The so-called Imperial Offering was originally a kind of military service, which was responsible for sorting out the ranks and outfits of the shogun before his trip, and was established by the eighth shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. There are three in total, which are roughly served by the genealogy of the general's family, the weak guards, and the monks or divisions of the Gao family.

By now, this service has long since lost its original function, and has become an honorary title representing the family personality, the seat, or the status of the individual, just like the Imperial Minister's Judgment (Imperial Minister), the State Ruler, and the Outer Minister. However, the basic composition of the personnel is roughly the same as the previous freeze-frame. Among the retainers of the pedigree, there are people from the Ise, Settsu, Ueno, Odate and other families, and among the guards, there are Wakasa Takeda, Iga Hitoki, Kamiwazumi Hosokawa, Shimowazumi Hosokawa, etc., and among the divided families, there are Shikibe Isshiki family, Hyobe Isshiki family, Hosokawa Oshu family, Hatakeyama family and so on.

When Yoshiki was still called Yoshito, among the few people who worshiped and were biased, Isshiki Fujinaga was the head of the Shikibu Isshiki family, and Hosokawa Fujitaka was the head of the Hosokawa family who guarded Kamiwazumi. These two people are the royal offerings of General Yoshiki, and the operation to rescue Jueqing from Yamato Province was masterminded by these two people. And then Wada Yumasa, who cooperated with them, was also attracted by General Yoshiki before, and became an exception to become the imperial offeror.

This time, General Yihui was martyred, many of the royal offerings were martyred, and some had other plans. Hosokawa Fujitaka, Isshiki Fujicho and others temporarily fled to Omi in an attempt to rescue Kakukei; Among the people who accompanied Zhou Song, Oguan Glow was Zhou Song's own cousin, and his aunt was General Yiqing's side room and Zhou Song's biological mother; Ise Sadachi is a side branch of the Ise family, and was originally closer to the Zong family than the former deacon Ise Sadataka of the former government office, but unfortunately he was born late, and the Zong family was inherited by the Distant Sect's Sadataka; As the guardian of Iga, Yoshimasa Nishiki has lost his authority for many years, so he is probably unwilling...... They come to me for their own reasons.

When the messenger reported that Zhou Song and his entourage were temporarily hiding in the middle of the Iga Kingdom, I immediately led a standing 1,200 men through the territory of the Sekiya in Suzuka Prefecture to Iga, accompanied by the lieutenant general Wasuka Masakatsu, the spear general Yoshiyuki Sawaku, the cavalry general Ii Naotora and the iron cannon general Tsubouchi Toshita. At the same time, the 3,000 naval army was also led by Iwamatsu Jingding, and it was stationed up the Suzuka River.

This period is the right time to send troops, and if you want to be romantic, today is the fifth anniversary of the Battle of Barrel Saga...... And my entry into the Guan family's territory with such fanfare immediately startled the head of the family, Guan Shengxin. He is the brother-in-law of Gamo Kenhide, and after I and Gamo Kenhide jointly sent troops to Yamato, they basically reached a certain degree of tacit understanding with me. However, with such a large number of soldiers pressing the border, no one will inevitably have great doubts. When I arrived near Kameyama Castle, I saw him leading more than 800 people who had been urgently summoned to meet me.

"I don't know what happened to Kira Junhe's sudden visit?" Guan Shengxin bowed far away on the horse, looking very polite, "But if you have an order, a messenger is enough, why bother to mobilize the people?" ”

Kira Junhe? Oh, that's just me, Mamoru Junhe is the world-famous general of the Tosa Yoshira family, and it's rare that he actually inquired.

Seeing that he was so polite, I also lowered my posture and rode alone to greet him: "There are distinguished guests coming from Kyoto, so I will go to meet him." Due to the urgency of the matter, I didn't have time to report it, so I was disturbed, and I ask Lord An Yunshou to forgive me! ”

"Distinguished guests from Kyoto!" Guan Shengxin repeated in surprise.

"Exactly," I smiled and nodded, "Please don't have any doubts. If so, why don't you go and meet them together? ”

“…… I still have something to do, so I thank Lord Junhe Shou for his kindness," Guan Shengxin looked at the well-groomed and well-equipped standing equipment of our army, and shook his head, I'm afraid that he was worried that his own army would be suddenly eaten by me.

"Then please take care of Lady An Yunshou! After this trip, he must send someone to Guishan City to make amends. "I owe it.

"Lord Junhe Shou is so polite, I really don't dare to take it," Guan Shengxin's tone was a little better, but he still showed a little resentment, "Then I will be out of company." ”

"Lord An Yunshou walks slowly...... Later, 3,000 troops will come from the waterway, so please take care of them as well. I reminded.

Guan Shengxin was speechless. He bowed again, and then led his army in the direction of Kameyama Castle.

Seeing off Guan Shengxin, I led the army to move on. In the afternoon, when he was about to arrive in Iga Province, he finally joined up with Ishiya Yorichen and his party led by the messenger.

"Xuanjing, ...... are you? Hey, is this necessary? "Ishiya Laichen came over first to contact. Seeing me with such fanfare, he was a little puzzled.

