When Maeda Toshiie saw Oda Nobunaga, she was half-lying in the inner room drinking wine and turned a blind eye to her.
"I have met His Highness Oda. His Highness is well."
Maeda Toshiie fell to the ground and kowtowed in greeting, while Oda looked at her with a smile and did not answer her question.
After a long while, he said leisurely.
"Inuchiyo, if you don't guard your highness's territory, why are you coming to my Qingzhou City?
You are the acting official of the Shiba family in Owari, and you have a heavy responsibility. If you can't tell me why, I will throw you out of the city. "
Nobunaga joked, but there was deep malice in every word.
Maeda Toshiie said without changing his expression.
"His Majesty Oda is joking. The governor of the house asked me to bring you a message."
"Oh? Tell me, what advice does Duke Qianxin have?"
"Isshiki Yoshiryu made an appointment with the Rokkaku family to attack the Kitanomi Asai family after spring plowing."
"What!"
Oda Nobunaga threw away the wine bottle, ignored the mess on the floor, walked to Maeda Toshiie in a few steps, looked down at her, his eyes like daggers.
"really?"
Maeda Toshiie said respectfully.
"The governor of the house came with an urgent summons recently."
Oda Nobunaga nodded.
Sibo Yiyin sent a warning, so he naturally had his information channels, so it couldn't be to make fun of him.
She took a deep breath and said unwillingly.
"What a pity, what a pity."
Maeda Toshiie understood what she meant.
The two countries of Owari and Mino equally share the Noo plain. The castle of Isshiki Yoshiryu and the important town of Mino, Inabayama Castle, are less than fifty miles away from Kiyosu Castle.
With the precise information that Isshiki Yoshiryu has sent troops to Omi and the emptiness in Mino, Oda Nobunaga can definitely send troops to raid Inabayama Castle.
Without the restraint of Kamiowari Oda Nobunaga, Nobunaga's army could reach the city in two days as long as they broke through the Kiso River.
Although Inabayama Castle is a fortified city, if the king is not in a panic, he may not be able to defeat it at once, so it is worth a gamble.
As long as Inabayama Castle is taken and East and West Mino are separated, whether it is division, disintegration or invasion and encroachment, it will be much easier than it is now.
Maeda Toshiie said.
"Isshiki Yoshiryu must have known Owari's inside story, so he sent troops with peace of mind and was not afraid of a fire in the backyard."
Oda Nobunaga reluctantly agreed.
"you're right."
Nobunaga plotted Mino, and Isshiki Yoshiryu was always watching Owari's military situation.
The Oda family annexed the four Kamiowari counties within a year and defeated the Imagawa family's army, but they were also exhausted.
Oda Nobunaga could not recover for a while, so Isshiki Yoshiryu dared to send troops to Kitaomi without fear of Owari taking the opportunity to attack.
When the Wu family is fighting, the most suitable time to send troops is after spring plowing and summer harvest. It was during the off-season, and we were able to avoid the severe cold and heat.
Even if Oda Nobunaga now moves his residence to Komakiyama Castle and hoards supplies in Inuyama Castle, the fighter plane after spring plowing will not be able to catch up.
She could only watch helplessly as Isshiki Yoshiryu's plan succeeded, and she was so angry that she clenched her silver teeth.
He was in a bad mood, looking at the useless Maeda Toshiie more and more displeased, and said coldly.
"Is there anything else? If nothing else, go back to your place in Spo."
Maeda Toshiie has followed Oda Nobunaga for many years and knows her temperament best.
After the Oda Matsudaira family formed the Seisu Alliance, the Owari Shiba leader only had the role of maintaining the relationship with Yoshihiro Shiba.
Oda Nobunaga deeply hated Toshiya's ignorance of promotion and refused her sincere recall several times, which was also a kind of revenge for her cold treatment.
Maeda Toshiie seemed calm and calm, but in fact he was extremely anxious.
Judging from the recent news, Yiyinjun left Guandong, fearing that he wanted to expand his territory and build glory again.
The three thousand shi Zhixing and the 10,000 shi Sibo in her hands just gave her the opportunity to marry into her husband.
The Shiba family will continue to grow, but she, who is being left idle by Oda Nobunaga, has no chance of marrying her master.
