Ryomasa Asai suddenly felt as if he had met his nemesis in the past few years.
In the past, Asai Ryomasa believed that his biggest enemy was Rokkaku Sadeyori, but now Asai Ryomasa suddenly felt that Kyogoku Takamasa was the greatest disaster in his life.
Although he had been suppressed by the Rokkaku family in various ways before, Asai Ryomasa's plans for Kitaomi were still unfavorable.
With the Asai family's initial wealth of several thousand koku, in less than ten years they had nearly 100,000 intellectuals in Asai and Ika counties. In a sense, Asai Ryomasa can be regarded as a typical example of grassroots fortune.
However, since the Battle of Anegawa a few years ago, the Asai family has suffered losses one after another as soon as Kyogoku Takamasa appeared.
First, he was sneak-attacked by Kyogoku Takamasa in Anegawa, resulting in a decisive defeat in a must-win situation, and the newly recruited younger brother Mitamura Tamasa took advantage of the situation to jump ship.
Immediately afterwards, while he was fully focusing on the Rokkaku family and Sakata County, Kyogoku Takamasa sneaked into Takashima County alone, and forcibly took out a tooth from Asai Ryomasa's mouth - and destroyed Tianya. Home.
Then, there was this confrontation with the Rokkaku family. Kyogoku Takamasa first let himself down on the pretext of uniting against Rokkaku, and then secretly captured Kamabana Castle while he and Rokkaku Sadayori were fighting, causing the Hori family to lose all their possessions.
The biggest problem facing Asai Ryomasa now is how to "take" back the Hori clan without using weapons.
Yes, Asai Ryomasa is scared.
After going back and tossing and turning all night, Asai Ryomasa felt that Kyogoku Takamasa was right, the Rokkaku family did have ulterior motives.
Of course, the Asai family's loss of logistical supplies was also a decisive factor that prevented Asai Ryomasa from fighting again.
Just when Ryomasa Asai announced that he was preparing to withdraw his troops, Horizumi quit.
I traveled across mountains and rivers with all my belongings to support you Ryomasa Asai. I originally wanted to make a living by following you. As a result, you Asai Ryomasa suddenly quit. The key is that you asked me to pay all the principal, and I lost all my money.
You Asai Ryomasa want to leave without helping me recover my losses?
dream!
"Bizen Mamoru, now that you're gone, why don't you teach me what to do?"
"The Asai and Hori families have always been good friends. I, Hori Motosuke, have always supported the Asai family without reservation in every battle. Now that our territory has been lost, the Asai family actually wants to protect themselves wisely. How can we convince the public?"
Of course Asai Ryomasa knew what Hori Motosuke said, but he was really not willing to let Asai Ryomasa risk losing Kitaomi's foundation again to help Hori Motosuke regain the territory.
Asai Ryomasa knew that now was the time for his strong man to cut off his wrist.
"Hori-sama, apart from you and me, there are also people from the Asai and Ika countries participating in the battle this time. If it's just you and me, then I, Asai Ryomasa, will risk my life to recapture Kamazana Castle for you. "
"But after all, other people are involved, but I can't bring the big guys into danger together!"
"It's better than this!" Asai Ryomasa suddenly emphasized his tone, "Everyone here will vote together. If more than half of the people think that we can fight again, then I, Asai Ryomasa, will do my duty and I will risk my life to accompany you this time!"
"How?" As he said that, Asai Ryomasa turned his attention to Hori Motozuki.
After hearing this, Hori Motosuke just wanted to scold her.
Now, who among the citizens of Kitaomi is not a younger brother of your Asai family? You, Asai Ryomasa, have spoken out, but who dares to stay and continue to fight?
But even so, Hori Motoji still glanced at the people present with hopeful eyes. What if a miracle happened?
However, the reason why a miracle can be called a miracle is that the probability of it happening is extremely slim.
It seems that Seki Sadashige, Amamori Sadashi and others are all loyal supporters of Asai Ryomasa, and they directly turned their heads to avoid Hori Motozumi. As for the remaining members of the public, such as Iguchi and Isono, their relationship with Horimotozai is quite average, and they are unlikely to sacrifice their wealth and life for Horimotozai.
