On the battlefield of Minami Omi, the confrontation between the two armies continued until August 28. The Asai army advanced all the way to the gate of Kannonji Castle and set up camp in the north of the city. With the defeat of the Hexagon Army, the governor of the family was captured and the Asai family troops came to Guanyin.
News from Terajo Castle came, and many wavering wealthy families in Inugami County presented hostages to Asai Nagamasa to swear allegiance. Kanzaki County and Aichi County, two counties that were originally affiliated with the Rokkaku family, also had a large number of wealthy families trying to switch sides.
The Asai family. However, many of their hostages were in Guanyin City. They did not dare to defect because they were worried about the safety of the hostages. They only secretly sent people to communicate with the Asai family and expressed their desire to defect to the Asai family. They hoped that the Asai family
Don't attack your own territory.
As a world-famous fortified city, Guanyin Temple City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. After Rokkaku Yoshihide fled into Guanyin Temple City with his remaining troops, he immediately summoned the men in his territory who could still be mobilized to enter the city for defense, and took away the many bamboo and hemp armors and armors in stock.
They all were taken out and distributed, and a lot of money was spent to temporarily recruit troops. Finally, 8,000 people were gathered to defend the city, of which about 3,000 were equipped with armor and weapons. The Gotou family, Shinto family, and Kamao family were loyal to the Rokkaku family.
After fleeing back to their territory, the important ministers and wealthy families immediately reorganized their troops and responded to the defense of Kannonji Castle. Asai Nagamasa was not sure of taking Kannonji Castle by storm, and the situation suddenly became deadlocked again.
Now, the Asai family is in an awkward position of riding a tiger. Although the Rokkaku family was defeated, the Kannonji Castle was extremely strong. The Asai family also suffered a lot of losses in the battle of Norada, so it was impossible to capture it. If it stayed under the fort for a long time, it would be damaged again.
Morale, consumption of food. And if you want to withdraw, the newly acquired Kanzaki County and Aichi County may have a recurrence. After all, many hostages of wealthy families are in Kannonji Castle. The only way is to negotiate and let the Rokkaku family
After handing over the hostages, the Asai family withdrew their troops. However, as the victorious party, it was very shameful to take the initiative to send envoys to negotiate, and everyone in the family hesitated.
Similarly, the Rokkaku family is also very embarrassed. The arrogant Rokkaku Yoshiken suffered such a defeat, and his eldest son as the governor of the family was captured. He couldn't swallow this breath and was unwilling to send an envoy to negotiate. But if the city is occupied for a long time,
The siege would only worsen his prestige. Moreover, he was indeed very worried about his son's safety, and he didn't know what the situation was like as a prisoner in the Asai family.
Under such circumstances, Yu Qiupei decided to adopt Matsushita Karan's suggestion. At the request of the Asai family, he went to ask Sena Ujitoshi in Kyoto to mediate the dispute as an envoy of the Imagawa family. Originally, he was not willing to trouble Sega.
There are too many Mingjijuns. When Senajijun sent several envoys to inquire about his safety, he also told Senajijun not to worry. However, the current situation does seem to require the intervention of external forces.
According to Maeda Toshiie's idea, since there was chaos in the Rokkaku family territory at the moment, all he had to do was go directly west through the Rokkaku family territory and enter Kyoto. However, Yu Qiupei wanted to be safe, so he made a large circle counterclockwise along Lake Biwa to avoid the situation.
We opened the territory of the Rokkaku family and arrived in Kyoto on September 1st.
"Hongye, why do you always make such a big fuss?" Sena Shijun saw Yu Qiuping coming to the inn, and he welcomed him in with a wry smile and sat down, "Fortunately you are fine, otherwise I would
I will all regret it, I shouldn’t have sent you there then.”
"I'm really sorry for making His Highness worry." Yu Qiuping blushed and apologized.
"Last time I asked you to have a meal, you went to annihilate a family of bandits. This time I asked you to help with military affairs, and you became the Imagawa guest general of the famous Asai family in Kinki, and the governor of the Rokkaku family who was captured alive among thousands of troops
It’s rainy autumn and the leaves are red!” Sena Shitoshi said with a smile.
"What? He's so famous!" Yu Qiuping was startled. "How come he's so famous! I just took advantage of Rokkaku Yoshiji when he fell into the water and led someone to fish him out! How could it be possible?
How could such a thing as capturing the family governor alive in the midst of thousands of armies be spread?"
