Chapter 201: Revealing Your Heart

Seeing the retainers' answers, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but cry bitterly in his heart, he knew in his heart that Watanabe Ren and Hidekatsu Ribaka's ability was much worse than that of Endo Naokei, Red Rain Sea General and others, although they had their own strategy behind them, but they might not be able to seize most of the benefits, thinking of this, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but focus his eyes on the Takayama clan again, and secretly thought in his heart that by burning the grain and grass of the Rokkaku family, it can be proved that this Takayama clan is indeed resourceful and outstanding, as rumored. And what his ministers lack most is a resourceful person like him, so no matter how shrewd he is, after all, his energy is limited, and it is impossible to do everything.

If he could have his side in this invasion of Minami Omi, he would not only be able to improve his grasp of seizing the entire territory of Minami Omi, but also gain greater benefits. However, although the Asai Oda family has formed an alliance, they do not have the right to directly order them, and everything depends on the personal wishes of the Takayama clan.

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but start to envy Oda Nobunaga, a talent like the Takayama clan took refuge in the Oda family, unless Oda Nobunaga was a waste, otherwise, it was unlikely that the family name would not be prosperous.

If it weren't for the fact that Asai Nagamasaki Michi Oda Nobunaga had a lot of faith in the Takayama clan, he would definitely return the Takayama clan to bed at all costs, even if there was an extra force in the family, as long as this power could be used for himself, he would not hesitate.

Such thoughts flashed in Asai Nagamasa's heart, and he only heard him ask in a consultative tone: "Takayama-sama's resourcefulness, Nagamasa sincerely admires, and now that the family is about to start a war against the South Omi Raiders, I wonder if Takayama-sama can help the Asai family?" ”

As a bystander, the clan watched in this assessment room for a long time, and now he can see it thoroughly, don't look at the very harmonious idea of Asai Nagamasa and his retainers on the surface, but from the words and the attitudes of both parties, it can be seen that although the ruler and the ministers of the Asai family have not yet reached the point of being incompatible with each other, they are not as harmonious as they seem.

The clan knows that if you want to change the fate of Asai Nagamasa, unless you want to increase the proportion of the Asai family's pro-weaving faction, you also need to enhance Asai Nagamasa's own strength, only if the strength exceeds the ministers of the family, then he can master the right to speak, only if he really has the right to speak, he can always stand on the same front as the Oda family, anyway, he doesn't have anything important to deal with, instead of returning now, it is better to help Asai Nagamasa.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan sect speak: "The Asai Hall is polite, now the Oda family and the Asai family have formed an alliance, if the main hall has orders, as a minister of the alliance, he should help the main hall, and please don't be polite." ”

Seeing that the Takayama clan did not hesitate to agree to his proposal, while being happy in his heart, he couldn't help but say: "In this way, there is Lord Lao Gaoshan, when the family goes out to the army, please also ask the Lord to accompany the long government, and teach from time to time." ”

After the politeness, Asai Nagamasa said solemnly to the Anyoji Sekei who was in charge of receiving the envoy of the Oda family: "The matter of marrying Princess Aichi cannot be delayed, and I now order you to return to Kotani Castle immediately, prepare a heavy gift, and go to Owari to meet with Owari Mamoru to discuss the marriage between the two families." ”

"It's the lord, and my subordinates will go to handle this matter." After speaking, I saw that after a deep bow from Anyang Temple, he quickly exited the assessment room.

Subsequently, after Asai Nagamasa made some more arrangements, the meeting was adjourned, and the retainers did not dare to slack off, while arranging for the military to rest and recuperate, while waiting for the order to leave the army tomorrow.

As soon as the clan returned to the samurai mansion that belonged to him, he only heard Maeda Keiji, who had been following behind the clan, frowning and saying: "My lord, the task given to you by the main hall is only to form an alliance with the Asai family, and since it has been completed now, then you should immediately return to Owari to report to the main hall, why do you want to help that Asai Nagamasa to take the south Omi, this is not good for you, the lord, this is not your style of doing things." ”

How could the clan not know what he thought, before leaving Owari, the boss of the sparrow house handed over all the credit records of Maeda Keiji in the sparrow house to himself, only to hear the clan snort lightly, and said: "Hmph, where did you get so much nonsense, don't think I don't know what you have in mind." If you talk nonsense, you won't want to step into the sparrow house in the future. ”,

After hearing this, Maeda Keiji trembled in his heart, what he did was already secret enough, how could this lord still know the truth, there must be someone telling him, fortunately, the lord is in a good mood now, and he is not to blame, but it seems that as long as he does not continue to talk this time, then the lord will not object to going to the sparrow house in the future, this ...... Thinking of this, Keiji Maeda was overjoyed and decisively closed his mouth.

