Chapter 402 5. 40,000 People Died in Luojing (Extra Update for Yao Yuyan)

Uesugi Terutora and Yamanouchi Yoshiharu talked a lot in Komaba Onsen, but no one knows what they talked about.

The two dismissed all the attendants and talked face to face in the stone hot spring in the wild. The nearest guards were 40 to 50 meters away, so they couldn't hear anything.

Of course, Kobayata didn't have the treatment of two big guys soaking in the hot spring and watching the watch, and three small barbecues a day. Even if he came to the famous Komaba Onsen in Shinano, he could only be an errand boy.

He was mainly responsible for receiving and arranging Uesugi Terutora's food and accommodation, as well as the supply of 500 Uesugi troops. He came to help, so it was necessary to take care of him and have two full meals a day.

After the interview with Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, Uesugi Terutora rushed to Yamanouchi Fuchu Castle. The main purpose was to see his sister, Lady Nagao, and his eldest nephew, Yamanouchi Taro.

Keeping in touch with each other was secondary, and the family affection of the samurai in the Warring States period was just so-so. There were countless cases of fathers and sons, brothers, even mothers and sons, and brothers and sisters who turned against each other. Even if Uesugi Terutora really dotes on this sister, in fact, his love is very limited.

Now he rushed to Yamanouchi mainly to confirm the situation of the mother and son. There are also several talented people in the Uesugi retainers. After they confirmed with Uesugi Kenshin that Mrs. Nagao and her son were safe, they also began to push for Yamanouchi Taro to succeed to the throne.

The heir with the blood of the Nagao family must be closer to the Uesugi family than others.

After all, it is much better to have one more friend than one more enemy. The Uesugi family has endless Kanto bullshit outside and endless Ikko Ikki inside. The people of the country are temporarily dormant because of the power of Uesugi Terutora. If there is a little opportunity, they will definitely stand up and rebel immediately.

It is not easy to have the Yamanouchi family in Shinano to cover one wing for the Uesugi family, which is much more useful than the Shiina family in Echizen, the Daihoji family in Ou, and the Narita family and the Ota family in Musashi.

Including Kakizaki Kageie, Naoe Kagetsuna, Saito Asanobu, Uesugi Kagenobu, Usami Sadami and others all agreed on the importance of maintaining a powerful Yamanouchi family that is close to the Uesugi family. This is a rare complete family unity for the Uesugi family.

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Yamauchi Yoshiharu's physical condition can still be delayed at this moment, and the problem is not too serious. So the excuse to the outside world is to go to the capital to find Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu's head and confirm his death. And hold a funeral in accordance with etiquette, and let Taro succeed to the throne after everything is confirmed.

He Yamanouchi Yoshiharu will continue to be the name of the family and temporarily handle all matters of the Yamanouchi family.

In fact, while stabilizing Uesugi Terutora, see if you can fool some Ashikaga over, use the tiger skin as a banner, stabilize people's hearts, and continue to contribute to the succession of Yamanouchi Taro.

And Kobayata feels that he is missing a trick. There is another person with the surname Ashikaga in the world, although he is not very famous.

There was also a Kurayani Kufu Ashikaga Tsutomo in Asakura Yoshikage's family. It is said that the biggest reason why Ashikaga Yoshiaki left the Asakura clan later was that Asakura Yoshikage actually wanted to support this Kufu who was more familiar and easier to control, and was too lazy to deal with Ashikaga Yoshiaki who had no idea of ​​his background.

In the eyes of people at that time, the Asakura family was a behemoth, with a huge family business of 200,000 kan, controlling the Hokkai ship trade, and under its command were tens of thousands of brave soldiers who fought against the Echizen and Kaga Ikko clan for years.

Compared with the fragmented Miyoshi family and the turmoil in the Rokkaku family, the Asakura clan at this moment was a famous "master of wise ministers". The Ono clan in the north was fighting the Ikko clan, and the Tsuruga clan in the south had beaten the Wakasa Takeda clan to the point of only having one breath left.

In addition, the Asakura clan participated in the dethronement and establishment of the shogun and the struggle for the kanrei several times, and its reputation in Kinai was earned with every sword and gun. Although Asakura Takakage and Asakura Muneshige have passed away, their power is still alive, and many people remember how sharp their swords were.

If Asakura Yoshikage could pull out his hands and raise his arms to support Ashikaga Tsunechi to Kyoto, the difficulty would be completely different from the difficulty of the Miyoshi Three to support Ashikaga Yoshichika.

The Miyoshi Three attacked Kyoto and completely offended the emperor and the nobles, the local snakes in Kyoto. However, Asakura Yoshikage took in a large number of nobles who could not make it in Kyoto, and even gave rise to the "Ichijodani culture", and had a great relationship with all the nobles in the court.

If he could be determined to bring 10,000 or 20,000 people to Kyoto, it would be hard to say who would be the next shogun.

