005 is like a bamboo

Sometimes, you have to admit that a pig-like teammate is indeed much more terrifying than a tiger-like opponent.

After the elimination of Asahata, Echizen was ruled by the Daibo official Shimoma Yorisho of the Ichijo clan and Tomita Nagashige.

However, after taking power, Tomita Nagashige also went on a rampage like Katsura Nagatoshi, and began to confront Ichijo in order to compete for the ruling power of Echizen. In the third year of Tensho (1575), it turned into an armed conflict: Katayama Castle, which was initially defended by Tomita Nagashige's henchman Masui Shinnosuke, and Tosa Castle, which was defended by Moya Inosuke, were attacked by Ichijo Clan.

On February 18, Tomita Nagashige joined forces with the warrior monks of the opposing sect of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, the Shushuji sect, and engaged the Honganji army. But in the gap between the battles, Tomita Nagashige was killed by his retainer Yoshitaka Kobayashi with an iron cannon from behind.

It is worth mentioning that no matter how much fun this group of monks had in Echizen, Nobunaga, who was far away in Mino, never reacted.

Nobunaga was certainly not stupid, in fact, Echizen's every move was in his eyes and palms. The reason why he didn't react positively, of course, was not because he was afraid, but because the more troublesome Takeda Katsuyori came.

As a result, Echizen became a real kingdom of the Ichijo sect, but under the suppression of the Ichijo sect, the rebellion of the Echizen Tendai sect, the Shingon sect, and the Senshuji sect also rose and fell, providing a gap for the Oda army to advance.

On August 12, the third year of Tensho, Oda Nobunaga personally led a large army of 30,000 Yue to advance. On May 14, Nobunaga led his troops into Tsuruga.

The corresponding Echizen Ichizo Daibo official Shimoma Yorisho also issued a general mobilization order to all the monks of Echizen, but due to the resistance of other sects, a large number of troops were contained, and in the end Shimoma Yorisho only gathered 20,000 men.

After the Battle of Sugitsuura, my father and Hideyoshi landed in front of Hokkichi from Sugizuura and Konoura, respectively.

After Hideyoshi came ashore, he quickly surrounded Kono Castle, the home castle of Wakabayashi Nagatomori, the general of the defeated army.

Wakabayashi Nagatomori, who had just fled back to the city and didn't even have time to drink saliva, faced the menacing Yushiba Army and decisively chose to surrender in Kaejo, without taking into account his qualifications and face as an "old comrade" of Honganji.

On the father's side, it was easier.

The guards of Sugizu Castle were the monks of the Great Shio Enqiang Temple and the former retainer of the Asakura family, Horie Keitada.

My father didn't even have a cage city.

I held a sword in my hand, rode a horse, and came to Sugijin Castle with a dozen flagbooks, don't get me wrong, I didn't want to play with them to "ride and fight" (by the way, I don't have the ability and guts, haha)

"Please don't do it yet, His Royal Highness Nesse Isemori, I am Nobumitsu, the son of the wise Ten Soldiers Mitsuhide, and my father has something to say to His Royal Highness Horie E."

That's right, I'm here to persuade you to surrender.

There was no response from above, but at the same time, no arrows came down, and my heart slowly relaxed, and it seemed that my life was not in danger for a while.

"My father told me that in the past, when I was in the Asakura family, I was supported by His Royal Highness Horie many times, and I was often grateful for this, and when I came here today, my father hoped that in order to make the people of Echizen no longer suffer from misery, I hope that His Royal Highness Horie can help him once."

There will be a response, and a hoarse voice came from above: "It's an honor to be able to help His Highness Wise, but I don't know what His Highness Wise wants to do?" ”

As a diplomat, the biggest pain is that others are pretending, and you have to find words to match him.

"At the moment, Echizen is suffering from the ravages of the demon monks and Asakura Keiken, and my father needs to rely on the power of your Highness Horie," I continued, "If you have your help, then Echizen stability is just around the corner." ”

"Naturally, I am willing to serve His Royal Highness Akechi and His Royal Highness Senator Oda," said in a hoarse voice: "But after all, I have been bewildered by demon monks, and I am terrified, I don't know if His Royal Highness can forgive You." ”

Depend on! So soon to start talking about conditions!

I said in as relaxed a tone as possible, "Oda Daiden has always been merciful and broad-minded (I was laughing in my heart when I said this), and as long as His Highness Horie knew his way back in time and abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, he would not pursue this matter." Moreover, my father originally thought that His Highness would guarantee that when the war was over, all His Highness's territories would be intact, and if His Highness could make miraculous achievements, he would also be rewarded richly. ”

"What proof is that?" There was excitement in his hoarse voice.

I heard Hosokawa Tadashi behind me whisper disdainfully: "Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Hum! ”

"This knife is called 'Starlight', and it is a famous knife given to my father by the Shincho Palace, and isn't it enough to use it as a token of security?" I said it sincerely, but in my heart I was also as disdainful as Hosokawa Tadashi, this Horie Jingzhong was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he was afraid of doing things, and he couldn't get along anywhere!

"Your Highness Horie, don't hesitate any longer, what the main hall and my father hate is nothing more than the demon monks who have brought disaster to the country and the people, not His Highness, if His Highness is really willing to bury those demon monks......" I used a threatening tone.

