At the suggestion of Hirate Honhide, Oda Nobunaga extended it and established two positions: "Lake Biwa Boat Officer" and "Lake Biwa Fishing and Hunting Officer".

The former is in charge of overseeing the water transportation in the lake, and is served by Yumitsu Numata, who was recommended by Honhide. The latter was responsible for managing the lake's side businesses such as fishing, planting, and reeds, and was held by Sohei Kotaneyoshi on the side of the Oda family.

Nobunaga also took great pains to sign two formal letters of appointment, and asked Yubi to write an open letter introducing the prestige of the Oda family to the many sailors and fishermen on Lake Biwa.

Actually, Oda Nobunaga himself didn't have much interest in the aquatic industry of Lake Biwa—otherwise he would have sent someone to take it over after Kamiraku. However, after all, this is also a matter of showing momentum, and it is not costly, how can you refuse.

What's more, the tie has already done a good job of contact in the early stage, and he has personally recommended candidates, and he always has to give "the middle affairs young man from the five" a face.

Of course, to save face, we can't just just agree to it in full, and we must leave a means of supervision and checks and balances.

So one more person was added in and the things on the lake were divided into two project management.

In fact, there are not many people engaged in water transportation on Lake Biwa, eight wealthy families, 700 sailors, more than 100 boats, and only two or three thousand stalls per year. As for the number of fishers and reeds cut for a living, it is estimated that the number of people does not exceed 400, and the scale does not exceed 1,000.

But in any case, sending a commissioner to sit here immediately took on a political symbolic meaning. The former Rokkaku, Asai, and Miyoshi, the former overlord of Kinai, were either unable to take care of it, or they didn't have so many people, so the Oda family was more powerful than the usual lords with this alone.

Tie Tsutsu was also satisfied. Not to mention anything else, at least now I can go to the ships openly, and by the way, I can secretly investigate the details of the sailors, and if I think anyone has a problem, I will dispose of it in the name of the Oda family.

This episode caused civilian officials such as Murai Sadakatsu and Takei Yuan to receive additional overtime tasks, but it had no impact on the war on the front line.

The enemy's acting commander-in-chief, Asakura Jingjing, after receiving the remnants of the soldiers who had been put back, became more determined to use the policy of static braking, and stationed himself at the transportation center in the Fuchu area, but only ordered the soldiers to strengthen the position, build fences, and dig trenches day after day.

To the west is Mt. Kunimi and to the east is Mt. Buzi, and the terrain is very dangerous, making it inconvenient for the army to pass. Niwa Nagahide led a vanguard of 12,000 men and horses, led by Mori Kaseru and Takigawa Kazuyoshi, and the three famous generals searched carefully for two days, but they could not see the fighters at all, so they could only try to attack head-on.

As a result, there were casualties and a stalemate. According to statistics, the Asakura side estimated the loss of four or five hundred people, and the Oda family lost seven or eight hundred soldiers.

If you go to the camp tent set up by others, the loss will definitely be greater.

Niwa Nagahide, who had always been cautious, stopped moving forward when he saw this, stood still, and wrote back to ask the Lord to decide.

Nobunaga listened to the report and was equally helpless.

Originally, the planned strategy was to attack Tsuruga, the richest part of the Asakura family, and take advantage of the distance between Tsuruga and Ichitsura Valley to attack the enemy's living forces.

As a result, the main army of the people had no intention of rescuing, and the commander of Tsuruga resolutely abandoned his position and retreated.

Should we say that the other party is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is scattered, or should we say that they are as stable as Mount Tai and survive with a broken tail?

It's a joy to get Tsuruga so easily, but if you go away, it will make people feel awkward. If it does not cause some trauma to the main force of the Asakura family, Tsuruga may not only not collect much tax in the future, but will have to consume a lot of troops to defend.

Oda Nobunaga was very determined, and immediately announced in front of the generals: "In this battle, even if it is a strong attack, you must take the heads of some dignitaries before you can return, not to mention the intrigue of the Asakura family, there will be an opportunity." ”

After speaking, he first ordered Hori Hidemasa to arrange for the Chinese army to advance, and then asked Murai Sadakatsu to allocate 30,000 pieces of silver, and then met with several former ministers of Asakura who knew Echizen in detail, and prepared to use the two sets of means.

Heite Tsunohide thinks in his heart that the Asakura family has a deep foundation and cannot be defeated in a moment, but he doesn't need to touch the brow of the Demon King, and he won't make his thoughts public.

In fact, in the past ten years, Oda, in addition to the time-consuming and laborious strategy of Mino, the crusade against Rokkaku, Kitabatake, and Miyoshi has beaten the other party to the point of being injured as soon as they come up, and the optimism has already spread in the hearts of the soldiers, so why do you need to go against the public?

Therefore, Fan Xiu just honestly carried out the military orders and followed the large army to the front line.

After a while with the pioneers Niwa, Takigawa, Mori and others, after exchanging ideas, they found that the formation of the enemy general Asakura Jingjing was indeed flat and stable, and there was no flaw.

So he had nothing to say, just waiting for Nobuto's order.

At this moment, a chaotic news suddenly came from.

Along with the other important ministers, Hirate was summoned to the big tent to listen to the report with Nobunaga.

The person who delivered the information was the leader of the Oda family ninja organization "Feasting", a mysterious figure known as Kojuzo.

