I am practicing in the Nianghua Warring States Period

So, with money, food, and a recruitment limit, he recruited three centuries in one round, that is, a team of 3 people.

All training was left to Beidou Xinwei alone.

It was so cold in November. The Protector General's iron armor was too cold to wear. Beidou Xinwei paced alone in the parade grounds, hands behind his back, looking for any troublemakers among the peasant soldiers and warriors before him.

It was a shame. Ever since he began training this new army two weeks ago, not a single one of them had been a troublemaker. No matter how harsh the conditions, all the peasant soldiers and warriors followed them unconditionally. He wasn't given the slightest opportunity to assert his authority.

Why are you all so honest and obedient?

"Everyone—stand at attention!!!"

"brush!"

"Turn left! Turn right! Turn back! Turn back! -- Line up! At ease, stand at attention! --"

For the past two weeks, I've done nothing but teach these peasant soldiers, who can't even tell left from right, how to tell right from wrong. All I do is stand at attention. I didn't even dare teach them to march in step, fearing they wouldn't learn. Anyone who doesn't understand how to stand will be whipped, regardless of gender, age, or status. If I dare to hum, I'll get another lash—a blissful life as an instructor. The whip alone might not work, but if I have a knife pointed at you—who the hell can't get into a 985 university?

"Everyone: Disband! - Take an hour's break, and start physical training in the afternoon." Beidou Xinwei waved his hand, signaling everyone to get out, and then prepared to give his apprentice Jian Jiang some special training.

What's the point of training a soldier? My own swordsman is more interesting. Even though my swordsmanship teaching isn't very good.

The key is that the opponent has a strong ability to comprehend! Moreover, without saying anything, the opponent "gets" what you said. (Teaching 4 skills: [What does it matter to me] activate!)

"Your Highness! Your Highness—someone is looking for you again." At this moment, a warrior ran over from outside the training ground.

"Who is it?" Beidou Xinwei put his hands on his hips and looked down at the warrior: "Who is causing trouble for me again?"

"No, it's not - it's an envoy who wants to see Your Highness." The warrior who ran over half-knelt down respectfully, looking a little leisurely and fascinated.

Chapter 65: You're using this to test the cadres?! Take him away and beat him to death!

"Messenger?" Beidou Xinwei was stunned for a moment, then asked, "From Oda Nobuyuki's side?"

"I don't know." The warrior lowered his head even deeper - damn, is this something I can listen to? Are you collaborating with the enemy?

"Who is that?" Beidou Xinwei didn't quite understand and immediately waved his hand: "Okay, I get it. Bring the person over here."

Not long after, a warrior who looked increasingly uneasy to Beidou Xinwei approached. Beidou Xinwei had always been quite affable; after all, as a time traveler, he didn't have many class concepts. While he could be a bit snobbish at times, he generally didn't have a lot of discrimination issues.

There are some young warriors that Beidou Xinwei can't stand! For example, the one in front of him looks like an ordinary person. But his behavior always makes people feel awkward -

"Greetings to His Highness Beidou Xinwei." The other man knelt on the ground, knocking his head against the ground, with his butt raised high. "I have an important matter that I would like to discuss privately with His Highness Xinwei. I wonder if Your Highness could block you from leaving?"

"They're all my trusted confidants, so why not?" Beidou Xinwei shook his head, not being able to discern the other party's origins. Even if he was incredibly powerful, he couldn't just let an ordinary person meet him alone, right?

"Okay then." The visitor raised his head and looked at Beidou Xinwei, and his face suddenly blushed.

“…?” What the hell are you blushing for?! Beidou Xinwei didn’t know why, but he wanted to put his hand on the knife.

Honestly, his impulsive murderous impulse startled even him: Had he truly become a tyrannical feudal ruler? He wanted to kill innocent people at the drop of a hat? He was going to chop off someone's head just because they looked a little disgusting? Was he a sociopath?

"Your Highness, this is the case. I am Yajiemon Ryoda, and I have come to offer Kiyosu Castle to Your Highness!"

"...?" Liang Tian Yaci's words pulled the other party back from the brink of death. Beidou Xinwei was puzzled: "You?... I have never heard of you. How can you offer Qingzhou Castle to me?"

"I am the guardian of the four lower counties of Owari and a retainer of Oda Nobutomo. Oda Nobutomo, knowing your extraordinary beauty, specially sent me to serve Your Highness."

???

Serve me? You sissy?

Beidou Xinwei knew why he wanted to chop the other person.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, don't worry!" Thinking that Beidou Nobuyoshi didn't believe him, Liang Tian Yaci hurriedly continued, "Oda Nobutomo asked me to use the beauty trap and wait for an opportunity to assassinate you. But I didn't dare to do that, so I joined forces with the Sasaki clan. The Sasaki clan has agreed to serve as an internal supporter of Kiyosu Castle! I hope Your Highness can send someone to help us capture Kiyosu Castle from within!"

"...Someone come!" Beidou Xinwei couldn't stand it any longer and waved his hand: "I suspect he's a spy! Ah Quan, drag him away, lock him up, and beat him!"

Maeda Toshiie, who had stayed behind to secretly learn two moves of the "Flying Sword Style", was stunned. He had just heard a big news.

But now, Beidou Xinwei asked him to drag this sissy down and beat him?

"Yes!—Come on, Cheng Zheng, give me a hand!—You go in front and I'll go behind, let's beat him together!"

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“…” Oda Nobuhime felt that she was an unreliable type, and honestly, she really wanted to change.

But it can't be changed.

According to the limitations of the times, Oda Nobuhime knew some of the dirty things about the Japanese Warring States Period, but she really didn't know that Hokuto Nobuyuki was such a good person?

In her tea room, she personally made a cup of tea for Beidou Xinwei.

It's like she's kind of in a trance when she's making tea, and when they're just the two of them, her emotions are more simple and innocent - just silly.

The girl planned to make an opening statement for herself, laughing to dispel the awkward atmosphere:

"Um... I just saw it. The guy who got beaten up was quite unjustly. Hey, isn't it normal for a man to find a nickname? That one looks pretty too... Hmm!"

The daimyo suddenly felt her collar tighten, and the girl's whole body was suddenly pulled hard.

"Hey, you—look down on me, don't you?"

Face to face, Beidou Nobumi sat next to Oda Nobuhime, the two leaning against each other. Beidou Nobumi, like a bully, grabbed the other person's collar and pressed his face against hers: "You're calling me a jerk, right? You're calling me a jerk, right?! - Okay, let's make this clear today. I swear, I will never have sex with a man in this life, I have no interest in that; and you will never have sex with a woman in this life - otherwise, you will die in flames one day."

"Um...ah...well...you don't have to be so excited, do you?" Seeing Beidou Xinwei so excited, Oda Xinji was terrified at the last word. After an awkward smile, she pushed the other person's face away from hers and said, "You..."

"I swear, you!—Why, you won't agree to such a little thing?"

"Okay, okay, I swear, I swear." Oda Nobuhime quickly pushed the other person away and said, "Looks like I've made a profit. Half the people I need to worry about in this world have suddenly been eliminated. That's good. Um... Anyway, what were we originally going to talk about?"

"...I forgot too." He put his face against the other person's and just focused on feeling the touch.

"Is it okay for us to be like this? Well... forget it——" A couple who were not sure whether they could be considered a couple were face to face.

At the age of 14, I could take my girlfriend out to play from school until dark without spending a penny, and at the end I could even get her to buy me a drink.

At 24, you should at least pay for condoms, right?

At the age of 34, you should at least pay for an apartment, right?

So, it’s better to fall in love early. The trial version is often the most fun time for the game, but if you really buy it, especially after the refund period, it will be a waste of money.

The handsome boy's face pressed against the beautiful girl's, having just sworn a poisonous oath together, yet he downplayed it, a testament to the youth's inability to foresee the future. Beidou Xinwei was no longer young; he was empirically certain he wasn't gay, and this book wouldn't allow it.

"How's the army you trained?"

"They're useless, a mob." Beidou Xinwei commented directly: "If I were to lead them myself, I'd be one against five, right?"

"..." Oda Nobuhime, whose face was already pressed against Beidou Nobumi's, suddenly exerted force to suppress him and shouted angrily, "One against five, and you still think it's not enough?! Are you pretending to be profound in front of me, you dead man?"

"Why are you yelling so loud all of a sudden?" Beidou Xinwei, unwilling to be outdone after being yelled at, responded with his own strength. A face-to-face wrestling ensued between the two! "We'll talk about the time when I can fight five of you without you needing my command! Now you're just a bunch of trash."

Chapter 66: A country with a history of less than a thousand years does not have a broad enough vision.

"It's garbage! Does that mean these three hundred people are equivalent to fifteen hundred people?"

"The battlefield isn't just simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division! — But it's almost like that, it's very combat-able!"

"That's fine, I'm relieved!" Oda Nobuhime let out a long sigh and said, "I've put my entire fortune and life on your shoulders, so please don't mess with me!"

"Don't worry, you've been watching me for so long. When have I ever messed with you in any major way?"

Oda Nobuhime was pleased with Hokuto Nobumi's response, but she felt the tone of their conversation was becoming less and less like that of a couple. Even with their bodies so close, the only thing they could feel was that they were having fun together. A typical teenage couple would probably still be contemplating what to eat tonight.

