With the addition of the Takayama Army and the command of two capable samurai, Hosokawa Fujitaka and Akechi Mitsuhide, it took only one day to capture the castle of Katryuji on the border between Yamashiro and Hanoi.

Two months later, all the cities bordering the Ashikaga family had been captured, and in just two months, the Ashikaga family had acquired more than 50,000 land, and the population of the territory had reached more than three or four thousand.

However, although the morale of the samurai of the Ashikaga clan and the ashigaru was strong, after all, the army was too small, and if they attacked forward, although the castle could be captured, there was no one to defend it, so they had to stop and start digesting the newly acquired territory.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki also felt helpless about this, in the final analysis, just because the family army is too small, so he attaches great importance to the recruitment of ashigaru, and he is even more personally pro-maintenance in the selection of military strength, only a few days of effort, the Ashikaga family will pull out a two-thousand-person army, if you add the Isshiki family and the Kyoyoshi family under the command of the ashiki, the combat power of the Ashikaga family has been close to three thousand, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki is even more in the direct military situation to draw out two hundred of the strongest young men to form a personal guard.

Nowadays, it is common to see troops training outside Nijo Castle, which is enough to show that Ashikaga Yoshiaki wants to restore the former glory of the Ashikaga shogunate.

Iimori Castle was captured twice by the clan and a large number of facilities in the city were set on fire, so even though it has been rebuilt now, there are still traces of the original burning.

In the castle tower, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu sat on the throne with anger in his heart, and since a few days ago, when he learned that the Ashikaga family was attacking westward and devouring a large number of his family's territory, he wanted to send an army to drive them out of the territory, if not to annihilate the Ashikaga family.

He can't beat the Oda army, but he hasn't paid attention to the Ashikaga family yet.

But when he was about to make a decision, he learned that there was still a Takayama army in the Ashikaga family's army, so he didn't dare to be careless, judging from the intelligence. Although the number of the Takayama army is small, the Takayama clan represents the Oda family, which cannot but let them act cautiously, but fortunately, the Ashikaga family's attack speed is very slow. It took nearly two months to occupy more than 50,000 stones of land in my family, and although I was also angry, I was still within the scope of endurance.

And in the past month or so, the Miyoshi family has not done nothing, since getting the news, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu has sent a large number of ninjas to infiltrate the mountain city country to find out the news. And constantly retract the military momentum.

Judging from the information sent back, as the Ashikaga family has more and more territories, the army under its command has expanded to three thousand in such a short period of time, but in the eyes of the people of the Miyoshi family, this is nothing, and what makes the people of the Miyoshi family feel pressure is that the Takayama clan did not leave. And in addition to the 300 troops under his command, there are also 1,000 Oda family banners.

And although the family is trying to gather the army, they have only managed to gather 5,000 people. And not long after the big defeat, these ashigaru were demoralized.

Don't go out of the army, the land of the family was taken by the Ashikaga family, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu is really unwilling, but if the army, then in case the Oda army is also dispatched, although there are only more than a thousand, but the family is not sure of winning.

Originally, the Miyoshi family could have transferred troops from Shikoku, but it wasn't that Miyoshi Yoshitsugu didn't want to be transferred, but he really couldn't be transferred. At the time of the great war between the main family and the Oda family, the Shikoku Chosō Ibe clan received news and attacked with the strength of the country, and at present, except for Awa, Awaji is still under the control of the main family, and all the land of Tosa Ichikoku fell into the hands of the Chosō Ibu clan. Although the fighting has stopped now, if the family sends troops to come, who knows if they will attack when the family is empty, so there is no way to transfer the military situation there.

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu really didn't expect that the originally very powerful Miyoshi family could have come to such a field now. …,

He was not the master of the world, so he couldn't think of any good way to do it, and in the end, he could only gather his retainers to discuss the plan.

In the evaluation room of Iimori Castle, when the retainers of the Miyoshi family listened to the predicament that the family was facing now, they all felt that the situation was grim, among them, they had never regarded the Chozong family as an opponent, but it was such a small force, but now it can stir up the family is not peaceful, and the same is true of the Ashikaga family, if there is no Takayama clan clan to lead the army in the mountain castle, with his strength, the family can be destroyed at any time, but what is the use of saying these now, the Chozong family has now completely taken Tosa Province under control, It has become a big trend, and if you watch the Ashikaga family become stronger, then there is no possibility for the family to survive. Therefore, while the family still has strength, it is necessary to reverse the situation, even if it does not compete for dominance in the world, it is necessary to keep the current territory.

"Let's talk about it, the family has reached such a situation now, what should we do next?" Miyoshi Yoshiji saw that no one of the retainers spoke, so he could only ask, and his eyes stayed on Miyoshi Changyi.

