In the Nijo Castle Imperial Palace, Ashikaga Yoshito put on the armor of his ancestors, and the shogunate and the people accompanying the imperial ministers wore armor.

Hosokawa Harumoto and Ashikaga Yoshiaki and others were also in the palace with Ashikaga Yoshito.

After Yoshinaga and his Shinano and Mino tribes left the palace for most of the day, the group had lunch.

In the leisure time after dinner, everyone waited all morning, and they had already received the news that the righteous army was storming Shenglongsi City.

Isshiki Yoshiyuki shook his head and said: "Ogasawara is bigger, and there are only three or four thousand elites under him, and he storms the castle of Katryuji with seven thousand people, isn't that a self-inflicted soldier?" ”

Kira Xuanjing also followed the criticism and said: "He has damaged himself and his soldiers, if he loses, it will damage His Highness's face, and this matter will be big!"

Your Highness, the shogunate should send a priest to urge Ogasawara Shinano to do so, so that the war will not go wrong! ”

Mibuchi Fujiei hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, Ogasawara has fought several times in Shinano, Kanto and other places, and his talent is obvious to him, and it is by no means as unbearable as Isshiki and Kira said.

There is a retainer here who has seen the demeanor of Yi Chang, and he can prove that Yi Chang is a fierce general with both civil and military skills! ”

Ashikaga Yoshito became interested and said with a smile: "Then let him come up and see him." ”

Mibuchi Fujiei got up, walked to the corridor and shouted, "Ten soldiers, come in!" ”

Akechi Mitsuhide wore armor and walked over quickly.

Mibuchi Fujiei looked at Akechi Mitsuhide and said, "You tell me about Ogasawara in detail, and I will recommend you to His Highness when the time comes."

Your talent is too condescending to me, and His Royal Highness Horikoshi is weak in Izu, so when the time comes, I will ask His Highness to assign you to His Highness Horikoshi, where there is more room for you to display it. ”

Wise Guangxiu's face flushed with excitement and said, "Ha! Your Majesty will not disappoint your lord! ”

Mibuchi Fujiei enters the Ohiroma with Akechi Mitsuhide.

Mibuchi Fujiei sat back in his place, and Akechi Mitsuhide quickly climbed five steps below Ashikaga Yoshito, and bowed down and said, "Under the Wise Ten Guards Mitsuhide, he is a disciple of the Akechi clan of the Gigen clan in the Mino land!" ”

Ashikaga Yoshito looked at Akechi Mitsuhide and said, "Oh, I see, look up." ”

Akechi Mitsuhide looked up and looked at Ashikaga Yoshito.

Ashikaga Yoshito looked at the good-looking Akechi Mitsuhide, and felt a little close to him in his heart, and said, "You know Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru very well?" ”

Akechi Mitsuhide nodded and said: "I know a lot about Ogasawara Hall, and two years ago, I was sent to Kai Takeda's house by the criminal minister Saito Toshimasa (Michisan).

At that time, the Kai Takeda family had invaded Shinano for many years, but was repelled by Ogasawara and many counties were lost, so Takeda Kai Mamoru wanted to contact Saito Toshimasa.

Therefore, he was able to go to Kai, and there, he talked about Ogasawara Hall with Haruyuki Yamamoto, the military advisor of Takeda Kai Mamoru (Kansuke).

Yamamoto said that Ogasawara was a well-trained soldier and good at using new weapons such as iron cannons, and at the same time he was good at building castles, knowing people well, and having a clear internal affairs.

In the same year that he and Yamamoto were talking about Ogasawara Hall, the combined forces of Ogasawara and His Royal Highness Uesugi defeated more than 40,000 people from the three families of Takeda Kai Mamoru, the Saito family, and the Imagawa family with less than 20,000 people.

His Royal Highness the Princess, Ogasawara Hall pacified Mino Saito Toshimasa is to use a few tactics to pacify Saito Toshimasa without moving. This is Ogasawara Temple! ”

Hosokawa Harumoto stroked his beard and said, "Okay, listen to your words, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru is a famous general." ”

Akechi Mitsuhide nodded and said, "Ogasawara den likes to cut off the opponent's head on the battlefield, and then tie the head to his waist and continue to fight the enemy.

So in Shinano and Kai, they all called Ogasawara Temple Shinano or Oni Shinano. ”

Isshiki Yoshiki snorted coldly: "Maybe it's blown, this ghost Shinano meets the ghost Shikawa, and the two ghosts fight, hum!" Whoever loses is a fake ghost. ”

Ashikaga Yoshito frowned and looked at Isshiki Yoshiyuki and said, "Yoshiyuki, you lost your word!" ”

Isshiki Yoshiki hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Hosokawa Harumoto said with a smile: "Hehe, Yoshiyuki is not reckless, this reputation, of course, seeing is believing." ”

Hosokawa Harumoto helped Isshiki Yoshiyuki speak, naturally because they have the same interests. He Qingyuan was the leader of the government and the opposition.

Now Yoshicho and Uesugi Masatora are going to Luo with tens of thousands of troops, and even if the Miyoshi family is driven away at that time, the influence of the two of them in the shogunate will cover him Harumoto.

So Harumoto naturally didn't want Yoshinaga and Uesugi Masatora to shine in front of Ashikaga Yoshito.

At this moment, a samurai ran up and shouted, "Report! Ahead, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru sent a messenger to deliver good news! ”

Good news?!

All the people in the big room looked sideways, and they all looked at the samurai who was reporting the news.

Ashikaga Yoshito's face was overjoyed, and he looked at Mibuchi Fujiei, who was also overjoyed, and shouted to the samurai: "Quickly let the messenger of Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru in." ”

Sanada Nobutsuna strode up with the good news letter, and then sat down next to Akechi Mitsuhide, and bowed down and said: "In Shimo-Sanada Nobutsuna, it is Shinano who guards the command of Ogasawara Yoshinaga!" This time, the lord sent him to report to His Royal Highness.

Shenglong Temple City has been captured by our army, the enemy will be ten rivers and one survival defeated and take away Diancheng, Shenglong Temple City 7,000 people killed more than 1,000 people, more than 1,000 wounded, more than 2,000 prisoners, the rest of the defeated retreat to Diancheng. ”

Ashikaga Yoshito clapped his hands happily and said, "Okay, tell me in detail how Ogasawara Shinanomori took Katsuryuji Castle?" ”

Sanada Nobutsuna explained in detail how the 3,000 men of Ogasawara's army took Katsuryuji Castle.

Ashikaga Yoshito's face was radiant when he heard this, his face flushed, and he clapped his hands and said: "It is worthy of the ghost Shinano, Miyoshi Chokei boasts that his younger brother Shikawa is unparalleled in the world in terms of force, and now he is defeated in the hands of Shinano Mori!"

It's a delight! This is a powerful blow to Miyoshi Changqing! Everyone, rejoice, the shogunate is being revitalized today! ”

Hosokawa Harumoto heard the good news before, his face was still a little ugly, and now the general Ashikaga Yoshito was so happy, he could only say in a happy tone: "Yes, Miyoshi Changqing has been in turmoil for many years, which has led to chaos in the world and the collapse of the shogunate, but fortunately, Shinano Mamoru is a pillar of the samurai family, the minister of the shogunate, and the shogunate is in the middle of today!" ”

There was a lot of joy in the big room.

Then Ashikaga Yoshito looked at Sanada Nobutsuna and said, "Since Shinano Mamoru has repelled the Ten Rivers Ichicun, then I can also conquer it myself!" ”

Sanada Nobutsuna hurriedly said: "Your Highness, my lord said that I hope Your Highness will wait for His Highness Uesugi and the two armies will converge before going to Settsu."

Although the Miyoshi family has a huge influence in Gyeonggi, their nest is in Shikoku, and although there are nearly 100,000 troops in our army, they suffer from the lack of a naval army.

