different warring states of japan

Chapter 2183: Hunting the Three Divine Sisters

Uesugi Yoshikage was wondering why Fukushima Masanori didn't show up. In fact, Fukushima Masanori herself was also very puzzled. At this moment, she had just received an order for the entire army to stop advancing and for her to return to Yodo Castle to attend the meeting.

Her army had just arrived at Yodo-Kobashi, only one mile away from Yodo Castle, and Tominomori was only three or four miles away from Yodo-Kobashi.

So Inada Uemoto was really afraid. Even if Tominomori's ambush was successful, the noise of thousands of people fighting would be quite loud, and could be heard in Yodo Castle five or six miles away.

How long would it take for Ichijo Hideyoshi, who was stationed in Yodo Castle, to send people to investigate and mobilize troops to support Fukushima Masanori who was ambushed in Tominomori?
Uesugi Yoshikage had to quickly defeat Fukushima Masanori's army before the reinforcements arrived at the battlefield, and then withdraw calmly in advance, which was very difficult.

Although an ambush has a high probability of success if it is planned unintentionally, we should always be prepared for the worst.

When doing things, you can't always think about how to arrange things yourself and treat your opponents as stupid NPCs that can only move at a glance. How many people who can truly leave their names in history are fools?
Uesugi Yoshikage was full of youthful ambition, and Takasaka Masanobu hoped that their daughter would become successful. They both underestimated Ichijo Hideyoshi, the ruler of half of the world.

On the contrary, Yoshigin Sasaki, who was in charge of Tamon Mountain Castle, kept his composure. The closer he was to victory, the more cautious and thoughtful he became. He couldn't think that he would definitely win just because he had a cheat, otherwise he would do something bad.

When Fukushima Masanori arrived at the meeting room, the room was already full of bigwigs from various families. She was surprised and walked forward to salute Hideyoshi Ichijo who was sitting in the main seat.

"My Lord, I am back."

Ichijo Hideyoshi nodded and asked.

"Have your troops withdrawn?"

Fukushima Masanori nodded.

"According to your order, we have retreated to the west of Yodo Bridge and are awaiting further orders."

Ichijo Hideyoshi nodded, suddenly showing a hint of sadness.

"very good.

I didn’t expect that Xiaoliu would commit seppuku. She and I have known each other for many years. Well, she didn’t let me down after all. She did me justice.”

Fukushima Masanori widened his eyes and spoke subconsciously.

"Lord Hosuka Masakatsu is dead?"

Hideyoshi Ichijo nodded and said.

"Some people always think they are smart. They collude with each other and really think I am blind and deaf and can't see or hear anything.

The undercurrents in the Hosuka family are turbulent, don't I know anything about it? Xiaoliu is not the only one in her family who is loyal and righteous. There are still loyal and righteous people in the Wu family."

As Hideyoshi Ichijo spoke slowly, cold sweat broke out on the backs of many people sitting below him. It was not just the Hosuka family who were so self-righteous.

Fukushima Masanori was puzzled, but did not dare to ask any more questions. He just performed the greetings obediently and returned to his seat.

Ichijo Hideyoshi sighed a few times. She had never expected that the Hosuka clan's rebellion would unexpectedly catch a big fish. It was truly a pleasant surprise.

Maeda Toshiie kept writing letters to the Owari and Mino samurai, instigating them to rebel. Hideyoshi Ichijo was not completely unaware of this, but had already noticed it.

Ichijo Hideyoshi herself started out as a diplomat, and she was good at all kinds of tactics, such as winning over and dividing the enemy forces.

What a regime relies on when it starts is what it will guard against most after it succeeds, such as Song guarding against military, Qing guarding against literature, and some guarding against engineering. Ichijo Hideyoshi pretended not to know, that was to unite more people, but it didn't mean she would be so stupid as not to keep an eye on each family and not watch the changes of each family.

Koeda Bridge was less than twenty miles away from Yodo City. When Hosuka Masakatsu was attacked, someone secretly rode a horse at full speed to report the news to Yodo City.

Uesugi Yoshikage thought that driving away the Hosuga army was the first priority, and letting them be stained with the blood of their former colleagues as a token of their allegiance, but he did not expect that his plan was also exposed to Hideyoshi's spies.

Hideyoshi Ichijo got the news that the Hosuga army had rebelled, and that the Toba Imperial Villa was actually controlled by the daughter of Sasaki Yoshikane. He was overjoyed when he learned that the young and frivolous girl was about to march south to ambush Fukushima Masanori.

Yoshitsugu Otani of Fushimi Castle was as stubborn as a rock. No matter how Hideyoshi Ichijo tried to lure him, he just stayed in his defense line and pretended not to see anything.

Hideyoshi Ichijo was worried that he could not find a breakthrough. If he really tried to attack the Toba-Fushimi defense line, his losses would be too great.

At this moment, she happened to be sleepy and her pillow fell, and she found out that Uesugi Yoshikage's reckless advance made Ichijo Hideyoshi very happy. The surrender of the 3,000 Hosuga troops to the enemy turned out to be a great opportunity for her.

Ichijo Hideyoshi looked at the samurai sitting below with different expressions, and said something meaningful.

"I'm not even dead yet, but they're already treating me like a dead bone in a grave, eager to step on me and curry favor with their new masters.

Yoshikage Sasaki... Haha... Even her father doesn't dare to look down on me like this. How can a young girl be so arrogant? She is simply courting death.

I have received confirmed information that the eldest, second and third daughters of Yoshigin Sasaki are leading a team on their way to the Tominomori Forest.

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They intended to ambush Fukushima Masanori's troops, give me a warning, use me as a stepping stone, and show off their power.

Okay, good to come.

I was just worried that I couldn't find a chance to have a good conversation with Yoshikane Sasaki, and now his daughter is offering herself to me. What else can I do? I can only refuse her with disrespect."

Ichijo Hideyoshi looked at the princesses sitting there, thinking about how to best capture the three sisters of Uesugi Yoshikage.

As long as he captured all three of them, or even just one of them, Sasaki Yoshikin would be unable to sit still in Tamonyama Castle, and Ichijo Hideyoshi would truly take the initiative in the war.

Glancing at the scene, Hideyoshi Ichijo knew that his subordinates were divided, and many of them had already been secretly colluding with the Sasaki family, and it was not just the Hosuka family who wanted to rebel.

Hosuka Masakatsu was able to hold on until the end and commit seppuku, which was already a tribute to Hideyoshi Ichijo. Hideyoshi Ichijo was melancholy and he dared not trust the old samurai from Mino and Owari even more.

Especially since this expedition involved the three daughters of Sasaki Yoshikane, Hideyoshi Ichijo was also worried that someone would secretly let them go and show goodwill to Sasaki Yoshikane to leave a way out for his family.

If we have to choose people, we have to choose those hardliners who will never make peace with the Sasaki family. Only then will they cooperate with Ichijo Hideyoshi and try their best to capture the three sisters of the descendants of God.

Ichijo Hideyoshi first looked at Kobayakawa Takakage and asked politely.

"Would the Mori family be willing to be my pioneer and teach those arrogant little girls a lesson on behalf of Sasaki Yoshigin and bring them back to me?"

This time when Ichijo Hideyoshi went to Kyoto, the Mori family fully supported him and had more than 30,000 troops to cooperate with him, including 18,000 men under the command of Kobayakawa Takakage.

The Mori family and the Amago family were mortal enemies. In recent years, because of the war on the peninsula, the Mori family owed a lot of debt to Sasaki Dokura, and even mortgaged the Iwami Silver Mine and Shimonoseki Wharf in exchange for military supplies.

Once the Sasaki family took over the world, the Mori family would be doomed both publicly and privately, so they would naturally spare no effort to help Ichijo Hideyoshi fight against Sasaki Yoshikane.

The hunt for the three sisters of the descendants of gods was so important that Hideyoshi Ichijo immediately thought of the Mori family, which had a large number of soldiers and generals and no way to retreat.