I am practicing in the Nianghua Warring States Period

"Everyone in the main camp, follow me!" Oda Nobuhime was in a state of indescribable excitement, her eyes bloodshot. Her voice rose, rising again and again: "Not a single one of you will retreat. I will kill anyone who dares to show mercy! No prisoners, no heads, only victory! - Kill all these traitors and the Imagawa family's dogs!!!"

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Chapter 32 MVP

"Everyone, hold on! We still have the advantage - come on, take the horses!" Okabe Motonobu's heart was beating fast as he watched the vanguard troops collapse at the first blow, but he had to go up when it was time. He took the horse from his trusted confidant, climbed up, and took the helmet and put it on his head. Okabe Motonobu shouted: "I will be at the front line! No one is allowed to leave their post without permission! Any deserters who attack the front line will be killed!"

"My lord!" Suddenly, a foot soldier standing on a chariot not far away, who was specially trained to observe the enemy situation from a relatively high vantage point, shouted to Okabe Motonobu, who was riding his warhorse: "The enemy main camp, the main camp is moving! The entire Oda clan is pressing forward!"

"...Simata! (Oh no!)"

"Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!" Three drum blasts were heard from the direction of the Oda clan's main camp, and the deep muffled sound of the conch shells grew closer and closer. Clearly, this was the sound of the entire army charging!

War is all about courage! Fight with all your might!

The other party wants to kill us all in one go!

"Beat the drum!" Okabe Motonobu shouted, "Ma Kai, follow me!"

"oh!--"

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There are large gaps between military formations, especially between different battle sequences and divisions. This is because when the battle sequence is unclear, there needs to be enough time to change formations, and... who knows if you are a traitor or not.

During large-scale battles like the Battle of Sekigahara, the armies of various factions were stationed at vast distances, some even using mountaintops as their main bases, making mobilization extremely time-consuming and laborious.

Only after Hokuto Nobuo defeated the enemy did Okabe Motonobu's troops begin to move out.

"Sir!" Maeda Toshiie, another member of the reserve team, shouted from a distance: "@! #￥@￥"

"What?" They were too far away, and the shouting and screaming was too loud to be heard.

"Just...just..." Beidou Xinwei looked at the other person's mouth shape, and then looked at the direction the other person was pointing: "Okabe Motonobu?! - Okabe Motonobu's main formation has also moved?!"

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Both sides deployed their main forces, and neither side retreated. This was a bit unimaginable. Generally speaking, it didn't need to be this intense. A fierce battle would be a PK between two thousand people, and thirty deaths would be enough, and that was already considered a fierce battle.

The Warring States period was largely dominated by crushing battles. Few engaged in real combat like the foolish women of Echigo. Few, however, were as reckless as the mountain monkeys of Kai. At the Battle of Kawanakajima, 36,000 men participated, and 8,000 were killed. This death rate horrified the entire daimyo of Warring States Japan—they had never seen such a foolish style of fighting before, and it rarely did afterward.

The combined forces of both sides in the Battle of Sekigahara were said to be as numerous as 15. After a day of fierce fighting, the combined casualties on both sides reached a staggering 4000, a figure that effectively crushed the Western Army.

It's no wonder that Uesugi Kenshin's retainers later said: "When I followed Huniu to fight, the killing was like a landslide and tsunami. Now, it's hilarious that such a simple battle can be awarded the first place in military merit.

"Bang bang bang!—"

After a fierce burst of cannon fire, Oda Nobuhime's main camp set out.

The battle raged for an hour before Hokuto Nobuyoshi's troops, embroiled in intense fighting, turned back to their main camp. Most of the time, they were constantly changing formations, switching directions, regrouping, boosting morale, and dawdling. Finally, an hour after Oda Nobuhime joined the fray, the regrouped Hokuto Nobuyoshi's troops launched again, crushing the enemy's left flank in one fell swoop.

Okabe Motonobu was unable to hold out, the enemy's left division was defeated, the Imagawa army was defeated, and the battle ended completely.

Then comes the heaviest casualties of the war:

Chase down.

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This was Oda Nobuhime's first leadership-based battle, and it was all about leadership. Just like a train runs fast because of the locomotive!

Beidou Xinwei's formation killed 31 men, earning him the MVP award. The total number of heads his unit beheaded was unknown, as no one was willing to remove any heads. Everyone thought they were mad afterward, but in the end, they distributed one head per person, doubling the number for the front row.

