Oda Nobunaga's move caused an uproar in the room, which was both cold and silent. The samurai were frightened by her capricious and violent temper.
There are rules for surrendering. Everyone can understand the outcome of a fight between life and death on the battlefield. Whoever dies has a bad fortune.
But after accepting the surrender, you can reduce the seal, change the status, or even find an opportunity to secretly poison yourself and everyone can pretend not to see it.
But what do you mean by killing someone in public like this?
From now on, you can drip whatever you want, the rules are like straw paper, I can tear it up or not. The martial artists already don’t have much sense of security, and they are even more lacking.
What's more, this is your biological sister, and your father has vouched for it. Who will dare to pat their chests and guarantee that they will discuss things with you in the future? No matter how close she is to her biological sister, or how expensive she is to her biological father?
But now people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. Everyone bows their head and is silent, and an undercurrent has arisen.
Li Jia, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed her wrist and held her tightly to prevent her from getting up.
"Think about the Shiba family, think about Yi Yinjun, Qian Tian, benefit."
Word by word, Toshiie looked at Nobunaga in front of him without changing his eyes, and muttered in a low and stern voice.
Ben Yi instinctively wanted to throw away her hand. After hearing what he said, his eyes became tangled, he felt sad and stopped struggling.
The Ji warriors sitting at the table just felt shocked, while Lin Xiuzhen, who was kneeling behind Nobuyuki, completely softened into a ball, her face turned green and trembling.
She is an old writer in the family and the head of the civil service. Although civil servants in this world are also good at riding horses, shooting bows, and can fight. But after all, she has lived in a comfortable position for many years, and this kind of stimulation is a bit too much.
"Master Lin, what do you think of my handling of this situation? Do you want to blame me for my surly behavior again, which has ruined the reputation of my ancestors and the reputation of my family?"
Nobunaga shook the blood drops on the blade, looked at her with a smile and said.
"I am guilty! I plead guilty! Your Highness is merciful! Your Highness is merciful!"
How could Lin Xiuzhen dare to be as stubborn as before, grabbing the ground with her head, and there were blood stains on the tatami in a moment.
Nobunaga looked at Lin Xiuzhen, who had always relied on her elders, to become so cowardly, and touched her chin in boredom.
"The Maeda family was separated from the Lin family and will be under the direct control of the master's family in the future. Maeda Toshimasa will be appointed as the Lord of Arakako City with the knowledge of Xingxing 4,000 shi, right?"
Nobunaga looked at Maeda Toshimasa.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Li Chang was beating a drum in his heart, but when Nobunaga glanced at him, he immediately knelt down and worshiped.
"Added a seal of 2,000 shi, and the entire Arakko City was given to the Maeda family. Maeda Toshijiu was ignorant of loyalty, was incompetent, and was sentenced to be released. Maeda Toshiie will succeed the young master. Is there any problem with the above?"
"But according to His Highness's orders."
Toshiro nodded quickly. He had been mentally prepared for Toshiya to be punished. Toshiya was a close confidant of Nobunaga. This time, he was beheaded to the third level, which was a great achievement. It was common sense for him to be in a higher position.
Surprisingly, the family had an extra 2,000 shi Zhixing this time, and the entire Arako Castle was granted to the Maeda family and merged into the Oda family's direct minister system.
Both strength and status have been greatly enhanced. The only shortcoming is that he is completely tied to Nobunaga's chariot. However, now that Nobunaga is strong, this shortcoming is still envied by others.
"Then, the Lin family's punishment will end here."
Nobunaga said lightly, and Lin Xiuzhen suddenly raised her head with tears in her eyes.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness is so generous. The Lin family will never forget it. You will be shattered into pieces and serve the Oda family."
Three cities of the Lin family were taken away from Zhixing and one was taken away. This punishment was neither light nor heavy, but after Nobunaga was beheaded on the spot, it seemed too merciful. Without comparison, there would be no harm.
The way he begged for mercy and tried to please Lin Xiuzhen was very satisfying. Nobunaga laughed proudly, "You ignored me at first, but now you are holding my thigh and calling me mommy."
Shibata Katsuie looked on with cold eyes, his face full of contempt and disdain for the behavior of Lin Xiuzhen, a former ally. Thinking about being on the same line with such a person, he couldn't help but feel disgusted.
"Well, now it's your turn. Quan Liu, what do you want to tell me?"
Nobunaga turned his eyes and looked at the beautiful mature woman who was sitting upright with a calm look on her face.
"Please, Your Highness, give me a decent ending."
Shibata Katsuie looked directly at Nobunaga and said neither humble nor overbearing.
"Yeah?"
Nobunaga looked at him and then at the knife still bleeding in his hand.
"Your Highness, Shibata-sama is brave and wise, and is an indispensable warrior for the Oda family. Your Highness, please think again!"
Maeda Toshiie's expression changed drastically when she saw it. She was originally very sure that Nobunaga would not embarrass Shibata Katsuie too much. He was a military leader in the family. If he didn't handle it properly, there would be trouble in the family. But now looking at Nobunaga's behavior, she didn't dare to
Sure.
