In the late summer and early autumn, when Shiba Yiyin was arranging logistics, conducting diplomacy, and deploying troops, Oda Nobunaga was indeed a little impatient.
The Noo Plain, which owns the two countries of Owari and Mino, also suppressed Omi Province, the gateway to and from Konki. Oda Nobunaga quickly recovered from Yoshigan Shiba's sudden change of attitude.
Oda Nobunaga, who was far more convenient than Yoshigan Shiba in mobilizing and gathering strength, was already beginning to get ready to take action.
At this time, trouble began to arise in various parts of the Oda family, first of all, civil strife broke out in Echizen Country.
Oda Nobunaga, who had just captured the Echizen Kingdom, treated the former Asakura retainers who came over very kindly, and for the time being focused on stability and tolerance.
Not only did she not touch Asakura Kageki of Tsuruga County from the Shiba camp, but she also gave Asakura's clan members, old ministers, and local powerful samurai, including Asakura Kageki, the skills to calm down and pacify people.
However, as the Oda family's main army retreated, Asakura's former ministers who surrendered to the Oda family began to compete with each other for land rights in Echizen.
First, there was a quarrel between Maenami Yoshitsugi and Tomita Nagashige, and both sides wrote slanderous letters to Oda Nobunaga to slander their opponents. Then they mobilized for war, and Maenami Yoshitsugi was defeated and killed.
Tomita Nagashige was not satisfied with taking over Yoshitsugu Maewa, so he tricked Uozumi Kagegu into coming to the city for a banquet, and took the opportunity to kill him and annex his territory.
At this time, Tomita Nagashige had taken over most of the former Asakura clan's territory and was becoming more powerful. Her treacherous act of killing her colleagues also aroused the fear of Asakura's old ministers.
The Echizen girls joined forces to besiege, but Tomita Nagashige continued to fight and win. Seeing that she was about to take over the Echizen country, she was bombarded with iron cannons at close range by her retainers who were angry at her, and she was killed on the spot.
Regarding the civil strife in Echizen, Oda Nobunaga initially looked on with a cold eye and was happy to watch Asakura's old ministers kill each other, clearing out hidden dangers and eliminating dissidents for the Oda family to truly control Echizen State in the future.
But Oda Nobunaga never expected that the mantis stalked the cicada, the oriole was behind, and the internal strife in Echizen also gave Hokurikudo an opportunity that he had always been able to exploit.
The Echizen samurai family, exhausted by civil strife, encountered a surprise attack from Hokurikudo, and was caught off guard. The Ono people who controlled the Daishoji River were defeated, and their leader, Asakura Kaikai, died in the battle.
Nanari Yorishu and Shimoma Yoriteru, the two generals of the Ichibuki clan in Kaga Echichu, joined forces to launch the Ichibuki clan and swept the entire Echizen country in an instant.
At this time, in Echizen's country, important former ministers of Asakura either died in internal fighting or were overthrown by the swept-up Ichiki.
Big bosses such as Tomita Nagashige, Uozumi Kagegu, Maeba Yoshitsugi, and Asakura Keikag all died. The leaderless Echizen samurai family couldn't stop them and could only keep asking for help from the Oda family.
Oda Nobunaga was so angry that she watched the infighting in Echizen with great joy, waiting for a good opportunity to completely annex and digest the Echizen country. This was a good time, and it was completely advantageous for Hokurikudo.
Hokurikudo has always been aggressive. They bypassed Asakura Kageki, who belonged to the Shiba camp, and went directly to the Kitaomi territory, panicking the Kitaomi samurai family who had recently joined the Oda family.
Hokurikudo has always been arrogant, which Oda Nobunaga would never tolerate.
She finally killed Asai and Asakura's family and took over their territory. If Ichigo continues to be so unbridled, how would the local samurai family still respect and submit to the Oda family?
Just when Oda Nobunaga decided to go to Echizen Province and push back the Hokurikudo, something happened again in the land of Kitaise.
