A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

On the other side, facing the aggressive Imagawa army of more than 40,000 people, various groups of retainers with ulterior motives or loyalty were sitting in the Ohiro Room in Kiyosu Castle.

What is puzzling is that the entire Qingxu City did not search for rice and stockpile supplies. There were no alarm bells blaring to call on the people to help. Although the border between Owari and Mikawa a few miles away was already in flames of war, Kiyosu showed a strange calm and peace.

The castle town has lost its former prosperity and liveliness. Any ordinary citizen who lived in the troubled times of the Warring States Period has a keen sense of war. When Yiyuan sent two or three kittens at the beginning of the year, many people felt something was wrong. Now that Yoshimoto has reached Narumi, the war in Aichi County continues. Everyone has long been prepared to escape. Even if the house may be burned down, there is still a chance to start over again if the money and people are fine.

Of course, this is only for ordinary people. If Oda Nobunaga fails this time, then there will be no talk but just starting over from scratch. If he fails, his life will definitely not be saved, and the family business will definitely be destroyed. Although some tributaries of the Oda clan may still continue to exist, the direct line of the Oda Danmasadada clan will definitely come to an end.

Just as Lu Su advised Sun Quan, it is okay for others to surrender to Cao Cao, but it is just a change of lord. From now on, high-ranking officials have to do the same things, and they have to ride horses. Sun Quan could not surrender to Cao Cao, he had to win or die, that's all.

Looking back at Oda Nobunaga, at this moment he was sitting on the main seat with an expressionless face, leaning on a small table with one elbow. The other hand used the folding fan to pat his thigh rhythmically, but the force was very light and did not make any loud noise. Mori Nagako (about seven or eight years old) held a tachi as tall as him, and Maeda Toshiie knelt behind him holding a spear.

The Oda retainers who were sitting down were having a very fierce dispute. The focus of everyone's debate was whether to bow to Saito Yoshiryu, Mino's uncle, for help, or to ask for help from the shogunate's shogunate, Rokkaku, whose influence has reached Northern Ise. Yi Xian asks for help. In short, the suggestions are just words of ceding land, paying tribute as vassals, and exchanging reinforcements.

As for the two methods of facing the Oda family independently, or quickly surrendering in exchange for the survival of the family name, no one has proposed yet. Anyway, Imagawa Yoshimoto has more than 40,000 people, and the Oda family will definitely not be able to defeat them. Four thousand people versus forty thousand people, what are you dreaming about? It's better to go home and wash up and sleep.

As for surrender, maybe Imagawa Yoshimoto is really as generous and generous as the legend says. He even adopted the Hojo clan and couldn't bear the bloodline of the Hojo clan to be cut off. In this case, Oda Nobunaga probably had to commit seppuku. But Oda Kimaru (Oda Nobutada) should be able to save a life. In the future, the Oda family can survive as a small countryman, and even rise again.

Judging from the uncertain expressions of these people on the surface, it can be expected that most of the people here are ready to surrender and become Imagawa's retainers, but the time has not come yet and they cannot show it yet. Hold on to yourself for the time being and lurk.

Kinoshita Tokichiro, who was at the end of the seat, spoke softly, but he wanted to suggest that he should fight hard and face Imagawa directly, and maybe there would still be a glimmer of hope. But the big guys haven't finished speaking, so how can he speak. As for his younger brother Kinoshita Koichiro, he was not even qualified to attend the meeting. He was anxiously walking around outside, waiting for the final result of the retainers' discussion.

As if he didn't want to see these people arguing anymore, the Oda clan's generation retainer and attendant, General Ryoda Dewa Morihiromasa, suddenly came out.

"You are the cowardly people who pretend to be the retainers of the Oda family and live on the emperor's salary, but you all ask His Highness to compromise and ask for help from foreign countries!"

"When we prepare first and then guard, foreign troubles will be more serious and invasion will be deeper, but we can still unite sincerely to maintain the family business. Now the Suruga Administrative Department is coming with a fierce momentum, and what it has in mind is to destroy my Oda family name. You don't want to think about it. What’s the point of resisting bravely but placing hope in foreign countries?”

"Your Majesty, Hiromasa Ryoda, is willing to lead a group of men as His Highness's vanguard to attack the Suruga Administrative Department!"

As the only senior samurai in the Oda family who wanted to resist the Imagawa army head-on and launch a surprise attack, Ryomasa Ryota's image suddenly became glorious and great at this moment.

Although a group of big names including Niwa Nagahide, Shibata Katsuie, Mori Katsunari, Hirate Hanhide, Maeda Toshimasu, etc. were named and scolded, others were not too angry. Loyal ministers are always punished by others. Dear.

Hiromasa Ryoda knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and asked Oda Nobunaga for his life. He was willing to risk his life and risk his life for the Oda family to gain a chance of survival.

Those who suggested asking for help and the samurai retainers who had already planned to surrender and defect from the leading party looked at the impassioned Ryomasa Hiromasa in front of them. Regardless of their stance, such a loyal and brave person should always receive appropriate praise and admiration. Everyone gave a thumbs up to this samurai whose presence in history was extremely low and who never even appeared in later games and film and television works.

Nobunaga, who was sitting at the head, seemed to be touched. He looked at Hiromasa Ryota intently, then stood up and walked out of the large room without saying a word.

The samurai, including Hiromasa Ryoda who was kneeling in the center, looked at each other in confusion. What on earth was Oda Nobunaga thinking? To fight but not to fight, to make peace but not to make peace. Not a word, not a word. He just left to care for himself, leaving behind a bunch of clueless retainers.

But Nobunaga has already left, and there is no other option for everyone to just sit here. They can only get up and leave Ohiroma.

Kinoshita Tokichiro at the end is sitting far away, but his eyes are sharp. He had been Nobunaga's attendant for two years, and he knew many of Nobunaga's habits and hobbies.

Just now, Ryouda Hiromasa made a speech demanding that he risk his life, and Nobunaga's expression changed obviously when he launched a sudden attack. Although Nobunaga's actions are often unpredictable, since he has this idea, as a minister, he should be extremely prepared.

So others sighed and walked out of the wide room, but Tokichiro was full of fighting spirit. He first sent someone to instruct the more than one hundred ashigaru under his command to put their spears under their feet when sleeping, and to wear the takamaru on their bodies, so as to be ready for battle at any time.

When he got home, he asked his younger brother Koichiro to be fully clothed and fed the horses they were traveling with. He also asked his family and mother to make rice balls overnight, and told them to add more salt, so that they could at least satisfy hundreds of people for one meal. This made Ah Zhong very anxious. He did have rice, but he could only make hundreds of rice balls with just a few people at home.

Tokichiro had no choice but to mobilize the family members of his ashigaru to prepare rice balls for the march. At the same time, I borrowed a few pots and set up an earth stove in the yard to speed up the progress.

He looked at the residence hall in the city. The lights were flickering, flickering on and off. He wondered what Oda Nobunaga was doing.