A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Everyone knows that Xiaoheita came to Sakai for the purpose of attacking Hyakuko.

Since the goal is so clear, it certainly does not come unprepared. Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Matsunaga Hide are politically hostile, but they have something in common in religion. Both of them protected Christians in Kinki and even funded the construction of a large cathedral.

Imagawa Yoshiuchi first came to Kyoto to pay tribute in the hope of getting Ashikaga Yoshiteru as an intermediary, and the effect was very good. Ashikaga Yoshiteru had a good relationship with the Portuguese Jesuit missionary in Japan. He heard that the Yamauchi family wanted to contact missionaries who could buy Portuguese fire guns, so he wrote a letter himself.

The person they introduced to Imagawa Yoshihiro was a Walloon, um, to put it in a more informal way, he was a Flemish, but you still don’t understand? That's the Belgians.

Wallonia is the Spanish name for the local area. When the religious reform was raging in the lowlands, the Walloons still maintained their loyalty to the Holy Roman Empire and firmly believed in the Virgin Mary. So much so that the Spanish royal guards no longer use Spaniards, but the Walloon Guards.

This area was also influenced by France, so this missionary who came from the Pan-German area but served as a Spanish Jesuit Catholic missionary and was also influenced by France was called Guillaume.

Isn’t this name very difficult to pronounce? The language of Europe is really difficult to describe in one word. The pronunciation of Guillaume is close to French. In English, it is called William, or William for short. But what he actually said was a name with a very big head.

This person is relatively devout in Catholicism, otherwise he would not have come all the way from Germany to Japan. Of course, this is not important. What is important is that he has a good brother, and this good brother is even more legendary.

Why? Because his brother is an illegitimate child. Their mother, Xiao Ping, was very curious about how she could successfully marry with an illegitimate child and send her children of normal birth to the church.

It seems that the unnamed father was quite powerful. This ocean-going merchant named Hess was actually an assistant merchant of the East India Company. An assistant merchant of the East India Company in his twenties, he either had a strong background or strong means. Or both!

Naturally, these two were the ones waiting, but these two were not in Sakai. They had horses in Kyushu, the area where the Amakusa Shiro Tokisada Rebellion later broke out. There are hundreds of thousands of believers in that place, and Christianity has taken root there, with everyone from the daimyo lords down to the common people following the same sect.

It is said that many local shrines and temples have been demolished by voluntary organizations of believers. Christian believers are everywhere, and even local monasteries and Christian schools have been established. Japan has already trained many local missionaries and no longer relies entirely on sending priests from distant Europe.

Xiaopingta sighed, there must be a reason for Christianity to be so popular.

Since they haven't arrived yet, we can only wait in Sakai for a while. They are also very busy, so even if they get a letter of introduction and an appointment, they still have to wait.

Of course, they are not waiting in Sakai. Koheita and Imagawa Yoshichichi are also very concerned about the situation in Sakai.

After Nozaya Nozaya's thousands of Awaji naval troops patrolled Namba Tsu and Awaji Beach, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu kept playing cards.

His biological cousin-in-law, the leading Chinese citizen of Nanbo Prefecture, Niuqi City Lord Xinkai Shigang, led more than 2,000 people from Nanpo Prefecture to land in Kishiwada. This man is not a weakling. Historically, he was the general who relied on a mere thousand men of the Uki Party to withstand the invasion of Awa by the later Choso Gabe Motochichi.

With the arrival of Shinkai Mizuna, reinforcements from the Shikoku Miyoshi clan continued day and night, arriving at Kishiwada one after another.

The Onishi clan of Bozhou, Fuchuan clan of Sanzhou, Xiangchuan clan of Sanzhou, and Xiangxi clan of Danzhou arrived one after another. Miyoshi Yoshikigata's strength increases day by day, becoming more powerful.

In the end, Shinohara Chofusa and Shinohara Zifun, accompanied by Miyoshi Nagaharu, Tokawa Demho, Hosokawa Shinyuki, Ashikaga Yoshichichi and other bigwigs, arrived at Kishiwada. Their strength was astonishingly strong at 25,000 people.

In this way, the army led by Sakai Machidai Miyoshi Yoshitsugu actually expanded to more than 50,000 people!

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's letters urging Sakai Town to pay town dues arrived three times a day, and Sakai Town was shocked three times a day.

Not only was Sakai Town terrified, the Miyoshi trio of Settsu and Matsunagahide of Yamato were also scared!

How could they have imagined that Miyoshi Yoshitsugi had so much energy!

Ashikaga Yoshiteru of Kyoto was extremely pleasantly surprised. He originally thought that it would be great for Miyoshi Yoshitsugi, a stupid young man, to have the reputation of 20,000 people. As a result, he shot an arrow through the clouds, and thousands of troops came to meet him. The small Izumi Kingdom suddenly gathered an army of more than 50,000 people, frightening the other two parties to the point where they could no longer take care of themselves.

If we can have a crazy fight, all three losers or there is no winner, that would be good. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, who was originally thought to be the weakest among the three parties, turned out to be the most powerful among the three parties.

If nothing else, just for these 50,000 troops, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's sister must be given away.

The Miyoshi trio who were hostile to Miyoshi Yoshitsugu also immediately mobilized 15,000 people. Matsunaga Hide also had to go out personally. Yamato's 10,000 riders joined Matsunaga Hide's 2,000 riders. The originally hostile Miyoshi trio and Matsunaga Danmasa and his son were forced to merge under tremendous pressure.

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu was extremely extravagant, and all the flags were played. First he was the shogunate, then he was the governor of Sanshu, then he was the general manager of all matters in Sakai, and finally the banner of the Miyoshi clan looked down upon those hostile old ministers of the Miyoshi.

Miyoshi Yasunaga was happy to see Miyoshi Yoshitsugu in such glory. The Suruga Code of Kanayama continued to connect the four-nation coalition forces, and finally encouraged the army to move towards Sakai Town.

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's words "If you don't give it to me, I will personally lead the troops to get it!" has come true.

The big bosses of the Sakai Town Association are all furious. Who dares to provoke an army of more than 50,000 people? The protective umbrellas of their public houses and temples all acted like ostriches, pretending not to notice and not even daring to let go of anything.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru implemented the decision made in advance very well. While reprimanding the Miyoshi trio and Matsunagahide and his son for their rebellion, he also sent an order to Sakai Town, asking them to accept the order of the shogunate and recognize Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's rule.

How could the trio of Miyoshi and Matsunagahide and his son be willing to give in? There are more than 50,000 people! Their combined total is only 27,000. Of course, if they are mobilized again, there will definitely be more people to come. But will Miyoshi Yoshitsugi give them a chance? As soon as they gave in, more than 50,000 people pressed down on them, and they all died without their bodies intact.

At this moment, there are two leaders in the assembly in Sakai Town, and I don’t know who came up with the good idea. Imagawa Yoshichichi is the shogunate’s first feudal lord, the Toe guardian, the Kokumochi clan, and the Toe guardian. He has the most reputation in the entire Sakai town. people.

Like ants on a hot pot, the crowd prayed to Imakawa Yoshichichi, begging him to come forward to negotiate with Miyoshi Yoshitsugi and help Sakai Town eliminate this unnecessary disaster.