On the evening of August 29, the main force of the Oda family had arrived at the foot of Kannonji Castle and immediately surrounded it. When they arrived, they received news that the ninjas of the Rokkaku family had claimed throughout the entire Minami Omi territory that they
King Isshin Qin has now responded to Ashikaga Yoshiteru's call and joined the army of Shangluo.
"What can we do?" Yu Qiuping had already prepared to order an attack on the city, but now he suddenly encountered difficulties. When they attacked before, the Liujiao family was still enemies and not friends, and there was nothing morally wrong. But now that the Liujiao family has
It would be against morality to declare to join the alliance and continue the attack.
Just when Yu Qiupei, Mori Katsunari and Inaba Ittetsu were not sure what to do, they suddenly received a notification that an envoy from Gifu City had arrived.
"Your Highness Lin, why did you come here in person?" When Yu Qiuping saw that the envoy wearing ashigaru clothes was actually Lin Xiuzhen, the latter had obviously come on horseback after a long journey, and his face was covered with sweat.
"Go in and talk, go in and talk." Lin Xiuzhen made a silent gesture to Yu Qiuping, telling him to keep quiet, and then followed everyone to the Chinese army's tent.
"I know that you are full of doubts now, so don't rush to ask." As soon as Lin Xiuzhen entered the tent, Yu Qiuping and others couldn't help but want to ask questions. The latter immediately stretched out his hand and waved it, and whispered: "I will ask your lord first."
Repeat the meaning again, and if you don’t understand anything, ask again.”
"There is a reason why the Lord wants you to attack the Rokkaku family immediately." Lin Xiuzhen breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on her forehead with a handkerchief and said: "Our ninjas received news that the governor of the Rokkaku family today is Rokkaku Yi.
Ji will rush to Omi in person to discuss the alliance with Gongfangdian. If not stopped, the Rokkaku family will join the Shangluo Alliance and become our allies."
"Isn't that a good thing? My lord, why do you need to do something unnecessary and ruin the alliance? Turn your original friends into enemies?" Inaba Kaztetsu muttered with great dissatisfaction when he saw this.
"Your Majesty Inaba, do you think it's a good thing?" Lin Xiuzhen laughed a few times after hearing this, shook her head slightly and said, "My lord and I don't think so."
"You don't really think that my lord is loyal and courageous, and he supports the Ashikaga general in Luo with his whole heart towards the shogunate, do you?" Lin Xiuzhen asked slowly, looking around and seeing everyone shaking their heads, then
He continued with satisfaction: "That's right. The reason why we supported Gongfangden to go to Luo is ultimately for the benefit of our Oda family. The lord wants to dominate Kinki, so he raised troops to go to Luo."
"However, if the Rokkaku family joins the alliance, even if we successfully go to Luo to defeat the Miyoshi family and capture Kyoto, it will be nothing more than an enclave that we, the Oda family, cannot control." Lin Xiuzhen walked slowly to the tent hanging
He pointed on the map with his hand and said: "Kita Omi is the ally of the Asai family, and if Minami Omi is also the territory of the ally, won't Kyoto be cut off from our Mino Owari? How will we separate ourselves then?
To manage Kyoto from such a far away place?"
"If the Rokkaku family, which has a deep friendship with the Shogun family, really joins the alliance, they will definitely become the Shogun's pawn to check and balance our Oda family, just like the Asakura family." Lin Xiuzhen paused, and whispered meaningfully: "When the time comes, we
Kyoto is beyond reach, and with the support of the Rokkaku and Asakura families, Kōhoden may be able to turn its back on foreign affairs and seize control of Kyoto."
"If this is really the case, our Oda family sent troops, money and effort, and for whom is it for all the hard work? We finally defeated the Miyoshi family, but in the end we got nothing? Do you think this is my lord's style?"
