Tozawa Mori'an knelt in front of Yi Gin and listened to his lecture.
"Originally, I transferred you to my main formation to praise your bravery and loyalty for climbing Tangmu Mountain first. I didn't expect that the war was so fierce and I had to lead my troops to charge into the battle myself. Instead, it ended up harming you.
You are injured, and I am removing you from your post not to express guilt, but to allow you to rest in peace and recuperate, so please do not worry too much."
Tozawa Mori'an fell to the ground and kowtowed, saying sadly and indignantly.
"To benefit the martial arts family, life and death depend on..."
Yiyin interrupted.
"Don't talk nonsense. God is watching. Be careful if a thunderbolt comes down and kills you, it will kill me too."
Tozawa Mori'an kowtowed heavily and said.
"The foreign minister has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his body is strong. This injury will not hinder the battle. I am willing to follow you and fight for the Wu family and the world!"
Yiyin smiled.
"You go to Tangmu Mountain first and win the first prize in this battle. Who knows the name of Yaksha Jiuniang?
I’m not looking down on your bravery, it’s just that you came all the way to Jiuyi, and now you’re injured. I can’t bear for a heroic lady like you to be left here, so I don’t want you to charge with me.”
Tozawa Moriyasu knelt in front of Yoshigan, eager to explain, but accidentally caused his injury and started coughing.
Yiyin sighed and helped her up.
"I know your desire to repay with your fists, but you climbed to Tangmu Mountain first, and you have already suffered several wounds and your vitality has been damaged. If you forcefully participate in this charge, I'm afraid that you won't be able to survive the battle and die of exhaustion.
After traveling thousands of miles and becoming famous in one battle, the good days of your Tozawa family are still to come, so why bother fighting for this short time."
Yoshigan really didn't want Tozawa Moriyasu to participate in this charge.
He gave Tozawa Moriyasu high-standard treatment, hoping that this powerful Yasha Jiuniang would help him support his reputation in the Ou area in the future.
If this person is killed in Yuwu Lake, the previous kindness will be in vain.
Who knows if the Tozawa family is reliable? If the powerful Tozawa Moriyasu dies and leaves a bunch of scum that cannot be helped, wouldn’t Yoshibank’s initial investment be in vain?
The honorary treatment that has been given to the Tozawa family cannot be diminished. To do so would be a slap in Yoshigan's own face.
But without the powerful Tozawa Moriyasu in charge of Ou, Yoshigan would not be able to take advantage of the Tozawa family's background because of its unclear background.
Yoshigan looked at Tozawa Moriyasu's face that was flushed due to coughing. This heroic woman was good-looking and had a good figure and temperament. She was a suitable match for Yoshigan.
Moreover, she is brave and resourceful, and her martial arts and military skills are excellent. As long as she is given a night of friendship and the relationship between the two parties is stabilized, Yoshigami is sure that she has a person in Ou who can fight and trust her.
Compared with those cheap relatives in Mogami Osaki who are capricious and unreliable, the woman he has messed with is more trustworthy.
Yoshigami had his own plans, but Tozawa Moriyasu was unwilling to accept his good intentions, so he had to go to see the king and plead for a fight.
Tozawa Moriyasu has indeed taken a lot of advantage in his recent visit, which has benefited the Tozawa family a lot. But she doesn't know that Yoshigami is teasing her and asking her to help look at the future plans of Ouba.
In her view, the Battle of Yuwu Lake was the key battle that determined the ebb and flow of the Shiba Oda family. The Tozawa family must leave traces of iron and blood here in order to be able to secure the title of Menlin County.
The previous Shangluo Shouyi made the first achievement, which sounds domineering, but in fact, Tozawa Mori'an did not achieve any great achievements that convinced the other concubines.
It was only because Yiyin praised her and set an example for political propaganda that Zhu Ji cooperated with the compliments.
Tozawa Mori'an knew in his heart that only political flattery was unreliable. In the final analysis, the samurai family had to rely on real swords and guns in their hands to shed blood in battle, and only through military exploits could people be convinced.
If you miss this battle, you may never have the chance to encounter a decisive battle of this level again in your life.
That's why Tozawa Mori'an risked her life and begged the Lord to be kind and let her follow Shiba and join the charge into battle.
If she survives, the Tozawa family will naturally flourish. Even if she dies, your Majesty will remember the blood that Tozawa Mori Yasuyasu shed for the Wu family, and he will definitely protect the Tozawa family business.
Tozawa Moriyasu had a good idea, but her idea was based on the traditional samurai family's idea of rewarding the public.
Yiyin embarked on the Shinto path. At this time, his thoughts and concepts have changed. The most important thing is to use the convenience of becoming a god to spread the branches and control the overall situation.
Tozawa Moriyasu's idea was to use his own death to seek glory for the Tozawa family.
Yoshigan's idea is to use his Jill to win over Tozawa Moriyasu and make her his die-hard loyalist.
It was just because of some small deviations in the minds of the two that the embarrassing situation at this time was caused.
