The preparation for the march to Kiyosu Castle was almost complete. I was worried about Nobunaga’s numbers. As far as I know, Yoshimoto will be able to round up at least 25,000 troops for his army. Nobunaga currently only has 3,000 in his army. The odds aren’t in Nobunaga’s favor that’s for sure. 

The battle at Okehazama had ended. Yoshimoto was killed and his troops surrendered to the Oda clan. After the battle, Ieyasu came to Zensho-ji and pledged his loyalty towards Nobunaga in front of his whole troops as well as Nobunaga’s army.“Do you still reme

Ieyasu and I went to a nearby tea house. I wanted to ask him about his life after everything that happened. We sat in front of each other and Hideyoshi was next to me. As the tea was being served, I looked at him and observed the changes. He’s grown up so much since the last time I saw him. 

Oichi has been visiting me occasionally. I’ve been having a lot of fun spending time with her but whenever she’s not here, I’m back to being bored and doing nothing. It’s been pretty peaceful lately which was such a breath of fresh air. Ever since I got here, I’ve been thrown into different battles and wars. It’s nice to have this kind of peace once in a while. 

During the past couple of days, I noticed that Nobunaga has been getting increasingly busy. Sometimes he doesn't even return to the Tenshu to sleep. I worry about his health when he's like this but it's really difficult to convince him to stop overworking himself. Also, I've been too distracted with my own fun that it completely slipped my mind about the upcoming events. This is around the time when Mino will fall. I ran down to the room where Nobunaga held his meeting with his vassals. I plan to tell him about my adopted brother's son's plans. When I got there, Nobunaga and the others were already there. as if Nobunaga knew that I was coming, he patted the empty seat next to him. I made my way over to him and I sat down on the spot he had saved for me. The war council is about to begin. "Have we gathered enough information about the situation in Mino?" Nobunaga asked. Masamune stood up and lowered his head at Nobunaga before he spoke. "The curren