Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 54 Death of Oda Nobuhide
Enemy attack? !
Yuanye was still worrying about how to avoid being exploited by the shameless monks at Arashi Kannon Temple when the alarm bells at Takeuchi-sho rang. He was shocked and confused for a moment - he had only moved in for more than ten days and hadn't even started renovating the house, but the enemy attacked?

Isn't this the heartland of Oda Danjotada's family?

How come enemies suddenly come to attack?

While he was still standing there wondering what was going on and who the enemy could be, Aman and Aqing had already pounced on the cannon, short-handled axes and copper-hooped sticks.

They carry weapons with them on a daily basis, such as kunai, and they are always alert and ready to strike back at any time when encountering sudden danger. They never put their main weapons too far away from them, but always keep them within their sight, and now they are using them.

Yuanye reacted immediately when he saw their actions. He focused his eyes and was about to take his bow. After all, he was quite vigilant, but he had lived in a peaceful era since he was a child, so his reaction was still a little slower than that of Aman and Aqing, who were living in precarious conditions.

But before he rushed out the door, he heard Ah Man shout again: "Wait, that's not right, it doesn't seem to be an alarm bell. An alarm bell wouldn't be so slow..."

He turned a deaf ear to it and went to get the bow before coming back. At this time, the bell rang dully several times again, accompanied by the sound of a conch shell. The player seemed to have been specially trained, and his breath was very long. The sobbing sound of the conch shell did not stop for a long time, and the sound was very desolate.

"What happened?" Yuanye asked Aman while adjusting the bow which had some minor problems due to quick assembly.

A-man was already fully armed, holding a cannon with a serious expression on his face. "It shouldn't be the enemy coming, it's Oda Danjotada who is gathering his retainers and gang... No, this farm is the direct territory of the big fool Oda, he is gathering his retainers and gang!"

After she finished speaking, she hesitated, looked up and asked Yuan Ye: "Should we go out and see what's going on?"

They were not Oda Nobunaga's retainers and followers, so the rally could not reach them. But something had obviously happened, and if they stayed at home foolishly, they would not have time to respond if anything happened, and would most likely be helpless and die.

Yuanye thought so too. He should find out what happened so that he could run away early if something went wrong. He nodded and said, "We should go out and take a look. If there is anything wrong, we can retreat!"

He quickly assigned the tasks, asking the Taoi brothers and Yayoi to look after their stupid son and be prepared to be able to run away if something went wrong. He then took Aman and Aqing to take a look outside first.

The streets of the village were now in complete chaos. The originally quiet night was now in a state of panic. Groups of Oda no Ieyasu's followers, wearing domaru and carrying katana, were running from all directions towards Oruki Seibei's residence, which was the center of Takeuchi-sho. At this time, a large number of torches seemed to be lit there, and the lights were bright as if a flood was coming. There were also many people shouting and the sounds of horses neighing, creating an atmosphere of impending war.

"What is Oda the fool doing? Who is he going to attack?" Aman judged that Oda Nobunaga was going to take the initiative to attack. At the same time, he was brave enough. He muttered and grabbed a man of Oda's gang and asked him, "What happened? Where are you going to attack?"

"I don't know. You should go quickly too. You will be punished if you are late!" The young man, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, glanced at Aman. Seeing her carrying a cannon and a tall "warrior" standing behind her, he did not dare to get angry. But he just threw down a word and broke free and continued to run forward. It seemed that there was still time required for assembly.

Aman looked back at Yuanye, who thought for a moment and said, "Let's go and see!"

They mixed in the crowd and rushed to the residence of Oruki Seibei.

It was even more chaotic here. Two or three hundred fully armed young men were crowded here to form a team. Some older men were distributing long spears, long and thin rice bags and back flags - a kind of identification object inserted on the back of the domaru, white with a blue stripe on the top and Oda Nobunaga's papaya five-petal pattern printed in the middle.

Oruki Kiyohei and several magistrates were marking things in a book, as if they were counting the number of people, and they would occasionally issue verbal orders, asking people to complete the formation quickly.

Yuanye took Aman and Aqing to watch in the shadows for a while and felt that these Langdan were quite elite and must have been trained a lot. At least they arrived on time when they heard the bells and conch shells, and they were quickly equipped with weapons. It was just that it was a bit worrying when they were raising the flags - with so many flags raised, it would be difficult for them to come back alive, right?
Oruki Seibei was busy for a while and felt that everyone who should be there had arrived, and they could set off after distributing rations and rice. But when he glanced around, he saw Harano and his group. He was stunned for a moment before he remembered who they were - Harano moved to Takeuchi-sho and shut himself in. He hadn't left home for more than ten days, and Oruki Seibei almost forgot about him.

He lowered his head and turned the book to the front. He looked through it from top to bottom, but did not find the name "Nohara Saburo Ieto" in the column of retainers. He felt that Nohara was not under his jurisdiction, but seeing him looking around, he seemed to have no idea what was going on. He hesitated for a moment and came over to ask, "Why is Lord Nohara still here? Didn't you receive the notice?"

"No, what happened?" Yuanye originally wanted to ask him, but kept waiting because he was busy.

Oruki Seibei was silent for a moment, then lowered his head and sighed, "His Highness Oda Danmasada went to the Pure Land this afternoon."

"What? How come..." Yuan Ye was stunned for a moment, wondering if he had heard it wrongly. How could Oda Nobuhide, the actual ruler of the eight counties of Owari Province and a powerful daimyo, die? So suddenly?

