different warring states of japan

Chapter 2194 An Opportunity Not to Be Missed
The great victory in the Battle of Tominomori did not excite the entire Ichijo Legion, but instead plunged each of the families under Ichijo into a strange silence.

Everyone knows that beating the younger ones will bring trouble to the older ones.

The three little gods are easy to deal with, but if you beat up their children, their parents will come to your house.

Sasaki Yoshikane set out from Owari, went to Kyoto, fought fiercely with Rokkaku Miyoshi, and went to Kanto to establish the Kanto Samurai-sho. He was invincible in the world and never lost a single battle in 18 years.

Who wouldn’t be scared when seeing such a hero standing in the opposite camp?
Besides, a disgusting thing happened during the Battle of Tominomori.

Ichijo Hideyoshi sent Kuroda Kotaka to Kobayakawa Takakage's camp, forcing Kobayakawa Takakage to surround and kill Takasaka Masanobu and desecrate the body of the dead.

The Mori family was forced into a situation with no way to retreat, and could only stand together with the Ichijo family and fight to the end.

From this incident, we can see that Hideyoshi Ichijo herself had no confidence in the current situation and could only use tricks to force the Mori family to board the ship.

Since Hideyoshi Ichijo has no confidence herself, how can she give confidence to her subordinates?

So, although the Ichijo Army won a great victory in the Battle of Tominomori and beheaded 800 elite female warriors from the Uesugi and Takeda families.

However, this great victory not only failed to boost morale, but made everyone more nervous.

In particular, the saint of the Sasaki family has arrived at the battlefield in Kyoto, bringing tremendous pressure to everyone.

Hideyoshi Ichijo was not unaware of this.

With no way back, she could only seek a quick victory, a decisive battle with Sasaki Yoshigaki and a complete victory in order to save her rule which was on the verge of collapse.

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At the Yodo Castle residence, Hideyoshi Ichijo and Hidenaga Ichijo had a secret conversation.

Faced with Uesugi Yoshikage's great retreat and his initiative to give up Toba Palace, Ichijo Hidenaga was worried.

She said.

"This matter is a fraud, our army must not act rashly.

The saint has arrived in Kyoto. Although the current Sōma Corps is nominally headed by Uesugi Yoshikage as the commander-in-chief, in fact, the saint is the one who calls the shots.

Toba Imperial Palace is such an important stronghold, and the Sasaki family retreated at will. Their plan must be big. They want to lure our army into their trap. The regent must not fall into their trap.

In my opinion, since the Sasaki family has already withdrawn from Toba Villa, we should simply send a small force across the river to guard Toba Villa, and the main force will go north to Kyoto to escort you into the capital and complete the journey to Kyoto."

Ichijo Hideyoshi sighed.

“Going to Luoyang is just an excuse for me.

If I do as you say, I might be able to successfully go to Luoyang, but if I can't defeat Sasaki Yoshigane once and break his undefeated streak, what's the point of going to Luoyang?

The Sasaki family has a close connection with Kyoto. We cannot control the Kyoto samurai, nor can we make the provisional shogunate bow its head. The representatives of the various united front organizations under the name of the Grand Council will not pay any attention to us.

Going to the capital would be a humiliation and we would gain nothing. Instead, outsiders would see our guilty humility and our dreadful attitude of not daring to confront Sasaki Yoshikin, and they would look down upon my family even more.

I went to Kyoto to have a decisive battle with Sasaki Yoshikin. Only by defeating him can I reverse the situation and let the Ichijo family regain its footing.

It was originally thought that they would have to cross the mountain city of Omi and reach Sekigahara to meet the Kanto reinforcements before they could lure Sasaki Yoshikane into action.

But I didn't expect that I had just arrived in Kyoto and beat the younger one, but I would lure the older one out.

Xiuchang, this is the opportunity I have been waiting for, I will never miss it. "

Yi Tiao Xiu sighed. "I know you want to defeat the Saint, but the Saint will not leave the palace without preparation and take the posture of a decisive battle with you. He must be sure of his victory before coming to Luo.