"Just let some people see...... There are three thousand left. I laughed. Seeing that he seemed to want to say something, I interrupted him in advance: "Let's talk about something later, take me to meet Master Zhou Song first...... By the way, how did you rescue this master? ”

"I met by chance on the way to the Australian house. At that time, the two young people with the master were about to go to the palace, and when they saw the clothes on my body and the guards they were carrying, they immediately drew their swords and pounced...... Afterwards, I heard the master say that these two small surnames claimed to be on the orders of the Gongfang Palace, and they were summoned for important matters; But when he saw the little surname draw his sword against the shogunate Shen Jizhong, the master knew that he had been fooled...... Soon after, the bad news of the seppuku of the Gongfang Hall came again, and the master asked me to escort him out of Kyoto. ”

"What about the rest?"

"It's all met on the road. Several of them were not on duty today, so they followed the advice of Master Youxian and went to Luyun Temple to protect Master Zhou Song......"

"Oh!" I roughly understood, so I jumped off the war horse and was led by him to meet Zhou Song.

In front of a young monk with a delicate face and sitting cross-legged in the middle of the crowd, Ishiya Yorichen respectfully saluted: "Master of Reporting, Kira Xuanjing, the head of the Tosa Kira family, came to pay a visit. ”

"Hmm." The young monk nodded.

I took two steps forward and bowed down: "In the Xuanjing of Shimojira, I heard that the master intends to come, and I specially led 5,000 troops to meet him. ”

"There is the head of the Lao Jilian family." Hearing that there were five thousand troops, Zhou Song exhaled lightly.

I didn't get up, and continued to report: "I was received twice by the Gongfang Palace, and was granted the permission of the five and three tongwen...... This time, the Gongfang Hall was unfortunately martyred, and he was also deeply saddened, but he also asked the master to mourn on his day. ”

"Is that so? Then I want to thank the head of the Kira family for his loyalty! Zhou Song's expression was very happy.

"It should be so, the master is really grateful!" I bowed my head, "I also ask the master and a few adults to go to the Han family, so that I can do my best." ”

"Then let's go!" Zhou Song said.

I immediately returned to the queue, ordered a few war horses to be vacated and moved to this group, and gave my horse to Zhou Song.

"I should have prepared to shoulder the ball, but unfortunately it was on the march. Where it is simple, please take care of it. ”

"It doesn't matter. The head of the Kira family has a heart. Zhou Song nodded and stepped onto the war horse.

I raised my hand and the whole army moved. Several people in the same group surrounded Zhou Song and walked in the middle of the military situation.

In the evening, the army reached the Suzuka River and joined up with the 3,000 naval army. I ordered to camp on the spot, and welcomed Zhou Song and his party to live on the ship as the flagship, and I and Iwamatsu Jingding and others were escorted on the boat next to me.

After arranging the security matters on both sides of the strait, I was just about to rest, Yasutoyo Yamauchi came to report: "My lord, an adult who accompanied Master Zhou Song came to visit, claiming to be Iga Guardian Nishiki Yoshimasa. ”

"Please come in, Your Highness Yoshimasa!" I smiled. Welcoming Zhou Song this time, I took out almost all my strength, Zhou Song and this Iga guardian have seen the military appearance, and it is extremely normal to have some thoughts. Even Guan Shengxin of the Guan family may not be able to sleep tonight!

According to my memory, this Iga guardian, who is over 50 years old, was originally the son of Rokkaku Tsunade Tsunamu, the brother of Rokkaku Joyori, who died young, his mother was the sister of Ashikaga Yoshisumi, the eleventh shogun, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the father of Yoshiki, was his cousin. After his father died and his uncle succeeded him, he inherited the Nishiki family as an adopted son. During the Joyori period, relying on his uncle's prestige and support, the Nishiki clan had considerable influence in Iga and Northern Ise. In 1541, Hosokawa Harumoto, the governor of Hosokawa, fought with Yogisawa Nagamasa, the guardian of Kawachi and Nansan Castle, and was supported by him. However, after the death of Rokkaku Joyori, the Nishiki family soon declined, so they had to take refuge with Shogun Yoshiteru, and they were reduced from the Shogunate's Imperial Ministers to the status of Imperial Ministers. His sister-in-law, Nishiki Terutsuna (Sasaki Terutsuna), was a close attendant of Shogun Yoshiteru, and the former was said to have been martyred for Yoshiteru, and his second son had also been separated (he fled to San'in with the people of the Yamagina family, and later settled in the local area, and his descendants continued as Tottori feudal clans until the end of the Edo period).

I can roughly guess what he meant. It must have been after seeing our military appearance that he wanted to use my power to regain control of Iga Province.

Sure enough, after the greetings, he immediately made a request to borrow troops.

"In the past ten years, the heir has passed away, and he has no power to think about it. It's just that the Renmu family is a famous family with the Hosokawa family, and if it is eliminated from below, it is really shameless! His Royal Highness's Kira family is also a famous family, and he has maintained his family name many times before, so he must be able to understand his thoughts...... After the deed was completed, he was willing to adopt a son of His Royal Highness to inherit the family name of the Renmu family. Renmu Yoshimasa's face was full of vicissitudes, and his expression was very sincere.

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