"What do you mean by this?" Rokkaku Sadayori led a group of horses and rode straight to the foot of the Inari Shrine. He shouted to the Imagawa family samurai guarding the mountain road: "Why did you attack the friendly troops' main formation privately?" ?But you want to rebel? Who instigated it? Hmm? Is this an order from Master Xue Zhai or His Highness Jibu?"
"Reporting to the governor, His Highness the Family Governor noticed that the northern part of Kyoto was in chaos, and the Northern Army was returning again. For fear that the main formation and the Gongfang Palace would be lost, he hurriedly ordered the subordinates to lead the troops back to the main formation to defend it." Standing in the army. Daze Jiyin, who was in front of the queue, cupped his hands and replied: "It's great to see Guan Lingdai and His Highness Guan Ling all right."
"I'm sorry to trouble you Imagawa Army, but since we have already returned, I won't bother you Imagawa Army. Please return quickly." Rokkakusada said sarcastically with a smile, and then raised his voice and threatened. .
"The governor is joking. It is the duty of the Imagawa family to be loyal to the shogunate. But without the military order of His Highness the family governor, we dare not leave our posts without authorization. Otherwise, we will be blamed later, which will be troublesome." Osawa Motoin said. Ignoring Rokkaku Sadarai's threats, he pushed back without being humble or arrogant.
"Let's attack by force." Rokkaku Sadayori then rode back and suggested to Hosokawa Harumoto in a low voice: "All the ordnance and equipment are in this formation, and the Kōhoden is also in this formation. If they are all captured by the Imagawa family, the losses will be huge. It’s too big. While Imagawa Harubu and Master Sekssai have not yet returned to the army, the Imagawa army is leaderless, and the Takeda army is far away at Mibuji Temple. We should rely on our numerical advantage to fight quickly."
"Do you really want to fight with friendly forces?" Hosokawa Harumoto's breathing became rapid.
"The moment the Northern Army disintegrated, the Southern Army was no longer a friendly force. Isn't that what Master Yusuzai did?" Rokkaku Sadayori advised with a serious expression.
"But now Miyoshi's repair troops are still pursuing." Hosokawa Harumoto looked back at the smoke in the distance. It was the Tsutsui Army. The Kitahata Army was returning to the position before the Southern Army's attack started to resist the Miyoshi Army's pursuit. " If we are unable to attack for a long time and wait until the Sanhao Army catches up behind us, we will be doomed."
"That's why we have to fight quickly. The Imagawa Army has less than 10,000 people left here. The two of us plus the Wakasa Takeda Army have nearly 40,000 people. And the Inari Shrine does not have deep walls or trenches, so it will definitely be defeated. Come down with a drum. And our position is strong, no matter how brave the Miyoshi Army is, they can still hold on for a while." Rokkaku Sadayori had already formed a draft of the attack on the mountain in his mind, and anxiously urged: "If we break, we will break. If we don't fight, we have to evacuate the battlefield now, and delaying it will only make things worse."
"In that case..." Hosokawa Harumoto gritted his teeth after hearing this and was about to give an order when he suddenly discovered that another army was arriving from the northeast, under the banner of Asakura Sanmori Papaya and Asai Sanmori Tortoiseshell.
"Senior Sotechi, are you also here to seek justice from the Imagawa Army?" Rokkaku Sadayori then rode out on horseback and shouted to the Asakura Army's formation from a distance.
"The Imagawa Army did not 'protect' our food and grass. You are overthinking it and just stay in the camp. Master Xue Zhai is also a sensible person, so naturally he will not push everyone to the enemy's side." Asakura Sotechi also rode out of the gap given by Asakura's army, and replied to Rokkaku Sadayori without a smile.
"Then this is none of your business, why come here to get involved?" Rokkaku Sadarai glanced at the formations of Asakura Army and Asai Army with great fear, and then turned to look at Asakura Soutei: "
If you still want to serve the shogunate, please go back and defend against the three traitors. If you don't want to, please lead your troops to evacuate, okay?"
"What our Asakura army does, we don't have to worry about the leadership." Asakura Sodi coldly refused.
"How can we attack the mountain with confidence when you are arrayed on the flanks? Do you want to cover the Imagawa Army here? What does the situation of the Imagawa Army have to do with you?" Rokkaku Sadayori frowned.
"The situation of the Imagawa Army has nothing to do with us, but the situation of the Rokkaku Army has a lot to do with us." Sotechi Asakura pointed with his thumb to the Asai family's military flag, which was roaring sideways, and then pointed to Rokkaku Sadeyori's horse.
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Rokkaku Sadayori could only smile bitterly when he heard this - why didn't he understand Asakura Sotetsu's meaning? Asakura Sotetsu was eager to see the food and supplies of the Rokkaku and Hosokawa families being lost, and he was also eager to see them support them.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki was kidnapped by Imagawa Yoshimoto. The Imagawa family is far away from the emperor and has nothing to do with the Asakura family. However, if the Rokkaku family suffers from this, it will be a huge benefit to the Asai family who are competing with the Rokkaku family for Omi.
"Withdraw the troops. Without the baggage, we can't stay in Kyoto any longer." Seeing this, Rokkaku Sadayori didn't have much to say, so he turned his horse and left. Then he motioned to Hosokawa Harumoto to follow him to withdraw the troops, "There are Asakura troops and
With thousands of Asai troops on our side, we have no chance of rushing down to the Inari Shrine."
Just when Hosokawa Harumoto and Rokkaku Sadayori were about to lead their people to retreat, a large group of auxiliary soldiers from the Imagawa Army suddenly arrived in front of the gate of Inari Shrine. They were pushing heavy equipment in large and small carts, one group at a time.