Nagashima, who had been lying dormant for several months, attacked again, launched a siege, and captured Ogijie Castle on the border between Owari and Ise countries, intending to cut off the connection between Owari and Ise countries, causing great panic.
The turmoil in Nagashima, which has always been unstoppable, directly threatens the trade circle between Nobi Plain and Atsuta Shrine. It is the bag of rice and money that Oda Nobunaga used to conquer the world, and must not be lost.
Therefore, Oda Nobunaga sent Shibata Katsuie to the north to capture the Hokurikudo, and he sent Sakuma Nobumori to the south, to capture Nagashima, and to suppress it with all his strength.
At this point, the Oda family was too busy taking care of themselves, and Oda Nobunaga no longer had the intention to interfere with Yoshihiro Shiba's dispatch, and had always bought a lot of time for Yoshihiro Shiba.
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Kyoto, Shiba Residence.
The autumn air was crisp and clear, and Yoshigan looked at Reina who was playing in the courtyard. No, she should be called Takeda Yoshinobu now, and smiled without saying a word.
Beside him, the Kamo clan knelt down to serve him, looking at the child along with him.
Yiyin asked softly.
"Have you delivered all the things I asked you to send to Kasugayama Castle?"
Kamo clan bowed and said.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, everything has been delivered. But..."
Pu Shengshixiang stopped talking, and Yiyin turned around and glanced at her.
"Speak directly if you have something to say, why are you hesitating?"
Pu Shengshixiang sighed.
"You don't shy away from it and directly send things to Uesugi Miyuki. It can easily arouse speculation from the outside world. After all... people's words can be feared."
Yiyin smiled indifferently.
"Even if Uesugi Ken uses the fig leaf of his adopted daughter to cover up, in fact, no one knows that Uesugi Miyuki is my daughter.
No matter what Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin did, both children are innocent. They are my blood, and I have to think about them.
If I were to be cold and indifferent, not thinking about Miyuki's situation at all, and rumors spread that I favored one over the other, I wouldn't want to wrong Miyuki's kid."
Looking at the melancholy Yoshiyin, Kamoji had nothing to say, and finally turned into a sigh.
"Your Majesty, you are too soft-hearted.
Your Highness Uesugi dared to use the word "Kenshin" to give herself a Dharma name. This is a serious provocation to you. Not only do you not blame her, you also send gifts to her heirs to show your closeness.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is condoning His Highness Uesugi's reckless behavior and damaging your prestige."
Yoshigan glanced at the Kamo clan helplessly. Ever since Sakai Minato and his party deceived the Kamo clan again, the little housekeeper had become more and more resentful.
She said that Takeda Uesugi disrespected you, but the envy in her eyes could not be concealed, and she treated Takeda Yoshinobu so well that even Yoshigan felt that she doted on her children too much.
Listening to her ramble, Yiyin felt a little tired and couldn't help but yawn.
Spring is sleepy and autumn is tired. This is the warmest period after autumn. Although the temperature difference between day and night is large, it is still very comfortable and easy to sleep during the day.
Yiyin himself has also been very leisurely recently.
Akechi Mitsuhide is a bastard, but he is really an extremely useful bastard. With this scheming woman around, Oda Nobunaga was already dizzy and had no time to trouble Yoshigan.
Nagashima continued to suppress rebellion, and Hokurikudo continued to suppress rebellion, even reaching the border of Kitaomi, severely damaging Oda Nobunaga's face.
I don’t know how Mitsuhide Akechi operates, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki has become active again recently.
The Ashikaga shogun first considered giving the two generals of the Ichikai clan, Shichisato Yori Shugema and Yoriteru, the post of shogunate in charge of the Echizen Kingdom, and gave Oda Nobunaga a slap in the face for his attitude.
