When Yu Qiuping walked out of Kotani City in a daze, he already had an extra bag of beans in his hand. It was Ah Shi who stuffed it into his hand before leaving. This hard-working woman is about to witness her brother and her husband fighting on the battlefield. The tragedy of family interests and political marriage still befell her. Whether it's the Tsukuyama Palace, Imagawa Kaede, or Ah Shi, this may be the fate of a woman in troubled times, who can't escape.

"His Royal Highness Changzheng told me that he was going to be enemies with his brother and everyone, I really don't want to see anything like that... I don't want to see my beloved husband and my family fighting each other on the battlefield. Pear blossom with the rain Ah Shi paced to the side of Yu Qiuping, who was about to leave, the makeup on his face was already crying, "But I understand the position of His Royal Highness Changzheng, he is fighting for his righteousness, and I can't stop him for my own personal feelings." ”

"I am the wife of His Royal Highness Nagamasa, the head mother of the Asai family, and I am already a member of the Asai family." Ah Shi whimpered at that time as he took out a bag of beans from his arms, and the ends of the bag containing the beans were sewn tightly with threads. "When the Asai family and the Oda family were opposed, I had to stand on the side of the Asai family, and I hope that Brother Momiji and everyone don't blame me." Ah Shi wiped away his tears and stuffed the bag of beans into Yu Qiuping's hand, "The Asai family is about to send troops, please help me bring these beans to my brother." If my brother could understand, he might have reacted an hour earlier. This is also what I, as the princess of the Oda family, can finally do for the Oda family. ”

"I see, I'll bring it." Yu Qiuping endured the sadness that was no less than Ah Shi, forced a smile and comforted, and then turned to leave, "Ah Shi should also take care of his body and take care of Chacha and them." ”

"Brother Momiji, this time the alliance is broken, the Asai family and the Oda family will not really go to the point of life and death!" Just when Yu Qiuping was about to walk out of the city gate of Honmaru, Ah Shi suddenly took a few steps forward, grabbed Yu Qiuping's sleeve, and cried silently: "No! Brother Momiji, tell me, it won't be! It's going to be reconciled in the future, right? ”

Yu Qiuping's body was stunned for a moment, and he turned around a little sneeringly. Although he didn't say anything, the sadness on his face had already given the answer. Ah Shi's face suddenly turned pale, and his body suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably.

"If the Asai family wins, there may be a possibility of reconciliation." Yu Qiuhei swallowed his saliva and recounted the history of his previous life with some difficulty, "But if the Oda family wins, the history of the Asakura family and the Asai family as daimyo may come to an end." Because the lord will never let the two rich lands of Echizen and Kita-Omi fall into the hands of others. ”

In fact, he can comfort this heartbroken girl with clichés such as "everything will be fine" and "the Asai family and the Oda family will be reconciled". He knew that what Ah Shi wanted to hear now was such words, which could support her to come out of her grief. But when she thought that history was about to repeat herself, that Ashi's warm family was about to fall apart, and that she would have to spend the rest of her life in tragedy, Yu Qiuping's lies could not be spoken.

"It's... That's the case..."Ah Shi was overwhelmed by Yu Qiuping's heavy tone, and asked timidly: "Then if the Asai family loses, what will my brother do to His Royal Highness the Long March?" ”

Ah Shi's words seemed to go straight to Yu Qiuping's heart, and he had to think of the cruel "human bone wine glass" in the history of his previous life. ”

Oh, my God......

Yu Qiuping didn't dare to answer Ah Shi's words, but tried to squeeze out a smile at her, and then rode away.

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By the time Yu Qiupei rushed back to the Oda family camp on April 2, Kanesaki Castle had already been captured by the Oritoku coalition forces. The defender of Kanesaki Castle, Asakura Keiheng, did not have much time to organize defenses, so he had to abandon the city and flee.

The military forces of the Asakura family were roughly divided into three groups: the troops directly under the governor of the Asakura family, which were stationed in the western and Wakasa regions of Echizen, and the Ono, which was stationed in eastern Echizen. Asakura Sote, the once famous military commander of the Asakura family, was once the commander of the Tsuruga people. And the current commander of the Tsuruga clan is Asakura Keiheng, who is known as the first general of the Asakura family - he led the Tsuruga clan to capture Wakasa a few years ago.

