On the night of Harutsue's assassination, Ashikaga Yoshiki held hands with his two daughters after a hangover, and he hadn't slept like that for a long time, and he hadn't slept a single peaceful sleep since he was expelled from Sakamotokan, or rather the days of displacement.

In the middle of the night, Ashikaga Yoshiteru fell asleep holding hands for two days, but he was awakened by the waiter in the middle of his good dream, and asked sullenly, "Where did the messenger come from?" Ashikaga Yoshiki shook his head and pulled the quilt slightly to cover the concubine who suddenly woke up.

Where did the waiter dare to take a second look at the fair and tender skin, knock his head low, and his body trembled a little, if it weren't for the tight urging of Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka, he wouldn't dare to risk his life to come and disturb Ashikaga Yoshiteru's sweet dream, and replied: "It's information about Takatsuki Castle." ”

The waiter didn't know the specific information, but he only knew that it was information from Takatsuki Castle, and it was sent by Wada Yumasa himself, and important ministers such as Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka arrived, which explained the importance of this information. Sure enough, Ashikaga Yoshiki heard the words "Takatsuki Castle", and his face showed a look of excitement.

Ashikaga Yoshiki didn't care that he hadn't dressed up before he stood up, completely forgetting his pity for the jade just now. His movements were so violent, and the quilt opened a wide opening in an instant. The attendant's bowed head glanced at half of his buttocks, and he smelled a faint scent, which was very different from that of his wife, a mixture of fat powder and the scent of flesh, and a faint smell of sweat, which almost crushed the attendant, and made his head a little dizzy.

Fortunately, at this moment, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was in excitement and didn't see the squire's face crimson. Grabbed the kimono scattered on the floor and walked out the door. The attendant didn't dare to look at it much and hurriedly followed. But the two concubines saw that they were far away and laughed at each other.

The two concubines laughed without mentioning it, Ashikaga Yoshiki strode out with the attendant, the attendant's face had calmed down a little, and he was dressed in military uniforms, but he would not be seen abnormally, and when he arrived at the conference room, he saw that Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka had already arrived.

Wada sat on his knees in the middle. Ashikaga Yoshiteru sat down at the top and asked, "Has the matter of Takatsuki Castle gone our way?" "It turns out that Koshiro Nakato was actually assigned by Ashikaga Yoshiteru to infiltrate the inner chamber of Takatsuki Castle.

Wada Yumasa once swayed from side to side, wanting to jump to Ashikaga Yoshiaki. However, with the warring of Honganji, Ashikaga Yoshiteru flourished with the assistance of Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka, while Ashikaga Yoshiaki, on the contrary, converted to the Pure Land Shinshu and completely abandoned the dignity of the samurai, and was despised by countless people. Wada Yumasa took a firm stance and did his best to gather information for Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who had orchestrated the Takazuki Castle turmoil. He bowed respectfully and said, "Your Excellency, Takatsuki Castle is in chaos. It's a fact that Irie Harutsugu was killed, but Irie Harumasa also rejected our invitation. There have been some changes, and I ask for forgiveness. ”

As soon as these words entered his ears, the excitement on Ashikaga Yoshiteru's face disappeared without a trace, his heart beat faster, and a sense of suffocation suddenly appeared, hateful, Irie Harusama actually violated the dignity of the samurai family, and willingly worked as a cow and a horse for Honganji as his brother.

When Ashikaga Yoshiteru was in turmoil, it was wise Mitsuhide to say a fair word for Wada Yumasa, and he said: "General, this matter is no wonder Wada-sama, or we are too anxious, but it is not easy to move in Kinai now." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiki calmed down a little, he knew that what Akechi Mitsuhide said was true, this assassination of Irie Harutsugu was too urgent, and he acted hastily without being ready to take over Takatsuki Castle, although he successfully assassinated Irie Harutsugu, but it also left a lot of omissions, and it could not be perfect.

Akechi Mitsuhide saw that Ashikaga Yoshiki's mood calmed down, and he spoke again: "The current situation is that the army of the Date family is pressing, I don't know when it will break into Settsu, if it is allowed to defeat Yang in one battle or encircle Ishiyama Honganji, and then divide the troops into the main mountain castle country, I am afraid that it will be a situation where the autumn wind sweeps away the leaves, and the only way to move is to move, since Takatsuki Castle cannot be won in one battle, then it must be turbulent, and if Irie Haru wants to sit upright, he must avenge his brother." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Hosokawa Fujitaka, and Wada Yumasa were all taken aback. The mystery is here, since it is impossible to capture Takatsuki Castle in one fell swoop and settle the war end in Settsu, then it is necessary to lead the people into Yamashiro Province, and then the various forces in Yamashiro will have to take up arms if they want to maintain their position. Sure enough, they were thinking about it, and what Akechi Mitsuhide said next confirmed his thoughts.

Akechi Mitsuhide said eloquently: "As long as Irie Harumasa of Takatsuki Castle wants to sit down peacefully, he will inevitably play in the name of avenging his brother, and if he provokes again, he will inevitably fight with us in the field, so Ishiyama Honganji will have to send reinforcements." Once the battle expanded, it would be difficult for Katryuji Castle and the shogunate alone to resist the invasion of the army, so there was an opportunity to reorganize the various ranks of the Eastern Army and form a bloody alliance at Katryuji Castle, and as long as the shogun had the status of the leader of the alliance, then he would be able to make great plans and reorganize the Muromachi shogunate. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiki was dumbfounded, he never thought that everything was in the calculations of wise Mitsuhide, it was good to take Takatsuki Castle, but there was another plan for not capturing Takatsuki Castle, and it was worthy of being a wise man from Mino Country, so let him put down the military advisor who favored him.

Akechi Mitsuhide said his strategy, and the more he said it impassionedly, the more Hosokawa Fujitaka suspected that there was a mystery in it, as his friend. It's not that Wise Mitsuhide is not untrustworthy, it's just that smart people often have all kinds of calculations, and the first thing is the other and the last thing is the other, but Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't say it clearly.

As the sky grew brighter, Akechi Mitsuhide's mouth was dry, and he left with Hosokawa Fujitaka. Hosokawa Fujitaka couldn't help it after all, hurried two steps slowly, got closer, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Shibei, are you optimistic about the future of the shogunate?" ”

Akechi Mitsuhide looked at the rising sun, his eyes were full of tiredness, as smart as he didn't know Hosokawa Fujitaka's thoughts, sighed, and said, "Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven." As he spoke, his steps became firmer and he walked out.

Hosokawa Fujitaka stopped talking, and still looked at the back of Akechi Mitsuhide. Anxiety on the face. Clam up. He also walked towards the city, muttering a few words that Wise Mitsuhide had just said, and when he walked out of the city, he raised his head and muttered, "It seems that I have to earn something for myself." ”

Akechi Mitsuhide was favored by Ashikaga Yoshiki, of course, he had to use twelve points of strength to plan for Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but Hosokawa Fujitaka had other thoughts and found another way.

On that day, shortly after the death of Irie Haruji, the battle between the two sides escalated as Akechi Mitsuhide's prediction. Ashikaga Yoshiki ordered Akechi Mitsuhide to lead two teams of 1,000 men to cross the border with great fanfare and advance towards Takatsuki Castle, with the intention of breaking Takatsuki Castle in one fell swoop.

This news quickly reached the hands of Irie Harumasa, who did not dare to slack off and sent a letter to the Honganji Temple of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, asking for their assistance. At the same time, Irie Harusho held an emergency meeting, and almost everyone in the meeting had been judging that after the shogunate army assassinated Irie Harutsugu, they had thought that Takatsuki Castle would be in chaos and easy to capture. I didn't expect it to settle down so quickly.,Annoyed and angry, I made the decision to take Takatsuki Castle by force.。 And because of that. Irie Chunzheng had to go out of the city to fight, if it was to defend the city, he would need to give up the passes, so he would inevitably be pressured inside and outside the city, you must know that his position was not very right, and at the same time he had to continue to unify military strength in the name of revenge for Irie Chunji.

Under the clamor of the middle and lower level samurai, and at the same time, for their own interests, the upper retainers also intentionally or unintentionally let the voices of the middle and lower level samurai into the meeting, so that Irie Harumasa had to make a decision that went against his heart.

Irie Harumasa then gave the order to go out of the castle to fight, gather the people of Ichijo near Takatsuki Castle, and then go straight to the land of Yamazaki where the three rivers meet. The three rivers are the Katsura River, the Uji River, and the Kizu River that converge to form the Yodo River, which is a water artery connecting Kyoto and Nambatsu.

Akechi Mitsuhide is connected with Yamazaki again, will he feel that this place has a secret relationship with him, there is an invisible hand that controls the fate of people. Unlike the Battle of Yamazaki that broke out more than 20 years later in history, the total strength of Akechi Mitsuhide is a total of 1,600 people in two teams of 1,600 people, and the total strength of Irie Harumasa. If you come early, you will count it early, you will count it late, and if you don't come, it will not count, but there are always seven or eight thousand people in total.

