Bright Spring

"How can he leave?" Ashikaga Yoshichi thumped his heart.

Sure enough, the rebellion that should come will always come, but it seems to come too fast.Ashikaga Yoshichi thought to himself, Yoshitsuru went to Kanto, so the one who intends to rebel is the Shangshan clan?

The powerful guardians of the Kinki region, Hatakeyama, Hosokawa, Shiba, and others have reached a consensus with Ashikaga Yoshimaki. They should support Muromachiden to suppress the rebellion, right?After all, the "imperial court" (Kyoto) is in turmoil at this time, and it is not a good thing for these powerful guards that control Kinki.

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Li Yichi was heartbroken because his half-brother, Yi Si, actually took personal enmity as the most important thing at a time of national crisis!

The former general Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had no legitimate sons at first, and his sons were all born in the concubine; so he chose Yoshichi as the heir at the beginning.Unexpectedly, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's main wife later gave birth to a legitimate son, who is the righteous heir.Ashikaga Yoshimitsu once introduced Yoshimitsu to the emperor, and it seems that he has the will to change the heir.

But at that time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had already mastered the real power of the Muromachi Temple's guards, and it was very difficult to change the heir; coupled with the sudden sudden death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu obtained the position of the general who conquered barbarians.This incident led to rumors that Yoshichi killed his father; and because of years of heir disputes, the relationship between Ashikaga Yoshichi and his younger brother Yoshihiro is also quite bad.

But no matter what, the two are brothers after all; in this difficult time, the righteous heir should not disregard the country and cause unnecessary civil strife!

At this time, Fukui Mancheng's voice said: "Someone..." When he said this, he turned his head and glanced, showing embarrassment, "An important person in Luoyang betrayed."

Ashikaga Yoshichi said, "Who?"

Fu 樫 Man Cheng hesitated to speak, and then crawled forward without authorization.Ashikaga Yoshichi frowned upon seeing this, feeling unhappy.

"Ah!" Suddenly Tomikashi Misei jumped up and rushed towards Ashikaga Yoshimochi.

Ashikaga Yoshihiro was in a hurry, and his face paled instantly.In an instant, all he had left was fear, because he really hadn't expected the situation at this moment in advance!Ashikaga Yoshichi had long been worried that his life was in danger, but he did not doubt this retainer who served him.

Yoshichi stretched his hand to his waist, wanting to draw the sword; but in a split second, he instinctively judged that Fukuoka Misei would draw the sword first.Of course, Yoshichi couldn't have any hesitation, and immediately rolled sideways on the ground, grabbing a wooden table with both hands.

"Crack!" With a loud noise, the Japanese sword pierced through the wooden case, and the blade almost stabbed against Yoshichi's face.

The knife is already stuck in the wood, and it takes some effort to pull it out|out.Ashikaga Yoshimochi, the great general who conquered barbarians and a samurai who had learned "swordsmanship" since he was a child, immediately made the correct response. He sent the wooden case forward, which could offset the strength of Fukashi Misunari's sword.

Then Ashikaga Yoshichi let go of the wooden case and reached out to draw his sword.

"Swipe! Swipe!" The knife light flashed in the air.In an instant, Fukashi Mancheng had given up the long|sword, the short knife came out first, and stabbed|into Ashikaga Yoshichi's throat!

Ashikaga Yoshichi felt a chill in his throat, opened his mouth wide, and stared at Fukushi Misei with round eyes.He had just pulled out half of the knife at his waist, and he couldn't continue the movement. His strength seemed to be withdrawn from his body in an instant, and he froze for a moment.

Why?

Fukashi Mancheng is a member of the Ashikaga family, what benefits can he get from assassinating the lord, and who is behind the scenes?

A fog of confusion flashed through Ashikaga Yoshichi's heart, but he couldn't utter a single word.The "fog" in front of his eyes became thicker and thicker, and he fell down with a "plop".

There was a faint sentence in his ear, it was the voice that made him die in peace: "Tian Zhu country thief!"

...At this time, the guards outside the door rushed into the main hall one after another, some of them drew Japanese swords, and carefully surrounded Fukuoka Mancheng's side.Some people were holding the handle of the knife, staring at Mitsushi Fukuoka, and when they were about to draw the knife, they immediately attacked.

"Dang!" Unexpectedly, Fu 樫 Mancheng suddenly threw the dagger in his hand to the ground.He said: "Although I have committed a crime, I will be loyal to the country. Are you going to be his party | feathers?"

Suddenly a samurai yelled "Ah!", holding a knife in both hands, and rushed towards Fukuoka Mancheng.

"Stop!" a general shouted.

The samurai holding the sword stood where he was, still staring at Fujikashi Mancheng.

The military commander behind said: "Fu 樫man is bound, first arrest|arrest, and hand it over to the leader for conviction."

Hearing this, Fu kashi Mancheng seemed to have an imperceptible smile on his face, and he was still relieved.The guards gathered around one after another, and someone used a knife to push away the dagger on the ground, and then rushed up suddenly, knocking Fukui Mancheng to the ground.

Not long after, more people came to the main hall.When they saw the general's body, they talked a lot.Then two more women came, knelt down on the ground and wept loudly, one of them drew out the short sword in his arms and tried to sharpen Fukashi Mitsuki with his hands, and they grabbed hold of them to avoid further bleeding.

At this time, the head of the Muromachi Hall is urgently needed to come forward and preside over the court for the time being.However, someone said: "After the ceremony of the Yamashiro Kingdom, the three governors of Hatakeyama, Hosokawa, and Shiba did not return to 'Luoyang'. I heard that they have already returned to the neighboring country!"

