"Haha, please don't cause unnecessary disputes. This should be the best opportunity for our Oda family to expand." I saw Tokichiro saying with a sincere smile on his face: "I have always regarded myself as a retainer of the Oda family. I have never been
Other thoughts, but the Oda family can't be like today, always a piece of sand. If it is like that, everyone will take the opportunity to eat us! Isn't the incident of Sasaki Narimasa the best example? Now he has been punished by me
Crushing! This is how I want to tell the traitors of the Oda family what is waiting for them."
The people from Oda Nobuo's group at the meeting immediately fell silent.
After a long silence, Lin Xiuzhen said fiercely as if she had made up her mind: "Fujiro! Are you threatening me?"
"Of course I didn't say it. I was really targeting people who undermined and betrayed the interests of the Oda family." Fujikichiro has strong power and capital, so he speaks in an especially domineering manner: "The current situation is so chaotic, and all the daimyo are trying to invade the Oda family."
His Highness Tian Nobunaga has worked so hard to build the country. As the successor of his legacy of spreading military power throughout the world, I should shoulder more responsibilities."
"What?!" Lin Xiuzhen exploded when she heard this: "When will it be your turn to inherit? His Highness Nobuo? Where do you place Nobuo-sama, the son of His Highness Oda Nobunaga? Don't you think your behavior is shameful?
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At this time, Niwa Nagahide stood up decisively and sarcastically said: "Haha, we didn't see this successor appear when the rebellion was everywhere. Now that everything has been calmed down, this successor has appeared again, it is really timely!"
Lin Xiuzhen and Nobuo Oda's faces turned red. Indeed, during the dispute, they almost stood still and watched the whole process without doing anything. This made Kamao, Ando Mamoru and others who originally supported him feel a little chilled, and they became
Neutral person.
"Now we are not discussing who has the greater merit! We are discussing who is the most qualified to succeed His Highness Nobunaga as the governor of the household! No matter how great your merits are, you are just a retainer after all! You need to understand your identity!
"Lin Xiuzhen seemed to be fighting for Oda Nobuo to the end. He didn't care about those disdainful looks, but he still said to himself: "We are all old ministers of the Oda family. We should think more about His Highness Nobunaga's words to you before his death.
Is it true that Sheng En’s son is not qualified to inherit the family business? What kind of truth is this?”
"Lin Xiuzhen! You have to understand! This is a critical stage for the survival of the Oda family!" Sakuma Morinobu, who had been silent all the time, stood up: "Now we must choose someone who has the ability to control the Oda family and the ability to control the Oda family.
The more powerful person at the helm of the Tian family! But with all due respect, looking at His Highness Nobuo’s performance at these important junctures, I really feel that he cannot shoulder this responsibility at all!”
"Huh! That's unreasonable!" Oda Nobuo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stood up and said to everyone present: "This is no longer a meeting of our retainers of the Oda family! Those who support the Oda family, follow me!"
After saying that, he turned around and led Lin Xiuzhen out of the venue angrily.
Immediately, the Kamou family and Ando Mamoru, who had always remained neutral, hesitated and followed suit.
Tokichiro looked at them coldly and said nothing.
The die-hard supporters around him, Niwa Nagahide and Sakuma Morinobu, came over and looked at Tokichiro with inquiring eyes, seeming to be waiting for his instructions.
"Humph! Let them go!" Tokichiro said nonchalantly: "Our strength accounts for the majority! Their strength only accounts for 30%!"
Tokichiro really doesn't have the patience to fight these people anymore. Being secretive is never a long-term solution. He feels that it's time for a showdown. Because he has too many things to do now.
dividing line
While Tokichiro was busy seizing absolute control of Kinki, Du Fei from Shikoku was already confronting the Mori family's expeditionary force that came to attack.
It took a lot of effort for the Maori family to successfully land. Before they could attack the island city, they discovered that Du Fei's large group of troops had already been waiting for them.
At this time, Du Fei's army already numbered tens of thousands. He deliberately concentrated all his strength. The mighty army spread over the mountains and plains, making the Maori army who had finally pieced it together frightened after seeing it.
Yoshikawa Keike and others who participated in the war for the first time did not expect that the opponent they wanted to attack would have so many more troops than themselves! The young people couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Because they were originally fighting on someone else's territory, and logically they should have more troops than the enemy to have a chance of winning, but now the defenders have more troops than the attackers! They were really at a loss for a moment.
