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

Chapter 257 Meeting

In the following months, the entire Nibon became relatively stable. On the surface, it seemed that not much happened, but in fact, anyone who cared about it knew that this was just the last calm before the storm. In fact, the undercurrent had already begun. surge.

First of all, the Nagano Sixteen Guns, including the famous sword master Kamiizumi Hidetsuna, all died in the Ashina Castle and Minamoto Palace that suddenly appeared and were suddenly burned by flames. Only their young master Nagano Yamori and the sword Sho's apprentice and nephew Toyoda Goro Keikane survived, but the Takeda family who also went to investigate also lost hundreds of elite samurai.

So secretly, rumors gradually began to spread that there was actually no mermaid meat or fountain of eternal life in Ashina Castle. They were just rumors spread by demons to defraud the greedy people of their lives.

This is indeed a fact, but what they don't know is that there are hundreds more powerful fighting spirits in Fengdu.

Although they were loyal to their respective masters during their lifetime, after death, they could only choose to be loyal to Asai Nagamasa.

Of course, if there are really people who would rather die, or go to the underworld to fight ghosts and gods, Asai Nagamasa will not force it too much, but so far, no such stupid soul has appeared.

If they can live well, no one, even as a ghost or god, will go to the terrifying Hirazaka of Homizu to explore their undecided fate.

There were no famous generals in the Nagano family, and the Nagano Sixteen Guns were wiped out overnight. The only remaining strong man, Kagekane Uzuda, immediately abandoned his official post after the death of his uncle and disappeared without a trace. This directly caused the already old age. Gao's family governor, Nagano Yezheng, fell ill.

Because he was anxious and knew that in this case, once the Takeda family attacked again, there would be only one ending waiting for them, and that was the destruction of the city and the death of people.

As a last resort, they had no choice but to completely surrender to the Uesugi family in an attempt to counter the Takeda family's military front.

And within the territory of the Hida Kingdom, the daily secret war never stopped. A large number of ninjas belonging to various parts of the Nippon participated in a large-scale encirclement and suppression operation, which was aimed at some Skaven assassins.

Although there are fights and killings among various ninjas from time to time, they can't bear the participation of rat men. This is the strongest ridicule to them.

With the support of the Uesugi family and the Asai family, in this case, when spring comes, the entire Hida country, and even the entire Nippon rat people are close to extinction, and can no longer form any scale. They were barely able to rule. The sister Xiaolu's family in Hida Country is also unable to support itself because of this.

So when the spring was sowing, Asai Nagamasa ordered his troops to march, and together with the Uesugi family who also dispatched troops quickly, they captured the entire Hida Country in almost one day. The two families directly divided it equally. At the same time, the news of the alliance between the two families was officially announced to the outside world. go out.

Not counting the Asakura family, this is the third family to formally form an alliance with the Asai family after the Oda family and the Suzuki family, and it is also one of the top powers in the entire Nippon.

The entire Nibon couldn't help but be shocked.

One is the "Dragon of Echigo" who has been in Kanto for many years and has achieved outstanding results. The other is a rising star who has risen rapidly and also has the title of "Dragon of Omi". When these two dragons come together, how can they not make the hearts of many forces rise? Shocked, even frightened?
For a time, all the big and small forces close to the two families sent envoys to various places to inquire about information, because they all knew that no matter who the two families chose as their opponents next, their situation would probably be very difficult.

But Asai Nagamasa paid little attention to it. Except for the Uesugi, Oda and Suzuki families who had formally formed an alliance with him, he also took the initiative to send envoys to the Asakura family.

Although the Asai family and the Asakura family have never concluded any formal alliance, the relationship between the two families is actually more than an ordinary alliance. He should communicate with each other both emotionally and rationally.

On the other hand, the Kyoto General, the Agote Chamber of Commerce and Tennoji House in Kaizhen, and even Kofukuji Temple and the Tsutsui family also took the initiative to send envoys, hoping to continue to deepen the relationship between them.

Although these friendships no longer have much effect on him due to his strong strength, he still accepts all these good intentions. It is always good to have one more friend.

