Hattori's eyes flashed fiercely: "Hugh wants to scare the old man, don't you know that little trickery is the old man?" The forces you control in Kyoto City are also roughly clear, so don't blame me for being rude! ”

The fruitful monk is not afraid of the old Hattori security chief, and his delicate and crisp voice is mixed with the taste of charm: "But I don't know that Iwami Shouden will care about the enemy samurai, is there still a hidden purpose that cannot be superior?" Is it okay to tell the concubine? The concubine will never say it. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, old man, no matter who you work for, Ashikaga Yoshikin's right to die should be an accident, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki must not die easily." Hattori was still unmoved, and such a superficial illusion could not overwhelm him.

Seeing that it didn't work, the Guoxin monk rolled his eyes and raised a plan: "Is this an order from the Kanto Princess?" The concubine didn't believe that the sudden death of this Ashikaga Yoshiko was only six or seven days, and the Kanto public side would be able to receive the information and send the order back to Kyoto, this would not be an unauthorized action by Hattori Iwami Moriden! ”

Hattori's voice became even lower: "The old man said that you don't need to know about this!" ”

Ignoring his expression, the fruit heart monk chuckled: "Calculating the mileage, even if you take the Katsura River and Yodo River into Osaka Bay and then detour to Edo Castle, the concubine is not knowledgeable, but she also knows that this trip can not be completed in seven or eight days......"

"Don't you dare to kill you as an old man? Don't make a living here if you know each other quickly, it's best never to appear in Kyoto City, and return to your Kyushu country to be an idle cloud and wild crane! The old man still wants to protect Xiaoquan City, you can go! Hattori chose to ignore her. As soon as the figure is hidden, he will leave.

"Didn't Iwami Shoudian hear the words of the remnants of the Southern Dynasty just now? The concubine body happens to be the remnants of the Southern Dynasty, and we should be a whole who sympathize with each other. ”

Hattori Honcho froze, turned around and said solemnly, "You are wrong!" His Royal Highness is the dignified governor of the Kanto Ashikaga family, but he is not the remnant of the Southern Dynasty that Ashikaga Yoshiaki said in his mouth, if you want to say that the remnant of the Southern Dynasty is probably the only one in this city! ”

"The concubine body is indeed a remnant of the Southern Dynasty, and I have never thought of hiding this identity, anyway, there are quite a lot of martial artists in the Southern Dynasty, such as the Jinxiaoji Palace, the Kamiki Ashikaga family, and the like...... "The Guoxin layman seems to be afraid to act rashly, and neither of them is sure that he will take it, in this heavily guarded Koizumi City

Hattori seems to be just as she expected. In a deep voice, he warned: "Don't talk nonsense. Get out of Xiaoquan City immediately, don't force the old man to kill the killer! The old man is a rough man, but he will not pity the jade. ”

"Who is willing to take the life of the concubine body, but the concubine body is the least afraid of Iwami Mamoru's intimidation." The fruitful monk covered his mouth and chuckled, his movements were light and charming. It's a pity that her actions are done for the blind to see. Hattori didn't even roll his eyelids. I was annoyed that I couldn't act rashly in the city to expose Xingzang, and I had to secretly stop the crazy actions of the fruitful layman.

After being silent for a long time, he said, "If you have anything to say, say it quickly." Just leave and don't waste time here. ”

The fruitful monk exhaled lightly, secretly excited that after years of hard work, he was finally getting closer to his goal, so he said softly: "The concubine body hopes to cooperate with His Royal Highness the Kanto Prince. ”

Hattori Baocho raised his eyes and stared at the fruit heart layman, and sneered: "You, a descendant of the prince of the Southern Dynasty, a woman who is both a Kinai untouchable river source and the leader of the remnants of the Southern Dynasty in Kyushu, want to cooperate with my Kanto Ashikaga family's governor?" Why? ”

"Isn't this dual identity enough? There are tens of millions of people in the world, but they have to be accounted for separately by removing the Kawahara, and there are eight scattered people in the world who live in the Kawahara area, and five of them are scattered near Kyoto, from the net jobs such as ape music and gardening, down to the corpse collection, begging and other filthy jobs are all the bodies of the Kawahara people, and there are also my friends from the Kawahara people on the side of the various daimyos, isn't it enough? ”

Hattori frowned and said, "I don't know what you're trying to do?" It's not up to me to decide whether to cooperate or not. ”

"Iwami Mamoru truthfully reported that he would go back! The concubine retired. The figure of the Fruitheart Lay gradually disappeared into the secret jungle.

