"That's the place!" I let out an exclamation. Not because of surprise, but because of great disappointment. I'm sorry! Wrong, that's quite a disappointment.

This room looks like a mix of a study and an office, but it definitely has nothing to do with luxury, and if it weren't for the owner's low status and lack of financial resources, then for some reason the place is not used very often. This is not uncommon, and there are many samurai of all levels who travel all day long in the Warring States.

If you look out the window, you'll see that it's the top floor of a castle tower. The scenery around is not bad, you can see a large area of fields and farmland.

Although the original owner did not have a lot of furniture and books here, my presence added a lot of chaos to this simplicity, and although there were many papers piled up on the tables and marching filing cabinets, there were more scattered on the floor. I didn't care about any of that at the moment, just lay on my back and looked at the ceiling in a daze, thinking about the castle and its original owner. Today is the ninth day of the fifth month of the 10th year of Tensho (1582), and I am already in the middle of Enjiang Province.

At the banquet that night, there was a fierce argument over the position of the first striker, and although my words prevented the next person from continuing to plead, none of the three people who had already opened their mouths were willing to back down. This is no longer a simple matter of procedural arrangement, if you give in, wouldn't it be to admit that you are not good at others, and this person is still thrown in front of the world's great names, just afraid that his family will immediately become the laughing stock of the world. Even if you are beaten to death, you must not be scared to death!

I felt a slight headache that I could neither dampen everyone's enthusiasm nor condone organized and undisciplined small group behavior. And it was the most extensive military operation I had commanded to date, and I didn't want to give the impression that I was indecisive or unclear. After much consideration, I finally made the decision that all three of them would be the first to start!

Don't get me wrong! Although I admit that my military quality is not very good, and I am not so confused as to allow my subordinates to go forward without cooperation, then this united army, which is already made up of patchwork from all sides, will not be chaotic without fighting?

In fact, my plan was to continue to rest for two days at Nagashino Castle, and enter Yuanjiang first from Shimazu, Shihe, and Chosamune. Based on the information gathered by the ninjas, I designated three cities for them to attack! In this way, whoever achieves his goal first is the first to start, and the other two have nothing to say. As to who will attack which city, I will let them decide by lot.

Tokugawa Ieyasu did not have a decent main force on the northern front, but it was not necessarily completely helpless, and if it weren't for that, I believe he would not be so relieved and bold to put on a decisive posture in Hamamatsu Castle. So I have to do some kind of testing now to see what else Tokugawa Ieyasu can do!

None of the three cities were very large, and the defenders ranged from three hundred to one hundred, and all of them were not far from the border of the three rivers so that the army could meet them. Once these three cities are taken down, there will be a basic support point in Yuanjiang.

In addition, during the Battle of the Three Rivers on 5 May, the successive high-intensity marches and operations of the various units really needed to rest. It is impossible to take nearly 200 castles and rocks in Mikawa in one day, and there are still Tokugawa forces hidden in some corners, and the "garbage" needs to be cleared, and the rear also needs to be stabilized.

The "responsibility system" is indeed very beneficial, and Shimazu, Juhe, and Chosamune have all burst out with great enthusiasm, and they have all completed their tasks, including the Ii Valley Castle where I am now. It only took half an hour for the head of Changzong and my department to take this city, and he became the natural champion of this competition.

After that, the 45,000 main forces led by me all drove into the Yuanjiang River, and soon gained a firm foothold here. Now all I have to do is to expand the results and let Tokugawa Ieyasu follow the plan I devised to go.

"This is the ancestral home of Naomasa Ii? One of the 'Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa' seems to be a little ......, "I don't know how to describe it, but I feel a little disappointed." In any case, Naomasa Ii is also a celebrity, so that's it......

"Celebrities? It doesn't seem like it's counting yet! "Suddenly my mind flashed, and I suddenly got out of the misunderstanding I had set.

Now Naomasa Ii is really not a celebrity, and such a "famous general" can now be loaded in baskets throughout Japan. The real celebrity should be myself at the moment, and Ii Naomasa is behind me and I don't know how many places after the decimal point.

Now my identity can be said to be earth-shattering, even if I die right now, I believe that in hundreds of years, those ruins will become some tourist attractions everywhere. It's just that I don't know if people will feel disappointed if they come to the rock in Yudan Valley in person, and will they feel that the travel company cheats money? At least when I see the compound that is not much bigger than the landlord's Tuweizi, I am afraid that I will not be very satisfied.

