novelraw Chapter 114 The Barrel Hazama of Destiny
Chapter 114 The Barrel Hazama of Destiny
Ozhang Country, in Qingzhou City.
One after another, bad news came from the front. The two fortresses of Jiujin and Marune on the border of Owari Kingdom were being besieged by Imagawa Yoshimoto's vanguard.Nobunaga's uncle Oda Hidetoshi was guarding the Jiujin Village. This old general died on the spot in the offensive and defensive battle.However, the Marunezhai, another strong general of the Oda family, Sakuma Morishi, was defended by the fierce battle, and the odds of winning were slim.
Nobunaga and all his retainers gathered in the Honmaru of Cheongju City, the atmosphere was heavy, and everyone was at a loss for the future fate.It seems that at this time, the Owari Oda family has no chance of turning back. Everyone seems to see the future that has ended before the Owari family has risen.
"My lord, Imagawa and Matsudaira's coalition forces are coming fiercely, and we are determined to win. Even if we die in battle, we will not be able to resist. In order to preserve the foundation of the Oda family, it is better to surrender." A vassal touched the ground with his forehead and greeted the one sitting on the main seat. Oda Nobunaga suggested.
"Yes, my lord, if I surrender to Imagawa Yoshimoto, I might be able to preserve the power of the Oda clan. Thinking about how brave Matsudaira Kiyoyasu was back then, isn't his grandson Matsudaira Motoyasu still bowing his head to Imakawa Yoshimoto and willing to be a pawn? My lord, Enduring the humiliation for a while can protect the foundation of the Zhitian family." Another retainer threw himself to the ground and echoed.
"No, we men of the Wu family are timid before we fight, so what dignity can we talk about? My lord, it's better to stick to the cage city and wait for work with ease." A retainer suggested aloud.
"It's easy to say, our army is less than one-fifth of Jinchuan, how can we defend Qingzhou City?" Immediately another retainer objected.
"Should I just surrender like this? How can I have the face to meet Mr. Xinxiu? This subordinate suggests defending the city!"
"How did we come to defend the city with strong soldiers and food and grass?"
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In the hall, the retainers were arguing endlessly, but there were only two opinions, surrender or defend the city.Once surrendered to the Imagawa Clan, Nobunaga, as the governor of the family, is doomed to commit suicide in order to preserve the Oda family, but if he sticks to the castle, the Oda Clan, whose strength is less than one-fifth of the Imagawa army, is also doomed to perish.
"Enough!" Nobunaga, who was sitting on the master's seat, snapped, and the hall fell silent instantly.
Nobunaga glanced around at these retainers, some of them showed uneasiness and wandering eyes; some had gray faces with despair in their eyes;
Nobunaga gently closed his eyes, and said seriously: "Everyone has worked hard these days, it's late at night, please go and rest yourself..."
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Returning to the study, Nobunaga took out an omamori from his pocket, took out a thin piece of talisman paper from it, put it on the case, and stared at it silently.
After a while, Nobunaga picked up the talisman paper and placed it on the candle beside him.
The talisman paper burned to ashes, however, there was no special reaction.
Nobunaga looked at the ashes on the table silently, his heart was full of sadness and depression.
'Lan...Could it be that even you abandoned me? '
Suddenly, there was a soft knock on the door, and Nobunaga woke up suddenly, walked to the door a few steps, and opened the door.
"Ah, it's you, Ashi." Nobunaga suppressed the disappointment on his face, and said as softly as possible.
Standing at the door was a young girl, although she was still young, she couldn't hide her budding beauty.She was carrying the tray with a dignified and soft demeanor.
"Brother, Ah Shi noticed that you didn't have dinner, so he came here specially to bring you a supper."
Nobunaga turned sideways and said, "Come in, just put the things on the table."
Ashi lowered his head slightly, walked to the small table, placed the food and drinks in the tray on it one by one, and then stepped back to serve Nobunaga.
Nobunaga sat cross-legged and looked at the dishes on the table, but he didn't have any appetite.She sighed, looked up at Ah Shi, and said:
"Ashi, please dance a lucky dance for me."
Ashi looked at Nobunaga in surprise, pursed his lips, and asked, "Which episode do you want to watch, Brother?"
Nobunaga pondered for a moment, then replied: "Just dance "Dunsheng", I will beat the beat for you."
Ah Shi nodded obediently, walked to the desk, and raised his hand.
