In Hitada Castle, not far from the mountain castle of Sawa, Rokkaku Yoshiken is furious.

"What the hell are you eating! If the army can't cross the river tomorrow, you can cut your stomach! ”

Hita Castle Lord Hidetaka Takanose bowed in front of her and hurried down to do something.

It is also bitter, but this is the day when the spring tide hits, and this year's river water is particularly bad.

Only half of the army had passed, and the bridge was submerged, and the main formation of the hexagonal Yixian was blocked in Henan.

She could only mobilize the surrounding rafts to form a temporary pontoon bridge, but she could not get it well for a while.

The army was halved by the river, and it was a big or small matter. Although the Asai family is shrunk in the area of Sawa Mountain Castle, what if Asai Nagamasa pounces.

The hexagon Yixian, who was in a bad mood, took the opportunity to vent and scolded her fiercely, and then she went down to do something.

The Takanose family is also an old samurai in this area, and their status is not low. At the beginning, the six corners of the county were conquered, and it was also the powerful warriors who pacified these local people that they maintained their rule.

But who would have thought that as soon as the six corners died, the main family of Minami Omi would be so ruthless and reprimanded without asking.

Hidetaka Takanose's face was gloomy and his expression was gloomy. Looking at the north, I don't know what to think.

After she left, Shinto Kenmori, who was sitting on the side, said to Rokkaku Yoshixian.

"Your Highness, these warriors from North Omi still need to be patient and appeased, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to be so harsh."

Rokkaku Yoshi-hyun felt uncomfortable, but the current situation did not allow her to be willful. Reluctantly pretending to be kind and pleasing to nod, he looked like a corporal of Lixian.

Ever since the attack on the shogunate envoys was exposed by the Asai family, Rokkaku Yoshiken has been under a lot of pressure at home.

The retainers, who had been friendly to her succession, were fiercely criticized.

Because Mekada Tsunakiyo stopped in time, the retainers had no tangible evidence to blame the master. But the angry reaction from Ashikaga Yoshiki still caused her great trouble.

Just like now. The Rokkaku family owns about 500,000 koku of Omi Province's territory, plus some of the annexes of Kita-Ise and the commercial proceeds of Lake Biwa.

How could he only pull out 20,000 troops to make a northern expedition to the Asai family? Because of the defense general? That's too much to look up to Ashikaga Yoshiteru's ability.

The shogunate is not one heart, except for the shogun, no one wants to have a fight with the Rokkaku, and there is no benefit.

The fact is that because of Rokkaku Yoshiken's secret behavior, there was a serious confrontation between the shogunate and the Rokkaku family.

In order to express her dissatisfaction, some of her retainers refused her call-up on the grounds that they were guarding against the general's attack. This is the fundamental reason why she can only pull out 20,000 horses for the Northern Expedition.

In particular, the chief family elder Goto Kentoyo questioned the correctness of her Northern Expedition at this time, which shook her authority in the family.

But what can she do with Goto Kento? Although the Rokkaku family and the two vines are called together, Goto Kentoyo is much more powerful than Kondo Kenmori.

Later, the retainers led by Fuji Kentoyo began to question the authority of the main family, which was a dangerous signal.

The loss of the right to rule by the guardians everywhere starts from the loss of prestige at home and the fall of power, and the hexagonal righteous sages have to guard against it.

What she can do now is to win this battle beautifully, and at least let the Asai family continue to bow down.

Then he took back the Ashikaga white flag and presented it to the general, extinguishing Ashikaga Yoshiteru's anger.

In this way, the hexagonal family can pass the test, and she can sit firmly in the position of the family governor.

Such an important Northern Expedition was delayed by a day because the spring tide caused her to not be able to cross the Aichi River, so how could she not be angry.

"Your Highness, don't worry. Even if it's a day late, the Asai family can't make waves. The military forces that can be gathered, Asai Nagamasa has already gathered.

This Sawa mountain castle is the death hole that the Asai family must defend, and she can only stand up to it here. Our army is fierce, and it is she who should be worried. ”

The slow-speaking woman was called Gamo Kenhide, and she was also an important figure in the retainers' group.

She and Kondo Kenmori came to help in the war this time, and they also had the meaning of bridging the rift in the family. Goto Kento's temperament is too strong, and it is afraid that it is inappropriate to accuse the master of the family like this.

The two of them followed north, and they also wanted to help Liujiao Yixian win this battle quickly, so that the family would be peaceful. Otherwise, the infighting in the hexagonal family will intensify, and the family situation will be worried.

Hexagon nodded. She understands the reason, but it's just troublesome. There hasn't been a smooth thing these days, and the most hateful thing is Tsunashi Mekada.

A teenager can't clean up, and this time he was ordered to go and guard the back road of Sawa Mountain City, and he completely fell out of favor.

After the Aichi River is the Norada River, and further ahead is the Sawa Mountain Castle.

The forces of the Asai family have already gathered in the mountain castle, and as expected, the battlefield of the two sides is Norada.

The army on Asai Nagamasa's side has been assembled, and intelligence from the south has been sent in.

Knowing that the Hexagon Yoshixian's main formation was blocked by the river and would be delayed for a day, she couldn't help but shake her head.

It's a pity, if it weren't for the small number of her own side, she would definitely pull up the army and rush to Aichi River now, catching her off guard.

But now most of the Rokkaku family's army has crossed the river, and now these reserves have exceeded the number of the Asai family.

Sawa Yamajo is still some distance from the Aichi River, and the long journey to that side is not a food delivery.

Seeing a piece of information, she couldn't help but smile.

Akao Kiyotsuna, who was on the side, saw that she was still smiling at this time and asked.

"Why is Your Highness laughing? Is there some good news? ”

Asai Nagamasa shook his head.

"There is no good news, but there is interesting news."

"Oh?"

Akao Kiyotsuna was also interested by her.

"Tsunakiyo Mekada was sent to the back valley road of Sawa Yamajo Castle to defend the back road of the Rokkaku family."

"Tsunashi Mekada? Is that the lord of Mekada Castle who failed to ambush Lord Spo? ”

Akao Kiyotsuna couldn't help but laugh. This is called the narrow road of the enemy, and the two of them fought once in the South Omi, and this time they will meet again in the North Omi.

Although they were all thrown out of the main battlefield and treated coldly, it's really interesting to think about.

"It seems that the hexagonal loyal dog has fallen out of favor."

Asai Nagamasa nodded.

"The Mekada family is going to fall."

This time the battle was still won by the Hexagon family, and Rokkaku Yoshiken threw Mekada Tsunashi to defend the back road, clearly not wanting her to make meritorious contributions.

The spies on both sides have long explored the battlefield clearly, and this is a clear chess game, and no one wants to make small moves.

The two armies placed on the other side of the back valley road were not so much another battlefield as they looked upset, and simply kept them away from the war.

The outcome of the battle has nothing to do with them, as long as they wait for the result.

Yamashiro valley road.

"Fujido-sama, this number of people feels a lot more than yesterday?"

After running around with the formation for two days, he hurried to join his reserves. Last night, Yiyin felt tired and slept deeply, and only got up at three o'clock in the morning.

How did he know that Fujitanghu was ruthless, and just after the meeting ended yesterday, he sent his daughter Gao Hu into the mountain overnight, and at this time, the army in the mountain had arrived one after another.

Hearing Yiyin's question, Fujitang Hugao's face did not change and said.

"The men and horses in the camp arrived first yesterday, and it is difficult to travel in the mountain stream in the middle of the river, and we have to guard against the spies of the Rokkaku family. Therefore, the follow-up reserve team came late, please forgive me. ”

Yiyin looked at her speechlessly, and her lie did not change her face, you are amazing.

Glancing back at Akechi Mitsuso, he saw her winking at herself playfully.

Yiyin sighed, it's been fifteen years, and he still can't figure out what people in this world think.