different warring states of japan

Chapter 1339 Who will inherit the Oda family

The collapse crisis of Guanbazhou was finally stabilized by Yiyin.

Externally, daimyos from all over Guan Yashu couldn't understand the soft-knife gameplay of the Samurai Giri Promotion Association, but they were also frightened by Yoshiyin's sharpening of knives, and they were cautious and respectful.

In particular, Sano Masatsuna's death was extremely aggrieved, which made many people on the fence who were about to move back and waited, not daring to move anymore.

Inside, Uesugi Terotora and Shima Katsumo, who were dressed in Yoshigin's pajamas, chose to remain silent.The tacit understanding between the two parties to maintain cooperation and stabilize the overall situation of Kanto is based on the love for Yiyin.

Perhaps one day in the future, a butterfly flapping its wings lightly in the distance can set off a violent storm in Kanto, completely disrupting this fragile balance.

But no matter what, at least now Yiyin endured the uneasiness of conscience, and finally held down the thorns inside and out, and He Xini's ability can be described as a must.

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Winter goes to spring, the earth wakes up, and the battle at the western end of the Tokaido resumes.

Unlike Yoshihiro, who would feel guilty, he had already fed his conscience to the dog, and Oda Nobunaga, who never knew what a debt was, embarked on a journey again.

Taking advantage of the separation of peasants and soldiers, the Oda family's army entered Kita Ise again before the spring plowing, and launched an anti-seasonal battle.

The Kita Ise samurai who were instigated by Ashikaga Yoshiaki, it was too late to regret at this time.They had been writing letters all winter long to express their loyalty to Gifu Castle, but they still could not escape the catastrophe.

Oda Nobunaga is determined to solve the hidden dangers, so as to avoid future repetitions when he goes all out to deal with Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

The most important spring plowing of the year is just around the corner. The last effort of the Kita Ise samurai family to fight against the Oda family was completely dispersed by the Oda army fighting against the season, and they surrendered one after another so as not to miss their own spring plowing.

Kobe Komori was pulled out by Oda Nobunaga to make an example to others, and he was chased and released on the grounds of inciting riots, and he was deported.The northern Ise samurai were all trembling, no one dared to come out and speak for her.

After quickly suppressing Kita Ise, Oda Nobunaga turned to blame the Minami Ise Kitabata family.

Obviously, it was Ashikaga Yoshiaki who incited the Ise samurai to rebel, and wrote imperial letters to both the northern and southern Ise samurai, implying that they wanted to turn their hearts to the shogunate.

But Oda Nobunaga turned black and white, and put the cauldron that incited the turmoil of the Kita Ise samurai family on the head of the Minami Ise Kitabata family.

What can Kitakata say?Could it be that she can prove that she was wronged by showing Ashikaga Yoshiaki's royal letter?

Will Ashikaga Yoshiaki admit it?If she had the courage to confront Oda Nobunaga head-on, why bother to make troubles in the local samurai family secretly.

Will Oda Nobunaga admit it?Now is not the time to turn against Ashikaga Yoshiaki, let alone go south to attack Kitabata's house, there must be a justifiable reason.

Since Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga would not admit it, Kitabata Kokichi's scapegoat has to be carried even if he doesn't want to.

In desperation, Beibata Jujiao could only mobilize the army to defend the various branch cities with Dahe Neicheng as the core.I hope that after the Oda army is frustrated, I can talk to Oda Nobunaga about the conditions before surrendering.

But at this time, spring plowing has already entered the busy season, and the local samurai are unwilling to miss the solar terms, so the mobilization of the Beibata family has become very reluctant.

The Oda army was approaching the city, but Kitabata Gujiao could only defend with one-eighth of the Oda army's strength, and persisted.

Oda Nobunaga had a large number of people, so he calmly dispatched troops and dispatched troops from all walks of life, and first removed the seven branch cities outside Dahe inner city one by one.

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Under Aban Castle, Hashiba Hideyoshi is in the formation.

"It hurts!"

