On the Minami-Omi battlefield, the confrontation between the two armies lasted until August 28. The Asai army advanced all the way to the city of Guanyin Temple and set up a large camp in the north of the city. With the defeat of the Hexagonal Army, the capture of the family governor and the news of the Asai family's soldiers coming to the castle of Kannonji Temple, many wavering wealthy clans in Inugami County have offered hostages to Asai Nagamasa to swear allegiance. Kanzaki-gun and Aichi-gun, two counties that were originally part of the Rokkaku family, also had a large number of wealthy families who tried to fall to the Asai family. However, many of them had hostages in their homes in Guanyin City, and they did not dare to defect because they were worried about the safety of the hostages, but secretly sent people to communicate with the Asai family, expressing their desire to fall to the Asai family, hoping that the Asai family would not attack their territory.

As a well-known fortified city in the world, Guanyin Temple City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. After the hexagonal Yixian fled into the Guanyin Temple City with the remnants, he immediately summoned the men who could be mobilized in the collar to enter the city for defense, took out a lot of bamboo and linen armor and armor in the inventory, and spent a lot of money to temporarily gather troops, and finally made up 8,000 troops to defend the city, including about 3,000 with armor and weapons. Then the Goto family, the Irito family, and the Gamo family, which were loyal to the Rokkaku family, also immediately reorganized their troops after fleeing back to the territory, echoing the defense of Kannonji Castle. Asai Nagamasa was not sure to storm and take Kannonji Castle, and the situation suddenly became stalemate.

Now, the Asai family is in an embarrassing situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger. Although the Rokkaku family was defeated, the Kannonji Castle was extremely strong, and the Asai family also suffered a lot of losses in the Battle of Norada, so they could not be captured, and staying under the fortified castle for a long time would lose morale and consume food. And if you want to withdraw the army, then Kanzaki County and Aichi County, which have just arrived, may have a repetition, after all, many hostages of the wealthy clan are in the castle of Kannonji Temple. The only way is to negotiate and get the Rokkaku family to hand over the hostages, and the Asai family to withdraw their troops. However, as the victorious side, it was very faceless to take the initiative to send envoys to negotiate, and everyone in the family hesitated.

Similarly, the hexagonal home is very embarrassing. The arrogant Rokkaku Yoshixian suffered this defeat, and his eldest son, who was the governor of the family, was also captured, so he couldn't swallow this breath and was unwilling to send an envoy to negotiate. However, if the city is surrounded for a long time, the damage to its prestige will only be more severe. Moreover, he is indeed very worried about the safety of his son, and he doesn't know what the situation is like when he is a prisoner in the Asai family.

Under these circumstances, Akihei decided to take Matsushita's suggestion and, at the request of the Asai family, went to ask Sena Shitoshi in Kyoto to mediate the dispute as an envoy of the Imagawa family. Originally, he didn't want to trouble Sena Jun too much, but when Sena sent several messengers to inquire about his safety, he also told Sena not to worry about it. However, the situation now does seem to require the intervention of external forces.

According to Maeda Toshiie's idea, at this moment, there is a great chaos in the Rokkaku family's territory, and it is only necessary to go directly west through the Rokkaku family's territory and enter Kyoto. However, Yuakihei, who wanted to be safe, made a large circle counterclockwise along Lake Biwa, avoiding the territory of the Rokkaku family, and arrived in Kyoto on September 1.

"Momiji, why do you make such a big deal every time." When Sena Shijun saw Yu Qiuping coming to the post station, he welcomed him in with a wry smile and sat down, "Fortunately, you're fine, otherwise I would have regretted it, and I shouldn't have sent you over at that time." ”

"I'm really sorry to worry Your Highness." Yu Qiuping's face turned red and apologized.

"The last time you were asked to have a meal, you went to exterminate a bandit. This time, if you are asked to help the counselor in military affairs, you will become the Imagawa guest general of the famous Asai family in, and the rainy autumn red leaves of the Rokkaku family governor in the army! Sena said with a smile.

"What? Famous! Yu Qiuping was taken aback all of a sudden, "Why is it so famous!" I just took advantage of the fact that Rokkaku Yoshiji fell into the water and led someone to fish him out! How can there be such a thing as a family governor in an army! How could it be spread! ”

"Can you hide such a big thing?" Sena shook his head with a smile, "When you captured Rokkaku Yoshiharu at that time, there must have been more than a thousand people on both sides of the enemy and the enemy. As soon as these people went back and said casually, thousands of people knew about it, and then it spread more and more, and ten days was enough time for you to become a household name in. ”

"Lord Yuqiu, it's good to be down, and we have to delay a series of matters again." Sena's deputy envoy blamed, "Originally, in the past few days, we have made arrangements up and down the imperial court and the shogunate, and the matter of the audience and application will be settled immediately. As he spoke, he complained angrily, "Your business has messed things up." ”

"Why is that?" Yu Qiuping asked puzzled.

