Azuchi

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Matsudaira Motoyasu returned safely and issued an order as the master of Sanhe, which obviously stimulated the monks who dominate here.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance, and the monks united against the unstable Yuan Kang, hoping to establish a religious state.

As time went by, many religious believers under Yuan Kang also joined the monks, and the confrontation between the Sanhe forces became more and more obvious.

In the bright Japanese-style room, Yuan Kang, dressed in a blue kimono, was flipping through a book in his hands, and a circle of retainers sat under him with uneasy faces.

The brave but impatient Honda Tadakatsu held the samurai/sword/knife on his waist and turned around in front of everyone with a murderous expression on his face, repeating the old saying again.

"I'm going to kill Natsume and Tadanobu!" The knife had already been pulled out, and he swung it down with a piercing murderous aura, "My lord treated them well, yet they dared to rebel!"

"My lord, think twice." As a counselor, Sakai Tadashi was much more rational, "My lord has not established a firm foothold in Sanhe, rashly using a knife will hurt your muscles and bones."

"You can't give in, otherwise you'll lose everything if you make a wrong move." Yasumasa Kanbara, one of Mikawara's elders, is serious and upright, "But you can't be too aggressive, killing one thousand enemies and hurting yourself eight hundred."

"Since you can't kill and let it go, you guys have to come up with a way!" Honda Zhongsheng widened his eyes aggrieved, "It's better to go straight and fight with real swords and guns!"

"This..." Because there is no good way, everyone will gather here for a meeting! "My lord..."

Songping Yuankang didn't even raise his head, holding the book in a leisurely manner that made people envious, as if the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry.

"It's okay."

It doesn't matter your sister!It's almost on fire!

Fortunately, Yuan Kang had another sentence, which finally appeased the riots in the crowd.

"The more violent they are, the more details are exposed." Turning the pages of the book, he focused on two things, "For us, Natsume and the others are traitors, but for the other party, they must be allies? What is false is true, rumors are always hard to guard against."

"Hanzo, do you know what to do?"

"As ordered!"

The masked ninja who did not know when appeared behind Yuan Kang knelt down to take orders, and disappeared into the room again the next second.

Crowd: ...

——Still not used to this kind of ninja who flickers.

"Hondo, control Mikawa's army and find out the opponent's retreat."

"Leader!"

"Sakai, cut off the other party's food and water supply, and mobilize the masses if necessary. Honda, you are responsible for safety."

"Order!"

"Kanbara, how are the plans for fiscal taxation, agriculture, commerce, trade and military supplies going?"

"Still in preparation, it will be finished within half a month."

"When it's done, we will launch a general attack, and the name will be called the Zen Conference." Yuan Kang made a summary without raising his head to chase people away, "Go out if you have nothing to do."

Several people looked at each other, hesitated for a while, and stared at each other for a while, finally Sakai spoke, "My lord, someone from the Oda family has come to ask for an alliance again."

"Tell me I'm not free, but decline."

The book was thrown on the table with a bang, Yuan Kang glanced at his subordinates indifferently, "Aren't you too busy?"

"My lord, I'm going to see how those little guys are practicing!"

"My lord, I suddenly remembered that this month's grain harvest has not been done yet!"

"My lord, there seems to be something wrong with financial statements and the like, let's go first."

In less than an instant, the room was emptied, Matsudaira Motoyasu sighed, and picked up the book again.

I don't know if his life as a hostage was too depressing, but the friends and retainers who came back with him were much more lively, and even his boss dared to tease him.

Hattori Hanzo, who knows a little more than the others, is obviously also a gossip guy—for example, the day his protagonist came back from Owari, the distinctive hickey and tooth marks on the back of his neck, the black clothes hanging upside down on the beams, Like a bat on a swing.

"Since you came back, Lord Zi, in the past few months, there have been three rounds of alliance applications. The other party really values ​​you."

Especially when they are obviously weaker than each other now, they are not annoyed when they are rejected, which is really intriguing.

