The first year of Tianwen came to an end soon, and the time came to the second year of Tianwen, which was 1533 AD.
Last year's outbreak of Ichikaku gradually subsided. The allied forces of Rokkaku and Hokke Ikku besieged Ichibashi Daimotoyama Yamashina Honganji Temple. After a fierce battle, they won and burned Yamashina Honganji Temple to the ground.
Subsequently, the head of the Ichigo clan, Honganji Shojo, moved the main mountain to Izumi Ishiyama, using Ishiyama Honganji as the new main mountain. He continued to gather the Ichigo clan disciples in the Izumi area, and joined forces with Hosokawa, Rokkaku, and Hosokawa who surrounded Ishiyama Honganji. Hua Yikui allied forces fought to the death.
The Allied Forces were so powerful, and the Ichigo clan had just burned down the Yamashina Honganji Temple, their morale was very low, and they were about to be unable to hold on.
At the same time, Honganji Temple's Renjun, who was the successor of Honganji Temple, escaped and abandoned Ishiyama Honganji Temple, which made Honganji Temple's situation even worse.
But as the saying goes, when God closes the door for you, he will definitely open a window for you.
In other words, every time there is a critical moment, one or two heroes will always appear.
Just when the Ishiyama Honganji Temple was about to lose its hold, brothers Kagaichi no Yorihide and Yorimori Shimoma arrived and took over the command that had been left vacant after Renjun left.
In the second year of Tianwen, under the command of Brother Yorihide, Yikui became stronger in an instant, as if he had made gold. And it was ridiculously strong.
Soon, the Allied Forces that surrounded Ishiyama Honganji Temple were defeated, and they pursued the victory and captured Hosokawa Harumoto's stronghold in Izumi.
At the same time, Honganji Temple also began to emerge, showing his extraordinary abilities to the world.
He found Hosokawa Harukuni, the younger brother of Hosokawa Takakuni, and Hatano Harumichi, the son of Hatano? On the one hand, there is an "immortal" feud with Hosokawa Harumoto, and on the other hand, the Hosokawa family's number one enemy. For a time, both sides get what they need and hit it off.
Soon, Hosokawa Harukuni and Hatano Michi began to cause trouble. The remaining forces of Hosokawa Takaguni in Tanba and Settsu responded one after another, supported Hosokawa Harukuni as the head of the Hosokawa Keio family, and raised troops in Yamashiro Province.
At this time, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, who had never had a sense of existence, also jumped out and canceled the previously promulgated "Order to Punish the Ichikai Sect", which meant that Hosokawa Harumoto's side lost the right to crusade against the Ichikai clan.
The main combat allies, the Rokkaku family, also gave up their plans at this time, and Hosokawa Harumoto immediately began to panic.
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Awaji, Hosokawa Harumoto Residence.
Hosokawa Harumoto was sitting in the courtyard at the moment, looking at the sunlight shining on the ground, but his face was gloomy, completely lacking the high spirits he had when he defeated Hosokawa Takakuni to seize Kinai hegemony last year.
Sometimes Hosokawa Harumoto just doesn't understand. Why does the situation change so easily?
A few days ago, he was the overlord of Kinai, commanding nearly 100,000 people to attack Ichigo. Not only did he capture the Ichigo sect's main mountain, Sanshina Honganji, but he also forced the Ichigo sect to the point where they could only retreat to Ishiyama Honganji.
Why was it that today, I was reduced to licking my wounds in a place like Awaji?
why is that?
Why!
"My lord, Hosokawa? Kimori has arrived."
At this time, a man walked cautiously to Hosokawa Harumoto and said.
During this period, Hosokawa Harumoto was in a very bad mood. All the people who approached him were worried that they would accidentally anger Hosokawa Harumoto, and they were always on tenterhooks every day.
"Please quickly."
Hosokawa Harumoto quickly stood up.
Soon, Hosokawa Motaka walked in from outside.
"Lord, you're late!"
Seeing the depressed look of Hosokawa Harumoto, Hosokawa Mochitaka felt uncomfortable. At the same time, Hosokawa Mochitaka was secretly regretting it. If he had not been sick at that time, with him at Izumi, the Hosokawa family would not have been beaten so badly!
well.
The burden of the Hosokawa family is not easy to choose!
