Seeing that Nagano Fujitsu was lost in thought, I waited patiently.

After a long while, he finally made a decision.

"I am very touched by His Royal Highness Xuanjing's thoughts...... However, the Nagano Kudo clan is a famous family that originated from the Fujiwara Minami family and has ruled Naka-Ise since the Kamakura period. Although the current situation is critical, I can't accept it if I can exchange the Oda family's reinforcements at the cost of losing my reading ability," his tone was very solemn, "Therefore, I have to ask His Highness Xuanjing to reply to Oda Danzheng like this." ”

"Is that so?" I nodded. I'm not too surprised by this result. He has always been proud of the origin and history of the Nagano Kudo clan, so naturally he will not be willing to surrender easily. One of the reasons why I was able to move him to control Nagano Gudo was because of his persistence. Historically, when Oda Nobunaga entered Ise, he was the only member of the Nagano clan to stand up for resistance, and even though he was subdued, he attacked Nagano Castle while Oda Nobubo was away.

"I have understood your intentions, and I will definitely reply to His Highness. In addition, I will use the water army to contain the Kitabatake family, and then subdue the Haruya clan as soon as possible, and lead the army of my family into the territory of Kobe and Lufutu, at least to help you remove the attack from the north. "I gave him that promise.

"Is the Lufu Rabbit family also going out?" He asked, surprised.

"It's just my guess. When we passed through the territory of the Ban family and the Lin family, we found that they were gathering troops...... These two families are the clans of the Lufutu family, and since there is a move, then the Lufutu family, as a clan, probably won't stay out of the matter! ”

“…… Yes, at this time, the action will only be aimed at my Nagano family. Anyway, thanks for the reminder. Nagano Fujitotsu nodded, his expression gradually calming down. But it's not because you're confident, it's similar to the kind of singleness that "you don't have to worry about having more debts", or you just have some kind of awareness.

This state of his situation makes me feel very worried. However, he had his own pride, and he had already refused my wooing. If I tell him something, he won't necessarily listen, but he may have a bad idea.

At the end of the day, it's a difference in mindset. In the face of a huge crisis, I can endure it, but he would rather die a vigorous death.

"Well, take care. There is a saying in the Ming Kingdom, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood. If you want to believe me, you might as well guard the city and wait for the situation to change. I tried to persuade him as tactfully as I could.

"I remember what you said." He nodded, but his tone was very casual.

"Report!" A herald with a long white strip and a flag on his back half-knelt at the door, and reported loudly, "His Highness Mitsutaka of the branch encountered the advance of the Kumoide River and the Kitabatake, but unfortunately he was not in the formation!" ”

"What about Shiroji? How is he! Nagano Fujitsu hurriedly asked. Shiroji is his own brother, the adopted son of the branch family, branch Mitsuka. Guangjia is only thirteen years old this year, but he didn't expect to go into battle.

"Because His Royal Highness Guanggao died in battle, His Royal Highness Guangjia was very angry, and personally led the army of this formation to attack forward, driving more than 100 people who crossed the river down the river, and personally took the two of them, and is currently facing off across the river with the vanguard of the Kitabatake family!"

"Haha! It's really Shiroji! Nagano Fujitsu laughed, walked to the door and shouted to greet the guards, "Immediately blow the conch at the head of the castle and inform your Highnesses to gather the army and go to the Kumo River to help!" Everyone must cheer up, but we can't lose to His Highness Guangjia! ”

"Yes!" The guards agreed and left quickly.

I shook my head. Nagano Fujitsu completely ignored what he said just now.

……，……

The current situation of the Nagano family is very similar to the situation faced by Naotora Ii at the end of last year, both of them are attacked from the north and south, and a large number of enemy forces are pressing forward from the south, across a large river. However, our enemy at that time was a coalition army, and there was a strong navy to control the river, but the Nagano family did not have such a winner as a navy, and they were facing the Kitabatake clan, but they were based on Nagano, Hosono, Yunlinin, and branches, and united the army composed of small and medium-sized wealthy clans such as Kusao, Iesho, Otobe, and Nakao. However, when we talk about Mie Castle under construction, they have ready-made strongholds such as Nagano Castle and Anontsu Castle as a backing.