The four words Matsudaira Motoyasu killed in seconds.

"so what."

Hanzo smacked his lips and happily went straight to the show.

In less than a month, Matsudaira Motoyasu launched a general offensive, sealed off the enemy's food and water sources, and then provocatively said, "In the world of Zen, who is in charge of ups and downs?"

In short, there are too many temples in Sanhe, who is the leader?Let's have a conference on Zen to find out how it goes.

The monks and soldiers who were besieged with no way out had no choice but to agree, and then they didn't even have a chance to hold Buddha's feet temporarily.

Which passage is in which book, which page, which line?Zen Shuo Xin Yu classic proposition - who moves when the wind blows past the flag?The answer is heartbeat, you are not sincere in practicing Zen!Occasionally, there are one or two brain teasers mixed in. How should the deaf and dumb talk about Zen?Despise it: You can't even write words! ?

Hundreds of people watched this conference on Zen from morning to night. At the end, most of the monks collapsed.

When it was over, Matsudaira Motoyasu put down his cup of tea and motioned for Honda to come forward.

Honda Tadakatsu grinned and took out a roll of paper full of words, and read aloud.

"XX Temple XXX bullied men and women for three years, and killed dozens of people for money. XZ Temple XX tortured and killed children no less than 20 times in one year..."

After finishing the reading, he waved his hand domineeringly, "If you do unrighteous things in the name of Zen, all the above-mentioned people will be arrested!"

Of course, he was not thrown into prison if he was caught. Wouldn't it be a waste of prison food? Honda led his own men to stab him one by one, and the round, bald head rolled all over the ground.

The blood stained the Buddha symbol red, and there is no war without sacrifice. This move is enough to shock those fools who laughed at him for being afraid of seeing blood.

After Matsudaira Motoyasu returned to Sanhe, it took less than a year to eliminate the opposing forces, and he officially became a veritable name in Mikawa, and later changed his name to Matsudaira Ieyasu.

This battle with the least damage is a proof of Ieyasu's ability, and the alliance requests sent by Oda and Takeda successively affirmed Ieyasu's ability.

Facing the newly appointed daimyo, Nobunaga sent someone again, this time it was Kazuyoshi Takikawa, the chief minister of the Oda family, "My lord Nobunaga misses Mikawa's younger brother Takechiyo very much, and I hope that you will find time to go to Kiyosu to reconnect with the past."

Ieyasu finally raised his eyelids and confirmed, "Are you inviting me in the name of your brother?"

Takikawa didn't understand the deep meaning of this sentence, and replied intuitively, "Yes."

"Okay, you reply, I will come soon."

Ieyasu came to Kiyosu Castle in Owari quite a few times, but it was the first time he brought his retainers so formally.

The alliance went smoothly, and Nobunaga didn't wear any strange costumes to scare people, but the result is still embarrassing.

Generally speaking, hostages will be exchanged if the two parties are affiliated, and if they form an alliance, they will become relatives by marriage.

Ieyasu, who has just grown up, is divorced and is now celibate. Usually, the marriage is to find a second wife for him, right?However, Nobunaga made a final decision and married his sons and daughters.

Nobunaga's second daughter, Tokuhime, is 4 years old this year, and Ieyasu's only son, Takechiyo, is... 3 years old this year, a veritable baby relative.

Both Oda and Matsudaira are embarrassing, what kind of magical development is this! ?

Matsudaira Motoyasu glared at Oda Nobunaga without a trace, the place on the back of the neck where the tooth marks disappeared was faintly hot, and Oda Nobunaga raised his eyebrows proudly, the silence was louder than the sound.

Is this what you said brother and brother?Why does Mao feel that there is no silver 300 taels here?

After the Kiyosu Alliance was confirmed, Nobunaga focused on how to defeat Mino, while Ieyasu received a letter of inquiry from Kai Takeda Shingen.

The master of Mino was Saito Dozo, who was also Nobunaga's father-in-law. When the two families formed an alliance, they married the princess of Mino, Mrs. Nohime Guidie.

