Chapter Forty-Eight: The Ignored Near-Vietnamese Alliance
Well, let's ignore Yagi, whose character seems to have become a little weird because he has been sealed away in this ghost place where nothing has been for more than a thousand years, and turn our gaze to other places first.
When the Dream Evil side was preparing to go on the expedition, Omi and Echizen were the two countries of Omi Echizen that had been ignored by the Dream Evil, Yagi, and the major forces! Hawkers, the author won't admit that he just accidentally forgot about them! At this time, many daimyo from both countries are gathering in Otani Castle for the assessment. Of course, although there are many daimyos, there are only six people who can really speak on the night, such as Asai Nagamasa, Rokkaku Joyori, Asakura Toshikei, Shibata Katsuie, and Maeda Toshiie.
No way, compared to the forces in other places, the strong people here are not only pitiful, but the only few are not really strong. It's no wonder that everyone ignores them, because there are many retainers under the great powers of their strength who are stronger than them. Not to mention the countless Dream Demons, forces, and Yagi of the powerhouses.
But! But no matter what, these guys who seem to be weak chickens are also part of this world, and any changes in the world will naturally cause their various reactions, but ......
Compared to the relaxed freehand of the group of guys in the dream evil, the faces of these people are a little outrageous. There's no way, whoever is ignored is afraid that the mood will not be too good, let alone this group of lords who think they are still powerful. Hawkers, that's right, how can the combined strength of this group of guys be able to confront those powerful forces in history. Well, that's all, for those alliances, these forces can only be seen if they are united.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ...... We've been ignored......" Toshikyo Asakura, the oldest and strongest among them, said with a little cry. He had to smile wryly. In fact, after Echizen and Omi joined forces, they continued to inquire for information, but unfortunately, although they learned about the situation in and Ono, they did not wait for any envoys to come here to invite them to join.
Yes, whether it is the former Echizen overlord Asakura Toshikei or the later Shibata Katsuie. They are very aware of their own strength, in this world where there are many strong dogs, if they can't join any powerful alliance, then their only fate is to perish.
It's just a pity, waiting and waiting, waiting until was unified by the Yaki Army, and waiting until Mino was captured by the Dongying Kingdom, but still didn't wait for a certain party to come and say to him, "Let's unite." ”
Well? Why don't they take the initiative to find each other? All right. Generally speaking, diplomacy is such a thing, and only when others take the initiative to come to the door can the greatest benefits be obtained, and this group of people obviously thinks the same way. Hawkers, to put it bluntly, it is said to be sold at a price. It's just that they may still overestimate their own strength, and the fact is that there is no one to bird them at all.
"Humph! Since they look down on us, let's do something to shock them! Tell them that it's just us Omi and Echizen. Nor will they easily succumb to the Eight Miscellaneous Snakes! Asai Nagamasa shouted excitedly. Well, this kid is still very ambitious to say. There's no way, young man, and you must know that he has been smooth sailing since he inherited the family governor, first defeating the old enemy Rokkaku family, and then marrying Oda City, the first beauty of the Warring States. In the end, he dared to resist the powerful Oda family, and even almost killed Oda Nobunaga.
Well, if this kid can really kill Oda Nobunaga, then maybe his historical status will be very different, and his strength and influence in this world will be completely different. Unfortunately, there is no if...... If so, please let me go back to my childhood with my memories...... Well, off topic.
However, the reason why Asai Nagamasa said this is obviously not only because this kid is young and vigorous, but also because there is another reason, that is, he hopes to revive the prestige of the Asai family in this world, in fact, the most awesome time for the Asai family is Asai Nagamasa's generation, but unfortunately, in the end, it ...... Well, in his words, God won't let me. Therefore, he hopes that in this era when there are many strong people like dogs, many strong people can see the strength of the Asai family. Well, what a great wish......
But what! This is not all the reason for Asai Nagamasa, there is the last and most important reason! Ahem...... How so? As mentioned earlier, his wife, main room, and favorite wife are the number one beauty in Japan called Oda City, but I don't know why, this big beauty has been very unhappy since she came to this world, well, or to be more accurate, this big beauty was very, very unhappy after Asai Nagamasa rebelled.
It's also normal to say that Oda City was originally a member of the Oda family, and it was for the Oda family that he married into the Asai family, but Asai Nagamasa betrayed the Oda family for the sake of the Asakura family, an ally for generations. Well, although there are various factors in this, it is clear that since then, Oda City's position in the Asai family has not been an ordinary embarrassment.
So Oda City is naturally unhappy, hawkers, if it's a heroic character, where would you care if a woman is unhappy? You must know that in that era, the status of women was very low, even if your strength was not bad. But Asai Nagamasa is not, he is very, very fond of people in Oda City. Well...... In this way, he is quite a bit of a grasp with both hands, and both hands have to be hard to catch up.
Therefore, Asai Nagamasa hopes to play a role in this world and let the strong people all over the world know their name, so that women, creatures who are born to worship the strong, will naturally look at themselves differently. Hawkers, in Asai Nagamasa's view, the reason why Oda City admires Oda Nobunaga so much is because she has done things that the world can't imagine.
It's just that it's not like if you give an opinion and others will listen to it, especially in such a weak alliance. Because everyone is not strong, there will naturally be more ideas.
"Shocking things? Do you want to attack? Why? With you, Nagamasa Asai, a guy who doesn't care about faith at all? A mockery seemed so harsh in this silent assessment, especially what was said in this sentence was really the biggest shame in Asai Nagamasa's life. For the sake of the family, in order to prove something, Asai Nagamasa resolutely stabbed Oda Nobunaga in the back, well, it's what is often said to be a chrysanthemum. But that's it. Hey, I didn't even take Oda Nobunaga.
Obviously, this sentence was like a sharp blade, fiercely piercing the fragile little heart of Asai Nagamasa, and he turned his head angrily to see that it was the daimyo of Kitanosho Castle. Shibata Katsuie. Well, you can't blame the uncle Shibata Katsuya for stabbing Asai Nagamasa at this time, if you want to blame, you can only blame Asai Nagamasa for making Shibata Katsuya very hateful!
It's been a bit old to talk about this, but to put it bluntly, there are only two most important points, Oda City and Hashiba Hideyoshi! Hawkers,Yushiba Hideyoshi is the Toyotomi Hideyoshi classmate we mentioned earlier.,The Japanese like to change their names.,I don't know why.。
About Oda City. I have to talk about a small question from Shibata Katsuya's classmates, ahem...... To put it bluntly, it's a bit of Lolita. Anyway, Shibata Katsuya was still an ordinary uncle, well, no, when he was still in Owari, he liked Oda City, a little girl who was less than 10 years old, but it didn't cause others to wonder at that time. Because the entire Oda family has no one who doesn't like Oda City, the future No. 1 beauty of the Warring States.
It's just that it's not the same as what others like. This uncle is almost doting on Oda City.,You must know that your Shibata Katsuya and Oda City have nothing to do with each other.,Usually all kinds of gifts continue.,When it comes to the New Year's holiday, the gift is even more frightening to others.。 Unfortunately, at the time, it was just thought that Oda was too cute.
As a result, Shibata Katsuya was in the absence of opposition from everyone. He didn't know why he was doing this, after all, Oda City was too small to have any ideas at that time. Until one day, Oda Nobunaga decided to marry Oda City to the governor of the Asai family. When Asai Nagamasa, a rising star known as Omi no Eagle, Shibata Katsuie understood his thoughts, and he was already deeply in love with Oda City, well...... Oda was 16 years old at that time.
Well, at this time, Oda City was actually very, very beautiful, otherwise Asai Nagamasa would not have been able to marry her despite public opinion, and there were countless retainers in the Oda family who liked Oda City. So, when Oda Nobunaga first proposed it, Shibata Katsuya expressed strong opposition. But at that time, he was just an old man in the family who had just returned from the rebels, and the credit was a little bit, but marrying Oda? Stop dreaming. So, for Asai Nagamasa's hatred and Oda's love, Shibata Katsuya can only bury it in his heart. The reason is very simple, when Oda Nobunaga stared at Shibata Katsuie with slanted eyes, he found that he couldn't say the emotions in his heart at all, he couldn't, and he didn't deserve it!
And another reason about Hashiba Hideyoshi, cough cough, speaking of which Hashiba Hideyoshi was also a suitor of Oda City, and he also liked Oda City very, very much at that time, and he was also very opposed to marrying Oda City into the Asai family, but Shibata Katsuya couldn't raise any objections, let alone Hashiba Hideyoshi, who was just an ashigaru general at the time.
It's just that...... He and Asai Nagamasa should not be able to fight each other, well, not to say, because in fact, the reason why Yushiba Hideyoshi became the first minister of the Oda family in the end is that in addition to his own hard work, luck, and good retainers, there is also one most important reason, that is, someone is promoted!
The person who promoted him was naturally the top boss Oda Nobunaga, and why did Oda Nobunaga promote Yushiba Hideyoshi so much, the reason is also very simple, this kid saved her life.
It was one of the most critical situations in Oda Nobunaga's life, Kanesaki retreated, the Oda army was wrapped in dumplings by the Asakura army and the suddenly betrayed Asai army, and at the critical time, it was Hashiba Hideyoshi who stood up behind the palace and allowed Oda Nobunaga to return to Mino safely. And after Hideyoshi Hashiba also successfully returned to Mino, he was immediately rewarded by Oda Nobunaga, and later Hideyoshi Hashiba was made the lord of Otani Castle in Omi Province by Oda Nobunaga.
In Shibata Katsuie's view, if there was no Asai Nagamasa, then even if Hashiba Hideyoshi made his fortune, it would be impossible to surpass himself in such a short period of time and become the first minister of the Oda family, let alone his own failure later. Well, Shibata Katsuie naturally knew that he had lost in the confrontation with Hashiba Hideyoshi in the end, because there were many people here to tell him about this fact.
Therefore, Shibata Katsuya is very, very unhappy with Asai Nagamasa, and it is naturally normal to be cynical at this time. After all, Shibata Katsuya is also a hot-tempered master, especially now his favorite woman Oda City is still in the arms of this kid.
"Humph! Who did I think it was? It turned out to be Shibata-sama...... Hehe......" Asai Nagamasa saw that it was Shibata Katsuie, and immediately chuckled and glanced at him twice, just hehe. All right. Although this kid didn't say anything, that attitude, especially the look in his eyes that seemed to be looking at a loser, made Shibata Katsuya feel uncomfortable.
There is no way, in this world, the details of various strong people have basically been exposed for a period of time before. Asai Nagamasa naturally understands Shibata Katsuie's hostility towards him. And for this uncle who has been peeking at his beloved wife, Asai Nagamasa obviously doesn't have a good impression of it.
"You!" Shibata Katsuya was born stupid, and he couldn't say anyone's words, so in a speechless situation, he stood up angrily, obviously wanting to play heads-up with Asai Nagamasa, and with his attitude, Shibata Katsuya and the retainers behind Asai Nagamasa also stood up one after another, and the situation was about to erupt......
"Are you enough?! Others ignore us. Are you just idle and fighting on your own? Sit them all down for me!! As soon as Asakura Toshikage's words came out, Asai Nagamasa and Shibata Katsuya suddenly lost their confidence, and they sat down unhappily after muttering a few words.
Well, although Asakura Toshikyo is the eldest senior and has fought the legendary Onin Rebellion, it is obviously impossible to convince Asai Nagamasa and Shibata Katsuya by seniority alone. After all, Asai Nagamasa had fought with Oda Nobunaga, and Shibata Katsuie was also the one who fought against the god of war, Uesugi Kenshin. Hm. In the final analysis, it is the barrel of the gun that comes out of the regime. Under the strong strength of Asakura Toshikage, Asai Nagamasa and Shibata Katsuie were not convinced.
There's no way, if you say which of the small forces in Omi and Echizen is the strongest, it's only the Asakura family, who makes the family old and has more strong people.
Look at the two guys who are still hostile to each other after sitting down. Asakura Toshijing felt that one head and two were big, to be honest, he really couldn't understand why Asai Ryomasa gave up the position of family governor to Asai Nagamasa, although this kid is indeed very talented and strong enough. But obviously, Ryomasa Asai, who is also powerful but more mature, is the best governor in Toshikage's heart of Asakura.
But after all, this is someone else's housework, and even if there is any resentment in Asakura Toshikage's heart, he can't interfere, so he shook his head helplessly, and looked at Rokkaku Toshiyori and Maeda Toshiya.
In other words, among all the people, the one who Asakura Toshikyung really wants to ask for help is actually Maeda Toshiya, because his experience tells Asakura Toshikyung that this uncle is the best person to break the embarrassing scene of the current Kin-Vietnam Alliance. The reason is very simple, the Maeda Toshiya first served the Oda family, then followed the Shibata family, and finally jumped to the Yushiba family, and his status rose higher and higher, obviously a master with a unique vision from left to right.
This kind of person is what Asakura Toshikyo needs the most, after all, in history, Asakura Toshikyo also relied on this means to take down Echizen Province. Belch...... It's called smelling alike, right?
As for the hexagonal Dinglai, although he is also the master of both civil and military affairs, at least from the current situation, there are really not too many places where he can help, after all, he is good at military and internal affairs.
Sure enough, Liujiao Dinglai shook his head and said that he had nothing to say, in fact, with his wisdom, he still understood very well that there was actually only one way to go in the Kin-Vietnam Alliance, but it was just ...... Okay, old man, I still have to say it. Thinking of this, Rokkaku Dinglai glanced at Asai Nagamasa with envy. Although this kid is still very immature, but he has a strong talent and ambition, compare with his own descendants, "Alas, people are more popular than people!" Hexagonal Dinglai thought helplessly.
Seeing that Rokkaku Dinglai had nothing to say, he turned his head to look at the front Tian Lijia, hoping that he could say what he wanted to say. Because there are some things that the alliance leader must never say!
Seeing this, Maeda Toshiya simply said, "Since they are ignoring us, then let's take the initiative to choose a side, anyway, there are no emperors and generals in this era, we just need to take refuge with the side that can get the greatest benefits." "Well, this guy is really a bachelor, he can say such shameless words? Others ignore themselves, and they still have to lick their faces and take the initiative to stick to them?
Maeda Toshiie's words immediately attracted everyone's attention and the appreciation of Asakura Toshikage, apparently Asakura Toshikage thought so, but ......
"Maeda-sama! What nonsense are you talking about?! Don't you have the honor and dignity of a samurai? We were so ignored by others that we even licked our faces and begged them to accept us?! As soon as Maeda Toshiie's words were finished, Asai Nagamasa jumped out and roared loudly.
There is no way, Asai Nagamasa's words obviously represent most of the young and energetic samurai group, they are not afraid of those legendary characters or monsters, what they want is just very simple, honor and dignity......
It's just that honor and dignity are the preserve of the dead in many cases...... (To be continued......)