While the wind and rain were good in the territory of the Yuqiu family, the situation in was not stable.

After the Miyoshi family completed the suppression of the Setzu country, they set their sights on Harima, west of Settsu. There are many small wealthy families in Harima Country, and many wealthy families such as the West Harima Akamatsu family and the Akamatsu family, the East Harima Bessho family, and the Nakaharima Koji family have their own spheres of influence, and it can be said that it is very troublesome to deal with. And the Urakami family, which has a strong strength in the Bizen area, also holds a grudge against the Akamatsu family because of the death of Urakami Masamune and Urakami Seimune's father and son. The new governor of the Urakami family, Uragami Munekei, always wants to kill Akamatsu Masahide of the Akamatsu family, so he has also been involved in Harima. If you want to suppress Harima, you will have to invest a lot of military power.

But at this moment, the Miyoshi family found that the base camp of the four countries, which was originally as peaceful as Mount Tai, had also fluctuated. Under the leadership of the new lord "Himewakako" Nagasamune Ibu Motoko, the Nagasusune Ibu family, the Nagasusune Ibu family of Tosa, they successively eliminated the Motoyama family, annexed the Kira family, and almost unified the Higashi-Tosa. If he is not restricted, he may threaten the Awa and Sanuki provinces, the base of the Miyoshi family in Shikoku, in the future.

And in the country of Tanba, in the north of Settsu Province, a major event also happened. Matsunaga Nagayori, an important minister of the Miyoshi family on the Tamba side, and the younger brother of Hidehide Matsunaga, was accidentally killed by Akai Naomasa in a battle with the Tanba Hatano family, causing the vitality of the Miyoshi family's Tanba army to be greatly damaged. Naito Ruyasu, the son of Matsunaga Nagayori, is still a 15-year-old hairy boy, how can he resist the attack of the Hatano family? (In order to gain a name in Tanba Province, Matsunaga Nagayori married the daughter of Tamba Guardian Naito Kunisada, and changed his surname to Naito, and his son Naito Ruan also inherited the official position of Tamba Guardian.) In the history of Yu Qiuping's previous life, this Naito Ruan became a great celebrity. In the war of aggression launched by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he went to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty many times as an envoy of the Japanese side. Because of the error in the historical records, Naito Ruan was mistakenly recorded by the daimyo and the Korean side as the famous "Konishi Fei". As the Miyoshi family continued to retreat in Tanba, the security of the northern part of Settsu Province was also threatened.

So, in such a situation, Miyoshi Changqing made arrangements. He personally returned to Shikoku to support Aki Kunito, who was fighting against the head of Chosamune's department. On the other hand, Tokawa Izuku led the Sanuki people and the Miyoshi Sanko (Miyoshi Nagaitsu, Miyoshi Masayasu, and Iwanari Tomotsu) to lead the Settsu Province and some troops from Kawachi and Izumi in an attempt to suppress Harima along with the Awaji Navy of Ataka Fuyasu. Hanoi and Izumi, where Miyoshi's family is located, were handed over to Miyoshi Yoshi, the eldest son of Miyoshi Changqing. Miyoshi Yoshiken led the Awa people who had crossed the sea to stay in Settsu to guard against the invasion of the Hatano family.

After seeing that the Miyoshi family sent troops everywhere and did not leave many reserve troops, Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru's mind immediately became active. Three years ago, he contacted the Rokkaku family, the Kitabatake family, and the Hatakeyama family to fight against the Miyoshi family, but unfortunately he was defeated, and the strength he had worked so hard to accumulate for a long time was damaged again. And the Rokkaku family was also greatly damaged after the turmoil at Kannonji Temple, which caused Ashikaga Yoshiteru to lose foreign aid. After three years of lying on his back, he finally waited for the Miyoshi family's army to be dispatched, unable to take care of, and the sword hero shogun once again became active to restore the authority of the Muromachi shogunate.

And the entry point he chose was Yamato.

The Muromachi shogunate of the Ashikaga clan was established in the Nijo Imperial Palace, located in the Yamashiro region, one of the 66 countries of Japan. And Yamato Province, which is located directly south of Yamashiro Province, is currently under the control of Matsunaga Hide.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru took advantage of the fact that the Miyoshi family had no time to take care of him, and intervened in Yamato to support the Kofukuji Tsutsui family, who had been defeated by Matsunaga Shu, to raise troops again. However, the Tsutsui family was not an opponent of Matsunaga Hide before, and this time it was even more not. The combined forces of Ashikaga Yoshiteru's Hokko and the Tsutsui family were defeated by Matsunaga Shu and fled.

However, Ashikaga Yoshiteru is not particularly worried. Relying on the surviving authority of the Ashikaga shogun, it was not the first time that Ashikaga Yoshiteru had carried out such a support operation, and everyone did not dare to be too rude to him. He had fled Kyoto three times before and was in exile, but he was able to return to Kyoto. However, this time, what he was waiting for was not a warning from the Miyoshi family or the Matsunaga family, but an army of Miyoshi Yoshiken and Matsunaga Shu.

Whether it's Matsunaga Shu or Miyoshi, they have long been unhappy with this Ashikaga general. What they want is a puppet general who is willing to obey orders, not a sword shogun who moves up and down every day and is committed to restoring the former glory of the Ashikaga family. After this war with the Tsutsui family, Matsunaga Shu wrote a letter to Yoshiken Miyoshi and invited him to join the army.

It is also strange to say that the relationship between the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family did not fall into the freezing point because of Matsunaga Shu's "attempted murder". I don't know if it's because Matsunaga Shu had a relationship with the Miyoshi family before (for example, Miyoshi Yoshiken and Matsunaga Shu both maintained a good relationship with Sakai merchants), or because the Miyoshi family also recognized Matsunaga Hide's strength, or if they had to cooperate with the Matsunaga family - anyway, the relationship between the Matsunaga family and the Miyoshi family is as close as the relationship between the British and American families. Not only did they form a coalition to defeat Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Rokkaku Yoshiken and others before, but this time they marched together to surround the Nijo Imperial Palace.

