different warring states of japan

At the beginning of the new year, the political situation in Kinki changed again.

Because the Mori family, in the name of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the Ashikaga general, sent envoys to various families in Western Kinki, which caused a shock in the Kyoto shogunate, Mitsuhide Akechi, a foreign minister of the Shiba family, personally came forward to negotiate with each family.

The Shiba family's stern warning caused powerful military families from all over Western Kinki to draw a clear line with the Mori family. Araki Murashige, who had close ties with the Mori family, was immediately severely isolated.

In the end, the guardian of Settsu, Araki Village, under the pressure of the Oda family's army, even abandoned the country and fled westward, accepting the protection of the Maori family.

Oda Nobunaga took Settsu easily, and directly beheaded 36 core retainers of Araki Village to show the public, intimidating the local people. The people in Settsu were extremely panicked and surrendered to Oda's despotic power.

The Settsu Kingdom was captured by the Oda family, and Ishiyama Honganji Temple, which was completely exposed to Oda Nobunaga's troops, was in a state of panic. It seemed that the Master called on believers from all over the world to support Ishiyama and defend the legal order.

At the same time, another incident was exposed by Ji Yiguo.

Izumi Hosokawa's governor, Hosokawa Fujitaka, and the leader of the Zaga congregation, Suzuki Shigehide Riying, killed the other leader of the Zaga congregation, Dobashi Morishi, and wiped out the fanatics of the one-way religion among the Zaga congregation.

Zahezhong has always been called Tuqiao of Zahezhuang and Suzuki of Shixiang.Now that the Tuqiao family has been destroyed, Shigehide Suzuki has settled his serious troubles.

At that time, Suzuki Shigehide followed the Miyoshi army of Shihe Yicun to Shangluo, fought against Shiba Yoshiyin in Yamato Kingdom, and was beaten all over the floor.

Shigehide Shigehide Suzuki surrendered, and Zagazhong reluctantly followed Shiba Yoshigin to help the shogunate in the war, and in the end they got an unexpectedly rich return.

Suzuki Shigehide has always wanted to clear his identity and become a member of the Kii family.

Yoshigan Shiba came forward for Suzuki Shigehide and asked Hatakeyama Takamasa, a noble man, to serve as a guardian of Kii Country. Suzuki Shigehide burst into tears of gratitude.

He couldn't beat Shiba Yoshigin, but Shiba's family gave him enough benefits. From then on, Shigehide Suzuki's family of miscellaneous congratulators obediently obeyed the orders of the Kyoto shogunate, that is, Shiba Yoshigin.

But Dohashi Morishi, who is as famous as Suzuki Shigehide, finds Suzuki Shigehide very unpleasant.

Suzuki's family went ashore in vain and became a high-ranking samurai with status. Didn't the Tuqiao family be stepped under by the other party?

Tsuchibashi Morishige couldn't climb the high branch of Shiba's house, so he turned around and hugged Ishiyama Honganji's thigh.

Over the years, Ishiyama Honganji went smoothly, and cooperated closely with the Shiba family on the Hokuriku Road trade route. Suzuki and Dohashi also competed in the Zaga crowd, and no one was weaker than the other.

But this time, the situation is very different.

The Oda family was in opposition to the Ishiyama Honganji Temple. Akechi Mitsuhide of the Shiba family personally went to Kii Country to persuade Suzuki Shigehide to be cautious and not to allow the Zaga Zhong, a group of brave and capable mercenaries, to go to Ishiyama to help in the battle.

Without the powerful Zaigashou, Ishiyama Honganji's will to resist the Oda family will be even weaker.

Shigehide Suzuki is naturally willing to listen to the Shiba family and keep his own place.

However, the Zahe people were followers of the Ichijo sect, and Dohashi Morishige took the opportunity to incite the Zahe people to send troops, thinking that he could take this opportunity to overpower Suzuki.

Dohashi Mamoru has a beautiful idea, but Akechi Mitsuhide doesn't talk about martial arts.

On the bright side, Akechi Mitsuhide came to Kii country alone, but secretly, her bed-mate, Hosokawa Fujitaka, had already gathered people in Izumi country.

