Chapter 357: Each Family's Plans
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After Akechi Mitsuhide became a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, he worked hard to integrate into the system of the Oda family. Although he was a newcomer, and he hadn't done similar government affairs for a long time, with Oda Nobunaga's appreciation and Oda Yoshinobu's support, coupled with his own talent, he was recognized by Oda's former ministers within a few days.
At the same time, Oda Yoshinobu also confirmed a historical speculation during this time. In private, Oda Yoshinobu has always called Akechi Mitsuhide Kumquat Head. But in this regard, Akechi Mitsuhide just rolled his eyes every time, and he didn't see any angry appearance at all.
"Humph! It's a lie, what fool would rebel just because he was called such a nickname? Oda Yoshishi thought confidently.
Although he and Akechi Mitsuhide have become good friends, there is still a knot in Oda's faith, that is, the historical Honnoji Incident. It's just that what makes him helpless is that no one in history has been able to study the truth about why Akechi Mitsuhide rebelled. Therefore, Oda Yoshinobu can only keep this matter in his heart and talk about it when the time comes.
Gifu Castle.
Akechi Mitsuhide walked briskly towards Oda Nobunaga's mansion, he had just returned from the place where he was studying artillery, and was about to report his thoughts to Oda Nobunaga. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps ahead, but it was Nohime and her maid walking this way. Looks like you're going out?
Seeing Akechi Mitsuhide, Nohime also stopped, "Akechi-sama, it's been a long time. Nohime looked at Akechi Mitsuhide and chuckled.
"I've seen Mrs. Nonghime, it's been a long time." Akechi Mitsuhide replied respectfully.
"Hehe, you're still the same as before......" Listening to Akechi Mitsuhide's words, Nohime covered her mouth and chuckled.
One sentence suddenly reminded the two of them of the past. At that time, Akechi Mitsuhide was still a young talent of the Saito family, and Nohime was the pearl of Saito Michizo's palm. They studied with Michizo Saito, and every time they met, they always had conversations like this.
"If I had taken the initiative at that time...... "Akechi Mitsuhide's mind suddenly had such an idea. It was just when the idea came to him that he heard Nohime's inquiry.
"I heard you're married?"
"Huh? Yes, the other party is also a wealthy family of Mino, the Tsumiki clan. Wise Guangxiu paused for a moment and hurriedly replied.
"Hehe, people have suffered a lot with you, right? But you have to treat her well~" Nonghime smiled when she heard this. "Don't talk about it, you should have something to find Your Highness, right? Let's go~" As he spoke, Nonghime slowly left with the people.
Looking at the back of Nonghime's departure, in a trance, it seemed that he saw the background of Nonghime's departure when the two had a conversation for the last time before she got married. Coming back to his senses and looking at the already empty aisle, Wise Guangxiu laughed at himself in a low voice, "Hehe, is this the so-called thing is not human?" ”
The Oda family is going to Luo, and this news has become known to the world in a very short period of time. For a while, everyone's eyes were focused on the Oda family and the Miyoshi family. For the vast majority of the forces, they don't know much about the Oda family, but they still very much want to see the confrontation between the Oda family and the Miyoshi family.
Hawkers, this is the so-called melon eater is not afraid of big things, right? After all, in their opinion, no matter who wins between the Miyoshi family and the Oda family, it doesn't matter what they do. For example, Mao Li Yuan, the governor of the Maori family in the western country, only sighed for a while after listening to it, and then continued to focus on the Nizi family.
Speaking of Maori Yuan, he is a great hero. When he succeeded to the family governorship, the Maori family was just one of the countless wealthy families in the Anyun Kingdom, with a force of just more than 100 and countless enemies around him. In order to survive, Mori Moto had to constantly swing between the two heroes of Niko and Ouchi.
But now, the family is already the strongest daimyo in the Western Kingdom, the Ouchi family has been destroyed, and the Nizi family is like a candle in the wind, this ability, even in the entire troubled times, there are really few people who can do better than him. After all, when Mori Yuan had just inherited the family governor, the conditions were much worse than those of Oda Nobunaga, and I am afraid that only the few people who were self-made Hashiba Hideyoshi could be stronger than Mori Yuan.
The people who eat melons are waiting for the big drama of fighting for again, but the three people who are one of the parties obviously can't be calm. After studying for a while, they again requisitioned troops to Shikoku, and at the same time urged the imperial court to arrange matters for Ashikaga Yoshiei to succeed him as shogun as soon as possible.
