Samurai of the Takeda Family

In 1562 AD, Yonglu 5th year, Owari, Qingzhou City.

In the twelfth year of Ying Yong (1405 in the Gregorian calendar), Sibo Yoshiju, who was also the guardian of the three kingdoms of Owari, One, and Echizen, built Cheongju Castle. After a few decades, the former guardianship of Shimojin Castle was burned and Cheongju Castle was burned. As the guardian of the Spo family, it has been the center of Owari country ever since.

In the first year of Hongji (1555), the guardian of Spo Yoshito was killed by Oda Nobunaga. Owari daimyo Oda Nobunaga trapped Yoshigim, the son of Spo Yoshito, and took the city of Cheongju and used it as his residence.

　　 At the Dashou Gate of Qingzhou City, a samurai with a papaya pattern flag on his back ordered a warrior to gallop through the gate.

　　 "What? Mino's Yoshiro died?"

In the racecourse of Ninomaru, Cheongju City, a man wearing a hunting suit with a samurai sword on his waist, holding the reins, pulled the horse’s head and came to the samurai who came to report, and jumped off his horse. .

　　The samurai responsible for the report knelt in front of the man on one knee and said: "According to the ninja secret report, the head of the Mino Saito clan, Saito Yoshiryu, died of leprosy the day before yesterday."

　　 The man pondered for a while, his eyes lowered, his hands folded up his whip like unconsciously, and then he seemed to say to himself: "Yilong is dead, Mino is within my fingertips for Nobunaga."

　　 Suddenly the man raised his head and shouted: "Bring me a folding stool!"

　　 Immediately a small surname moved out a mazza and sat down for the lord.

　　 This man is naturally Oda Nobunaga, known as the sixth demon king. This year Oda Nobunaga was just twenty-eight years old, approaching the age when a man's energy and wisdom were at its peak.

The current Oda Nobunaga is no longer the one he used to be. He tied his hair with straws all day long, put his arms around half of his arms in small sleeves, and then carried a bamboo knife and slung a horse in the countryside of Owari Town. NS.

　　 At the moment, his head is combed with an upside-down bun, a well-fitting hunting suit is worn on the body, his legs are crossed in front of the horse, his right hand is tightly holding the hilt of the samurai sword, his eyes are like an eagle. Just last year, Oda Nobunaga was in Ozazama, and the Imagawa clan’s 40,000 Shangluo army was defeated by three thousand people. Imagawa Yoshimoto, the head of the Imagawa clan, died in battle and was taken for the first rank.

　　Because of this dream-like battle of Ozazama, the people of the world have come to know this ambitious dame Oda Nobunaga, although he is in Owari, but they know nothing more.

Oda Nobunaga scorned a look. Kazuki Takigawa, the intelligence leader of the Oda family, kneeling in front of him, said: "Go to Mikawa and let the Matsudairas do territorial defense and guard against Suruga and Shinano's army. Shige, tell Ieyasu that my Oda family will soon be promoted to the north and level Mino."

　　 "Oh." Kazuyuki Takikawa agreed, showing his obedience. After hesitating for a while, Takikawa Kazuyuki asked again: "Master, you are worried about the military strength of the Takeda family and the Imagawa family, so should I send more ninjas to closely investigate the military strength of the two families."

"No," Oda Nobunaga waved his hand, and then grabbed the horse whip. "Imagawa is just a plaything, not even worthy to lead me to Nobunaga's horse. I will let Imagawa be here in person. I performed his Cuju in front of me for fun. As for Kai's Takeda..."

　　 Oda Nobunaga pondered a little, and suddenly he turned around, turned toward the horse servant, and shouted, "Quickly, wipe the horse away!"

　　 "Oh." Ma Pu agreed.

　　 Takikawa Kazuyuki was taken aback, but he was not too surprised. Obviously, he was already accustomed to the leap thinking of the lord.

Oda Nobunaga sat upright on the horse again, then slapped his palms with his riding whip, staring into the distance with his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "The mountain monkey of Kahi is the only one of Nobunaga in the world. The opponent is also the one who fears the most. In the future, I will have a battle with him, but not now. If my Oda family wants to attack Mino, I must obtain an alliance with the Takeda family, understand?"

