On October 4, Oda Nobunaga again raised his troops to Kamiluo. An army of 40,000 from Owari, Mino, and Ise marched mightily towards the territory of the Asai family, without taking a detour from the mountain road. The Oda family's Shibata Katsuie, Mori Katsune, and Sakuma Nobumori, who were located in Minami-Omi, led 18,000 men north to join the army. The Asakura family's army could not arrive in time, and Asai Nagamasa did not dare to rely on his own troops of less than 20,000 men to fight a decisive battle, so he had to gather the main force at Kotani Castle, and let the troops in Sawa Mountain Castle, Yokoyama Castle, and Kamaji Castle on Oda Nobunaga's march route not hold out.

However, Oda Nobunaga's attention is not on the Asai family and the Asakura family, but on trying to solve the troubles of the Miyoshi family. Therefore, instead of giving the order to attack the castle of the Asai family, he passed straight through. Afterwards, he left Sakuma Nobumori and Mori Kasei to garrison Minami-Omi, and the main force continued westward to Kyoto. After leaving 4,000 men of Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide to continue to defend Kyoto, the main force of the Oda army moved further west, and separated Ikeda Tsuneko and Takigawa Kazuki to lead 6,000 men south to support Maple Leaf Mountain Castle. As an ally of Oda Nobunaga under the Joraku banner, Matsunaga Shu also led an army of 10,000 men to the border between Yamato and Hanoi.

At the same time, Yu Qiuping had already taken the lead in leading a total of 2,800 soldiers and 4,800 auxiliary soldiers of Chang Panbei, Ming Di Bei and the cavalry company to the south, and the troops of the Xiaohao clan were directly aimed at Gaowu City, while the troops of the Xiaohao clan stayed in the territory to maintain law and order.

The Miyoshi family then responded, and Miyoshi Masaysu and Miyoshi Changyi immediately gathered 6,000 people from the Miyoshi family in Ho Quan, Hanoi, and came to the front line of the Yamato River to hold on. And Miyoshi Yoshiko also led 9,000 Iyoshi people from Shikoku to cross the sea to Hanoi to support. The 9,000 Awa people of Miyoshi Yoshiken guarded Shikoku to guard against the head of the Nagamune tribe, and the 9,000 Sanuki people led by Tokawa Ichicun rushed to Settsu and made peace with the main force of the Miyoshi Army led by Miyoshi Chokei, with a total strength of 32,000 people. And the more than 8,000 people who lived in Toyasu stayed at Harima behind Settsu to prevent danger behind them.

On the battlefield of Kawachi Province, Yu Qiuping, Ikeda Tsuneko, Takigawa Kazuyoshi, and Matsunaga Shu faced 15,000 men of the Miyoshi Army with nearly 24,000 men, while on the Settsu battlefield, Oda Nobunaga's 40,000 men faced 32,000 men of the Miyoshi family.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the battle situation and found that Yu Qiuping's Einsatzgruppen had not been able to lure many people away for him, but the situation on the main battlefield was even more anxious. Very annoyed, he ordered Yu Qiuping to launch a fierce attack to attract more Miyoshi troops to the south.

Yu Qiuping did not dare to slack off, and immediately launched a fierce attack according to Shigeharu Takenaka's plan. He asked Matsunaga Hide's to launch a feint attack on the eastern defense line of Takaya Castle, although Matsunaga Hide's enthusiasm was not high, but the 10,000 people were there, and the Miyoshi family did not dare to slack off, Miyoshi Masaysu and Miyoshi Nagaitsu immediately led the army to withdraw from the Yamato River line and rushed to the east of the city to strengthen the defense.

And Yu Qiuping did not wait, but let Takigawa Kazuki and Ikeda Tsuneko continue to confront Miyoshi Yoshiko on the north bank of the Yamato River, and he himself led Tokiwa and Naruto to transfer to Sakai Town. Sakai Town is located south of the Yamato River, and both Takaya Castle and Kishiwada Castle are flat rivers without being hindered by mountains and rivers. Miyoshi Yoshihei did not dare to let Chang Panbei, who had the strongest combat power, go around, so he had to leave 3,000 people to guard the front line of the Yamato River, and he personally led the main force of 6,000 people to follow Yu Qiuping to the periphery of Sakai Town, and confronted Yu Qiuping's main force. Speaking of a confrontation, Miyoshi Yoshiko did not dare to accept the field battle with Tokiwa and Naruto - the reason was the shadow brought to the Miyoshi family by the Kyoto Battle and the Shiki War.