"The current Gongfang Hall has an excellent relationship with the Hexagonal Family." The deputy envoy explained bitterly, "The black hat pro when the Gongfang Palace Yuan was dressed was the ancestor of the Hexagonal Family. And the Gongfang Hall was able to return to the Nijo Imperial Palace in the face of the opposition of the Miyoshi family, also with the support of the Rokkaku family. The power that Gongfang Hall relies on the most in is the Rokkaku! The deputy envoy sighed, "The general of the Imagawa family appeared on the battlefield of Minami Omi to help the Nakkaku family's nominal vassal Asai family to fight with the Rokkaku family, and also broke the Rokkaku family and personally captured the governor of the Rokkaku family alive, and the vitality of the Rokkaku family was greatly damaged, which made the Gongfang Hall extremely angry!" ”

"This..."Yu Qiuping immediately realized that he had fallen into a catastrophe, "Then why did His Highness let me go to support at that time?" ”

"I thought you were going to play the role of a military commissioner, and there would be no real war on both sides, but it was estimated that the Asai family was stubbornly defending Zuo and Yamashiro forcing the Rokkaku family back." Sena Shitoshi smiled and sighed, "When the family governor sent me as an envoy this time, he asked me to unite with the Asai family to restrain the Rokkaku family as much as possible, so as to prevent the Rokkaku family from monopolizing after we went to Luo. Therefore, I also hope that you can have a good relationship with the Asai family and restrict the Rokkaku family. ”

"Originally, these things were done in secret, and if you didn't take the initiative to publicize it, everyone wouldn't know that there was a Imagawa family who would stay at the Asai family to give advice." Sena Shijun waved his hand awkwardly, "Who would have thought that a big war really broke out between the two families, and the Asai family won a big victory, and you still made a great contribution." This angered the Gongfang Palace. ”

"Can it be reversed? Can I still meet with the Gongfang Hall and get the application for Shangluo? Yu Qiuping asked with a bitter face. If it is really because of your own reasons, the mission of this mission fails, let alone any reward, it is possible to be demoted. Then he really has no chance to marry Kaede Imagawa.

"Yes." Sena Shijun was relieved, "If my expectations are correct, you are here to ask me to mediate the dispute between the two families at the request of the Asai family." ”

"Your Highness Mingjian." Yu Qiuping was taken aback and nodded.

"Then I will push the boat down the river and tell the Gongfang Palace, in order to apologize for the behavior of Meng Lang under my hand, I will personally go to mediate the dispute between the two families." Sena Toshi smiled, "Give the Gongfang Hall a step, and he won't be embarrassed by the powerful Daimyo Imagawa family." Sell the Asai family a favor again, and help them once. ”

"Your Highness's diplomatic talent is really admired by you." Yu Qiuping sighed.

"There is no need to say more flattering words, study hard, your future is limitless." Sena patted Yu Qiuhei on the shoulder, "However, there has been a strange thing recently. ”

"What?" Yu Qiuping asked.

"Miyoshi family... There seems to be an anomaly. Sena said with a frown, "My two ninja subordinates told me that the Miyoshi ninjas of Yamashiro Province and Yamato Province were extremely active during this time. We thought we were here to spy on the activities of the Imagawa family, but it turned out that it seemed to be aimed at Yamato Province. I don't know if it's the Tsutsui family or the Matsunaga family. ”

Yu Qiuping suddenly chuckled in his heart. In order to hide the panic on his face, he picked up a cup of tea on the table and took a sip.

"And, I don't know why," Sena Clan sighed again in a very puzzled manner, "All the important ministers of the Miyoshi family and the family governor himself have changed some of their attendants and small surnames in the near future. According to rumors, Mamoru Tokawa Sanuki also personally killed two of his horse-feeding attendants. ”

"Poof!" Yu Qiuping directly sprayed a mouth full of tea on the table, and there seemed to be 10,000 *** running by in his heart.

"Fake!" Yu Qiuping had an earth-shattering wail, startling several people outside the door to rush in. Sena Toshiya looked at Yu Qiuping in front of him with a blank face, scratching his ears and cheeks in pain.