However, the No. 1 player had to abandon the strategic location of Kanesaki Castle at the moment. Because the Oda clan launched an attack in a hurry, the Tsuruga clan was able to assemble, but the Asakura clan's direct forces and the Onoshi people further east had not yet arrived. The total strength of the Tsuruga group was only more than 8,400 people, which could not withstand the 45,000 troops of the Oritoku coalition army. In order to retain his strength, Asakura Jingheng abandoned the city and left.

However, on April 2, the main force of the Asakura clan also arrived at Hafufu, 30 miles east of Kanesaki Castle, and joined the Tsuruga people of Asakura Keitsune, with a total strength of 25,000 men. The southwest and southeast of Echizen Province are close to the mountains, and the only way to enter the plains in the central part of Echizen Province is to pass through the official road. The ambush held by the main force of the Asakura family is an important pass on the official road. Therefore, the Oritoku coalition army was also gearing up and preparing to attack the Asakura family's troops head-on.

Just when the Weaving Virtue coalition army was about to advance eastward and was holding an evaluation meeting outside Kanesaki Castle, Yu Qiuping rushed back. After he entered the main account, he didn't say much, but directly handed Achi's bean bag to Oda Nobunaga.

"This is what Princess Ashi asked me to bring to the lord, please take a look." Yuqiu's plane was cold, and after saying this, he looked at Oda Nobunaga without saying a word.

Princess Ashi's bean bag made the samurai in the main tent talk a lot, and everyone stared at the bag containing beans for a long time, but they didn't see anything famous - could it be that Princess Ashi still had the leisure to send a bag of beans over in such a tense situation?

"So what does the Asai family mean?" Niwa Nagahide saw that Yu Qiuping seemed to be angry with Oda Nobunaga again, and deliberately said something to liven up the atmosphere, "Did you accept our conditions?" ”

"What to accept, Asai Nagamasa is going to send troops!" Before Yu Qiuping could answer, Oda Nobunaga laughed first. He casually raised the bag in his hand and smiled at the samurai present, "This bag is sewn back and forth, which means that the Asakura family and the Asai family are going to be attacked back and forth." And the beans in this bag are talking about our coalition forces! ”

"Did you say, Yu Qiuping?" Oda Nobunaga sneered, stared at Akihei with eagle-like eyes, and asked in a deep voice.

As soon as Oda Nobunaga said this, everyone in the big tent instantly gasped. According to Han Chinese custom, it is very impolite to call someone by their first name. Although Yu Qiuping is a person who has crossed over and does not have this habit, he has not been called by his name for more than ten years. Oda Nobunaga said this, and it could be seen that he was already very dissatisfied with Yu Qiuping.

"Yes, my lord." Yu Qiuping bowed to Oda Nobunaga and replied in a low voice.

"Didn't Yu tell you to appease Asai Nagamasa! What's the matter with you? Why did the Asai family break the alliance and send troops! After seeing that Yu Qiuping actually had no sense of guilt, Oda Nobunaga completely broke out, and directly scolded in front of everyone: "Why didn't Asai Nagamasa have any news before, Mrs. Pingping, as soon as you go to Asai Nagamasa, you will break the alliance and send troops?" Yu remembers, you have an old relationship with that Asai Nagamasa, and you are still the righteous brother of Asai Nagamasa, did you persuade him to break the alliance and send troops! Then the Asai family and the Asakura family flanked us, and you fought back from behind? Well? I'm talking about it, no! ”

"Isn't it normal for the lord to do such a hurtful thing, and His Highness Asai is fighting for righteousness?" Yuqiu Ping was not afraid of Oda Nobunaga's accusations, and replied with a chest of humility and arrogance: "As for the bottom, the body is not afraid of the shadow slanting, and he will definitely not do anything treacherous!" ”

"What do you mean? Are you scolding Yu? Hahahaha..."Oda Nobunaga laughed angrily, threw the fan in his hand on Yu Qiuping's face, and at the same time said loudly to Sasa Naruma beside him: "Asura, take someone to arrest Yu Qiuping, imprison him after the battle, and hand over his troops to Takenaka Shigeji to lead!" ”