Hashiba Hideyoshi was sweating profusely while sitting on the folding stool, her clothes were lifted up, revealing her white lotus-like left leg, and a doctor was carefully helping her to apply the medicine.

In front of her, Shigeharu Takenaka, Hidecho Hashiba, Kiyomasa Kato, Masanori Fukushima, Nagamasa Asano and others under her command were all present and serving.

This time Oda Nobunaga mobilized an army to conquer Ise country, Hashiba Hideyoshi did not have to participate in it.As the defender of Kyoto, her duty is in recent days.

But since he returned to Gifu City to report to work, he couldn't go back empty-handed.Military exploits, no one thinks too little.

The Oda family is already two million stone daimyos, and Kitaise has long been reduced to a subsidiary.

In this crusade, Oda Nobunaga used shameless anti-season tactics, and the Ise Samurai family had no strength to compete with the Oda family for food.

Loyalty to the emperor and public service is not enough to farm and eat, and the Ise samurai must kneel down.How could Hashiba Hideyoshi miss this sure-fire conquest?
She begged Oda Nobunaga for a chance, and Niwa Nagahide and others helped to intercede, so Oda Nobunaga asked her to fight a battle before going back for a few days.

The Oda army marched triumphantly all the way, from North Ise to South Ise, most of the local samurai surrendered without a fight.But Hashiba Hideyoshi was unlucky, so he just ran into a hard stubble.

The Kitabata family faced the overwhelming offensive of the Oda family, and the retainers were unwilling to delay the spring plowing. Even the members and relatives of the Kitabata family were wavering and surrendering.

But the Omiya family in Abanjo resisted stubbornly. Hashiba Hideyoshi did not expect to encounter such tenacious resistance. He accidentally took an arrow in his left leg. Fortunately, no arteries were injured, only flesh and blood.

After the doctor bandaged him up and bowed out, Hashiba Hideyoshi wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead and sighed.

"What bad luck."

Takenaka Shigeharu exhorted.

"Your Majesty's status is different today, and he should stay in the formation to command and dispatch during wartime."

Hashiba Hideyoshi smiled wryly.

"What's the difference, the difference between one thousand stones and two thousand stones? If the lord hadn't sent me troops, it would be difficult for me to gather fifty ashiqings myself.

Now the Southern Ise samurai have been defeated like a mountain, and the samurai in the army are busy grabbing credit.Fortunately, I took an arrow for no reason, and I will be laughed at by Shibata-sama and the others again when I go back. "

Shigeharu Takenaka still wanted to speak, Hachisuka Masakatsu walked in from outside the curtain and bowed to Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Hashiba Hideyoshi nodded and asked softly.

"Did something happen?"

Takenaka Shigeharu and Hachisuka Masakatsu are the powers sent by Oda Nobunaga to Hashiba Hideyoshi, and their identities are different from Hashiba Hideyoshi's own relatives.

Hashisuka Masakatsu, as the governor of Hachisuka's family, has a deep relationship with the old samurai family of Shimobari, and is of great use to Hashiba Hideyoshi.With Hashiba Hideyoshi's character, he has always been very polite to her.

After seeing the ceremony, Hachisu He Zhengsheng said solemnly.

"Lord Kazuyoshi Takigawa is here, with orders from the main hall, requesting to defend Aban Castle."

Hashiba Hideyoshi frowned.

"What do you mean by this in the main hall? I managed to take down Aban City, and the battlefield has not been cleaned yet, and someone came to defend it?"

Takenaka Shigeharu guessed.

"The Kitabata Gujiao must not be able to hold on. During the busy farming season, the Beibata vassals' will to resist is very weak.

Everyone understands that the Kitabata family is not the opponent of the Oda family, so why should they ruin their own spring plowing plan for a meaningless war.

The inner city of Dahe has been besieged for more than a month, and most of the seven outer branches have also been removed.If Beibata Jujiao didn't surrender, he would have no bargaining chips to negotiate terms with. "

Hachisuhe nodded and said.

