After Matsudaira Motoyasu captured the castle, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, this castle was much stronger than Gangzaki Castle, and the south side was close to the sea, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he immediately changed the name of the castle to Hamamatsu Castle and moved the castle to this castle. *.*.*/*

Now that the stone height owned by the Matsudaira family has reached 600,000 stones, even if you look at the whole world, it can be regarded as a general trend, so Matsudaira Motoyasu thought of restoring the old Tokugawa surname to show his identity.

And when Ishikawa Shumasa heard about this, he immediately went to the castle tower to persuade him, in his opinion, if the lord immediately restored the old surname of Genji after taking Enoe, it would undoubtedly be announcing to the world the determination of the family to seize the world, so how Oda Nobunaga would view the lord, and how Takeda Shingen would view the lord, it can be said that restoring the old surname at this time would definitely do more harm than good.

But now when Matsudaira Motoyasu was excited, how could he listen to the persuasion of others, so he directly rejected Ishikawa Shumasa's suggestion.

On the second day, Matsudaira Motoyasu announced to the world that the previously weak Matsudaira family had lived up to its existence, and was replaced by the Tokugawa family, which had become stronger, and he himself changed his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Not to mention the chaotic situation of Enjun now, just to say that the Takayama clan, that night after he ordered the ninja to go to Mizeng to inform the Hojo clan that there was a Takeda family ambush army in front of him, I saw another ninja walk in quickly.

I saw him come to the front of the clan, saluted and said: "Report to the lord, Ashikaga Yoshiaki has left the Rokkaku family and went to Echizen to ask the Asakura family for help. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki had been in Minami for three months, and during that three months, he would go to Kannonji Castle every morning to ask when Rokkaku Yoshiharu would send troops to retake Mekada Town, so as to obtain a source of military expenses to help him regain his territory and restore the prestige of the Ashikaga family.

At the beginning, Rokkaku Yoshiji would also take into account the identity of the other party and find some reason to prevaricate in the past, but that couldn't stand Ashikaga Yoshiaki grinding hard in front of him every day, not to mention that Rokkaku Yoshiji himself had a bad temper, even if he had a good temper, he couldn't stand the other party's urging all day long, so he simply closed it later.

At the beginning, Ashikaga Yoshiaki just thought that the Rokkaku family was not prepared enough, so he failed to go out of the army, but later, even if he was stupid, he could think that the other party had no intention of helping him restore his old collar, and everything he said before was just an excuse, but now he has no power and no power, so he didn't dare to ask Rokkaku Yoshiji for an explanation, and finally he could only vent the anger in his heart on Wada Yumasa, and after scolding Wada Weizheng, he did not resign to Rokkaku Yoshimasa, and led his retainers to leave Guanyin Temple City. ^//^

"My lord, my subordinates think that at present, I am afraid that there is no other force to help my family restore its old lordship in the near future, except for the Oda family, if the lord agrees, my subordinates are willing to go to Gifu Castle first, meet Oda Nobunaga, convey the lord's mind to him, and ask the lord to decide." After the Ashikaga family walked to Kita-Omi, they only heard Hosokawa Fujitaka speak.

After hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn't help but think that even Rokkaku Yoshiji, who had always been good friends with him, didn't help him, so Oda Nobunaga had never met him, how could he really help, even if he went to Gifu, it would be a waste of time, so it was better to go to Echizen and seek help from the Asakura family.

Thinking of this, I only heard Ashikaga Yoshiaki speak: "I decided to go to Echizen to ask the Asakura family for help first, and if it doesn't work out, it's not too late to go to Gifu." After saying that, he no longer gave Hosokawa Fujitaka a chance to speak, and headed north with a clamp on the horse's belly.

However, what he didn't expect was that Asakura Yoshiaki did even more desperately, and after Ashikaga Yoshiaki arrived at Kanesaki Castle, except for the first day, Asakura Yoshiaki washed the dust for Ashikaga Yoshiaki and let Akechi Mitsuhide turn to him, and he never showed up again. …,

And the reason why Akechi Mitsuhide was ruthlessly abandoned by the Asakura family was because his talent was jealous of the retainers of the Asakura family, and even the head of the family became suspicious of him because of this, so he took this opportunity to push him out.

Akechi Mitsuhide is not a stupid person, and not only is not stupid, but very shrewd, he knows that if he doesn't tell Ashikaga Yoshiaki about the position of the Asakura family now, then the longer he is entrusted, the more severe the punishment he will receive, and since the Asakura family is unkind and unrighteous first, why should he bother to be blackened.

So on the night of his transfer, he explained to Ashikaga Yoshiaki that the Asakura family would not send troops to help, although Ashikaga Yoshiaki believed what he said, but he didn't want to give up so easily, but for three days, Asakura Yoshikyo was not even there, even if he went to the castle tower, the guards only excused himself and said that the lord was not there, so Ashikaga Yoshiaki was completely dead to the Asakura family.

At this time, he had to go to Gifu Castle to try.

In Gifu Castle, Nobunaga began to assemble his army after learning that Ashikaga Yoshiaki had left Minami Omi, and now, in addition to leaving the necessary garrison of the castle, Nobunaga decided to lead his 5,000 elites to join the 3,000 troops of his retainers and wealthy clans and kill Minami Omi.

