Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 174: Troubled Times Again
Oda Nobuhiro's life is like a tragedy with a comic touch.

When he was young and served as the lord of Anxiang Castle, he was full of vigor and ambition, but when Anxiang Castle was captured, he became a captive of the Imagawa family, and everything changed. When he was exchanged for Tokugawa Ieyasu, he almost disappeared from everyone's sight and became the best synonym for a loser. When he finally cheered up and wanted to stand on the stage again, he found that all his tragedies came from his incompetence and his vulnerability - he was not even good at rebellion, and his performance was worse than his half-brother Oda Nobuyuki.

He secretly colluded with Saito Yoshitatsu, or it can be said that Saito Yoshitatsu secretly seduced him, wanting to take advantage of the transportation of grain and grass from Kiyosu Castle to launch a sudden attack and directly occupy Kiyosu Castle, and together with Saito Yoshitatsu, attack Oda Nobunaga from the front and back, and become a powerful force and even the new head of the Danjo Tadashi family.

As a result, even if he led his retainers and gang members to suddenly launch an attack in the city, he could not even make Oda Nobunaga panic. Only the deputy castle lord of Kiyosu Castle, Sawaki Touemon (former deputy castle lord of Nakafuno Castle, adoptive father of Sawaki Yoshiyuki) led a small number of retainers to launch a counterattack, and his retainers and gang members were instantly scattered and defeated. He even fled without a trace.

When Yuanye saw the new notice the next day, he couldn't help but sigh that this guy was indeed incompetent to a certain extent. He had ambition but no ability, and even his rebellion turned out to be a big joke.

I feel that if a person wants to live like Oda Nobuhiro, it would be better to commit suicide.

With the failure of Oda Nobuhiro's joking rebellion, the Saito army turned around and returned to Mino without hesitation. It seemed that Saito Yoshitatsu could afford to lose even if his conspiracy was shattered. He did not intend to make a desperate attempt to cross the river and attack. He did not care about his face and staggered back.

In other words, his main purpose of coming here was to cooperate with Oda Nobunaga's half-brother in the rebellion. Now that the main purpose has been achieved and he has disgusted Oda Nobunaga who dared to disgust him, he has been temporarily satisfied and went back to wait for the next opportunity.

Yuanye came here to do nothing this time, just watched a farce, but he felt that Owari had entered a turbulent period again - Saito Yoshitatsu was not very famous in later generations, he did not know much about him, but he seemed to be a more sinister guy than his father Saito Dosan. With this guy eyeing Mino, Owari would definitely not have a peaceful time.

However, the battle was over here. Seeing that everything was fine, he said goodbye and returned directly to Xinwanjin.

However, he had barely settled down in Xinwanjin when Ah-man came to him with the latest news. However, she did not think the news was important and threw it on his desk and asked Ah-qing to give her some more money, saying that the old man was difficult to support and spent money lavishly, and the little alimony she had given him before had been spent, so she needed more - Ah-man's monthly salary was kept by Ah-qing, after all, she had a history of drinking and gambling, and even though she was older and more sensible now, and not as mischievous as before, they still did not dare let her hold such a large sum of money in her hands.

At this stage, if she needed money, she would first find Aqing and explain the purpose, or reach into Yuanye's pocket to get some change for emergencies.

Yuan Ye didn't care how the sisters raised their grandfather. He picked up the news excerpt, took a look, and said in surprise: "Oda Nobuhiro is not dead..."

Oda Nobuhiro's surprise attack on Kiyosu Castle... If that counts as a surprise attack, after his failed surprise attack on Kiyosu Castle, he hastily fled to a temple outside Moriyama Castle, attempting to shave his head and become a monk to avoid disaster, but of course it was useless. Oda Nobunaga captured him as soon as he returned to Kiyosu Castle, but for the sake of Niwa Nagahide, he did not kill him, but only confiscated his Chixing territory and deprived him of "guardianship" over all his children. In particular, his daughter Atake was directly adopted by Oda Nobunaga as an adopted daughter and became a direct descendant of the Tanjo family - Atake was Niwa Nagahide's principal wife, and now Niwa Nagahide has become Oda Nobunaga's son-in-law.

Yuan Ye looked at these latest news excerpts and felt that he was really enlightened. In this day and age, it is really possible to snatch a daughter away? It is indeed worthy of being the Warring States Period in Japan. All kinds of weird things happen...

But if you calculate it this way, he should be considered Niwa Nagahide's...uncle?
Niwa Nagahide is of the same age as Maeda Toshiie, Monkey and others, and they are very good friends. Doesn't that mean he is also Monkey's...elder?
His thoughts wandered for a moment, and he felt that his generation had suddenly risen. Ah Man, under the pretext of "supporting the elderly", took out a few silver coins from Ah Qing, which were worth several strings of silver coins, enough for her to enjoy a few days. She stuffed them into her pocket contentedly and said casually, "It doesn't matter if that kind of trash is kept. It doesn't matter whether it's dead or alive."