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As soon as the military advisor of the army, Hiraga Motosho, saw this formation, he immediately persuaded Mouri Terumoto to give up the idea of attacking Shikoku. He also said: "With the power of Du Fei's army today, if there is no accident, I am afraid that within decades, it will be difficult for the Mouri family to do so."
Look at the back of his neck"
Seeing Maori Terumoto's hesitation, he added: "Although the Maori family is now at a complete disadvantage in the power game with Du Fei, it is not difficult to protect themselves. If we forcefully rush in desperately, we will probably end up in total annihilation."
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Even Yoshikawa Kyouke and other young generals felt that confronting Du Fei at this time was a very stupid thing. Even if they tried their best to win against Du Fei's army, which was nearly twice as many as themselves, there would probably only be a few people left.
, how to attack the city at that time?
Everyone seemed to be watching Mouri Terumoto silently, waiting for him to make a wise choice.
Maori Huiyuan's face suddenly turned the color of pig's liver. He never expected that Du Fei had increased so many troops in a short period of time (in fact, a large part of it was due to the reduction after his defeat last time).
Pawn) knew in his heart that he would definitely lose if he had a head-on confrontation, but it would be too shameful to go back like this with so much force and force, so he settled for the next best thing and decided to negotiate with Du Fei.
Du Fei was very puzzled when he saw the Maori Huiyuan army suddenly stopped. After a while, he saw a Maori soldier with a blank flag coming slowly on horseback and handed a letter into his hand.
The letter elaborated on the conditions put forward by Terumoto Mori: Du Fei would return the island city, Tangzhu Castle and other cities to the Maori family, and the Maori family would immediately conclude an alliance with them and swear never to invade.
Du Fei smiled after reading it, and immediately wrote him a reply. The new content was hundreds of words long, and the rhetoric was quite gorgeous, but most of it was useless nonsense. In fact, it can be summed up in just one word: Get out.
He doesn't need to play tricks and intrigues with this weak giant of the Maori family at this time, because his fist is already strong enough.
He has no intention of forming an alliance with the Maori family at all. Non-aggression? Funny, if I don’t invade you, how can I develop? How can I expand? Do you want me to vomit the territory I have eaten to you? Have you woken up?
Maori Huiyuan felt warm in his heart when he saw Du Fei's dense reply, but many of the vocabulary and allusions in it were from Chinese customs, and he didn't understand it for a while.
He was immediately shocked when his military advisor, Motosei Hiraga, opened his eyes with dim eyes as he interpreted the words one by one and connected them together to fully understand the meaning of the letter.
Unexpectedly, Du Fei would be so arrogant now! However, due to the situation, he suppressed his anger and translated the meaning of the letter in a roundabout way: Du Fei said that he would consider returning the territory, but he must withdraw his troops first.
Maori Huiyuan was overjoyed when he heard these ambiguous words. He didn't expect that the remaining power of the Mao family was still there, which made Du Fei still worried even if he had the upper hand. So he pretended to be serious and said with a straight face: "What does 'meeting' mean?"
Consider'? Let him give a clear answer!"
"Your Highness!" At this time, Hiraga Yuanxiang could no longer bear it. He also said to Mouri Terumoto in his ear with a solemn face: "I'll stop it when you see it!"
The little pretense in Mouri Terumoto's heart fell apart instantly, and he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Although Yoshikawa Kyouke and others regretted that they died midway during their first battle, it was much better than dying in vain.
Kodama Jieying, who was in charge of the fleet on the sea, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. The thing he was most worried about finally did not happen.
Du Fei was very proud when he saw Maori Huiyuan's sensible behavior. He did not embarrass this down-and-out former overlord anymore and watched them leave in a pretentious manner.
Everyone seemed to be satisfied with the result, but one person didn't know it.
That person was Hidehiko Kobayakawa who was stationed at Yoshida Koriyama Castle in place of Terumoto Mori at this time.
Kobayakawa Hidehao immediately revealed his true face after Mouri Terumoto led the army out. He immediately replaced all the soldiers in the city defense with his own henchmen, and also put the remaining retainers under house arrest.
Those retainers shouted angrily: "Aren't you afraid of being punished by God if you do this? That's your brother!"
But Kobayakawa Shubao's answer was also quite neat: "These are troubled times!"