A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 186
"Your Highness, the Rokkaku family of Minami Omi has sent troops to my Asai family. The target is Sawayama Castle on the front line. Its total strength is [-], and it is known as an army of [-]."

"The general is Rokkaku Yoshiken, the great name of the Rokkaku clan. The accompanying people will be the Rokkaku clan's important ministers Goto Kentoyo, Kamao Kenhide, Shindo Kenmori, Nagahara Shigenaki, Ikeda Keio, Hirai Sadatake, Migumo Kenmochi, and Yamazaki Muneke. , Kuchiki Haruna, Narazaki Ikimori, Dr. Tanaka Haruzuna, etc.”

"The current situation in Sawayama Castle is critical, and Lord Isono Umasa is asking for help from us!"

The ninja had just finished reporting the situation, and all the retainers sitting down were in an uproar. The total population of Minami Omi was less than one million, and now Rokkaku Yoshihide actually raised [-] troops. This is a decisive battle that has not happened in more than ten years!

However, after Asai Nagamasa glanced around, all the retainers calmed down in unison, and just looked at their lord with piercing eyes.

When the Shima Sakon-general was training those professional soldiers, they had more or less seen that compared to ordinary Ashigaru peasant soldiers, their combat effectiveness was undoubtedly much higher, plus the five Hundreds of advanced iron artillery soldiers, and the martial arts of the lord, even if the Liujiao family has more troops, so what?

What's more, I and others are already ready to sacrifice themselves for this!
"Everyone, it's finally time to avenge the past. The Rokkaku family's oppression of our family for more than ten years will change from now on. It's time to ask them for repayment of interest!"

"Oh oh oh, indeed!"

"That's it!"

"As expected of your lord!"

Soon, under the order of Asai Nagamasa, the Asai family, who had been preparing for this for many days, quickly mobilized. Its headquarters raised [-] troops, including [-] iron artillery, [-] professional infantry and [-] peasants. Lightweight.

The other retainers also gathered ashigaru in their respective territories. Three hundred for you, fifty for me, and one hundred for him. They also quickly gathered an army of more than four thousand in total.

Among them, 2000 people were led by the veteran Akao Kiyozuna, who took the first step to rush to the aid of Sawa Mountain Castle.

Although Isono Umasa has been guarding the border all year round and has the most experience in fighting enemies of the Rokkaku family, his territory also has a large population and can mobilize a considerable number of ashigaru, ranging from two thousand to two thousand and five thousand.

But this time is different from the past. The Rokkaku family dispatched a total of [-] troops. For Sawa Yamashiro, the number was too much, and it was even close to ten times their size.

Especially since he, as the defender of the city, had almost no tactics at his disposal and had to rely on hard power to speak for himself, the situation was indeed extremely critical and he needed support.

In fact, according to the population of Kitaomi, many retainers gritted their teeth and summoned two to three thousand more ashigaru, which was not completely impossible, but Asai Nagamasa stopped them.

Because when he led his troops to fight, various cities and villages still needed to maintain a certain degree of defense. He didn't want any warrior to go out on an expedition, only to find that his hometown had been ransacked by bandits when he came back.

Similarly, veteran generals such as Tsunayika Uboku and Yabei Amamori are not preparing to go out. On the one hand, it is because they are old and weak and are inconvenient for expeditions. On the other hand, it is also because the family really needs them who are capable enough to come. Protect many cities and villages.

After the army goes out for battle, our family will be in an unprecedented weak state. Although the only major enemy currently is the Rokkaku family, we have to be prepared for possible accidents.

And there is another point, he thinks that this number of troops is enough to deal with the motley army of the Rokkaku family!

Although the Rokkaku family has sent [-] troops, claiming to be [-], that is because they are basically equivalent to fighting on the mainland, so their mobilization ability is so outstanding. But what the actual combat effectiveness will be will be known when the war officially begins!
At the same time, Asai Nagamasa also sent ninjas to contact Takamiya Castle Lord Takamiya Katsuyoshi and Hidden Castle Lord Takanose Hidetaka respectively.

According to their previous agreement, when the Rokkaku family raised troops, it was their turn to take action.

