dhibooks Chapter 372
Chapter 372
The best way to verify Tsurumaru Kuninaga's conjecture is to ask Saburo directly - but as always, Tsurumaru Kuninaga did not receive direct information from Saburo.
First of all, Akechi Mitsuhide came and went in a hurry at that time, and Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who was still Akechi Mitsuhide's close servant for the time being, naturally couldn't let him go and let Akechi Mitsuhide return to Tanba without the sword man by his side.Then, Akechi Mitsuhide was with Saburo almost the whole time during his stay in Azuchi—although he made a bolder guess than ever before, Tsurumaru Kuninaga cannot guarantee whether this is correct, let alone know if he is not careful. Let Mitsuhide Akechi know, how will the other party react.Combining these two points, it is really difficult for Tsurumaru Kuninaga to find an opportunity to ask Saburo such a question alone.
However, this difficulty is not the direct reason why Tsurumaru has never been able to directly confirm the conjecture.It was Saburo's own attitude that really made Tsurumaru Kuninaga nothing.
Compared with the people of this era, Saburo is too calm - it is this incredible frankness that made the men of swordsman never doubt that he himself does not belong to this Warring States even though they have seen his various abnormalities with their own eyes. .However, this kind of calm beyond others' imagination does not mean that Saburo is a fool who can't hide his words.Even though he still doesn't have the awareness of being the most important person in the Oda family, and he doesn't want to hide the abnormalities brought about by his life in the first 15 years compared to this era, but he seems to be born with an instinct to judge the importance of things.
This instinct is reflected in warfare, that is, there is a ditch in the chest, clear goals, and calmness.Putting it on this matter at this moment, it also succeeded in making Tsurumaru never get anything.He instinctively realized that the matter of "traversing" was not a trivial matter that could be said to the outside world at will, but he hardly made any effort to conceal his identity, and he never directly stated it in front of others.
Ah, of course, if someone really guesses it, Saburo doesn't really care.
These two seemingly contradictory attitudes were successfully combined in him, and since Mitsuhide Akechi handed over the identity of "Oda Nobunaga" to Saburo, he naturally regarded it as a part of himself and ignored it. The accident of his own safety can be said to be very self-conscious as Oda Nobunaga!
The "Struggle for World Hegemony" that Saburo is working hard now is the best proof!
If Tsurumaru Kuninaga really asked "Are you really Oda Nobunaga", you would probably get Saburo's sincere "Of course" answer-this is really not a joke.
This calm but difficult personality, at least for the time being, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who cannot stay in Azuchi, will not be able to find a way to break through it in a short time.Therefore, this important task still has to be handed over to Mikami Tsukimune - if Mikami Tsukami is finally defeated, then they can only turn their attention to Hashiba Hideyoshi.That is currently the character most similar to their guessed Nakasaburo's identity (Hashiba Hideyoshi, who was originally a ninja, replaced Kinoshita Tokichiro, who should have been Hideyoshi in history).And this, too, must be entrusted to Sanri Yuezong.
In any case, the above happened a few months ago for the two men with swords and swords who had strange guesses.
What is right in front of us now is Araki Murashige's betrayal.
Although Araki Murashige will fall into a long-term and passive cage city with the efforts of his retainers who are like chicken blood, but now, he who has just rebelled is still quite difficult for the generals of the Oda family to attack.Araki Murashige himself is quite talented in the military. Before his betrayal, he had the foresight to store a large amount of food, and actively contacted Maori and Honganji.The latter two have been blocked in time by the retainers of the Oda family, but no one knows how much Araki Murashige's grain reserves are and how long they can last.
If Araki Village made up his mind to delay the time, it would be even more unacceptable to the Oda family's retainers-they still need to devote all their energy to dealing with Maori.But if Araki Cunshige is left alone, after Araki Cunshige finds an opportunity to connect with Maori, Oda is bound to win even greater losses.
Saburo dispelled the doubts that would have arisen in the Oda family in time, but he still failed to resolve the current impact of the rebellion.
"Hmm... who introduced Araki Village to me back then?"
