Chapter 694 6. Raging Waves Sweep In
Hieizan Enryakuji Temple!
The main mountain of the Tendai sect! It is adjacent to Mt. Hira in the north and Mt. Shiga in the south. It belongs to Shiga County in Omi Province and spans the two provinces of Yamashiro and Omi.
In 788, the master of the Dharma, Saicho, founded the Isshin-sa-kan-in Temple and worshipped the Medicine Buddha as the main deity. During the reign of Emperor Saga, it was named "Enryakuji Temple". After Saicho, many masters such as Gishin, Ennin, and Enchin emerged and spread the style of the Tendai sect.
In 804, Saicho went to Tang to study. The following year, he returned to Japan and built a large monastery under the order of the emperor, which opened the Tendai Hokke School. In order to suppress the ghost gate of Luojing, Enryakuji Temple was used as a place to protect the country. In 822, after Saicho passed away, Enryakuji Temple was allowed to establish a Mahayana precept platform.
In the hearts of countless Japanese, this is a holy place for the whole country and a national treasure that is as great as Mount Koya!
"Even if Asai Asakura's defeated troops took refuge in the temple, how could Gifu Danzheng dare to talk about burning Mount Eizan!" As the most conservative feudal establishment faction in his bones, Yamauchi Shukei was very dissatisfied with Nobunaga's actions.
"No! We must send someone to Luoyang immediately to report to the emperor. Don't let Gifu Danzheng mess around!" Isshiki Miyauchi, who came to Sakai with him, was also angry.
"It should be so!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki sat in the first seat, and his demeanor was extraordinary at a young age.
He was taught by Zen Master Kaikawa Shoki since he was a child. Although he was not close to temples and shrines, he still respected them. Mount Eizan Enryakuji is a dojo that protects the country and must be preserved!
"Send a fast boat back to Yamauchi now and inform Zen Master Kaikawa to ask him to go to Luoyang to meet the emperor." Hosokawa Saijo was also a little anxious.
"Please be strict with your words, Master Accountant. As Oda's diplomat, I will face Gifu Danjo and explain the pros and cons!" Kobayata knew the importance of Enryakuji Temple among the Yamanouchi samurai who generally believed in Buddhism.
Even if he risked his life this time, he must stop Oda Nobunaga from burning Mount Eizan!
"Uncle Danjo will go first. If Gifu Danjo insists on not allowing it, the Yamanouchi 150,000 people will arrive in an instant!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki said solemnly.
"Okay! I'll go now!"
Now he couldn't care about so much, Kobayata immediately prepared to pack up and leave.
As the heir to the shogun, if Ashikaga Yoshiaki could not protect such an important mountain gate as Enryakuji Temple on Mount Eizan, his reputation and momentum would be greatly hit.
At the moment when he had just accepted the coming of age ceremony and was praised by both China and foreign countries, if Enryakuji Temple was destroyed, it would almost be equivalent to insulting Ashikaga Yoshiaki from a personal point of view.
Oda Nobunaga's dissatisfaction with the mountain gate has a long history, and with the sudden betrayal of Asai Nagamasa this time, he must be furious. And he himself has some temperamental character, so it is normal for him to decide to burn down Enryakuji Temple.
But Xiao Ping Tai can't bear to see this happen, and must stop it! Whether it is to protect Ashikaga Yoshiaki or to restore Oda Nobunaga's already bad reputation.
As they were discussing, someone outside reported loudly.
Opening the gate, Murakami Yoshimitsu knelt on the corridor, joined by Imai Munehisa and Isshiki Yoshiari who stayed in the camp, and all three of them looked panicked.
"What's wrong? Has Gifu Dansho already started the burning!" Yamauchi Shukei looked at the expressions of the three people and was shocked.
"My lords! Hashima Ukyo Shinohara has led his troops out!" Imai Munehisa answered immediately.
Shinohara Ukyo Ryo's eldest son, the head of the Awa Miyoshi clan, and Miyoshi Nagaharu's stepfather. After Miyoshi Yoshitaka was defeated and died, he married his widow, Major General Okamoto, and raised Miyoshi Nagaharu as a half-father.
