The young major general has no regrets.
In fact, the young major general refused to marry Hosokawa Motaka as his concubine.
What girl is not pregnant?
Wu Chengen was not born yet, and "Journey to the West" was out of the question, so Tang Monk Riding a White Horse was not well known. Naturally, the little major general also has a dream of her own "Prince Charming" in her heart.
It's a pity that Hosokawa Mochitaka, an old pervert, coveted the beauty of the young major general, and the young major general's father Okamoto Makinishi also tried his best to promote this matter, so the young major general was unable to resist.
As the maid beside Mrs. Kotomikawa and Changshan Palace, the young major general was naturally very familiar with Kyogoku Takamasa. The two usually get along day and night, and it is inevitable that the two boys and girls will be attracted to each other.
It's just that both of them hid this feeling in their hearts. Until they met again on such an occasion today, everything fell into place.
Seeing Kyogoku Takamasa lying on top of him, enduring the violent impact, the young major general shed tears of happiness.
At least at this moment, I am happy!
A night of fish and dragon dance.
In the early morning of the next day, when Hosokawa Motaka climbed up from the tatami with his head in his hands, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
In the room, the young major general sat obediently on his knees and then helped Hosokawa Motaka get dressed. Hosokawa Mochitaka shook his head, trying to wake himself up from the hangover, but it was obviously of no use. Hosokawa Mochitaka couldn't remember anything about what happened last night.
Opening the door, Kyogoku Takamasa and several other sidemen and young people were sitting on their knees in the courtyard. When they saw Hosokawa Mochitaka coming out, they quickly saluted.
Kyogoku Takamasa acted as a hostage for Hosokawa Harumoto. In fact, he was a hostage, but more of a spy for Hosokawa Mochitaka. But in any case, it was relatively more free, so Kyogoku Takamasa did not resist.
"Were you drunk when you came to our house last night?" Hosokawa Mototaka shook his head while holding on to the pillar, obviously he hadn't woken up from the hangover yet.
Kyogoku Takamasa quickly replied, "Sanki Morden was indeed drunk yesterday. I helped Sanki Morden back to his room to rest!"
At this point, Kyogoku Takamasa had to sigh. Hosokawa Nobitaka's drinking capacity is really bad, so he could get so drunk even if he ordered sake. Of course, Kyogoku Takamasa also had to admit that he felt really good last night.
After all, from now on, Kyogoku Takamasa is truly a man!
Ah!
man!
"Well, thank you for your hard work, Sakyo." Hosokawa Mochitaka patted his head and started to walk away, but then suddenly stopped, "Sakyo, the fighting has been tense in the front recently. My lord wants me to lead troops to support the Miyoshi Chikuzen garrison in front. temple!"
"Go and get ready. This time you go out into battle, and you have to go with me!"
"ha!"
Kyogoku Takamasa had already experienced fighting in Omi, and Kyogoku Takamasa was even a little excited after hearing that he could go out into battle.
To be honest, Kyogoku Takamasa had already felt a little bored staying in a place like this for a long time, so he took advantage of this time to go out and get some fresh air.
The night before the army was dispatched, Nana once again quietly took advantage of the darkness to find Kyogoku Takamasa. As for what happened after that, Kira didn't know, so the big guys can figure it out for themselves.
In the early morning of the next day, Kyogoku Takamasa was fully dressed and led Akao Kiyosuna and others out of the annex.
After walking through several corridors very familiarly, Kyogoku Takamasa and others arrived at the backyard of Hosokawa Motaka's house. Hosokawa Motaka was still praying before going out into battle.
Generally speaking, warriors at this time would hold various prayers (divine possession rituals) before going into battle. Pray that your side with the protection of gods can win and at the same time ensure your own safety.
The more widely used method is to "ask" the gods about the time, place, and direction of the battle. Generally, strategists or family ministers use a bamboo divination tool (a divination tool made of bamboo, similar to drawing lots) to perform divination. After deciding the time to go out into battle, the next step is to hold the "Victory Prayer Ceremony", which is what Hosokawa Mochi says. What Long is doing at this time.
For example, before the Battle of Okehazama, Oda Nobunaga held a victory prayer ceremony at Atsuta Shrine. Generally speaking, it is customary to hold the ceremony in the temple where the specially worshiped Ujigami resides, but Hosokawa Mochitaka kept everything simple and chose to hold it in the Buddhist hall of his own house.
