Sakai, also known as Sakai Port and Izumi Sakai, is the largest and most prosperous port in recent areas.
Sakai is located at the junction of the three countries of Settsu, Izumi, and Kawachi. It was originally called "Sakai", but was later changed to "Sakai" with the same name.
Because it is located at the junction of the three countries and is close to the sea, it gradually developed into a trading port. In the late Muromachi period, in order to prevent Sakai from being affected by the war and affecting their "money paths", local businessmen spontaneously organized "Huihezhong" to manage Sakai Port in an autonomous manner.
A suibori (moat) was built around Sakai, and it did not belong to any one power. It was called the "Venice of the East" by later missionaries.
At this time, this was the base of Hosokawa Harumoto, and it was also the residence of Lord Sakai Ashikaga Yoshimi.
At this time, the leaders of the Hosokawa Harumoto faction gathered and sat around the Hosokawa Pavilion to discuss the increasingly serious situation. In fact, today's Hosokawa Harumoto faction is actually at a disadvantage. On the contrary, Hosokawa Takakuni's side has the upper hand on the surface.
Hosokawa Harumoto's side lost Miyoshi Motonaga, the most capable "big boss of the four countries", while Yanagimoto Kenji and Hatano Inemichi could not convince the public. The key point was that Yanagimoto Kenji had a bad relationship with Miyoshi Motonaga.
On the contrary, Hosokawa Takakuni's side not only received support from the Asakura family, but also the Kitahata family of Ise Province, the guardian of Bizen Dai Urakami Mune, the guardian of Omi Rokkaku Sadeyori, and the guardian of Wakasa Takeda Momotsu, etc. also all supported Hosokawa. Gao Guo.
It can be said that Hosokawa Takakuni's side is stronger than Hosokawa Harumoto's side. At this point, Kyogoku Takamasa had previously deceived Kyogoku Takahiro.
The main reason is that he is worried that after Kyogoku Takahiro knows the strength of Hosokawa Takakuni's side, he will hesitate to join Hosokawa Takakuni's side. Then all his plans will be in vain.
Hosokawa Harumoto is only fifteen years old this year, very immature, and he can't see the attitude of the overlords in recent times.
Sitting on the main seat, Hosokawa Harumoto was a little absent-minded, "Why don't you see Yanagimoto Danmasadada and Hatano Tanba Mamoru?"
Hosokawa Harumoto scanned the retainers in the palace and did not see Yanagimoto Kenji and Hatano Inemichi, so he asked.
A samurai sitting not far from Hosokawa Harumoto quickly replied, "Bizen Guardian Daiura Kame Sobu is helping to send troops to attack Harima, and Hatano Tanba is trying his best to mediate the matter."
"As for Yanagimoto Danmasadada, it seems that he is still attacking the Akasawa clan and the Itami clan."
"Sure enough, outsiders are still unreliable. In the face of a powerful enemy, all we can do is fight among ourselves and protect ourselves. Who cares about the safety of our lord?"
After hearing what the samurai said, Hosokawa Harumoto's face suddenly looked bad.
"Right horse head, let me tell you the latest news." Hosokawa Harumoto said to the samurai who spoke previously.
"Ha!" Hosokawa Yinxian nodded, then turned around and said in a deep voice to the rest of the people in the hall, "According to reliable information, the Kitahata family of Ise Province has been invited to Luo and is currently preparing for war!"
"The Echizen Asakura family has supported Dr. Ukyo, and I'm afraid they will send troops to Kamikaze again in the near future! The Wakasa Takeda family and the Omi Rokkaku family will also send troops to help, and the Nishi family in Izumo seems to be interested in making a move. In short, the situation is not good for our family. Great!”
Hosokawa Yinxian was born in the Hosukawa Noshu family, but was adopted into the Hosokawa Nomuda family, and initially served as an official in the Hosokawa High Country. However, during the Daiei period, due to a dispute with Konishi Motomori, he slandered Hosokawa Takakuni, causing Hosokawa Takakuni to kill Konishi Motomori, and internal strife broke out in the Hosokawa family.
Later, after seeing that Hosokawa Harumoto's side was unstoppable and banished Hosokawa Takakuni to Omi, he quickly ran over to join Hosokawa Harumoto, which fully demonstrated the term "turning to the wind".
"If this situation continues, I'm afraid that after the spring of next year, Hosokawa Takano will start to go to Luo! How can you deal with this?" After Hosokawa Yinxian roughly explained the current situation, Hosokawa Harumoto began to ask.
