I am practicing in the Nianghua Warring States Period

It's been a night and the battlefield is still being cleaned up.

There was an endless stream of Rokkaku family retainers coming to surrender—most of them were either defeated or frightened. Those who didn't come were because they had psychological trauma from being beaten—

Gamo Sadahide had a better mentality, mainly because he was an important official on the left wing.

The left wing…the left wing wasn't directly attacked by Beidou Xinwei. Beidou Xinwei cut a gap from the right wing, circled around, and attacked Rokkaku Yoshihide's main camp. The result was that the left wing collapsed immediately, and their entire families fled—the brothers on the right wing were killed or injured, and some of the right wing's family household registration books were completely lost. It must be said that everyone was happy.

"Oh, Doctor Saebei, is that so?" Beidou Xinwei looked at the old man in front of him and the middle-aged man beside him.

Suddenly he laughed.

"Do you want to create an 'Oda clan style list' for our Oda clan?"

It is the Magna Carta, which limits the power of the king.

Chapter 243 Guanyin Zen Temple City

The autumn wind blew the biting chill into everyone's heart.

Beidou Xinwei's appearance was relatively intimidating to the Rokkaku clan. He possessed a strikingly handsome appearance, yet his aura was terrifying. Especially since the battlefield hadn't been completely cleared. Legend has it that Beidou Xinwei himself was particularly fond of building temples, and surprisingly, that was true.

Beidou Xinwei is sharpening its sword on the battlefield.

Samurai sharpening is essentially a form of sword maintenance. Japanese swords are relatively fragile, and the forging techniques aren't particularly sophisticated. In the ancient carbon steel era, the result of a katana clash was almost certainly a jagged, serrated blade—the kind used by Shishio Shinjiro. True Area 11 masters dueled without touching their blades. The fact that a single sword has been passed down through 18 generations only suggests a relative poverty of both combat and resources.

Beidou Xinwei's knife is much simpler, it's just a long broadsword. When it comes to sharpening a knife... it's really just sharpening a knife.

"How dare I?" Gamo Sadahide acted respectful and fearless, but the sweat on his forehead betrayed his indifference. "I am but a shabby body, about to die. How could I do such a thing again? Allow me to report that the Rokkaku clan was torn apart. My son and I fought many battles, and were forced to make the 'Meshiki' statement. Alas... The Rokkaku clan lacked the Mandate of Heaven and fought against the heavenly soldiers. The current disaster is truly the result of the lord's unrighteousness. The Rokkaku clan was unrighteous, so they had no choice but to act. The Oda clan is virtuous, how can we compare?"

"Hmm... hehe." Beidou Xinwei looked quite relaxed and handed the handle of the Pudao in his hand to Mori Ranmaru who was kneeling on the ground beside him.

"You're right—the Rokkaku family is declining, and you need a new master. And you still want the dignity you once had." Beidou Xinwei pointed to the distant Guanyin Temple Castle and said, "If you want dignity, you can follow Rokkaku Yoshihide and fight guerrilla warfare in the mountains. Maybe you can even earn the reputation of a loyal subject. If you want to continue to be the lord of a city, then the days of dignity you once had are over. Do you understand?"

"Your Highness, every word you said was for my benefit. I am deeply grateful." Of course, Gamo Sadahide looked obedient.

"Are you truly grateful?"

"Thank you so much!" Gamo Sadahide kowtowed to the ground, not daring to look up. His son also knelt beside him, feeling that he could not get a word in from his father.

"That's good—Omi, we still need to make use of you sometimes. No matter what, the fact that the Gamo family can be so influential proves that you do have some respect in Omi." Beidou Xinwei suddenly smiled and pointed to a stool beside him. "Okay, sit down. I never kill envoys. Let's discuss the terms of your surrender. Is there anything you can teach me?"

"I am only a few years older than you, how dare I claim to be able to teach such a great man as Settsu no Kami? I am simply old and still alive, and I still have some experience with the Omi region. I am willing to tell you everything I can, and I hope to use my insignificant knowledge to help Your Highness Settsu no Kami achieve his great success." The old man kowtowed again before respectfully sitting on a marching stool beside him. "I am willing to go to the mountains of Omi to persuade the ministers to help Your Highness achieve a bloodless victory..."

"We don't really need a bloodless battle. Let's just find a few troublemakers." Beidou Xinwei shook his head slightly and said, "Everyone can surrender, except the Rokkaku family."

Nonsense! How else would I distribute the newly acquired land? Without new territory, how would I keep those who follow me? Do you really think I'm gifted with supernatural powers and can just kill everyone who disobeys me? Ultimately, it's a question of how to distribute benefits.

"Also: I'm worried about the territory that was not conquered. I have a list here, you can look for it according to the list. If it doesn't work, you don't have to force it. I will solve it myself." Beidou Xinwei waved his hand gently.