The surname next to him, and Takikawa Kazuyuki, couldn’t help smiling when he heard Oda Nobunaga call Takeda Shingen as Kai’s mountain monkey, but he could only hold back hard and didn’t dare to laugh. Come.

　　 "Yes, the lord. But the alliance needs to have a marriage as a guarantee, Shingen, oh no, the mountain monkey of Jiafei is old, and his son Yoshinobu has married the true daughter of Imagawa."

　　 "It doesn't matter, doesn't Shingen still have a fourth son?"

Kazuyuki Takikawa understood, and asked, "Could it be that Katsuyai Suwa who had just defeated Uesugi Teruto in the Battle of Shirane Mountain? But he is just the head of the Suwa family. If I marry the children of my Oda family, That’s not in harmony with status."

"What do you know?" Oda Nobunaga screamed, "Fortunately, the future governor of the Takeda family is not Katsuyori, otherwise his will be as good as Shingen. Okay, on this condition, let Oda Tadahiro out as an envoy. Take charge of diplomacy with the Takeda family."

　　Oda Nobunaga suddenly stood up and walked towards the gate of the racecourse. Takikawa Kazuyuki also quickly got up to follow.

　　 At this time, a very short samurai by the door ran up to Oda Nobunaga, took out the two clogs he was carrying, and knelt down and said, "Please change your shoes."

　　 Oda Nobunaga laughed, and gently drew his whip on the samurai's shoulder, saying: "Monkey, didn't you become the leader of the Zuqing team? Why do you still do such a servant?"

　　 The warrior immediately knelt down on the ground and said: "It is an honor for the minister to do things for the lord. The minister wished to be with the lord every day and see the lord every day."

After listening to Oda Nobunaga laughed, the samurai took off Oda Nobunaga's shoes very skillfully, then served him to put them on, and finally took the replaced shoes in his hands and carefully brushed them off. Dust on it.

　　 Oda Nobunaga just glanced at him briefly, then turned his head and said to the Takikawa who followed him: "I heard that Suwa Shiro also had a samurai from Ming, right?"

Kazuyuki Takikawa thought for a while and said, "Yes, this man's name is Li Xiao. In the battle at Shirane Mountain where Katsurai Suwa was located, it is said that he led the cavalry ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ to take Uesugi Kenshin to his death. In this battle, this forced the Uesugi family's army to retreat. Moreover, it is said that the rumors from the Hojo family say that this person is as brave as the Rehmannia Hachiman Hojo Tsusunari."

　　 Hearing what Takikawa said, Oda Nobunaga suddenly stopped, turned around and shouted like a volcano: "It's a joke, I didn't hear it. It is said that you rarely have any reliable words?"

　　 Kazuyuki Takikawa hurriedly knelt down and said: "Please calm down the anger, the ministers can be sure that this Li Xiao is definitely a brave general of the three armies, not even inferior to his family's Quan Sixth Master."

Oda Nobunaga fixed his eagle-like eyes on Takigawa Kazunari, and said: "Since he is a fierce general, we must find a way to recruit him. Is he currently serving as a general in the Takeda family, or a general? Forget it, it doesn’t matter. As long as he joins the Oda family, I will give him a castle, let him be the lord of the castle, and lead the army independently, so I can enlist him on this condition."

　　 Kazuyuki Takikawa heard Oda Nobunaga say this, and knelt down on the ground and yelled from the bottom of his heart, the lord's condition is too much, so Li Xiao can't use a city to attract it. Moreover, here is an alliance with the Takeda family, and here is going to dig people, which is a bit wrong. However, even if Takikawa thought so, he dared not speak out against it, so he lowered his head and uttered his obedience.

　　 After Oda Nobunaga confessed Takigawa Kazunari, he just walked a few steps forward, and then suddenly stopped.

　　 When the people who were attending the service thought that there was something wrong with the lord.

Oda Nobunaga turned his head and glanced at the samurai who was holding a pair of his shoes in his forehand, and said, "Monkey, if I give you a chance to do meritorious service, let you go to Takeda's house and bring this Ming country samurai over. ."

　　PS: Saito Yoshiyuki's death date is actually May 1661, which is postponed by one year in this book.