On the evening of May 11, the Tianshou Pavilion in Xiaokou City.
"Your Highness." A guard came to the door of the second floor of Tianshou Pavilion and whispered respectfully: "Oda Nobunaga has sent someone again."
"Didn't I say everything? Let's persuade you to surrender and behead you directly." Nakajima Nobuzuna heard the extremely impatient tone.
"But... the envoy insisted that he had his own difficulties. He hoped to meet His Highness and talk to His Highness." The guard hesitated for a moment and spoke in embarrassment.
"Doubt?" Nakajima Nobuzuka sneered, and the door of the room was also opened by him. The guard looked up and saw a middle-aged man with a sloppy beard and blood-covered eyes leaning against the door. "Who is coming?"
"It's the monkey who carried straw sandals for Oda Nobunaga. Do you still have any impression of it?" The guard mentioned the Kishita Fujiro and mocked him humorously.
"I've seen that monkey." A look of disdain appeared on Nakajima Nobuzuna's face, "Then let him come in, I want to see what a monkey has to say."
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Nobuzuna Nakajima sorted out her clothes and tried to make herself look less haggard. She planned to immediately raise her face and give him a warning when Kishita Fujiro came in.
Who would have thought that after being taken to Tianshou Pavilion, Fujiro Kinoshita broke free from the guards and rushed to Nobuzuna Nakajima's feet. At the same time, he was mourning and kowtowed repeatedly, shouting: "Your Highness Nakajima! Let the villain be a dog's life! Isn't the villain here to persuade him to surrender! Your Highness, please spare your life!"
Kinishi Fujiro's performance made Nakajima laugh and cry at once, and he couldn't use the warning and lines he prepared. So he had to slim his face and whisper in a low voice: "Kinishi Fujiro! What kind of style is it! Are you here to act in a monkey show?"
"I dare not, I dare not!" Kinoshita Fujiro heard this and quickly got up and knelt down, trying to make a serious look. His funny appearance made him even more funny. Nakajima Nobuzu had been exhausted by the siege these days and was in a very heavy mood, but he was amused by Kinoshita Fujiro and the atmosphere could not be serious.
"Then tell me, why are you here to persuade the surrender?" Nakajima Nobuzuru asked, shook his head.
"Your Highness, please spare me! You are please spare me!" When Kishishita Fujiro heard Nobuzu Nakajima speak, he immediately kowtowed and begged like pounding garlic.
"Give me your life! Don't kowtow!" Nobuzuna Nakajima patted the tatami helplessly, "If you have any nonsense, say it quickly. Get out after saying it."
"Your Highness really won't kill villains?" Kishishita Fujiro raised his head quietly and looked at Nobuzuna Nakajima again tentatively.
"If you don't kill, you can do it quickly if you have a lot!" Nobuzuna Nakajima scolded in a low voice impatiently.
"That's good, that's good!" Kishishita Fujiro sighed repeatedly as if he had survived the disaster and whispered: "To be honest, the villain was sent by my lord to persuade him to surrender."
"What!" Nakajima Nobuzu became angry as soon as he heard this, "Didn't you just say that you came to persuade the surrender!"
"That little man is afraid that your highness will pull me out and chop me out! He doesn't even have the chance to talk to your highness!" Kishishito Yoshiro begged in a low voice, "Your Highness has a lot, please spare me once! My lord must send someone to persuade me to surrender, and finally I distributed it to me! The little man can't refuse! The little man was forced to come over! The little man doesn't want to do it either!"
Nakajima Nobuzuna took a few deep breaths and tried hard to calm his emotions. Then, he waved his hand casually and said in a deep voice: "I know, I know, I won't kill you, go back! I will tell your lord that my Nakajima family serves the Inuyama Oda family for generations and will never surrender."
"No! Your Highness!" Kishita Fujiro shook his head hurriedly seeing this, "As soon as the villain came in, my lord must know that I didn't try hard to persuade me, so I can't spare me! Can your Highness hide and let the villain stay in the city for a while!"
"Where did your lord have so many things? What does it have to do with me?" Nobuzuna Nakajima slapped the tatami mat and whispered: "Get out!"
"Your Highness doesn't know anything. We ministers have countless difficulties!" Kishishita Fujiro sighed and said in a compassionate tone: "What does the lord do, he doesn't ask us for his opinion. He said that if we do it, we ministers will have to follow him as he wants to! We ministers will have to follow him as he wants! They have really suffered a lot!"
After Kishita Fujiro finished saying this, Nakajima Nobuzuki was stunned for a moment. He had already waved his hand to drive Kishita Fujiro out, but also stopped. Because these words really came to his heart.
Why doesn't he have these difficulties as a minister?
It is true that the Nakajima family serves the Inuyama Oda family for generations, but they have never entered the core decision-making level of the Inuyama Oda family. Nobuki Oda's plan is not necessary and will not consult the Nakajima family. When he and the Oda Nobunaga alliance attacked the Iwakura Oda family, and now he rebelled from Oda Nobunaga, the Nakajima family can only follow the actions of the Inuyama Oda family.
This time, when Oda Nobuki made a decision to rebel and fall to the Saito family, Nakajima Nobuki was unwilling to do so. Because his Xiaokou Castle was located at the junction of the Inuyama Oda family and the Oda Nobunaga forces. Once the war started, his territory would be affected the most! However, Oda Nobuki did not worry about the opinions of this loyal minister and resolutely declared his rebellion. As expected, in the past three years, the autumn harvest in his corps has been delayed by war and harassment, and his savings of decades were almost exhausted. However, the Nakajima family has been the wings of the Inuyama Oda family for generations, and Nakajima Nobuki had to follow the steps of the Inuyama Oda family in order to prevent everyone from pointing at the backbone and calling him "rebellion".
