At Ichijo Valley Castle, Oda Nobunaga made only a short stop before setting off for the return of Mino. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But before leaving, he left Shibata Katsuya in Echizen.

"Katsuya, from today onwards, you will be the lord of Echizen Country." Oda Nobunaga's words immediately stunned everyone.

Today, the only people in the Oda family who have the right to be the lord of the country are Oda Yoshinobu, Matsudaira Ieyasu, and Matsunaga Shu. And in the future, it is Niwa Nagahide and Kinoshita Hideyoshi who have already booked. Let's not talk about the latter two, the first three, except for Oda Yoshinobu who is the real lord of Ise Province, others such as Matsudaira Ieyasu or Matsunaga Hide, are all lords who directly bring a country to submission.

Oh, by the way, there is also the lord of Ise Province, Hyakuchi Santaifu, but obviously, everyone subconsciously ignores Hyakchi Santaifu and Ise Country. After all, ninjas are always easy to overlook.

And Shibata Katsuie, now the second lord of the country to be divided, how can he not shock everyone? You must know that before, in the eyes of most people, the lord of Echizen Province was likely to fall into the hands of Asakura Jingjing. Although he is not ashamed of his actions, he is a family of Asakura after all, and he has a lot of power in Echizen, and if he becomes the lord of the country, his rule over Echizen will be more stable.

"Lord ......" Shibata Katsuya bowed to the ground, speechless with excitement. As a samurai, how could he not want to be the lord of a country? But when it came to the end, he was a little confused and hesitant. "Can I become a qualified lord?" Shibata Katsuya thought so. After all, before, he had always been only in charge of his own territory of tens of thousands of stones, but now, he had become the owner of more than 400,000 stones of Echizen's territory.

Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga chuckled and said, "Katsuya, you are the old minister of the family and the first fierce general of the family, and I have seen your hard work and merits over the years. So work hard and don't let me down! ”

"Please rest assured! The subordinates will not disappoint you! Shibata Katsuya shouted excitedly when he heard this.

Nodding, Oda Nobunaga pulled up Shibata Katsuya and whispered, "The remnants of Asakura will be handed over to you, remember, if they make any changes, I will allow you to cut them first and then play!" ”

Hearing this, Shibata Katsuya looked at Oda Nobunaga in surprise, but only saw Oda Nobunaga's meaningful gaze, "My subordinates understand!" Shibata Katsuya bowed his head in response.

In this way, Shibata Katsuya became the lord of Echizen Province, and although Asakura Keigami and others were very dissatisfied, they could only be dissatisfied in their hearts. After all, they didn't have any ability to resist against this new lord.

Four days later, Oda Nobunaga, who arrived at Kanesaki Castle, met with a ninja sent by Niwa Nagahide, who had already captured Wakasa Province. Oda Nobunaga was naturally not surprised by this result, so he directly appointed Niwa Nagahide as the lord of Wakasa Province, and then continued to lead his army back to Mino.

As time passed, the news that the Oda army had eliminated Asai and Asakura one after another swept the world. The civilians in the Oda clan celebrated wildly, because at this moment, they seemed to see that peace was coming. After all, several generations of famous families have been defeated so easily, and the combined forces of Honganji and the shogunate have repeatedly defeated Ryuji Castle, such a powerful Oda family, is there any force in the world that can compete with it?

However, for the other forces hostile to the Oda family, this matter is not a good thing. It is said that Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who heard the news, lost his temper in the room for a day, and even broke several of his beloved tea utensils. Honganji Shōru was also silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

A few days later, news came from that shocked the world again, and the Miyoshi family returned directly to Awa Province after looting most of the money in the entire Izumi Province. Obviously, after the successive demise of Asakura and Asai, the Miyoshi family no longer saw any hope of holding the Izumi country. So before Maeda Toshiya and others reacted, he immediately grabbed the money and flashed.

And after the news reached Ishiyama Honganji, it is said that Ashikaga Yoshiaki vomited blood directly and fainted. Of course, this news was directly denied by Honganji Xianru. However, it is obvious that the Oda family siege network initiated by Ashikaga Yoshiaki has been completely torn apart.

"Obviously, if you go on like this, you can't do it, you must ask other forces to intervene and form a siege network again!" After Ashikaga Yoshiaki woke up, he found Honganji Temple and said in a deep voice.

"His Royal Highness the General is talking about the Takeda family?" Honganji Xianru's tone was full of resentment when he said this, in his opinion, if it wasn't for the Takeda family's immobility, even if the Asai family and the Asakura family still couldn't escape the fate of destruction in the end, they would not have been defeated so easily.

Moreover, once the Takeda family enters the war, it will definitely cause a series of unpredictable reactions, and it is very likely that the combined forces of the shogunate and the Ichishoji sect will break through Katsuryuji Castle in one fell swoop and enter the Yamashiro country. And once Ashikaga Yoshiaki re-enters Kyoto, the blow to the Oda family is definitely not as simple as the loss of a few castles.

Just hearing the words of Honganji Xianru, Ashikaga Yoshiaki shook his head, "I'm going to go to Maori's house to visit Maori Motosho in person." The strategy of the encirclement network was arranged by him, and although it has been broken now, with his resourcefulness, I believe that there must be a way to break the situation. ”

Hearing this, Honganji Xianru fell silent, but it didn't take long for Honganji Xianru to agree to Ashikaga Yoshiaki's proposal. After all, there is no better way to do it now.

Soon, Ashikaga Yoshiaki set off for the Maori family, with the last shred of hope.

Returning to, Oda Nobunaga, after learning of the movements of Honganji, Miyoshi and other forces, directly disbanded the army and let Ikeda Tsuneko take over Kishiwada Castle again.

Oda Yoshinobu didn't pay much attention to this, and after returning to Osaka, he returned directly to his mansion.

"How? Are you still used to living there? Oda Yoshinobu asked with a smile as he looked at the inu in front of him with a low expression.

"Thank you brother-in-law for your concern, Sister Ashi, and other sisters are very kind to me......" Ah Dog said softly. After she returned to Osaka, Aichi arranged for her to be placed in Oda Yoshinobu's mansion. Well, although it's not too good to say this, Aichi obviously doesn't want his sister to live alone in Joshita Town with her children, especially when she's in such a low mood.

After chatting for a while, Oda Yoshinobu finally told Ainu the news of Asai Nagamasa's suicide, but after Ainu heard it, he just said indifferently, "Really?" A dog knows ......"

Seeing the back of the dog leaving, Oda Yoshinobu scratched his head helplessly, "Is this the so-called mourning greater than heart death?" ”