On March 14, the seventh year of Dayei, Pingji Castle came to the north of Omi.
Kyogoku Takahiro has been very comfortable recently. It can be said that this is the happiest day in recent years, because Asami Sadatori and Asai Ryomasa, who previously controlled the situation in Kitaomi, were exiled by themselves, and the other one was also exiled. He was defeated by the Rokkaku family next door and fled Echizen.
For a time, Kyogoku Takahiro actually established a firm foothold in Kitaomi.
The people of Sakata County and the Mitamura clan, who had previously supported Kyogoku Takahiro with Asami, Asai and other people, were the first to extend an olive branch to Kyogoku Takahiro. At the same time, the Imai clan in the southwest of Sakata County also began to move closer to Kyogoku Takahiro. The Kyogoku family actually has the potential to control the entire Sakata County.
However, Kyogoku Takahiro actually thought too much.
The most real purpose of the Mitamura clan was actually to seize the neighboring Asai family territory while Asai Ryomasa was away in Omi. As for the Imai family, they had to find a big tree to lean against because of the covetousness of the Minami Omi Rokkaku family. And if the Kyogoku family is unreliable, then they can only seek refuge with the Rokkaku family.
Unfortunately, Kyogoku Takahiro, who was immersed in excitement, could not think of this, or he was unwilling to wake up from his sweet dream.
However, God wants to give Kyogoku Takahiro a wake-up call!
Inside the castle castle of Joheiji, Kyogoku Takahiro stood there with a shocked look on his face. Seven or eight samurai with equally frightened expressions were kneeling in the main hall, while a sweating envoy knelt on the ground and gulped. Breathing heavily.
"You mean, Mitamura Tadayamasa failed to attack the Asai family's Imahama Castle, but instead was surrounded by Asai Ryomasa?" After a long time, Kyogoku Takahiro recovered from his daze and asked in a panic.
"Kyogoku-den, more than 2,500 troops of Ryomasa Asai are currently surrounding Mitamura City. My lord has specially ordered to come down and request reinforcements from Kyogoku-den!" Shiban shouted with an anxious look on his face.
Hearing that Shiban confirmed the news again, Kyogoku Takahiro was completely panicked, or in other words, Kyogoku Takahiro woke up from his dream. At this moment, Kyogoku Takahiro suddenly remembered that among Kitaomi's forces, Asai Ryomasa was the most powerful. The strongest.
"How many troops can our family mobilize to join the war now?" Putting the folding fan in his hand into his waist, Kyogoku Takahiro worked hard to maintain his dignity as the guardian of Kitaomi and the head of the Kyogoku family, although the shogunate has not yet recognized Kyogoku Takahiro's identity. .
Sitting at the bottom, the lord of Niujie City, Mitsui Emon Norotsuna, quickly replied, "My lord, Niujie City below has just experienced a bandit attack, killing and wounding 7 peasants and soldiers. If we insist on mobilizing, seventy or eighty people can still come together." .”
After Mitsui Notsuna finished speaking, Asami, the Lord of Oyama Castle who was sitting next to Mitsui Notsuna, Tsushima Mori Sadatsuki also replied, "I can also mobilize nearly a hundred peasants and soldiers."
After Asami Sadatori's death, Kyogoku Takahiro discovered that Asai Ryomasa's advance statement of "returning power to Kyogoku Takahiro" was completely empty talk, so Kyogoku Takahiro quickly took control of the remaining Asami family's Oyama Castle in Sakata County, and Let Asami Sadatune, the son of Asami Sadatori, serve as the city lord to enhance the strength of the Kyogoku family.
Immediately afterwards, several other retainers of the Kyogoku family also reported the mobilization of troops. After listening to the reports of the retainers, Kyogoku Takahiro's face turned completely dark.
"So, the troops that we can mobilize are only more than 1,300 people?" Although Kyogoku Takahiro's direct leadership is more than 10,000 stones, the troops that can be mobilized are only more than 1,000 peasant soldiers, plus The retainers' military strength was only 1,300 people.
"The incident happened suddenly. This is just a force that can be mobilized in a hurry. If we are given a few days to prepare, we may be able to mobilize two thousand troops." At this time, Kyogoku's family elder Asami was sitting in front of Kyogoku Takahiro. Shin'emon spoke.
