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Talking about the two brothers Oda Nobutaka and Oda Nobuo, everyone's first impression may be:

Imbecile!

This is also confusing to many people, Oda Nobunaga has not only extraordinary martial arts in his life, but also superior in resourcefulness, how did he give birth to such two fools?!

In fact, Oda Nobutaka was very powerful, and the missionaries who saw him also said that he had the style of the King of Gifu (Oda Nobunaga), and he was talented when he was young, compared to Oda Nobuo's military incompetence, Oda Nobutaka did many things when Oda Nobunaga was alive, and many things were remarkable, such as the Ise Crusade and the Araki Crusade, etc., which were appreciated by Oda Nobunaga, and he was appointed as the commander of the Nankaido Army to crusade against Shikoku.

As for Oda Nobuo, I think he is better at politics, which is more obvious after he is middle-aged, for example, after the Battle of Odawara, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to Kanhachi Prefecture (in fact, exile), and the Tokugawa left behind the territory of Suruga Province, the monkey originally intended to give it to Oda Nobuo, but the latter refused to want it, so the monkey was angry, dismissed him from office, and exiled to the northeast.

On the surface, this is a manifestation of Oda Nobuo's stupidity, Suruga Province is much more prosperous than Owari Province, this is not wanted, it is really stupid.

But in fact, Oda Nobuo is proficient, Suruga is a country related to the game between the turtle and the monkey, Oda Nobuo refuses to accept Suruga, in fact, it is a meaning, he is not willing to be the enemy of the turtle, of course the monkey is angry about this, of course the punishment is inevitable.

In his later years, this guy's "level" became more and more proficient, and he came and went between the eastern and western armies, at both ends of the first rat, and after the turtle won, he didn't even blame him. When he arrived at the Osaka Formation, he played this set again, and the turtle didn't treat him well, but gave him a new territory, which really makes people admire that this guy is simply well versed in the "way of survival"......

For me, who has just passed his twentieth birthday, it is a good thing for Akekogoro Nobumitsu to go to the battlefield a lot, and the battlefield experience can help him learn the use of soldiers on the spot.

In terms of actual combat, Keiji Maeda, as a retainer, has a much stronger ability to benefit than me, but "Hanano Keiji" has no good military advisors to provide strategies...... Oh no, to be precise, this guy rarely listens to his advisors, and he prefers a rampage to kill enemies, resulting in many unnecessary sacrifices.

This made my father a headache, on the one hand, Maeda Keiji's "force value" is terrifying, and there is a faint posture of surpassing Saito Rizo and Miyake Yaheiji and other predecessors to become the new number one general in the family, and if this momentum strikes him, it will obviously dampen his enthusiasm.

But on the one hand, it is not easy to train an excellent soldier, how can you let him waste it so casually?

Pregnant! Wouldn't it be nice to find someone who could control him?

So arranging a steady person to restrain him became the only way.

Steady and able to manage Keiji Maeda?

There don't seem to be too many people like this, so I was chosen and chosen, and finally I was chosen!

Luckily, I learned a lot of the essence of the art of war from my father and Honda Masanobu, and the next thing to do is how to put it into practice.

It seems that Keiji Maeda has rich experience in actual combat and is suitable as a "guinea pig" in practice.

I have a good idea of where to attack, but at the same time, I am always very careful to prepare two or even several different strategies to choose from.

Although the troops I commanded were clearly outnumbered by the enemy, I prepared for the worst.

There are even traps prepared to lure the enemy in case they are defeated. My strategy is to pretend to be defeated and flee in panic, so that the enemy can be disarmed and thus lured the enemy deeper.

(It seems that I have heard too much about storytelling and romance)

I can say really think twice...... Oh no, that should be a bit of a cranky thought.

Keijiro Maeda, who was with me, didn't worry as much about it as I did at all, and he was a warrior who didn't know what fear was. When he spotted the enemy, he would always roar excitedly, and then rub his fists, and the next moment he would rush into the enemy's camp like an arrow, and I couldn't stop him.

After four or five battlefield experiences, the enemy, the Iga ninja, was so frightened that they fled just by seeing the figure of this tall military general wearing red armor.

The main target of this battle is Omori Castle, which was built by the Iga ninja on Mt. Omori, which is said to be a castle, but in fact it is a large courtyard.

I remained on the mountainside with five hundred men to prevent the arrival of enemy reinforcements.

Mt. Omori is a fairly smooth road from top to bottom, and if you take another road, it will take you a lot of time and delay several times, and I think that no matter how powerful the Iga ninja is, it will not be possible to fly past me.

As for Omori Castle on the mountain, I handed over more than 300 people to Keiji Maeda to conquer it, because there are only about 100 ninjas in the city, so Keiji Maeda shouldn't have too much effort.

