Pillars of the Wu family

"You..." Sasao Narumasa looked at the majestic white-haired old man in surprise and anger, and he heard the sound of Nagano Shinanomori's angry breathing in his ears, and he knew that this strong old man was Nagano Yasasa, yellow spot in Shangzhou, is said to be able to eat every day and has the courage to tear tigers and leopards alive. He once fought against two great names, Takeda Shingen and Hojo Ujiyasu, and he is also a well-known well-known warrior in the Eastern Kingdom.

"This is Kurosuke Sasaka! Sure enough, you are young and full of ambition!" Another white-haired veteran Usami Sadaman also took the opportunity to stand up and said with a sneer: "I don't know how young you are, but you dare to question the origin of the famous shogunate family. What kind of mentality do you, Oda Dan Masatada, send a foolish and reckless samurai like Uchizusuke to act as a marriage envoy?"

"The emissary of the Oda family is unexpectedly rude!"

"And the vulgarity of the words and sentences in the letter just now is simply unbearable. If it were me and other warriors who heard such an invitation to form an alliance, I would definitely walk away!"

"Thanks to His Highness Gongfang's excellent self-cultivation and not being concerned about the country samurai in Owari. How can you say that His Highness Gongfang is also a famous samurai from Kyoto."

People from all over the country from Ueno, Shinano, and Echchu belittled the envoys of the Oda family. Of course, they must not forget to flatter their loyalty at this time. Even the Echigo warriors who had been suppressed for a long time also mocked in a low voice Such an embarrassing scene made Niwa Changhide very embarrassed. At this time, he couldn't pretend to be stupid to get over it anyway.

Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Hengxing also felt embarrassing. Their well-behaved missions were caught by a wrong word and their feet became painful one after another. As my own companion, I can't quarrel openly.I can only be annoyed and blame my bad luck today and meet Huang Banxing when I go out.

Narumasa Sasao was almost driven mad by the scolding.But no one can do anything for him.Niwa Chohide bowed his head and kept apologizing and begging for forgiveness, but he found that not only Kirayoshi, who was seated at the head of the throne, was expressionless, but even the senior ministers of the Fu Dai family in the first few rows looked at them with neither salty nor dull expressions. .

Niwa Chohide couldn't figure out their plan, and he didn't know that the elders of the genealogy family didn't care about the attitude of the Oda family's envoy at all, but the reason why they were not in a hurry when speculating on Kirayoshi and didn't issue an order to expel guests. This level of diplomatic marriage activities From their point of view, it can be dismissed with a single sentence, such as feeling unwell or busy with official duties, and the genealogy officials will do it for them. They, the genealogists, will naturally understand the meaning of the family governor.After a little perfunctory, the group of country turtles from Ozhang were driven back.

But this time it was not handled in this way. Instead, it was contrary to common sense to summon the envoys of the Oda family in front of many genealogy generations of the Kira family in Owari. It is the senior pedigree who has stayed in Kira's house for many years who knows the attitude of attaching great importance to the formal summons of Ohiroma.

A little less is to choose a different hall to invite a few genealogy representatives to accompany the summons, and the next level is to summon a private room in a certain room, and the worst is to let the genealogy ministers meet on their behalf. Of course, this does not mean that the highest level is the big Hiroma summons, and there are higher ones such as the shogun, the imperial court Guanbai, and even the emperor. Of course, you cannot summon as the lord, but as a minister or a low-ranking minister.

Yukidaka Sanada was transferred back to the main force half a month ago.As the pedigree of the Kira family, his status is much higher than that of ordinary retainers. At today's meeting, he was only seated on the right hand side of Kira Yoshitoki after Uesugi Terutora.The former family genealogy family above him, Tokiyuki Yamamoto, went to Kinki to take over new affairs, and the other was Mogami Yoshimitsu, the elder of the family of the family, and returned to Dewa country to preside over the New Year's affairs before the snow melted.

It can be said that he is an important minister and family elder with hundreds of people under two people in this room, but since he became the genealogy elder of the Kira family, he has been sitting on the front line of the Shinano country for a long time to preside over the suppression of the Takeda family. His ministers understood and supported his hard work, but they could not conceal the impact of his repeated setbacks in his plan to attack Shinano.

The Kira family has always been based on merit and ability. Sanada Yutaka's ability is top-notch, and his past records are also amazing. However, since joining the Kira family, he has always been tepid and has no better performance. This makes him a member of the Kira family. The influence is far less than that of the many family members who are very active. It is just that they have the name of the elders of the genealogy family but have not received corresponding respect.

His transfer back to Kasugayama Castle this time is about to unload the heavy responsibility of the head of the Shinano flag, because the Takeda family has given up the strategy of resisting the Kira family and instead seeks peace in exchange for a greater right to survive. The safety of the Suwa Basin was defended in the interior, and then Kira Yoshishi made major adjustments in accordance with the trend.