Historically, it was Hideyoshi Hashiba who set up a formation in Yamazaki at the foot of Mt. Tenno, and it was Akechi Mitsuhide who was defeated. You must know the battle of Yamazaki in history, Akechi Mitsuhide first fled into Katsuryuji Castle after the collapse of the Battle of Yamazaki, and was attacked by Hashiba Hideyoshi around three missing one, in order to plot a comeback, Akechi Mitsuhide and a few close ministers left Katsuryuji Castle and fled to Sakamoto Castle. Yamana Ogurisu was attacked by the natives in Kyoto, and Mitsuhide was stabbed with a bamboo spear before committing suicide. Now the first to arrive is Akechi Mitsuhide, who has just turned around, he has set off from Katryuji Castle and arrived at the foot of Tenno Mountain first. He still has some ability, standing quietly on the top of Tianwang Mountain, looking at the Yodo River flowing under the mountain, and letting the majesty gently stir the corners of his clothes.

Akechi Mitsuhide just said calmly: "Irie Chunzheng will inevitably set up a formation at the foot of the mountain and fight with me!" He first set up a formation in the Yamazaki at the foot of the Tenno Mountain to welcome the arrival of Irie Harumasa.

Life is really wonderful, the battle of Yamazaki made Akechi Mitsuhide lose everything, even his life was lost in Yamashina Kokurisu, but this article has achieved his prestige, this battle can be said to be a wise Mitsuhide-style victory, and it is also his first victory as the main general of the shogunate army.

Irie Harumasa learned that the shogunate army was arrayed to meet the enemy at the foot of Mt. Tenno, and if it was an ambush, he was still hesitant, and now he was openly going to fight with him, which made him no longer so hesitant, and he would make such a judgment when looking at the number of people on both sides.

The shogunate army had no more than 2,000 men, but in fact there were only 1,600 people, and the vacant 400 people were the so-called empty salaries, because the shogunate army was a newly formed unit, and the empty salaries could not fall on their heads, but in fact the 400 people were logistics and engineering units.

In addition to the 1,200 Irie people who are bent on revenge, there is also a team of more than 3,000 people before and after them, they are all members of believers gathered by lecturers from all over the world, and they are all led by the leader of the monks sent by Ishiyama Honganji, which is much more formal than last year's messy Yiyi, Honganji has also learned a lot of experience from the war, coupled with the dedication of samurai from all over the country, so that the organization of Yiyi has been more rigorous.

The numerical superiority not only made Irie Harumasa think that this battle would be won, but even the leaders of the monks and soldiers of the two teams before and after all thought that the shogunate army was killing itself by using the mantis arm as a car, and despised the threat of the shogunate army from the bottom of their hearts, and slumped towards Yamazaki.

It was the laxity from top to bottom, the war was first led by the leader Ichiyi, and the whole army should have been deployed in Yamazaki, and then unified by Irie Harumasa and the leaders of Ichiyi, to negotiate a strategy to deal with the shogunate army, and I didn't want to lead Ichijo Ichiban, and the people directly launched an attack without informing the Chinese army and the rear formation.

By this time, Irie Harumasa had not yet felt the arrival of the crisis.

Wise Guangxiu's eyes suddenly lit up, suddenly brightened, and said with a smile: "We have won." Ladies and gentlemen, the enemy is out of touch, the front army is already fighting with us, the middle army and the rear army are still marching, and the people have always seemed to be tight, but in fact, the lecturers who have returned to their own places, as long as they kill them, they will inevitably collapse, and when the time comes, they will only need to pursue in the rear. ”

All the generals nodded in agreement.

"Shoot!" The war finally began, and the shogunate army took the lead in using iron cannons, and hundreds of iron cannons poured up on the hillside.

"Boom" In the roar of the iron cannon, the smoke was filled, and the smoke that diffused after the black powder burned spread over the mountain for a while, and the roar continued to sound, and there were not a few who fell to the ground after being shot, and the iron cannon quickly became red and hot, and Wise Mitsuhide roared: "Rush!" ”

The shogunate army with a spear dozens of meters away had already rushed down Yamazaki under the leadership of the samurai, and in the face of the shogunate army who was coming to kill the general, he was beaten all at once.

Sure enough, as Akechi Mitsuhide had predicted, the sudden blow caused the crowd in front of them to turn around and flee in panic, shouting loudly while fleeing, and they should calmly find their troops and then launch a counterattack.

Shouting not only does not help, but also causes greater chaos, but helps the enemy to take advantage of the chaos to expand the results of the battle, and taking a step back, shouting can also easily expose the target and attract the enemy's attack. In fact, the whole team was shouting and screaming. (To be continued.) )