different warring states of japan

Chapter 24
Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Oda Nobunaga rushed all the way back to Qingzhou City, and outside the city met Maeda Toshiie and his mother's clothes who were waiting for her anxiously.

"Your Highness, you are back."

"Inuchiyo, something happened at home?"

"I have never heard of it, everything is fine."

"Oh, let's get the army ready for war! Call the important ministers for a military meeting and prepare for the war."

"Ah??? Where's Master Yiyin?"

Nobunaga glanced at her, and Lijia panicked.

"I let him go back to the army."

Nobunaga said and walked into the city. Toshika, who had a dull face, didn't understand what happened, and chased Nobunaga into the city.

"Your Highness, what happened? Why did the war start?"

"Lin Xiuzhen is about to rebel."

"This traitor! Where did Your Highness learn about this?"

"I just pushed back."

"..."

Nobunaga laughed out loud at Toshika's ridiculous expression, and the shadow of Saito Michizo's death in battle dissipated from her heart.

It would be a lie to say that she is not panicking, knowing that sooner or later she will fight with her younger sister Xinxing, the soldiers that should be raised will be raised, and the retainers that should be drawn will not be less laborious.

Originally, everything was moving forward according to the plan, who would have thought that there would be an unexpected situation, and the death of this viper was too inopportune.

Look at that Saito, no, it should be called Isshiki Yoshiryu's style now, if you don't hook up with Nobuyuki to attack together after Mino is stabilized, the old lady will cut off her head and play it as a ball.

Since there is no need to develop, the grandson doesn't have to pretend anymore.

In the troubled times, there is no reason to say that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Seeing Yishi Yilong killing his mother and sister is like killing a chicken, who can condemn her?Winning is the truth!
Nobunaga made up his mind to go his own way and cut off his own way of retreat. Now he can finally have a quick battle to see who will be the master of the Oda family!
Of course, the traditional Ji warriors of the Toshi family couldn't understand the wild Nobunaga, but the main family had already done so, and the loyal Ji warriors had no choice but to follow.

The family galloped around, calling Nobunaga's direct ministers and cronies one by one, and this time took out all the family assets that Nobunaga had cultivated for many years.

During the meeting, Zhongxinchang waited half-recumbent, his eyes narrowed as if he had fallen asleep.

The first to come is the heroic Ikeda Hengxing. She is Nobunaga's nurse sister and the daughter of a wet nurse.

The horses under his control are all the most elite Banner Hime warriors.Toshika's Mu Yizhong, who is the writer, is part of her guards who are responsible for Nobunaga's safety.

"Hengxing came so fast, sit down first."

Ikeda Hengxing was also polite, thanked him and sat down calmly.She is Nobunaga's number one confidant, no matter what Nobunaga thinks, just follow along.

Then came an elegant intellectual beauty, a pair of red phoenix eyes helplessly looking at Nobunaga with a hippie smile.

"Nagahide Niwa has met the House Governor."

"Mi Wuniang, I'll leave all the logistics to you this time!"

The person who came was Niwa Naghide, Nobunaga's younger brother, who took the blame for Nobunaga since he was a child.When Nobunaga beat someone, she handed him the stick.Nobunaga steals, she looks out.After Nobunaga became the governor of the family, she was in charge of the internal affairs of the family.

Nobunaga devoted himself to training soldiers, and the resources directly received by [-] shi were not enough for her to cause disasters, it was all the holes that Niwa moved around to make up for.

Isn't it the same this time, I was preparing for winter farming in the territory, but was told to prepare for war? ? ?
Tears were about to flow on the spot, and the war started as soon as it was said. There was no preparation at all. Where did the money, food and military equipment come from?Who will deliver the logistical supplies?

All kinds of words were blocked by Nobunaga's please, and he was bruised for a long time, sighed, and continued to take the blame silently.

Kasari Mori and Hidetaka Kawajiri came next.The two are old people left by Oda Nobuhide to Nobunaga, both of whom were born in Mino's samurai family.

In the early years, he defected to Oda Nobuhide, saying that the old minister was not very old, and the two imperial sisters were both battle-tested generals.

The above are Nobunaga's direct ministers, and with Nobunaga, both prosperity and loss.

Seeing that everyone was almost there, Nobunaga sat up straight and stretched out three fingers on his right hand.

"Three days, the mobilization of the territorial army will be completed within three days. My lovely sister will soon raise her troops and prepare for the battle."

All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay. If you said rebellion, you rebelled. How could you be so accurate?Could it be that you did something again. .

"I'm going to do my best."

Anyway, you have the final say, things are like this, what else can Zhichen's cronies say.

"Inu Chiyo, you go back to Huangzi City overnight. If you want to persuade your mother to send troops to help me, at best you must remain neutral, so that the Lin family can't use Huangzi City's soldiers and horses."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Mi Wuniang, I will entrust you with the dry rations in the army, and mobilize farmers and soldiers to transport rations to Qingzhou to defend the city, and you can pull out as many troops as you can within three days.