What my lord means is that my lord is attracting the main force of the Miyoshi family in front, and His Royal Highness the Duke and His Royal Highness Uesugi are attacking and surround the main force of the Miyoshi family from the left and right sides! ”

Mibuchi Fujiei looked at Ashikaga Yoshito and said, "Your Highness, Ogasawara's suggestion is very reasonable, and we have no naval army to fight against the Miyoshi family for the time being." ”

Ashikaga Yoshito nodded and said, "Hmm! This is the weakness of our army, and it is rare for Shinano to be thoughtful, and even so, he will pass on the good news to all directions and declare the prestige of the shogunate! ”

Everyone thought that this was Yoshicho's thoughtfulness, but in fact, Yoshicho dragged Ashikaga Yoshito and asked him to stay in Nijo Castle first.

After defeating the Ten Rivers Ichicun, Yoshinaga sent an envoy to Yodo Castle.

The envoy to Yodo Castle was Tadasada Uehara.

Uehara Tadasada entered Yodo Castle alone and saw Ten Rivers Ichizu.

Shikawa Ichicun said with a puzzled expression: "What did Ogasawara send you to do, it didn't want me to surrender, right?" ”

Uehara Tadasada shook his head with a smile and said, "Shihezhen said that you are joking, you are the younger brother of the Miyoshi Leader Generation, how could you surrender because of winning or losing the First World War?" My lord would not despise the Ten Rivers Hall like this. ”

Shihe Yicun was really confused at this time, and asked, "Oh? So what did Ogasawara send you to do? ”

Tadasada Uehara smiled: "Of course I'm here to negotiate." Ten Rivers Palace, now the family only dispatched 3,000 people to defeat the Ten Rivers Palace, when the 100,000 army presses, the three good families will undoubtedly be defeated.

As long as the Miyoshi Governor handed over the Yamashiro State to the Shogunate, my lord could persuade His Royal Highness the Princely to withdraw his troops, so wouldn't he be happy to give up only the Yamashiro Kingdom and protect most of the interests of Gyeonggi? ”

Shihe Yicun sneered: "Heh! You are just relying on the benefits of the collapse of the country, and you think you can always bully our army without the collapse of the country? Wait, our army has it too! ”

Uehara Tadasada lost his smile and said coldly: "Ten Rivers Palace, this is the last chance given by this family!" rejected this opportunity, and the Miyoshi family would have no chance to negotiate with the family! ”

Shihe Yicun also has a void in his heart, but the Miyoshi family has been fighting in Gyeonggi for many years, and the momentum of the years of fighting makes Shihe Yicun grit his teeth and say: "You want to bluff me in just one battle?" Let's go, let Ogasawara send troops to fight now! ”

Uehara Tadasada said no more, turned around and left Yodo Castle.

He returned to Shenglong Temple City to report to Yoshicho, and after Yoshicho heard it, he was annoyed and said: "Okay, Shihe Yicun thinks that their three good families are very strong!" That's no tiger in the mountains, and the monkey is the overlord, it's really not good!

Soldiers, soldiers! Tomorrow, I will take Diancheng for me, continue to run with the ten rivers, and I will let him be like a water dog! ”

Early the next morning, Yasuei Shimizu took the lead, and Isshiki Yoshiryu, Inaba Ryotsu and others also asked for battle, and Yoshicho immediately agreed.

So not long after the sun rose, when the fog was thick and the wind was howling, six military generals, including Yasuei Shimizu, Yoshiryu Isshiki, and Ryotsu Inaba, led 5,000 men to attack Yodo Castle.

As soon as Shihe was eating in the morning, a retainer ran in and shouted, "My lord! The Ogasawara army was dispatched, at least more than 4,000 people, and the banner of Yasuei Shimizu was among them, and the army with the collapse of the country was also among them! ”

Shihe Yicun just picked up a piece of fish and meat rice ball with chopsticks, and after hearing the news from the retainer, his hand suddenly shook, and the rice ball fell back into the lunch box.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he complained in his heart: What angry words I said yesterday! I'll wait for the collapse of the country on my side to fight again! Young people don't talk about martial arts!

