002 First Formation

"Young master, please try this helmet." The maid respectfully touched a "helmet of the slanting moon arch sun" to me.

I didn't answer, I took the helmet over, my height is 1.7 meters tall, in Japan in this era, I am already considered a "giant", and it is obviously unrealistic to expect the little maid who is only 1.5 meters tall to put on a helmet for me.

Mother carefully put on the crimson armor for me, the style of this armor, you might as well refer to the equipment worn by the wise Zuo Masuke in "Ghost Warrior", which is similar to the one worn on me now.

Mother's name in history should be Tsumiki Kiko, she is over forty years old, she suffered from smallpox when she was young, although she was lucky to pick up a life, but her face is ruined, so I have never found the feeling of Sakai Noriko in "The Tale of the National Thief". However, in history, since she gave birth to a great beauty and wise jade, she must not have been bad in appearance when she was young.

There is a ghost mask attached to the helmet, which is nothing special, and Masanobu Takasaka of the Takeda family wears a mask when he goes out into battle, because the expression of the mask is usually made hideous and fierce, so it can have the effect of intimidating the enemy.

"Kogoro," the mother admonished, "this is your first battle, you have to work hard, if you don't know anything, go to the lord and Hosokawa-sama and ask them, don't do anything just because you are the young master." ”

As the son of a samurai, he hadn't fought at the age of fifteen, and it was indeed a bit late. Historically, Katsuyori Takeda has been ridiculed for making his debut at the age of sixteen.

"Yes, Mother, I will take it to heart!" My mother's words reminded me of the parents who sent their children out to college in later generations.

Sitting watching us talk was my younger brother Shishiro, who was only eight years old and had big round eyes staring at my armor and the sword at my waist.

In addition to me, my father had four daughters and two sons...... My two older sisters and younger sister are married, and my youngest brother, Twelve Lang, has also gone to his father's friend and son-in-law, Jian Jing Shunqing, to be an adopted son. So the only ones left around me and the fifteen lang in front of me (if memory serves, he should have been called Akechi Guangqing in history).

"Fifteen Lang, is it good-looking?" I asked as I swirled around him.

"The armor is good...... "Fifteen Lang shook his head and said, "It's a pity for the one who wears it, alas, ......"

"You kid!" The good mood of the morning was eliminated a lot by this sentence.

Seeing that I was a little unhappy, my mother hurriedly scolded Fifteen Lang: "This is your brother's first battle, how can you say that?!" Go to the morning class, and if you can't finish it, you won't have lunch! ”

When Fifteen Lang heard this, he ran out in a panic like a rabbit, "Got it, got it, I'll go!" ”

Looking at his lively back, I smiled helplessly, as the eldest son, there are some things he can do, but I can't.

The wise are going to war!

To be precise, my father's boss, Oda Nobunaga, is going to war!

Hit whom? Echizen!

At the beginning of Nobunaga's capture of Echichi, he appointed Katsura Nagatoshi (former Hayoshitsugi), an old minister of Asakura, as the guardian of Echizen.

As a result, Chotoshi's ability was limited and he failed to manage Echizen well, but was initiated by Honganji Temple to occupy most of Echizen Province.

Katsura Nagatoshi is a pompous, vain-minded, lazy at work, and rude to friends, making him an unlikable character. Tomita Nagashi, the lord of Fuchu Castle, who is also an old minister of Asakura, has the same problem, and after the Asakura family was destroyed, Nagashi has been looking forward to serving as the guardian of Echizen, and he is jealous of Katsura Nagatoshi who is the guardian of the generation every day.

Changjun is also aware of Chang Fan's attitude, and then plans to reduce his knowledge and practice, and the two begin to oppose each other.

On January 19 of the second year of Tensho (1574), Tomita Nagashige finally couldn't bear it anymore and sent troops to attack Katsura Nagatoshi and force him to commit suicide.

Then, on January 24, Nagafan murdered another former retainer of the Asakura family, Yuzumi Jinggu. What Chang Fan has done can already be regarded as a rebellion. Fearing that Nobunaga would ask him for his guilt, he sent his younger brother to Nobunaga as a hostage to show his loyalty.

Taking advantage of this chaotic situation, Kaga's camp has always seen the opportunity and surrounded Nagashi's Fuchu Castle, as the saying goes, the civil war is an insider, and the outside war is a layman, although Nagashi behaved very well when eliminating two opponents, he immediately wilted in the face of the menacing crowd, although he put up stubborn resistance, but on February 18 of the same year, due to being outnumbered, Fuchu Castle fell, and Nagange died in battle.

In the course of Tomita Nagashige's confrontation with the Ichikoshi, many of the Asakura clan were involved in the war. First of all, the current retainer Tsuchihashi Shingami (Asakura Keikagami), who forced the monarch Asakura Yoshikei to commit suicide and was killed by a crowd attack on April 15. Asakura Keixuna reserved military rations to hold the city, and struggled to resist the attack of the enemy general Qili Raishu, but in the end he was still defeated, and retreated to Tsuruga after abandoning the city. There is also Anju Jingjian (Asakura Jingjian), but he has always been full of people and attacked Echizen together.

Jing Jian was on behalf of Asakura Yoshikage in the Battle of Sister River, and he was a very powerful member of the Asakura family before. Now, together with Asakura Jingyin, Asakura and the third class, they are taking advantage of the chaos to raise troops, presumably with the desire to revive Asakura.

The gravity of the situation made Nobunaga want to recapture Echizen without delay, but it was impossible to send troops immediately, because at that time, Ise Nagashima had always pulled a lot of Nobunaga's troops, and Shingen's son Takeda Katsuyori repeatedly invaded the territory of Oda and Tokugawa.

Therefore, only three months after the annihilation of Ise Nagashima Ichijo Ichijo in March of the second year of Tensho (1575) and the victory over the Takeda army at Mikawa Nagashino on May 21 of the following year (Tensho 3rd year), Nobunaga once again issued a "general mobilization" aimed at the Hokuriku Ichijo Sect, which was currently making waves!

Although there had been an armistice with Ishiyama Honganji, Nobunaga never believed that they would honestly chant and worship the Buddha when he went on his expedition, and Sakuma Nobumori was left in Settsu to monitor Honganji.

Also left behind were Takigawa Kazuki and Niwa Nagahide, the former was responsible for "repairing" Kii's people, and the latter had a heavier burden and had to do a good job of "towning the country".

After receiving the order from the boss (that is, the words of Horihide Masa), his father did not dare to slack off, and the autumn Tanba strategy had to be postponed.

After a lot of mobilization in the territory, my father and his own family troops led the local people (including the Jiantian people) to gather more than 5,000 troops......

One more thing, my initial time was actually advanced, and I was originally asked to "try out" when I was going to Tambo Raiders, but now it's okay, in the evaluation that night, I was "cold" and was awarded the position of "deputy general" by my father.

Coming back to reality from my thoughts, I let out a mouthful, as if I wanted to exhale all my grievances.

"Almost, Mother, I'm going to the castle tower for the assessment."

Surrounded by two attendants, I entered the castle tower in full armor.

As soon as I saw that the "young owner" was coming, the retainers saluted me one after another, and I couldn't lose the number of courtesies and return the salutes one by one.

Everyone had already arrived, kneeling on the tatami mats in two rows. I made it to the main seat, but not in the middle, but on the far right, and in the middle was reserved for my father.

Most of the Wise Retainers were composed of the Wise Clan, the Omi Clan, the Mino Clan, and the Former Shogunate Clan.

Toshizo Saito and Takashi Hosokawa are the first on the left and right sides, respectively, and both of them have the same status in the Oda family as their fathers, both of whom are family elders.

Needless to say, Saito Rizo, the surname Saito has been passed down for hundreds of years, and when the Akechi clan was not separated from the Toki clan, the Saito clan was already competing with the Toki clan for the real power of Mino, and even the "pit viper" Michizo licked his face and flowed to them to ask for a surname.

Rizo himself was already the lord of the old castle before Nobunaga took Mino, and after his father was given the title of Sakamoto Castle, he almost quarreled with Nobunaga in order to get Rizo's actions and strength.

Not to mention Fujitaka, who had established a friendship with his father as early as when he was under Ashikaga Yoshiteru. After the fall of the Ashikaga shogunate, Fujitaka returned to Nobunaga, and his father also wanted him. But this time Nobunaga agreed very happily, the Hosokawa clan has a good reputation in Sanin Avenue, and Fujitaka can give a lot of help to his father's Tanba strategy.

My father was not in the habit of arriving late, and it didn't take long for him to walk in, accompanied by his surname.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I won't say anything superfluous," my father looked at the retainers on both sides, "Gifu's side, the lord will personally go out this time, and the wise family has been designated to ask for five thousand troops, so we can say that we are 'pouring out of the nest', Fujitaka!" ”

"His Highness (Nobunaga is his lord) even though he commands."

"I've wronged you this time, after we leave, I'll leave all the affairs of Sakamoto Castle to you," the father paused, and then said, "But I agreed to the request you made last time, let Zhongxing follow him this time, counting, this is also his first battle." ”

"Your Highness Xie is very loving, Zhongxing has always been dull, and I ask Your Highness for more advice."

"Xiuzhen!"

"The lord commands." Akechi Hidesada (Hidesada Ino, one of the Katata people) bowed his head and obeyed the order.

"Are the ships ready?"

"More than 100 ships have been prepared, ready to set sail at any time," his voice was mixed with excitement, for the people of the country, fighting a war can always make more money than farming and trading, "We have sent 1,500 people this time, and we are ready to wait for the Lord's dispatch at any time. ”

His father was naturally very happy about his loyalty, and encouraged him a few more words.

Then, my father asked the retainers about their preparations for war, and the answers they received were all satisfactory.

"Pioneer officer! Rizo Saito! "My father began the final deployment of the army.

"Yes!"

"The second striker, wise Guangzhong!"

"Yes!" ……

"Shinmitsu!" Finally it was me, and I quickly got down from the side and knelt in front of him.

Father took out a businesslike attitude: "This time you are the deputy general, this is a war, you have to be serious for me, if something happens because of your mistakes, hum!" His eyes became fierce, "Even if the lord pleads with you, I won't let you go!" ”

"Yes...... Be! "I'm once again a big pear mountain