Facing the conditions of Honganji, Li Xiao smiled slightly, stood up and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the master of the lower room, the position of the official of Dafang is really a great honor for Li Xiao."

After a pause, Li Xiao changed his words and said: "However, this time I came to rescue Kaga, not to seek any benefits, but because of the alliance between the two families, my lips and teeth are cold. Moreover, Nobunaga's disregard for Buddhism and the indiscriminate killing of innocent people will not be tolerated. ”

Li Xiaozhi's words are tantamount to euphemistically pushing away the position of the Zongfang Pavilion and the monk.

This is not because Li Xiao is generous, but because Li Xiao knows that the main force of Honganji Temple has been defeated in Echizen at the moment, and he will not be able to protect Kaga in the future, and the only way to survive is to ask Li Xiao for help.

And if Li Xiao agrees, the position of the fang official means that Kaga faces the attack of the Oda army, and he also has a responsibility that cannot be escaped.

As for the big tree that is about to die in Honganji, Li Xiao is absolutely unwilling to think about anything to do with it.

Therefore, Li Xiao simply did it to the end, and this time he led a large army to aid Echizen, but he did not take a penny and retreated, so as to leave a good reputation for the people of Kaga and the believers who have always been in the local area.

And with this investment, Li Xiao doesn't have to worry about not getting it back.

As long as the Oda army attacks Kaga in the future, then the Honganji group of officials, even if they cry and beg, will pull Li Xiao, return to Kaga, and clean up the mess for them.

At that time, Li Xiao could take advantage of the threat of the Oda Army, coupled with the fame of this rescue of the Tsuyozong, to take the opportunity to integrate the forces of Kaga.

At that time, Li Xiao not only held the 350,000 stone of Kaga Country in his hands, but also the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people.

Collecting Kaga without blood, compared to Nobunaga's means of killing Kaga in a thousand rooms, is not a good idea.

So no matter what conditions Honganji gives Li Xiao this time, Li Xiao will always push it back, because the more he pushes now, the more Honganji will promise more to win over Li Xiao, in order to tie him to the chariot of Kaga, and Li Xiao will get more in the future.

At the moment, I can't have anything to do with Honganji, and the more I skim it, the better, otherwise I will fall into the mud of Kaga with most of my body.

And in Vietnam, the officials of Kaga Honganji Temple also reacted differently when they saw Li Xiao being so 'high-spirited and bright'.

Xianrong was full of admiration, but Lianqin was full of suspicion, but it was Qili Lai Zhou, and Lai Zhaoer's face was gloomy, obviously the old treacherous and cunning saw through Li Xiao's intentions.

And Li Xiao saw that his expressions were different, and he was disdainful of Qili Lai Zhou and Lai Zhao's reaction.

What he has done is above board, even if you know that you have intentions!

The next day, the main army of Bunnobunaga moved from Fuchu to the Echizen-Kaga border.

Hearing the news that the main force of the Oda army was out of battle, the officials of Honganji Temple and others were very frightened.

Li Xiao immediately decided to lead the army behind the hall by himself, covering the followers of Honganji Temple, and retreating to the hinterland of Kaga.

Seeing the news of Li Xiao's retreat, the three teams of Akechi Mitsuhide, Yushiba Hidegu, and Mori Nagake attacked together, biting Li Xiao's tail to the death, trying to delay the battle until the moment when Nobunaga's main force arrived.

In this battle at the end of the palace, the two sides fought fiercely several times, and the situation was not even inferior to the first meeting between the two armies.

Yu Chai, Wise Er entered the pursuit like a mad dog, Li Xiao was in retreat, and the two sides had their own victories and defeats.

Later, after going deep into the hinterland of Kaga and the arrival of the Takeda Army's Uchijima Clan's three thousand Hida forces, Yushiba and Akechi entered the party before they knew the opportunity to retreat quickly and escaped Li Xiao's counterattack.

