different warring states of japan

Chapter 1320 Envisioning the Encirclement Net

The Settsu Raiders went too smoothly, causing the relationship between the Ashikaga and Oda families to quickly break down.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki felt that he was good at it, and the Oda family had changed from being a helper to a threat, so it was natural to play what the Ashikaga family was best at, to rebalance the power of the foreign domain, and not allow the Oda family to dominate.

And Oda Nobunaga is not a good stubble, the mobilization power of two million shi is the only powerful one among the world's big names, how can he be willing to be manipulated by the shogunate?
As soon as the two sides fought, all kinds of small problems popped up one by one from the corners.

Song Yongxiu, the little lord of Diancheng, dares to complain to the shogunate, who is supporting her?How did Ibaraki Castle fall into the hands of Araki Murashige? Does His Highness Oda have distribution rights in Settsu Kingdom?

You must know that Ibaraki Castle is located in the center of Settsu Kingdom, at the intersection of the three guardian forces of Settsu, and faces the Oda family forces in Sakai Port. This location is not chosen randomly.

And behind the Oda family, suddenly became uneasy.

When the Oda family attacked Kita Ise, because of the Kyoto Incident, Oda Nobunaga chose Huairou Kita Ise Samurai to concentrate on seizing the opportunity to settle in the near future.

The Northern Ise samurai were able to preserve themselves and were not completely conquered by the Oda family.Now that the Oda family is more powerful, the Ise Samurai family has become ready to move?Who gave them courage?
Liujiao's mother and daughter tried to stop the coalition led by Yiyin from Shangluo, but they were beaten and fled to Shibu City, panicking all day long.The Oda family has already taken over Nanjinjiang, how dare they jump out and seek death?

Ashikaga and Oda, it seems that neither of them is idle, and they are trying to add trouble to each other.

Akechi Mitsuhide sneered at Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but Honda Masanobu was thinking about it in private.What is the intention of this poisonous man to find himself and say so many harsh words?

She is well aware of Akechi Mitsuhide's nature, she will speak out in front of her, and she must use herself to do something.

Just like Ashikaga Yoshiki's death was unclear, who is Akechi Mitsuhide's target this time?
Honda Masanobu cautiously probed.

"The general is not on good terms with His Highness Oda, and the Jinda Hall is far away in Kanto.

You are deeply trusted by Tsudaden, and it is really hard work for you to be stationed in Kyoto and preside over affairs on behalf of the Shiba family. "

Akechi Mitsuhide raised his eyebrows, looked at Honda Masanobu, and saw that she didn't look sideways, with a respectful face, as if she was loyal and considered for herself.

The corner of his mouth curled up, Akechi Mitsuhide couldn't help laughing.Honda believed that he was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Last time, Akechi Mitsuhide arranged to kill Ashikaga Yoshiki, which made her very hard, and he was hated by Shiba Yoshihiro so much that he abandoned it.

If it weren't for Ashikaga Yoshiaki's ungratefulness, he would have made the embarrassing Yoshigin in Kyoto ashamed.If Takata Yukino hadn't acted arbitrarily to find Yiyin's place, the assassination made Yiyin furious.

It is really not easy for Akechi Mitsuhide to regain power.

All in all, it was only thanks to the praise of his peers that Yiyin realized that he could not do without a poisonous man like Mitsuhide Akechi as a white glove.

If you want to be an upright king of benevolence and righteousness, someone has to be responsible for smashing black bricks and taking care of dirty and shameless deeds.But Yi Yin is also wary of Ming Zhi Guangxiu.

Now the person in charge of the recent Sibo collar is Nizi Shengjiu, and Yiyin has granted full authority.If Mitsuhide Akechi imagines messing around like before, Nizi Shengjiu will not turn a blind eye and tolerate her messing around again.

Honda Masanobu seemed to be complimenting Mitsuhide Akechi, but he was actually reminding her that the present is different from the past, so don't go too far.

Regarding Honda Masanobu's sarcasm, Akechi Mitsuhide can tolerate her wanton words.After all, there was something else she could use.

Akechi Mitsuhide said with a smile.

"The ox cart of the shogunate is going downhill, someone needs to stand up, give the bull a whip on the ass, and speed up.

Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. A hundred years of troubled times is long enough, and the martial arts in the world are also suffering too much. "

Honda Masanobu glanced at Akechi Mitsuhide who was moaning, and couldn't help cursing.Hei Hou is still capable of playing such a sympathetic role in secretly plotting and scheming.

On the surface, Honda Zhengxin pretended to empathize and sighed.

"It's just that I don't know who is going to whip this whip, and on whose body it will be whipped."

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.

"Who to draw?
Of course, we can't smoke our mighty Ashikaga general.She has no money in her hand, so she can't afford it.Once she flipped over, I was afraid that she would never get up again.

When two tigers compete, it is best to be evenly matched.If there is a clear distinction between strength and weakness, and one move can tell the winner, then there is nothing to see.