Since the fiasco of the main family at the hands of the Oda family, Arakimura Shige has completely lost the trust of Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, and not only that, after returning to Iimori Castle, if it weren't for the retainers to stop the lord, then Araki Murashige would have committed suicide long ago.

Therefore, although this meeting is important, Araki Murashige was not seen in the assessment room, and his position in Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's heart also fell again and again, and was replaced by Miyoshi Nagaitsu.

Miyoshi Changyi saw that the lord focused his eyes on himself, so he had to speak: "Lord, my subordinates think that now this family must go through a war to the people of the world, and this family is still strong......"

"Fight, of course you have to fight, but what I'm asking you now is, should you send troops to the mountain city now, or should you defeat Changzong's department?" I only heard Miyoshi Yoshitsugu say very impatiently.

"This... The subordinates believed that although it was more certain to attack the Chosamune Ibe clan, after all, it was far away from Honshu in Shikoku, and it was only a native of Shikoku, so even if it was completely annihilated, it would not be difficult to prove the strength of the clan, so the subordinates felt that it was better to drive the Ashikaga clan out of their own territory first. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he only heard Shichijo Nakaken speak: "Have you forgotten that the reason why the Ashikaga family dares to invade the territory of the family is not because of the Oda family as a backer, and the Takayama clan is even more in Kyoto, and the family cannot win with the strength of the whole country, not to mention that the strength has not recovered now, if it fails again this time, then most of the wealthy families who return to the family will definitely fall to Ashikaga, so that the family is not as simple as losing tens of thousands of stones." ”

"Shichijo-sama don't worry, as far as I know, it seems that the Oda family and the Ashikaga family are not monolithic, so according to my guess, if the family only recovers the lost territory and does not attack the Ashikaga family, Oda Nobunaga should not send a large army here."

"How so? Please also speak clearly! After Shichijo Zhongken finished asking, all the people present focused their eyes on Miyoshi Changyi, waiting for him to answer.

"Lord, according to his subordinates, when Oda Nobunaga left the mountain castle, he moved all the civilians in the land under the rule of the Ashikaga family, and although Nijo Castle was repaired luxuriously, but there were no defense facilities, it can be seen from this that Oda Nobunaga definitely didn't want the Ashikaga family to become strong, and this time, the Ashikaga family invaded the land of the family, although the Takayama army helped, but the Oda family's thousand banners did not move, which can also prove that the Takayama clan's army was not Oda Nobunaga's will, And it is completely the personal behavior of the Takayama clan, so the subordinates dare to be sure that the family only regains the lost territory, and the Oda family will not intervene. ”…,

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu listened to what he said, and couldn't help but nodded, thinking in his heart, Oda Nobunaga has the heart to dominate the world, and even uses the world's martial arts as a seal, how can he really help the Ashikaga family, it seems that he is too cautious, thinking of this, I only heard him open his mouth and said: "What I said is reasonable, I decided to send an army of three thousand, regain the lost territory, Miyoshi Changyi!" ”

"The subordinates are here, please give instructions to the lord." I only heard Miyoshi Changyi hurriedly and respectfully replied.

"This matter is up to you, and you must not touch the bottom line of the Oda family. Meeting. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu walked to the inner room, while secretly shaking his head, feeling helpless in his heart, since the first master created the foundation, he has never been afraid of anyone, but now the Oda family is like a giant to trample the family under his feet, and the family now doesn't even dare to resist, alas, I really don't know when the day like this will come.

With the three thousand troops of the Miyoshi Army going out, the territory that the Ashikaga family had just obtained was also decreasing, at the beginning, Miyoshi Nagayi was only tentatively attacking a city, after all, it was just his own guess before, but after the capture of the city, five days have passed, and there is still no movement in Luozhong City, and even the hundreds of mountain troops are gone, he knows that his guess is not wrong, as long as he does not attack the mountain city, then the Oda army will never care.

In this way, from the next day, Miyoshi Nagayoshi led his army to launch a fierce attack on the Ashikaga army in the old domain.

Although the Ashikaga family has Hosokawa Fujitaka and Wise Mitsuhide, the two wise and resourceful men who are ranked in the world, but there are no brave generals at all, and the troops under their command are just recruited and have not been trained much, and Akechi Mitsuhide has secretly returned to Oda, how can he be willing to contribute, these reasons are summed up together, so that the Ashikaga army is defeated and retreated, and the land of 50,000 stone that has just been captured was half recaptured by the Miyoshi family in a blink of an eye.

When Ashikaga Yoshiaki heard this, he couldn't help but feel anxious, and hurriedly ordered someone to go to Rakunachi Castle to see the Takayama clan and order him to send troops to help, but the result he got was that the Takayama clan was not in Rakunaka Castle, although the 1,000 Oda army was still there, but without the order of the Takayama clan, it was impossible to mobilize. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )