Faced with Kyogoku Takamasa's pretending to be dumbfounded, Toriya Mitsei was not in a hurry and slowly came to sit down at the side.
"Sakyo enters the palace as a young hero and wins the reputation of Yasha Saburo at a younger age than the weak crown. It can be said that he is young and successful!"
"Anyone who succeeds as a young man is always pretentious!"
"Now Sakyo enters the palace and sends his troops to invade our Ise territory. He kills several kingdoms one after another, and even seizes Yuanben and Chaoming counties. It should be noted that these kingdoms are all my retainers, and the territory of Yuanben and two counties is also my family's territory. collar."
"By entering the palace, does Sakyo take the Kitahata clan seriously?"
After saying that, Toriya Mitsei looked at Kyogoku Takamasa angrily. He wanted to see how Kyogoku Takamasa would answer.
Sensing the smell of gunpowder in Toriya Mitsei's words, Kyogoku Takamasa smiled incredulously, and then said: "It is true that the Kitahata Council of Ministers is the Ise Imperial Secretary, and all the ministers such as Sengusa, Akabori and others should be. Under the command of Kitahata Councilor Palace."
"However, in recent years, Akabori, Chigusa and other nations have relied on their own strength to invade the territory of neighboring nations many times."
"The lord of Tomita Castle, Utsu Yuin, has a gentle temperament and does not fight with others, but his territory has been occupied by the Akabori family for a long time. It is said that the Hatsu family has sent envoys to the Kitahata Council several times to express their sufferings and hope that the Kitahata family can mediate the matter. However, The Kitahata family ignored this!"
"My Kyogoku family is a famous samurai family, and we have been favored by the shogunate throughout our lives. The master of our family has always thought about the rise and fall of the world. Now he feels the hardship of the Ise people, and angrily sends troops to attack Akabori, Sengusu and other wanton and reckless people, all of whom are far and near. We walked backwards to greet each other, and everyone bowed in admiration."
"This is what we call a teacher who has a reputation!"
Didn’t your Kitahata family say that I didn’t take you seriously? However, it's not that we want to invade Ise, but that the people of Ise have been bullied for a long time, and you, the Kitahata family, the masters of Ise, don't care at all.
Now these people are desperate and come to our Kyogoku family. We, the Kyogoku family, want to send troops to help out of the sake of justice. What is wrong with them?
"Strong words!"
"Even if the people of Ise are full of grievances, they have their own family to make the decision! The Kyogoku family is Omi's daimyo, so how can we say that we are so unreasonable in rashly interfering in our affairs in Ise?"
Toriya Mitsei doesn't care about what Kyogoku Takamasa says. He only knows that Kitahata Harugu calls him here to cause trouble. Even if you Kyogoku Takamasa breaks the rules, then Toriya Mitsei doesn't care. I can only say that the fault lies with the Kyogoku family.
"Did Ishimi Shou come to investigate?"
"Hmph! To tell you the truth, the leader of our family has already said that if the Kyogoku family can withdraw its troops and return the two counties of Hanben and Chaoming, then this incident can be treated as if it never happened."
"If not, we, the people of Ise, will rise up and attack us!" Mitsei Tobiya suddenly increased his tone, with a slight hint of threat in his words.
Kyogoku Takamasa narrowed his eyes, looked at Toriya Mitsui carefully, and then replied: "You are deceiving me that there is no one in Kyogoku's family?"
"My Kyogoku family is the pillar of the shogunate, a famous military family, one of the four professional families, and has the highest reputation in the world!"
"The Rubei Hatake clan is just a minister of the Southern Dynasty, so how dare you bark in front of me?!"
Toriya Mitsei was very angry after hearing what Kyogoku Takamasa said. His face turned red and he gritted his teeth and said, "Does Sakyo really want to break up with me when he enters the palace?"
"My Kyogoku family dominates Omi, and I carry tens of thousands of armors!"
"Am I still afraid of you?!"
When did Kyogoku Gaozheng become cowardly? I have been traveling through time for so long, and I haven’t seen any big storms or waves. Kinai overlord Takakuni Hosokawa, Omi tycoon Ryomasa Asai and other NB figures all died at my hands. How can you, an unknown person, slap you in the face today?
"Since Sakyo is so stubborn when he enters the palace, I have nothing more to say. Let's see you on the battlefield!"
"snort!"
After saying that, Tobiya Manei turned around and left the hall.
Looking at Toriya Mitsei's back, Kyogoku Takamasa's face didn't look good either.
What I said just now is just pretentious. The Kitahata family is not just a cat or a dog. This is a famous name with a stone height of nearly 400,000 koku.
Moreover, Ise Bay has developed maritime transportation and prosperous commerce. The Kitahata family's strength is much stronger than this little stone on the surface.
In addition, the Kyogoku family is now fighting on someone else's home court, so their own strength will be greatly reduced.
More importantly, although the Kyogoku family can now mobilize nearly 20,000 troops, that is under the premise of fighting in Kitaomi. For a "cross-border expedition" like this, mobilizing 2,000 people is already the limit, otherwise the logistics and supplies would simply not be able to keep up.
Besides, Omi is not the only one who has the final say in the Kyogoku family. Minami-Omi also has an even more NB big brother, the Rokkaku family, who is eyeing him and may rush up at any time to give the Kyogoku family a fatal blow. The Kyogoku family simply cannot let go of their hands and feet to work together. A battle with the Kitahata family.
Therefore, given the current situation, the Kyogoku family simply does not have the strength and conditions to start a war with the Kitahata family.
The news of Toriya Mitsei's visit was soon known to other retainers, and Kyogoku Takamasa did not hide the purpose of his visit and told the retainers as well.
In fact, this matter was also blamed on Kyogoku Gaozhengyu for not thinking about it. Originally he just came to rob someone and grab some money before leaving. In the end, due to greed, he directly occupied two counties in Ise.
This is two counties and nearly 60,000 shi of territory. No one can give up on it.
This time it is really greedy that the snake swallows the elephant. It is a dilemma to retreat but not be willing to do so, to fight but not to be defeated yet!
"Are we really going to retreat to Omi in such despair?" Akao Kiyosuna said with a look of reluctance, covering his thigh.
"What are you talking about, Miasakushu? We risked life and death to take such great risks. How can we give away the territory we finally conquered?" Kuchiki Takazuna immediately quit.
"But with our current strength of two thousand troops, if we fight the Kitahata family, our chances of winning are very low!" Akao Kiyozuna was also unwilling to give in, but he was also very helpless.
"Yes, with the strength of the Kitahata family, it can be said that it is very easy to mobilize tens of thousands of troops. If we add the troops of other wealthy families, the enemy troops we will face next will be tens of thousands at least. The gap is really huge. "Numata Mitsukazu who was on the side also said worriedly.
"Is there no other way?"
"It's not like the Kitahata family has no enemies in Ise. We can find some people to join forces!" Endo Kyouyo put forward his own suggestion.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, "The main meal is right. As far as Ise is concerned, the Nagano, Seki and other nationalities are at odds with the Kitahata family. If we can win over the two families to join forces with our family to fight against the enemy, at least It can reduce the strength gap with the Kitahata family!"
"It's just that it will be very difficult to convince the people of these two families to join!"
"My lord! How can you know if it doesn't work if you don't try?" Endo Kyouyo continued: "I am willing to send an envoy to the Nagano family!"
"Are you sure about the main meal?"
"Although I'm not completely sure, I think there's a good chance!"
"Do you think so?" Kyogoku Takamasa once again turned his attention to the surrounding retainers.
Akao Kiyosuna immediately expressed his stance: "If we can really convince the Nagano clan and the Seki clan, I think this battle has great potential!"
"Yes, I think it's feasible!" Uesaka Munanobu also agreed.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Kyogoku Takamasa immediately made the final decision: "In that case, then according to the master's words, we will persuade the Nagano and Guan families to fight together with me!"
"The main chef is going to the Nagano family, so who is willing to go to the Guan family?"
This is a bald warrior sitting in the corner...
