Iris Mountain is located in the southern part of Bantian County. It is a mountainous area.
Watanabe Takashi took steps nervously.
"Lord, this is a letter from the north." A man walked quickly to Watanabe Takashi's side.
Upon hearing this, Watanabe Takashi quickly stepped forward to take it, and couldn't wait to open the letter and read it.
After reading it, Watanabe Takashi couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and said, "The hard days are finally over. This feeling of being in Cao Ying is really uncomfortable!"
Watanabe Takashi is a wealthy family member of Inugami County and the lord of Hachimachi Castle.
The actual Miao character of the Watanabe family where Takashi Watanabe belongs is Akata. Although he is indeed from the Watanabe family, the family lineage has long been unclear. Anyway, my mouth is on myself. If Takashi Watanabe says I am Watanabe, then I am Watanabe.
The Akata family first lived in Echigo and worked with the Ashikaga family. Later, one of them, Akata Ei, moved his family to Omi and settled in Soga Village, Inugami County.
The Cihu Akata clan has always settled in Inugami County. Although their strength is average, they have preserved their family name and developed to this day.
The Akata clan has been an expert in water conservancy for generations. They built river weirs (Akata weirs) in their territory, improved the Akata River, and developed the territory very well. But soon the Akata clan received the attention of Minami Omi's boss Rokkaku Sadayori, who asked the Akata clan to merge into the Rokkaku family and become his younger brother.
The Akata clan did not dare to offend the powerful Rokkaku family, but they did not dare to openly merge with the Rokkaku family, because at that time, Inugami County was still nominally the territory of the Kyogoku family, and the surrounding wealthy families were all Kyogoku retainers.
In the end, as he had no choice but to hide away if he couldn't afford to offend me, the Akata family simply moved his family from Soga Township to Hachimachi Township and built Hachimachi Castle as a residence.
At this time, the situation in Kitanomi was changing, and the Asai family's rapid rise to power attracted the attention of the Akata family.
In order to maintain their territory, the Akada family took the initiative to move closer to the Asai family. In the several battles between Asai Ryomasa and Rokkaku Sadayori, the Akada family was the strongest supporter of the Asai family.
As for why he refused to join the Rokkaku family, Watanabe (Akata) Takashi didn’t know why. Anyway, he just didn’t like Rokkaku Sadayori!
The last time I followed Asai Ryomasa against Rokkaku Sadayori, Asai Ryomasa was defeated and fled to Omi.
Before leaving, Asai Ryomasa specially found Watanabe Takashi and said deeply that "he will definitely come back", and then hoped that Watanabe Takashi could endure the humiliation and bear the burden and pretend to join the Rokkaku family. When the time comes for him to return to Omi, he will still need the secret support of Takashi Watanabe.
Watanabe Takashi immediately patted his chest, saying that he was definitely the most loyal younger brother of the Asai family, and then bid farewell to Ryomasa Asai with tears.
And today, Watanabe Takashi can finally let go and do something big.
"Tell me to go down and get everyone ready. If you hear any movement from Rokkaku's house in the north, report it immediately!" Watanabe Takashi said in a low voice to a warrior beside him.
The samurai nodded quickly, and then conveyed Watanabe Takashi's words.
At the same time, at Mount Iwaki in the north, Horimotozai was hiding here with Hori's ashigaru.
At this time, Horimotoji didn't know the cruel fact that his anus had been exploded, and still focused all his attention on the Rokkaku family at the foot of Iwakiyama.
"Lord, our rations are almost finished, why can't we wait for instructions from the Asai family?" Hori Toshibo slowly crawled to Hori Motozai's side and complained.
"Don't worry, sweeper officer, Asai Bizen will never break your promise."
"If there is no news tomorrow, then we will retreat to the territory first." Finally, Horizumi added.
In fact, Horimotoji is not very optimistic about this war.
Since the Hori clan's territory is in the eastern part of Sakata County, Asai Ryomasa sent someone to inform Hori Motozu of the next battle plan in advance.
According to Asai Ryomasa, he hoped that Hori Motozu would not rush to the battlefield with his troops directly, but find a secret place to hide near the battlefield. Wait until the Rokkaku family's defenses are relaxed before attacking.