If you want to have a chance, you must provide enough benefits to impress the Wu family interest groups in recent Sibo territories.
Only by taking advantage of Oda Nobunaga's opportunity to expand and expand Owari Shiba's territory to an extent that the Shiba family cannot ignore, Yoshihiro Shiba will face her existence.
However, Oda Nobunaga ignored her arrangement, which made her anxious, but she could not think of any way to ease the relationship and take the opportunity to develop.
At this moment, the order from Shiba Yoshigan gave her a little room for maneuver, and Maeda Toshiie decided to take a chance.
She ignored Oda Nobunaga's malice and replied respectfully.
"One more thing, the family governor asked His Highness Oda, how do you feel about the Asai family? Do you intend to form an alliance?"
Oda Nobunaga was overjoyed, and his tolerance for Owari Shiba finally paid off. The Oda family had channels to participate in recent disputes.
she said impassionedly.
“The young and promising governor of the Asai family, Nagamasa, Norada joined hands with Kenshin Gong to defeat the Rokkaku family and occupy the entire Kitaomi area.
Responding to the shogunate's call and repelling the Miyoshi family's shameless invasion of Kyoto deeply impressed me.
I am fascinated by them, but I regret not being able to make friends with such people. "
Her eyes were shining, and she was saying words of praise that she didn't even believe.
What is Oda Nobunaga's temperament?
I'm such a bastard, everyone else is stupid and will be fucked to death by me sooner or later.
But that's how it is in politics. As long as you are useful, I will praise you to the sky.
Anyway, he kept talking up and down, and there was no shortage of those few mouthfuls of saliva, and there was no need to send out any soldiers.
Maeda Toshiie listened attentively, nodding from time to time, as if he was memorizing everything in his mind and never forgot every word.
Then, she kowtowed to the ground and said.
"I will convey His Majesty Oda's wishes to Konki Shiba and contact the Asai family."
"Where is Sibo? Where is Mr. Kenshin nearby?"
Oda Nobunaga was keenly aware of the difference, and Maeda Toshiie answered.
"The Lord is assigned by the shogunate to go to Hokurikudo as an envoy to Echigo to take charge of the inheritance platform for the Uesugi family."
Oda Nobunaga nodded silently, thoughtfully.
There must have been changes recently, but I don't know whether it was within the shogunate or outside.
It is unreasonable that Shiba Yiyin was guarding one and a half of the country just now, and soon after completing the territorialization and security system of the territory, he left Kanto.
Oda Nobunaga felt that he had no information at Owari and it was difficult to judge the situation in time.
It is necessary to continue to deepen the connection with the Asai Shiba family and keep abreast of the changes in the shogunate in order to make a reaction that is beneficial to oneself.
With this in mind, she said.
"Help me say hello to Lord Asai, I have admired her for a long time and am willing to work hand in hand with the Asai family.
Now I have a younger brother who is waiting to be married. He is good-looking, virtuous and virtuous. "
Maeda Toshiie cheered and bowed in response.
The younger brother Oda Nobunaga mentioned was Oda City, and she also knew him.
Ichikun is the son of Oda Nobuhide and Nobunaga's direct brother. It is said that he has a beautiful face and is known as the most beautiful woman in Owari among the people in the market.
In fact, the lady of Oda City lives in seclusion, and a few people have seen her true appearance.
It's just that public opinion is simple, and a young man must be beautiful. There is no reason for a powerful man to be ugly.
Oda Nobunaga controls the country of Owari, and her younger brother is of course the most beautiful woman in Owari.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru is the lord of the world, so her brother Ashikaga Teru-kun should be the most beautiful in the world?
The common people's opinions are always so simple and unpretentious, with shallow and profound meanings, full of extreme irony and philosophy of survival.
Maeda Toshiie once heard that Oda Nobunaga intended to betroth the city king to Shibata Katsuie in order to win over the family's military commanders.
Although the age difference between the two is quite large, as long as the family business is stable, it is a good story to say that a pear tree can overwhelm a begonia.
Now that Nobunaga has a better goal, Shibata Katsuie will be abandoned, and he will just find something else to express his wooing attitude.
Good steel should be used on the blade, the truth in the world is that simple.