So for them, defending the city is the most appropriate countermeasure. In an engagement like Fujitashi Nagano, the chances of victory are very slim. The Nagano family has a disadvantage in terms of troops, and it is necessary to set aside some troops to guard the Kobe and Shikafuto families, even if they fight a one-to-one casualty, it is not cost-effective. And if a confrontation is formed, it will not be easy for them to withdraw to defend the city when the enemy forces in the south approach their own city.

Worried about the Nagano family, I returned to Mie Castle by sea from the port of Anontsu.

I was greeted by Xiujing, followed by a few guards. He had previously received an order from me in Annontsu, and had already sent a messenger to Nobunaga, and had entrusted Hattori Masaho and Masanari father and son to go to White Eagle Castle.

"What about Chongzhi, it's time for them to come back, right? Why didn't any of them come out? I asked.

"Heavy governance is in Xuansheng City." Xiujing replied.

"Why, haven't you taken it down yet?" I was slightly disappointed. On second thought, it may be that Shigeharu Takenaka still lacks the experience to lead an army alone, or it may be that his prestige is not enough, and Yoshiyuki Sawaki is unable to convince Ikoma's parents and Nakagawa Shigemasa to accept his temporary command...... Maybe I'm a little anxious.

"Chongzhi did lead people to retreat, and set up an ambush to severely damage the pursuers of the Chun Yue family...... But then Chongzhi turned around and surrounded Xuansheng Castle, and forced the Harubu Jun family, the governor of the Chun Yu clan. ”

"And such a thing!" I couldn't help but exclaim. What a surprise! - "How did he do it?" ”

"I heard from the messenger that before he was about to turn around, in order to persuade Nakagawa and Ikoma, he assured them that there were no more people in Xuansheng Castle. And when I went to Xuansheng City again, there were indeed less than a hundred people in the city. After half an hour of fighting, we broke through the gate and captured the family governor Harusaybe Toshiya who was about to set fire to the castle tower......"

That's kind of interesting! And how did Chongzhi know that there was no one in the city? I couldn't help but be a little curious, so I simply went straight to Xuansheng City.

When Shigeharu Takenaka was found, he was sorting out his household register. At the same time, Yoshiyuki Sawaki was in charge of counting the materials, and Masakatsu Wasuka sorted out the military situation. Nakagawa Shigemasa and Ikoma's parents were not there, and the two of them each led a thousand troops to attack the two small cities of Isaka and Hoshikawa respectively.

I immediately raised the question with him.

"Actually, this is the credit of the previous siege," Shigeharu Takenaka smiled modestly, "Most of the two thousand troops that were originally gathered in Xuansheng City were all prime-aged peasants. They were trapped in the city for more than ten days, reminded every day, and finally withdrew from the siege, and were ordered to pursue us, probably reluctantly...... When one of them ambushed us, dozens of people had not yet died, and the entire army had already dispersed in a hurry. I looked at the direction of their escape, and many of them didn't go to Xuansheng City, and their weapons were lost. So I think these people fled directly back to their homes, so Xuansheng City will definitely be very empty, you might as well go back and continue to attack, you will definitely be able to fall into the city soon. ”

"Well done!" I smiled and nodded, "The autumn harvest will start next month, and those farmers and small wealthy families naturally don't want to be trapped in the city anymore. In that case, Isaka and Hoshikawa Castle won't be able to gather many people, so it's also easy to capture! ”

"Isaka and Hoshikawa were the two highnesses Nakagawa and Ikoma who took the initiative to ask for battle, and His Majesty wanted to restrain his army as soon as possible and wait for the lord to summon ......" Shigeharu Takenaka did not continue.

I understood what he meant. According to the plan, if an agreement is reached, I will stay in Nagano Castle for the time being. Now that I'm back, I haven't been able to come to an agreement.

"Yes," I nodded, "His Royal Highness Fujitsu Nagano didn't accept the conditions, so let's follow the previous order and settle down the affairs in the Haru Yu Territory first!" ”

(PS: Another chapter in the afternoon.) Now I find that the code word effect in the morning is not very good, and I consider whether to change the time. Ay! ）

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