The Rokkaku family's troops have already reached the Aichi River, and further north is the territory of Inugami County. After passing Inugami County, we arrived at Sakata County.
It can be said that the Rokkajia family is about to attack the city.
The Asai family was not idle either.
Asai Ryomasa had already learned the news when the Rokkaku family began to gather troops in Guanyinji Castle.
Having been defeated by Rokkaku Sadayori several times before, Asai Ryomasa was honestly cast into a shadow. Therefore, if there was any slight disturbance in the Rokkaku family, Asai Ryomasa immediately acted as if he were facing a formidable enemy, and quickly summoned his retainers to start mobilizing the troops within his territory.
At this time, the autumn harvest has been completed, and there are still a month or two before winter, which is the best time to fight.
At this time, the Asai family's appeal in Kitaomi and their control over the wealthy families in the territory became apparent. Except for a few wealthy families close to the Kyogoku family such as Mitamura, Shimosaka, and Uesaka who did not respond, other wealthy families rushed to Otani Castle with their family troops, and even the Iguchi family was no exception.
Not long ago, Asai Ryomasa held a renge party in Otani Castle in the name of Kyogoku HD and invited many wealthy people from Kitaomi to participate.
During the dinner, Asai Ryomasa asked Kyogoku to come forward to mediate the conflict between the Asai family and the Iguchi family.
After the mediation and persuasion of Omi's enthusiastic people Kyogoku Kazuo, the head of the Iguchi family, Iguchi Keigen, deeply realized the mistakes of the past, and immediately expressed his willingness to support the great leader Kyogoku Kazuo in front of everyone, and united with the Kitaomi Kingdom headed by Asai Ryomasa. Under the alliance of the National People's Congress, the ultimate goal is to overthrow the evil forces Kyogoku Takamasa and Rokkaku Sadayori, and they will fight for this for life!
After hearing this, Kyogoku expressed that he was very moved, so he stepped forward to make a marriage contract between Asai Ryomasa's son and Iguchi Keigen's daughter. Ryomasa Asai and Keimoto Iguchi immediately clapped their hands and praised, and then made a decision on the spot, and the two families became in-laws.
After the renge party, Asai Ryomasa personally presided over Saruyasha's Yuanfu ceremony and invited the public to participate.
Thereafter, the name of Saruyasha Yuanfu was named Asai Shinkuro Hisamasa, commonly known as Zuoheiwei.
At this time, Asai Hisamasa, who had just entered the server, was only six years old. Logically speaking, it was impossible for him to enter the server so early, but Asai Ryomasa couldn't wait any longer.
There are three main reasons for letting Asai Hisamasa serve so early.
First, the eldest son of Asai Ryomasa died young, and his adopted son-in-law, Tamaya Akimasa, also died at this time. The Asai family continued to have an orthodox heir to stabilize the hearts of the family.
Secondly, there was about to be a battle with the Rokkaku family. Asai Ryomasa knew that this would be a fierce battle, and he might die if he was not careful. At this time, Asai Hisamasa was already determined to die. Even if Asai Ryomasa dies, Asai Hisamasa can successfully succeed as the family governor, so that the Asai family will not fall into a chaotic situation without a leader.
Third, Kyogoku Takamasa repeatedly caused trouble for Asai Ryomasa, which made Asai Ryomasa feel like comparing himself to others. Your son, Kyogoku Takahiro, can take the Yuan Dynasty early, and my son, Asai Ryomasa, can do the same!
In fact, the reason why the Iguchi family was willing to reconcile with the Asai family was because they were forced to do so.
Because in the entire Ika County and Asai County, many wealthy families such as Yumori, Aguan, Isono, Akao, etc. have now fallen into the arms of the Asai family, it can be said that the Iguchi family has been surrounded.
In the past, the Iguchi family could still negotiate terms with Asai Ryomasa by relying on Taka Tokigawa, a bargaining chip that restrained the Asai family. However, as Isono and other people from the country turned to Asai Ryomasa, the situation suddenly changed. (The book club has a detailed map of the distribution of Omi's wealthy cities. Everyone can understand it by looking at the map. Book friends who haven't joined the group yet, hurry up, the group number is 810726571)
With the Iguchi family's compromise, it also marked that Asai Ryomasa finally got his wish and completely brought Asai and Ika counties into his sphere of influence, and also had the strength to fight against the Rokkaku family.
