"What do you mean by this?" Rokkaku Sadayori led a group of horses and rode straight to the foot of the Inari Shrine. He shouted to the Imagawa family samurai guarding the mountain road: "Why did you attack the friendly troops' main formation privately?" ? But you want to rebel? Who ordered it? Huh? Is this an order from Master Xue Zhai or His Highness Jibu?"
"Reporting to the governor, His Majesty the Family Governor noticed that the northern part of Kyoto was in chaos, and the Northern Army was returning again. Fearing that the main formation and Gongfang Palace would be lost, he hastily ordered the subordinates to lead the army back to the main formation to defend it." Standing in the army. Daze Jiyin, who was in front of the queue, cupped his hands and replied, "It's great to see that Guan Lingdai and His Highness Guan Ling are fine."
"I'm sorry to trouble you Imagawa Army, but since we have returned, I won't bother you Imagawa Army. Please return quickly." Rokkakusada said sarcastically with a smile, and then raised his voice and threatened. .
"The governor is joking. It is the duty of the Imagawa family to be loyal to the shogunate. But we don't dare to leave our posts without authorization from His Highness the family governor. Otherwise, we will be blamed later, which will be troublesome." Osawa Motoyo Ignoring Rokkaku Sadarai's threats, he pushed back without being humble or arrogant.
"Let's attack by force." Rokkaku Sadayori then rode back and suggested to Hosokawa Harumoto in a low voice: "All the ordnance and equipment are in this formation, and the Kōhoden is also in this formation. If they are all captured by the Imagawa family, the losses will be huge. It’s big. While Imagawa Harubu and Master Yukisai have not yet returned to the army, the Imagawa army is leaderless, and the Takeda army is far away at Mibuji Temple. We should rely on our numerical advantage to fight quickly."
"Do you really want to fight with friendly forces?" Hosokawa Harumoto's breathing became rapid.
"The moment the Northern Army disintegrated, the Southern Army was no longer a friendly force. Isn't that what Master Yusuzai did?" Rokkaku Sadayori advised with a serious expression.
"But now Miyoshi's repair troops are still pursuing." Hosokawa Harumoto looked back at the smoke in the distance. It was Tsutsui Army and Kitahata Army returning to the position before the Southern Army's attack started to resist Miyoshi Army's pursuit. " If we are unable to attack for a long time, we will be doomed by the time the Sanhao Army catches up with us."
"That's why we have to fight quickly. The Imagawa Army has less than 10,000 people left here. The two of us plus the Wakasa Takeda Army have nearly 40,000 people. And the Inari Shrine does not have deep walls or trenches, so we will definitely be able to defeat it. Come down with a drum. And our position is strong. No matter how brave the Miyoshi Army is, they can still hold on for a while." Rokkaku Sadayori has already formed a draft of attacking the mountain in his mind, and anxiously urged: "If you break it, break it. If we don’t fight, we have to evacuate the battlefield now, and delaying it will only make things worse.”
"In that case..." Hosokawa Harumoto gritted his teeth after hearing this, and was about to give an order when he suddenly discovered that another army was arriving from the northeast, under the banner of Asakura Mimori Papaya and Asai Mimori Tortoiseshell.
"Soudai-senpai, are you also here to seek justice from the Imagawa Army?" Rokkaku Sadayori then rode out on horseback and shouted to the Asakura Army's formation from a distance.
"The Imagawa Army did not protect our food and grass. You are overthinking it and just stay in the camp. Master Xue Zhai is also a sensible person, so naturally he will not push everyone to the enemy's side." Chao Chao. Kura Sotechi also rode out of the gap given by Asakura's army, and replied to Rokkaku Sadayori without a smile.
"Then this is none of your business. Why bother coming here to get involved?" Rokkaku Sadarai glanced at the formations of the Asakura Army and Asai Army with great fear, and then turned to look at Asakura Soutei: " If you are still dedicated to the shogunate, please go back and defend against the traitor San. If you don’t want to, please lead your troops to evacuate, okay?”
"We Asakura Army don't worry about what we, the Asakura Army, want to do." Asakura Sotechi coldly refused.
"How can we safely attack the mountain when you are arrayed on the flanks? Do you want to cover the Imagawa Army here? What does the situation of the Imagawa Army have to do with you?" Rokkaku Sadayori frowned.
"The situation of the Imagawa Army has nothing to do with us, but the situation of the Rokkaku Army has a lot to do with us." Asakura Soutei pointed with his thumb at the Asai family's flag that was roaring sideways, and then pointed at Rokkaku Sadeyori's horse print.
Rokkaku Sadayori could only smile bitterly when he heard this - why didn't he understand Asakura Sotechi's meaning? Sotetsu Asakura was eager to see the Rokkaku and Hosokawa families lose their supplies of food and grass, and he was also eager to see Ashikaga Yoshiaki, whom they supported, being kidnapped by Imagawa Yoshimoto. The sky is high and the emperor is far away from the Imagawa family, which is nothing compared to his Asakura family
There is a relationship, but if the Rokkaku family suffers from this, it will be a huge benefit to the Asai family, which is competing with the Rokkaku family for Omi.
"Withdraw the troops. We can't stay in Kyoto without the baggage." Seeing this, Rokkaku Sadayori didn't have much to say. He turned his horse and left. Then he motioned to Hosokawa Harumoto to follow him to withdraw the troops, "There are Asakura troops and With thousands of Asai troops on our side, we have no chance of rushing down to the Inari Shrine."