"A few people from the casino! What a problem! Three good families! Yu Qiuping shouted indignantly in his heart, "It's over, it's over!" History was changed by Lao Tzu! Now something big is going to happen! ”

"The four brothers of the three good and the three good Yixing hung up one after another, how can the three good families decline! Then wouldn't we have to face a strong enemy in Shangluo! Yu Qiuping was almost so angry that he burst into tears.

"On the other hand, our ninja was ambushed by unknown people in the mountains east of Kyoto. When they fought back, they accidentally killed a samurai who had come to Kyoto from the north with his family. Sena sighed with some regret, "I've arranged for a few of my men to compensate them, so we won't be able to set off until a day." ”

"There was one more pleasant surprise." Sena Shijun suddenly smiled and said, "The Gongfang Hall was pleased with your son a few days ago, and he is very smart and clever. It would also be an opportunity for us to offer a gift to congratulate this event. ”

"Huh?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment. He doesn't remember, did Ashikaga Yoshiteru have a child at this time? It's because I'm mistaken. Or is it that his arrival also had a butterfly effect on distant Kyoto, giving Ashikaga Yoshiki an additional son.

"The young name is Terukamaru." Sena Jun pondered, "Why don't you give him a famous sword, I hope he becomes a person like Gongfang." ”

At this time, Kawachi country, Iimori mountain castle castle tower.

"Second brother, how is it?" Miyoshi Nagakei was sitting at the table playing chess with Ataka Dongyasu, and Shikawa was absentmindedly leaning against a pillar behind him, wiping his sword. After Miyoshi Yoshiken entered the fifth floor of the castle tower, Miyoshi Nagakei asked, and at the same time forcibly pointed a black chess piece on the breakpoint of the white chess. Anzhai Dongyasu frowned, lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

"I guess it's just Danzheng." Miyoshi Yixian snorted coldly, "There are so many of our brothers and the attendants around the young master, and the time of joining is very close. The two horse-feeding attendants of the fourth brother were found out, and they were from Takiyama Castle. He really wanted to assassinate us, and I didn't know anything. This is my dereliction of duty, please punish the eldest brother. ”

"Don't blame yourself, none of us realized that Matsunaga, who was relied on as a cadre by the Miyoshi family, would actually do such a thing." Miyoshi Changqing shook his head. He didn't know that in the history of his previous life, Matsunaga Shu was a well-known anti-bone boy. After murdering the important ministers of the Miyoshi family in this way, the power was monopolized. Later, after Oda Nobunaga Kamiraku, he met left and right and forcibly occupied the country of Yamato. Then he raised the flag of rebellion against Oda Nobunaga several times, and he can be described as a rebel eccentric.

"Do you want to kill it?" Miyoshi Yoshi-hyun asked in a low voice.

"Dan Zheng is also a person who is proficient in darkness, and it is not easy to assassinate. The only way to deal with him is to send troops all the way. And whether it is Danzheng himself or his younger brother in Tanba, his strength is not weak. After Miyoshi Changqing saw that Ataka Dongyasu had fallen into a war with himself near the breakpoint, he did not fall immediately, but replied thoughtfully.

"Now that the war in Hanoi is not over, Kii's Zaga people are also very troublesome." Anzhai Dongyasu shook his head, "The situation in Settsu is also unstable, so don't use the sword soldiers." ”

"Xiu Liang still refuses to compromise and be a puppet with peace of mind?" Miyoshi Changqing asked again.

"Hatakeyama Takamasa is so bold and reckless that he has not yet recognized the reality." Shihe Yicun rebuked angrily. The katana that he had polished brightly flashed.

He has always said that since he is the guardian of Hanoi, it is his duty to protect Hanoi. No matter how much he is displaced, no matter how many hardships he goes through, no matter who he is attached to against his will, he will personally make decisions for the common people in Hanoi, and he will never be at the mercy of others. Yasutaka said admiringly, "It's a great righteous samurai." ”

"That's why he was banished by his retainers and his younger brother." Miyoshi Yixian shook his head disdainfully, "Admit death, I don't understand at all, you can't live without dark means in troubled times." ”

"So, after helping him return to Hanoi, there is still a good chance that he will fight against us?" Miyoshi Changqing stared at the chessboard and asked.

"Quite possibly." Ataka Dongyasu nodded.

"Alright then, I've decided." Miyoshi Changqing smiled with relief, "Don't move that traitor, but ask the general to appoint him as the guardian of Yamato, and let him conquer the country of Yamato." ”

"Clever plan." Miyoshi Yixian praised, "The eldest brother is really very human. ”