When Yu Qiuping walked out of Xiaogucheng in a daze, he already had a bag of beans in his hand. Ah Shi had stuffed it into his hand before leaving. This miserable woman was about to witness her brother and her husband
, fighting on the battlefield. The tragedy of family interests and political marriage still befell her. Whether it is Zhushan Palace, Kaede Imagawa, or Aichi, this may be something that a woman in troubled times cannot avoid.
Fate.
"His Royal Highness Nagamasa told me that he is going to be an enemy of my brother and everyone. I really don't want to see something like that... I don't want to see my favorite husband and my family fighting each other on the battlefield.
." The pear-shaped Ah Shi walked to the side of Yu Qiuping who was about to leave. The makeup on his face had been stained by crying, "But I understand His Highness Nagamasa's position. He is fighting for his righteousness. I can't do it for him.
Stop him for your own personal affairs."
"I am the wife of His Highness Nagamasa and the mistress of the Asai family. I am already a member of the Asai family." Aichi sobbed at that time and took out a bag of beans from his arms. The bag containing the beans was held with two ends.
The threads were sewn together tightly. "When the Asai family and the Oda family were in conflict, I could only stand on the side of the Asai family, and I hope Brother Hongye and everyone else don't blame me." Aichi wiped away his tears and stuffed the bag of beans.
In the hands of Yu Qiuping, "The Asai family is about to send out troops. Please help me, Brother Hongye, to bring these beans to my brother. If my brother can understand, he may be able to react an hour earlier. This is also my responsibility as an Oda family."
Princess, this is the last thing you can do for the Oda family."
"I know, I will bring it." Yu Qiuping endured the sadness that was no less sad than A Shi, forced a smile and comforted him, then turned and left, "A Shi should also take care of his health and take good care of Chacha.
Oh them."
"Brother Hongye, if we break the alliance this time, the Asai family and the Oda family won't really fight to the death!" Just when Yu Qiuping was about to walk out of Honmaru's city gate, Ashi suddenly stepped forward and pulled him.
Yu Qiuping grabbed Yu Qiuping's sleeves and cried out in tears: "It won't happen! Brother Hongye, please tell me, it won't happen! We will still be reconciled in the future, right?"
Yu Qiuping's body froze for a moment, and he turned around dully. Although he didn't say anything, the sadness on his face already gave the answer. Ah Shi's face suddenly turned pale, and his body suddenly began to stop.
The place trembles.
"If the Asai family wins, there may be a possibility of reconciliation." Yu Qiuping swallowed and recounted the history of his previous life with some difficulty, "But if the Oda family wins, the history of the Asakura family and the Asai family as daimyo,
It may be the end. Because my lord, I will never let the two rich lands of Echizen and Kitaomi fall into the hands of others."
In fact, he could obviously use clichés such as "Everything will be fine" and "The Asai family and the Oda family will be reconciled" to comfort this heartbroken girl. He knew that this is what Aichi wanted to hear now.
Such words can support her to get out of her grief. But when she thinks that history is about to repeat itself, when she thinks that the warm family of Ah Shi will soon be torn apart, and when she thinks that she will spend the rest of her life in tragedy, Yu Qiuping's lies become more and more painful.
Can't say it out loud.
"This... is like this..." Ah Shi was choked by Yu Qiuping's heavy tone and asked timidly: "Then if the Asai family loses, what will my brother do to His Highness Changzheng?"
Ah Shi's words seemed to go straight into Yu Qiuping's heart, reminding him of the cruel "human bone wine cup" in his previous life.
Oh my god...
Yu Qiuping did not dare to answer Ah Shi's words, but tried his best to smile at her, and then rode away with his whip.
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By the time Yu Qiupei rushed back to the Oda family's military camp on April 2, Kanazaki Castle had already been captured by the Zori Allied Forces. Asakura Kagetsune, the defender of Kanazaki Castle, did not have much time to organize a defense, so he had to abandon the city and flee.
The military strength of the Asakura family is roughly divided into three branches:
The troops directly under the control of the Asakura family governor include the Tsuruga clan stationed in the western and Wakasa areas of Echizen, and the Ono clan stationed in the eastern part of Echizen. Asakura Sotetsu, the once famous general of the Asakura family, was once the commander-in-chief of the Tsuruga clan. And the current
The commander-in-chief of the Tsuruga clan is Asakura Kagehisa, who is known as the Asakura family's best general - he led the Tsuruga clan to capture Wakasa a few years ago.
