Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 123 Kill this super traitor!

Niwa Nagahide sent someone to deliver a letter, or rather an order. After reading it, Yuanye was not surprised and handed it to Aman.

Aman took it and was shocked: "Sabo Yoshitsugu is dead?"

Sasaki Yoshitsugu, the 14th head of the Sasaki family, was known by his given name Jibu Daisuke and his Buddhist name Yoshiyama. His ancestor was one of the three governors of the Muromachi shogunate, the shugo daimyo of Owari Province and the nominal supreme ruler of Owari. A few days ago, his home was attacked by his own retainers, the Kiyosu Oda clan, and he was forced to commit seppuku.

Wanjin was newly built, and Aman, the "East Factory Master", had just taken office not long ago. At present, he could only do something in the area of Furuno Castle and Atsuta Port. Qingzhou Castle was still too far away for him to reach. He had no idea what had happened. He quickly read the letter and said seriously, "I'll check it out right away."

Yuanye shook his head: "Don't waste your energy, just know the general idea."

The Sasaki family had been a puppet since it was beaten by the Imagawa family in the previous generation. It only had nominal political power in Owari Province, and the ruling power had long been divided up by the chaotic Oda families. Its strength was equivalent to that of an ordinary local powerful family, so it was not surprising that it was killed by others.

He didn't bother to find out why Oda Nobutomo (the head of the Kiyosu Oda Clan) suddenly started a fight with the Sasaki Clan. He just took the letter back, read the second half, and sighed helplessly, "I have to go there anyway, so I can just ask around myself then."

The Kiyosu Oda clan forced Sasaki Yoshitsugu to death. Sasaki Yoshitsugu's three sons, Sasaki Yoshikin, Mori Hideyori, and Tsukawa Yoshifuyu, as well as the Sasaki clan's retainers, probably based on the principle that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", all ran to Oda Nobunaga one after another.

Oda Nobunaga had an existing grudge against the Kiyosu Oda clan, and had always disliked this nominal "head family". Naturally, he would not miss this good opportunity. He had already raised the banner to maintain orthodoxy and avenge the Owari guardian Sasaki Yoshitsugu. He called on the four lower counties of Owari to take action together to kill Oda Nobutomo, the super traitor who dared to kill even the guardian daimyo.

Oda Nobunaga had already begun mobilizing, so Haruno naturally had no way to hide. Niwa Nagahide issued an order, asking him to hand over all the gunpowder he had, as much as he had, as an "annual tribute" collected in advance. He was not treated as an outsider, and was directly ordered to return to Kuno Castle immediately to prepare and go with the army. Just considering that he was now staying in a wasteland and had only been gone for a few months, and the territory was probably in chaos, he was not asked to undertake any other military service.

Yuan Ye was not surprised by this. It was the beginning of the Japanese Warring States Period. Fighting was a normal phenomenon. Why was it called the Warring States Period if there was no fighting? There was nothing going on for a while. Oda Nobunaga was chasing women to pursue true love. He felt a little strange and felt it was very abnormal. Now, as expected, fighting has started again.

After this battle, Kiyosu Castle will probably belong to Oda Nobunaga. By then, Oda Nobunaga will move his residence and his focus will shift, so he will have to worry less, which is not a bad thing.

Niwa Nagahide or Oda Nobunaga only asked him and the gunpowder to go there. Naturally, he had no intention of working hard for Danjo Tadayaie. He packed up the hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder that had been produced during this period of time, and then called up the two powerful warriors assigned to him by Oda Nobunaga, ready to use them as scapegoats when needed. He only brought Aqing as his personal bodyguard, plus a few reliable men to run errands. The rest of the people stayed in Wanjin and continued to accumulate strength according to the plan - general matters were discussed together, and Aman would make the final decision if there was no dispute, and he would be contacted by letter if there was any major event.

After everything was arranged, he set off with the audience wishing the lord good luck in military affairs to go to the Furuno Castle to report to Niwa Nagahide. However, this time his treatment was not as good as last time. He had been away from the "central government" of the Dan Masatada family for too long, and the internal affairs system of the Furuno Castle had been restored and improved. All the positions had been taken, and it was impossible for a lucrative job like "General Manager of Military Food and Rationale" to fall on him again. He continued to do his old job as "Manager of Medicine".

He didn't care, so he led the miscellaneous soldiers assigned to him to make preparations honestly, such as making stretchers and boiling bandages. After working for seven or eight days, he basically gathered all the necessary things, and then he was notified to attend the magistrate meeting.

He took Aqing to Oda Nobunaga's residence. As soon as they entered Oda Nobunaga's residence and were strolling towards the meeting place, they met Maeda Toshiie who was chatting with a few people.

After such a period of time, he seemed to have finally come out of the tragedy of "brotherly killing", and his face was less decadent and resentful. He was dressed in a formal hunting robe and looked very decent. He was energetic again. However, the arrow shot on his face before still left a big scar, and his face was disfigured after all.

Yuanye casually greeted him and planned to look for him after the meeting. When Maeda Toshiie saw that it was him, he left his colleagues and came over, following him to the meeting place, and asked with concern as he walked, "Master Saburo, how are you doing recently?"

