The Hirate family got many opportunities in the process of the Oda family's expansion of territory, and the descendant of Hirate Genhide became a rising star of the Owari Shozo sect.
For Hirate Fanhide, the Omi samurai and the Ise samurai who defended the Iwasaki Defense Line and the Saigake Defense Line were all conquered and defeated.
To put it bluntly, Ujie Naomoto and other Mino samurai families may not really take Hideta Hide seriously. This is the unique pride of the old Shimohara samurai family.
In the eyes of the old Owari samurai, whether it was Mino, Ise, or Omi, they were all territories conquered by the Owari people. The local samurai were low-class people who relied on begging for mercy to survive.
Mino Country was conquered early, and after the Noo Plains were unified, Oda Nobunaga spent a lot of time training the military.
The policy of separation of farmers and soldiers was implemented, the treatment of Ashigaru was improved, and a large number of iron cannons and bows were equipped, so the Mino Army could stand side by side with the Owari Army and become the core military force of the Oda family.
If the Oda family's core military force is used to defend, with earthen ramparts, fences, and ditches creating obstacles, and the Oda military force equipped with iron cannons, bows, and arrows for more than half of the people, it is easy to launch a large number of long-range attacks.
With the ability of the traditional samurai troops of recent coalition forces, it is impossible for them to attack Mount Iwasaki. A large number of soldiers will be lost in three consecutive attacks until their morale collapses and they retreat.
But now, the Omi-Ise samurai family who guard Mt. Iwadake and Iwasaki Mountain are also the traditional samurai reserve team.
Sasana Narimasa brought a small number of supervising troops behind, obviously treating them as cannon fodder to fill the line. Under such circumstances, morale would inevitably be low.
Their combat effectiveness was not strong in the first place, and they were forced to sacrifice themselves for the Oda family. The fact that these troops guarding the line did not collapse was the result of the shock of Masadori Sasanagi's battle.
Ujiie Naomoto shook his head.
Hirate Fengxiu, a stupid young man, just took advantage of her background. It really put her in the same situation as the people in Iwasaki Mountain, and she may not be stronger than them.
Feeling contempt in his heart, but on the surface, the old and mature Ujie Naomoto still smiled and agreed.
"The main hall has never placed any hope on them. They are just pawns used to drain the spirit of the Sibo army. When they are exhausted, it will be our time to go down the mountain and take the lead."
Hirate Fanxiu nodded.
"good."
The two looked at each other and smiled, each happy.
Hirate Genhide is a rising star of the Owari old martial arts family and the most talented person among the young warriors.
In her opinion, Niwa Nagahide, Shibata Katsuie, and Ikeda Tsuneaki are old and no longer as brave as they once were. They are submissive to the Tsudo-den of the Shiba family and do not dare to fight decisively with them.
Because Hirate Fanhide took the lead in the battle, he surpassed these veterans and became a prominent figure in the Oda family.
To rise to the top, you have to step on the shoulders of others. Internally, step on cowards like Shibata Katsuie. Externally, step on the enemy of Yoshihiro Shiba.
Hirate Hanhide is very ambitious. After defeating Shiba's army today, she will officially become the leader of the Owari old samurai family. Not even Shibata Katsuie can think of suppressing her edge.
But Ujie Naomoto had another thought.
Oda Nobunaga conquered the Mino country. The Oda family could not swallow the entire Mino country at once, so they just took all the eastern Mino and gave the western Mino samurai family great preferential treatment.
As a result, the three Simino people became important ministers of the Oda family, and they lived a good life with the expansion of the Oda family over the years.
But even if the Simeon samurai family does well, they still have to be divided into three, six or nine levels internally, and there is an order of hierarchy. Who will represent Simeon is a problem.
As we all know, the Four Heavenly Kings are generally five people, but there are actually four of the Simeon Trio.
Ando Mamoru was disgusted by Oda Nobunaga. Together with Lin Xiuzhen, he was deprived of his territory and kicked out of the Oda family. He was the first to be eliminated.
He has the least history of not breaking the light to control darkness. He was loyal to Mino Saito Yoshiryu until the Saito family was destroyed, and then he took refuge in the Oda family.
Oda Nobunaga also trusted Fuwa Mitsuharu the most in the Nishiminono family, and sent her to serve as the commander of Shibata's army.
Using the Nishi-Mino samurai family to check and balance the Owari samurai family, this is Oda Nobunaga's political skills and method of checks and balances.
This time, Fuwa Koji also served under Shibata Katsuie of Echizen Province, resisting the Kwantung Allied Forces and defending the Shibata Line of Defense. His military achievements could not be too outstanding.
The remaining two people, Ujie Naomoto and Inaba Yoshichichi, came to Lake Yuwu to participate in the joint battle. They were originally the most promising to achieve great success.
However, Inaba Yoshimichi was unlucky. Shima Katsuo led his troops into Nishi Mino from Echizen Kuni Minoguchi, and Inaba Yoshimichi's territory, Northern Castle, was guarding the northern part of Nishi Mino.
Oda Nobunaga asked Inaba Yoshimitsu to return to Nishi Mino to block Shima Katsuo's offensive. As a result, Inaba Yoshimitsu had no chance to participate in the joint battle and had no chance to achieve great success.
Ujiie Naomoto seemed to be chatting and laughing with Hirate Hanhide, but in fact he was very excited.
Opponents are excluded. As long as she performs well in this battle, she will be rewarded heavily by Oda Nobunaga after the war. She will overpower Koji and Inaba Yoshiachi and become the number one in Nishi Mino.
Ujiie Naomoto and Hirate Hanhide have their own concerns, but at this time they have the same interests, and they both hope to achieve their goals by defeating Shiba's army.
The two of them seemed relaxed and content, but in fact, they were anxiously waiting for Oda Nobunaga's order.
When will we attack? How long will we have to wait?
Chapter completed!