On the evening of May 20, the Oda army finally fled back to Kuroda Castle, the starting point of the attack. The Saito family did not chase after them and withdrew their troops before sunset.

In this battle, the Oda family suffered heavy losses. Not only did he suffer many routs when he was ambushed, but he was also scarred by the tails of the Saito family's army. Of the 9,000 troops at the time of the expedition, only 6,000 fled back to Owari. The remaining 3,000 were either killed or captured, or they lost contact with each other because of the breakup, and it is not known whether they will be able to return to the establishment. The loss was more than 30%, which can be said to be comparable to the fiasco of Oda Nobuhide in the Battle of Kana Kou. And almost all the baggage brought by this battle was lost, and the armor and weapons were even more lost.

Owari has been facing a shortage of men because of the continuous campaign, and this battle has made the situation even worse. It is very likely that the Oda family will encounter the dilemma of having empty territory but not being able to gather an army. According to Niwa Nagahide's estimates, the Oda family can only mobilize 9,000 people now, and their strength has fallen to the level they were on the eve of the Battle of Barrel Sasama.

From Oda Nobunaga to Ashigaru of the Oda family, everyone was apprehensive about this fiasco. At the post-war evaluation meeting, Oda Nobunaga scolded all his subordinates one by one, and it was difficult to eliminate the resentment in his heart. The retainers dared not speak out, but in fact, everyone knew that the biggest decision-making mistake in this battle came from Oda Nobunaga himself.

As time passed, more details about the battle spread in the land of Nooo. It turned out that many wealthy families in Nishimino had long been ready to ambush Oda Nobunaga, rather than improvising. They deliberately did not support Saito Ryuko, just to force Saito Ryuko to relinquish the power of the center, and at the same time to induce Oda Nobunaga to carelessly go deep into the territory of Mino. And the "Nishimino Hao clan coalition army is about to rescue Inabayama Castle" that they spread was actually just a cover to force the Oda family to retreat, thus giving the Nishimino Hao clan a chance to calmly ambush on the road that must be passed through to retreat. They sealed off the news in advance in order to be able to quietly lurk on the west bank of the Nagara River to deal a fatal blow to Oda Nobunaga.

A complete fiasco, losing powerlessly, Oda Nobunaga was completely defeated at the hands of the Nishimino wealthy clan this time, which discredited Oda Nobunaga's prestige. He originally became famous by relying on the surprise attack of Narumi City, but now he has become a laughing stock of people. On the other hand, it is the famous Shigeharu Takenaka, the mastermind of the battle on the Mino side. Legend has it that Shigeharu Takenaka played an important role in the formulation of the plan, the liaison between the wealthy clans, to the forced compromise of Saito Ryuko, and finally the tactical arrangement. For a time, the title of "Meinong's unicorn" resounded in the thick tail.

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And the wealthy clan of Nishimino also took advantage of the great victory after the war to raise troops under Inabayama Castle, forcing Saito Ryuko to fulfill his promise. Hineno Hiroshi and Naomitsu Takeyo were driven back to their territory from Inabayama Castle, and the Joint Council of Heavy Ministers officially replaced Saito Ryuxing's team as the central brain. And Mamoru Ando, as the person sent by Nishimino to "protect the safety of Saito Ryuko", led his troops into the barracks outside the west gate of Inabayama Castle. Some of the Saito family's direct troops were transferred to Garner Castle, and some were driven to camp outside the north gate of Inabayama Castle. The law and order in Inabayama Castle was also handed over to Mamoru Ando's cronies, and Saito Ryuko was completely controlled.

The first thing the Nishimino clan did after they took power was to break off the alliance with the Asai family, who had a lot of friction with them, and instead formally concluded an alliance with the Rokkaku family. In the time of Saito Yoshiryu, for the convenience of Kamiluo, the Saito family and Rokkaku had already had a lot of contact. The Asai family was furious when they learned of this, but they had to carefully prepare their forces to prevent the enemy from attacking Kita-Omi from two directions.

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Look back at Owari.

In this battle, although the Oda family was defeated on all fronts, there was also something brilliant - that is, Yuakihei and Tokiwabi. On the battlefield full of crises, Yu Qiuping's calm and dazzling formation changes left a deep impression on the retainers of the Oda family. Yu Qiuping also relied on Chang Panbei's well-trained training to avoid the fate of heavy losses. The casualties suffered by the Yuqiu family on this expedition have not yet reached 10%, and recovery is not a problem.

And after this battle, Yu Qiuping suddenly found that he had some feelings for the Oda family. Whether it is the rescue of good friends such as Ikeda Tsuneko, Mori Kosei, and Maeda Toshiie, or the fight for himself by Shibata Katsuie and Sakuma Nobumori, who usually look down on each other, for themselves, Yu Qiuhei feels a lot. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him about whether he could kill Oda Nobunaga in another way without him knowing it, rather than having him fight against these colleagues.

After thinking about it, Yu Qiuping still put his focus back on life - there have been a lot of troublesome things recently. Imagawa Kaede had just given birth to Yu Qiucen before, and her figure was slightly fatter - Yu Qiuping swore that it was really just a little bit! How can there be a woman who is not fat after giving birth! But Imagawa Kaede was so angry that he was about to start practicing martial arts to lose weight just after the confinement, and he became tired and sick. Well, the fat has indeed been reduced, and the figure has returned to its original appearance, but it makes Yu Qiuping distressed.

