Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

Chapter 386

"Your Highness! How to deal with this matter!"

"Your Highness! This is provoking the majesty of Oda! Please launch a strong attack on Yagi Castle! I can help Mr. Akechi at any time!"

"No, in the final analysis, Akechi Mitsuhide hastily sent someone here without verifying the sincerity of the other party. This is a dereliction of duty. If Mr. Hashiba hadn't responded in a timely manner, His Highness might have been injured because of it!"

"However, Hidecho Hashiba never survived, so it is impossible to deduce the specifics of the matter. And if Mr. Zhi is negligent, Hideyoshi Hashiba and Hidecho Hashiba who turned back halfway are also dereliction of duty!"

Ever since Saburo succeeded as the governor of the family, and managed the retainers honestly by relying on the methods he didn't know, it was rare for him to disagree and argue fiercely in military meetings.Not to mention that the center of the problem this time is not a strong enemy outside, but two important retainers within the Oda family-Mitsuhide Akechi and Hideyoshi Hashiba.

"Your Highness, what is your opinion on this matter!"

Saburo, who was sitting cross-legged on the main seat, turned his head and looked over in a daze, as if he had just woken up from a doze.

As if he didn't know what happened, he asked straightforwardly.

"...Well, did something special happen?"

"...Of course!! Didn't Mr. Hashiba Hidecho tell you just now that Brother Hatano seems to have changed, and he has already beheaded him!"

"Ah, this matter." Saburo suddenly realized, "Everyone is dead, so what is the problem now?"

He directly clicked on the name of Hashiba Hidecho, who remained uncharacteristically silent after reporting the matter at the military meeting, and watched the other retainers discussing with cold eyes.

"Xiuchang, tell me."

"Yes." Hearing this, Yuchai Xiuchang immediately bent his slender eyes, and his tone that used to be frivolous from time to time became more serious. Under this contrast, the persuasive power of his words was also invisible. increased a lot.

"My brother and I originally escorted Hideji Hatano and Hidetaka Hatano to Azuchi, but within a day of departure, my brother and I turned back halfway, and Masakatsu Hachisuka continued to escort them. When I set off again and caught up with them, I I saw Oda Ashgaru in a loose group in the forest outside Azuchi City... I wanted to go up and scold me, but who knew that they ran away when they saw me, and there were horses beside them, but the horses did not listen to them. I Suspecting that these were not members of the Oda Army, after warnings to no avail, they had no choice but to launch an attack—then, the Hatano brothers were found among those corpses.”

He spoke frankly and frankly, without any sign of guilt.Immediately after his words fell to the ground, some retainers pressed him to ask: "Then, why did you and Mr. Hideyoshi turn back halfway? Since you have already arrived in front of His Highness, don't avoid the important and take the easy!"

"I don't intend to ignore this question." Hashiba Hideaga said in a somewhat mournful tone, "I just don't know how to explain it to His Highness——since you asked this question, I might as well just say it straight at this moment. My brother and I will go together There is only one reason for the sudden return in the middle of the journey..."

He bowed his head towards Saburo.

"Mr. Takenaka Hanbei, passed away."

As soon as this remark came out, all four were shocked! !

"Mr. Takenaka sent two teams of cavalry to ask me and my brother to return. Because Mr. Takenaka is a very stable person, we were worried that it was Maori who launched a surprise attack and Mr. Takenaka would not be able to deal with it, so we immediately returned to the city with light clothes. Fortunately, there were no A strong enemy, and no chaos. Less than a quarter of an hour after meeting us, Mr. Takenaka passed away. That’s why my brother was one step behind. In two days, you will be able to see the elder brother who escorted the coffin."

Hashiba Hidecho said sadly.

"In order to catch up with Zhengsheng as soon as possible, I temporarily selected a few teams and set off... Among them should be the cavalry of Mr. Takenaka's 'Mino Army'. If you still have doubts, you can call them to ask what happened."

He was uncharacteristically calm, obviously he had no doubts about what he said, and he was not worried that his retainers would really call people to question him--the fact is indeed the case, Hanbei Takenaka knew that as the chief of the city, he left rashly and might cause chaos in the city , Ishida Sakichi was asked to block the city on his behalf, not only to prevent An Guoji Huiqiong from leaving, but also to confuse others' sight and cover up the fact that he was not there.In fact, after Hashiba Hideyoshi forcibly took the token from Ishida Sakichi with violence, he did more than dispatch the cavalry in Takenaka in advance and gave the wrong order (go to find Hashiba Hideyoshi), and transferred the Hashiba army to two teams to replace The clothing disguised as the Meinong army, and the city guards were replaced in advance to facilitate the escape of Anguo Temple Huiqiong.

Whether it is the Mino cavalry who chased the Hatano brothers with him without any doubt this time, or the Mino army that is being recruited by his brother Hashiba Hideyoshi, they have already created the "illusion before and after Takenaka Hanbei's death" with his painstaking efforts. I am convinced that no matter who asks, there is only one answer! !

It also includes the "truth" about the death of the Hatano brothers this time.

