The visitor smiled and drank a glass of wine, and said what he saw and heard when he came here: "Haha, the general is really polite, I came here secretly this time, I didn't expect that a big war was breaking out in Omi Province, Miyoshi Chikuzen was so bold, why didn't the general write a letter and summon the heroes of the Quartet to come and assist the general." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiteru heard that someone actually asked him to write a letter to summon the heroes of the Quartet to come to assist the general, and he couldn't help but stare at it, and just about to speak, Hosokawa Fujitaka first asked: "What Lord Danzheng Shaobi said is good, but I don't know if Lord Danzheng Shaobi can respond to the general's call first." ”

This question is indeed more appropriate for Hosokawa Fujitaka to ask, if it is asked by Ashikaga Yoshiteru, but it is refused, then all the face and lining are lost, but Ashikaga Yoshiki still looks at the visitor with blazing eyes, wanting to know the attitude of the visitor.

The person who came said in a deep voice: "Maybe! It seems that I also need to work hard, first deal with the tiger that invaded Shinano, and then I will definitely respond to the shogun's call to assist the shogunate and remove obstacles for the shogunate. I still have to get rid of the shogun in this matter, so please be sure to hand over Shinano's guardian position to me, Nagao Keitora. ”

As soon as Nagao Keito's request came out, the air in the room seemed to freeze, and Hosokawa Fujitaka's gaze reflexively fell to Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Although in advance, Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Hosokawa Fujitaka had already vaguely known the purpose of Nagao Jinghu's visit this time. However, a few months before Nagao Keitora came in person, Sakamoto Hall received a letter and donation from Kai. The purpose is the same as that of Nagawei Jinghu, donating money, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru is not in his eyes. But the writer of the letter could not help but look the other way.

Nagao Keiho, Takeda Harunobu. Two men fighting for supremacy in Shinano actually came to him. I want a name of righteousness. If it weren't for outsiders, he would have screamed a long time ago, but now he is indistinguishable, and neither of them is what he can disobey now.

Nagao Jinghu, 25 years old this year, is in his prime, his father is the guardian generation of Echigo Nagao for Jing, and his young name is "Tiger Chiyo". When it is an adult, it is called the long-tailed Jinghu. Because he inherited the surname of the Kanto Shogun, and was successively given the name of the Kanto Shogunate Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, it is also called the Kamishi Shogun, the Kamishi Huihu, and the name of the law after becoming a monk, and the famous Kamishi Kenshin is also. Because he has a high military command ability, he is known as the dragon of Echigo in later generations, and is generally known as the god of war.

Harunobu Takeda is a little older, but he is only 35 years old, and he is in the prime of life. Young name Taro,The son of the fierce general Takeda Shintora.。 Later, with the support of his retainers, he was chased to Suruga Imagawa Yoshimoto when Shintora went to play. He was also the later Takeda Shingen, who was as famous as Kamishi Kenshin, and the commonly known "Shingen" is the abbreviation of his later legal name "Shingen of the Law Sex Academy". With outstanding military talents, he is known as the "Tiger of Kai".

I didn't expect that Takeda Harunobu, who had always ignored the name of righteousness, would also write a letter asking for the position of Shinano's guardian, and Nagao Haruka was even more excessive, running directly from Echigo to Omi to coerce and coerce.

Hosokawa Fujitaka glanced at Ashikaga Yoshiteru who was worried, and stepped forward to bow and said, "Lord Danzheng Shaobi, this matter has been discussed by many courtiers, and I also ask my lord to stay in the pavilion for a few days." ”

Long-tailed Jinghu glanced at the two of them and said, "This ...... You also know that my time is short, if it is not urgent, I can live here for a few more days, oh, I will live here for two days at most, and after two days I must leave here and return to China, and then you will definitely give me a satisfactory answer, right?! Without waiting for Ashikaga Yoshiki to reply, he took a step back and turned to leave the conference room.

Ashikaga Yoshiki scolded in a low voice: "Damn! ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka thought for a moment before he said, "General, isn't this actually the result we want?" If the two of them want to fight, let them fight, don't they want Shinano's guardian position? Give them a good ......."