Sadahide Gamo felt that the guy in front of him was indeed a killer with some skills.

At this moment, Hongchen came galloping over. Gamo Sadahide looked at him intently and was startled.

Because no one stopped this horse riding, and the rider stood on the saddle, it can be seen that his riding skills are very high.

"Avi~Avi~~~" From the voice, it was a girl. She pulled the reins in front of Beidou Xinwei, and with a forward roll, she jumped directly in front of Beidou Xinwei.

"Oh, Jiuniang." Beidou Xinwei nodded and looked at the cute girl in a blue and white samurai uniform: "What's wrong?"

"Avi! Oda-sama's army is behind us, and will pass through here in half an hour. She said—" Suddenly, Ushiwakamaru, imitating Oda Nobuhime's voice, said loudly, "Avi, you bastard, remove your Kyokan from the route! Don't interrupt my march! And I'll come to Kannonji Castle myself!!"—Well, that's what she said."

After saying this, Ushiwakamaru looked well-behaved again.

"...Okay." Showing his perverted nature, Beidou Xinwei said to himself that the type of person he hated most in his life was his own type, who was simply hopeless!

The enemy... retreated again and again.

Beidou Xinwei always felt that something was not going well... Could it be that such a small place still had so many intertwined forces?

You guys aren't going to try to trade space for time with me and lure the enemy deeper, are you?

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"Nani?!"

Oda Nobuhime was bewildered, and all the generals present in the main camp were also bewildered.

"Can you say that again?"

"Your Excellency Oda, our army, led by Lord Shibata Katsuie, has captured the main castle of Kannonji Castle! Please give your orders!" A messenger knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

"...Why?" Oda Nobuhime asked in disbelief. It was like Huang Shang had just reached the peak of his divine power and was suddenly telling me that his enemy had died with just one move, Black Tiger Heart Ripping? "How could it be so fast?"

"Well... His Highness Beidou completed the attack on Guanyin Temple City beforehand." The messenger looked a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare say anything more and could only speak the truth: "The important officials near Guanyin Temple City tricked the city gates into opening. According to the eunuchs, the father and son of the Rokkaku family fled Guanyin Temple City the day before yesterday."

"... Damn it, you two old fellas are lucky to run fast!" Oda Nobuhime stamped her foot fiercely, then suddenly burst into laughter. "I thought it would be simple, but I never thought it would be so easy to control. The Rokkaku family, it seems, is nothing special."

Oda Nobuhime waved her hand and looked in a very good mood.

"Congratulations, Your Highness." Tokugawa Ieyasu, a professional flatterer, came up to him and clapped his hands with a thankful look on his face. "Congratulations, Your Highness! — The might of our Oda clan's army is unmatched in the world! Hahahaha, anyone who sees Your Highness will surrender!"

"Hahahaha——" the person floated up in an instant.

Oda Nobuhime was just like that. If she was trapped under Kannonji Castle for half a year, it might be a good thing for her.

"Order the army to mobilize and not disturb the civilians!" With the last shred of sanity, he issued this order: "I will consider the rewards after Shangluo! Gentlemen, the bravest warriors in the world are waiting for you. Follow me into Guanyin Temple City!"

Chapter 244: Going to Luoyang (1)

I said that Oda Nobuhime had an extremely good life.

Aside from that incident at Honnoji Temple, this woman hadn't suffered any major treason or hardship in her life. She'd essentially been in a state where life was unsatisfactory, but she'd be content with it. Let's not talk about Takeda and Uesugi anymore, let's just talk about this trip to Kyoto.

Oda Nobuhime and the poor student had worked hard for half a semester, and were eager to prove themselves - but found out that the final exam was cancelled due to a major accident.

On the way to Kyoto this time, the Asai family surrendered and became the whitewashed villains, weakened by several points and joined his own adventure team; the Rokkaku family fought a battle, and he hadn't even put in any effort! The vanguard Beidou had just entered the battlefield when the enemy collapsed, and then the Rokkaku family was wiped out.

Now we are in Kyoto.

The Miyoshi family has been entrenched here for decades! This crucial area of ​​the capital, the best district, where the former head of the family lies buried—you have to fight in the defense of Kyoto, right?

The Miyoshi family was not even as good as the Rokkaku family, and completely disappeared from Kyoto's sphere of influence.

Oda Nobuhime's move was no longer a punch hitting cotton.

“Things are changing.”

After hearing that the Miyoshi family had completely withdrawn from Kyoto and Kyoto had become an undefended city, Hokuto Nobumaru took Oda Nobuhime and a group of senior officials to Isshin-ji Temple outside Kyoto to hold an emergency tea party discussion on the topic of "The enemy is avoiding fighting, our army should pursue the victory, we should use the remaining courage to pursue the enemy, conquer Kyoto, and liberate all of Japan."

