Chapter 539 1. The King’s Army Is Invincible

Going to Kyoto was a big event, and it was necessary to inform all parties. Moreover, Yamauchi Taro went to Kyoto as the adopted son of the shogun, and declared the succession rights of the next shogun to the world.

Soon, Yamauchi sent envoys to Takeda, Hojo and other daimyo to reiterate the armistice agreement of the general peace between the four countries. It was required that the eastern contracting parties should not use weapons before May 15th of next year, otherwise the new shogun would issue a general order to attack the whole country.

Even if the authority of the shogunate was lost, it would depend on who stood up for him.

If Ashikaga Yoshiaki successfully went to Kyoto, the shogun would declare. Oda, Yamauchi, and Uesugi would definitely immediately recognize the legal rights of this shogun, and then the daimyo such as Jiangbei Asai, Echizen Asakura, Kii Hatakeyama, Kawachi Miyoshi (Yoshitsugu), Tanba Hatano, Tango Isshiki and other daimyo would congratulate Ashikaga Yoshiaki one after another.

A large circle of forces in Kinai would recognize this shogun, which is the truth that those who are in the right will have many supporters, while those who are in the wrong will have few supporters. Although the people's support is not so clear, it is so important.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru actively appointed guardians in various parts of the country, confirmed the status of daimyo landlords in various daimyo, granted the status of shoguns and kunomochishu, and mediated the disputes among daimyo in the world.

Although all this disappeared when he was killed by the traitor Miyoshi, it is undeniable that this is a favor bestowed by the lord to his subjects. The active guardian appointment policy he promoted was recognized and supported by most daimyo forces in the country, at least on the surface.

Whose world is this? The answer in everyone's mind is definitely different. But if it is said publicly, this world is Ashikaga Yoshiteru's world, and I am a minister of His Highness Guangmingyuan.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki had a good brother who left him a shogunate that was empty but still supported by the whole country.

It is probably not what any daimyo would like to see when receiving such a shogunate's general crusade order. Even a hero like Takeda Harunobu would weigh his own weight. You should know that the last Murakami Yoshikiyo who was ordered to attack, had four sons killed in one battle, and was almost defeated, and his territory of tens of thousands of kan disappeared.

As for Uesugi Kenshin, he fully understood the request of Ashikaga Yoshiaki to attack Kaga as soon as possible, open up the road to Kyoto, and bring the daimyo such as Oshu Date, Osaki, Nihonmatsu, Hienuki, Ushu Mogami, Ashina, Ando, ​​and Noto Hatakeyama Takusaku to Kyoto.

Uesugi Kenshin also supported his nephew Yamauchi Taro's going to Kyoto. Not only did he take the initiative to invest 1,000 kan to help Yamauchi Taro reorganize the army, but he also sent the Yaokoshigo Fugong to come on horseback, led by the old minister Naoesuna and the close associate Kojima Sadaoki.

In order to distinguish from the cavalry of the Yamanouchi clan, the scabbards of the Uesugi cavalry were all made of silver foil, and all made into silver-clad broadswords. Even the feathers on the outside of the armor were re-sewn with high-quality Koshu silk and embroidered with the bamboo feathers and sparrows of the Uesugi clan.

Yamauchi Taro's attitude was very strange after he knew that he was going to Luoyang. He was not happy about the huge political capital he could gain, nor was he worried about the fickleness of the world situation.

He went to Shoryakuji Temple to bring back the tablets of Yamauchi Yoshiharu and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, and invited monks to come and hold a big ritual. He told his father and grandfather that he would complete the unfinished business of their lives.

Then he ordered people to build two magnificent shrines, which were filled with the tablets of his father and grandfather, and selected the most loyal hatamoto warriors as sedan bearers of the shrines, and carried them into Luoyang together to accept the worship of the people in the world.

Such behavior made everyone sigh!

Soon, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, accompanied by a group of public servants and Hosokawa Fujitaka, Akechi Mitsuhide, Wada Koremasa and others, walked into Gifu Castle from the north on the snow.

