After Asai's death, the Asai family's ashigaru instantly lost their fighting spirit and soon dropped their weapons and surrendered.
The Kyogoku family quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and Yamanobu and others also searched the inside and outside of the Yanjin Hall to ensure that no fish slipped through the net.
Kyogoku Takamasa rode his war horse slowly into the Yanjin Hall, and only got off the horse after reaching the main hall of the Yanjin Hall.
Nomura Mototaka walked out of the crowd at this time and said to Kyogoku Takamasa, "My lord, the enemy general Asai Iren and his son have been captured, and the rest will surrender."
"How should we advance next?"
"Let all the retainers come to the main hall and hold military discussions first!"
"ha!"
Not long after, the main hall of Yanjin Hall was filled with people.
"Lord, after capturing Yanjin Hall, the door of Yixiang County will be opened. Next, we should continue to march eastward and invade Yixiang County."
"According to this map, there are two roads into Yixiang County from Yanjin Township. One is from the north of Yanjin Township and over Xingshi Mountain to attack the northern part of Yixiang County."
"The other way is to go south from Yanjinkan, cross the base mountain and enter Kinomoto Township. This is the territory of the Aguki clan and the Isono clan." In the hall, military leader Akao Kiyozuna sat in the center of the hall, pointing at the table in front of him. A map of " said slowly.
Kyogoku Takamasa was silent for a while and said softly, "Let the Ashigaru men repair for a day and see the situation before we talk."
"My lord, what you mean is..."
"Let's see how Asai Ryomasa responds, I'm trying to find ways to deal with it!"
"In addition, we only have a thousand people, so we should not go deep alone, otherwise we will be in trouble if we are surrounded."
"Report our results to the lord (Kyogoku Takahiro), and then ask the lord to start taking action according to the previously formulated battle plan! After the main force of our family comes out from Sakata County, we will wait and act accordingly!"
"ha!"
...
Bantian County, Hengshan City.
Kyogoku Takahiro yawned and climbed up from the tatami. Kyogoku Takahiro had been suffering from insomnia recently and had been listless all day long.
After a simple breakfast, Kyogoku Takahiro stretched himself and walked out of the Yokoyama Castle Palace.
"Oh, it's really troublesome to fight and stuff like that. I haven't lived in Bin City for a day since it was renovated. What a pity!"
A few days ago, Jinbincheng finally completed its renovation after three months of renovation, changing its previous dilapidated image. Kyogoku Takamasa finally moved to a new home. He hadn't even lived there for a day when he received a letter from Kyogoku Takamasa on the way to Imahama Castle, asking Kyogoku Takamasa to leave for Yokoyama Castle immediately and to order all the soldiers in his command. Momentum gathered quietly.
Although Kyogoku Takahiro was a little reluctant, there was nothing he could do. He didn't understand the war. Since Kyogoku Takamasa said so, Kyogoku Takahiro could only do it.
Past experiences tell Kyogoku Takahiro that he is right to listen to Kyogoku Takamasa regarding the war...
"My lord, Sakyo has come to the palace with a letter!"
Uesaka Munanobu walked behind Kyogoku Takahiro at some point, holding a letter in his hand and handed it to Kyogoku Takahiro's hand.
Kyogoku Takahiro opened the letter and looked at it nonchalantly, and then whispered, "Well... Sakyo Susumu said that the Yanjin Hall was captured yesterday and is currently being repaired."
"Oh...it also says we can start taking action...what action?"
Uesaka Munanobu suppressed his laughter, took a step forward and said, "Sakyo's entry into the palace means that my lord can go into battle!"
"Um...are we about to go into battle now? I'm not ready yet..."
"Don't worry, my lord, the troops have been assembled, all I need is to give the order!"
"Is that so? Then go out into battle!"
"ha!"
The Kyogoku family now controls the entire territory of Bantian County. Except for the direct leaders, the rest of the Imai, Hori, Anyangji, Kamisaka, Shimoban and other countries are the subjects of the Kyogoku family. The stone height of Bantian County is at least 60,000 koku. A force of four to five thousand men can be mobilized.
However, since Ichikui also broke out in Sakata County, part of the troops needed to be left to clear out Ichikui, so only three thousand people were gathered in Hengshan City.
