After obtaining the permission of Oda Nobutada, after some intense and efficient preparations, the surprise attack proposed by Hidetaka Kawajiri officially began.

1,300 Oda Banners led by Hidetaka Kawajiri and Mori Nagahide were the vanguard, Keitaka Endo, Mitsuharu Fupo and others led 600 Mino soldiers as the left wing, and Kato Kyoaki, Yamauchi Kazutomi and other Hirate troops 500 as the right flank, a total of 2,400 elite soldiers.

When I set off, it was just five o'clock in the morning, and the sky was still a little white. Of the more than 30,000 people, it is less than one-fifteenth, which is completely inconspicuous.

Now that the flat hand is no longer going to sleep.

In another hour, when the sky is about to dawn, the Tsutsui family will openly take refuge on Oda's side, and the army will enter Fukuzumi Castle to engage in symbolic routines to pacify the people of Fukuzumi. After a short rest, after the last day, they will head for Iga Province in turn.

Although the vanguard of the surprise attack has been dispatched, the follow-up arrangements cannot be neglected.

If Kawajiri Hidetaka succeeds, he will quickly send a large army to keep up with the pace and spread out in all directions, expanding the gains and occupying more land and strongholds.

If Hidetaka Kawajiri unfortunately misses the defeat, then it is even more important to quickly organize reinforcements to meet and save the defeated friendly forces.

Moreover, the main force needs to try to act as normal as possible, so as to provide more concealment for the surprise troops.

Although Iga Province is located in, it has a difficult mountain path and is a remote area that scholars have always been reluctant to visit. Therefore, the flat hand only has a not very accurate map in his hand, barely marking the mountains and rivers, and he is vague about the strongholds of the small forces.

In this case, Hite-Hidehide greatly admires Kawajiri Hidetaka's courage to go deep alone, but is not ready to follow suit.

He had already made up his mind that the army must be formed into a tight formation that would take care of each other, and not give the enemy the landlords any chance.

Considering the complex source of troops and the limited transportation routes, it was more difficult to arrange troops than expected.

But the most difficult thing is how to accurately convey the ideas to the main general Oda Nobutada, but without appearing to be noisy at all.

Obviously, the second generation of the Demon King family is not a self-taught genius, and the common sense of the military array must be taught little by little. Teaching to the "prince" has always been a very troublesome thing, if the force is light, the efficacy will not be in place, and if the force is heavy, it is easy to cause side effects.

As soon as Hidetaka Kawajiri left like this, he lost a lot of iron pots!

Of course, rather than following the surprise attack team to take risks, Pingshou Tsueixiu would rather carry this pot.

As a man who has been on the battlefield many times and has been wounded in more than a dozen places, he deeply feels that any small, tedious, complicated and delicate work is much gentler than the enemy's blade and the tip of the gun.

Of course, there are also people like Shibata Katsuya and Mori Kecheng who are addicted to fighting and don't see blood once a year, which belongs to the category that Fan Xiu can't understand.

In short, the culture of the Heite family is that as a warrior, of course, you must have the courage to face any danger without fear, but you should also have the wisdom to avoid unnecessary risks.

Hijo let his thoughts fly, wondering if he wanted this sentence to be framed in a written article.

Anyway, there is no time to catch up on sleep, so I just wander around the barracks for a few laps.

As a general, it is also necessary to appear around the soldiers irregularly and occasionally.

Relax and stroll, walk through one military tent after another, occasionally say hello to the night team, don't think about any complicated issues in your mind, let the night wind blow on your face, feel the coldness of the iron tool against your skin......

In this way, it seems that I am not as sleepy as I imagined.

Just walked around, repeated a few times, and then looked at the sky, and it was not far from the time when the soldiers got up.

So I was going to go back.

But at this moment, I saw a young samurai in gorgeous armor, escorted by four or five guards, from far and near. The posture is similar to that of oneself, and it is the rhythm of a casual walk.

Isn't this Oda Nobutada?

What is he doing here?

Pingshou Fanxiu subconsciously collected his thoughts, cheered up, stood up and stepped forward, and said solemnly: "The young master suddenly came here, but do you have any orders?" ”

"Is it uncle?" When Oda Nobutada saw his acquaintance, his spirits were lifted, and his eyes brightened slightly, "You don't need to be polite in private...... Actually, I really couldn't sleep, so I wanted to go out for a walk, but I didn't expect to subconsciously end up in your tent. ”

In this regard, Fan Xiu didn't know how to answer it for a while.

Although Oda Nobutada has always regarded himself as a nephew during this period of time and has shown a very respectful attitude, Hitetsu Honhide does not dare to hold it up at all.

The truth that a companion is like a tiger should always be understood.