As for the person who whipped the cow, the Shiba family was upright, and the Jintaden was upright, so naturally they wouldn't do it. "

Honda Masanobu can now be sure that Akechi Mitsuhide is still loyal to Shiba Yoshigin.This is to balance the power of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga, so that they will lose out in the fight.

But Ashikaga Yoshiaki Sora has the name of a general, but his strength is very weak. If he really wants to provoke Oda Nobunaga, what can the empty shogunate do to fight against the Oda family mobilized by two million stones?

The shogunate has a reputation, but if the reputation can really resist everything, the world will not only be in chaos for a hundred years.

The crux of the problem is who has the strength to whip that whip and help Ashikaga Yoshiaki to hold up the field.

Judging from what Akechi Mitsuhide said, the Shiba family will definitely not end in this battle.So, where does Ashikaga Yoshiaki's confidence come from?

Sensing the doubt in Honda Masanobu's eyes, Akechi Mitsuhide laughed.

"Hontaji, in the past few days, besides the general, who else has the greatest conflict with the Oda family, who has the most strength and willingness to help the general suppress His Highness Oda?"

Honda Masanobu thought for a while, then shook his head, this is really difficult to answer.

Shiba Yoshigin was stabbed first by Ashikaga Yoshiaki because he wanted to unite the shogunate to suppress Oda Nobunaga.Now that Shiba Yoshigin has withdrawn, who has the strength to fight against the flourishing Oda Nobunaga?

Yoshiaki Ashikaga self-destructed the Great Wall, still complacent, really speechless.

Akechi Mitsuhide did not continue to play tricks, and gave the answer directly, she said.

"Ishiyama Honganji Temple.

Yixiangzong has the strength, and the shogun has a reputation. As long as the two parties cooperate, they can unite with various daimyos and organize sieges against His Highness Oda again and again.

Once, twice, three times, as long as the master of Honganji Temple is willing to keep fighting, the general will not lose, and the Ashikaga Oda battle will not be over. "

Honda Masanobu finally understood what Akechi Mitsuhide was going to do, and also understood why Akechi Mitsuhide wanted to find himself and talk so much.

Among all the recent forces, the conflict between Honganji Xianru and Oda Nobunaga is the most intense.

Even though Yiyin gave Honganji Xianru a reassurance in Shishan, he barely suppressed Xiangzong's worries about the Oda family.

But as long as Ashikaga Yoshiaki is willing to come forward to ask for help, Honganji Xianru will definitely take this opportunity to completely solve the huge threat of Oda Nobunaga.

The temple is the earliest commercial center in the island country, and a large number of people gather for religious sacrifices, forming the prototype of the temple fair.

Businessmen make money through temple fairs, nobles raise donations through temple fairs, and temples use temple fairs to make housing loans. The large flow of people leads to a large demand.

In ancient times, transportation was not as good as in modern times, and local people rarely traveled far.Material exchange must have a definite time and place, and the emergence of temple fairs has formed an effective business opportunity.

Since the emperor’s court, Japanese temples have made a lot of money by providing trade convenience and have become independent commercial forces. The temple’s soil warehouse has the financial attributes of deposits and lending.

The monastery of Yixiangzong is even more terrifying, because Yixiangzong's religious teachings are simple and clear, which can attract a large number of low-level people and discourage wild warriors.

Yixiangzong organized a large number of villages after the reform of the eight generations of legal masters, forming a network everywhere.

The Yixiangzong Temple has become a node in the network, a gathering place, and the believers are organized with the lecture group as the starting point.

Therefore, Yixiangzong's mobilization power is even stronger than that of traditional martial arts.

In recent days, there are a large number of temples and villages in Hokuriku and Tōkaidō that believe in the Ichizo sect. The master of Ishiyama Honganji Temple has also become a Buddhist name linked by faith, with great power.

Villages are different from village to village.

The Kanto region is conservative and traditional, and Yiyin went to the countryside in the Kanto region, mainly to win over traditional samurai families under the manor system economy.

There are many families in the Kanto, and the royal family has been rewarded with the right to open up land, and most of the grassroots villages are in the hands of the descendants of the royal family.To win over a village is to win over the local servants.

In recent years, the manor economy has long since collapsed.

Since the Emperor's court era, people at the bottom have continued to flee, and the fugitives gathered together outside to keep warm and open up new fields, forming a Nomura outside the system.

Once these villages become strong, they will seek the approval of the rulers.

Some Nomura moved closer to the samurai regime and became servants of the people of the country.Some nomura gather because of their beliefs and become fields under the name of the temple.

The contradiction between the Ichigo clan and the Oda family is all-round.

Oda Nobunaga's Rakushileza policy transformed the rural business center from temples to castle towns, weakening the status of temples in various places.

Oda Nobunaga reformed the separation of farmers and soldiers, asking for more power from the grassroots, and the autonomy of villages, including religion, was weakened.