"I understand." Yu Qiuping suddenly understood and nodded: "So my lord wants to get rid of the Rokkaku family before it forms an alliance! On the one hand, it broke the general's arm, and on the other hand, it allowed the Oda family to actually capture the rich territory.
, and at the same time, you can also use Minami Omi to control Kyoto nearby, killing three birds with one stone!"
"Hongye is right, and I won my lord's favor." Lin Xiuzhen nodded with great satisfaction, but still sighed helplessly: "But even so, the passage connecting Minami Omi and Mino is still controlled by the Asai family.
It’s very inconvenient. If you want to enter Minami Omi and Kyoto from Mino, you have to either pass through the Asai family’s territory, or you have to go through the Ibuki Mountains with great difficulty.”
"What does His Highness Lin mean by these words?" Yu Qiuping was shocked when he heard this and stood up in a hurry, "Does the Lord want to be the enemy of the Asai family?"
"Hongye thinks too much. The Asai family is an important ally, and the master also appreciates His Highness Asai's talent." Lin Xiuzhen smiled, and Yu Qiuping let out a sigh of relief. However, he couldn't help but feel knotted in his heart.
As the adopted brother of Asai Nagamasa, he made up his mind to avoid the tragedy of the Asai family and the Oda family later turning against each other in this life.
"But the Rokkaku family has announced to Kinki in the afternoon that they have joined the Kōhoden alliance." Mori Kashige reminded him with worry, "Now that they are our allies, do we still want to continue the attack?"
"Of course." Lin Xiuzhen nodded as she should, "To be honest, at noon today, the Gongfang Palace sent an envoy to inform the lord, asking the lord to order you to retreat. But the lord is very determined, and must eradicate the Liujiao family. After that,
Even if the lord, under pressure from Gongfang Palace or His Highness Asakura, gives you an order to withdraw your troops, you should not accept the order and just continue to attack."
Are you going to disobey again? Yu Qiupei couldn't help but murmur in his heart. He had already contradicted Ashikaga Yoshiteru once before, and last time he had the support of Oda Nobunaga's order. This time, if Ashikaga Yoshiteru sends someone with Oda Nobunaga's
The withdrawal order told him to retreat, and it would be unjustifiable if he continued to disobey the order.
Lin Xiuzhen saw Yu Qiuping's troubles and smiled kindly and said: "Don't worry about Hongye, I will explain it clearly to the lord for you. Everything is for the great cause of the Oda family."
"But we only have 6,500 people on hand, and we are unable to capture Guanyin Temple City. There are at least 3,000 people in the city." Yu Qiuping wanted to find an excuse.
"It's okay." Lin Xiuzhen shook her head confidently and said, "Hasn't the Rokkaku family already announced that it will join the alliance? You use this as a reason to order the important wealthy families of the Kamao family and Gotou family to attack Lord Ikeda, Lord Uji, and Lord Ando.
The city surrenders. After that, you gather all the advance team troops to attack Kannonji Castle. The first reinforcements from the Oda family are already on the way, so don’t worry."
"If there is nothing else, I will go back and resume my life."
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Since Lin Xiuzhen and Oda Nobunaga were resolute, Yu Qiupei had no choice but to follow their orders. However, Lin Xiuzhen's strategy had a huge effect. The wealthy Rokkaku family were involved in the two incidents of Rokkaku Yoshiharu's murder of Goto Kentoyo and the Kannonji riot.
Afterwards, the Rokkaku family had already separated from the Rokkaku family. Now that the Rokkaku family was surrounded by Kannonji Castle and was in danger, and the army in Shangluo was gaining momentum, the Rokkaku family themselves gave up resistance and begged for mercy. Naturally, they no longer had the opportunity to fight to the death with the Oda family.
The idea. Therefore, after receiving the guarantee of territorial security, nearly half of the wealthy families headed by the Kamao family defected to the Oda family.
Ikeda Hengxing and others then led the surrendered Rokkaku family and quickly wiped out the surrounding wealthy families who refused to surrender. On the morning of September 2, Ikeda Hengxing and others led an army to meet with Yu Qiuping at the foot of Guanyin Temple City.