Even if people are sincere about the junior ceremony now, who knows what he will think in the future? Will this be eradicated as black history?

After all, he is the child of the Great Demon King, so how do you know that there is no tyrannical side in him?

Therefore, the tie hand Fan Xiu bowed very calmly, and responded meticulously: "The lord is worried about the humiliation, if you can do anything to relieve the young master's worries, please do as you ask." ”

"Uncle doesn't have to ......," Oda Nobutada stretched out his hand to help, as if he wanted to say "no need to be polite". But the actions and words were only half-done, but they suddenly retracted, shook their heads and smiled bitterly, and said: "You are really a gentleman of etiquette, which is not quite the same as folk legends. ”

The so-called "folklore" refers to the various small stories passed down by word of mouth by the people of.

In the story, Oda Nobunaga is a very intelligent, ambitious, but unapproachable, very tough leader.

However, Tieshou Fanxiu is described as a military advisor with exaggerated manners, chattering, able to pinch and calculate, and wise and close to demons.

The image of folk art is of course different from that of real people.

To this, Hirate Honhide's answer was: "I have served the Oda family for fifteen years, and it is with the word 'cautious' that I have some insignificant achievements. ”

Regardless of hypocrisy, anyway, let's put up a high-sounding shelf first.

As a pivotal minister, it is best to maintain a business-like atmosphere with the second generation.

However, Oda Nobutada seems to refuse adult beauty.

As if deliberately trying to tie the relationship, Oda Nobutada didn't care about Honhide's false words at all, but asked in a puzzled tone: "I don't know what my father's first battle was like. ”

Tie Tsuyo was dumbfounded.

He was a little younger, and he hadn't actually participated in Nobunaga's first battle, but he had heard Sasa, Maeda, Ikeda and others describe it countless times.

The first so-called "expedition" after the Great Demon King Yuanfu only took more than 80 cavalry, ran to the castle town at the opposite end, set a fire, burned down several buildings, and killed two enemy samurai who were drunk and forgot to return to the city.

So much for.

The battle was completely different from Oda Nobutada's time.

Although it was later touted by sycophants as "taking a few people to the enemy's hinterland for reconnaissance, he also begged for two generals by the way, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent siege". But anyone with a discerning eye knows what's going on.

But the question is, how should Tie Tsushu answer this question?

Telling the truth is certainly not going to work.

If you use the sycophant version of the explanation......

It doesn't seem to be so good either.

One will seem too flattering, and the other is that it may hit the confidence of the second generation.

Speaking of which, the second generation of adults, it seems that there is indeed a little lack of confidence......

Hisho was silent, and he couldn't think of what to say for a long time.

Fortunately, Oda Nobutada used his brain a little, and he also understood that he had asked a stupid question, smiled awkwardly, and pretended to inadvertently throw out another topic: "Father doesn't care for the time being—where is your first battle, uncle?" The result? ”

"My first battle...... That's been more than a decade! At that time, as a member of the Ma Dai clan, I followed the lord and fought against Oda Nobuyo. Faced with this new topic, Hijo responded immediately without psychological pressure.

The Demon King can't be black, can't I hack myself?

"I wonder what you've gained?" Oda Nobutada hurriedly asked, looking very curious. Obviously, he cares a lot about his "glorious past".

"Capture...... Not at all. Tieshou shook his head unashamedly, "Even for various reasons, he collided with the lines of friendly forces and almost caused his own defeat." ”

This is a deliberate exaggeration of the facts. But anyway, if you hack yourself, no one can stop you.

"Huh?!" Oda Nobutada was dumbfounded, showing a look of disbelief, "I thought someone like my uncle ......"

"It's normal for someone who hasn't seen blood to go into battle for the first time." The tie seems to be defending himself, but in fact, he is relieving the pressure on the other party.

Immediately after that, without waiting for Oda Nobutada to speak again, Hite-ho added: "But the second battle under the next one had a good result, and he won the rebel general Lin Tonggu. That's because I learned my lesson and spent more than half a year making careful preparations. ”

"I see......"

Oda Nobutada nodded his head slowly, looking much calmer.

The flat hand was silent, and did not react.

In fact, this kind of chicken soup-style truth, the second generation will not understand. It's just that there is a lack of someone who has enough weight to give him confidence.

The same words seem empty and boring for ordinary teachers to say, but convincing for famous veterans to say.

Nobunaga wasn't a bad father, he just didn't have the patience.

So the tie played the role of a parent.

After a while, Oda Nobutada breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his spirits, looked sideways and smiled, and said loudly to Fan Xiu, "Thank you for accompanying me to talk about these interesting stories." The day is about to dawn, please come with me to the Chinese army tent in half an hour. ”

As always, his expression remained unchanged, and he bowed back respectfully: "Obey!" ”