Nangong Mountain, the main formation of Liujiajia.
Rokkaku Sadayori is currently hosting a banquet for Toki Yorii. Firstly, he wants to explain to the other party why the Rokkaku family did not come out, and secondly, he wants to appease Toki Yorii's emotions.
"Father-in-law, haven't we already agreed to go into battle together?"
"Yesterday's battle, the fierce battle between my family and the Asakura family was in full swing. If my father-in-law can personally lead the troops to attack the Asakura family's flanks, they may be defeated in one battle."
"But why has my father-in-law been standing still?"
As soon as Toki Yorii came up, he poured bitter water on Rokkaku Sadarai.
Naturally, Rokkaku Sadayori would not admit that he was here to paddle, so he quickly explained (jiao) and (bian): "My dear son-in-law, please don't do this. Originally, our family was ready to dispatch, but our detectives discovered that the Kyogoku family's troops were strong." The movement is unknown, so I dare not act rashly for a while.”
"Imagine if the Kyogoku family joins the battle after our family goes into battle, the situation will be very unfavorable for our side."
Rokkaku Sadayori's explanation was obviously very feeble and not enough to convince Toki Yorii.
Toki Yorii thought to himself that you were lying. There was no sign of the Kyogoku family sending troops yesterday. If he hadn't known that the Kyogoku family and the Rokkaku family had always been at odds, Toki Yorii would have suspected whether the two families were secretly involved. Is there any py transaction?
Just when Toki Yorii wanted to say something, Nagai Norihide, who was sitting next to him, quickly and quietly pulled Toki Yorii's lapel.
Toki Yorii immediately closed his mouth knowingly, and then happily drank wine with Rokkaku Sadayori, as if the dissatisfaction just now dissipated all at once.
Rokkaku Sadayori and Toki Yorii were having a good time drinking. On the other side, Kyogoku Takayoshi was also having a tense meeting with Rokkaku family elder Goto Takayoshi. What the two were discussing was the Rokkaku family's various aspects of "peace negotiations." Require.
Looking at the terms in his hand, Kyogoku Takayoshi had to sigh inwardly. Kyogoku Takamasa was really foresight, because the conditions proposed by the Rokkaku family were inseparable from Kyogoku Takamasa's analysis.
"Are these proposals from the Rokkaku Hall too bold?" Kyogoku Takayoshi asked cautiously.
Goto Takatoshi seemed confident about this, "If the governor wants to stabilize Kinei, my family's help is indispensable. What's more, when the shogun returns to Kyoto, my family has also contributed a lot, and we should do what we should do based on circumstances and reason. This is in charge."
"As for the situation in Mino, if the conditions proposed by my family can be agreed to, my family and the Toki family will immediately stop their troops. In this way, the Kyogoku family will not have to waste their troops here."
"It should be noted that although the Asakura family has temporarily reached a truce agreement with the Kyogoku family, and they are fighting together at this moment, based on Sakyo's strategy of entering the palace, it is not difficult to see that this is just a stop-gap measure for the Asakura family."
"If it hadn't been for Kaga's Ichikimune stumbling upon the rear and the unrest in Mino, I'm afraid the Asakura family and the Kyogoku family would still be fighting in Wakasa right now, right?"
"The conflict between the Kyogoku family and the Asakura family was put aside so easily?" Goto Takayoshi said while drinking water.
Kyogoku Takayoshi, who was sitting opposite, also put down the bowl in his hand at this time, nodded slowly and said: "In that case, I will leave for Kyoto and inform the governor of the Rokkaku family's requirements one by one."
"Nagato, thank you for your hard work."
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"Snapped!"
An exquisite Ming Dynasty official kiln porcelain was broken into pieces. The face of Hosokawa Harumoto sitting in the main hall was very gloomy at the moment, but the look of gnashing teeth still made the retainers in the hall remain silent.
"The Rokkaku family has a huge appetite!"
"How dare you threaten my family? If I want to be the leader today, will I take my place tomorrow?!" Hosokawa Harumoto continued to ignore the retainers below and yelled.
After scolding for a while, a stubborn retainer finally stood up.
"My lord, although the Rokkaku family's proposal is indeed difficult to accept, what Rokkaku Sakyo said is not unreasonable."
