Sakuma Nobumori, an unlucky guy, really ran to Takeda's house after the failure of the "resurgence", and it is said that he was lobbying on the front line in an attempt to rebel against old acquaintances in Owari, Mikawa and other places.

I'm not too worried about this.

Because Sakuma Nobumori has always been a very popular colleague within the Oda family. What can be co-opted by him is just some hardcore old departments, and they can't shake the foundation.

At best, the change of flag of 1,800 people may not be of much use in a joint battle with tens of thousands of people.

What is a headache is that this bastard used his past fame to spread rumors, saying that Oda Nobunaga was plotted by his retainers and son, that the Sakuma family broke the treacherous plan before he was attacked, and that the Takeda family was asked to come and administer justice and so on.

In particular, the focus is on rendering the peachy news, claiming that Hiterate Tsunohide had an affair with Mrs. Guidie, Oda Nobuta should actually be called Hirate Nobutada, and even the date, place, and experience of the affair are all made up, and the specific posture level is missing.

It involves the topic of "three inches below the umbilicus", which has always been the favorite of the people who eat melons, and it is better than conspiracy theories.

If you preach to the ordinary poor people about the political struggle, they may not be able to understand it, but at least you have to be a literate townsfolk to keep up with the rhythm.

But you said whose mother-in-law slept with a man outside, gave birth to wild seeds, and colluded with an adulterer to assassinate her husband, everyone can obviously understand what is going on, and will be full of interest and urge to hurry up and tell the details of the plot.

This Arabian Nights-like gossip appeared in Kinai a year or two ago, but there were too many flaws, no one paid attention to it, and when the popularity went down, it was slowly forgotten. Who knew that now he was screwed out by Sakuma Nobumori, a thing that lacked morality, and it was simply vicious and shameless.

It's just an outsider, you are an old minister of Owari, don't you know that Oda Nobutada's biological mother is not a butterfly at all, but Nobunaga's side room Ikoma Yoshino?

Knowing that it was a complete fabrication, but in order to please the new boss, he desperately preached it, and did not hesitate to pour these dirty water on the old master, so heartbroken, I really don't even want a little shame.

However, this person is only disgusting and uncomfortable, and has no real lethality.

For Shingen Takeda, the departure of Sekihaku Konoe is a more important card.

It goes back years.

At that time, the three of Miyoshi and the Matsunaga family jointly murdered the previous prince Ashikaga Yoshiteru, supported his own puppet Ashikaga Yoshiei to ascend to the throne, and asked to inherit the position of the general of Seiyi, of course, the imperial court did not dare to refuse.

Unexpectedly, Ashikaga Yoshiei was too poor in his own health, too sick to be in charge, and it was difficult to complete even the most basic etiquette and rituals, so he never officially entered the palace.

Later, Ashikaga Yoshiaki escaped from the imprisonment of the Matsunaga family, and after traveling around the country, he contacted Oda Nobunaga in Gifu Castle, organized tens of thousands of troops to go to Luo, and drove the Miyoshi and three people out of Kyoto in one fell swoop.

In this way, what was once given to General Ashikaga Yoshiei has become an out-and-out black history. Konoe Maejiu, who was the regent at the time, was the leading figure in power, so he was naturally the best choice to take the blame.

At the strong request of Ashikaga Yoshito Showa and Oda Nobunaga (mainly the former), the dignified hall changed from a Sekihaku Konoe Maehisa to a criminal minister overnight, and was punished by dismissal and posthumous release.

The nobleman then went to Tamba, where he lived in seclusion in a relative's house, and was later invited to move to Stone Mountain.

Now Konoe suddenly appeared on the platform of Takeda Shingen's camp and declared: "The death of the former Gongfang was the result of Yoshiaki and the three of them working together to kill his brother, and then the two sides did not divide the spoils evenly before they fought. Oda Danmasa was also a deceived person, and he was only persecuted by the thieves when he was involved in it. Many of Oda's retainers were also bought. ”

This person had served as Sekihaku in Kyoto for fourteen years, and although he had left office, his words were still extremely politically influential, far from being comparable to Sakuma Nobumori and others.

