The next day, May 26, the eleventh year of Astronomy (1542), Owari Kuna Furuno Castle Castle, Oda Nobuhide and Lin Xiuzhen stood side by side by the fence on the third floor of the castle tower, watching Master Oda Yoshi making chaos in the yard.
Play. He wore a tattered feathered fabric on his upper body that exposed most of his chest, a tiger skin apron around his waist, a water hyacinth hung on his belt, a pile of small odds and ends on his ribs, and a string of Yongle hanging on his chest.
The money made a "clinking" sound as he ran. He was not wearing the wooden shoes worn by other warriors, but was stepping on a tattered straw sandal - the other foot had flown to nowhere.
"Sado (Lin Xiuzhen), I specially asked you to be a teacher for that child, but you ended up teaching like this?" Oda Nobuhide ridiculed Lin Xiuzhen, then curled his lips and said, "The supervisor (Masahide Hirate) is going crazy.
He is shouting every day that if Master Ji doesn't learn well, he will commit seppuku. It's better for you not to be in a hurry and just watch him play crazy."
"My lord, there is nothing wrong with children playing more. Children who are naughty in childhood will become wiser when they grow up." Lin Xiuzhen folded her arms and looked at the sweaty Master Oda Yoshi with a smile.
"Many people in the family say that it is time for Kanjuro (the future Oda Nobuyuki) to succeed. Kanjuro has been knowledgeable about books and principles since he was a child. He is also considerate in his conduct and has practiced etiquette and military skills well. This makes him look like a member of the samurai family.
Look." Oda Nobuhide looked at Lin Xiuzhen meaningfully, but Lin Xiuzhen just smiled and shook her head:
"My lord, why are you testing me with these words? I have identified Master Ji. This child will make the Oda family win the title of Owari in the future. Although Kanjuro is well-versed in everything, his talent is only average. It's nothing.
Very much looking forward to it.”
"Ha, you and I are the only fathers in the entire Oda family who have such confidence in Master Ji." Oda Nobuhide repeatedly tapped the railing with his fingers and sighed at the same time: "You know, everyone outside calls Master Ji
'Owari's Big Idiot'. This title has spread throughout Tokaido, and it is said that even people in Kinki have begun to discuss my idiot son."
"Owari is the site of the Fourth War. It is not a bad thing to have a big fool as the governor of the house." However, Lin Xiuzhen remained the same as before, "Every neighbor around is worried that one day this 'big fool' will go crazy and the whole country will come to beat him."
, who dares to pick a fight with the Oda family? Only in this way can the Oda family win half a day of leisure."
"Come on, Sado, you know how to find words to excuse Master Ji." Oda Nobuhide clapped his hands and laughed, but still said stubbornly, "I can't tell, you are a very vicious person, but you are quite gentle to children.
"
"Only for the children of the Oda family." Lin Xiuzhen added lightly.
"You tricked Matsudaira Jiro Saburo (Matsudaira Kiyoyasu) to death, and now you want to kill his son?" Oda Nobuhide's smile suddenly faded, "I wouldn't have thought that the Matsudaira family would be beaten to death. Abe Masayo's bad-tempered fool.
The follower is your undercover, and after being instigated by you, he actually drew his sword and killed his own heroic leader."
"It's a pity that the borrowed knife plan failed. Although Saburo Okazaki (Hirotada Matsudaira) had no ability, he really trusted his subordinates, so he didn't get rid of Ozo Abe (Sadaikichi Abe)." Lin Xiuzhen frowned with some regret.
At this moment, Master Oda Yoshi, who was having fun on the side, was suddenly called away by someone. After whispering a few words to each other, he happily ran towards Oda Nobuhide and Lin Xiuzhen and stood at the castle tower.
Someone shouted loudly from below: "Dad, Master, let's go fight Sanhe!"
"Fight Mikawa? How? We have no excuse." Oda Nobuhide asked nonchalantly, "Then Matsudaira Sakurai is also an old fox. He unified all the Matsudaira tribe west of the Yahagi River under his name. His
My son-in-law, Toshichiro Mizuno, seems to be very close to us, but in fact he doesn’t want us to interfere too much in Mikawa. He has always been there to do things both over and over. The Chinese people in Mikawa are quite bad-tempered. Now that we are entering Mikawa, it will be difficult to move without status. It will be easier for Matsudaira to conquer it.
Sakurai, didn’t you see that we occupied Anxiang City before, but not many wealthy families around us were obedient, and instead we wasted a lot of our troops to garrison there.”
"Wouldn't we be honored by bringing back the legitimate son of Matsudaira Hirotada?" Master Oda Yoshi excitedly waved to Oda Nobuhide.
"Huh? How to rob? Break into Okazaki City and rob it?" Oda Nobuhide was amused by his stupid son, "Don't be stupid, there are almost 10,000 people in the Imagawa family, how can we capture Okazaki?"
city?"
"Matsudaira Hirotada has handed over his son to Imagawa Yoshimoto, and he will be sent back to Suruga from the Imagawa family in a few days."
Master Oda Yoshi's words were so shocking that both Oda Nobuhide and Lin Xiuzhen were stunned.