……

On May 19, the Miyoshi family, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly took action, and not long after the day dawned, the 15,000 troops of the Miyoshi Army, under the leadership of the Miyoshi three, Naito Munekatsu and Matsunaga Tsutsu, swaggered into Kyoto in the name of Kiyomizudera Counsellor, while Matsunaga Hide served at Ashikaga Yoshiaki's side and stayed in the Toji Honjin in Shimokyo.

The townspeople in Kyoto Castle found that the streets were crowded with the neat formation of the Miyoshi army, and the samurai of the Miyoshi family were very arrogant, and they did not give any reason to launch a siege operation against the Nijo Imperial Palace, and within half an hour, the Nijo Imperial Palace was surrounded in all directions, and the 3,000 troops of Xiangguoji Temple also left the barracks to come to support, blocking all the streets leading to Kyoto in the Sakyo area.

The Miyoshi trio immediately issued martial law, even the edict of Ouchi did not leave the city, the ministers were blocked at the door of their own houses and forbidden to go out, the townspeople had to close the door and huddle in the corner of the house, praying to the gods and Buddhas that this war would not affect themselves, and for a time the people in Kyoto Castle were panicked, and the atmosphere of the war was very strong.

Konoe had been walking back and forth in his palace for a long time, and several times he wanted to go out, he was driven back by the Miyoshi samurai patrolling the streets, and these arrogant samurai from Shikoku were very earthy, and they were unaware of the sign of a minister who was looking inside the white left, and forcibly pushed and drove the coachman of the Konoe family back to the palace.

Ashikaga Katsuhime stood under the corridor worriedly, looked at the worried husband and comforted softly: "Your Highness, you are relieved, the righteous brother is the official of the shogunate, and there will be no accident no matter what, I believe that the Miyoshi family should have a number of believers." ”

Konoe said angrily for a long time: "I'm afraid that the Miyoshi family will mess up!" I heard that yesterday Kakukei met with Nijo Harura in Koizumi Castle and announced that he was also commonly known as Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but I don't know what he talked about, but I heard that he intended to run for the position of general. ”

"Ahh He's going to run for the general's position? What about the righteous brother? Ashikaga Katsuhime was surprised.

Konoe sighed for a long time: "Who said it wasn't! Jueqing is putting pressure on His Royal Highness the public side to make such nonsense, and he thinks that Kyoto is not chaotic enough, so he has to burn a fire at this time! It's really uneasy! ”

At the same time, the Nijo Imperial Palace was built on all sides of the Horiki vertical and horizontal stone walls. The inside and outside of the palace were guarded by more than 100 public samurai, this point of strength is the only force in the hands of the shogunate now, seeing the weak samurai facing an enemy a hundred times their own, they unconsciously remembered the embarrassing scene more than ten years ago, the same embarrassment that no one was available, the same pain of being choked by the throat, as angry as it was back then.

A few years ago, the shogunate also used 10,000 troops to control a mountain castle and a country, but in just a few years, the loss of troops in the territory has dissipated, and the huge gap is still unacceptable. More importantly, there are also 3,000 troops led by Akechi Mitsuhide in Jizhao Temple. This is the only force that can be relied upon.

Ashikaga Yoshiki sat in a military uniform in the Imperial Palace, and on the left and right sides of the shogunate sat on the knees of the shogunate in large armor, and the anxiety and fear on the faces of the samurai became more and more intense in a few days, and the samurai, who had been energetic and high-spirited, were worried and did not know how to deal with it. One hundred and sixty against fifteen thousand. Unless everyone has the ability of Xiang Yu Lu Bu. Otherwise, I really don't know how to win.

Outside the palace, thousands of sails fluttered and flags were imprinted like a forest, and tens of thousands of troops shouted and shouted to release a huge noise, breaking the peaceful atmosphere of the ancient temple in Youjing Huafu. It has brought heavy pressure to the more than 100 people in the Nijo Imperial Palace, even if the Miyoshi Army has not yet taken further military action, it has already disturbed the hearts of the defenders in the Imperial Palace, and this cage battle can no longer be regarded as a victory or defeat in military significance.

The Shogunate was very worried about the public, and everyone was guessing what the Miyoshi Army outside the Imperial Palace wanted to do, and even if the truth was most likely the worst, it still couldn't stop the optimists' speculations, and such optimistic samurai were needed to boost morale in adversity, and even if they knew they were losing, they always persevered, which was the way of the samurai.

