After the last multi-party talks, it is clear that the time in Shangluo cannot be delayed any longer. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 First of all, Ashikaga Yoshiaki led an army of 2,000 troops composed of the old shogunate, nominally as "Shouyoshi" - in fact, it was only surrounded by 2,000 men, and he walked from Gifu Castle to the fortress of Asai and Yamashiro before stopping. Oda Nobunaga then sent 15,000 troops from Gifu Castle, and he was naturally happy to take over the leadership from Ashikaga Yoshiaki. Tokugawa still only sent more than 1,000 reinforcements, but due to various changes in the situation, Asai invested more and more troops from the planned 3,000 people, and finally paid 9,000 people.

A total of nearly 30,000 people united to march towards the Goddess of Mercy Temple of the Rokkaku family. Almost no one dared to resist along the road, but they changed their doors one after another. Combined with the small wealthy clans that were omitted from Omi and Ise, the reinforcements sent by Asakura, and the follow-up forces of the three daimyos, it is said that the total is more than 50,000. Before the start of the battle, dozens of flags with different family crests were displayed in front of the defenders, which had shaken their morale.

The coalition forces set up a formation on the north bank of the Aichi River, and the three main daimyo were concentrated here, and the remaining small forces also had the opportunity to pay homage to Fengyi and even climb one or two.

Heide Honshu is one of the few people who has been to both Mikawa and Omi, and there are some people on both sides who can be named, so he is relatively more "taken care of", and many people ask him to introduce the samurai in the center, which is a tiring job!

Seeing Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first feeling of Tokuhide was that he had lost a lot of weight. In the past, his figure was as bloated as the elderly Imagawa Yoshimoto, but now it is very close to the standard of a normal person. His life in recent years has been much more difficult than that of a noble prince in Sunpu Castle, and under the pressure of internal rebellion and the westward advance of the Imagawa family, he has continued to march eastward, nominally mastering the entire Mikawa, which naturally requires exhaustion.

After the first time, a large number of retainers fled and the Tokugawa entity was sharply reduced, but at the same time, the whole system was also clear, and no one could question the status of the two elders of Sakai Tadaji and Ishikawa Shumasa, followed by Torii, Okubo and other old ministers and a few close and capable of fighting. At a glance, the courtiers brought by Tokugawa Ieyasu behind him, except for Ishikawa Shumasa, who can be regarded as an all-rounder, almost all of the others are generals who can fight well. This is not counting Honda Tadakatsu, Kamihara Yasumasa and other guys who are not qualified to attend the meeting for the time being.

The overall combat effectiveness of the Mikawa people was not as strong as Satsuma, Shinano, or Echigo in history, but the fact that they were not afraid of death was well deserved, so there were not many samurai of that generation who were good at military studies, and there were many who made a name for themselves with their guns, sticks, bows, and horses.

In contrast, Asai Nagamasa is proud of the spring breeze, and his edge is a few points better than in the past. In the past five or six years, he has repeatedly defeated his old rival Rokkaku in the joint battles in Omi's country, and he also rebelled against one of the opponent's predecessors, the Rokujuku elders, which gradually reversed the prestige of both sides. The name of "Omi no Eagle" also immediately resounded in Kinai.

However, in the eyes of the tie Tsuyo Tsuei, this person is still a little unworthy of the name. One is that he has indeed caught up with the decline of the Hexagon family, otherwise he may not have much chance of winning against the Hexagon Dinglai or the Hexagonal Yixian who are in the prime of life. Second, Asai's repeated victories relied more on martial arts and command, but there were not many effective methods in diplomacy and strategy. And in this day and age - at least for a hundred years, military means alone will not be enough to solve any problem.

"Asai Bizen is also a generation of heroes, and he has not insulted His Royal Highness Ichihime." Shibata Katsuya, who had been staring at each other for a long time, unconsciously uttered his voice.

"What Shibata-sama said is very true." Sen Kecheng, who was sitting beside him, seemed to understand this emotion very well, but the degree of "poisoning" of this person was much lower.

"I hope that the martial arts of the Asai family will be a little more prosperous, and His Royal Highness Ichihime can live a stable life." can say such things, Shibata can be regarded as a man with a lot of bearing.

Sen Kecheng nodded and added: "When the family takes the South Omi, the north and south sides of the shallow well are allies, and they must be able to develop the territory with peace of mind." ”

Shibata objected: "I think it is still difficult for the family to maintain peace with Echizen Asakura, and sooner or later there will be a war!" At that time, the Asai family will become the front line against the Asakura family, and it will not be safe......"

"That's just as well."

Asai Nagamasa, is this guy really worthy of your trust? Hisho almost couldn't resist asking questions. Or is it just faith in a certain woman? Isn't it too child's fun to base national affairs on such unrealistic confidence?

At this time, the three "Highnesses" on the stage had already begun to express their determination and gesture to each other in front of everyone. Strictly speaking, the three of them are not well-known, and they can even be said to be uneducated country warriors, so naturally they will not be as careful as professional diplomats.

First of all, Oda spoke:

"Nobunaga is really grateful that the two highnesses can come, so I will thank you in place of Ashikaga Left Horse!"

This sentence seems to be a scene that should be used for the occasion, but it actually has a lot of content, first of all, the "second" His Royal Highness, this title directly forgot the Asakura clan that squeezed out two or three thousand people. Then he vaguely pointed out that he could "represent" Ashikaga Yoshiaki to give orders.

"Hehe......" Asai Nagamasa said politely, "where the righteousness of the world is, everyone yearns for it, but you can't just hand it over to you, the righteous brother!" If you become a general and serve as a pioneer in the future, I think the world will be able to settle down. ”

The first half of the sentence is sharp, and it has the intention of competing with Nobunaga, but the latter suddenly turns the words, and it is enough to be willing to be a vanguard. Hirate felt that this turn of events was very unnatural, and Asai was only deliberately hiding his ambitions a little - but this view was also clearly influenced by later "historical facts".

"Both of them are heroes!" Tokugawa Ieyasu laughed twice and said: "Actually, I was never willing to be left behind, but I had no choice but to move the army easily, so I only selected more than 1,000 ......people."

The style of discourse has changed dramatically! Compared to the elegant, courteous corporal but flashy guy, the one in front of him is the so-called "typical Eastern samurai" who deceived the monkey and was considered a "loyal and trustworthy person".

didn't deliberately cover it up like the previous Changzheng, but just put forward the reality of helplessness, if this is also a strategy, then it can be named "Great Traitor Ruozhong". Of course, those who appreciate Ieyasu will change it to "wise and foolish".

After seeing enough of the "world", Tieshou Honxiu felt that there was nothing to see, after all, the question of who was in charge of the bull's ear had almost been solved before, so the rest of the time was almost spent in a blur, until Niwa Nagahide asked in private:

"Lord Zhizuo......"

"What advice does Gorou-sama have?"

"Don't you think the family is too optimistic about the Asai clan?"

It's not so much that Niwa Nagahide has a long-term vision, but rather that he is cautious, even if there is only a 1% chance of a mistake, he will definitely cut off that 1% before acting.

"In my opinion, Asai Bizen is indeed an ambitious general, but there are too many variables in the future, and I am afraid it is difficult to make a conclusion immediately."

Fan Xiu replied sideways.

"Indeed." Niwa's gloom decreased slightly, and he bowed slightly, "There's no reason to think so...... Probably because I'm overthinking. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )