Although Asai Nagamasa had already spoken up and decided to ally with the Oda family, the retainers present who opposed the alliance between the two families did not stop there, but continued to persuade them.

Seeing that the lord had made up his mind to form an alliance with the Oda family, Haibei Tsunade continued to persuade regardless of it: "My lord, if you form an alliance with the Oda family, you will suffer from it, and besides, this family has the Asakura family as an alliance, even if you tear your face and make enemies with the Oda family, the victory or defeat is between five and five, please think twice." ”

"No need to say any more......" Before Asai Nagamasa finished speaking, I saw a junior samurai rush into the assessment room in a panic, and said loudly: "Report, the lord, the lord of Sawa Mountain Castle Isono Yuanchang sent his subordinate Ashigaru to report, the head of the Rokkaku family, Rokkaku Yoshiharu personally led an army of 4,000 from Guanyin Temple Castle, and went straight to Sawa Mountain Castle, Isono Lord only had 800 people under Ashigaru, and it was difficult to defend this city, so he sent people to ask for help, and asked the lord to decide." ”

"What, Rokkaku Yoshiji, this bastard, I, Asai Nagamasa, swear that I will definitely break you into ten thousand pieces." If it was in peacetime, the Rokkaku family sent an army to attack, Asai Nagamasa would not be so angry, and now seeing that the Takayama clan is about to come to discuss the alliance between the two families, if he leads the army out of battle, he will be a little neglectful of the Oda family, and he is already on the weak side, in case this causes Nobunaga's anger and leads the army to attack, he will not be able to command, so that the Asai family will be in danger.

Asai Nagamasa can let the important ministers of the family go to support, but now that the strength of the retainers has surpassed his own, he must not give them any chance to make meritorious contributions, so as to increase his strength. Thinking of this, Asai Nagamasa felt a headache.

Most of the retainers sitting at the bottom of the hand saw that the lord frowned, and was bowing his head to think, they were very puzzled by the lord's behavior, they secretly thought in their hearts, since the lord succeeded to the throne, the battle between the family and the hexagonal family has to happen several times a year, and there are many times, the army of the hexagonal family is much larger than this time, even so, the lord has always been full of confidence, calmly deal with it, but this time the hexagonal family only sent 4,000 troops to make the lord so embarrassed? Could it be that there is something hidden in it?

However, when the retainers saw that the lord was in deep thought, they couldn't interrupt him, so they could only wait quietly. However, the cautious Anyangji Shijing guessed the lord's thoughts, and he ignored the rudeness and said directly: "Lord, this time the Oda family sent the Takayama clan to discuss the alliance between the two families, I am afraid that Oda Nobunaga wants to explore the lord's mind, and his subordinates expect that if Oda Nobunaga is sincere about saving energy with his own family, he should be considerate of the lord's difficulties, so his subordinates applied for the task of receiving the envoy of the Oda family, and asked the lord to approve it." ”

"That being said, it still seems a little inappropriate." Asai Nagamasa was relieved to see that Anyoji Sekei was willing to share his worries, but his worries did not diminish much.

"Lord, the subordinates think that there is nothing wrong with doing it according to this, that the identity of the Takayama clan is just a general, if the lord personally receives and negotiates the alliance with him, it will weaken the prestige of the family, and the subordinates will receive it, then it is different, the subordinates are now also subordinate generals, and the identity of the Takayama clan is equivalent, one is not slack, the second will not weaken the reputation of the family, and the third can also test Oda Nobunaga's mind first, it can be said that it kills three birds with one stone, why not do it?"

After listening to this analysis, Asai Nagamasa suddenly brightened, only to see that his two thick sword eyebrows also spread out as the words of Anyang Temple Shijing fell. He couldn't help but think, yes, now is indeed not the time for himself to come forward, otherwise in the matter of the alliance, the Asai family will be too passive, and if you go by the world, it will be different, after he finds out Nobunaga's bottom line, he will report again, he can still have time to deal with it, so as not to fall into the tricks of the Oda family, and this time the messenger sent by the Oda family is actually the famous Owari no Fox, and this messenger alone will let himself be careful. …,

The daimyo of the Takayama clan, he Asai Nagamasa has also been famous for a long time, and even the capable Asai Nagamasa is very impressed by his achievements, because of this, this time he came to Kita-Omi to negotiate the alliance, so as not to fall for his tricks, but he can't be offended, alas, this is really troublesome.

Thinking of this, Asai Nagamasa looked at the Anyang Temple Sekei, this person has always had a good impression of the Oda family, and his wisdom is also outstanding in the family, and he should not cause any trouble if he goes to receive it.

I only heard Asai Nagamasa speak: "What you said also has some truth, since this is the case, this matter will be handled by you, after meeting with the Takayama Clan, you must be cautious, don't fall for his tricks, do you understand?" Although the ability of Anyang Temple has long been recognized by Asai Nagamasa, however, the person who came is too famous, and he still admonishes him uneasily.

