"In other words, the Kyogoku family blocked our way?"
On the mountain road south of Sekigahara, Rokkaku Sadarai reined in his horse, looking at the Monogami Banto in front of him with a gloomy face and asked.
"ha!"
"According to the news from our family's Ranbo and Zhenban, the Kyogoku family's main formation has been set up at Fuwa Seki, with Kyogoku Sakyo Susumu personally in charge!"
Monogami Banto replied slowly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Sadahide Kamou on the side urged his mount to stand beside Rokkaku Sadayori, "My lord, do you order the army to continue to advance?"
"No need!" Rokkaku Sadayori waved his riding whip and shook his head and said: "Since the Kyogoku family's troops have arrived at Fubu Pass, I don't need to be too anxious!"
Previously, Rokkaku Sadayori was worried that his marching path would be blocked by the Kyogoku family, so he pretended to march northward in a swaggering manner, and then diverted to the Ise Street halfway.
But now that the Kyogoku family has made emergency arrangements, Rokkaku Sadeyori no longer has to worry.
Don't force some things.
"What's more, in Mino, the reinforcements of Tokijiro and the Asakura family are retreating steadily. Since all parties are rushing to Sekigahara, let's have a showdown with the Kyogoku family here!"
"The previous battle (referring to the failure of the Rokkaku family's attack on Kita Omi + the destruction of the Ise Umeto clan) was really a coward!"
"Tell me to go down and camp here!"
"ha!"
The Rokkaku family set up camp, and Kyogoku Takamasa opposite felt a little relaxed.
To be honest, the Kyogoku family is actually not ready to fight the Rokkaku family at this time.
First of all, the Kyogoku family had just experienced the Wakasa strategy and the battle with the Asakura family, and the Ashigaru samurai were very tired.
Secondly, due to the sudden incident, although the Kyogoku family dispatched troops, everything seemed to be in a hurry. Not only were there problems with logistics, but even the most basic combat equipment was insufficient.
Yokota Takamatsu just came to report that the archers under his command only have seven or eight arrows per person, and more arrows have not yet arrived!
What can these arrows do?
Therefore, if there is a war with the Rokkaku family, the Kyogoku family's preparations will not be sufficient.
Finally, in order to successfully block the Rokkaku family in Sekigahara, the Kyogoku family rushed all the way in a hurry. If the Ashigaru did not undergo a few days of repairs, they would not have any combat effectiveness at all.
Therefore, the Rokkaku family did not actively seek a war, which made Kyogoku Takamasa relieved.
In fact, this also illustrates the current embarrassing situation of the Kyogoku family - the sequelae of the nouveau riche.
There is no doubt that the Kyogoku family was once strong, but with its decline in recent years, the Kyogoku family has a very weak foundation. Although over the years, through the efforts of Kyogoku Takahiro and Kyogoku Takamasa and his son, the Kyogoku family has gradually taken control of the old territory of Kitaomi, and now it has extended its power to Wakasa and Ise.
But this time is still too short. The Kyogoku family is at best a rundown house that has become prosperous again. It is still very lacking in all aspects.
Take the simplest military supplies reserve as an example. Because of the previous Wakasa Raiders and a battle with the Asakura family, the Kyogoku family's military supplies reserves in the past two years were exhausted.
Although Kyogoku Takamasa attaches great importance to the production of armaments and supplies, setting up many weapons workshops in various parts of Omi, and even vigorously developing Kunitomo Village, these all take time to accumulate.
For now, the Kyogoku family's armaments and supplies simply cannot support successive battles like this.
Therefore, this is also the reason why Kyogoku Takamasa does not dare to confront the Rokkaku family head-on.
Just kidding, are the wealthy Rokkaku family who can arm-wrestle with the Kinai overlords the Hosokawa family, the Kyogoku family now?
However, although the Rokkaku family did not take any further action, Kyogoku Takamasa still sent someone to send an order to Amemori Kiyosada and others, instructing the troops in the front line to pay close attention to the Rokkaku family's movements and not to be careless.
In addition, Kyogoku Gaomasa immediately sent people to inquire about Toki Yorigi's advance. Now all forces are rushing to Sekigahara, and the war atmosphere here is getting stronger.
If we wait until all the forces come together, a war will be inevitable.
.......
Meinong, Ogaki Castle.
At this moment, Toki Yorii is lying on the ground and "cultivating" excitedly. Don't get me wrong, Toki Yorii is painting an eagle.
The Toki family is a traditional guardian daimyo similar to the Kyogoku family. The names of both families are actually very prominent, but the Kyogoku family has the additional title of "Four Jobs Family".
Toki Yorigi was born into such a prominent guardian master, so the education he received since childhood was naturally very excellent. Moreover, Toki Yorii's own cultural accomplishment and artistic level are very excellent. In addition to being good at Waka and other essential skills for elegant people, Toki Yorii also has a very outstanding skill - painting.
He is also particularly good at painting eagles. The eagles he painted can be said to be lifelike. People who have seen them say they are good, and he is known as the "Toki Eagle".
As Toki Yorii's first favorite, Nagai Norihide usually accompanies Toki Yorii when he paints eagles, and this time is no exception.
But what was different from usual was that Nagai Norihide seemed a little absent-minded at this time.
Not long ago, Nagai Norihide's concubine Fukayoshino gave birth to a son. Nagai Norihide should have been very happy originally, but Nagai Norihide couldn't be happy at all.
The reason is very simple. My newborn son looks nothing like me!
To be honest, Nagai Norihide didn't really care at first, because his eldest son (later Saito Yoshiryu) also didn't look like him, but now Fukayoshino's second son doesn't look like him either. This is a bit embarrassing.
Fuka Yoshino was originally Toki Yorii's concubine, but later Toki Yorii gave his concubine, known as "the most beautiful woman in Mino", to Nagai Norihide in order to win over Nagai Norihide.
Nagai Norihide also loves Fuka Yoshino very much. Although his love for his first wife, Mrs. Omi, has not diminished, Nagai Norihide has to admit that he also cares about Fuka Yoshino.
However, Fuka Yoshino gave birth to two sons one after another, and none of them looked like her. Nagai Kihide also had some doubts about life.
There are already rumors in the territory that his son is actually the blood of Toki Yorii, and there seems to be a "broken connection" between Toki Yorii and Fuka Yoshino...
Shaking his head, Nagai Norihide decided not to think about these troublesome things. After all, there are more important things now.
At this time, Toki Yorigi, who was on the ground, also put down his pen and stood up. He pointed at the black eagle that had just been painted on the ground and asked, "Look at the eagle I painted, what does it look like?"
"It looks majestic and very good!"
Toki Yorii suddenly showed an expression of "You don't have to say this", looking very satisfied.
With that said, Toki Yorii pointed at the eagle on the ground and said with a smile: "This eagle will be given to Shinkuro!"
"Thank you, my lord, this painting will be my family's treasure in the future!" Nagai Kihide continued to flatter him.
"Hahahahaha, so good! So good!"
After hearing Nagai Norihide's words, Toki Yorii was very happy. He was so happy that he danced a little and accidentally knocked over a dish of dye placed aside.
Toki Yorii rushed forward to rescue him. Although he prevented the dye from contaminating the painting in time, he still put a few drops on it.
Looking at the few drops of green stained on the eagle's head in the painting, Nagai Norihide felt no fluctuation in his heart.
On the other hand, Toki Yorii comforted him with some embarrassment: "Haha, it's okay. Recently, people in Omi and Mino have begun to wear cuckolds. It is said that it is a common practice among Kyoto ministers to give each other green hats!"
"In my opinion, this green color matches your Shinkuro very well!"
