As in history, in order to strengthen the power of the Asakura clan and himself, Kuraya Tsurumi used Yoshikei to wield power and instigated the people of the same name to fight each other in his home, and at the end of June of that year, the discontent that had been accumulated by everyone for several years finally broke out, and he poisoned Ajunmaru, the nephew of Kuraya Tsurumi and the next governor of the Asakura family.

Asakura Yoshikei loves Ajun Maru like a treasure, and he is naturally extremely angry when he hears this bad news. However, when the whole thing is counted, the fault lies with Kuraya and himself, who first broke the law in the family. Moreover, the people of the same name led by the Tsuruga County Division Asakura Jingheng, the Ono County Division Asakura Jingjing, and the three families of the same name who are directly under the pen head and the owner of Anju Castle, Asakura Jingjian, are extremely powerful, and they already have the momentum of standing above the Zong family, and if they are vigorously investigated, the situation in the family will definitely be even more chaotic. For the sake of the stability of the family and his own safety, for this serious case that was almost a rebellion, Asakura Yoshikage could only hastily track it down, and finally beheaded Ajunmaru's nurse - God knows, Ajunmaru has reached the age of six and has already been weaned for three years, and the nurse has long had no milk to feed, why is Ajunmaru still poisoned by milk...... This incident made Asakura Yoshikyo extremely sad, and even abandoned military affairs for this reason, and rejected Asakura Keiheng's request to send troops. As a result, when Nobunaga attacked Minami Omi, the Asakura family did not send troops to Wakasa Province to contain it as agreed.

Although the reinforcements from the north are gone, it can be said that it is a very simple matter for the Oda family to capture the Rokkaku family with scattered sand.

This has been the case in history, and now Ise has been added as a country.

According to geography, the influence of Ise Province on was great, and Taira Kiyomori, who used Ise as a nest and controlled the entire imperial court, was the most successful example; Later, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Yoshino Southern Dynasty in the southern part of Yamato Province was able to hold out under the nose of the shogunate for more than 50 years, and Ise Province was the biggest reliance. The three people in the country, Kusuna Masayi, Kitabatake Hatano, and Chikushi, also once captured Kyoto in the Northern Dynasty, defeated the second general Ashikaga Yoshishi, and beheaded Hosokawa Yoriharu, the ancestor of the Hosokawa management family.

Now that Nobunaga's main army is sending troops to Minami Omi, it is very convenient for Ise's army to attack Minami Omi from the flank, or to threaten Yamato and Yamashiro through Iga. And no matter which path I choose, in terms of ability and prestige, I am the general of this partial division.

Two days before the battle, Nobunaga summoned me to Gifu and announced the decision to form the Ise Coalition and make me the commander-in-chief of the Ise Coalition. The goal of the coalition forces is to initially subdue Iga Province, then contain the Hao clan of Minami Omi, and wait until the main force takes Minami Omi, and then attack Matsunaga Shu of Yamato Province. In addition, Nobunaga also asked me to order the Ise Navy to go out and march to the Seto Inland Sea together with the Navy, the Kitabatake and Kuki, and the Awaji Navy to fight a decisive battle in search of the Miyoshi family.

Considering that the battle formation of my own navy has already been formed, and the tactics are unique, if I join the Kitabatake and Kukijia naval forces, not only will it not play a big role, but it may also interfere with my own naval army, so I put forward the idea of attacking the Awaji naval army alone.

"Don't force it! If we can't defeat the Awaji Navy and cut off the route between Awaji and Sanuki to support Kinai by sea, we will delay major events...... I can't spare you then. "Nobunaga thought I was fighting for credit.

"My lord, your navy will definitely be able to defeat the Awaji navy alone," I first assured Nobunaga, and then explained why, "Your lordship's navy is mainly attacked by iron artillery, and pays attention to the flexibility of mobilization, and the tactics are different from ordinary naval forces...... As for the Awaji Water Army, it has been in decline since the Miyoshi repair doctor executed the innocent Yasuya Fuyasu and replaced it with someone from the Shikawa family, and it has been detached from the Miyoshi family. Although Ataka Nobuyasu took over later, his combat strength recovered slightly, but he couldn't stop his family. ”

The historical Awaji Navy was composed of eighteen small and medium-sized wealthy families, and the Ataku family was the largest of them. After Anzhai Dongkang succeeded, he successfully won the support of various wealthy families and established great prestige. In "The Chronicle of Controlling Chaos in the South China Sea", he is evaluated as "a benevolent general who deeply cares about the future of the country", which is listed on the list of three good righteous and virtuous generals and brave generals. His innocent killing directly caused the Awaji Navy to fall apart. Seeing that the situation was not good, Matsunaga Shu hurriedly removed the Ten Rivers Deposit Insurance and replaced it with Dongyasu's son Nobuyasu, but he was unable to integrate the Awaji Navy again. Later, even Nobuyasu himself surrendered to Nobunaga.

