Warring States Survival Guide
Chapter 194 1 Whale dies, all things live
Chapter 194: One Whale Dies, All Things Live
Early summer is Japan's rainy season, and the rain can fall at any time.
The heavy rain came like a galloping army, hitting the rocks, making dense and heavy "puff puff" sounds, leaving only the overwhelming sound of rain between heaven and earth, making people uneasy.
Yuanye looked up at the dense raindrops and his eyelids were hurt. He then looked down at the Tianleping in the distance and saw that Imagawa Yoshimoto's main camp was also caught off guard by the heavy rain. Many of the Langgang foot soldiers who were eating and resting shouted and threw away their bowls, and began to scatter to find a place to shelter from the rain.
It’s God’s will that the Imagawa family will be destroyed!
As an atheist, Harano looked at the shogunate tent with its doors "wide open" in the valley of Mt. Okehazama, and couldn't help but want to say that Oda Nobunaga was truly the "son of destiny". He had taken a zigzag route from east to west and passed through two lines of defense from Atsuta to reach Mt. Buruji without being discovered by the Imagawa family. After arriving at the attack position, it rained heavily, causing the main camp of the Imagawa army to collapse without a fight, leaving Imagawa Yoshimoto himself almost naked in the open space - at this time, Imagawa Yoshimoto had only a few hundred people around him. Compared with his status and position, this was almost the weakest moment of his life, almost the same as being naked.
Shibata Katsuie and other family elders and clan leaders were also surprised to see this scene. They did not expect that Oda Nobunaga's crazy move would actually succeed. He ignored the loss of Kanie Castle, allowed Shimazu and even Kiyosu Castle to be exposed to the enemy's front, did not send reinforcements to Marugane and Washizu Forts, allowed Sakuma Morishige, Oda Nobuhira, Iio father and son and other family elders and important officials to die in battle, and forced the Sasaki family, Chiaki family, Iwasaku Castle, and Ryusenji Castle to launch a desperate attack, using their lives to entangle the large enemy forces in Narumi Castle...
These hysterical and crazy actions, as if they were stubborn and had a burned-out brain, actually resulted in the relatives of the Shogun Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the "Tenka" reserve force, being exposed to everyone in their naked form.
"My lord, give the order to attack quickly!"
Shibata Katsuie stared blankly for a while, then suddenly reacted and changed his original intention. He actively advised Oda Nobunaga to return to the army and instead demanded to launch a decisive attack immediately to achieve this amazing feat.
Oda Nobunaga was extremely excited at this time, his eyes were full of bloodshot, but he had not lost his mind. Upon hearing the sound, he immediately drew out his long sword, pointed it forward, and said in a deep voice: "That's right, attack! Victory over the larger with the smaller, we can only rely on God's will! If we are lucky enough to win, not only will it bring honor to our family, but we will also leave a high name in this world. Take this as an encouragement!"
"Ooooh! Hey!"
At this time, the morale of the samurai behind Oda Nobunaga was finally high. They responded excitedly first, and then the Lang party also began to respond. Then, they braved the heavy rain, holding swords and spears that were convenient for close combat, and jumped over the ridge of Mount Wulu and rushed towards Taneruping.
Aman also became excited, his eyebrows bouncing non-stop. He drew out a sharp sword from his waist and followed Oda Nobunaga and his gang down the mountain to kill people.
Yuan Ye quickly reached out and held her, asking curiously, "What are you going to do?"
Ah Man subconsciously struggled to get rid of his hand, but failed to shake it off. He turned around and said anxiously, "Go kill Imagawa Yoshimoto! This guy is dead. If we can get his head, it will be a great achievement!"
This military achievement was simply picked up for nothing. Imagawa Yoshimoto's main camp had only more than 4,000 people, and they were now scattered in the valley to avoid the rain. She was an experienced warrior, and she knew she would win even if she didn't think with her butt. It would be a shame not to take advantage of this opportunity. She must share the credit.
As long as he cut off Imagawa Yoshimoto's head, not to mention becoming the master of a city or a country, at least a large piece of land would be secure, and there would be no way that Oda Nobunaga would not give it to him.
Yuanye looked down on this little thing. It was not worth his selling his good reputation for this little thing. He directly reminded him: "Forget it. We have an alliance with the Imagawa family. Now is not the time to take action."
Aman was stunned, then he remembered that before the Imagawa family left the Chita Peninsula, Nohara would have violated his oath if he had not personally killed Imagawa Yoshimoto, or even assisted in attacking the Imagawa family. The consequences of breaking the oath would be borne by the Nohara family, and the family would be despised by the gods and Buddhas, and their descendants would all be implicated.
This is such a shame…
Aman really wanted to take the credit for this great achievement. After all, whoever killed Imagawa Yoshimoto would be known to the world and would become famous. Even if there was no benefit but only fame, she would not mind stabbing Imagawa Yoshimoto twice. However, the family must be the most important thing in everything - there was no difference between her killing Imagawa Yoshimoto and Hara no, they were one to the outside world.
