She thought that she could control Sakai Port and Tsuruga Port, and the Yodogawa River, Kyoto, and Lake Biwa along the way were also within her sphere of influence. She should get a large amount of benefits from the Hokuriku Road trade route.
But now, she was driven out of Tsuruga County by Asai Asakura's coalition forces, and Sakai Port was forced to give up retreat. Oda Nobunaga, who was beleaguered on all sides, no longer had the confidence to make any conditions with Shiba Yoshigan.
Whether it was the Ishiyama Honganji Temple or the Miyoshi family who landed, she could only passively defend the mountain castle, which was very difficult.
However, Oda Nobunaga could not allow the Miyoshi family to expand in Settsu, Izumi, and Hanoi, the Western Settsu territorial kingdoms, and might even raise troops to attack Luo to threaten his control of Yamashiro Kingdom and Kyoto.
Oda Nobunaga needed someone to help her block the Miyoshi family's troops and ease the pressure from the west side of Kyoto.
Of course Yoshigan understood that Oda Nobunaga wanted to share the pressure with her and use himself as a gunman. But if this was the condition for Oda Nobunaga to sign the armistice agreement obediently, Yoshigan would be happy to agree.
Because Miyoshi Yoshitsugi's strategy against Izumi and Hanoi was something Yoshigan would never tolerate.
Miyoshi Yoshitsugu thought that he was trying to take advantage of the Hosokawa Mibuchi family by avoiding the tough opponent of Araki Murashige.
But she had forgotten that the Hosokawa Mibuchi family was part of the powerful local faction of the shogunate. Today, as the prestige of the shogunate is gradually collapsing, Yoshigan cannot allow the alliance of local powerful factions to also collapse.
What's more, Hatakeyama Takamasa of Minamikawachi is the current leader of the shogunate, and that person is a core member of the upper echelons of the shogunate who was single-handedly promoted by Yoshigan.
If Yoshigan ignores Miyoshi Yoshitsugi's invasion this time, he will stop hanging out in the future.
Hatakeyama Takamasa holds a high position in the shogunate, but he bows to Yoshigan. Such a loyal dog cannot protect him. Who will be willing to be a dog for Yoshigan in the future?
I don’t know who gave Miyoshi Yoshitsugi the bad idea to make peace with Araki Murashige, the local boss of Settsu Country, and turn around to attack the territory of the powerful local shogunate. Is Yoshitsugi really easy to bully?
If this was left unchecked, no one would take it seriously anymore, as the prestigious name Yoshigan has established in recent years and the golden name of Ashikaga Military God.
At this time, hearing Oda Nobunaga's temptation, Yoshigami just said lightly.
"I have already written to Miyoshi Yoshitsugi, inviting her to hunt Yodogawa. I hope she will not disappoint me too much. I also miss the old friends of Miyoshi's family."
Oda Nobunaga couldn't help laughing.
Back then, the four sisters Miyoshi Nagakei went to Luo, Awa Sanuki Settsu and the elite martial arts of the three countries gathered together, but the fledgling Shiba Yoshigan led a group of wild warriors and beat them to pieces.
I don’t know what kind of madness Miyoshi Yoshitsugu got, and he actually came to provoke Shiba Yoshigan. The samurai under her command would be so scared that they wet their pants just by hearing Shiba Yoshigan’s name.
Oda Nobunaga said sincerely.
"That's really a hunt that people are looking forward to."
There is a good relationship between Shiba Yoshigan and Kenyuroji. The two largest shareholders of the Hokurikudo Trading Road are the Shiba family and Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
When the Miyoshi family goes to war with the Shiba family, it would be great if Ishiyama Honganji doesn't help the Shiba family. It will never help the Miyoshi family against the Oda family like last time.
Using Shiba Yoshigan to block the threat from Nishisettsu, Oda Nobunaga could finally clean up the hidden dangers in the territory with peace of mind, concentrate on dealing with Asai Nagamasa, and then eradicate the Asakura family and the Tendai Sect step by step.
As if they had a telepathic connection, Yoshigan and Oda Nobunaga looked at each other, as if they had a thousand words to say, but also seemed to have nothing to say, and finally they looked away.
Ever since the night when the Oizhang Kingdom was wiped out and Yiyin asked for help to save his family, there has never been any real honesty between the two of them. They have always had their own concerns and demands.
But this pair of men and women are two of the most powerful people in the world. They have a tacit understanding and happy cooperation both in and out of bed.
Chapter completed!