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In the ancient country of Ise, there was a famous specialty called lobster!

Lobsters from the Ise region are sturdy, juicy, and taste far superior to those found elsewhere in Japan.

When the author was studying in Japan, he was fortunate enough to eat this lobster in Mie Prefecture, and it tasted really good!

In the popular Japanese drama "Nobunaga's Chef" a while ago, Ise Daimyo Kitada Gukyo said to Oda Nobunaga: "Ise shrimp is something in my collar, and I'm tired of eating it!" ”

In fact, Ise lobster was also very expensive in ancient times, so the daimyo of Ise generally did not eat too much of this seafood, and its value was mainly used to "exchange for foreign exchange" or to reward heroes.

So Kitada Gujiao said that he was tired of eating spiny lobster...... I really can't imagine how much he ate to say such a thing.

However, at that time, the Oda army was attacking South Ise, and the relationship between the two families was in a tense period, and Kitada Gujiao's words were probably "showing off his wealth" to the "hillbilly" Oda Nobunaga, boy, what you can't eat, Lao Tzu is sick to his stomach when he eats!

On that occasion in Mie Prefecture, the author had the pleasure of eating many "famous dishes": lobster sashimi, stone-steamed lobster, Yoshino boiled lobster, lobster tempura, miso lobster soup...... The waiter at the hotel asked me if I wanted to try the "Western lobster bisque", and I was about to eat it all at once, until I saw that there was not much "Fukuzawa Yukichi" in my wallet, so I had to dismiss the idea......

I, Wise Mitsuhide, Wise Mitsuei, father and son, the three of them gathered around the low dining table, bowing their heads and eating dinner silently.

Miso soup, grilled saury, and sautéed burdock shreds left over from noon round round off for a simple and regular dinner.

Originally, the "food" of the Oda Army was quite simple, a fish, a rice ball, and a bowl of miso soup were enough, and at most you would be given a cucumber with sauce. The samurai were proud of their simplicity, and the glitz and luxury were the depraved ways of the minister.

However, as the Oda family's family business gradually expanded, the status of various army commanders and some high-ranking samurai also increased rapidly, and there were many people whose territory exceeded 10,000 koku or tens of thousands of koku or even more than 100,000 koku.

After "climbing" up, these people began to "run for a well-off life" one after another, and the practice of eating and drinking too much began to become popular among the middle and upper echelons of the army.

Oda Nobunaga did not stop this at all, because he himself began to "fall", food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and began to look at the "golden general" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu back then.

There are only two people in the Oda Nobunaga group who are not exposed to this trend.

One is Tokugawa Ieyasu, after serving as the guardian of Enoe, he instead reduced seven dishes and one soup to five dishes and one soup "against the trend of the times", because the dishes in Japan are very small, so he eats very little.

One is my father, Akechi Mitsuhide, who has been a ronin before, has experienced the hardships of life, so he attaches great importance to thrift, and only he still retains the original, "stingy" style in the Oda army.

Luckily, tonight's saury tasted pretty good! The meat is fatty and constantly overflows with fat when the fish is grilled.

Fifteen Lang Guangqing also emerged with a strange appetite that a ten-year-old "elementary school student" should have, and constantly excitedly stretched out his chopsticks to the fish in front of him.

My father drank a taste of the soup and sighed.

"Today's attack was also completely ineffective, and Matsunaga's iron cannon was very sophisticated, and our army suffered a lot of damage."

Because I knew the temper of this "strict father", I had to put down the bowl full of warm and delicious miso soup that was almost in my mouth, and Shiburo had to put down the chopsticks that I was using to "disembowel" the saury.

"If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that it won't be able to defeat this city until the New Year, and if it goes on like this, the outside world will question the strength of my family.

These are secondary ...... On Tanba's side, Hatano Arishiki and Mori helped to attack fiercely, and more than half of the territory had fallen into their hands, and the military department (Hosokawa Fujitaka's official position was Daisuke the military department) was almost unable to hold on, but the lord's side ...... Lord, no matter how early you are, you have to wait until the matter on Yamato's side is over before you can return to Sanyin. ”

"The main hall is too unkind." The teenager on the other side complained.

"Keep your mouth shut!" I gave him a blank look, "We are only thinking about our own fiefdom, but the lord is thinking about the whole world!" ”

"Cut!" He was unconvinced: "For a Matsunaga show, tens of thousands of troops are dragged here, do you think it's worth it?" ”

"If you can't even die of Matsunaga Show, then the lord doesn't need to rule the world anymore, so just pack up your things and go back to Owari...... Father, this time, we have to go back to Mino to farm. ”

"No, I want to stay in Kyoto and open a dojo!" My father was very cooperative with my jokes.

"You ......" Fifteen Lang was defeated by the two of us.

"But, then," I suddenly became serious, "I actually have an idea. ”

"Oh?"

The Shogunate of the Chinese Army.

"Oh, what is the best plan for His Highness the General? Please do not hesitate to advise. Oda Nobutada, who was about to go to sleep, has no sleepiness at all now, and it seems that the war that has not progressed for a long time has made him very "worried".

"Young master, let me ask first, before the war, did our army already surround Yamato?"

"That's right, not a single Matsunaga person can be let go!"