Ashikaga Yoshiteru looked up and said, "Two peaches kill three soldiers." ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka nodded and said: "It is the plan of the two peaches to kill the three soldiers, Shinano is divided into South Shinano and North Shinano, and the vague concepts are all sealed as Shinano Shou, so that neither of us can be offended, and they will fight endlessly for their own interests, but the words of Zheng Shaobi just now reminded me." ”

The battle between Nagao Keitora and Takeda Shingen, Ashikaga Yoshiki actually didn't pay much attention to it, of course, he couldn't say it on the surface, after all, he was the shogunate's general, nominally the leader of the world's warriors, and now what worried him the most was the battle between Miyoshi Chokei and Rokkaku Yoshiken.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru motioned to Hosokawa Fujitaka to continue, and the latter pondered his words and said: "General, the current situation in Kinai is that Hatakeyama Takamasa has lost Takaya Castle, and Kawachi is in an emergency, I'm afraid it won't last long. Once the Rokkaku Sakyo Doctor was defeated, the shogunate seemed to have lost its most important supporter, and in this way, Miyoshi Chokei would inevitably be even more arrogant and domineering, and no one was in sight. ”

After a pause, Hosokawa Fujitaka said again: "The defeat of Hatakeyama Takamasa and Rokkaku Sakyo Doctor, and the fact that Miyoshi Chokei will increase the fertile land of Kawachi Province and Minami Omi Province will be more difficult to suppress, this situation is something that the shogunate does not want to see, but Mino's Saito, Echizen's Asakura, Kita-Omi's Asai, Wakasa's Takeda, Ise's Kitabatake, and even Settsu's Honganji, as well as Date's Masahiro, the overlord of the Western Province who has a good relationship with the shogun, I am afraid they are all unwilling to see it." Now, they didn't enter, I'm afraid they are all waiting and watching, if there is a person of high moral standing who comes forward to unite them, then Miyoshi Changqing will also be controlled everywhere, and Dr. Rokkaku Zuojing has been given time to breathe. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiki's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, he knows that the person who is highly respected in Hosokawa Fujitaka's mouth is not himself, who made him the shogunate's general, the nominal head of the samurai in the world, is indeed as Hosokawa Fujitaka said, Miyoshi Nagakei was already the dominant family in Kinai, and now if he defeats Rokkaku Yoshiken and Hatakeyama Takamasa, the power will extend to the eastern country, Mino, Kita-Omi, Echizen, Wakasa, Ise and Date in the western country. I'm afraid I'm going to be under tremendous pressure.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru understood at the same time. Some of these forces originally had a good relationship with the Miyoshi family. Some are conflicted with each other, not so much by their own calls as by a common threat. However, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was able to get enough benefits from this, and it played a great role in restoring the authority of the shogunate in Asai Dream.

First, once these forces form an alliance, then an alliance leader is needed to come out, and the original Date political balance and army in the western country are enough to subdue the others. But Date Masaki is a Westerner after all, and has nothing to do with the people of Kinai and Dongguo, and no one will agree with the command of an outsider, so Ashikaga Yoshiteru should be the leader of the alliance, he is the shogunate of the shogunate, and he is the caller of the alliance. The leader of the alliance, although he cannot directly command the armies of the individual members, can be said to have taken an important step in name.

Second, Miyoshi Changqing is threatened by being surrounded on all sides, and Rokkaku Yoshiken will definitely be able to get a respite. Since the two families have become a fire and water, it is impossible to compromise and fornicate. Will support the shogunate even more and support Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Thirdly, Miyoshi Chokei's power was greatly reduced, and even withdrew from Kinai, so if there was a vacuum of power in Kinai, then the shogunate would be able to win over various forces in the way of the shogunate, forming a favorable situation for the shogunate, reproducing the glory of the Ashikaga shogunate, and becoming the lord of Chuxing.

As Hosokawa Fujitaka said, how bad things are worse than now?! Once Miyoshi Changqing becomes big again, I am afraid that he will usurp the shogunate and establish the possibility of establishing the shogunate to become the general of Zhengyi, Miyoshi Changqing has a criminal record.

Thinking of all this, Ashikaga Yoshiki began to write letters, sending secret envoys to Kita-Omi, Echizen, Wakasa, and Mino frequently to state the key points, hoping to form an anti-Nagakei alliance and jointly deal with Miyoshi Chokei. In order to show his sincerity, Ashikaga Yoshiteru specially sent Hosokawa Fujitaka to Bei China to ask Date Masaki to join the anti-Chokei coalition.

At the beginning of June of the first year of Koji (1555), Date Masahiro led 8,000 troops into the newly renovated Silver Castle.

Because the battle of Houdongchuan was not as simple as Masahiro saw, between Ouchi Yoshitaka and Ouchi Yoshinaga, there was a factor of Tao Changfang, which made Ouchi Yoshitaka defeated and retreated, and Frost Castle fell, Ouchi Yoshinaga took advantage of the victory to pursue, making Ouchi Yoshitaka lose in a row, coupled with a blow from the back of Nagaoka Naito's family, which made Ouchi Yoshitaka trapped in a corner of Katsuyama Castle, with less than 3,000 men, even the lost generals, and even his advisor Ryokumi Takatoyo lost the battlefield and was in a different place, which was simply a defeat situation. Yoshitaka Ouchi lost most of his men and could no longer stand up on his own.