In addition, Beidou Xinwei made a relevant report and delivered an important speech at the meeting.

"The Miyoshi and Rokkaku families are trading space for time again, letting our victories along the way paralyze us. This is making us enemies of Kyoto and even the entire world. They can't control Kyoto, and they think we can't control it either. Let them see whether the emerging Oda family can completely control Kyoto! Not just Kyoto, but the entire Gyeonggi region, Izumi, Ise, Yamato, and so on. Do they think the more we eat, the faster we spit it out? I want to tell them - bullshit."

A group of people from the Oda family are still in a state of blind optimism.

It's great that we can travel without bloodshed. Soldiers don't fight, and we warriors take over the land. Is there anything better than this?

Asai Tokugawa sat at one table, Hokuto Oda sat at another table, and other Oda generals sat at N tables. Everyone looked at Hokuto Nobuyuki in confusion as he had not yet arrived in Kyoto. He first told them that the current situation was serious and the situation was not optimistic. Miyoshi and Rokkaku were still determined to destroy us.

"They're calculating, and they're going to foil our plans. They think we can't absorb the new territory, and that repeated victories have let us down. They want to stretch our supply lines and disperse our concentrated forces. Then, at some critical point, they'll launch a counterattack. That's how it's going to work, so why don't we take advantage of their tactics? What the enemy doesn't want, we take. What the enemy wants, we won't give!"

Beidou Xinwei's concept of going to Luoyang was summarized in his report: "Those who resist us will be completely killed. I said we would build 8,888 Jingguans, and this number must be sufficient. Those who are hesitant will be won over. Everything is according to the plan. In addition, everyone here is encouraged to contribute their remaining energy. Those who are suitable for marriage can do so with permission!"

"...Kyoto's undefended, isn't that a good thing?" To the side, Tokugawa Ieyasu scratched his head idiotically, chuckling like a second senior brother, "His Highness Settsu no Kami has a farsighted vision, and Oda Kamisuke stands taller and sees further. We... I'm just a country bumpkin from Mikawa, with a maximum of 5,000 troops under my command. This is the longest journey I've ever made abroad. Could you... could you please enlighten us?"

"Yes and no." Beidou Xinwei took a deep look at this "honest man" who seemed to pose no threat.

Suddenly he burst out laughing and said in a flattering tone, "Lord Tokugawa is a kind and noble man. I would choose His Majesty as my friend, but many things cannot be solved by kindness alone."

Beidou Xinwei was smiling and what he said was very nice.

Tokugawa Ieyasu lived his entire life as a tortoise; without some special ability, he wouldn't have lived such a comfortable life. The fat boy clearly felt a strange gaze roaming over him, the kind of playful expression a butcher might give a pig playing dead before dying, as if to say, "Ah, what a feeble struggle!" The corners of his mouth were smiling, but the corners of his eyes were completely silent!

Oda Nobuhime always felt that she was a very unreasonable person.

She even had a part in the bloodbaths in Owari and Mino - when executing the bald donkey, she treated it like she was killing a pig, and was a rather heartless type.

But sometimes she really feels that Beidou Xinwei is going a bit too far.

Isn't that fat Tokugawa over here quite cute? Why are you scaring other children for no reason? Look, there's been another sifting.

"Ahem, then tell me, what's next..." Oda Nobuhime couldn't bear to watch any longer and immediately interrupted Beidou Nobumi's pressure spell. "What should we do?"

"Anyone who rules Kyoto must be a king or a tyrant. The powerful clans and daimyo should be dealt with gently, and those who are killed with thunder!"

【Internal Affairs Lv21】, currently operating diligently.

"I have several lists here."

At the tea party, Beidou Xinwei waved his hand. Ranmaru Mori and her sisters came over carrying some documents.

Oda Nobuhime stared at the girl from the Mori family in front of her.

"Ahem!" Beidou Xinwei threw a document hard on Oda Nobuhime's face.

"Ah! - Uh, that, cough cough." Oda Nobuhime didn't dare to say anything even though she was slapped in the face in public. She looked at the report given to her by Beidou Nobuo with a shameful look.

The Beidou family's "report," white with a rosy tint, was distinctive. Various reports and charts were scattered throughout, and all you had to do was look at them. It primarily covered personnel matters near Kyoto, detailing every detail.

"Oh..." Asai Nagamasa, who had never seen Beidou Xinwei's internal affairs ability, exclaimed.

What the hell is this?

Character names, relationship charts. A map of local clan power—are you playing "Nobunaga's Ambition" with me? No, this is clearly "Unify the World 5"!