However, the number one general had to abandon the strategic location of Kanazaki Castle at this moment. Because the Oda family launched an attack in a hurry, although the Tsuruga clan was able to assemble, the Asakura family's direct-controlled troops and the Ono clan further east had not yet
Arrived. The total strength of the Tsuruga troops was only more than 8,400 people, which was unable to withstand the 45,000-strong military force of the Orita Allied Forces. In order to preserve his strength, Asakura Kagehiro abandoned the city and left.
However, the main force of the Asakura family also arrived at Hatfu, 30 miles east of Kanazaki Castle, on April 2, and met up with Asakura Kagetsune's Tsuruga clan. The total force reached 25,000 people. The southwest and southeast of Echizen country
It is near a mountainous area, and if you want to enter the plains in the center of Echizen Country, you can only pass through the official road. Hafu, guarded by the main force of the Asakura family, is an important pass on the official road. Therefore, the Zoritoku coalition forces are also gearing up to attack the Asakura family head-on.
of troops.
Just when the Zhide Allied Forces were about to advance eastward and were holding an assessment meeting outside Jinqi City, Yu Qiuping rushed back after a long journey. After entering the main tent, he didn't say much, but directly handed Ah Shi's bean bag
Oda Nobunaga.
"Princess Ashi asked me to bring this to my lord. Please take a look at it." Yu Qiu had a stern expression on his face. After saying this, he looked at Oda Nobunaga without saying a word.
Princess Ashi's bean bag caused a lot of discussion among the warriors in the main tent. Everyone stared at the bag with beans for a long time, but they didn't see anything interesting. Could it be that Princess Ashi still had time to spare in such a tense situation?
Could you please send me a bag of beans?
"So what does the Asai family mean?" Niwa Nagahide saw that Amakihei seemed to be deliberately trying to get angry with Oda Nobunaga, so he deliberately said something to cheer up the atmosphere and asked, "Do you accept our conditions?"
"What do you accept? Asai Nagamasa is going to send troops!" Before Amakihei could answer, Oda Nobunaga burst out laughing. He raised the bag in his hand and smiled at the samurai present.
, "The bag is sewn on the front and back, which means that the Asakura family and the Asai family are going to attack from the front and back. And the beans in this bag are talking about our coalition forces!"
"Do you think so, Yu Qiuping?" Oda Nobunaga sneered, stared at Yu Qiuping with falcon-like eyes, and asked in a deep voice.
As soon as Oda Nobunaga said this, everyone in the big tent took a breath of cold air instantly. According to the practice of the Han people, it is very impolite to call other people by their first names. Although Yu Qiuping is a person who has traveled through time,
He doesn't have this habit, but he hasn't been called by his first name for more than ten years. When Oda Nobunaga spoke like this, it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with Yu Qiupei.
"Reply to my lord, yes." Yu Qiuping bowed to Oda Nobunaga and replied in a low voice.
"Didn't I ask you to appease Asai Nagamasa! What's wrong with you? Why did the Asai family break their alliance and send troops!" After seeing Yu Qiuping's lack of guilt, Oda Nobunaga completely exploded, directly in front of everyone
He scolded him face to face: "Why didn't there be any news about Asai Nagamasa before? It's so peaceful, but as soon as you go to Asai Nagamasa, you will break the alliance and send troops? I remember that you and Asai Nagamasa have an old relationship, and you are still
Asai Nagamasa's sworn brother, was it you who persuaded him to break the alliance and send troops! Then the Asai family and the Asakura family attacked us from both sides, and you counterattacked from behind? Huh? That's what I said!"
"My lord has done such a destructive thing. Isn't it normal for Your Highness Asai to fight for justice?" Yu Qiupei was not afraid of Oda Nobunaga's accusation, and answered with his chest raised without being humble or arrogant: "As for me, I
, I am not afraid of slanting shadows when I am upright, and I will definitely not do anything treacherous!"
