The offense and defense are shifted, and the situation changes instantly.

In the middle of the road, one hundred and ten heavily armored samurai stood side by side, and countless friendly troops outside outflanked them, and a group of people led by Naokei Endo in the middle became turtles in the urn.

In such a situation, morale cannot be maintained. As soon as the morale fell, it was surrounded again, the inside should be combined with the outside, and the center bloomed.

Within a quarter of an hour or two, the enemy army fell to the ground one after another, and there were fewer and fewer people who could resist, as fast as the rice was harvested in the middle of autumn.

Seeing that there was no way out, Naokei Endo, a confidant under Asai Nagamasa's account, laughed miserably, and cursed loudly at Araki Village: "I'll go first, and wait for you bastard and tie old thief in hell, even if you become a terrible ghost, I still have to fight you to the death, and divide the victory!" ”

Then he took the initiative to swing his knife into the encirclement, with one enemy and ten, after barely hitting the two, he was shot three times and five blades, bleeding nonstop, and finally he was unable to fight again, collapsed to the ground, and lost consciousness. When he died, he was still staring ahead with a furious crown, his hands clenching the hilt of his sword, and his clothes and armor were all dyed red, and he could not see the original color.

"The enemy general Naokyo Endo has been taken!"

With a few cheers, more than a dozen soldiers scrambled together, all saying that they were the ones who gave the fatal blow and should receive full credit.

On the other hand, the dead soldiers of the Asai family were all sad and mournful when they heard this, and the few people who were still alive either wiped their necks with knives, and some rushed to the pile of people to die, and they were clean in an instant.

Hundreds, but not one of them surrendered on their knees.

After a while, Iwanari Yutong, a fifty-year-old veteran with a white beard, fully armed and holding a cane, approached breathlessly, and ordered all the members of Tennoji Temple to be detained and guarded, and the corpses of the enemy were burned and buried nearby, and the list of his own victims was recorded.

It turned out that it was the Hanoi people under his command who carried out the "special mission" today.

No wonder, the Shadow Warrior is served by a native of Hanoi.

After the order, seeing the sight of Endo Naokei dying, Iwasari Yutong sighed: "It's a pity that such a loyal, brave and resolute person! Pity! ”

Let the corpse be collected and buried.

Then he came to see Araki Murashige, and apologized with a smile: "Today, we didn't think about it and put you in danger, I'm really sorry, I'm sorry!" ”

His smile and words seemed to contain a strange mockery.

"How dare you!" Arakimura didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly expressed his heart: "It's me!" It was my negligence! Not only did I fall for the Asai anti-party, but I also asked for merit and war in a daze, and almost killed Lord Nayan, who was tied with the hand, I really deserve to be a capital crime, I should be a capital crime! ”

"Not really, not really. You're serious! Iwacheng Youtong stretched out his hand to help and said with relief: "How can such a charming insect carving skill be concealed from Lord Nayan?" Don't worry about it. It's Araki Settsu, this time is enough to prove his innocence, showing that he has nothing to do with the anti-party, which is a great thing! ”

"Yes, yes, you're right!" Arakimura reluctantly smiled.

He could hear that there was no lack of sarcasm and ridicule in the other party's words. This may be due to the superiority of the direct ministers over the outside, or it may be due to the disdain for the behavior of the "four changes of masters", or it may be deliberately ordered to be beaten.

No matter what, I can only listen obediently.

Speaking of which, Araki Murashige, the lord of the Settsu country, and Iwanari, the acting official of the Kawachi country, should be the same. After digging deeper, removing their respective and powerful courtiers, forty percent of the former is directly under the central government's real estate, but the latter is less than twenty percent, and the real strength is obviously not at the same level.

But now it is no longer a chaotic era of the Warring States period, but a new era in which the peace-fighting regime is about to re-establish public ceremonies!

The importance of local power is gradually not as great as the role of the central discourse.

The difference between the direct minister and the appearance is a world of difference. It seems that Araki Murashige is so stained, and the vassal daimyo whose foundation has not been established, he doesn't dare to speak out loud if Kishi Wada Castle comes to a thousand stones, let alone get along with the country.

If you want to improve your status, you can only continue to make achievements and prove your loyalty and talent. If you can achieve the level of the head of the sect, you won't feel stage fright in the face of Iwanari Youtong.