I don't count on the people of the country. The Sasaki family and the Sakuma family issued an order for them to join the war.It's time to test their loyalty. "

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Hengxing, all the Mahui people will gather in the city tonight, fully equipped with weapons."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Master Mori, Lord Kawajiri, your reserve team is moving closer to Qingzhou City. Except for a few spies, the guards from all the cities along the pass will bring Qingzhou City to Qingzhou City."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Nobunaga thought about speaking, and the direct ministers took orders one by one, and finally sneered and slammed their fists on the table.

"Katsuie Shibata led a backup team to defend Kami-Owari in the north, and the Hayashi family mobilized the three castles of Owaki, Arakko, and Yone, plus Nobuyuki's Suemori Castle.

In order not to affect the defense of winter plowing, they will definitely choose a quick decision and attack Qingzhou City directly.I'm just waiting here to see how capable they are, enough to overthrow me, Oda Nobunaga! "

"We must send troops immediately!"

In Momori City, Katsuie Shibata, who received the news from Lin Xiuzhen, rushed over, and the first thing he said when he entered the meeting room was to send troops.

"Is it too hasty?"

Oda Nobuyuki in the main seat looks very similar to Nobunaga, fair-skinned, beautiful and fierce, with long thighs, but anyone who has seen the two women will not be mistaken.

Oda Nobunaga is domineering, with a fierce face, and he does things recklessly regardless of his manners.But he is faithful, knowledgeable, polite, soft-spoken, and has the appearance of a wise gentleman who is a corporal.

"May I ask Mr. Lin, when did the news of His Highness Saito's death arrive?"

Shibata Katsuie bowed to Chaoxin and asked Lin Xiuzhen who was on the side.

"this morning."

"When did His Highness Nobunaga come to provoke you?"

"Not until noon."

As Lin Xiuzhen spoke, her heart moved, her mind that had been dazed by anger had already calmed down, and she felt something was wrong at the moment.

"His Royal Highness Nobunaga is deliberately provoking, I hope we act as soon as possible, lest we reach an agreement with Saito Yoshitaka to deal with her together."

Shibata Katsuie was talking to Oda Nobuyuki, and Nobuyuki thought about it.

"Xin'an, the governor of Iwakura Oda in the upper four counties, has reached a tacit agreement with me, and will help me deal with my sister. If I contact Yoshiryu Saito again, then the matter of Oda Nobunaga's resignation as governor will be assured."

"Damn it, Miss Nobunaga is really hateful, why don't we stop acting first?"

Lin Gutong on the side jumped up, startled by Shibata Katsuie's stern look.

"His Highness Nobunaga is still in place, do you still have the slightest bit of etiquette for yelling! His Highness Nobunaga is also a descendant, please keep your mouth clean."

Shibata Katsuya, like Lin Xiuzhen, is a traditional Ji warrior, who attaches great importance to superiority and inferiority. Lin Gutong knows that he has made a slip of the tongue, and dare not speak in embarrassment.

"It's too late to stop now."

Lin Xiuzhen didn't stop Shibata Katsuie from scolding her sister, she thought about it, and shook her face with an ugly face.

"The news has already spread. If we don't take action, those fools will fall to His Highness Nobunaga."

At home, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind.

Regardless of the timing and strategy, the neutral faction will only see Nobuyuki raising his troops and then lowering his flag, thinking that if he is afraid of Nobunaga, he will fall to Nobunaga in anticipation of an early end to the chaos at home.

After all, the family has been fighting for the position for a long time, and the retainers are already impatient.

"Then, what should we do now?"

Nobuyuki also felt in a dilemma, Shibata Katsuie clenched his fist and waved it.

"Send troops quickly, this time I came back with a hundred elites, tonight I will capture the spring well between Qingzhou City and Mosen City overnight, and guard the two passes on the mountain.

His Royal Highness Nobuyuki and Master Lin mobilized to prepare light feet, food, grass and weapons, as much as they had overnight, and set off tomorrow.

My reserve team will also arrive tomorrow, the distance between the two cities is not far, with the pass in hand, we will go to Qingzhou City in one day, rest overnight, and besiege Qingzhou City in the morning of the day after tomorrow! "

Shibata Katsuie snorted.

"Since His Highness Nobunaga wants us to send troops, then we will! Send troops faster than she thought!

Our troops are stronger than hers, and she tried to wait for work in the city.But no matter how fast it is, it will take three days to gather the defenders scattered in various cities, mobilize the soldiers and horses of the territory, and greet the close retainers, right?

The news of His Royal Highness Saito's absence from the battle came only this morning, and she must have provoked the war on a temporary basis.As long as we are fast enough, we can make a quick decision and capture Qingzhou City! "

(End of this chapter)