A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

After staying in Qingxu for two days, everything was complicated. I accepted invitations from several big bosses as guests, drank a few times, and couldn't stay any longer. I had to go back to Ejiri to take care of civil affairs, and there were a lot of things waiting to be dealt with.

In addition, I have basically visited everyone who should be visited and socialized. From now on, the star-studded samurai in the Warring States Period are basically familiar to each other. Not to mention that Xiao Pingtai went to meet others with utilitarianism, Xiao Pingtai was still half their "savior". Now I am not asking for anything, but based on the idea of ​​​​multiple friends and multiple paths, no one has time to be unlucky, so I can make good connections for myself in advance.

After bidding farewell to everyone in Owari who was very warm, Koheita went to Kanzu and took a boat straight to Ejiri. It feels uncomfortable to walk on two legs, and now the roads are all muddy, one foot is deep and the other is shallow. Taking a boat is the most convenient and easiest way. Nobunaga, on the pretext of going to Tsushima for inspection, planned to give Xiaoping a ride.

Xiaopingta was planning to run away secretly last time, but he was afraid that something would happen and someone caught him up. This time, Nobunaga sent him off.

Besides, the journey is boring, so it’s actually nice to have someone to talk to. Although it is very artistic and refreshing to walk around alone, it is still more interesting when there are many people. The two of them chatted about something, and gradually the situation with the Owari Oda clan returned.

"I wonder how Musashi Mamoru is doing?" Koheita asked about Oda Nobukatsu's movements.

"Still in the forbidden step of Suemori." Nobunaga seemed not to care about this younger brother anymore. If he could defeat the first time, he could defeat the second time. What's more, even Shibata Katsuie, who originally belonged to Oda Nobukatsu's side, had completely turned to him. Without Oda Nobunaga, Nobukatsu no longer even had a capable general. It's already a salted fish that can't be turned over, that's all.

"You can try it out." Koheita still felt that Oda Nobukatsu was a time bomb. Last time, he felt that this person must have been secretly eliminated by Nobunaga. He almost put the knife on Nobunaga's neck. As long as Nobunaga was defeated, his life would definitely be lost. Unexpectedly, Nobukatsu was still alive and kicking around in Suomori, and his punishment was just a mild restriction on his movements. Historically, it was agreed that Nobunaga would finally kill Nobukatsu and completely unify the Owari-Oda family.

"Huh?" Nobunaga continued walking forward.

"Soujie pretended to be ill, so he summoned Musashi to visit and secretly investigate his movements." This was also a plot in Nobunaga's Ambition, and Koheta said it casually. In summary, it was just pretending to be ill. Nobunaga didn't have a son yet, so the heir must be his adult brother, Oda Nobukatsu. Through this, let’s find out what Nobukatsu’s thoughts are and how he would deal with it.

Moreover, the excuse of pretending to be sick is very easy to accept. In this era, if a person catches wind in the wild, he may catch a cold or become bedridden. If he does not meet a good doctor, he may go to see God. In Dream of Red Mansions, the prince happily went to Beijing to become a bachelor, but he caught a cold on the way and died because he could not find a good doctor. It is normal for Nobunaga to go out for a trip, come home and falsely claim that he was caught in the rain and caught the wind and could not get sick, and then summoned his younger brother to see him when he was dying.

You can even act a little better, go back to the city first, then grab all the doctors, ask them to come for consultation, and don't let them go. Two or three days later, the news came out that he had a high fever and was talking nonsense, and he was about to die. Finally, he announced that he would ask the important ministers and Oda Nobukatsu to visit him one after another, and prepare to hand over various matters of state affairs. Looking at Oda Nobukatsu's behavior from this point of view, although it belongs to fishing law enforcement, there is nothing we can do about it.

"Yes!" Nobunaga rode his horse and continued riding forward for a while. He pondered for a while, made a decision, and agreed without any hesitation. Maybe he was also wavering in his heart between going and staying. Finding a way to find out what his younger brother was thinking might be exactly what he wanted.

And later, Nobunaga Tsuda [Note 1] became quite popular with Nobunaga, which proved that Nobunaga didn't seem to hate his younger brother deeply, but Nobukatsu's antipathy was obvious, and he had to remove such a time bomb.

Furthermore, in the troubled times of the Warring States Period, a close and powerful sect, if not loyal. Then the reality is very cruel. All of them are thieves who raised the flag of rebellion and launched a brazen rebellion. And because it is internal strife, he often colludes with foreign forces like Oda Nobuhiro, and the final outcome is almost always death and national destruction. Therefore, the thing of "one sect" is particularly powerful when used well, but if used improperly, it will lead to a bottomless abyss.

Just a few simple words between the two people may have decided Oda Nobukatsu's fate (in fact, he must die, who can blame the unlucky child.) The two people seemed to be talking about a trivial matter.

Nobunaga did not really regard this younger brother as a rival, and Koheita had never even met Oda Nobukatsu. But his fate was doomed from the moment he made up his mind to fight for the position of head of the Oda family. Either he would succeed in one fell swoop and kill Oda Nobunaga, and then embark on an unknown future path, or he would end up like Koheita and Orihime now. Life and death were decided during a casual conversation with Tian Nobunaga.

After saying this, the two of them did not continue talking. It seems that the conversation has been exhausted and I don’t want to talk any more. It may also be that the body is tired from the journey and does not want to speak anymore.

That night, Koheita stayed in a temple near Kaijin, living next door to Nobunaga. In fact, Koheita could accept the accommodation, but Nobunaga kindly invited him to live in the temple, but Koheita couldn't refuse. The result was unexpected. The guest rooms in the temple were indeed elegant and livable. No wonder Nobunaga would choose temple accommodation wherever he went in the future.

There happened to be a ferry to Ejiri the next day, so there was no need to wait for the date. It was also convenient for Heita Xiao as he could return to Ejiri faster.

After bidding farewell to Nobunaga, I returned to Ejiri. The people who went to buy mat looms had not returned yet, but workshops had already been built, and the longhouses for weavers to live in were almost completed. The preliminary preparation work has almost been done.

Hokahata University led the military service members and comrades from Yamauchi to level and plant the rush fields, waiting for Koheita to return to continue the second phase of the guidance work.

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm and enthusiasm, Koheita also immediately devoted himself to the construction of Ejiri's territory.

There is really no time to spare. Wan Tai Ge is determined to finish the task and sleep at home for at least a few days. But in reality, what kind of free time can there be?

[Note 1]: This is Oda Nobukatsu’s son, and he is loved by Nobunaga. Later, after the Incident at Honnoji Temple, Oda Nobutaka couldn't wait to kill Tsuda Nobutaka. People at the time speculated that he was afraid that Tsuda Nobuyumi would seize the throne of the Oda family by relying on Nobunaga's support and love.