Chapter 8: Nobunaga's First Battle
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"Attack Mikawas? Lord, will this be too early for the young master? Hirate Masahide persuaded with a sad face. Although he also hoped that Oda Nobunaga would be able to transform on the battlefield, he always felt that Oda Nobunaga was not ready to go to war.
"Masa-so, that kid is 13 years old, and I don't know how many battles I've fought at his age. If the eagle is protected all the time, it will not be able to spread its wings and fly high! Oda Nobuhide said solemnly.
Seeing what Hirate Masahide wanted to say, Oda Nobuhide said again, "Masahide, you should know how unpopular Yoshihoshi has been over the years, so I hope to be able to stabilize his position as a young master through war." ”
"Moreover, in recent times, Hayashi Xiuzhen and Kanjuro have been very close......" Oda Nobuhide's last sentence made all the opposing thoughts of Hirate Masahide disappear.
Lin Xiuzhen, the current governor of the Lin family. The chief elder of the Oda family, one of Oda Nobunaga's teachers, can be said to be the most powerful one in the civil bureaucracy. And now, I heard that he and Oda Nobuhide's other son, Oda Nobu, are walking very close...... This is obviously not good news. After all, in this era, if a young lord wants to succeed to the throne, many times he must not only have the orders of the governor, but also the support of all the retainers. Otherwise, even if you sit in the position of the governor, you will be taken off in an instant.
Therefore, Hirate Masahide could only reluctantly accept Oda Nobuhide's order and go to Nakono Castle to inform Oda Nobunaga.
It's just that the distress of Hirate Masahide is different, and when he heard this order, Oda Nobunaga was excited, and Overlord Maru was also excited. "Attack Mikawas? Got it grandpa! I'll take the city! Oda Nobunaga assured confidently.
"Young master! There's no child's play on the battlefield, so you can't mess around! Hearing this, Hirate Masahide hurriedly persuaded, for veterans, what kind of recruit eggs are the most worrying? It must be a fearless guy, because this kind of guy always likes to rush around, and the result is also the fastest death.
"Don't worry~ huh? Overlord Pill? Oda Nobunaga waved his hand casually, turned his head and asked Overlord Maru.
"Of course, it's just a small Sanhe, and there are no enemies that can resist His Highness!" Bawang Pill is even more full of confidence. No way, who is there in Mikawa at this time? Matsudaira Kiyoyasu is dead, Matsudaira Motoyasu is still just a little ghost, and the Imagawa family's troops are still in Enoe, are there any strong enemies? No! It can be said that without the threat of the Mino Saito family and the help of the Suruga Imagawa clan, Mikawa would have been taken down by Oda Nobuhide.
And this is Oda Nobunaga's first battle! Although there is no too detailed description of this war in history, just a few words are enough to make Overlord Maru understand how boring this war is, and it is completely for Oda Nobunaga to rub his experience and merits, in this case, why can't he rub it too?
On the way to Mikawa, Oda Nobunaga wears a red turban, black armor, and white feathered weaving, with a more heroic face as he grows older, and a horse specially given by Oda Nobuhide, what a heroic young samurai!
By his side, Overlord Maru was wearing a special death overlord costume that he had made himself, huh...... It's the standard outfit in Death. With a sword rewarded by Oda Nobunaga in his waist, a spear rewarded by Oda Nobunaga in his hand, and a war horse specially rewarded by Oda Nobunaga, he looked around excitedly.
"Overlord Maru, can you be honest? We've walked this road several times, and as for ...... like this," Oda Nobunaga said with a frown, he was very unhappy with the appearance of the overlord maru's rustic buns, although Owari was indeed a country relative to.
"Hehe, young master, aren't your subordinates too excited~ And Inuchiyo said it, let his subordinates take their share of the merits together......" Overlord Maru scratched his head and said with a smile.
He couldn't help but be excited, although this war was just a war of more significance than reality, and even according to the report of the spies who went to Mikawa, many of the wealthy clans of Mikawa did not react to the actions of the Oda army at all. But the Overlord Pill just couldn't help the commotion of the heart. After all, he has been a human being for two lifetimes, and this is the first time he has participated in a real war. It is reasonable to calm down this mood.
"Cut, you kid is my little surname, your task on the battlefield is to protect me, don't run around!" Oda Nobunaga looked at Overlord Maru with disdain and said.
Naturally, he also knew what Inuchiyo said to Overlord Maru, because he was also on the side at that time. But because of this, he had to dispel the idea of Overlord Maru as soon as possible, after all, although Oda Nobunaga had never experienced war, he still knew how cruel war was, after all, he was born and raised in the troubled world. And looking at what the Overlord Maru was wearing, Oda Nobunaga believed that as long as he had a random arrow, he could return the soul of his favorite little surname to the earth.
