different warring states of japan

Chapter 27 Showdown
Kiyosu Castle, a lively castle town in the past.The streets and alleys are no longer shouting merchants.

The townspeople took over the booth, closed the door, and watched the ashigaru coming and going tremblingly in the crack of the door.

Warrior Ji who was on the horse yelled at those who were a little slow on their feet, and those who were a little impatient had already smashed down with a few shots.

Sin, this is another military disaster, and the good days have only passed for a few days.Cover the mouth of the noisy child at home.

If you scream again, throw it out to sharpen the knife for the vicious warrior Ji. The white knife goes in and the red knife comes out. See if you still scream.

Yiyin and his men drove all morning, and he and Yiyi were fine after riding down for more than ten miles, but the fully armed Ashgaru was exhausted.

Generally speaking, the grain, grass and armaments are all followed by farmers and soldiers, and they move forward lightly.This time, they rushed to gather in a hurry, and all the dry food and weapons were hung on their bodies.

Looking at the appearance of Ashgaru behind him, he had to find a place to recuperate quickly. If he meets the enemy at this time, the team will collapse immediately.

He asked the benefits to report to the advanced city, and he took the ashigaru to rest for a while, waiting for the arrangement of accommodation.

"Lord Yiyin, the envoy has come ahead, saying that all the incoming troops will go to Inaohara to meet up."

Yi Yin frowned when Yi Yin came back after finding out the situation.

"Your Highness, is this going to give up defending the city and choose to fight in the field? It shouldn't be, the enemy is outnumbered, and the enemy army has come from afar. Isn't it good to gather the army to wait for work? Has something happened?"

Yiyi glared at the ashigaru who were staggering and unable to stand up, scolded a few words, and whispered to Yiyin.

"Rumors are spreading in the city. It is said that His Highness Nobuyuki has already called, and His Highness Nobunaga is determined to go out and fight."

"So fast?"

Yi Yin said unexpectedly.

In fact, Owari is not very big, in the previous life it was a big county.

The most prosperous place in Shimoowari is Kiyosu Castle, and the best land nearby is naturally divided into the hands of several important officials in the family.

Speaking of Dawaki, Yone, and Huangzi, Mosen is just a bigger village than the nearby stockade.

The area to be fought is equivalent to a place as large as a township in the previous life, otherwise, how could they only dispatch the standing ashigaru with weapons and dry food.

It is very tiring for the modern army to run ten kilometers with armed forces. In the feudal society, these malnourished soldiers had to run to death.

But marching and fighting is not an easy task. In ancient times, even the elite could not walk many miles in a day. The rebels killed so quickly, it is said that soldiers are expensive and fast, and Nobunaga was caught off guard.

"So you already know where we are stationed?"

"Well, I received the sign of the stationing permit, near the lower reaches of the Shonai River, behind the Kawajiri reserve team."

Benefits began to drive the ashigaru to set off, and Yoshihiro looked in the direction of Kiyosu City with some concern.

Several tributaries of the Nakagawa Canal brought the water needed for plain agriculture. Most of these tributaries were shallow and gentle, dividing the plain into small areas, and Inaohara was one of them.

It is located in the east of Qingzhou City and the west of Shonaigawa, and it is this tributary that Nobunaga wants to get stuck in, blocking the rebels to the east of the river.

Shibata Katsuya on the pass looked in the direction of the sun. The troops of the Lin family and His Highness Nobuyuki had already arrived in the morning, led by Lin Xiuzhen's younger sister Lin Gutong.

And almost all of my reserve team has arrived, and when the army passes the customs, it will be noon.

"Master Shibata, all the troops have passed the pass, can we go?"

Lin Gutong asked Shibata Katsuie respectfully. When she came, her sister had solemnly warned her that everything in the battle must follow Shibata Katsuie's orders.

Lin Xiuzhen and Oda Nobuyuki are still preparing for the follow-up 锱 heavy agricultural soldiers in Suomori City, and all the fronts are entrusted to Shibata Katsuie.

"Let's go then."

The team walked along the road into a long snake formation, and the ashigaru people silently carried their weapons on the road under the supervision of Warrior Ji. This was by no means an easy task in the winter.

There is less snow in Owari than in the north, but the biting cold wind is not so easy to endure as it is freezing and slippery.Looking at the small flag of the Oda clan carried behind Shibata Beitai Ashgaru, Shibata Katsuie suddenly felt a little moved.

Ancestors, the elite you formed will eventually destroy the family governor you established.

Oda Nobunaga's shogunate was set up behind the Mori and Kawajiri squadrons, and the two frontier squadrons guarded the upper and lower reaches of the Shonai River respectively.

But during the dry season in winter, the water in the river can't even submerge the ankles, and the soles of the shoes are barely wet.

