Chapter 180 23. Nobunaga's Eagle Eyes Recognize the Strategy

I don’t know what happened this year. Is it a bad luck or bad luck? There are wars all around Yamashiro Province and Kyoto.

In Kinai, smoke billows. Asakura Yoshikage [Note 1] in Echizen is fighting with Wakasa Takeda. Omi Rokkaku Yoshitaka and the fledgling Asai Nagamasa are on the verge of a fight. Not to mention the chaos in Kawachi and Izumi, even Yamato is not too stable. The guardian of Tamba, Hatano clan, just lost its head, Hatano Harumichi. The Akai clan is bound to stir up trouble again.

In short, when Kobayata came to Kyoto from Ejiri, everything went smoothly. But when he left, everything was not going well. It seems that there is no place where there is no war, no place where there is no smoke. Kobayata seems to be in the eye of the storm of war, unable to escape, and unable to do anything.

However, the combined forces of Yusa, Yasumi and Miyoshi Nagayoshi fought to the death outside Kaicho, and the situation in Omi was still just a confrontation. Rokkaku and Asai clans went back and forth along the line of Sawayama, Takamiya, Ohbi and Asatsuma to test each other, and the two sides have not yet launched the final decisive battle.

If you are willing to take a long detour, you can take a boat directly in Sakamoto to cross Lake Biwa, and then take a boat in Obama in Wakasa, and you can go across the Noto Peninsula to Echigo Kashiwazaki Port with smooth sailing, and then go to Shinano or Ueno to return to Ejiri. This route is safer, but it almost goes around the entire eastern country, and it is unknown when it will take, so Kobayata chose to give up.

After such a round of calculations, neither the sea route of Kaicho nor the sea route of Obama can be carried out. It is either impractical or too far, and you can only choose a land route from Kinai, where there are flames of war everywhere, to return to Ejiri.

Finally, Kobayata judged the risk of passing through Yamato, where Matsunaga Hisahide's forces were, and had to choose the land route of Omi, passing Mino to Owari and Tsushima, and taking a regular ship back to Ejiri.

Although Mino on the route has not been very stable since Saito Dosan was attacked and killed by his good son Saito Yoshitatsu, the people of the country have been fighting and killing each other, and Saito Yoshitatsu could not suppress it. However, Mino is still under the leadership of a daimyo, and although it is chaotic, it is more or less restrained.

However, in terms of the control and governance of the territory, Saito Yoshitatsu is still a long way behind his father.

However, as long as there is no war, it is easy to go. Kobayata and Aji have encountered the matter of conscripting men on the street during the war. As long as a war occurs, no matter how big or small the war is, the more unforeseen factors there are on the road, the more difficult it is to deal with. Kobayata can only warn everyone who travels through time here, unless you are a general who can be guarded, otherwise you must hide when you encounter a war.

Kobayata and his group of four people could not defeat even ten or eight strong men. To put it bluntly, bandits? They are just a group of defeated soldiers and refugees. Didn't you see that Tatsuzo was carrying a short-barreled rifle on his back? Kobayata could easily defeat one or two noobs. Aji was on the front line, and Kanai Meigoro was on the front line. This four-man team was well-equipped, and they were very stable in long-range and close combat.

The Rokkaku family in Minami-Omi was very good at governing the country. Due to the early establishment of the country-division law and the political structure of the retainers' deliberation, the domestic social situation was also very good. Kobayata was not going to watch the battle in the Sawayama area. Asai Nagamasa had fewer people and fought against more people, and he was actually suppressing Rokkaku Yoshitaka. There was nothing to see.

Just like that, they entered Mino Province along the Biying Temple River and found that Saito Yoshitatsu's large group of people was endless and actually walked along the street towards Omi. Judging from the scale, there were at least 10,000 people, or even more.

Kobayata thought that this damned Warring States period was really ruthless and heartless. Saito Yoshitatsu was the brother-in-law of Asai Nagamasa after all, but now he was pulling so many people to beat his brother-in-law. But Nobunaga was also Yoshitatsu's brother-in-law, so he beat him just the same, which seemed quite normal.

However, after a careful observation, Kobayata saw that the Saito army was very tired, as if they had been fighting for a long time, and the morale of the soldiers was not very high. Although the flags were still flying intact, the baggage was not enough.

Entering Owari Province with doubts, after passing the Ukino area, Oda Nobuyasu of Iwakura Castle was very wise to defend the castle because his big backer Saito Yoshitatsu's army was sent elsewhere. It was difficult for him to resist the front of Oda Nobunaga in the south alone.

Kobayata naturally went to Kiyosu Castle to visit the two brothers Koichiro.

Finally, they arrived at Kiyosu Castle Town, searched around, and found Kinoshita's house. It was Ah Zhong who received Kobayata and his group. The two brothers went out to fight again. This was very surprising. Saito Yoshitatsu went to support Omi's ally Rokkaku Yoshitaka. Oda Nobukatsu had been defeated by Nobunaga a long time ago. Oda Nobuyasu was just a stinky salted fish, and now he was trembling in Iwakura Castle. Mikawa was controlled by Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Oda Nobunaga would not have the strength to provoke him.

Ah Zhong was born in a family of public servants, and although she had not completely escaped the category of ignorant women in the countryside, she was also a woman with some knowledge in this era. She narrated it to Kobayata in a slightly long-winded way. It turned out that Oda Saburogoro colluded with Saito Yoshitatsu in Moriyama Castle, preparing to pretend to be attacked to ask for help from Oda Nobunaga, and then attack Nobunaga from both sides.

However, Nobunaga knew before he went, and saw through this somewhat lame conspiracy. He had been keeping his troops in Kiyosu Castle, and when Saito Yoshitatsu's ally Rokkaku Yoshitaka came to ask for help, he led his troops to retreat. Now Moriyama Castle was isolated, and Oda Nobunaga led his men to attack it.

However, who is this Oda Saburogoro? Xiao Pingtai was not very clear at the moment. There are many people in the Owari Oda clan. As the deputy official who protects the Sasaki clan, they have been passed down for hundreds of years. There are many people who are against Oda Nobunaga. Who knows who is who.

Since he is here, he will make the best of it. Xiao Pingtai will stay at their house. Sure enough, the two brothers are different after becoming samurai. Fujikichiro is already a regular general of the foot soldiers with an annual salary of 200 kanwen, and Xiaoyilang is also the leader of the foot soldiers with an annual salary of 50 kanwen. The two brothers are considered to be outstanding, no wonder Ah Zhong is much younger now. Both sons are so promising, they must be full of energy.

She asked the two family members to light a fire and cook, and entertained Xiao Pingtai. Xiao Pingtai accepted it happily. After all, he had been running around outside for several days, and hot soup and hot baths were all delicious things.

The next day, after bidding farewell to Ah Zhong, Xiao Pingtai went directly to Moriyama Castle. Since he had come to Owari, right?

[Note 1]: In fact, it was not this person who was fighting. It was the old man Asakura Mune of the Tsuruga clan and Asakura Kageki who seriously "tease" the annual routine suppression of the Hokuriku Kaga Ikko clan, and then poked the buttocks of Wakasa Takeda.

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