The formation was silent for a while.
"I, the Hori family, have lived in Omi for a long time, and now it has been over a hundred years!"
"In the third year of Dayei, during the battle at Kamiheiji Castle, you and the others fought against the master's family and joined forces with Kyogoku Musashi to launch an attack. It was me, Horimoto Seki, who was at the forefront!"
"In the fifth year of Dayei, Asai and Rokkaku were in conflict. It was I, Hori Motoki, who was the first to lead troops into Otani Castle. After the defeat, I personally led Hatamoto's thirty cavalry to escort you and fled into Mino!"
"In the first year of Hiroki, Kyogoku Nagato sent troops to the Yokoyama castles, and Bizen Shou was defeated by Kyogoku Sakyo Susumu at Anegawa. It was also Hori Motosuke who sent troops to harass the Kamiheiji Castle, so that the Kyogoku family did not dare to pursue !”
"All of the above are extraordinary!"
"Now that our Hori clan is in trouble, I hope that all of you here will remember the close friendship between our people in the Northern Omi Kingdom and lend a helping hand to our family!"
"However, I, Hori Motosuke, was the one who overthought it!"
"I, Hori Motoji, will keep your words and deeds today in mind. If I can make a comeback in the future, I will definitely avenge today!"
Hori Motoji was filled with anger and grievance, but at this moment, he was completely disappointed with Asai Ryomasa.
After lifting the curtain and walking out of the formation, a gust of breeze blew in his face. Horimotoza suddenly opened his eyes, and a drop of hot tears slowly fell down.
A man doesn't shed tears lightly, but it's just not the time to feel sad.
"liquor!"
"Where's the wine!"
At night, Hori's main formation.
Several samurai felt very uncomfortable looking at Horimotoji who was drinking to drown his sorrows.
"My lord, how about we go south and join the Rokkaku family?"
"If we can get help from the Rokkaku family in the future, it's not impossible to restore the old territory!"
A samurai handed a bottle of wine to Hori Motozu and said softly.
Hori Motozai narrowed his eyes and glanced at the samurai, and then said with a smile, "Since the news of the fall of Kamazana Castle came out, more than half of the ashigaru under my command have fled, and now there are only a hundred members of the clan left."
"And your family members are also in Sickle City. Now they are all lost to the enemy. Not everyone is willing to continue to follow my family."
"Lord, there are people outside the tent. They claim to be Kyogoku's retainers!" Suddenly, Hori Toshibo walked in from outside the main formation.
Upon hearing that someone from Kyogoku's family was coming, Horimotoji's eyes widened immediately, and he unconsciously held the sword at his waist. At this moment, he wanted to kill someone.
But soon, he realized that the Kyogoku family sent people here at this time. Could things be turning around?
"Quick, please!"
After a while, a monk with a bare head and black robes walked in from outside with firm steps.
"The poor monk Shun Lian of Seitaki Temple has met Lord Hori." Shun Lian sat on the ground and said calmly.
Hori Motoji staggered to the main seat and sat down, and then said in a deep voice, "May I ask what Master Shunlian's intention is in coming here this time?"
"The poor monk came here to save your lives on the orders of my lord."
"How can Kyogoku Gaomasa be so kind? Master, has he forgotten who is occupying our Kaname Castle now?" Horimotoji said with a wry smile.
Shun Lian shook his head and said with a smile, "Yesterday, Hori-sama was my lord's enemy, but now my lord wants to be friends with Hori-sama, so naturally the same cannot be said."
"Could it be that Kyogoku Takamasa can return Kamabana Castle to the family?"
"The master of this family has this intention!"
""
Horimotoji suddenly felt that he had heard wrongly, or was this another conspiracy of Kyogoku Takamasa?
But then I thought about it, now that I have been reduced to this place, I don't need Kyogoku's high-ranking government to spend a lot of time to come up with any conspiracy.
"Sir Shunlian, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly. What does my family have to pay?"
"It's easy, just"
