Hosokawa Harumoto has always had a knot in his heart. He has complicated feelings towards Miyoshi Motocho.
Even though Masakawa Miyoshi and others analyzed the situation more thoroughly and showed the reality that Hosokawa Harumoto could not do Hosokawa Takakuni without Miyoshi Motocho, Hosokawa Harumoto still did not want to bring Miyoshi Motocho back just like this.
First of all, Hosokawa Harumoto's military quality is actually not very good, and it is probably even worse than Hosokawa Takakuni. In fact, Hosokawa Harumoto was still too young and did not understand that his previous victories were entirely due to Miyoshi Gencho, Yanagimoto Kenji and others, and had little to do with him.
In other words, Miyoshi Motocho, Yanagimoto Kenji and others could achieve the same victory by supporting another person to fight against Hosokawa Takakuni.
However, Hosokawa Harumoto feels good about himself and believes that he can still do it without Miyoshi Motonaga. In addition, there are Hatano Inemichi and Yanagimoto Kenji who can fight on the side, so the situation is not too bad.
After some discussion, but still no result was reached, Hosokawa Harumoto retreated to the annex to rest, and planned to call his cousin Hosokawa Mochitaka over to have afternoon tea together.
Hosokawa Mochitaka is the son of Awa guardian Hosokawa Nomochi. After Hosokawa Nomochi died in the ninth year of Eisho, he succeeded the family governor and became Awa guardian. During the confrontation between Hosokawa Harumoto and Hosokawa Takakuni, he sided with Hosokawa Harumoto and was the most trusted person among Hosokawa Harumoto's faction.
At the invitation of Hosokawa Harumoto, Hosokawa Mochitaka came of course, but he also brought several people to Hosokawa Harumoto.
Two of them, Hosokawa Harumoto, knew each other well. One was Hosokawa Kobe Daisuke (Hosokawa Motonsune), the lord of Ryushoji Castle in Yamashiro Province, and the other was Ibaraki Shitaka, whom he sent to Omi to establish a relationship.
"Why are Mamoru Harima and Mamoru Iga here too?" Seeing the boy following Mochitaka Hosokawa, Hosokawa Harumoto thought for a long time but never thought that there was such a person in Hosokawa's family. But seeing that he came in with Hosokawa Mototaka, Hosokawa Motonsune thought it was Hosokawa Motaka's nickname or something, and didn't pay attention.
Hosokawa Mochitaka and Hosokawa Motonsune sat down unceremoniously, while Ibaraki Shitaka pulled the young man beside him and introduced to Hosokawa Harumoto, "Rokuro-den, this is the son of Omi's guardian Kyogoku Musashi. Kyogoku and Sakyo enter.”
"I've seen Hosokawa-den!" The person sitting next to Ibaraki Shitaka was Kyogoku Takamasa.
Hosokawa Harumoto, who had already picked up the tea bowl, didn't react for a while after hearing Ibaraki Shitaka's introduction. After a long time, Hosokawa Harumoto showed a smile and said, "It turns out that he is the son of Omi Kyogokuden. Please forgive me for missing him from afar!"
Although the Kyogoku family is already a salty fish, they are both one of the three and four positions, and their ancestors have carried guns together, so the superficial enthusiasm still needs to be maintained.
Kyogoku Takamasa would not think that he could let himself go because of Hosokawa Harumoto's enthusiasm. He still said respectfully, "I don't dare. It would be rude for me to come here without permission!"
I originally planned to talk to Hosokawa Mochitaka about life, but now that someone from the Kyogoku family suddenly appeared, naturally the conversation couldn't happen. And Ibaraki Shitaka also came with him. Apparently this was the news from Omi, so Hosokawa Harumoto decided to talk about business first.
"Iga Mamoru, have you gained anything from this trip to Omi?" After pouring out the tea powder in the tea bowl, Hosokawa Harumoto turned the bowl in a circle and handed it to Ibaraki Shitaka's hand.