Zahezhong is the Hailufeng of the island country, and what they pay attention to is an unruly person.

As the saying goes, Thunder in the sky and Lu Feng on the earth will attack anyone who refuses to obey, officers and soldiers will go to sea to encircle and suppress them, and officers and soldiers will go ashore when they withdraw.

Relying on the advantageous geographical location of the Seto Inland Sea, the Zahe people have always been stubborn and disobedient, and all dynasties and dynasties have nothing to do with this group of people.

This group of gangsters are daring and united, and have mastered the iron cannon technology. They are the most famous mercenaries in Kinki, and their combat effectiveness is explosive.

Dohashi Mamoru doesn't take Shiba's family seriously. No matter how awesome Shiba Yoshihiro is, Zagazhuang is also high in the mountains and the emperor is far away. He can take refuge in the sea at any time, and he is not afraid of being surrounded by you saints.

She never calculated that Suzuki Shigehide would betray one of his own people, which is not in line with tradition.

But Shigehide Suzuki just didn't want to insist on any lowly traditions anymore. She had always been dressed as a lady, and she wanted to clean up her crimes in her heart and become a high-ranking samurai master in a feudal society.

Ever since Shiba Yoshigan helped her connect the dots and became the official guardian of the Hatakeyama clan, she has been active in Kyoto.

Song Jiang changed the Juyi Hall into the Zhongyi Hall in order to seek peace from the imperial court.

Shigehide Suzuki has already been ordered to reassure you. You Dohashi Morishi still hangs out with religious rebel leaders and fights against the court. How can Shigehide Suzuki tolerate someone holding him back?
Especially that year, Dobashi Morishige led his people to Luo and bloody massacred the priests of the Southern Barbarian Church who were preaching underground in Kyoto. It also happened that the battle in Ashlibaba was getting fierce, and Takada Yukino carried out heavenly execution.

The muddy water made Suzuki Shigehide tremble all over and break out into cold sweats. He wished he could tear Dobashi Morishige into pieces.

Dohashi Mamoru claimed to work for the society and to work for Master Xianru, but she dared to wantonly massacre in Kyoto, which is a clear blow to the shogunate.

The Kyoto shogunate didn't care about the difference between Dohashi Suzuki, only knew that the daring lunatics came from Zagazhong, and Suzuki Shigehide's painstaking management in Kyoto was almost completely destroyed by Dohashi Morisho.

Fortunately, Shiba Yoshigami was generous, and he didn't blame Suzuki Shigehide afterwards, but Suzuki Shigehide has always remembered Dohashi's grudge.

The Kyoto incident made Shigehide Suzuki completely understand one thing. If he doesn't kill Mamoru Dohashi, he can drag himself into the water at any time and make all his efforts go to waste.

Dobashi Morishige thought that the two were competing for the control of Zahezhong, but Suzuki Shigehide had long since not wanted to be the local overlord of Liangshan. She wanted to go down to the imperial court to get promoted and make a fortune!

The two people's minds were far apart, and they were no longer in the same channel for a long time. In the end, Dobashi Morishige paid the price with his life for his innocence.

No one leads the way, and outsiders will never be able to eliminate the local miscellaneous congregation who are familiar with the way.

But with Suzuki Shigehide's help and Hosokawa Fujitaka's surprise attack, Akechi Mitsuhide simply killed all the fanatics who supported Ishiyama Honganji.

Afterwards, Akechi Mitsuhide announced to the public that Dohashi Morishige had colluded with the Mori family and died in vain.

The tragic end of Dohashi Shoushige greatly shocked all parties in the Western Kinki. Some forces that originally wanted to secretly help Shishan also stopped their petty actions.

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After handing Kii's mess to Suzuki Shigehide, Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka went north to Izumi Country and returned to Kishiwada Castle to rest.

Izumi Country has prosperous commerce and is in a crucial position. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

When the Hosokawa Clan was powerful, Izumi Country was the bridgehead of the Hosokawa Clan, the military depot that went in and out of Shangluo.After the rise of the Miyoshi Family, the first stop was to fight Hequan Country.

If it hadn't been for Yoshigan Shiba's efforts to protect it over the years, and the Izumi-Hosokawa family's own incompetence in fighting formations, they would have been wiped out long ago.

