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 little weirder. Kinoshita Hideyoshi stepped in and contradicted Shibata Katsuie. Only then did the prototype of the Nishi Mino strategy come into being, and the strategy of winning over the Nishi Mino samurai was divided.
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 the scenes, and this was how the Nishi Mino Strategy was created.
Therefore, Oda Nobunaga and his Naochen group remained stationary. They watched the early 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, fed Masakatsu Hoshizuka a belly full of hot chicken soup, injected enough chicken blood, and took the risk to build a city in the Higashi Mino Sumama area.
It happened that Ando Mamoru started a rebellion, and the Simino samurai family focused their attention on Inabayama Castle.
With the support of Niwa Nagahide, this city was built right under the nose of the enemy!
The Sumama area is located in the eastern part of Nishi Mino. It is 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-hearted ability resulted in this result due to good luck.
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 took over.
Both of them were from the Mino samurai family and were familiar with geography and personnel. It was 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, Sasa 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 Oda retainers became more and more convinced of the family governor. Ikeda Hengxing brought over Takigawa Kazumasu, and behind him was the Takigawa family.
Now that the Sasa family has begun to move closer to the main family, other retainers must be more deferential to Oda Nobunaga, which is good for her drastic reforms.
Oda Nobunaga said.
"I agreed to Sasa Narimasa's joining the Mother Clothes.
But she doesn’t have to come to Komakiyama Castle to serve the public and continue to work under Shibata Katsuie. She can just treat her as the Yuli I sent to Gonroku. "
Ikeda Hengxing bowed and cheered.
She didn't care whether Sasa 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 master gives his approval, then he will convey it 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 Leshi Leza, which provides benefits to businesses, or 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 reactions of the retainers, dividing and dissolving the dissatisfaction among her subordinates.
The concubines continued to discuss matters, when a messenger came from outside and a letter from the Asai family arrived.
After reading it, Oda Nobunaga was filled with joy. Laughing was not enough. After walking down the main seat and pacing around, singing and dancing were enough.
"Great! A letter from Asai Nagamasa. She is willing to form a relationship with my Ichi-kun and form an alliance between our two families!"
All Ji warriors fell to the ground to congratulate.
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 more pressure on the Nishimino samurai family.
She said as Oda Nobunaga walked back and forth in the room, dancing.
"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 him!"
When the Oda family and the Asai family marry a man, the marriage must go through Nishi Mino, passing through the territory of the Mino Isshiki family. This is a mysterious thing.
Standing in Isshiki Yoshiryu's position, she must have been nervous and asked Nishimino to refuse Oda Ichi-kun's transit.
But do the Simeon warriors really dare to stop it? Simino was under attack from both sides by the Oda family and the Asai family, and the strategic pressure was extremely high.
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 in Simino turned a blind eye to the Oda family's bride-seeing procession, then the conflict between East and West Mino, which was exacerbated by Ando Mamoru's seizure of the city, would 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 to bring out the internal conflicts that the East and West Mino samurai family had tried their best to suppress.
She shouted in a very good mood.
"Let Ichi-kun come to see me! He is a great hero of 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 Shanshan looked to the left and right, while 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 times have changed, and I have better goals, so of course I leave 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.
"How well do you treat Brother Nongjun? You stay alone in an empty room and feel neglected."
Oda Nobunaga's laughter stopped suddenly, and the ministers around him broke into cold sweat.
