While gathering information and formulating countermeasures, the soldiers were able to relax a little for a few days and fully restore their morale. During this period, it is allowed to spend all day drinking in taverns, lodging houses, casinos, whale houses, and occasionally disturbing the people, and turning a blind eye to them will not be investigated.

At the same time, Iwanari Yutsu and Ataka Nobuyasu received an order to go to Katsurui Castle and ask the Miyoshi family to also send troops to participate in the attack on Iyo Ichikoku.

This request is somewhat rude, and Miyoshi Choji can come up with a thousand reasons for refusal.

However, after Hosokawa received the promise of fifty taels of gold, he tried his best to persuade him to obey; Ten Rivers Deposit Insurance disdained to take this kind of money, but it was also in favor of sending troops, intending to use military exploits to revive the prestige of the family; Miyoshi Yasunaga is very hesitant, unwilling to become a vassal, but he does not dare to offend the Heiju family, and tends to maintain a certain friendly relationship.

Ogasawara Narisuke, Shinkai Shizuna, Kasai Yoshikiyo and others were also bribed or persuaded, and they all said: "The autumn harvest has been half completed, and the temporary transfer of a small number of troops will not affect the tribute tax." Umibe Tomomitsu, who has some friendship with Antaku Nobuyasu, even claimed: "If the palace only needs to agree, we can prepare our own food and pay to fight as a guest army." ”

I don't know if I hate being called "Wakaden", Miyoshi Choji became angry and angry, and had a strong rebellious mentality, but instead scolded these people, and issued an order to the entire territory under his rule, "It is not allowed to participate in wars other than Awa and Sanuki without orders, and violators will be punished as collaborating with the enemy".

The atmosphere in Shengrui City suddenly became tense.

The reprimands who were reprimanded were naturally listless and went home in a huff, and they were dissatisfied with Miyoshi Changzhi. However, in the absence of a mouthpiece to collect opinions from the top down, their emotions can only be suppressed on their own.

The reaction of the congregation was much more violent.

Shihe Cunbao was irritable and upright by nature, and he was extremely jealous of the combat power of the Pingshou Army, and before he had time to avoid the retainers and servants, he directly reprimanded Miyoshi Changzhi for being arrogant, and he didn't know the depths, and the young brothers had a big quarrel and broke up unhappily.

As an elder, Miyoshi Yasunaga felt helpless when he saw that his nephews and grandchildren were careless and moody, and under the pretext that Tsuda Munene and the big boss of Kai Town had a treat for tea, he dressed lightly and slipped away, and by the way, he also shirked all the responsibility for assisting the unfavorable.

Hosokawa Shinyuki symbolically mediated a few words, but inside he gritted his teeth with hatred because of the gold that he couldn't get his hands on. Governor Konishi had already received instructions, but still gave twenty-five taels of gift money, and comforted: "Even though it was a pity that it didn't work out, we did feel your kindness, and the Pingshou Punishment Department specially ordered me to send this little mundane thing." ”

It's a bit of flattery, and it's not about it.

In the end, Shihe Depository, who still cares about the overall situation, put his emotions aside for the time being, personally went out to pretend to be his grandson for a while, and asked to see him respectfully and cautiously, and responded, "Because of the war, I really can't afford to send troops, so I have the shame to ask Haihan of the Criminal Department to draw with me." ”

Unwilling to change his lenient style, he immediately looked uncertain and reprimanded: "I fought with me last month, and I was able to mobilize 14,000 troops, but I can't get a single soldier this month?" I think there are some people who have worked with the rebel in Shinohara Nagafang for too long, and have been a little edified! ”

The name of this accusation is very heavy, and ordinary people really dare not bear it.

Helpless, Shihe Depository could only go back in disgrace and confess, go back to talk to Miyoshi Changzhi, both soft and hard, and finally reluctantly obtained recognition, bringing 1,200 people to the front line to participate in the battle.

Originally, it was just a simple task of "entering the war in name", but it made such a dramatic twist and turn, which is ridiculous.

Qingci, who watched the whole process, laughed, and hugged each other in front of him and complained: "I said, you two brothers are only more than a year apart, and the gap between people is too big!" It's really hard for you to clean up the aftermath for such a stupid brother! ”

Shihe Depositor's face was as blue as iron, and he patted the hand on his shoulder with anger, and responded coldly: "Xiuyi Palace, please respect yourself!" If you slander your lord in front of someone else's retainers and insult your brother in front of someone else's brother, is this the way a son of a warrior family should be? ”

Qingci smiled, hooked his shoulders in a different direction, and jokingly said: "Don't be so outside!" You see, I'm the son-in-law of the Anzhai family, so I should call you cousin-in-law! We all like to dance knives and guns, we can get closer and closer in the future, and it just so happened that I was asked to hunt, why don't we go together? Ke'er just hides you know, don't look at the war is very neat, usually with a stinky face just like you are now...... Why are you staring at me? Let's be honest. Come and laugh, young people don't worry so much......"