"50 years in the world, Xiatian うちを is more than ぶれば dream の くなり. Once born をenjoy け, extinction せぬもののあるべきか (50 years of life, compared to Huatian, is like a dream and an illusion. Once received In this life, is there anyone who is immortal)..."【1】
As Nobunaga sang, he thought:
"Life is only 50 years, like morning dew, the past is bitter, like a dream.My life will probably be like that of Ping Dunsheng, who died young at a young age, right? '
'However, even so, I have to fight to the death with the determination to die like Tunsheng Ping! '
Nobunaga stood up abruptly and rushed out the door.
"Come here, prepare the armor for me to go out!"
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The well-equipped Nobunaga is wearing black armor boots, a bright red cloak on his back, long black hair tied up high, and a sword on his waist, showing a heroic appearance.
She got on her horse and led dozens of guards. Without anyone notifying, she left Honmaru in the early morning and galloped all the way to Atsuta Shrine.
"You guys wait here." It was already dawn at that time, Nobunaga told the guards to stay where they were, and walked into the shrine alone.
Nobunaga stood in front of the shrine, held incense sticks, closed his eyes, worshiped Atsuta Daimyo, and prayed to the gods to give him the strength and ability to defeat powerful enemies and be outnumbered.
After the worship, Nobunaga had just stepped out of the temple when he heard a gentle voice sounding from his side.
"You, you never believe in ghosts and gods..."
"...Do you have to ask for the blessing of the gods?"
Nobunaga suddenly raised his head, looking at the familiar figure under the tree in front of him, his throat choked.
"…orchid."
Fran stepped out of the shadow of the trees and said with a smile, "Do what you want..."
"...As for the rest, leave it to me!"
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Walking out of Atsuta Jingu, the scene outside the Jingu is no longer the scene when Nobunaga came.
"Lord!"
Shibata Katsuie, Sasasa Narumasa, Kinoshita Tokichiro and other retainers got off their horses one after another and bowed down in unison, followed by their respective troops.
"My lords!" Nobunaga took a deep breath and said loudly, "We still have a chance. If you are willing to follow me, please follow me to fight. If you don't want to, Nobunaga will never force you!"
"Willing to serve you!" All the retainers shouted in unison.
"Very good!" Nobunaga got on his horse, then turned his horse's head, and ordered: "Then, follow me!"
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Nobunaga and his party marched in the direction of the Imagawa army, taking a rest at Shanzhao Temple Village on the way.
"My lord, the two vanguard teams that went to explore the way in the barrel have been wiped out."
Before Nobunaga had time to mourn for her loyal and brave retainers, an idea flashed into his mind: "Sasa Masaji and Chiaki Shiro are both extremely good fighters, and the vanguard team they lead is even more elite. Ferocious, could it be...'
"...Could it be that Imagawa Yoshimoto is here!"
Nobunaga stood up abruptly, pacing back and forth in the room, all kinds of information and clues emerged in his mind.
'That's right!Yoshimoto Imagawa's base is on the mountain in Ozama! '
Thinking of this, Nobunaga shouted: "Come here!"
"Notify all ministries..." She paused, concealing her real plan: "Assemble the whole army and drive to Zhongdao Village!"
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"Mr. Lan, please persuade my lord that it is quite risky to go to Zhongdao Village with our troops."
"Yes, please persuade the Lord."
Several of Nobunaga's generals were quite worried about her order, and tried to persuade her but failed, so they had to ask Fran for help.
Fulan said helplessly: "My lords, please calm down. My lord is not a dull and crazy person, how could I make fun of my own life and our lives. There must be a reason for my lord to issue this order. Please form your own army and obey. Military order."
After persuading several generals to leave, Fran came to Nobunaga's side.
Nobunaga looked at the map without raising his head, and asked, "Do you want to persuade me?"
Fran sighed softly: "No, I said so. Nobunaga, do what you want. No matter what, I can still save your life."
"It's just that the lives and honor of your generals are tied to you. I can't take care of thousands of people."
Nobunaga looked up at Fulan and said, "I didn't do anything foolish. When we got to Nakadao Village, they will understand that our victory or defeat depends on one action."
At noon, Nobunaga and his entourage arrived at Nakadao Village smoothly, and the generals at this time understood the true meaning of Nobunaga's order.
The spies ahead came to report that Yoshimoto Imagawa's base is on the mountain in Ozama.
Raid!Beheading action!
Everyone's hearts began to surge, and the fate-determining moment was here. Either the surprise attack was successful and the daimyo of the Tōkaidō daimyo, Daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto, was killed; or, he died here along with these thousands of soldiers.
