Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

The prerequisites for the alliance between the Oda family and the Asai family are marriage and movement.

That is to say, the Oda family can form an alliance with the Asai family, firstly, by agreeing on the marriage of Nobunaga's younger sister, Ashi, and Asai Nagamasa, the governor of the Asai family, and secondly, by promising to maintain peace with Asai and the Asai family's allies.

As a side note, the Asakura family is an ally of the Asai family.

However, in April 1570, the Oda family still sent troops to attack Echizen under the pretext that the Asakura family ignored Shangluo's orders several times.Among them, rather than fighting for territorial expansion, it is more of a deterrent nature.

Who made Ashikaga Yoshiaki's attitude really not concealed at all.If they don't want to be attacked by a group, the Oda family can only act first, express their attitude with force, and deter other daimyos, so as to continue to occupy the current favorable situation and control of Kyoto.But in the same way, it is impossible for the Oda family to send troops for no reason, so as not to be too arrogant and arouse the resistance of others; the Oda family cannot choose an opponent with too much difference. It is too weak to be a deterrent even if it is defeated.

Therefore, whether it was the fact that they resisted the general's orders several times and failed to resist Shangluo, or the Asakura family's own great strength, it made the Asakura in Echizen the best target for the Oda family to attack.

More importantly, even with Echizen, the current governor of the Asakura family, Yoshikage Asakura, is a man without ambition.Not only did he negotiate peace with the Ichiko sect (a branch of the Jodo sect of Buddhism), but he also became the great Tangoe (gold master) of Enryakuji Temple in Mount Hiei. All kinds of banquets made Ashikaga Yoshiaki wait for two years and finally couldn't wait any longer, so he chose the Oda family instead.

It can be said that the opportunity for the Oda family to go to Luo was completely sent by Asakura Yoshikage.

Now the Oda family is going to choose the Asakura family to attack - nothing wrong with it! !It seems that the strength is actually very easy to fight, if you don't choose the Asakura family, where can you find a deterrent target!And even if Asakura refused to go to Luo, he even wrote back to openly express his contempt for Oda Nobunaga, the governor of the Oda family—is he stupid?

If it weren't for the consideration of the relationship with the Asai family, the Oda family might have directly regarded it as opening up territory, rather than killing chickens to scare monkeys.The difference between the former and the latter is probably only that the former will kill every piece of armor, while the latter mainly uses persuasion as a means.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

Compared with the Oda family, Asakura's strength is indeed strong, otherwise Ashikaga Yoshiaki would not have waited for two years in Echizen.But Asakura Yoshikage himself is greedy for wine and sex, and values ​​literature over martial arts, and the Oda family is growing in momentum and rich in financial resources. Zhang countryman Oda Nobunaga is completely incomparable.

Out of this understanding, Saburo quickly set off from Kyoto, ostensibly returning to Gifu, but actually leading an army of [-] all the way to Echi.

As a result, it took only one day for the Oda family to capture the Muffong Mountain Castle, and then marched aggressively towards Kanezaki.After the news came, Asakura Yoshikage almost couldn't wait to choose to lead his troops to retreat. Leaving aside how to deploy the front line, he himself went all the way back until he fled back to Ichijo Valley, where he was trembling and never stopped. Willing to confront the Oda family head-on, leading to a sharp drop in morale, Jin Qi's occupation took no effort by the Oda family.

When Kanazaki was occupied, the Asai family also sent a letter—unexpectedly, it was not accusing Nobunaga of treachery, but tactfully proposed to preserve the Asakura family, and stated that he had written a letter to persuade Asakura to surrender, hoping to help Nobunaga .

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The Asai family has many alliances. Compared with Oda, who signed an alliance because of marriage, Asai and Asakura's alliance has been longer and their relationship is very close.To be honest, it was precisely because he was not sure about the attitude of the Asai family that Saburo chose to let Ieyasu Tokugawa send troops together when he attacked Asakura.

And now that the Asai family has written such a letter—is it finally a choice between the two, thinking that the Oda family can bring greater benefits to Asai, and abandoning Asakura?

All the retainers except San Lang suddenly felt refreshed, but only the Dao Jian Fu Sangshen looked bewildered.

... The promised history is not like this! !Didn't it mean that Asai should have betrayed, and joined forces with Asakura to besiege the Oda family!

The time retrograde army wants to change history, and what is changed is such a history

Then the problem is coming.

The Asai family is far away in Omi, may I ask how the four swords rushed to kill the time-traveling army there, how to encourage the Asai family to betray, and how to remind Oda Nobunaga, so as not to be let down by the Oda family at this time? All of them were killed by the retainers and the governor together!

It is really difficult to preserve history.

Fortunately, he didn't challenge the hearts of the Sword Fusangshen, Takenaka Hanbei frowned, deeply aware that the matter was not simple, and said in a deep voice: "Excuse me, Your Highness, besides the letter, is there anything else?"

Saburo held the bowl for a while, looked at the red bean soup in the bowl with regret and satisfaction, and said: "A city has someone who asked someone to bring a bag of red beans from Xiaogucheng, but Hanbei and you guys are too late." It’s too late, there’s only a little bit left—do you want Xiaoguang to eat it, although it’s salty.”