It's a pity that the imperial court, which has long been passed on by Niwa Nagahide, is just perfunctory. In this regard, although the three of them were angry, they did not have any way to take the court. Although the imperial court has no rights, it occupies an absolute righteous name, and the three of them dare to assassinate Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the general of the expedition, but they do not dare to have the slightest disrespect for the imperial court.
Helplessly, Miyoshi and the three had no choice but to lead the army to attack Yamato again, hoping to calm down the interior of before the Oda army went to Luo. But this time, Matsunaga doesn't have to worry about it.
Xingui Mountain Castle.
"Father, have you really decided?" Matsunaga asked with some concern.
Hearing this, Matsunaga Xiu shook his head helplessly, "Jiutong, don't you think it's a little late to ask these questions now?" ”
Hearing this, Matsunaga immediately lowered his head in shame, but his heart was still full of worry.
At this time, Honda Masanobu on the side said in a deep voice, "Young master, in fact, you don't have to worry, Oda Nobunaga's personality has been determined by this period of investigation, and he is definitely not the usual old-fashioned samurai who does not know how to change. So it may not be because of Ashikaga Yoshiteru's matter, how the teacher will be. "After being kicked out of Yamato Province by the Miyoshi trio before, Matsunaga Hide's official acceptance of Honda Masanobu, who had been by his side, as a disciple.
Seeing that Matsunaga wanted to say something more, Honda Masanobu said again, "And now that the Oda family has just said that they want to go to Luo, it is estimated that they are still contacting other forces." If the Honke can be the first force to show submission, with the character of Oda Nobunaga, he will definitely forgive the Honke. ”
Speaking of this, Honda Masanobu chuckled and said, "After all, Ashikaga Yoshiteru is dead, and Oda Nobunaga will serve another general, Kamiraku, for him, there is no reason to go to war with the main family at all." ”
"Hehe, what Zhengxin said is right. And, on top of that, I have a bargaining chip. Matsunaga said with a faint smile.
Enoe, Iiya Castle.
At the request of Oda Yoshinobu, Matsudaira Ieyasu's first target after entering Enoe was Iiya Castle. And Ono Michi, who had already learned the news, naturally quickly asked the Imagawa family for help, but unfortunately, Hayakawa had already conveyed Oda Yoshinobu's request to the Imagawa clan. And the Imagawa clan really chose ...... Well, it's impossible not to agree.
After all, compared with the peace of an ordinary retainer and a country of Yuanjiang, the Imagawa clan can really tell which is more important. Therefore, after the Matsudaira army surrounded Iiya Castle, Ono Michiyoshi only held out for less than 1 hour, and surrendered directly without seeing reinforcements.
I thought that after surrendering, even if I didn't get any reward, I would be able to keep the territory, but I didn't expect Matsudaira Ieyasu to tie up Ono Michiyoshi and his retainers without saying a word, and sent someone to send it to Oda Yoshinobu.
Subsequently, Matsudaira Ieyasu left 300 men to guard Iiya Castle and returned directly with his army.
"Lord, doesn't seem like a good thing to do? Your Highness, let us cooperate with the Takeda family to attack Enoe. Okubo said respectfully.
"Lord Okubo, now the only goal of the family is Kamiro, don't you want Mikawa Koro to show their demeanor in the battle of Kamiro?" Tadaji Sakai, who knew the inside story, said with a chuckle.
"This ......" Hearing this, Okubo Tadashi hesitated, who doesn't want to participate in the battle of Shangluo? But......
"Don't worry, my father has already told me, the matter of Yuanjiang only needs to capture one or two cities. The battle of Shangluo, how can we be without our Sanhe Erlang?! Matsudaira Ieyasu also smiled at this time.
Hearing this, Okubo Tadashi didn't say anything more, after all, Oda Yoshinobu said so, so if there was really something wrong, Oda Yoshinobu would naturally solve it. Anyway, with the relationship between Oda Yoshinobu and Oda Nobunaga, Okubo Tadashi believes that the Matsudaira family will definitely not be punished.
Well? The Takeda family? Who cares about him!
Sunpu Castle.
"The Oda family is finally going to Luo......" Imagawa really looked at the information in his hand, and felt sad for a while. In the past, his father was because he wanted to go to Luo, and finally died in Owari. Now, stepping on his father's corpse, Oda Nobunaga waved the banner of Joraku. And the most important thing is that the Oda family now seems to have a good chance of success.
