The next morning, Akihei and a few friends who had been close to Kinoshita Hideyoshi saw him off at the pier at Moriyama. In his impression, it seems that this is not the first time that Kinoshita Hideyoshi has set a drink to see him off - I wish him a smooth completion of the mission of nine deaths and a safe return. The little man who looked like a monkey was always on the most dangerous path, and never seemed to care about his life. The person who has low self-esteem in his bones is always fighting for the respect of others.

In order to ensure that the morale of the army was not weakened, he did not even tell his 500 subordinates what their purpose was, but lied that they were just going to replace the Asai family's troops to change their defenses. I don't know how I would feel when I realized how crazy their actions were in front of 500 subordinates.

"Fujiyoshiro, this time it's really not the same as before." Before leaving, Yu Qiuping did not forget to instruct Kinoshita Hideyoshi, "If you are a little careless, you really have no place to die, and we can't help you at all." ”

"It's okay, I have taken the hearts of several brothers." Kinoshita Hideyoshi patted his chest nonchalantly, but in fact, his thighs couldn't stop trembling, "On weekdays, I can't compare to those samurai, and if I can make a contribution, I only have the opportunity that these samurai dare not go." ”

"You, you... Sooner or later, I'm going to lose my life! Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly and patted Kinoshita Hideyoshi's shoulder, "Anyway, you are so self-conscious, remember to come back alive!" ”

Seeing the few temporary merchant ships carrying 500 soldiers slowly leaving the shore, Yu Qiuhei, Maeda Toshiie, Ikeda Hengxing and others all felt a lot of emotion. In this era, there were so many life and death partings between samurai that they were all a little numb.

However, before they could reminisce for long, suddenly a Oda family's mother-clothed people came on horseback, and when they saw Yuqiu and others, they turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to everyone, and said in a low voice: "The lord asked you to go back quickly, there is an urgent military situation to discuss?" ”

"What?" Ikeda Hengxing was shocked when he heard this: "The Miyoshi family has attacked? ”

"No," the mother said, shaking her head in confusion, "the Miyoshi family has sent an envoy to sue for peace. ”

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By the time Yuqiu and the others rode back to the camp, the envoy of the Miyoshi family had already returned. In the main tent of the Chinese army, the senior samurai was discussing the situation in front of him loudly in confusion.

"Mitsuhide, what happened just now?" Yu Qiuping saw that Oda Nobunaga was arguing with Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Asakura Yoshikei and others, and he couldn't take care of himself for the time being, so he found Akechi Mitsuhide and asked.

"Momiji, how strange you said it was." Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head in confusion and said, "Just now, Doctor Miyoshi sent an envoy to ask for peace talks. He said he would like to meet with the lord alone, or ask him to send a plenipotentiary to meet with him. He seemed to be in such a hurry that the lord had to give an answer today, or else he would no longer consider negotiations. ”

"What? How can it be? Yu Qiuping was also stunned when he heard this, "Yesterday we attacked for a day but we didn't make an inch, why did the Miyoshi family ask for peace when they took advantage of it?" As long as it drags on any longer, there will be a day when the coalition forces will not be able to hold on. ”

"We don't know what the repairman is thinking." Akechi Mitsuhide looked out of the tent with a worried face—it was the direction of Seda, who was covered in Miyoshi's nails. "I don't understand why the winning side is in such a hurry to make peace."

"Could it be that the rear is unstable?" Yu Qiuping tilted his head and thought about it, and put forward a guess: "So the Miyoshi family can't be consumed, and they must quickly withdraw to the territory." But there is no way to defeat us, only to make peace. ”

"The prevailing view now is what you say." Akechi Mitsuhide turned his head to look at the samurai who were in full swing in the discussion, "But there are also people who are worried that it is a ploy by Dr. Miyoshi, and advocate not going to peace talks." ”

"What does the lord mean? How many Highnesses? Yu Qiuping also followed the gaze of Akechi Mitsuhide, "According to the character of the lord, I will definitely not stop negotiating because I am worried about fraud." ”

Sure enough, he was hit by Yu Qiuping. As soon as he finished speaking, Oda Nobunaga seemed to have reached some kind of consensus with Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Asai Nagamasa, and Asakura Yoshikei, and then strode towards Akihei's side.

"Guangxiu, we have decided that you and Changxiu will be the representatives of the coalition forces, but the Miyoshi family will negotiate with them." Oda Nobunaga patted Akechi Mitsuhide on the shoulder and asked with great trust, "We believe in your abilities. When you go to negotiate, Yu allows you to agree to any conditions, and also allows you to make arbitrary conditions at will, anyway, you must try to find out the attitude of the Miyoshi family, and figure out why the repair doctor is so anxious to negotiate peace? ”

"My lord...?" Wise Guangxiu was stunned when he heard this, and asked tentatively: "The lord has given me such a large negotiation authority, which is inevitably a little inconsiderate. ”

"Don't worry, you can talk casually." Oda Nobunaga laughed out loud when he saw Akechi Mitsuhide's reaction, "Anyway, there is such a thing as a treaty, and Yu will not abide by it!" ”

After Akechi Mitsuhide and Niwa Nagahide left, Oda Nobunaga immediately ordered the entire ninja army of the coalition army to go out and do their best to investigate whether there was anything wrong in the Miyoshi family's territory, and to work hard and arrange Hosaku streets in the Miyoshi family's territory.