"If Kishou can come, I will have a backbone!" Hosokawa Harumoto said excitedly, holding Hosokawa Motaka's hand.
Suddenly, Hosokawa Harumoto noticed Hosokawa Motaka's outfit, and couldn't help but curiously asked, "Why is Kimori dressed like that?"
Hosokawa Mochitaka was stunned for a moment, then took off the black hat on his head with a smile on his face, then pointed to the green on the black hat and said, "Green has become quite popular in recent years, especially in the Omi area. Green hats are very popular. "
"My lord knows that I am also a person who pursues new ideas and does not stick to trivial matters. One day, I had a sudden idea and asked someone to become a cuckold."
"How about it, doesn't it look good on your head?"
As he spoke, Hosokawa Mochitaka put his hat back on excitedly, then pointed at the top of his head and said with a satisfied expression.
Hosokawa Harumoto nodded, and then sighed and said: "Oh, I feel bored, and I really don't have the heart to care about whether I have a hat or not."
"The defeat of Ishiyama Honganji Temple really made our family's situation extremely bad."
"However, Kizawa Sakyou Ryo is in Kawachi, and Ibaraki Iga is also guarding Settsu and Yamashiro. The situation has not completely deteriorated yet."
"My lord just needs to regain his strength and fight back to Kinai. I, Awa, can raise tens of thousands of troops to help my lord!" Hosokawa Mochitaka cheered for Hosokawa Harumoto from the side.
Hearing Hosokawa Motaka's words, Hosokawa Harumoto felt a little better, but he still frowned and said: "I always seemed to be showing signs of counterattack, and the Hatano family also united a group of people to support Hosokawa. Hachiro is causing trouble."
"Even if Qi Shou helps me, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do to save our lives."
Ishiyama's defeat shattered Hosokawa Harumoto's self-confidence to pieces, and for a while he couldn't muster the courage to regroup.
When I think about the fact that one hundred thousand people of my own (which is a huge amount of water) have been defeated, even if there are only 12,000 people now, they may not be able to defeat the combined forces of Hosokawa Harukuni and Honganji Temple when they return to Kinai.
Moreover, Rokkaku Sadayori also withdrew his troops and returned to Omi. In addition, Ashikaga Yoshiharu revoked the Ichizu clan's expedition order. Hosokawa Harumoto was now alone.
No matter how hard we fight in this battle, we seem to be losing.
"My lord, although I can't do anything about my family's current situation, I can recommend someone who can definitely relieve my lord's worries!"
"Who?!" Upon hearing this, Hosokawa Harumoto suddenly became energetic.
Hosokawa Mochitaka smiled slightly, "My lord, why do you always forget Sakyo Susumu at critical moments!"
"Sakyo Jin?"
"That's right! I also have Sakyo Shin!"
When he thought of Kyogoku Gaomasa, Hosokawa Harumoto felt a sense of security in his heart.
I still remember that it was the first time I met Kyogoku Takamasa. Kyogoku Takamasa's unique temperament and confident smile impressed me deeply.
At that time, he was confronting Hosokawa Takakuni and was in an extremely bad situation. Just when everyone was trying to persuade him to give up, Sakyo stepped in and came out.
Sakyo Susumu proposed to himself the theory of ten victories and ten defeats, convinced a group of wavering retainers at home, and strengthened his belief in fighting Hosokawa Takakuni.
In the ensuing battle, Sakyo Susumu was also on the side to provide advice, and even his father Kyogoku Takahiro risked his own life and entered the Hosokawa Takakuni camp to serve as an internal agent.
Not only did he provide himself with a lot of military intelligence about Hosokawa Takakuni, but he also turned against him in a key battle and severely damaged Hosokawa Takakuni!
The year before last, when he was in conflict with Miyoshi Gencho, it was Sakyo Susumu who proposed to unite with Ichiki, so that he could eliminate Miyoshi Gencho, a serious problem in his heart. Although he is now being backlashed by Ichibuki Sect, this is by no means a problem with Sakyo Susumu's strategy. It's because of himself...it's because his retainers are too incompetent.
Now I have encountered difficulties again, and it seems that only Sakyo Susumu can help me.
"Sakyo Susumu, what a good man!" Hosokawa Harumoto sighed with tears in his eyes at the depth of his love.
Hosokawa Mototaka on the side also nodded in agreement, touched the hat on his head and smiled like a child...