But maybe I'm a little too worried, since someone will build some new cultural landscapes such as "memorials", and if there are a few more intelligent people, maybe some special snacks with allusions such as "Zhuxingyaki" will be developed. "The Stars Burn...... This name doesn't seem to sound good, right? "It's funny to think about it.

I don't know if there will be such a landscape, but I'm afraid that even if I did, I wouldn't be able to interfere. The so-called "posterity evaluation of meritorious deeds and crimes" is only the descendants of the evaluators, and they will also have their own interests. "Looks like we should find someone to write it...... It's a little early to write history, but it's always prepared! At this time, the history of Japan was still mostly written by frustrated ministers and monks who did not do their jobs, and the caliber was not so uniform. This kind of person is not difficult to find at any time, as long as I give some official support and guidance, it is not difficult to become a mainstream view.

"What should we say about these historical figures?" I found myself with another problem, but it was an interesting one.

Shingen Takeda and Kenshin Uesugi can be designed as tragic heroes, and there is no conflict between my evaluation of them anyway. Besides, I personally respect them more, and it seems that it is not bad to set up a few martial arts models for future generations, what should this be called in a regular term...... That's right, "purely theoretical figures"!

As for the "monkey", there is no doubt that he is a conspirator, an opportunist who has infiltrated our ranks; a despicable villain who will stop at nothing to satisfy his personal ambitions; One...... There are many more specific contents, which can be arranged slowly, in short, he will be an unforgivable enemy! Oh...... And I still gave him a path of "rehabilitation", which is enough to prove the nobility of my personality.

I can't blame him, who calls him an antagonist who cannot coexist, and if he is not completely defeated, it will not be enough to prove my rightness, nor to establish the legitimacy of my rule!

For people like Hojo Sakumo and Mori Moto, you might as well be objective, anyway, they have nothing to do with me directly. Of course, the description of their deeds is still necessary, and the length cannot be too small, only a real history of the Warring States is filled with a lot of flesh and blood people, and it will make a person like me who ended the Warring States more real. If history is completely written as a person singing praises of virtue, then it can only become a laughing stock of people!

The most difficult thing to deal with is the evaluation of Oda Nobunaga, not if you write deeply, if you write shallowly, you can't write shallowly! If he is completely right, then it becomes illegal for me to replace the Oda family. If he was the villain from the beginning, how would the first half of my history be placed?

Therefore, it can only be written that he has merit and fault, merit and demerit are equal, the first half of the credit is the main one, and the second half of the person is guilty of subjective and serious mistakes, only in this way can everything be reasonable! "I wonder if it is possible to introduce the term 'three-seven-open', or 'five-five-open'?" I tried to design it, but I always felt that it was not comprehensive.

"Squeak~~~!" The door was gently pulled open, and a man crept in.

I didn't open my eyes. There are very few people in this castle who can come in without notice like this.

"Father...... Are you asleep? A voice asked softly.

"Nope!" I sat up and looked at Xiuqing in front of me. "I'm thinking about some questions, some questions that don't make sense?"

"Can't figure it out? Still have such a question? He asked in surprise.

"Absolutely!" I nodded, then motioned for him to sit down. "After all, manpower is limited, and there are many things in this world that I can't understand and can't see clearly! If you have to think about every problem, you can only try to add to your troubles. ”

"What then?" Xiuqing, who was a little heavy about everything, said confusedly.

"Ha, ha, ha, don't think about it if you can't think about it! Since you don't know the truth, you can do things unreasonably! "I was in a good mood and made a joke, but that's how I treated Xiuqing. If it is the third son Yiqing who is standing in front of me at this moment, I will make him understand "crooked" if I can't keep it. "Do you have anything to do with me?" I asked.

"So far, my sons have not made any achievements in this battle, and I want to ask my father to assign some work!" When he said this, he was afraid that he was also influenced by others.

"There is no urgency in this matter, the real war has not yet begun!" I understand his feelings, but it's completely unnecessary.

"Isn't Tokugawa about to be squeezed out of the enoe?" He asked unexpectedly.

"It's not that simple, and this time out of Yuanjiang, it can't be finished!" I smiled and explained to him, "It's not just for one Tokugawa that so many troops are being used this time, and Tokugawa Ieyasu himself can't watch Dongkoku be weakened only himself." This campaign will inevitably involve a lot of people, and I want to solve many things together this time! ”

"Back to my lord!" Gobenmaru came in with a slightly worried look and reported: "Our former army Shimazu, Shihe, and Chozong have been frustrated in attacking Futama Castle!" ”

"Isn't this coming!" I said with a smile to Xiuqing.