Ouchi Yoshicho not only surpassed Yoshitaka Ouchi in military strategy, but also did not lose to anyone in diplomacy, he understood that Date Masaki's ambitions were obvious, and once the winner was divided, it would inevitably lead to the invasion of Date Masaki, so he surrounded Katsuyama Castle while sending his retainers to the inner castle of Bungo Province to state the key points and invite Otomo Yoshijin to come forward.

Otomo Yoshijin really deserves to be a hero, and for his own territorial ambitions, he sacrificed his last brother as well. Haruei Ouchi followed Yoshitaka Ouchi to be besieged in Katsuyama Castle, and instead of thinking about rescuing him, he signed a secret agreement with Yoshinaga Ouchi.

The secret treaty stipulates that Ouchi Yoshinaga will recognize Otomo's rule over Kitakyushu, and at the same time, he will have his sister-in-law Sadarashi marry the daughter of Otomo Yoshijin and change his name to Zhenyori. This arrangement also established Ouchi Yoshinaga's subordination to Otomo.

Otomo Yoshijin really went on the road, because Ouchi Yoshitaka went out to deal with Ouchi Yoshicho and could not take care of Kyushu, Otomo Yoshijin became Ouchi's representative in Kyushu because of the alliance. In the name of Haruei Ouchi, he led the armies of Shiga, Kutsuna, and Tahoku to attack Toyozen, and then occupied Monji Castle, the gateway to the western country.

Otomo Yoshijin occupies Bunzen, although it is nominally recognized by Haruhide Ouchi, but everyone knows the trickiness.

Otomo Yoshijin is only twenty-six years old, but he is a famous general who is known for his bravery. In order to inherit the family business, at the age of twenty-one, he planned the second-order collapse change, killed his half-brother Shioichimaru and his mother in one fell swoop, and also slashed his father Otomo Yoshikan into a serious injury and died, inheriting the status of the lord of the Otomo clan Bungo and Higo Kingdom. After Otomo Yoshijin inherited the lordship, his uncle Kikuchi Yoshitake took the position of guardian in Higo as a hero, and openly rebelled. Otomo Yoshijin used Oda Nobunaga's method of pretending to be sick to deceive his younger brother Nobuyuki to trap Kikuchi Yoshitake, and at the same time killed hundreds of people from the Kikuchi clan.

Historically, without the rebellion of Tao Harumen, it would have been difficult for the Otomo family to set foot in Bunzen and Chikuzen, and if Mori Yuan had not entered the last years, it would have been a long time for Otomo Yoshijin to dominate Kitakyushu. The time and the situation acted on Otomo Yoshijin, who had no moral qualities and such complex qualities as excellent qualities, which made and destroyed his career. In the difficult confrontation with strong enemies, excellent qualities can be brought into play, people can grow, and their careers can grow; And the peace and quiet for a certain period of time made Otomo Yoshizhen have no moral quality and moderation, and the inferior nature of indulging in material desires can be more expressed, which is the reason for the decline of the Otomo family.

Now, Otomo Yoshijin is afraid that he will not fall for a long time, because the enemy he has to face is not the aging Mori Motosa, he has to face Date Masaki, who is younger than him, and I am afraid that the competition between the two will be an important topic in Kitakyushu for a long time.

Otomo Yoshizhen's attack completely cut off Yoshitaka Ouchi's back road, and Yoshitaka Ouchi had no choice but to turn to Date Masahiro for help, although he knew that this kind of request for help had a low tone and a shorter momentum, but he had no other way out.

Ouchi Yoshitaka's vulnerability, Otomo Yoshizhen's sudden attack, so that Date Masaki, who was sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, finally couldn't sit still, originally only planned to lead 3,000 troops to inspect Aki Province, this time brought 8,000 people, if you count the 8,000 people of Iwami Province, and the 2,000 sailors cruising in the Seto Inland Sea, that is to say, the Date army surrounded by the border between Zhou and Nagato has increased to 18,000 people, which is enough to crush the strength of Ouchi Yoshinaga.

Date Masaki's attack, to a certain extent, also made Miyoshi Changqing, who was on the verge of crisis, relieved, and also put down some thoughts about the turmoil of Zangqi and Awa, and waited until he defeated Rokkaku Yoshiken to draw out his spare strength to be able to sweep away the rebels, and now it is better not to stimulate the Date family, so that the Date family can fall into the circumference and Nagato. (To be continued......)