This Horie Keitaka will definitely surrender, I just noticed that in this city, there are only the family crests of various samurai, but there is no "swastika" emblem of the Tsuyo Sect, plus Horie just now also called the Tsusho Sect "Demon Monk", so I expected that something must have happened in the city.

"Kaesong! Kaesong! Seeing that my tone was not too friendly, Horie hurriedly opened the city gate.

That's right with me, this guy tied up more than a hundred monks in the city before we came, and even prepared a surrender document, alas, I knew that this guy was so "revolutionary-conscious", what nonsense would I talk to him! said directly: "If you open the door, if you open the door, only kill the monk, not open the door, we will enter the city and kill all of you!" ”

So in less than twenty minutes, the Wise Army captured the castle of Sugiura.

Although the time did not last long, his father did not want to stay here for too long, and after a few brief greetings with Horie Keitaka, he ordered the group of monks to be executed on the spot, and then prepared to continue his march towards Fuzhong Castle.

By the way, that Horie Keitaka was indeed quite "conscious", and in order to show his fierce loyalty to the "imperial army" and his familiarity with the Echizen environment, Mao recommended himself and expressed his willingness to be the "leading party" of the wise army.

In fact, we all understand his thoughts, and the reason why he is so positive is not because he has really "a red heart to the sun", but because he is afraid that Nobunaga will turn around and turn his face and deny people, and he wants to make some credit and make some capital for his life.

This is the sadness of the little people who can't grasp their fate.

Without much consideration, his father agreed to his request, and since someone was willing to be cannon fodder, he was happy to protect his wings.

And on the side of Nobunaga's army, the army was also overwhelming, fighting from Tsuruga to Muyaling Castle.

The Wooden Ridge Castle on the Koya Ridge was the key point of Tsuruga leading to the Echizen Fuchu Basin, and was guarded by the monks of Ishida Saikoji Temple and Wada Motokakuji Temple.

The Knotweed Castle in the rear is guarded by the Ashiba County Division Shidama Yorijun stationed by Honganji, this Shimoma Yorijun is the brother of Shimoma Yorisho, and he is considered the "ruling class" within the Ichizong Sect, but even so, after hearing that Muyaling Castle had fallen, the Oda army had not yet attacked, and Shimoma Yorijun took the lead in abandoning the city and fleeing, which was really a long face for his brother!

However, when attacking the branch city of Ichijo Valley Castle, Nobunaga encountered a lot of obstacles, and it was not the "big man" of the Ichijo sect who defended the castle, but the little-known Awaga Saburo, Awaga and the three brothers. Unlike the soft bones of the "holy monks", the two brothers showed considerable toughness and fought desperately, and the 1,500 men in the city kept Nobunaga's tens of thousands of troops out of the city.

However, the flash of a part could not hide the gloom of the whole, and after Sasa Narimasa and Maeda Toshiie captured Ichijo Valley Castle through a roundabout tactic, the Awaga brothers became a lonely city with no water and no food.

In desperation, the two brothers asked Nobunaga to exchange their seppuku for the lives of their soldiers.

Nobunaga agreed.

The two brothers had a seppuku, and Nobunaga's army entered the city.

Nobunaga, who entered the city, immediately turned his face, and all the soldiers were beheaded by his order!

At this time, the blood of the brothers was not cold.

When I heard the news, I sighed in my heart, and when I came to this world, I found that many things and characters were not as described in the book: my father was not a conspirator, and Shibata Katsuya was not brave and unscrupulous...... But there is certainly nothing wrong with the book, Nobunaga was definitely a brutal man.

After receiving the news of the fall of the castle, the Obo official Shitama Yorisho and the Fuchu Prefecture Division Shichiri Yorishu each abandoned the castle and the present castle they were guarding and fled to Kaga, the northern neighbor of Echizen.

In this way, Echizen no longer has a constant sect of power except for Fuchu Castle.

Fuzhong City is guarded by Asakura Jingjian, an old minister of Asakura, he is an old minister of Asakura, so naturally he will not go to Kaga, and when he goes there, that group of monks can't tolerate him, and now he still has 15,000 men and horses in his hands, which can be regarded as a heavy army.

On September 8, Nobunaga's army joined his father and Hideyoshi outside Fuchu Castle. Counting the strength of the countrymen who defected along the way, the strength of the Oda army reached 60,000, and the 15,000 men and horses of Asakura Keiken seemed extremely small.

Subsequently, Nobunaga ordered all the ministries to search for the fleeing Ichizen monks throughout the country, and he strictly ordered: "Search all the deep mountains and dense forests, and if you don't hear about men and women, you will be beheaded!" He did what he said, and that's exactly what he did on Mt. Hiei.

The monks who fled to the sea were also intercepted by the naval forces of Wakasa and Tango, and there were countless casualties, and Shimoma Yorisho did not dare to go to Fuchu Castle when he saw that the sea route was blocked, so he sought refuge in the Takada Senshu Monastery School, but the monk of the Senshu Monastery School, who was also a Buddhist sect, was killed by him and sent to Nobunaga in exchange for the safety of the temple.

On September 12, Nobunaga finally ordered: "Attack Fuchu Castle, the last stronghold of the rebels in Echizen!" ”