As a result, everyone in Kyoto was in a very passive situation.

Even Ashikaga Yoshiaki had to bring out Hararashi Nijo and others, and repeatedly defended themselves jointly, not to mention others. The process of taking the opportunity to oppress and absorb the small forces around the Yamashiro State has stalled as a result.

Heite Hoshu immediately wrote a letter to the Ishiyama Honganji Temple of his quasi-in-laws, asking why he sat back and watched Konoe leave quietly for Kai without ruling over Konoe Maehisa.

Then the Venerable Master also replied with a handwritten letter, mentioning two important points:

First of all, he said: "When Konoe-sama lived in Stone Mountain, he was often angry and unwilling, and he was angry with the contemporary princess, and we monks were afraid of provoking him to have any accidents, so we only watched from a distance and did not dare to get too close. Now that he suddenly left the stone mountain and went to Jiafei, the poor monk did not expect it. ”

Then he asked rhetorically: "The little girl has already reached the end of her life, dare to ask the Lord of the Criminal Department, when will Ling Lang be crowned?" ”

After receiving the reply, Pingshou felt slightly helpless, but he also understood the other party's thoughts.

Honganji and Takeda are brothers-in-law, and the tie is a quasi-in-law.

In terms of kinship and proximity, the brother-in-law of the same generation is of course inferior to the in-laws of the children, but the "quasi-in-laws" that have not yet been fulfilled are another matter.

The monks of the Sect seem to be more inclined to help Takeda psychologically.

Pingshou Fanxiu wrote again and wrote a verbal promise: "When the dust settles on the east, the contemptible people will definitely bring their dogs to Shishan to ask for marriage." Until then, I would like to ask for the help of the monks. ”

And Xianru said: "In this case, the poor monks should restrain their disciples and never allow anyone to secretly help the Takeda clan." ”

So let's do it.

So far, although Takeda Shingen's various behaviors have caught the royal palace off guard and are in a hurry, they are still within the range of Hisho Hide's estimate.

In fact, there are not necessarily no capable people in the shogunate, and there may be many people who pretend to be panicked.

From the perspective of Tie Tsuno, although Takeda Shingen's series of actions can be called clean, concise and efficient, it is only barely a reasonable name, and it cannot be regarded as clever.

Just come to the army as originally planned, fight hard, and prepare for a war.

However, a few days later, the latest news from Echizen really made everyone aware of Takeda Shingen's tactics.

Do you remember the "widow of Ashikaga Yoshiteru", who was sheltered by the Hatano family? Later, it was once under the guardianship of Nobunaga, and then when he conquered Echizen, he was forcibly stuffed by the contemporary public party to Asakura Yoshikei as an adopted son.

This is a public and private relationship for Ashikaga Yoshiaki, which can not only divide and disintegrate the Asakura, in revenge for the cold reception of the year, but also eliminate the potential risk of inheritance.

At present, the widow who passed on to the Asakura family is only a seven-year-old child and cannot be a director, but there are a bunch of opposition retainers who are dissatisfied with Asakura Yoshikei, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki has a certain political influence as foreign aid.

Originally, this had nothing to do with the war in Tokaido.

Unexpectedly, at the same time as Takeda officially went west, the seven-year-old boy suddenly made a statement in Echizen: "I don't want my uncle to be the real murderer of my father!" As the son of man, I should send troops to rebel and regain the throne to comfort my father's soul in heaven! ”

Then, the Asakura family, which had been torn apart, seemed to be re-pinched, and launched a large-scale conscription and mobilization order in the territory, making a gesture of sending troops south.

It is conceivable that the Takeda Army also immediately raised the banner and expressed its support for "the orthodoxy of the Ashikaga family from Echizen".

This can cause an uproar.

Hijo Tsunohide had already come to Kishiwada Castle to reorganize the army, and he didn't know the specific situation, but he heard from several sources that "Lord Gongfang broke more than a dozen pairs of porcelain, and his old man had never been so angry." ”

Echizen's incident was unexpected and reasonable.

What a seven-year-old child can understand is nothing more than the pandering of the people around him. Although the internal strife of the Asakura family was very fierce and the political demands of the factions were different, they only had common interests in the matter of supporting the posthumous son Shangluo to ascend the throne.