"It seems that I will have to prepare a suit of armor for this kid when I go back......" Oda Nobunaga thought to himself. Because of Overlord Maru's figure, there was no armor suitable for him for a while, so Oda Nobunaga didn't want Overlord Maru to follow him, but he really couldn't stand his 24-hour continuous ink......
"Yes, young master!" Overlord Pill responded with his mouth, but in his heart it was completely inappropriate, because he had already decided that he wanted to make a name for himself in this war.
Well, in this day and age, the first battle means a lot to any samurai. Therefore, as long as there are some conditions, the family will let the son-in-law of the family participate in this kind of war with greater significance than the actual as the first battle. The purpose of this is simply to give his child an easy start to his samurai career. Because of this, Inuchiyo and none of them were able to participate in Oda Nobunaga's first battle, because their first battle had to be arranged by their family.
And Bawangmaru obviously doesn't have these conditions, but he doesn't want his first battle to stay by Oda Nobunaga's side and watch the show. Oda Nobunaga is a general, and it's normal to watch a play, but if he also watches a play, then he won't have any merit at all.
The two of them had their own thoughts, and before they knew it, they arrived at their destination, Kira Ohama Castle in the territory of Mikawa, which belonged to the Imagawa family.
It is a typical Japanese castle with a simple wall made of rough wood, and behind the wall, there is a walkway made of wood, so that the ashigaru can stand on it and directly attack enemies who want to climb over the wall. On both sides of the gate, there are simple turrets, which are large enough for 3 or 4 archers to shoot. The area of the city is not large, no matter how you calculate, it can only accommodate about 100 people. Well...... How so? In the eyes of Bawang Pill, if this kind of thing is in Huaxia, I'm afraid even a cottage can only be regarded as a small copycat, right?
About 200 Oda troops stopped in front of Kira Ohama Castle, and Hirate Masahide looked at Oda Nobunaga, and under his calm expression, he was full of expectations for Oda Nobunaga. He wondered very much how Oda Nobunaga would win the war in this situation.
At this time, the defenders of Kira Ohama Castle seemed to have finally spotted the Oda army, and in a chaotic noise, they climbed up the walkway behind the wall, and looked at the enemy in front of them with nervous expressions. Obviously, they didn't get any news that the Oda army would attack here. Here you can also see how unimportant this castle is. But there is no way, who let the Imagawa family not completely infiltrate Mikawa at this time? Such a lonely castle is meaningless to the Imagawa family at all.
“1、2、3、10…… 58, Nima, just 58 people? After counting the number of enemies, Overlord Maru couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth. He really couldn't imagine that the enemies of a war could really be counted! Originally, he just saw that there seemed to be few enemies, so he counted them curiously, but he didn't expect it......
"Overlord Maru, there are already a lot of 58 people, you have to understand that this city is simply dispensable for the Imagawa family." Oda Nobunaga chuckled and said, he had known the number of enemies for a long time, and to be honest, if the enemies were really hundreds or thousands, it would not have been possible to be selected as Oda Nobunaga's first battle. Persimmons, always pick soft ones to eat.
After comforting the disappointed Overlord Maru, Oda Nobunaga began to give a series of orders to the troops, and immediately, he saw the Oda army rush into several houses next to Kira Ohama Castle like wolves, where the peasants lived in the vicinity.
Amidst a burst of laughter, scolding, and shouting, the Oda army ran back with a large pile of booty and a few heads, and before leaving, a fire burned down the houses.
"This is really ......" Overlord Maru looked at this situation, and he didn't know what to say, because it was really far from the war he had in mind. He didn't have any sympathy for the seemingly innocent tragic deaths, and he didn't know if it was because he was cold-blooded by nature or why. He just thinks that war shouldn't be fought like this......
At this moment, Overlord Maru suddenly heard a heavy sound of opening the door, and turned his head to look, but it was the Imagawa army that inexplicably went out of the city to meet the enemy. "Is it to avenge the peasants?" Overlord Maru looked in surprise at the Imagawa army that set up a phalanx and rushed directly towards the Oda army, and thought strangely in his heart.
Overlord Maru was thinking nonsense here, but Oda Nobunaga's command over there was like flowing water, and soon, the Oda family, which had an army of more than 200 people, easily defeated the Imagawa army of only 58 people and killed 13 enemies......
Looking at this scene, Overlord Maru turned his head to Oda Nobunaga, who was inspecting the battlefield with a relaxed face, and said very solemnly, "Young master! Please don't take this battle as the first battle of your subordinates! Please! ”