A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

(Due to political censorship, the title of this chapter is actually Luoyang Police Force.)

The Yamauchi family is worried about falling into the quagmire, and Oda Nobunaga has already fallen into the quagmire!

After celebrating the New Year in Gifu, Oda Nobunaga went to Luoyang non-stop. On the one hand, as a minister, he congratulated Ashikaga Yoshiaki on the New Year, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Ashikaga Yoshiaki would hurry up and give him the next royal teaching.

The content is, of course, that Asakura Yoshikage is accompanying the shogunate, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki has repeatedly been unable to invite him, and there is no general. After all, the whole world is not the kingdom, and everyone is a minister of the Muromachi shogunate, the general who conquered the barbarians. You, Asakura Yoshikage, dare to disobey.

This is the advantage of using the general to command the princes!

With righteousness in hand, I have the world!

Ashikaga Yoshiaki hesitated again and again. After all, Asakura was a force that supported the shogunate. Moreover, the Asakura clan now dominates Echizen, Wakasa and Tsuruga-Ohama, and its strength is definitely worthy of being rated as a great name with 250,000 gu.

To put it bluntly, Ashikaga Yoshiaki finally became wary after seeing Oda Nobunaga's smooth journey and his power expanding like a snowball! What he wanted was just a powerful name to defend Luoyang, not a tycoon who threatened the monarchy in the area.

You, Oda Nobunaga, can share power with me. Ashikaga Yoshiaki has long known this. But that’s not possible if you want to usurp power!

If there is a behemoth, following the five generations, the deep-rooted Echizen heroes are like hanging swords in the sky, hanging high above the Omi River, and can rush from the north of the river at any time. Then Ashikaga Yoshiaki would have a way to play checks and balances and coordinate, and he would have the opportunity to expand his power, increase his reputation, and gather power.

If Asakura, like Kitahata, becomes the country of Oda Nobunaga's younger brother, although on the surface the support for the shogunate is increasing, in fact it is only Oda Nobunaga's strength that is increasing.

No matter how much Akechi Mitsuhide tried to persuade him this time, Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not relent after all, but just vaguely wrote a royal letter to Asakura Yoshikage. This is not for Oda Nobunaga, and the content is just asking Asakura Yoshikage to let Takeda Motoaki return to the country and assume the post of Wakasa Guardian.

It is said that Oda Nobunaga was extremely unhappy at the time. He repeatedly assured Ashikaga Yoshiaki that he would never cut off the Asakura family. He also allowed Ashikaga Yoshiaki to send envoys to join the battle as supervisors to protect the Asakura family members. .

But Ashikaga Yoshiaki still refused, and Nobunaga could not force him directly. This was the general he supported, and he could not slap himself in the face.

In the end, the negotiation between the two parties naturally ended on bad terms!

However, at least the imperial edict was published all over the world, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki did order Asakura Yoshikage to release Takeda Motomei and return home. Although this excuse is not as good as directly attacking Asakura, who is not a minister, it can still be used.

The various people who had been contacted before to use troops against Asakura can also be mobilized. Although Oda Nobunaga did not fully achieve what he wanted, the Nishiwaka Sashou who surrendered to him can still be used as a righteous and pioneer.

Just when Oda Nobunaga returned to Gifu and was preparing to contact the Yamauchi clan and the Mikawa Matsudaira clan, a sudden change occurred.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki saw that Oda Nobunaga was sweeping all the way, couldn't others see it? The Miyoshi trio who had previously surrendered to Shikoku Awa saw Oda Nobunaga becoming more powerful, but his power had not increased much, and it was very likely that he would gradually decline.

I was just heartbroken!

Raise troops!

As soon as Nobunaga arrived in Gifu, he received news that Miyoshi and his three men had landed in Hyogo and Koshimizu. Logically speaking, they should be the first to attack Akutagawa Mountain Castle and Shoryuji Castle to open the way into Luoyang.

However, Sanhao and his three men relied on their strong troops and horses, with a strength of more than 15,000. They didn't care about the branch cities along the way, and drove straight to Luoyang!

Unprepared, Ashikaga Yoshiaki could only gather less than 2,000 people from the public to mount a desperate resistance at Honshu Temple. The war situation was once critical, and there was even news that Ashikaga Yoshiaki was seeking death.

Luoyang police, the world is shocked!

Wada Weimasa took the lead and led the Wada people to fight to the rescue. Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka also led the people to go forward. Not long after, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, the lord of Wakae City in Hanoi, heard that his uncle was in danger and raised troops to rescue him. The battle became extremely fierce.

When the Itami clan, the guardian of Settsu, the Ikeda clan, and the Hatano clan, the guardian of Tanba, came to the rescue, the Miyoshi trio still failed to capture Honjoji. Although the number of the four armies was not as high as 15,000, it was not far behind.

After hearing the news, Oda Nobunaga also led 20,000 people from Mino to come to the rescue at starry night. In the end, Ashikaga Yoshiaki saved the day and escaped. Miyoshi and three others led their troops to retreat and occupied Settsu, threatening Kyoto at all times.

Come on! Oda Nobunaga, don't think about doing anything anymore, just go and fight a bad war with the three good guys!

Because of this sudden attack, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was greatly stimulated physically and mentally, and he immediately ordered Oda Nobunaga to fund the construction of a new imperial palace for him, which could station ten thousand troops and have considerable defense capabilities.

On the one hand, Oda Nobunaga was justified in his loss, but on the other hand, he really needed to protect the trump card in his hand.

Therefore, with Akechi Mitsuhide as the general manager, Hosokawa Fujitaka, Murai Sadakatsu, Isshiki Fujinaga, and Kinoshita Hideyoshi took charge of rebuilding the imperial palace. Not only was it required to build a wide water bank, but it also required the construction of stone walls and lime walls that were far superior to those in the past. Since it was not suitable to build a castle in Luoyang, the imperial palace with a three-layered wall was built instead.

Under Ashikaga Yoshiaki's increasing efforts, the repairs of the imperial palace continued to be strengthened. In addition, Oda Nobunaga gave orders. He had indeed neglected the matter of repairing the imperial palace, so he left it up to Ashikaga Yoshiaki. Ashikaga Yoshiaki could repair it however he wanted, no matter how much money he spent.

The scale of the project once reached tens of thousands, and Oda Nobunaga personally led his troops to Settsu Nakashima to block the retreat of Miyoshi and the others. And confront the three good people, trying to eliminate this powerful force that jumped on the stage to oppose themselves.

Naturally, Oda Nobunaga couldn't fight any bullshit Asakura. He could only waste precious time fighting over and over again in Settsu and Miyoshi.

And the content of the imperial letter sent by him and Ashikaga Yoshiaki naturally changed from sending 15,000 troops to conquer the imperial palace to selecting 2,000 powerful troops to go to the imperial palace. The guards suffered heavy casualties. , there is no residence in the castle, and there is no sufficient military strength of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki attached a private letter, asking the Yamauchi family to support him with one thousand kan. He had no money for the time being. Of course, it would be good if Yamauchi was willing to give more.

There is no need to send out a large army, just send 2,000 people to guard Luo, and incidentally contribute another 1,000 guan to the government for expenses.

This is really an unexpected surprise for the Yamauchi family, who don't have much money short of it, but don't have enough mobile troops. Although everyone was worried when they heard about the attack on Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but now that they are able to come and ask the Yamauchi family for money, it proves that it is not a big deal!

After some discussion, everyone decided that it was Uncle Tsuna Liang who took action on his own and brought two thousand flags with him. Ashikaga Yoshiaki wants one thousand, give him two thousand, don't look like the Yamauchi family is stingy.