Ning Ning took some ninjas to go to Guanyinji City, the headquarters of the Rokkaku family, because there was an important weight in it that Ning Ning needed to take out for Takamiya Katsuyoshi!
So a few days later, when Rokkaku Yoshiken, the lord of the Rokkaku family, watched with satisfaction as the army besieged Sawayama Castle and already gained the upper hand, he received two pieces of bad news one after another.

The first bad news is that Sawayama Castle's morale suddenly improved, and reinforcements from the Asai family arrived.

The second bad news was that Hidden Castle and Takamiya Castle not far behind them both rebelled.

"Damn it, this guy Hidetaka actually dares to rebel at this time. We will be able to defeat Zuohe Mountain Castle in just a few days!"

"And that hateful Takamiya Katsuyoshi, I shouldn't have kept his life in the first place!"

Rokkaku Yoshiken walked around the camp angrily. If the only reason left in his heart hadn't reminded him, he might have broken his tea bowl again.

A young general below immediately jumped up: "Father, we now have nearly [-] troops. What if Sawayama Castle joins forces with Hitian Castle and Takamiya Castle? We can completely divide our troops into three groups and attack together. Cut off all their heads!”

The speaker was Rokkaku Yoshiken's son Rokkaku Yoshiharu. Although he had just served in the Yuan Dynasty, he was an expert in archery because of his outstanding talent and the fact that he had learned the Hioki-style bow technique from a famous teacher since he was young. He has a martial name and is deeply loved by his father.

As expected, Liu Jiao Yixian's anger turned into joy when he heard this: "Yes, my son is right. In this case, we might as well divide our troops into three groups and attack together. What do you think?"

Before he could even finish his words, an old man had already started admonishing him: "No, my lord, Masahiro Isono is well versed in military law and is responsible for guarding Sawa Mountain Castle all year round. Now reinforcements have arrived, it is not that easy to deal with."

"If we divide our troops into three groups, if time goes on for a long time and the Asai family's army arrives, there may be changes."

To be honest, he wasn't particularly surprised by the two men's rebellion.

One of them was originally a traitor, and his treatment in the family was extremely poor, and his status was extremely low. The last time the family held a banquet, he was almost queued to the door. Even now, his son is detained by the lord in Guanyin. In the temple city, it is natural to be dissatisfied with our family.

The other one has expressed his complaints against his lord in public many times. This rebellion has actually already begun.It's just that the lord has never really taken this issue seriously. The lord has always been very confident that as long as he is around, these two people will never dare to rebel.

For daimyo, confidence is certainly a good thing, but being overconfident may not be a blessing.
But he could only hold these words in his stomach and could not say them out.

Because it has no other meaning except to make the lord feel bad. The lord is not a person who can accept advice with an open mind.

Liujiao Yixian wanted to refute subconsciously when he heard the words, but after seeing the other party's face clearly, he swallowed his words back forcefully, because the other party was none other than his father who had already loyal to the Liujiao family Goto Kentoyo, a family retainer who has a high status in the family and is known as the "two vines" of the Rokkaku family.

So he could only force out a dry smile: "Ah, Master Xianfeng is right."

Seeing Rokkaku Yoshiken's slightly hesitant look, several other retainers looked at each other, and finally Shindo Kenmori, another one of the "two vines", also expressed his opinion on this.

"Lord, in this case, we might as well leave some troops to continue to besiege this place, then turn around and defeat the rebellion of Hida Castle and Takamiya Castle, and then attack Sawayama Castle again in a large scale. The strength of these two families is far inferior to that of Isono Umasa, even if we There is absolutely no problem in dividing our forces to attack.”

"Furthermore, the Asai family has always been weak. Even if all their reinforcements arrive, it is absolutely impossible to destroy our remaining troops in a short period of time, let alone block the army of our Rokkaku family."

He wasn't exactly bragging, besides the frequent victories against the Asai family, their Liujia family had more victories than defeats against other daimyos.

The Rokkaku family even fought against the shogun's crusade, and more than once supported the shogun in resisting the oppression of the Hosokawa family and his successors, the Miyoshi family.

