"Look at these people...... It's clear that the war hasn't started yet, and it's like you've already won. ”

Under the scorching sun, Asai Hisamasa sat in the military tent, squinting his eyes, and reading the words on the secret letter with great difficulty, and at the same time exclaimed with disdain.

Now all parts of are mobilizing and preparing for war, so he, an old guy who has gone into hiding, is also the head of the "pro-Asakura faction" at home, and he wears armor with vigor and spirit, follows Asakura Jingjing to the front line, and also participates in the plundering of Nishimino and the joint battle under Gifu Castle with the remnants of Omi.

Nominally, Asai and his son are severed, but everyone thinks that they must have maintained a secret connection.

It is true that Asai Hisamasa can still easily learn about the situation of the Kyoto military conference from his son.

"If that's the case, there's no need to completely listen to Kuroda's kid's plan, it's better to simply rely on Asakura to defeat this rabble army."

After reading the secret letter, Asai Hisamasa couldn't help but have some bold ideas, but inadvertently swept his eyes to the two heads hanging on the high platform outside the tent, but he shook his head helplessly and sighed: "It's still not good, the only Tsuruga people who can fight are damaged by internal friction, and the Asakura family is now completely strong from the outside." Twenty-five thousand to eight thousand, and it is up to our Asai family to win. ”

Those two heads are naturally Niwa Nagahide and Mori Kesei.

The so-called "twenty-five dozen eight thousand" is what happened when Kanegasaki was the queen.

What happened this month is so exciting, and it still feels like a dream when I think about it.

I have to admit that a group of Harima people led by Kuroda Kanbei sent by my son are really capable.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the regular secret contact between the daughter-in-law who married from Owari and her mother's family, he found clues from the Oda family's intelligence agency, and cooperated with the 100 "Regulusa" ninjas sent by the Uesugi family to support, and captured and killed Kojuzo, the leader of the "Feast Talk". Such a subtle action was unheard of before.

Even the leader of the regenyuan Kaminobu, who is called "Kato Duanzo", seems to have said something like "Rather than returning to Echigo and being widely suspicious, it is better to do something big with Kuroda-sama". I don't know how a Harima person can manage his connections to Hokuriku.

Then, under the pretense of taking the opportunity of a diplomatic visit by 500 people from Naoe Keitsuna via Hida Kamiraku, he forged the signs of ambushing the Oda army after thousands of troops and horses, so that Nobunaga believed it to be true and fled in a hurry.

As for how to contact the forces of all parties before, and how to arrange the assassination after that, Asai Hisamasa is not very clear.

What he knew was that after the main force of the Oda army retreated, the 25,000 people of Asakura launched a fierce attack, but in the face of the 8,000 people of Niwa Nagahide and Mori Kosei, they did not have any advantage, and even caused an embarrassing situation in which the general Kawai Yoshito was taken by Mori Kecheng and the thousands of people under his command were scattered.

At this time, Kuroda Kanbei stepped forward again, deceived Niwa Nagahide in the name of "discussing and resisting Uesugi", decisively drew his sword and killed him, and then personally led the "Kuroda Party" retainers to charge around to open up the situation. Then the remaining troops of the Asai family, taking advantage of the fact that the situation was still unclear, rushed out of the rear from the rear in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, it will depend on the people of the Asakura family......

Therefore, after all, it was the strategy designed by Kuroda Kanbei that was the most suitable.

First use all means to help the weak Asakura defeat the strong Oda, and then the Asai family will defeat Asakura Yoshikei head-on and obtain a position sufficient to replace the Oda family.

It's a pity that Nobunaga didn't die this time, and the following Hite, Takigawa and the like did have some ability, and they barely stabilized the situation......

However, the Asai family has already received a gratifying benefit.

Next, it is necessary to consider how to further expand the results of the battle when the father and son are in each side.

"Katsuie Shibata is the vanguard, and Kazuki Takigawa is the Einsatzgruppen...... If you know what is going on in advance, you should be able to concentrate on at least killing one of the two...... We must find a way to make Asakura Jingjing hold on until the Asai army engages in battle and then lose, otherwise the credit will be given to others in vain......"

As for how to do it - I'll ask that kid Kuroda Kanbei later.

This person is really the lucky star of our Asai family, it is rare to do big things cleanly, plain but modest and cautious, and not full of material desires, which is very reassuring.

If it weren't for the fact that he was married and the children were two years old, he should have been recruited as a son-in-law, but it's a pity. The in-laws can't be done, but in the future, the reward must be given a little more, and it will be well encircled.

At this moment, Hisamasa Asai has a strong self-confidence in the future, and even with it, he began to feel that the people in Kyoto were nothing remarkable.

This kind of momentum appeared almost for the first time in his nearly 50 years of life.

……

As Hisamasa Asai said, the war has not yet been fought, but people seem to feel that the outcome is no longer in suspense.