Yukidaka Sanada and Yoshiki Murakami led 8000 elite Shinano soldiers back to Kasugayama Castle to stand by. At the same time, they reduced the existing [-] Shinano troops to [-]. Bu Jijun led the [-] troops of the headquarters to Fukashi Castle, Chikuma County, and joined the [-] defenders to rule Zhongxinano.

The former general of Saku County was headed by Saito Kenhiro, a new representative of Nishi Ueno, and his subordinate was Yukishige Kamahara, who was born in the Shino clan. Guarding, the original executive organization remains unchanged and continues to implement the reform of Shinano country's government orders.

Generals of the Shinano Sanlu formed a situation where the west is heavy and the east is light. The army led by Ogasawara Nagato and Miyabe Tsutsuru established a complete defensive circle with Takato Castle and Fukashi Castle as the core, and could rely on the two counties and the rear. With the support of the counties, [-] to [-] Chinese troops can be recruited at any time to participate in the defense, and thus the offensive of the Shinano Kingdom has come to an end.

In the current situation, even if the Kira family blatantly reduced the Shinano Legion to reorganize, Takeda Shingen would never dare to go back on his word and make a treacherous action, not to mention that the harmony plan strongly supported by the Takeda family tree will never allow the family governor to tear it up. It is the Kira family's set of countermeasures that is enough to force the Takeda family to be helpless. Ina County and Chikuma County have a large number of elites gathered to guard.

The defensive posture of not seeking merit but seeking no faults made the Takeda family's raids very difficult. The only shortcoming of Saku County can easily obtain the military support of the neighboring small prefectures and Nishi Ueno, even if the Takeda family Taking the risk of conquering several cities is also very likely to fall into the siege of the Kira family's continuous army from the rear. This will be a losing war, and Takeda Shingen will never do this. ,

The Takeda family is no longer in trouble, and it only needs to maintain its superiority and suppression. In a few years, there will be serious turmoil within the Takeda family. This is the consensus reached by the senior ministers of the Kira family. It was because of Yoshiki's transfer of the Shinano Legion back to Kasugayama that he was able to sit here and watch the embarrassment of the Oda family's envoy.

Sanada Yutaka never thought that he could figure out everything in the world. He had been trying to understand Kira Yoshitoshi's behavior all these years, but every attempt was in vain, but this time he was sure that there must be special factors, otherwise The master of Hokuriku would not be so idle as to summon important ministers to watch the Oda family monkey show.

"It seems that His Royal Highness must have a plan. Is it to support the Oda family? But what is special about this Owari Oda family that will attract His Royal Highness' attention?" Sanada Yutaka looked at the Owari Oda family. The envoys of the Tian family cruised back and forth, as if they wanted to see something special from their performance, but unfortunately he didn't get anything, so he could only keep his doubts in his stomach, frowning and meditating.

His understanding of the Oda family is very superficial. He only knows that the Oda family is the official of the third leader of the Shiba clan. In the long-term war between the Oda family and the Asakura family, it lasted until the Mingyu coup before he was forced to return to Owari with the then governor Shiba Yoshihiro, but he didn’t know that this Oda Dan Masao Tadanobunaga was the family governor of the Ryooda family. .

Just when the Fushiro retainers of the Kira family were unaware of making fun of the Oda family's envoys, and the Fudai family elders were thinking hard about the attitude of the governor, Kinoshita Hideyoshi who was hiding in the Oda family's queue suddenly stood up and shouted excitedly. : "You can't say that about my lord! My lord didn't think about it that way. My Oda family really wants to marry and form an alliance with His Royal Highness. The reputation of Princess Ashi is very famous in Owari Kingdom, including many people below. The Owari samurai are all obsessed with Princess Ashi's beauty!"

Hundreds of samurai in the large room were stunned by this voice, and they didn't know how to face Kinoshita Hideyoshi's rebuttal at all. Honda turned his face away in embarrassment for a long time and did not speak. Picking up the folding fan to cover his expression, as the young warrior at the back, he showed an expression of wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.

"Pfft ha ha ha..." Saito Chaoxin burst into laughter suddenly, clutching his stomach: "This kid is funny, it's so funny! I can't do it anymore, let me laugh for a while! Hahaha..."

Saito Asanobu's smile caused many young samurai to laugh too, Kakizaki Keiya stroked his mustache and beard on his chin and showed a weird smile, and Honjo Shigeru even grinned and laughed and almost fell on his back The scene became extremely chaotic all of a sudden, and several senior ministers repeatedly reprimanded them to pay attention to etiquette, and it took a long time to stabilize the situation again.

For a long time, Ben was unable to accuse Saito Asanobu of his cynicism, so he could only knock on the case to express his anger, and severely reprimanded: "It turns out that this Princess Ashi is so beautiful! It's just that the governor of the Kami Ashikaga family is a famous shogunate. He is not a lecherous warrior who has never seen the world in the ordinary countryside. The number of beautiful women around His Royal Highness is inexhaustible. Hu Yutai and several imperial officials have alluring appearances. Isn’t it a little too lacking to talk about beauty? Sincerity? This is not an expression of sincerity by Oda Dan Masaotada!" (To be continued...)