He hurriedly put down his chopsticks, got up and crossed the dining table, and shouted, "Quickly organize the sons and daughters to prepare for war!" Prepare more stones on the city walls! ”

Tokawa Ichiku hurried to Yodo Castle Waimaru and ordered the samurai of all divisions and Ashigaru to prepare for defense.

He and Saburo are an ashigaru of the Miyoshi family, and he ran relatively fast in the battle of Katsuryuji Castle and was not caught by the ashigaru of the Ogasawara army.

He was sure that he was running the fastest in his life, and he looked back, and it scared his courage out at the time.

His fellow villagers wanted to resist, but they were instantly killed by the Ashigaru of the Ogasawara Army, and their heads were cut off on the spot, and the Ashigaru of the Ogasawara Army laughed, and he picked up his hair and tied it to his belt.

Then he looked at Yo Saburo and grinned and said, "Don't run~"

He Saburo was so frightened that he screamed, and he didn't dare to look back anymore, for fear of seeing the terrifying scenery.

Now that he heard the sound of war drums, many of his companions were carrying things, and he leaned up with Saburo and asked, "What's going on!" ”

When the companion saw Yosaburo, he said, "The enemy is here again!" ”

"Enemy troops?" Yo Saburo was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, it's the enemy who fought with us yesterday, and they're here again!"

As soon as he heard the news, his brain was buzzing, and the companion was stunned when he saw him, ignored him, and continued to move things.

He Saburo was stunned for a while, and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! The devil is coming! The devil is coming! Run! ”

He Saburo ran towards the west, screaming as he ran, causing panic among the miscellaneous soldiers and peasant soldiers in the city.

His actions were soon seen by Shihe Yicun, Shihe Yicun jumped to his feet, he hurriedly asked people to go up and arrest him, and gagged him, he was about to kill the sacrificial flag with Saburo, when suddenly a few cannons rang out.

A projectile directly hit the flagpole tied to Saburo, the huge flagpole was instantly interrupted, and it fell to the side, and the miscellaneous soldiers and peasant soldiers who were planning to watch the play around saw the upside-down flagpole, and immediately turned into birds and beasts and fled in all directions.

Shihe Yicun pushed away the retainers who were protecting him, and shouted: "Don't panic! Get back to the walls and defend yourself! What about the public servants! If you see it, you can run away and kill it! ”

With the urging of Shihe Yicun, the panicked Miyoshi Army quickly stabilized and defended Diancheng with all its might.

As for Yo Saburo, who cares about his life or death! However, this and Saburo really didn't deserve to die, he was neither hit by a projectile nor hit by a flagpole.

On the contrary, the rope was loose, no one cared about him, but he picked up a life, he hurriedly threw away the rope on his body, took off the piece of iron carcass pill that only protected his chest and stomach, and then ran to the back door.

The defensive battle of Yodo Castle continued, and Tokawa Ichikuen learned the lesson of Katryuji Castle, and he sent troops out of the castle to lead the battle, and as a result, Shimizu Yasuei engaged him.

At the same time, Isshiki Yoshilong was very brave, and coupled with the same martial arts and strong Inaba Ryotsu, the Miyoshi army soon fell into disadvantage.

Without the Ten Rivers and One Deposit, the Miyoshi Army suffered a great loss in terms of military force, and the Isshiki Yoshiryu and Inaba Ryotsu were like entering a no-man's land, and the samurai of the Miyoshi Army who fought were holding their heads and running away.

Shihe was defeated by Shimizu Yasuying, and when he saw that the army was about to collapse, and he was also invincible to Shimizu Yasuying, he had to lead his troops back to the city.

However, the city was soon lost, and the Ten Rivers ran away again.