A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The good show came to an end, and Matsunaga Hide, whose head and face were covered with blood, was dragged and thrown out of the imperial palace. Of course, he didn't do anything disgraceful like swearing, but the hatred could still be felt even from afar.

Ashikaga Yoshiki felt as if he had eaten iced watermelon in the summer and drank hot sake in the winter. Not to mention how happy and satisfied he was. Even the unattractive little Heita became pleasing to the eye and became heroic in his eyes. With such a deep impression, Heita was completely classified as one of his own by Ashikaga Yoshiki.

Ashikaga Yoshiki stood up and said with admiration, "You are a true righteous man." Then he hurriedly contacted the envoys of Rokkaku, Takeda, and Hatano. He also knew in his heart that he could not give in at this time, gritting his teeth. He must maintain his power even though he holds on, and must preserve the final dignity of the Muromachi shogunate and himself as a general.

Koheita and the other shogunate samurai sent Ashikaga Yoshiteru off respectfully. Several samurai of the shogunate's government clasped their fists and saluted to express their admiration. Although other people didn't say anything to Xiao Pingtai, they had some positive comments about Xiao Pingtai in their hearts.

In the admiring eyes of several attendants, Koheita took off his belted dress, which was stained with the blood of Matsushi Nagasaki, and handed the ivory wat board, which was also stained with blood, to the attendants of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. An attendant handed over a piece of wet kapok cloth and asked Pingtai to wipe the blood on his hands and face.

"I apologize to His Highness, for I accidentally stained it with some dirt." Xiao Pingtai wiped his hands casually, showing no concern for the blood stains, showing that he was also a samurai who had risked his life to fight on the battlefield. Then he bowed his hands and resigned to the place where Ashikaga Yoshiki left at the rear of the palace. Several attendants also saluted Koheita.

Koheita walked back to the small camp of the people in the mountain. Koheita angrily scolded Matsu Nagasaki in the palace and his glorious image was now spread among the public troops in the imperial palace. Just now, Yongxiu, who was released from the army, looked down at the crowd with a menacing aura, riding alone into the imperial palace. In the end, his face was broken, his face was dripping with blood, and he was thrown out like a dog. That was very satisfying, and made all the Yamauchi warriors look at Xiao Pingtai with stars in their eyes, and praise him with all kinds of praises.

Xiao Pingtai felt happy when she was scolded just now, and she was also beaten very hard. There is no fear now, but after all, Matsuhisa Nagahide has 5,000 troops in the capital, and he only has four people here, and the only one who can really fight is Kanai Meigoro. It may be difficult to escape like this. Always think of some way to make sure everything is safe.

Of course, as long as Xiao Pingtai stays in the Flower Palace now, the three to five thousand people from the Sanhao family will not be able to get in. But if you want to go out, you may not be able to do it for the time being, so please wait for a few days.

The two sides, who looked calm on the outside but had an undercurrent surging inside, faced off for four or five days. Kinai's Sanmon Lord (that is, all the great monks) successively received the imperial letters from the general Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and brought the monks and guards to the imperial palace one after another. The ceremony became bigger and bigger.

The major sects in Kinei are not afraid of you, Matsunaga Hide [Note 1]. This kind of clown is just a bug jumping up and down in the eyes of these big temples with thousands of deep-rooted believers. Back then, Honganji Temple had great appeal, but Yamashina Obo would still set it ablaze for you. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu controlled Japan and pushed the Muromachi shogunate to its peak of prosperity. However, the great monk did not support you at all and carried the shrine of the great god of Kasuga into the streets. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's illustrious reputation was also powerless against them.

However, the most important half of the head of Kofukuji Temple, the great monk Ichijoin Gate Ichijoin Kakuyu [Note 2] said that he was already ill and was going to the Pure Land of Western Paradise to see the Buddha. He lay on the bed and got up. It's all very difficult. This time, I can only let my disciples and grandchildren show their loyalty on my behalf.

After hearing this news that might be sad for others, but extremely good news for Heita, Heita came up with a plan and hurriedly went to see Ashikaga Yoshiki.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru has been really busy these days. Minami Omi Rokkaku Yoshiken is very active, saying that he will first bring 5,000 people to Sakamoto, close to Kyoto, but there will not be more. He also has to beware of Kitagami Asai Nagasaki. It is definitely not enough to support Ashikaga Yoshiki with just these few people.

Originally, if the banner of the Hosokawa family was still there, as long as Hosokawa Harumoto opened his mouth, he would be able to attract at least 20 to 30,000 people just for fun, but now Hosokawa Harumoto is done. His son is still crawling all over the floor, and he has no prestige at all. The puppet leader Hosokawa Tsuna is still being controlled in Akutagawa Mountain Castle. Let alone leading troops to rescue him, he himself cannot save himself and has no hope at all.

As for Hatano Haremichi, it was very unfortunate that even though he was in his forties, when he was in high spirits, he was actually ill and could not even speak. His father, Hatano Uemichi, was at his age when he was showing great prowess in Kinai. He didn't know how he fell down, and he was about to die.

Xiaopingta saw that he and several close ministers were discussing where to draw reinforcements. Although the situation was still in a confrontation between the enemy and ourselves, it was always good to be strong.

"I heard that the great monk Jueyu of Yichengyuan, Quan Sengdu, is seriously ill?" "That seems to be true." A minister replied on behalf of the general.

The power to ban these lords is in the hands of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Every time a sect is inherited, hundreds or even thousands of gu can be obtained, which is a huge income for the shogunate. As long as Kakuyu dies, no matter who comes to power, he must send a sum of money to Ashikaga Yoshiteru. This is a custom.

When everyone heard that Xiaopingtai mentioned this matter, they also thought that they could get some money to recruit some rogue soldiers. But he's not dead yet, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru isn't that anxious. He didn't understand why Xiaoping Tai mentioned this matter. He would never come here for such a small amount of money.

"I heard that His Highness has a few younger brothers, right? If God doesn't take it, you will be blamed for it!"

"Huh? Yeah! Yeah." Ashikaga Yoshiki reacted immediately.

"Call Chitose Maru quickly!" Several ministers also beamed with joy.

Kodaira estimated that this Chitose Maru was probably the later Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and he was going to become a monk again according to the historical trajectory.

[Note 1]: Although Matsunagahide defeated the Kofukuji Tsutsui clan in the battle against Yamato, the Tsutsui clan continued to conduct extensive "guerrilla warfare" in the rear, resulting in Matsunagahide never being able to completely defeat the enemy. Ruled too much and one country.

[Note 2]: The actual leader of Kofukuji Temple is Kofukuji Beitou or Kwonbeito, which is held by two sects of Daijoin and Ichijoin under Kofukuji in turn. Therefore, becoming the Ichijoin Monk is equivalent to being half the head of Kofukuji Temple, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes the leader.