Chapter 264: The Southern Expedition is about to begin
Just after Asadaki learned that Takeda Shingen's desire to form an alliance with him was just a pretense, he found that the surrounding situation was already unfavorable to him.
First of all, the Osaki family, the Kasai family, and the Odawara Ise family, who were hostile to him, submitted to Kenshin one after another, and also accused themselves of rebellion and disobedience. Then, the more powerful daimyo such as the Edo family and the Oda family of Hitachi frequently contacted the Ashikaga Fuji clan, who had taken refuge in the Satake family, hoping that he would return to the post of Kanto Minister.
In order not to be completely isolated, the Asada pulled the daimyo such as Onodera, Soma, Tamura, Mogami, Iwaki, Koyama, Nagano, Tendo, and Sasawa to jointly go to the shogunate, hoping that Ashikaga Yoshiteru would come forward and let the Imagawa clan Shinlai take the post of Kanto Prince. Not only that, but the court also sent someone to get in touch with Konoe Maehisa, promising a 10,000-stone territory in the waist of Musashi Province, hoping that the Konoe family could say good things for themselves on the side of the imperial court.
On May 20, the court made Hanhejiang Mitsutoshi, who had made meritorious contributions to the village mountain county in the south of the pacification of Nandeha, the lord of Iwakiri Castle, and received 18,000 stone Zhixing land in Iwakiri Castle and Komainukan. And Hanhejiang Guangjun's brother, Hanhejiang Guangjun, was named the lord of Xiaojiao City by the court, and he had 10,000 stones of Zhixing.
Although the two brothers Hanhejiang Guangjun and Hanhejiang Guangjun from the Hanhejiang clan have a lot of credit to the Pingding Murayama County, Chaoding does not want the Hanhejiang clan to further take root in the south. Don't look at the Hanhejiang clan was almost wiped out, but its influence in Murayama County is still undiminished. In order to make there no longer be a resistance force in Murayama County, Chaoding could only transfer the Hanhejiang Guangjun brothers to the Central Continent first, and gave them a lot of knowledge and deeds.
The first batch of retainers transferred to the Central Continent were not only the two brothers Hanhejiang Guangjun and Hanhejiang Guangjun. The samurai of the three counties of Harashonai, who had been established to conquer the three counties of Murayama Prefecture, were also transferred to Chuteo. Oshiki Bizen Sho has 10,000 koku from the old Kurokawa family and 10,000 koku from Osaka Castle, and the Saito Shun clan has 10,000 koku from Okashi Castle.
Just after the four of Hanhee Hirotoshi, Hanhee Mitsutoshi, Oshiki Bizen Mamoru and Saito Shun entered the territory of the Central Artillery with their retainer Lang Party, the court was still a little uneasy, and also transferred Mori Jingguang to the Central Theater. Unlike them, the territory of Kanhee Hirotoshi and others is located on the border between the Osaki family and the Kasai family, and belongs to the first line. On the other hand, Mori Keihiro is the Zhixing who owns the four places of Sentai Castle, Aoyama Castle, Ono Castle and Hokume Castle up to 45,000 stones.
On the surface, the Osaki family and the Kasai family have truce, but in fact, the two families are still in constant friction on the border, and they just give Kenshin face and do not fight. In order to eliminate the threat of the Kasai family, Asadachi instructed Onodera Keido to send troops across Mt. Burning Stone to attack the Kasai family and other lords who belonged to the Kasai family.
In order to protect the Onodera family from being invaded by the Tozawa family, the court ordered the Shinbata Shigeie, Suda Mitsukin, Tosabayashi Zendo and other Shonai generals to send troops north to invade and attack Daqu Castle and Tomaki Castle in the Tozawa family's territory together with the Rokugo family, so as to achieve the effect of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger.
At this moment, Kenshin, who was in Echigo, learned that Asadaki did not repent at all, and even intensified it, she quickly summoned Kakizaki Keiie, Usami Serumitsu, Okuma Asahide, Kanya Keiji, Naoe Keitsuna, Honjo Minoru, Nagao Fujikei, Yasuda Keimoto, Nagao Keiren, Nagao Keikin, Orisaka Nagami, Yoshie Munobu, Yamayoshi Keiganaga and other important ministers and cronies to Echigo Fuchukan.
"See Goya Pavilion." As soon as the retainers were notified, they came from all over the country. Some came from Xiayue Yangbei, some came from Zhongyue, and some came from Noto and Yuezhong.
"Sit down." Qianxin said with a straight face.
"Yes." Most of the retainers guessed why they had come, but they all sat down in silence.
"You should have heard the news that the Odawara, Ise, Osaki, Kasai, Tozawa, and Anto clans of the daimyo came from their families." It was surprising that Qianxin did not mention the matter of the court first.
"In the Imperial Palace, the retainers of the Odawara Ise family from the main family are nothing more than hoping to continue to stay in the Kanto, who does not know that the Odawara Ise family has been a 'murderer of other countries' since its ancestor Ise Hayun. The family should refuse their request. "Kakizaki Keike didn't have a good impression of the Odawara Ise family.