This time the rebellion was caught off guard, so Saburo's identity is rare to gather many retainers such as Hosokawa Fujitaka, Hashiba Hideyoshi, and Akechi Mitsuhide.He searched for stories about Araki Murashige in his mind, but unfortunately his memory was as mysterious as ever. After thinking for a while, he only remembered that he seemed to have sent a wakizashi named "Go Yoshihiro" to him. He also asked them in confusion.
This time, Hosokawa Fujitaka, who reported Araki Murashige's treasonous behavior to Saburo and allowed the Oda family to respond quickly and effectively, replied blankly: "It's me."
"Hey, then I can only change one person." Saburo frowned briefly, and said bluntly, "It would be best if Araki village could be persuaded to surrender again. Is anyone familiar with Araki before?" We've fought together."
"To be honest, Araki Murashige and I attacked the Sanyin Sanyang area together before. This time when the news of his rebellion came, I immediately dispatched officers and guards (Kuroda Rusui) to persuade him to surrender." Hashiba Hideyoshi said. At that time, his eyes were black and dark, his funny and sincere smile was not piled up on his face, and his expression faintly showed a trace of fatigue, "But Guan Bingwei failed, and was imprisoned by the village. I am afraid that this time, Araki Village made a big decision. determined."
"Kanbei—who is Mr. Takenaka (Hanbei Takenaka)'s acquaintance?"
Mitsuhide Akechi reminded him in time: "It's that Kuroda Rushui who was honored to be gifted by you with the 'Cutting and Cutting Hasebe'."
"Everyone has too many names, it's hard to remember." Saburo nodded to Akechi Mitsuhide, and there was no hint of guilt in his tone-it was true that he couldn't remember the names of people who changed back and forth during the Warring States Period, and Saburo didn't feel that he This is a big problem, "It would be bad if you were locked up... I asked Xiaoguang to introduce you to ninjas before, did Hideyoshi hire you? It should be no problem to let ninjas save people."
Hashiba Hideyoshimoto's hand on the waist of "Mikazuki Munekin" froze, and his face became a bit ugly--the "ninja" that Saburo said directly in front of everyone was the source of Hashiba Hideyoshi's uneasiness these days.Even the sudden increase in problems after Araki Murashige's rebellion and the disrupted fighting rhythm did not bring such great distress to Hashiba Hideyoshi.
Yes, Akechi Mitsuhide really went to find Koka Ninja.
Forget about how Akechi Mitsuhide managed to find the Koga ninja in such a tense battle situation... In short, Akechi Mitsuhide's mobility is sometimes as high as Saburo's, which is unbelievably high.Koka Ninja knew that there were people with their names (sword men) in the Oda family who were active in the Oda family, and chose to acquiesce because of Saburo's influence. This time, Akechi Mitsuhide showed his favor on behalf of Saburo. Received the olive branch and began to work for the Oda family.
The main positioning of the Koga ninja is to spy on intelligence for war—that is, what normal ninjas do.Therefore, only a very small number of the newly recruited Makoka ninjas arrived in Azuchi, and the rest were active on the front line where Oda and Maori faced each other.
...Suddenly facing so many ninjas, Hashiba Hideyoshi appeared to be normal, but in fact his scalp was about to explode!
It's not that he's afraid of these ninjas—since he dared to stay at Oda's house to work for Saburo, and even gave birth to a secret ambition to seize the world, Hashiba Hideyoshi is certainly bold enough.What really surprised him was Mitsuhide's meaningful words when he recommended the ninja to him.
Hashiba Hideyoshi will look at the "sword men" precisely because they are actually different from ninja tricks, and Saburo's inexplicable trust in them-this level of trust is so deep that the other party can do whatever they want. So far, among the retainers, only Mitsuhide Akechi has obtained it.It’s just that the status of ninjas is low. Even if they are trusted, no one pays attention to them. Even Saburo himself trusts them, and at the same time restricts their identities to ninjas, and has no intention of changing them.
If there is a real shortage of ninjas, Hideyoshi Hashiba and his younger brother Hideyoshi Hashiba can do what ninjas can do-they have already joined the army, but the skills they learned have never been unfamiliar.
But Akechi Mitsuhide straightforwardly brought over a group of "Koga Ninjas", which were specially used in front-line warfare, and recommended him. This method was completely blocked one by one according to Hashiba Hideyoshi's previous attempt to ask for the sword man. of.This behavior is too targeted, and Akechi Mitsuhide is only the nominal master of a few sword men, and has no direct conflict of interest with Hashiba Hideyoshi. God)" the real master Oda Nobunaga (Saburo) gave instructions behind his back.