So, I'm confident that I'll defeat the Awaji Naval Army. In his reply to Nobunaga, he revealed a strong sense of self-confidence.

"In that case, I'll agree," Nobunaga nodded, looking at me with some banter, "Aren't you worried that the two sailors will take advantage of your trade routes?" ”

"This battle is the key to whether the family can control the world, and the subordinates should go all out. Moreover, the Ise Navy is not isolated, behind it is the lord who controls the power of the Three Kingdoms, and if someone makes trouble, it is a major matter that destroys the lord, and they should know the consequences. I said this to Nobunaga.

The meaning of these words is to say, I am free for you Nobunaga, and if anyone makes trouble for me, it will be for you Nobunaga, and for the sake of your own face and the loyalty of your retainers, I think you will support me and destroy the troublemakers.

Hearing the trust revealed in my words, Nobunaga nodded with satisfaction, "It's rare that you are so loyal to your family's cause. Then, you can rest assured! ”

……，…… On September 7, Nobunaga led 15,000 troops from Gifu, and then joined the 1,000 elites of the Tokugawa family and the 3,000 elite of the Asai family to march to the hinterland of southern Omi. Along the way, the wealthy clans continued to join the army, and by the time they reached the north bank of the Aichi River in Minami-Omi Aichi Prefecture, the total number of people had reached 60,000.

On the other hand, the only people who can go into battle are the 1,000 horses led by the three sons of the Rokkaku Yixian, the 3,000 troops of the Laochao Kesaku Castle, and the 6,000 ashigaru of the Tanaka Shobu of Hetian Mountain Castle, a total of less than 10,000 people, and most of the rest of the wealthy clans are stationed in the eighteen branches of the Guanyin Temple City, which are called assistance, but in fact they are wait-and-see. And a wealthy family like the Gamo family, which is close to the Asai and Oda families, even reached a tacit understanding with us in advance.

The real confrontation lasted only twelve days. In the early hours of the morning, Nobunaga sent three teams of men across the Aichi River to attack the hexagonal side. The first team was led by Yoshimichi Inaba with the aim of pinning down Wada Yama Castle; The second team, led by Shibata Katsuie and Mori Kasei, attacked Kannonji Castle; The third team consisted of 3,000 men from Niwa Nagahide and 2,300 men from Kinoshita Hideyoshi, and the target was Misakujo, the old nest of the Rokkaku family.

Among these three teams, since the first team was contained, there was naturally no major battle; The goal of the second team is to have a strong castle in the world, and it will not attack rashly, in fact, only the third team can be regarded as a real battle, and the most brilliant are the third team Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Maeda Toshiie.

At noon on the 12th, the third team of 5,300 people arrived at Kezuo Mountain, set up camp and held a military meeting. According to the results of the military council, after a short rest, Niwa Nagahide led his troops to attack from the east, and Kinoshita Hideyoshi was in charge of the north side of Misaku Castle. The two of them exerted their strength at the same time, but because the slope of Misaku Castle was too large and the mountain was full of big trees, they fought until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and they failed to make progress, and finally suffered a big loss under the counterattack of the defender Yoshida Dekumomo. The initial battle was unfavorable, and Kinoshita Hideyoshi put forward the idea of a night attack, which was approved by Niwa Nagahide.

That night, Kinoshita Hideyoshi arranged for 300 men from his own Sumamata Castle to be scattered in the camp, each holding two three-foot-long Matsuaki, pretending to be the main force to deceive the defenders on the mountain. The remaining 5,000 main forces quietly went up the mountain and suddenly attacked Kesaku Castle. Under this sudden attack, the defenders of the castle were ill-prepared and were forced into the castle by the vanguard led by Maeda Toshiie. When the battle reached nearly dawn, Yoshida Dekumo finally couldn't support it anymore and led the remnants to abandon the city and flee.

When the news reached Nobunaga Honjin, Nobunaga was overjoyed and personally presented a letter of appreciation to Ichiban Konoshita Hideyoshi and Ichiban Gun Maeda Toshiie, and then led his army with Asai Nagamasa and Tokugawa Ieyasu to join the second team of Shibata Katsuie and Mori Kasei at the foot of Kannonji Castle. As a result, all the defenders of Guanyin Temple City fled without a fight, giving up this strong city in the world. With this as a symbol, the famous family of the Utagen clan Sasaki Rokkaku as a daimyo has since become history.

The fall of Kannonji Castle took place on September 13, only six days after Nobunaga left Gifu, and the only real battle was the Battle of Misaku Castle on the 12th. That is, the Hexagon actually lasted only one day. Looking back on the past, thinking of the three kingdoms of Hokkai, Mino and Echizen in the east, and the Hosokawa and Miyoshi families in the west, the two governors of Kitabatake in the south and Takeda in the north as sons-in-law, and supporting the shogunate alone, how can it not be emotional.