After that, she came forward to ask the samurai family of Takashima County to obey the shogunate, so that Takashima County, headed by Isono Umasa, could have an excuse to deal with Oda Nobunaga and turn a blind eye to the Shiba family's behavior of borrowing the road north.
Anyway, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was responsible for all the bad things, and Yoshigan became a spectator beside him. Oda Nobunaga was so angry that he jumped to his feet, but there was nothing she could do about Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Kyoto.
Today's Kyoto is protected by Maeda, the general in charge of the Shiba family.
Oda Nobunaga could not threaten Ashikaga Yoshiaki, so Ashikaga Yoshiaki opened his arms and slapped Oda Nobunaga one by one, which made Oda Nobunaga furious and vented his resentment for being bullied by Oda Nobunaga.
Politically, there was Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the self-destructive Ashikaga general who acted violently, and militarily, there were two major forces attacking from the north and the south.
Even if he is as strong as Oda Nobunaga, he is still very busy at this time and has no time to trouble Yoshigan. She is very busy now.
The most interesting thing is that these things have nothing to do with Yiyin from beginning to end.
Even Mitsuhide Akechi picked it cleanly, with no trace of meat or fish attached to it. Yoshigan really admired his ability to stir things up secretly.
Oda Nobunaga's side was so chaotic that he had no time to deal with Yoshigan. Yoshigan could naturally prepare calmly and make detailed arrangements for the war after the snow melts in spring next year.
Food, grass, and armaments were raised and distributed by Takada Yono and Ohkuma Asahide in recent Kantō. In terms of military affairs, three Spur territories were mobilized separately, and the Kantō Shisho organized righteous soldiers to send troops.
When everything was on track, Yiyin suddenly realized that he didn't need to intervene too much and was quite leisurely.
Centralization has the benefits of centralization, and decentralization has the benefits of decentralization.
Even though Oda Nobunaga has great power, she also concentrates all her faults and resentments on herself, bearing all the good and bad on her own, which makes her feel tired.
Yiyin, on the other hand, has a thorough decentralization of power. Even though he looks like a mascot, he is frustrated in everything he does. He has to coordinate with others and talk heart-to-heart with others, and he has to be careful to exude his prestige.
But when the Sibo family encounters big trouble and is in danger of overturning, everyone connected with Yiyin will suddenly realize that they are also in trouble.
The Spo retainers in the Sbo Territory in the three places discovered that if the Sbo family collapsed, their current benefits would be wiped out, and all their happy lives would be gone forever.
In recent years, the shogunate leaders under the protection of Yoshigan, Kofukuji Temple, local powerful factions, and even Ashikaga Shogun and Hieizan were all trembling, fearing that Oda Nobunaga would gain power and bully him.
The Kanbashu warrior family, who had benefited from the Kanto service system, also discovered that the Shiba family was unlucky, and it seemed that they themselves could not escape the turmoil. After finally having a peaceful life for a few days, who would want to go back and continue the chaos?
Even the samurai family, a place for eating and drinking along the Hokuriku Road Trading Road, found that the good days of sitting in rows of fruits and vegetables seemed to be coming to an end. The family even used their capital to invest in the Hokuriku Road Trading Road, which made them panic.
Even fringe forces such as the Noto Hatakeyama family and the Etsuchu Jimbo family became active, participating in the Kwantung Allied Forces and supporting the army's transit.
Only then did Yoshigami realize that if he was defeated, it would be the grass of Oda Nobunaga at most, and it would not be much worse in other aspects. As for the mugwort, it had already been moxaed in Owari.
However, the losses of the retainers under his command, the Leping clan of recent allies, the Kayou party along the Hokuriku Road, and the beneficiaries of the Kanto shrine system seemed to be greater and more difficult to accept.
Because Yiyin was too generous in its distribution, whether it was power or benefits, he only kept a small part of it and gave away most of it.
Therefore, once the Shiba Takeka Group is defeated, the person who suffers the most heavy losses will definitely not be Yoshihiro himself, because he himself does not have much in the first place.
