In the winter of 1574, the temperature and snow in the region were slightly better than in previous years, and it was not expected that a large number of people would be affected by the disaster, and the spring cultivation of the following year would not be affected.

However, the political turmoil still caused panic in the surrounding areas of Kyoto.

On November 18, on a good day, Hirate Honhide, known as the "Prime Minister's Lieutenant General", officially received the imperial decree, accompanied by three ministers, went to the Shosoin Temple of Todai-ji Temple in Nara, stepped into the medicine shed of Nakakura under heavy protection, personally held a knife, and cut a small piece from the peerless and rare natural fragrant wood "Orchid Luxury Servant", and brought it back as an heirloom to worship.

This is a move to emulate the actions of the three generations of generals of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Yoshikyo, and Yoshimasa to demonstrate authority and honor.

In addition, the award of "the fourth position, the senator, and the lieutenant general of the left guard, and the leader of Omi Shouruhara" can be described as of extraordinary significance.

The position of senator, Tang Ming Prime Minister, Pingzhang or Counselor, belongs to the ranks of the imperial officials, theoretically, there are conditions to participate in the discussion of the government, as well as a certain degree of decision-making power, and by further extension, it can barely be said that it has the qualifications to act on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

The rank is only four, but it is obviously much better than other official titles of the same grade, and theoretically requires long-term assessment and special qualifications to be held. Throughout the Muromachi period, there were few other samurai who could be involved in the Muromachi period, except for the successive shoguns of Seiyi and the long-established famous families such as Kitabatake and Koji.

At the same time that he was granted the "Upper Senate of the Four Upper Seats", he was allowed to "ascend to the palace", that is, he could enter the "Imperial Palace" in the south wing of the Seirryōden of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. This concept also originated in the Tang Dynasty, and in the distant Heian period, being close to the imperial family meant being able to control the government, and although it no longer has that practical effect, the symbolic meaning is still retained.

The Muromachi shogunate continued to operate theoretically, but the current shogun, who was notoriously ill and unable to serve as a director, and the next heir was only two years old, so it was clear that he could not exercise his powers. At this time, Hirate Hado, who had been awarded several awards in succession, bypassed the Ashikaga family, and issued several orders in succession, taking the final interpretation of land jurisprudence and the final decision on civil litigation on himself, which was undoubtedly equivalent to establishing a system of "dualistic public ceremonies".

With the "Senate" and "Lan Luxury Attendant", will the next step be to test the long-pending title of "Genji Elder", or the title of "Pillar of the Samurai" that once existed and then gradually faded? Next, taking over as the general of Zhengyi is a ripe ......

Following this line of thought, it is not wrong to say that he is "unsubservient and unsubordinate".

The princes in the distance, anyway, can't control the whip, at most they just scold to express their loyalty to the Ashikaga clan.

Obviously, the heroes of will not all be happy to see the Tie family rise to power, but if they really want to organize together to "beg the thief and the king", then they will not have the power to act.

The method of pulling out the famous Kitabatake family of the Southern Dynasty with 100,000 troops is terrifying, and then the thirteen prefectures of Ise are divided into meritorious officials, and the generosity of the meritorious officials is very good at buying people's hearts; In front of the envoy Naoe Keixuna, he reprimanded Uesugi Kenshin in fierce terms for his domineering and arrogant behavior, and when Paimoto Masanobu asked each daimyo one by one to discuss the plan of sending troops, he showed a considerable degree of leniency.

A bold and changeable style that creates an awe-inspiring impression.

In addition, the most active clan of the people is his in-laws, the merchants of Kaimachi who have the most economic power are united with him, the ministers and officials are counting on generous donations to improve food, clothing, housing, and transportation, artists and tea people enjoy the prosperity brought by the Kishiwada auction, the high monks of the Rinzai sect have a master-apprentice relationship with the second generation, and the Shingon sect has to ask for the annual sale of rice......

For several years, it seems that Hisho has only been constantly playing with the earth and stones, and when he looks back, he realizes that he has built an indestructible foundation.