Another thing to worry about is the education of the two children. Imagawa Kaede and Yu Qiuping said that Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyou will be 4 years old after the New Year, and it is time to ask a teacher to teach them. Yu Qiuping recommended himself, planning to write his own textbooks to teach them all the systematic knowledge of later generations, and also invited Sena Shiyoshi to teach them some financial problems. But Imagawa Kaede felt that it was not enough, he thought that Yu Qiuping's kind of teachings were just the same students, but Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyou were both children of the martial arts family, and they were responsible for inheriting the family business of the Yu Qiu family. Therefore, it is necessary to ask a traditional teacher to teach him the knowledge that Japanese samurai must learn.

Yuqiu Ping thought about it and felt that the one who best met the image of the teacher that Imagawa Kaede needed was Amano Keitoku - a more traditional Japanese samurai who was also very cultured. Amano Keitori also agreed to Yu Qiuping's request, and planned to start taking the two children as a teacher after the Chinese New Year.

Other affairs in the territory are being carried out in an orderly manner. The work of the autumn harvest was carried out under the auspices of Naoe Tadahei, and the judicial power in Yeli County was basically taken over by the judges. Those village chiefs and elders now have to look at the judge's face carefully, for fear that their verdict will be declared illegal by the judge. And one village chief tried to use his authority to threaten the people not to go to the judge to decide the case, and the judges who got the news reported it to Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping immediately sent a platoon of Chang Pan Bei to the village, and the village chief immediately became honest, and completely lost all his prestige, and was replaced by the villagers and Yu Qiuping, and exiled to other places.

The village chief and the elders couldn't make a plan, and they had another plan. They were going to bribe the judges so that they would open up to themselves. However, the vast majority of these judges are old brothers who have followed Yu Qiuping for many years, and they are loyal to Yu Qiuping, and they don't accept this at all, and they report all the bribes to Yu Qiuping backhandedly. Yu Qiuping immediately sent Amano Jingde to crack down on these situations, and many village chiefs suffered. After this, these landlords had to be honest.

In addition to the administration of justice in the territory, the work of Masayuki Sanada and Yoshiyoshi Sena is also going well. Sanada has expanded the total number of intelligence agencies to about 50 people, and his eyes are basically spread across all major towns in Nishiminon. And Sena's caravan continued to make a lot of money after opening shops. The four small wealthy families who jointly invested in the shares are already about to repay Yu Qiuping's arrears. Where have these little wealthy families who have been digging in the soil all their lives have seen such a fast way to get money, and they were immediately moved by what Yu Qiuping promised to share with them at that time. Koroku Beesuka and Yukinari Nonomura even came to visit Yuakihei in person during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Hara Yoribo and Kato Mitsutomo also sent gifts.

However, just when Yu Qiuping was obsessed with territorial construction, on October 21, he was urgently called back to Kiyoshu Castle by Oda Nobunaga.

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When Yuakihei rode his horse to Kiyoshu Castle, it was already late, and it was estimated that Oda Nobunaga had already slept. So he took a few guards such as Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko, and wanted to go to Maeda Toshi's house in the castle town to get together for the night, but he didn't want to bump into a kind of fox friends at Maeda Toshi's house.

I saw Maeda Toshiie, Ikeda Tsuneko, Sawaki Yoshiyuki, Kokoma Kinmasa, Naomasa Tsukasa, Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Kinoshita Tojiro who had not been seen for a long time, seven people were sitting around a round table drinking, everyone was red-faced. The scraps and drinks on the table were in shambles, and the bottles were crooked. Ah Song on the side was sticking his waist up, puffing out his cheeks and watching her husband lead a bunch of people to make a mess of the house.

"Oh my God," Yu Qiuping was frightened when he saw the seven drunks, "what's wrong with you!" ”

Yu Qiuping's shout attracted the attention of the people at the wine table, and Ikeda Hengxing, who was sitting in the direction of Yu Qiuping, suddenly raised his head and looked at Yu Qiuping with drunken eyes, and was stunned for two seconds. Yu Qiuping saw his lips move twice, thinking that he was going to speak, but he didn't want this big man to bury his head in the soup bowl in front of him all of a sudden, and he cried.

"I'll go! What's going on? Yu Qiuping was really at a loss and asked loudly: "Is the lord dead?" ”

"The lord has died, where can we be so sad!" Yoshiyuki Sawaki shouted out a rebellious sentence, and then he also hid his face and cried bitterly. The two of them cried like this, which immediately caused a chain reaction, and it was a tragic situation of sadness for those who heard it and tears for those who saw it.

"Mrs. Song, what the hell is going on?" Yu Qiuping asked Ah Song on the side with a smile.

"Your Highness Yuqiu," Ah Song bowed politely and replied in a low voice, "Just now Kinoshita-sama brought back news that the lord has decided to marry Princess Aichi to Omi. ”

Hearing this, Yu Qiuping immediately realized! The plot of history developed like this, Oda Nobunaga married his sister Oda City, who was known as the first beauty of the Warring States, to Asai Nagamasa, and the two families formed a marriage alliance. And Asai Nagamasa and Oda City also became the envy of the fairy couple of everyone in the Warring States because of their talented and beautiful appearance. But this beautiful marriage ended in tragedy.

"Then why are you guys crying?" Yu Qiuping shook his head and patted the round table with a smile, "We have a fiasco this time, and it hurts our muscles and bones." I can't compete with Mino and Oda Nobukiyo on my own ability, so I'm going to find an ally! Asai Nagamasa just fell out with the Saito family, didn't he just happen to form an alliance with us! That's a great thing! ”

As soon as Yu Qiuping's words fell, Ikeda Hengxing jerked his head up from the soup bowl. I saw that his face was covered with miso soup and seaweed, and his hair was wet, but he didn't know it.

"You know what!" Ikeda Hengxing wailed angrily: "Princess Ashi is married! All of our Owari men are out of love! ”