In addition to the Imai family who needed to be on guard against the Rokkaku family, the leaders of the country, including Uesaka Munenobu, Shimotsaka Masaharu, Kobori Masatoshi, Anyoji Ujihisa, Ohnoki Hidezu, Mitamura Tamasa and others, led their troops to join the battle.
Following Kyogoku Takahiro's order, the already prepared troops of the Kyogoku family began to cross the Anegawa and march toward Odani Castle along the main road.
Naturally, the march of thousands of troops could not be concealed from the Asai family. In addition, Asai Ryomasa had already ordered people to pay attention to the movements in Sakata County. Therefore, as soon as the Kyogoku family came out from Yokoyama Castle, Asai Ryomasa received the news in Otani Castle.
"Sure enough, the Kyogoku family had a premeditated plan! The Kyogoku Sakyo Shin 1st Brigade went out from Takashima County to attract the attention of the family, and the real main force of the Kyogoku family came straight to Otani Castle."
"Is the Kyogoku family planning to destroy this family in one fell swoop?"
"Where did the Kyogoku family get the courage? Aren't they afraid that the Rokkaku family would take the opportunity to invade Sakata County?"
Now that the Kyogoku family controls Sakata County, the one directly bordering the Rokkaku family is the Kyogoku family. To a certain extent, the Kyogoku family has become a shield for the Asai family.
"I just received the news from Kannonji Castle. The Rokkaku family has dispatched a large number of troops to attack the mountain castle. It seems that they are going to attack Ichikokuso Daimotoyama Sanshina Honganji! Now the Rokkaku family is unable to take care of the war in Kitaomi, and the Kyogoku family This has been prepared for a long time!" Hidenobu Asai shook his head, his face downcast.
Seeing that the retainers were in a low mood, Asai Ryomasa quickly said, "What are you afraid of? The leader of the army is Kyogoku Musashi Mamoru. Don't you know his ability to lead an army?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"When Kyogoku Musashi Mamoru talks about the way of waka, all of you put together can't match him. But when it comes to fighting, my son is seven years old, so I'm afraid he's better at it than Kyogoku Musashi Mamoru, right?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
For a moment, there was a burst of laughter in the hall, and the atmosphere suddenly became much better.
"Report!"
"Higashino Shu defends the palace to report that the Shiojin Hall has been captured by the Kyogoku family, Asai Kokusuke and Asai Yataro are seeking death, and the Kanpu and Shiojin villages have fallen into the hands of the Kyogoku family!"
Before the Asai family retainers could finish laughing, a basin of cold water was poured directly on their heads.
Asai Ryomasa unconsciously clenched his right hand into a fist, bit his lip with his teeth, and a surge of anger rushed into his brain.
En Asai and Ryomasa Asai are both sons of Naotane Asai, and they are serious brothers by blood. Now that his brother is dead, how can Asai Ryomasa not be angry?
But as the head of the Asai family, Asai Ryomasa knew that he had to be stable at this time, otherwise the retainers would be even more panicked.
"It is fate for a samurai to die in battle. Although the carpenter died, he defended the name of my Asai family with his own blood. You should be proud of this!"
"With the fall of Yanjin Hall, Ika County was exposed to the Kyogoku family's military front. Compared to Kyogoku Musashi Mamoru, Kyogoku Sakyo Susumu is the family's biggest enemy!"
"I want to personally lead an army to set up formations on the front line of Shiyue, coordinate with Higashino, Yanase and other people from the north and south, and guard the key route from Kyogoku Sakyo to the east and Ika County. As for Kyogoku Musashi, it will be guarded by Tanba, How about Echizen Mamoru to deal with it?" After saying that, Asai Ryomasa turned his attention to Asai Kiyomasa and Asai Hidenobu.
Asai Hidenobu and Asai Hidenobu looked at each other, and then said, "Lord, don't worry, as long as I, Asai Hidenobu, am still alive, Kotani Castle will be as stable as Mount Tai!"
"Okay! With these words, I'm relieved! You only need to cage the city, you don't have to go out to fight!"
After saying that, Asai Ryomasa suddenly looked northwest and clenched his fists.
"Sakyo Kyogoku enters! This time, I will definitely avenge my shame!"