"I heard some rumors that the main hall seems to intend to let Master Takigawa Kazuyoshi be in charge of the management of Northern Ise, and will also temporarily take over the defense of the important towns in Southern Ise."

Hashiba Hideyoshi was not surprised that Takikawa Kazuyoshi was reused.

Takikawa Kazuyoshi is a good friend of Ikeda Hengxing, who was recommended to Oda Nobunaga's mother Yizhong to take on important responsibilities and has a bright future.

Muyizhong is the confidant in Oda Nobunaga's pocket, and Takikawa Kazuyoshi who has been trained in it is naturally someone Oda Nobunaga can trust.

Now Oda Nobunaga has too many things to deal with, it is impossible for her to spend too much time in Ise country as intensively as she just conquered the Owari Mino two countries.

Already on the stage of the world, her eyes are focused on the next few days, on the world.

Takigawa Kazuyoshi is just the first one. In the future, Oda Nobunaga may choose to hand over the responsibility to his courtiers for the affairs of a country and a place, while he himself controls the overall situation.

Hashiba Hideyoshi's eyes moved, he grabbed a word in Hachisuka Masakatsu's words, and asked.

"For the time being? What about after that? Who will Nanyise be in charge of?"

Hachisuka Masakatsu said in a low voice.

"I heard that the main hall intends to let His Highness Oda Xinbao join the Beibata family."

Hashiba Hideyoshi's eyes widened, and his eyes subconsciously turned to Takenaka Shigeharu, Takenaka Shigeharu nodded slightly, the two actually talked about some taboo topics.

Oda Nobunaga has not had sex with Mr. Nong in the past two years, so naturally no heirs will be born, and there have been some criticisms from the Oda retainer group.

It's just that everyone was frightened by Oda Nobunaga's domineering, no one dared to point the finger at her, so they had to let Nong-kun, a poor husband, take the blame and be ridiculed as a loser who couldn't produce Miqing.

Because the family governor has no heirs, the issue of heirs has been vaguely mentioned.

The most likely heirs are the two closest blood relatives to Oda Nobunaga, the younger sister Oda Xinbao and the niece Oda Nobsumi.

Oda Nobunaga will not let Kitabata Gujiao pass the test easily. Once she surrenders, she will be forced to retire and no longer serve as the governor of the Kitabata family.

If Oda Shinpo enters the Kitabata family, he can succeed the Kitabata family governor as Kitabata Shinpo, and he can manage the land of Minami-Ise justifiably.

At the same time, the Kitabata envelope also logically lost the inheritance rights of the Oda family, and is no longer a candidate for the Oda vassal group.

And Oda Nobusumi, she is the child of Oda Nobunaga's second sister Oda Nobuyuki.

Oda Nobunaga competed with Oda Nobunaga for the position of family governor back then, but was slaughtered by Oda Nobunaga himself. How could Oda Nobunaga allow her daughter to become the heir of the Oda family?

Therefore, there is a high probability that Oda Nobusumi will be sent out to inherit other samurai families and lose the right to inherit the Oda family.

Hashiba Hideyoshi couldn't help thinking.

Oda Nobunaga is in the prime of his youth, and the issue of Oda's family business succession is still under control for the time being.But as the years go by, this issue will eventually come to the fore.

So, what exactly does Oda Nobunaga want to do?She left the position of heir temporarily vacant, who is she going to leave it to?

Or, who does she want to have a child with, to be the heir of the Oda family?
Shiba Yoshigin's peerless face appeared in Hashiba Hideyoshi's mind, and his hands were unconsciously clenched into fists.

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Omi Country, Mitsui Temple.

Mitsui Temple is located on the west bank of Lake Biwa, backed by Mount Hiei, and close to Kyoto. Since ancient times, it has been an important stronghold of Buddhist forces between Omi and Yamashiro.

Sakamoto Castle, built by Ashikaga Yoshiki, is an important town for Kashou Omi Lake Biwa to enter and leave Yamashiro Country. In fact, it is not far from Mitsui Temple.