... What's more, Akechi Mitsuhide already knew Hashiba Hideyoshi's ninja identity.
Akechi Mitsuhide would not rashly disclose this information to Hashiba Hideyoshi, but his ambiguous words when recommending ninjas were enough to make Hashiba Hideyoshi think about it.Hashiba Hideyoshi sent Kuroda Rusui to Arioka Castle for some reason.
He can't directly ask Akechi Mitsuhide if he already knows his ninja identity, which is no different from revealing himself; he can't pretend that he hasn't heard anything or that nothing happened. Paranoid down.There have been frequent wars in recent years, but the road to promotion has been extremely smooth, and even the behavior of poaching Saburo's corner has progressed gratifyingly. It is rare for Hashiba Hideyoshi to encounter such ambiguous and difficult problems.
In the final analysis, it is because of his identity-not only the lowly status of the original ninja, but also the identity of "Needle Merchant Tokichiro Kinoshita" that he borrowed when he joined Oda.If the former is exposed, the latter will undoubtedly be found to be a lie, and his motives for joining the Oda family and everything he has done over the years will be questioned.And no matter whether Niwa Nagahide investigated his origins when he was introduced into the core retainers of the Oda family, or Takenaka Hanbei and Akechi Mitsuhide secretly investigated his past, he has already linked himself with "Kinoshita Tokichiro" Their lives are seamlessly connected together, and while perfectly coping with the investigations of these people, they also bind themselves in it.
Now being asked by Saburo, Hashiba Hideyoshi is even more certain that Mitsuhide Akechi recruited the Koga Ninja must have been instructed by Oda Nobunaga-but the hateful thing is that he was forced into such a situation where he was forced to be in a state of fear and anxiety, and he couldn't show it. Out of the slightest dissatisfaction with Saburo.
Koga Ninja he will not want, who knows whether those people recommended to him by Akechi Mitsuhide will release Oda Nobunaga's spies early in the morning - however, Hashiba Hideyoshi cannot directly express his thoughts , I could barely show a wry smile, embarrassed to find a reason for my rejection of ninjas: "Yes, thanks to the kindness of Mr. Wise, but I didn't hire ninjas-the villain's financial resources really can't cope with hiring ninjas. Moreover, Hachisuka Masakatsu under my command has also done something similar to ninjas. If it is necessary to use ninjas, it can be used to some extent. Arioka Castle is extremely strong and difficult to invade, so in the rescue of Kanbei In terms of things...the villain is really powerless."
Hachisuka Masakatsu, formerly known as Hachisuka Xiaoliu, was a local tyrant who was approached by Hashiba Hideyoshi during the crucial "building a city overnight" event when Hashiba Hideyoshi was able to rise from a humble soldier to the sky in one step and entered Saburo's sight.
But in name he was a local tyrant, but Hachisuka Xiaoliu could only be regarded as a gangster at the time.The method of gathering information by gangsters is different from that of ninjas, but the results are not much different. It makes sense for Hashiba Hideyoshi to blame his own financial resources and Hachisuka Masakatsu for the problem.
"I can't blame you for this." Saburo comforted in a tone that didn't look reassuring at all, "It won't work if I let Sanriyue and the others dispatch—with their characteristics, it is difficult to do the work of saving people. Worry scares people."
Didn't fully understand Saburo's words, but knew that he had dealt with it this time, Hashiba Hideyoshi nodded hurriedly.
"Then Araki Murashige will focus on the siege for the time being." Saburo said, "But it can't be dragged on forever—then, let's fight Maori directly."
He pointed to a certain location on the map with his finger.
"It's right here. Maori's water army was very nerve-wracking before, so let's try it this time."
The place Saburo pointed to was the Kizukawaguchi, which was occupied by the Oda family last time and wanted to block Maori from delivering food to Honganji Temple, but was finally taken away because the defenders were defeated by the Maori water army.