On the Ashikaga and Oda sides, 60,000 or 70,000 men gathered in Kyoto, and spent the day thinking about how to divide the fruits of the war, without thinking about how to defeat the enemy.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki doesn't know about military affairs, Oda Nobutada is not old enough, but it's okay, and a bunch of generals such as Asai, Tokugawa, Shibata, and Hirate are also so negligent It's really unreasonable, I don't know if it's done on purpose, or if it's a decline in IQ on a specific occasion?

But it is unlikely that the Asakura side will engage in a good show similar to the night battle of Kagoshi.

Because as the backbone of the main body, the lord Asakura Yoshikage was already at a loss, and he had no intention of arming the army, but instead spent all his efforts to find someone to intercede and make peace, first found a familiar minister and cultural person, and then entrusted the senior monks of various sects to be representatives, and finally pulled the brother-in-law Takeda Shingen.

It's a pity that Ashikaga Yoshiaki is completely unsympathetic and refuses them all.

In this case, even the 30,000 troops with the Asakura family were all panicked, and the nominal general Asakura Jingjing couldn't suppress the situation at all.

It seems that he drove away Nobunaga and took Niwa Nagahide and Mori Kesei, but he repeatedly hit a wall all the way south. Unable to defeat Gifu Castle, Mino failed to defeat the three people, and did not dare to fight against the coalition army organized by the shogunate. After picking up a big bargain, the weak nature of the Asakura family seems to be gradually revealed, and it seems that they are about to be defeated before they fight.

At this time, Hisashi Asai, who is at the center of the whirlpool, may be the most calm and serene person.

Even the real mastermind was not as calm as he was.

……

At the same time that Asai Hisamasa was looking at the two heads in a daze, Kuroda Kanbei, who was disguised as a flag pawn, was also thinking about something similar from a dark angle, closing his eyes and pondering.

The difference is that, as a perfectionist, Kuroda Kanbei did not feel a sense of accomplishment at all, but was filled with frustration inside.

Although this plan can be called a big victory, the effect is only about 50% of the expected, and it is not enough for the Asai family to replace Oda and take sole control of, at most to achieve the status of equality.

used up all the hole cards and chips, from the dark to the light, and since then has been regarded as a thorn in the side of countless people, and can no longer "make a fortune quietly"...... After spending so much money, and still just sitting on an equal footing, what is there to be happy about?

Sugitani's marksmanship was not as good as he boasted, and although he killed Oda Nobubu, Murai Sadakatsu and others, his biggest goal was not successful.

Matsunaga Hideki had obviously agreed to lead the troops to mend the sword, but he temporarily repented. I thought that this fox was old and confused and could be used once, but it still didn't work.

Honganji is like that coward, not to talk about it, sitting on so much capital, and saying that "there must be a name for righteousness, and one of the Uesugi Takeda Mori will be involved before the army will be sent to Oda". It's no wonder that when Nobunaga went to Luo a few years ago, he was able to easily extort 5,000 pieces of silver from Ishiyama.

As for the Kaimachi merchants, Mt. Hiei Enryakuji and other forces, not to mention, they are originally some rat-eyed wall grass, and they can't be counted on.

There is also Sakuma Nobumori, who has been an agent by his side for half a year, basically did not find useful information, and was misled, underestimating the talent of Hisho Tsuhide, and almost a bad thing.

In the end, the hunt and killing of the Oda ninja organization "Feast Talk" relied on the details dug up from Mrs. Aichi.

In fact, I can't talk about digging deeply, but I just listed her activity records over the years, compared them for three days, and found out the suspicious points one by one.

By analogy, it's probably equivalent to the energy expended in playing ten games in a row.

It's not that I, Takataka Kuroda, am smart, but that ordinary people are too stupid.

A woman who has no special respect for gods and Buddhas by nature has to go to the same temple every two or three months after marriage, and this is not noticed.

Therefore, the Asai family is just brave and able to fight in vain, and there are still a lot of omissions in internal and external affairs, which is suitable for use as a step to climb the ladder.

Everyone takes what they need, and there is no need to feel guilty. If it weren't for my ingenuity, how could he have the momentum he has today? Even if it is replaced in the future, it will be returned to its original owner, not usurped below—Kuroda Kanbei thought so in his heart.

However, for the time being, in the past few years, I will have to share the honor and disgrace with the Asai family for a while.

The best thing is to let Asai Nagamasa climb to the sky in a short period of time, and climb higher and higher, but the foundation is not solid at all. There is no need to do anything deliberately, Asai Nagamasa is not good at court affairs at all, and he lacks the ability to lay a solid foundation.

"Since it's a step, the most important thing is to be able to go up along it, and even if it collapses later, it may not have much impact."

Kuroda muttered to himself, turned his head to look at Asai Hisasa's tent, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

"If you want to quickly overwhelm the Oda family and make Asai stand alone, I'm afraid you'll have to use what you have...... According to the degree of unkindness of Lord Bizen (Asai Nagamasa's self-proclaimed), I guess I don't need much persuasion, so I won't hesitate to agree. ”