Chapter 171: Fifty Years of Life

The entire assessment room of Kiyoshu Castle in Owari Province was full of important ministers of the Oda family, but everyone looked worried, since the attack on Nagashima Castle hit Honganji Temple, the Oda family temporarily lifted the threat from the west, but the Kitabatake Haruga in Southern Ise has a fierce dragon crossing the river and the trend of unifying the entire Ise Province. The Saito army in the north also began to enter Owari, but everyone will put a question mark on Saito Michizo's character. The real threat came from the Imagawa family to the east, and Tsukahara Muryu issued a document to crusade against Uesugi Kenmasa, forcing the Imagawa army to attack Owari ahead of schedule. What is quite a headache is that the group of Mikawa barbarian cattle is the main force of the first wave of attacks, because the young master of the Matsudaira family is in the hands of Imagawa Yoshimoto, so the samurai of the Matsudaira family have to obey Imagawa Yoshimoto's orders, and Mikawa Country is different from Owari, the general standard of living of the people is not high, so the people are fierce. Although the Oda family and the Matsudaira family have been fighting each other for decades, and they are enemies of each other, even if they slaughter all the Mikawa barbarian cattle, there will not be much loss for Imagawa Yoshimoto, but the Oda family will not be able to meet the main force of the upcoming Imagawa army.

Oda Nobunaga, who was exhausted, walked into the evaluation room, and the important ministers of the Oda family saluted him one after another, and after waving their hands casually, Oda Nobunaga sat down. "First of all, I announced that Kitabatake Harugu is dead."

What the? Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Kitabatake Harugu is dead? That fierce man pressed the Oda family to the ground not long ago and rubbed it, and now he suddenly died?

"Although the cause is unknown, there is really no threat to the west of the house in a short period of time. The Mino army has entered Inuyama Castle and is heading towards Komaki Mountain, and that pit viper means to meet in Komaki Mountain, and then we will meet the army of the Imagawa family together, what do you think? Oda Nobunaga asked, looking around at the crowd.

But what made him quite disappointed was that he didn't answer the conversation, obviously in the case of a strong enemy, he didn't trust his allies anymore, and he didn't want to lose strong reinforcements, otherwise there would be turmoil in people's hearts. "The elder of the Matsudaira family, Tadashi Torii, is leading an army of 4,000 to storm the family's Narumi Castle, what do you think?"

"The subordinates thought they could privately send someone to make an agreement with the Matsudaira family, asking them to slow down their attack on Narumi Castle." Lin Tongsheng opened his mouth and said, the chief general guarding Narumi Castle is Sakuma Morishige, since Sakuma Nobumori died in the battle under Nagashima Castle, Oda Nobunaga took pity on his loyalty, so he specially promoted the Sakuma clan and appointed Sakuma Morishige as the lord of Narumi Castle. Although Lin Tongsheng and Sakuma Nobumori do not have a good relationship, now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and he can't help but do his best.

"I'll leave this to you."

"Hah!"

"Washizu was also attacked by Asahina Taino, Xuanfan he may not last long, although the city is surrounded by three thousand people led by Miura Beihou, but there should be no problem in a short time, so I decided to send a general to reinforce Washitsu, who of you is willing to take the initiative to ask?" Oda Nobunaga said slowly, with his character, he naturally didn't like this way of evaluating himself and asking his retainers' opinions, but Nagashima Castle's strategy was abandoned halfway, which made his prestige in the Oda family not increase but decreased, and he couldn't say anything at the evaluation meeting. But Washizu had to be saved, Oda Genban Nobuhei is a representative of the neutral faction in the Oda family, and he is a battle-hardened general, if he dies, the problem of talent embarrassment in the hands of Oda Nobunaga will be even more serious.

"I've long heard about how Asahinai Tai can be good at fighting, but I don't believe it, so I'm going to learn it well this time." Shibata Katsuya said seemingly heroically, but in fact, due to his poor performance in the Long Island City Raiders, Shibata Katsuya urgently needs a victory to prove his status, otherwise he may really be marginalized as a scapegoat. And Asahina Taino's good battle is one of the best in the entire Tokaido, when the Fuchu Castle battle, it was he who led the army to break the flank of the Uesugi army and opened the entire battle situation, looking at the current Oda family, in the case of similar troops, I am afraid that only himself can compete with him.

A day later, the news came that drove Oda Nobunaga crazy: Michizo Saito suddenly fell ill and "had to" stay in Inuyama Castle to recuperate, and asked the Oda family to hold on for a while longer. Recuperate a fart, you are nested in my family's Inuyama Castle, and the army will be transferred to me, bastard! How could Oda Nobunaga not see this clumsy plan, but there was no way, or smile, otherwise people would really sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and you would really dare to start a war on both sides? What makes Oda Nobunaga's egg even more painful is that Imagawa Yoshimoto has already led the standing army to arrive! The attacks on Owari by the various ministries suddenly increased, and everyone wanted to make a good impression in front of the big leaders, but it was bitter for the generals of the Oda family, especially Sakuma Morishige. Originally, he was promoted to the governor of the family, and he was double happy when he became the lord of the city, but Sugiura Genren fought too hard at the beginning, and the vitality of the entire Sakuma family was greatly damaged, and the talent withered. This time, he defended Narumi Castle, and he had just made an underground treaty with Torii Tadakichi, which was invalidated in a blink of an eye, but fortunately, Torii Tadayoshi was still kind, and told himself in advance that Imagawa Yoshimoto was coming, otherwise it would have been impossible to keep Narumi Outer City Pill in that round of fierce offensive just now. As soon as Narumi Castle was lost, the first line of defense in the eastern part of Owari Province was basically abandoned, and the Oda army needed to retreat on all fronts, otherwise it would be isolated and each could be broken.

Just when the entire Oda family was panicking, Oda Nobunaga, as the number one, did something that made everyone's jaws drop: I saw Oda Nobunaga wearing tiger-striped pants and shirtless, as if he had returned to the era of Owari Da fool. Could it be that the pressure is too great, and the lord is crazy? The ministers of the Oda family looked at each other, and their hearts were even more bottomless.

"I often think about this world, and there is no fixed place. Sigh the moon in the water, floating like morning dew. Fifty years of life are like dreams and illusions. There is life and death, what is the regret of a strong man. Just when the Oda family was in despair, Oda Nobunaga danced and sang with a fan, performing the famous story of the Lucky Dance: Tsumori!

The desolate and heroic lyrics made the Oda family feel a sense in their hearts, and the restlessness was gradually replaced by tenacity and determination, and as the last dance step fell, Oda Nobunaga threw the fan to the side and shouted, "Return to the butterfly, give me armor!" Ladies and gentlemen, this battle will be won! ”

"Ha !!"

The samurai, who were anxiously waiting at home, soon received the news from the castle tower that Oda Nobunaga's decision to break the cauldron and fight Imagawa Yoshimoto to the death won the appreciation and approval of most of the samurai, who loved the cherry blossom plot and would rather die than struggle to bloom. So everyone took up their weapons and joined the rolling torrent of Oda Nobunaga's expedition.