The number of troops reached nearly 20,000. Yu Qiuping was even more rude and launched a fierce attack that day. Facing the huge disparity in numbers, the Rokkaku family was unable to resist. Sannomaru and Ninomaru fell successively, and they had to send envoys to sue for peace that afternoon.
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At this time, in the camp of the Oda family, the envoy of the Rokkaku family, Miyunari Nochi, was talking to Yuqiu Pingxiao with reason and emotion.
"Your Majesty Momiji! Our Rokkaku family and the Oda family are now friendly forces! We have all announced that we will join the alliance of Kongfangdian and support Kongfangdian Shangluo together!" Migumo Narimochi knelt down in front of Yuqiupei and said with
He complained in a righteous tone: "Why is Your Highness so unreasonable? He mobilizes the powerful families of the alliance, conquers the territory of the alliance, and besieges the city of the alliance! Isn't this too much!"
"What does it mean to bully others too much? I, Yu Qiuping, have always believed that if you have reason, you can travel all over the world, but if you don't have reason, you can't move even an inch." In front of many colleagues, Yu Qiuping confidently said with his hands on his hips: "This alliance is a matter of mutual consent, and you are not talking about an alliance.
Let’s form an alliance! If you say you want to form an alliance, you have to agree to it! Otherwise, if the Oda family just says out of thin air that we have formed an alliance with the Miyoshi family, then we won’t have to fight this war!”
"But His Highness the General has already agreed! He has already agreed to our alliance!" Miyun Chengmochi saw that Yu Qiuping seemed to have the upper hand, and interrupted hurriedly and loudly.
"Oh? Really? Why didn't I know?" Yu Qiuping had a harmless expression and shook his head in confusion.
"Look! I have a reply from the general here!" Miyoshiro hurriedly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yu Qiupei. Yu Qiupei opened the envelope in twos and twos and found that it was indeed Ashikaga.
Yoshiki's handwriting. He agreed to the Rokkaku family's request to join the alliance, and also guaranteed the security of the Rokkaku family's control over the Minami Omi counties.
"Oh, okay, I understand what Gongfangdian means." Yu Qiuping nodded with an "I understand" expression, returned the letter to Migumo Shigemochi, and then faced Honda Tadakatsu at the door.
Said: "Send off the guests and continue the attack later."
As soon as Yu Qiuping said this, Ikeda Hengxing, who was sitting next to him, burst into laughter and was amused by Yu Qiuping's completely rogue appearance.
"Alas! Alas! What do you mean, Momiji-sama!" Migumo Shigemochi saw a sturdy samurai walking in and was about to drag him away. He shouted at a loss: "The general has agreed to the alliance! Now we have
We are always allies!"
"That's an alliance between the Rokkaku family and the Shogun family. What does it have to do with my Oda family?" Yu Qiuping looked at Mikumo Shigemochi with a confused expression.
"His Majesty Oda is also a retainer of Kōho-den! How could His Majesty Oda disobey Kōho-den's orders!" Although everyone knows that Ashikaga Yoshiteru is just a puppet general, this does not prevent Migumo Shigechi from pulling the tiger's skin.
Be a banner.
"The retainers of Gongfangdian's retainers are not his retainers." Yu Qiuping applied the old saying again, this time with a string of awkward explanations: "My territory was given by His Highness Oda, not from Gongfangdian."
The obligations given to me came with the enfeoffment of the territory. Naturally, I only have obligations to His Highness Oda and has nothing to do with Gongfang Palace." Yu Qiuping's series of convoluted logic made Miyun Chengzhi listen.
He was stunned for a while. When he came to his senses, he was almost being escorted out of the door by Honda Tadakatsu.
"Unless there is an order from the lord to retreat, I will never stop attacking." Yu Qiuping waved his hand righteously, "It's that simple."
Chapter completed!