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

Chapter 69

Saito Douzan immediately shook his head and laughed, not wanting to continue this topic any more.He couldn't honestly say that he actually thought the other party was a big fool at first, so that's why he wanted his daughter to come over, use various tricks to play with that fool, and then bring the entire Oda family as a dowry, right?
But after actually meeting Nobunaga, he knew that his plan had completely failed, and he had lost the daughter of a more extraordinary man.

Nobunaga is definitely not a fool. On the contrary, his talents are so outstanding that he couldn't help but sigh afterwards: "After my death, maybe my descendants will be reduced to holding horses for Oda Nobunaga?"

Although Asai Nagamasa's question made Saito Douzan feel a little embarrassed, he was not really angry because of it. Instead, he became more interested in the young samurai in front of him.

Although there are very obvious differences in appearance and behavior, this extremely bold question shows that he is not afraid of his own identity and status, and he has extremely strong self-confidence.

More importantly, he could see that the other person's eyes were full of enthusiasm and hope, which was almost exactly the same as that of the young man a few years ago.

After becoming interested, Saito Michizan very generously handed over a few skewers of barbecued meat that he had baked himself.

Asai Nagamasa was not polite, took it and put it in his mouth. After climbing the mountain for a long time, he really needed to replenish his strength.

Not to mention, Saito Douzan's craftsmanship is really good, and he obviously added a lot of special seasonings such as chili peppers to further enhance the taste. This made Asai Nagamasa, who had not had a good meal for many days, It feels particularly fragrant.

Although peppers and other condiments are still very expensive in Nippon nowadays, and can even be regarded as a kind of luxury goods, because they are all brought from abroad by the Nanman people, but for Saito Douzan, it is naturally possible Affordable.

While eating barbecue, the two chatted.

Without mentioning his nominal father-in-law at all, Saito Michizan just kept asking Asai Nagamasa about his views on the daimyo of various places and the world's major events in Nippon.

If you want to ask Asai Nagamasa about various details about the people's economy and people's livelihood, he may find it a bit tricky, because what he knows is basically all theoretical knowledge, and there is no chance of practice at all.

But regarding this kind of general direction issue, Asai Nagamasa really has no fear at all.

After all, he has the memory of later generations. He knows the general behavior style of almost all the powerful names in Nibon, as well as the highest achievements they have achieved in their careers. Even in this parallel world with monsters and monsters, it can play a great role.

To a certain extent, this is something more valuable than his inheritance from Abe Seimei, or even Huanglong. Even if an ordinary low-level samurai obtains these memories, he will definitely gain a place in the chaotic Nibon.

Coupled with the previous discussions with Takenaka Hanbei, his knowledge of this aspect definitely exceeds that of everyone in Nippon.

After some questions and answers, Saito Douzan was amazed, and even a little afraid of the other party's wisdom. The Asai family has such a wise and wise young master, which is not a good thing for other daimyo. The Saito family and Asai The distance to home is not too far.

But then he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, realizing that he had lost his temper. He had abdicated and was no longer the governor of the Saito family. He did not need to spend too much energy paying attention to this aspect.

And even if the Asai family really grew stronger under the leadership of the other party, and even annexed the Saito family, he would not do anything else because he had more important things to do.

But in the end, he couldn't hold it back: "So Shinkuro, in your opinion, who has the best chance of going to Luo?"

Shangluo refers to the behavior of foreign daimyo leading troops to Kyoto, the capital of Nibon, to show off their military power.

The "Luo" actually refers to Luoyang, which is the capital of the Cathay Empire next door for several generations. Because Nibon was deeply influenced by Cathay, it eventually evolved into its current meaning.

Without any hesitation at all, Asai Nagamasa said categorically: "If we say who among the current Nippons is most likely to succeed in Luo and conquer the whole world, there is no doubt that it is the Tokaido giant Imagawa Yoshimoto."

Imagawa Yoshimoto, the ninth generation head of the famous Imagawa clan in Suruga, the first Yumori in Tokaido, a sibling of the Ashikaga Shogun family of the shogunate, and a descendant of the Minamoto clan.
There is too much halo and glory surrounding this man who is less than 40 years old, and he is also strong enough to fully live up to his fame and status.

At present, after many years of conquest, the Imagawa family's territory includes Suruga, Enji, Mikawa and part of Owari. It is said that its total stone height exceeds one million stones, which is the highest in the world. The entire Nippon can be compared with it. There are only a few families such as the Mihaoshi family.

Even if there is a high chance that the million koku was blown out by them, even if one-third of the water is removed, the Imagawa family will definitely still have 70 million koku, which is much better than the Asai family, which currently only has about [-] koku. One level.

Based on the calculation that three to four ashigaru can be mobilized for every one hundred koku, Imagawa Yoshimoto can easily mobilize an army of [-] to [-] people. This is simply terrifying for Nippon, who has not yet implemented the separation of soldiers and peasants.

Imagawa Yoshimoto is also known as the number one archer in Tokaido. He is one of the best in the world in terms of military force, political strategy and military strategy. He also has a group of pretty good civil servants and generals under his command.

Moreover, a few years ago, the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Jia Xiangjun promoted by his now deceased teacher Taiyuan Xuezhai also gave him a very stable rear.Imagawa, Takeda, and Hojo are three forces whose territories are close together and whose strength is extraordinary.

