Chapter 706 18. Urging Yoshiaki to Make up His Mind (an Extra Chapter for Yesterday's Sword Fight)
Since the 6,000 troops of Asakura Kageken who came to rescue Makishima almost collapsed after encountering Oda Nobunaga, it was easy for Nobunaga to capture Obama.
Asakura Yoshikage was really nervous now, as Oda Nobunaga had already hit him in the face. So he no longer appointed the generals of the Imonshu to go into battle, but personally supervised the 20,000 troops, with flags flying, and went out of Ichijodani to fight against Oda Nobunaga.
Under the strong pressure of the 30,000 Oda troops, the 20,000 troops had just set up camp that night, and 500 to 600 people fled back to Echizen. Asakura Yoshikage was about to stop them, but in the blink of an eye, Maeba Yoshitsugu came out of the camp and surrendered to Oda Nobunaga.
As soon as the news spread, the troops were in an uproar, and Uozumi Kagego, Yamazaki Yoshiie and others clamored to go down the mountain and surrendered to Oda Nobunaga. Asakura Kageken. Asakura Kageaki and other generals led their troops to retreat to their own places, and the 20,000-strong army disappeared in an instant.
Asakura Yoshikage was also forced to retreat to Ichijodani by the chaotic army. The Oda army marched straight in and is now estimated to have arrived at Ichijodani and started a siege.
"Why is it so!" Yamauchi Shukei could not have thought of it.
It was really unexpected, completely beyond his expectations. After all, it was an army of 30,000 and the Asakura family, the governor of Echizen with a family fortune of 250,000 kan, was defeated! In those years, when the Asakura clan killed anyone who stood in their way, the Yamauchi family was still wandering in the mountains of Shinano. When the Asakura army entered Jiangnan and supported the general, the Yamauchi family was just a local tycoon.
How could the Asakura family, a powerful and well-known tyrant in the world, be so weak!
In the Battle of Anegawa, 15,000 people fought against 5,000 Mikawa people. If the Mikawa people were united, tolerant of hard battles, and capable of hand-to-hand combat, it would not be too unfair for the Asakura army to lose. The 6,000 people on the west bank of Biwa Island were targeted by Nobunaga's 20,000 people, so it was normal for them to lose.
How come at Tonezaka, 20,000 people were so unbearable against the 30,000 Oda army that was put together! There were even people who surrendered to the enemy in the battle! Isn't this just selling out their master for glory!
"It was defeated too quickly! Too quickly! Really too quickly!" Uncle Tsunayoshi really couldn't imagine it.
"Everyone, Gifu Danshin said more than just this one thing!" Although Kobayata had long known that Asakura was even more useless than Asai, he had no choice but to let no one at home believe him!
At the beginning, Kobayata said that it would be best to pull Ishiyama Honganji first, and then pull other small fish. But even the judges, including Yamauchi Shukei, thought that Ikko Ikki was not worth mentioning, and the Asakura family still looked the most reliable.
Asakura Munetoshi's reputation really spread from the East to the West, and he was called the "God of War" by everyone! In the battle of Jiulong River, he destroyed 300,000 Ikko Ikki troops, which was really unparalleled in ancient and modern times!
As a result, Asakura Yoshikage was beaten to the doorstep by Oda Nobunaga, and he realized that Asakura's family was a younger brother. What's the use?
"Gifu Dansho wants the main family to send 5,000 troops to Nagashima to help!" Xiao Pingtai no longer had the energy to pursue anything and discuss the right and wrong at the beginning. Now dealing with Oda Nobunaga is the most important thing.
Yes, that's right! Nobunaga not only came to show off his great victory in Echizen, but was about to kill Asakura Yoshikage. He also sent a request for reinforcements in the name of the shogunate, asking the Yamanouchi family to send 5,000 naval and land soldiers to help the Owari Hokusei soldiers who had not yet been dealt with to surround Nagashima.
It's really naked!