Tozawa Mori'an begged for death, but Yoshigan wanted to die. Even though Tozawa Moriangan followed him from Goshiyama to Fox Tomb and knelt down to plead, Yoshigan did not relent.
At this moment of stalemate, Kamouso clan came over in a hurry.
"Your Majesty! The troops in Dongye Mountain have moved!"
Yiyin's face turned solemn, and he only heard the continuous sound of conch coming from the battlefield ahead.
He raised his head and squinted at the position of the sun. Before noon, the main force of Oda from Higashinoyama was dispatched?
"Let's go! Take a look!"
"Hi!"
Kamojigo led the way, and Yiyin tried to leave, but was held in place by a pair of hands.
He looked back and saw Tozawa Mori'an looking at him with a look of concern on his face, holding his thighs with both hands.
"Your Majesty, please!"
Yoshigan sighed, half-knelt on the ground, lifted Tozawa Moriyasu's chin with his fingers, and kissed it gently.
Tozawa Mori'an's eyes widened, he could hardly believe it, and subconsciously let go of his hand.
Yiyin whispered in her ear.
"I won't allow you to die. Just take care of yourself and live a good life. I told you that your good days are still to come, so why are you anxious?"
After saying that, Yiyin turned around and left.
The war was urgent, and he had no time to continue arguing with Tozawa Moriyasu, so giving her a kiss was a reassurance.
No one in this world would deliberately seek death. Tozawa Mori'an did this because he just felt that his death in battle would be most beneficial to the Tozawa family.
But Yoshigami used this kiss to tell her that she was more useful to the Tozawa family while she was alive, and that the king's favor was more beneficial than the heroes who died in battle.
After Yoshigan left, Tozawa Mori'an touched his lips and felt the warmth belonging to Yoshigan, making sure that he was not dreaming.
Her expression became very exciting, including surprise, doubt, contemplation, hesitation, and finally turned into determination. She stood up, coughed softly twice, and then slowly walked outside the formation.
The Tozawa Iehime warriors who were waiting anxiously for her outside the formation saw her coming out and quickly came up and bowed and asked.
"Family Governor, what do you think Jinduo Temple said? Do you allow us to participate in the charge?"
Several of the Hime warriors were in high spirits and seemed to want to fight to the death more than Tozawa Moriyasu.
The news behind the formation has spread, and your Majesty promised the Sanada Army that as long as they conquer Oiwa Mountain, they will get two hundred Sibo troops.
The name of the hard-core crops compiled by Shiba is known all over the world. The Sanada army can take it, why can't the Tozawa family?
Tsuta-don personally led his troops to charge, and his followers died in the battle. Shiba's preparation must have been properly obtained. Tsuta-don was kind and generous, and he would not be stingy with the fallen Samurai Hime.
Therefore, the Tozawa family's Ji Samurai, they want to go into battle with Shiba and the others more than Tozawa Moriyasu.
If you come back alive, you will be rewarded heavily. If you die in battle, you will leave a solid crop for your family. This kind of good thing will never come to you in a few lifetimes.
Even if some people were a little cautious, as soon as they thought about the possibility that Tsutama Hall would be defeated, the thought was extinguished by themselves.
Tsudo-don is invincible, how could he lose? If everyone follows Tsudo-don, they will definitely get promoted and make a fortune!
Tozawa Mori'an looked at the expectant eyes of several people, shook his head and said.
"Let's go back."
"go back?"
"Yes, let's go back to recover from our injuries. We will go up to Tangmu Mountain first, and we will all be injured. Jindoden Renyi can't bear for us to go into battle with injuries, so let us go back and rest."
A Ji warrior couldn't help but retorted.
"Master, this injury is nothing, we..."
Tozawa Mori'an's eyes flashed sharply and he cursed.
"Bagaya Road! Are you going to disobey Jindoden's order?"
The Ji warrior had sweat on his forehead and bowed deeply.
"I'm so sorry! I deserve death!"
Tozawa Mori'an didn't look at her and walked back by himself.
Several Ji warriors, you look at me, I look at you, they look at each other, I wonder what the family governor is thinking? Isn't it the family governor himself who was so impassioned before that he wanted to fight to death for the Wu family?
Little did they know that Tozawa Mori'an's heart was filled with wildfire.
So what if she missed the Battle of Shiba Oda? If she could become a guest at Tsudo-den and guard the Ou border for the Shiba family, the Tozawa family would really be prosperous this time!
How the Date family rose to prominence, the Ou samurai family knew very well. It was Kamiro who made Shogun Ashikaga happy, and then squeezed out the position of the Mogami Osaki family and became the representative of the shogunate in the Ou region.
Ou has a lot of permafrost, and it seems to be a vast geographical area, but in fact the population is sparse and the cultivated land is sparse. The attitude of the successive shogunates towards the Ou area was to find someone to look after the situation and not to cause trouble to themselves.
The relatives of the Shiba family were the side branches who were sent to see the scene, while the Date family were the shogunate's licking dogs who came together on their own.