The oppositionists who rallied around the "young lord" had the opportunity to become close ministers of the shogunate.

And the conservatives led by Asakura Yoshikei are obviously willing to send this great god away.

Other clans and retainers also have the opportunity to rise and ascend to heaven.

In theory, there is indeed an opportunity for ambitious people to make waves.

But in fact, it was really successful by others, and it was still very surprising, the Takeda family's ability to work behind enemy lines was so strong that not to mention it, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's ability to control his eldest nephew was too weak, and he was infiltrated like this, and he didn't know it at all.

Similarly, after Heite Honhide intervened in the abolition of the Shikoku Ichijo family, he sent Kawada Nagajin to garrison Nakamura Castle, and then Kobayakawa Takakei came out, and the situation changed, and the news was immediately received, which gave him enough time to consider countermeasures.

In contrast, the shogunate's ability to act was really not very good.

Fortunately, this series of events only hit the legitimacy of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and the impact on the draw was not too great. He could even laugh and say to the soldiers on the left and right: "The Echizen Asakura family has not won a battle for more than ten years since the death of the 'Northern Army God' Asakura Sotori!" Now that we have become an ally of the Takeda family, it is not bad news for us, but good news! ”

Everyone cheered and was impressed by this optimistic spirit of fearlessness, and they all expressed their infinite enthusiasm and vowed to fight to the death against the Takeda traitors.

Only one stunned Qing standing in the back row said, "Didn't the Asakura family defeat Wakasa's ...... five years ago", but before he finished speaking, he was covered by his colleagues and dragged to the corner for criticism and education.

At this time, the army of 14,000 people had already gathered in Kishiwada Castle, and all the food, arrows, bullets, and injuries were all prepared, and he was only considering the timing of the official move.

For this reason, he has "borrowed" more than 30,000 yuan from Tsuda Muneng and the big boss of Tennojiya, which is actually a consumption of his political capital in Kaimachi affairs.

Rather than taking the initiative to ask the shogunate for war, the ideal outcome would be to be invited by the princess on his own initiative.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki must be under a lot of psychological pressure now, and it is estimated that he will soon ask the nearby forces to go to King Luoqin, defend the Kyoshi, and resist Takeda.

- Tie Tetsu took a few days off with such thoughts.

A few days later, he received a request from the shogunate, but instead of mobilization, he asked for help.

Urgent news from Kyoto:

The Yamato Matsunaga family has already expressed its attitude in response to Takeda, and has sent 8,000 troops to attack the Imperial Palace! Hanoi Miyoshi Yoshitsugu was booby-trapped because he was unwilling to cooperate, and his 3,000 subordinates were merged into the Matsunaga army under the leadership of Uchio!

In a letter to a neighbor, Matsunaga claimed: "What Konoe-sama who is in exile in Kai said is true, and it is true that the previous generation of the public was murdered by the conspiracy of the current public government. To tell you the truth, my Matsunaga family was also one of the accomplices at that time, and I knew a lot about this matter...... For many years, Jiayan and I have been tortured by conscience every day, and we can't sleep at night or eat at night. Fortunately, Takeda Daizen is presiding over justice, and the contemptible people have decided to abandon evil and follow good, change their hearts and faces, and fight for the righteousness of the world! ”

Hikawa also received the letter.

Then I was dumbfounded, and I couldn't react for a long time.

It is not uncommon for the Matsunaga family to support Takeda, and the possibility is to be expected.

But Matsunaga's style of preferring to discredit himself and frame Ashikaga Yoshiaki really didn't think about it.

You must know that the three of them were so arrogant back then, and they didn't dare to openly say that they killed the general, but made up some reasons for "being forced to defend themselves" and "accidentally hurting others" to cover up.

Maybe it's because he knows that his reputation stinks enough, and he doesn't care about stinking a little more......

In short, the plan of action of the 14,000-strong army of the Hirate family was forced to be adjusted, and before the decisive battle against the Takeda "rebels", it was necessary to rescue Kyoto.

Fortunately, Ben also dropped by.