A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Mino country, Gifu.

Oda Nobunaga sat diagonally on the mat, with one foot stretched forward and the other leaning sideways. The civil and military ministers on both sides sat in a proper manner, but no one spoke.

There were two men sitting in the hall, one of whom burst into tears and could no longer speak normal words. The other one didn't do that. He just sat down with his back straight and stared at Oda Nobunaga on the table.

The man who fell down crying was called Okuhira Sadano, the father of Okuhira Sadamasa, so there is no need to mention it. The one who sat down was called Oguri Dairyoku Tadatsuki. He was born in the Mikawa Oguri clan. He knew the eight hundred and twenty-four kanwen and was the master of the forty-one knights.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know him. Oguri Tadjun, the “Father of Meiji”, is a descendant of their family. During the Edo shogunate period, he served as the head of the Kanto dynasty, and finally became the chief governor and took charge of the shogunate at the end of the shogunate.

"Your Highness, your Majesty, has 150,000 troops. He will be here very soon. Do we still have to patrol here and hesitate?" Oguri Tadatsune said loudly.

Oda Nobunaga completely overthrew the Echizen Asakura clan six months ago, and then entered Luoyang to suppress the resistance of the temple, the countrymen and the farmers. He also continued to suppress the Asai clan in Jiangbei and attacked the remnants of the Rokkaku clan in Catfish City.

Naomasa Harada was appointed as the guardian of Yamashiro, and he led the forces belonging to Oda Nobunaga in the Sakon area of ​​Yamashiro, and launched a crusade against the two forces of the Miyoshi Trio and Ishiyama Honganji Temple.

Coupled with the fact that Miyoshi and three other people were fighting vigorously in Takaya Castle and Hatakeyama Takamasa, all Kinei were surrounded by thieves for a while, and there was no powerful force that dared to launch an active attack on Oda Nobunaga.

Nobunaga's next plan was to completely suppress Nagashima Ichikui, and then deal with the affairs of the Yamauchi family or the Miyoshi family. As a result, Ashikaga Yoshiaki finally made up his mind and launched a crusade against Nobunaga.

As the heir to the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki finally broke his alliance with Oda Nobunaga and launched an attack on the Oda clan with great righteousness. The East Kingdom responded almost overnight.

This resulted in Nobunaga's hometown Owari being threatened by two threats, one was Nagashima Ichiku, and the other was the Yamauchi army that invaded Mikawa.

Counting the men and horses he can mobilize now, let alone Echizen. Wakasa's Niwa Chohide can go out with three or four thousand men at any time, and Jiangbei's Hashiba Hideyoshi can also have three or four thousand men (Mori Kanagi has six thousand men). The main town is Omi, there will be no problem for the time being), Nanshi's Kitahata letter has about 12,000 people, Mino ability has 20,000 people, and Owari's O, Shi, and Shi all kinds of people have another 20,000 people. .

Without affecting other fronts and temporarily ignoring Nagashima Ikku and Iwamura Yamauchi Yoshinori's defense division, Oda Nobunaga could assemble a huge army of 60,000 people.

"I never thought that His Highness Gifu Tansho, who has spread all over the world, would be afraid of Shimomataro's soldiers!" Seeing that Oda Nobunaga still didn't answer him, Oguri Tadatsune continued.

This is a bit ugly to say, but for Oguri Tadatsune, a small national tycoon, these words are very consistent with his status. After all, if Nobunaga does not come, then all the famous masters of Mikawa, including Tokugawa Ieyasu, will bow to Ashikaga Yoshiaki and become Ashikaga Yoshiaki's pawns.

They are naturally afraid of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's military front. No one is so arrogant that they think they can stop Ashikaga Yoshiaki's army with just a few dozen of their own.

Oguri Tadachō was making a reasonable guess, but it just sounded ugly to say it!

"That's nonsense!" Lin Xiuzhen saw that Oda Nobunaga didn't answer. As the elder of the Oda clan's writing family, he naturally wanted to protect the Oda clan's face.

"Hey!" Oda Nobunaga finally said.

