Yiyin scoffed.

"What kind of style? A blind person can smell all the little thoughts."

Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty's words are wrong.

When the Wu family serves the public, what they seek is the king's favor and generous reward. They are not afraid that Warrior Ji will have selfish motives, but they are afraid that Warrior Ji will not do his best.

People like the Sanada people are pure-minded and eager to achieve success, but they are not afraid of hardships and hardships, and dare to fight and die. They are indeed worthy of the title of the most powerful soldier."

Yiyin sighed.

"No one can be without selfishness, but at this juncture we must unite sincerely.

I hope Maeda and Sanada Nobushige will remember my warning. If they continue to cause trouble and several factions in Kanto follow suit, how can this war continue?"

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.

"Your Majesty, you are too worried. Although they are trying to steal credit, they are still loyal to Your Majesty.

Let’s not talk about Maeda’s interests, why Sanada Nobushige would be so loyal to your Majesty, but I can’t figure it out. Could it be that your Majesty cast some spell on her in Kanto?”

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled and asked seemingly casually, but Yoshigan knew those dirty thoughts in her stomach, and she just thought that she was giving alms with the body again and winning Sanada Nobunaga's heart.

Yiyin snorted coldly.

"Am I so despicable in your eyes? I can tell you clearly that I do not have the kind of relationship you think with Sanada Nobunaga.

She is willing to do her best to serve the public just because the life of the mountain people is really poor and I have given them a good way out."

Yiyin added in his mind that there was no physical relationship like that in his mind. He just had a sip of iced black tea in Yantian City. It was purely to complete system tasks and there were countless things he could do.

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled slightly, but he couldn't tell whether she believed it or not.

"Your Majesty is a kind-hearted person, and it is a great blessing for the military family under your command to be able to serve you in the official service."

Yiyin shook his head and said.

"There's no need to say compliments.

I hear what you mean. It seems that you admire Sanada Nobushige very much. You also agree with her view and hope to focus your attack on Shiyue?"

Akechi Mitsuhide said.

"Maeda Hime has just made it very clear that it is not easy to break through Jiyue."

Yiyin asked.

"So, you support Maeda's interests and think we should break through Mount Iwasaki from the front?"

Akechi Mitsuhide said.

"There is no greater advantage in attacking Mount Iwasaki directly than taking a roundabout route to Mount Iwasaki."

Yiyin narrowed his eyes.

"Stop beating around the bush, what exactly do you think?"

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.

"Is it important what Sanada Nobushige and Maeda think? Why don't you ask me what Oda-sama thinks?"

Yiyin's expression condensed and he nodded slightly.

"Yes, then you can analyze it for me. What is Oda Nobunaga thinking about?"

Akechi Mitsuhide pointed to the map spread out on the desk and said.

"Don't you think it's strange, Your Majesty? If Your Majesty Oda just wanted to stay on standby, why did you leave Nagahama Castle?

Although the exit of the mountain road is important, it is still not as important as Nagahama Castle, Otani Castle, and Yamamoto Castle.

At that time, His Majesty Oda hated His Majesty Asai, but in order to kill the Asai family, he had to be patient and either attack by force or persuade them to surrender, and remove the surrounding fortified towns one by one before launching a general attack.

The terrain of Kitaomi has been thoroughly studied by the Asai family. The Oda family only needs to follow the same example and occupy key points to defend it. It will not be a big problem to block us for a year and a half."

Yiyin thought deeply.

"Oda Nobunaga's rear was leaking from all sides. She may be worried that a long-term confrontation would cause problems in the territory behind her, and she didn't want to drag it out too long.

She sent troops this time just to fight with me, not to defend."

Akechi Mitsuhide nodded.

"Since Her Majesty Oda wants to fight a joint war, the line of defense in front of us is a cover-up, a tool used to conceal her true intentions.

It is impossible to win by passive defense, and the formation put up by the Oda army must be calculated for counterattack."

Yoshihiro followed Mitsuhide Akechi's words and began to think.

"Are you saying that Oda Nobunaga seems to have set up an iron barrel formation waiting for me to attack, but in fact he has hidden murderous intentions and will come out at any time to strike me head-on?"

Akechi Mitsuhide pointed at the map and said to Yoshigan.

"Your Majesty, please take a look.

This is Yuwu Lake, and Maoshan, Shenming Mountain, and Tangmu Mountain to the north will soon fall into the hands of our army, but my feeling is that it will be too easy."