Just when Hosokawa Harumoto and Rokkaku Sadayori were about to lead their people to retreat, a large group of Imagawa Army auxiliary soldiers suddenly arrived in front of the mountain gate of Inari Shrine. They pushed the baggage and weapons in large and small carts, and sent them to the Hosokawa Army and the Rokkaku Army one by one. Rokkaku Sadarai hastily counted the quantity and estimated that it was one-third of their total storage.
"Reporting to your two highnesses, Master Xue Zhai has ordered that if your two highnesses are eager to withdraw the troops, please bring some luggage for the road. But I guess you can't carry too much with you. The rest of our Imagawa troops will be for you for the time being." Keep it." Miura, who came from the Imagawa family to escort the supplies, was all smiles, rubbing his hands and nodding and bowing in greetings to Hosokawa Harumoto and Rokkaku Sadayori.
"Master Yukisai..." Rokkaku Sadarai had only a wry smile on his face. After a long sigh, he waved his hands and said, "You are always so considerate. When you slap me, you must give a date, for fear that we will be in a hurry. Do you want to risk your life? That would be a bit underestimating me, hahaha... No matter what, I, Rokkaku Sadarai, will calmly put the interests of the family first, how could I do such a desperate thing? "
"But since we have the baggage, why do we have to withdraw?" Hosokawa Harumoto gave up, grabbed the reins of Rokkaku Sadeyori's horse and said, "Shouldn't we quickly return to the Southern Army's position to support the Tsutsui Army and Kitahata Army, will you continue to fight the Miyoshi Army?"
"Wouldn't that play into the hands of Master Yukisai? The Imagawa family obviously made some kind of deal with the Miyoshi family, but they didn't trust each other, so after taking advantage of each other, they were about to attack each other. How could we go north for them again? Block the three good armies?" Rokkaku Sadarai retorted upon hearing this.
"His Imagawa family belongs to the Imagawa family, and I, the Hosokawa family, belong to the Hosokawa family. We ourselves are also going to fight Miyoshi Xiu. Isn't this the battle that I called on the world's famous people to go to Luo in order to regain Kyoto?" Hosokawa Harumoto He argued anxiously, "Are we going to give up half of Kyoto that we finally recovered without firing an arrow?"
"We can withdraw first, let the Imagawa Army and the Miyoshi Army fight, and then come back. Because the Imagawa Army has to wait here for the Takeda Army and Imagawa Harube himself to return, and they can't leave. Once they are exhausted, they will not be able to come back. It’s not too late.”
"Then where can I put the honor of the Hosokawa family? It seems that the entire Confederate Army was defeated by the Miyoshi family and was driven out of Kyoto from Nijo Castle. Wouldn't the prestige of the Hosokawa family be gone? How will we be unified in the future? Control various martial arts families?"
Hosokawa Harumoto was still talking, but Rokkaku Sadayori suddenly fell into silence. After a while, he suddenly realized:
When Taiyuan Xuezhai sent this food and grass back, it was never because he was afraid that Rokkaku would die, but to drive a wedge between his Rokkaku family and the Hosokawa family - without food, they could only withdraw their troops together and plot to start again. But with food, how could the Hosokawa family agree to withdraw from Kyoto due to their prestige? However, the Rokkaku family is still concerned about their actual strength in Kinki, and they don't care about the prestige of the Hosokawa family. The goals of their two families also differed, and it was impossible for Rokkaku Sadayori to continue to persuade Hosokawa Harumoto to act with him.
"That's all." Rokkaku Sadayori took a deep breath, and then said helplessly: "Then please lead His Highness to lead the army back north. The Rokkaku Army will be held back and help the Hosokawa Army watch the Imagawa Army, Asakura Army and Asai behind them. military."
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Soon after, Imagawa Yoshimoto and his party also rode back to Fushimi Inari Shrine. Also coming back together was Takeda Harunobu, who was disgraced after fighting with the Nagao family. They happened to meet him near the Gojo Bridge.
"The long-tailed Tora Chiyo actually let your fake Tora Chiyo go?" Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at the embarrassed Takeda Harunobu and couldn't help but make fun of him.
"It's a shame that Goro can still laugh. The plan to annihilate Oda Nobunaga failed. This has nothing to do with our Takeda family. It's you who suffered the loss."
Takeda Harunobu helplessly rolled his eyes at Imagawa Yoshimoto, and then said angrily: "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup Echigo ate. He has been staring at me for a few months. He didn't know that he thought we were killing my father." Revenge for seizing my wife. I fought hard to repel him before I had a chance to evacuate. Fortunately, the Hosokawa Army came back and contained the Miyoshi Army's front, otherwise it would not have been so easy for me to leave."
"While the Kinki daimyo are still fighting, let's withdraw as soon as possible." Taiyuan Xuezhai greeted everyone with a smile, "We have already made an agreement with the Asakura family and the Asai family to take away the Nanjing we captured. The baggage in the military camp was divided between them 40%, in exchange for allowing us to take a boat through Lake Biwa, then enter Echizen, and take a boat back to the Tokaido. The poor monk had already arranged for the merchant ship that our Imagawa family bought and the Marines, take a detour to the Echizen port and wait to pick us up."
"Withdrawing the troops like this?" Takeda Harunobu instinctively felt something was wrong. "Then you have to be floating on the sea for a few months... won't your skills be unsafe?"
"The Southern Army has been shattered. The land roads that were once open to us have now become dangerous." Taiyuan Xuezhai looked back at the southwest direction. "I had also considered whether to pass through Sanhao's house. We can take a boat from Sakai Port and go back directly to Tokaido. But looking at the appearance of Miyoshi's house... Haha, I'm afraid we won't leave so easily. It can only be said that when we decided to cooperate, everyone kept it to themselves. Do it for the sake of evil."
