Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 100 A piece of land that belongs to him completely!
More than ten days after Yuanye arrived at Nagoya Castle, the operation of Nagoya Castle basically returned to normal with the cooperation of a group of newcomers. This shows that no one in this world is irreplaceable. Even the departure of a powerful family elder will not affect the overall situation. Even the departure of Hayashi Hidetada and most of the old-school retainers, in a sense, helped the young people, allowing Oda Nobunaga's young retainers to enter the core of power and gradually control the entire Nagoya Castle.

During this turbulent time, Oda Nobunaga actually became the lord of Furuno Castle. From then on, no one could restrain him, and he truly held great power.

After the sequelae caused by Hayashi Hidetada's rebellion basically disappeared, the powerful Oda Nobunaga immediately chose to take the initiative to defeat his brother who dared to challenge him. This was also the only choice he could make. Oda Danjotada's family was not without external enemies. Once the rebellion was delayed for a long time, the Imagawa family, the Matsudaira family, and the Saito family would not sit idly by and would inevitably intervene, making the situation more complicated.

Therefore, we have to fight quickly and decisively.

So, after everything necessary for the war was prepared, Oda Nobunaga set out from Naguno Castle without hesitation, personally led the Seven Hundred Men and two thousand miscellaneous foot soldiers to the front line, ready to launch an attack.

His uncle, Oda Nobumitsu, the lord of Moriyama Castle, also responded positively and led the Sanhyakuro party and 600 miscellaneous foot soldiers to join his team halfway.

Oda Nobuyuki of Suemori Castle did not refuse his brother's "invitation" to decide the outcome, and the next day he appointed Shibata Katsuie as the general-in-chief and gathered many local powerful families to prepare for the battle with the advantage of more than 1,500 men and nearly 4,000 miscellaneous soldiers and foot soldiers.

Hayashi Hidetada also took action, and headed for the battlefield with a force of more than 300 men and 500 to 600 miscellaneous foot soldiers, actively responding to Oda Nobuyuki.

This was a battle that would determine the future fate of the four counties under Owari Province. Harano, as the "General Commissioner of Military Food and Supplies", was in charge of the "Odada Commissioner", that is, the "logistics supervisor" in charge of various messy transport teams. He also joined the army to fight, but he did not need to fight on the front line. He only needed to coordinate and manage the work in the rear camp.

As for the outcome of this battle, he was not too worried about it. And it was not because of his "historical knowledge" that always turned out to be unexpected, but because he had discovered that Niwa Nagahide had been asking him to collect a large amount of saltpeter. It seemed that the 300 cannons purchased by Oda Nobunaga before had arrived, and had finally been trained and were ready to be put into actual combat. They were very likely to become a killer.

He just did his job with peace of mind, and ignored the small-scale battles such as the harassment and shouting between the two sides in the early stage. It was not until the decisive battle to decide the ownership of the four counties under Owari began that he paid a little attention to the specific situation and listened silently in the camp to the huge roar that suddenly broke out on the battlefield in the distance.

About two and a half hours later, he received the news of victory.

Oda Nobunaga suddenly bombarded Shibata Katsuie's main force with the secretly trained iron cannon team, seizing the initiative on the battlefield. In addition, the Sanma-gun Ashigaru Battalion, which had mixed in some soldiers who had initially completed the "separation of farmers and soldiers", showed its power again. Taking advantage of the enemy's confusion, it broke through Shibata Katsuie's main camp in one fell swoop and completely secured the victory.

Afterwards, Oda Nobuyuki's forces suffered a crushing defeat. Oda Nobunaga led his army in pursuit, and in the end, Oda Nobuyuki's direct followers were basically defeated. Shibata Katsuie fled all the way back to Suemori Castle, and the powerful families who had defected to Oda Nobuyuki because they had suffered from Oda the fool for a long time in Owari also suffered heavy losses. It is estimated that it will take several more years for them to recover.

