More than 20 days have passed since the Zen master of Fukutokuji Temple and the Tashiro Omiya Tsukashi of Otori Shrine went to Awaji and visited Hirate Honhide for help. During this period, the new acting officials of the shogunate, Iio Mayharu and Miki Masaki, finally began to officially take action and provoked disputes. In one day, they seized three temples, demolished four earthen barrages, confiscated 2,600 stone of land, confiscated more than 700 pieces of military equipment, and captured more than 360 monks and laymen.

Needless to say, these were all "illegal gains" of the Great Temple and Taisha, and after repeated orders and repeated warnings to no avail, the new acting officials finally started to get serious. After a "careful examination", a small portion of the property was distributed to small monasteries that had previously been oppressed, and most of it was "taken into public ownership" and turned into the domain of the acting officials.

If this kind of incident had been put in the past, it would have been naturally led by eminent monks and great virtues, leading religious forces to share hatred and hatred for the enemy, and mobilizing the masses to defend the "honor of gods and Buddhas." But now, the monks and priests in Izumi are completely unable to unite their minds. Previously, the Daiji Taisha represented by Fukutokuji Temple and Otori Shrine, in the name of "autonomy", has been extremely oppressive of small forces, which has long been intriguing and unspeakable. Now seeing that these "robbers" have become victims, and even returned some of the "thieves' stolen goods", everyone applauded and praised "the way of heaven is a good reincarnation".

A single temple and a shrine will not be enough to fight against the army of the guardian generation if it cannot unite with the grassroots. Therefore, there is nothing to do with the Zen master of Fukutokuji Temple and the Tashiro Omiya Tsukasa of Otori Shrine, and these two people do not even dare to stay in the country of Izumi, but have been wandering around and launching a futile public opinion offensive.

Of course, it seems a bit too much to say that it is completely futile. Religious figures in Kyoto, Nara, Koyasan, and other places had no interest in this matter, and lacked in-depth understanding, and only out of the sadness of the death of a rabbit and a fox, they gave moral support to Fukutokuji Temple and Otori Shrine in Izumi, and expressed "strong condemnation and solemn protest" against the atrocities of Maharuka Iio and Miki Masakatsu, and even the reputation of Ashikaga Yoshiaki was greatly affected.

Of course, it's almost impossible to condemn and protest with your mouth, and it is absolutely impossible to help. After all, it doesn't cost money to touch your upper and lower lips and say a few beautiful words, but it costs money to pull out an army.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was cheeky to endure this, and even deigned to visit Mt. Hiei, Kamo Jingu and other places, bowing his head to these religious bigwigs. As an empty shell general, he can't easily offend people. But bowing one's head is bowing one's head, and actual action does not mean to stop at all. Ashikaga Yoshiaki is a man who understands that the prestige of the shogunate is important, but how can it compare to Shiri?

Of course, it is impossible for the public to go deep into the front line to understand the specific situation, he can only know a rough idea. Not to mention the issue of decency, undercover agents such as Akechi Mitsuhide will not give him the opportunity to go to the front line to brush up his reputation, and he himself may not dare to take this risk.

Of course, it is impossible for Oda Nobunaga's side not to get the news. He continued the fine habit of employing people without suspicion, and waited for the tie to clean up the situation, without directly interfering, at most, he ordered Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Kyoto Stay-at-home Naomasa to strengthen their vigilance to prevent harm to the pond fish.

Since the two bigwigs have such an attitude, the people below don't have to worry too much. Due to different positions, there are always a few happy and some worried, but under this delicate political balance, no one dares to interfere rashly.

In this way, after several stumbling times, in the end, no one came out to stop the "atrocities" of the new officials in Hequan. The parties naturally took advantage of the victory to pursue, and continued to dispatch, for more than ten days, and so on, and seized a total of 20,000 stone of land.

Seeing that the Great Temple and the Great Shrine are losing and retreating, I am afraid that I have to cut a large piece of meat in order to keep the door traces.

As a result, the ignorant masses began to praise Iio Mayaka, Miki Masaki, and Miki Masaki, who were shrewd and resolute, and made a great contribution to the shogunate. Compared with the two, the world-famous former acting official Ping Shou Cheng seems to be a little too "appeased", and the aura on his body is quite a little overshadowed.

It wasn't until April, late spring and early summer, that things suddenly changed dramatically.