He did, as he said to Saburo, pursue Hachisuka Masakatsu hard until he was about to reach Azuchi.But in fact, it is unreasonable to rest and recuperate outside the city instead of entering the city, already close to Antu.The Hatano brothers were not familiar with the terrain of the newly built Azuchi Castle, nor did they know Saburo's character, so they couldn't find the problem.When they unknowingly changed out of their muddy clothes and put on clothes provided by Hachisuka Masakatsu, everything was doomed—Of course Hidecho Hashiba really warned them, but the horses of the Hatano people had already Being taken away, those who were not familiar with these people were left behind by the Oda army horses, those who came from the same place as the Hatano people, and there were also ashigaru who were secretly instructed by him, and blocked those people who felt something was wrong in time. Mouth.

Buried under countless spears, the Hatano brothers' intention to go to Azuchi changed from "surrender" to "intent to attack"! !

He has been on the road all the time, and accidentally exposed the "conspiracy" of the Hatano brothers. How could he know the origin of Hatano's armor similar to that of the Oda Army, and whether Hatano really harbored malicious intentions?

He and his elder brother Hashiba Hideyoshi, who were "called" back to the city until Hanbei Takenaka was about to die, how could they take responsibility for Hanbei Takenaka's death!

All these things are so intertwined, even if Hashiba Hideyoshi and Hashiba Hidecho have been involved in it all the time, they have already washed themselves clean without any loopholes!

Even if we had to find a person responsible for all this, it would be impossible for Brother Hashiba, who had been "in the grief of the death of a close retainer", at most only guilty of "dereliction of duty", and had unintentionally "made up for it"!

"Hanbei is dead! Why so suddenly!" Saburo was obviously taken aback by the news brought by Hidecho Hashiba, with a look of shock on his face, "How did he die?"

"Mr. Takenaka suffered from lung disease before and often coughed up blood. My brother has been persuading him to leave the city for recuperation, but Mr. Takenaka never agreed. This time my brother wanted to escort Brother Hatano and handed over everything to Mr. Takenaka. Unexpectedly, he only left for a long time , Mr. Takenaka fell ill and fell into a coma, so he could only send someone to bring his brother back to the city immediately..." Hashiba Hideaga said, "The next thing is what I told you earlier."

"Although I also knew about the half-soldier health disease, I didn't expect it to be so serious... Although it is that kind of cool character, there is no need to be so brave." Saburo said distressedly, "Speaking of which, Xiaoguang also has a lung disease. The setting - did you tell Xiaoguang that he is very close to you?"

"I don't know if my brother has notified Mr. Akechi." Hashiba Hideaga said, "I guess I can't take care of it for a while."

Being reminded by Saburo of Mitsuhide Akechi's existence so naturally, the retainers who were shocked by the news of Hanbei Takenaka's death and fell into silence for a short time immediately resumed the previous topic: "Your Highness, put aside Mr. Takenaka's death for now. …For such an obvious provocative act by Hatano, what are your plans, and Mr. Wise was blinded by it and almost let you be attacked!"

It's not that Takenaka Hanbei's death is unimportant, but that everything must be put in the back row compared to Saburo's safety.Takenaka Hanbei is a low-key person, and his intelligence is obvious to all, but after all, he rarely shows himself after joining the Oda family, and has always appeared as a military adviser tied to Hashiba Hideyoshi.Compared with Hashiba Hideyoshi, who has already stepped into the core with half a foot, and Akechi Mitsuhide, who was parachuted into the core from the very beginning, the life and death of Hanbei Takenaka cannot shake the foundation of the Oda family, so even if he passes away suddenly, it will only make people sigh. Jealous of talents.

The most important thing at present is the unsuccessful attack of the Hatano brothers.

Hashiba Hidecho struck too hard, leaving no one alive.However, under the premise of "may be stimulated by Takenaka Hanbei's death" and "it was too late to make further arrangements when the incident happened", his behavior was directly let go.Once the decisive role played by Hidecho Hashiba in this incident is ignored, the clothes that the Hatano people changed and the horses that were obviously unfamiliar with them but stayed by their side are an irrefutable "conspiracy"!And everything easily points to Mitsuhide Akechi-Where did the Hatano brothers' armor similar to the Oda Army come from? Does Mitsuhide Akechi know about this?

If Akechi Mitsuhide was just deceived by Hatano's innocent appearance, mistakenly thinking that the other party really wanted to surrender, and even ignored the armor that might be hidden in their luggage for this reason, this kind of ignorance and poor vision would be enough to hurt Akechi Mitsuhide prestige.And once Mitsuhide Akechi had discovered it long ago, but let the Hatano brothers act, this is a blatant dissent! !

No matter which of these two possibilities it was, it would be a major blow to Mitsuhide Akechi!

"It's too exaggerated to call it an attack." Saburo waved his hand and said, "An attack can only be considered as an attack if someone comes in front of me, and the arrangement outside the city is too strange-I don't just casually talk to people I just met. We ran out to play together."

Retainer: "..." Really? Really?

Regarding Saburo's unconscious speech, the vassals could only pretend that they hadn't heard it just now, and continued to focus on the problem that was too obvious before: "But, Brother Hatano's armor problem this time——"

"You'll know this when you see it and the people are already dead. No matter what you want to do before, you can't do it." Saburo said, "But it is also a problem that the people who came to surrender suddenly died... Let's send the body back. Also tell Xiaoguang that he may have to prepare for a strong attack next time."

Replace tomorrow morning!

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Thanks Mr. S for throwing mines!mwah!

Thanks to Lin Yu for throwing the mines!mwah!

Thanks Cong Dan for throwing mines!Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thank you for the 10 bottles of nutrient solution irrigated by "Sunyang Yanyang"!