Hayashi Hidemasa, who actively responded to Oda Nobuyuki, did not end up well either. After the war broke out, he was entangled by Oda Nobumitsu. After Shibata Katsuie was defeated and fled, he was unable to hold on alone and was easily defeated by Oda Nobunaga who changed direction. In the end, his younger brother Hayashi Katsumasa and a large number of retainers were killed on the spot, and he fled back to his own territory in an even more embarrassed manner than last time.

The throne of the lord of the four counties under Owari was decided in just one day. Nobunaga, the big fool from Oda who was hated by everyone, achieved a decisive victory by relying on the first large-scale application of firearms in Japanese history... at least the first large-scale application of firearms in the history of the Guanzhong region of Japan. It is estimated that no one will laugh at his previous love of playing with iron cannons anymore.

In a sense, he has proved himself and proved that in this world you don't need to care what others think of you. You just need to do what you think is right, and one day fate will naturally reward you.

At this point, the internal strife within the Oda Danjo family can be said to have basically ended, with only the cleanup work remaining.

The battle was over, and Yuanye, as the "medical officer", became doubly busy and began to collect the wounded. While he was busy, Maeda Toshiie suddenly rode towards him on his horse. He didn't care that a large piece of flesh was torn under his right eye, and his eyes were bloodshot. When he saw him, he didn't say a word, but dragged him onto the horse without caring about anything, like a kidnapping ghost.

Yuanye was not angry. He asked Maejima Jiro to continue to gather the wounded. He took the medicine box with him, and rode on horseback with Aqing and followed Maeda Toshiie to a forest far away from the camp. Then they entered the forest and saw the second son of the Maeda family, Maeda Toshigen, and the fifth son, Sawaki Yoshiyuki.

Sawaki Yoshiyuki's armor was incomplete and he looked disheveled. He was sitting on the ground holding Maeda Toshihiko in his arms, and was in a daze. He came to his senses when he saw Nohara coming. He stood up and said excitedly, "Lord Nohara, please save my second brother. Please! I really please!"

Yuanye didn't bother to pay attention to him. He immediately bent over to check on Maeda Toshihiro's injuries, but he just glanced at him, touched his neck, and sighed: "Master Fujihachiro, I'm sorry..."

Sawaki Yoshiyuki was stunned for a moment, then looked carefully and saw that Maeda Toshihiko had lost even his last breath. He finally reacted and cried bitterly while hugging his body.

Nohara had no other options. He couldn't revive the dead. He could only turn his head and look at Maeda Toshiie who was standing there in shock. He sighed, "Please accept my condolences. I... Well, let me take care of the wound on your face first. You're seriously injured." Maeda Toshiie was stunned for a moment, touched the arrow wound on his face, shook his head, nodded, and then shook his head again. Finally, he seemed to have regained some ability to think, and smiled uglier than crying, "It's okay, Lord Nohara, I'm fine. That... I'm sorry, no, thank you very much. I... I'll come back to find you later."

Yuanye shook his head, took another look at the bloody wound on Sawaki Yoshiyuki's right arm, opened his mouth but said nothing, turned and left the woods, leaving the three brothers alone.

Ah Qing was waiting outside with the horse, and Yuan Ye said to her, "Let's go back!"

Ah Qing looked at the woods in some surprise, listening to the crying, not understanding what was going on. Yuanye shook his head again and repeated, "Let's go back first!"

Ah Qing didn't look around anymore. He helped him onto the horse and then climbed onto the horse himself. The two of them walked back. While Ah Qing was careful to make sure that his old injury didn't relapse and he didn't fall off the horse, he asked softly, "What happened?"

Yuanye actually recovered quite well, much better than expected, and signaled Qing not to be so nervous that he would break his neck, and then he sighed softly: "A tragedy has occurred. The Arashi Maeda family took sides and the brothers killed each other."

