A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Uesugi Terutora and Yamauchi Yoshiharu talked a lot at Komaba Onsen, but no one knew what they talked about.

The two of them dismissed all the attendants and met face to face in the stone hot spring in the wilderness. The nearest guard was forty or fifty meters away, so he definitely couldn't hear anything.

Of course, Xiao Pingtai does not have the treatment of two big guys soaking in hot springs and looking at the clock, and having three small barbecue meals a day. Even though I came to the famous Komaba Onsen in Shinano, I still could only do errands.

Mainly responsible for receiving and arranging Uesugi Teruhora's food and accommodation, as well as the supply of five hundred Uesugi troops. They are here to help, and it is necessary to provide them with two full meals a day.

After the interview with Yamauchi Yoshiharu, Uesugi Teruhora rushed to Yamauchi Fuchu Castle. Mainly to see his sister, Mrs. Nagao, and his eldest nephew Taro Yamauchi.

Relationships and other things are secondary, and the family ties of the Wu family in the Warring States Period are just fine. There are countless enemies between father and son, brothers, even mother and son, brother and sister. Even if Terutora Uesugi truly loves this sister, he is actually very limited.

Now I rushed to the mountain mainly to confirm the situation of mother and son. Uesugi retainers also had several talented people. After they confirmed with Uesugi Kenshin that Mrs. Nagao and her son were safe, they also began to promote Yamauchi Taro's succession.

An heir with the blood of the Nagao family will definitely be closer to the Uesugi family than others.

After all, one more friend is much better than one more enemy. The Uesugi family has endless Kanto Candies outside, and there are endless enemies inside. People of the country photographed Uesugi Teruhu's power is temporarily dormant. If there is a slight chance, he will definitely rise up and rebel immediately.

It was not easy for the Yamauchi family to cover a wing for the Uesugi family in Shinano, which was much more effective than the Shiina family of the Uesugi family in Echuchu, the Dabaoji family in Ou, and the Narita family and Ota family in Musashi.

People including Kakizaki Keie, Naoe Keizuna, Saito Asanobu, Uesugi Keishin, Usami Sadamitsu and others all agreed on the importance of maintaining a powerful Yamauchi family while being close to the Uesugi family. For the Uesugi family, this is a rare moment of complete family unity.

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Yamauchi Yoshiharu's physical condition can still be delayed at this moment, and the problem is not too serious. Therefore, the excuse to the outside world was to first go to Beijing to find the head of Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and confirm his death. And hold a ceremonial funeral, and confirm everything before letting Taro succeed to the throne.

He, Yamauchi Yoshiharu, continued to serve as the representative, temporarily handling all matters of the Yamauchi family.

In fact, while stabilizing Terutora Uesugi, we want to see if we can fool any Ashikaga over, use the tiger's skin as a banner, calm people's hearts, and continue to contribute to Taro Yamauchi's succession.

And Xiaopingta felt that he was missing a trick. There was only one Ashikaga among the best in the world, although he was not very famous.

Asakura Yoshikage's family also had Ashikaga Tsutomo, the Duke of Anudani. It is said that the biggest reason why Ashikaga Yoshiaki later left the Asakura clan was that Asakura Yoshikage actually wanted to support this prince who was more familiar and better controlled, and was too lazy to deal with it. The ignorant Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

In the eyes of people of the time, the Asakura family was a giant, with a huge fortune of 200,000 gu, controlling the northern shipping trade, and under its command were tens of thousands of soldiers who had been fighting against the Echizen and Kaga Ichimu clan for years.

Compared with the torn Miyoshi family and the turbulent Rokkaku family, the Asakura family at this moment is famous for its "virtuous ministers". The Ono clan in the north is beating the Ichigo clan, and the Tsuruga clan in the south has beaten the Wakasa Takeda clan to the ground. Only one breath left.

In addition, the Asakura family participated in the dethronement of generals and the struggle for leadership several times in the past, and their prestige in the Kinai was cut off with a single blow. Although Asakura Takakage and Asakura Sotechi have passed away, they are still invincible, but some people remember how sharp their swords were.

If Asakura Yoshikage could take out his hand and raise his arms, the difficulty of supporting Ashikaga Tsuichi to go to Luo would be completely different from the difficulty of the three of them supporting Ashikaga Yoshiki.

Miyoshi and three others attacked Kyoto and completely offended the emperor and the minister, the local gangsters of Kyoto. However, Asakura Yoshikage took in a large number of ministers who could not survive in Kyoto, and even established the "Ichijo Valley Culture", and had a great relationship with the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

If he can be determined to bring 10,000 or 20,000 people to Luo, it's hard to say who the next general will be.

As long as the shogun's surname is Ashikaga, it's enough. With so many Ashikaga members, no one has the right to claim it. But there are really not many people who can support Ashikaga to go to the capital, cut down the thorns in the Kinei, and stabilize the situation in Kyoto. Ouchi Yoshihiro entered Beijing with almost the entire strength of the Western Kingdom, but in the end there was a fire in the backyard and he was forced to leave.