"you
What do you mean? Are you scolding Yu? Hahahaha..." Oda Nobunaga laughed angrily, threw the fan in his hand to Yu Qiuping's face, and at the same time shouted to Sasaki Narimasa next to him
: "Asura, take the people to arrest Yu Qiuping and imprison him behind the formation. His troops will be handed over to the leadership of Takenaka Shigeharu!"
"When a disaster is imminent, my lord does not think about how to retreat from the desperate situation, but instead is suspicious of each other?" Yu Qiuping was grabbed by the two horsemen led by Sasaki Narimasa and pulled out of the tent, but he still said harshly: "Now our coalition forces
Being alone outside the country, with no guarantee of retreat, and having to be attacked from both sides, my lord, why don't you think about it earlier?"
Yu Qiupei's words aroused the worry of many warriors in the tent. Tokugawa Ieyasu, Niwa Nagahide, Mori Katsunari and many other samurai were worried about the situation of the coalition forces at this moment. Yu Qiupei's words were true, the Orita coalition forces were facing enemies from both sides at the moment.
It is still located in the unfamiliar territory of the Asai family. If the Asai family rebels, the Oda family's retreat to Minami Omi will also be cut off. These 45,000 troops are now in a desperate situation. Only by fighting hard to defeat Asai Nagamasa and seize the return route can they have a chance.
, it is really not wise to start internal strife now. Therefore, many people in the tent spoke out for Yu Qiupei, reminding Oda Nobunaga that the current situation was critical and that we should unite as one.
"Oh?" Oda Nobunaga raised his eyebrows quite proudly after seeing the reaction of everyone in the tent, but he was not nervous at all. "Do you really think we are the ones in desperate situation?"
Before everyone could react, Oda Nobunaga had already waved his hand. Several horsemen behind him immediately presented a map knowingly and hung it on the wooden board behind the main tent. Everyone took a closer look and saw that this was exactly
A map of the area around Shidake-Chohoji Temple-Kanazaki Castle.
"I deliberately angered the Asai family and crossed its territory to attack the Asakura family, not for anything else but to lure the Asai family to break the alliance and send troops." Oda Nobunaga sneered and looked at the other side of Lake Biwa from afar, "Asai
The Asai family took the initiative to break the alliance, and Yu also had an excuse to attack Kitaomi. Yu had already made an agreement with Lieutenant Youemon that as long as the Asai family moved north to attack, he would immediately lead the 20,000 troops left behind in the Kyoto area to march eastward, leaving the strategy empty.
The Kitaomi River!"
"And here!" Oda Nobunaga became more and more proud as he spoke, and tapped the map with his hand. "Now that the Asai family has sent troops, our way back is cut off, and we have only one way to retreat. We couldn't defend it originally.
The Asakura family will definitely emerge from his well-defended turtle shell and come to pursue us. I will give him Kanazaki Castle to lure him deeper."
"Then, we will fortify ourselves heavily from Mount Kan to Choho Temple!" Oda Nobunaga pointed with his right hand at the official road from Mount Mount to Choho Temple, and automatically drew a long line to the west, "The north side here is against the mountain, the south side is
There is only a narrow official road near the river. As long as we stick to the official road, we can block Asai Nagamasa's army here for several days!"
"At this time, the Asakura family's pursuit force had almost reached Chohoji Temple. He must have thought that we were fleeing in disarray and just wanted to find a way back from the Asai family. He was definitely not willing to stay for a long time, so he must have pursued us carelessly.
Come." Oda Nobunaga sneered again, and said in a deep voice: "Then we will set up an ambush on the mountain road from Kanazaki Castle to Chohoji Temple, and defeat the careless Asakura family in one fell swoop. Then we will turn around and wipe out the Asai family!
"
After Oda Nobunaga said that, he casually grabbed the bag of beans that he had just placed on the table, glanced at him with disdain, and then pinched it hard. The crudely sewn bag was taken by Oda Nobunaga.
With a pinch, the beans in the bag burst out and scattered all over the floor.
"Yu Zhi is in the world, and his time is limited. There is no time to waste. It will be much easier to get the troublesome things together." Oda Nobunaga laughed boldly, and at the same time put one foot on the table in front of him and said to him
The samurai in the main tent raised their arms and shouted: "Let me destroy Asakura first, and then Asai! Echizen Omi, take them all into the bag!"
Chapter completed!