Before, he was the "General Commissioner of Military Affairs and Food", with a disorganized staff and many subordinates in contact. He was also nosy and had heard all kinds of rumors. He knew that there was an internal conflict in the Oda Danmasatada family, and many local powerful families were betting on both sides. Even if they didn't like Oda Nobunaga's stupid behavior and mental illness, they still bet on both sides. The young men in their families were divided into two groups, and they joined Oda Nobunaga and Oda Nobuyuki respectively. At most, they gave Oda Nobuyuki more support, but there had to be two people on Oda Nobunaga's side.

The Arako Maeda family also did the same thing. The eldest son, Maeda Toshihisa, guarded the family business and pretended to be sick and stayed in Arako Castle.
The second son, Maeda Toshihiro, was a former official of Oda Danmasatada's household and a member of the Internal Affairs Commission, and happened to follow Hayashi Hidetada, the former chief family elder.
The third son, Maeda Yasukatsu, was also good at martial arts, so he was sent to join Oda Nobuyuki and became his junior.
The fourth son, Maeda Toshiie, and the fifth son, Sasawaki Yoshiyuki, were originally nicknames of Oda Nobunaga, so they naturally followed Oda Nobunaga to the battlefield.

In this way, no matter who wins in the future, no matter who becomes the next ruler of the four lower counties of Owari, there will always be someone in the Arako-Maeda family who can come to the fore, and the family business will not fall into decline.

So, when Maeda Toshiie came to him with blood all over his face and red eyes, Yuanye probably guessed what had happened. He came over to take a look and found that it was true. The second son of the Maeda family, Maeda Toshigen, was seriously injured and died, and it was very likely related to the fifth son, Sawaki Yoshiyuki. It was even possible that Sawaki Yoshiyuki accidentally injured and killed his own brother.

As for why they hid in the woods far away from the camp...

Maeda Toshigen was following the traitor Hayashi Hidetsugu. Among the people Oda Nobunaga hated the most, Hayashi Hidetsugu was probably in the top three. Maeda Toshiie and Sawaki Yoshiyuki would never dare to bring the wounded from Hayashi Hidetsugu's side back to the camp, as that would only sow the seeds of disaster in the future. They could only rely on their friendship to force Yuanye out. Even if Maeda Toshigen was dead now, they would not dare to bring him back. They even needed to hide his body quickly to prevent his head from being chopped off by the "Gunme-tsuke" and sent to Oda Nobunaga for appreciation.

This can only be described as a tragedy, and it may be the most common tragedy in Owari today. I wonder how many families will experience such tragedies as brothers killing each other, uncles and nephews killing each other, fathers and sons killing each other, and even the same clan killing each other.

Ah Qing finally figured it out after his explanation. He was in a daze for a long time. He didn't know if he remembered Ah Man. After a while, he looked at him with confused eyes and asked, "When can we stop fighting?"

Yuan Ye sighed, and after a long silence, he said, "I don't know, maybe I will have to fight in this life!"

Ah Qing looked away with some disappointment, and did not ask any more questions, but just rode his horse silently.

Yuan Ye saw that she was upset, so he stretched out his big hand to hold her small hand and comforted her: "Don't think about it. Some things are inevitable after all, but we won't fight for the time being. At least after this battle, we can be quiet for a while. What happens in the future... let's talk about it later. The most important thing is to live well today!"

Ah Qing nodded slightly, his disappointment fading a little, but he still couldn't be happy.

Yuanye did not try to comfort her any more. He rode back slowly on his horse, thinking about the future as he walked.

The war was over, and he had suffered a loss. He now needed a piece of land where he could expand his power freely, so as to prevent the tragedy from happening again, to avenge A-man, to fulfill A-man's last wish, and to find every chicken in the Lin family.

This is a bit difficult in this era, and even more difficult without losing freedom, but he already has some ideas, it just requires an opportunity, some time, and some careful planning.

But no matter what, he had to get a piece of land that belonged completely to him, he had to get it!
(End of this chapter)