Noonghime is an intelligent woman who is favored by Saito the most. She was once stuffed with a short pocket knife when she got married.

"If Oda Nobunaga is really a fool, kill him."

However, Nouhime said calmly, "Perhaps this knife will point at father, not necessarily."

In fact, Nohime did make her own judgment, so that Saito decided to give Mino to Nobunaga as a gift.

Of course, this move stimulated Saito's son, so he killed his father and seized the throne, and announced that Mino and Nobunaga swore to be incompatible.

After years of threatening the Imagawa Clan, Nobunaga was finally able to concentrate his forces on attacking Mino.

As for why Takeda Shingen sent a letter to test Ieyasu and ask for an alliance, it can only be said that people depend on food.

As the saying goes, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea are indispensable.But which is the most important is debatable.

Now Imagawa clan has fully exemplified the importance of salt with his own real case. Because he broke the salt road of Takeda clan, Takeda Shingen immediately tore up the alliance with Imagawa Yoshimoto and launched an attack.

There is no way, who said that the territory of the Takeda clan can't reach the sea!The days without salt are too pitiful.

As for Takeda Shingen's temptation to form an alliance, it was due to the alliance between Ieyasu and Nobunaga. He can ignore the newly rising Ieyasu, but he cannot ignore Nobunaga who killed Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Soon, Ieyasu and Takeda Shingen formed an alliance, and only gave the alcoholic Lord Shingen a carload of wine brewed when he was a hostage, while Nobunaga formed an alliance and sent an adopted daughter to marry as usual.

Ieyasu officially became hostile to the Imagawa clan, and formed a pincer attack with the Takeda clan to attack Imagawa, while Nobunaga formed a tug-of-war with Mino.

In order to change this stalemate, the 15-year-old Oda City married Asai Nagamasa, and after Nobunaga promised not to attack Asai's ally Asakura, he formally formed an alliance against Mino.

As time passed, the Imagawa clan perished, and Nobunaga made a decisive contribution to the Mino War.

His young general Kinoshita Tokichiro built Sumata Castle overnight when everyone was helpless, and was promoted by the overjoyed Nobunaga and named Kinoshita Hideyoshi.

At this most happy time, Nobunaga's concubine, who gave birth to his children and his favorite Mrs. Jinai, died of illness.

When Ieyasu got the news, he took the time to go to Qingzhou City, and saw all the retainers who were thrown and smashed by Nobunaga's anger—this bad temper should have changed long ago.

The rookie Kinoshita Hideyoshi in front of Nobunaga was in charge of leading the way for Ieyasu. Hideyoshi was too thin, his samurai robes looked empty, and he could vaguely see a little malnutrition sequelae on his face a few years older than him.

Hideyoshi was very respectful to him, and thanked him solemnly when he walked to a corner where no one was around.

"6 years ago, thank you for giving me the medicine." It has been 6 years, and now he has soared into the sky, and he can finally raise his head and say his name with pride, "I am Kinoshita Hideyoshi."

Of course Ieyasu knew Kinoshita Hideyoshi's name, but this reminder really reminded him of the man who was bullied in the past, he smiled slightly and nodded, the admiration in his eyes couldn't stop.

"Kinoshita-kun, the amazing master of One Night Castle, is admirable. It is a blessing for the Oda Army to have Kinoshita-kun around."

Hideyoshi Kinoshita beamed with joy almost reflexively. If Nobunaga's emphasis and other people's envy and jealousy only made him feel elated, then being praised by this elegant man whom he only met a few times and even dared not talk to, It made him feel a little excited.

Without thinking about it, a sentence came out, and he even surprised himself.

"If you have free time, can you tell me about the three rivers?" "To tell you the truth, I came from a humble background, so I want to learn Go."

Ieyasu agreed without much consideration. He really admired this smart and capable guy, "At that time, I will make tea and sweep the bed to welcome you."

