Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

Tokugawa Ieyasu fled back to Hamamatsu Castle after the battle of Mikatahara. After that, Sakai Tadashi also played the taiko drum in order to lead the unknown direction in the night, which made the Takeda Army, which was already close to Hamamatsu Castle, suspect that there was an ambush in the city.Later, another general of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Okubo Tadayo, proposed a night attack, and specially fired iron cannons at the Takeda army on the north side of Hamamatsu Castle, using the convenience of the terrain to lure many Takeda soldiers over and fell into a deep ditch.

Takeda Shingen may be more accomplished in the art of war, but compared to his familiarity with the surrounding environment, the Tokugawa family, which has been in business for a long time, has more say.

However, this can only be taken advantage of the night to deceive the Wutian army - if it is in the daytime, the ravine with a depth of tens of meters in the middle of the rhinoceros cliff will never be hidden from the eyes of the Wutian army.

This is the desperate counterattack of the Tokugawa family, but it is also the worst strategy in desperation.

Fortunately, adding up the two, the Takeda army finally realized the difficulty of attacking the city at night, and quickly retreated.

It's just that even if the Takeda army withdraws, it won't change the current predicament of the Tokugawa family!

Thousands of soldiers died in the battle of the Tokugawa Army, and only Nobumori Sakuma's troops survived the Oda Army that originally allied with the Tokugawa Army.Because of the disastrous defeat of the Tokugawa family, although the soldiers fought bravely, their morale was uncontrollably low. In a short period of time, they were no longer able to fight in the wild.

But even if you start defending the castle, how long can Hamamatsu Castle withstand Takeda's attack?

Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but think so.

He sat in his room almost passively, and he couldn't think of any other way to save the Tokugawa family and solve the crisis of Hamamatsu Castle—except for Oda Nobunaga's helping hand.

But Oda Nobunaga, who was busy with multi-faceted battles, sent him thousands of soldiers to help, and sent ninjas and wild samurai to protect his safety.Even if Oda Nobunaga really wanted to help each other, the distance between the two countries is far away, and the frontline soldiers cannot be deployed. They can only rely on them to defend the city desperately and hold Takeda Shingen back, so that Oda Nobunaga has the opportunity to attack the Takeda army and thus protect Go down to the Tokugawa house.

...But, could Takeda Shingen really be unexpected?

He is someone who can even predict Tokugawa Ieyasu's sudden surprise attack in Mikatahara!If he is really going to be held back, may Takeda Shingen let him wait until Oda Nobunaga comes?

Just thinking about it, Tokugawa Ieyasu felt that his back was full of cold sweat, and what surprised him the most was the ability of Takeda Shingen, no matter how bad the result is, it is possible to come true!

This anxiety and sadness continued until the next day, when Tokugawa Ieyasu got the news that Takeda Shingen had left.

This cannot be regarded as good news, because Takeda Shingen did not give up on Hamamatsu Castle—he just saw that Hamamatsu Castle was unable to send troops, and the long-term death of Hamamatsu Castle would instead draw Oda Nobunaga's troops and confront the Tokugawa Army. The opportunity to pinch the Takeda army... So he re-took the route that was originally used to lure Tokugawa Ieyasu to make a surprise attack, and really headed north, heading directly for Saburo's location!

——Then, Takeda Shingen had to stop for the New Year because of his serious illness.

After receiving this news, Tokugawa Ieyasu's worries did not ease. On the contrary, the retainers of the Oda family were not worried at all, and looked at Saburo with an indescribable expression from time to time.

"Hey. Why is everyone looking at me like this?" Saburo, who was being watched by everyone, scratched his cheek in a daze. "It's snowing recently, and even the trees are not easy to climb. I basically stay at home."

"——It's not about the tree." Niwa Chohide replied, looking away, "Because His Highness said that he wanted to have a good year, and now Takeda is seriously ill, and the timing is very delicate."

"Hey, it's kind of you to say that."

Of course, the retainers of the Oda family would not think of words such as "curse" and "death", not to mention that Saburo and Takeda Shingen have basically never met a few times, and only gifts are given to maintain the relationship. The governor's rough nerves knew that this person would never use those shady tricks—if they knew that the so-called "Kaka ninja" was a monster (fusangshen) transformed by a sword, they might have completely lost their minds. view.But fortunately, Akechi Mitsuhide's foresight is that even if Token Fusangshen arouses suspicion, most of them are aimed at their origins, not themselves.

Therefore, regarding Takeda Shingen's sudden serious illness and staying in the Ministry of Justice for the new year, apart from feeling a few more days of respite, the Oda family retainers have a very mysterious and vague feeling.