In fact, the shogunate genealogy began to act very early, as early as a few days ago, taking advantage of the death of Ashikaga Yoshiki, the shogunate genealogy persuaded Ashikaga Yoshiki to leave Kyoto as soon as possible and take refuge in Omi Sakamoto Castle, but he didn't want to be forcibly rejected by Ashikaga Yoshiki on the grounds that the shogunate's dignity could not be degraded, and the shogunate's several requests were ruthlessly rejected by the strong public, leaving no room or even giving any chance to negotiate, Ashikaga Yoshiteru gave a very legitimate and powerful reason, so that the shogunate retainers were speechless and had to bow their heads and give in.

Since the 19th year of Tenmon (1550), when the first Manshoin Temple Ashikaga Yoshiharu fell ill and died in Sakamoto, the Battle of Fukakusa broke out outside Kyoto Castle and Ashikaga Yoshitoki miraculously repelled the Miyoshi family and protected the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru Kamiraku, no matter the changes and tides in Kyoto, the shogunate still stood still standing in the Nijo Imperial Palace in Kyoto for 19 years.

Such a strong stability is the only support force to maintain the shogunate's declining reputation, Ashikaga Yoshiteru believes that the shogunate cannot lose this supporting force, once it is lost, it is very difficult to find it back, the popular point is that the shogunate cannot lose its authority, and cannot let the samurai in the town of Kyoto Minki be disappointed in the shogunate, and behind him is the abyss, no matter what, he cannot take a step back.

"Perhaps there is another reason, the role of His Royal Highness the Kanto Princess's letter of advice cannot be ignored." Settsu Harumon secretly sighed at the letter of advice from a few months ago, and secretly blamed the Kanto public for not being so eager to write a letter of admonition a few months ago.

At that time, although the city of Kyoto was no longer quiet, but it did not develop to the current situation, whether it was the shogunate official Ashikaga Yoshiteru or the shogunate to serve the public, neither thought of escaping before the Miyoshi family moved, but the Miyoshi family did not move to scare the shogun away, wouldn't it be a shame to spread the word, or in the form that was most unacceptable to the shogun, sent in triplicate letters from different channels, the shogunate felt that his dignity was insulted, and he was even more determined not to leave Kyoto.

Now it seems that Ashikaga Yoshitoki's foresight was very accurate, but the Miyoshi family had a bad heart to send 15,000 troops to the Nijo Imperial Palace to set up a position, but Ashikaga Yoshiki has also made a decision not to compromise and resolutely not to retreat.

These days, the spirit of the shogunate is very poor, and the dark circles under his eyes are very bad after many days of rest, Ashikaga Yoshiteru took advantage of the short time to close his eyes and recuperate, and was just a little sleepy when he was woken up by the sound of gently walking, opened his eyes and said, "What did the Miyoshi family say?" ”

Mibuchi Fujiei saluted respectfully and said in a low voice, "Miyoshi Changyi said that they came to ask for a complaint. ”

"Appeal? Sending an envoy with a complaint can do this, but do you need to send 15,000 troops to surround the Nijo Imperial Palace? It's the first time I've heard of it! Ashikaga Yoshiteru sneered and glanced at the retainers, and the retainers were silent in the face of the general's questioning. They really didn't know how to answer the general's question.

Isshiki Fuji Chang hesitated and said, "Why don't you send a messenger to ask the Miyoshi family what they want to complain about, and then make a decision?" ”

"What's the use of sending it out?"

Settsu Harumon persuaded: "It's better than waiting passively!" ”

Ashikaga Yoshiteru snorted lightly: "Okay! Since you don't give up, then go on a trip to the temple of Shimei! ”

The Jinshi clan was originally serving the Ashikaga shogun's family for generations, and was responsible for the implementation of the Imperial Palace's Kucho Road and food practices, and then was gradually promoted and reused to become a member of the public Sanban, and the current family governor Misaku Mamori Jinshi Harisha followed the example of the Odate clan and married his daughter Ashikaga Yoshiki as a side room, so he was promoted to the shogunate Shinjizhong, and retired in Shinjizhong's chief Odate Harumitsu, and the former chief of the Shiji Mitsuhide came out of the town Jishoji Temple. Tai Kwun Glow is in the back seat for the time being. Served as the chief of the shogunate Shin sub-congregation.

Ashikaga Yoshiki seemed to be very relieved of this cheap father-in-law, and after seeing him leave, he continued: "I heard that last night Kakukei was very excited about the banquet outside the city, and threatened to abdicate Yu and live in seclusion and give him the position of general. Is that so? ”

The courtiers didn't know how Ashikaga Yoshiteru got the latest information from last night. nervously lowered his head and shrunk his head to pretend to be a turtle. Fearing that Ashikaga Yoshiki would be embarrassed by calling their names, Settsu Harimon glanced at the expressions of the ministers' lack of responsibility, sighed secretly and said, "Your Majesty also just heard the news. Whether it's true or not. ”

"Look what this is!" Ashikaga Yoshiki took out a two-finger-wide note from his cuff, on which there were only two lines of small print roughly writing about the situation of the Miyoshi family supporting Yoshiaki yesterday, including Nijo Harara, Kujo Kanetaka meeting Ashikaga Yoshiaki alone, and the words and phrases of everyone talking about the abolition of the establishment during the banquet.