The head of the waiter (one of the four positions) Chisong Yize returned to Luoyang.Akamatsu got the news and rushed to the Sanjo Mansion.Seeing the general lying in a pool of blood, he immediately looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, showing a look of grief and sympathy.

Yoshishi Akamatsu made an impromptu decision to first detain the criminal Fu 樫樫伟成 in the waiter, and then send someone to notify the family governor of the Sanguanling family to return to Beijing to discuss important matters as soon as possible.

Chapter 822 The Looming Truth

The eunuch Zhou Quan and a large group of people have left Yamashiro, and they are at the Yodogawa Wharf in Nambakyo.

General Muromachiden Zhengyi and Ashikaga Yoshichi were assassinated. While the news was being conveyed to Kinki countries, someone came to tell the Ming envoy.The situation suddenly became tense.In addition to the eunuchs and civil officials in the mission, the ranks of the military guards were relatively low, so several civil eunuchs discussed countermeasures temporarily on the pier.

There seems to be a little debate about where the members of the mission should go at this moment.

Everyone didn't get on the boat immediately and left the place of trouble; the reason was that the person who came to reveal the news was the envoy of Uesugi Zenhide, the retainer of the Guandong leader who first contacted the Ming army last time.

But the guard general didn't care so much, he didn't participate in the decision-making of the military aircraft, and was busy doing his own duties.

The generals deployed most of the soldiers and horses, more than 100 people, at the pier, forming a semicircular defensive formation.Then send people to cut wood in the nearby woods, trying to build simple fortifications.

The soldiers rushed to build the formation to reject horses.Use a crossbar to support the main body, and each part in the longitudinal direction has three sharpened woods, which are tied to the main crossbar with ropes in a way of standing upright and crossing back and forth.

The horse refusal array can not only prevent the cavalry charge, but is also very effective in dealing with the infantry charge.The Ming army can rely on firecrackers to resist the enemy behind the horse rejection formation.When the enemy infantry rushed over, they could not attack the firecracker formation immediately, and had to destroy the horses first. At this time, the Ming army could retreat for the firecrackers and the heavy infantry to gain time for the formation change.

Uesugi Zenhide's envoy told Zhou Quan and others that the incident would not affect the mission, so they need not worry too much.

But what is going on, the envoy Uesugi can't explain clearly for a while, he can only clarify the changes that have happened: Ashikaga Yoshichi was killed|died!Mrs. Uesugi was explaining in Chinese with sloppy feet.

The eunuch Zhouquan finally lost his patience, interrupted Uesugi, and said directly: "Who is a gentleman in Kyoto, who is a villain, or who is fighting for power and profit, and who is for the world, our family doesn't care at all. Now we just want to know, Does the Muromachi Hall still recognize this treaty? Can the rights and interests of our Ming Dynasty in Japan be guaranteed?"

Uesugi said: "The meaning of the family governor is that the Ming court needs to re-canonize the king of Japan..."

Jinshi Liu Ming suddenly said: "My subordinate thinks that it is better to leave this place first and send the treaty documents back to the camp of the Chinese army."

Another Jiangxi Jinshi accompanying him said: "Second, we have to deliver the things first."

This person is He Zusi, a Jinshi of Wu Dechu, and he was the one who drew the painting at the scene of signing the "Mountain City Peace Treaty".He carried the picture scroll with him, and never left his body when he ate or slept.He cherishes his own paintings so much that when he said that he would deliver them just now, people wondered if the "things" he mentioned meant the scrolls.

After listening, Zhou Quan nodded and said, "That makes sense."

Several people finally reached a consensus, and ordered a group of people on the pier to board the boat as soon as possible, and immediately set sail and returned to Hakata Bay.The simple fortifications that have not yet been constructed are naturally discarded at the pier.

Several warships headed west along the channel with many islands and complicated waterways. At this time, the situation in Japan was turbulent, and everyone was inevitably a little worried.It was not until a few days later that the fleet passed through the Guanmen Strait that people felt at ease.

During this period, Liu Ming met with the envoys of the Uesugi clan many times to learn about the situation in Kyoto, but he still didn't know much about it.

The scene at Hakata Port is different from the previous one.Looking from the sea, the land is full of smoke and dust, and the Ming army is building barracks, fortifications and dock facilities.

After everyone landed, the coach Sheng Yong first received the envoys and his party, and then met Uesugi in person.The Uesugi family is just a retainer of the Kanto family governor, and most of the inside information is ignorant.

But he finally revealed the secret order of Uesugi Zenhide: "The new general of Muromachi Hall will be Ashikaga Yoshinori. The Ming Dynasty needs to re-canonize Ashikaga Yoshinori as the king of Japan. The family governor (Uesugi Zenhide) means that before the canonization, "Shanshiro In the Peace Treaty, a subsidiary document must be signed, and the Ming Dynasty must clearly approve that the title of "Fahuang" (legal emperor) can be used in Japan."

The generals of the Ming army present were already angry, and one of the generals scolded: "The Japanese king who was just conferred by the imperial court was killed by those people in Kyoto. What is the majesty of the imperial court? You are so bold that you dare to bargain here. I am afraid that the coffin will not be seen." Cry!"

Uesugi said: "I am trusted by the governor of the family, so I can only participate in a few affairs of the Uesugi family, and this trip is just a messenger. The matter of each leader and strong protection, I cannot decide, and I don't know why."

Sheng Yong stopped the general's scolding, ordered the envoy to settle down temporarily, then got up and left the Xingyuan hall.