As soon as Hosokawa Harumoto finished speaking, a samurai sitting on the other side said, "My lord, I believe that if we want to resist Dr. Ukyo's counterattack, we must welcome back Miyoshi Chikuzen and concentrate all our strength so that we can fight with Dr. Ukyo." Match!"
The person who spoke was Hosokawa Harumoto's close associate Miyoshi, later known as Miyoshi Sozo, who was Miyoshi's uncle.
Since Miyoshi Genchang was angry away, Miyoshi Masaichi has temporarily led the Awa people. However, Miyoshi Masaichi does not have the prestige and ability of Miyoshi Genchang at all, so even if he has such an identity, he will not be able to play any role.
The Miyoshi family is Hosokawa Harumoto's natural ally.
He is not a natural ally of the Hosokawa family, but simply refers to Hosokawa Harumoto.
Because as early as when Hosokawa Sumitomo and Hosokawa Takakuni were fighting, the Miyoshi family had been fighting against Hosokawa Takakuni, and many members of the Miyoshi family had died as a result.
It can be said that there is a deep hatred between the Miyoshi family and Hosokawa Takakuni, which is why the Miyoshi family supports Hosokawa Harumoto.
The Miyoshi family has a high prestige in Shikoku, and Miyoshi Gennaro is the leader of the Miyoshi family. The previous defeat of Hosokawa Takakuni made Miyoshi Gennaro's reputation at the peak of the sky.
Previously, Hosokawa Harumoto listened to the slander and made Miyoshi Motocho angry and drove away, which was equivalent to cutting off an arm. Now that Hosokawa Takakuni is about to attack, Miyoshi Motocho must be brought back, otherwise it will be impossible to integrate Hosokawa Harumoto's forces.
"Chikuzenshou is arrogant and arrogant, and he deserves the blame for this! Could it be that without his three good Chizenshou, we wouldn't be able to fight?" Hosokawa Yinxian came out to cause trouble again, and the key words are very consistent with Hosokawa Harumoto mind.
In fact, the relationship between Miyoshi Motocho and Hosokawa Harumoto is very good, and they can be described as friends in need. For Hosokawa Harumoto, Miyoshi Motocho can be said to be like a brother and a father.
However, Miyoshi Motocho also made an unnecessary mistake, that is, he secretly accepted Rokkaku Sadeyori's intermediary and wanted to make peace with Hosokawa Takakuni.
Just last year, Asakura Takakage, the head of the Asakura family, sent Asakura Sotechi to lead his army into Luo, along with Rokkaku Sadeyori. The two sides fought fiercely in Kyoto, but no one could do anything to the other.
Seeing the intense fighting, both sides were more or less war-weary.
In the end Rokkaku Sadayori came forward to mediate the war between the two sides, and Miyoshi Genchang also specifically requested a ceasefire based on various considerations.
But Kenji Yanagimoto and Hatano Inemichi quit. They think their side has the advantage, so why should they stop fighting? So he turned to Hosokawa Harumoto and falsely accused Miyoshi Motocho and Hosokawa Takashi.
Hosokawa Harumoto did not believe that Miyoshi Gengchang wanted to betray him, but he was also very dissatisfied with Miyoshi Gengchang's approach of truce with Hosokawa Takakuni without asking him.
Subsequently, the armistice broke down, and Hosokawa Takakuni retreated to Omi again. Miyoshi Genchang was also awarded the post of guardian of the five counties of Yamashiro Province because of his previous merits.
Why did Miyoshi Motocho want a truce? It's very simple, because the Sanhao family has financial problems and has been fighting for more than a year, and it can hardly afford to fight anymore.
In order to supplement the finances, Miyoshi Genchang used his position as guardian of Yamashiro Province to forcibly collect various taxes near Kyoto. But this place belongs to the "sphere of influence" of Yanagimoto Kenji and Hatano Aizumi, so the confrontation between the two sides has become increasingly serious.
The key point is that Hosokawa Harumoto did not support Miyoshi Motonaga in this matter, and Miyoshi Motonaga quit. mmp I helped you fight Hosokawa Takakuni, but now I'm being bullied and you don't even support me!
Surface brothers!
Slip away!
In this way, Miyoshi Motocho ran to Awa in anger, left the mess to Hosokawa Harumoto and ignored it.
