When Long Tao came out of the quiet room, Ah Shi was waiting outside with his maid.

"Lord Yi, you're out!" Ah Shi looked happy and longing, "Will your lord go back to retreat again this time?" ”

For more than half a year, although Long Tao spent most of his time in a different space, he occasionally came out to accompany Ah Shi.

"It's done, there's no need for any more retreats."

Ah Shi smiled happily: "Ah Shi has already prepared a meal, please eat first!" ”

Long Tao picked her up and smiled: "These days, I've worked hard for you, and now I just want to treat you well!" ”

Three days later, the good news came, Sanada Masayuki and Takenaka Hanbei captured the castle and captured Mori Motoshi and Yoshikawa Motoharu and his son alive, and the territory of the Mori family had been conquered.

Kobayakawa Takakei interceded for his father and brother, and Long Tao arranged for Mori Mototo to be the lord of Tottori Castle to govern the Hakuki Province, which originally belonged to the Yamaga family, and appointed Yoshikawa Motoharu as a general, and stayed by Long Tao's side with Kobayakawa to serve.

Long Tao's appearance of completely ignoring previous suspicions made the father and son, who are known for their strategy and bravery, have to admire his bearing and be willing to worship.

Subsequently, Long Tao handed over all the territory of the Maori family to Wuchuan Nagaken to govern, and left 10,000 elite soldiers for his use, and after everything was arranged, he withdrew to the Kaga Sakura Palace.

A month later, news came from Mino's side that Oda Nobunaga had captured Inabayama Castle and the Saito family had perished, and Nobunaga had finally fulfilled his dream of capturing Mino.

Then, as in the original plot, Nobunaga renamed Inabayama Castle to Gifu Castle, and at the same time began to use the seal of "Tianxia Buwu", which is taken from the story of King Wen of Zhou in ancient China based on Qishan, and "Tianxia Buwu" expresses Nobunaga's intention to rule the world by force.

Unexpectedly, after Nobunaga's "Tianxia Buwu" was printed, the first thing that came to mind in the world was Ashikaga Yoshiji!

In a few years, Long Tao quickly conquered a large area of land by force of force, and became the most extensive daimyo in today's territory, and the area of land under his rule far exceeded that of several forces behind him, and the strength was so strong that it had jumped to the first place in Japan, and the only regret was that he did not control the area around Kyoto.

Judging from the current situation, the most qualified person to be called "the world's Buwu" should be this rapidly rising Ashikaga Yoshiclan, Oda Nobunaga only has two places, Owari and Mino, and in front of the Ashikaga Yoshiji, he vainly called "the world's Buwu", which is really a bit of a shame.

This made Oda Nobutaga annoyed and jealous of Long Tao grew, but in the face of Long Tao's strength, he had no choice but to quickly send troops to and control the Kyoto area as soon as possible.

In the Sakura Palace, Long Tao couldn't help laughing after reading a letter given to him by Ah Shi.

The letter was written by Nobunaga to Ah Shi, asking her to spy on Long Tao's strategic deployment and determine the target he was going to attack next, etc., in which Nobunaga had a lot of criticism about his brother-in-law, and seemed to be angry about the matter of "the world's martial arts".

"Haha...... Nobunaga's gas is still not enough! Long Tao laughed for a while and asked Ah Shi: "Ah Shi, if one day I face off with Nobunaga, what choice will you make?" ”

Ah Shi didn't think about it, so he replied: "As a martial artist, he naturally has long had the consciousness of the martial family, and since the moment he married an adult, he has been a member of the Ashikaga family, if the adult is really opposed to his brother, Ah Shi will naturally accompany the adult and live and die together!" ”

"Good! If you can show me Nobunaga's secret letter, I will know your intentions, but I will not embarrass Aichi too much. Long Tao smiled and said, "You can write back to Nobunaga, just say that I have no interest in the area, and I will not rob his territory, so that he can rest assured that he will attack the Rokkaku." ”

During this time, the territory was expanding too fast, Long Tao needed to stop and straighten out, and most importantly, Iwami Ginzan had been occupied, and he needed to put the mining of Japan's largest silver mine on track as soon as possible, so he sent Okubo Yasushi and Masuda Nagamori to be Takekawa Nagaken's assistants.

With the arrival of advanced mining techniques and skilled craftsmen from Lilu, a large amount of silver from Iwami Silver Mountain began to flow into Ryutao's treasury.

With the support of abundant financial resources, Long Tao purchased a large number of advanced firearms from Lilu on the one hand, and armed his army with iron cannons, and his combat effectiveness increased dramatically.

In addition to arming his own troops, Long Tao also sent a large number of firearms to the Uesugi family to arm the army of Kenshin.

Since the last time she had a stalemate with the Hojo family, Kenshin has taken the initiative to attack the Hojo family, and she has said that she will destroy the Hojo family, suppress the Kanto region, recapture Kamakura, and let Ryutao reopen the mansion there and restore the majesty of the shogun.

The first shogunate in Japan was the Kamakura shogunate established in Kamakura by Minamoto Yoritomo, which opened the shogunate era in Japan, the Muromachi shogunate era, although the Ashikaga family moved the shogunate to Kyoto, but Kamakura has always been a holy place in the hearts of the samurai.

With the support of Long Tao's advanced weapons, Kenshin became even more powerful in the process of conquering the Hojo family, and won victory after victory.

After repairing in Kaga for more than half a year, Long Tao once again started the road to the west with a newly equipped army.

With the lessons of the Maori family, the Longtao army was everywhere, and many forces surrendered without a fight.

The Mimura family of China, the Urakami family of Bizen Province, and the Akamatsu family of Harima Country surrendered their cities one after another, and for a time, the power of the Long Tao army was greatly boosted, and no one could stop it.

In this process, Long Tao gained two more famous generals, Ukita Naoya and Kuroda Kanbei, both of whom are outstanding civil and military all-rounders, among which Kuroda Kanbei is a famous advisor who has been assisting Toyotomi Hideyoshi to complete the hegemony in history, and Takenaka Hanbei is called the "Nibei" of the Toyotomi family.

After taking the three without bloodshed, Long Tao prepared to attack Shikoku Island.

At this time, the main forces on the island were the Miyoshi family, the Chosamune Ibe family, and the Kono family, among which the Kono family was weak and did not cause trouble.

Because the four countries are lonely on the sea, the three rely on the benefits of their own naval army, and Long Tao has never reported the results of naval battles so far, so they all express their obedience.

As everyone knows, the thirteen water bars in Japan have long been loyal to Long Tao, and after several months of preparation, Lilu has already built a fleet with the most advanced equipment for him, which can completely sweep the waters of Japan.

Just when Long Tao was about to surprise the three families, news came from Kyoto that the general Ashikaga Yoshiteru was assassinated by the Miyoshi three, Yoshiteru's younger brother Ashikaga Yoshiei was enshrined as a general, and Yoshiteru's own brother Ashikaga Yoshiaki fled to Owari and defected to Oda Nobunaga.

Takekawa Nagaken, Akechi Mitsuhide, Hosokawa Fujitaka and other generals all advised Long Tao to take this opportunity to serve as the general of the Ashikaga family, take over the Ashikaga family, and justifiably conquer the Miyoshi family, and then control Kyoto.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga announced that he would send troops to Kamiraku and send Ashikaga Yoshiaki to Kyoto to take over as the general.