The distance between Zenbu Mountain Castle in Wakasa and Imahama Castle in Omi is not far, and a quick horse can reach them in only four or five hours.
After learning about the accident in Mino, Kyogoku Takamasa didn't care about anything else and returned to Imahama Castle with only a few sidemen. However, before leaving Wakasa, Kyogoku Gaomasa also gave Uesaka Munanobu full authority to coordinate the war in Wakasa and prepare for the Asakura family's counterattack.
On the way back to Imahama Castle, there was a noisy scene in various areas of the Kyogoku family's territory. There are no more men working in the fields, and almost all the men of working age have been gathered together. If he is the direct leader of the Kyogoku family, a special agent will come to explain the reason for this mobilization of troops. And if it is a wealthy clan's territory that is subordinate to the Kyogoku family, each wealthy clan will be responsible for mobilizing.
In short, the Kyogoku family is actively preparing for the upcoming war.
It was already evening when we arrived at Imahama Castle. When Kyogoku Takahiro heard that Kyogoku Takamasa was back, he immediately found his backbone and quickly summoned the old ministers of the Kyogoku family in the city to come to the palace for discussion.
Looking at the slightly anxious Kyogoku Takahiro, Kyogoku Takamasa quickly comforted him after sitting down: "Father, don't worry, you can tell me about the recent events in detail!"
Kyogoku Takamasa had previously focused on fighting the Asakura family, and he knew very little about the changes in the situation in Mino, so Kyogoku Takamasa was prepared to understand the current situation in Mino before making plans.
Seeing Kyogoku Takamasa's calm look, Kyogoku Takahiro couldn't help but feel a lot more at ease. He quickly signaled to Kyogoku Hidetsuna on the side: "Soujie, you should come and talk to Saburo."
"ha!"
Kyogoku Hidetsuna organized his words a little, and then looked at Kyogoku Takamasa and said, "Saburo, please listen and speak slowly."
With that said, Kyogoku Hidetsuna told Kyogoku Takamasa exactly what happened in Mino during this period.
There have been constant disputes in Mino in recent years. The main point of conflict is the fight between the two brothers Toki Yoritake and Toki Yorige for the position of guardian of Mino.
Previously, thanks to the support of the Saito clan, the guardian of Mino, as well as the Asakura family and the Rokkaku family, Toki Yoritake's side had the upper hand.
But later, Nagai Kihide (Dozo Saito) under Toki Yorii began to emerge, and assisted Toki Yorii in successfully raiding Toki Yoritake's residence, Fukumitsukan, and exiled Toki Yoritake to Echizen, and then captured Mino Protecting Inabayama Castle, the residence of Dai Saito Toshiro, Toki Yorii gained actual control of Mino for a while.
It is precisely because Nagai Norihide played a vital role in Toki Yorii's fight for Mino. In order to continue to gain Nagai Norihide's support, Toki Yorihi even transferred his concubine, the most beautiful woman in Mino. The so-called Fuka Yoshino was given to Nagai Norihide (of course, it later turned out that this was Toki Yorii's "curve to save the country").
Toki Yoritake was not reconciled to being exiled, and wandered around Echizen Omi for a long time, trying to persuade Asakura and Rokkaku to send troops to recapture Mino for him. During this period, Toki Yoritake also approached Kyogoku Takahiro. At that time, Kyogoku Takahiro almost agreed and even prepared Kyogoku Takamasa to marry Toki Yoritake's daughter. Fortunately, we did not reach an agreement in the end, otherwise Kyogoku Gaozheng would not be able to cry.
Later, with the support of the Asakura family and the Rokkaku family, Toki Yoritake went south from Echizen, captured part of the northern city of Mino, and continued to confront Toki Yorii. Toki Yorigi's side has never dared to act rashly due to Asakura Rokkaku's strength, and the two sides are in a stalemate.
Until last month, Toki Yaiwu suddenly fell ill and seemed to be about to die, which frightened the retainers on Toki Yaiwu's side.
