Takada Haruno had a resentment in her heart, and finally found a channel for it to erupt. She made no secret of her desire and greed for her master in front of Imai Munehisa.
Others don't know it, but she herself knows that the physique of her pretending to be Warrior Ji is far different from that of other warriors.
She would never be able to make a difference on the battlefield, and could only seek breakthroughs in chores such as Shang Xu, which the Wu family looked down upon.
Why! Why can those reckless women make great achievements and use their iron and blood to flatter their lord?
As for me! I have to keep company with Aduwu in Sakai Port and pretend to be in love with these businessmen.
The emotions she had been suppressing were broken by Imai Soujiu. In front of this businessman who she raised with one hand, she could no longer hide anything impatiently.
The first time, the first time I said it out loud. I want the master, I want him! It’s so cool!
Imai Sohisa trembled. Under the gaze of Takada Harano, she had no choice but to follow.
Otherwise, she will die, the kind of death that kills her entire family.
It was she who started the topic and made it clear that she had to jump into this bottomless pit.
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Kita Omi, Miikageji River.
Asai Nagamasa and Isshiki Yoshiryu faced off for several days. Asai's army took the initiative to attack, and Isshiki's army was defeated steadily, barely holding on to the defense line.
In recent years of fighting, the Wu family who work here are all elite soldiers and generals who have fought hard.
While Tokaido was rich and Mino-Owari was a fertile land, the samurai family was not very powerful.
And because Isshiki Yoshiryu was lucky and unwilling to help the Rokkaku family, he expected Rokkaku Yoshihide to break through first, but Asai Nagamasa seized the opportunity to pursue him and beat him fiercely.
As a result, after several battles, the Isse Army declined significantly.
On this day, Isshiki Yoshiryu still chose to avoid the battle passively, and finally stayed up until dark. Suddenly, a messenger from Mino rushed into the central army.
Isshiki Yoshiryu was discussing tomorrow's war with the warrior families, when she suddenly heard the noise outside, she was already irritable and cursed.
"What's the fuss about?"
Outside the shogunate, several Ji warriors carried a disabled Shiban and walked in quickly, Shiban said feebly.
"Inabayama Castle has an emergency military situation and the city has been captured."
Isshiki Yilong's face was ashen, he rushed to the envoy, grabbed her collar, took two deep breaths, calmed down and asked.
"What's going on, please tell me clearly."
On the side, Warrior Ji handed over some water and gave Shi Fan a few sips. She barely swallowed, choked a few times, and said.
"On the pretext of visiting his sister, Takenaka Shigeharu pretended to open the city gate with 16 Hime warriors. Ando Mamoru waited in ambush outside with 2,000 troops and rushed in directly.
While killing them, I shouted at Hinano Hiroshi that the rebels were rebelling. They are the army sent back by your lord to put down the rebellion.
The defenders were at a loss, so Hinano Hiroshi had no choice but to take your family members to withdraw from Inabayama Castle and retreat to Higashi Mino.
A large group of men and horses were repairing the area around Ukai and Yuxiang and the two cities, and sent six envoys to Omi to report the news.
We were robbed and killed along the way, but I managed to escape and came here."
When they heard that Inabayama Castle was lost, all the samurai were in an uproar and cursed.
"I have known for a long time that the three people of Simeon are disloyal, and they actually took advantage of the Lord to start a rebellion outside. They should be killed!"
"Your Highness! Let's fight back! Kill these three bastards!"
Isshiki Yoshiryu was in a panic after losing Jucheng. He had a splitting headache due to the noise from them and shouted loudly.
"Shut up, everyone!"
She pondered for a moment and then asked the envoy again.
"Do you have anything else Hinano Hiro has to say to me?"
Shifan was almost unconscious, so he managed to pull himself together and spoke.
"My lord said, only Ando Mamoru is the one.
Also, Owari built a castle in Sumamata area, while Higashi Mino lost Unuma Castle and Sarugagaku Castle."
The eyes of all the warriors were red, but Yishi Yilong had accumulated power over time and did not dare to make any more noise and make the master angry.
The people here are all Higashi Mino samurai, so they naturally know that Unuma Castle and Sarugagaku Castle are the gateways to Higashi Mino's defense against Owari.
After losing two cities, Higashi Mino was already under the attack of Owari's army. How could we not be anxious when our own territory was threatened?
Isshiki Yoshiryu thought carefully about the situation and realized that the Battle of Omi could not be fought.
Owari Oda Nobunaga's methods were nothing more than that. She had not yet completed the internal integration and lacked food and military supplies. It was impossible to launch the Mino strategy now.
Although it is a headache to establish a foothold in East and West Mino, it will not hurt the foundation of Isshiki Yoshiryu for a while.
The loss of Inabayama Castle is a big problem that needs to be solved urgently.
She keenly sensed what Hinano Hiroshi wanted to express. Only Ando Mamoru among the three people in Ximeno rebelled, and the other two had not yet made any move.
Isshiki Yoshiryu must quickly pull them to his side before Ando Mamoru persuades the other two to raise troops.
Otherwise, the army's retreat will be blocked, supplies will be cut off, and death will be certain.
Isshiki Yoshiryu never broke through the barrier and entered Kitaomi, with Nishi Mino behind him.
From north to south, there are three people from Nishi Mino, namely the northern castle lord Ando Moriju, the Sone castle lord Inaba Yoshichichi, and the Ogaki castle lord Ujiie Naomoto.