——Oda Nobunaga is a man who seems to be favored by heaven.

Such a mysterious feeling cannot influence their thoughts when the Oda family dared to burn down the Buddhist temple and most of the generals who became Saburo's retainers were fearless.Therefore, after paying attention to Saburo just because of this magical timing coincidence, the retainers of the Oda family naturally turned their thoughts back to the current battle situation.

"Although Takeda stopped, but the position of the Ministry of Criminal Justice can still move forward at any time—Although Takeda Shingen is seriously ill, the threat has not diminished at all." Because Shibata Katsuie was away, the first person to speak was someone who had followed Saburo for a long time Niwa Nagahide, "And on the Omi side, Hashiba-san and Asai Nagamasa are still in a stalemate. Because there is Asakura behind Asai, there can only be more troops there, not less."

"Let's keep it as it is." Saburo easily listened to Niwa Nagahide's explanation and made a judgment, "Where is Mr. Matsunaga?"

"You still call that traitor 'Mr. Matsunaga'..." Hearing Saburo's respectful title for Matsunaga Hideo, Ikeda Hengxing snorted angrily, "Chang Ke is still guarding there with troops. The one who dared to betray His Highness Guy, it’s like a tortoise shrinking in the city at this time. If you can quickly capture the city where he is, going to Kyoto will not be as difficult as it is now.”

"Well, I also feel very sad to be unilaterally dismantled by Mr. Matsunaga." Regarding Matsunaga Hideo, who is also a time traveler, Saburo just thought for a few seconds before resolutely giving up, "Forget it, let's ignore Mr. Matsunaga's side gone."

This kind of connivance without any reason (for the Oda family's retainers) made Ikeda Hengxing grit his teeth viciously, with a very angry expression on his loyal face, but it was very in line with the definition of a retainer when his suggestion was rejected without affecting In the current overall situation, keep silent.

His blatant attitude would have easily caused the dissatisfaction of the lord, but Ikeda Hengxing's honesty and straightforwardness are well known to everyone, and he has a brotherhood with Saburo-even if it is Akechi Mitsuhide who actually has this friendship, but for someone who is in The first person to follow him after crossing (Ikeda Hengxing is Oda Nobunaga's close attendant), Saburo treats him quite differently, so no one cares about his attitude, and everyone waits for Saburo's orders peacefully.

"So at present Mr. Shingen is coming to me, Asai Nagamasa can't attack for a while, and Ishiyama Honganji is always causing trouble—hmm."

Sure enough, the governor of the Oda family frowned and thought for a long time. After summarizing the current situation in this way, he made a very serious decision.

"Let's celebrate the New Year first."

Retainers: ...I knew it would be like this.

"Your Highness said that. Although Takeda is not moving now, the tense situation of our troops has not been alleviated. Takeda Shingen released the news that he was seriously ill, but the Takeda Army just stopped. If it is really dangerous, the Takeda Army should Just go back to Kai directly."

Fortunately, I'm used to Saburo's character, and I understand that this person won't really say anything useless (really), Niwa Changhide just thought about it a little and came to the conclusion that the Oda family doesn't want to meet him very much. right result.

"If Takeda Shingen is seriously ill and attacks the Takeda army, he will be caught off guard like Mr. Tokugawa. If Takeda doesn't move, it will restrain the other parties from acting rashly. This is only a temporary calm, and it is not impossible. A fighter plane for battle.”

"Is that right? I think it's not good to go to war after Chinese New Year. Now that the Chinese New Year is very close, the soldiers will also want to have a good New Year." Saburo said very straightforwardly.

He didn't pay attention to how much crit would be brought to his retainers if such an act of dismantling the situation was successful. Fortunately, the retainers who were used to his shocking words would not fully believe such a simple reason—after all, Oda Nobunaga is such an unfathomable man!

"Also, only Xiaoguang's retainer...what's his name during Chinese New Year?"

Niwa Changhide reminded: "Yimu Jingze."

"That's right, Mimaki Kagenori. It looks like he's going to give me gifts and letters at this time, so he'll be interviewed."

At this time, the retainers of the Oda family, except for Niwa Changhide who helped Saburo write the letter, have not realized which family Saburo's so-called "gift" is for.

After all, Saburo is the master of the Oda family. As retainers, it is impossible for them to listen too much to the lord's thoughts, and it is impossible to control all the actions of the lord—anyway, the Oda family is almost surrounded now. There are too few people who have been brought in by giving gifts to fight against Takeda, and the long-term allies and temporary allies who may stand in the same camp as the Oda family have basically arrived.

