Chapter 190: The Shogunate's Counterattack
Ashikaga Yoshiteru watched Rokkaku Yoshiken leave after calming him down, and then Kenshin immediately said to Ashikaga Yoshiteru: "In the Kyoto Palace, the Ise thieves who occupy Kyoto will be handed over to the ministers to settle down, and it is only a matter of time before you return to the power of the shogunate." The Uesugi family www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion will always be the ministers of the shogunate. ”
Ashikaga Yoshiteru was very happy after hearing Kenshin's words, and immediately said: "With the help of the Uesugi clan, the day of commanding the world's daimyo is not far away." ”
September 4 of the first year of Yonglu. At the same time that Rokkaku Yoshiken left Sakamoto Castle with his front foot, Ise Sadataka led an army of 3,000 to occupy the surrounding areas of the Nijo Imperial Palace, and all the checkpoints and arteries of Yamashiro Province deployed their own troops. He sat in Lingshan Castle and waited for Ashikaga Yoshiei's arrival.
However, the sky is unpredictable. Negotiations with Ise Beichu Mamoru Irimichi failed. Ashikaga Yoshiei's stables, Hosokawa Suruga Mamoru and Hatakeyama Izu Mamoru all opposed. They all advised Ashikaga Yoshiei not to do anything stupid: Mitsuki did not support the Ise family, and sent Matsunaga Hide to intercept the Hatakeyama army that came to the aid of the Ise family, what does this mean? Mitsuki is against them! If we enter Kyoto like this, then we won't be able to stay in Awa after the Ise family loses power.
Ashikaga Yoshiei is not a fool, he still understands this. He knew very well why he was still living in Awa and had someone to raise. If it weren't for the Miyoshi family who raised him as a "general candidate", he would be nothing. Now that I listen to the Ise family's trip to Kyoto to succeed as a general, how sure are you that you can become a general? Not to mention that Ise Sadataka can't settle the court side. Ashikaga Yoshiei doesn't want to leave now, he hasn't enjoyed enough of the good days.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru handed over the command to Kenshin, and he first sent two swords to the Kawakatsu clan and Ohata Kuniaki, who had arrived from Tanba, and also used them as the strength of Akechi Mitsuhide. In the future, let Akechi Mitsuhide intervene in Tanba and contend with the Miyoshi family's banner leader in Tanba, Matsunaga Nagayori (Naito Munekatsu). Ashikaga Yoshiteru has completely lost his trust in the Ise family during this rebellion against Ise Sadataka. In the past, the Ise family ran around for the sake of the shogunate's finances, whether good or bad, and after Ise Sadataka succeeded him, the Ise family never brought more wealth to the shogunate. However, Ise Sadataka wants to monopolize power, and sooner or later he will have to tear his face with Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Ashikaga Yoshiteru originally didn't want to tear his face with Ise Sadataka so early, after all, it was the strength of the shogunate that was consumed, and now it was completely let Miyoshi Nagakei watch his jokes.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru has already thought of a new candidate for the deacon of the government office, Kenshin Uesugi. Anyway, her territory is so far away from Kyoto, and as a reward for her birth and death during this time, it is also appropriate to give such a false position. As for helping himself and the shogunate do practical work, let Akechi Mitsuhide serve as the deacon of the government. Anyway, Akechi Mitsuhide was sent by the Uesugi family to serve the shogunate, and he had no ambition to monopolize power.
Fortunately, Kenshin quickly ended the war in Nishi-Omi and prepared to take action against the Ise family entrenched in the southern part of Yamashiro Province after the Rokkaku family re-surrendered to the prefecture.
However, Hosokawa Harumoto, who was the head of the shogunate, watched from the sidelines. He had no intention of sending troops to help either side. After all, he didn't have enough power to intervene in any war. Miyoshi Chokei almost destroyed most of the Kyozhao Hosokawa family's power in Gyeonggi. He didn't want to lose the last bit of territory in the mountain city.
Just when Kenshin gathered the forces of Kawakatsu, Ohata, and Akechi, Nakanishi Jirobo came to Sakamoto Castle.
"Lord Gokan, the Takeda Army has already sent troops to attack the missile, and the Sister Xiaolu family can't resist it at all. The Pure Land Shinshu believers in Kaga and Noto have gathered more than 20,000 and are ready to wait for an opportunity to invade Vietnam. The situation is urgent! Naoe Yamatoden, Honjo Misakuden, Kaji Suruga Hall and other adults want you to return to Echigo as soon as possible! Nakanishi Jirobo didn't care about Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was practicing swords in the courtyard on the side, and reported directly to Kenshin in the Ohiroma.
"What did you say?!" Kenshin instantly pinched the folding fan in his hand in half, and suddenly Akechi Mitsuhide, Kawakatsutsuji, Kohata Kuniaki, Yodogawa Sanemon and others who were sitting in the Ohiro room could see it clearly. And Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was practicing swords in the courtyard, also stopped at this moment.
"Lord Gokan, the total strength of our side on the Vietnamese side is less than 20,000. If you attack from three sides, even if there are Kakizaki Izumi Temple, Usami Suruga Hall and other people sitting in Echichu, it will still be difficult to resist the simultaneous attack on three sides! "Before Nakanishi Jirobo came to Gyeonggi, he was told by Kaji Harutsuna, Naoe Keizuna, Honjo Minoru, Nagao Fujikei and others that he must let Kenshin rush back to Echichu or Echigo within half a month.