Yuanye has heard this many times recently. In this unfortunate era, information flows very slowly. He is content to grow up in the wilderness of Wanjin. Except for people like Oda Nobunaga who sent powerful warriors there and have channels to learn about him, ordinary warriors have no news of him at all. They feel like he is exiled. Therefore, as long as they have a good relationship with him and have some friendship with him in the past, such as Asano Nagakatsu, Ningning and others, they will ask this question when they meet. It sounds like he has suffered a lot and has just been released from prison. Yuanye doesn't want others to pay too much attention to him. After all, he has other purposes in Wanjin and will definitely do bad things in the future. If you pay too much attention to him, he won't be able to do his bad things. So, like to others, he sighed to Maeda Toshinaga: "It's okay. The task was not completed smoothly. I got some stones back to boil saltpeter, but the effect was not as good as expected. It took several months to boil a few hundred kilograms. His Highness Kazusuke was very dissatisfied."

Maeda Toshiie believed it. After all, the Maeda family had 70 to 80 years of experience in land reclamation and knew how difficult it was to build a piece of wasteland from scratch. He couldn't help but sigh with him: "I don't understand these things, but if there is anything I can help with, just tell me!"

Yuanye continued to sigh: "If you have a chance, please say a few good words for me in front of His Highness Kamisosuke, and see if you can give me more time!"

"That's no problem!" Maeda Toshiie agreed immediately. He seemed to be very straightforward and had poor eloquence, but somehow he was very effective in speaking to Oda Nobunaga. He had pleaded for many people and all of them were successful. He was very skilled in doing this kind of thing.

Yuan Ye thanked him, not caring whether it was useful or not. He turned to look at him and asked, "I heard that you got promoted and were selected into the Red Mother Clothes Clan?"

He also heard the news when he arrived at Kuno Castle. Oda Nobunaga had a sudden idea and selected outstanding personnel from the retainers and horsemen to form two new teams, the "Akamoeshishu" and the "Kuroeshishu". Among them, Maeda Toshiie was assigned to the "Akamoeshishu", which was considered to have broken away from the status of a "little follower" and became a mid-level retainer who could stand on his own.

If one adds to the fact that his annual salary had been greatly increased to 150 kan, it could be said that he had received a promotion and a pay raise, which was a double blessing. The only thing missing was the death of his wife, and he would have become the most successful person in Oda Danjotada's family this year.

Maeda Toshiie smiled immediately, but then he remembered that Yuanye was having a miserable life, eating dirt and boiling stones in the wilderness by the coast. He quickly put away his smile and said modestly, "It's not a promotion. It's still the work of running errands everywhere. It's harder than before. I'm out for many days, urging people to transfer everywhere. I just came back."

"It's inevitable that you will have to work harder after getting promoted, but what's the difference between the Red Mother Clothes and the Black Mother Clothes? How did you get assigned to the Red Mother Clothes?" Yuanye was quite curious about this. He suspected that it was a killer or something like that and wanted to learn more about it. However, these two teams were newly formed, and the few acquaintances he had asked before didn't know the inside story very well.

Maeda Toshiie did not hide it from him and said frankly, "The main difference is the color of the mother clothes. After His Highness selected us, he asked us to draw lots together. I drew red, so I was assigned to the red mother clothes group." After a pause, he felt that this explanation was not very good and a bit too stupid, and immediately added, "There is no difference in work. We all do the same job. Usually we patrol the territory, inspect various places, or act as envoys. In wartime, we will be assigned to various formations and teams to supervise the operations and verify the military achievements. That's why we wear mother clothes. His Highness said that it is more majestic and decent."

Yuanye nodded slightly. Regardless of whether it was impressive or not carrying a tortoise shell on his back, it sounded like Oda Nobunaga was destroying tradition again. It seemed that he wanted to break up the power of the military position of "Gunmezuki" or he was planning to sideline him, so he simply organized a "military police".

As for why they had to be divided into two teams when they were doing the same work, and why they had to rely on drawing lots to assign personnel, we can only say that it was Oda Nobunaga's bad taste. He was indeed quite crazy sometimes, and was a guy who did whatever he wanted.

But it's fine if it's not a killer weapon. The name is so intimidating that I thought Oda Nobunaga was going to organize a cavalry unit, which scared him...

Yuanye felt relieved, and asked Maeda Toshiie in detail about what strange things Oda Nobunaga had done during this period, and to understand Oda Nobunaga's current situation in order to be prepared. He was chatting enthusiastically with Maeda Toshiie when A Qing gently pulled him from behind. He looked up in surprise and saw Lin Xiuzhen stopped on a corridor on the side of the road and stared at him with cold eyes.

Maeda Toshiie also saw it, and after a slight hesitation, he stepped forward to greet him respectfully without being rude. However, the "former chief family elder" and "current chief family elder" of the Tanjo Tadashi family ignored him, only looked at Harano for a moment, then looked away, and continued walking along the corridor with his retainers without saying a word.

Yuanye watched him leave and raised his eyebrows slightly. It seemed that he had been thinking about the patriarch all the time and was gathering his strength to give him a slap first. However, the patriarch had not forgotten him and probably still hated him for killing his nephew.

He won't feel at ease until this guy dies!

(End of this chapter)