This situation was also learned by Toki Yorii. Under Nagai Norihide's suggestion, Toki Yorii made a prompt decision. This was a great opportunity to defeat Toki Yoritake in one fell swoop.
As a result, Toki Yorigi began to actively prepare for war, and in the name of guardian held a funeral ceremony on the 17th anniversary of the death of the former guardian Toki Masafusa, which undoubtedly declared his legitimacy as the guardian of Mino.
Immediately afterwards, Toki Yorii sent people to Kyoto to meet with the general Hosokawa Harumoto (after the reconciliation with Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Hosokawa Harumoto paid homage to Ashikaga Yoshiharu), and requested Ashikaga Yoshiharu petitioned for the official positions of repair doctor and Mino Mamoru on his behalf.
In the end, Toki Yorii personally wrote a letter and sent it to Kannonji Castle, requesting to marry Rokkaku Sadayori's daughter as his wife. This operation directly caused Rokkaku Sadayori, who originally supported Toki Yoritake, to support Toki Yorii.
Rokkaku Sadeyori also sent a "dowry" to Toki Yorigi. Under Rokkaku Sadeyori's guidance, Mino guardian Dai Saito declared his obedience to Toki Yorigi.
Toki Yorii's operation was as fierce as a tiger, which directly made the situation in Mino extremely tense. Anyone who was not a fool could see that Toki Yorii was about to make a big move.
After learning that Rokkaku Sadayori and Saito Toshiro had betrayed him, Toki Yoritake, who had been ill for a long time, became so angry that he lost all breath that night.
Toki Yoritake's retainers quickly supported Toki Yoritake's twelve-year-old eldest son, Toki Yorijun, to succeed him, and then took control of the castle in Daiso Castle, and sent envoys to Echizen to request the Asakura family to send troops to help. In view of the good relationship with the Kyogoku family before, Toki Yorijun also sent people to Imhama Castle.
At this time, the Kyogoku family was fighting with the Asakura family in Wakasa. Originally, Kyogoku Takahiro was planning to go to Wakasa with troops to support Kyogoku Takamasa, but at this time, Toki Yorijun's envoy brought a handwritten letter, hoping that Kyogoku would go to Wakasa. Ji Gaoguang can send troops to help.
Kyogoku Takahiro is also a passionate young man. When he heard this, he immediately patted his chest and expressed that the Kyogoku family would definitely support Toki Yorijun's side.
There had been civil strife in the Kyogoku family before, and it was also the two cheating brothers Kyogoku Takahiro and Kyogoku Takayoshi who were fighting each other. The situation was similar to the situation in Mino next door. Therefore, Kyogoku Takahiro cannot see such a thing happening. In Kyogoku Takahiro's view, the eldest son inherits the throne as a matter of course. As the younger brother, Toki Yorigi is simply a villain!
Therefore, Kyogoku Takahiro agreed to Toki Yorigi's request to send troops without any hesitation. It happened that the Asakura family also sent an envoy to cease the war at this time, and the messenger sent a handwritten letter from Asakura Takakage, hoping to cease the war with the Kyogoku family (Asakura Sotechi and Kyogoku Takamasa didn't know this at this time).
While Kyogoku Takahiro agreed to a truce, he sent someone to inform Kyogoku Takamasa of Wakasa. That night, news came that the Asakura family had withdrawn their troops, so Kyogoku Takahiro also quickly withdrew the troops prepared to support Wakasa and sent Someone notified Kyogoku Takamasa in Zenbuyama Castle, hoping Kyogoku Takamasa would come back quickly to come up with an idea.
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After patiently listening to Kyogoku Hidetsuna's explanation, Kyogoku Takamasa felt ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart.
At this moment, Kyogoku Takamasa finally understood what mud can't hold up a wall. For a moment, Kyogoku Takamasa wanted to pull out his sword and cut Kyogoku Takahiro in half, and then seize power directly.
This is so damn infuriating!
Suddenly, Kyogoku Takamasa seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly turned his head and looked at the camera and roared: "It must be the dog author who forcibly increased the difficulty. It's so shameless!"
"he! tui!"
