Chapter 388: The United States of America, the Storm Changes
In the Mino country, the battle of Ghana broke out in the northern and southern Oda systems, and the northern Oda system was dominated by Oda Nobutaka and Takigawa Ichiyoshi; The Minami Oda system is dominated by Hideyoshi Hashiba, Oda Nobubo, Hayashi Hidesada, and Sakuma Nobumori.
Because Shibata Katsuya attacked Kaga, he was absent from this battle, and although the Kita Oda system was slightly inferior in strength, it was the home battle.
It is worth mentioning that this time it was not only the old department of the Oda system that participated, but also some daimyo ministers. Among them, Tsutsui Shunkei sided with Hideyoshi Hashiba, and Hidehide Matsunaga sided with Kazuki Takigawa.
The battle was first fought in Okupei, and the two sides won and lost each other in the trial. Subsequently, Oda Nobutaka led his troops to storm Lin Xiuzhen's army, and finally defeated it, and the southern Oda line was suddenly unstable.
When Oda Nobutaka was about to expand the results of the battle and defeat the Minami-Oda system in one fell swoop, he suddenly killed tens of thousands of troops from behind, and it turned out that Tokugawa Ieyasu led the army to support the Minami-Oda system. Minami Oda also took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, attacking from both sides, and Takigawa Kazuyoshi led the army to withstand Tokugawa Ieyasu's onslaught, so that it did not collapse.
However, Matsunaga Hide's sudden defection gave Oda Nobutaka a heavy blow, and the Kita-Oda system collapsed, and Kobe Gomori (Nobutaka's adoptive father), Koda Takayuki (Nobutaka's brother), Okamoto Yoshikatsu (Nobutaka's mother's uncle), Oda Nobuyuki (Oda Nobuyuki Mitsuo) and other powerful retainers were killed, and Takigawa Kazuki escaped back to Kanie Castle alone with his ninja skills, while Oda Nobutaka was trapped in Gifu Castle.
An army of more than 30,000 besieged Gifu Castle for several months, but could not take the fortified city, so Hideyoshi Hashiba had a plan to let Oda Nobubao lure Nobutaka out of the city for peace talks.
Oda Nobutaka didn't know what to do, and after thinking that he was Oda Nobunaga, he didn't dare to do anything to himself, so he happily went.
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"Hahaha! Hey? Where's my uncle? Oda Nobutaka stepped into the tent and found that there was not a crowd of ministers as he had imagined, but only one person: branch Mitsuka.
"The lord can't come if he has something, so he is specially ordered to come down to explain some matters." Mitsuka was a close minister of Oda Nobubu, and he trusted and valued him very much.
"What! Here you go! What is this! Hum! After saying that, Oda Nobutaka turned his head angrily and left.
Cangchangchang! The two samurai at the door drew their swords and stopped Oda Nobutaka.
"What does that mean!" Oda Nobutaka took a step back and looked back at the branch Mitsuka in shock.
"The lord said, Oda Nobutaka! Entangled Shibata Katsuie, Takigawa Kazuyi and others rebelled and openly violated the decision of the Seongsu Conference! As an Oda family, it is really unforgivable to do such a great rebellion and corrupt the principle! Therefore... Special seppuku! The branch Guangjia was like a bell, and Oda Nobutaka listened to it with a heartbreak.
"Uncle! I'm your own nephew!! Oda Nobutaka looked up to the sky and roared, and unwilling and painful tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.
"Okay, Your Highness Xinxiao, hurry up and cut yourself off, and go to the lord as soon as possible." Branch Mitsuka impatiently urged Oda Nobutaka, like looking at the fish on the board.
"Hahaha! Ahhh Amusing... It's ridiculous... Hahaha! Oda Nobutaka suddenly burst into tears and laughed wildly, the corners of his mouth rising slightly with contempt.
"There's... What's so funny! You're dying and... And..."The branch Mitsuka looked at the somewhat mad Oda Nobutaka, and immediately drew his sword and stood on guard.
"Humph! Oda Nobubu, that idiot, was used by monkeys and didn't know yet! Wait! He's going to end up with me! Straw bag! Straw bales! Oda Nobutaka cursed disdainfully, his tone and eyes full of disdain.
"Damn! Dare to insult the lord! Go to hell! Drink! Branch Mitsuka stepped forward and stabbed the knife in his hand into Oda Nobutaka's lower abdomen.
Burst! "Ugh! Go away! Oda Nobutaka flew up and kicked the branch Mitsuka.
"You want to kill me! You're not qualified enough! Oda Nobutaka's eyes widened, and his hands gripped the hilt of the knife tightly.
"Uhhhh He pulled out the knife that had been stabbed into his abdomen, then sat cross-legged on the ground, and stabbed it into his left abdomen again!
"Hideyoshi Hashiba! You don't have to die well! Someone will clean you up! Lao Tzu is underground! I'm waiting for you! Oda Nobutaka slashed hard and fiercely across his right abdomen, dying!
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The news of Oda Nobutaka's death spread, and the world was shocked, not only that, but Hashiba Hideyoshi immediately invaded Gifu Castle, and the family of the former Nobutaka family was brutally killed. Then the soldiers turned around and pounced on Takigawa Kazuyi's lair.
Under the onslaught of the Minami Oda system, Takigawa Kazuki's territory was lost one after another, and Kitada Gukyo of Minami Ise also took advantage of Oda Nobutaka's new death and frantically attacked Nobutaka's Naka-Ise. Takigawa Kazuyi, who was isolated and helpless, had no choice but to surrender first, but in fact he was waiting for Shibata Katsuya.
After defeating Oda Nobutaka and Takigawa Kazuyi, there was only one Shibata Katsuya left, but instead of continuing the attack, Hideyoshi Hashiba threw a goodwill olive branch to him.
It was obvious that Hideyoshi Hashiba had already set his eyes on Hosokawa Nobumoto, and he knew that it was absolutely impossible for Hosokawa Nobumoto to watch the Shibata Katsu family perish. In this case, it is better to win over the short-sighted winner, and for this reason, he also sent Kihachiro over to show his sincerity.
This Kihachiro is only five years old this year, and he is the son of Yori Asai. Asai Iyori was the one who opened the city gate for Yushiba Hideyoshi in the Battle of Kotani Castle that year, and was later ordered by Oda Nobunaga to martyr this group of disloyal people.
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"You're Kihachiro? The son of the rebel Asai Yori? Oda looked at the child angrily, unconsciously thinking of her tragic death of her husband, as well as the dead Manfukumaru and Manjumaru. At this time, she only knew that Hideyoshi Hashiba had killed two children, and she didn't know that Manfukumaru had been saved by Nobumoto Hosokawa.
"Exactly!" Asano Nagamasa answered for this ignorant child, and Kihachiro was still at a loss, looking at the beautiful young woman in front of him.
"Excellent! Leave this kid behind! You can go back! Oda nodded with a majestic head, and directly issued an expulsion order to Asano Nagamasa.
"That's... An alliance? "Asano Nagamasa has not forgotten the real purpose of coming, as long as Oda City is cleared, there will be basically no problem with Shibata Katsuya.
"Humph! That's between you men! The concubine doesn't want to care! I don't care! Get me out of here! Oda City pointed out the door, so frightened that Asano Nagamasa quickly retreated, leaving only these two people in the house.
Oda looked at Kihachiro angrily, the more he looked at it, the more moist his eyes became, and the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't help the anger in his heart, his fists clenched, and he slowly walked towards the boy.
Arms outstretched... Caught Kihachiro...