A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Going to Luo was a big event and had to be notified to all parties, not to mention that Yamauchi Taro was going to Luo as Kōkata Yuko to declare to the world the inheritance rights of the next Kōkō.

Soon Yamauchi sent envoys to Takeda, Hojo and other daimyo to reiterate Kaji's belief in the armistice agreement of general peace between the four countries. It is required that before May 15th next year, all the contracting countries of the East Kingdom shall not use weapons without authorization, otherwise the new prince will issue a general crusade order for the whole country.

Even if the authority of the shogunate is lost, it still depends on who stands for him.

If Ashikaga Yoshiaki succeeds in going to Luo, it will be announced. Oda, Yamauchi, and Uesugi will definitely immediately recognize the legal rights of this government. Later, famous names such as Ehoku Asai, Echizen Asakura, Kii Hatakeyama, Kawauchi Miyoshi (Yoshitsugi), Tanba Hatano, Tango Isshiki and other famous names will definitely submit to them one after another. Congratulations from Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

A large circle of forces in Kinei will recognize this general. This is the principle of the right way to get more help and the wrong way to get less help. Although people's support is not so clearly visible, it is so important.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru actively appointed guardians from all over the world, confirmed the status of daimyo landowners of daimyo in various places, granted the status of companions and kokuchizu, and mediated disputes among daimyo all over the world.

Although all of this disappeared when he was killed by the three good rebels, it is undeniable that this is a favor bestowed by the Lord to his subjects. The active guardian appointment policy he promoted was recognized and supported by most daimyo forces across the country, at least on the surface.

Whose world is this world? The answer in everyone's mind is definitely different. But if I say it publicly, then this world is the world of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and I am a minister of His Highness Kogenin.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki had a good brother who left him a shogunate that, although empty, was supported by the whole country.

No daimyo would be willing to accept such a shogunate's order to conquer the world. Even a powerful man like Takeda Harunobu would weigh his own weight. You must know that the last Murakami Yoshikiyo who received a subjugation order had four of his sons killed in a battle. He was almost defeated and his territory of tens of thousands of dollars disappeared.

As for Uesugi Kenshin, he responded to Ashikaga Yoshiaki's order to attack Kaga as quickly as possible, open up the Kamirakutou Road, and bring Oshu Date, Osaki, Nihonmatsu, Banuki, Ushu Mogami, Ashina, Ando, ​​Noto Hatakeyama Takumi, etc. The request of the daimyo Shangluo is also fully understood.

There is also the matter of his eldest nephew Taro Yamauchi going to Luo, and Uesugi Kenshin is even more supportive. Not only did he take the initiative to invest thousands of dollars to help Yamauchi Taro reorganize his army, but he also sent 800 Echigo soldiers on horseback to serve as public servants, led by veterans Naoe Keizuna and nearby Kojima Sadaki.

In order to distinguish them from the Yamauchi clan's cavalry, the scabbards of the Uesugi cavalry were all made of silver foil, making them all silver swords. Even the haori outside the armor was re-sewn with fine Koshu silk and uniformly embroidered with the Uesugi family's bamboo feather bird pattern.

Yamauchi Taro himself had a strange attitude after knowing that he was going to Luo. He was not happy that he could gain huge political capital, nor was he worried about the vagaries of the world situation.

He went to Shoryakuji Temple to bring back the shrines of Yamauchi Yoshiharu and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, and invited the monks to come over and hold a grand ceremony. Tell his father and grandfather that he will complete the unfinished business of both of their lives.

Then he ordered people to build two splendid shrines, which contained the shrines of his father and ancestors. He selected the most loyal Hatamoto warriors to be the bearers of the shrines, and carried them into Luoyang together to accept the worship of the people in the center of the world.

Such behavior makes all viewers sigh!

Soon, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, surrounded by a group of worshipers and Hosokawa Fujitaka, Akechi Mitsuhide, Wada Weimasa and others, entered Gifu City from the northern country through the snow.