According to him, it was Miyoshi Nagayi and Miyoshi Masaysu who had disappeared for many years who suddenly appeared in Settsu and rose up with more than 3,000 people to oppose Oda.

Katsumasa Ikeda, Yumasa Wada, and Itami Koko may not be as loyal to Oda, but they will never watch outsiders spread wild in their territory, and immediately mobilize men and horses to encircle and suppress the rebellious army.

The combined strength of the three families is more than 8,000, more than double that of the enemy.

Although Miyoshi Changyi and Miyoshi Masaysu are famous, Ikeda, Kawada, and Itami are not in vain, and they are not far behind in terms of military studies and martial arts.

This battle, on the surface, not to mention a big victory, at least it shouldn't be too bad!

Unexpectedly, the number one general of the Ikeda family, Araki Murashige, as a striker, defected before the battle, causing the coalition army to collapse, and the Miyoshi army won a complete victory.

At present, it is already a day and a half after the war, and according to the news at this time, Itami Jinxing was beheaded on the spot, Wada Yumasa is not known whether he died after being shot, and Ikeda Katsumasa's whereabouts are unknown for the time being.

The country of Settsu used to be the core area of Miyoshi Changqing's rule, and now Miyoshi Changyi is making a comeback, and the big and small wealthy families in the country will not take the initiative to oppose it, not to mention changing their flags. Now that Itami, Wada, and Ikeda have fallen, Miyoshi Nagaitsu will probably be able to gain a firm foothold with the help of Araki Murashige.

Nobunaga, who received the news, was not alarmed.

Everything was expected, but the details were a little out of control.

Nobunaga didn't panic, but asked Koshizo with a cold face, "What is the reaction of all parties?" ”

Koshizo, who was wearing a thick hat, replied in his strange voice, "Omi Gamo and Yamato Tsutsui will follow my house closely, and their messenger is on the way, and you will receive it in a moment." Among the three good generals, Kasai Naganobu and others made some changes, but the most important Iwanari Tomotsu openly supported Oda and seemed to stabilize the situation. Other than that, the wealthy families seem to be waiting for the follow-up development, no one stands up for Miyoshi Changyi, no one opposes it, and even the shogunate has not expressed its position. Rumors abounded in Honganji, Kaimachi, Mt. Hiei, and other places that my family was about to fail. ”

"There are some people who understand!" After hearing the details, Nobunaga sneered, and a murderous intent appeared on his face, "Honganji, Kaimachi, Mt. Hiei, haha...... I didn't expect the shogunate to be able to hold back the three of Miyoshi......"

During this period, he didn't forget to glance at Hite, which meant that he was very effective in the "subduation" of Iwasari Yutong and Tsutsui Shunkei. One of these two people was an important minister of the former Sanhao family, and the other was attached for half a year just now, and now they have such a firm attitude, and the person who handled it is indispensable.

Miyoshi Changyi and Miyoshi Masakang will continue to rebel, which is expected. Araki Murashige's defection was somewhat unexpected, and the reaction from the surrounding area was quite disappointing.

Especially the shogunate's Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who didn't make a posture of crusading against the remnants of Miyoshi at the first time!

Do you want to leave room for future cooperation? That's ridiculous!

No matter how much you hate Oda, you shouldn't talk about any cooperation with Miyoshi Nagaitsu! Did you have any previous foundations on which you could trust each other?

In the past, public opinion has always promoted Miyoshi Nagayi as the culprit who killed the previous generation of the public party and supported the "pseudo-general" Ashikaga Yoshiei!

Isn't Ashikaga Yoshiaki quite politically skilled? Why did you suddenly make such a big mistake? Is there another trick?

As for Honganji, Mt. Hiei, and Kaimachi, there are people secretly active, which is too normal. As long as it's not an overt all-out hostility, there's no need to put much thought into it for the time being.

"Just 3,000 rebel troops, you can wipe them out in an instant, I don't know what those guys in have to wait and see!" Ikeda was very dismissive.

Niwa Nagahide pointed out very objectively: "This is the prestige left by the Miyoshi family's 20 years of rule in!" If it can't be completely defeated, sooner or later it will be a hidden danger. ”

Sen Kecheng nodded violently: "Fortunately, the lord is like a god, and he has already let Lord Shibata stay behind and prepare!" ”

The honest man occasionally patted a horse, which looked like a true expression, which made Nobunaga very useful.

Immediately Oda Nobunaga immediately ordered: "Inform Shibata and set off immediately to attack the Settsu rebellion!" Along the way, you should remember which people came to join you halfway, and you should also remember the chronological order! ”

The tone of the Demon King did not waver at all, but was full of confidence and solemnity.

He didn't think it was dangerous at all, he would just take it as a great opportunity to settle accounts after the autumn.

Most of the retainers in the tent thought the same way. It's just a matter of three good Changyi, if you can be defeated once, twice, you can be defeated for the third and fourth times! What if there are other clowns?

Perhaps Takigawa Kazuki was an accident, he had always been cautious, and he immediately said in his words: "If Shibata-sama's whole army kills Settsu, we will have no one behind us." ”

"It's okay!" Nobunaga didn't care about this, "Asai has made it clear that I have supported me, and the Omi area is very safe. ”

Hirate Honshu listened to his confidence in Asai, and felt a little uneasy in his heart, but after thinking about it rationally, he felt that he was too worried, so he left the matter behind.