Oda Nobuhime was very happy with this number.

But I wasn't happy at all—I'd killed too many enemies. Luckily, it was a good harvest, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to give out so much reward money.

After the rebellion at Narumi Castle, Oda Nobuhime successfully drove the Imagawa clan out of Owari in less than a week. She also established connections with the two castles in the south—and instantly everyone looked up to her.

Sure! I didn't expect she had such a talent! At first, I thought she was just a simple, middle school girl, but I never thought a middle school girl could rule a country? After all, historically, Oda Nobuhime's youth wasn't highly regarded, and now it seems even more... mysterious. Could it be that this is the saying "Three years without flying, three years without singing." If you don't fly, you'll soar to the sky; if you don't sing, you'll make a stunning debut?

Three days after the army occupied Minghai Castle, they returned to Naguno Castle and held their first celebration banquet.

Oda Nobuhime seemed very happy.

Beidou Xinwei was also very happy.

A letter came from the east, signed by Oda Nobuyuki, who was also very happy and congratulated Beidou Nobuo on his victory.

I also made a price: If you surrender to me, you can choose any of the Five Great Masters! I will give you whatever you want!

This feels a bit like the Mbappé transfer controversy.

Chapter 33 Selling for a Good Price

The idea that what you eat nourishes what you need isn't entirely superstition. You see, cannibalism is the only way to become a superior person. In feudal society, if you didn't eat people, you wouldn't be considered a superior.

After so many sword fights and shadows, I finally became the Supreme Lord, the Supreme Lord~~~

The news of the bloody battle outside Narumi Castle spread quickly throughout Owari. The people were fully aware that there were indeed perverts in this world, and Beidou Xinwei was at least one of them.

On August 15th, Nobuhide Oda GG, took his hands off the keyboard and exited the crappy game Earth OL.

On August 17, Oda Nobuhime caused a disturbance in the mourning hall.

On the same day, Yamaguchi Kyotsugu of Narumi Castle had already made up his mind to defect to the Imagawa family and asked his own son to ask for reinforcements from the Imagawa family.

On August 20, the Imagawa clan received the news and held a meeting the next day to decide to send troops. Firstly, they wanted to test whether Oda Nobuhide was really dead, and secondly, if he was, they wanted to encroach on the Owari Oda clan's territory.

On September 15, Yamaguchi Kyotsugu and his reinforcements arrived and officially raised the flag of rebellion. At the same time, Kasadera Fort and Nakamura Fort were built.

On September 20, Oda Nobuhime received the news and assembled her forces the next day. She set out on the 24th and, on the 26th, launched the Battle of Blood Mound, achieving a decisive victory over the combined forces of Imagawa and Yamaguchi Kyotsugu. She soon captured Narumi Castle and, on October 2, she marched back to Nagoya Castle. A celebration was held on October 5th.

From the conclusion of the Blood Grave Battle on September 26th to the return to Gunye City on October 2nd, there were several days in between. After all, this was a world of revival, and everyone was busy.

Let’s go back a few days.

On September 28, two days after the battle, news finally reached Oda Nobuyuki.

After returning home, Oda Nobuyuki was in agony. The more he endured, the angrier he got. The more he backed down, the more he felt he'd lost! How could anyone be so incorrigible in this world? It was all my fault! Why didn't I scold Beidou Nobuyuki at that time?

At Suemori Castle, they officially established themselves as a local power, no longer paying tribute to Furuno Castle. Not a single grain of the territory's harvest that autumn was sent to Oda Nobuhime, and all ties between the two families were severed. However, on September 28th, the entire family gathered for a meeting. Everyone had heard of Yamaguchi Kyotsugu's rebellion, and such a matter could have far-reaching consequences.

People like Shibata Katsuie and Hayashi Michikatsu were also there. Yamaguchi Kyotsugu had rebelled, and it was hard to say what would happen next. No matter how harsh Oda Nobuyuki's words were, he was still an Oda clan member! He was also afraid that his retainers would defect to the Imagawa clan—so he summoned all his retainers to check on the situation.

Then I heard that the spy had returned and brought back important news!

“…That family fight (what did you say)!?” Oda Nobuyuki’s eyes darkened when he heard the news.

"My Lord!" A spy, dressed as a peasant, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Oda Nobuhime-sama raised her army on the 24th. Two days ago, she fought against Imagawa's Okabe Motonobu and Yamaguchi Kyotsugu of Narumi Castle at the Blood Mound! The two armies fought for an hour, and Oda Nobuhime-sama was victorious! She has already conquered Narumi Castle and expelled the Imagawa!"

"...How is that possible?" Mrs. Tsuchida, my biological mother, widened her eyes and muttered, "The gap between the two sides is too huge. Didn't the Imagawa family send a thousand men? Yamaguchi Kyotsugu and I have at least five hundred men. We only have eight hundred men on Oda Nobuhime's side. How can we win? A draw would be good! Right? Right? - Isn't that what you said?"

Finally, the UMNO Gozen looked at the bigwigs present with a blaming look.

"..."

Everyone was uncomfortable with a woman like you participating in the meeting. During the rebellion, you were needed for plots and assassinations. Are you still needed now? You were at the center of the conspiracy then, but can you be at the center of politics now?

There are two ways for women to monopolize power. One is like Wu Zetian, who made political promises, killed all political enemies, and worked step by step to finally monopolize power. The other is like Cixi, who came to power as the matriarch of the family and monopolized power as a feudal patriarch.

Tsuchida Gozen had no real talent, so she could only rely on her position to monopolize power. Her subordinates were all powerful men with their own troops, and everyone's respect for her basically came from Oda Nobuyuki. However, some women may never understand this in their entire lives. Not only women, but also men have many things they don't understand.

"Yes, Imperial Palace, that's what we said." Lin Tongsheng lowered his head slightly and said, "I never thought that 800 people could defeat 1,500 people in a battle... Hey! Do you know what happened between the two sides? Tell me."

Lin Tongsheng looked at the spy dressed as a farmer standing beside him.

"Yes!" The spy lowered his head and said, "I was lying on the hill nearby and peeked at the entire battle. At the beginning of the battle, Beidou Xinwei led the team to charge into the enemy camp! The troops he led were invincible! Within a quarter of an hour, Lord Beidou killed the enemy general Yamaguchi Kyokichi, and Yamaguchi's army was immediately defeated!

Lady Oda Nobuhime led her main force in the attack, while Okabe Motonobu also led his own troops to resist. The two sides fought fiercely for an hour, but in the end, Okabe Motonobu was defeated and retreated southward. After the battle, the casualties were counted, and the Imagawa and Yamaguchi coalition forces had lost over 200 heads!

"Ok?"

This casualty ratio is wrong! Shibata Katsuie, standing by, widened his eyes. A team of 1,500 men, and 200 dead—this casualty ratio is wrong no matter how you look at it. Everyone present, as if hearing "Big cripple, big cripple! Just one more shot!", revealed doubtful looks.

Are you kidding me?

"Two hundred people died?" Shibata Katsuie asked back.

"Yes, sir! I disguised myself as a peasant and infiltrated the area surrounding Minghai Castle, returning a day late. But I've learned that at least two hundred heads were beheaded!" To bolster his credibility, the peasant-dressed spy added a graphic description: "Sir Beidou Xinwei alone beheaded thirty-one people!"

"...That's not surprising, that's not surprising." Shibata Katsunaga breathed a sigh of relief, watching the stunned expressions of the crowd around him. He couldn't help but feel a smidgen of pride, a sense of sobriety among the rest, but that pride vanished completely. He looked at the exclamations of the crowd with a matter-of-fact air.

Fortunately, his warrior radar went off on the day of the funeral. If someone else had rushed in headfirst - looking at the situation, at least thirty-one people would have died in the mourning hall.

"My lord, madam." Shibata Katsuie, known as the "Oda clan's most powerful general," was a rather imposing figure standing at a full 1.65 meters tall. He knelt in front of everyone and whispered, "Hokuto Nobuyuki, Oda Nobuhime's minion!

For example, Fan Kuai of Emperor Gaozu, Lu Bu of Dong Zhuo, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei of Liu Bei - it would be difficult to defeat them if they did not get rid of their minions.

"But I heard he's only been in office for three or four months and is no more than twenty years old. We should send someone eloquent and persuasive, promising him a high position and generous salary! Let him rebel against Oda Nobuhime and abandon the light to join the dark. Then our future attack on Furuno Castle will be twice as effective with half the effort."

"good."

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Chapter 34 Hug

Shibata Katsuie said so much, but Oda Nobuyuki only replied with one word... Of course not. So Oda Nobuyuki thought for a long time and said, "Then, what should I promise?"