Her hot blood subsided again, and she lowered her eyebrows, sighed and sheathed her sword. However, she was jealous when she saw the direction of Imagawa Yoshimoto's shogunate tent. After thinking for a while, she said to Yuanye, "I won't do anything. I'll just follow and see. Is that okay?"
These were the relatives of the one who had killed the Shogun, the reserve class of "Tenka", the most powerful guardian daimyo in the world who controlled the Three Kingdoms. This kind of excitement was rare, and she wanted to take a closer look. After all, the rain was a little heavy, and her vision was blurred. She couldn't see any details at all standing on Mount Wulu.
It wouldn't matter if they just came to watch the fun. Yuanye didn't mind and just let go of his hand. But Aman didn't let go either. As soon as he was free, he immediately went into the rain and chased after the Oda army with great interest.
Yuanye did not move. He just came here to do some "archaeology" because he had nothing to do. It was enough for him to know how Oda Nobunaga defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto. As for the details on the battlefield, he did not care.
Imagawa Yoshimoto was not stupid. He owned the Three Kingdoms in the early Warring States period in Japan. The Imagawa family was very strong, as it could gather tens of thousands of troops and launch expeditions. If any daimyo of the same period really confronted him head-on, no one could guarantee that they could withstand Imagawa Yoshimoto's full-strength attack. However, Imagawa Yoshimoto died just like that.
He died because of his arrogance. He never expected that Oda Nobunaga would dare to take the initiative to attack and plot against him without any preparation.
Oda Nobunaga did not win by luck. He was well prepared and planned for a long time. He was also stubborn, stubborn, and desperate. With a little bit of luck, he created the "Miracle Battle of Okehazama".
In other words, it doesn't matter if he didn't have that bit of luck. The main reason why Oda Nobunaga passed through the two defense lines of the Imagawa family without being discovered was that Imagawa Yoshimoto chopped off the local natives Yamaguchi Kyosuke and his son, and also cleared out most of the local powerful families (the in-laws of the Yamaguchi family). As a result, the Imagawa family came here like a 100% pure outsider, and could only hide in the city, with no eyes or ears, and no additional sources of information.
As long as Oda Nobunaga could suddenly appear on Mount Buru and block Imagawa Yoshimoto in the valley, it would not matter whether there was rain or not. Imagawa Yoshimoto would still have no way to die under the surprise attack. At most, the Oda family would have to pay a higher price and a few hundred more people would die.
Anyway, Imagawa Yoshimoto was doomed to die, and the ending would not change. No wonder Oda Nobunaga was well-known in later generations and was recognized as the "No. 1 in the Japanese Warring States Period". This guy really had a kind of "heroic spirit" - daring to do things that others dare not do, and being able to succeed, this is "heroic spirit", right? Oda Nobunaga had this temperament, and it seemed that he had a unique personal charm.
Of course, people often judge heroes by their success, and winning is the most important thing. If he loses, he will be called a "fool" and will probably wear the hat of a "big fool" for the rest of his life. Even after he dies, people will still laugh at him for "trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm" and "trying to shake a tree with an ant". He is a typical big fool.
Yuanye was standing on the top of Mount Buru in the rain, sighing that those who could leave their names in history were indeed not good people. Oda Nobunaga was indeed much more charismatic than an ordinary person like him. At this time, the Oda army had used the rain to conceal their figures and sounds, and easily approached the shogunate tent of Imagawa Yoshimoto.
At this time, the small number of Imagawa family retainers who were still holding their posts finally discovered the Oda army, but they had no time to gather their men. The small number of Imagawa family samurai were instantly defeated and killed by the large group of Oda family samurai. The shogunate tent of Imagawa Yoshimoto was breached in less than three minutes.
Even though Imagawa Yoshimoto was obese and had difficulty walking, he did not care about anything else at this time. He left the tent and fled towards Okehazama Mountain under the protection of two or three hundred attendants.
The Oda army naturally pursued them relentlessly, biting them hard. Imagawa Yoshimoto's attendants were constantly chopped down and stabbed, and their numbers were rapidly decreasing. Imagawa Yoshimoto's attendants were eating and resting when they were attacked, and they had almost no time to react. Many of them did not even have complete armor and weapons, and they were disorganized. They wanted to do all kinds of things, and even if they wanted to resist, they were powerless.
The situation of the Imagawa clan's Langdang foot soldiers scattered on the Denraku-tsubo was similar. They were beaten into the valley by the enemy without knowing what was happening. Now they were caught in a heavy rain, and there were shouts and screams all around. In addition, all kinds of flags were waving, and the conch shells were blasting. They felt that the Oda clan's divine army had descended from the sky, with at least tens of thousands of people coming. They knew that they were doomed, so they began to flee first, and there was almost no organized resistance.