Oruki Kiyohei seemed to have a lot of feelings for his old master. His eyes were slightly red, and he sighed softly, "Yes, His Highness Oda Danmasatada has passed away." "This... please accept my condolences." Yuanye didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, the news was too sudden. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "I wonder... how did he pass away?"

"He died of illness." Oruki Kiyobei sighed again. Seeing that the news had arrived, he had no intention of chatting with him. He reminded him, "Lord Nohara should also go to the Furuno Castle as soon as possible. The lord must have a lot of things for others to do now!"

He seemed to have mistaken Hara for a minor retainer of Oda Nobunaga, and Hara did not rush to explain. He just looked around and asked him, "So, Lord Seibei, what are you going to do..."

Oruki Kiyobei did not hide it from him. Their actions were supposed to be aboveboard, so he said directly, "According to Lord Lin Xingoro's order, we are going to Kikawa Fort to strengthen the security."

Yuanye nodded. Although he didn't know where Kikawa Fort was, he could guess that it was probably an important checkpoint. After all, the "Tiger of Owari" Oda Nobuhide suddenly died of illness. As the chief retainer of Oda Nobunaga, Hayashi Hidetada must take action to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation to cause chaos.

This was as it should be, and he said goodbye to Orukiyobei directly: "In that case, I won't bother you any more."

Oruki Kiyobei nodded, said nothing more, went back with his sword in hand, and soon set off with his men holding torches.

Yuanye also took Aman and Aqing home. When they got home, Aman exclaimed, "Oda Nobuhide is dead!" After exclaiming, she seemed to feel that it was not strong enough, and exclaimed again, "The Tiger of Owari is dead just like that!"

Although she had heard from her grandfather before coming to Owari that Oda Nobuhide had been beaten repeatedly, had turned from a tiger into a defeated dog, was completely decadent, was drunk all day long, and would die in the next one or two years, but Oda Nobuhide died only three months later, and died so suddenly without any noise or anyone, which was still beyond her expectations and she couldn't help but be amazed.

Yuan Ye was just bowing his head in deep thought. He looked up with a twinkling gaze when he heard her and asked, "He's dead, that's for sure, but how do you think he died?"

Aman was very smart and immediately understood his subtext, but after hesitating for a moment, he said, "He probably died of illness. There's no reason for that fool to kill his own father. His position as heir is quite stable. He is also Saito Dosan's son-in-law and has his own territory and retainers. If Oda Nobuhide wanted to touch him, it would at least cause chaos for the Masatada family, and it is possible that they would perish - Oda Nobuhide would not be so insane, not even if he was drunk."

"Really?" Yuanye pondered for a moment and felt that it made some sense. Maybe he was just imagining things.

"That should be it!" Ah Man couldn't think of any reason why Oda Nobunaga would kill his father to take the throne, so he asked curiously, "Do you think there's something wrong?"

"No one came to find me." Yuanye hesitated for a moment and said softly, "If he died of illness, even if it was an emergency, a doctor should have been found to save him! Even if he died before I got there, at least someone should have called me. After all, Oda Nobunaga knew that I was a good doctor, so there was no reason not to send someone to find me."

"Yeah, this is indeed a bit strange." Ah Man also reacted, but after thinking about it, he quickly put it aside. "It seems to be a bit problematic, but it has nothing to do with us. God knows what the situation was at that time."

Yuanye shook his head and didn't say any more about these conspiracy theories. He asked with concern, "So what do you think will happen to Owari next?"

He traveled through time inexplicably, without having done any relevant research. The damn "Taikou 2" opened after Okehazama, when Monkey officially became a samurai. He had no idea what had happened before, and now he was very uncertain - the "Tiger of Owari" who had dominated Owari for more than years was dead. Even if he had to guess with his butt, there would definitely be some disturbance, right?
"Alas, there will definitely be chaos, but I don't know if it will be a big one or a small one!" Ah Man said without even thinking. Her good life hadn't lasted two days, and it turned out like this. She was not happy at all, and sighed directly, "Saito Dosan of Mino has been eyeing the fat piece of meat in Owari for a long time. The Matsudaira and Imagawa families will probably not let go of this good opportunity. They will come over to take some territory. It's impossible for there to be no chaos next!"

As expected, Yuanye also sighed, blaming Oda Nobunaga in his heart for being so ignorant - he didn't even tell him that his own father was sick. If he had told him, he would have done his best to rescue him. He would have let Oda Nobuhide live until he opened the soy sauce workshop and sold all the soy sauce before he died!

Now, most of his money has turned into soy sauce and is stored in the jar in the backyard. As a result, Oda Nobuhide is dead and the world is in chaos. How can he still sell soy sauce at a high price?

How can you renovate your house and do a major renovation?
But this kind of thing was beyond his control. Oda Nobuhide was already dead, and there was no way for him to bring him back to life. He could only accept the reality, close the door when he got home, and carefully observe the wind direction in Owari.

The death of the "Tiger of Owari" Oda Nobuhide had a great impact. After the news spread, the atmosphere in the four lower counties of Owari seemed to freeze, and everyone was very cautious, fearing that they would be targeted by Oda Danjotada if they made any noise.

The air was frozen until the third day, when all the talents were gradually notified and invited to attend Oda Nobuhide's funeral, especially the local nobles and samurai. The messenger even made it clear that none of them were allowed to stay in the territory and had to attend the funeral. They could not return until they received permission from Oda Nobuhide's successor, Oda Nobunaga. Those who did not go would bear the consequences at their own risk!

Even the fake samurai Yuanye was targeted. Oda Danjotada did not miss him. Someone still came to invite him, but they did not take him seriously and their tone was more polite. But he still had to go. He had to go!

(End of this chapter)