He waved his hand to stop Lin Xiuzhen from scolding Oguri Tadatsuda. He raised his eyebrows and signaled Oguri Tadatsuda to continue. He was happy to hear this young man express his opinion.

"My lord, Sanhe Guards, and my disciples, with all my remaining strength, can get six thousand people. The main hall is located in the danger of mountains and rivers, and the battle is to recruit elites, no less than a hundred thousand people. The only one in the world who can compete with Xima Taro is the main hall!"

"So what?" Oda Nobunaga was happy. He said he was scared just now, but now he praised me as the best in the world.

"Is the main hall not as courageous as my lord Mikawa Mamoru?" My lord, Tokugawa Ieyasu, risked his life. How can you, Oda Nobunaga, with such a huge family fortune, sit here and wait for death?

"Hmph..."

Nishi-Mikawa is of course extremely important to Oda Nobunaga's hometown, Noubi. As long as Nishi-Mikawa is stable, even if there is chaos in Noubi, it will be nothing more than Marubaku no moss. If Nishi Mikawa is defeated, it will not only give the Yamauchi Army access to the Yabiki River Plains granary that has just finished its harvest, but also give them the opportunity to feed the enemy.

It will also cause the entire Owari to be exposed to the front of the Yamauchi Army, and the food that Nobi has just harvested will become the possession of the Yamauchi Army.

Without Noubi's huge granary, Oda Nobunaga doesn't have to fight this battle, he can just surrender!

"Is it possible that the great hall is not as good as the one below, and that it doesn't even have the courage of an ordinary man?"

This is really looking down on Oda Nobunaga!

Oda Nobunaga suddenly stood up. After all, he was the overlord of Kinai and the tycoon of the world. When he stood up, Oguri Tadatsune was quite frightened. Although it's fun to talk, you have to be mentally prepared if you anger Oda Nobunaga.

"Tell Mikawa Mamoru! In four to five days, 50,000 troops will arrive at Okazaki. Order him to prepare 10,000 logs as thick as an arm and ropes!"

"Ho ho!" Oguri Tadatsune and Okudaira Sadano were overjoyed, and Oda Nobunaga agreed to send troops.

Nobunaga ordered the rescue of Mikawa Tokugawa Ieyasu. As expected by the ministers, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's Yamauchi Army was the most powerful enemy. It was impossible to truly eliminate other hostile forces without defeating the Yamauchi Army.

But when you prepare 10,000 logs and ropes, many people don’t understand. What is this? If you are holding on to Okazaki Castle, you should bring more iron cannons and gunpowder. If you are going to fight in the wild, then you should gather the civilian men and go to Mikawa carrying the Buddhist blunderbuss bought by Oda Nobunaga.

"I will order all the soldiers to carry a log each!" Hashiba Hideyoshi was the first to understand and immediately said loudly to Oda Nobunaga.

"Very good!" Oda Nobunaga glanced at Hideyoshi Hashiba with approval.

The other samurai looked at each other, some had some ideas, and some were still confused. However, since Oda Nobunaga highly praised Hideyoshi after Hashiba Hideyoshi finished speaking, we knew that Oda Nobunaga must have deep thoughts on this.

"I will also order the soldiers to carry logs!" All the ministers said in unison.

"In addition, the iron cannons and gunpowder in the entire territory are recruited, and Tsushima, Otsu, Kusatsu, Obama and others are ordered to send all the iron cannons to Okazaki!"

"Order the horsemen from Jiangnan to recruit horses from Jiangnan and join the Xiaohetuo from Gifu to carry military provisions, rice and cannons!"

"Order the Kishu Genlaizhu (Shingon Sect) to join the siege of Nagashima!"

Nobunaga continued to issue a series of orders, and the Oda clan's military machine, which had been dormant for several months, started running again. All preparations are for a showdown with the Yamauchi Army.

Oguri Tadatsune wrote Shigejo, Shigechō or Tadachō. Oguri Tadatsune said that Nobunaga's story should be recorded in Okubo Tadakō's "Mikawa Monogatari" according to my recollection.