Anyway, the shogun just needs to be named Ashikaga, and with so many Ashikaga Reneda, who doesn't have the right to claim it. But there are not many people who can support Ashikaga to Kyoto, eliminate the troublemakers in Kinai, and stabilize the situation in Kyoto. Ouchi Yoshioki entered Kyoto with the strength of almost the entire western country, but in the end, he was forced to leave because of a fire in his backyard.

Asakura Yoshikage's hometown is so close, he can go to Kyoto by walking through Wakasa and crossing Lake Biwa. With the right time (Ashikaga Yoshiteru is dead), the right place, and the right people (there is a ready-made puppet Ashikaga Tsutomu), except for the bald donkey of Kaga who is dragging his feet, there is really a look of unifying the world.

Kobayata should have made this matter clear to Hosokawa Harumiya, although Ashikaga Tsutomu's presence is too low, so that he will be lost in history in the future. But Kakuei felt that he was Ashikaga Yoshiteru's younger brother and a natural successor to the general. If he didn't give up, he would definitely try to join the lords in Kinai, and the best target would be the Asakura family, not the Yamanouchi family.

There is even a high probability that Kakuei would go to his good brother-in-law Miyoshi Yoshitsugu. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's strength is only a few thousand or ten thousand people, but the title of the head of the Miyoshi main family was very useful before, and he could call 50,000 people to follow him. In addition, he is the son-in-law of the Ashikaga family, so it is expected that he will always help Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

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Uesugi Terutora temporarily returned to Echigo and promised to come to Yamanouchi again for the funeral of Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu and the succession ceremony of Yamanouchi Taro.

After seeing off Uesugi Terutora, Kobayata welcomed an unexpected messenger.

"I am Akechi Jurobei Mitsuhide, meeting Fujiwara Danjo." Akechi Mitsuhide sat down in the corridor outside the house and saluted with all courtesy.

"Where are you from? What's the matter?" Kobayata was of course very curious. The big man of the Three Days was now kneeling in front of him and saluting him. He couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

"Hosokawa Hyobu sent me to inform Prime Minister Yamauchi that the remains of Yamauchi Yulin have been properly buried in Shirakawa Kamo Shrine."

Akechi Mitsuhide didn't know anyone in Yamauchi, and Yamauchi Yoshiharu was not in the city. Fortunately, Hosokawa Fujitaka had told him before he left that if he didn't have a way, he should go to Kobayata and Hosokawa Saion, both of whom were his brothers.

So Akechi Mitsuhide found out about Kobayata's house and was ready to meet Yamauchi Yoshiharu through Kobayata.

"Does the Ministry of War have any letters?" Although he had known that Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu had died in battle, Kobayata still felt sad after hearing the news.

He had known Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu for so many years, fighting together, drinking and sleeping together. People treated Kobayata like a brother, and Kobayata was like-minded with him.

Now that he heard that the body was still there and had been properly buried, he felt relieved.

Akechi Mitsuhide handed Hosokawa Fujitaka's letter to Tatsuzo, who gave it to Kobayata. Kobayata checked the wax seal and immediately asked Nanaki to personally deliver it to the city, and Yamanouchi Shukei handed it to Yamanouchi Yoshiharu for review.

"What is the situation in Kyoto now?" Kobayata suppressed his slightly sad mood and continued to ask.

"Not very good..." Akechi Mitsuhide did not say a word, but he was sad.

After the Miyoshi Three and Matsunaga Nagamichi confirmed the attack and killing of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, they immediately withdrew from Kyoto due to the chaos and fire in Kyoto, leaving a mess.

The court, which had no other options, could only let Settsu Harumon, Hosokawa Fujitaka, Isshiki Fujinaga, Niki Yoshinaga, and Wada Koremasa form a temporary shogunate organization. Temporarily deal with the bad situation in Kyoto and calm people's hearts.

The fire in Kyoto burned for half the night and half the day. Hosokawa Fujitaka tried his best to put out the fire, but it was useless. In the end, it was a refreshing rain that saved Kyoto, otherwise the interior of the Imperial Palace might have been burned to the ground.

At this time, one-third of the area of ​​​​Upper and Lower Capital was burned, especially in the court nobles area of ​​​​Upper Capital. Due to the untimely south wind, more than 500 court nobles' official residences were burned. Half of the upper capital was destroyed, and many court nobles were displaced and died.

"There are no less than 40,000 dead in Kyoto. The bodies floating on the Kamo River and the Kamo River are blocking the water flow. It is difficult to count. Even if the wood incense is lit, the stench in the capital is still overwhelming. I am afraid that a major epidemic is inevitable." Akechi Mitsuhide, who crawled out of the pile of dead bodies, said so sadly that Kobayata was deeply saddened. "I know, Jurobei, wait a moment, I will introduce you later, you stay here, and I will call you immediately if Hamamatsu-dono summons you." Kobayata comforted Akechi Mitsuhide. He wanted to go into the city to discuss with the Yamanouchi chief accountant how to send someone to the capital to transport Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu's coffin back to Yamanouchi.