But two days passed, and Horimotoji suddenly lost confidence in Asai Ryomasa. In addition, Hori Motosuke only brought three days' rations with him when he set out. Seeing that he would run out of food tomorrow, there was still no movement from the Asai family. Hori Motosuke himself would not be able to support himself if this continued.
"My lord, the young assistant of the Dohi Punishment Department is here!" At this moment, an envoy came to Horimoto and whispered quietly.
Hori Motoji suddenly felt happy, finally waiting for you.
"Why did the Young Assistant from the Criminal Department come here? Did something unexpected happen?" Horimoto asked tentatively.
Dohi Shinshun also imitated Hori Motozai and others and lay down on the ground, then turned his head and replied, "My lord is worried that Hori-sama will be unable to support you alone, so I have found another helper for you!"
"helper?"
"Yes! Lord Hori will be able to find a good opportunity to attack the Rokkaku family's military formation tomorrow morning. In addition, if someone in the Rokkaku family has internal communication with me, they will also take the opportunity to cause chaos."
"When the time comes, my lord will personally lead his army across the Amano River to help!"
"If we can get an internal response, we will definitely win this battle! Why didn't Bizen Shouden tell him earlier?" Horimotoji couldn't help but exclaimed.
After spending so many days here, Horimotoji knew the situation on the battlefield very well.
The Asai family tightly guarded the banks of the Amano River, guarding all ports that could cross the river, while the Rokkaku family relied on their large number of soldiers to position themselves along the banks of the Amano River, trying to create pressure on the Asai family.
But in this way, the Rokkaku family's troops are too dispersed. Once one place is attacked, it will be difficult for friendly forces deployed in other places to support them.
What's more, now that there is an additional internal response, things will be easier to handle.
"This is a serious matter, so my lord naturally does not dare to announce it in advance for the sake of safety! The time agreed with the agent is tomorrow morning, so I will leave everything to Hori-sama!"
"Don't worry, Young Assistant of the Criminal Department, I already know about this matter. Let's wait and see my family tomorrow!"
Hori Motosuke and the Asai family were on the same line. He had previously thought of quitting because he felt that this battle would not be easy to win. But now that he knew there was an internal conspiracy within the Rokkaku family, Hori Motosuke suddenly felt hopeful again.
In fact, if he could join the Rokkaku family, Horimotoji wouldn't have to take these risks.
But Horizumi couldn't.
Because Hori Motozumi is also one of the targets of the Rokkaku family's military expedition this time, second only to Asai Ryomasa.
Hori Motosuke has been following Asai Ryomasa to cause trouble before. Whether he is following Asai Ryomasa to rebel or confronting Rokkaku Sadayori, Hori Motosuke always plays the role of "vanguard".
So Hori Motozaki knew that if he wanted to live, he could only follow the Asai family's path to the dark side!
The valley between Mount Iwaki and Mount Iris is where Rokkaku Sadeyori's main formation is located. The reason why the formation was chosen here is because there is a hot spring bath in the valley.
It was already dark now, and Rokkaku Sadarai was in the hot spring bath with his eyes closed. Several women, who looked like village girls at first sight, were sitting naked in the hot spring bath, at a loss, with panic in their eyes.
There were several people standing around the hot spring bath, staring closely at the women, fearing that they would do something unfavorable to Rokkaku Sadeyori.
"Ahem!"
A petite woman suddenly emerged from the water. There seemed to be something left in the corner of her mouth. Her face was red and she seemed very uncomfortable.
Rokkaku Sadeyori finally showed a satisfied look at this time and waved to the few people approaching him.
After Sakami approached, Rokkaku Sadayori said softly, "Keep one, and give the others money to let go."
"yes!"
With that said, Rokkaku Sadayori stood up, put on his underwear, and slowly walked towards the dormitory next to the hot spring bath.
Several close observers understood the situation and sent the most beautiful girl into Rokkaku Sadeyori's house, and then stood guard outside.
As for the remaining women, it was impossible to let them go like this. Several warriors who were already extremely hungry and thirsty immediately stepped forward and hugged several panicked women in their arms. An anxious warrior even started to tear his clothes, and the scene was very tense.
"Ahem! Let's stop it!"
At this time, a sudden voice sounded, causing several warriors with evil intentions to tremble.
This voice is so familiar to them!
Because this is the voice of the River Crab God!