"Right now, the forces of the Kinai Hokke Apostle, the Ichigo Apostle, Hosokawa Hachiro, Settsu Kuniyō (representative of Ibaraki Shitaka), Kizawa Sakyou Ryo and others are intricately intertwined. We want to re-stabilize the situation in Kinai, and the Rokkaku family's help is indeed is very important."
The speaker was Hosokawa Motonsune, the head of the Hosokawa branch family and the guardian of the Izumami family.
As soon as Hosokawa Motojo finished speaking, the other Hosokawa retainers who were still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai could not sit still.
"Is it possible that Harimamomo received some benefits from the Rokkaku family? How dare you say such bastard words today?" a Hosokawa retainer said indignantly.
"Last month it was assessed that the Lord was very worried about the situation in Jin. He asked all the ministers for advice, but no one could offer anything useful!"
"Today the Rokkaku family is willing to help me, wouldn't it just solve my family's urgent need? Why do you need to ridicule me? Isn't what I said also for the sake of my family?" Hosokawa Motonsune argued quickly.
"Even so, has Harima Mamoru forgotten what happened five years ago?"
Upon hearing the words "Eternal Rebellion", the hall fell into silence again, because this is an eternal pain for the Hosokawa family.
In the fifth year of Eisho, when Ouchi Yoshihiro began to serve as the head of the clan, it was also the first time that the Hosokawa family "handed over" power in the neighboring regions to outsiders.
Not long after, Hosokawa Motonsune said with some reluctance: "But if the Rokkaku family didn't help, what would happen to this mess in Kinai?"
"This won't work, and that won't work either. Then you can give me an idea!"
Hosokawa Motonsune was very anxious, or the Hosokawa family was very anxious at this time, because the Hosokawa family was about to lose control of the Kinai area.
After the defeat at the Battle of Ishiyama, Hosokawa Harumoto retreated to Awaway and was no longer able to intervene in Kinai affairs. So in the past two years, the Kinai area has been like a chaotic dance of demons. After you sing, we will take the stage.
The Ichiko sect, the Hokke sect, the Settsu sect, the Hatakeyama family, Kofukuji Temple, and the sect of the people who joined in the fun made the entire Kinai area a mess.
Of course, Hosokawa Harumoto was not idle. He followed Kyogoku Takamasa's advice and first reached an agreement with Ashikaga Yoshiharu to welcome him to Luo, paving the way for his return to Luo.
Immediately afterwards, Hosokawa Harumoto made great efforts to win over the actual leader of the Miyoshi family, Prime Minister Miyoshi, and eased the relationship with the Miyoshi family. There seemed to be signs of reconciliation between the monarch and his ministers, at least on the surface.
Although the Miyoshi family did not support Hosokawa Harumoto, at least Hosokawa Harumoto temporarily stabilized the rear, so he mustered up the courage to go to Luo again. With the brand name of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, we successfully entered the Kyoto area.
Just when Hosokawa Harumoto was rolling up his sleeves and working hard, he was suddenly dumbfounded.
Because he discovered that the Kinai area at this time was already different from what it used to be.
First of all, Ibaraki Shitaka, a member of the Settsu Kingdom, was already disobeying him, but Kizawa Nagamasa was even more ambitious and wanted to "dominate Kinai". The Chinese people who used to follow Hosokawa Harumoto all had their wings stiffened!
Relying on the previous great victory in the Battle of Ishiyama, the Yixiang Sect has gained great momentum in the Kinai area, expanding its sphere of influence everywhere, and even defeated Kofukuji Temple so that it did not dare to show its head.
Under this situation, Hosokawa Harumoto is really helpless to deal with the situation in Kinai!
You must know that although Hosokawa Harumoto took charge of the entire Hosokawa family after defeating Takakuni Hosokawa, the strength of the Hosokawa family has long since declined.
The original ruling core of the Hosokawa family, "unity of the clan" and "internal consensus", fell apart during the Hosokawa High Country. After Hosokawa Harumoto came to power, he supported Ibaraki Shitaka and Kizawa Nagamasa and others in order to consolidate the core of the Hosokawa family. Dominance.
But now Ibaraki Shitaka and Kizawa Nagamasa have to act as second-in-commands, and the Hosokawa family's own retainers Miyoshi and others are unable to provide effective support to Hosokawa Harumoto.
Faced with such a dilemma, Hosokawa Harumoto was really anxious at this time!