The prayer ended quickly, and Hosokawa Motaka walked out of the Buddhist hall.
After entering the courtyard, two side officers carried a wooden square frame in front of Hosokawa Mochitaka, with three wooden trays containing some things on it.
These three things are the tributes needed to hold the "Three Offerings Ceremony", namely "Baobao", "Shengli" and "Kombu". These three things are indispensable.
This kind of thing is also a psychological comfort. The "beat" in "beat abalone" and the "win" in "sheng chestnut" mean "win", and the pronunciation of "kelp" in Japanese means "joy". Therefore, the three tributes combined are "the joy of attacking and winning". To put it bluntly, it means celebrating victory in advance.
Of course, there are many other considerations, so I won’t go into detail here.
Another very interesting taboo is that when such rituals and prayers are held, women who are in their menstrual period or have just given birth are not allowed to attend, for fear of bloodshed.
At the same time, there must be no "unspeakable" behavior on the day before the ceremony, as it will be considered unlucky. And this is also the fundamental reason why Nana ran to Kyogoku Gaozheng's room when she was free last night. Otherwise, how could Hosokawa Mochitaka, an old pervert, let a beauty like Nana stay alone in the empty room.
After the Three Presentation Ceremony was completed, Hosokawa Mochitaka looked at the retainers and sidekicks standing in the courtyard, and said with high spirits, "Let's go into battle!"
"oh!"
Under the sun, Hosokawa Motaka and others looked so majestic and mighty, but Kyogoku Takamasa always felt that there was a green light on Hosokawa Motaka's head.
In the previous Nakajima Battle that broke out on Nakajima, Hosokawa Takakuni and others had the upper hand. With the advantages in numbers and morale, even the Awa elite led by Miyoshi Gencho was not enough to repel Hosokawa Takakuni's attack, and finally chose to retreat to the Tennoji area.
Tennoji is located in the northeast of Sakai. Its full name is Shitennoji. It is an ancient temple with a history of nearly a thousand years.
On June 1, Hosokawa Nochitaka led the army to the vicinity of Tennoji Temple, and then found Miyoshi Gencho. At this time, Miyoshi Motocho had been appointed as the "General" by Ashikaga Yoshimi. Hosokawa Harumoto had no objection to this. If he wanted to defeat Hosokawa Takakuni, he really relied on Miyoshi Motocho.
"Sanki Shoden, you came at the right time!" Miyoshi Genchang was very happy to see Hosokawa Mochitaka coming, "Hosokawa Takakuni's reinforcements have arrived at Settsu. It seems that the enemy will launch an attack soon!"
"How many troops did San Qishou bring?"
Hosokawa Mochitaka quickly replied, "Two Senshigaru!"
Hosokawa Mochitaka's troops numbered seven to eight thousand, but he needed to leave some of his troops for Hosokawa Harumoto to defend Sakai Castle, because he was afraid that after all the troops were sent out, someone would come out to cause trouble in the rear.
"Two thousand people are enough. How about asking Sankishou to go to Kishu Street to set up the formation?" Tennoji Temple where Miyoshi Gencho has set up the formation is to guard the throats of Izumi, Hanoi and other countries, and Kishu Street is also a key place. As long as these two places are defended at the same time, it is impossible for Hosokawa Takakuni and others to attack Sakai Castle no matter what.
Hosokawa Mochitaka readily agreed to Miyoshi Genchang's proposal, and took his troops to set up a battle array on the streets of Kishu.
At the same time, Hosokawa Takakuni and Urakami Murakata also entered Nakajima Castle, which was previously occupied by Miyoshi Gencho. The troops on the front line were also approaching the front line of Tennoji Temple. Although no large-scale battle broke out, scattered small-scale conflicts continued to occur.
In fact, although the coalition forces of Takakuni Hosokawa and Muramune Urakami fought consecutive battles and had high morale, they failed to organize an effective offensive. Hosokawa Takakuni and Urakami Muramune were still repairing Nakajima Castle in the rear at this time, while the ones attacking in the front were more troops from some wealthy families.
Overall, the battle has not yet begun.
On June 2, Harima's Akamatsu Masasuke led the Akamatsu family's troops to the Jinjuji Temple in Settsu. And just when Hosokawa Takakuni and Urakami Muramune were excited for the arrival of Akamatsu Masasuke, Akamatsu Masasuke sent troops, but the target was indeed Nakajima Castle where Hosokawa Takakuni and Urakami Muramune were located!