She and Shibata Katsuie were both warriors with strong martial arts skills, and they usually had a good relationship. Now that the civil war was over, she really couldn't bear to see Shibata Katsuie die so worthlessly, so she couldn't help but persuade him.
"There is no need to say more, Toshika-hime. I, Shibata Katsuie, do things for myself. Please show me some dignity and allow me to commit seppuku."
Toshikahime, please excuse me if you are willing, Shibata Katsuie would be very grateful."
Shibata Katsu bowed to Nobunaga Toshiie and spoke slowly.
"Hahaha, Inuchiyo, shut up. Who said I have to blame Quanliu!"
Nobunaga grabbed Shibata Katsuie's arm and helped her up from her bowing state.
"Quan Liu, you beat me so badly this time. I thought I was going to die several times."
"Your Highness is ridiculously complimentary, but I don't dare to take it seriously. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If I lose, I lose."
Shibata Katsuie looked like she had no money to spend, which frightened all the samurai warriors into secretly wiping their sweat for her.
"Quan Liu, you have three reserve troops. Not counting the peasants and soldiers, there are a thousand troops, right? There are also more than 180 Ji warriors, right? They are the most elite in the family. So how many of them are knowledgeable?"
Nobunaga chuckled and disagreed, then changed the subject and asked.
"There's no one here..."
Shibata Katsuie said dryly. The Shibata reserve force was a new force formed after Owari was unified by Nobhide Oda and became economically prosperous.
Although it has great military achievements, because it was established too late, the land of Shimowari has long been enfeoffed, so even Shibata himself has no knowledge of his position and salary.
Although Oda Nobuhide values them, he can't entrust the few direct collars he has to other enfeoffments, right?
In these years, the Oda army's expedition to Mino Country and Mikawa Country was not successful, and no new land was obtained.
After her death, the Ji warriors in the reserve team became accustomed to living with their jobs and salaries, and this matter of knowing and doing things was gradually put off.
When Nobunaga mentioned this matter at this time, Shibata Katsuie sighed.
It doesn't matter if he dies, but if his job, salary and salary are gone, he doesn't know what will happen to his family's life after his death. Will those loyal subordinates feel unfair about his death, cause trouble, and be suspected by the master's family and be suppressed?
They are all hard-working warriors who have earned their jobs and salaries. When I think of the feelings I have had for many years, I can't hold them back.
"Do you know why you can't get Zhixing? Why do you only have the salary of death?"
Nobunaga's voice echoed in Shibata's ears, and she couldn't help but ask.
"Why?"
"Because Oda Nobuhide is a waste!"
Nobunaga said it to Shibata Katsuie.
"Your Highness!"
"No disrespect, Your Highness!"
"The ancestors have passed away, Your Highness, be careful what you say!"
As soon as this statement came out, there was another uproar in the room. Today, everyone's heart has been pounding and can't slow down. Oda Nobunaga is a psycho!
"What I'm telling you is the truth. She has dominated the Oda family for twenty years. She obviously has fertile Shimowari, and she obviously has a powerful general like you.
Unexpectedly, Matsudaira Kiyoyasu blocked Mikawa from the south. After the Matsudaira family was defeated, they were forced to make peace by Imagawa. The two battles in the north were defeated by my mother-in-law Saito Michizan.
This kind of useless waste! How can it be worthy of the heroic Hime warriors of my Oda family! How can it be worthy of this highly productive land!"
Shibata Katsuie's eyes were a little blurry unconsciously. Was it tears?
"Follow me, Quan Liu. I will lead you to unify Owari and capture Mino. I will teach you what to do and make you a world-famous martial artist.
She can't even unify Owari in this life, but I will become a member of the world and lead you to conquer the world!"
Nobunaga held Shibata Katsuie's hand, with the fire of ambition burning in his eyes. Shibata Katsuie slowly and unconsciously held her hand in return.
"I, Oda Nobunaga, will definitely lead the Oda family to conquer the world. Follow me, the knowledge and practice you want is there, follow me to get it!"
Nobunaga glanced around the room and spoke emphatically. The Ji warriors breathed heavily and deeply.
"Quan Liu, take it. I used this knife to chop off Nobuyuki's head. Just watch by my side. If I can't do what I said, you can chop off my head with it.
"
Pushing Muramasa into Shibata Katsuie's hands, Shibata glanced blankly, held the knife in both hands, and knelt down again.
"Quan Liu is willing to die for His Highness, Your Highness has great ambitions! If things don't go as planned, it must be Quan Liu's lack of ability and failure to live up to His Highness's trust. Quan Liu will use this knife to commit seppuku and not to defeat Your Highness's wisdom!"
Shibata Katsuie, who had always been disgusted with Nobunaga calling him by his nickname, said Gonroku loudly three times and completely surrendered to Nobunaga in body and mind.
"I am willing to die for His Highness!"
The warriors in the room were also filled with emotions after hearing this, and they all knelt down to show their loyalty to Nobunaga. All the irrational actions Nobunaga had done before were ignored by them.
All the Wu family cares about is the knowledge of the land and the illustrious family name. If anyone can give me these, I will work hard for her.
In their eyes, the violent and capricious Nobunaga was now the wisest lord in the Warring States Period.