"The Imperial House, the eldest son of the former Kanto Governor Constitutional Prince, died at the hands of Shiyasu. It seems a little wrong for you to do this. "Usami Dingmi, like Kakizaki Keikei, is against harmony with the Odawara Ise family.
"Since they have all abandoned the Miao character of Hojo, then they have a sense of remorse. Over the years, the Fujiwara town government has become less and less concerned about the family. "The main reason for humility is one point, I want to teach Chao Ding a lesson.
"Goya Xingden, in order to allow you to sit firmly in the position of the head of the Uesugi family, the Fujiwara Town Government took the initiative to write to the imperial court to change the Miao character to Fujiwara. Over the years, whether it was a crisis in the two counties of Mogami and Murayama or a crisis in Vietnam, it was unfair for you to either personally lead the army to rescue or send retainers to assist us. Okuma Asahide stood up after Usami Dingman and Kakizaki Keiya.
"Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru, Usami Suruga Mamoru, and you big bear Beizen. Why did they take the initiative to stand up and speak for the Fujiwara town government? Qianxin didn't expect that when he was about to make a move against the court, three important ministers of the Genealogy stood up in succession to oppose it. She also didn't expect that Kakizaki Keijia, Usami Dingman, and Big Bear Asahi had already been in contact with Asada.
"The Imperial Palace, the Odawara Ise family, the Osaki family, the Kasai family, the Tozawa family, the Ando family and other daimyo are taking the initiative to submit to their own family at this moment, just wanting the family to come forward as their backstage. During this time, the Tozawa family and the Andong family took the initiative to attack the three counties of Shonai owned by the town government. And the Osaki family and the Kasai family have repeatedly fought against the town hall with the Date family before, but now they are hurt and scared, but they don't want to repent, and they are ready to cause a rift in your relationship with the Fujiwara town government. Not to mention the Isei family of Odawara, a murderer of other countries. It has been fighting with the Ogiya and Yamauchi Uesugi families for nearly a hundred years. Do you still think that these daimyo are sincere and selfish? After a while, Minoru Honjo stood up and spoke for Asada.
"The duty of the Kanto Governor was to assist the Kamakura Prefecture in jointly administering the Eight Kanto Provinces and the four provinces of Kai, Shinano, Dewa, and Mutsu. Now that these great names are in the above-mentioned countries, can I ignore them and pretend to be deaf and dumb? Kenshin didn't listen to the words of Kakizaki Keijia and others.
"Goya Gyoden, since the four adults of Izumi Mamoru, Suruga Mamoru, Bizen Mamoru and Misakumori all think that there is nothing wrong with what the town hall has done, then in order to prove the innocence of the town hall, I sent someone to Kawagoe Castle to ask the town hall to come to Echigo Guofu to explain, how about it?" The long-tailed Fujikei, who had been silent before, had a very vicious idea.
"It's a good idea. The Fujiwara town government has already refused once, and if he refuses again this time, it means that he wants to unite with the Takeda family to deal with the family. When the time comes, you can only send troops to fight! Qianxin nodded with satisfaction.
“······” Kakizaki Keijia, Usami Dingmi, Okuma Asahide, and Honjo Minoru all looked at each other. Each of the four of them knew that Asadashi would never come to Echigo to explain, and it was only a matter of time before Kenshin was ready to send troops to Kanto.
"That's it for this assessment, you all go back and get ready to play. In the unlikely event that the Fujiwara town government does not come to Echigo, then the family must be prepared to send troops to the Kanto region. "Before leaving, Qianxin did not forget to remind the important ministers.
After the evaluation meeting, Kaganya Keiji, Naoe Keitsuna, Nagao Fujikei, Yasuda Keimoto, Nagao Keiren, Nagao Keikin, Sabasaka Nagami, Yoshie Sonobu, Yamayoshi Keinaga and others left the Fuchukan one after another, while Kakizaki Keike, Usami Dingmi, Okuma Asahide, and Honjo Minoru remained standing in place and did not leave.
"Suruga, you usually have the most ideas, so hurry up and think of a way! If the Imperial House is out of the Kanto region this time, then Kaga's group of bald donkeys will immediately join forces to fight back against the remnants of the Hatakeyama family! It is very likely that the Takeda family will also take the opportunity to send troops to Echichu, and when that time comes, who will help me and wait? "Kakizaki Keijia is in a hurry. Although he repeatedly invaded Kaga, he still did not occupy a city or a place in Kaga, which made Ichitsumune even more hostile and hateful to him.
"Yes! Suruga Palace, although you are now Noto Guardian, but once the Imperial Palace leads its own army out of the Kanto region, it is difficult to guarantee that those national lords who surrender to the military gate of their own family will not fall to the Ichijo Sect or the Takeda family. "Dakuma Asahide, like Kakizaki Keijia, is pacing back and forth in a hurry.
"Doesn't the old man know this? Domino effect! At this point, we can only take one step at a time. Usami said helplessly.
"On the Vietnamese-Chinese side, Bizen and I can at least be able to hold it down, anyway, more than half of the troops in Vietnam and China cannot be moved. As for Noto, it's up to Suruga you. Kakizaki Keijia sighed helplessly and said.