Although there was not much loss, Li Xiao was very annoyed by Yuchai and Wise Er's tail pursuit.

Especially when Yuchai Xiugu besieged Akechi Mitsuhide in the Takeda Army, that hidden blow made Li Xiao even more unhappy to this day. …,

However, since then, Li Xiao has also reestimated the combat power of the Oda army, and he does not dare to ignore any of the four kings of Oda.

After the success of Kaga, Li Xiao led the army back to Yuezhong, and recruited Otani Heima to his subordinates, and became the general of Qibenbei with the position of general of Ashigaru.

Echizen Province, Kitanosho Castle.

Nobunaga has arrived here with a large army.

Now Li Xiao's Takeda army has retreated, and Wise, Yu Chai and Yu Chai also led the army back.

This time with the Takeda Army, although the situation of the two sides is equal, but any such battle, if it is drawn, it can be repaid to the lord, which can be called a big victory.

Anyway, Li Xiao went back to write to Takeda Katsuyori, and he would also say that he had won a big victory over the Oda army in Echizen.

Anyone will say such a thing, not only to encourage the morale of the family, but also to show their own martial arts to the underbelly.

For the Oda family, it can also wash away the shame of the Shibata Katsu family who was defeated by Li Xiao in the last Kajida Castle, so he deliberately exaggerated it.

Akechi Mitsuhide, Hashiba Hideko naturally returned to Kitanosho Castle with the grandeur of a victorious army, and presented Nobunaga with more than 800 heads of the Takeda Army (most of which were impersonated by the heads of Honganji believers), as well as the head of his general Shichiro Awayu.

Nobunaga was very pleased, and ordered Shibata Katsuie to be the worshipper of the sword, and Niwa Nagahide to be the bow and arrow worshipper, and held a celebration ceremony.

Later, in order to celebrate the pacification of Echizen and the defeat of the Takeda army, Nobunaga rewarded the three armies in Kitanoso Castle and hosted a banquet for the Oda army to serve generals and above.

On top of the banquet.

It has its own ape music and can dance performances.

And at the sacrificial dance, the most unexpected thing was that Nobunaga actually appeared in a woman's costume and holding a folding fan.

At this scene, the generals of the Oda family were all dumbfounded.

Everyone knows that this lord has a bold temperament and is not informal, and he did not expect to reach this point.

I have to say that the Oda family is out of the United States, and Nobunaga's sister Aichi is in the country, not to mention, Nobunaga Beniri's female costume is actually compared with the women who danced with him.

And halfway through the dance, Nobunaga suddenly laughed, strode to his main seat, and directly ordered Mori Ranmaru to pour wine, wash the fat powder on his face, Nobunaga raised his head to look at the generals, and said, "How did I dance just now?" ”

After saying that, he laughed to himself.

The generals were relieved to see Nobunaga return to his usual appearance.

Nobunaga raised his eyes and said loudly, "Echizen has been pacified, and the vitality of Hokuriku Honganji Temple has been greatly damaged, and our army has won a complete victory in this battle. Now I want to reward the meritorious man, Quan Liu! ”

"Oh!"

Shibata Katsuie stood up and knelt in the middle.

"I will give you the land of 490,000 stone in the eight counties of Echizen, as Zhixing, and the general of the Northern Army Regiment."

"Thank you, Lord." Although he had been prepared, at this moment, Shibata Katsuya was still excited.

"Dog, Uchizosuke, don't break Kawachi!"

Nobunaga called out Miri's name again in succession.

At the moment, Maeda Toshiya, Sasa Narumasa, and Mitsuji Mitsuri came out of the retainers' seat and knelt behind Shibata Katsuie.

Oda Nobunaga said: "Bupo Kawachi is the lord of Ryumonji Castle, Uchizosuke is the lord of Komaru Castle, and Inu is the lord of Fuchu Castle, and the three of you will be given the title of 100,000 koku in Echizen Fuchu, and join the Hokuriku Legion as a direct minister of the family, as the power of Gonroku. ”

Maeda Miriri, who joined the Northern Army Corps as a direct minister, was not only as a force, but also as an assistant to Shibata Katsuie, and a surveillance service.

