Chapter 192 I can't help myself

Sitting opposite the Anyang Temple Shijing, the clan thought of another aspect, he kept scolding in his heart, damn, Asai Nagamasa is really not a good person, Oda Nobunaga is such a decisive person, he hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to marry his sister to you, but you are good, and you actually pushed back and shoved in front of Lao Tzu to fake Qinggao, for this matter, Lao Tzu almost became the public enemy of the Oda family, if you don't want to marry, Owari has someone who wants to marry, don't regret it when the time comes.

However, although the clan was indignant, he did not dare to agree to his suggestion, after all, what Nobunaga wanted was a solid alliance like the Matsudaira family, and if he wanted to stabilize it, it was only a marriage, at least Nobunaga did not think of any other way.

After secretly venting for a while, the clan said: "Lord Anyangji, before going out, the lord told him to make this matter happen, and Princess Ichihime is not only the same age as the Asai Palace, but also has the appearance of a falling goose, the appearance of the flower of the closed moon, and the famous and wise Asai Hall, and if the two families marry, the alliance will be more stable, and the relationship between the two families is rock-solid and unbreakable, isn't this the result that Oda and Asai are willing to see?" ”

"This ......" Anyang Temple Shijing suddenly became a little speechless. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the words of the Gao Shan clan are really clever, as soon as these words came out, he had already blocked all his roads, if he continued to shirk it, it would seem that the Asai family was insincere.

Thinking of this, I only listened to the Anyang Temple Shijing and said: "Lord Takayama, forgive me, the lord's marriage is a major event, and I don't dare to make decisions at will, and this matter needs to be reported to the lord to make a personal decision, so I also ask the lord to spend a few more days in Kotani City, and stay in the next to report to the lord, and report to the lord, I don't know what Lord Takayama thinks?" ”

"I'm afraid it will take a lot of time for you to go back, so I wonder if you can agree to go with you next? In this way, a lot of time can also be saved, and the clan may return to Owari to report to the lord as soon as possible, and prepare for this matter as soon as possible. ”

After listening to the Anyangji Shijing, I couldn't help but think in my heart, there is no dispute about the terms of the covenant, and this marriage is the Oda family to send a daughter here, which is extremely beneficial to the family, even if the lord and the Oda family form an alliance, just for the sake of interests, there is no reason to refuse, it can be said that if nothing else, the alliance between the two families has been completed, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, Anyangji Shijing still feels that he should take the Takayama clan to Sawa Mountain Castle to meet the lord, if the covenant can be signed directly, the Asai family has no worries, and can concentrate the army, One sentence flattened the hexagonal family.

At that time, the Asai family was sitting on Omi's nearly 900,000 stone territory, and tens of thousands of people with armor, even if Oda Nobunaga turned against the Asai family after unifying Ono and the family, the family also had the capital to compete with it.

Thinking of this, Anyang Temple Shijing involuntarily began to get excited, but now that the Gaoshan clan was still on the opposite side, he had to force the excitement in his heart, and said calmly: "Since Lord Gaoshan has come from afar for the alliance between the two families, he will no longer shirk it, but now it is not early, and the adults are probably already tired, so I think that it is better for the adults to rest here for a night and set off early tomorrow morning, I don't know what the adults think?" ”

The clan clan has been running around for several days, and in addition to tossing and turning for another night last night, it is really as he said, he is already exhausted, anyway, it doesn't matter if he is a day earlier or a day later, so the clan still simply agreed to the proposal of Anyang Temple Shijing, and set off for Sawa Mountain City tomorrow.

In Sawa Mountain Castle, Asai Nagamasa led most of the retainers of the family and the urgently mobilized Ashigaru was resting here, and the battle just now ended in the defeat of the Asai family.

This is not that the combat power of the Asai army is not as good as the elite of the Rokkaku family, but on the contrary, the combat power of the Asai family is much higher than that of the Rokkaku family, and the reason why the Asai family lost the first battle is entirely because the Rokkaku family did not dispatch 4,500 Ashigaru this time, but 6,500 Ashigaru, of which the remaining 2,000 Ashigaru have been ambushed in the dense forest southwest of the mountain castle of Sawa, when the Asai army was just about to win, the Rokkaku family's important minister Hirai Dingwu led these two thousand ashigaru, and suddenly killed from the side of the Asai army, under the flanking attack, The defeated Asai army, that is, relying on Asai Nagamasa's benevolence to the people in the territory, the army did not collapse directly, but retreated into the city, and there was still the strength to fight again, otherwise, if it was scattered like Ashigaru under the command of other daimyos, it would be tantamount to a fool's dream if he wanted to keep Sawa Mountain Castle. ,

In the assessment room of Sawa Yamashiro, Asai Nagamasa sat on the main seat, he looked a little listless, and the retainers who started it also bowed their heads and thought sadly, and the atmosphere seemed very dull.

Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, I only heard Asai Nagamasa say: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the enemy army is strong, and our army has just been defeated, I don't know if you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Lord, my subordinates believe that the reason why this joint battle will be defeated is entirely because of the enemy's ambush, otherwise, with the elite army of this family, it will be easy to repel it, and now, the enemy's ambush has turned from dark to light, and our army can compete with it, this is the foolish opinion of the subordinates, and please make a decision."

As soon as Akao Kiyotsuna finished speaking, Endo Naokei hurriedly said: "Lord, at this time, you must not lead the army out of battle to confront the enemy, Lord, the current enemy army is about 66,500 people, and look at the family, although there are no injuries in this battle, but the loss is not small, even if you add the eight hundred defenders in the city, it is only more than three thousand feet, not only the number is half of the enemy, but also the new defeat of the family, morale is low, the army will be defeated, so there is no room for recovery."

And look at this Zuohe mountain city, the city defense is strong, and it is not difficult for the family to use this to block the hexagonal army, so the subordinates think that it is better to resist the enemy in the ridge city, and ask the lord to think twice. ”

As the first minister in the family, Endo Naokei is the old man of the pen family, and he has 53,000 stone Zhixing in Sakata County, and his wisdom and courage have been recognized by the ministers of the family, so the weight of his words is still very heavy, except for a few samurai whose identities and knowledge and deeds are similar to him, and they are still arguing with them about the field battle out of the city, or the matter of resisting the enemy in the ridge city, the other retainers have all been dumbfounded, sitting there quietly listening to their quarrels, and at the same time, they can't help but start to envy, When will I be qualified to argue with them?

"I agree with Naokei-sama Endo's proposal, but I think that while the ridge castle is repelling the enemy, we should send people back to Kita-Omi to continue the mobilization of Ashigaru, and in less than three days, we can gather another army of 3,000 men. In this way, not only can the danger of Zuo and the mountain city be solved, but also the 6,000 army can be led to attack the south Omi, and thinking that the Rokkaku army has been defeated, it is not easy to assemble the army, and the family can take advantage of this God-given opportunity to seize the entire territory of Omi and destroy the Rokkaku, even if it can't, you can also take the city in this battle, weaken the strength of the Rokkaku family, strengthen yourself, and prepare for the next battle, and ask the lord to decide. ”

As the lord of Sawa Mountain Castle, Isono Yuanchang still has a certain right to speak because he is at the forefront of his family all the year round, and as soon as he finished speaking, the retainers no longer argued, but echoed casually: "Okay, it's a good way." ”

After a while, there was no objection, but the retainers said in unison: "My lord, if you act according to this strategy, your family will definitely gain something, and I ask my lord for approval." ”

Asai Nagamasa has been listening to the deliberations of the important ministers from the throne, and has not intervened. In the Asai family, because the strength of the retainers exceeds that of the lord, there is a very strange phenomenon, that is, whenever the family military discussion, the retainers discuss on their own below, and wait for the results to be reported, and as the governor of the family, Asai Nagamasa, for the suggestions put forward by the retainers, can only choose to agree or refuse, agree, needless to say, if it is a refusal, then there must be a reason to overwhelm everyone, otherwise, even if he is the governor, he has to consider the stability of the family.

Asai Nagamasa wants to change the status quo at home almost all the time, but he also knows that if he wants to change again, and there is no civil strife at home, in addition to obtaining a large number of lower territories and surpassing the ministers of the family in terms of overall strength, then the only way is to obtain external support, the first method is not easy to implement, and it will take a long time, so he is not favored by Asai Nagamasa, and gets strong support, forcing his retainers not to dare to act rashly, which is the result he wants most, so he decided to form an alliance with the Oda family, So he got the support of the Oda family, but he didn't think about how to operate it in the future because the time was too short.

And now, the alliance has not been successful, then he can only continue to be patient, in Asai Nagamasa's view, the strategy that Isono Yuanchang said just now is also quite loyal, not for his own interests, so he has no reason to refuse, thinking of this, only to hear Asai Nagamasa solemnly said: "Isono Yuanmasa's proposal is exactly what I want, I don't know which of you would like to go to Kita-Omi and mobilize Ashigaru?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the retainers couldn't help but light up their eyes, this is an opportunity to get a great merit, as long as they can return to Kita-Omi, when they lead the reinforcements to come, even if they can't take Rokkaku Yoshiji, they can also defeat the local army, and they can at least get general merit in the whole war, which is a great thing, and they have to win whatever they say.

And they don't know that the reason why Asai Nagamasa said this is that he wants his retainers to fight and rob, according to his past experience, the more tasks that can be obtained, the more difficult it will be because the retainers do not give in to each other, and finally they will send their cronies to complete it, so that the retainers will not get any benefits. And Asai Nagamasa became the biggest profiteer.