The team's land was sent to the Hosokawa Army and Rokkaku Army. Rokkaku Sadarai hastily counted the quantity and estimated that it was one-third of their total storage.
"Reporting to your two highnesses, Master Xue Zhai has ordered that if your two highnesses are eager to withdraw their troops, please bring some luggage for the road. But I guess you can't carry too much with you. We, the Imagawa Army, will provide the rest for you 'temporarily'
'Keeped'." Miura, who came from the Imagawa family to escort the supplies, was all smiles. He rubbed his hands and nodded and bowed in greetings to Hosokawa Harumoto and Rokkaku Sadayori.
"Master Yusuzhai..." Rokkaku Sadarai had only a wry smile on his face. After a long sigh, he waved his hands and said: "You are always so 'thoughtful'. After a slap, you must give a date, for fear of us
Do you want to risk your life in a hurry? That would be looking down on me, hahaha... No matter what, I, Rokkaku Sadarai, will calmly put the interests of the family first, how could I do such a desperate thing? "
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But since we have the baggage, why do we have to withdraw our troops?" Hosokawa Harumoto quit, grabbed the reins of Rokkaku Sadeyori's horse and said: "No.
Should we quickly return to the Southern Army's position, support the Tsutsui Army and Kitahata Army, and continue fighting against the Miyoshi Army?"
"Wouldn't that play into the hands of Master Xuesai? The Imagawa family obviously made some kind of deal with the Miyoshi family, but they didn't trust each other, so after taking advantage of each other, they were about to attack each other. How could we go north for them again?
Block the three good armies?" Rokkaku Sadarai retorted upon hearing this.
"His Imagawa family belongs to the Imagawa family, and my Hosokawa family belongs to the Hosokawa family. We ourselves also have to fight Miyoshi Xiu. Isn't this battle originally the one I called on the world's famous people to go to Luo in order to regain Kyoto?" Hosokawa Harumoto
He argued anxiously, "Are we going to give up half of Kyoto that we finally recovered without firing an arrow?"
"We can withdraw first, let the Imagawa Army and the Miyoshi Army fight, and then come back. Because the Imagawa Army has to wait here for the Takeda Army and Imagawa Harube himself to return, and they cannot leave. Once they are exhausted, they will not be able to come back.
It’s not too late.”
"Then where can I put the honor of the Hosokawa family? It seems that the entire Confederate army was defeated by the Miyoshi family and was driven out of Kyoto from Nijo Castle. Wouldn't the prestige of the Hosokawa family be gone? How should we control it in the future?
Control various martial arts families?"
Hosokawa Harumoto was still talking, but Rokkaku Sadayori suddenly fell into silence. After a while, he suddenly realized:
When Taiyuan Xuezhai sent this food and grass back, it was never because he was afraid that his Rokkaku family would be ruined, but to drive a wedge between his Rokkaku family and the Hosokawa family - without food, they could only withdraw their troops together and plot to start again. But there was
Food, how could the Hosokawa family agree to withdraw from Kyoto due to their prestige? The Rokkaku family is still concerned about the actual profits in Kinki, and they don't care about the prestige of the Hosokawa family. The goals of the two families are also different, Rokkaku
It is impossible for Sadeyori to continue to persuade Hosokawa Harumoto to act with him.
"That's all." Rokkaku Sadayori took a deep breath, and then said helplessly: "Then please lead the army back to the north, Your Majesty. The Rokkaku Army will be held back, and help the Hosokawa Army watch the Imagawa Army, Asakura Army and Asai behind them.
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Not long after, Imagawa Yoshimoto and his party also rode back to Fushimi Inari Shrine. Also returning with them was Takeda Harunobu, who was disgraced after fighting with the Nagao family. They happened to meet him near Gojo Bridge.
"The long-tailed Tora Chiyo actually let your fake 'Tora Chiyo' go?" Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at the embarrassed Takeda Harunobu and couldn't help but make fun of him.
"It's a shame that Goro can still laugh. The plan to annihilate Oda Nobunaga failed. This has nothing to do with our Takeda family. It's you who suffered the loss." Takeda Harunobu gave Imagawa Yoshimoto a helpless look, and then became annoyed.
He said: "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup Echigo had. He has been watching me for a few months. He didn't know and thought we had some revenge for killing my father and taking my wife. I fought with my life to fight him off."
Only with the wave of waves did I have the chance to withdraw. Fortunately, the Hosokawa Army came back and contained the Miyoshi Army's front, otherwise it would not have been so easy for me to leave."
"While the Kinki daimyo are still fighting, we should withdraw early." Taiyuan Xue Zhai greeted everyone with a smile, "We have already made an agreement with the Asakura family and the Asai family to 'capture' us.
The baggage in the Confederate camp was divided between them by 40%, in exchange for allowing us to take a boat through Lake Biwa, then enter Echizen, and take a boat around to return to Tokaido. The poor monk had already arranged for the merchant ship that our Imagawa family bought.
The navy and navy took a detour to the port in Echizen and were waiting to pick us up."
"Withdrawing the troops like this?" Takeda Harunobu instinctively felt something was wrong, "Then you have to be floating on the sea for a few months...won't your skills be unsafe?"
"The Southern Army has been shattered. The land roads that were once open to us have now become dangerous." Taiyuan Xuezhai looked back at the southwest direction, "I had also considered whether to pass through Sanhao's house.
We can take a boat from Sakai Port and go back directly to Tokaido. But looking at the appearance of Miyoshi's house... Haha, I'm afraid we won't leave so easily. It can only be said that when we decided to cooperate, everyone kept it to themselves.
