Sakamoto Castle was a benefit obtained by the shogunate from the Rokkaku family after the Battle of Noragada. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Biwa, it monitors the mouth of Lake Biwa entering the Seta River.
The Seta River is an important waterway leading to Kyoto and has extremely important strategic value between Yamashiro Country and Omi Country.
Since the shogunate established Sakamoto Castle, Ashikaga Yoshiteru has always held the city in his hands.
At first, the ministers asked for it, but she even let it slip to Shiba Yiyin. Now that their power has grown, they have made no secret of the Ashikaga family's will to monopolize this place.
If chaos breaks out in Minami Omi and Rokkaku's retainers move southward to force Koga County, Sakamoto Castle behind them will be a sharp knife thrust into the waist of the Rokkaku family.
Sakamoto Castle can go down the river and sweep across the business circle around Lake Biwa in Minami Omi. The richest coastal areas of the Rokkaku family are all within the attack range.
No matter how unhappy the Hexagonal Retainers were, they would not dare to make fun of their own bosses. They could only be manipulated by the general.
If Ashikaga Yoshiteru can win over the Koga clan, she can suppress and subjugate the Rokkaku family from north to south. The temptation was too great for the general to resist.
And as the Ashikaga family's military forces leave, what will the shogunate group that has been breathless for more than a year do due to Ashikaga Yoshiteru's strong pressure?
Maeda and her daughter didn't know what Akechi Mitsuhide was thinking. But Akechi Mitsuhide was determined to transfer the shogun's military forces away from Kyoto.
Maeda Riku frowned.
"Don't mess around. No matter what Mitsuhide Akechi wants to do, don't interfere."
Maeda smiled.
"Don't worry, mother, I don't know anything.
I am willing to make peace with the Rokkaku family because the Lord is short of food in Kanto and asks the Rokkaku family to buy some food.
I don’t even have to use weapons anymore, so I can buy some food, right? Will Rokkaku Yoshiharu still force me to send troops to rob it?
As for whether the harmony between the two parties helped Mitsuhide Akechi, I don't know what conspiracy Mitsuhide Akechi is up to. He has been messed up by her recently, and I still want to accuse her of her disorderly behavior in front of the master.
By that time, the deposed general and the sinister Akechi Mitsuhide will no longer have the possibility of getting married to the lord, haha. "
Maeda Riku shook his head and said helplessly.
"Anyway, please be honest with me. Takada Haruno is responsible for buying food. We are just ordered to cooperate.
In the past two years, Peking University and Iga have experienced many turmoils, wars and immigrants. The local areas are weak and need to recuperate.
Don't empty your fortune just to get credit. When the time comes, the Lord will return to Japan and find that Iga Country is in a mess, and you won’t have any good fruits to eat. "
Maeda nodded.
“I know what’s going on.
On the north Omi side, Todo Toradaka, and on the south Omi side, Otani Yoshitsugi and I are helping. The channels have been opened up, and we are just waiting for Takada Yono to come in with copper coins and supplies.
This small role in running a lowly business of merchants is now trembling. Machi Fengxing, oh, a low-class person who plays with money and food, but also tries to stand shoulder to shoulder with us warriors who lick blood from the edge of their swords. "
Maeda Rihisa sighed again.
My daughter knows best. She never cares about the rules of the Wu family and has a very indifferent view of dignity. Nowadays, Takata Yono is not pleasing to the eye, and it is not because of his businessmanship at all.
The master Sibo Yiyin is really harmful to people, and there is no peace in Sibo's family.
Seeing that his daughter was not in a good mood, Maeda Riku had to change the subject.
"Although Omi State has a stone height of 800,000 yuan, the Asai family is recuperating and the Rokkaku family is in constant internal strife, so they are probably unwilling to spend too much food. To solve the big gap in buying food, we have to look to the Toshi family.
The Oda family occupies the Noo plain, which is a land rich in agriculture, with stone heights exceeding one million koku. If you want to buy enough food, you have to start from the Oda family. "
Hearing this, Maeda Toshiie frowned unconsciously.
"When my mother told me about her, did she already have an idea?"
Maeda Rihisa said.
"The Lord asked the Toshi family to go to His Highness Oda, hoping that the Oda family could sell grain, but I don't think well of it.
His Highness Oda is a realistic person. Since the marriage between the Asai family and the Oda family, the Shiba family has become of little use to the Oda family.
To put it bluntly, Oda-sama has the Asai family in Kitaomi and a window to peek into Konki, so there is no need for my Shiba family anymore.
She is ambitious and hardworking. Although there is a lot of food in the Nongwei Plain, it may not be enough, and there is no reason to give it to my Sibo family. "
Maeda said impatiently.
"Mother, just tell me what solution you and Maeda Toshiie came up with."
Maeda Riku smiled awkwardly, she didn't want to be so verbose. It's just that Maeda's interests are very prejudiced against Maeda Toshiie, and he's afraid that she won't agree if he doesn't explain the difficulties clearly.
Only when Yoshihiro Shiba is involved, Maeda's interests will disregard past grudges and help Maeda Toshiie.
she said.
"What I mean is to use the Suzuka Pass as a bargaining chip to persuade His Highness Oda to let go and sell grain."
Maeda narrowed his eyes.
Suzuka Pass is located in Koka County and is the most important pass in the Suzuka Mountains. In the past, the Rokkaku family mostly used this place to communicate with Kitai Ise.
The last time Maeda led his troops to attack Koka County, he defeated all the Koka people and took the Suzuka Pass.
From then on, the only way to communicate with Minami Omi and Kita Ise was through the mountain road over the Suzuka Mountains. This is also the reason why Kenhide Kamao was unable to convince the Rokkaku families to support the eight counties of North Ise.
Sending troops across mountains puts too much pressure on logistics. If they go through Suzuka Pass, the caravan can still discuss it, but the army will never be able to do so, and neither side will feel at ease.
Nowadays, Maeda Toshiie lacks the chips to persuade Oda Nobunaga to sell grain, so he sets his sights on Suzuka Pass, which Maeda's interests won through a bloody battle. No wonder Maeda Riku didn't dare to talk nonsense for a long time.
Maeda said calmly.
"Just give it, as long as it's for the Lord, a mere Suzuka Pass is nothing.
It's just that the Oda family hasn't taken over the eight counties of North Ise yet. Even if I are willing to give it, will the Oda family be willing to exchange it? "
Maeda Rihisa sighed.
"Both the Toshi family and I believe that His Highness Oda will agree. Her ambition has long been unsuppressed. How can the eight northern Ise counties take her seriously?
Mino State's unbreakable barrier leads to Kita Omi, and then by taking Kita Ise and Suzuka Pass, there will be a passage from Minami Omi to Konki.
The north and south roads for the Oda family to enter Konki have been opened up. His Highness Oda will only be happy and feel that he has taken advantage of it. How can he worry about not being able to capture the eight counties of Kitaise.
You underestimate her. "
Maeda nodded with great interest.
When the Oda family takes over the eight counties of North Ise, she will hand over Suzuka Pass. With such a powerful and aggressive force as its neighbor, Iga Country is under great pressure.
Thinking of the recent times, the Miyoshi Rokkaku family is weakening, and the general in Kyoto is being plotted by Akechi Mitsuhide, the situation becomes more and more confusing.
If the Oda family really succeeds in taking Kitaise, and something big happens in Kyoto, where will the situation in the next few years go?
Maeda couldn't help but frown.
My lord, when will you come back? It seems here. . Not good.
