Hosokawa Fujitaka picked up the shogun on his back, and from a little past noon, he ran wildly to the west, and ran until it was nearly sunset, before stopping to rest.

The older shoguns, like Ueno Kiyonobu and Nakazawa Weizhong, who were seriously overweight, were almost empty-handed, and they were about to reach the limit of unbearable, lying on the ground and crying bitterly.

Hosokawa Fujitaka, on the other hand, just put the general down lightly, sat calmly on the side to adjust his breathing, and hammered the root of his thigh by the way.

Of course, he was sweating profusely, and his face was flushed, but it was a normal, healthy look of exhaustion, and there was no sign of exhaustion or overwork.

This is, of course, due to years of rigorous workouts that have never stopped.

Practice three nines in winter and three dogs in summer.

Even when he was sent to Kanto and was detained as a treasure by the "traitor" Takeda Shingen, he picked up branches as swords every day and practiced swordsmanship for at least an hour.

Although his talent is limited, no matter how much he practices, he will definitely not be able to reach the level of "strong and affectionate public party" Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and it is impossible to challenge Kamiizumi Nobutsuna and Tsukahara Buchuan, but compared to ordinary middle-aged people, it must be a world of difference.

Hosokawa Fujitaka is such a person who is particularly ruthless to himself.

As for being ruthless with others......

This is a good question to ponder.

"It's been eight years, and Ichigo is out of danger again!"

Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn't help but feel affectionate.

Yo one is Hosokawa Fujitaka's general character, and it is called in order to appear close.

Originally, our general still had the last bit of doubt on the way, so he had to go to the vicinity of the lair to have a look.

As a result, in the Kyoto town, near the location of the Imperial Palace, I saw the chaos with my own eyes, and was attacked several times by people who didn't know the origin, so I was completely convinced that the situation was really not good.

Just like a few years ago, when he was still called "Monk Jueqing", he escaped from the house arrest of the Matsunaga family.

That time was much more dangerous than this time, the Matsunaga family was blatantly confined as prisoners, and at the same time, the "rescue team" of that year was shabby, except for a lot of blood and a life, even the equipment was not ready.

Today, Shibata, Kinoshita, and Akechi are still in rebellion after all, and they can't explicitly restrict Ashikaga Yoshiaki's freedom from the beginning, and there are also resources provided by the big guy of the Tie Punishment Department behind them.

It's not the same inside and out.

Everyone's mindset has completely changed.

Only Hosokawa Fujitaka is still carrying Ashikaga Yoshiaki on his back, and this scene seems to be repeated.

Although the current general is quite mean and unkind, he is still a person with feelings after all, how can he not burst into tears and be grateful at this moment?

The rest of Odate Haritada, Ueno Kiyonobu and others also sighed.

Only Hosokawa Fujitaka was not immersed in any emotions at all, but calmly observed the situation, leaned over and whispered a few words to Hattori Hideyasu, and then announced: "It can't be said that you have successfully escaped now, Shibata, Kinoshita, and Akechi may send cavalry to pursue at any time!" However, you can rest assured that we have arranged a large number of horses in advance, and there is still about 30 towns (3km) left not far away. ”

He had become the leader of the fleeing process.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki's guards, as well as the shogunates, were not wrong with this.

Hattori Hidean vaguely felt a little uncomfortable, but considering the overall situation, he put up with it.

But one of the guards blurted out, "...... Even if you get a horse, what is it...... Where do you run? Now even the Imperial Palace is ......."

This is not easy for Hosokawa Fujitaka to answer directly.

Odate Haritada took over at the right time: "Our only choice is to temporarily live in a nearby friendly daimyo, and then slowly call on the righteous people of the world to crusade against the rebellious party and retake Kyoto." According to the contemptible people, you can choose to go north to the Tango Isshiki clan, or you can go west to visit the Heite Punishment Department, or go east to seek help from the Takenaka Shigeji Temple...... I don't know what you think, Lord Gongfang? ”

He deliberately said three positions.

But Ashikaga Yoshiaki thought about it for a moment and decided without hesitation: "We are now in the west direction of Kyoto, and it is most reasonable to go to the Hirate house." And the Tie Punishment Department is also the most suitable person! ”

Odate Haruma deliberately showed doubts: "But...... The Kyoto Rebellion originated from Shibata, Kinoshita, Akechi and others supporting Oda Danmasa, and the Heite Punishment Department was Oda Danmasa's former minister or brother-in-law......"

Ashikaga Yoshiaki smiled gloomily and said, "Because of this, the Hisho Punishment Department absolutely does not want to be subordinate to others again...... I can still see that! Although I mistook Shibata and Kinoshita...... But please trust me one more time! ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka immediately said solemnly: "Of course we believe in Lord Gongfang!" ”

Secretly, Hattori Hidean can only express his admiration, he really can't play these two moments.