However, as soon as he put on his armor, he saw a close attendant walk in quickly, and said loudly: "Report that the lord shogun and his retainers have arrived outside Gifu Castle, and ask the lord to decide."

Nobunaga couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, and then couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Zhilu said that he should quickly inform his retainers and follow me to meet him outside the city." ”

After the first two cold receptions, Ashikaga Yoshiaki thought that this Oda Nobunaga would also send famous retainers or contribute some money to send him away, just like Rokkaku Yoshiharu and Asakura Yoshikei, but what he didn't expect was that he saw the gate of Gifu open widely, and Oda Nobunaga led more than 100 retainers to greet him in person, which made him feel very moved.

Such pomp and circumstance can be regarded as giving himself enough face, but I don't know if Oda Nobunaga will perfunctory himself on the issue of going out to the army. And when Hosokawa Fujitaka saw Oda Nobunaga put on such a show, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Before that, he strongly advocated that the lord come to seek the help of the Oda family, and if Oda Nobunaga was like the Rokkaku family and the Asakura family, then he would not be able to substitute for the lord, and it seems that when the lord was in danger, what Takayama-sama said was not a lie.

I saw Nobunaga come to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, salute and say, "Oda Dan Masadada Tadahei courtier Nobunaga see the shogun." ”

After he finished speaking, I saw that more than 100 retainers behind Oda Nobunaga also saluted in one order

Ashikaga Yoshiaki had never seen such a scene, and he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, if it weren't for Hosokawa Fujitaka and Akechi Mitsuhide being reminded by the side, I'm afraid he would continue to be sluggish.

And when Nobunaga saw him in such a demeanor, he no longer had any doubts about the clan's analysis that day. The Ashikaga family is in charge, and it is simply an extravagant hope to restore the prestige of the past.

"Zhu... Everybody, get up. After being stunned for a long time, Ashikaga Yoshiaki really didn't know what to say.

"Thank you, Shogun. The general came all the way, and a sumptuous banquet had been prepared for the adults to catch the wind, so please do so. After Nobunaga finished speaking, the retainers of the Oda family immediately retreated to the sides and made way for the Ashikaga family.

Although the banquet was very rich, Ashikaga Yoshiaki didn't put his mind on it at the moment, and as for what he ate just now, he didn't pay attention to it at all.

At the time of the banquet, he wanted to mention the matter of helping him restore his old collar, but in the end he held back, and now he only hoped that the banquet would end sooner so that he could get to the point as soon as possible.

How could Nobunaga, who had always been shrewd, not see what Ashikaga Yoshiaki was thinking, and it was not advisable to attack Minami Omi for a long time, lest the Asai family seize the opportunity when he got it. …,

Since Oda Nobunaga and Ashikaga Yoshiaki didn't want the banquet to last too long, it ended after more than half an hour.

In the assessment room, I saw Nobunaga give up Ashikaga Yoshiaki to the main position, Ashikaga Yoshiaki has never received such courtesy since he succeeded as general, even when the Rokkaku family and the Asakura family were in the right place, they were only on an equal footing, but he knew that this was Gifu City after all, the territory of the Oda family, although he had the name of a general, but when there was no general, how could he put on a shelf, so he hurriedly pushed it.

And how could Oda Nobunaga agree, after some pushing, Ashikaga Yoshiaki had to sit on the main seat, and Oda Nobunaga retreated to the side to sit along.

After he sat down with everyone, he only heard Ashikaga Yoshiaki sigh first, and then said: "Alas, since I succeeded as a general, I have never forgotten to restore the old land and revive the prestige of the Ashikaga family, but there is no one in the world who can help me, which is really a pity." Speaking of this, I only heard him sigh again.

When Nobunaga heard him say this, he couldn't help but say solemnly: "The minister Oda Nobunaga is willing to help the general." ”

Since Ashikaga Yoshiaki arrived at this Gifu Castle, there were too many things that surprised him, but the previous surprises were not as big as the shock that Nobunaga brought to him after he said this, he never expected that Oda Nobunaga would be so happy, so happy that he agreed before he could ask him to help the army.

You have to know that he and he are simply flat water encounters, there is no half of friendship, thinking that the Rokkaku Yoshiji and Asakura Yoshijing are all close friends of the Ashikaga family, but the most perfunctory themselves, thinking of this, Ashikaga Yoshiaki felt a little regretful, if he had listened to Hosokawa Fujitaka and came directly to the Oda family, I am afraid that he would have recaptured Nijo Castle long ago, how could the Miyoshi family still stand in the land of the mountain castle now?

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was a little too excited now, so he didn't care about the faux pass at all, and after listening, he stood up violently and asked excitedly: "I don't know when I can go to the army." ”

I only heard Nobunaga say without hesitation: "Back to the general, the army of this family is always on standby, if the general wants to restore the old territory earlier, now I can send troops to help the lord regain the territory." ”

After hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshiaki walked quickly to Nobunaga, helped Nobunaga up, and said with tears in his eyes: "Qing Zhen is a loyal man, and after I restore my old collar, I will not forget the great kindness of the Oda family." ”