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In the afternoon of the same day, Niwa Nagahide and Akechi Mitsuhide returned from the Miyoshi family's camp to conclude negotiations. As soon as the two of them entered the camp on the front foot, they were directly pulled by Oda Nobunaga on the back foot to directly pull the main account of the Chinese army to inquire about the situation.

"Miyoshi Repair looks tired, and it seems that he hasn't rested for a long time." Niwa Nagahide first mentioned Miyoshi Chokei's state, "I didn't see Miyoshi Shixiu in the army. It stands to reason that such an important negotiation will definitely be attended by Miyoshi Minoru, as an important think tank of the Miyoshi family. But even though His Highness Anzhai and His Highness Shihe came, he was still nowhere to be seen. ”

"Isn't Yoshigen Miyoshi here?" Ashikaga Yoshiteru frowned when he heard this, "General Ben and the Miyoshi family have an old relationship, and they know the inside story. On weekdays, all matters involving the diplomacy of the Miyoshi family are handled by Yoshiken Miyoshi. He wasn't there, could it be that he couldn't pull away from other places? ”

"And what did you all talk about?" Asai Nagamasa then asked.

"Miyoshi Repair first issued a condition, saying that we should withdraw from the three counties of Yasu County, Kuritai County and Koga County to the Rokkaku family, so that the Rokkaku family can return to the country. At the same time, he gave up supporting the Gongfang Palace. If so, Miyoshi is willing to make peace with us. Akechi Mitsuhide recounted the conditions of Miyoshi Chokyung word for word.

"Is this really the first condition that the Miyoshi repair doctor prescribed?" Oda Nobunaga shook his head in disbelief and said, "This condition is too weak, isn't it?" We didn't fight Koga-gun, we were all ninjas. And the number of stone heights in Litai County and Yasu County is not too much. The Miyoshi family didn't even ask for their own occupation of these two counties, but just asked us to return them to the Rokkaku? ”

Asakura Yoshikage straightened out his noble palace clothes and hat, and said quite elegantly in the standard Kyoto accent: "Obviously, I lack confidence, and I am in a hurry to withdraw the army, and I dare not make too many conditions, for fear that we will refuse." ”

"And after that?" Asai Nagamasa asked again, "How did you negotiate after that?" ”

"To sum it simply..."Akechi Mitsuhide groaned for a moment and said in a low voice, "In order to test the repair doctor, we rejected this already very generous condition, and instead asked the repair doctor to withdraw from Kyoto and stop supporting the puppet general Ashikaga Yoshiei. To my surprise, the repair doctor did not get angry at this condition, but withdrew and discussed with His Royal Highness Anzhai and His Highness Shihe for a while, and said that he would come back to give me an answer. ”

"What kind of reply is that?" Ashikaga Yoshiki seemed to have captured some key information, and asked anxiously.

"He said that he was willing to give up supporting the puppet general Ashikaga Yoshiei and welcome back the Gongkata Palace as a general." Akechi Mitsuhide raised his head and paused, looking at Ashikaga Yoshiteru: "But I am not willing to give up control of Kyoto to the Oda family, but I suggest that the Miyoshi family control Nijo Castle - west of Kyoto, and the Oda family control Nijo Castle - east of Kyoto." ”

As soon as Wise Guangxiu's words fell, there was an uproar in the big tent.

"It's not peace anymore... To make such a compromise is almost to give in. Yu Qiuping was very surprised that Miyoshi Changqing was willing to put forward such a condition, and everyone in the tent was also talking for a while.

"Miyoshi's house must have caught fire in the backyard." Asakura Yoshikyo smiled contemptuously, "After all, there are many people who don't agree with the Miyoshi family. Seeing that the main forces of the Miyoshi family gathered in Kyoto, the anti-Miyoshi forces in Shikokushima, Settsu, and Harima all took the opportunity to jump out and rebel. Miyoshi repairs are too busy to take care of themselves, so naturally they can't afford to defend this Kyoto. Otherwise, the Ouchi family is a lesson from the past. ”

Asakura Yoshikage's analysis made sense, and the samurai in the tent nodded their heads in approval. Even the important ministers of the Oda family, who had always been unaccustomed to Asakura Yoshikei, had to admit that this was true.

"In the end, I still rejected the condition of the No. 3 repair, but it can be seen that the Miyoshi repair doctor has lost the confidence to confront the coalition forces." Niwa Nagahide concluded, "If we insist on not negotiating peace and not retreating, the Miyoshi family may have to withdraw their troops." ”

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On October 4, the standoff continued, and intelligence from the coalition ninjas confirmed Asakura's suspicions. On the island of Shikoku, after the departure of Miyoshi Yoshiken, Tokawa Izuku, and Ataka Fuyasu, the head of Chosamune's tribe immediately gathered Tosa's Ichizuzu army and invaded Awa northward. And in Harima, the Akamatsu family finally waited for a chance to breathe and began to fight back. At the same time, the remnants of the Ikeda clan in Settsu also rebelled, and it is said that they also contacted the Hatano family in Tamba and the Honganji monks of Ishiyama Gobo to retake the Ikeda family's territory. For the Miyoshi family, it can be said that the territory has suffered everywhere.

And on October 5, even more shocking information arrived.