It's a pity that this attempt failed to succeed, but it was self-defeating!

Araki Village was very depressed and sad in the center of gravity, and could only comfort himself, "The road is long, and I will go up and down to seek".

Don't mention these thoughts in private.

Let's say that Iwanari Tomotsu cleaned up the situation and went down the mountain with Araki Murashige, and when he reported to Hanakuma Castle, it was already getting dark.

At this moment, Hisho Tsusui is quite focused and serious, and he is sitting at the gate of the outer pill to command, and from time to time there are envoys, eyes, and things hurrying back and forth.

It seems that the fighting is still going on, and it is not ending with the ambushes and counter-ambushes on the mountains.

Iwanari Yutsu and Arakimura stepped forward to pay their respects, but they didn't have time to greet each other, so they were ordered to wait on the side and could observe.

A rather young man explained to them: "The latest news is that the main force of Asai has left the Mimasaka front line and come to the vicinity, and it is suspected that Hinata Mamoru (Asai Nagamasa) may have personally led the troops, and probably only wait for the assassination to succeed, and then rush eastward and kill along Settsu to Kyoto." But now that the matter has been seen through by Lord Nayan, who has sent the troops of Yamato, Kii, and Koga, to intercept them by waterway, and wait for the enemy to throw themselves into the net, tonight the ninja scouts of all parties are active, and it is the most critical moment. ”

This statement is very informative, and it raises more questions.

Araki Murashige's so-called "plot against the Harima Hao family" is really a counter-plot, which can already be confirmed.

But Asai Nagamasa was obviously fighting in Bizen and Misaku, why did he suddenly and quickly return to the division, so ingenious?

Ukita Naoya's there, why didn't there be any reaction? Just let him turn back and not pursue and contain?

Who planned this? Who is involved? What is the scope involved? What is the situation and the hearts of the people in Kansai?

There are too many questions for a young man to answer.

And he didn't dare to disturb the general who was busy.

After half an hour, he suddenly slapped the table and sighed: "That's it!" Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven, if it doesn't work, it will be Asai Nagamasa's life is not over, and your head can be left on your neck for a little longer. ”

On his side, Honda Masanobu and Maeda Genyiju were silent, but Hosokawa Fujitaka said with a lot of mouths: "Since defeating the Murakami Navy, the Seto Inland Sea has been left to our army, and the Asai clan has no power to control the sea, and there is no way to distinguish between military ships and merchant ships, so the contemptible people feel that the possibility of the military situation being exposed after the waterway is cut off is very small." The key lies in how to induce the enemy to think that the assassination was successful. ”

The reason why he said so much was obviously that he was trying to prove his ability.

Hearing this, he shook his head and pointed in the direction of Iwanari and Araki: "Didn't you hear what you just said, Endo is straight down, and hundreds of ambush soldiers are all wiped out!" Then we can't ask anything, and Asai Nagamasa will definitely be wary if he doesn't receive a response for a long time, so in the current situation, at most fifty percent sure that he will fall into the trap......"

Iwanari Tomo calmly replied, "Yes." ”

Araki Murashige was quite apprehensive, always feeling as if he needed to be responsible.

Hosokawa Fujitaka had already planned, and immediately said: "Direct induction is indeed impossible. But if you want to indirectly induce Mamoru Asai Hinata, there may be a way. ”

"Oh?" Pingshou Fanxiu became a little curious and asked again: "How is an indirect method?" ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka replied: "Early tomorrow morning, send soldiers out, set up barriers on all roads in the vicinity, temporarily prohibit traffic, and ask all temples and shrines and people in Fifty Towns (5 km) to isolate themselves from inside and outside, and not to act without permission." Towns, taverns, and lodgings are all under martial law, and the identities of tourists are thoroughly checked. Let another hundred guards escort a mysterious carriage to Kyoto. Such a big move must not be hidden from the enemy ninja. ”

"Well, that's good!" Tieshou Fan Xiu thought for a while, nodded, and agreed: "Originally, there was only a fifty percent chance, but if you do this, you can at least add six or seven percent." And...... If this matter is left to Arakimura Shigeden to deal with, then maybe it will be more believable......"