The weather is not cold enough to freeze the river, and the running water is only equivalent to a wetter lowland, which has no effect on blocking the enemy at all.

Not long after setting up camp, spies appeared on the other side of the river, and soon the rebels also set up camp not far from the other side.

Shibata Katsuie expressed contempt for Nobunaga's move to abandon the city and attack. His Highness Nobunaga is really a fool. He chose to fight in the field without defending the city.

What she brought this time was not 1500 people, but a full 1700 soldiers.If Nobunaga chooses to defend the city, he will still be able to survive for a few days, and tomorrow will be the time of defeat in the field battle.

So they camped and rested, and the army was exhausted from marching, so they had a good rest and waited for the battle tomorrow.

It was getting dark, and the armies on both sides had rested except for the outposts, and the military discussions in Nobunaga's shogunate also dispersed.

Tomorrow will go to battle, even if the situation is not optimistic, we must raise our spirits and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

Mori Kecheng and Kawajiri Hidetaka walked out of the shogunate worriedly, greeted each other and returned to the camp.

Niwa Changhide sighed, before resting, he still needs to stare at the ration preparations tomorrow morning.

Maeda Toshi's house went on patrol, and Nobunaga was left with only his nurse sister Tsuneki Ikeda.

After drinking some sake, Nobunaga fiddled with a set of armor on the hanger with great interest. This is her armor for tomorrow.

"Hengxing, do you know this set of buns?"

"do not know."

Although he was worried, Ikeda Hengxing still looked at it carefully, recalled it, and shook his head.

"It's right if you don't know it. This suit is not mine. It's my mother's suit. I used to wear it a little bit inappropriately. I didn't expect to take it out this time. It fits right."

Seeing the cheerful Nobunaga, Heng Xing was taken aback for a moment, and took a closer look. This set of tutu was indeed a well-made top-grade one, and some traces of post-war repairs could be seen, not a decoration.

"Do you also think I did something wrong?"

"NO, I have not."

Nobunaga asked suddenly, Hengxing answered reflexively, and Nobunaga snorted.

"You, Mi Wuniang, and Inuchiyo are all hesitating to speak, but Mori Kasari and Kawajiri Hidetaka's worries are written on their faces."

"We were brought out by you, and we are different from those two adults."

"What's the difference? It's not that I think I will lose."

Nobunaga carefully straightened the bag on the hanger, and said.

"Everyone knows that my father didn't like me since I was a child. He liked Nobuyuki. And my mother...

What about your ancestors?At the age of six, he appointed me as the lord of Furuno Castle and drove me to that rural area.When Nobuyuki was enjoying family happiness with his mother and father, and learning the rules of the samurai family.

I, the eldest daughter of the Oda family, played mud with a group of wild children in the countryside. "

"Sister-in-law... I am also among those wild children..."

Hengxing said with a wry smile, and Nobunaga chuckled.

"It's not just you, Mi Wuniang, and Inuchiyo. Everyone calls me Owari a fool, saying that I've lost my mother's face by being unrestrained.

But I'm just a wild child, I'm used to being wild, and I can't change it. "

Nobunaga saw that it was almost done, clapped his hands in satisfaction, turned around and continued talking to Hengxing.

"Finally, my mother remembered me, called me home, and made me the governor of the Oda family before she died. But did she really choose me?
Kasunari Mori and Hidetaka Kawajiri who were left to me are outsiders from Mino, and you grew up with me.

What about those ministers?The old writer Lin Xiuzhen?The top fighter Shibata Katsuie?Is it really just their choice that they choose Xinxing? "

Nobunaga spoke faster and faster, his expression turned cold.

"She told them that Nobuyuki is a good lord.

It was she who gave the Lin family knowledge and behavior in the three cities.

It was she who left the most elite troops of the Shibata Katsuya Oda family.

and I?Shimoowari [-] Ishioda family. .I only have [-] direct receipts. .Two foreign generals. .

Ridiculous not ridiculous.Can I hold the situation?You said, who did she choose? "

Every sentence made Hengxing dare not look up at her face, but listened with his head down.

"The family governor in troubled times needs iron and blood to stabilize his position. And I? Is she the stepping stone for Nobuyoshi?

In the past few years, I was not willing to eat or wear clothes. I searched the [-] yuan straight to the bottom, rectified the army, expanded the elite, and actively armed.

For what?
I have endured for so long just waiting for this day to come. I want to fight for my breath, not to prove that I am great.

I just want to tell her, tell them, I'm not a big fool Owari, I'm not a stepping stone, I don't want to be stepped on.

Oda Nobunaga left her the Oda family of Nobuyuki, and I, Oda Nobunaga, will definitely take it with my own hands! "

Pointing to Oda Nobuhide's tunic on the hanger, then turning around and pointing to the rebel camp in the distance on the opposite bank, Nobunaga had a hideous face.

(End of this chapter)