At this time, in the army to the west of the Guanyin Temple City, a middle-aged man and an old man were riding side by side.

"His Royal Highness Shixiu is really like a god." The old man glanced at the Kannonji Castle, and then at the middle-aged man beside him, "I had already anticipated the contradiction between Oda Nobunaga and the Gongfang Temple, and I decided that Oda Nobunaga would definitely attack the Rokkaku family first." When the Oda family and the Rokkaku family are defeated, we will come out again to reap the benefits of the fisherman! Wonderful, wonderful! No wonder His Royal Highness Shixiu wants to gather troops so early! As he spoke, the old man seemed to be really involved, and he couldn't help but applaud.

"It doesn't have to be like this. We have been friends for decades, so who is this gesture for? The middle-aged man who was called to take a real break, that is, Miyoshi Yoshixian, reminded with a smile: "Long before I reminded him, wasn't Danzheng already stockpiling grain and grass?" If Danmasa can't see the contradiction between Oda Nobunaga and Gongkata, I don't believe it. ”

"Tut-tut... Shixiu is still as ruthless as before. The old man who was called to play the right - that is, Matsunaga smacked his lips, and even the scars at the corners of his eyes squirmed twice. But the old man is a little curious, since Shixiu is sure that the Oda family will attack, why only bring such a few people? If the whole army of the Miyoshi family is here, they will definitely be able to take Minami Omi and do it once and for all! ”

Miyoshi Yixian sneered when he heard this, and took a deep look at Matsunaga Xiu: "Danzheng, if you shouldn't know, don't ask." ”

"Alas! It's still the same! Matsunaga showed a kind grandfather's tone of caring for his juniors, but there was a flash of sharpness in his eyes, "But you know, the old man is a businessman, and he always needs to know some market conditions before doing business." ”

"It's a pity, since a few years ago, you have not been the shopkeeper of the Miyoshi family." Miyoshi Yixian shook his head with a look on his face, "The accounts of the Miyoshi family don't need you to check anymore. ”

"Danzheng, you are a businessman, and I am also a businessman." Miyoshi Yixian chuckled twice, turned around, stretched out his hand to Matsunaga Xiu, and said, "Businessmen are mercenary, why bother looking ahead." ”

"It's a pleasure to work with."

"It's a pleasure to work with."

The two people who shook hands had a deep meaning in their eyes that the other party couldn't understand.

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At the same time, the Guanyin Temple is on the upper floor of the west city of the city.

"I'll go! So many people! "Yu Qiuping can vaguely see a large black spot composed of troops at the end of the Western official road." Have you figured out whose person it is now? ”

"It's a coalition of the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family." Sanada Masayuki, who followed behind Yu Qiuping, reported: "The leaders are Matsunaga Shu and Miyoshi Yoshiken, with a total number of about 30,000 people. ”

At such a close distance, if you want to retreat, you will definitely be overtaken by you. The army had just woken up, and they were all scattered in their respective camps or temporarily occupied houses, and had not yet assembled in formation, and by the time the formation was finished, it was estimated that the enemy troops had already reached the edge of the city. Unless you are ruthless now, you will order the troops not to assemble but to flee separately and run all the way north to the Coalition control area - but this will mean that nearly half of the troops may be broken up in a long marathon and will no longer be combat-ready for a dozen days. And if the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family have enough cavalry to carry out the pursuit, then it is estimated that there will be very few of the large armies that escaped from each other to return.

"Why did someone touch more than ten miles away to know about the military situation?" The more Yu Qiuping thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but ask Sanada Masayuki with some annoyance, "Do our ninjas all eat dry rice?" ”

"I am incompetent, please atone for my sins." Sanada Masayuki bowed apologetically and explained in a low voice, "Your Highness." Before yesterday, we didn't know that Oda Daden was going to launch a surprise attack on Minami-Omi, so the main area of activity of the ninjas was Gamo County and Kanzaki County, which were the first places we wanted to attack. Due to the very strong strength of the Rokkaku ninjas, our Military Intelligence Department does not have the ability to penetrate beyond the control area of the Rokkaku family to the west of Kannonji Castle to investigate, and the intelligence there is also blind. ”

"After we conquered Kannonji Castle last night, the ninjas were all taken by His Highness Ikeda to chase and intercept the Rokkaku father and son, and by the time they came back, it was already the second half of the night. I originally wanted them to rest for the night, and then go to the west to reconnoiter today. Who would have thought that the troops of the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family would have gathered for a long time, and they had sneaked into the vicinity of the Rokkaku family border before nightfall yesterday, and they began to rush in the early hours of this morning. ”

Sanada's words made Ikeda Tsuneko's face red. Before he launched the pursuit yesterday, Sanada Masayuki did suggest that he spread out the intelligence network to the west first, and the pursuit could wait. However, Yu Qiuping had previously delegated the command of the army to him, and Ikeda Hengxing, who wanted to live a command addiction, rejected Sanada Masayuki's proposal with a wave of his hand, and instead pulled all the ninjas to pursue the Rokkaku father and son.

"Where is the lord's army now? How long will it take to get to Kannonji Castle? Yu Qiuping didn't do any more to investigate, but asked anxiously.