"That's good...... Can the lord have read the Han history book "Northern History" (to be precise, "Northern History" was written by the Xianbei people and recorded the history of the Northern Dynasties)? ”

"This, not yet," Oda Nobutada hesitated for a moment, and was very frank, "I have only read the "Historical Records", "Three Kingdoms", "Book of Tang" and "Zizhi Tongjian", as for the "Northern History", I haven't read it yet. ”

Yikes! It's amazing, I've only read historical records in these books.

"Does it have anything to do with your schemes?"

"Young master, there is such an incident recorded in the "Northern History", the Taiwu Emperor Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty once wrote a letter to the generals of the Southern Dynasty before the war of Liu and Song in the Southern Dynasty, claiming that he would drive the Han people to be sacrificed before the Wei army.

Emperor Taiwu's words are like this, these people are all Han Chinese, it is useless to stay and deliberate, you killed them to clear the internal troubles for us.

In the same way, whenever the city is attacked, the Hu people also drive the Han people to walk in the forefront, and the Han army is naturally unwilling to face their compatriots, even the hardest-hearted people, they can't help but be soft, the Hu people use this technique to capture a lot of cities, the same, they also use this to deal with other foreign races, then this practice was imitated by the Hu people in later generations, Tubo, Shatuo, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolia...... This method has been used......"

I suddenly noticed that there was something wrong with Oda Nobutada's eyes.

"General, are you urging me to do the same?" Oda Nobutada looked at me with a cold look in his eyes.

"No, this is just a little idea, whether it is implemented or not depends on your own wishes, young master." At this moment, his eyes were very similar to Oda Nobunaga, and my heart began to beat faster.

"Just do as you say, Senchiyo," he called to his attendants, "you go and fetch His Highness Takigawa." ”

He sighed, as if he had compromised in some struggle, "The army cannot be delayed here any longer!" ”

The time has entered the middle of November, in fact, if you look at it according to the Western calendar, it is almost the end of December.

In the early morning of November 11, on the arrow tower of Xingui Mountain City, flames lit up the sky.

Innocent people, or "untouchables" as the samurai lords called them, were driven by the Oda army to march towards the castle of Shinkiyama with a mournful voice.

It is not surprising that war is seen as a race to kill those who have lost their reason, no matter what kind of coercion, conspiracy, and treachery. What righteousness, what righteousness, what conscience...... In the event of a war, these things are completely reduced to nothing. The warring sides are desperate, competing with each other, like demons, this is the truth of the war!

Some of the soldiers in the castle were coerced by the Oda army.

They are willing to defend the city for Matsunaga Hide, not for anything else, but to hope that under the "grace" of Lord Matsunaga, the family can live a better life.

But now, all these hopes are starting to become unrealistic, and they can't do anything in the face of their own parents and villagers.

Oda Nobutada's conditions were not harsh, and they did not need to turn against each other, as long as the city gate was opened, the Oda army would no longer point the sword in their hands at their relatives.

Some began to waver.

On the twelveth, the siege artillery fire became more and more intense.

They finally betrayed their comrades, first lit a fire in the outer garden, informed the enemy of the inner response, and then immediately killed the city soldiers and opened the gates of Xinguishan Castle.

Oda Nobutada was overjoyed, and this was the moment he was waiting for.

Immediately, the Oda army poured into the castle like a tide.

"Damn traitor!" When Hidekatsu Takeuchi saw this scene, he gritted his teeth with hatred!

Seeing this, Matsunaga smiled bitterly and shook his head and walked towards the castle tower.

There are countless people who have calculated in life, and finally one day, it is my turn to be calculated.

"Go and prepare gunpowder, I'll be useful!"

Naito and Izumi Morihide, who had been desperately resisting in the outer city, were being captured alive. The enemy who had previously resisted the invasion of the Nago estate, Sanjo Kojuro Motoyori, who had been in charge of guarding the main gate from the beginning, hurried to the rescue, fought the Oda army with a spear, and finally died in the castle.

While the Oda army was fighting with the Matsunaga army, they set fire everywhere, and soon the north and east gardens in the castle were on fire.

Soon, Nanjoen fell, and Hidekatsu Takeuchi, who was in charge of commanding the battle, and more than 400 officers and soldiers under his command were all killed, and the main castle of Shinkiyama Castle was also surrounded by the Oda army......

I always thought that Matsunaga Xiu was a villain, and the soldiers in his hands were at the same level as the "puppet army", but in fact, the combat effectiveness of the Matsunaga army has reached the situation of the "imperial army"!

"Very good, my father has an order," Oda Nobutada, who was in his hands, said with a high spirit: "As long as Matsunaga hands over the tea-ware flat spider in his hand and surrenders, he can be let live!" ”

"Ahh The generals under him were taken aback, "The lord wants to let him go?" ”

"It's my father's order, and I can't help it."

Just when Oda Nobutada was about to send an envoy.

Something unexpected happened to everyone!

"Boom"

With a loud bang, to everyone's consternation, the castle tower exploded.

"No, it won't!" I looked at the explosion in disbelief, "How much gunpowder does this have to use......

"No, it won't!" Hideyoshi Hashiba also asked the same question, "That old guy Matsunaga has completely finished up with himself?" ”

"Scared me to death, Matsunaga Shu actually blew himself up?!"

“……”

Everyone looked at this matter with their own eyes.

And in that explosion, the former generation of heroes, Matsunaga Xiu, ended his life of ups and downs, magnificent waves, and at the same time, he was destined to be scolded from generation to generation