The Warring States Era of the Kuroda Clan

There are many theories surrounding the Sengoku period in Japan, but two are the most common. Firstly, regarding the number of combat personnel, Japan's population during the Sengoku period exceeded ten million. There are many reasons why you might think the number was small. Firstly, geographical factors reduced logistical pressure, thus requiring fewer support personnel.

The most offensive aspect of this book to me is the forced strengthening of the ninjas and their later promotion to emperor. What does the Tunguska event, which occurred during the Ming Dynasty, have to do with Japan?

To be fair, although the number of people was small and the scale wasn't large, everyone knows the nature of the Japanese; the wars during Japan's Warring States period were quite brutal. The Imjin War also shows that the Japanese were quite capable fighters at the time.

The author's writing skills are poor; the characters' dialogues, actions, and strategies read like elementary school children playing house, making it unreadable! I only managed to read a few chapters of this novel because I couldn't find a previous novel about Japan's Sengoku period anymore, and it was truly awful!

The protagonist seems to have an overly saintly complex towards the Ming Dynasty. He spends money to buy off Ming people suffering in Southeast Asia, showing more concern for the Ming than Ming officials themselves, and even exports military technology to Qi Ying. What is the protagonist trying to achieve? What does he gain from this?

This is truly toxic. I don't know what the author was thinking. They could have been independent, but they didn't. None of their retainers offered any advice. If they were going to seek hegemony, why would they seek any benefits for the weak main family? It's like the Qin state wanting to unify the world, yet still giving the Zhou emperor money, land, and titles—is that even possible?

If the protagonist had joined Hideyoshi, there would be no need to write this book at all; you can just read the original biography.

What's so interesting about dozens of villages fighting each other?

Chapter Sixty: The protagonist went to the capital to serve the king, but not only did he not benefit, he also gained a lot. Moreover, instead of supporting the puppet, he taught the puppet, wasn't he afraid that the puppet would stab him in the back when it grew up? Chapter Sixty-One: Rewarding Merit.

Wow, there are so many Japanese war novels on Qidian! The author writes so well, I've read them with great appreciation!