The fourth day of the fifth month of the third year of the Yuan turtle.

In early summer, the weather is starting to get hotter and hotter. The rugged mountains along the western shore of Lake Biwa, the roads are in disrepair and potholes, making it difficult to walk, combined with the bright sun and the humidity you feel when you breathe.

Of course, even more annoying than the weather is the current war situation.

Heide Honhide, as a faction, led a large force of nearly 30,000 men to bypass Lake Biwa from the west, and has been set off for three days, but he has not yet completed the entire road, and there are still about two days to go from Kyoto.

It was really painstaking to organize such a large-scale troop march in a hurry, and the intelligence agencies did not have time to make arrangements, and all external contacts were interrupted and ineffective. Immediately increase the number of manpower, and it will be difficult to achieve results for a while.

Oda Nobunaga should have arrived in Kyoto by water, did he succeed in controlling the shogunate, stabilizing the name of righteousness, and gaining the allegiance of the Kinai nobles?

What happened to Niwa Nagahide and Mori Kosei who stayed in Echizen and Omi after the break? Can you block a two-sided attack? What about the casualties? Will the two make it back alive?

How did the Uesugi army appear in the rear of the Oda army? How did you bypass Echichu and Hida so easily? It's incredible, this is completely inconsistent with the plot of the Shame Company!

Two years ago, Hirate Honhide's policy of "Asai Saishi" was promoted in order to prevent the situation of Kanesaki's palace.

But now something similar is happening!

Could this be the greatness of "historical revisionism"?

It's just an eighth-rate author who can only make up a bridge when his brain is rusty at home!

Every time he thought of this, he felt so frustrated that he couldn't help but grit his teeth.

If you knew this, it would be better to push the boat down the river and go all the way according to the "original plot", at least compared to others, you still have the advantage of being familiar with the outline in advance.

It's good now, the game-breaker was introduced in advance, and the hegemony of the Oda family doesn't know if it will be so smooth......

This frustration naturally exacerbated the feeling of heat.

Hitetsu was riding on a horse, wearing silver armor, only to feel that the gap between the underwear and the iron piece was all filled with sweat, slippery and sticky, extremely unpleasant.

But there is no way, this posture of facing the great enemy must be maintained.

Because the tie is only a temporary "formation", not a real general.

In front of Kawada Nagakin, Honda Masanobu, Bai Xiang Jiajia and others, no matter how comfortable you are, it doesn't matter. The title of the monarch and the minister has been decided, and there is no need to care about the subsections.

But now in the army, there are Takigawa Kazuki, Ikeda Tsuneko, Beeya Yoritaka and others, and everyone is a colleague, and if you misbehave, you will appear to have lost your identity and lack respect.

It is said that it is a "formation generation", but it is nothing more than being responsible for coordinating the withdrawal of troops during these few days, which does not play much role, but it is just to prevent accidents on the road, and no one can be a temporary command.

In fact, the probability of encountering enemy troops along the western shore of Lake Biwa is quite low.

This land is mostly mountainous, the industry is barren, only a few weak wealthy families such as rotten wood, Takashima, Tanaka, and Shinzhuang, these forces are nominally subordinate to Asai but have always been not very honest, so when Asai Nagamasa went west, he relied on the name of righteousness, the temptation of painting cakes and the threat of force, and took them all away and took them to the front line as cannon fodder.

Therefore, when the army was brought along by the army, he could only see the peasants who were ragged and yellow-skinned, and fled when they saw the army.

Judging from the sights seen along the way, this narrow and barren area adjacent to Kyoto seems to have lost its grassroots structure and has become a primitive society with no one to govern.

adjacent to Kyoto, so it was vulnerable to raiding after the war; The land was barren, making it difficult to recover from looting. The combination of these two points leads to a significant regression in the productive forces and social forms.

On the one hand, this is the cause of the war, and on the other hand, it is also inseparable from the poor governance of the Asai family.

The current situation seems to be too late. It is estimated that it will take a thousand people to reorganize the law and order here, but the taxes here may not be able to support a thousand soldiers......

Even if it is handed over to the flat, it will take many years to encourage production, cultivate terraced fields, accommodate displaced people, and attract settlers, so that order can barely be restored.

It's good that there is no threat from you. But on the other hand, it means that no way to get information has been found. Those peasants in the mountains probably don't even know the name of the current general of Zhengyi.

Nothing happened along the way, and everyone was also worried and silent.

And so, I walked for a whole day.

It wasn't until this evening, when I came to the Otsu neighborhood, that I gradually felt like I was back in human society.

The Otsu area is close to the southernmost point of Lake Biwa, with Mt. Hiei not far to the west, and Nijo Castle, where Ashikaga Yoshiaki lives, is 160 towns (about 17.5 km) to the south.

The area is so close to Kyoto that it is often plagued by military disasters, but it is easy to use and produces abundant products, so it can recover quickly no matter how hard it takes, and many farmers and businesses still gather here.

Although the old owner of the restaurant may have been a samurai whose family had been killed, and the rice fields in the countryside could dig up fresh bones at any time, the people of were still strong and thrived and worked as usual—this is the people of troubled times.