Even if you want to send gifts to Takeda, Asakura, or even Asai, it is impossible to shake their determination to destroy the Oda family, and they are just throwing money into the water for nothing—unless it is the letter of submission from the Oda family.

If you want to give gifts, then the only possible objects are Tokugawa, Uesugi and others.Giving gifts at this time is just to show respect to each other during the Chinese New Year, so as not to capsize due to lack of courtesy at this time, and add another enemy to the Oda family.

The vassals originally thought this way, and in fact, this is how it developed under normal circumstances—therefore, they obeyed Saburo's order, and in this seemingly perfect time of the Chinese New Year, it was just tasteless. After the new year, and when Saburo gathered again after the new year, I got the news from the dusty Mimaki Kagenori.

... Asakura Yoshikage, retreated.

Yes, Yoshikage Asakura, who seemed unlikely to retreat no matter what, retreated at this time.

The enmity between Saburo and Asakura Yoshikage can only be regarded as a new enmity. If you look at the timeline, Saburo attacked Echizen first, and almost hit the main city of the Asakura family. Unfortunately, Nagamasa Asai's sudden betrayal led to a fall short.After that, Asai and Asakura fought against the Oda family very logically. From the Battle of Anegawa to the Battle of Usayama Castle, both sides won and lost. It is also the result of the temporary bowing of the Oda family.

Then Takeda Shingen joined Nobunaga's siege network, and Asakura had Takeda as a powerful ally, Oda Nobunaga was besieged on all sides for a while, and at this time——

The Asakura family chose to retreat.

It was as if a wolf had suddenly given up the fat in front of him. Even though the Oda family was still surrounded by wolves, the troops in Omi would no longer face enormous pressure.Compared with the few days of respite due to Takeda Shingen's serious illness, Asakura's retreat this time gave the Oda family real room to struggle.

All the retainers of the Oda family could almost imagine how many anti-Nobunaga allies would be dumbfounded by Asakura's sudden change of mind.But what happened to them is a real surprise to the Oda family—as long as the news is true.

Therefore, they also gave plenty of patience to Mimaki Keunori, who was only Mitsuhide Akechi's retainer.Looking at the young man who had just changed his clothes in a rough way, with a tired look on his face, he knelt down to Saburo, and replied respectfully:

"Finally lived up to your trust. With the help of Uesugi-sama, Asakura-sama decided to withdraw his troops to recuperate."

His words really revealed too much news.Recalling the fact that Saburo asked Mimaki Kageza to send gifts and letters before, almost everyone understood that Saburo achieved the retreat of the Asakura family in a devious way through the hands of Uesugi Kenshin.

I'm afraid the "gift" mentioned earlier is not only a gift for Uesugi's family, but also a gift for Asakura.

"You did a good job. The people under Xiaoguang are really reliable." Saburo praised without hesitation, "Do you have any rewards you want?"

Mimaki Jingze: "...Ah, before rewarding, please let me describe the situation for you at that time..."

"Don't be so troublesome, it's good to know in the end. Anyway, Asakura will definitely continue to fight against me in the future—hmm." Saburo waved his hand and rejected Mimaki Keinori's request, staring at Mimaki Keinori's face intently, "—You look like someone who knows how to use a sword. Your face looks a little bit like that, and you're wearing white clothes today...ah. That's how it is."

He said to Yu Mujing, "I will give you Tsurumaru Kuni forever."

"Is that—the 'Tsurumaru Kuninaga'?"

"Hey, there are a few more, anyway, I only have one." Saburo replied without hesitation, "This is a sword that is good at fighting, you have to use it well."

In fact, I had heard news about Tsurumaru Kuninaga, but I didn't expect to get this sword. Mimakike was quite uncomfortable with the unreasonable playing of cards by the governor of the Oda family, but he also After hesitating for a while, he simply bowed to Saburo and replied:

"Yes. Thank you for your generosity."

Outside the Japanese room.

The white-haired Tachi, who knew early on that he would be given away, stood quietly against the door.After hearing Saburo's words, his pure golden eyes showed some surprise—then what fell into his ears was Mimaki Kagenori's thanks.

"It turns out that I'm a swordsman who is good at fighting—this kind of evaluation is a bit unexpected, but it's quite pleasing."

It's just good at fighting, but still has to be sent out... Such an approach really makes people...

Would love to ask.

Without any precautions, he was sent away like this.

I don't know how it was achieved in history, and I don't know why Mimaki Keiseki was awarded Tsurumaru Kuninaga by Nobunaga, so I just wrote it like this (casually).