The situation took a turn for the worse, and the joy of the Sawai Moto's sweep of the outer outposts was still in his heart, followed by an unexpected enemy attack, the defeat of the Sawai Moto's family, and at the same time the food requirements of the wise Mitsuhide, several mixed moods, as if falling from heaven to hell.

In the conference room, Ashikaga Yoshiki was expressionless, but there was a hint of gloom in his eyes. I never thought that I would die before I got out of the division, the Sawai Moto's soldiers were defeated and died, and Wise Mitsuhide still had the face to ask for food and weapons, shameless, really shameless.

The Sawai Motoke family is a native of Yamashiro, born in a family of shogunates, not only his father and grandparents came out of the shogunate, but also his small surname, and the Sawai family has always done their best to support Ashikaga Yoshiteru. The Sawai Motoke family originally followed Ashikaga Yoshiki to garrison Katsuryuji Castle, and it was Ashikaga Yoshiki who ordered him to follow Akechi Mitsuhide, named Yoriki, who was actually a superintendent of the army, and participated in a series of joint battles such as the Battle of Yamazaki, and made outstanding achievements. At the same time, Ashikaga Yoshiteru had intended to promote the Sakii Motoke family to replace Akechi Mitsuhide after the birds and beasts were wiped out.

Hosokawa Fujitaka knew the status of the Sawai Motojia family, and knew that Ashikaga Yoshiki was in a bad mood and was uneasy, at this time, seeing that Ashikaga Yoshiki suppressed his anger and did not turn his face on the spot, he was slightly relieved, and he reminded in a whisper: "According to the oral accounts of the defeated soldiers sent, the Ten Guards control the legions under their command very closely, and they were recruited and trained by Sawai-kun, so they were sent to Takatsuki Castle, and this matter is known from top to bottom, when the war goes well, they may be able to accept the command of the general, but once the war is not in their favor, Will he continue to follow the general's orders? ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka was an introducer to Akechi Mitsuhide, as the relationship between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Akechi Mitsuhide broke down. Coupled with the outbreak of a series of incidents, especially the defeat and death of the Sawai Moto's family, the relationship between the two took a sharp turn for the worse. You must know that the fact that the Sawai Moto's family is a prison can be said to be an open secret, and Akechi Mitsuhide knows it. It turned out to be a different place under his nose, this thing was not acquiesced by Wise Mitsuhide, and no one believed it when he said it. Hosokawa Fujitaka now has to quickly dissociate himself from the relationship, so he said this.

In history, when Akechi Mitsuhide launched the Honnoji Rebellion, as a friend and in-law of Akechi Mitsuhide, Akechi Mitsuhide originally thought that Hosokawa Fujitaka and his son would join him. Count them in your own forces.,Frequently send requests to the Hosokawa family to increase their strength.。 However, Hosokawa Fujitaka made the decision to abandon his relatives at this time, and not only shaved out the family name Yusai. He gave up the position of governor of the family to his son Hosokawa Tadashi, and also imprisoned his daughter Tamako in the mountains of Tango. In the end, he even joined Hideyoshi's side and assisted Hideyoshi in his crusade against Akechi Mitsuhide. Hosokawa Fujitaka also won Hideyoshi's appreciation for his righteous act of killing his relatives.

Hosokawa Fujitaka is actually very anxious in his heart, and he also knows that it is very difficult to clear up his relationship with Akechi Mitsuhide. But the only thing he can do now is to try to distance himself from the relationship. And then with the most vicious guess, wise and Mitsuhide's behavior.

At this time, Akechi Mitsuhide not only sent the news of the war in the Sawai Moto's family, but also sent thousands of defeated soldiers, and gave Hosokawa Fujitaka an excuse to clear up the relationship, and under the pretext of the mouth of the defeated soldiers, all conjectures and poisonous schemes fell on Akechi Mitsuhide.

Ashikaga Yoshiki was able to let Hosokawa Fujitaka participate in the meeting, so naturally he didn't mean to blame Hosokawa Fujitaka, he listened to Hosokawa Fujitaka's reminder, and his eyes flashed. The death of the Sawai Motoya deprived him of a source of information about the Akechi Mitsuhide Legion.

A reminder from Takashi Hosokawa. The rest of the people also found an excuse and persuaded Ashikaga Yoshiki one after another, the content was nothing more than to beware of the sudden outburst of Akechi Mitsuhide, and they all thought that Akechi Mitsuhide would turn against each other and then attack Takatsuki Castle, but no one talked about Akechi Mitsuhide having another way to go.

