Kyogoku Takamasa was well prepared for Kyogoku Takamasa's intention.
As for Kyogoku Takayoshi's proposal that the Rokkaku family wanted to restore harmonious relations with the Kyogoku family, Kyogoku Takamasagi actually didn't resent it in his heart.
This mainly involves the development strategy of the Kyogoku family.
Judging from the situation in the entire recent area, the Kyogoku family's basic base is Omi, which is a place of four battles and is surrounded by strong enemies.
To the west is the recent area, which will be the competition ground for the Rokkaku family and the Hosokawa family (and later the Miyoshi Chokei) in the next few decades. With the current strength of the Kyogoku family, they are not yet able to get involved in this area.
To the south is the Minami Omi and Iga areas where the Rokkaku family is located. This is the basic base of the Rokkaku family. Although the Kyogoku family has the upper hand in some previous battles, this does not mean that the Kyogoku family is stronger than the Rokkaku family. powerful.
The current Rokkaku family is vigorously developing business under the leadership of Rokkaku Sadayori and implementing a series of forward-looking policies such as Rakuza Rakuza, which has greatly increased the strength of the Rokkaku family. This is why Rokkaku Sadayori dares to arm-wrestle with the Hosokawa family. reliance.
As for Mino and even the Tokaido area to the east, the Kyogoku family is even more out of reach.
First of all, Mino's pair of CPs, Toki Yorii and Nagai Norihide, are fighting fiercely at the moment. Together, the two have initially stabilized and integrated the Mino area, and they are very strong. Coupled with allies like the Rokkaku family, it is even more impossible for the Kyogoku family to infiltrate their power into Mino.
What's more, with a powerful daimyo like Nobuhide Owari, the Tiger of Owari, next door, and a little further away, the Imagawa family who is about to begin to dominate the Tokaido, this path is even more unfeasible.
As for Ise and Shima, these two places are even more useless. There are many wealthy families in the country and the situation is complicated. Even if the Kyogoku family could occupy these two places, they would only be trapped and unable to get out.
It can be expected that these two places not only cannot provide help to the Kyogoku family, but are also a burden. It would take a lot of effort for the Kyogoku family to digest these two places, and the Kyogoku family obviously does not have such time. Kyogoku Takamasa knows this very well.
Therefore, the real way out for the Kyogoku family lies in the north.
Whether it is Echizen in the northeast or Tango in the northwest, it is a good choice for the Kyogoku family.
The Asakura family had just fought a war with the Kyogoku family, and it was only because of Toki Norizumi that they reluctantly shook hands and made peace. After Mino's incident, Asakura Takakage and Asakura Sotechi's ambitions will inevitably continue to develop in the direction of Kyoto. When the time comes, the Kyogoku family will bear the brunt, and the two families will inevitably conflict again.
So in the long run, the Kyogoku family and the Asakura family cannot coexist. The reason why the Asai family and the Asakura family in history were able to coexist was because the Asai family was willing to be the younger brother of the Asakura family. Coupled with the situation at the time, in order to prevent the Oda family from going to Luo, the two families had to fight against each other.
What's more important is that Asakura Takakei died at that time, and Asakura Yoshikage was in power. The two generation leaders cannot be compared.
And is Kyogoku Takamasa willing to be the younger brother of the Asakura family?
Apparently it doesn't exist.
It is well known that the Tango Isshiki family in the northwest is a weakling. Moreover, Kyogoku Takamasa's original plan was to march to Tango after conquering Wakasa, but it was delayed by the sudden appearance of the Asakura family.
And if we continue to waste time on Meinong, conquering Tango will really be just an idea.
After carefully weighing the pros and cons and the future development direction, Kyogoku Takamasa began to consider making peace with the Rokkaku family, or abandoning the Asakura-Toki Yorijun alliance and instead uniting with the Rokkaku family and Toki Yorii.
But Kyogoku Takamasa also knew very well that the real leader of the Kyogoku family was Kinai's Hosokawa Harumoto. Kyogoku Takamasa could not make any decisions without authorization. He had to seek the attitude of his leader, Hosokawa Harumoto.
But once he had such an idea, Kyogoku Takamasa, who did not want to participate in Mino's internal strife, did not want to continue the fight. But now that both the enemy and our troops have gathered in Sekigahara, the Kyogoku family is already in a difficult situation.
At this critical juncture, where should the Kyogoku family go?
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Seeing that Kyogoku Takamasa's expression was a little moved and he hesitated to speak, Kyogoku Takayoshi felt happy and quickly said: "What's the problem with Sakyo Jin?"
"How can I not know what my uncle said?"
"But the discord between the Rokkaku family and the Lord Commander is known to the whole world. I really don't dare to risk offending the Lord Commander by talking about a union with the Rokkaku family." Kyogoku Takamasa said with a melancholy expression. .
Hearing Kyogoku Takamasa's words, Kyogoku Takayoshi was also a little embarrassed. But Kyogoku Takayoshi was a mediocre person, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Then according to Sakyo Jin's wishes..."
"I would like to ask my uncle to go to Luo, inform the Guanling Palace about the matter, and request the Guanling Palace to make a decision! In addition, if possible, my uncle can also pay a visit to the General and ask the General to mediate."
Kyogoku Takamasa made it very clear: I also want to unite with the Rokkaku family, but I must seek the opinion of my eldest brother, Hosokawa Harumoto. If the Hosokawa family has no objection, then the matter will be settled.
When Kyogoku Takayoshi heard about the good feelings, he quickly expressed his stance: "Don't worry, Sakyo Susumu, this matter will be left to me!"
"But it's a very important matter. We need to go back and inform Rokkaku Sakyo..."
"Hey!" Before Kyogoku Takayoshi could finish speaking, Kyogoku Takamasa directly interrupted Kyogoku Takayoshi, "Since my uncle is a member of my Kyogoku family, how can I inform the Rokkaku family of everything?"
After saying that, Kyogoku Takamasaru looked at Kyogoku Takayoshi thoughtfully.
Beads of sweat immediately appeared on Kyogoku Takayoshi's face. At this moment, Kyogoku Takayoshi also realized that his position just now seemed a little inaccurate. After all, he was planning to return to Kyogoku's house to make a living in the future.
"If that's the case, then I can leave for Kyoto!" Kyogoku Takayoshi is also a person who understands current affairs and made a decision immediately.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded happily, and then shouted loudly outside the tent: "Inuhachiro!"
"Here!" Yamaoka Inuhachiro, who was outside the tent, quickly walked in.
"My uncle has something important to go to Kyoto. You can quickly gather people to escort him along the way. If my uncle makes any mistakes, you can come to see him yourself!"
"Ha!" Yamaoka Inuhachiro replied with an affirmative look.
Kyogoku Takamasa is still a little uneasy about Kyogoku Takamasa. Letting Yamaoka Inuhachiro follow him is a kind of escort in the name of escort, but in fact it is also a kind of surveillance.
Kyogoku Takayoshi also knew something in his heart and became more and more cautious.
"If that's the case, then I'll set off!"
"Uncle, take care, I'll leave everything to you!"
Looking at Kyogoku Takamasa's leaving figure, Kyogoku Takamasa couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Are you planning to imitate the famous "Sekihara God of War" and engage in backstabbing? Isn’t it a little unethical to do this, but I don’t know why I have some small expectations in my heart? !
Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the looming hexagonal family flag in the distance, Kyogoku Takamasa tightened his grip on Jin Haori, and a glimmer of light burst out in his eyes.
got windy......