Kyogoku Takahiro nodded and then looked at the envoy of the Mitamura family again, "What is the situation in Mitamura City? How long can Mitamura Tadayamasa hold on?"
"When attacking Kio Castle, we mobilized all the peasants and soldiers in the territory, a total of more than 2,400 people. However, we suffered heavy casualties in the surprise attack by Asai Ryomasa at the foot of Kio Castle. When we retreated to Mitamura Castle, there were only three to four hundred people."
"Asai Ryomasa personally led more than 2,000 troops to surround Mitamura Castle. The lord of Yamamotoyama Castle, Aguki Sadashige, had a special force of more than 700 people to attack Ueban Castle in a roundabout way. Once Ueban Castle fell, Mita Village would become an isolated city, and it would only be a matter of time before the city fell. That's a problem." Shifan replied anxiously.
After listening to the envoy's words, Kyogoku Takahiro turned around and asked, "Shin'emon, if our family sends troops to support us, can we repel Asai Ryomasa?"
"My lord, the more than 2,000 people surrounding Mita Village City are just the advance team of the Asai family. Once our family participates in the war, Asai Ryomasa will definitely spend all his money. If the people of Asai County and Ika County who are close to the Asai family also participate in the battle, our family will We will face no less than 5,000 enemy troops.”
Although he did not directly answer Kyogoku Takahiro's words, Kyogoku Takahiro briefly compared the gap between the enemy and ourselves, and also saw that the Kyogoku family seemed to have little chance of winning if they participated in the war.
"What if Imai Hidetoshi and Hori Motosumi are invited to join the war?" Kyogoku Takahiro pinned his hopes on the powerful national clans Imai and Hori of Inugami County and Sakata County.
The Imai clan is now attached to the Kyogoku family, while the Hori clan is a powerful member of the Kita Omi family. Hori Motosuke also participated when he supported Kyogoku Takahiro to exile Kyogoku Takahiro and Kyogoku Takayoshi and his son.
"Imai Hidetoshi may participate in the war, but the Imai family must guard against threats from the Rokkaku family in Inugami and Aichi counties, so even if they participate in the war, they will not send out too many troops."
"As for Hori Motosuke, he has been very close to Asai Ryomasa recently. I believe that not only can our family not count on reinforcements from Kamazana Castle, but we also need to be prepared to see if Hori Motosuke will send troops to harass our rear after joining the war!" Asami Shinyoue Men are obviously not optimistic about the strategy proposed by Kyogoku Takahiro.
"Hoo" Kyogoku Takahiro let out a long breath, it was really difficult to handle now.
The Mitamura family has no choice but to save him, unless Kyogoku Takahiro wants to become Asai Ryomasa's puppet again. As for the rescue, it seems that the current strength of the Kyogoku family is no match for Asai Ryomasa. What should Kyogoku Takahiro do?
"What if we ask the Rokkaku family to send troops?" At this time, a loud voice suddenly sounded in the castle. Kyogoku Takahiro looked back and saw a handsome young man leaning on the gate of the castle with a cynical look on his face. .
"Master Saburo, how can I allow you to interrupt when we are discussing matters here? Why don't you step back quickly!" Seeing that it was his son, Kyogoku Takahiro suppressed the impatience in his heart and just scolded.
Master Sanlang curled his lips, then put the wooden sword in his hand on his shoulder and walked out. This is the disadvantage of being a child in time travel. He can't speak at all on such a big matter.
In fact, Master Saburo had advised him a few years ago when Kyogoku Takahiro decided to join forces with Asai Ryomasa to banish Sadatori Asami. However, at that time, how could Kyogoku Takahiro and others listen to the advice of a young child? I thought so.
Although it was later proven that banishing Sadatori Asami was indeed not a good decision, Kyogoku Takahiro did not think that he had made a mistake at the beginning. He could only say that Asai Ryomasa was too cunning and deceived Kyogoku Takahiro, who was pure in heart.
As for Master Sanlang’s original proposal, I’m sorry everyone has forgotten it a long time ago