As expected, under such circumstances, the Imagawa family had no chance of turning the tables.
At this time, the rain was getting heavier. In addition, Imagawa Yoshimoto was fleeing towards Okehazama Mountain in a panic. He could not even see a blurry image of the field. He waited for another seven or eight minutes, and then he heard a faint cheer coming through the rain - if the rain hadn't been so heavy, it would have been a thunderous cheer.
Imagawa Yoshimoto should be dead, his head should be picked up...
Although Yuanye couldn't see, he was now considered a "senior commander" who had fought many battles. He could guess almost everything by listening to the vague movements. Soon after, another line of water appeared in the rain curtain. Ah Man's two short legs left a residual shadow and ran back all the way. The mud and water he kicked up was higher than his head. After running up the mountain, he was so excited that his whole body was trembling.
Well, it could also be that the rain was too cold. She was running wildly in the icy rain and shivering from the cold.
But it didn't matter. After climbing up the mountain, Aman sat down on the ground, panting and reporting to Yuanye: "Imagawa Yoshimoto is dead, and he died tragically! He was caught up by two unknown people from the Oda family. The three of them rolled around in the mud, and the two guys from the Oda family pressed them into the mud and sawed off their heads..."
After a pause, she added excitedly, "It's really tragic. Imagawa Yoshimoto also went crazy. He was held down and his neck was sawed with a knife. He was so crazy that he opened his mouth and bit people. He bit off the fingers of the person who was holding him down. He also kept kicking another person. His death was not decent at all. He didn't look like a big shot at all."
After Aman finished speaking, he shivered twice. It was not known whether it was because the adrenaline had finally worn off or he felt even colder sitting on the ground, but the excitement on his little face remained unabated. He felt that today had really opened his eyes - a descendant of the famous Ashikaga clan, a big shot who could destroy an entire clan with a single word, was being killed like a pig, the "saurus" on his neck squeaking as the knife sawed it, and blood spurting out in the heavy rain. The three of them were screaming and howling desperately, their expressions were extremely crazy, and their voices were extremely creepy.
It was really an eye-opener. She had been in battle more than ten times and had seen thousands of dead bodies, but this was the first time she had seen such a horrifying murder. She could tell this story for the rest of her life.
Yuanye thought about it and shuddered. He felt that Imagawa Yoshimoto's death was very miserable and creepy... Of course, it might be that the rain was really too cold. After he finished shivering, his eyes quickly fell on the thing in Aman's hand.
Aman did not leave empty-handed, for he brought back a long sword without a sheath and a very gorgeous hat.
Ah Man noticed his gaze and quickly explained, "I didn't do anything. After all, you are the only male in our family now, and it would be bad for you to be childless. I just picked it up... The three of them were rolling in the mud, screaming crazily, and bleeding everywhere. I had nothing to do so I picked it up."
Yuanye took the knife and the helmet. He didn't need to look closely to find that the knife was definitely a famous knife with extremely fine workmanship, and the helmet was even more gorgeous. It was in the shape of five pieces (composed of five helmet plates) with eight golden dragons wrapped around it. Moreover, the golden dragons were not made of paper and gold lacquer, but were made of real gold. They were as thin as paper but lifelike, and trembled as if ready to fly. They were also made by a famous artist.
Ah Man took the knife back, wiped it lovingly with his sleeve, and said happily: "This should be the 'Sou San Samonji', which is the 'Sanyo Samonji' in the past. It's a real famous sword! If I can get this sword, it can be said that my trip is not in vain."
"Oh, Sozo Samamonji?" Yuan Ye thought the pocket knife was good, a superb work of art. Upon hearing this, his gaze turned back to the knife. He did not recognize this knife, but he had heard of it, and he had heard of it in modern times.
This is a national treasure that was placed in a museum by later generations in Japan. Theoretically, it should have fallen into the hands of Oda Nobunaga, then into the hands of the monkey, then into the hands of Toyotomi Hideyori, and then into the hands of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Then, during the Taisho period, it was handed over to the state by the descendants of the Tokugawa family and entered the museum to become a top national treasure. But now it has been stolen back by Aman - someone was slaughtering pigs over there, and Aman was stealing the trophies nearby. I wonder what the two samurai who got the head of Imagawa Yoshimoto felt.
But it doesn’t matter, the knife bag and the feelings don’t matter.
Yuanye turned his head and took another look at the Okehazama battlefield, where the Oda clan had already begun chasing the enemy northward and were taking advantage of the high momentum to wipe out the samurai gang of the Imagawa clan in order to maximize the casualties against the enemy.
He took a quick look and then looked away, saying to A-Qing and A-Man, "Okay, it's over, let's go!"
Imagawa Yoshimoto died, and the Imagawa family was finished, but when a whale dies, all things come to life. Now that the giant Imagawa family has fallen, it is time for him to get some extra weight.
(End of this chapter)
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