Chapter 200 turns defense into offense

When the two of them learned that Kuchigi Mototsuna actually used low combat power, and they were both at a disadvantage, they easily defeated the elite Asai family banner Honashigaru, and while admiring his bravery, he also secretly regretted that if he had just taken a step faster, he would have shared some credit with the same credit as Sankumo Narita and Yamazaki Katachi.

Now not only did they run all the way away, but they didn't earn any credit, they couldn't help but feel a little bored in their hearts, but after a polite few words with Kuchiki Mototsuna, they pulled the grain and grass they brought and returned to Aragami Mountain City with Sanyun Chengzhi.

However, before they could reach the city, they saw thick smoke billowing from the sky in the direction of the west city.

When the four of them arrived outside the Aragami Mountain Castle, the castle that had been built of wood was burning at the moment, and the castle tower had completely collapsed in the fire, and the samurai and ashigaru who had been left in the city to defend had long since disappeared, and the four people including Mikumo Narichi and Yamazaki Katake saw this, although they felt a little overwhelmed, but they also felt very lucky, it was obviously a felony to burn the grain and grass, but fortunately they led the army to rescue or transport the grain and grass, and the responsibility was not great, otherwise, I am afraid that not only would I have to be buried for this city, Even the family name is difficult to keep.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, only to hear Yamanaka Toshiyoshi say: "Three adults, now that all the grain and grass in the Aragami Mountain City have been burned, I can't return to heaven if I bring more here, so it's better to go to the big tent outside the Sawa Mountain City as soon as possible and report to the lord." ”

Outside the mountain city of Zuohe, in the big tent of the Rokkaku family camp, Rokkaku Yoshiji was like thunder after receiving the burning of the grain and grass in the house, and now he has been carried away by anger, and he does not ask the reason, first scolded the four important ministers of the family such as Sanyun Chengzhi, and then made him four of them cut their stomachs to apologize, but fortunately, the important minister Pu Xiang Xianxiu, who has been relied on by the Rokkaku Yoshiji, persuaded him to give up, otherwise, the four people of Sanyun Chengzhi will be unjustly killed on the spot.

Fortunately, Kuchiki Mototsuna and Yamazaki Katake each brought a day's grain and grass, and these grains and grass were just enough to sustain the army's return to Kannonji Temple, otherwise, the army would have returned to Minami Omi hungry.

Just when Rokkaku Yoshiharu ordered the withdrawal of the army, and the Rokkaku family pulled out the camp, an army suddenly came from the rear, and the number of this army was about three or four thousand people, and the person who led the army was none other than the Asai family reinforcements led by Hidekatsu Ribaka.

The Rokkaku family was already demoralized to the extreme due to the destruction of grain and grass, and now seeing the arrival of reinforcements from the Asai family, there is still the slightest will to fight, and they have fled to the west.

The samurai of the Rokkaku family saw that they could no longer restrain their subordinates, and they would be sent to death if they stayed here, so they had no choice but to flee west with those ashigaru. Rokkaku Yoshiji saw that the general trend had gone, and even the two days of food and grass were gone, under the protection of hundreds of banners, he fled to Guanyin Temple City in a hurry, this joint battle, the Rokkaku family can be said to have suffered heavy losses, and there is no ability to rough the army again within a year, and although the Asai family also has losses, but compared with the harvest, these losses are really insignificant.

Asai Nagamasa, who had been watching the battle outside the castle from the castle walls, saw that reinforcements had arrived, and just as he wanted to lead the castle to kill Ashigaru, he saw that the Rokkaku family had begun to flee, and even if he gave the order immediately, it was a little late. So he didn't go out into the army.

In addition to sending someone to convey the order to Hidekatsu Ribaka to return to Sawa Yamashiro immediately, Asai Nagamasa also began to hold a feast to prepare for the celebration.

Seeing that the enemy army had retreated, the defender of the castle saw that the enemy had retreated, and couldn't help but let out a loud cheer, and in the assessment room of the Sawa mountain castle, the clan was already sitting here, in addition to him, Asai Nagamasa and his retainers were also sitting firmly.

The clan found that before he went to burn the grain and grass of the Hexagonal family, the half of the retainers who were unkind to him were now ugly, and there were still many people in the Qi Sect, and their eyes when they looked at them became softer, and they no longer looked at them as cold as in the past.

And the retainers who originally remained neutral gave a kind smile to the clan, and now they are looking at the retainers of the Asai family, most of them are no longer hostile to themselves and the Oda family, in the eyes of the clan, this is enough, so that everyone does not object, it is unrealistic, as long as the majority of the Asai family can be on the side of the Oda family, then this time they will exceed the task. ,

Now that the mission has been completed, it's time to return to Owari and report to Oda Nobunaga. However, just as the clan was about to speak, he heard Asai Nagamasa take the lead and said: "After this battle, the people of the Rokkaku family have lost their hearts, and this is a good time for the family to unify Omi, I have decided to set out from Sawa Mountain Castle at dawn tomorrow to attack the territory of the Rokkaku family, I don't know what your opinion is." ”

Now the situation is very clear, if the family marches into Minami Omi, it will be absolutely difficult to resist with the newly defeated army of the Rokkaku family, maybe the family can really have so much Omi territory, how can the retainers miss such a meritorious thing.