"There is no latest news. Last night, after you had gone to sleep, one of the Oda family's stables came and said that the lord's main army had reached the border between Mino and Omi. Ikeda replied honestly, "But it's still far from here, it's sixty or seventy miles, and it's estimated that it won't be there until tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Withdraw, withdraw, there's nothing more to say, the lord was put together by the two old foxes of Matsunaga Xiu and Miyoshi Yoshixian." Ikeda Hengxing shouted angrily with some unhappiness, "We haven't covered this Guanyin Temple City yet, so we called people back, but it can be regarded as destroying the Rokkaku family, not a waste of work." ”

"What to withdraw, if the Matsunaga family and the Rokkaku family occupy this Jiancheng Guanyin Temple, we will be directly stillborn in Shangluo this time." Yu Qiuping shook his head very resolutely, and patted the wall tiles of the battlements with his hand, "Just guard here!" Reinforcements have arrived! ”

"Defending the city? Momiji, what are you kidding? Ikeda Hengxing stomped his foot very exaggeratedly when he heard this, "This city has just been knocked down by us, and the gates of the city have been smashed open and several have not yet been repaired!" Not to mention anything else, how can the nearly 10,000 hexagonal families be counted? Do they really want to fight hard, can they be trusted? What if you open the gates and surrender to the enemy? What about the 30,000 people on the other side, how can you keep it? ”

"All the wealthy clans of the Hexagonal family were dismissed from the city, and I immediately sent people to start repairing the city defenses." Yu Qiuping didn't say much to Ikeda Hengxing, but turned around and walked straight away, walking towards the castle tower.

"Hey! Red! Can you kid calm down! I don't want to die with you here! Ikeda Hengxing saw that Yu Qiuping seemed to be determined not to retreat, and he couldn't help but jump up in a hurry.

"Don't worry, this isn't the most desperate battle I've ever faced." Yu Qiuping glanced at Ikeda Hengxing, who was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and wanted to make a calm appearance to calm him down. But when the words came to his lips, he laughed all of a sudden: "My worst time, there are only more than 200 slaves around, more than 6,000 people on the opposite side, and my north gate has collapsed." ”

"Come on, call the upper half of the guards, we're going to get to work." Yu Qiuping smiled at Long Zi who was following him and said, "This time for linear planning, there are many people with me to calculate it!" ”

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"Last night, my ninja sent information that the Oda family did not start repairing the castle defenses after conquering Kannonji Castle." Matsunaga Xiu and Miyoshi Yoshiken rode side by side, leading the troops to quickly approach the direction of Guanyin Temple City, and at the same time analyzed very old-fashionedly: "The north gate and east gate of Guanyin Temple City should have been knocked open, and the inner urn city also has many gaps that have been broken. ”

"The number of defenders of the Oda family will exceed 10,000, and we have to resist the attack of our 30,000 army, and we have to beware of the movements of the Rokkaku family's wealthy family, and we will definitely not be able to hold it."

"Don't be careless, the Oda family's guardian will be Yuqiu Flat, Yuqiu Autumn Leaves." However, Miyoshi Yoshiken did not let his guard down because of Matsunaga Hide's words, and reminded him very cautiously.

"Oh? What about the autumn autumn leaves? Why is His Royal Highness Shixiu so respected? Matsunaga Xiu smiled disdainfully when he heard this, "This person is just a person who won more with less in Zhili City." There are no unscrupulous generals in the world, so that the erector becomes famous. ”

Miyoshi Yoshiken glanced at Matsunaga Hide, wanting to see if he really despised Yu Qiuhei, or if he was just joking. Matsunaga Shu was a little puzzled by Miyoshi Yoshiken's eyes, and he didn't understand why Miyoshi Yoshiken was so jealous of this person.

Because Matsunaga Xiu didn't know that it was Yu Qiuping who directly predicted that Matsunaga Xiu would murder all the important ministers of the Miyoshi family in front of the four brothers in the casino ten years ago. Moreover, it turns out that Yu Qiuping is still talking about eight or nine.

Yoshiken Miyoshi once suspected that Akihei Akihei was Hidebu Matsunaga's inner line in the Imagawa family, and it was out of Matsunaga's instructions that he informed the Miyoshi family of Matsunaga's plan. It's just that what the motive is, Miyoshi Yixian has never been clear, and this has also become a heart disease that has plagued him for ten years. However, judging from Matsunaga's demeanor and tone just now, he doesn't seem to have anything to do with Yu Qiuping. Because when Miyoshi Yoshiken showed special interest in Yu Qiuping, he did not doubt or be nervous, nor did he pretend to be surprised and relaxed, but really looked like a person who did not know about it, very puzzled.

"He's not simple." Miyoshi Yoshiken said in a low voice, without further explanation.

As soon as Miyoshi Yixian's words fell, he saw that at the north gate and west gate of Guanyin Temple City, a large number of troops who had not had time to assemble suddenly began to pour out. They ran out of the city in great panic, and when they saw the army of the Matsunaga family and the Miyoshi family, they fled in the opposite direction in a hurry.

"Are you going to abandon the city and flee?" Seeing this, Matsunaga Xiu smiled contemptuously, and looked at Miyoshi Yoshiken with even more puzzled eyes, "This is the person who Shixiu said is not simple?" However, being able to understand current affairs can be regarded as some skills. ”

"Take a closer look, it's right. Those are the troops of the Hexagons. Miyoshi only shook his head, and then set his eyes on the castle tower of Kannonji Castle. I saw that where there was originally only a papaya flag, a maple bird and horse seal representing the rain and autumn was slowly raised.