After a day of boredom, the sky had just dawned on the second day, and the Asai family and the Hao clan each led 2,000 troops to kill Minami Omi, and soon after the two armies attacked, the clan clan followed Asai Nagamasa to lead 3,000 troops.

Along the way, Asai Nagamasa was not worried about the battle situation ahead, he was only worried that the attack of those wealthy clans under his rule was too smooth, thinking of this, Asai Nagamasa saw that outside of the Takayama clan around him, the retainers under his command were far away, and it was time to ask him, but for a while, he didn't know how to speak, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but sigh lightly: "Alas......"

Seeing that he sighed for no reason, it seems that Asai Nagamasa can't hold back, since yesterday he let himself follow him to attack Minami Omi, he has already guessed that this Asai Nagamasa must have something to inquire about, and sure enough, this is less than a mile away from Sawa Mountain City, and he can't help it. It seems that this should not be a trivial matter.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan sect ask, "Why does the main hall sigh for a long time?" If you have something to order, please don't be polite to the main hall. ”

Seeing that the clan was so good, Asai Nagamasa no longer pretended, but only heard him speak: "Alas, the situation of the Asai family is not as peaceful as the adults see, and now the ministers of the family are bigger, and they occupy more than sixty percent of the family's territory, and Nagamasa always wants to turn the situation around, but for a while, he is afraid that he will use too much force, which will cause the samurai in the family to rebel collectively, and the second is that he is afraid that if there is no secret, he will suffer from it, and Nagamasa is walking on thin ice all day long, for fear that one day he will be abolished by the retainers like his father, if this is the case, then the two alliances of Asai Oda, And how do you proceed? ”

Speaking of this, Asai Nagamasa was already a little excited, these words were the words of his heart that he had buried deep in his heart for many years, and he had never told others before, and he spit them all out today, and he immediately felt a lot more relaxed.

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but smile slightly, the current situation of the Asai family, he had already seen it, and in his opinion, this matter was not difficult to solve, although the clan had already thought of a solution before, but if it was blurted out directly, it would seem a little abrupt, I saw him riding on a horse, posing as if he was thinking hard, Asai Nagamasa was only this matter more tricky, no matter how wise and resourceful the Takayama clan was, it was impossible to come up with a solution immediately, so he did not urge, Instead, he waited patiently.

After a while, the clan clan shook his already sore neck and spoke: "The Asai Hall wants to weaken the strength of the retainers, but the clan has thought of three strategies. ”

After hearing this, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Oh? Please also ask Takayama-sama to quote that if he can really succeed, Nagamasa will not forget the grace of Takayama-sama. ”

After the two of them were polite again, they only heard the clan said: "Let's talk about this slow policy first, with the wisdom of the main hall, every time in the battle, the benefits must be more than the middle retainers, so step by step, one day when the strength exceeds the retainers, the leading power and decision-making power of the family will answer the main hall again." ”

As soon as this slow strategy was finished, I saw Asai Nagamasa shake his head, he had already thought of such a strategy, and he had always done so, however, such a method was too slow, I am afraid that it would be difficult to succeed without thirty or fifty years, at that time, whether he was still alive or not, even if he was still alive, he was already dying, what else could he do, besides, in this era of war, who can guarantee that the family will not change in the next thirty or fifty years?

The reason why Asai Nagamasa was not ashamed to ask was that he wanted to get a solution to the problem at home that could be solved quickly, and when he thought of this, he only heard him speak: "Lord Takayama, this slow policy is too slow, I don't know what the urgent policy is, and I ask the adults to give me advice." ”

The clan also didn't think that Asai Nagamasa had the patience to wait for decades, so he was the first to say this strategy. Now seeing that Asai Nagamasa did not adopt it, it was also in his calculations, so he only heard him say leisurely: "The urgent solution is that the main hall explains the current situation of the Asai family to my lord, and now the two families are not only aligned, but also the two families have been married, which can be described as a kiss, with the attitude of my lord to the main hall, as long as the main hall is willing to speak, I think my lord will not refuse, as long as the Oda family can help the main hall, when the time comes, the main hall with the army under his command, plus the tens of thousands of elites assisted by my lord, In order to crusade against the traitorous ministers, in less than half a year, the North Omi River can be pacified, and then, the main hall only needs to confiscate the land that is not subordinate, so that the place under you is not more than sixty percent, even if it reaches seventy percent, or even eighty percent is not difficult, this is the urgent strategy that the clan came up with, and which hall to decide. ”

After hearing these words, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but feel a sense of relief, if it was really according to what the Takayama clan said, Oda Nobunaga was really willing to send the army to help, it wouldn't take half a year at all, Asai Nagamasa was confident that within three months, he could reintegrate the strength of the family, and the elite of the Oda family's army, he still heard of it.

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