"Where did the young master find out?" Lin Xiuzhen squinted her eyes and lowered her head, thinking quickly in her mind, "Could it be that Matsudaira Hirotada gave away his only legitimate son in order to make up for the rift between the two families?
?"
"Yamaguchi Kotsugi of Narumi Castle!" Master Oda Yoshi puffed up his chest and replied proudly, "The information I bought from him with money was just sent back!"
"Yamaguchi Sasumasuke? Do you dare to believe the information of such a little gangster?" Oda Nobuhide showed contempt when he mentioned the local snakes on the Chita Peninsula, "He nods and bows every day, and he doesn't have the integrity of a samurai."
"You will know after you try it!" Master Oda Yoshi was already dancing excitedly and seemed impatient, "The Toda family on the Atsumi Peninsula has been suppressed by the Imagawa family many times before, and most of their territory was taken away. They must be dissatisfied with the Imagawa family. They
Our territory is right next to the official road from Mikawa to Suruga, contact them to take hostages!"
"I don't know where you heard all this nonsense. Think about it, why would the Toda family want to take advantage of us?" Oda Nobuhide shook his head and smiled, "Also, can we come up and talk to each other from two floors apart?
How tiring it is to shout loudly."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Dad, I won't come up until you send someone!" When Master Oda Yoshi saw that Oda Nobuhide disagreed, he sat down at the castle tower on the spot and started
Rolling around.
"Do you know who Imagawa Yoshimoto is? How dare you provoke others? He is the Suruga samurai who defeated the Hojo family and defeated all the Matsudaira clan members alone in Mikawa!" Oda Nobuhide also faced the building.
The next son shouted.
"Imagawa Yoshimoto is nothing special, he only has a false reputation! If you really want me to face him, I can take his head in one battle!" Master Oda Yoshi didn't care about so much, but retorted without saying a word, "Send troops, send troops.
, Dad, are you a coward? Why don’t you send troops!”
"Lord, even a fool has given orders, so just obey them honestly." Lin Xiuzhen lowered her voice and whispered into Oda Nobuhide's ear.
"I know, but walls have ears. Can I still agree to that stupid boy's conspiracy loudly in public?" Oda Nobuhide also lowered his voice, and then added: "The opponent is the Imagawa family, and
Then Monk Xuezhai, do you have confidence?"
"I am far less talented than Master Xue Zhai, but he is showing me the secret. This is my advantage. Everyone in the world now knows that the Imagawa family has a powerful monk, but no one knows that the Oda family has me, Hayashi Sado.
." A sneer appeared on the corner of Lin Xiuzhen's mouth, "Those who do dirty things are better off with a smaller reputation."
"Then let's go and meet that guy Imagawa Yoshimoto." Oda Nobuhide tossed his cloak, turned around and walked downstairs.
Be careful, Yoshimoto, there are tigers in Owari too.
On May 26, the 11th year of Tenmon (1542), on the edge of the Yahagi River, Imagawa Yoshimoto observed the enemy's formation on the other side, looking for opportunities to attack the Mizuno army.
"It's not necessary, Fourth Brother, we already have the hostages, why are we still going to fulfill the contract for that Yamaguchi sect?" Furuno Ujitoyo kept saying sarcastic remarks from the side.
"I have indeed done what I promised, and we can't break the promise." Imagawa Yoshimoto was sincere.
"Forget it, it's okay, fourth brother." That Furunoji Yutaka showed a helpless smile, and then added in a self-comforting manner, "That's right, fourth brother last time, you kept your promise and helped Yamaguchi Kotsugi capture Anxiang City.
With this transaction, if the cooperation is successful this time, maybe he will come to us for cooperation next time."
The total strength of the enemy forces on the west bank of the Yahagi River is about 3,600, of which 1,500 from Nobuhiro Oda are stationed in his own Anxiang Castle, 400 from the Sakurai Matsudaira family and 300 from the Fukugama Matsudaira family are stationed in Sakurai Castle.
300 people from the Fujii Matsudaira family were stationed in Fujii Castle. What was more embarrassing were the 900 people from the Mizuno family. Their residential city, Kariya Castle, was 20 miles away from here. There was no castle to stay in, so they set up camp south of Fujii Castle——
Compared to other cities with a castle, the Mizuno family is indeed easier to attack.
"Fourth brother, do you have any plans?" Furunoji Yutaka glanced at the Mizuno family's camp from a high place. Although it couldn't be said to be brilliant, it was at least quite satisfactory.
"What do you think of Takematsumaru?" Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at his younger brother behind him.
"We don't need to defeat the entire Mizuno family army, we just need to kill Mizuno Toshichiro himself, right?" That Furunoji Yutaka smiled slightly, and the evil tricks came to mind.
"What do you want to do?" Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly became alert, "Sneak attacks and assassinations are not what the samurai do."
"How can this be called an assassination? It's just an upright battle duel." Furunoji Yutaka raised his hands to show his innocence, "Fourth brother, you don't have to worry about this matter, just leave it to me. You can concentrate on arranging the Matsudaira family.