Chapter 182 25. Guarding the Mountain and Strolling to Discuss the World

Nobunaga's life was full of all kinds of unimaginable experiences. He was his own son, but he was not loved by his mother. He was even murdered by his mother and his brother more than once. [Note 1]

He married a wife, Lady Nohime Kicho, who was very affectionate with him, but she was infertile. That was fine. After all, it was good for the father and wife to treat each other with respect and harmony, which was very enviable. But his wife, who had such a good relationship, had a brother-in-law who wanted to kill him every day, and his brother-in-law was stronger than him.

Xiao Pingtai thought to himself that Nobunaga's life was too tortuous, and it was simply a vicious cycle. He was betrayed and unwilling to trust others. Others were treated coldly or discriminated against, so he launched a rebellion, which made Nobunaga more suspicious and more tyrannical. In the end, he had to experience the biggest betrayal in his life, and died in a foreign land.

Although betrayal was the most normal thing in the Warring States Period, those local overlords, such as the three Mori brothers and the four Shimazu brothers. A little younger, Mimura Iechika and Mimura Yoshinari, Ukita Naoie and Ukita Tadashi. 【Note 2】Everyone has a strong brother whom they can rely on, but Nobunaga is the only one whose younger brother wants to kill him and whose older brother also wants to kill him. It is really a trick of fate.

"In a chaotic world like the Warring States Period, someone needs to end it." Kobayata suddenly looked at Oda Nobunaga.

"Who could this person be?" Oda Nobunaga stopped and looked at Kobayata seriously.

"Heroes are made by the times!" Kobayata said a very meaningless sentence and was not prepared to answer Oda Nobunaga. Although the first world person in the Warring States Period was standing in front of Kobayata and had already revealed the momentum of dominating the world, it was a pity that others did not know it. After all, Oda Nobunaga had not unified Owari Province until now, let alone unifying Japan.

"Kobayata, you can say whatever you want." Oda Nobunaga turned around and waved his hand, signaling Maeda Toshiie and others to stop and not follow him, and then the two of them slowly walked forward.

"Who among the daimyo of the world do you think has the momentum to interfere in the world?" Kobayata felt that Oda Nobunaga was not asking him this for no reason, and it seemed to have a hidden meaning.

"In this world, the Kinai Miyoshi clan is the most recommended, but I heard that they have a foolish ruler and treacherous ministers. They may look like towering trees, but in fact, their roots are rotten and they will not last long."

"Indeed, the last time he went to the capital, Ataka Settsu no Kami was actually strangled and sent back to the country by Miyoshi. With this behavior, the Miyoshi clan may be in chaos." Xiao Pingtai thought that what Oda Nobunaga said was right.

"Kanrei Uesugi Danmasa is brave and wise, and in his prime, but there are fires everywhere in Echigo, Kanto. I don't know when he can suppress the heroes, command the officials, and march to Kyoto." Oda Nobunaga said half of it, and did not mention some of Uesugi Terutora's human weaknesses.

"Your Highness Kanrei is brave when there is a war. Mitsukoshi's elite soldiers are also rare in the world, brave and brave. But Your Highness Kanrei is good at military strategy and battle formations, but not good at controlling the officials." Xiao Pingtai was quite regretful.

"As for others such as Izumo Nishiko, Bungo Otomo, Echizen Asakura, Omi Rokkaku, and Kai Takeda, they are either too far away from Kyoto and Ryokan to compete, or too weak to compete for the world." Kobayata made this argument. After all, these daimyo families all ended up in ruins, leaving only a trace in the star-studded Warring States Period, and could not really affect the trend of the world.

"Imagawa Osamu Daisuke of Suruga?" The two people thought of this person at the same time.

"Wise and decisive, able to make good decisions, appointing talented people, dominating the sea route, the figure of the world!" Kobayata immediately made a conclusion.

"Knowing the law and morality, he defeated the heroes, made many marriages, and had a solid foundation for his family and country. He was born in the Minamoto clan, a high-ranking family in the world, and he was well-known and respected, and his momentum was already established." Oda Nobunaga was not unaware of Imagawa Yoshimoto. He had already established a foothold in Mikawa and was eyeing Owari.

The two looked at each other, and it turned out that heroes think alike. Imagawa Yoshimoto was the one closest to the world at this moment. The 220,000 kanmon spanned the vast territory of four provinces, looking down on the entire Kaido. Internally, the "Imagawa Kana Catalog" was promulgated and formulated, and the laws within the provinces were strict. Externally, he inherited the status of Suruga Guardian and the shogunate's Kunimochishu, and worked hard to maintain the status of Ashikaga Domonshu, always flying the flag of Nihikiryo to prove his status as a noble family of the Minamoto clan.

In addition, the Kaido was not so far away from Kyoto, and Imagawa Yoshimoto almost occupied the right time, right place, and right people. All the capital to compete for the world has been gathered, and Imagawa Yoshimoto himself is also a rare master, and he is assisted by the famous prime minister Taiyuan Xuezhai Zen Master. If he doesn't seize the world, who will seize the world?

"There will be a battle between me and Suruga Jibu in the future, it is inevitable." Oda Nobunaga had expected it long ago and was not afraid of meeting Imagawa Yoshimoto.

"Kamisuke, Imagawa Osamu has 22,000 soldiers, and they are as powerful as Mount Tai." Kobayata didn't mind scaring Oda Nobunaga. Anyway, Imagawa Yoshimoto's strength was in front of him, and everyone could see it clearly, so there was nothing to talk about.

"Haha, Ejiri Castle is in the middle of the sea route, and Totomi Province is divided into two. The one who should be worried is your Shinano no Kami." Nobunaga didn't take it as an offense, and instead scared Kobayata.

In those days, Yoshimoto fought a battle with the Yamanouchi family in the Tenryu River to unify Totomi Province. The two armies of more than 20,000 people fought for more than a month, and the Yamanouchi family only won slightly.

"Kobayata, you are the governor of Ejiri Castle, so you must be careful!" Oda Nobunaga continued to add fuel to the fire and scare Kobayata.

Kobayata certainly knew that Imagawa Yoshimoto was ambitious. As long as the Yamanouchi family showed a flaw, he would definitely pounce on them and bite them hard. It is not impossible to even unite the reactionary forces at home and abroad and try to completely destroy the Yamanouchi family.

The two never discussed the future of the Oda clan and the Yamanouchi clan in detail, and they knew it all.

"Come on, Kobayata, come watch the battle with me tomorrow and see what my good brother looks like in the mountain castle." Nobunaga invited.

"It's an honor!" Kobayata bowed.

The two mounted their horses and rode back to the camp.

[Note 1]: There is no record of whether Oda Nobunaga had a difficult birth, so it is unknown. But the other circumstances are really similar to Zheng Zhuanggong, and it is completely the Japanese version of Zheng Bo Ke Duan Yu Yan. Oda Nobukatsu's aggressiveness and rebellious ambitions are exactly the same as Gong Shuduan. As expected, history has its similarities.

[Note 2]: The two brothers Naoie and Tadashi are brothers who overcame difficulties and braved the frost to revive their families together, and their relationship is extremely close. However, the relationship between the cousins ​​Ukita Hideie and Ukita Akie was extremely bad, which eventually led to the Big commotion in Bitchu. Ukita Akie, this bastard, was willing to let the Ukita family be destroyed in order to join Tokugawa Ieyasu. His father must have regretted having created him.