Three days later, the Takayama army and the army led by Oda Nobunaga finally arrived at Yamashiro, but one way to Nijo Castle and the other to Rakunaka Castle.

After the end of the battle outside Rakuchu Castle, Akechi Mitsuhide led more than 2,000 Oda troops to sweep through the mountain castle country, and all the temples that participated in the coalition were burned down, except for Enryakuji Temple.

When the people of the temple saw that the temple was destroyed, they all led their remnants to Enryakuji Temple, and in less than three days, Prince Jueshu raised an army of more than 3,000 people, but in front of the Oda family's army, it was difficult to protect themselves, let alone go out of the army.

In the castle tower of Nijo Castle, Oda Nobunaga sat on the main throne, his retainers sat on the right side of the assessment room, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki knelt in the center.

In less than a year, the positions of Oda Nobunaga and Ashikaga Yoshiaki have changed, and the generals who thought they were high at the beginning have now become prisoners.

Oda Nobunaga looked at Ashikaga Yoshiaki below and couldn't help frowning, and secretly scolded Isshiki Fujicho in his heart for being unreasonable, if he had killed him directly, then there would be no trouble like now, externally, it can be said that Ashikaga Yoshiaki died in the chaos of the army, or was killed by bandits, but now it's good, Isshiki Fujicho is relieved, but this trouble is completely pushed on himself.

Released Ashikaga Yoshiaki? That's impossible, in case it is used by other forces, then you are asking for hardship, so you must not let go.

Kill it? Obviously, it was also a troublesome thing, if he died in wartime, it would be better to say, if he was killed now, then it would be possible for other powerful forces to find an excuse to attack his own house, but in order not to leave any trouble, Nobunaga decided to get rid of him at the end of the day.

After more than a year of recuperation, the soldiers are well fed, and other forces want to attack, but also think about whether they have this ability.

Come to think of it. I only heard Nobunaga Maseki say, "Is there anything else you have to say, Lord Shogun?" ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki still has the temperament of a general, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I only want to survive in the next place, and I don't want anything else." I don't want anything, please be gracious, gracious. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki is not afraid of any embarrassment now, anyway, all the retainers under his command have returned to the Oda family, and he has become a loner, who will feel ashamed, and now saving his life is the most important thing.

Nobunaga listened. sneered again and again, and said without shying away at all: "If you were willing to live secretly, maybe I would have let you live, but you don't cherish it, then it's no wonder I." In order to maintain the dignity of the general's family, the general should cut his own stomach. ”

"No, no, Oda-sama. Let me live, I promise, and stay incognito when I leave. Don't ask about the world, let me go. Ashikaga Ichiaki said as he knelt down and quickly crawled towards Oda Nobunaga, but as soon as he took two steps, Hasegawa Shuichi and Ho Naomasa, who were standing behind Oda Nobunaga, rushed over and stopped Ashikaga Yoshiaki from approaching.

"Take it down, I don't want to see such a samurai without integrity."

"My lord, my subordinates ask for the general's life." Among the people present, in addition to the veteran Oda family samurai, there are more than a dozen Ashikaga family samurai who have just surrendered to the Oda family. After hearing Ashikaga Yoshiaki's fate and seeing Ashikaga Yoshiaki's unsightly performance, they all chose to remain silent.

They had already learned that Oda Nobunaga would never be soft on his enemies, and if he stood up at this time, he would undoubtedly be playing a joke on his own life.

And even if someone wants to stand up and intercede for Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but after thinking about it. still gave up, his little strength was not even a fart in front of Oda Nobunaga, and now at this time, he still kept himself on top. …,

However, there is one person who is different from them, he is Hosokawa Fujitaka, although he knows the way, I am afraid that even if he asks Ashikaga Yoshiaki to intercede, he may not be able to impress Oda Nobunaga, and may even provoke him to accompany Ashikaga Yoshiaki to the Yellow Springs, but he still stood up.

Surprisingly, Nobunaga did not get angry, but calmly said, "Tell me what you think." ”

For the upright Hosokawa Fujitaka, Nobunaga still attaches great importance to it, in front of Qianbei in front of him, but he greatly praised it, the ability of the clan to know people is not said, even Nobunaga is very convinced, since Qianbei said that he is a rare talent, then this nameless samurai must have some uniqueness.

So when he came to defect, Nobunaga was very happy, and directly ordered him to be the general of the army and Murai Sadakatsu and others to counsel the military affairs, although the status of the general is still not low in Oda's family, but it does not prove anything, but let him be the counselor of military affairs is different, which is enough to prove Nobunaga's trust in him.

If it weren't for the support of the clan back then, even if Hosokawa Fujitaka was capable, Nobunaga would not have placed him in such an important position at the beginning of his return, although the counselor military affairs had no actual power, but it was equivalent to the center of the Oda family, and any decrees or transfers of the Oda family would go back through his hands, so this loyalty was extremely important.

If someone else intercedes for Ashikaga Yoshiaki, then he will be scolded lightly, and he may be buried for the Ashikaga family, and Hosokawa Fujitaka will intercede for Ashikaga Yoshiaki It is very different, which can reflect his loyalty to the Ashikaga family, and now that he has become a minister of the Oda family, Nobunaga is confident that it will not be long before he will get a loyal retainer, so that he has nothing to be angry about.

"Back to the lord, this is the promise of the subordinates to the former general, and it is also the choice of the subordinates as samurai, and I hope that the lord will be fulfilled."

After hearing this, Nobunaga shook his head and said casually, "It's not impossible to spare his life, but what should I do with it?" ”

Although Nobunaga didn't say it explicitly, but from what he said, Hosokawa Fujitaka heard it, and if he wanted to let Ashikaga Yoshiaki leave, it was impossible, and he had to think of it himself, and he had to stand in the perspective of the Oda family, otherwise Nobunaga would not talk to himself so kindly.

"This ...... The subordinates think that it is better to keep imprisoning it, so that the purpose of the lord can be achieved, and the reputation of the lord can be preserved, I don't know what the lord thinks. ”

"Well, that's a good idea." And Nobunaga has long thought of a place to place Ashikaga Yoshiaki, that is, Takasaki Castle, Isshiki Fujinaga sent Ashikaga Yoshiaki and choked himself with disgust, and now it is time to let him eat the consequences.

Thinking of this, he only heard Nobunaga open his mouth and ordered: "Take the general down, imprison him in Takasaki Castle, and leave it under the care of Isshiki Fujinagu." ”

"Thank you for not killing, thank you for not killing." While being entrusted to the bottom, Ashikaga Yoshiaki shouted from the bottom of his heart that he didn't want to be a general anymore, he just wanted to live the rest of his life in peace, and it was clear that he had achieved this goal.

Seeing that Ashikaga Yoshiaki was dragged down, Nobunaga said solemnly: "Since Ashikaga Yoshiaki, there are no more generals in the world, and there is no longer a force that overrides the family. ”

Although Nobunaga said very calmly, but the retainers present were excited, they thought that the main guild was like the Miyoshi family, after the defeat of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, another person was selected to succeed the shogun and become the puppet of the family, after all, since the source of the power to dominate the world, no matter how weak the shogunate is, but it still exists.

And now the lord has completely wiped out this hundreds of years of system with just one sentence, how much courage does it take? It is impossible that the lord would never have done this, and the only explanation is that the lord wants to take the throne of the shogun and start a new shogunate era. …,

However, although the current Oda family has controlled Owari, Mino, Ise, Yamashiro, Minami Omi and other countries and regions, Ishitaka has also reached a terrifying 2.3 million stones, becoming the world's largest force, but with these, it is not enough to establish a new shogunate, the Oda family seems to be strong, but it is surrounded by Takeda, Uesugi, Hojo, Mori and other general trends, once one step is wrong, then it will be doomed, so in any case, now is definitely not the best time to establish a shogunate.

Thinking of this, I only heard Niwa Nagahide speak: "My lord, according to the current situation, my family does not have the conditions to establish a shogunate, so please ask my lord to decide." ”

"Establish a shogunate? I don't like it. Don't speculate, what the family needs most at present is to expand its strength as quickly as possible, and this is my ultimate goal. ”

The retainers finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, as long as the lord does not establish the shogunate now, then everything is easy to say, but what does the lord just say that he can't look down? What can the lord look at? Maybe this is just a big talk released by the lord, and the retainers are too lazy to think about it anymore.

And the people present, I'm afraid that only the clan knows the way, what Nobunaga thinks in his heart, not to mention that he doesn't look down on the shogunate, I'm afraid he doesn't even care about the emperor, what Nobunaga wants to establish is a war without war, advanced and powerful, but if you want to achieve such a goal, then you must first use war to completely destroy all the obstacles in front of you, but Nobunaga doesn't know that he can't complete this grand goal.

Neither Nobunaga nor the retainers of Zaiba dwelled on this topic, because there was still one important matter for the Oda family to be resolved, and that was the bald donkeys in the Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei.

It stands to reason that Nobunaga has not erased the title of commander-in-chief of the clan, so the war to annihilate the bald donkeys of Enryakuji Temple should be completed by the clan, but the clan does not want to stay here any longer.

Lao Tzu should work hard for Oda Nobunaga, but if he delays his own development, it will definitely not work, so no matter what reason he finds, he must leave here as soon as possible. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )