Hideyoshi Hashiba was overjoyed, what a great idea!

The Oda family invaded from the west of Tsuruga County and set fire to the port town along the coastline, disrupting the rhythm of the defenders. Then they quickly moved north and south and captured Fuda Castle, Kanazaki Castle, and Mitsubishi Castle.

The locations of the three castles are Houta Castle in the south, which is close to the Asai territory of Aifagaki, Tetsutsuyama Castle in the northeast, which leads to the Asakura territory in the Fukui Plain, and Kanazaki Castle in the middle, which stares at the coastline of Tsuruga Port.

Tsuruga County is a small piece of plain hanging on the coastline. It is connected to the Omi Basin in the south and the Fukui Plain in the northeast through high mountains and relies on mountain passes.

Therefore, Oda Nobunaga chose to enter Wakasa Country to the west first, and then use the coastline connecting Wakasa Bay and Tsuruga Bay to invade, avoiding the mountains that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At this time, the Oda family withdrew its troops. To the south was the Asai family, which had turned against them at the Aiha Pass. The army naturally took the old route, returned to Wakasa Province in the west, and then took a detour south to Takashima County to Kyoto.

Tetsutsuyama Castle in the northeast and Futian Castle in the south were abandoned, leaving only Kanazaki Castle blocking the eastern section of the coastline, attracting Asakura Asai's allied forces to attack from the north and south.

Three days is neither long nor short. As long as Hashiba Hideyoshi conceals it well, the Asakura family may not be able to detect the retreat of the Oda army. Even if it is discovered, it will not be so quick to send troops to pursue it.

The best case scenario is that the Asakura family sends a vanguard force to pursue them, and the number of people will not be too large. The Asai family has not yet reacted, and the army did not move north to attack, so Hideyoshi Hashiba was able to escape smoothly.

But there are so many what-ifs in life? Hideyoshi Hashiba did not want to bet his fortune and life on the slow response of the Asakura Asai family.

And this letter from Mitsuhide Akechi was like adding a layer of insurance to her.

Kanazaki Castle is located in the eastern part of Tsuruga Bay. It retreats along the coastline and must pass near Tsuruga Port.

With this letter, Hideyoshi could run away if he could. If he couldn't, he would take the letter and sneak into Tsuruga Port to seek asylum. Although doing so was embarrassing and embarrassing, at least he could save his life.

Asakura Kage of Tsuruga Port was named Asakura's retainer. In fact, he had fallen out with Asakura Yoshikage, the family governor, and now he was working on the Hokurikudo trade route with the support of Yoshikage Shiba.

Mitsuhide Akechi's letter pointed out that Hideyoshi Hashiba was an old friend of Yoshigan Shiba during Owari's downturn, and he begged Asakura Keiki for help.

Asakura Keiki also couldn't figure out whether the real relationship between Hashiba Hideyoshi and Shiba Yoshigan was deep or shallow, so he would inevitably protect Hashiba Hideyoshi. If Shiba Yoshigan's old friend died, she would not be a good person in the future.

Asakura Yoshikage will definitely be very angry at Tsuruga Port for protecting the Oda family's imperial army, but Asai Nagamasa will not attack Asakura Kageki, who is the daughter of the benefactor whom Yoshikage Shiba asked her to help take care of.

The two coalition forces of Asakura Asai and Asai could pursue Oda Nobunaga, but there was probably nothing they could do against Hashiba Hideyoshi who was hiding in Tsuruga Port.

Asai Nagamasa didn't agree, so Asakura Yoshikage couldn't hunt rabbits and took the opportunity to get back the fat piece of Tsuruga County.

Asakura Kageki and Asai Nagamasa were both trying to prevent Asakura Yoshikage from intervening in Tsuruga Port, which was an important part of the Hokuriku Road trade route and related to everyone's jobs.

Of course Hashiba Hideyoshi hoped to complete his post-breaking mission with honor and return to the Oda family with his head held high to accept his reward.

But if things go wrong, she will decisively put down her reserve and flee into Tsuruga Port. She will save her own life so that she can continue to serve the Oda family in the future.

In the final analysis, this incident was that Mitsuhide Akechi used the prestige of Shiba Yoshigan to put an amulet on Hideyoshi Hashiba, thus forming a good relationship.

At most, the relationship between Asakura Keiki and Asakura Yoshikage has worsened, and Asai Nagamasa is in a bit of a dilemma. Anyway, the Shiba family has no losses, and Akechi Mitsuhide just writes a piece of paper, which takes no effort.

Even if there were arguments in the future, it would be because she was the one who made the decision, and Yoshihiro Shiba would be done with a few words of reprimand. Asakura Yoshikage, Kageki Asakura, Nagamasa Asai, who would dare not to give Yoshihiro Shiba face?

But this piece of paper became Hashiba Hideyoshi's confidence, allowing her to make up her mind and go for it. So whether she used it or not, she owed Akechi Mitsuhide a favor.

Hideyoshi Hashiba bowed deeply and said gratefully.

"Thank you so much, Lord Akechi, I will never forget your help to me, and I will definitely repay you generously in the future!"

Akechi Mitsuhide covered his mouth and smiled, and began to wonder in his heart, when will he be able to make use of Hashiba Hideyoshi's relationship in the future?

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