"Hey Avi, you just mentioned Qingzhou City..." And this teenage couple was planning the issues of the belonging of tens of thousands of people and the life and death of thousands of people.

"Yeah, the Shiba family said they wanted to be an insider. After the fight, I confirmed that that effeminate guy wasn't lying." Beidou Xinwei thought about the gay Fifty who had been beaten into a pig's head by him, and suddenly shook his head. "I heard that he was beaten from beginning to end, and he confessed everything from the beginning. In the end, it was a waste of time. If I had known... well."

"You wouldn't have fought if you had known?"

"I should have just killed him." Beidou Xinwei shook his head in disgust, then said guiltily, "But it also serves as a wake-up call for me—people like me... and of course you too. With the army in hand, with the military power in hand! As long as I give a wink, there are plenty of people who will help me kill. Today I made a move, I hate a guy and I want to kill him. In the future, I don't even need to say it, I just need to frown, and there will be plenty of people secretly helping me kill.

As the saying goes, "When you have a sharp weapon, you naturally harbor murderous intent. Officials must be vigilant. If you possess the power of life and death and then go on a killing spree, then there's a real problem."

"...I guess so." The beautiful girl listened to the somewhat fearful tone of the beautiful boy next to her. To be honest, Oda Nobuhime didn't care at all.

Compared to her, Beidou Xinwei came from a humble background, even more so in his previous life, a slave. He was a commoner, the kind who could be invited for tea even if he just squatted at the gate counting wheels. While it was a shame to say it, it was truly terrifying for someone like him to achieve power. Beidou Xinwei even felt like he might be a hidden demon hidden in the peaceful world.

Oda Nobuhime? She'd been pampered since childhood, without the mentality of a nouveau riche. Of course, she's still considered a nouveau riche by many current nobles—but there's no sense of suddenly having the power of life and death. She'd been able to kill anyone she wanted since she was little, but she's never been known to go on a killing spree... That'll have to wait until she truly came to power, right? Ise Nagashima on fire, Mount Hiei on fire, Odani Castle on fire.

In the end, Honnoji Temple was set on fire, right?

"Don't overthink it, you." Oda Nobuhime looked at Hokuto Nobuyuki and suddenly put a hand on his head. She hugged him gently and said, "You're very strong, but if there's anything you can't handle, you can always rely on others, like me. I'm a few years older than you, so I can do something for you, right?"

"..." 1.6 meters tall holding 1.85 meters tall, you're a bit... And your tone isn't as gentle as the goddess in the novels, and what you said is just empty talk. But...

Oh no, is this the land of pleasure?

After a few seconds of silence, Beidou Xinwei said softly, "Okay, thank you, I understand... But what about the problem in Qingzhou City over there? There's an insider, should we just take action?"

"The Sasaki clan...send someone to discuss this in detail first." Oda Nobuhime thought for a moment and offered a safe solution: "It just so happens that your peasant soldiers don't need to be assembled! A covert operation doesn't require too many people. Leave this battle to me; I'm also quite capable of fighting!"

But first, we have to negotiate! How will Kiyosu Castle be divided after this is accomplished? The Shiba family... hehe... the Shiba family..."

"Honestly, I'm not optimistic. The Sasaki clan is a bunch of jerk. I've seen the fighting power of the Kiyosu Oda clan, and they're also a bunch of jerk. But I've observed the defenses of Kiyosu Castle, and they're quite strong. This time, enter the village quietly, without firing a gun! I'm not optimistic about this kind of haphazard internal collaboration. I suggest you don't go in person. If you really can't, I'll go! It's best to wait and see how things develop..."

"Avi, have you forgotten? I am also a samurai." Oda Nobuhime suddenly became confident: "Let you see how easily I can take down Kiyosu Castle by myself! -"

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It can be said that the Sōma family is having a very frustrating time in this regard.

The Sasaki clan was originally a product of partiality, having little military success but being promoted by the Ashikaga clan, the shogun. Their acquisition of power was not entirely uncorrupted, but nepotism was certainly present. The current head of the Sasaki clan is Sasaki Yoshitsugu, and he has not had a good life since he inherited the position.

If the Sasaki family had been living a miserable life since the Onin War, with each year going from bad to worse, then the day Sasaki Yoshitsugu ascended the throne was like a pure eldest daughter falling into misfortune and becoming a bastard, enduring it day by day with gritted teeth.

His father, Sasaki Yoshitatsu, had once held his own, still commanding the Owari clan. When the Oda clan united against his father, he defeated the Oda coalition in battle—and then, during a campaign against the Imagawa clan in Totomi, he was captured by the Imagawa clan. To survive, he ceded the position of head of the family to Sasaki Yoshimitsu, the current head of the Sasaki clan. He ultimately died of grief and rage, perhaps because he felt more and more frustrated the more he thought about it. Alas, his mental endurance was too poor.

