A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Chapter 86 8. Nobunaga’s memorial to the family

Facing the mist, Maeda Toshiie's father, Maeda Toshimasa, fearlessly set out with more than 400 conscripted peasant soldiers, Ashigaru and Koji, who were known as the best in the world of thick-tailed weak soldiers, as the first to lure Shibata Katsuie.

What can I say about this team? The ranks are not organized and morale is low. Although the soldiers didn't know that they were just bait and didn't need to fight to the death, they could just hit them twice and run away. But Maeda Toshimasa knew that such troops did not need to disguise themselves to lure the enemy.

As for the other troops, to be honest, although Maedabe didn't look like he was going to die and was ready to run away at any time, but no matter how hard the samurai tried to encourage them, they could barely make it through. Perhaps the only reason why they are still in Inagahara is that there is rice to eat here, and that is probably what they risk their lives to eat rice.

Xiaoheita and Aji also got up early, washed themselves, drank a bowl of warm water from the kettle, and walked into Nobunaga's shogunate refreshed.

Lifting the curtain, Koheita took a few casual glances. Nobunaga's shogunate was empty. Most of the important ministers of the Oda family had already gone to his younger brother Oda Nobukatsu. Niwa-chan was the only one present. The two brothers Xiu and Pingshou and Sen Kecheng are considered the bosses. There are only two or three kittens left. Although they are also people who will leave their names in the history books, they are not worthy of attention at the moment. They are not even qualified for Xiaoping Tai to look at them.

The little one inside the curtain saw Heita Xiao coming in, and after choosing a corner to sit down, he brought two bowls of tea and rice. Xiaoheita asked Aji who was holding the Muramasa to put down the knife, and handed him a bowl first. Aji took it politely, said thank you, drank three times, five divided by two, and finished the drink. He opened his mouth and recalled the taste.

Xiao Pingtai shook his head. Aji always looked like he was reincarnated as a starving ghost. Maybe it was because he had been starving most of his life in the past ten years. Aji had a character that he would not refuse as long as it was food. He will eat whatever is given to him. Although he will not deliberately ask for more, he will not miss the opportunity to eat as long as he has it.

As for Xiao Pingtai himself, he was drinking tea and rice slowly. He was also a person of status now and could not be as dumb as Aji. The other people inside the curtain had already finished drinking. Anyway, Xiaopingta felt that he was an outsider sitting in the corner and no one would pay attention to him. In the end, the sound of drinking tea and making rice attracted other people's attention.

"Dan Zhengtada, is the chazuke rice so delicious?" Nobunaga held his thigh with one hand and waved the riding whip with the other hand, looking a little bored.

When Heita heard this, he quickly stopped drinking, turned around and handed half a bowl of tea and rice to Aji. Aji took it and saw that there was still something inside, so he tilted his neck straight up and drank it all. After drinking, he smacked his lips again.

Nobunaga became happy when he saw it, "Hurry up and get a bowl of tea and rice for your entourage." Koheita quickly asked Aji to bow his head: "Why don't you thank Mr. Shang for the reward."

Aji stretched his neck and poked his head around, watching where the little one was serving tea and rice. As soon as Heita Xiao heard what he said, he quickly fell to the ground. Nobunaga smiled and told him not to do this, it was just a trick so early in the morning.

Several other warriors present covered their faces and laughed softly. Anyway, just treat it as an interlude, and everyone will soon laugh and pass it by.

Aji took the chazuke rice that he had been thinking about for a long time, and this time he carefully used chopsticks to pick it up. As expected, it was good to be careless. Everyone was thinking about the situation of the battle, and Xiao Heita had a sense of urgency. Only Aji felt a sense of urgency. Guitar has nothing but rice on his mind.

The only thing left to do is to wait for news about Maeda Toshimasa.

About half an hour later, Nobunaga got up impatiently, jumped up, walked out of the shogunate, stood on a high place in the village, built a pergola and looked into the distance. Seeing that their lord had gone out, the others couldn't sit still any longer. They all picked up their weapons and stood up to go out of the tent. They also built tents and looked into the distance.

Kodaira was at a disadvantage because he was only 1.4 meters tall and still had a slight stoop. Although his stoop has improved a lot now that he has been standing straight to talk and does not have to bend down to work, he was at a disadvantage among a group of tall warriors who were 1.5 meters tall. Do you know what it means to be like a chicken standing tall among a flock of cranes?

Nobunaga seemed to suddenly think of something and turned around. "Hahahahaha, come and see me now."

Xiaopingtai thought that you had some humanity, that you still remembered your own existence, and that you knew that I was short. After waiting like this for another twenty minutes, defeated soldiers fled in twos and threes from a distance. Everyone knew that Maeda Toshima was defeated. Regardless of whether Shibata Katsuie was lured over or not, an ambush was about to be prepared.

Niwa Nagahide and Mori Kashige took the order and left, each with two to three hundred people to ambush the two wings.

Nobunaga shouted: "Anu, bring father's armor." Maeda Toshiie and several followers quickly helped Nobunaga put on Oda Nobhide's armor, and then put on a bright red cloak.

The flying feather butterfly and papaya-patterned flags, fingers, and horses were raised one after another, "Ban Zheng, you can watch me defeat the enemy here."

"It's an honor!" Kodaira said respectfully as Oda Nobunaga left.

In the distance, more than a thousand troops bearing the horse mark of Shibata Ninomaru Karkin rolled in. Maedabe, who was unable to stop the defeat, retreated all the way.

Fortunately, at this time, Niwa and Mori suddenly attacked the Shibata tribe from left to right. Continuous shouts of a surprise attack rang across the plain, and Shibatabe panicked. But what kind of person is Shibata Katsuie? He quickly stabilized the situation with his martial arts prowess, and he seemed to be taking advantage of the opportunity to defeat both of them.

Looking at such a brave warrior, Koheita couldn't help but sigh: "There are capable people under Nobunaga!"

But no matter how fierce it was, Nobunaga led dozens of brightly-armored bannermen to violently attack Shibata Katsuie from the front.

Nobunaga's samurai shouted: "Oda Bichu is guarding here, why don't you surrender quickly!"

The Oda Nobunaga troops on both sides also shouted, and Maeda Toshimasa, who gathered the defeated troops, joined the battle group again. Countless straws fell on Shibata's camel.

Suddenly a Shibata samurai shouted: "Binchu, please forgive me." He wailed like Nobunaga surrendering. With this first example, the other Ashigaru shouted, "Bi Chu Mamoru, forgive me, we are willing to surrender." The defection went to Nobunaga's side, and in an instant, Shibata Katsuie was left with less than a hundred troops surrounding him.

Nobunaga rode up to him, held his head high and said, "Kwon Liu, why don't you surrender?"

As if deflated, Shibata Katsuie got off his horse and knelt down in front of Oda Nobunaga. "Don't look like a defeated dog. Take your troops and go with me to meet my good brother."

The subsequent scenes were no longer visible to Xiao Ping. Nobunaga coerced Shibata Katsuie's troops to attack and kill Lin Tongsheng head-on, and then drove the defeated troops to defeat Lin Tongsheng. Oda Nobukatsu/Xing was defeated and fled to Suemori.

Nobunaga completely suppressed the rebellion in his family.

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