In order to show his determination to spread the message to the world and help all nations, Ashikaga Yoshiaki immediately changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshiaki and sent a letter to all forces in Kinai, demanding that they submit to him.

The first person to respond to Ashikaga Yoshiaki was his brother-in-law Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, there is no doubt about that. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu quickly raised the banner of supporting Ashikaga Yoshiaki's going to Kyoto and threatened the Miyoshi Three.

The Miyoshi Three, who were unable to control Kyoto and thought they could not resist the army of Oda Nobunaga, actually gave up all their territories in Kinai and prepared to withdraw Ashikaga Yoshiei to Awa in Shikoku in an attempt to make a comeback.

Ashikaga Yoshiei, the general who had been declared, was naturally the biggest destabilizing factor for Ashikaga Yoshiaki's succession to the throne. If he retreated to Awa like this, it would be hard to say what would happen in the future.

At this time, the impermanence of the changing world was fully reflected. Matsunaga Nagamichi, who was in the same boat with the Miyoshi Three, turned against them and poisoned Ashikaga Yoshiei. Then his father, Matsunaga Hisahide, came forward and surrendered to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

The rebellious forces in Kinai suddenly lost their banner, and all the righteousness to oppose Ashikaga Yoshiaki's going to Kyoto disappeared.

Many Miyoshi retainers who were originally preparing to follow the Miyoshi Three to retreat to Awa hesitated. They all realized that the Miyoshi's broken ship was going to sink, and they had to jump off the ship as soon as possible to save themselves.

So a large number of former Miyoshi retainers, including Takayama Ukon, the lord of Settsu Takatsuki Castle, Araki Murashige, the lord of Settsu Arioka Castle, and Ikeda Katsumasa, the lord of Settsu Ikeda Castle, all surrendered to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and Miyoshi Masakatsu, the lord of Izumi Kishi Wada Castle, also joined Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and attacked the Miyoshi Three, trying to attack Settsu Koshimizu Castle and cut off the retreat of the Miyoshi Three.

Kinai almost became the world of Ashikaga overnight, and envoys went to Gifu Castle every day to express their submission to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

The father and son of Rokkaku clan, Rokkaku Yoshitaka and Rokkaku Yoshiharu, who were originally almost certain to win and least likely to oppose, actually clearly opposed Ashikaga Yoshiaki's going to Kyoto. Or they opposed Oda Nobunaga, who would be surrounded by the Oda Asai alliance on all sides if he succeeded in going to Kyoto. Even if the previous Hosokawa clan and Miyoshi clan succeeded in going to Kyoto, they would only let Rokkaku clan be attacked on one side.

If Oda Nobunaga entered Luoyang, then Kitaiise, Mino, Jiangbei, Yamashiro and other places would form a comprehensive encirclement of Rokkaku. And the Asai clan supported Oda Nobunaga's going to Kyoto, to put it bluntly, they coveted the land of Jiangnan. If Oda Nobunaga succeeded in going to Kyoto, he would definitely reward Asai Nagamasa.

It is better to fight back when others are the knife and I am the fish, so it is better to make a last fight while I still have some muscles.

So even though Rokkaku father and son, who were almost alone, still issued a general mobilization order to the Jiangnan area and the Kawanami people on Lake Biwa. They asked everyone to gather together to resist the Oda clan and its allied army going to Kyoto.

Of course, Rokkaku didn't come for nothing, including the Shogun Ashikaga Izuru. From top to bottom in Kinai, from Hosokawa to Miyoshi, from Asakura to Asai, there is no brother who has not been taught by Rokkaku.

This confidence is also earned by the ancestors of the Sasaki-ryu with facts. If you really can't beat them, you can hide in the Koga Mountains and drag you to death.

Oda Nobunaga was originally worried about not having territory to reward allies and subordinates, and suddenly a bald man jumped out! (Rokkaku Yoshitaka became a monk!)

If not you, who will you do?

Wherever the army points, it is Rokkaku!