Chapter 700 12. Surrounding the Long Island Clan From Three Sides

Kinai was hit by a sudden turmoil. The boiling water that was originally covered under the lid immediately broke through the lid that was suppressed by Nobunaga with force and boiled after Asai Nagamasa Anegawa rebelled.

Imagawa Yoshichika, who stayed in Yamanouchi, was naturally anxious. There were 15,000 people of the Yamanouchi family floating outside, including the direct hatamoto and standing guards that the Yamanouchi family relied on as the foundation. Don't say that Yamanouchi Taro is dead, and Imagawa Yoshichika's opportunity has come. That's true, but the direct forces of the Yamanouchi family have all been lost, and what's left is just an empty shell.

Now, which countryman in the country doesn't rely on his own soldiers and horses, and is still a half-local emperor in his own territory. In many cases, they are even undisciplined and form their own country. In addition to responding to the Yamanouchi family's call for military service and serving Yamanouchi, everything else is still the same.

What people are afraid of is the elite standing army of the 13th Division of the Yamanouchi Hatamoto Oni, and the various armies that can be summoned by the Yamanouchi direct territory. But you need to have a central army in your hands to be the leader of the alliance to gather troops.

Imagawa Yoshichika is not a fool. He is doing well as the lord of Suruga Province. It is a good choice for him to choose an empty shell, Yamanouchi, to be finished immediately, or to continue to be the daimyo of Kunimichi happily.

It was not until Shima received the news that the Yamanouchi army had arrived at the port and needed Hamamatsu to requisition ships that Imagawa Yoshichika breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately recruit civilian ships. Anyway, it is very fast to get from Nansei to Hamamatsu. To put it bluntly, it is to cross the Ise Bay.

Pull the army to Hamamatsu, everyone got off the ground, and everyone was happy!

"Greetings, Your Highness!" Imagawa Yoshichika and a group of civil and military officials who stayed behind to welcome Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Hamamatsu.

"Uncle, please get up!"

Ashikaga Yoshiaki seemed to be not used to riding on a sea ship. It was normal. But he still had to show up. After all, the Warring States daimyo must show up frequently to tell the big and small lords in the territory that I am alive and my sword is sharp.

Just like when Yamanouchi Yoshiharu was there, he could directly make Ogasawara, who had a family fortune of 15,000 kan, live in seclusion for a long time, and make Asahina Taitomo, who had 8,000 kan, become a monk. Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu could also be rude to his actual brother-in-law, Kiso Yoshimasa, and force him to give up his family fortune to his nephew even though he married his sister.

"There are wars everywhere in Kinai now, and Gifu Danjo's backyard is on fire, and there are more disturbances." Finally free, standing on the land of Yamanouchi, Kobayata felt a lot more relaxed, and finally had the leisure to worry about others.

"Gifu Danjo's actions were a little cruel and lost his kindness..." Although he was stubborn, Yamanouchi Shukei would not belittle his opponents and still valued Oda Nobunaga.

"What is the specific situation in Kinai?" Imagawa Yoshichika stood up and sat down next to Yamanouchi Shukei. He was the one who would soon take over the writing of a family, so naturally he ranked higher than Yamanouchi Yoshiyasu.

"It's very chaotic..." Kobayata roughly said it.

"I heard in Hamamatsu that Shibata Shuji had led 22,000 soldiers to besiege Nagashima. The Ikko navy was forced back to the port by the Shima Kuki navy. The Oda armies advanced by land and sea. The Nagashima Ikki group may not be able to hold out for long."

"Has the war started on Nagashima?"

"Yes, but Gifu Dansho himself did not go out to fight, but continued to recruit troops from various units."

"What about the battle on Nagashima?"

"The land is divided into three routes. Nakasujiguchi will be led by Sakuma Uemon-no-jo, Tayunyama Otaguchi will be led by Shibata Shuji, and Katoriguchi Matsuki River will be led by the Mino Three Men."

This lineup is definitely good. Any one of them is a famous general. These people besieged Nagashima, and Oda Nobunaga must have intended to kill all the Nagashima Ikko Ikki people.

Others were jumping up and down in Kinai, but that was not Nobunaga Oda's stable core territory (or the territory that had not yet been built), so it didn't matter if it was destroyed. However, the two countries of Nobi were Nobunaga Oda's lifeblood. If they dared to make trouble in Nobunaga Oda's backyard, they would naturally have to bear Nobunaga Oda's thunderous anger.

But if Nobunaga didn't come to command, these generals might be difficult for you and me to coordinate. Even if the combat effectiveness of the Ikko Ikki was not good, they had a strong fighting will and a large number. If the coordination was not good, what would happen if several routes went wrong and Nagashima took advantage of them.

"Anyway, the tree has already escaped from the second route and visited Makishima. What will Yamanouchi do? Let's wait and see." Xiao Pingtai thought that now was not a good time to turn against Nobunaga Oda.

Although there were wars on all sides, Nobunaga Oda could still be considered to be at ease, and he still had considerable mobile forces. The various anti-Oda armies without a unified command either jumped out and shouted "I oppose!" and then defended their borders and waited for death. Or they focused on the small piece of land in front of them and were satisfied with taking back the original territory taken away by Oda Nobunaga.

Now it seems that Asai and Asakura are still the active ones. Asai did not suffer much at Anesakawa, and basically exchanged two with Oda. If his teammates were not too stupid, it would be hard to say. Anyway, it's a tug of war with Hashiba Hideyoshi now, and he can jump around for a long time. Asakura Yoshikage lost people at Anesakawa, but his family is big and he should continue to send troops to Kinai and continue to harass Nobunaga.

As for the most aggressive Miyoshi Three People and their party, they are chewing hard bones in Kawachi Takaya Castle. Without the wise and capable leader like Miyoshi Nagayoshi, the remaining remnants of the Miyoshi family still have combat effectiveness, but their overall view is really far behind the boss. Eager for the petty gains in front of them, they only pick on the weak.

"Earlier, Daiki sent a message to Echizen Asakura, inviting him to send troops to support the forts on the west bank of Lake Biwa, but no one knows what happened." Hosokawa Saijo was mainly concerned about the war.

"And I wonder if the Mori clan responded to Taiki."

"By the way, Your Highness has lost contact with Taiki since he withdrew his troops from Sakai. Has Taiki sent a message to Yamanouchi?"

"Yes, Taiki sent a message, hoping that my family would offer 2,000 kan. I have agreed and sent someone to Sakai a few days ago. Taiki seems to have bought a lot of things in Sakai, which is just enough for the family."

It is common for the Yamanouchi family to ask for money from the Shogun's family. If he doesn't come for a year, he will ask for thousands of dollars, and the Yamanouchi family is not used to it. That time, it was not a few thousand, and no one had any doubts.

"In addition, there are 50 iron cannons, I have no answer for this." Imagawa Yoshichika gave the money very happily, but he was quite cautious about the iron cannons.

"Who among you knows the shape of Makishima Castle?" Koyata suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

How could anyone here know? They had never seen it or been there, so they naturally shook their heads. But Kobayata guessed that Ashikaga Yoshiaki was trying to strengthen the defense of Makishima Castle, otherwise he wouldn't be so "desperate and hungry" and come to ask for money and cannons.

They couldn't come up with anything, and since it was just a meeting, there was a long way to go, everyone dispersed. But in fact, all the judges knew what was going on.

Ishiyama has already provided support, so does Nagashima want to help?