The Oda family’s guide to Mino is divided into two parts.
Higashi Owari Inuyama Castle was led by Shibata Katsuie, the family's chief warrior, and followed by the Oda retainers group to attack Higashi Mino.
Nishi Owari was a bit weirder. Kinoshita Hideyoshi stepped in and contradicted Shibata Katsuie. This was the prototype of the Nishi Mino strategy, which was divided into different strategies to win over the Nishi Mino samurai.
Of course, Shibata Katsuie would not think that a little loyal man dared to confront her head-on, leaving Niwa Nagahide, Oda Nobunaga's butler, to take the blame.
Due to the logistical pressure of the Mino Strategy, Niwa Nagahide swallowed this dead rat and supported Kinoshita Hideyoshi behind his back. This led to the creation of the Nishi Mino Strategy.
Therefore, Oda Nobunaga and his Naomi group remained stationary. They watched the preliminary preparations of East and West Mino in Komaki Mountain Castle and thought about the direction of the strategy. As a result, both sides were very successful.
Maeda Toshiie straightened out the key points of the strategy for Shibata Katsuie, smuggled across the Kiso River and captured the two border fulcrum cities, constantly encroaching on Higashi Mino, and achieved outstanding results.
Kinoshita Hideyoshi, risking his life, gave Masakatsu Hachisuga a belly full of hot chicken soup, injected enough chicken blood, and took the risk to build a city in the Higashi Mino Sumamata area.
It happened that Ando Mamoru started a rebellion, and the Nishimeno samurai family focused their attention on Inabayama Castle.
With Niwa Nagahide's support, this city was built right under the enemy's nose!
The Sumama area is located in the eastern part of Nishi Mino, at the headwaters of the Kiso River and various tributaries in the territory. Following the river, you can raid the central and southern plains of Nishi Mino.
This is the westernmost plain area of the Nongwei Plain, the main grain-producing area of West Meinong.
Sumamata Castle was like a sharp blade on the waist of the Simeon warriors, making them very uneasy.
Kinoshita Hideyoshi made great achievements, but her half-measured skills and good luck led to this result.
Afterwards, Oda Nobunaga sent her back to Kinoshita Village and secretly pushed her into a trap to challenge the bottom line of the Owari samurai family and reform the military system.
The West Mino front line was taken over by the direct military forces, that is, Mori Katsunari and Kawajiri Hidetaka.
Both of them are from the Mino samurai family and are familiar with geography and personnel. It is most suitable for them to give the Oda family's wedge into Nishi Mino.
Both East and West Mino were progressing smoothly, so Oda Nobunaga himself didn't know which strategy to focus on.
At this time, Sasaki Narimasa of Higashi Mino began to actively approach her and asked to join the mother-in-law group, which made her very happy.
As the Oda family expanded successfully, the group of Oda retainers became more and more convinced of the family governor. Ikeda Hengxing attracted Takigawa Kazumasu, and behind him was the Takigawa family.
Now that the Sasa family has begun to move closer to the master's family, other retainers must be more deferential to Oda Nobunaga, which is good for her drastic reforms.
Oda Nobunaga said.
"I agreed to Sasaki Narimasa joining the Mother Clothes.
But she doesn’t need to come to Komakiyama Castle to serve the public and continue to work under Shibata Katsuie, just treat her as the Yuli I sent to Gonroku."
Ikeda Hengxing bowed and cheered.
She didn't care whether Sasaki Narimasa's matter was successful or not. With her sisterly relationship with Oda Nobunaga, no one could shake her status.
This is just an official matter. If the Lord gives your approval, then it will be conveyed to Sasaki Narimasa.
On the contrary, Oda Nobunaga is the one who cares more about Sasanamasa's stance, which is related to the strength of the resistance to her reforms.
Whether it is the Rakuza that provides benefits to businesses or the changes in military positions that improve Ashigaru's status, they are all leveraging the interests of the samurai group.
She couldn't help but be careless, and kept a close eye on the reaction of the retainers, dividing and dissolving the dissatisfaction among her subordinates.
The concubines continued to discuss matters, when a messenger came from outside and delivered a letter from the Asai family.
After Oda Nobunaga read it, his brows were filled with joy. Laughing was not enough, so he walked down from the main seat and walked around, singing and dancing.
"Great! A letter from Asai Nagamasa. She is willing to form a relationship with my mayor and form an alliance between our two families!"
All Ji warriors fell to the ground and congratulated.
The alliance between the Oda family and the Asai family not only gave Oda Nobunaga a reason to participate in recent disputes, but also put greater pressure on the Nishimano samurai family.
Oda Nobunaga walked back and forth in the room, dancing, and she said as he walked.
"Send someone, send someone to borrow a road to West Merion, and make a big show of marrying the city king! I want to see who dares to stand up and stop it!"
When the Oda family and the Asai family marry a man, the marriage must go through Nishi Mino and pass through the territory of the Mino Isshiki family. This is a mysterious thing.
From Isshiki Yoshiryu's point of view, she must have been nervous and asked Nishimino to refuse Oda Ichi-kun's transit.
But do the Simino samurai really dare to stop it? Simino is under great strategic pressure under the two-sided attack of the Oda family and the Asai family.
Isshiki Yoshiryu may not care about this, but the Simino family will never give the two families an excuse to start a war and block the gun for the Higashi Mino family.
If the three people of Nishi Mino turn a blind eye to the Oda family's escort procession, then the conflict between East and West Mino, which was exacerbated by Ando Mamoru's capture of the city, will further ferment.
The cracked mirror will be hit hard again, and both parties can no longer pretend not to see it.
Oda Nobunaga wanted to take advantage of this and resurface the internal conflicts that the East and West Mino samurai family had tried their best to suppress.
She was in a very good mood and shouted.
"Let Ichi-kun come to see me! He is a great contributor to our Oda family, hahaha."
Soon, a young man came to the meeting hall.
I saw that his face was like a crown jewel, and his steps were like dancing. Although he was not as heroic as Shiba Yiyin, he still had the posture of a weak man in this world, which made people admire him.
"Greetings, onee-sama."
Oda City Lord slowly bowed his head, and Oda Nobunaga stepped forward to help him up.
"Ah Shi, I have good news for you. I have found a good wife for you."
"Oh, Shibata Katsuie?"
Oda Nobunaga was blocked by her, and Shan Shan looked to the left and right. The Naochen group turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.
She did intend to marry Oda City to Shibata Katsuie in order to win over this powerful general in the family.
But as time passed and I had better goals, I naturally left Shibata Katsuie behind.
Who knew that Oda City Lord's venomous words would embarrass her, implicitly accusing her as a sister of using her younger brother as a tool.
Oda Nobunaga laughed to himself, forced himself to pass, and said.
"I'm not kidding you, your wife is a hero, Asai Nagamasa, known as the Eagle of Omi.
I have put a lot of effort into finding this good match for you, so just wait and enjoy your happiness.
If that person treats you badly, write to me, my sister will make the decision for you, make her look good!"
Oda Nobunaga became more and more excited as he talked, but Oda City Lord looked cold and smiled calmly.
"It's like how well you treat brother Nongjun? You stay alone in an empty room and get the cold shoulder."
Oda Nobunaga's laughter stopped suddenly, and the ministers around him broke into cold sweat.