In the end, the Ten Rivers Deposit Insurance didn't laugh out loud either—at least not in the same way. But he was really dragged over, and he followed the hunting and drinking for two days.

Perhaps, for a young samurai who has not yet reached the age of seventeen and has always adhered to the way of the bow and horse during the birth process, it is very proud to be recognized by the "Ghost Boy Keiji" and "Bamboo Stick Shogaku".

Tieshou Fanxiu did not instruct Qingci to win over Shihe Depository, even if it was to win over, it was not such a method, and this effect could probably only be regarded as an unintentional insertion.

Compared with the triumph of the three good, the Yuan Qin of the Changzong and my department is much more decisive. At that time, the farm was busy, and the famous "one collar with sufficient strength" could not be launched, but Tosa Himeruko still sent 2,500 troops, and he still personally led the team.

Kagawa Zhijing, who had just escaped from the ravine not long ago, was not yet able to heal, and he tried his best to organize 700 people to come to the front of the battle to listen. Recently, his territory in Nishizanuki has been deeply poisoned, and he has suffered several months of military disasters, many fields have been burned and destroyed, and a large number of peasants have no food to harvest, so they simply dragged the young and strong to the front line to fight, and survived on the food rewarded by the Pingju family.

In addition, the stepson adopted by this person through the Oda family as an intermediary also died in the encirclement.

It just so happened that Hitaku Hideyi and Miss Ataku gave birth to a pair of twin baby boys at the beginning of the year, and these two children have both Tie and Miyoshi blood, Kagawa no Jing tried to adopt one of them, and he wanted to make a little military merit, so he was embarrassed to speak.

It's just that the samurai under his command are almost completely lost, and almost all of the 700 people pulled out are peasants, and it is not easy to do something to capture the flag.

After Heite allowed the peasants to return to their hometowns, he ordered Shigehide Suzuki to garrison them in Nishisanuki and Naoharu Yukawa in Higashiawa with their own men, and then received support from Chomune, Miyoshi, and Kagawa, and finally counted 11,000 people.

On August 19, an army of 11,000 men marched from Kugawa Castle to the junction of Tosa and Iyo, aiming at Nakamura Castle, the base camp of the Ichijo family.

The daimyo who were related to their interests were almost at this time when they gradually moved.

It can be said that the response is extremely slow.

Kono, Saionji, Ichijo, etc., are already weak, and it is not surprising that the information is not well-informed. Mori and Otomo, as the top few powerful feudal clans in the world, are so slow, which can only be understood that they each have more important things to do, and they will really not be able to invest resources on the Iyo front for a while.

As a nominally ally of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Kobayakawa Takakei of the Mori family sent a letter congratulating the victory of the Ikinrigawa Battle, and then mentioned at the end of the article that "the Kono family was established as the guardian of Iyo by Lord Rokuenin (Ashikaga Yoshimitsu), and it has lasted for more than 200 years. If the Tie Punishment Department needs it, the contemptible can entrust the Kono family to assist. ”

The messenger was a familiar face who had met once, called Riko Yu Xuanping.

This man is already a veteran in his fifties, and he has never had any special talents, but he has become the second elder of the Kobayakawa family by resolutely supporting the son of Mori Motoyo to become the heir of the Kobayakawa family, as well as his conscientious and cautious contributions in the future.

The tie showed a certain degree of respect for the elderly, and his words and deeds were more polite than others.

But politeness is politeness, and the key issue is not to be ambiguous.

"It's true that they've served as Iyo's guardians for more than a hundred years...... However, the transmission of the Kono family in recent generations has been very chaotic, and there have been many cases of succession as the son of a retainer, and it is not a normal adoption after no heir! At present, the Shogunate's recognized Iyo Guardian is still Kono Danmasa, who served as the imperial companion for the ninth year of Astronomy, but this old man suddenly lived in seclusion for no reason twenty-five years ago, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and he is suspected of being persecuted by rebellious ministers and thieves...... In this case, I beg your pardon for not being able to accept the Kono family so easily in the name of Iyo's protection! ”

Tall, with a loud voice, Horio Yoshiharu was full of round, subdued and frustrated words, and announced the results of the intelligence officers' struggle for two all-nighters to dig out of the pile of old papers.

Pear Yu Xuanping was dumbfounded and speechless.

