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At the beginning of the new year, various places are busy with spring plowing, but only the Oda family has begun a new round of conquest.
The busy farming season is not the time to use troops, and the Wu family has a tacit understanding not to go to war since ancient times.
But it happened that during the Warring States Period, the traditional system of guarding the land of the Wu family was completely destroyed by the name of the Wu family that was transformed into the Warring States Period.
In particular, Oda Nobunaga came out of nowhere and liked to bully others by taking advantage of his large territory and abundant food.
Since she occupied the Nobi Plain, the Oda family often used troops to fight out of season.
She starts a war when others are plowing their fields, and she starts a war when others are harvesting their crops. It's best to win, but it doesn't matter if you don't win. Anyway, it will harass the enemy warrior family and make it impossible to successfully complete agricultural production.
Agriculture is different from industry, which depends on the weather.
In industry, we can work overtime and produce in three shifts. If we lose time, we will have to work overtime at worst.
Agriculture follows the seasons. If you miss the seasons, production will inevitably be reduced, or even the harvest may be lost.
The consequences of not having enough food are very cruel, and people will definitely starve to death. Only when all the people with food shortages are starved to death can the remaining people survive the famine.
No samurai family can withstand such consequences, so they appear to be very vulnerable to the Oda family's off-season offensive. It seems that the Oda family is invincible and sweeps away thousands of troops, but in fact, it uses off-board moves.
For territories that have been attacked several times by the Oda family out of season, either the daimyo will surrender softly, or the samurai family below will kill the daimyo and then surrender to the Oda family.
In short, agricultural production must be maintained. The middle and lower Wu families don't really care who is the boss at the top.
But Oda Nobunaga often pushed further. After controlling the upper class, he concentrated power and squeezed territorial resources, forcing the middle and lower classes to suffer miserably.
All the benefits were taken away by the Oda family to fight in the war, and the quality of life was not as good as before. Even if the Oda family became stronger and bigger as they fought, what benefits would there be to the middle- and lower-class samurai families?
They will only see their lives becoming more and more miserable, and will not be proud of the strength of the Oda family.
This is also the reason why many knowledgeable people concluded that Oda Nobunaga must die a good death. All the power of the seemingly powerful Oda family has been concentrated in Oda Nobunaga.
Everyone is a tool of Oda Nobunaga, who can take and take away everything. Once something unexpected happens to such a ruler, the strong rule of the Oda family will fall apart overnight.
Takenaka Shigeharu was the first person to see this clearly. Unfortunately, Takenaka Shigeharu fell first before he could see the end of Oda Nobunaga.
Settsu Province, Himeji Castle.
The Kodera family, a powerful samurai family in Settsu Province, sent their retainer Kuroda Takataka to Sakai Port to contact the Oda family.
Hashiba Hideyoshi, as the general of the Western Kingdom of the Oda family, also went to Sakai Port in person and communicated privately with Kuroda Takataka of the Kodera family and Konishi Yukinaga of the Uki family through the relationship with the Nanman Sect.
Afterwards, both Kuroda Takataka and Konishi Yukinaga were impressed by Hashiba Hideyoshi's demeanor and actively persuaded the family to join the Oda family and work for Hashiba Hideyoshi.
Himeji Castle, donated by the Kuroda family, became the starting point for Hideyoshi Hashiba's conquest of the Western Kingdom.
The powerful materials and personnel of the Oda family are working hard to fill Himeji Castle, turning it into a huge military depot and construction site, and constantly expanding it.
And in a courtyard in Himeji Castle, Takenaka Shigeharu's life has come to an end.
Takenaka Shigeharu was lying on the hospital bed and was dying. When she woke up from a violent cough again, she turned sideways and wanted to spit out something, but someone supported her and handed her a white towel.
Takenaka Shigeharu took the white scarf and covered her mouth tightly. When she let go again, the white scarf was covered in blood, which was shocking.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Takenaka Shigeharu looked to her side. The person supporting her was Hideyoshi Hashiba. She subconsciously wanted to salute, but was stopped by Hideyoshi Hashiba.
"My lord, why are you here?"
Hashiba Hideyoshi's eyes were red, he laid Takenaka Shigeharu down and carefully covered her with a quilt.
"You're like this, how can I not come?"
Takenaka Shigeharu smiled bitterly.
"The strategy for the Western Kingdom has been launched, and you need to decide on all the details. You have many things to do every day, so don't waste time here for me.
I can’t make it, I can’t see the day when you realize your hegemony.”
Hideyoshi Hashiba shook his head and said.
"Recuperate well and everything will be fine. When you get better, I still have many things that I need you to consider for me.
You said you would plan for me and realize my ambitions, how could you die here? I won't allow you to die!"
Takenaka Shigeharu sighed.
"I'm sorry, I'm very, very sorry, but it seems I'm going to break my promise. Since the Lord has come to see me, a dying man, please listen to my words."
Hideyoshi Hashiba took a deep breath to calm down his excitement and said.
"you say."
Takenaka Shigeharu looked into Hashiba Hideyoshi's eyes and said slowly.
"There is a cloud in the sky: when a person is about to die, his words are also good. If I say anything wrong, please forgive me, Lord.
For saints...please give up."
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Chapter completed!