"The Asai family sent a letter, but Miss Ashi sent someone from Xiaogucheng to bring red beans." Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head and rejected Saburo's kindness, and asked earnestly, "Where did the Asai family send the letter from?" of"

"It's also Xiaogu City—but since the letter was sent, there's no need to separate it from the red beans sent by Ashi... Is there something wrong with the relationship between husband and wife!"

"...Your Highness, I don't think this is the most important issue right now."

"The problem of husband and wife is very serious." Saburo said seriously, and put a bag of red beans brought by Ashituo in front of Akechi Mitsuhide. Of course, when the red beans in the bag were brought over, Saburo had already boiled a pot of red beans Soup, "The bag is made of snake patterns, Ah Shi's preference is still the same."

"Then is there a letter attached to the bag itself?" Hanbei Takenaka asked.

"No, only red beans."

"Both sections of the bag are tied tightly on the outside. This is not the way ordinary people tie bags to send things." Takenaka said, "And the material of the bag is so good that it looks like it was made temporarily."

Generally speaking, even if both ends of the cloth bag are connected, it is usually right to tie one end tightly and turn it over from the inside before loading things.This is not only beautiful, but also avoids loss of things and is easy to carry.Only the tie rope at one end of the bag tied in this way is exposed outside.

The two lengths of rope were exposed, and they were tied tightly tightly, and they contained something easy to fall like beans... What did Ashi want to express!

The Oda family and Ichijo Valley are still separated by Muya Ridge Fortress. Tokugawa Ieyasu is currently in the front line. Before the Tokugawa family breaks through, the Oda family can only temporarily stop in Kanezaki. The east and west directions of Kanazaki are high mountains, and only the north and south can Move, and the north is Asakura, and the south is Asai... How similar is the situation of the Oda family to the beans in the bag! !

Almost instantly, Hanbei Takenaka and Mitsuhide Akechi turned pale.

"'The Rat in the Bag'--Miss Oshi may mean that." Hanbei Takenaka said in a deep voice, "Asai betrayed."

A rat in a kangaroo, a turtle in a urn... The Asai family wants to unite with Asakura and block the Oda family in Kanezaki!The letter sent to Saburo is just in case the messenger is discovered, and at the same time, it also has the consciousness of dispelling the vigilance of the Oda family.The letter that the Asai family really wanted to send was to the Asakura family, telling him to attack back and forth together!

"That's it." Saburo's face was a little elusive in the flickering flames. He propped his chin and thought for a few seconds before he said, "Then, if Asai wants to attack me, he can only attack from behind Kanezaki. Stay in my retreat. Did the soldiers behind find anything?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier rushed to report: "Your Highness! The Qianjing army is heading here!"

"Your Highness, it is still uncertain whether it is the Asai army, or it may be the Asakura family's suspicion!"

"Your Highness, Ichijo Valley is close at hand, we can't just retreat...! It took only two days in total for Muffet Castle and Kanezaki, and it only takes a few days to conquer Ichijo Valley—"

"I can't judge whether this is sent by Miss Ashi. The Asai family has always been Oda's ally!"

"Even if Asai is coming, there should be other ways! Move the position first."

Faced with the suggestions and analysis of his retainers, Saburo just propped his chin and thought alone.After a while, he seemed to have made a decision. In front of other people, he quickly stripped off the heavy armor on his body. Except for the inconvenient thongs on his legs, he was only wearing thin skirts and hakama trousers. Covered by a cloak, his attire looks no different from that of ordinary peasants.

It's also the same as when he was called "Owari Idiot".

But his eyes were exceptionally firm, almost without the retainers reacting, he had already got on his horse, and looked down at the people below with an unquestionable attitude: "We lost this battle."

"Your Highness!"

"So, I'm going to run away." Saburo said, "—the whole army retreats."[Note 1]

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History has not changed.

The Asai family, who betrayed Oda when the Oda family attacked Asakura, still betrayed the Oda family at this time.Even compared to the history, the act of allowing Ashi to send letters because of guilt is even more heartless, directly using letters to numb the nerves of the Oda family, so that Ashi sent red beans to remind the "mouse in the bag" It's sneaky.

Perhaps, Nagamasa Asai hid even Ashi from the beginning.

After a short period of obsession with the changes in history, the Sword Fusangshen were stunned by the fact that history had not changed.The slight changes that were originally thought to be a precursor to the actions of the time retrograde army, but in fact everything is still walking according to the original track of the Warring States Period.

This kind of subtle change is similar to Sosan Zuowen and the others who were said to be the elusive Kai ninjas raised by Oda Nobunaga.It's not obvious, but in the minds of these swordsmen who have infused the entire Warring States history in detail, it is so abrupt that it cannot be ignored.

There is also a vague anxiety.

I haven't moved for so long, what the time retrograde army wants is just to change a little bit of history without pain

If there is only such a little ambition, the time retrograde army will never reach the scale of 4000 million!Is there something planned, or is there a limit...

Just thinking of this, Zong San Zuowen, who was originally staying in the army to observe the situation, disappeared in place with a bang.