"My lord, Lord Konishi has already brought back the local commission!" Horio Yoshiharu, who was standing in front of the horse, saw that Hirate Hitetsu was a little distracted, and hurriedly took two steps closer to remind.

"Oh......" Honxiu looked up, and sure enough, he saw a few people trotting all the way from the town where the merchant houses gathered, "Hurry up and inform Takigawa, Ikeda, and Bee House to come over and discuss it together!" ”

The Otsu area was nominally under the direct jurisdiction of the Ashikaga family, but in fact there was a government sent by the Ashikaga family to manage it, and it seemed that there were about a dozen guards. This shows that there are still a few capable people in the shogunate, and not all of them eat idle food. (It's just that those who are doing practical things now are either poached by Oda or excluded from within.) ）

In an instant, the shogunate's commissioner hurried to him, his knees weakened, he knelt down in front of his horse, and shouted: "The villain greets the master of the flat hand, I wish you the old man a prosperous martial arts and a prosperous fortune!" ”

"This is Otsu Commissioner, a retainer of the shogunate, whose name is Asakusa Jiro." President Konishi made a presentation.

At first glance, this Asakusa Jiro has a strong body, a fair face, and a clever speech, and seems to be a talent, but he is too groveling.

But it's no wonder that he is not guilty, the Oda army is tens of thousands of people, and the team can't see the end. And the Otsu area doesn't even have a civil engineering castle. With a dozen or so guards to manage this place, it can be counted as a small official at the level of a village chief.

"You've done a great job." Through eye exchange with the retainers, after confirming that the other party did not have weapons, Hiratsu dismounted and helped Jiro Asakusa in front of him.

Then Fan Xiu began to hesitate, not knowing whether to ask the small village chief for information.

Judging from the situation in front of them, the Ashikaga family probably hasn't launched a full-fledged alert yet, which means that Kyoto is at least safe. But did Nobunaga make it there? Where did he go at this moment?

Seeing that the lord did not speak, Kawada asked instead: "Lord Jiro Asakusa, it is almost night, and our army needs to be stationed, how many supplies and venues can you provide?" We will pay at the market price. ”

"Huh...... Belch...... It's hard for me...... Asakusa Jiro squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying when he heard this, "Villain, there are only eight hundred peasants and two or three hundred merchants within a radius of ten miles, if you need supplies, you might as well go to Mt. Hiei not far to the west." Especially in the past few days, rumors have been rampant, and there are fewer and fewer merchants here here......"

"Rumors? What rumors? Can it be related to my Oda family? As he spoke, Ikeda Tsuneko had already arrived on horseback, followed by Kazuki Takikawa and Yoritato Beeya.

Hirate Honshu is also very sensitive to this: "Asakusa-sama, what kind of rumors have arisen nearby, you might as well talk about it with our generation." ”

"Huh?" Jiro Asakusa subconsciously covered his mouth, but it was obviously too late. His face was suddenly defeated, and his tone was also crying, and he kowtowed again and again: "There are no rumors!" It was the villain's slip of the tongue for a while! Thank you for your understanding! ”

It is said that it is a slip of the tongue, but this gesture is obviously to cover up, and there is no silver here.

"This kid, dare to be dishonest?!" Ikeda Hengxing turned over and dismounted, strode over, reached out and pinched Asakusa Jiro's neck, and lifted it fiercely, "Hurry up and tell the truth, spare your dog's life!" ”

"How can Ikeda-sama be like this, this is the shogunate's commissioner." Hirata Tsunehide smiled and quietly pushed away Ikeda Hengxing, turned his head, and bowed slightly to the frightened Asakusa Jiro and apologized, "This is Lord Ikeda Hengxing, the fierce general of the family, I may not be able to stop him when he is angry, I look at Lord Asakusa, you don't need to make him angry." ”

"Uh...... Belch...... Be...... It's ......" Jiro Asakusa trembled and spoke incoherently, his eyes rolling around, as if he was scared stupid.

At this time, Takikawa slowly stepped forward and said: "Since it is a rumor, there must be a lot of people in the town who know, and you can ask any person, this person is so dishonest, and it is ...... to kill him with a knife."

"That's right!" Ikeda Hengxing nodded, and he was about to use his knife to draw.

"Ahh Yes! Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I say! I say! Asakusa Jiro woke up in shock, and then he fell on his stomach again, curled up on the ground, holding his head in both hands, "In the past two days, merchants and guests have said that Oda Danmasa-sama has ...... Already...... That one...... Bliss in the afterlife...... The villain didn't dare to curse Oda to play his old man's house, just paraphrased! Spare your life, spare your life!! ”

However, at this moment, everyone in the Oda family has fallen into a petrified state, and they can still take care of this little person.

"Bastard! What nonsense! After a moment of confusion, the flat hand hammered the big tree beside him with his right hand, and scolded in a venting manner, and then the back of his brain began to return to a clear state, and immediately took the map in the hands of the attendants around him and spread it on the ground.

Seeing this, Takigawa, Ikeda, and Bee House also regained their composure.

Pingshou Tsunoshi's eyes moved, and he quickly found the target, and his finger was firmly on the map: "The lord walked by water, he should have landed three days ago, and the estimated location - the area around the restaurant, about a hundred towns (11 kilometers) away from here, let's hurry up and march over to find out the truth of the incident first!" ”