I heard them speak, "The lord is wise, please command." ”

At present, there are a total of 7,000 people in the Asai family army concentrated in the mountain castle of Sawa, of which 5,000 are directly under the command of Asai Nagamasa, so he is not afraid of the retainers of the wealthy clan to grab the merit, no matter how much they rob, it is impossible to have more benefits for themselves.

Now that the strength of his own army in the city exceeds more than half of the total military strength, Asai Nagamasa is full of confidence, and once he changed his decadent face when he first arrived in this city, he no longer let the retainers discuss, but directly said: "Watanabe Ren, Hidekatsu Ribaka, both of you have made great contributions in this battle with the Rokkaku, I will now promote you two to serve generals, and order you two to lead 1,500 troops each, and attack Minami Omi in two ways, and I and my retainers will lead 4,000 troops to support behind." ”

Watanabe Ren and Hidekatsu Kazaka were overjoyed after hearing this, and compared with getting promoted, they paid more attention to the most post-Nan Omi invasion battle, the lord made it clear that he would earn this great achievement, so he couldn't say anything to disgrace the lord, so he could take this opportunity to let the other retainers see how wise the lord's decision was, thinking of this, I only heard the two of them say in unison: "Thank you for the lord's generous reward, and the subordinates will live up to the lord's trust." ”

Asai Nagamasa directly promoted the identity of these two people, and the retainers present had nothing to say, after all, the merits of the two of them this time should also be promoted, but the lord blatantly sent the two of them as the vanguard to attack Minami Omi, isn't this clearly going to give the great merit of the Minami Omi strategy to the two of them, Watanabe Ren and Hidekatsu Ribaka have done enough this time, if you let them go, don't you love yourself and can't even drink soup?

Yumori Yabei's territory is the farthest away from Sawa Mountain Castle, and because he escorted the Takayama clan to Kotani Castle, it took a lot of time, so when he came to this Sawa Mountain Castle, everyone had already eaten the celebration banquet.

Yumori Yabei couldn't help but think that if he didn't grab the vanguard, wouldn't he be tossing in vain this time, thinking of this, he couldn't help but say first: "Lord, my subordinates think that the army under the command of the lord is either fighting or rushing overnight in the past few days, and the ashigaru is tired early, while the army under the command of his subordinates is resting and recuperating, at this time, not only makes it high, but also full of spirit, so the subordinates apply to lead the army under his command to attack the South Omi Rokkaku, and share the worries of the lord, and ask the lord's permission." ”

As soon as his words fell, he heard the other retainers also echo him: "What Lord Yusen said is reasonable, and his subordinates are willing to share the worries of the lord and the lord, and they will also be kind to the lord." ”

Seeing this, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help frowning, even if a few retainers agreed with his decision, he would not feel such a headache, even if he now had an absolute advantage in the military, he would not dare to arbitrarily dictate his power.

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but sigh in his heart, alas, it seems that he was carried away by this victory, not only with his previous style of doing things, even if he wants to profit from it, he will definitely not let the retainers see through, but now that the retainers have all opposed, then he has to consider the feelings of the retainers, if he insists on going his own way, in case the retainers treat their father like they do, they join forces to deal with themselves, with their current strength, it is still difficult to resist, on the one hand, they must accumulate strength, On the one hand, you have to be a man with your tail between your legs, when will such a day end?

Now that the retainers are all opposed to their opinions, Asai Nagamasa has no good way, and in the end he can only choose to compromise, only in this way can the Asai family remain stable, otherwise, without the enemy to attack, his own family will be in civil strife first.

Thinking of this, Asai Nagamasa regained his calm, and if he wants to gain the dominance of the family, it is definitely not something that can be done overnight, and gradual progress is the best policy. Asai Nagamasa buried this idea deep in his heart, and saw him say with a calm face: "What Yabei said also has some truth, since you are eager to fight, then Watanabe Ren Hidekatsu Ribaka will lead 2,000 troops, and you will lead 2,000 troops under your command, and go to Minami Omi Castle in two ways, and I will personally lead 3,000 banners to respond in the middle road." ”

Giving a way to the retainers in the family is already the bottom line of Asai Nagamasa, if the retainers still don't agree, then the matter of going to the army in Minami Omi can only be done, and what you can't get, others can't think of it. After finishing speaking, his gaze couldn't help but sweep towards the retainers, and the retainers saw that the lord was willing to give up some of his interests, and the atmosphere in the assessment room suddenly eased.

I only listened to the first important minister in the family, Endo Naojing, stepped forward and said: "The lord is wise, and his subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." The other retainers saw that Endo Naokyo had already expressed his position, and then hurriedly replied.

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