Seeing that the lord agreed to his proposal, the Shijing of Anyang Temple hurriedly replied respectfully: "Please rest assured, your subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." ”

I only heard Asai Nagamasa's words turn around, and said solemnly: "You don't have to care too much, if the conditions proposed by the Oda family are too harsh, even if the family starts a war with it, it will never accept an alliance that insults the name of the family, okay, you go down and prepare first." ”

"It's the lord, and his subordinates are retiring." After speaking, Anyangji Shijing turned around and walked out of the assessment room.

After the major event of the alliance with the Oda family was arranged, Asai Nagamasa moved his eyes to the low-level samurai who came in to report the battle situation ahead, and only heard him speak: "The Rokkaku family has violated the realm for no reason, and if the family does not come to the rescue, it will be laughed at by the world, so I decided to personally lead the army to Sawa Mountain Castle to fight the Rokkaku family, I will give you a day to mobilize Ashigaru, and set off tomorrow night with the army, so go down and prepare." ”

Although the time for mobilizing Ashigaru is only one day, but the faces of the retainers do not show any panic, thinking of such an emergency mobilization, they have long been accustomed to it, and they are not afraid of not mobilizing enough troops, so to speak, as long as they send someone to notify the circle in the villages in the territory, when he returns, there will be enough troops behind him, this is the result of Asai Nagamasa's implementation of benevolent government in the territory, and not only the territory under his rule, but also the territory of the retainers.

At the beginning, because of the implementation of benevolent government, the income has decreased, so it was strongly opposed by the retainers and wealthy clans, but, it didn't take long for them to taste the sweetness, whenever the ashigaru mobilization was carried out before the battle, the ashigaru in the territory under his rule would flock to it after receiving the notice, and because they were well fed and warmly dressed, so when they fought, they were much stronger than the peasant soldiers under the command of other daimyos, which would make them win many battles in the battle with the Rokkaku family, and the Asai family also went from an inconspicuous small wealthy family, It has developed to the present day, and has the strength to compete with the hexagonal family.

As a result, the family's opposition to this policy has greatly diminished, and it is worth it compared to being able to live the war and get more rewards, even if the income is less than the original.

While other forces are still having a headache to mobilize Ashigaru, the Asai family is worried about paying Ashigaru's expenses.

While Asai Nagamasa was mobilizing for war, the clan and the others finally came to a very simple dormitory, because it was already late, so in the entire dormitory, except for the oil lamp on the counter at the door, which was still emitting positive light, the rest of the room had long been gone.

The shopkeeper, who looked to be a thin old man in his fifties, saw two samurai lords enter from outside, and although he respectfully greeted them, he also became vigilant at the same time. …,

The shopkeeper couldn't help but think in his heart, since these two samurai came to stay in the shop, it means that they are not the samurai of the Asai family, and they do not go to the prosperous Imahama Town or Kotani Town to spend the night, but choose this remote Yumori Castle, and seeing that the two are richly dressed, and the relationship is also master-slave, it should not be the wild samurai who came to join the Asai family, this should not be a spy sent by the Rokkaku family.

He thought again that since the main hall inherited the head of the Asai family, his life was much stronger than before, and he couldn't say anything to make the main hall suffer any harm, otherwise, if the Asai family changed to someone else, his life would definitely go back to the past.

Thinking of this, although the shopkeeper still greeted him with a smile, it looked a little unnatural, although Maeda Keiji except for the shopkeeper's expression was a little abnormal, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and thought he was tired. But the clan didn't notice anything wrong.

I only heard the clan sect ask, "Boss, where is this place, and how long is it to be from Xiaogu City?" ”

"Back to my lord, this is Yumori Castle Town, Ika-gun, and it's still a day's journey away from Kotani Castle." I only listened to the shopkeeper's respectful reply.

After hearing this, the clan felt very depressed, he clearly remembered that Kotani Castle was in Asai County, and this Ika County was in the north of Asai County, it was obvious that he had gone too far, but fortunately, this Ika County was adjacent to Asai County, and he hadn't taken too many wrongful roads, if he went forward, then he would have to go to the territory of the Rokkaku family, if this was the case, it would be a big game, anyway, even if he went back, it was only a day's journey, although it was delayed for some time, but it was not a big deal. Now that we have arrived here, we will be safe when we come, and after asking about the situation at dawn tomorrow, it is not too late to hurry back.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say: "Boss, prepare two of the best rooms, I'm going to rest." ”

Before the shopkeeper could speak, he heard Keiji Maeda hurriedly say, "Prepare one." I live with adults. "He's not saving money for the clan, but because he is unfamiliar with the people here, so he can't be careless, in case the lord is in danger, although Ishikawa Goemon is secretly protecting, but he can't take it lightly.

After hearing this, the clan did not refute, but nodded lightly at the shopkeeper......,