"How can such a big thing be hidden?" Sena Shitoshi shook his head with a smile, "When you captured Rokkaku Yoshiharu, there must have been more than a thousand people on both sides of the enemy and us. These people went back and casually said
, thousands of people knew about it, and then it spread wider and wider, and ten days are enough for you to become a household name in Kinki."
"It's good that Mr. Yuqiu has messed up, but our series of matters will be delayed again." Sena Ujitoshi's deputy envoy scolded, "Originally, in the past few days, we have taken care of the matters of audience and application at the imperial court and the shogunate.
We'll be settled soon." As he spoke, he complained angrily: "Your affairs have messed up everything."
"Why is this?" Yu Qiuping asked puzzledly.
"The current Gongfangdian has a very good relationship with the Rokkaku family." The deputy envoy explained earnestly, "The father-in-law of the Gongfangdian Yuan Dynasty was the former master of the Rokkaku family, Rokkaku Sadayori. And Gongfangdian can serve
The return to the Nijo Imperial Palace despite the opposition of the Miyoshi family was also with the support of the Rokkaku family. The force that Kōhoden relies on most in Kinki is the Rokkaku family!" The deputy envoy sighed, "The Imagawa family's generals appeared in Minami Omi.
On the battlefield, he helped the Asai family, the nominal vassal of the Rokkaku family, to start a war with the Rokkaku family, and also defeated Rokkaku, and personally captured the Rokkaku family governor alive. The Rokkaku family's vitality was severely damaged, which made Gongfangdian extremely angry!"
"This..." Yu Qiuping immediately realized that he had caused a big disaster, "Then why did His Highness let me go to support him at that time?"
"Originally I thought you were just going to play the role of a military leader, and there wouldn't really be a war between the two sides. It was probably that the Asai family would defend Sawa Yamashiro and force the Rokkaku family to retreat." Sena Ujitoshi smiled and sighed: "This time the family governor sent me
When I was on the mission, I was asked to unite with the Asai family to restrain the Rokkaku family as much as possible to prevent the Rokkaku family from dominating Kinki after we went to Luo by virtue of their good relationship with Kōhoden. Therefore, I also hope that you can have a good relationship with the Asai family.
Restrict the Rokkaku family."
"Originally, these things are all done secretly. If you don't take the initiative to publicize it, no one will know that there is an Imagawa family who will be staying at the Asai family to make suggestions." Sena Ujitoshi waved his hand awkwardly, "Who would have thought that two families would be like this?
A war really broke out, the Asai family won a great victory, and you made a great contribution. Now the Gongfang Palace was angered."
"Can the matter still be undone? Can I still go to the Gongfang Hall and get the application for Shangluo?" Yu Qiuping asked with a bitter face. If the mission really failed due to his own reasons, don't talk about rewards.
If he doesn't, he may be demoted. Then he really has no chance to marry Kaede Imagawa.
"Okay." Sena Ujitoshi said with relief, "If what I expected is correct, you are here at the request of the Asai family, asking me to mediate the dispute between the two families."
"Your Highness Mingjian." Yu Qiuping was surprised and nodded.
"Then I will go with the flow and tell Gongfangdian that in order to apologize for his subordinate Meng Lang's behavior, I will personally mediate the dispute between the two families." Sena Shijun said with a smile, "Gongfangdian will not be embarrassed if he is given a step.
The powerful daimyo Imagawa family sells a favor to the Asai family to help them once again."
"I really admire His Highness's diplomatic talent." Yu Qiuping sighed.
"There is no need to say too much about compliments. Just study hard and your future is limitless." Sena Shijun patted Yu Qiuping on the shoulder, "However, something strange happened recently."
"What?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"The Miyoshi family... seems to be moving." Sena Ujitoshi frowned and said, "Two of my ninja subordinates told me that the Miyoshi family ninjas from Yamashiro Country and Yamato Country were extremely active during this period. We originally thought they were here to monitor
The Imagawa family was involved in activities, and it turned out that they seemed to be targeting Yamato country. I don’t know whether it was the Tsutsui family or the Matsunaga family.”
Yu Qiuping's heart suddenly skipped a beat. In order to cover up the panic on his face, he picked up a cup of tea on the table and took a sip.
"Also, I don't know why," Sena Ujitoshi sighed incomprehensibly, "the important ministers and the governor of the Miyoshi family have all changed some of their attendants and nicknames in the near future. According to rumors, Toga Sanuki
Shou also personally beheaded two of his attendants who were feeding the horses."
"Poof!" Yu Qiuping sprayed a mouthful of tea directly on the table, feeling as if ten thousand grass and mud horses were running through him.