But while Nobunaga was in full swing, the situation on my side was in some trouble.

When Nobunaga came out of Gifu, I also went out from Mie Castle, and behind me was the Ise coalition of 17,000 men. In addition, the 4,000 sailors also set out from Mie Port at the same time, carrying sufficient supplies to the Seto Inland Sea, and the general general was Iwamatsu Jingding.

Of the 17,000 coalition troops, there are only 2,000 members of the Kira family, 6,000 people from the Kitabatake family, 3,000 people from the Nagano family, and 6,000 people from the Seki family, the Sensa family, and the Amaki family, and the rest of the small and medium-sized wealthy families. The water army of the Nine Ghost Family also came out, but it was as a foot light. The Nine Ghosts raised objections to this, and then I replied to him with some unkindness, according to Shi Gao, they should dispatch seven hundred foot light ones, so the Nine Ghosts had no choice but to let part of the naval army return to land and replace it with spears to join the coalition army.

In order to catch up with this war, Nobunaga chose the name Kitabatake Guyu in advance for the eleventh year of the Void Age, and served as my lieutenant general, so as to gain the prestige of inheriting the family governor for him.

As a result, this Kitabatake Gotaka Yutaka and Oda Nobuo later caused me a lot of trouble.

Nobuo in history is really a simple-minded and tyrannical guy who doesn't have much ability, but he is still ambitious. In the seventh year of Tensho (1579), he saw that Nobutaka had participated in the Kishu Expedition and the Araki family, and gradually participated in the political affairs of his family, and he felt a great deal of Yari. At the same time, except for the killing of the Kitabatake Sect in the previous two years, he did not have any deeds that could be mentioned, and his status in his family also fell behind Nobutaka. So, he was very unsettled, and privately built Maruyama Castle on the border between Ise and Iga, and then used it as a base to lead more than 10,000 troops to attack Iga Province. It's a pity that his ability is really limited, and he was quickly defeated, not only did he fail to make a name for himself, but he was severely reprimanded by Nobunaga. After that, until Nobunaga's death, except for the second Iga invasion that saved him and the Oda family face, he had been nesting in Ise to make soy sauce, and he could only watch Oda Nobutaka become more and more active in his family: from the large territory of Kazeng Tamba and Tango, he led the Tanba and Tango people to participate in the San'in raid; When he attacked the Takeda family, he was responsible for mediating the submission of Takeda Shingen's brother-in-law, Kiso Yoshimasa; Until he was appointed as the general of the Shikoku Expeditionary Force, he was in charge of the entire Nankai Province.

Maybe it's very unfair to him to look at the current Kitabatake Goyo in this way. He was only an eleven-year-old child, and according to the ideas I brought with him from modern times, his personality had not yet matured, and even if he was at fault, he should not be blamed. However, for a child who has been educated as a samurai since he was a child in this era, eleven years old is already close to adulthood, not to mention that he has already served as a lieutenant general with an army of 17,000 men, and the number of people under his direct command has reached 6,000.

From the beginning of the battle, he was very active, and even volunteered to be the vanguard of the whole army. Such a request, either in view of his abilities or for his safety, I could not possibly agree. And seeing that he was very unconvinced, in order to prevent accidents, I specially put him by my side and watched all the way to Iga country.

The wealthy clans of Iga Province have formed a collegial autonomous community to deal with foreign enemies in the same way as a modern federal state. However, it would be a mistake to think that they are a mess. Yoshimasa Nishiki, the former guardian who has left the Ashikaga family and is currently on my expedition, is deeply touched by this.

For me, the most important thing is time, if I delay here for too long, I will delay Nobunaga's Kinai strategy, and even if I can conquer this place, it will be worth the loss. What's more, these wealthy clans who are known for their ninjutsu are not easy to mess with, they are familiar with the terrain, they are used to being elusive, and almost all of them are good at surprise attacks, which makes people unguardable.

So, referring to the opinions of Yoshimasa Nishiki and Hattori Masanari, the new head of the Hattori family, I decided to solve the problem by wooing.

The land is very barren and the food production is insufficient, right? Well, I'll feed you.

It's hard to find a job and you don't have money to buy food? Well, whoever has the ability can come to me to make a living, no need to look for employers everywhere, look at other people's Hattori families, how nourishing life is!

You're a wealthy family, you can't do ninjutsu or anything at all? Then you can continue to farm with peace of mind, I'm just passing by, and there are gifts to give...... Things are going very well. There is contact between Hattori and the family, and as a ready-made example, several wealthy families are very cooperative.

But in this way, Kitabatake Guyu, as a deputy general, was very unhappy. This was his first battle, and he had six thousand men on his hands. However, in my way, it seems that he will not be able to achieve any feats at all.

(To be continued)