In fact, it's not just him, but anyone in the Heite family, no matter how good his eloquence is, it is useless, and it must be said as a direct minister of the shogunate to make sense.

After reaching an agreement, everyone rested as quickly as possible and set off quickly.

This time, Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not let people carry it, but walked in person with vigor.

Then there was a quiet march for half an hour, and when the sunset was still half bright, I finally saw the stables that had been arranged in advance by the Heite family.

Of course, many people think that it was arranged by Hosokawa Fujitaka.

Everyone was overjoyed and was about to enter, when Hattori Hideyasu stood up, stopped him with a puzzled face, and motioned to one of his subordinates to go in and take a look.

The ninja who had been given the order nodded, and scurried over with the cover of the terrain like a monkey.

Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki didn't know who Hattori Hideyasu was, he didn't dare to go first and tightened his face.

Moments later, the ninja who had gone out to probe didn't know what he saw, and ran back shouting "Retreat quickly".

Almost at the same time, an ambush emerged from behind the surrounding trees, stones, knolls, and houses, whizzing with bows and arrows.

Hattori Hidean was shocked and hurriedly said: "Half of the people are broken, and half of them are escorting the princess to leave!" ”

He didn't expect that with such a patchwork gang, what do you say, which half of the people broke off, and which half of the people escorted the public side to leave?

If you do this, you will inevitably be chaotic.

Fortunately, Hosokawa Fujitaka saw the situation very calmly, held Hattori Hideyasu's hand, and shouted: "Wait! Don't move yet" and then explained: "You see, there are less than twenty ambush soldiers, I am afraid they will frighten us!" You can still hear the horses barking at the ranch, so we can rush up and get them back! ”

When he shouted, everyone calmed down and looked at each other.

Sure enough, although there were four or five ambushes, there were only two or three people in each place, and the bow and arrow shot a round, and without hurting anyone, it cut off the follow-up.

Although there were one or two hundred people cobbled together, there were not many armored men, but it was still no problem to deal with a dozen archers.

Hosokawa Fujitaka ignored the fact that he was only wearing cloth clothes, and was the first to charge away with a sword. The rest of the people were impressed by his courage and naturally followed.

The dozen or so archers who had been in ambush drew their arrows and shot a second round, and when they saw that they couldn't frighten this group of "escape squads", they also gradually panicked and scattered.

But the archers were not nimble on their feet, and after a while, they did not escape even a half, and all of them were cut to the ground, and most of them were dead.

Then Hosokawa Fujitaka hurriedly inspected the horses, while Hattori Hideyasu planned to interrogate the captives.

Then they both heard Odate Haritada's panicked voice: "It's not good, it's not good!" Lord Gongfang was actually injured by a stray arrow. ”

Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly came over again, but they were laughing at it.

It turned out that Ashikaga Yoshiaki was only an arrow in the calf, and the blade was only about half an inch deep, and the amount of bleeding was not to the level of life-threatening, and it had already stopped, but the arrow had not been pulled out.

But our general, however, collapsed weakly in the arms of the two guards, his face was pale, his expression was in a trance, and he was talking about meaningless syllables that no one could understand, as if he was already in a dying moment, and he could see the flow of the Santu River.

Apparently it was just scared, not badly hurt.

However, the shoguns recalled carefully, it seems that the shogun has been in his life for almost forty years, and he has never suffered a more serious injury than "cutting his nails without cutting his skin"!

Today is the first time!

The first time it was this kind of moderate trauma, it was not surprising that there was a bit of a reaction.

Hosokawa Fujitaka immediately decided: "It seems that it is not suitable for walking now, it is just after dark, so it is better for us to rest in the stables for one night." ”

After everyone looked at each other, they could only reluctantly accept this plan.

complained, sighed, and expressed his feelings for a while, but after all, he was very tired, and in an instant he found a place to sleep.

As for Hattori Hideyasu, his eyes rolled, and after most of the people scattered to find a place to rest, he quietly walked to Hosokawa Fujitaka for a long time and took out a strangely shaped metal utensil from his arms.

The metal looked like a small bucket, but there was a long tube, which was held in the hand, as if it was used for sucking.

Then Hattori Hideyasu took out something even stranger, looking like a crushed plant fruit.

Then he said mysteriously, "This is the magic medicine I got from the Nanban merchants, and it is the most suitable for the current situation of Lord Gongfang...... This medicine cannot be eaten directly or applied externally, the best way to use it is to burn it and then inhale this smoke......"

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