stjorthotic Chapter 22 22
Chapter 22 22
It's time... the Warring States Period!
Since Oda Nobunaga completed Shangluo, among the world's famous names, Oda Nobunaga is the most ferocious and the most vocal.
But such a prestigious name will not only bring "glory", but also disaster.
In April of the 13th year of Yonglu, Oda Nobunaga broke the alliance agreement with his brother-in-law, Asai Nagamasa, in order to crusade Echizen Daimyo Asakura Yoshikage who repeatedly ignored Shangluo's orders, and was attacked by Asai Nagamasa from behind back road.
The Oda army encountered Asakura, and Asai's two armies were almost wiped out in the pincer attack, resulting in heavy losses.
However, misfortunes never come singly.
After Nobunaga worked so hard to escape the desperation and returned to Kyoto, the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who has always been dissatisfied with him, also took this opportunity to attack, and ordered Asakura Yoshikage, Asai Nagamasa, Takeda Shingen, Mori Motoki and others to surround him Nobunaga, defeat the Oda Army.
This is the "first siege of Oda" known to later generations.
……
"Dong dong."
The white and smooth palms gently tapped the snare drum in their hands, and the beautiful black-haired woman with her eyes closed accompanied the dancing man in front of her.
"50 years of life..."
A magnetic low-pitched long tune came out of the man's mouth, the tone was calm but mixed with a bit of vicissitudes.
With a crash, the paper fan in the man's hand suddenly opened, attracting everyone's attention in an instant.
"It's like a dream and an illusion!"
He whispered softly, opened his thighs, and the paper fan slid past his eyes with the twisting of his arms and waist, posing in a dancing posture, and sang the next line: "There is life and there is death..."
"What a pity for a strong man!"
The ending came to my ears, and the man sang with some melancholy and sighs. He also closed the paper fan in his hand at random, put away his posture and sat down on the ground.
The female accompaniment behind him tapped the drum lightly, ended the sad short song with a crisp drumbeat, and opened his eyes.
"Master Nobunaga." She said softly, "You are in a bad mood today."
"In the past, when you sang this line, you were full of anger and self-confidence. Why are you full of sorrow today?"
"Oh, I'm just feeling a little bit emotional." The man called Nobunaga casually took the wine bowl and wine bottle from the retainer's table, watching the transparent wine flow out of the bottle and trickle down into the bowl, One side said lightly: "I think I, Oda Nobunaga, started at the end of the year, then killed Imagawa, captured Mino, shocked the world all the way, embraced Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and went to Luo, and the limelight was the same for a while."
"Even Takeda and Uesugi have been left behind by me now, so there is nothing to be afraid of. The world will be armed with weapons just around the corner!" Speaking of this, he picked up the full wine bowl and drank it in one gulp, his dark eyes revealed a little cruelty. "However, such a good situation was directly destroyed by a brain-twitching idiot, and that guy is actually my brother-in-law."
"This is the shame of my Nobunaga's life." His face was slightly red, and there was a murderous intent hidden in his eyes full of hostility, "Nagamasa Asai... Hehe, Nagamasa Asai!"
He muttered the name, but his overly calm tone and expression revealed a gritted hatred.
"His betrayal was unexpected to me, but what was even more unexpected was that he actually betrayed me for Asakura Yoshikage, a trash who dare not even go to the battlefield!"
"Shame, shame!"
With a bang, the black lacquer bowl fell to the ground, and Oda Nobunaga covered his face with his sleeve and wailed, his words revealing a deep sense of sorrow.
"Lord Nobunaga." At this moment, a short general who was sitting on the side boldly got up and went to Nobunaga to help him up, and comforted him in a low voice: "Asai Nagamasa is just a pedantic fool, why are you angry? ?”
"What do you know!" Nobunaga waved his sleeve robe, and his face full of sorrow returned to indifference and calm, and the speed of his face change was different from ordinary people. "If that idiot wants to take my head away. I looked up to him even if I rebelled against myself, but he didn't!"
"He betrayed me because of that fool who didn't even dare to go to the battlefield, put all his face on in order to survive, but didn't know that he could survive as long as he surrendered!"
"I, Oda Nobunaga, have been through countless battlefields, and I was betrayed by my trusted ally and brother-in-law because of an ignorant idiot, and even almost died in Jinqi City... This is the place that makes me feel the most humiliating!"
"Then..." Looking at Nobunaga's face, the short general smiled awkwardly.He was not flustered by Nobunaga's anger and cold face, but continued to laugh indifferently: "This subordinate thinks that you shouldn't be angry any more."
"En?" Nobunaga frowned, "Monkey, what do you mean?"
"I also ask Nobunaga-sama to forgive this subordinate's rudeness." He knelt down to Nobunaga, maintaining the posture of Dogezaza and said loudly: "Asai Nagamasa's betrayal is a fact, and your grief and humiliation are also felt by subordinates. "
"However, the current situation is rotten, and we are surrounded by several daimyo. If you are injured because of the traitor Asai Nagamasa, wouldn't it be a long time before your subordinates see Mr. Nobunaga's confidence and domineering look?" Heroic?"
"So please, Mr. Nobunaga, put the overall situation first, and don't be overly sad because of a traitor!"
As soon as the voice fell, the whole Japanese room fell into a brief silence.
Some of the Oda retainers sitting on both sides were dumbfounded, some showed disdain, and some were expressionless. They looked at the little general in various ways, but they never wavered him at all.
He just maintained the posture of Dogeza, as if he was talking about something important... flattering Nobunaga.
That's right, everything the little general said just now was just to flatter Nobunaga.
He was besieged by several daimyos, and Asai Nagamasa had nothing to do with him. The core meaning of what he said was "It's not worth it for you Nobunaga to be angry with this villain Asai Nagamasa. You should relax your mind. Show your confident and domineering majesty as before and beat those guys away."
To put it bluntly, it is to appease Nobunaga and make him happy at the same time. For this reason, he does not hesitate to do the behavior of the soil to comfort Nobunaga, even if it will be ridiculed and looked down upon.
And what would Nobunaga think?
Of course I am very happy!
"Puff ha ha ha ha..." As expected, Nobunaga raised his head and laughed because of the funny performance of the short general. "Monkey, monkey, you really know how to play."
He squatted down and patted the short general's shoulder, and said in a gentle tone: "You are a general who commands many soldiers, and it is a little tasteless to say such inappropriate words on such an occasion."
"The subordinates feel that Master Nobunaga's body is the most important thing."
Flattering is a technical job, especially for moody but extremely smart leaders like Nobunaga. If you want to please them, you can't just talk about it, but you have to act "you are very capable".
"And this subordinate also has a good thing to report to Mr. Nobunaga."
The short general has been Nobunaga's professional licking dog for many years. He made Nobunaga happy when everyone dared not touch his head actual results!
"Because of Master Nobunaga's reputation, a businessman from Sakai City approached me and wanted to meet you." He stood up, looked at Nobunaga who was much taller than himself, and said seriously: "As a sincerity, he is willing to give Give us 5000 iron cannons, 500 horses, and 10000 grains."
"Oh?" Nobunaga narrowed his eyes when he heard this. "Interesting, send us food, weapons and horses at this time."
"What's his name?"
"Ghost dance Tsuji... no misery!"