Yiyin frowned.

"Are you saying that Oda Nobunaga deliberately abandoned this place and wanted to lure me deeper?"

Akechi Mitsuhide didn't answer and continued pointing at the map.

"Your Majesty, you see, if we successfully capture the three mountains in the northern part of Yuwu Lake, then the route to continue the attack will be on both sides of the lake.

Detouring from the west, there are the rivers and hills around Iiura Kandake. This area is sandwiched between Lake Biwa and Lake Yuwu and is very narrow, with almost no room for maneuver.

Maeda Hime's analysis is correct. If you attack from Shiyue, once the offensive is blocked and you want to retreat, the terrain will limit the speed of retreat. It is easy for the enemy to catch up and be forced to fight again and be defeated.

Therefore, we can only attack with a surprise force here, and this surprise force is likely to become an abandoned man in desperate situation."

Yiyin nodded and said.

"So you still agree with Maeda's interests and think it is more appropriate to break through Iwasaki Mountain east of Lake Yuwu?"

Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, Mount Iwasaki is probably a trap."

Yiyin's eyes narrowed and he asked.

"How to say?"

Akechi Mitsuhide pointed at Kinomoto and said.

"His Majesty Oda abandoned the fortified castle in Kitaomi and personally led 40,000 people northward, just to block the exit of the streets of the North Kingdom and prevent us from entering the plains?

According to the information provided by the Ninjas, observing the two attacking directions of the Hagakure and Iwasaki Mountain defenders, Hagakumon, was not guarded by the Owari Minomei Nōzō.

Takigawa Kazumasu is in charge of the defense of the mountain. She is Ikeda Tsuneaki's best friend. She was introduced to Oda Nobunaga's maidens by Ikeda Tsuneki and is deeply trusted.

But the defenders under her command were mainly composed of the local samurai family in Kitaomi, the former surrendered members of the Asai family.

The garrison at Mount Iwasaki is Sasaki Narimasa, a close confidant of Oda Nobunaga, who was born in the Mother Clothes clan, and the defenders there are mainly from the northern Ise region."

Yiyin kept frowning as he heard this.

Oda Nobunaga's founders were the members of the wild children group she grew up with, namely Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneki.

Next are the close relatives of the Mother Clothes, and the third is the samurai families of Owari and Mino.

If Oda Nobunaga really wants to hold on, he will definitely put his core military strength on Mt. Shidake and Mt. Iwasaki to prevent the Shiba army from breaking through these two points.

But the reality is that Oda Nobunaga only let the close confidants of the Muyi clan serve as guards, and roped in peripheral samurai families such as the Kita Omi clan and the Kita Ise clan to block the gap and use them as cannon fodder. This is very strange.

It’s not that cannon fodder cannot be used, but it must be crammed in bit by bit using the refueling tactic to prevent the entire front from being shaken and collapsed by the cannon fodder who are not very willing to fight.

However, Oda Nobunaga did the opposite and used peripheral cannon fodder to enrich the defense line. Takigawa Kazumasa, Sasana Narimasa and their personal followers played more of a role in supervising the team.

The two points at the core of the defense line are both peripheral samurai, so where did Oda Nobunaga place the main force composed of the two samurai families of Owari and Mino?

Yoshigan looked at the map and saw that from the route of Shiba's army going south to attack Mount Iwasaki, Lake Yugo was on the west side, and Higashino Mountain and Nakanosato were on the east side.

He gritted his teeth and said.

"Higashiyama, Nakanosato, Oda Nobunaga placed his main force here."

Akechi Mitsuhide nodded.

"Your Majesty, Hideaki, I have the same idea. Oda Nobunaga placed all the most powerful troops in the mountainous area on the east side to hide.

We took down Domu Mountain, and if we continue to go south, we can directly attack Iwasaki Mountain without passing through the mountain pass on the east side.

But if we suffer setbacks in the attack on Iwasaki Mountain Road, our efforts will fail in one go, and then we will be exhausted.

If at this time, a large number of enemy troops suddenly appear from Higashinoyama and Nakanosato on the east side, driving our exhausted divisions to the west..."

Yiyin snorted coldly.

"Our exhausted attacking force is likely to be confused when encountering a surprise attack and be driven directly into Yuwu Lake on the west side.

But where did Oda Nobunaga get the confidence to think that he could block my attack by placing some peripheral samurai families on Mt. Idake and Mt. Iwasaki?
To be continued...