A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Before Uesugi Kenshin finished speaking, Koheta subconsciously looked around, and Yamauchi Taro suddenly straightened his body.

Uncle Tsunayoshi had previously served as the Imperial Guard Reserve of the Nijo Imperial Palace in Luoyang, leading 2,000 people to guard Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Luoyang. As the retainer of the Shinshu Yamauchi clan who was most closely related to the Muromachi shogunate, he was naturally close to the Ashikaga clan.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki didn't hide anything, and everything he asked was straightforward and straightforward. Just ask the Yamauchi family if it is possible to enter Luoyang. Although it may not necessarily be to defeat Oda Nobunaga, it is best to check and balance each other like the previous guardian daimyo, so that the general can take charge.

It now appears that Ashikaga Yoshiaki not only expressed his thoughts to the Yamauchi clan, but even the leader of the Uesugi clan received a secret letter. The Echizen Asakura clan, An Yun Mori clan, Ehoku Asai clan, Kii Hatakeyama clan, and Kawachi Miyoshi clan, all of them may have received secret letters from Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

What does Ashikaga Yoshiaki want to do?

Nobunaga's siege network?

Are the two sides finally going to take this step?

Previously, Oda Nobunaga would at least take into account the reputation of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and the shogunate in his actions, and all military campaigns were carried out in the name of respecting the curtain to fight against thieves. Including the expedition against the Kitahata clan, the Rokkaku clan, the Miyoshi clan, and the Asakura clan that failed to defeat them, they were all defeated by Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Coupled with the "backside" of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga, there happened to be a Yamauchi family at the same time! The Yamauchi clan spans five countries, has more than 300,000 swords, and has many powerful people.

No matter what Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga want to do, they must think clearly that the Yamauchi family is a crucial weight in the scale. No matter which way this weight falls, it will determine the tip of the balance!

"Dashu has indeed asked Uncle Gangliang to bring back a message!" Xiaopingtai replied truthfully.

"Don't tell me yet!" Kenshin Uesugi motioned to Koheta not to talk about the content, and then glanced at Taro Yamauchi.

"Dashu hopes that I will be at peace with Hezhou for the time being, suspend weapons, stabilize the territory, and accumulate food..."

"Raise troops to go to Luo if necessary?" Koheita knew the content of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's secret letter, so he took over Uesugi Kenshin's words.

"That's it!"

Uesugi Kenshin's expression turned solemn. Raising troops to attack Luo was such a big deal that it was not something he could do on his own terms. What's more, Kinki is now occupied by Oda Nobunaga, who is as fierce as a tiger. He has a huge territory of nearly a million dollars and has the world's trade center under his control.

To be honest, Oda Nobunaga can defeat three Uesugi Kenshin alone in terms of mobilizing troops! (Without all the Kanto brothers.)

Even if Kenshin Uesugi and Taro Yamauchi work together, they may not be able to bring down Oda Nobunaga who is going all out!

This is a gap in national strength and a gap in population. Even if Uesugi Kenshin no longer knows how to play politics, he still knows that it is definitely not an easy matter to rashly fall out with Oda Nobunaga.

As for the trash fish in Kinki, or in Uesugi Kenshin's eyes, he thought they were all vulnerable. If he really raises an army, he will be defeated by Oda Nobunaga. In fact, in addition to the fact that it takes a long time to work together, the other Kinki forces are really the gourd boys who save grandpa.

Regardless of the Asakura family's huge family fortune of 250,000 guan, the famous family that has been passed down for five generations only lasted for two or three years before it was over. Asai Nagamasa and Asakura, known as the "Eagle of Jiangbei", lost all their kung fu.

In Honganji's ten-year war of resistance, Harada Naomasa was really killed, Araki Murashige was forced to rebel, Sakuma Nobumori was accused, and several important officials of the Oda family fell.

As for Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was at the center of the siege, he was beaten out of Luoyang within a few days and took refuge with his brother-in-law Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, but he had no choice but to run away again within a few days.

As for Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin in history, it was a coincidence that as soon as they said they wanted to do it, they immediately kicked off their legs.

So after all, if Ashikaga Yoshiaki is really determined to fuck Oda Nobunaga, and there is a circle of gourd boys around, if they can't attack at the same time, the result really won't be much better.

This is where Uesugi Kenshin has doubts!

In addition, the Yoshiyori Yamauchi clan is still close to Owari and Mino, which is considered to be bordering the Oda clan. The Uesugi family is also separated from Omi by the two countries of Kaga and Echizen, which is far away. How to move the army to Luoyang is still a problem. Even if we follow the Yamauchi family on the Tokaido Road, there are strong cities and strongholds of the elder Oda Nobu's family along the way. Whether it can succeed is really open to question.

"It seems that the big trees in Luoyang are really incompatible with the appearance of Gifu Dan!"

"I'm afraid it's much more than that!"

"Now that Dashu has begun to contact the princes from all over the world, I'm afraid a big change is just around the corner!" Xiao Pingtai felt somewhat powerless when faced with such a situation.

"If the shogunate has an order, you can't ignore it!"

After putting Yamauchi Taro down, Uesugi Kenshin stood up with a slightly solemn tone. Even he couldn't make an immediate decision on this matter.

"Well..." Xiao Pingtai didn't know how to reply.

The situation in front of us is falling in the direction that we least want to see. Oda Nobunaga is not the kind of person who really helps the shogunate. He was just using Ashikaga Yoshiaki to gain the status of righteousness to march into Kinai. If Ashikaga Yoshiaki had been willing to be a puppet, he might finally be able to get a position in the Gao family.

Of course, we don't rule out the possibility of kicking the shogunate away one day if we don't like it.

And now Oda Nobunaga has almost completely separated the entire shogunate from Ashikaga Yoshiaki, deprived Ashikaga Yoshiaki of the right to meet the princes freely, and half imprisoned Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Nijo Imperial Palace. This kind of behavior is actually an offense above and an infringement of monarchy.

A more cliched description is that Oda Nobunaga said: "Why did your Majesty commit rebellion!", Ashikaga Yoshiaki said: "Why is this!".

Although the abolition of the shogun has not yet been done, this trend is really obvious to the eyes of discerning people.

"Koheita, do you think Uesugi and Yamauchi can fight against Gifu Dansei if they join forces?" Uesugi Kenshin looked directly at Koheita.

"If your highness, the commander, goes to the battle together with your highness, join forces in one place, and get fifty or sixty thousand people, drive directly to the three states and Oshu areas, and meet with Gifu Danzheng and the banks of the Kiso River and the Nagara River, we can win the battle in a very short time." point!"

Xiaoping didn't dare to say too much. Oda Nobunaga's total mobilization force now exceeds one hundred thousand. Excluding those left behind in various places, there are always fifty or sixty thousand mobile troops. The mobile strength of Yamauchi and Uesugi is almost the same. Assuming that Yamauchi and Uesugi attack and Oda defends according to the danger, it is difficult to predict the final outcome of this battle.

"10 points beats 6 points?" Kenshin Uesugi believed in Koheita's judgment after all.

"Always between five and six points!"

Hearing Koheta's confirmation, Uesugi Kenshin turned to look at Yamauchi Taro.