzaemon will guard Tome.
Concentrated to prevent the Saito family from counterattacking."
Hearing Oda Nobunaga's words, Ame Qiupei suddenly felt relieved. Niwa Nagahide and Mori Katsunari didn't have to go to Sumamata Castle with them, which meant... he didn't have to blow up the two of them with his own hands.
However, before Yuqiupei could take a few breaths, Oda Nobunaga said loudly again:
"Everyone else -" he said in a long tone, beating his folding fan on the tatami, "go back immediately to gather the troops, and gather them all at Qingshu Castle before the 25th. We will cross the Kiso River in early April
!”
As everyone responded "yes", Yu Qiuping also leaned down, but there were mixed feelings in his heart.
"Ame Akihiko!" However, Oda Nobunaga obviously did not give Ame Qiupei time to process his emotions, but immediately called his name.
"Yes!" Yu Qiuping responded hurriedly.
"How is the repair of your Sumama Castle?" Oda Nobunaga was playing with the folding fan in his hand and looking at Yu Qiuping with his hawk-like eyes, which made Yu Qiuping feel a chill on his back. He stood up subconsciously.
Concealing the panic in his heart, he tried hard to keep his voice steady and whispered: "Report to Your Highness, the repairs have been completed long ago."
"Okay!" Oda Nobunaga laughed, "When the time comes, I will use your Sumamata Castle as a springboard to attack Nishi Mino! It is said that you built the castle tower well. Then I will go to Sumamata Castle in person and take command of the overall situation.
!You have to clean the castle tower for me and wait for Mr. Yu to come!"
Although as early as half a year ago, when Ame Qiupei formulated the plan to bomb Sumamata City, he had a vague premonition that Oda Nobunaga would come to Sumamata City; although yesterday, when Maeda Toshiie informed him that Oda Nobunaga would go to Sumamata City,
Yu Qiuping is already eighty percent sure of his plan.
But at this time, when Yu Qiuping was very close and heard Oda Nobunaga personally announcing that he was coming to Sumamata Castle Castle, the excitement and nervousness in his heart still made it difficult for him to control himself——
The long-term plan finally succeeded, and Oda Nobunaga finally embarked on the path of death that he had arranged for him.
"Yes!" Yu Qiuping's voice was already trembling, which made Oda Nobunaga laugh.
"Hongye, why are you so nervous?" Oda Nobunaga casually teased, but Yu Qiuping, who had been excited just now, suddenly stood on his back and his whole body tensed up in place.
No way...Oda Nobunaga wouldn't have seen any clues.
"I heard that you kid, behind your back, the princess of the Imagawa family has hidden many beauties in Sumamata City!" Oda Nobunaga seemed to be interested when he saw Yu Qiupei's embarrassment, and continued to tease with a smirk: "
Are you afraid that I will see your beauties when I get to the castle tower?"
Oda Nobunaga's words made everyone laugh. After hearing the words, Yu Qiuping also let out a sigh of relief and laughed dryly a few times along with everyone.
"My lord, you are joking." Yu Qiuping bowed respectfully to cover up his weird expression, "I don't dare."
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