As an old minister of the Kobayakawa family, he vaguely knew that twenty-five years ago, the retainers of the Kono clan, instigated by external forces such as Ouchi, Niko, and Otomo, jointly overthrew the "Kono Danmasa Shaobi Tongnao" and supported his young nephew to ascend to the throne. Ashikaga Yoshiharu, who was the general of the Seiyi at the time, did not support this act, and made it clear that Kono Tsunao, who was driven out of the city, was the real guardian.

This kind of thing was not uncommon in the Warring States Period, and it was impossible to gain fame immediately by openly subduing the country, so you had to wait a few years, and then send a sum of money to the central government, and the problem would be over.

However, before the matter could be clarified, a particularly powerful Miyoshi Chokei suddenly came out of and drove the shogunate out of Kyoto. Iyo's lawsuit has become an unsolved case that no one cares about.

It wasn't until Ashikaga Yoshiaki Kamiluo made great efforts to reform the old and restore the new, and all kinds of illegal armed forces finally ushered in a good opportunity to turn positive. The problem is that Mori Moto has not received an official appointment as a guardian of Iyo for the Kono family.

I don't know if it's reluctant to pay an extra gift money, or if it's deliberately done to strengthen control.

A momentary difference will lead to today's bitter fruit.

The old thing of twenty-five years ago became an excuse for Hirate Tosuhide to intervene in Iyo.

Lizi Yu Xuanping didn't have any urgency, and he really didn't know what to say on the spot, so he could only say the most conservative words: "After the contemptible person returns to the city, immediately report to the authorities, contact the public to solve the matter, and ask the Pingshou Criminal Department to calm down." ”

"It's great to be able to solve it smoothly."

Hikawa replied with a confident smile.

In fact, Iyo guarded the title, and he didn't want to fight for it, but he just used it to delay the Maori family's efforts. From Aki to Kyoto, it takes at least half a month to go back and forth to complete things over such a long distance, and during this time, you can pretend to be deaf and dumb and encroach on Minami Iyo's land.

However, the matter is not as simple as it seems.

Because just two days later, suddenly a sneaky person quietly came to the front of the army to ask for a meeting, claiming to be the Kono family tree boss Ono clan, and wanted to talk to the Hirate family about who should inherit the Kono family......

Although Shikoku Island is small, there are many disputes between flies and dogs.

This uninvited guest did not receive a full response for the time being, because the tie was receiving VIPs and had no time to separate.

It was a certain passage that sent an envoy to mediate under the guise of a family lineage, claiming that he was not at fault and had no reason to be attacked.

This pretense is indeed a bit bluffing.

If Ichijo Kaneki can get his relatives to come out and intercede, Ashikaga Yoshiaki will most likely want to save face. If the general gives face, the even-handed army may not dare to openly enter the army.

It's a pity that the tie has been prepared for this for a long time.

In the past few days, I have quickly stepped up, and through the relationship between Yamashina Yanji, I have contacted the head of the Ichijo clan in Kyoto, Ichichiki, and obtained a letter from the other party.

Generally speaking, there are both court officials and samurai in the family, and it is a good thing that they are both inside and outside, and echo each other inside and outside.

However, Ichijo Neiki is not an ordinary court official, but a descendant of the highest "Five Princes", and he is quite promising to become Sekihaku and "Fujiwara Elder" in the future.

The tie seized the opportunity to launch a political offensive.

Tosa's Ichikanji often uses the name of his relatives to make profits. As everyone knows. Kyoto's Ichijo Neiji, but it is written in black and white, hoping that Ichijo will settle in Kyoto, honestly serve as the power of the people, and don't return to Tosa.

However, if you are used to being a big-name with money, soldiers and real power, can you return to the life of a minister?

The envoy of Ichijo was called Minamoto Yasumasa, a samurai who was a close relative of the royal family, and he understood the subtleties very well, so after seeing a letter from Neki, he didn't say a word and turned to leave.

Obviously, people know that words are useless, and they are waiting for you to use knives and guns to do a conversation.

The tie also gathered his soldiers to prepare for a big battle at Nakamura Castle to carry forward the legacy of Ikinrikawa's victory.

But in the night before the start of the war, there was an emergency.

Hattori Hideyasu reported at midnight: "A secret envoy from a family has come to visit. ”

Pingshou Fan Xiuqi said: "Didn't the envoy of the Ichijo family just leave the day before yesterday?" ”

Hattori Hideyasu explained: "The day before yesterday, it was sent by Major General Ichijo Left (Kaneda), but tonight's secret envoy claimed to be a subordinate of the old Tuju Soshan of the Ichijo family......"