In the Battle of Kyoto, although Miyoshi Changqing himself recognized Yu Qiuping's absolute defense, the Miyoshi family also suffered a big loss from Yu Qiuping; But in order to get back on the field, these samurai of the Miyoshi family always boasted after tea and dinner on weekdays: "Yuqiu Red Leaves is just good at defense, if it is an upright field battle, the Miyoshi Army can easily defeat Yuqiuping." ”

However, in the battle of Zhiji not long after, a dignified field battle, the Miyoshi family, which had superior troops, was defeated by Yu Qiuping, who dragged oil bottles with the small wealthy clan and the new recruits of the Yamashiro country. Miyoshi Yoshiken was captured, Iwasari Yudo was even more captured, and the Miyoshi family suffered losses of thousands of people, and was forced to cede Sakai Town and a large amount of land. This frightened the samurai of the Miyoshi family, and for a while, no one dared to confront the Yuqiu army.

The superior forces could not win the battle, and the inferior forces of Miyoshi Yixing naturally did not dare to engage in the battle. However, not daring to engage in battle meant that he was completely unable to restrict the movement of the Yuqiu family. Shigeharu Takenaka suggested that Yu Qiuhei take advantage of the fact that Miyoshi Yixing did not dare to fight, and act separately from Chang Panbei and Ming Di Bei, and contain one way, and go straight to Kishiwada Castle on the other road. However, Yu Qiuping, who had always been cautious, was unwilling to risk the division of troops, so he gave up.

However, Yu Qiuping did not stop there. Under the secret activities of the crows of Amano Keitoku and the call of Hatakeyama Takamasa, the small wealthy clans of Nanhanoi have raised troops to rebel against the Miyoshi family. Originally, under the influence of Hatakeyama Takamasa, they had already refused to join the army of the Miyoshi family, and now they have directly turned against them. Miyoshi Yoshiko, who was on fire everywhere in the territory, couldn't draw any troops to suppress it—because all the troops of the Miyoshi family had been pinned down by the Oda and Matsunaga coalition forces on the defensive line.

Miyoshi Nagaitsu had tried to rely on his old friend to go to bed and go to the Tsumatsu Nagahide - because the latter had indeed been ambiguous in the previous two years, and he was also very close to the Oda family, and he did not support the Oda family's military operations, but acted strangely a few months ago. Even in this military operation, Matsunaga Shu, who was on the Eastern Front, had been grinding foreign workers and had not launched a decent offensive at all. In Miyoshi Nagayi's view, Matsunaga Shu is by no means of a heart with the Oda family, and Oda Nobunaga will definitely not trust Matsunaga Hide.

However, Matsunaga's attitude this time was unusually resolute. Not only did he violate basic diplomatic etiquette and samurai morality by presenting the emissary sent by Miyoshi Nagaitsu directly to the public, but he also handed over Miyoshi Nagaitsu's secret letter directly to Oda Nobunaga instead of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. As the ruler of the shogunate, his status was at least equal to that of Oda Nobunaga. He handed over the secret letter to Oda Nobunaga instead of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, which was equivalent to surrendering his identity and lowering himself to the same level as Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Oda Nobunaga immediately praised Matsunaga Shu when he learned of this, not only awarding him two exquisite tea utensils, but also promising to seal his domain after defeating the Miyoshi family. Oda Nobunaga's move was probably to set an example to win back people's hearts and minds, and to try to re-woo the daimyo in the region against him.

However, Matsunaga Hide, who was attentive to Oda Nobunaga, was still grinding foreign workers on the front line, and this move made Miyoshi Nagaitsu and Miyoshi Masaysu completely incomprehensible. Matsunaga is like a dormant snake, ready to burst out and bite someone at any time - but I don't know who it is.

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Seeing that the situation in Hanoi and Izumi was not optimistic, Miyoshi Changqing had to order Shihe Ichicun to personally lead 9,000 Sanuki people to cross the sea to support and suppress the rebellion of the small wealthy clans. However, the number of Miyoshi troops who confronted the Oda Army in Settsu plummeted to 23,000. Oda Nobunaga immediately seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, and after a bitter battle, on October 19, he captured Akutagawa Yamajo Castle and Takatsuki Castle, and the Miyoshi family castle that had been hanging north of Maple Castle was uprooted.