Hideyoshi's heart beat a little faster after receiving unexpected benefits, so he turned around to continue leading the way to cover up.

"My lord is in a bad mood these days and gets drunk every day." When he arrived at the destination, Hideyoshi was a little worried, so he couldn't help but say a few words, "I prefer to smash people, Your Excellency, please be careful."

After knocking on the door and making an announcement, another wine saucer flew out without accident.

Ieyasu quickly pulled away Hideyoshi who didn't dare to avoid him, gave him a comforting smile, and stepped on the debris to enter the room and close the door when Hideyoshi hesitated to speak.

Nobunaga didn't know how long he didn't take care of himself, his hair was messed up, his beard was in a circle, and his drunken eyes were half-clear.

"You're here, hiccup~" As soon as the wine hiccupped, the smell of alcohol stinks, and Nobunaga took the wine jar and slapped the table loudly, "Drink with me!"

The excuse is that he was drunk, anyway, he came to accompany the other party to vent, so he is not hypocritical.

While drinking, Nobunaga suddenly threw himself on the table and burst into tears. This was the first time Ieyasu saw his tears in the 19 years he had known each other, and he couldn't help but be moved.

The man did not shed tears, but he did not go to the sad place.

In front of his biological mother who doesn't like him, he can't cry even if he is wronged. In front of his retainers, he can't be superficial even if he is weak. Only the existence of Ieyasu can make him relax completely. Feeling, indescribable and incomprehensible.

Once, he had a strange relationship by accident, but got a black eye of rejection, and in anger, he doted on Jinai even more to prove that he didn't have to be him.

Now that Jinai has left, he still showed up when he was most emotionally vulnerable - obviously he didn't even notify him to come!

"Hey, don't sleep here, I'll help you to bed."

The tears of a tough guy are enough to soften the heart. Although Ieyasu minded some of Nobunaga's past behaviors, he didn't hate him.

Unable to get a response from the drunk, Ieyasu sighed and helped him up, almost being crushed by the weight of the big man's whole body.

Alcohol was on the rise, and he was dizzy for a moment. God knows where Nobunaga collected the spirits.

Reluctantly helped him onto the bed, stripped off his drenched wine-stained coat, and was about to order his servants to bring some hot water, when he was dragged down on the bed by history repeating itself.

The reaction of the body paralyzed by the alcohol was slightly delayed, and a hot kiss like a midnight dream covered the side of the neck, and the moist and hot breath sprayed beside the ear, "Don't go."

Don't leave your sister!

The dizzy head was surprisingly angry, and the head was on one side, and the bare/exposed chest was shaking attractively in front of him, and he bit it directly!

Nobunaga gasped, felt a pain in his chest, most of the time he was sober, but when he lowered his head and touched those slightly water-colored black eyes, his mouth felt parched, his lower abdomen felt hot, and he instinctively kissed her.

The old driver Nobunaga's kiss is usually domineering and extremely aggressive. Unfortunately, Ieyasu, who is still very good, has no resistance at all. His dizzy head was blank due to lack of oxygen, so he followed his instinct and did a stupid thing , licked the slippery tongue that was just about to evacuate.

This really poked a hornet's nest, Nobunaga's eyes darkened, he directly stretched out his hand and tore off the overcoat that got in the way, and then fiercely bit, licked and kissed his servant's Adam's apple.

Ieyasu whimpered unconsciously, the feeling of being strangled by a bloodthirsty beast was too exciting, his whole body tensed up and then slumped, his heart beat faster and his blood surged up, he subconsciously panted heavily and slowly came back to his senses.

The wet cold and the rising numbness were unbearable, Ieyasu pushed the head that was buried on his chest almost to the lower abdomen, and stopped with a hoarse voice.

"do not……"

Don't?late!

Nobunaga casually pulled off his inner shirt and threw it away, the skin touched, it felt so good.

It was still early in the day, so bright that it was blinding, Ieyasu finally couldn't hold back his swearing.

"day!"