In order to show his ambition to declare the world and help all nations, Ashikaga Yoshiaki immediately changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshiaki and issued a royal letter to all the forces in the Kinai, asking to surrender to him.

There is no doubt that the first person to respond to Ashikaga Yoshiaki was his brother-in-law Miyoshi Yoshitsugi. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu quickly raised the banner of supporting Ashikaga Yoshiaki Kamiro and threatened the three Miyoshis.

However, the Miyoshi trio, who were unable to control Kyoto and believed that they could not resist Oda Nobunaga's army, actually gave up all their territory in the Kinai and prepared to withdraw to Shikoku Awa with Ashikaga Yoshiei in an attempt to make a comeback.

Ashikaga Yoshie, the proclaimed general, is naturally the biggest unsettling factor in the succession of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's legal line. If Awa just retreats, then there is really no telling what will happen in the future.

At this time, the ever-changing world was fully reflected. Matsunaga, who was wearing a pair of trousers with Miyoshi and the three of them, rebelled and poisoned Ashikaga Yoshie. Then his father Matsunaga showed up and confessed to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

The rebellious forces in Kinai suddenly lost their flag, and all the righteousness against Ashikaga Yoshiaki Kamiro disappeared.

Many of Miyoshi's retainers who were originally planning to follow Miyoshi and the others to retreat to Awa hesitated. They all realized that Miyoshi's broken ship was going to sink, and they had to jump off the ship as soon as possible to save themselves.

So Takayama Ukon, the lord of Settsu Takatsuki Castle, Araki Murashige, the lord of Settsu Arioka Castle, Ikeda Katsumasa, the lord of Settsu Ikeda Castle, and a large number of former Miyoshi retainers all expressed their surrender to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and Miyoshi Masakatsu, the lord of Izumi Kishiwada Castle, also agreed with Miyoshi Yoshiaki Following the same tune, they went to attack Miyoshi and three others, trying to attack Settsu Yuesui Castle and cut off the retreat of Miyoshi and three others.

Kinai became the world of Ashikaga almost overnight, and there was an endless stream of envoys going to Gifu City every day, all expressing their surrender to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

However, the Rokkaku clan, Rokkaku Yoshiken, Rokkaku Yoshiken and Rokkaku Yoshiharu and his son, who were originally a sure bet and the least likely to oppose him, actually clearly opposed Ashikaga Yoshiaki's Kamiro. In other words, he was against Oda Nobunaga, who would be surrounded by the Oda Asai Alliance on all sides once he succeeded in going to Luo Luo. Even if the previous Hosokawa and Miyoshi families succeeded in going to Luo Luo, they would only leave the Rokkaku clan to the enemy.

If Oda Nobunaga enters Luoyang, then Kitaise, Mino, Jiangbei, Yamashiro and other places will completely surround Rokkaku. The Asai family supported Oda Nobunaga's Kamikawa. To put it bluntly, he coveted the land south of the Yangtze River. Oda Nobunaga must have rewarded Asai Nagamasa for his success in Kamikaze.

When people are cut off and I fight for fish and meat, I might as well make a last-ditch effort while I still have some muscle.

So even though Rokkaku and his son were almost considered to be the bare commanders, they launched a general mobilization order to the Kawabami people in the Jiangnan area and Lake Biwa. Everyone is asked to gather together to resist the Oda clan and their allied armies in Shangluo.

Of course Rokkaku did not come for nothing, including the shogun Ashikaga Isho. In the entire Kinai, from top to bottom, from Hosokawa to Miyoshi, from Asakura to Asai, there is not a single younger brother who has not been taught by Rokkaku.

This confidence was also built with facts by the ancestors and fathers of Sasaki-ryu. If you really can't beat him, you can go into the ravine and drag you to death.

Oda Nobunaga was worried about not having enough territory to reward his allies and subordinates, but suddenly he showed up with a bald head! (Rokkaku Yixian became a monk!)

If not, who will you?

The point of the military front is all in the six corners!