Chapter 206: Burning Mount Hiei

Miyoshi Nagakei didn't want to fight, and the Asai family and the Asakura family didn't want to fight either. The Asai family has a small business, and it is really unbearable to sustain the battle for so long. The Asakura family was overwhelmed by the counterattack of Kaga Country Ichimune, and Asakura Munetsu died first before he could destroy Kaga Ichimune in one go, and then the main force of the Asakura family was transferred south, which made Kaga Ichimune resurrect again, which greatly dragged down the strength of the Asakura family. Oda Nobunaga, on the contrary, did not say anything, it was not difficult for him to maintain an army of 20,000 with a land of millions of stones, even if the war dragged on for a long time, he could barely support it.

Just when the world thought that this war was about to come to an end, Oda Nobunaga did something that made the jaws of his allies drop: burn Mt. Hiei!

It must be clarified that Mt. Hiei is not the territory of the Ichiji sect, but the Tiantai sect, and more importantly, the masters of Mt. Hiei have always had a close relationship with the Asakura family and are allies! However, Oda Nobunaga suddenly led his army to surround Mt. Hiei and ordered him to hand over the hiding Iga ninjas. Miyoshi sent Asai Asakura to persuade Oda Nobunaga to withdraw his troops and not to disturb the masters of Seishu, and then Oda Nobunaga ordered a general attack on Mt. Hiei in front of the envoys of his allies. The army of the Oda family has an overwhelming superiority in strength, and after attacking from all directions, they will kill people when they see it, and even many disciples of the Hao clan who are studying Buddhism in Mt. Hiei have not escaped the poisonous hands, and it is night, and the thousand-year-old temple is wiped out! Oda Nobunaga's name once again resounded all over the world, of course, notoriety.

Ashikaga Molong also had a bit of a staggering reaction from Oda Nobunaga, who was one of the few people who knew why Oda Nobunaga had to slaughter Mt. Hiei like he was crazy. Historically, Oda Nobunaga burned Mt. Hiei because they were close to the Asakura family, and at that time Oda Nobunaga was already hostile to the Asakura family. This time, Oda Nobunaga also burned Mt. Hiei, which has a lot to do with Ashikaga Molong: Oda Nobuyuki is on Mt. Hiei!

In order to relieve the pressure of the Rokkaku, Ashikaga Ryū sent envoys to persuade the Asakura and Asai families, and finally put pressure on Oda Nobunaga to withdraw his troops. Oda Nobuyuki recommended himself and said that he was willing to go, and Ashikaga Molong agreed, but what he didn't expect was that Oda Nobuyuki frequently traveled back and forth between the Asakura family and the Asai family, and privately contacted the generals of the Oda family to persuade Oda Nobunaga to withdraw from the army, which caused a strong reaction from Oda Nobunaga. In order to avoid his position being shaken, and also afraid that Ashikaga Molong would take advantage of this to reach into the Oda family, Oda Nobunaga forcibly ordered the army to directly surround Mt. Hiei, where Oda Nobuyuki was staying, and slaughtered the entire mountain in line with the principle that he would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go. Poor Oda Nobuyuki wanted to go down the mountain to see his brother to explain the reason at first, but he was directly nailed to the pillar by Ashigaru with a spear.

Of course, this kind of reason must not be said to the allies, and the rhetoric for the allies is still the same: Mt. Hiei colluded with the Iga ninja and wanted to attack us, so I struck first. Oda Nobunaga's actions angered the Asakura family, and Asakura Yoshikei directly ordered the withdrawal of troops and unilaterally made peace with Rokkaku Yoshiken. Miyoshi Changqing also withdrew from the army, leaving the Asai family in a dilemma, and finally had to pull the troops back, and the vigorous siege of the Rokkaku family was aborted. Oda Nobunaga also began to withdraw his troops, although the retreat was relatively slow, but he finally retreated.