"Oh..." Nakajima Nobuzuo sighed helplessly, and his raised right hand hung weakly. The pain of his illness made him whisper: "Forget it, you'll be fine here later, and you'll get back after nightfall."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Kishishita Fujiro kowtowed with gratitude, and then he talked about family matters with Nakajima Nobuzu. Nakajima Nobuzu had a lot of contact with the Oda family in the past, and there were many old things to talk about. Who's son died in battle, and Who's daughter married someone from afar. As he talked, Nakajima Nobuzuzu's mood improved a lot.
During these days of being besieged, he was really suffering day and night. With Oda Nobuki's defeat and the Mino Saito family had no time to look south, he already understood that he would never wait for reinforcements. The only hope for victory was to survive the autumn harvest and wait for Oda Nobuki to withdraw his troops himself. However, the autumn harvest in his territory would probably be delayed this year. The huge gap in strength between Oda Nobuki and Oda Nobuki made him unable to see any hope of victory. If the long run, the Nakajima family would definitely not be able to hold on. The doomed defeated Nakajima Nobuki was disheartened.
However, Kishita Fujiro talked for a long time, but didn't say a word to the point - persuading surrender, which made Nakajima Nobusuo quite different. He originally thought that Kishita Fujiro's family was paving the way to persuade surrender.
"Did you really not persuade me to surrender?" Nakajima Nobuzuka asked angrily and amusedly, "Although I, as a loyal minister of the Inuyama Oda family, will definitely not surrender. But if you don't persuade me, are you worthy of Oda Nobunaga who sent you?"
"The villain thinks it is worthy!" Kishishita Fujiro nodded seriously and said, "The villain is willing to sacrifice his life to enter the city. It is worthy of the lord's cultivation and the word "loyalty". Those who are afraid, after hearing that Your Highness wants to kill the envoy to surrender, they probably dare not enter the city."
"That's true." Nakajima Nobuzuna laughed loudly.
"But more things! The villain won't do it anymore!" Kishishita Fujiro said as he straightened up and waved his hands repeatedly, "The villain is worthy of his lord when he comes in, and I will not persuade His Highness to surrender again. If any words annoy His Highness Nakajima, the villain will be in danger!"
"Then you dare to say that you are loyal?" Nakajima Nobuzuo teased in a bad tone, "It's obvious that he hasn't done his best."
"What is your highness talking about?" Kishita Fujiro glared at his eyes and retorted in surprise. Even the pair of wind-catching ears trembled up and down. "Your Highness's life is life. Isn't the villain's life a life? If the villain dies here, the whole family will not be able to survive! No matter how loyal it is, the villain thinks it's enough to do it almost. There is no need to sacrifice his entire family's life to the lord!"
Nobuzuna Nakajima was stunned when he heard this and swallowed a little reluctantly. What Kishita Fujiro said was his own situation?
Speaking of this, Kishita Fujiro finally couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "If a villain does this, he will be pointed at the back and scolded as an unfaithful rebellion, how many people in the world dare to say that they are clean?"
Seeing that Nakajima Nobuzuna's face became more and more gloomy, Kishita Fuji Yoshiro also took advantage of the victory without hesitation and continued to add in a tempting manner: "The villain thinks that no matter how outsiders say villain, villain doesn't care so much. As long as the villain has a clear conscience, he has already sacrificed his life for the lord, and the rest is almost the same - it is not necessary to ask the villain's family to die for the lord's actions! Justice will be clear every day."
"The villain doesn't want to push the whole family to the death for the sake of so-called loyalty and praise!"
After hearing this, Nobuzuna Nakajima was speechless, but his thoughts were rolling in his mind.
The lord did not ask for my opinion and insisted on rebelling, which was a shame to me.
Even though I knew that following my lord's rebellion would bring me countless troubles, I still followed my lord. Over the past three years, Oda Nobunaga has led several times my troops to besiege my Xiaokou Castle countless times, and I have never retreated. I am worthy of my lord.
There is no need to retreat to the death of the Nakajima family, which has been passed down through generations of hardships for so-called reputations.
How could I not understand the truth that this stupid monkey understands?
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On the evening of May 11, Nakajima Nobuzuka surrendered. Nobunaga Oda was overjoyed. Not only did Nakajima Nobuzuka continue to be the lord of Koguchi Castle, but he also promoted Kinoshita Fujiro to become the general of the Oda family, and also gave him the name of Kinoshita Hideyoshi, making him a well-known samurai.
Everyone except Yu Qiuhei was unable to expect that Kishita Fujiro actually persuaded Nakajima Nobutsu, who was loyal to Oda Nobuki, to surrender. For a moment, the entire Oda family camp was full of discussion. Yu Qiuhei, Maeda Taki, and others were busy holding a small celebration banquet for Kinoshita Hideyoshi. Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was overly excited, was drunk at the banquet, shouting "I am a samurai", over and over, which made everyone laugh.
The surrender of Kokura Castle caused a chain reaction in Niba County. Okayama Castle was said to be surrendered by Niba Nagahide, and many small towns and villages also surrendered. Seeing that the situation was over, Oda Nobuki opened the city gate and broke through, fled in the direction of Mino Kakai, and Inuyama Castle was also recovered by Oda Nobunaga. The three-year Inuyama rebellion was finally put down.
Chapter completed!