"Shut up!" Miyoshi Masayasu was furious! Just as he was about to step forward and slap the man, a messenger hurried over and handed a confidential letter into Miyoshi Masayasu's hands.
Miyoshi Masayasu angrily opened the letter and saw that it was written to him by the family governor Miyoshi Chokei, so he read it carefully.
The article is very long. Apart from nonsense and useless words, it can be summed up in two words: reply quickly.
Miyoshi Masayasu was stunned: He just arrived at Shikoku, why don't he go back again? Is my lord's head broken?
Since the words in the letter were very cryptic, Miyoshi Masayasu, who didn't have much ink in his stomach, couldn't guess what Miyoshi Nagakeiwen Rikusuankuwa meant. He had no choice but to announce the withdrawal of troops with a dull head.
Du Fei, who was waiting carefully, was extremely surprised: What are these people doing? Are they trying to trick me again? He began to take the opportunity to strengthen the defenses of various cities and strengthen the city's defenses.
At the same time, Asakura Yoshikage, the governor of the Asakura family in Echizen Province, also received a secret letter.
His first reaction was to chuckle, and his second reaction was to gloat
Humph! Oda Nobunaga! You only wanted to make money for yourself by supporting the general, but now you screwed up?
It turns out that Miyoshi Nagakei, Asakura Yoshikage, and the head of Honganji Temple, Honganji Kenjo, all received a secret letter with exactly the same content.
The general meaning of the secret letter is that I can no longer stand the abuse of Oda Nobunaga! He is basically using the name of the Shogun family to exert power! Now I call on you to form a coalition against Nobunaga, and those who conspire to usurp power will be killed.
Oda Nobunaga fights back Owari!
Several people were excited when they saw this secret letter! They all saw that Oda Nobunaga's power and reputation had grown tremendously after entering the capital, and they were jealous of that! In this way, they had a high-sounding reason.
Come to fight against the Oda family, and there are many allies. You can immediately take possession of what Oda Nobunaga worked so hard to defeat.
Therefore, the Miyoshi family did not care about regaining their own territory and began to assemble the army as much as possible. At the same time, the Asakura family's army had begun to take action. They gradually gathered at the border of Echizen country, with nearly 10,000 soldiers, and they were very motivated to fight.
However, Honganji Temple's response to this was very indifferent. They only provided some arms to the Miyoshi family who sent troops. They did not choose to send troops themselves, perhaps because they were afraid of their status as a monk.
After Oda Nobunaga heard the news, he was furious! While he cursed Ashikaga Yoshiaki for being ungrateful, he summoned his elite soldiers and generals to the main city one after another at night.
At this time, Oda Nobunaga already had nearly 20,000 troops. In order to prevent a surprise attack by the Takeda family, he specially left 8,000 troops to guard the territory, and then immediately led more than 10,000 troops to the territory of his brother-in-law Asai Nagamasa.
He planned to wait for work somewhere, and annihilate the Miyoshi family and the Asakura family in one fell swoop before they could return to the army!
When Asai Nagamasa saw his brother-in-law coming, he couldn't help but entertain him with good wine and delicious food. During the banquet, both Maeda Toshiie and Tokichiro were vaguely aware that this young, promising and handsome name Asai Nagamasa always seemed to have a smile on his face.
a trace of worry
After the banquet ended, Maeda Toshiie found his friend Yoshino Maeami from the Asakura family. When he saw Yoshino, who was still a junior retainer, he kicked him in the butt unceremoniously: "Boy! Why are you so miserable?
You won’t even be allowed to attend the banquet? It’s really an embarrassment to our Shima Party!”
Maena Yoshino sneakily pulled him to a corner: "Inuchiyo! My lord did not let me participate on purpose! He knew about my relationship with you and was afraid that I would leak the news."
"What's the news?" Maeda Toshiie was about to ask when he suddenly heard a shout from behind: "Yoshino! Why are you here? Have you handled the matter I asked you to handle?"
Maeda Toshiie turned around and saw that it was Asakura Kaikai, a veteran of the Asakura family. He grabbed Maeda Yoshino's ear and pulled her away forcefully. At the same time, he sneered at Maeda Toshiie and said: "
To laugh, to laugh.”
It seems that the Asai family must be hiding something from their lord! Maeda Toshiie is almost certain that the Asai family may not really support the family!
If he was really a guest here like that, wouldn't it be very dangerous for the lord without a few guards around him? Thinking of this, he immediately rushed to the place where he was staying, and saw only Lin Xiuzhen, Shibata Katsuie and Sasaki Narimasa in the palace.
"Lord!?" Maeda Toshiie was anxious, he suddenly felt the lurking danger!
Shibata Katsuie was drinking alone. Seeing Maeda Toshiie's appearance, he yawned and said lazily: "What's the need to be anxious? This is our own territory. Your Highness just went hunting with Asai Nagamasa."
"What!?" Maeda Toshiie's eyes widened and he immediately told everyone his doubts. After hearing this, everyone's hair stood on end!
"What should we do?" Lin Xiuzhen, the old man, was the timidest. When he thought that he might be in the enemy's lair, he was so frightened that he stood up quickly: "No! No! We have to get out quickly! Return to our army as soon as possible.
!" After saying that, he hurriedly twisted his short and fat body and ran away in a hurry.
"As a veteran, Lin Xiuzhen," Shibata Katsuie showed a very disdainful look: "If this is really the case, the Asai family should have settled us at the banquet. I wonder why we waited until now?"
Maeda Toshiie also felt a little strange after hearing this: "Yes, I can't understand this either, but I have a strong feeling that the Asai family is definitely an enemy rather than a friend!"
"Then let's quickly return to the army and prepare for battle with the troops outside the city! Toshiie! Go find His Highness Oda! In front of Asai Nagamasa, loudly say that the troops have been assembled! We are preparing to attack Asakura
Home!" Shibata Katsuie raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp! Then he threw the glass to the ground with all his strength: "Damn it! How dare you catch our attention! I want him to look good!"
After a while, Oda Nobunaga had returned to his base camp outside Odani Castle. He shouted angrily at Maeda Toshiie: "Inuchiyo! What the hell are you doing! How dare you keep your highness Asai's false orders from me! What do you think?
Rebellion?"
"Sir!" Shibata Katsuie asked with a solemn expression, "Have you seen Miss Aichi?"
"Oh Asai said that she went out to pray to Buddha for a while and won't be able to come back." Oda Nobunaga was confused by the question he asked the monk: "Katsuie! What do you mean by asking this?"
Shibata Katsuie hesitated for a moment and told him all of Maeda Toshiie's concerns.
"Haha! What did I think it was?" Oda Nobunaga's anger immediately dissipated: "So you are worried about this! Don't worry! I had a great conversation with my brother-in-law today. I think he is a loyal person and should not do anything like this.
What a trick! But I am very happy that you are so alert!"
Maeda Toshiie wanted to say something, but Kinoshita Tokichiro, who was silent on the side, held him back and whispered quietly: Your Highness cannot listen at this time! No matter how much you say, it's useless!"