The Buddhist temples in Kyoto have been one of the most troublesome forces for the rulers of island countries since ancient times.Master Nara and Master Shan ran rampant, and had fierce conflicts with the emperor, the minister, and the samurai.

In fact, within the Buddhist forces, the fighting between the various sects is even more fierce.Heretics are more hateful than heretics, who can be converted, but the former are colleagues.

Colleagues are enemies, they should all be damned.

Mijing Temple is precisely a temple with an extremely important geographical location. For many years, the struggle of various sects around it has never stopped.

As a result, Mijing Temple was destroyed several times and rebuilt several times. It is also known as the Temple of the Phoenix.

Mount Hiei is honored by Enryakuji Temple, and Mitsui Temple has always been a thorn in the side of Enryakuji Temple, a thorn in the side of various factions secretly pushing against Enryakuji Temple.

In the eleventh century ago, thousands of masters from Enli Temple destroyed Mijing Temple.Later, in the [-]th century, the Tiantai Temple sect independently formed the Tiantai Sect, with Mijing Temple as its headquarters, and challenged the Yanli Temple of the Tiantai Sect.

In the view of the Tiantai sect, the leader of the Buddhist sects in Kyoto, Mijing Temple is the gathering place for rebels.

Even the Ichigo Sect has a place in Mitsui Temple. After the Yamashina Honganji Temple was destroyed by the Nichiren Sect, they used Mitsui Temple to carry out activities in the mountain city of Omi and the two countries, contacting the Ichiko Sect.

At this time, in Mijing Temple, in Guangjing Courtyard, there were two concubines sitting opposite each other in the meditation room drinking tea.

Parent Ninagawa put the tea on his lips, put it down after lightly sticking it, and said with a smile.

"Good tea."

She is the daughter of Ninagawa's biological family. Since the Ise family was beheaded by Oda Nobunaga, the Ninagawa family has become the leader of the shogunate group.

The power of Ninagawa's mother has risen sharply, and her daughter is naturally very proud of herself.

On the opposite side of Ninagawa's father was a beautiful woman dressed as a Ji samurai.It's just that her hair only reaches her ears, she is obviously a nun who has just grown her hair and returned to vulgarity.

Looking at her short hair and samurai attire, Ninagawa asked.

"Master Siam Ching, are you back home?"

Warrior Ji on the opposite side shook his head and said.

"I'm ashamed, I've been practicing for so many years but my heart is reborn, it makes you laugh.

The presiding officer of Guangjingyuan, Sianqing, is no longer here, and only Shangang Jingyou, who has stepped into the mundane world, is here. "

Ninagawa's parents smiled, expressing their understanding.

The Yamaoka family is Liujiao's vassals, and the Liujiao family is now in decline, the trees are down and the monkeys are scattered, so the Yamaoka family naturally has to find another way out.

Shangang Jingyou was able to become a monk to serve as the host of the lower house of Mijing Temple. On the one hand, she was talented, and on the other hand, it was because Mijing Temple was in the territory of the Shangang family, and the temple always wanted to give face to the local lord.

The location of the Yamaoka family's territory is too sensitive. It is at the junction of the spheres of influence of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga. It is not safe to rely on anyone.

Clearly, the family made a wise choice.

Being in Nanjinjiang, it is natural to hang out with the Oda family.However, Yamaoka Keitomo, the son of a monk, was called back to return to secular life, and became an official Ashikaga Yoshiaki to serve the general.

Betting on both ends is the wisdom of survival in troubled times, no matter how chaotic, you can still leave a bloodline.

Yamaoka Keitomo and Ninagawa are relatives, and they also have a lot of connections in the shogunate. Yoshiaki Ashikaga also seems to like this samurai Omi Hime who came to serve, and is very favored.

Ningagawa's father thought to himself, what is the purpose of Yamaoka Keitomo specially inviting him to Mijing Temple to drink tea in the spring?

(End of this chapter)