While the ninjas in the castle were struggling to figure out how to release Shintori to ask for help from their companions at the foot of the mountain, Keiji Maeda's troops had broken the gates and engaged in a fierce battle with the enemies in the castle.

On the mountainside, the ninja finally attacked, and there was more bloody rain on Mt. Omori than in previous years.

At this moment, I am an incomparably brave and unstoppable general...... Uh, that's a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it? But I've really started to make a name for myself.

It is worth mentioning that I am slowly changing from a "brave" type of military general to a "military advisor" type general, and whenever I overcome a general, I always carefully review the strategies I use, although sometimes I don't think about anything.

Still, the enemy has attacked me several times. Fortunately, at the time of crisis, the guards around me were still conscientious and willing to work for me, coupled with my own martial arts cultivation, so I was able to save the day again and again.

"Come on! Ninjas! Uncle Ben, I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Riding on my horse, I shouted in the shrill voice of a general, and then used my superb swordsmanship to defeat the incoming enemy.

Even in the face of such an urgent situation, I still commanded while straddled my warhorse.

On July 26, the lord of Omori Castle, Fujibayashi Jubei, was killed by the besieging soldiers, and his head was given to me as a trophy, and Omori Castle finally fell into the hands of the Oda army.

In this siege battle, in addition to the leader of Iga, Fujibayashi Shibei, the ancestor of Kamishinobu Fujibayashi Hoho, the Iga ninja also lost two generals, Akita Daizo and Takayama Gaiki, and their strength was about to reach that of Kaminin.

Although Takayama Gaiki, who had always been at odds with Fujibayashi Hoho, wanted to take out Iga Province before the war, he finally decided to go with the army and died on the battlefield with Akita.

is also a person who eats with a knife and rice in the Warring States Period, but his fate is very different.

For example, some of these ninjas were inexplicably decapitated just by hiding in the grass; Some were killed by unknown soldiers because they accidentally tripped; Of course, there are also people who are blessed and have made a lot of achievements on the battlefield.

"Kogoro," my father stared at the head of the Fujibayashi Jubei I had offered, "how many battles have we fought since we entered Iga Province to this day. ”

"Father, do you mean the whole army, or do you refer to just one part of the family?"

"Of course it's my family."

"We've fought the Iga ninjas more than thirty times so far, but we've only had five frontal battles on a large scale, and most of them have been small-scale sneak attacks against us."

"What about you? Did you get any results? ”

"If I had to say, I think we are far outnumbered by the enemy, so the results we get are not of much value."

"Do you look down on these ninjas?"

"Yes, I can't find anything about them, either tactically, but strategically, that I admire."

"So...... It's okay, you go down. ”

"Yes." ……

After taking Omori Castle and replenishing its food, the Akechi Army immediately sent troops to besiege Mizumon Castle, an important town in the southern part of Iga Province.

At that time, the lord of Watergate Castle was Fujibayashi Nagato Mamoru Toyoho who was with Hyakuchi Tanba Mamoru Santaifu and Hattori Hanzo Masanari and became the "Three Ninjas".

There are a little more defenders in this city, probably because the city lord is a "big man".

The city was a little more troublesome, and the ninja resistance was very strong, and although the Wise Army had 3,000 men, they couldn't beat this small city with no 1,000 men.

At noon the next day, Niwa Nagahide's men and horses rushed to help.

Oda Nobunaga often had "calculations" that no one else could imagine, and in his eyes, war was the business of running an incredible collection of human beings.

Since there was no room for development in the barren and narrow land of Iga, he drew up a three-month battle plan before the start of the war, and planned in detail the scope of his activities during the three months.

Niwa Nagahide and his father probably understood Oda Nobunaga's plan clearly, so a quick victory became the first requirement of the battle, but the water gate castle was quite strong, and the battle lasted until August 3, which ended with Fujibayashi Nagatomori's seppuku suicide.

At the same time, the troops of the Oda clan on other fronts conquered Ginzan Castle, Maki-e Castle, Yagi Castle and other important strongholds of the Iga ninjas, and at the same time broke the castle, they obtained all the food in the castle and brutally slaughtered all the local people.

The various units of the Oda army captured one city after another with high morale, and it goes without saying that they were in high spirits.

According to the original plan, they would only arrive in early September. However, it was only the beginning of August, and they had already dispersed the ninjas who had come to resist them, and with lightning speed, they pounced on Taikou, the last stronghold of the Iga ninjas.

"My lord, it seems that your plan for the destruction of Iga in March can be realized sooner! How's that, you're satisfied, right? ”

"No, Ranmaru, I don't have any satisfaction to speak of...... I think that's the end of it after I'm done with Taikou! ”