Ibaraki Shitaka quickly took it with a respectful expression and took a sip. Then he put down the tea bowl and replied, "My lord, I'm ashamed to say that."
"Because both the Omi Rokkaku family and the Asai family have joined Dr. Hosokawa Ukyo's side, and because the shogun is currently in Omi Kuchiki Valley, the entire Omi family is avoiding our family."
A trace of disappointment flashed across the corner of Hosokawa Harumoto's eyes. Omi was a big country, and the military strength of the country's people was relatively objective. Even if only one-third of the country's people are on their side, they can draw thousands of troops.
Seeing Hosokawa Harumoto lowering his head in despair, Ibaraki Shitaka quickly winked at Kyogoku Takamasa beside him, who immediately understood and said, "Hosokawa-dono, don't worry too much, I have already decided Standing in the first room of Hosokawa Palace and fighting!"
"This is an oath written by my father himself. I would like to ask Hosokawa-dono to read it."
Hosokawa Harumoto's mood did not improve because of Kyogoku Takamasa's second words, but she was still a little helpless.
What the hell is the Kyogoku family?
In the early years, it might have been able to scare some people, but now isn't it just an empty shell? It's useful for the Kyogoku family to stand on my side!
Seeing that Hosokawa Harumoto seemed to be in a low mood, Kyogoku Takamasa quickly continued, "In fact, I don't think Hosokawa-don should worry about Omi, because Omi's power poses no threat to Hosokawa-don."
"Hmph! You kid with a yellow mouth, you are so arrogant!" Hosokawa Motonsune, who was sitting quietly on the sidelines, suddenly shouted, looking at Kyogoku Takamasa with a different meaning in his eyes.
"Omi is a prosperous land, and Rokkaku and other forces are quite powerful. With Omi's national power, isn't it easy to dispatch a force of 10,000 to 20,000 troops?"
"With such a threat, you actually say it's nothing to worry about?"
Kyogoku Takamasa did not know Hosokawa Motonsune, but he just happened to meet him at the door when he and Ibaraki Shitaka came to see Hosokawa Harumoto.
Seeing that Hosokawa Motonsune was so unkind, Kyogoku Takamasa also retorted without showing any weakness and said, "I'm afraid you don't understand the situation in Omi, do you?"
"Although the Rokkaku family is the dominant family in Omi country, the Asai family of Kita Omi took advantage of the internal strife in the family to usurp a large area of Kita Omi's territory."
"Although the strength is not as strong as the Rokkaku family, they are still a powerful and powerful family in Omi!"
"The two families have been at war with each other for several years and have become mortal enemies. Even if they are both in Dr. Hosokawa Ukyo's camp, they probably have their own agenda."
"When war breaks out, we will definitely be wary of each other, and no one will dare to send troops. Even if we send troops, it will only be a symbolic use of part of the troops, because both the Rokkaku family and the Asai family will worry that after they send out a large army, the other family will take advantage of it! "
"So, it seems that the Rokkaku family and other Omi daimyo are on the side of Dr. Hosokawa Ukyo, but there is no threat to Hosokawa-den." Kyogoku Takamasa analyzed rationally.
Hosokawa Harumoto, Hosokawa Mochitaka and others all looked at Kyogoku Takamasa in surprise, and then they were secretly planning something in their hearts.
After a long time, Hosokawa Motaka said, "Rokuro-dono, what Sakyo Susumu said makes sense if you think about it carefully."
"Yes, not bad." Hosokawa Harumoto also nodded repeatedly.
Just when Kyogoku Takamasa was about to continue talking, tricking Hosokawa Harumoto into lameness, and getting the "get on the train" ticket from Hosokawa Harumoto, Hosokawa Motonsune spoke again.
"This is a one-sided statement, how can you believe it? Besides, the matter is so important, how can you believe the words of a childish person?"
Kyogoku Takamasa was speechless. Did he offend the person in front of him in some way? This guy takes the wrong medicine and targets me everywhere?
Could it be that I am too handsome and this guy is jealous of my appearance?