"Lord......" The head of the Urinjeon looked at the stunned Imagawa clan and shouted softly, he understood Imagawa Shin's thoughts at this time, in fact, when he saw this information, he was also in a daze for a long time. But this is really not the time to sigh.
"yes, I know." When the Imagawa clan heard this, he nodded and said, "Changzhao, you send someone to Yuanjiang and let the Tai Dynasty lead the troops to make a show, remember, don't take down Jingyi Valley Castle." ”
"Yes!" Hearing this, the chief of the Udanden replied, and then asked in a low voice, "Then do you need to tell the Uesugi and Hojo families?" ”
After thinking about it, the Imagawa clan shook his head and said, "No, Uesugi Kenshin and Hojo Yasuto are rare heroes in the world, and it is impossible not to understand that this is the best opportunity for them to attack the Takeda family." And once the matter with the Oda family is revealed, the Oda family will definitely be annoyed and angry, and the family will be finished by then. ”
Speaking of this, the Imagawa clan sighed helplessly, "I didn't expect that my dignified Imagawa clan would also fall to the point where I am today." ”
"Lord, as long as the Imagawa family can be defeated in the end, the family will definitely rise again!" The chief of the pelican hall hurriedly relieved when he heard this.
"I hope so......" Imagawa said, shaking his head. Although he said so, in his heart, if there were no accidents, the rise of the Oda family would be unstoppable. For many years, although he has been guarding against the Takeda family, the Imagawa clan has never relaxed his attention to the Oda family, so he knows more about the Oda family's current strength than anyone else.
Suruga, the main camp of the Takeda Army.
"I didn't expect the Imagawa family to have such strength...... I underestimated them. Takeda Shingen looked at Yokoyama Castle not far ahead, muttering to himself.
Yokoyama Castle is the gateway to Suruga and is one of the most important towns. It is naturally impossible for the Imagawa clan not to know about this, so over the years, the Imagawa clan has continuously strengthened the defense of this city, and it can be said that in the entire Suruga country, except for Sunfu Castle, this castle is the most fortunate. Coupled with the stubborn defense of the castle guard Anbe Motozhen father and son, and the Hojo reinforcements that came later, the Takeda army attacked for 3 days in a row, and Yokoyama Castle was still impregnable.
"My lord, why don't you let your subordinates lead Chibei to attack once." Hearing this, Changjing of Shanxian said loudly.
"Hehe, don't worry, the Oda family's Mikawa troops have already attacked Yuanjiang, I believe it won't be long before the Imagawa clan really can't sit still." Takeda Shingen said with a chuckle. Well, the poor tiger didn't know that Matsudaira Ieyasu had already sold him.
Hearing this, Changjing in Shan County said no more. Well, what he said just now was actually just a momentary angry talk. The fact that the Takeda family is not good at attacking cities is well known to the world. Therefore, it is impossible to take Yokoyama Castle in a short period of time, and the Takeda family has long been prepared. The only thing I didn't expect was the combat effectiveness of the Imagawa army and the speed of the Hojo family's support.
It's just that although he said so, Takeda Shingen's heart was full of worries. The reason was simple, he could understand the influence of the Oda family on his attack on Suruga.
Although it seems to be something unrelated, if you think about it, once the Oda family goes to Luo, will the Matsudaira army, which is attacking Enoe, continue to stay in Enoe? No matter how you think about it, it seems unlikely. After all, Matsudaira Ieyasu is not a fool, no matter how great his exploits in occupying Yuanjiang are, can he compare to Kamiluo? Moreover, based on the current power of the Oda family and the decline of the Miyoshi family, it is very likely that the war in will end in just a few months.
Therefore, in Takeda Shingen's opinion, once Oda Nobunaga raises troops to go to Luo, Matsudaira Ieyasu will definitely leave the matter on the side of the far river and concentrate on following Oda Nobunaga to Shangluo. In this way, the pressure on the Enoe side will inevitably be greatly reduced, and the Imagawa clan is very sure that Asahina Taichao will lead the Enoe troops to support Suruga. At that time, the Takeda family will not be able to fight.
And......
"I'm afraid that the lion and the dragon are also waiting for this moment......" Takeda Shingen thought to himself.
(To be continued.) )