Kyogoku Takamasa and his party set out from Sakai, passing through Kawachi, Settsu, Kyoto and then to Omi. After seven days, we finally returned to the territory of the Kyogoku family.
At the same time, the retainers Asami Kunsuke and others who stayed behind in the Joheiji Castle had already assembled, preparing to await the arrival of Kyogoku Takahiro and others. This time the Kyogoku family went to Luo to participate in the battle, which can be said to be "famous in one battle." This is the first time in the past twenty years that something so public has happened, so everyone in the Kyogoku family is extremely excited.
As the saying goes, when the Kyōgoku family achieves this reputation, the retainers of the Kyōgoku family will also be honored.
"Greetings, my lord!"
"I've seen Sakyo enter the palace!"
When the figures of Kyogoku Takahiro and others appeared outside Shangheiji Castle, Asami Takasune and others quickly gathered Kyogoku Takahiro and others to greet each other.
"I would like to thank you all for your welcome! This is not the place to talk. Let's talk after we return to the castle." It was a tiring journey all the way, and it was obvious that Kyogoku Takahiro was not willing to stand outside any longer.
After entering the castle, Kyogoku Takahiro suddenly collapsed on the ground, "I was anxious to return home all the way, but when I reached Omi I was exhausted, which made you laugh."
"My lord, what are you talking about? This time my lord and Sakyo entered the palace and caused such a big commotion in Kinai. Even in Omi, we often heard rumors about my lord and Sakyo's entering the palace. This family can be said to have made the world aware of it in one battle. I have to congratulate my lord!" Qian Jian Gao Jing, the family elder, was the first to express his stance.
You Qianjian Gaojing started, and soon the sound of singing praises and virtues filled the hall.
Kyogoku Takahiro was obviously very pleased with this, and his face almost burst into laughter.
Only Kyogoku Takamasa didn't say anything. After the atmosphere in the palace calmed down a bit, Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly said, "Shin'emon-den, may I ask if there has been any changes in the Asai family and the Rokkaku family during this time?"
After staying in Sakai for nearly two years, Kyogoku Takamasa was eager to know if there had been any change in the situation in Omi.
Asami Takasune's face also became serious at this time, "There is not much movement on the part of the Rokkaku family. After all, I am a supporter of Hosokawa-den. Rokkaku Sadayori does not dare to be openly disadvantageous to our family."
"On the contrary, the Asai family has been making frequent moves recently. Most of the wealthy people in the Jiangbei region have been taken under the leadership of Asai Ryomasa. Now Isono, Amamori and other people have all surrendered to the Asai family, and the Takashima counties in the west of the lake are also facing the offensive of the Asai family. , the people of Kuchiki, Takashima, Xinzhuang and other countries are suffering unspeakably. If the Asai family is allowed to continue like this, sooner or later the land in Jiangbei will belong to the Asai family!"
Initially, the Kyogoku family "high-profile" joined the Hosokawa Takakuni side, forcing Asai Ryomasa to give up targeting the Kyogoku family due to the alliance. And when the Kyogoku family took refuge with Hosokawa Harumoto and the news of Hosokawa Takano's defeat came, Asai Ryomasa was even more afraid to do anything to the Kyogoku family.
But even though I didn't dare to attack the Kyogoku family blatantly, Asai Ryomasa was not idle either. With a territory as big as Kitaomi, I could only attack other places. Among the Jiangbei counties, Sakata County is the territory of the Kyogoku family, Asai County and Ika County are the Asai family's sphere of influence, and apart from that, only Takashima County in the Koxi region remains.
As for Shiga County, it is the territory of Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei. The Asai family is beyond reach and cannot afford to offend, so it is not within the scope of Asai Ryomasa's consideration.
It can be said that Asai Ryomasa has been coveting Takashima County for a long time. At the beginning, he sent his son-in-law Tianya Meimasa to station in Kaijin Castle and began to infiltrate his power into Takashima County. However, the Shinjo, Kuchiki, and Takashima families in Takashima County were very determined about this, so they never let Asai Ryomasa succeed.