Everyone watched the excitement for a long time, and when they came back to their senses, they suddenly discovered that the clown was actually me.
At this moment, everyone was anxious to help Yiyin support the situation, not because he was a good character or virtuous, but just because Yiyin lost, and everyone's losses were greater than Yiyin.
On the contrary, Yiyin became more relaxed and did not need to worry too much. Perhaps this is called fully mobilizing everyone's subjective initiative.
Under the warm autumn sun, Yoshiyin was so lazy that he watched Yoshinobu having sex at his knees, and listened to the complaints of a harem like a harried woman in the Hamo clan.
He suddenly laughed and said to Kamao clan.
"Shixiang, why don't you give birth to one too?"
Kamo clan was stunned for a moment, looked at his master, his tone became nervous, and he spoke in a squeaky voice.
"Your Majesty...that...I have no plans to get married yet."
She looked frightened, as if she thought Yiyin was going to marry someone else's son.
Yiyin saw it funny, leaned into her ear and spoke softly.
"I'm not asking you to find a husband, I just want to ask you if you want to have a child with me, so as not to make others jealous every day."
Kamaojigo's eyes widened in disbelief. His ears were itchy from the heat of Yoshigan. He tilted subconsciously and almost fell to the ground.
Seeing her like this, Yoshiyin couldn't help but burst into laughter, and even blinked teasingly at Kamao clan, with a playful look on his face.
Pu Sheng's face turned red with embarrassment, but his voice was as light as a mosquito buzzing.
"Your Majesty knows how to tease people!"
Yiyin looked at her with gentle eyes and sighed in a low voice.
"My clan has finally grown up and is no longer shy.
It has been five years since your mother sent you to me as a nickname, right?"
Kamojigo nodded slightly.
"Hi, it's been five years."
Yiyin looked at Kamao's hometown and saw that the little bean sprouts had grown up. Although they had not yet grown into mature peaches with bulges in front and back, they were no longer the shriveled beans they had been in the past.
The young body exudes the smell of youth, and the slender figure is already as big as it should be and as small as it should be.
Yoshigan picked up the tip of Kamojigo's chin with his fingers and looked into her eyes. Kamojigo was looked at by Yoshigan in a frivolous manner, and he forgot to avoid his gaze for a moment.
Over the years, the little Loli has grown into a grown-up girl, and the gratitude she once felt has gradually turned into an undercurrent called love, flowing slowly in her heart.
Yi Gin's fingers traced Kamao Shigo's chin, passing over her pretty face with baby fat, feeling her smooth and tender skin.
Just as the atmosphere became increasingly ambiguous, Takeda Yoshinobu, who was tired from playing in the distance, suddenly ran over, shouting as he ran.
"Father! Father!"
Kamouso clan was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head, and Yiyin picked up a strand of black hair that had fallen from her and hung it behind her ear.
Takeda Yoshinobu had already jumped into Yoshigami's arms and said coquettishly.
"Father, I want to eat Tang Guozi."
"Oh my, didn't you just eat it this morning? Eating too much sweet food will cause tooth decay."
"Uuuu, father, I want to eat."
Takeda Yoshinobu pulled Yoshigami's sleeves, looking pitiful, and the Kamao clan on the side looked at him and couldn't help but said.
"I'll go to the dining room to see if there's anything left."
Takeda Yoshinobu jumped up with a smile.
"I'll go too, I'll go too."
Yiyin glared at Kamao clan.
"I'm just spoiled by you. Oh, forget it. After eating, take Yoshinobu to Takasaka Masanobu's place for a nap."
"Hi."
Yoshigan looked at the Kamagao clan and pulled Takeda Yoshinobu, big hand and small hand, walking farther and farther, with a warm smile on his lips.
After reviving the Shiba family and ensuring his own survival, being able to protect the happiness of those around him is Yoshigan's greatest pursuit in his life.