You Yamanouchi, weigh your own weight. I will kill Asakura right now, and we will no longer be attacked from all sides. A hundred thousand troops can be gathered in a moment. Will you follow me or a dying shogunate?
"Isn't Gifu Dansho afraid..." Hosokawa Saijo doesn't understand Nobunaga's operation very well.
In this situation, he still wants to provoke the Yamanouchi family, so that the Yamanouchi family, whose estrangement and contradictions are deepening, will respond to his call and go to Nagashima to suppress the Ikko Ikki.
Isn't this equivalent to putting the Yamanouchi family directly into the heart of Owari!
I don't know if Nobunaga is careless! Or is he careless?
"Brother, have you ever thought about what time it is now?" Koyata put down the letter, and Isshiki Yoshiari and Yamanouchi Yoshiyasu, who were sitting behind, read it together.
"The fifth day of the seventh month of the fourth year of Genki!" Hosokawa Saijo was stunned.
"No, no, no! That's not what I meant! Who is ruling the world now?"
"Of course it's His Highness Makishima who is ruling the world!"
"That's it! Now it's His Highness the Kufang who is ruling the world, so naturally it's Gifu Dansho, the regent of the shogunate, who is ruling the world! Now the shogunate has the orthodoxy in his hands, and his orders are disobedient! Whether Yamauchi obeys or not, it's not good!"
"Is it unreasonable for Yamauchi not to send troops?" Hosokawa Saijo has obviously changed his mind.
"Yes! Gifu Dansho is now asking us to suppress the riots in Owari in the name of the righteousness of the shogunate!"
Five thousand people went to Owari, deep in the tens of thousands of troops of Oda Nobunaga, and they were not leading themselves, and Nagashima was not a 100% ally. Without support and restricted military supplies, it was almost a dead end.
If the five thousand people don't go! Very good! You Yamauchi family are really not good people! You don't respect the edict of the shogunate! You are also evil and rebellious thieves who are worse than pigs and dogs!
Choose!
Whatever you choose!
I, Oda Nobunaga, will be free soon. When your Yamanouchi clan prepares food and gathers troops, Asakura will be finished.
While I am still in control of the righteousness of the world, I will ask your Yamanouchi clan to accept the order of attack. You, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, don’t talk about winning or losing. You are a "thief" from the moment you start your army!
Or it would be better if your Yamanouchi clan fell into chaos and doubt! I, Oda Nobunaga, don’t even need to go back to Owari. Shibata Katsuie lost, but he only lost one or two thousand of the more than 20,000 people. Owari is also my hometown, and the people are loyal to me. Can you defeat my country in three or five days?
Wishful thinking!
Just give me time to meet the ragtag group of the Three Miyoshis. As long as the Three Miyoshis fall, no one in Kinai will be qualified to stir up trouble!
At most, he will be a thief who defends the land, disgusting and disgusting!
"Really! Really! Really!..." Yamauchi chief accountant said with resentment.
Obviously, the Yamauchi family is the orthodox of the Genji clan, and the people of the world look up to it, but it is held hostage by Oda Nobunaga with the empty shell of the shogunate! Can't move forward or backward, and have to look at Oda Nobunaga's face and be threatened by Oda Nobunaga.
"Your Highness Makishima must make a decision!" Xiao Pingtai couldn't stand it anymore. Should Ashikaga Yoshiaki do it?
At present, Asakura Yoshikage is about to fall, and Nobunaga has released more than 20,000 people at once. It will be difficult for the Yamauchi family and the Uesugi family to deal with it. Not to mention what the scene will be like after he flattens the Three Miyoshis. I dare not think about it.
"That's right! If His Majesty doesn't make a decision, Yamauchi will be controlled by others sooner or later!" Hosokawa Saijo was the first to stand up and support.
"The palace hasn't sent back any news yet!"
"No!"
"Then I'll go there myself with my old bones! I'll make sure the Lord makes a decision!" Yamauchi stood up with his legs folded and said goodbye to Ashikaga Yoshiaki immediately.