However, as Ryomasa Asai intensified his attacks on Takashima County, the people of Takashima County could no longer support it. Especially for Shinjo, except for a few cities such as Jucheng Shinjo Castle, almost all other branch cities were captured by Tanaya Meimasa.
The territory of the new village is located in the northern part of Takashima County, adjacent to Asai County. It is the northern gateway of Takashima County and the throat connecting Wakasa Country. Once the Asai family occupies this place, it will be equivalent to holding the throat from Omi to Wakasa, and at the same time opening the northern gate of Takashima County.
After learning about the situation in Kitaomi from Asami Takamasa, Kyogoku Takamasa couldn't help but his face darkened, "Asai Ryomasa knew that he couldn't attack my family, so he switched to attacking Takashima County?"
"The Asai family is already very powerful now. If the Asai family takes over Takashima County again, then our family will no longer be our opponent." Kyogoku Hidetsuna, the first sect of the Kyogoku family, also frowned and said worriedly, "Originally, Lord Shogun While living in Kuchiki Valley, I was able to persuade Asai Ryomasa to surrender, and now the shogun seems to be preparing to return to Kyoto."
"It can be expected that once the general leaves Kuchiki Valley, the Asai family will definitely attack Takashima County again!"
"The General is leaving Kuchiki Valley? When will this happen?" Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly asked. The shogun here does not refer to Ashikaga Yoshiki of the Sakai Kuchiki Palace, but to Ashikaga Yoshiharu who took refuge in Omi Kuchiki Valley.
"Didn't you know that Sakyou entered the palace? There are rumors that the newly appointed leader Hosokawa-don has a bad relationship with General Sakai. The head of the Miyoshi family, Miyoshi Chikuzen, seems to be at odds with Hosokawa-don for various reasons. The situation in Kinai is now a mess. Chaos." Asami Sadatsuki said slowly.
Hearing this, Kyogoku Takamasa finally came to his senses.
Historically, after Hosokawa Harumoto defeated Hosokawa Takakuni and dominated Kinai, he began to prepare to welcome back the expelled general Ashikaga Yoshiharu. Because of this matter, Hosokawa Harumoto and Ashikaga Yoshiki and Miyoshi Genchang turned against each other. The originally united Sakai government suddenly fell apart, and the two sides even fought.
In this way, the Kinai region is about to undergo drastic changes again.
"By the way, this is a request for help sent by the head of the Shinjo family, Shinjo-don, a few days ago. Shinjo-don hopes that the master can put some restraint on the Asai family." Immediately afterwards, Asami Sadazune took out another document and handed it to Kyogoku Gao In front of Guang.
As soon as he came back, he encountered so many distressing things. Kyogoku Takahiro's head suddenly got big, and he could only look at Kyogoku Takamasa for help.
Kyogoku Takamasa was also speechless. Others expected their children to succeed, but when it came to him, he expected his father to succeed.
"Tima Mamoru, you go to Xinzhuang City and tell Xinzhuang Palace that we will not condone the Asai family's wanton behavior. We are also aware of the difficulties of the new banker family, but we also ask the new banker family to focus on the overall situation. If we persist for a while, we will send reinforcements to Takashima County soon."
Asami Sadatsuki nodded. Although he didn't know what Kyogoku Takamasa had planned, when no one had any countermeasures, they could only follow Kyogoku Takamasa's orders.
Seeing that the matter seemed to be resolved, Kyogoku Takahiro, who was sitting in the chair, breathed a sigh of relief and stood up with a yawn, "It's getting late, I'm very tired, so I went to rest first. As for the affairs at home, For the time being, Mr. Shang will be in charge."
"Oh, by the way, the new banker will do as Sanlang said. You can just ignore Sanlang for the specific matters."
After saying that, Kyogoku Takahiro walked out of the main hall of the castle, shaking his head, resolutely shaking off his hands, which made Kyogoku Takamasa feel embarrassed.
This is really a trap!