After years of testing, the three parties all knew that the other two were not easy to mess with, because they were extremely wary of each other, and no one was sure of defeating the other. Therefore, in order to avoid wasting military power and allowing the other parties to reap the benefits, the three parties finally reached an agreement. of this alliance.

Among them, Imagawa Yoshimoto's outstanding performance also contributed a lot. He is not a guy who can talk on paper.

To sum up, it can even be said that as long as he does not make big strategic mistakes, there will be few forces in Nibon that can compete with him.

As for the opponents he needs to face directly when he goes to Luo, at a glance, the only two most direct ones are the Oda family and the Rokkaku family.

Although the former is much richer than the Asai family and has much stronger overall strength, a lot of its territory was swallowed up by the Imagawa family in the early years. The two sides fight on the border almost every year, but the Oda family has not yet completely unified.

The current governor of the Oda family, Nobunaga, has an elder brother, Oda Nobhiro, a concubine, a third brother, Oda Nobuyuki, and an uncle, Oda Nobunaga. Each of them has divided up part of the power of the Oda family, and they are not of the same mind as Oda Nobunaga. Because they all have ambitions for the position of family governor.

According to the Asai family's information, Oda Nobunaga's current territory is about 20 koku, which is almost double that of the Asai family. Moreover, the Owari of the Oda family is a famous granary, and the land is very rich, so The actual grain production is even more, but compared with the Imagawa family, which is known as the million-koku family, it is still far behind.

Taking Oda Nobunaga's current direct leadership as an example, can he recruit two thousand or three thousand soldiers?
As for the Rokkaku family, their overall strength was not much worse than that of the Oda family before the civil strife. However, as the old enemy of the Asai family, the years of war were also bleeding the Rokkaku family.

Although Asai Hisamasa himself was not good at martial arts, the Asai family also had a group of loyal and brave soldiers, which brought a lot of trouble to the Rokkaku family.

Moreover, the Rokkaku family and the Miyoshi family that controlled Kinki were not in harmony, because the Rokkaku family were relatives of the general, and the general's Yuanfu ceremony was held at the Rokkaku family, which resulted in an extremely close relationship between them.

Naturally, the Rokkaku family would not have a good attitude towards the Mihaoshi family who often bullied the general. On the one hand, the relationship is here, and on the other hand, the Rokkaku family can gain a lot of benefits from it. Therefore, although the Mihaoshi family is extremely powerful, The Rokkajia family often had various frictions and conflicts with them.

Going against the Miyoshi family, which dominates the Kinki region, will not be as easy as facing the Asai family, which has a mediocre master. After years of stalemate, the Rokkaku family has actually been overwhelmed.

Probably because of this, the Rokkaku family thought of granting a marriage to Asai Nagamasa in order to achieve peace, to stabilize one aspect first, and then concentrate on fighting against the Miyoshi family.

This was only gradually realized after Asai Nagamasa left Otani Castle and gradually learned all kinds of information.

The two enemies blocking the road are not too strong, and they are both in a weak state. Together, these two families can probably mobilize an army of more than tens of thousands, but even if they join forces, they will never be able to reach the strength of the Imagawa family.

In fact, if Imagawa Yoshimoto really chooses to go to Luo, the Saito family and the Asai family will also have the opportunity to send troops to intercept them. However, they are not the primary enemies of Imagawa Yoshimoto's route to go to Luo. Secondly, they themselves are not thinking about going to Luo and Imagawa. There is no direct conflict at home.

Naturally, there was no need for them to waste their strength to start a war with the Imagawa family, because that was meaningless and would only benefit other surrounding enemies.

Compared to the Oda family and the Rokkaku family, they have one more option, which is to sit back and watch, and then look for opportunities to see if they can tear off some pieces of flesh from the Oda family and the Rokkaku family.

So according to normal circumstances, as long as Imagawa Yoshimoto thinks and makes adequate logistical preparations, he will almost certainly be able to go to Luo smoothly, and there will be no enemies who can really stop him along the way.

And he didn't have any worries, because he was related by marriage to the Hojo family to the east of the Imagawa family and the Takeda family to the north. The three powerful daimyo formed an alliance with each other, and each family married one daughter to another, thus forming the entire Kanto, and even The most powerful and stable alliance in the entire Nepal - the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Jia Xiangjun.

Their original strategy was for the Imagawa family to march west to Luo, the Hojo family to march eastward, the Takeda family to attack north, and then carve up the entire world. At present, this alliance is almost unbreakable.

Furthermore, because his Imagawa clan is the same clan as the Shogun Ashikaga clan, once he goes to Luo, he can completely replace him and become the new shogun. At that time, he will conquer the daimyo of various places, and he will naturally occupy the title of Daiyi.

In fact, Asai Nagamasa is also troubled by this problem. If Imagawa Yoshimoto defeats Oda Nobunaga and opens the first passage to Shanluo, all the families along the way, including the Asai family, will not be spared. Difficult, the Warring States Period in Nibon may be coming to an end early.

But if Oda Nobunaga reverses defeat and wins, then this Owari fool will soar into the sky. The Oda family can regain the lost territory and even take over the territory of the Imagawa family nearby, but the Asai family who is farther away has little chance to take over these enclaves. , and Asai Nagamasa has not thought of any good solution so far.

The only thing he could think of was probably to try to take advantage of the opportunity to recruit some talents and dig into the corners of the Imagawa family.

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