Can it work?Even Nobunaga himself didn't have a bottom line in his heart, but he fought desperately with the belief of breaking the boat, knowing that he couldn't do it, and eager to choke the throat of fate.
Fulan at the foot of the mountain looked up and said with a light smile, "I see, Nobunaga, that's a good idea."
"The victory of a war requires the right time, place and people. You already have the strength of the land and the people. As for the right time, leave it to me."
Nobunaga turned to look at Fran, hesitantly said: "Lan, you want to..."
Fran shook her head: "My power will not appear on the battlefield head-on, you should understand that. You have to rely on yourself to fight, but..." Fran smiled at Nobunaga, blinked and said: "... I can make the balance of victory lean more towards you." She swiped at the back of Nobunaga's hand and said, "Use the Command Spell, for this battle, the heavens will surely be good."
"You will stand upright and win!"
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Just after noon, the originally clear weather suddenly became stormy, and the majestic heavy rain poured down.
Shocked by the sudden change in weather, the Imagawa army was overwhelmed. The soldiers without rain gear had to hide under the trees. The heavy rain made the armor and inner clothes stick tightly to the body, which can be described as miserable.In order not to be completely drenched by the heavy rain, even the soldiers standing guard ran aside to hide from the rain, and even rejoiced that they did not suffer from the heavy rain outside like the troops who went out.
The soldiers in Imagawa's main formation gave up their vigilance and formation, and hid from the rain one after another.Imakawa Yoshimoto himself was also disturbed by the heavy rain. He was dressed as a public servant at this time, with white powder on his face, eyebrows painted on his forehead, blackened teeth, and wearing gorgeous clothes with bright colors and fat. The sudden heavy rain, Letting his makeup get a little sloppy made him very unhappy.
Just when Imakawa Yoshimoto was worrying about his makeup, there was a loud cry of killing accompanied by the sound of rain. Before the Imagawa army had time to react, they were chopped down to the ground by the enemy army who appeared like a demon god.
Batch after batch of Imagawa soldiers fell down, and the Oda army was like a broken bamboo, chasing and beating the Imagawa army who started to flee.Just when the red eyes of the two sides were fighting, only three hundred soldiers were guarding one person and wanted to evacuate.
It's Yoshimoto Imagawa!
This thought flashed through the hearts of all those who were in the front line of the Oda Army.With excitement in their hearts, they violently attacked where Chuan Yiyuan was now.
Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had no way to retreat, pulled out the Yoshimoto Zuomon from his waist and was forced to join the battle.
I saw two horseback soldiers rushing in front of Imakawa Yoshimoto, and one stabbed the big name of the Longzuan Shoal with a spear, but was cut to the knee by Imagawa Yoshimoto who fought desperately, and fell to the ground wailing.Another soldier followed him, and slashed Yoshimoto Imagawa's chest with a knife. The heart-piercing howl resounded throughout the canyon, and the knife swung down again. This powerful daimyo was cut off by an unknown soldier. Killed, the head painted with noble makeup rolled to the ground.
Nobunaga grabbed Imagawa Yoshimoto's hair, raised his head high, and shouted loudly:
"The traitor Imakawa Yoshimoto has already been killed, and the leader is here, you will not surrender yet!"
The remnants of Imagawa's former troops dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.
Cheers resounded like a mountain tsunami, and even though they were suffering from pain, all the generals of the Oda family burst into tears and were very excited.Oda Nobunaga's surprise attack against Imagawa Yoshimoto won the victory under such an incredible situation of disparity in strength.
Since then, the 26-year-old Owari Daimyo Oda Nobunaga has become famous all over the world.
The author has something to say: [1] From Noh "Atsumori", commemorating the beautiful young man playing the flute who died in the Battle of Genpei at the age of 16.It means: Compared with the heaven and the earth, people can live for 50 years, which is fleeting like a dream, short and unreal; all the people who have lived, are still alive, and those who are about to be born, who will not perish in the end Woolen cloth?
Ashi is Nobunaga's half-sister, known as the number one beauty in the Warring States Period, with a bad life, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's beloved concubine Chacha is Ashi's eldest daughter.
small theater:
Hundreds of years ago, Seimei, who had just completed soul fusion,
Seimei: What clothes are you wearing today?Let's wear this white one.No, just wear black.Otherwise, just wear white.Well, it's still black.No, it's still white...
Seimei: Let me look at the eye shadow, um, red eye shadow as usual.No, I think purple would be nice too.Let’s draw it in red, or choose purple…
Shikigami: ...Master Seimei, do you have choice phobia?