"It's fake!" Yu Qiuping let out an earth-shattering cry, which shocked several people outside the door and rushed in. Sena Toshiya looked at Yu Qiuping in front of him with a blank expression, scratching his ears and cheeks in pain.
"Those people in the gambling house! What are their backgrounds! Are they from Sanhao's family!" Yu Qiuping shouted angrily in his heart, "It's over, it's over! History has been changed by me! Something big is going to happen now!"
"If the four brothers Sanhao and Yixing Sanhao died one after another, how could the Sanhao family decline? Then wouldn't we have to face strong enemies in Shangluo!" Yu Qiuping was almost so angry that he burst into tears.
"The other thing is that our ninjas were ambushed by unknown people in the mountains east of Kyoto. When they fought back, they accidentally killed a samurai who came to Kyoto from the north with his family." Sena Ujitoshi sighed with regret.
, "I have arranged for a few men to compensate them, so it will take a day before we can set off."
"There is another surprise." Sena Ujitoshi suddenly smiled and said, "Kongfangdian was blessed with a son a few days ago, who is very smart and smart. If we use this as a reason to congratulate him, it would be an opportunity to offer a gift to congratulate him.
."
"Eh?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment. He didn't remember that Ashikaga Yoshiteru gave birth to a child at this time? Could it be that he remembered it wrong? Or maybe his arrival also had a butterfly effect on the distant Kyoto, causing Ashikaga to
Yihui has a son.
"My young name is Teruwaka Maru." Sena Toshiro thought carefully, "Why don't we give him a famous sword? I hope he can become a person like Kōhoden."
At this time, in the castle tower of Iimori Mountain Castle in the Kingdom of Hanoi.
"Second brother, how are you?" Miyoshi Changqing was sitting at the table playing chess with Anzhai Fuyangyasu. Toga Yisun absentmindedly leaned on a pillar behind, wiping his sword. Miyoshi Yoshihide walked into the castle tower.
After entering the fifth floor, Miyoshi Changqing asked, and at the same time he forcibly clicked a black chess piece on the break point of the white chess piece. Anzhai Dongkang frowned, lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
"It's probably Danmasa who did it." Miyoshi Yixian snorted coldly, "We brothers and the servants around the young master all have a few people with unknown origins, and they joined very close to each other. Four.
The identities of my two horse-feeding attendants were found out, and they are from Longshan City. He actually wanted to assassinate us, but I didn't know anything about it. This is my dereliction of duty, please punish me."
"Don't blame yourself. None of us noticed that Matsunaga, who was trusted as a cadre of the Miyoshi family, would actually do such a thing." Miyoshi Changqing shook his head. He didn't know that in the history of his previous life,
Matsunagahide is a well-known rebel. After murdering all the important ministers of the Miyoshi family, he took over the power. Later, after Oda Nobunaga came to Luo, he used both sides to seize the Yamato country. Then he raised the flag of rebellion against Oda Nobunaga several times.
It can be said that he is a rebel eccentric.
"Do you want to kill him?" Miyoshi Yixian asked in a low voice.
"Tanzheng is also a person who is proficient in darkness. It is not easy to assassinate him. To deal with him, we have to send troops all the way. Both Danzheng himself and his brother in Tanba are not weak." Miyoshi Nagakei saw
After Anzhai Dongkang made a move and fought with him near the breakpoint, he did not make a move immediately, but replied thoughtfully.
"The war in Hanoi is not over now, and Kii's miscellaneous people are also in great trouble." Anzhai Fuyangyasu shook his head, "The situation in Settsu Country is also unstable, so it is better not to use weapons rashly."
"Are Xiu Liang still unwilling to compromise and willing to be a puppet?" Sanhao Changqing asked again.
"Hatakeyama Takamasa is so bold that he still refuses to recognize the reality." Tokawa scolded him angrily. His polished samurai sword flashed.
"He has always said that since he is the guardian of Hanoi, it is his duty to protect Hanoi. No matter how displaced he is, no matter how many hardships he goes through, no matter who he is attached to against his will, he will personally make the decision for the people of Hanoi and will never be manipulated by others.
"Fuyakashi Anzhai said with admiration, "He is a great warrior of justice."
"That's why he was exiled by his retainers and younger brother." Miyoshi Yixian shook his head disdainfully, "You accept death and don't understand at all that you can't survive in troubled times without dark means."
"So, after helping him return to Hanoi, he is still likely to fight against us?" Miyoshi Changqing stared at the chessboard and asked.
To be continued...