Kishiwada Castle is the residence of the Izumi-Hosokawa family. It was first built by the Wada Taka family, a subordinate of Kusunoki Masashige.

Masashige Kusunoki was the emperor's loyal dog and was an enemy of the samurai family. The Hosokawa faction of General Ashikaga had been fighting against him on the Izumi front.

After the event was completed, the Izumi country was controlled by the Hosokawa branch, which is the origin of the Izumi Hosokawa family.

In troubled times again, the Hosokawa clan was murdered by Miyoshi Changqing, and the Izumi Hosokawa clan was in a difficult situation and was forced to join the Mibuchi clan for warmth.

I thought Haruto Mibuchi was just a mediocre person, and he still needed the elder sister Hosokawa Mototsu to help him get by in the center of the shogunate.

Unexpectedly, fools are blessed, and Mibuchi Harumi actually fell in love with Shiba Yiyin, a rare man from the Wu family who values ​​love and righteousness, and saved the prosperity of Hosokawa Mibuchi's family with the help of his aunt.

When Fujitaka Hosokawa was pushed by Akechi Mitsuhide to the point where he knelt down and licked Yoshigan Shiba, Fujihide Mibuchi was on the wrong team and was kicked out.

Hosokawa Mototsuji and Mibuchi Haruyuki have no choice but to hand over the family business to Hosokawa Fujitaka, and the Izumi Hosokawa family has completely fallen to the Shiba family, and it is impossible to be careless.

Hosokawa Fujitaka became a prince with more than [-] stones in Beihanoi with Izumi in his hand, climbed onto Shiba Yoshigin's couch, and took down the Sakai Port Customs Office. The past two years have been considered high-spirited.

In particular, Mitsuhide Akechi and Fujitaka Hosokawa worked hand in hand, hey saints together in bed, and work together in business off bed, which has already established a solid alliance of interests.

In the inner room, Akechi Mitsuhide filled the glass for Hosokawa Fujitaka.

"This trip to Ji Yi can successfully achieve its goal, thanks to Fujitaka's active cooperation, I would like to offer you a toast."

Hosokawa Fujitaka said modestly.

"It's just a matter of little effort, but I think Shigehide Suzuki is deliberate and well prepared.

Even if I didn't lead the team to Kii, she would still take the opportunity to kill Dohashi Mamoru.

Whether I go or not, the outcome is the same. "

Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head.

“The results were very different.

If you don't go, even if Suzuki Shigehide single-handedly suppresses the opposition within the Zagazhong, the Kii people will still be unruly and we will not be able to reach out.

But when you go, the situation is different.

Suzuki Shigehide colluded with the shogunate and killed his own people. Many Kii people were dissatisfied.

Shigehide Suzuki had to move closer to the shogunate and the Shiba family, and use the power of the saint to stabilize his position of power.

Now that she has taken this step, she will not be able to regret it in the future. "

Hosokawa Fujitaka nodded.

“Mitsuhide is thoughtful, that’s true.

Ji Yi country has always been rebellious, and the binding force of the Hatakeyama family has always been weak. In the generation of Hatakeyama Takamasa, the Hatakeyama family was simply kicked out of Ji Yi.

These Chinese people believe in the Shingon sect, which has always been the sect, and they have no awe of the shogunate. Once there is friction, the shogunate sends troops to encircle and suppress them, and they hide in the mountains and seas to fight guerrillas.

Izumi Country is constantly threatened by them, and I also have a headache.

Now, Shigehide Suzuki yearns for Kyoto wholeheartedly and admires the shogunate. Their own people killed their own people, which made me worry a lot. "

Akechi Mitsuhide sighed.

"Ki country is a big country in Kinki, but because it is located in a remote place, it is not controlled by the shogunate, so it has always been a problem.

But now, we don't care about the corners here, so let's get the most important things done first.

Fujitaka, you control Izumi, Sakai Port, and the business network on the east coast of the Seto Inland Sea, all under your nose.

