Jokai Castle in Izumi Province, the original Kishiwada Castle, is now surrounded by the 20,000 troops of Honganji Temple.

Hosokawa Nobumoto was alone in the house, but the silence of the night did not bring him any peace, and the flickering candle flame forced him to come closer to see the letter in his hand.

The letter was sent by Katsura Hosokawa, who had just been handed over by Sosui Yoshida. Yoshida Sosui is Yoshida Sokkai's second son Yoroku, who has just served as Hosokawa Nobumoto's flank and physician.

The content of the letter is very simple, it is a general greeting, and she has a good relationship with Niko Motohisa, and she has just given birth to a baby boy.

But Hosokawa Nobumoto saw between the lines the recent situation of Niko Motohisa, and now the Niko family has a great momentum after defeating the Maori family. It was supposed to continue to expand the territory, but there was a discordant voice.

Some of the old retainers of the Niko family began to make a fuss about independence, demanding that the main family, the Niko family, be separated from the control of the Hosokawa family. Originally, some of the new retainers of the Nizi family were on the side of Nizi Motohisa and confronted the old school.

However, as soon as Oda Nobunaga's evil act of burning Mt. Hiei came out, many members of the new school began to fall to the old school, and if it were not for the staunch faction such as Yamanaka Yukimori who supported Niko Motohisa, I am afraid that the Niko family would have been separated from the Hosokawa family long ago.

"What a trouble..."Hosokawa Nobumoto closed the book, rubbed his temples, and then shouted, "Hanzo! ”

"Yes! Subordinates are here! The figure flashed, and Hattori Hanzo knelt in front of Hosokawa Nobumoto.

"Increase the surveillance of the retainers, focusing on the original Zaga people, Nelai people, and the garrison of Dinghai Castle: Matsuura Sokiyo and Terada Masaka." Hosokawa Nobugen knows that at such moments, the most popular time is when people's hearts fluctuate.

"Yes! Please rest assured, the Hidden Mist will nip all signs of rebellion in the bud! Hattori Hanzo's voice was deepened, and a cold light sparkled in his eyes.

"Goemon!" Hosokawa Nobumoto called out another name.

"The subordinates are here!" A person appeared from the wall of the house, and it was Ishikawa Goemon.

"You go to Ota Castle and get me something." Hosokawa Nobumoto motioned for Ishikawa Goemon to come over and whispered a person's name, Ota Seihisa.

This Ota Sehisa, who had surrendered when Hosokawa Nobumoto pacified Saga last year, now took advantage of the Oda family's burning of Mt. Hiei to rebel and build Ota Castle in Miyako, ready to resist to the end.

There are also some 5,000 people led by Fanhe Temple, who also rebelled one after another, and established a fortress on the south side of Dinghai Castle, echoing with the Honganji army from the north, and besieging Dinghai Castle.

"Yes! Please rest assured! Within three days, you will definitely get back what the lord wants! "Ishikawa Goemon was ordered to be the leader of the low order, and he set off overnight.

Early the next morning, Hosokawa Nobumoto climbed the castle tower to inspect the defense, boost morale, and look at the dense enemy troops outside the city, and also carry out the construction of the fortress in a big way, looking like a long-term siege.

They built the Yagi Fortress, the Nakamura Fortress, the Tanaka Fortress, the Jizenji Temple, the Sengokubori Fortress, and the Sawa Fortress on the south, north, and west sides of the castle, completely severing the connection between the castle and the countries of Kinai.

However, Hosokawa Nobugen was not afraid, because Dinghai Castle was a port city, and the sea in Osaka Bay was filled with his Hosokawa naval army.

Through the water gate of Dinghai City, the Hosokawa Navy continuously transported grain, grass, ordnance and other material resources. Moreover, the navy can not only provide fire support on the sea, but also help Hosokawa Nobumoto's army evacuate Dinghai Castle in an emergency.

Therefore, Hosokawa Nobumoto's only concern is that this battle may not be so simple.

Sure enough, three days passed, not mentioning the strategy of only besieging and not attacking the city by the coalition army, but Hosokawa Nobumoto waited for a very bad news.

"What! General Yoshiaki actually broke with the Oda family in public! At this time! Hosokawa Nobumoto was no longer calm, all kinds of things that should have happened two or even three years later broke out at the same time.

"How so? Is it because of me, a little butterfly? Caused such a big effect? Hosokawa Nobumoto felt very strange, and once or twice it could be explained as accidental. But many times, it must be inevitability, and the combination of multiple inevitabilities is worth savoring.

"My lord! His subordinates suggested that the fire of the 'revival shogunate' should be extinguished as soon as possible, otherwise it would inevitably form a prairie fire, which would be very detrimental to the family. "Honda Masanobu was the first to speak, and the situation was already very critical.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates suggested dividing the troops again and returning to the Setzu country by water, and now there must be many wealthy families of the Settsu country who have joined the command of General Yoshiaki." Sanada Masayuki also said loudly, it is certain that the current Settsu country is also in rebellion.

"Hmm... Command! Hosokawa Fujitaka, Hosokawa Fujiken, Mibuchi Fujiei, Miyoshi Masakatsu, and Miyoshi Mayasu, led their troops back to Settsu Province to quell the rebellion, and Hosokawa Fujitaka served as the general general! Hosokawa Nobumoto hesitated for a moment, and immediately made a reasonable judgment to let the Settsu people return to the country to quell the rebellion. After all, he can't do without him here, only he can control his own Zaga, Genlaizhong, and this Dinghai City.

"Yes!" Hosokawa Fujitaka and others answered the order, but the Hosokawa retainers below were whispering.

"Humph! Bring things up! Hosokawa Nobumoto saw that the people who were whispering were none other than the Suzuki family, the Tsuda family, the Matsuura family, and the Terada family.

After a while, Chiho, surnamed Chiho, came in with a wooden box, he was the son of Honda Masanobu, who was eight years old this year.

Everyone looked at this boxy box curiously, not knowing what was inside.

"Open!" Hosokawa Nobumoto motioned to open the lid, and Chiho opened the lid with his eyes closed, causing the people around him to look sideways, it turned out to be the head of Ota Seihisa!

"Ahh This? "Everyone didn't expect that the head of Ota Dingjiu would appear here.

"Humph! Ota Dingjiu plotted a rebellion, and I specially ordered someone to take his head! In the future, if anyone has two hearts, he will end up like him! Even if it's thousands of miles away, I'll make him head in a different place! Hosokawa Nobumoto was murderous and looked at the crowd who had just whispered.

He had already received a tip last night that Shigehide Suzuki, Suginoho Shosu, and the Masa Terada family had already had different intentions, and if they didn't suppress it, there would be chaos sooner or later.

"Yes! Please rest assured, I will swear to follow the Hosokawa family to the death! If there is a different heart, people and gods will punish together! Shigehide Suzuki and the others were so frightened that they quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look directly into Hosokawa Nobumoto's eyes. In the dark, I only felt that Hosokawa Nobuyuan was looking at him with the eyes of a dementor, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. , you are lonely, the young lady warms you with a movie