In the past, due to various unstable factors in the territory and the weak strength of the Asai family, Asai Ryomasa was defeated several times. At this time, Asai Ryomasa had integrated most of Kitanomi's territory. Even though his strength was still not as good as the Rokkaku family, he could at least fight a decent battle with Rokkaku Sadayori.
"The Rokkaku family's troops left Kannonji Castle this morning. According to the normal marching speed, they can reach Inugami County tomorrow and Sakata County the day after. Horijirozaemon Hall has already mobilized troops to start on the Minigagawara line. Set up the formation, we can deploy our troops as soon as they arrive!" Doi Shinshun said.
"Xingbu, is the Imai family going to fight or surrender?"
"The Imai family controls the throat of Sakata County. If this place is captured by the Rokkaku family, all the land north of the river will be exposed to the Rokkaku family! There is no room for loss!" Asai Ryomasa sighed.
Dohi Shinshun calmly shook his head, "When I went to Minegawa Castle, I happened to bump into the Rokkaku family's Shinfujiyama castle guard. It is not difficult to guess that the purpose of Shinfujiyama castle guard's trip must be to make the Imai family fall to the Rokkaku family. .”
"But judging from the expression on Shinfujiyama Castle Keeper's face when he left Minegawa Castle, he must have hit a wall. It seems that Imai Bichu is not planning to surrender to the Rokkaku family."
"This is good news!" Asai Ryomasa was slightly relieved. What he was most afraid of was that the Imai family could not withstand the pressure and surrendered to Rokkaku Sadeyori. By then, Sakata, Asai and other places will all be flat plains, and there will be no danger to defend them. At that time, as long as the two armies meet, it will be an inevitable battle.
"There is one more thing now, and that is Kyogoku Musashi Mamoru's attitude! If the Kyogoku family comes to join in the fun of this battle, then our situation will be a bit bad." Asai Ryomasa knows Kyogoku HD, Kyogoku Takayoshi, Kyogoku Takahiro, the father and son are so weird.
It can be said that these three father and son are capable of all kinds of weird things. If Kyogoku Takahiro really gets mad and wants to attack him with Rokkaku Sadayori this time, then Asai Ryomasa can only go to Otani Castle and attack Asakura. Dad asked for help.
"In this case, the Ministry of Labor and Punishment will go to Shangheiji Castle to negotiate with Musashi Shou to find out Musashi Shou's attitude towards this war."
"The Rokkaku family is the only one in Omi. Neither my family nor Musashi Mamoru are the opponents of the Rokkaku family. Now that a powerful enemy is approaching, it is only right to join forces to defend the enemy. I hope Musashi Mamoru can understand this!" Ryomasa Asai said although I said this, but I didn't know what to do. It can be said that Ryomasa Asai has seen through these generations of weird heads of the Kyogoku family.
But having said that, it is precisely because the Kyogoku family has had so many weird heads in recent generations that the Asai family is what it is today!
Kyogoku Takahiro, who was highly anticipated by Rokkaku Sadayori, Asai Ryomasa, and Imai Hidetoshi, did not return to Kyoto at this time. Faced with such a situation, Kyogoku Hidetsuna and others who stayed at Joheiji Castle couldn't help but panic.
This time the Rokkaku family sent troops, saying it was to help the Kyogoku family regain their territory, but they sent troops in the name of Kyogoku Takayoshi, which is very subtle.
If Kyogoku Takahiro had no reaction to this, wouldn't it mean that he had changed his direction and recognized the "legitimacy" of the Rokkaku family's sending troops? When Kyogoku Takayoshi returns to Kitaomi, he will have the support of the Rokkaku family. It is still unknown whether Kyogoku Takahiro can succeed here.
At this time, Kyogoku Takahiro was not here, and there was no one in the family who could make the decision.
Just when Kyogoku Hidetsuna, Uesaka Munanobu and others were anxious, a figure appeared in the castle castle of Joheiji, and the atmosphere of the entire hall suddenly changed.
Kyogoku Takamasa is back!