This land of 100,000 stones is divided equally by three parts, and in history, these three points are the three members of the famous Fuchu in the Oda Family's North Army Regiment.

Among these three, after hearing that it was sealed as the land of 33,000 stones in Echizen, it was good not to break the light rule, he was originally a Mino wealthy family with Ando Shou, and Inaba was as famous as the iron of the Mino. …,

And Maeda Toshiya and Sasa Seimasa were all Nobunaga's red-clothed mothers and black-clothed mothers respectively.

Now that he has become a big name in one fell swoop, the two are excited, Sasa Narumasa is still a little better, and Maeda Toshiya is almost crying on the spot.

At the beginning, the Maeda Toshiya was driven out of the Oda family for killing Nobunaga and his friends to pick up Ami, but he fought hard and finally returned to the family.

After that, he made great achievements in many battles of the Oda family, and he worked hard all the way to finally become a daimyo, so how could he not be emotional.

On the side, Yu Chai Xiugu was also very happy to see his good friend from his youth become a big name in one fell swoop.

After determining the three names and powers, Nobunaga then gave Ono Prefecture 30,000 koku to Kanamori Nagakon Chiyuki and 20,000 koku to Hara Nagayori, and these two joined the Hokuriku Legion.

After Nobunaga said all this, he said to Shibata Katsuie: "Quan Roku, the Hokuriku Province Legion under your command has a total of 800,000 stone heights, and I heard that Li Xiaofei's Etsuchu Army is only 600,000 stone heights, do you have the confidence to win?" ”

Hearing this, Shibata Katsuya glanced at it, and Yushiba Hidegu, who was sitting on the side, was wise and light.

Their victory over Li Xiao in this battle was a victory for the Oda family, but it was a resounding slap in the face to Shibata.

What's more, as the elder of the Oda family for several generations, Hashiba Hidegu is a kind of entry that he usually despises, climbs quickly, and occupies a high position.

Shibata Katsuie immediately said, "Your Majesty will realize the name of the Hokuriku Army and conquer the entire Hokuriku for the Lord." ”

Nobunaga also nodded when he heard Shibata's bold words, and said, "Very good, so the overall situation of Hokuriku has been decided." In this way, I can concentrate on the others, and now all the heroes are destroyed, only Honganji Temple, Takeda is still there, and then I will wave the division of Nagashima and pacify the local Ichijo sect. After the eradication of Nagashima, Honganji Temple was only a place of turtle and rock, and there was nothing to be afraid of. So only the Takeda family remained. As long as Takeda is destroyed, I will die on the road of Buwu, and there will be no opponent at all. ”

"You are all my Nobunaga's important ministers, as long as you concentrate on your life, today's Shibata, Maeda, and Hashiba are tomorrow's you, and I Nobunaga will not be stingy with rewards for meritorious officials! One hundred thousand stone daimyo, the lord of a country, and one million stone daimyo. ”

"All this only needs to destroy the Takeda family again, and I, Nobunaga, can achieve hegemony and share peace and happiness with you!"

After Nobunaga finished speaking, he waved his big hand, and all the generals of the Oda family were in high spirits and bowed down violently.

Indeed, the success of Shibata, Maeda, and Hashiba stimulated the retainers, and Nobunaga was not stingy with the rewards of the meritorious ministers!

Of course, these words are also a different mood for a retainer like Lin Xiuzhen who has gradually been marginalized by Nobunaga.

Just when the Oda family generals were overjoyed and looking forward to the future, suddenly a samurai came in to report: "Report to the lord, three days ago, Takeda Katsuyori led the Kai Legion out of the Yuanjiang River, and has surrounded the Takayo Divine Castle, and the Tokugawa family asks for reinforcements from the lord!" ”

(To be continued)