I would like to ask you to be more vigilant and not allow the supply ships of the Mori family to support Shishan to enter and leave Osaka Bay at will, will you? "

Osaka is the collective name for Sakai Port Stone Mountain. Osaka Bay is an oval-shaped harbor between Awaji Country and Osaka, and it is the gateway to and from Sakai Port Stone Mountain.

Hosokawa Fujitaka controls the Izumi country on the coastline south of Osaka, and garrisons at the Sakai port.

If she seriously checks the ships, the Maori family's assistance to Shishan from the sea will be greatly reduced.

Hosokawa Fujitaka thought for a while, stretched out two fingers, and said.

"I have two questions.

First, if I strictly investigate the ships of the Maori family, will it attract revenge from the Maori navy?
The navy of the Hosokawa family is no match for those Western pirates under Mouri. "

Akechi Mitsuhide said.

“I have already informed Suzuki Shigehide of Kii Country, Nobuyasu Anzhai of Awaji Country, and Miyoshi Yasunaga of Awa Country about this matter.

The Shiba family led their families in Sakai Port and made a fortune on the Hokuriku Road trade route. The Mori family did not follow the rules, and in the name of General Ashikaga, they made a fortune.

The Sibo family's rejection of the Maori family is also for everyone's benefit. Everyone supports you to strictly inspect the Maori family's ships, which is to support the just action of the Sibo family.

I believe that everyone will understand and help.

In addition, His Highness Oda will also send people to help, and the Nine Ghosts Navy from Shima Kingdom will come over soon to help block the sea area along the Shishan line and force Master Xianru to surrender. "

Hosokawa Fujitaka nodded.

"There is no problem in the military, but my doing so will extend the second question, what does Takada Yono say?
This Shibacho insists that he does not care about politics and military affairs. If we do this, we will restrict the logistics in and out of Sakai Port and affect the economy. She will be dissatisfied. "

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.

"Yuno Takada should understand a truth, she is a high-ranking samurai who is loyal to the Shiba family first, and secondly is the Hime samurai who is in charge of business.

Over the years, she has been contaminated by the stench of too many merchants in Sakai Port, but at this time, she should obey politics and the overall situation. "

Hosokawa Fujitaka shook his head.

Akechi Mitsuhide is good at everything, but her eyes are always on the Samurai Group, and she looks down on the business group that cares about every penny.

Therefore, Mitsuhide Akechi has been familiar with all the forces in Kinki all these years and is good at using them. Only the business area is a little blank.

Akechi Mitsuhide thinks that Takada Yono is irrelevant, but Hosokawa Fujitaka and Takada Yono have dealt a lot in Sakai Port, and he is full of fear of this seemingly amiable and wealthy Shibacho.

Takada Yono's energy is not small, Suzuki, Ataka, Miyoshi and others mentioned by Akechi Mitsuhide just now have economic ties with Takada Yono, and the interests of all aspects are tied to each other.

Akechi Mitsuhide used the influence of the Shiba family to investigate the Mori family's ships and fight against the Mori family's navy, but actually consumed the strength accumulated by Takada Yono.

Such an underestimation of the abuse of Takada's influence can easily arouse Takada's hostility.

Seeing that Hosokawa Fujitaka was silent, Akechi Mitsuhide asked.

"Is there any difficulty?"

Hosokawa Fujitaka shook his head.

"I have no problem here, but I still hope you can communicate with Takada Haruno first. After all, she is the person in charge of the Shiba family in Sakai Port, and you should respect her.

Guangxiu, you have always done everything in every possible way, why do you despise business so much?Politics, military affairs, and diplomacy are naturally important, but the importance of business cannot be taken lightly.

The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant nest.

After all, the Takada family is the only descendant of the Shiba family. The Takada sisters are deeply trusted and reused by the saints. You should not neglect Takada Yono. "

Seeing that Hosokawa Fujitaka was so cautious, Akechi Mitsuhide was taken aback.

Although Hosokawa Fujitaka is a clumsy guy emotionally, he is repeatedly provoked by Akechi Mitsuhide, making him desperate.

But in politics, Hosokawa Fujitaka has inherited the keen sense of smell of the Izumi Hosokawa family, with vicious eyes and despicable methods, and is a very good traditional samurai of the shogunate, that is, a politician.