"The Kyoto side is in trouble at the moment, and I, as the Kanto governor of the shogunate, how can I ignore it?" Kenshin didn't want to give up halfway, and in order to make Ashikaga Yoshiteru sit on the throne of the shogun, he had to eradicate the cancer of Ise Sadataka.
“······” Nakanishi Jirobo was speechless, he couldn't command his boss as a ninja, so he chose to be silent.
In order to prevent the war from dragging on for a long time, Kenshin also asked Ashikaga Yoshiteru to order the public in all parts of Yamashiro Province to cooperate with Kenshin's offensive.
Soon, on the evening of September 4, Kenshin led 5,000 troops into the Yamashiro Kingdom. As soon as the public in the Kyoto area received Ashikaga Yoshiteru's order, they immediately went into action. Harumin Mibuchi, Fujibei Miyake and others led more than 2,000 troops to attack the Ise Army stationed at various checkpoints in Kyoto. Ise Sadataka only came to his senses when he learned that the public had begun to attack him, and immediately retreated to Nakao Castle with the remnants. Hatakeyama Takamasa was attacked by the Yamato people led by Matsunaga Hideshi in Hanoi and was unable to move north, so he was forced to retreat. Ise Sadataka's last ally also gave up on him. This farce of changing generals is coming to an end.
Nakao Castle, where Ise Sadataka and Ise Sadara father and son were located, was then surrounded by 5,000 troops led by Kenshin and 3,000 troops by the shogunate. Even the Hosokawa family, which has always liked to watch the excitement, sent 500 troops with Hosokawa Motoken as the general to join the battle. Only then did Ise realize that he had no time to regret it. Ashikaga Yoshiteru will not give him a chance to return to the shogunate.
Let's take a look at the land of Ou in the northeast.
After the Imperial Commander transferred the four members of the Yokita Clan, Katsunaga Seinaga, Keisesuna Takemata, Tadahide Okawa, and Shitoyo Tsukiji, as well as his retainer Lang Party, to Murayama-gun and Mogami Prefecture in Minamiideha, the Twelve Heads of the Nation's People's Organization Entrenched in Yuri County sent envoys to congratulate Asadachi-settling Minamiidewa.
Although the Yuri Twelve Heads appear to be composed of twelve families on the surface, in fact there are fifteen wealthy families of the Yajima clan, the Niga Ho clan, the Akao Tsu clan, the Lagoho clan, the Otsushi clan, the Shimomura clan, the Corn clan, the Tsunagawa clan, the Ishizawa clan, the Takisawa clan, the Iwaya clan, the Hanekawa clan, the Serita clan, and the Kusawa clan. This is similar to the situation of the top eight shields.
He did not refuse Yuri Twelve's initiative to surrender to the court, and he was well aware of the role of Yuri Twelve. As long as Yuri Twelvehead and the Onodera family are in the southern part of the North Dewa and the Uesugi family is in the territory of the South Dewa, then they will be able to quickly free up their hands to deal with the Date family, the Osaki family, and the Kasai family in Nakado.
As for the Date family on the east side of the mountain ranges such as Mt. Zao, Mt. Mehaku, and Mt. Kurikoma, which separated Minamiidewa from Chutsu, the dilapidated Iwaya Castle is currently being renovated and expanded to serve as a new base for the Date family. Date Harumune wants to continue to spend time with the Uesugi family. However, the Osaki family and the Kasai family had already begun to get scared. This time, they saw that the Mogami family, which had once been the largest force in Minamiidewa, was instantly defeated and surrendered to the Uesugi family. In all the prefectures of Minamiidewa, the retainers of the Uesugi family were transferred to the past. This made Yoshinao Osaki and Yoshishige Kasai very worried, and the DPRK would soon attack the Chinese Tsu. If the court really has this plan, then in order to keep the family name, Osaki Yoshinao and Kasai Yoshishige are still willing to lower their profile and submit to the Uesugi family.
After dealing with Yuri's twelve heads and the daimyo Tamura, Soma, and Onodera, who belonged to the Uesugi family, Asadashi went to the outskirts of Yonezawa Castle. Asadaki can't forget the unique woman who once existed - Naoko Benzawa.
Whenever Asadaki stands in the northeast, he thinks of Naoko's figure. It's a pity that Chaoding will never see her again, which is also the source of his pain now.
Cho had the greatest power in the eastern part of the country, and could cut off rivers and rivers, destroy secession forces that did not want to submit, and keep thousands of people alive or dead if he wanted to. But the court cannot control a woman's life. He doesn't always get what he wants most.
The current dynasty is smooth sailing, there is no purpose that cannot be achieved, and there is nothing that cannot be done. But he hated himself for being powerless at that time. Asadashi is well aware that the dead cannot be resurrected, but he still can't forget the encounter with Naoko that night. And the source of the tragedy, the court decided that it was Date Harumune. Now that he has set foot in the land of Okuha, he must deal a certain blow to the Date family, and he must not return in vain.