Chapter 203: Cutting off the lifeline

That night, after arranging the ashigaru, the clan returned to the samurai mansion that had been temporarily arranged to rest, and the next day was just dawn, and the clan had to endure the cold again to get up from the couch and follow the Asai Nagamasa army straight to Mekada Castle.

Although Mekada Castle and Mekada Town are close at hand, compared to the prosperous Mekada Town, the castle is surprisingly dilapidated, and the reason why the two places are so different is entirely because, since the development of Mekada Town, it was taken away by the Rokkaku family and set up as a direct jurisdiction. As the local wealthy family who developed this place, the Kada family felt helpless about it.

There are only more than 12,000 stones in the territory under the rule of the Mekada family, and if it is for the sake of Mekada Town to confront the Rokkaku family with hundreds of thousands of stone territory, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and when the time comes, not only will it be impossible to keep Mekada Town, but even the family name will be difficult to continue to survive, so although the Mekada family is unwilling, but in order not to anger the Rokkaku family, in the end, they can only reluctantly cut their love and send this town away.

The head of the Mekada family at the time, in order not to see the sad place again, so after the town was handed over to the Rokkaku family, he ordered all the windows of the castle tower to be sealed, so as not to see the Mekada Town, and over time, the castle town, which was originally attached to Mekada Castle and surrounded the castle pond, gradually shifted to the north of the castle due to the convenient transportation of Lake Biwa, and thus completely escaped the scope of Mekada Castle's control.

Now, more than 100 years have passed, and the town of Mekada has become more and more prosperous under the governance of the Rokkaku family, while the castle of Mekada, which is only more than 200 meters away from him, is becoming more and more dilapidated. Now, the windows of the castle tower have been opened, except for the north side, which is still sealed.

The current head of the Mekada family, Mekada Tsunakashi, sat in the assessment room with his back to the north, and in this small and very dilapidated assessment room, in addition to himself, there were four retainers sitting in the lower position, and the reason why they gathered here was because they received information that the Asai family's governor Asai Nagamasa led 5,000 flags to the head of the Kada Castle.

And in Mekada Castle, there are only 800 ashigaru, and the city is dilapidated, how can this be resisted? Is this the time for the destruction of my Kada family? Thinking of this, Mekada Tsunakiyo, who was sitting on the main seat, hated it in his heart, he didn't hate Asai Nagamasa for leading the army to attack, he only hated that the Rokkaku family took away the Mekada Town, which originally belonged to the family, otherwise, with the taxes provided by this town, it would be absolutely impossible for the family to end up like this.

Compared with the Asai family, Mekada Tsunakiyo has a greater hatred for the Rokkaku family, since it is impossible to block the attack of the Asai family, and he is resentful of the Rokkaku family, it is better to return the city to this move, so that not only can he keep the existing territory, but he may also be able to bring Name Kada Town back into his hands. Otherwise, the family business that the Mukada family has accumulated for hundreds of years will be lost in their own hands.

Thinking of this, I saw that after a long sigh, he said solemnly: "Everyone, the land of this family is sandwiched between the two major forces of Rokkaku and Asaoi, with the current strength of the family, there is no possibility of independent development, before, the Hexagonal family has the potential to unify Omi, so the family has been significantly vassal to the Hexagonal family in the past dynasties, so as to save the family name, but who knows that the Hexagonal family has no way, seeing the prosperity of the castle town of the family, it was forcibly seized, and since then, although the family endures humiliation and continues to serve it, but has not forgotten the hatred of taking the town, And now, the Hexagonal family has long been declining, and the last two generations of family heads are even more incompetent to the extreme, not only repeatedly failed to use foreign troops, but also oppressed the retainers and wealthy families in every way, so it is not far from the betrayal of relatives.

And look at the Asai family, since Asai Nagamasa is the governor of the family, there is no way to cultivate the etiquette and politics inside, and there is no way to cut outside, all the battles with the Rokkaku family end in victory, if it continues like this, I dare to conclude that within five years, the Asai family can replace the position of the Rokkaku family in Omi, and it will not take ten years for the Rokkaku family to be destroyed, if the family does not make a decision early, to the end of the day, it can only be buried for the Rokkaku family.

So, I decided to abandon the Rokkaku family and instead serve the Asai Nagamasa allegiance, I don't know what you think? ”

After Mekada Tsunashi finished speaking, the retainers who were already a little flustered gradually calmed down, their ancestors were all retainers of the Mekada family, so what Mekada Tsunashi said, they are not ignorant of the way, it can be said that they are the same as the lord, they don't have the slightest good impression of the Rokkaku family, and judging from the current situation, returning to the Asai family is the only way out for the family, otherwise, just the five thousand troops who are rushing can destroy the Mekada family. ,

And as a retainer under the command of Tsunashi Mekada, how did he survive the disaster? In the future, let's talk about it later, let's look at the present. Thinking of this, I only heard the retainers sitting at the bottom of the hand invariably speak: "What the lord said is extremely true, and we have no objections. ”

As soon as this matter was finalized, whether it was Mekada Tsunashi or his retainers, they suddenly felt extremely relaxed, after all, the family name was preserved, and he could continue to enjoy everything now.