Now, it is the Tozawa family's turn to become prosperous.
Tozawa Moriyasu felt her whole body burning with thought. If she could gain the trust of Tsutado-den and establish a special relationship between the two parties, then the future of the Tozawa family would not be just a territory of more than 40,000 koku.
During the heyday of the Date family, they were said to possess a million stones from Ou.
The more Tozawa Moriyasu thought about it, the more excited she became. With such great benefits behind her, how could she be willing to die? Go back and recover quickly. Only by taking good care of your body can you make Tsutado Temple happy.
Yoshigami didn't know yet that just because of his gentle kiss, Tozawa Moriyasu would think so deeply that he would even think about how to make Junshang happy in a concave position on the bed.
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Tozawa Mori'an left happily, while Yoshigan followed the Kamao clan to a high place, overlooking the frontline battlefield and observing the main force of Oda on Higashinoyama.
As for Maeda, who was on the battlefield, she was always paying attention to Higashinoyama's movements and responded immediately.
Facing Oda's main force, which was deployed down the mountain, Saba's army, led by the recent Saba leader, quickly spread out on the flanks and faced each other tit for tat.
The distant sound of conch blowing continued, and the Oda army's front spread to both sides. On the thousand-meter-wide front, a full ten reserve troops appeared, assuming an attack posture.
Maeda Yoshida, who had already walked out of the formation, frowned and gave orders to those around him.
"Let Suzuki Shigehide bring the Zaga soldiers up to assist my reserve team in dealing with the iron artillery archers of the Oda army.
Send someone to Tangmushan to tell Akechi Mitsuhide that it's time for them to move.
Prepare troops in the upper field and prepare troops in the lower field. Fill in from the left and right wings respectively. Don't let the opponent surround our flanks.
Report to Foxzuka, my Maeda interests are strictly guarding the defensive line, please wait for the opportunity to make a decision, and wish the military good luck."
Orders were issued one after another, causing the fish to rush out and run in all directions.
Maeda's eyes were always looking forward, keeping an eye on the opponent's every move.
In the first wave, ten reserve troops were sent out, deliberately lengthening the front line. The Oda army showed full confidence, just to see how good these elite troops were that the Oda family was proud of.
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The first Oda troops to go down the mountain were the elite reserves from Owari. For the first wave of offensive, Hirate Fanhide even moved forward and personally commanded these reserves to attack the enemy's formation.
In front of the Shiba Army is Iwasaki Mountain, and the ten reserve troops coming down from Higashino Mountain are exactly lined up on the flanks of the Shiba Army.
The Shiba Army also quickly mobilized its reserve troops from behind the formation, formed a confrontation with the Oda Army going down the mountain, and started another round on the flank.
After the sound of the conch, the drums rumbled. The ten reserve troops moved forward step by step to the rhythm of the drums, approaching the Sibo army.
The Oda Ashigaru in front carried three and a half super long spears, forming a spear formation.
The three-and-a-half-chamber super long lance was used to block cavalry charges in the past. Generally, two-and-a-half to three-chamber long lances were used in general battles.
These five- to six-meter long spears cannot be used by the ashigaru of the general samurai army. Only professional ashigaru after the separation of peasants and soldiers can successfully form formations in war after training.
On the battlefield, weapons that are inch longer and stronger, and one or two meters longer than ordinary spear arrays, give the Oda Spear Array an advantage.
Behind the gun quilt formation were the iron cannons, archers and arrows.
The ratio of iron artillery in Oda's elite reserve team has reached 20-30%, and Oda Nobunaga even hopes to increase this ratio to 50%.
Although iron cannons are expensive, they are easy to train.
It only takes a few months for the Teppanyaki Ashigaru to possess the lethality of a Yuki Samurai, but it takes at least ten years to train a qualified Yugi Samurai.
Years of war and huge economic pressure mean that the Oda family is still unable to equip half of the number of iron cannons with half of the people, so they can only use bows and arrows in combination with iron cannons to fill the staff.
Iron cannons directly hit, bows and arrows were thrown, and they cooperated with each other to form a continuous long-range attack under the protection of a spear array composed of super long guns.
This is a new type of reserve team trained by Oda Nobunaga after his cooperation with the Nanman Cult.
Although it is far inferior to the Spanish Grand Square, it is already a dimensionality-reducing blow to deal with the traditional military preparations of half peasants and half soldiers in the island country.
In addition to the new military strength, Oda Nobunaga also liked to rely on the huge food advantage of the Nobi Plain, choose the busy farming season to attack the enemy's territory, and use off-season tactics to create famine and chaos in the opponent.
Whether it is tactics or strategy, the Oda family's military strategies are innovative and far stronger than the traditional samurai family.
Only then did Oda Nobunaga continue to crush the surrounding forces like a bulldozer, and quickly built a huge family fortune of three million koku.
Today, it is also the turn of the traditional reserve team of the Shiba camp to have a taste of the power of Oda's new army.