It has been five years, four months and two days since Kira Yoshitoki left Kinai, and for 1,948 days and nights, he has been tossing and turning every day, thinking about and thinking about the early subjugation of Shiga and Takashima Prefectures, for which he can be said to have exhausted his efforts.

Outsiders may not know the amazing wealth contained in these two counties, but Rokkaku Yoshiken, the overlord of Omi, will not be unaware that the net income of hundreds of thousands of guan per year is simply appalling, and what is even more outrageous is that these benefits are not equally shared with dozens of wealthy merchants in Sakamoto, but monopolized by the Kira family, and this alone he has a wealth accumulation speed that is not inferior to the top wealthy merchants in the world, not to mention the economic and political system created by Yoshiyoshi Yoshishi, and the powerful military system has an extraordinary ability to mobilize the armed forces to make him salivate.

The stone height of the two counties reached an astonishing 230,000 stone last year, which was twice as high as ten years ago, and the small two counties actually had a population of 180,000, which was comparable to the total population of a distant country, even if the population of the two counties was far from reaching this astonishing number, in his memory, the two counties had a population of 50,000 or 60,000 at most.

With money, food, soldiers, and a healthy and perfect system, if he can obtain the land of the two counties and assign them to the direct leader, he can successfully get rid of the invisible clamp on him by the retainers of the spectrum, and have the capital to further dominate the country, as long as he takes these two counties, it is as strong as Miyoshi Changqing also has the confidence to fight, and it is worth offending the Kira family for this.

Rokkaku Yoshiken's means is to suppress the Kira family with the help of the power of the shogunate, he really knows the current shogun too well, and he is his guardian for all these years, knowing that this general who loves swordsmanship is actually a person with a very strong desire for power, he is so happy that he hates the power of power. For this reason, he did not hesitate to write the oath of "defeating the three buildings".

The same. Ashikaga Yoshiteru didn't like a strong retainer very much. Whether it is Hosokawa Harumoto in the past, or Kira Yoshitoki, who is now in full swing, this is not the case of His Royal Highness the Gongfang, in the eyes of Rokkaku Yoshiken, this is not the unkindness of His Royal Highness, but it is really the way of checks and balances that the monarch must master, just like he has been suppressing the old Goto Kento, the head of the spectrum.

He seized on the subtle attitude of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the official of the shogunate, towards Kira Yoshishi, and repeatedly forced the shogunate to make a choice between the two Omi counties, either supporting Kira Yoshitoki to force the Rokkaku family to give up the two counties, or supporting Rokkaku Yoshiken to force the Kira family to give up the two counties.

Whichever side you choose. The price must be that the shogunate loses the protection and support of one of them, whether it is for the shogunate or the loser in it, it is an end without a winner, and it will only be one of the parties that will benefit, but he can be sure that Ashikaga Yoshiteru will definitely choose him, because the shogunate really needs the Rokkaku, not only with his troops, but also with his influence.

Therefore, with the contacts accumulated by Rokkaku Dingyori, it was easy to get first-hand accurate information after the shogunate made a decision, long before Mibuchi Fujiei set off. Rokkaku Yoshiken knew that the shogunate was going to force the Kira family to give in, and this was an excellent opportunity for the Rokkaku family. Rokkaku Yoshihyun was so excited that he almost went crazy.

The shogunate's imperial book is a piece of waste paper for ordinary daimyo, but he Kira family can't refuse, who is called the name of "Kamisuki Ashikaga family" is given by this one, disobeying Ashikaga Yoshiteru's imperial book is tantamount to betraying his benefactor, he dares to be sure that the Kira family will not dare to take this risk, at least not before getting the clear attitude of Kira Yoshi.

Omi to Echigo so far, take the land to Tsuruga Port and then take a boat to Echigo, a single trip can take two or three days, a round trip takes six or seven days, and by that time the daylilies are cold, the shogunate must have forced the Kira family to bow their heads and admit defeat, and as long as the Kira family retreats once, they will fall into his trap.

The Rokkaku family can easily create the illusion that the Kira family is in the front of the loss, and tell the public opinion in Kinai that the Kira family is actually borrowing their land, and now the debtor is paying off the debt, and even concocted a document that Kira Yoshishi borrowed two counties to protect the shogunate, anyway, you Kira Yoshishi is far away in Kanto, how can you still take me? The lawsuit was fought to the shogunate or he won.

Public opinion in Kinai is obviously not going to help a samurai family far away in the eastern country, and even a few different voices will drown in the waves of condemnation from thousands of people, and the Enryakuji Temple of Mt. Hiei, the Asai of Kita Omi, and the Miyoshi family, the biggest enemy of the Kira family, will not let go of this opportunity to fall into the well, which is great good news for the Rokkaku family.

As long as the public opinion in Kinai is on the side of the Rokkaku family, whether it is to use diplomatic means to constantly pressure the Kira family to make concessions, or to use military means to forcibly seize the land of the two counties, Rokkaku Yoshiken can be invincible as soon as possible, no matter what means the Kira family uses, it will inevitably bear the criticism of public opinion, as for whether the rumors he spreads are true or false, who cares? As long as the scandal of the Kira family breaks out, it is enough to cause a sensation in the world.

But all this in front of him broke his imagination, how could he never have thought that this Kira family was so bold that they dared to do it after the shogunate issued the imperial teaching, this is late bear heart leopard guts, aren't they worried about sending troops without authorization to anger Kira Yoshi? Isn't he worried that the shogunate will be furious and hit the board on Kira Yoshitoki's body? Could it be that they had expected it and just held back?

All kinds of thoughts suddenly disappeared like dream bubbles, beautiful visions and painful experiences in reality were superimposed, dangling in front of his eyes like a marquee, the serious opposition between ideals and reality almost hit his spirit to a complete collapse, and a sense of absurd unreality suddenly struck, making him have the urge to shout.

In a trance, Rokkaku Yoshiken seemed to see a white Ashikaga Nichi two flags rushing towards him, and then the shouts of the guards for help reached his ears, the roar of the retainers and the anxious urging of his son, and the next moment he felt that the world was spinning in front of him and fainted.

Nakajo Tokihide led 2,500 elites who had experienced the war in Vietnam and China to rush into the mountain camp first, and in the eyes of these samurai who had been battled for a long time, the Rokkaku family was as fragile as paper paste, and had hardly formed a decent attack since the night attack.

Soon the samurai of the Hexagonal Army found that the Kira army had no interest in the massacre, and they quickly made a wise choice, discarding their weapons and obediently kneeling on the ground to wait for the fate of the captives, and the soldiers saw that the samurai were doing this, and they had no intention of resisting, so they also knelt down and gave up resistance, and a night attack lasted for a total of two quarters of an hour to capture more than 15,000 people, and less than 10,000 escaped in the night.

Nakajo Shumasa ran over angrily and complained: "This battle is really boring, those soldiers of the Hexagon family are really annoying, don't they have a little samurai backbone?" After killing only a few hundred people, they were scared to their knees and begged for mercy, if they were placed in Kanto, they would be laughed at to death! But then again, why should Shi Xiudian give up the pursuit! If you try to chase for a while, you will definitely be able to catch the hexagonal Yoshixian! Won't that be a great accomplishment when the time comes? ”

"I let those people go on purpose."

"Nani? Did I hear me right? Nakajo Shu was staring at him with a puzzled expression.

Nakajo Shixiu glanced at his clan brother: "We are causing trouble, in order not to cause trouble to the Lord, the less trouble we cause, the better, we have to defeat the Rokkaku family is to defend Shiga, Takashima and the two counties and shock the surrounding Xiaoxiao, why bother to capture the Rokkaku Kyozhao?" Do you force the Hexagon family to spend money to redeem their own governor? In that way, if the face of the Hexagon family is lost, it will definitely be with us to the death, which is completely contrary to our original intention of defending the two counties. ”

"It turns out that there is still this reason, it seems that my Xiuzheng is still too bad!" Nakajo Hidemasa snorted and fooled over, the night raid battle had just ended, and it was not something that would be done in a while to clean up the wreckage and manage the prisoners, so the two put aside the current battle and chatted while walking.

"When you go back, change the name on your military service account! Didn't Xiuzheng's name be discarded last year? Speaking of which, your new name is also quite good, and it is much easier to call Jiazhong than Xiuzheng. ”

Nakajo Shuzheng scratched his beard and said a little embarrassed: "At that time, I drank too much with a few boys from the Miyake family, and somehow pulled the name, and then I said in a daze that I wanted to change the name, and I regretted it after sobering up, but I still think the previous name was very good, after all, it was the name given by my father." ”

Nakajo Shixiu explained with a smile: "It's okay, I won't be jealous of you, speaking of which, I worship the name of the lord word by word, and I don't care too much about the words used by the ancestors." ”

Nakajo's parents are the first ancestors of the Nakajo family, Nakajo Nagahide is the ancestor of the Nakajo family, the Nakajo family has always used the word "show" to prove their origins, and occasionally there are several generations of family governors maverick to change the word is not very common, Nakajo Xiuzheng has been thinking about changing the name, and I thought of the word "home" used by the first ancestor.

The two of them chatted for another hour, and the chaotic appearance of the camp improved, and at this time the sky was just a hint of fish belly white, and the samurai hastily cleaned up and took the opportunity to sleep, and it was tiring enough to fight a night battle, but it was not that the two quarters of an hour were too tired, but the preparation work before and after was too energy-consuming.

The next day, the news of the defeat of the Rokkaku Army spread, and the army of more than 25,000 led by Rokkaku Yoshiken was unexpectedly defeated in the hands of the Kira Army led by Nakajo Tokihide, and people couldn't believe that the Rokkaku family was defeated so badly, more than 25,000 people were killed in battle, 600 people were killed, 15,300 people were captured, and only more than 9,400 people fled back to Kannonji Castle, and the prestige of the Sasaki Rokkaku family for more than 300 years was almost lost by Rokkaku Yoshiken in this battle.

Miyoshi Changqing, who was far away in the fierce war in Hanoi, heard the news, and laughed loudly: "Taishi Gong said: Heaven gives Fu to take, but suffers from it, and when it doesn't work, it suffers from it!" The shogunate fell into infighting, and the Rokkaku family was so vulnerable, this is the gods and Buddhas bless my three good families! It's time for my three good homes to be put into operation! Hahaha......" (To be continued......