The three cities are all important pass areas, and what makes Isshiki Yoshiryu happy is that she wants to turn back, just to see if the two people in the south will raise troops to stop her.
Mamoru Ando mobilized an army of 2,000 to capture Inabayama Castle. She had reached her limit and had to count all the peasants and ashigaru to have enough numbers.
She will definitely be unable to stop Isshiki Yoshiryu from returning to the army, and will definitely win the support of the other two.
Isshiki Yoshiryu thought clearly about the cause and effect and asked his subordinates.
"How much food and grass are left in the army?"
"Enough for ten days."
"Okay! Wait for me to write two letters.
I sent an envoy to contact Ujie Naomoto and ask her on my behalf, have I, Isshiki Yoshiryu, ever felt sorry for her?
As one of the six elders in power, what does she think of Mamoru Ando's rebellion? What is she going to do?
Then send someone to Sone Castle to find Inaba Yoshimichi and tell her.
Ando Mamoru rebelled. I will deprive Ando Mamoru of her old status as a ruler and give it to her. Do you want it?
I led more than 20 reserve troops from Simino to return to Inabayama Castle to quell the chaos, and asked her if she would stop her?"
Isiro Yilong and Xiaofei's true nature, each sentence was spoken in an orderly manner, and the minds of all the warriors also calmed down.
The general is a brave soldier. As long as the leader does not cause chaos, the people in the east and west will not be afraid of the people in the west who will cause trouble, or even harbor hatred.
Isshiki Yoshiryu observed the emotional changes of his subordinate Ji Ji with a cold eye. He was pleased and ordered.
"Withdraw troops overnight and leave more flags in the camp to confuse the troops in Asai on the other side. Let's go home!"
The morale of the concubines suddenly rose and they shouted.
"Let's go home!"
There was already a deep rift between the East and West Meinong samurai families, but now the West Meinong family took advantage of them to go abroad to fight and cause trouble behind their backs.
The people in Tome who were eager to go home not only did not feel as demoralized as Takenaka Shigeharu imagined, but they even shared the same hatred of the enemy and became more willing to fight.
Whoever stops them from going home will die!
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In Mino Country, Ogaki Castle Tower, Ujie Naomoto looked at the two documents in front of him.
A letter came from Inabayama Castle. Ando Mamoru proudly showed off that he had captured the city and asked her to send troops to help.
As long as Isshiki Yoshiryu's retreat is blocked for a few days, when her food and supplies are exhausted, the entire army will collapse, and the two of them will share the country of Mino.
Another letter came from Yoshiryu Isshiki, who came from the front line, asking her, as a leader of the ruling family, how she viewed the rebellious Mamoru Ando.
Ujie Naomoto sneered, what do you think? Of course he is a fool!
This woman is not reliable in her work. Isshiki Yoshiryu in front has received the news, and the documents have arrived at the same time. How can she choose?
There are at least seven or eight days of military rations on the front line. If she dares to prevent these lairs from being taken away, Dongmei Nongzhong, who is almost going crazy, will definitely be torn to pieces.
Moreover, Ujie Naomoto looked at Ando Mamoru's document coldly. This guy launched a surprise attack without even telling him, and he was obviously on guard.
Even if Isshiki Yoshiryu is defeated and dies, Ando Mamoru will never share power with him, so why rebel?
Ujiie Naomoto is already one of the six ruling elders of Isshiki Yoshiryu, can Mamoru Ando still give her more power?
Since she couldn't get any benefits, why did she support Ando Mamoru's rebellion, and then had to block the crazed Tome Nongzhong and consume her own strength?
She's not stupid.
Ujie Naomoto pondered for a long time and then ordered his subordinate Ji Samurai.
"Reply to your lord, I will do my best to deal with the Owari Oda family's power in Sumamata area and guard the gate for her.
In addition, Ando Mamoru of Inabayama Castle was warned, accusing her of why she attacked the gate of Nishi-Mino at the Oda family, ignored the interests of Nishi-Mino people, and raised troops to rebel."
Ujie Naomoto looked at the two documents indifferently.
I won't help anyone, so you can just go and fight dog. I'll guard the door for the Mino Takeshi family and resist the invasion of the Oda family. There's nothing wrong with that, right?
Of course she knew that nothing would happen in the Sumama area for the time being, it was just a foothold for the Oda family to establish towards Nishi Mino.
But this does not prevent her from exaggerating, establishing her responsible image, and winning the favor of all parties in Meinong.
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Compared to Ujie Naomoto's operations, Inaba Yoshichichi, the lord of Sone Castle, just scoffed at the letters from both parties and didn't bother to pay attention to them.
Among the three people in Simion, she has the strongest strength and the highest military strategy. In the country of Meinong, she is said to be victorious.
Just because she was strong enough and had an arrogant attitude that she did not hide, she was feared and excluded from the top management by Isshiki Yoshiryu.
But this does not prevent Inaba Yoshimitsu from occupying the western part of Mino, and the relevant forces will listen to the instructions but not the propaganda.
Ando Mamoru had a small idea, and ignored the tacit understanding of the three people in Simino to seize Inabayama Castle.
The daughter-in-law, Takenaka Shigeharu, who was advising her, let Inaba Yoshimitsu take a high look.
But it's just a glance. Whether it's Isshiki Yoshiryu or Ando Mamoru, you go ahead and make trouble. Whoever comes to power has to win over me anyway.
Inaba Yoshimitsu watched the commotion in the country indifferently from Sone Castle and was not prepared to participate in it.