You have controlled Hakata and Shimonoseki in recent years, and you also have many spies in Sakai Port. Even I know that the Sasaki family has been actively purchasing Nanban Kokubun, and you must know it very well.

You have seen with your own eyes the might of the Otomo family's national collapse. A few shots smashed open the city gates and walls, which really lived up to the name of the collapse of heaven and earth. This is just a fake imitation of the Nanman. The real thing is even more powerful.

In the battle between Sasaki and Oda, the Southern Barbarians had once shown their brilliance. With only three or four cannons, the Oda army was thrown into chaos.

Now the saint is deliberately purchasing national collapse overseas, I am afraid he will use it on us.

You may not know this in the rear, but I have seen the collapse of the Ming army on the front line of the peninsula. In the battle of Pyongyang, Konishi Yukinaga led nearly 20,000 troops, and suffered more than 11,000 casualties, which is simply horrifying.

I think that the most feared thing about spears and cannons is the collapse of a country. The sage comes prepared, and the regent must be careful. "

In the end, Ichijo Hidenaga was worried that Ichijo Hideyoshi would not take him seriously, so he simply made his suggestions in the form of advice between the emperor and his subjects.

But Hideyoshi Ichijo still shook his head and sighed.

"I understand your concerns, and I also know how much Kokubunjiro Yoshigin has bought overseas.

The current Nanban team of the Sōma family has not just three or four national-level artillery pieces, but more than a dozen. They hire Nanban sailors at high prices to operate the artillery, which is indeed powerful.

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But conquering the world requires elite soldiers and powerful generals. How can it be accomplished by relying on the collapse of a few countries?

Yoshikane Sasaki was arrogant and obsessed with the power of the country's collapse. He thought he could replicate the victory in the battle between Sasaki and Oda, but he forgot what season it was.

The Mountain City State is located in a basin. It rains a lot after autumn, and the temperature gets a little colder with every rain.

This year happens to be a warm autumn, and although winter is about to arrive, the weather has not cooled down yet.

Therefore, once it starts raining, it will definitely rain for a few days, cooling the weather.

The only way to protect a cannon from moisture is to wrap it tightly and be careful that the fuse and gunpowder do not get damp.

But how can it be used to prevent moisture when the country collapses so greatly? I am afraid it will just become a pile of scrap metal in the end?

Winter is approaching, and the rain will come sooner or later. When the time comes, I will take advantage of the situation and advance. Without the help of Guobeng, I wonder how Yoshikin Sasaki will cope with it!

The reinforcements from Guandong have not arrived, and he has only 30,000 to 40,000 troops, while I have 60,000. It is really careless for him to fight a decisive battle with me here and now.

Sixty thousand versus forty thousand, the advantage is mine!"

Ichijo Hideyoshi opened his eyes wide as he looked at Ichijo Hideyoshi who had revealed his trump card, and a sense of admiration grew in his heart.

It turns out that my sister understood everything, she was just pretending to be confused.

Yoshigane Sasaki miscalculated. After all, man cannot defeat heaven. In front of celestial phenomena, what is the use of claiming to be the incarnation of god? Isn't he still unable to defeat the power of heaven?
Neither Ichijo Hideyoshi nor Ichijo Hidenaga were superstitious people, and the rumors about Sasaki Yoshikane being able to make things happen were automatically filtered out of their minds.

It was nothing more than that Sasaki Yoshikin knew a lot about astronomy and geography, and he took advantage of the celestial phenomena, just like Ichijo Hideyoshi took advantage of the autumn rain this time.

They could not and dared not believe the rumor that Vaisravana would come to save the world.

Because if they believed that Sasaki Yoshigin was an omnipotent god, there would be no point in them fighting. They might as well just kneel down and beg for mercy.

Only by recognizing that Yoshikin Sasaki is a human being will one have the courage to resist him.

Humans cannot defeat God. Only by denying the other's divinity can they muster the courage to fight him.

But what if the other party is really a god? What if he can really call the wind and rain?