And the "crusade against Uesugi" that is on the agenda is the same as the "crusade against Kitabatake" at the beginning of the year, and it seems to be a process of further snowballing.

It's not that no one can see this.

There are probably quite a few people who want to stop this process.

However, in the current situation, it is difficult to have a leader who takes the initiative to come forward and raise his arms.

Perhaps the closest is Kai Takeda Katsuyori, who constantly calls for a truce between Hojo and Uesugi to deal with a draw in case his lips die and his teeth are cold. However, the demands of the Takeda family are in complete contradiction with the interests of Tokugawa and Oda, and there is no possibility of reaching any agreement.

So Takeda Katsuyori's efforts will only force Tokugawa and Oda to move closer to the tie.

For the same reason, Mori, Ukita, and Asai in the western country, and Otomo, Shimazu, and Ryuzoji in Kyushu had no choice but to do their best to remain hostile to each other.

The Hojo clan, who received a verbal agreement from the flat hand Honhide, promised to send 20,000 troops immediately after the beginning of spring, first to Ueno, and then to take Echigo, to contact the Yohoku people, and threaten Kasuga Yamajo.

This promise may only be true of "coming to Ueno first", but Rao is enough to overstretch Uesugi Kenshin's insufficient troops.

Then the Hojo family will refuse to support the Takeda family's western movement with a soldier, a soldier, a penny, and a grain, and instead will persuade Takeda Katsuyori to change his mind and abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

How good is it to turn the muzzle of the gun and work together to divide Uesugi? You don't want to get Nishiueno, Kita-Shinano, and Hida back?

This was great news for Tokugawa and Oda.

After the external problems were resolved, Hirate Honhide insisted that all the forces in show their intention to work together, but he did not give strict orders on the specific number of troops to be sent.

The Tokugawa family sent 5,000 people led by Honda Tadakatsu, and the Oda family sent 3,000 people led by Oda Nagayoshi.

Takigawa Kazuki had 2,800 people, and Tsutsui Shunkei, Oda Nobutaka, and Tsugawa Yoshitoshi each had 1,000 people.

Takeda Motoaki had 2,500 people, and Kyogoku Takayoshi had 3,000 people.

Sasa Hidesei was allowed not to send troops, but to mobilize 8,000 people to be responsible for transportation. He will work with Tadaji Ina, Masake Nagazuku, Yukinaga Konishi, Sakichi Ishida, Yumitsu Numata and others.

Araki Murashige prepared an army of 6,000 with the intention of showing his skills.

Echizen, despite the successive blows, could still supply about 3,000 people, and Takenaka Shigeharu was temporarily the leader.

Kaga has always claimed that he still has 20,000 troops, but his combat strength may not even be one-tenth.

A total of 4,000 people, including Shikoku and Tokawa Depository, Miyoshi Yasunaga, etc., said that they would rather serve under the command of the prime minister than to go to Kyushu with the power of "Ji Ruozi".

The relatives of Chozong and my department are also happy to do this, he has won the trust of Kaneko Motota, Kagawa no Jing and others, and it is not uncommon for friends to be separated from each other.

The Tiete family consisted of 2,000 soldiers from the Lord, 500 from the Prince, 11,000 from the Banner, 4,000 from the Nishidai Washato, 3,000 from Nankii, 3,000 from Kawachi, 1,500 from Yamashiro, and 5,000 from Omi.

The total combat force is about 60,000, and the direct troops and the servant guest army are about half to half.

Before the army started, the advance soldiers were successively concentrated at Seta Castle on the south bank of Lake Biwa Lake, preparing to discuss strategy and arrange logistics and other affairs.

According to the intelligence, even if Uesugi Kenshin on the opposite side fought on Echigo soil, the maximum mobilization force was only about 30,000, and if he wanted to leave Echichu and Noto to meet the enemy, the number of troops that could be supported could not exceed 20,000 in any case. Considering the movements of the Hojo family in the rear, it is obvious that even 20,000 people will not be able to make up this time.

Occupying an absolute superiority in numbers, the general is a tied figure with unparalleled strategy, and the whole army thinks that even if it is the dragon of Echigo, there is no possibility of winning more with less.