Chapter 369: Gyeonggi Scuffle
In the third year of Yonglu, on the fifteenth day of the ninth month. Under the advice and mediation of Konoe before the beginning, the imperial court officially passed the shogun announcement of Ashikaga Yoshiei, and at the same time, Ashikaga Yoshiei was appointed to the position of the head of the left horse from the five ranks, and became the fourteenth shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, so he was appointed as the shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, and was given forbidden colors (referring to the colors that cannot be worn without permission, including blue, red, yellow dan, dark purple, deep Su fang, deep scarlet, and mast), and allowed to ascend to the temple (only more than six officials are allowed to go to the temple, called the palace master).
After Ashikaga Yoshiei took office as the general of the Seiyi, although there were some former Ashikaga Yoshiei such as Ogasawara Minomori and Ogasawara Hidekiyoshi who served the public and pursued the public Ashikaga Yoshiei. However, most of the former Ashikaga Yoshiteru's close ministers, minor surnames, Hokan, Shinkan, and Ashigaru Daisho defected to Echizen Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but he was not able to get the support of all the shogunates in Beijing, which caused him to rebuild the shogunate's institutions.
However, after Ashikaga Yoshiei successfully succeeded to the post of general of the Seiyi, the open and secret struggle between the Miyoshi Sanzhong and Matsunaga Hide over the division of power and territory still did not stop. In order to completely clear the suspicion of killing the former shogun, the three of Miyoshi quickly applied to the shogunate and the imperial court for a crusade against the enemy and the crusade order, and pointed out that Matsunaga Shu and Matsunaga Tong's father and son were the culprits in the 'Eiroku Great Rebellion', whether it was planning to send troops to Shangluo, attacking the Nijo Imperial Palace, killing the former Seiyi general Ashikaga Yoshiteru, intending to hijack the Miyoshi family governor Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and the new Seiyi general Ashikaga Yoshiei commanded the world and other things were all done by them, and the Miyoshi family, The three of them have nothing to do with each other.
The three Miyoshi revealed that they and the governor of the family, Yoshitsugu Miyoshi, and the new general of Seiyi, Ashikaga Yoshiei, were kept in the dark from beginning to end, completely unaware. In short, the Miyoshi family is full of clean 'shogunate loyal ministers' and 'court loyal ministers', but the bad is in the hands of the father and son, Matsunaga Shu and Matsunaga Tong. Even the deaths of important figures in the Miyoshi family, such as Miyoshi Yixing, Miyoshi Changqing, Anzhai Dongkang, and Shihe Yicun, were all planned and implemented by Matsunaga Shu and Matsunaga Tong, father and son. In short, the Miyoshi family's transformation from prosperity to decline is all the fault of Matsunaga Shu and Matsunaga Tong father and son.
From ancient times to the present, framing and framing have always come regardless of the cost, so why should there be any excuse for the crime that you want to add? The overall direction of the three people is to move towards Matsunaga Xiu, Matsunaga Tong father and son, how bad they come, how vicious they are. It is also said that Matsunaga Shu did this in order to be able to one day become a great minister and climb to the position of the shogunate.
And Ashikaga Yoshiei himself also had a lump on his back, so he did not enter Beijing after he was appointed as the general of the Seiyi. At the same time, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was stranded in Echizen to protect Asakura Yoshikei, lost confidence in Asakura Yoshiaki after learning that Ashikaga Yoshiei had been appointed as the head of the left horse and succeeded him as the general of the Seiyi, and then held a motofu ceremony in Echizen, and Echizen Guardian Asakura Yoshikei personally served as Ashikaga Yoshiaki's coronation. Ashikaga Yoshiaki felt that the word "Aki" in his name was unlucky, so he changed his name to Yoshiaki, indicating to the world that his ambition to succeed the general of Seiyi was still undiminished.
At the same time that the three of Miyoshi were in a state of turmoil in the Gyeonggi area, the Yamashiro Sanjo and Matsunaga Tsuri and others, who were dissatisfied with the killing of the former general of the Seiyi Dynasty, Kazuma Kazuma, Nakazawa Mitsubo and others, led their troops into Seungryusi Castle, intending to launch a revolt among the people in Yamashiro Country.
However, after all, the three people of Miyoshi still hold the power of the Miyoshi family, and Iwanari Tomotsu, one of the three people of the three people, quickly led an army of 5,000 to attack the castle of Shenglong Temple, and killed more than 500 people under Katsushima Ichixuan, Nakazawa Manfang and others. Subsequently, in order to completely eliminate the anti-Miyoshi clan in Yamashiro Province, Iwanari Tomotsu exiled all the wealthy clans related to the Katsushima clan from Yamashiro Province, and moved his own base to Katsuryuji Castle so that he could control the western and southern regions of Yamashiro Province that he had just captured.
After Iwanari Tomotsu captured nearly half of the mountain castle country, he began to rise up in Longwangshu, and united Miyoshi Masaysu, Miyoshi Nagaitsu, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, Miyoshi Naga, and Miyoshi's important ministers Miyoshi Nagano, Imamura Yoshimitsu, Yokota Muneaki, and other daimyo such as Ikeda Katsumasa of Settsu and Tsutsui Shunkei of Yamato, and sent more than 31,000 troops to attack the territory of Matsunaga Hidekata's generals, and soon after, he fought a fierce battle with Matsunaga Hideya in the area of Todaiji Temple in Yamato Province.