"South of Narumi Castle." Shibata Katsuie immediately gave an answer.

"That's inappropriate, that's too insincere." Oda Nobuyuki immediately shook his head and said, "These territories are close to Imagawa, so... their offer is not enough."

"Then add...um, half of the Hong Kong salary, how about that?" Lin Tongsheng rolled his eyes and gave an explanation.

The port salary refers to the annual salary at Tsushima Port. This was a significant reason, perhaps even the direct reason, for the Oda family to become the dominant power in Owari. They were rich, very rich.

“Halfway…?”

"Yes." Lin Tongsheng lowered his head and said, "Beidou Xinwei is still too young. No matter how much money we promise him, he will defend the Imagawa in the south. So there is no need to be afraid of him..."

"Well, that makes sense." Oda Nobuyuki stroked his chin, then shook his head. "But doing so is still a little unsafe... How about this, Mother? We act as matchmakers and promise Aichi to him as his wife, how about that?"

"oh?!"

Ah Shi, the magic timeline. This year he is 12 years old——

But in real history, ever since Aichi participated in the Oda clan's annual tribute ceremony at the age of seven, the Oda clan's generals had a goddess in their hearts—lolita control wasn't shameful these days. Feudal society didn't selectively exclude lolita lovers. Aichi's fame spread far and wide after she turned 16. Now, almost every prominent Oda clan general wanted to have a relationship with Aichi.

"My Lord, is this..." Shibata Katsuie is 28 years old this year. If he works hard, he can be Aichi's father. But at this time, he still has a lot of thoughts in his mind -

"Well, it's not impossible." Tsuchida Gozen thought for a long time and felt that this idea was good, so he agreed: "As long as he can come and pledge allegiance to Nobuyuki, I will give him half of the port salary south of Narumi Castle, Aichi! I will give him as much as he wants! If it's not enough, I will add more! - I must make him leave that girl Nobuhime! The Oda family will be in trouble in her hands!"

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Beidou Xinwei didn’t know that he was already so valuable - of course, he still had a scale in his heart.

Promotion and wealth were inevitable, and no one could stop Beidou Xinwei's rise—military exploits were the best way to advance in feudal society. If you were to eat people, you had to do it elegantly. Killing people is a crime for you, but killing people is a feudal lord for me!

However, the territory has not been determined yet, and Oda Nobuhime also feels that it is too bad to enfeoff Hokuto Nobuyoshi in Narumi Castle.

You are now in the Middle Ages, in Japan, belonging to the ruling class, and living a prosperous life. So, when you get promoted and become rich, what will the people around you say?

"These are for you." Oda Nobuhime personally kept Beidou Nobuyoshi.

This feeling was truly profound. I had randomly chosen an SSR, and at the lowest point in my life, I had this person by my side. He shared the joy of success and the pain of failure. Through all these ups and downs, he had always been so loyal, following me through thick and thin, not shying away from arrows or fearing hardship.

The key is that he looks pretty good! Oda Nobuhime planned to reward him today.

"Oh? Thank you." Beidou Xinwei looked at the small cloth bag handed to him by the other party and put it away.

"You are so generous. Why don't you ask me what I gave you?" Oda Nobuhime seemed to be punching cotton.

The Japanese people experienced decades of loss, from the initial rise of women's rights to the point where marriage was considered a blessing 40 years later. Men and women returned to the normal pattern of the food chain: the one who likes the other must please the one who is liked. This applies to both sexes, with a group of lionesses even offering food to a single male lion.

"It's quite heavy. It feels like some kind of stone or something. I'll just keep it if you gave it to me—jade?"

"No, it's gold." Oda Nobuhime suddenly felt that the gift she gave was a bit tacky.

"Oh, gold is good." Beidou Xinwei's eyes suddenly lit up and he said with a smile, "It's just right that we can add something to the house. Kikyo has been complaining about this and that."

"... Kikyo, Kikyo." Oda Nobuhime took a deep breath, not knowing what she was thinking.

After a few seconds of silence, he continued, still speaking in a tone that was confined to the times: "For men, having three wives and four concubines is normal... normal... normal asshole!... Huh, huh... but it's also normal."

"Are you okay?" The handsome boy looked at the other person's mental state and felt that no matter how young a woman was, she was still a woman. He had been traveling here for so long, and his mental state was not much better than the other person's.