Motonobu Matsudaira felt like he had been trapped.

Looking at the Guanyin Temple Castle standing on the top of the mountain in front of him, Matsudaira Yuan was already scolding his mother in confidence. Not to mention conquering such a city, Matsudaira Motonobu didn't even know where to start.

"Lord, the Great Auxiliary Hall of the Ministry of Governance clearly wants to consume the strength of the family, how can such a strong city be captured by the family?" Next to Matsudaira Motonobu, the Matsudaira family's fierce general Sakai Tadaji also retreated.

Kannonji Castle was built on a hill on the shores of Lake Biwa in Omi, and was named after the Kannonji Temple on the mountain. As the residence of the Omi Rokkaku family, Kannonji Castle has been renovated several times and can be said to be one of the strongest castles in RB.

In addition to the Kannonji Castle Honmaru at the top of the mountain, all kinds of curved wheels and out of the castle will be full as far as the eye can see. There are also branch cities such as Asa Koi Castle, Kesaku Castle, Isai Castle, and Wada Mountain Castle scattered around, and an extremely large defense system of Kannonji Castle has been constructed.

Not to mention that the Matsudaira family can't capture the Kannonji Castle, even if Imagawa Yoshimoto comes, he can only look at the castle and sigh.

In a mountain city like Guanyin Temple City, as long as the scale of the city reaches a certain level, it is impossible to conquer it by force alone, no matter how many people you have.

If you want to capture a fortified city like Guanyin Temple City, you can only rely on a long-term siege, and when the food supply in the city is exhausted, the enemy army in the city will naturally open the city and surrender. However, it is clear that this is not in line with Imagawa Yoshimoto's plan at this time.

Because Imagawa Yoshimoto was in a hurry to go to Luo to snatch the fruits of victory, he had to wait there for so long. Therefore, for the Guanyin Temple City in front of you, you can only take a quick solution.

"Even if it is the Lord's command, how can we disobey it?" Matsudaira Motoshin shook his head and said helplessly, "So far, I can only bite the bullet." Knowing that you can't do it, you can only do it, the city is dead, people are alive, and the family still doesn't believe that my Mikawa Matsudaira family can't attack a Guanyin temple city? ”

Looking at Matsudaira Motonobu, who was obviously lacking in confidence, Sakai Tadaji on the side was not good enough to say anything to dampen morale.

"My lord, let me take Kuro Nagasaka as the vanguard!" At this time, a tall samurai with a spear in his hand came to Matsudaira Motonobu's side, pointed the spear in his hand in the direction of Kannonji Castle and said loudly.

"Good! Today, let the rats of Omi see the majesty of the blood spear Jiulang! Tadaji Sakai encouraged from the side.

The samurai with a spear was named Nagasaka Nobumasa, and he had joined the Matsudaira family as early as Matsudaira Motonobu's grandfather, Matsudaira Kiyoyasu. In the battle with the Oda family, Nagasaka Nobumasa must take the lead in every battle, and I don't know how many Oda samurai died under his spear.

After one of the battles, the spear in Nagasaka Nobumasa's hand and the feet on his body were stained red with blood, so he became known as "Bloody Spear Kuro".

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The Matsudaira family was busy attacking Kannonji Castle, and in the Imagawa family's main camp, Imagawa Yoshimoto was not idle.

"The Great Auxiliary Hall of the Ministry of Governance, after a long time, I almost thought that I would never see an adult again in this life!" A man covered in grass clippings, even a corner of his black hat was broken, knelt down in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and it was a cry to protect Imagawa Yoshimoto's thigh.

Imagawa Yoshimoto gently patted the man's shoulder, "There is no need for this in the Zhongshan Palace, this time Shangluo is here to save the court and save the ministers." Today, the family has traveled to Omi, which is only a stone's throw away from Kyoto. ”

"The suffering of the past is insignificant, Zhongshan Hall should abandon the past and look to the future!"

Nakayama Takashi said with tears in his eyes, "Jibu Daisukeden, since the Tsugawa family went to Luo, the situation in Kyoto has changed every day. I waited for the ministers to serve the public, and I didn't want to get involved in right and wrong, so I couldn't help myself. ”

Zhongshan filial piety is the head of the Zhongshan family and a quasi-minister of the imperial court.