Just when everyone decided to return to the Asai family, they saw a person running into the assessment room in a panic, only to hear him report loudly: "Report, lord, the governor of the Asai family, Asai Nagamasa, led an army of 5,000 less than a mile away from the city, and please prepare for the lord early." "This ashigaru still doesn't know that the lord of the road and the lords have decided to return to the Asai family, and not only will he not show an anxious look on his face.

After hearing this, Mekada Tsunashi just said lightly: "Zhilu Dao, retreat." ”

When this ashigaru just walked to the door, I saw a junior samurai wearing an abdominal roll, hurriedly ran in from the outside, anxious, he almost collided with the ashigaru, if it was in normal times, although the fault was the samurai, but this ashigaru would still be scolded, but now the junior samurai had no time to lose his temper at Ashigaru, but after glaring at him fiercely, he walked quickly into the assessment room.

This person is the commander of the Rokkaku family, Hirai Koichiro, although his identity is only a foot light general, but although he has an identity, he is a close confidant of Rokkaku Yoshiji, and he is even more favored by Rokkaku Yoshiji in ordinary times, even if he speaks to Mekada Tsunakiyo, he is very polite.

I saw that he walked quickly to the front, and after a symbolic salute as always, he said loudly: "Lord Mekada, something is wrong, I just got a report that Asai Nagamasa led an army of 5,000 people straight to Mekada Town, and the ashigaru who is responsible for defense in the town is only 500 people, how can this be resisted, so please send troops to Mekada Town immediately, help defend it, and say that you can't tell the Asai family to seize this town." ”

Mekada Tsunakiyo is now worried that he didn't vote for his name, seeing this town garrison coming, he can't help but be overjoyed, as long as his head is taken down, in this way, then Mekada Town is afraid that he will not attack the son and fall, thinking of this, I saw him smile slightly, and said: "Ha Luha, Lord Hirai, if you lead the army to the rescue, then this Kada Castle, how can you hold it?" ”

I saw Hirai Koichiro say in an unkind tone: "Lord Mekada, may I ask if this castle is important, or is Mekada Town important, if this town is lost, then I have to report the situation to the Lord truthfully, and please think twice." ”

"Oh, in that case, adults don't have to worry about the safety of Mekada Town, and they will never have to worry about it in the future."

When Hirai Koichiro was in a hurry, he didn't hear the voice of Mekada Tsunaki, and thought that he didn't dare to anger the lord, so he had to send troops to rescue. "In this case, then please send reinforcements quickly, and with a heavy responsibility, I will retire first."

However, just as Koichiro Hirai was about to leave proudly, he saw Tsunashi Kada's face change, and he said coldly: "Someone is coming."

As soon as the words fell, the four or five retainers present all stood up, and drew the sword at their waists, surrounding Hirai Koichiro in the middle.

"It's... Lord Mekada, what do you want to do, do you still want to rebel? Hirai Koichiro has already been flying and domineering, although it has now been discovered that the situation is serious, but the tone of his speech has not softened.

Tsunashi Kada was too lazy to talk to him, but he waved his hand to Lu, followed by two words popping out of his mouth: "Do it"

"You dare... Ah" With a miserable scream from Koichiro Hirai, the Mekada family now has only one way to go to the Asai family.

When Asai Nagamasa led the army to the outside of Mekada Castle, he saw that there were already five or six samurai standing there on the city wall, but when Asai Nagamasa looked closely, he found that these samurai were not wearing armor and were fully armed, but as usual, only wearing daily clothes, not to mention that there was a sense of resistance.

Thinking of this, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help frowning, for others, it would be a good thing to be able to win a city without blood, but Asai Nagamasa couldn't be happy anyway, this city is close at hand, if you want to win this town, you must first take this city, so a city like this must be firmly in your own hands, only in this way can you fully control Mekada Town, and it is impossible for the Mekada family to continue to keep the territory in the future.

Besides, the current strength of the wealthy family in the family is enough to threaten their own status, and this Kada City also has more than 10,000 stone territory, if it is agreed to be submitted, the family will be hindered by another force, and such a thing cannot happen again.

Thinking of this, although Mekada Tsunakiyo had not yet said the words of returning to Shun, Asai Nagamasa had already made up his mind to refuse his return to his own family.

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