Even the Miyoshi family, currently the most powerful in the Kinki region, has suffered losses at their hands more than once. In the battles over the years, both sides have won and lost each other, so now they are trying to maintain a superficial peace, because if they continue If the fight continues, both sides will suffer losses, and they will only take advantage of other forces.

So the Asai family, who was born in a mere local tyrant in Kita Omi, was really not taken seriously by them!
Rokkaku Yoshiken was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. He now likes to hear this sentence the most: "Okay, let's do it like this. First send a message to Guanyinji City and have people kill Takamiya Katsuyoshi's son, and then take his head. , I want him to know the price of betraying me!"

None of the many warriors present had any objections to this. When the other party had already confirmed their betrayal, the hostage lost its original meaning, and of course it only had one death.

In the chaotic Warring States Period, such things often happened.

However, apart from venting the lord's anger, it doesn't seem to have much effect, because when Takamiya Katsuyoshi decided to rebel, he should have anticipated this situation, and the hostages had become useless abandoned children. .

At this time, another important minister of the Patriarch, Pusheng Xianxiu took the initiative to step forward: "My lord, there are two rivers, Uzen and Aichi, near Feitian Castle. We might as well build embankments around them and launch a water attack on them. This will also save our troops. , we can send people to attack Takamiya Castle while building the embankment."

Goto Kentoyo and Shindo Kenmori, who had just spoken, also praised and expressed their agreement. Indeed, what they thought before was not perfect enough. In fact, according to the current strength of our family, as long as we plan well, we can indeed divide our troops into three groups. At the same time, Launched an attack and achieved results.

Rokkaku Yoshiken was even more delighted when he heard this: "Okay, just follow Yixian's method. You are indeed worthy of being a samurai of the Kamao family. I'll leave this matter to you!"

The Gamo family is also the descendants of the Rokkaku family. Kenhide Gamo and his father Sadahide Gamo are both intelligent warriors, plus a lot of other retainers, how can the Asai family be the opponent of my Rokkaku family?
"But I can't make Masahiro Isano feel better, Yoshiharu, follow Nagahara Shigeuki and Ikeda Keio to continue to besiege Sawayama Castle, and the others will join me in leading troops to fight against the rebels!"

"Yes!"

Everyone accepted the order, but no one noticed that Rokkaku Yoshiji, who bowed his head in salute, had eyes full of resentment and unwillingness.

He originally wanted to take the opportunity to propose that he lead the army to attack Feitian City. According to his father's love for him, this matter actually has a high chance of success. After he has achieved military exploits, his status in the family will be The more stable it becomes, the more famous it will be in Minamiomia.

But he never expected that even though his father had already agreed, the matter would be interfered with by an outsider!

And why are the troops divided into three groups? It's not OK if you ask for it yourself, but it's OK if they say it?Aren't the troops still divided into three groups now?

Rokkaku Yoshiharu secretly hated Goto Kentoyo and others: You old guys who rely on your old age and show off your old age, just wait for me. After I succeed as the family governor, sooner or later I will make you look good!

So when Asai Nagamasa led the army close to Sawayama Castle, the ninja reported that there were less than [-] troops outside the city. The number was not much different from that in Sawayama Castle. They could not even suppress the fierce general Isono Umamasa and the veteran Akao. Cleared up.

If he weren't worried about the tricks of the [-] troops behind him, Isono Umasa would have even planned to leave the city and attack the opponent actively.

He has been guarding Zuohe Mountain City for more than ten years, and he is no stranger to the two commanders outside the city, Yong Yuan Shigeshin and Ikeda Jingxiong, they are not his opponents at all!

But Asai Nagamasa knew what the main force of the Rokkaku family was doing, because this was his plan behind the scenes.

It was the land he promised that made the already dissatisfied owner of Feitian City decide to abandon the dark and turn to the bright.

It was his promise to let Ning Ning rescue the hostages and pardon him for his rebellion a few years ago that made Takamiya Cheng truly determined to return to his family.

But now is the time, let’s eat these 5000 people first as a warm-up, and then go to the decisive battle with Rokkaku Yoshiken!

Thinking of this, Asai Nagamasa pulled out the thunder knife from his waist - Xiaolong Jingguang, and raised it high: "All troops, prepare to attack!"

(End of this chapter)