Asakura Yoshikage's hometown is so close, you can walk to Wakasa and cross Lake Biwa to get to the capital. With the right time (Yoshiteru Ashikaga is dead), the right location, and the right people (he has a ready-made puppet, Ashikaga Tsutomo), except for Kaga's bald donkey holding him back, he really has the appearance of unifying the world.

Koheta should have explained this matter clearly to Hosokawa Harugong, although Ashikaga Tsutomo's sense of existence was so low that he would be lost in history in the future. But Monk Juekei felt that he was Ashikaga Yoshiki's biological brother and a natural successor to the general. If he didn't give up, he would definitely find a way to join the Kinai princes. The best target would be the Asakura family, not the Yamauchi family.

There is even a high probability that Monk Jueqing will go to his good brother-in-law Miyoshi Yoshitsugu. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's strength was only tens of thousands of people, but the name of the general leader of the Miyoshi clan was very useful before. He could get 50,000 people to follow him. In addition, he is the son-in-law of the Ashikaga family, so he is expected to help Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

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Terutora Uesugi temporarily returned to Echigo and promised to come back to Yamauchi for the funeral of Yoshikatsu Yamauchi and the succession ceremony of Taro Yamauchi.

After seeing off Terutora Uesugi, Koheita received an unexpected messenger.

"My Majesty, Akechi Juurobei Mitsuhide, pays homage to Fujiwara Dansei." Akechi Mitsuhide sat down in the corridor outside the house and saluted with all due etiquette.

"Where are you from? What do you mean?" Of course Xiao Pingtai was very curious. The big boss in the world was now kneeling in front of him to salute him, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"The Hosokawa War Department sent me to inform Prime Minister Yamauchi that Yamauchi Habayashi's body has been safely buried at Shirakawa Kamo Shrine."

Akechi Mitsuhide didn't know anyone in Yamauchi, and Yamauchi Yoshiharu was not in the city either. Fortunately, Hosokawa Fujitaka had told him before he left that if he had no connections, he would go to Koheita and Hosokawa Harime, both of whom were his brothers.

Therefore, Akechi Mitsuhide inquired about Koheta's family along the way, and prepared to meet Yamauchi Yoshiharu through Koheta.

"Do you have a letter from the Ministry of War?" Although he had known for a long time that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu died in battle, Xiaoheita couldn't help but feel sad after learning the news.

I have known Yoshikatsu Yamauchi for so many years, carrying guns and fighting together, drinking and sleeping together. People treat Xiao Pingtai like a brother, and Xiao Pingtai also has the same temperament with him.

Now that I heard that the body was still there and had been properly restrained, I felt relieved.

Akechi Mitsuhide handed Hosokawa Fujitaka's letter to Tatsuzo, who in turn gave it to Koheita. Koheita checked the lacquer seal and immediately asked Nangui to send it to the city in person. Chief Yamauchi handed it over to Yamauchi Yoshiharu for review.

"What's the situation in Kyoto now?" Xiaopingta suppressed his slightly sad mood and continued to ask.

"It's not good..." Akechi Mitsuhide didn't say a word, but he felt sad.

After the trio of Miyoshi and Matsunaga Michi confirmed the attack on Ashikaga Yoshiteru, they immediately withdrew from Kyoto due to the chaos and fire, leaving a mess behind.

Subsequently, the imperial court had no choice but to allow Settsu Haruto, Hosokawa Fujitaka, Isshiki Fujinaga, Niki Yoshinaga, and Wada Yamasa to form a temporary shogunate. Temporarily deal with the bad situation in Kyoto and calm people's hearts.

The fire in Kyoto burned for half the night and half the day. Hosokawa Fujitaka tried his best to save the situation, but it was of no use. In the end, a heart-breaking heavy rain saved Kyoto, otherwise the interior of the Imperial Palace might have been burned to the ground by him.

At this time, one-third of the area in Shangjing and Xiajing was overheated, especially in the Gongqing District of Shangjing. Due to the untimely southerly wind, more than 500 Gongqing's official residences were overheated. Shangjing was half destroyed, the ministers were displaced and there were many dead.

"No less than 40,000 people died in Luozhong, and corpses floating on the Kamo River and Kamogawa River blocked the water flow, making it difficult to count. Even if the wood incense was lit, the stench in Beijing was still overwhelming. I am afraid that a major epidemic is inevitable."

Akechi Mitsuhide, who crawled out from the pile of dead people, said that he was so sad that even Koheita was deeply saddened.

"I already know that Jurobei will wait for a moment, and then I will introduce you. You can stay here with me. If there is a summons from Hamamatsu Hall, I will call you immediately."

Koheta comforted Akechi Mitsuhide, and he wanted to go to the city to discuss with Yamauchi's chief planner on how to send people to Beijing to transport Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's coffin back to Yamauchi.