Chapter Five Hundred and Fifty-One The Dark Tide From Meinong
Asai Nagamasa joined hands with Oda City Lord, the Asai family and the Oda family formed an alliance, and Mino's strategic situation suddenly became worse.
The Rokkaku family gave up the pincer attack on the Asai family, and Mino Isshiki Yoshiryu was very angry because she had one more enemy to guard against.
Especially towards the Nishimino samurai who released Lord Oda, her attitude gradually became wary while she was angry.
Mino Country, Sone Castle.
Ujie Naomoto was invited by Inaba Yoshimitsu to come and drink as a guest. They were both members of the Simino Trio, but they could not be said to be close.
Ujiie Naomoto was one of the six elders in the Mino Isshiki family and participated in collegial discussions on state affairs.
And Inaba Yoshichi was the leader of the local samurai family in Nishi-Mino. He was good at martial arts and military strategy and dominated one side.
Both of them were from Simeon, but one Ji was in the center and the other was in a local area, so they didn't have much contact with each other.
Ujie Naomoto was also full of curiosity when Inaba Yoshichi invited her to come.
After drinking for three rounds, she couldn't help but ask.
"Inaba-hime came to me today just to drink?"
Inaba Yoshio twirled the wine glass with his hand, raised his head and drank, then smiled.
“I’ve been having a hard time lately, and I wanted to find someone to talk to to relieve my boredom.
It was Ujiahime who gave me face, isn’t this what happened? Haha.”
Ujie Naomoto laughed twice and said with a hint.
"Who wouldn't be? Since Oda's wedding party passed through Nishi Mino and went to Kitaomi.
The governor's dissatisfaction with us and the Simino warriors is beyond words, and it is difficult to hide it."
Inaba Ryōmichi looked at her, and since the other party had already taken the initiative, there was no need for him to hide it.
Isshiki Yoshiryu began to suppress Simeon, and their lives were difficult.
"Yes, many people have complained to me in the past few days. There is one person you can't even think of."
Ujie Naomoto thought for a while, there were not many Simino samurai with the same status as them, and he tentatively said.
"Is it Ando-hime?"
Inaba Yoshimitsu laughed and said with disdain.
"She? How can she have the nerve to complain?
He occupied Inabayama Castle, but he looked forward and backward, was as timid as a mouse, and finally fled back to his nest in a hurry.
The family governor did not attack her, but he cut off her wings. The married Takenaka family also alienated her because of Takenaka Shigeharu's incident.
How can she still express her dissatisfaction now?"
What Inaba Yoshimitsu said is unfair.
At the beginning, the Higashi Mino army led by Isshiki Yoshiryu was in ruins, which frightened the Nishi Mino samurai. No one dared to come out to support Ando Mamoru and block the returning army.
Ando Mamoru had no choice but to give in, quit Inabayama Castle, and returned to his northern city in despair.
It's good now that Isshiki Yoshiryu has gained a firm foothold and has begun to settle accounts, and no one can escape. Now, they have left all the responsibility to Ando Mamoru, which is really too much.
But this is how the Wu family does things.
You are awesome, everyone will recognize you as the boss and work with you. If you are not good, you will be beaten by thousands of people. Don’t expect any fool to help you in times of need.
If Ando Mamoru can't get their support, it's because of her own fault. Now that everyone is suffering together, who can blame her if not her?
Ujie Naomoto also agreed with her idea, nodded and asked.
"If it's not Ando-hime, then who is it?"
"It's a cure without breaking the light."
In addition to the three people from Simeon, there is also a powerful Simeon samurai family named Koji.
The Fuwa family is a samurai family in Fuwa County, and its territory is adjacent to Bodhiyama Castle of the Takenaka family.
It's just that she always follows Isshiki Yoshiryu closely, and when people usually oppose the governor, they don't think of her.
Ujiie Naomoto nodded.
"So it's her, and she can't bear it anymore?"
Inaba Ryoshichi sneered and said.
"Who says it's not?
She was guarding Fuwa County for her master's family, and Oda City Lord passed Fupa County under her nose. How could the family governor not resent her?
Her life has been difficult recently."
Since the Oda family successfully built a city in the Sumamata area, they have been penetrating into the Nishi-Mino samurai family.
As for Oda City-kun's crossing, he privately paid a lot of money to clear the way. Although the families in Nishi-Mino didn't get along with each other, they tacitly understood it.
Fuwa Koji is an outlier in the Nishimino Takeshi family, and has always followed the steps of Isshiki Yoshiryu. No one thought that she would be connected with the Oda family, and she actually let him go.
Fuwa Koji probably didn't even think that he would let her go, but Oda Nobunaga would tell Isshiki Yoshiryu about Oda Ichikun's cross-border marriage and sell her out.
Isshiki Yoshiryu was of course anxious and angry about this matter.
The Simino samurai family teamed up to form a marriage alliance with the Oda Asai family without telling her.
She actually had to go through Oda Nobunaga's confession to know that this happened, which made her scalp numb just thinking about it.
The Simeon warriors have always been dissatisfied with her, that's all.
But it doesn't matter that Koji has always shown loyalty to her, but now it seems that he is just a young man who looks more than happy on the outside!
Isshiki Yoshiryu must punish her, otherwise the team will be unable to lead.
Regardless of the group, the leader may not necessarily hate the enemy, but he will definitely hate the traitors. When fighting against foreign forces, one must first make peace at home.
After mentioning the word "Bupa Guangji", the two of them fell into silence. What should be tested was also tested, and everyone's vague attitudes already had some resonance.
Under the pressure of Isshiki Yoshiryu who lost his cool, and after Oda Nobunaga tried his best to win over and instigate others, the four strongest members of the Nishimino samurai family all became dissatisfied with their master.
This meeting between the two was also an exchange between the samurai group to which they belonged, whether to abandon Isshiki Yoshiryu and switch to the command of Oda Nobunaga.
Of course, it's just a little contact. Anyway, it's not the two of them who are most anxious.
Inaba Ryomichi smiled and said.
"I heard that Mamoru Ando has been in frequent contact with the Oda family recently."
Naomoto Zhengsedao of the Uji family.
"Speak carefully.
We are all colleagues. If there is no evidence, we cannot say anything casually, lest it reaches the ears of the Lord and ruins the friendship."
.Inaba Yoshimitsu bowed slightly and answered.
"That makes sense, so don't let the Lord know about it."
The two of them had a tacit understanding to wipe away the traces of Ando Mamoru, and prepared to cross the river by touching Ando Mamoru's stone.
If she succeeds, everyone will be loyal to the Oda family. If she fails, of course, she will bring order to the chaos and eliminate rebellion for the Lord.
The two looked at each other, smiled, and continued drinking.
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When the Simino samurai family began to speculate on taking sides, Oda Nobunaga was in Komakiyama Castle, observing the iron cannon made by Owari's own workshop and conducting test firings.
She couldn't help laughing when she saw that the ashigaru had penetrated several targets in succession, but the iron cannon still did not explode.
"Big reward! Big reward!"
Honnoji Nichigen did not disappoint her. There was a iron cannon craftsman from Kii Province with strong faith. He came to Owari with the followers of the Nichiren Sect who fled and built his own iron cannon workshop for the Oda family.
The Nichiren sect has been deeply cultivated in Shocho and Minato towns for more than a hundred years, and has many believers among craftsmen and merchants.
Not only iron cannons, but also industrial and commercial believers from all walks of life came to Owari and enriched the Oda family's workshop and castle town.