Oda, Asai, and Takeda formed an alliance, and such explosive news swept through the sixty-six countries in an instant, with a total of 610,000 koku in the entire territory of Owari and the two prefectures of Nishimikawa under the rule of Oda Nobunaga, a total of 620,000 koku in the entire territory of Kai Shinano under the rule of Takeda Harunobu, and a total of 400,000 koku in Kita-Omi under the politics of Asai Hisashi, and the three parties joining forces is a super alliance of 1.6 million koku, which is enough to affect the general trend of the world. Saito Yoshiryu, who was the first of them, was even more like a pins and needles, knowing that the Takeda family and the Oda family and himself were an inevitable battle, so he immediately sent an envoy to the Asai family to negotiate, hoping to form an alliance with it, but he was prevaricated by the Asai family, but this was enough.

Saito Yoshiryu also knew that the Asai family didn't play much of a role in this alliance, as long as he contacted the Rokkaku family, then the main force of the Asai family couldn't move. However, the threat of the Oda family and the Takeda family made him have to pay attention, but his situation was also not good. Due to the civil war with Saito Michizo, especially the participation of the countrymen, the combat power directly belonging to the Saito family was greatly damaged, it must be known that whether it was the more than 2,000 troops who followed Saito Michizo to break through at that time, or the bamboo waist town responsible for blocking the attack, it was an important cornerstone of the Saito family's control of the Mino country, and these people died on the banks of the Nagara River, which can be said to have greatly weakened Saito Yoshiryu's ability to control the Mino country. In particular, the death of Saito Michizo dealt a heavy blow to Saito Yoshiryu's prestige, and the worst impact was that the envoy he sent to Kanto was directly beheaded by Ashikaga Molong.

Originally, Saito Yoshiryu thought that the alliance formed by Oda Nobunaga was a great threat to Ashikaga Molong, so Ashikaga Molong would inevitably intervene, so he was undoubtedly a good chess piece to contain Oda Nobunaga. With this meaning, you can invite Ashikaga Molong to form an alliance with the Imagawa family for yourself, and this time, the Ashikaga family and the Imagawa family will contain most of the main forces of the Takeda family and the Oda family, and they will have time to digest the Mino country and strengthen their rule. However, Ashikaga Molong's behavior directly cut off his thoughts, which means that Takeda Harunobu can lead the main force to attack Mino Province.

Just when he was worried, there was good news from the direction of the Imagawa family, the Imagawa clan was really willing to contain the main force of the Oda family for the Saito family, but because Saito Yoshiryu had just killed his father, he could not sign a written covenant, but as long as Oda Nobunaga dared to lead the main force north, the main force of the Imagawa army would immediately attack the Owari Nemoto.

How could Oda Nobunaga not expect this hand, almost at the same time that the Imagawa clan really formed an alliance with Saito Yoshiryu, he sent an envoy to the Imagawa family, expressing his willingness to exchange the head of Imagawa Yoshimoto for Matsudaira Takechiyo, the young master of the Matsudaira family, with the intention of supporting the Mikawa Matsudaira family as a buffer between the Oda family and the Imagawa family. This put the Imagawa clan in a dilemma, Imagawa Yoshimoto's head is undoubtedly extremely important to Imagawa Shin, after all, it is his own father, welcome back Imagawa Yoshimoto's head, Imagawa Shin can be regarded as a legitimate successor to the family governor, otherwise he will bear the name of unfilial piety. But sending back Matsudaira Takechiyo means that Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taiyuan Yukisai's ten years of work will be ruined, and it will be difficult to keep the Mikawa country that was won in a bloody battle, which is also a big blow to the real prestige of the Imagawa clan, and may even be attacked by the important ministers.

Thinking of this, the Imagawa clan really had to invite Ota Shimasa, who was stationed in Pushan City, to help him plan this matter with Taiyuan Xuezhai.

Ota Shimasa himself is a famous general in the world, the battle of Edo Castle with 300 people attacked the Hojo Army at night, causing more than 2,000 casualties to the Hojo Army, at this time he has 5,000 standing troops and sits in Pushan Castle, so his attitude is enough to represent the attitude of Ashikaga Molong. Looking at the young Imagawa clan and Taiyuan Xuezhai with a face like gold paper, Ota Zimasa pondered for a moment and said, "Whether as a son of man or as the governor of the Imagawa family, you must welcome back your father's corpse. ”

"What about the Three Rivers?" Imagawa immediately asked sideways.

"One thing is one thing, since Oda Nobunaga brought up this matter, then he must hand over Matsudaira Takechiyo in exchange for the body of Daisuke Jibe. As for the Three Rivers Country, it's easier at this time, I have three plans, I don't know which one you are willing to use? ”

"Please." Taiyuan Xuezhai said slowly.

"The plan is to move the main castle, and at the same time send Matsudaira Takechiyo back to Okazaki, and move the main castle of the Imagawa family to Okazaki, so that Mikawa Province will naturally not fall into the hands of Oda Nobunaga." Ota Shimasa said with a meaningful smile.

Imagawa Shin and Taiyuan Yukisai suddenly gasped, and moved the castle to Mikawa Province, which was the front line, which not only required enough courage, but more importantly, it was able to withstand the pressure of Suruga's important ministers. And...... The Imagawa clan and Taiyuan Yukisai glanced at each other, if the castle was moved to Mikawa Province, and Ashikaga Molong had 5,000 standing garrisons in Urayama Castle, I am afraid that Suruga would not be surnamed Imagawa in the future.

"Where's the scheme?" Imagawa said with a real difficulty.

"The plan is to move the city to Yinma City, and once the Sanhe State changes, troops can be sent to suppress it at any time." Ota said with some jokingness.

"Inhima Castle ......" Imagawa Shin and Taiyuan Yukisai hesitated again, Hishima Castle is a fortress in the west of the river, convenient transportation, has been the Imagawa family to advance the bridgehead of Mikawa country, several generations of painstaking management, can be used as the main city, and it is easy to get the support of the Ashikaga family. But......

"If the main city of this family is not in Suruga, I am afraid it will be difficult to mobilize the wealthy clan of Suruga Province to fight." Imagawa said tentatively.

"It doesn't matter, I have 5,000 standing troops under my command, and I can dispatch 4,000 standing troops to assist your Excellency in mobilizing, if there is a disobedient and disrespectful person, it is a rebellion, just kill the whole clan, slaughter one or two wealthy clans, and the other noble clans will naturally be obedient." Ota Zimasa said lightly, because Ashikaga Molong has always done this, so Ota Zimasa has gradually become accustomed to this practice, and it has to be said that it is a very effective way to mobilize. It's just that if he is played by Ota Shimasa like this, then the wealthy clan of Suruga Province will definitely respect Ota Shimasa instead of being loyal to the Imagawa clan.

Of course, Imagawa Shin and Taiyuan Xuesai could see this layer, so they still shook their heads helplessly.

At this time, Ota Shimasa was a little casual, and after he changed to a more comfortable sitting position, he continued: "The next plan is to take the outside and the inside, throw the Mikawa country to Oda Nobunaga, first rectify the power of the Suruga Toe, supplement and strengthen the standing army directly under you, weaken the power of the wealthy clans, and then compete with the Oda family for the Mikawa country." ”