Yoshitsugu Sasaki hasn't been doing well recently. They are all of the same generation as Tong, but look how comfortable Xuantong is living.

Thinking about how to restore the monarchy every day.

Itai Daizen was a retainer of Oda Nobutomo, but the latter was the former's electronic pet and was sidelined.

Oda Nobutomo was a retainer of Sasaki Yoshitsugu, but the latter was the former's electronic pet and was sidelined.

When Sasaki Yoshitsugu received the news that he could overthrow Oda Nobutomo, his spirits instantly perked up. A rotten ship still had three nails. Wouldn't it be great if he could capture Kiyosu Castle? If he could take advantage of the situation and repel Oda Nobuhime's reinforcements, wouldn't he be able to take Kiyosu Castle all to himself?

Correct!

In the past, Lord Minamoto no Yoritomo, in order to seize the world, reluctantly exiled and killed Minamoto no Yoshitsune; Emperor Shirakawa, in order to secure the throne, eliminated his political enemy Fujiwara no Motozane!

Even heroes like this are often abandoned after their work is done and the ladder is pulled away after it has been lifted. For the sake of the great cause of the country, why should I give Owari, which is originally mine, to others?

As long as I utilize the reinforcements at the last moment and lock them outside the city! — Qingzhou City will be mine!

Chapter 67: The fire is boiling, if you are not envied, you are mediocre

Beidou Xinwei feels that this matter may not be very reliable. What good results can Gouzi Literature have?

On November 11th, the two sides reached a point of contact. Oda Nobuhime led her troops quietly toward Kiyosu Castle, agreeing to light a fire signal on the evening of the 13th, waiting for the city to become chaotic before launching the siege. Despite Hokuto Nobuyoshi's pleas, Oda Nobuhime refused to listen, leaving Hokuto Nobuyoshi in charge of the regent.

On the evening of November 13th, chaos erupted within the castle. Sasaki Yoshitsugu personally led his troops, achieving considerable gains. However, they refused to open the gates. Oda Nobuhime led his troops in a series of attacks, gaining gains but making no progress. After an hour of fierce fighting, Sasaki Yoshitsugu, exhausted, prepared to open the gates to welcome Oda Nobuhime to aid. However, it was too late; the gates had been cut off, and the uprising had been completely suppressed. Oda Nobuhime was forced to return to Naguno Castle with her troops.

On November 15, Oda Nobuhime returned with her men.

Honestly, this woman is just like that. She's been like this in every battle in her life. Whether she's fighting a steady, cautious battle or desperately trying to make a desperate move, she's always been decisive and calm to the point of being brutal.

Once you win, you start to get carried away, and once you get carried away, you start to like to wander around.

Every wave was pushed back.

Oda Nobuhime, who returned with her defeated army, was in a state of distress, riding on her horse with a drooping face. She was unwilling to speak to anyone after her return, but when she met Hokuto Nobuyoshi, who was temporarily in charge of the Furuno Castle, she had to speak.

[It's all your fault!] Unlike what one would imagine a girlfriend would say, Oda Nobuhime didn't say that.

"I regret not listening to Avi's advice. This is why we are defeated today. I have endless regrets."

Covered in dust and dirt from the battle, the beautiful girl dismounted from her horse and bowed deeply in front of all the remnants of her defeated army and the entourage that Beidou Xinwei had brought out of the city to greet them.

Countless heroic figures flashed through Beidou Xinwei's mind, but they were mostly unknown. One famous figure was Liu Chan—is it really okay to be so polite to a minister? Especially since you're still in the early stages of establishing your authority, aren't you only undermining your own prestige? What? Hoping I'd rebel? That's not a bad idea, but my reputation is too bad.

It can be seen that Oda Nobuhime sincerely wants to apologize to Kitado Nobuyoshi.

"My lord, why do you say that?" Beidou Xinwei grabbed the hand he extended in apology and bowed reluctantly. "I was a poor judge of men, trusting the words of a villain! I encouraged you to go there in person. I also offered random advice, which led to the poor training of the troops! This battle is entirely my fault."

"...Huh?" You gave it to me? I clearly remember that I was going to go out and play in the highland group? "Avi, it was clearly..."

"My lord, you are punishing me because I didn't know people well." Beidou Nobuyuki quickly grabbed Oda Nobuhime's hand, exerted force and gave her a look.

"Oh...oh..." Oda Nobuhime didn't know what was going on. She bit her lip lightly, realizing that the boy across from her was going to take the blame for her failure. "...Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you. Come on, let's...enter the city first."