"When a catastrophe comes, the lords don't think about how to retreat from the desperate situation, but they are suspicious of each other?" Yu Qiuping was detained by the two stables led by Zuo Zuo Chengzheng and pulled out of the tent, but he still said hardly: "Now that our coalition army is lonely outside the country, the back road is not guaranteed, and we will suffer from both sides, and the lord has not thought about it earlier?" ”

Yu Qiuping's words caused many samurai in the tent to worry. Tokugawa Ieyasu, Niwa Nagahide, Mori Kasei, and many other samurai were worried about the situation of the coalition forces at the moment. What Yu Qiuping said is true, the Weaving Virtue coalition army is being attacked on both sides at the moment, and it is still in the territory of the unfamiliar Asai family. If the Asai family had rebelled, the Oda family's retreat to Minami-Omi would have been cut off. The 45,000-strong army is already in a desperate situation at the moment, and only by struggling to break through Asai Nagamasa and seize the way back can there be vitality, and it is really not a wise move to start infighting now. As a result, many people in the tent spoke out to make it clear for Yu Qiuping, reminding Oda Nobunaga that the situation was in crisis at the moment, and that they should unite as one.

"Oh?" After seeing the reaction of everyone in the tent, Oda Nobunaga raised his eyebrows a little proudly, but he didn't feel the slightest nervousness, "Do you really think that we are in a desperate situation?" ”

Before everyone could react, Oda Nobunaga had already waved his hand. The few stables behind him immediately presented a map and hung it on the plank behind the main tent. Everyone looked at it, and this was a map of the area around Mt. Shidake-Nagaboji Temple-Kanesaki Castle.

"Yu deliberately provoked the Asai family and crossed its territory to attack the Asakura family, not for anything else, but to lure the Asai family to break the alliance and send troops." Oda Nobunaga sneered and glanced at the other side of Lake Biwa from a distance, "The Asai family took the initiative to break the alliance, and Yu also had an excuse to attack Kita Omi." Yu had already agreed with Captain Uemon that as long as the Asai family went north to attack, he would immediately lead the 20,000 troops left behind in the Kyoto area to march east and attack the empty Kita-Omi! ”

"And here!" The more Oda Nobunaga spoke, the more proud he became, and he tapped heavily on the map with his hand, "Since the Asai family has sent troops, our back road has been cut off, and there is only one way to retreat." The Asakura family, who had been unable to defend themselves, will surely emerge from his well-guarded turtle shell and come after us. Yu gave him Kanesaki Castle and induced him to go deeper. ”

"Then, let's go from Mt. Cheap to Changfa Temple, and re-fortify!" Oda Nobunaga pointed to the official road from Mt. Shidake to Nagaji Temple with the finger of his right hand, and automatically pulled a long line to the west, "Here is a mountain in the north and water in the south, and there is only one official road that is not wide, as long as we stick to the official road, we can keep Asai Nagamasa's army here for several days!" ”

"At this time, the pursuing force of the Asakura family is almost about to catch up with Chofa Temple. He must have thought that we were fleeing in confusion, and only wanted to find a way back from the Asai family, and he definitely did not want to stay for a long time, so he must have pursued us carelessly. Oda Nobunaga sneered again, and at the same time said in a deep voice: "Then we will set up an ambush on the mountain road from Kanesaki Castle to Chohoji Temple and defeat the careless Asakura family in one fell swoop." Then turn around and wipe out the Asai family! ”

Oda Nobunaga said, grabbed the beans in the bag that had just been placed on the table, glanced at him with disdain, and squeezed it hard. The rudimentary sewn bag was pinched and exploded by Oda Nobunaga, and the beans in the bag burst out and scattered all over the ground.

"Yu Zhi is in the world, time is limited, and there is no time to delay. It's much easier to get the troublesome things together. Oda Nobunaga laughed heroically, and at the same time he put one foot on the table in front of him, and raised his arms to the samurai in the main tent and shouted, "Look at Yu to destroy Asakura first, and then destroy Asai!" Echizen Omi, all in the bag! ”