At the same time, he dispatched all the generals in his family to march simultaneously on multiple routes and began to encircle and suppress the die-hard elements who were originally affiliated with Saito Yoshiryu and later followed his son Saito Ryuuki.

He has given the other party more than one chance to surrender, but they are still indifferent, so he can only send them to see Saito Yoshiryu.

Since there was already a huge gap in strength between the two sides, he specially chose the spring planting time to march, which immediately further widened the gap between the two sides.

Because almost all of Saito Ryuuki's party are ashigaru conscripts, they need to farm in the spring, and even many lower-level samurai have to farm by themselves.

At this time, even though Saito Ryuuki and some large and small lords were facing life and death, it was still difficult for them to really recruit many troops.

Corresponding to this are the professional infantrymen of the Asai family who have completely separated from production.

After the victory in the war against the Rokkaku and Saito families last year, they obtained many prisoners and new troops, and they took advantage of this opportunity to train their troops.

So in this case, in less than half a month, the entire Mino was almost completely pacified by the Asai family. Except for Oda Nobunaga, who had surrendered to Oda Nobunaga early when he saw that the situation was not good before, he survived. The daimyo Ryuuki Saito managed to escape and is missing.

As for the rest, including the former Mino trio, Ujie Fuzen, General Fuwa Mitsuharu, as well as Hineno Hiroyuki, Inoue Michikatsu, Nagai Michiru and many other rebellious ministers who participated in Yoshitsuru's father-killing, they were either directly killed on the battlefield. Killed, or captured after being easily defeated.

Although they are not completely useless, they are simply unable to resist the gorgeous lineup composed of Shima Sakon, Takenaka Hanbei, Akechi Mitsuhide, Numata Yumitsu, and Mino generals Inaba Ittetsu and Ando Mamoru.

After the battle was almost over, Asai Nagamasa was not polite. All the samurai who were directly involved in the murder of Saito Douzan were handed over to Axiu and Saito Roshi. The rest were either directly beheaded or confiscated according to their crimes and abilities. After all the land was exiled.

He has always rewarded his family's retainers for their merits, and the confiscated land can be regarded as their contribution after they were exempted from the death penalty.

Such harsh methods also frightened many Asai family retainers, because their head of the family has always been known for his generosity and magnanimity, but this was the first time he had carried out such a large-scale killing, especially for those who had only joined the Asai family for a short period of time. Many Meinong generals are more or less inevitably sad.But soon after receiving notification that they had been rewarded with new lands for their outstanding performance in the battle, their moods immediately changed dramatically, and they even began to convince themselves.

In the final analysis, if the warriors, who regard land as their greatest wealth, want to acquire more land, they need to fight, fight, and kill, and most of the killings will not be rewarded.

But the situation is completely different now. Under the command of the master, as long as they follow the orders and achieve the victory they deserve, they will definitely be rewarded!

Then news came from the Rokkaku family. The governor of the family, Rokkaku Yoshiken, died suddenly. There were rumors that he was assassinated by a ninja, and there were also rumors that he was killed by a monster. However, no matter what, his son Rokkaku Yoshiharu boarded the board immediately. The throne of the head of the family.

Seeing that the Rokkaku family was in an unstable situation, some retainers began to suggest to Asai Nagamasa that if there was a chance, they could take advantage of the situation. In the past, the Rokkaku family had oppressed the Asai family, and now it was time for the other side to have the same taste.

But at this moment, an extremely shocking news came. Except for Nagamasa Asai and Hanbei Takenaka, who had long expected it, everyone, whether they were as steady as Shima Sakon or as wise as Numata Yumitsu, could not help but I was horrified because this news was too important and there were too many forces involved!
With the Miyoshi family, the Kinki overlord of Megatron, as the leader, the Ichito, Rokkaku, Imagawa, Hojo, and Takeda families in Nagashima City, Echizen Ono County, and Kaga Kingdom have jointly formed an encirclement network, which is bound to suppress the growing The powerful Asai family, and they also listed the so-called three crimes.

First, to subdue the superior and use the son to rebel against the father is a great injustice;

Second, he drove the demon to assassinate Rokkaku Yoshihide, the great name of the Rokkaku family;

Third, they invaded Meinong and Hida without any reason.

After hearing this, Asai Nagamasa immediately sneered. In terms of accusations, except for the second one, which was false, the remaining two were indeed inappropriate, but that also depends on whose identity it is.

Let’s not talk about the dark history of Miyoshi Changqing’s rise. The Miyoshi family even chased the general, who is the nominal leader of all the martial arts families, out of Kyoto like a puppy several times. How can they still have the nerve to say that they are disobedient?
Furthermore, could it be that the reason why the Miyoshi family has its current territory is all donated by other samurai?It’s not like they were fought in a war!

But others were not as calm as him. As soon as the news came out, even the three veterans who had gone through battles like a sea of ​​red rain couldn't help but be shocked and frightened. The combination of these enemies was really too powerful.

The Rokkaku family is the enemy of this family, and they have heard a little bit about the Ichigo clan, but the other Miyoshi families, the Imagawa family, etc., they have no border with each other at all, so how can they have such great hatred?
Not to mention the other retainers.

However, in the face of this situation, Asai Nagamasa did not take any immediate action, but just kept calm.

Not only because of his targeted strategy for this, he is confident that he will win the final victory [-]%, but also because he also wants to take the opportunity to see the true talents and capabilities of these retainers.

Although Fengdu, which was founded recently, needs the souls of a large number of loyal and brave warriors. Even if they all die in battle, they will just change places and continue to serve themselves. However, even in Fengdu, not everyone will be treated equally.

To be more precise, for samurai who have never practiced magic, their identity, strength, and status there will all directly depend on Asai Nagamasa's attitude and views towards them. Not only their ability, but also their loyalty will be Very important.

However, after the news spread for a few days, even ordinary farmers gradually knew about this matter. Seeing that the lord did not make any move, many retainers gradually came to their senses. Considering the lord's brilliant achievements since the war, they It's somewhat low.

Just within these few days, Asai Nagamasa also got what he wanted, so he finally began to summon important ministers.

After scanning around, he found that all the retainers were just worried, but did not have any hesitation or fear. He nodded slightly with satisfaction. Fortunately, he had not wasted his efforts and personally selected such a person. A group of outstanding warriors.

"Everyone has heard of the recent rumors. Now I can tell you that this is not a rumor. The siege network targeting our family has indeed taken shape. A war is about to break out. What do you think?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a slight commotion among the retainers, but the commotion soon disappeared without a trace.

After looking around a few times, Kinoshita Hideyoshi finally gritted his teeth. He knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

"My lord, young Tokichiro thinks that the reason why the Miyoshi family, which has never had any enemies with them before, formed a siege network is entirely because they are afraid of this family!"

Although Kinoshita Hideyoshi has never participated in any wars in the family, but this time he made a head start.

"After my lord, you defeated the Rokkaku family, conquered the entire Mino, and divided the Hida country equally with the Uesugi family, the stone height of our family has exceeded 80 koku, and we are among the top daimyo in the entire Nippon. The Tian family, the Uesugi family, and the Suzuki family formed an alliance, and their power became stronger and stronger."

"Furthermore, my lord, you are well versed in the art of war and spells, and you are so young. Even Chang Qing, the governor of the Sanhao family, is afraid of you and even frightened. He is afraid that if we don't contain our family now, we will wait until we defeat the Liujia family." Come to Luo calmly!"

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but express appreciation: "Yes, Monkey, you are indeed right."

He was not surprised at all. Even though this monkey has been assigned to do internal affairs work by him, his wisdom and talent can never be underestimated. More importantly, he has a heart to work hard to climb up, and he will naturally Spontaneously collect everything that can help him go further.

However, many retainers were somewhat surprised and even a little jealous when they heard this. They did not expect that Kinoshita Hideyoshi would take the lead.

So facing Asai Nagamasa's encouraging gaze, they all opened their mouths and expressed their true feelings, and soon the whole scene became lively.

And the more they talked, the more they understood that, as Kinoshita Hideyoshi said, the Miyoshi family formed a siege network because of fear or even fear. However, in front of the wise and powerful lord, even if they were large in number and How can it be?
Besides, our family is not alone!

(End of this chapter)