Seeing that the enemy had all returned to their respective homes, of course, the Rokkaku Coalition Army also went to find their own mothers, anyway, Otowa Castle was still there, and their logistics line was not broken, and the armies from all walks of life led their troops to evacuate, and Rokkaku Yoshiken also ordered the disbandment of the peasant soldiers and the resumption of production as soon as possible.

Just when the world thought that peace was coming, Oda Nobunaga did another thing that made people's jaws drop: he led his army to kill a horse pistol, marched sixty miles in one night, and directly killed the castle of Kannonji Temple, and after a whole day of fierce attack, he captured the Kannonji Castle, which had not been taken by the previous 50,000 troops. Without waiting for everyone to react, the Gamo family of Otowa Castle announced their submission to Oda Nobunaga, and Minami Omi suddenly fell into the hands of Oda Nobunaga.

"It's a beautiful hand!" Ashikaga Molong looked at Oda Nobunaga's territory on the map that instantly swelled to 1.5 million stones, and was also amazed by the return rifle that Oda Nobunaga killed. Originally, Oda Nobunaga and Asakura Yoshikei were both here to help the Asai family, but after a bloody battle, the Asakura family took the burden and ran away by themselves, and the Asai family took the initiative to withdraw, and now it is Oda Nobunaga who takes Minami Omi alone. The first thing Oda Nobunaga did after taking Minami Omi was to form an alliance with Miyoshi Chokei to ensure that the current strongest force in would not affect him for the time being, Oda Nobunaga asked the Asai family to form an alliance to defeat the perfidious Asakura family who withdrew halfway. All of a sudden, Asakura Yoshikage's nose was crooked, Nima, we have been working for a long time, and you have all the benefits, and now you want to beat me up when you look back?

But angry is angry, Asakura Yoshikyo really has to resist desperately. The current Asakura family is no longer the time when Asakura Sodrip is still there, the Kaga Expedition and the Omi Expedition have greatly consumed the national strength of the Asakura family, and the Asakura family, which could easily pull out thirty or forty thousand people to fight, can now use more than 20,000 people when it reaches the sky. The Asai family is also not a fool, and they also conquered the Asakura family, and your Oda family surrounded us in the east and south, and the Asakura family in the north was destroyed by you again, so aren't we the turtles in the urn? This absurd request was immediately refused, but immediately after that, he was flanked by the 40,000 troops of the Oda Ienan Omi Army and the Mino Army. It must be known that the Oda family is still a million-stone behemoth after all, and it has always used 20,000 people to fight before, so there is still room for it to squeeze it.

"Gee, that's a tricky one." Ashikaga Molong touched his not too long beard and thought. Kneeling beside him was Kohata Kenshige, who had just returned from, and he didn't expect that his front foot was gone, and the back foot Omi had an accident, and the whole person was embarrassed.

First of all, it must be affirmed that the Asai family must not be able to stop Oda Nobunaga, even if the Asakura family is added, it will be enough to choke, at most it will take a little time. Then Ashikaga Molong will have to drag Oda Nobunaga back, but the wealthy clans of Northern Ise and the Kitabatake family of Southern Ise have exhausted their family capital in the attack and defense of Minami Omi, so it is still too difficult for them to attack Owari in a big way at this time. What about Shingen Takeda? Although Oda Nobunaga and the Asai family turned their faces, which means that the original covenant is basically nullified, but if the Takeda family wants to attack Oda Nobunaga, they can only go to the mountains of O'Mino, where the fortress group will collapse, and by the time they can threaten the hinterland of the Oda family, it is estimated that Asakura Yoshikage will have already cooled down. The Imagawa family can make a move, and it was 5,000 standing troops that were dispatched before, if the Imagawa clan really moved and attacked Owari directly, it should be able to dispatch 20,000 people, of course, this involves the problem of Mikawa Country, and it is not so easy to defeat Mikawa Country. So what if you let those three rivers bulls turn against the water?