"Instigate a war directly," Ikeda Hengxing said in surprise, "Araki Murashige's simple siege is not enough! And the generals need to be carefully screened—"
"It doesn't matter to anyone, I will send someone to persuade the people in the branch of Arioka Castle later, that's all." Saburo responded naturally, "The important thing now is Maori."
As if he was completely unaware of his gaze, he repeated in a firm tone: "Let's fight Mouri at the mouth of Kizugawa."
Saburo spoke in such a tone, and the retainers knew that they could not persuade them, so they all responded "yes".The smarter ones—such as Akechi Mitsuhide, understood what Saburo meant in just a moment, and responded confidently and neatly; the rest who didn’t understand the situation were a little hesitant, but they couldn’t resist Saburo, except for a little weak response. Other obvious shortcomings.However, the Oda family is full of talented people. No matter how many people understood at the time of responding, after the military discussion ended, when they filed out of the Japanese room, most of them had already recalled Saburo's keenness. With a new level of understanding.
Based on Araki Murashige's own strength alone, it is impossible for him to compete against Oda.
Araki Murashige at this time is like Hideo Matsunaga at that time.It was also a sudden rebellion against Oda, and it was also a return to his own city and could not defend it.But Matsunaga Hideo's rebellion became more straightforward, and the purpose (on the surface) was only to blackmail Oda to seize power, and the crisis of the Oda family was even worse than it is now-at that time, Uesugi Kenshin was not dead yet.If it hadn't been for Matsunaga Hideo not accepting the overtures of Maori and other forces, and just sitting on the ground and raising prices, it would be far from being reduced to the end of self-destruction.
Oda went all out to attack the Shigi Mountain Castle where Matsunaga Hideo was located, and took almost the entire castle within half a month. This is the best proof of the strength gap between the two sides.
The same is true for Araki Murashige now - Oda has been dispersed by Mori and Honganji, and cannot concentrate on dealing with him for the time being.Uesugi Kenshin pays attention to faith, but the Mori family is not. The current battle line is much more advanced than that of Matsunaga Hideo, so Oda can't let go of Mori and concentrate on solving the problem of Araki Village first... However, this does not mean that Araki Village Zhong can take advantage of this time difference to act recklessly.
What is Araki Murashige's confidence in betraying Oda is that he is confident that he can get the support of Maori.
If Araki Village cannot get support, even if he betrays Saburo, he and his city will be like an isolated island, and they can only watch helplessly when the flood floods them!
Saburo chose to start a war at Kizukawaguchi, just to wash away the shame of the year and to divert Maori's attention, so that he had no time to care about Araki Murashige!
This approach is not only drastic, but also diverting the tiger away from the mountain.
If the big ship built by Kuki Yoshitaka can really compare to Maori's ships, Oda's water army can really beat Maori's water army...
Then the general trend of the world is tilting more towards Oda.
Wow, many situational analysis this time - I made it up!
It looks straightforward and honest, but it is actually not easy to see through Saburo.I always feel that Saburo is also the kind of person with great ideas.
What is going to start with Maori is the second naval battle of Kizukawaguchi.
Guan Bingwei was very miserable. He was locked up by Araki Village for a year, and his head was bald ().
In history, Nobunaga didn't know that Kanbei was under house arrest, and thought that Kanbei had also betrayed him, so he wanted to kill Kanbei's son.Fortunately, Hanbei (that's right, you Takenaka) was disobedient and hid Kanbei's son-in-law.
Everyone was very excited in the last chapter... But this is not an official loss, it's just a guess, and Tsurumaru and the others need to verify it.
For these conjectures, Hasebe mainly questioned and actively avoided things that were not good for Saburo.Tsurumaru and Sankaiyue mainly focus on verification, and constantly revise their guesses during the verification process.
——Next is the list of mine throwers!
Thanks for the 3 grenades I (ˊωˋ) threw!Thank you so much!mwah!
Thanks Mr. S for throwing mines!mwah!
Thanks to Dengxiang Ruyi for throwing mines!mwah!
Thanks for the mines thrown by the passing meow sauce! 2333 What!
Thank you for throwing mines for me one by one!mwah!
Thanks to Lin Yu for throwing the mines!Hug me!
Thanks to the widowed cat for throwing mines! 23333 What!
Thanks Junzhu for throwing a mine! !Thank you so much!
——and nutrient solution.
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