Oda Nobunaga stretched out a hand from the huge wooden barrel, picked up a glass of sake from the low table next to him, and drank it down. The rising water made his face flush and hazy, which made my expression even more indistinct.

I stumbled forward, picked up the jug, and filled the cup for him. This is the back account of the Chinese military tent, and only the two of us are here at the moment.

After the Ise coalition forces on the other side of the river retreated, everyone put down their suspense and returned to the tents of the Chinese army, and resumed the interrupted lunch. I thought it would be easy, but it wasn't like that at all. Oda Nobunaga's face sank and he didn't say a word during the entire meal, which made everyone nervous again. After the meal, Oda Nobunaga went to the tent and took a bath, but he called me in.

"You're well prepared!" Oda Nobunaga finally opened his mouth. "On the surface alone, it seems that you have already calculated the crushing defeat of our army!" There was no trace of emotion in his voice, and it was impossible to tell whether it was praise or disapproval.

What should come is always coming! I stabilized my emotions and said respectfully, "My subordinates really don't have such foresight!" It's just that since I am trusted by my lord and let me be in charge of important matters, I can only do my best to fulfill my duties! All they do is what they do! ”

"Lie! You're lying again! Oda Nobunaga's hand waved in the water, making a slight splash. I don't know what's going on in your head all day! Sometimes you're sluggish, even an idiot, but other times you're scary! Whatever you do, you always seem to prioritize your own safety. What are you afraid of under the protection of me, Oda Nobunaga? ”

"I'm scared of you!" I muttered to myself.

"I can say that I am a brutal person, but I will only kill those useless cowards, and I am always very tolerant of those who are really capable! Singer has opposed me several times, but in the end, didn't he still get my reuse? "He seems to have read through my mind, but he didn't tell nonsense, and he was very lenient with Matsunaga Shu who rebelled repeatedly throughout history." I also sent someone to investigate you secretly, and found that even the old city lord Lin Tongsheng did not have a nourishing life as you, let alone other generals and generals! It is true that you have not been corrupt, and you seldom do business and do not lend money to usury, as if you can make a high profit just by passing money in your hands. Don't talk about ninjas, even me and the housekeeping experts at home can't figure it out! It's not that I didn't think that you were bought, (I was sweating again when I heard this) but ...... First, you have no relationship with any samurai of any other family. Second, traitors are usually aggressive, but you are a spinning top. Third, I don't know anyone who would pay such a large amount of money for an Ashigaru general. In that case, everything else is your private matter, so I won't ask! ”

"Yes! But...... Maybe I'm a timid person! "I can't help but say that I'm not very mature in this world.

"It's not going to happen overnight, let's talk about something else!" Oda Nobunaga took another drink, then changed the subject. "You are not the only one who sees that the war on Long Island is unfavorable, and I am responsible for this, I am too swayed by emotions! But you were able to respond so satisfactorily, which really surprised everyone. How did you come up with the idea? ”

"This may also be due to my timidity......" I straightened up and said, "I have been exposed to many cases of war since I was a child (and the movies I have seen are by no means imaginable), and I have always believed that the destruction of the cauldron can only be used for tactics, and absolutely not for strategy!" ”

"You can't say it's wrong, but sometimes it can be delayed!" He looked at me with a smirk and said.

"Please advise!" I'm genuinely looking for some professional guidance.

"Have you seen the Three Kingdoms?" Oda Nobunaga asked me a strange question out of the blue.

"Oh...... My subordinates have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but they haven't watched "Three Kingdoms". I recalled.

"The Art of War says, 'What is false is real, and what is real is false.'" He closed his eyes and rested his head on the edge of the barrel. There is such a story in the Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and sent the general Zhang Fei to break it in Dangyang, but Cao Cao chased after him but was frightened back by Zhang Fei with a suspicious strategy. But Zhang Fei made a fatal mistake: he burned the bridge! Directly led to the accelerated pursuit of Cao Cao's army! ”

"The lord is far-sighted, and his subordinates are really beyond his strength!" That being said, I wondered in my heart: how could Oda Nobunaga make such a low-level mistake? It seems that I still underestimate myself and the power of modern education! Remembering what he had just said, I decided to take the risk of speaking my mind. "But my lord......" I said in a respectful voice as much as possible, "my subordinates still have a little shallow opinion, I don't know ......"

"You say!"

"My subordinates know that a great commander once said: 'Attach importance to the enemy tactically, and despise the enemy strategically!' On the strategic issue of the Ise coalition's attack on Owari, his subordinates dared to think...... "I paused here for a moment and then said word by word: "He, they, no, match!" ”

"They don't deserve it?!" Oda Nobunaga suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes and looked at me in astonishment.

"Yes! They don't deserve it! I definitely repeat it again.

"Hah! Ha! Ha! ......" After the defeat, Oda Nobunaga burst out laughing for the second time today. "Hah! …… The one who made me Oda Nobunaga helpless...... Unworthy? …… Ha! Ha! …… Let dozens of generals under my command ...... Burnt people...... Unworthy?? …… Ha! Ha! Ha! …… Defeated the 20,000 troops of my Oda family...... The one who throws away the armor...... Unworthy??? He kept laughing, as if he had burst into tears.

"Please forgive my subordinates for being rude!" I broke out in a cold sweat again.

"Nope! …… You don't have to be afraid! I was just...... I just think it's funny! Oda Nobunaga waved his hand at me, and finally stopped laughing. Tell me, why is it unworthy? ”

"Yes! Then the subordinates were bold. "I decided to tweak my language skills." The lord is like a warrior of infinite strength, wielding an iron rod in his hand; The Ise group is like a swarm of pesky flies, buzzing and disturbing. The Lord uses an iron rod to hit flies, and naturally there is nowhere to use it! The lord just talked about the Three Kingdoms, but Cao Cao's army was 830,000 and only one head, and the Ise coalition army didn't know how many heads there were, which reminded me of another story: Dong Zhuo had to lead the army to retreat west after being defeated by the Dong coalition army at the Tiger Prison Pass, and after defeating the pursuing Cao Cao, he did not recapture Luoyang, but sent heavy troops to guard Tongguan and move the capital to Chang'an. This move made the princes of the Kanto region suspicious of each other, and soon they attacked each other and dispersed on their own! Ise has less than 600,000 koku and 48 large and small forces, and the world calls it a 'small wargoku'. Due to the long-term strife, they are full of internal contradictions, and mutual suspicion is deepening. This time, the lord's soldiers pressed the territory, and there was a great tendency to annex the entire territory of Ise in one fell swoop, which made them feel the same hatred for the enemy. As long as our army retreats, they feel safe, and they will definitely meet again, and then the lord only needs to provoke it! So what is needed at the moment is not an army of lords, but a '******'! ”

Oda Nobunaga looked at me in a daze, as if he didn't know me anymore. "Why didn't you say it before I sent out?" He asked half a day later.

"At that time, the city of Xiaomujiang was broken, Lord Xinxing was killed, and the lord must send troops to take revenge! Otherwise, my family would not be able to gain a foothold, but ...... Then things got a little out of hand! ”

"That'...... Do you have a good '******' in your hands now? ”