Yuanye retracted his divergent thoughts and nodded slightly. He felt that it was true. The life or death of a man whose rebellion could turn into a joke was not worth paying attention to. However, this also indirectly showed that Oda Nobunaga was indeed not cruel at the moment, and was still in a stage of mutual benefit. His elder brothers and sisters had rebelled one after another, but he had not killed any of them so far. In this era, he was already quite broad-minded, and he could be more at ease when dealing with him.

Yuanye pondered in his heart, and flipped through the messy news at the back, such as the prices of various places, farming conditions, troop garrisons and other routine matters. He found that there was nothing more important, so he instructed Aman: "Send a group of people to Mino. We need to start paying attention to Saito Yoshitatsu's movements."

He felt that Oda Nobuhiro's rebellion was just a "small test" by Saito Yoshitatsu. For a long time in the future, the main target of the Wanjin Army would be the Mino Army led by Saito Yoshitatsu, and they would need to deal with his various conspiracies and tricks, so Mino should also be included in the monitoring scope.

At least that was the case before Saito Yoshitatsu's death, but he couldn't remember when or how this guy died. He only had a vague impression that this guy should have died before Okehazama. After all, after Okehazama, Oda Nobunaga turned from defense to offense against Mino and began to invade on a large scale. The enemy at that time seemed to be Saito Yoshitatsu's son Saito Tatsuoki - this guy seemed to be a big waste, and seemed to be taken down by Oda Nobunaga in a few moves, allowing Oda Nobunaga to directly annex Mino and completely occupy the Nobi Plain, a large granary, laying a solid foundation for going to Kyoto and even dominating the world.

Ah Man didn't reject his request outright, but scratched his head in embarrassment and said hesitantly, "There aren't many spare men now. Do you want the 'Survivors' to continue to recruit more men?"

The Living People is the sum of Wanjin's current "East Factory" (internal supervision) and "Ninja Force" (military intelligence). Due to the shortage of manpower and the focus on territory construction in the past period of time, the expansion of personnel has basically stopped. Now that a new situation has emerged, Yuanye did not hesitate and said directly: "Continue to expand. Make a list of the personnel and materials you need and let me take a look. As long as there is no problem, I will allocate them to you." This is the real business. Aman raised his eyebrows and immediately accepted the order: "I know, I will think about it when I go back."

"Don't just think about it by yourself." Yuanye pondered for a moment and asked, "How is your grandfather... Mr. Quan Pingci's injury recovering? Does he have any plans to come out and work?"

"You want the old man to go back to his old job?" Ah Man was slightly stunned before reacting, but hesitantly said, "His injuries have almost recovered, and he is quite familiar with Minong, but... forget it. He is so old, and he was injured again this time. Now he is half disabled. I want him to die in Xinwanjin, and die of old age quietly."

After a pause, she added, "Or he could drink himself to death. Then I'll get a big barrel of wine, soak him in it and bury him."

Ah Qing, who was sitting quietly on the side, also looked up and looked over coldly, seeming to be very concerned about this matter, and Yuanye was forced to be silent for a moment - bastard, what the hell is the point of soaking it in a wine barrel and burying it?

Is it to preserve freshness? Or is it some secret recipe of medicinal wine to keep people alive?

He was silent for a while before quickly waving his hand: "That's not what I meant. I have no objection to him living in Xinwanjin for retirement. We don't need him to work so hard here. I think if he wants to do something, maybe he can consider becoming a consultant."

"Advisor?" Ah Man was puzzled. "What the hell is a consultant?"

"It's a position where you don't have to do anything, and don't need to work too hard. You just need to provide some advice when encountering big things?" Yuanye just wanted to take advantage of the old man's rich experience in the martial arts world. He didn't need him to fight and kill. He now had plenty of cannons, and whoever disagreed could be directly attacked with the cannon.

Ah Man probably understood, and he stroked his chin and thought for a moment: "Is there a monthly salary I can take?"

"Yes, give it to me according to your standards!"

Ah Man nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll ask him later!"

Yuan Ye also mentioned it casually. After all, even in modern times, the old man should have retired. He didn't want to force an old man to work for him, so he reminded him again: "If he doesn't want to, forget it. Other things should be handled as they should be."

"I see."

Aman responded casually and got up and left, preparing to go find the old man to ask him what he thought. She felt that the old man's health did not seem that bad, and it would not be a problem for him to live another ten or eight years. Maybe he could make some money by making use of his remaining energy and leave it to her as an inheritance.

After she left, Yuanye looked through other documents and checked the progress of work during his absence from Xinwanjin. He found that his subordinates were doing their jobs well and there was no need for him to cause trouble by giving orders such as "move the ridge of the field five inches south". He then left the office and went back to the back house to rest.

His backyard was very quiet during the day. After all, he had only one wife, and she was a softie. She usually wished she could bury her head in the ground and pretend to be an ostrich. It was impossible for her to make much noise. She was so well-behaved that she didn't look like a proper princess.

Of course, he didn't know what it was like for a princess to marry into another family. Maybe princesses of this era would not be too arrogant. In the future, he planned to study this topic if he had the chance to satisfy his curiosity - "On the Princesses of the Warring States Period of Japan". Maybe when he returns to the modern era, he could publish a unique paper and earn some credits.

(End of this chapter)