There are also several ways to deal with the major families, as well as the forces that can and cannot be united. The system-provided solution, although only at level 21, is already a good solution. Unfortunately, the [Diplomacy] ability has not been used much, so it has not been improved very quickly. It has not yet reached level 10. This is the solution after conquering Mino.

"His Highness Settsu no Kami is such a capable minister, both civil and military?" Asai Nagamasa looked at Hokuto Nobuyoshi in disbelief, gave him a thumbs-up and said with sincere admiration, "The Oda family deserves to inherit this land."

"Hahaha, I love hearing that..." Oda Nobuhime looked at Beidou Nobuyuki's report and said with a wave of her hand, "Alright, no more words! Just get ready to go to the capital! - Everything will be done according to Avi's wishes. Do you have any objections?"

"We have no objection." The Oda family retainers who were kneeling on the ground expressed that they didn't care.

As for the retainers of the Asai and Tokugawa families?

These guys are in a state of panic, especially a few retainers of the Asai family who have recently been hit hard by life shocks - is it really true that comparing yourself to others will lead to death?

Chapter 245: Going to Luoyang (2)

Kyoto was undefended, and the Oda clan's vanguard cavalry had already arrived at full speed. As a result, the local officials in Kyoto were trembling in fear, and the emperor in the palace said: "Loyal ministers, all loyal ministers! There are no treacherous ministers."

The imperial family has a kind of beauty, a beauty of lying on one's back with legs spread out.

Anyone can come, just remember to put the money on your meal card. Of course, if you really don't have money, that's fine, just don't kill us.

"Boom, boom, boom! Boom, boom, boom!—"

Eighty-eight large and small cowhide drums sounded in unison, and the drum masters beat out terrifying sound waves.

According to legend, those drums were made of human skin.

After experiencing the Eiroku Rebellion led by the Miyoshi Three and Matsunaga Hisahide, the already small population of Kyoto... returned! Returned! That familiar feeling returned!

It’s been over a hundred years since the Onin War... No, no, no, the Onin War is nothing.

Since the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, Kyoto has been like the pills in Ninjiom, flattened and hammered into round shapes. After repeated blows from fate, the flesh has long since become firm and elastic.

During the Genpei War, the victors plundered, and a fire raged through Kyoto for months, destroying every household from the highest nobility to the common peddler. From that point on, with each successive shogunate, Kyoto became the primary venue for the Red and White PK tournaments, contesting the Eastern and Western armies. Whenever chaos erupted in District 11, Kyoto was always the first to bear the brunt. Passionate encounters, physical exchanges, and every kind of catastrophe unfolded here.

Beidou Xinwei is undoubtedly the most terrifying type.

Achievements can be checked.

Fighting through mountains of corpses and seas of blood along the way,

The people of Kyoto who were still alive took to the streets, participating in the happiness that only the residents of the imperial capital were entitled to enjoy.

Since yesterday, the officials in Kyoto have been working frantically, asking every household to send someone to clean the streets.

Then, people from every household came out and stood on the main road of Kyoto, holding artificial flowers or just sweeping them up, to join the "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome" team for me - of course, the part about the artificial flowers was made up, as the main task of the civilian welcoming team in this era was not to be cheerleaders, but background boards: kneel on the ground, and whoever dared to raise their head would have his head chopped off.

The Oda clan's army had not yet arrived to enter Kyoto.

"Have you heard? These 888 drums are all made of human skin." No, human skin cannot be used to make such big drums, at least if it is made, it cannot be hit so loudly.

"I heard that among these 8,888 drums, have you seen the biggest one? That's Imagawa Yoshimoto! Did you see that one? He's a general under Imagawa Yoshimoto. And over there, that's Oda Nobuyuki of the Oda family--" An old man in Kyoto looked gossipy.

As someone who's experienced everything, although Beijing may be a bit poorer than some coastal trading cities—such as Jiegang—it's definitely not inferior in momentum, the old man said, stroking his beard and looking very clear.

"Why? This is ridiculous. People from the Oda family were also made into human-skin drums?!" Several civilians on the side exclaimed in disbelief.

"You don't know this, do you?" The old man had a proud look on his face, just like an old man in the park who was in charge of the country. He knew all the major events, secrets, policy hubs, the past and the future. "Let me tell you, when the Oda family was in civil strife, God sent down four disasters as punishment. They were the God of Terror and Tyranny; the God of Harboring Filth and Iniquity; the God of Lust and Evil; and the God of Evil and Ingenuity. When the Four Disasters were sent down, the Four Disaster Gods chose Beidou Xinwei, the God of Killing on Earth. In the east, he killed 30,000 people from the Imagawa family and built 30,000 Kyoto temples. In the west, he trampled on Inabayama Castle with one man on horseback and destroyed the Saito family. In the south, he released a plague to destroy Ise, and then turned around and killed many great monks in Mikawa.