However, because the Zhongshan family's family is only the Yulin family, not to mention that it is on a par with the Wuzhi family and the Qinghua family, it is not even as good as the ordinary minister's family. Nakayama's filial piety has always been isolated in the imperial court, and the Regents such as Ichijo and Kujo looked down on Nakayama's filial piety, and now Izukawa and others also disdained to be with them, so the position of the Nakayama family in Kyoto was very embarrassing.

Fortunately, the Nakayama family had a close relationship with the Imagawa family, and seeing the turmoil in Kyoto, Nakayama filial piety directly picked up his son and left, preparing to run to Suruga to defect to Imagawa Yoshimoto.

I stopped all the way and finally walked to Omi, and suddenly heard the news of Imagawa Yoshimoto Kamiraku, and was overjoyed and immediately looked for it. Nakayama filial piety is still very excited at this time, once Imagawa Yoshimoto Shangluo succeeds, with the relationship with the Imagawa family, won't he be able to take off directly in the future?

In the past, Ichijo Bodori, Kujo Minori and others had the support of Tsugawa Soji, and they were in full swing in Kyoto, and they belonged to the object that everyone had to stammer. And now, as long as I rely on the big tree of the Imagawa family, then the day of the rise of my Zhongshan family is not far away!

"The family has ordered people to prepare hot water and clean clothes, and the Zhongshan Hall will wash first. Later, the family ordered someone to prepare a table of wine banquet to catch the wind for the Zhongshan Palace! ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto is extremely enthusiastic about Nakayama's filial piety, not only because he has always admired the culture of the ministers in Kyoto, but also because Imagawa Yoshimoto thinks that he must have a good relationship with the ministers after going to Luo, otherwise how to get the support of the imperial court?

After Nakayama left the camp crying, Imagawa Yoshimoto turned his head to a side next to him and asked, "How is the siege of the Matsudaira family?" ”

"Back to the lord, the Matsudaira family is attacking slowly. Although the Matsudaira family's troops fought rapidly, the Kannonji Castle was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and this afternoon the Matsudaira family had nothing to gain except to capture Asaokoi Castle and other branch cities. ”

"The forces of the Asai family and the Asakura family are still cowering within the Kannonji Castle, and they are indifferent to the fall of the branch city."

Imagawa Yoshimoto closed his eyes and was silent for a moment, and then said slowly, "The Asai family and the Asakura family are preparing to defend Kannonji Castle to the death, and it is impossible to capture Kannonji Castle with the Matsudaira family alone." ”

"Let Goroubei (Okabe Motonobu) and Bichu Mamoru (Asahina Taino) immediately assemble their forces and take over the battle when the Matsudaira family's forces retreat."

"If you order more people to prepare more torches, and continue to attack the city day and night, this family wants to see how long the Asai family and the Asakura family can last!"

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At a temple northeast of Kannonji Castle, Oda Nobunaga took off his mud-stained straw sandals and threw them aside. A short, ugly-looking man quickly picked up his straw sandals, then ran to a nearby well to fetch a bucket of water and began to wash them.

"Lord, just now there is news from the Tsugawa family's main camp, tonight Imagawa Yoshimoto is going to hold a banquet to entertain several ministers from Kyoto, and the lord is also invited to accompany him." Ikeda took a new pair of straw sandals from a nearby wooden shelf and placed them at Oda Nobunaga's feet, then stepped aside and spoke.

Picking up the straw sandals and looking at them, Oda Nobunaga pouted, "Omi's straw sandals are really ugly, far less beautiful than Owari's straw sandals!" ”

After all, Oda Nobunaga still put on his shoes in a slip manner, "Kannonji Castle has not yet been captured, but Imagawa Yoshimoto is in the mood to hold a banquet!" ”

"How's it going, have you got in touch with the Asai family in Kannonji Castle?"

"The letter has been sent secretly, but I haven't received a reply yet."

Oda Nobunaga was silent for a moment, and then said, "Send another letter to the Asai family, explaining that Imagawa Yoshimoto will hold a banquet tonight, such a good opportunity we must not miss!" ”

"As long as the Asai family and the Asakura family can respond, then tonight will be the death date of Imagawa Yoshimoto!"