"My lord, Yuasa Castle has been breached, the head of the family, Yuasa Zongzheng, has been beheaded, and the city has been cleared, please publicize it!" Honda Masanobu came over to report to Hosokawa Nobumoto, and in less than half a day, the Yuasa family of the small wealthy clan perished.

"The whole army turns to Baotian Mountain Castle and destroys the Baotian family!" Hosokawa Nobumoto gave the order decisively.

"Yes! Assemble the whole army! Target Hoda Yamajo! Out of the line! The order was quickly conveyed, and the Hosokawa army, with long guns and short cannons, and colorful flags fluttering, marched towards Baotian Mountain Castle in great strides.

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"Newspaper... Lord! After the Hosokawa army captured Yuasa Castle, it was heading for us! Please make a decision as soon as possible! "A scout horse galloped into Hoda Mountain Castle and reported to the head of the family, Hoda Tomomune, that such a large military operation by the Hosokawa family had pulled the nerves of all parties in Kii Province.

"What! I'm coming to my house! You read that right! Hoda Zhizong stood up at once, his face full of incredulity.

Hoda Chimune, the head of the Hoda family, the Hoda family is actually a branch of the Yuasa family, and they all worked for Tayama Takamasa in the early years. Later, Tayama Takamasa was usurped and exiled, and the two families couldn't put all their eggs in one basket, so the two families agreed that the Yuasa family would also follow Tayama Takamasa, and he would follow Tayama Akitaka.

Later, Tayama Akitaka was killed by the rebels again, and his Baotian family became an ownerless minister and became an independent state. However, from the perspective of his former allegiance to Oda Nobunaga's brother-in-law, Tayama Akitaka, he was on the side of the Oda family.

So, it's reasonable for Hosokawa Nobugen to attack the Yuasa family, attacking himself? What a thing!

"No! I couldn't have hesitated any longer! The Hosokawa army has tens of thousands of troops, and the iron cannons have 3,000 people, and it is impossible for me to hold a small Baotian Castle. I'm going to go alone now, meet Hosokawa Ukyo-sama, and ask for your forgiveness! Hoda Tomomune said, and he was ready to set off.

"Big brother, wait a minute." He was stopped by Kawangin Fanzong, who was the younger brother of Hoda Chimune and the abbot of Koyasan Huawangin.

In the Warring States period, there is a very interesting feature. At that time, most of the samurai families learned the customs of the Ashikaga shogun, and all the sons of the governor, except for the heirs, were monks to prevent the possibility of competing with their elder brothers for inheritance. Also, if something happens to the heirs, they can also become heirs and inherit the family business.

The most striking example is that after the death of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, he had no children under his knees. His two younger brothers, Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Master Zhou Song, obtained the right to inherit, but Master Zhou Song was also killed by the Miyoshi family, so no one competed with Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

One of the most classic examples is the Imagawa family's Hanakura Rebellion. The previous head of the Imagawa family, Imagawa Clan, died at the age of twenty-four. Most of the Sengoku daimyo married early, but Imagawa Shihui was weak and still celibate at the age of twenty-four, with no heirs.

Therefore, his two younger brothers can succeed to the position of family governor, one is born to his father's side room Fukushima clan, the resident Genhiro Emikan of Hanakura Village; The other is the child born to Masamuro Shouguini, the drinking Umegatake Seontoku-ji Temple in Fujigun.

In the end, the Hanakura Rebellion broke out between the two heirs in order to compete for the position of family governor, and Imagawa Yoshimoto finally won and ascended to the throne.

There is no indication of how good or bad this system is, and not all samurai families learn this convention, such as the Takeda and Oda families. The brothers Takeda Shingen and Shinhiro not only did not fight for the inheritance, but also trusted and reused each other. Of course, there are the most negative examples, which are Oda Nobunaga and his younger brother Oda Nobuyuki.

"What's wrong? I didn't have time to think about it anymore, I heard that the Hosokawa army was marching extremely fast! Hoda Zhizong was anxious to scratch his ears and cheeks, and kept walking back and forth.

"Big brother, I heard that Tayama-sama has once again gathered the Yukawa people and the Kii people together, and it is said that more than 6,000 people have been gathered. And Koyasan has also gathered more than 10,000 people, ready to counterattack the Hosokawa family at any time, are we too? Huawangyuan Fanzong made a comparison, and the implication was to simply defect to the rebels.

"This won't work! The family used to be loyal to Shogaogong, and Lord Wadayama Takamasa was a mortal enemy. Now they wish that their family would perish, and if they go, they will only be sheep in the mouth of the tiger. In addition, the gang of Koyasan is a group of clowns who jump off the beam, and they can't make much of a climate. "When Hoda Tomomune talked about the rebels in Koyasan, he looked disdainful.

"Big brother, you! All right... You are the head of the family, and the poor monks are just monks, so they don't intervene too much in these worldly worlds. But big brother, remember, whoever blasphemes the Buddha will go to the Infernal Hell. Oda Nobunaga is like this, and so is the accomplice Hosokawa Nobumoto! Big brother, you can do it yourself, hum! When Huawangyuan Fanzong heard that they were compared to Koyasan clowns, he was so angry that he brushed his sleeves and left on the spot.

"Humph! Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? You see that I still have no heirs, so you want to peek into the position of the head of my Hoda family, right? Hmph, do you want me to pass on the throne to you? Dream! Hoda Zhizong looked at the figure of his younger brother leaving, and his teeth itched with hatred, it seems that the two brothers have not been in harmony.

"Newspaper... The lord, the head of the Hoda family, Lord Hoda Chimune, asks to see! "In the middle of the march, a horse came running back and fell on one knee to explain what had happened.

"Oh? How many people did he bring over? As soon as Hosokawa Nobumoto heard this, he knew that the purpose of his coming here was that he must have come to surrender.

"Back to the lord, he is the only one."

"Only one person?" When Hosokawa Nobugen was a little strange as to why there was only one person in Hoda Chimune, Honda Masanobu saw the confusion of the lord and replied respectfully on the side: "My lord, this Hoda Tomoto's wife died early, and he still has no heirs, so now he is a loner. ”

"I see, no wonder I didn't bring the hostages with me, the feelings are single." Hosokawa Nobumoto suddenly realized when he heard this, and began to think about how to subdue the Hoda family.

"Okay, I see, let him come over." Hosokawa Nobumoto thought for a while, and motioned for his men to bring Hoda Tomomune over.

After a while, Hoda Tomoto, who was dressed in plain clothes, rushed over, and when he was about to get close to Hosokawa Nobumoto, he was searched by the crowd and found that there were no suspicious items, so he was let go of Hosokawa Nobumoto.

"In Shimohoda Chimune! See Ukyo-sama! "Hoda Zhizong went down for a big prostration, showing great humility.

"Well, on the orders of the lord, I came to suppress the rebellion, and I heard that the head of the Tayama family was killed by the ministers, and the Yuasa family was also involved, and now it has been conferred. I heard that Hoda-sama is a branch of the Yuasa family, so... Let's check one or two. Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded, casually making a nonsense reason. , you are lonely, the young lady warms you with a movie