And Matsunaga Hide's side, counting the reinforcements moved from Kii, there are more than 8,000 people, and they are still not the opponents of the three people. Originally, Matsunaga Hide also hoped that his younger brother Naito Munekatsu (Tanba Guardian, Tanba Omori, Matsunaga Nagayori, and Matsunaga Yori), who controlled most of the Tanba Kingdom, would be able to contain them in the rear of the Miyoshi Trio, so that he could have enough time to bring more Yamato's domestic wealthy families to his side.
However, when people are unlucky, they drink cold water and stuff their teeth. Just when the army of the three Miyoshi invaded Yamato Province, Naito Munekatsu intended to stabilize the rear and then send troops to rescue his brother. Randomly sent troops to attack the rival daimyo Akai family, and surrounded Kuroi Castle, the base of the Akai family.
What Naito Munekatsu didn't expect was that although he had an absolute advantage, because his own camp was too close to Kuroi Castle, he was told by a monk that Akai Naomasa was defending Cage Castle. Akai Naomasa immediately decided to go out of the city at night to launch a counterattack, and directly attacked Naito Munekatsu's main camp. Munekatsu Naito was caught off guard and died on the spot. And all the more than 700 troops of Naito Sokatsu's main formation were killed, and none of them were spared. With the death of Naito Munekatsu, the Miyoshi family's business in Tamba was completely bankrupt, and after that, the Hatano family and the Akai family in Tamba rose rapidly, completely expelling the Miyoshi family's power from Tamba Province. Naito Sokatsu's son, Matsunaga Naga, led the remnants of the Naito family to defect to Matsunaga after restoring his own Matsunaga's Miao character.
For Matsunaga Shu, the death of his younger brother Munekatsu Naito hit him harder. Not only did he lose a younger brother who held a heavy army, but he also lost the support of a wing, and he instantly became weak. Subsequently, his war with the Miyoshi trio led to the ignition of wars in Settsu, Yamashiro, Kawachi, Izumi, Yamato and other countries, resulting in the complete decline and destruction of the Miyoshi family, and the prestige of the family governor Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, which also opened the door for Oda Nobunaga to enter the capital in the future.
Over the next two months, Matsunaga Hidekata and Miyoshi fought fierce battles in the mountain castles of Koizumi Castle, Yamashiro Yodo Castle, Yamashiro Katsuryuji Castle, Settsu Koshisui Castle, Setzu Itami Castle, Setzu Takiyama Castle, and Settsu Hori Castle. Due to the fact that Matsunaga Shu was outnumbered, his powerful generals such as Marin, Mikawa Mamoru were successively killed by the Miyoshi three, and important places such as Takiyama Castle, Itami Castle, and Horiki Castle were also captured by the Miyoshi three.
Thankfully, Matsunaga Shu managed to contact Takamasa Hatakeyama. Hatakeyama Takamasa also knows the truth of the cold lips and teeth, once Matsunaga Xiu's side is defeated by the three good ones, then the next target of the three good three people must be themselves. Therefore, Hatakeyama Takamasa directly led more than 10,000 troops from the wealthy clans of Kii and Nerai to enter Yamato Province to support Matsunaga Hide, and confronted the army of the Miyoshi Trio at Todaiji Temple.
After that, the two armies fought brutally for two months at Todaiji Temple, and the entire Todaiji Temple was reduced to ashes in the war. The main central hall of Todai-ji Temple and the surrounding temples such as Hannyo-ji Temple, Manjus-dor, Ryo-dang, Myokko-in, Kannon-in, Hotoku-in, Myon-in, Tokuzo-in, and Kinzo-in were burned down in the battle between the two armies.
Just when Matsunaga Shu had been at a disadvantage and was pressed and beaten by the Miyoshi three, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who had changed his name and Motofu, went to Mino at the suggestion of the shogunate Hosokawa Fujitaka and others, and successfully obtained the assistance of Oda Nobunaga, and was ready to send troops to Kamiluo.
Matsunaga Hide, who felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, randomly sent his retainers to contact Oda Nobunaga and present the family treasure 'Ninety-nine Eggplant'. Although Oda Nobunaga had not yet led his army into Gyeonggi, he directly gave Matsunaga Shu the power to freely cut over the Yamato country.
Matsunaga Hide, who learned that Oda Nobunaga had given him the freedom to cut Yamato Ichikoku, did not intend to really serve Oda Nobunaga well, and Matsunaga Hide, who had ostensibly become a member of the Oda family, did not forget to send his family's retainer Kai Lao Shikan (Matsunaga family elder) to start a tie with Asadai through Akechi Mitsuhide, who occupied the Minami Omi Sakamoto area. Because Matsunaga still sees the overall situation clearly at this moment. After all, Oda Nobunaga currently only occupies most of Owari, Ise, Shima, and Mino, while on the other side, the Uesugi family in the eastern country has occupied the territories of nearly 20 countries, including Kaga, Noto, Echichu, Sado, Echigo, Ueno, Shimono, Musashi, Kamiso, Shimoso, Anbo, Hitachi, Rikuzen, Rikunaka, Iwaki, and Iwashiro. The Oda family must not be on the same day as the Uesugi family, not to mention that the Uesugi family has now expanded its territory to Kaga, and in terms of strength, it is completely possible to quickly support Yoshiaki and send troops to Kamiraku. At present, it was only because the Takeda family might send troops to attack and harass Echigo that the opportunity to support Yoshiaki was given to Oda Nobunaga.