In fact, all of this is a loophole in their thinking, the current battlefield is complicated, you have me, I have you, once tens of thousands of troops make a move, everyone can see clearly, it is really difficult to get out of a way. In their eyes, Akechi Mitsuhide will either advance and fight to the death with Honda Masanobu, or retreat, and if he retreats, he will either attack Ashikaga Yoshiteru and besiege Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Whether it is a military admonition or a siege, in fact, they are outright traitors to those who harbor deep prejudices.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru finally spoke, and he said: "Since Akechi Mitsuhide wants food, then give him food, we must stand on the moral high ground, and we can't give him the slightest room to fight back, otherwise he will have an excuse to rebel." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was already angry and said such a sentence in front of the public, which should not have been said, which is an extremely irresponsible thing. A big battle of tens of thousands of people, before the decisive battle, there was a discord between the monarch and the minister, even if this kind of thing was unthinkable, it was said in front of everyone.

Everyone didn't seem to hear it, and quietly looked at Ashikaga Yoshiaki, waiting for Ashikaga Yoshiaki's instructions, even if it was Hosokawa Fujitaka, but Hosokawa Fujitaka was muttering in his heart, this kind of thing was said in a grand manner, a bad omen.

Hosokawa Fujitaka cautiously suggested: "According to the defeated army, now that the outlying forts have been swept away, do you urge Akechi Mitsuhide to attack Ibaraki Castle and Miyake Castle as soon as possible, open the passage to Ishiyama Honganji Temple as soon as possible, and then order Wada-kun to besiege Ishiyama Honganji Temple together." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiteru bowed his head slightly, and said: "This is the right reason, and the order to attack Ibaraki Castle and Miyake Castle is urgently sent to open the passage to Ishiyama Honganji Temple for the advance of the army." ”

The meeting ended temporarily, and Ashikaga Yoshiki left Hosokawa Fujitaka with an expressionless face, looking at Hosokawa Fujitaka who lowered his head and didn't dare to look at people, and said: "Daisuke Bingbe, you have followed me since I was a child, you are my right-hand man, and I have a task to give you." ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka raised his head and asked, "I don't know if the general has any tasks to entrust privately, and I ask for instructions, and the minister will do his best to complete the entrustment." He fell to his knees as he spoke.

Ashikaga Yoshiki looked approving, and said: "You are the person I trust, this task is only yours, today Akechi Mitsuhide first admonished the soldiers, and did not obey my orders, our contradictions have been placed on the face, and if we don't solve it, it will be related to the shogunate Zhongxing." ”

After hearing what Ashikaga Yoshiteru said, Hosokawa Fujitaka broke out in a cold sweat, his face changed suddenly, and he raised his head and said tentatively: "The general said that he was booby-trapping Akechi Mitsuhide?" Before this decisive battle, is it appropriate to booby trap the general? Is there a suitable candidate to replace him? ”

A series of questions were asked. Ashikaga Yoshiteru nodded in response: "Daisuke of the military department is worthy of being my right-hand man, and Akechi Mitsuhide is now a cancer of the shogunate's Zhongxing, and it can't be eliminated if you don't get rid of it." I'm afraid it will be very detrimental to the shogunate to stay any longer, and this person in charge, can Daisuke of the military department be interested? ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka heard Ashikaga Yoshiteru's meaning, and his heart was pounding, and he actually let him sit in the army, but he still knew that now was the time to officially show his loyalty. Shouldn't reveal a trace of ambition, he kowtowed and said: "Once the wise and light show is booby-trapped, only the general can suppress the rebellious gangsters." As for the ministers, they assisted the general to eliminate the traitors in the army. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiki replied: "Okay, this matter is related to the overall situation, and Daisuke of the military department must be careful for the ......" Suddenly he turned around and shouted, "Who." Who is it. Come out for me! Guards! Guards! As he spoke, he took a step forward and drew his famous knife.

At the same time, there were several sounds of swords and guns clashing from outside the door, Ashikaga Yoshiteru rushed out angrily, Hosokawa Fujitaka followed closely, they didn't expect that someone would overhear when the two were talking secretly, and if the content of the secret agent was known, I am afraid that things would change.

Ashikaga Yoshiki rushed out of the conference room and looked out the door. It was found that on the field path in front of the army, two men were running wildly. They ran at an incredible speed. In the pursuit of the fleeing ones, several cavalrymen had already rushed ahead.

Ashikaga Yoshiki roared angrily: "We must chase them, we must see people alive and dead and corpses, we can't let them escape, chase, chase them all for me!" "He already knew that once someone knew the content of the secret conversation, especially if Akechi Mitsuhide knew.

Several cavalry warriors were already about to catch up with the two people who were running rapidly, and Hosokawa Fujitaka said in a low voice: "General, these people should be ninjas, I don't know if they are Koga ninjas or Iga ninjas?" "Most of the Koga ninjas followed the Eastern Army, and Wada Yumasa was one of them, and the Iga ninjas mostly worked for money.

Suddenly, the head of the war horse slammed into the ground violently, making a loud roar, as if it had touched some terrible hidden weapon. Yoneda suddenly shouted, "It's Iga's guy, yes, it must be Iga's guy, the color of their clothes." ”

Iga, I didn't expect it to be Iga, although Iga said that it was for money, but now part of Iga is following the Western Army, and the other part is going to the West Country to follow the Date family, I don't know where these two Iga ninjas who eavesdropped on the secret conversation came from.