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The Nijo Imperial Palace was besieged, and the embarrassed Ashikaga Yoshiki hurriedly planned to repeat his old tricks and move out of the imperial court to mediate. After the previous battle of Kyokoji, it was the imperial court that mediated the war with the Miyoshi family for him, allowing him to return to Kyoto.

However, this time, Miyoshi Yoshiken and Matsunaga Shu were unusually stubborn and rejected the imperial court's request in one go. They chose someone to replace Ashikaga Yoshiteru, that is, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's younger brother - the son of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the younger brother of the twelfth general Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Ashikaga Yoshiei. This person has no opinions, is obedient enough, and looks like a puppet that is easy to use.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was shocked when he learned of this, realizing that this time the position of shogun was very likely to be lost. He hurriedly sent someone to call the merchants of Sakai Town, and relied on his good relations with Yoshiken Miyoshi and Hidehide Matsunaga to mediate the matter. However, Miyoshi Yoshiken, who has always been known as the "money bag of the Miyoshi family" because of his good relationship with Sakai Town, did not give face to his businessmen and friends this time, and still refused this request, and it seems that he is determined to depose the shogun.

After learning that the Miyoshi Matsunaga coalition was besieging Kyoto, Hatakeyama Takamasa, who had always been loyal to the shogunate and the old system, was furious. He once again raised troops from Kii and announced a crusade against Miyoshi Chokei, but was defeated by Miyoshi Yoshiko outside Kishiwada Castle. The Rokkaku family lost its prestige after the turmoil at Kannonji Temple, and he was once the tyrant of and could not even gather the forces of the wealthy clan, so he had to lead the direct administration of his family to Kyoto to support the general, but he was also blocked by Matsunaga Shu to the east of Seta and could not approach Kyoto. In desperation, Ashikaga Yoshiteru had to compromise.

In the history of Akihei's previous life, it was in this operation that Matsunaga Hidehide killed the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, known as the Eiroku Great Rebellion. He also relied on this bloody and fiery "Xia Ke Shang" to become the ugliest conspirator in the troubled times of the Warring States Period. However, in the history of the Yonglu Great Rebellion, the participants of the Miyoshi side were the Miyoshi Sanren who were used by Matsunaga Shu, and Miyoshi Changqing and others had already passed away. And in this life, the wise Miyoshi Chokei naturally would not allow the Miyoshi family to commit a great disapproval in the world and bear the infamy of killing the samurai leader, the Ashikaga shogun. Therefore, he instructed Yoshiken Miyoshi not to harm Ashikaga Yoshiteru. At the insistence of Yoshiken Miyoshi, Matsunaga Hide had no choice but to dispel the idea of cutting down the grass and eradicating the roots and eradicating Ashikaga Yoshiteru permanently.

On May 23, 1565, four days after the Eiroku Revolution in history, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was forced to submit to the armies of the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family, and cede the position of shogun to Ashikaga Yoshiei. As for himself, he was placed under house arrest by Matsunaga Hide. The imperial court was also very aware of current affairs, and soon issued an order to approve the position of Ashikaga Yoshiei's general, and also gave him the position of guardian of Yamashiro at the secret request of Matsunaga Hide. And Yamashiro Province and Kyoto were also controlled by the justifiable Matsunaga Hide, and the Miyoshi family had to withdraw and leave.

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Just when Matsunaga Hide's thought he was done, Ashikaga Yoshiteru once again proved that he was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Rescued by the retainer Hosokawa Fujitaka and the Rokkaku family's Wada Yuimasa and others, Ashikaga Yoshiteru actually escaped from the heavily guarded Maki Island Castle, and left with his eldest son, Ashikaga Terurumu!

Furious, Matsunaga Hide's immediate pursuit was pursued, but he was stopped by the Rokkaku army, and watched Ashikaga Yoshiteru fly from under his nose. He immediately sent an envoy to contact the Miyoshi family again, asking the Miyoshi family to send troops with him to fight with him against the Rokkaku family who were hiding Ashikaga Yoshiteru - but Miyoshi Yoshiken refused.

Matsunaga Hideki immediately realized that Ashikaga Yoshiteru's escape must have something to do with the Miyoshi family. He sent ninjas to investigate, and discovered that many of the guards at Maki Island Castle had neglected their duties on the day Ashikaga Yoshiteru fled, and then fled shortly thereafter. Matsunaga Shu thought they were absconding in fear of crime, but found traces of several of them in Iimoriyama Castle, the residence of the Miyoshi family. It was already clear that it was Yoshiken Miyoshi who instructed them to let Ashikaga Yoshiteru go to the Rokkaku family.

And Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was bent on reviving the Ashikaga shogunate, declared that Matsunaga Shu was a rebel immediately after escaping from danger, and the Ashikaga Yoshiei he supported was also a "pseudo-general", and asked the daimyo cavalry from all over the country to crusade against Matsunaga Shu and recapture the Nijo Imperial Palace for him.

Suddenly realized, Matsunaga Shu finally realized the problem. The reason why Miyoshi Yoshiken gave up Yamashiro to him was to push him to the cusp of the storm and roast him on the fire. But at that time, he was full of power, and his mind was full of thoughts about the power center that controlled the world - the Nijo Imperial Palace and the Imperial Court. Matsunaga Hide, who relied on a conspiracy to gain control of Yamashiro Province, moved stones and became the target of daimyo everywhere, and also became the target of Ashikaga Yoshiteru.