The alliance between the Nichiren sect and the Oda family, the mortal religious enemies, made the whole family even more troubled.

Mikawa Ichikui was suppressed by the Oda family who sent people to help Tokugawa Ieyasu. There are a large number of Izumo temples in the Oda territory. Will Tokugawa Ieyasu's practice of converting to the sect be followed by the Oda family?
You know, Mitsui Temple in Omi Country and Nagashima in Ise Country are important strongholds of the Ichiko Sect, and these places are now within the sphere of influence of the Oda family.

In addition, the Oda family has reached out to Sakai Port, and secretly colluded with the Nanban sect, which made Ishiyama Honganji, which is close at hand, very sensitive.

In Setjin, the village vendetta between the Nanman religion and the Yixiang sect has never stopped.The intention of the Nanban sect to attract the Oda family, the master of Ishiyama Honganji thought with his butt, knowing that it was targeting him.

Honganji Xianru's nerves are tense. Once Ashikaga Yoshiaki asks for help, Musakamune is capable and willing to help General Ashikaga deal with Oda Nobunaga once and for all.

Ichigomune's will to fight against the Oda family is far stronger than Asakura, Miyoshi, and Rokkaku's samurai forces.Because the contradiction between the two parties is more profound and cannot be compromised.

Oda Nobunaga's decision-making on the economy, religion, internal affairs and other aspects has made Musato feel unprecedented pain.

With Ishiyama Honganji, the staunch anti-Oda landowner, and the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki calling, the siege of the Oda family by all forces will never be abandoned halfway because of one or two failures.

The reason why Akechi Mitsuhide made it so clear to Honda Shoshin was because he wanted to take advantage of Honda Shoshin's status as a one-way follower.

Honda Masanobu was expelled from Mikawa by the Tokugawa family because he refused to convert.

Through Shigehide Suzuki's relationship, she followed the way of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and gained Matsunaga Hideo's special attention through her diplomatic performance, and she became an official in the Matsunaga family.

Although Hideo Matsunaga hates Honda Masanobu to death now, but in terms of religion, Honda Masanobu is still a trustworthy follower of Ishiyama Honganji Temple.

Akechi Mitsuhide hopes that Ishiyama Honganji will accelerate the hostility towards Oda Nobunaga, and wants to draw Ashikaga Yoshiaki to Honganji Kenjo, a powerful ally, and Honda Masanobu needs to go through the middle.

After all, Akechi Mitsuhide is Nokun's cousin, a relative of Oda Nobunaga, and has a deep relationship with the Oda family.She couldn't backstab Oda Nobunaga openly, she could only play with each other secretly.

Honda Shoshin had a bitter look on his face, and he knew that Mitsuhide Akechi had called him over, talking so many gossips, there must be no good.

Akechi Mitsuhide's plot this time is basically a replica of killing Ashikaga Yoshiki.

She hid behind the scenes to tease and guide, causing the various forces to spontaneously form a Nobunaga siege network due to intensified conflicts, embarrassing the Oda family.

Akechi Mitsuhide covered his mouth gracefully, revealing a pair of big watery eyes, and said to Honda Masanobu with a smile.

"Will Ben Taji help me?"

Honda Shoshin cursed insidiously, but she had no choice but to follow Mitsuhide Akechi's baton and once again play a disgraceful role.

If she dared to show the slightest reluctance at this time, Akechi Mitsuhide would kill her immediately.She knew too much, either follow or die, there is no third way to go.

Honda Masanobu bowed and said with a serious face.

"Willing to work for adults."

Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes curled into moonlight smiles, and said.

"I knew that Ben Duoji would not let me down."

While speaking, she gently pushed the tea soup on the corner of the table into the table, and moved it in a little, so as not to accidentally drop it on the ground.

Seeing this scene from the corner of Honda Zhengxin's eyes, he couldn't help but twitch, pretending not to care, with a polite smile on his face.

Outside the tea room, Saito Rizo released his grip on the handle of the knife and waved to the people behind him. A group of people slowly pushed back and disappeared into the shadows without a sound.

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Ashikaga Oda and the two sides have a faint tendency to break up, and Mitsuhide Akechi is ready to add fuel to the fire.

She is still cautious, and she doesn't want to expose herself to others, she just wants to stir up Ishiyama Honganji and rush out to make things difficult for Oda Nobunaga.

But in Sakai Port, someone is more anxious than her.

Oda Nobunaga's calm retreat made Louis and Floys of the Nanban Cult very uncomfortable.

In order to intensify the conflict between the Oda family and Ishiyama Honganji, the Nanban Cult has sacrificed a military expert of the knight order, and even sacrificed Peter, Bautista, an excellent priest.

And Oda Nobunaga was more cunning and calm than the Nanman Cult imagined, he only ate the bait and didn't take the bait, which immediately made Floys dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)