In the land outside the Huawai, which was unnoticed by all parties, from the south of Hequan, a mysterious army without a banner was killed for no reason, the total number was only 1,500, the military appearance and banners were very chaotic, but the style was fierce and ruthless, all the way without declaring war, launching a fierce surprise attack on the army of the new deputies.

Iio Zhenyao, Miki Yijing and the two originally had 2,000 people, and recently the wind and water have been smooth and powerful, so they recruited a group of captives and ronins, and the total number has approached 3,000. But in front of these thousands and hundreds of mysterious troops, there was no resistance at all, and they were defeated in one battle, and then they were defeated again and again, and they were defeated in three battles and three times, so no one dared to fight anymore. When the two acting officials fled back to Kishiwada Castle, there were only more than 100 soldiers left.

Don't look at it, there are less than 2,000 people, and it's really hard for the shogunate to deal with.

The two new acting officials of Hequan barely managed to make up a rabble of more than 2,000, and they were obviously not opponents. The troops directly under the Ashikaga family can fight only 2,000 people, which is the old capital at the bottom of the box, and they are reluctant to use it in this kind of place.

Do you expect the people of Izumi to be crowded? However, the two acting officers had just forced them to pay an additional "military service exemption tax" on the grounds that they had not fought last year, and now the countrymen and nobles had good reasons to refuse to be drafted.

Of course, Nobunaga can easily solve the problem, but how can he be able to do it without paying a little price? It must be known that it was originally a problem caused by snatching the position of Izumi guardian from Oda's side.

Although many wealthy families in are nominally obedient to the shogunate, they may not be willing to contribute - not to mention that even if they are willing to contribute, the strength of each family alone may not be enough, and they must form a coalition army.

However, the shogunate could not come up with a man of sufficient prestige to be the commander of the coalition forces—unless Ashikaga Yoshiaki himself went on the expedition. However, considering that the last time the siege of Wuji Women's City, the enemy only had 800 people, so he was shocked that the dignified public lord jumped ......

In short, there is only one word "difficult".

Fortunately, this "mysterious army" is more interested in pursuing deserters and looting than in besieging the city, otherwise the consequences are really unimaginable.

I barely settled down, and I sent someone to investigate, only to find out that this uninvited guest turned out to be a Saga mercenary from Kii Province.

Then the identity of the employer - you can think of it with your toes, and it is naturally the Taiji Taisha Shrine whose interests have been damaged. Who would have expected that Zen Master Jing and Tashiro Omiya Si were in exile abroad, and they would actually hold back such a trick.

The Saga mercenaries are bold and famous, and it is not uncommon for them to collect money to do things. It's just that they have a high price and are picky about taking orders, and not everyone can be moved. With a huge face, he hired 3,000 people to fight for two months, and it cost as much as 5,000 yuan.

Those monks and priests in Hequan, judging from their status and wealth, don't seem to have reached this level. One can't help but wonder if there is any conspiracy behind this?

Suzuki, one of the leaders of the Saga Party, immediately clarified to the shogunate and Oda that they had no intention of interfering in the matter. Shigehide Suzuki, who is currently in charge, is rough but not confused, and he can't do anything for money. The Daisho specially instructed the nearby forces not to participate in the affairs of Izumi, and Shigehide had a happy cooperation with the Heite family last time, and saw that Oda's side was in full swing, and he was unwilling to easily lose face.

But the Suzuki family is only the nominal leader, and the number of henchmen who can manage it is limited. This time, the troops were sent to the Tsuchihashi family, who did not deal well with the Suzuki family.

As for who is in the middle and where the employer's money comes from, Shigehide Suzuki really doesn't know.

Tie Fan Xiu can answer this question - can he not know the money he paid? Even how to not move his expression, without personally appearing to let the Jozen master and Tashiro Omiya Tsukasa get involved with the Saga Party, and how to use the contradictions between the Suzuki family and the Tsuchihashi family to instigate the latter to take over this order that can "make a name for itself", these details are probably known to Hisho Honhide.

The reason why it is "more or less known" rather than "clear" is because only direction and funds are provided, and the whole process is carried out by Honda Masanobu using his connections in the Ichikoshin.

Honda Masanobu further suggested that Hirate Honhide send a "condolence money" to Jozen Master and Tashiro Omiya Tsukasa openly, without the need for covert assistance, so that the dramatic effect would be more sufficient. But this proposal was rejected, because Tieshou felt that it would be too deep into the play, too much, and it would inevitably seem too fake.

So in the end, the reaction of the tie was only one sentence - "If this kind of thing happens, everyone doesn't want to ......"