The Oda family, which was gaining momentum, continued to advance westward and began to attack Noda Castle and Fukushima Castle, which were important strongholds of the Miyoshi family in southern Yodogawa, between Arioka Castle and Ishiyama Gobo. Miyoshi Changqing himself led his troops to personally enter the second city, preparing to defend the city. Oda Nobunaga, on the other hand, led his army to encircle Noda Castle and Fukushima Castle from the east and south, preparing to defeat the main force of the Miyoshi family in one fell swoop.

However, while the Oda family's troops were hunting in the southern part of Noda Castle, they accidentally plundered a Honganji caravan from Ishiyama Gobo. Honganji Shōru, the head of Honganji, immediately sent someone to accuse Oda Nobunaga and demanded that he return the goods belonging to Honganji. Oda Nobunaga was originally a violent temper, how could he afford to suffer such a loss? In addition, he believed that he had an army of 40,000 at his disposal, and he did not take Honganji as a "bald donkey" (his own words) at all, so he sent an envoy to ask Honganji to donate military expenses for the Oda family's army.

When Honganji heard that Oda Nobunaga had turned around and blackmailed him, he was furious and immediately gathered his army to declare war on Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga didn't take Honganji Xianru in his eyes at all, and immediately left Shibata Katsuie and Niwa Nagahide to keep an eye on Miyoshi Chokei, and he himself went south to attack Honganji. However, Honganji had the support of the Saga and Nerai people, and gathered thousands of iron cannons to fight Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga, who was caught off guard, relied on his numerical superiority to suppress Honganji, but he also suffered heavy losses, and Sasa Narumasa was seriously injured and almost died.

The Oda family and the battle of Honganji were together, and Yu Qiuping immediately panicked. His own territory is a "J" shape, and the territory of Honganji Temple is located in the place where the "J" is encased. Originally, when he and Honganji were at peace because of their common enemy, the Miyoshi family, he was able to deploy his forces with ease. However, if Honganji and the Oda clan are hostile, then the Honganji clan can invade his territory from all directions. His territory is equivalent to being attacked everywhere, or on his belly!

Yu Qiuping hurriedly sent an envoy to ask Oda Nobunaga to cease fighting and make up relations with Honganji, but Oda Nobunaga refused. However, with the landing of the Tokawa Ichikusho at Kishiwada Castle, Akihei had to break away from contact with Miyoshi Yoshiko and return to Sakai Town to hold out.

Oda Nobunaga, who had lost face because of Honganji's attitude, did not want to end up like this, but continued to attack Honganji. Seeing this, Honganji declared Oda Nobunaga an "enemy of the Buddha" and called on all the followers of the Oda clan to stand up and defeat the Oda family.

Due to war and famine, the simple doctrine of the Ichō sect was able to have a large number of adherents in Japan. Once these believers unite and launch a rebellion, its power is huge enough to overthrow a daimyo family. In Kaga, the original ruler was expelled by the Ichijo sect. And the Ichijo that happened in Mikawa 7 years ago almost killed Tokugawa Ieyasu half of his life.

And these samurai are just annoying the followers of a country. Oda Nobunaga, on the other hand, directly annoyed the head of the Ichijo sect, Honganji Temple, and was declared an enemy of the Buddha, the enemy of the followers of the Ichijo sect throughout the country. Fortunately, Omi, Mino, and Owari immediately broke out in the area, attacking the troops and castles of the Oda family in all directions. And on Nagashima Island, in the territory of the Oda family, a large-scale rebellion broke out, almost cutting off the connection between Ise Province and Owari Province. Oda Nobunaga's younger brother, Oda Nobuyo, the lord of Owari Province's Kokie Castle, was defeated by the Ichimune rebels, and committed suicide after the castle was destroyed, and Owari was in a hurry.

Seeing fires breaking out in the territory, Oda Nobunaga had to withdraw his troops in dismay. As soon as he withdraws, Yu Qiuping is now facing the 24,000 army of the Sanhao family in front of him, and the Honganji Temple behind him!