The smoke was billowing and two Iga ninjas were seen jumping into the Yodogawa, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru's men were standing on both sides of the Yodogawa, constantly using bows and arrows to do useless work, and spears were constantly piercing the riverbank, trying to kill the ninjas hiding on the riverbank.

The two ninjas who escaped the pursuit quickly found his employer, and listened to the answers of the two ninjas, the cold and murderous eyes on their employer's menacing faces were palpitating, and on the back of the employer, a blue Kikyo regimental flag told the person who came that he was the wise Mitsuhide who wanted to be booby-trapped in the secret conversation between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Hosokawa Fujitakaka.

After listening to the information of the two ninjas, he waved his hand to let the two of them go down, his face suddenly became ugly, and he said coldly: "I underestimated you, after a few months, I actually listened to slander, not only want to seize the military power of a certain person, but also want to kill someone's life, is it unbearable?!" Now that you are unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust, but you have treated me like a brother and sister, and it is inconvenient for you to meet with your sword soldiers. Now that the spy has appeared, I'm afraid that he will do it soon, and it's time to think about retreating. ”

Akechi Mitsuhide immediately summoned his cronies, most of whom had been following since the Mino period, and some of whom had admired his charm when he was wandering Echizen, all of whom had been loyal and had died in battle at the Battle of Yamazaki in most of history.

When Akechi Mitsuhide finished telling Ashikaga Yoshiki about trapping him, the entire big tent denounced Ashikaga Yoshiteru's ingratitude, and a small number of people fell silent, thinking about what to do next. There is no worse situation than now, with wolves and tigers, and food is also running out.

Ikeda Teruya heard Akechi Mitsuhide's story, his eyes lit up, he knew that Akechi Mitsuhide had made up his mind to find a way out, he stopped everyone's reprimand, and then stepped forward and proposed: "Now Ashikaga Shogun is unkind, but the lord cannot be unjust, and ask the lord to lead the army to attack the western army Hatakeyama and Suzuki." ”

Ikeda Teru's proposal was unpleasant at first hearing, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was going to trap Akechi Mitsuhide, and now Akechi Mitsuhide had to fight for him, but if you think about it, Hatakeyama and Suzukibe refer to Hatakeyama Takamasa and Suzuki Shigei, and to attack the two, you need to attack Hanoi, Izumi, and even Yuki.

Taji saw that when Kunikiyo heard the opinion of the Ikeda Hui family, he clapped his hands and praised: "Jibu is worthy of being a person with outstanding intelligence, and the old minister echoed it, and Hatakeyama Takamasa, as a descendant of the Hatakeyama family, one of the three leaders of the shogunate, did not want to forge ahead, and even helped to abuse, which is tolerable or unbearable, and asked the lord to uphold the will of the general to crusade against him." ”

Okuda Keihiro also heard the ridicule in the mouths of Ikeda Terujia and Taji Kuniqing, and immediately bowed: "The old minister agrees, and also asks the lord to crusade against the rebel ministers for the general, sweep away the demon Buddha for the Buddha, and enter Hanoi, Izumi, Kii and Yamato." ”

As soon as everyone heard the three of them talking, they kept saying that Ashikaga Yoshiki could hear the ridicule even if they were fools, and knew that this was their only way out, so they echoed it.

Akechi Mitsuhide stood up and said: "Hatakeyama Takamasa, as a fellow Ashikaga clan and a family of three leaders, does not want to forge ahead, and even helps to abuse, which is unbearable. ”

At the same time, Akechi Mitsuhide knew that it was not easy to break out safely, and once he was attacked by Honda Masanobu on the way to the breakout, he was afraid that there would be a danger of annihilation, so before breaking through, only by attacking, attacking, and attacking again could he find a breakthrough for the army to break through.

Night soon came.

Ibaraki Castle, although Honda Masanobu did not know that the relationship between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Akechi Mitsuhide had completely broken down, and Akechi Mitsuhide actually made the decision to break through, but he still felt that the balance of victory was slowly tilting towards him, and asked Honganji to increase the number of men and horses, and on the other hand, he stepped up the defense.

Just as Honda Masanobu was patrolling the city railway, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the city, stopped to look, a fire dragon rushed to the opposite side, wise Mitsuhide launched an offensive overnight, he looked up, the mountains were full of torches, his face changed, and said: "He wants to fight to the death!" ”

The rumbling war drums rang throughout the night, and Masanobu Honda of Ibaraki Castle, Masakatsu Wasuka of Miyake Castle, Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Hosokawa Fujitaka of Takatsuki Castle, Honganji Kenru of Ishiyama Honganji, Wada Yumasa of Ikeda Castle, etc., also stood up. (To be continued.) )

PS: There is also no anti-piracy today