After the Battle of Okehazama, the surrounding daimyo did not dare to underestimate the strength of Oda Nobunaga. Some of them came to ask for an alliance with the Oda family, and some strengthened the defense of their territories, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
appearance.
All the generals of the Oda family who participated in the war received awards. Kuuki Yoshitaka was also promoted to general because of his active fighting (he led his troops to defect, and became the general of the general at the beginning), Tokichiro was promoted to the general of the infantry, and Toshiie Maeda was promoted to the general of the general.
Oda Nobunaga suddenly remembered Du Fei who was advising him at the critical moment, so he repeatedly asked around: "Where is Du Fei? Have any of you seen him? Monkey! You are familiar with him, have you seen where he went?
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"My lord, he said he was traveling around the world and wanted to cultivate himself~" Tokichiro quickly leaned down and said.
Oda Nobunaga waved his hand impatiently at the submissive Tokichiro: "It really corresponds to the allusion of Middle-earth~ I bought a beautiful box to contain the gems, but in the end I gave the gems back to others, and I only kept them.
Box!"
The people around him saw his ugly face and no one dared to speak. Tokichiro even knelt aside in fear, not knowing why he had offended Oda Nobunaga.
He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said to the retainers beside him: "I heard that the Matsudaira family has announced its separation from the Imagawa family, right?"
"Yes, lord." Shibata Katsuie nodded slightly and said, "It's just as lord expected! The Matsudaira family changed the flag and issued a statement the day after the Imagawa army was defeated!"
"The Matsudaira Motoyasu of the Matsudaira family is a very capable and courageous person! It's best not to be an enemy of him now. The most urgent task is to kill the Mino Saito family who has always been hostile to us! It turns out that Saito Michizan of the Saito family is my father-in-law.
, but he was betrayed by his own son Ryuuki Saito! I suspect that my father-in-law’s death must be related to him! Next, we will go all out to attack Mino!"
"However, the remnant forces of Takeda Shingen and Imagawa of Kai are still eyeing our rear! We cannot fully deal with the Saito family yet! Otherwise, if we are attacked from both sides, then..." Sakuma Moronobu said worriedly at this time.
Oda Nobunaga stood up and shouted loudly: "Tokuhee! Come out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a graceful and elegant young girl came up in a gorgeous dress and gave Nobunaga a father-daughter gesture.
"This is my daughter Tokuhime~ I have decided to betroth her to Takechiyo, the eldest son of the Matsudaira family!" As soon as Oda Nobunaga finished speaking, all the retainers looked surprised.
"Lord, what do you mean--?"
"The first thing I did after the Battle of Okehama was to send people to communicate with the Matsudaira family and express support for their independence. And Matsudaira Motoyasu and I have already discussed an alliance from now on!" Oda Nobunaga said and looked at him affectionately.
He looked at his daughter and said: "In order to make the alliance more stable, I decided to give the pearl to others after careful consideration~~ To be honest, I really can't bear to part with it~~"
"Father~ I don't want to leave you~~" De Ji said with a little pout, looking still childish.
"Good boy, be obedient~ The Takechiyo you are going to be betrothed to is a famously handsome man in Mikawa! But he has not yet taken the Yuan server, so he has not yet taken a correct name. I decided to give him a word in my name, which is the same as Matsubara Heiyasu's.
Putting the word "Kang" together, he will be called Matsubara Nobuyasu from now on! This means that from now on, the Oda family and the Matsudaira family will share weal and woe and fight back to back!
With the Matsudaira family resisting Imagawa and Takeda at the rear, we can concentrate on the Mino strategy! That’s it!”
After saying this, Oda Nobunaga left Tokuhime and the ministers who were about to say something else and walked straight out of the venue.
At this time, Du Fei was already packing his luggage, preparing to return to Kyushu first. He missed everyone in Kyushu a little. Yoko was also silently helping him pack his luggage. Under her calm expression, there was actually a tangled heart: should he stay in Kyushu?
Stay with your brother, or go with Du Fei?
At this time, Du Fei wanted to leave here, because Oda Nobunaga's strong aura made him feel suffocated and depressed all the time. He and Oda were like two tigers in a mountain, both of them wanted to take all the power.
The kind of person who is firmly in hand, so they can't get along with each other at all, let alone talk about working together.
Just as they were packing up and about to hit the road, suddenly the door was suddenly opened. A solemn and familiar face came, it was Oda Nobunaga!
He came alone, without any bodyguards around him. He glanced at Du Fei silently and then sat down slowly.
"Yoko, please go out for a moment~ Lord Oda and I have something to say." Du Fei pulled up Yoko who was about to kneel down and bow.
After seeing Yoko go out, Du Fei also slowly stopped. His eyes met Oda Nobunaga's sharp gaze without hesitation.
"Why!" Oda Nobunaga asked fiercely: "Why are you leaving! Do you know what position I want to give you?"
"Sir~ I am just a ronin who makes a living by being a guard for others. He cannot shoulder the important responsibility you have entrusted him with~" Du Fei was slightly surprised by the personal arrival of Oda Nobunaga, but the resistance in his heart
The feeling lingers.
The room immediately fell into a deathly silence.
For a long time, Oda Nobunaga said in an extremely disappointed tone: "Is this your final decision?"
"Yes."
Suddenly Oda Nobunaga stood up abruptly! He strode to the door in a hurry. When he opened the door and was about to leave, he finally turned his head and said: "I welcome you here at any time, and I will treat you with the highest treatment and official status."
Come and serve you!" After saying that, he left without looking back.
After Oda left, Yoko quietly came over and said, "Why don't you consider what he said? You must know that he wants to serve you with the highest standards! Some people will never reach this level after working hard all their lives!"
Du Fei smiled slightly at her: "I'm not used to being appointed as an official by others. Let's go to Kyushu. After being away for so long, everyone must have missed me."
"Are you really leaving?" Suddenly a deep and rough voice came from outside the door.
"Brother!" Yoko ran out excitedly, only to see Kuki Yoshitaka and Maeda Toshiie coming.
As soon as they saw Du Fei, they shouted loudly: "You want to leave like this! You don't even say hello to us! I will drag you back wherever you go!"
"It's you!" Du Fei suddenly became happy: "How did you know~~"
"Can I not know?! My lord asked about your whereabouts as soon as he came up today! The monkey immediately betrayed you, haha! Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to come. He was afraid that you would beat him." I saw Maeda Toshiie's body covered with
Even though he was bandaged, he was still dancing and seemed a little too energetic.
"That's necessary!" Du Fei pretended to be angry and shouted: "Monkey?!"