Ashikaga Yoshiki saw that the retainers of the spectrum were silent, and his heart couldn't help but sink downward, and sighed secretly: "Sure enough, all this was expected by the famous Ashikaga Yoshitoki, without his support, this shogunate is like a castle made of fine sand, it looks very beautiful, but it is like a tower in the sky, and the foundation is weak, and it will fall apart when the waves sweep in......"

The shogunate is really going to be finished! This is the absurd thought that flashed in the heart of every samurai, thinking that a few years ago glory and wealth were at their fingertips, but in the blink of an eye, the wind direction changed dramatically in a few years, Kyoto was lost and the Imperial Sauce was plundered, and life became more and more difficult day by day, and in the blink of an eye, they were facing a deep crisis of the end of the road, and many people's minds could not turn around, and there was a scene of loss of soul and overwhelmed.

Young Kiyonobu Ueno jumped up and shouted, "There is no chance left!" Just spell it! ”

"Fight! Just fight! Afraid of what they do! The big deal is death! ”

"Let them know that I, the shogunate boy, am not afraid of death!"

……

At noon, the sun was particularly strong, and more than 15,000 troops outside the Nijo Imperial Palace were tormented by the heat and shrunk in the shade of the trees and did not want to move.

"It's not okay to go on like this, if you delay until the evening, today's day will be wasted, I have to wait to act as soon as possible." Matsunaga locked his eyes on Iwanari Youtong, who was sitting on the side, hoping that he would interject and say a few words to detain or drive away Jinshi Qingshe as soon as possible, but unfortunately, Iwanari Youtong seemed to have a lot of concerns, or simply unwilling to erase Miyoshi Changyi's face, in short, grinding and chirping just didn't move.

At this time, not only the young Matsunaga was a little swollen, but Miyoshi Masaysu and Naito Munekatsu were also very good, and the two exchanged opinions in a low voice and preliminarily decided to terminate this meaningless negotiation, after all, these fifteen thousand people stood in the sun and were exposed to the sun, just to listen to the old man and the shogunate's envoys talk about the reasons for sending troops, and finally involved the issue of whether to litigate or not, isn't this idle and nothing to do.

"Ahem! Hyuga Shouden must be tired, so let's say a few words! Miyoshi Masaysu said solemnly: "Please restore His Royal Highness the angel, we will withdraw the army tomorrow at the latest, please rest assured that His Royal Highness will be safe in Kyoto, we are willing to guarantee that there will never be arson and indiscriminate arrest and other bad acts a few years ago, if there is a must be immediately executed and will not be tolerated." ”

After sending away the suspicious Jinshi Qingshe, he saw Miyoshi Changyi say with an unhappy face: "The old man is discussing this matter with Misaku Mamoru about entering the army, and it is really rude for Shimono Shoudian to interrupt it arrogantly!" And what happened to the Shimono Shoudian who made his own decisions and decided to retire tomorrow? If there is a discord in Kyoto, wouldn't it be necessary to withdraw from Kyoto? ”

Miyoshi Masaysu said angrily: "In order to listen to Hinatamoru's tirade, the soldiers have been standing under the sun and delaying half a day's work in vain, and they are forced to interrupt Hinata's high arguments, we really can't afford to wait!" ”

It was very embarrassing to be told by his nephew that he couldn't come to the stage, and he was annoyed that Miyoshi Masaysu didn't save face for him, but his expression didn't show the slightest displeasure, but asked: "Then what should we do now?" Marching? Or ......"

"Of course, we must march as soon as possible! His Highness has already urged several times! Immediately march into the army and expel the shogun's palace from Kyoto! Matsunaga was impatient, and he couldn't wait to rush out with his troops immediately, and Miyoshi Masaysu was also a little impatient, attacking the imperial palace and exiled the general, which seemed to sound very fulfilling.

Naito Sokatsu also encouraged: "Without further ado, take advantage of the gap between Jinshimisaku's return and return, and we will immediately enter the army to attack, and we can attack it by surprise!" ”

"Seconded below!" Iwanari raised his hand in agreement.

Miyoshi Changyi did not hesitate when he saw the situation being one-sided, and immediately clapped his hands and said: "Then the whole army will attack!" Target Nijo Imperial Palace's Shogunate Palace! (To be continued......)