"Where is the battle line going?"
"There are no less than 23,000 soldiers on land and sea, with thousands of warships covering the sky and the sun, heading towards Sakai and Kishiwada!"
What kind of mess is this! Why did Shinohara Nagashū of Awa suddenly lead his troops into Kinai, and his primary target was Sakai and Kishiwada Castle in Izumi.
He was doing well in Shikoku, and he was enjoying being a local tyrant. He even slowly came up with a popular scene of the lower class overthrowing the upper class. It would be great to destroy the Awa Miyoshi clan and sit on the throne of the lord of Awa! Why did he want to get involved in the quagmire of Kinai again!
When Xiao Pingtai looked at Ashikaga Yoshiaki, his heart suddenly jumped, and he had been fooled by Nobunaga!
No wonder Nobunaga invited Ashikaga Yoshiaki to visit Sakai!
Before that, when the previous shogun Ashikaga Yoshiei was in power, Shinohara Nagashū had cooperated with the Miyoshi Three. This is obvious, after all, the Hirashima shogunate originally took refuge with Shinohara Nagafusa. Without Shinohara Nagafusa's consent, Ashikaga Yoshiei would never have left Hirashima, and then entered Kinai, and finally became the shogun.
And Oda Nobunaga began to prepare for the general attack on the Miyoshi Three last year, not only pulling his younger brothers Mikawa and Odani, but also letting Ashikaga Yoshiaki issue an order to attack the Miyoshi Three.
With Nobunaga's wisdom, it is impossible to use only the direct attack method. He must have made arrangements behind the scenes, instigated the powerful families, and overthrown the enemy's rule.
As the retreat route of the Miyoshi Three, Awa and Sanuki must be the places where Nobunaga focused on deepening. Now someone must have been a traitor and tipped off Nobunaga. He told him that Shinohara Nagafusa would send troops to Kinai to help the Miyoshi Three after the spring, and Settsu was already in a state of confrontation. To open up the situation, a new battlefield must be opened.
And Izumi, which is close to the sea and has many good ports, and it is easy to raise supplies, is naturally Shinohara Nagafusa's first choice!
The Yamanouchi clan is now a vassal of the Oda clan and they are allies. In the eyes of the Miyoshi trio, they are naturally a great enemy! In the eyes of Shinohara Nagafusa, is there any need to ask?
This is a trick Nobunaga used as a shield!
"Quick! Raise the smoke and beat the drums, and all the troops will go out of the camp and line up!" Xiao Pingtai figured this out and ordered immediately.
"Is a war inevitable?" Hosokawa Saijo asked, but she had already stood up and was ready to go out and put on armor at any time.
"It's an enemy, not a friend, it's inevitable!"
"My lords! The people of Sakaimachi are innocent and can't stand the flames of war!" Imai Munehisa saw that the situation was going to be a fight immediately, and ran to Ashikaga Yoshiaki without caring about etiquette.
"Don't panic, Master, I will protect Sakai!"
"Everything can be discussed, swords and weapons come together, water and fire have no eyes!" Imai Munehisa knew very well that if the Yamauchi army and the Shinohara army started fighting, they would definitely rely on the prosperous town streets of Sakaimachi and the dense canal bridges to fight with the Shinohara army.
Then the entire Sakai would inevitably be completely reduced to ruins under the ravages of tens of thousands of troops! Luoyang's lesson is not far away, and the capital of the country that has been a king for hundreds of years cannot be avoided, let alone Sakai, a commercial town.
"At this point, is the master still hoping for the best?" The attendants outside rushed in and began to put on armor for the generals in the room. Hosokawa Cainu saw that Imai Munehisa was still hesitating at this time.
"Just to save the people of Sakai!"
"How much is Sakai willing to pay?" Honda Tadakatsu was putting on a black lacquered body that he found somewhere for Koyata.
(Historical fact! Shinohara Nagashune was invited by the Miyoshi Three to enter Kinai to fight, but in history, there was someone else who took the bullet. If you are interested, you can search it.)