Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

Since Akechi Mitsuhide answered in this way, Hosokawa Fujitaka consciously understood the reason why he was willing to work for Oda Nobunaga, so he didn't say any more.

No, it should be said that there is no need for him to ask more questions.Because Mitsuhide Akechi's visit to him this time was not a meeting with a friend, but a temporary meeting at Hosokawa Fujitaka's residence because of a common mission after meeting Saburo with him.

Yes, Hosokawa Fujitaka was finally assigned a task by Saburo-this means that he has been fully accepted by the Oda family, and has become a retainer of the Oda family as he wished.

And the task Saburo entrusted to him and Akechi Mitsuhide was also very simple...to persuade Ashikaga Yoshiaki to surrender.

How should I put it - this mission is full of malice at first glance.

First of all, Hosokawa Fujitaka is the vassal of Ashikaga Yoshiaki Nobushige. I won’t go into details on this point. Akechi Mitsuhide had been on the line with Ashikaga Yoshiaki before he took refuge in Saburo, and he still has "Nobunaga forcibly begged from Ashikaga Yoshiaki" vassals" rumors.Both of these two people have a close relationship with Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and they are also familiar with Ashikaga Yoshiaki's temperament and preferences. Logically speaking, they are indeed the most suitable candidates... However.

The reason why Ashikaga Yoshiaki sent troops urgently was because of Hosokawa Fujitaka's whereabouts.He firmly believed that Hosokawa Fujitaka's disappearance had something to do with the Oda family, and he attributed it to Oda's wanting to disown him, and immediately began to recruit soldiers in a rage.Even before the complete failure, he had the confidence that the Takeda family would definitely support him, and he thought about forcing the villain Oda Nobunaga to hand over Hosokawa Fujitaka after defeating Oda——

Then the Oda family sent Hosokawa Fujitaka as a lobbyist to persuade Ashikaga Yoshiaki to surrender.

To be honest, this slap on Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face was a bit harsh.

As for Akechi Mitsuhide, Ashikaga Yoshiaki didn't feel very good about him after he became Saburo's vassal. Even if he became rebellious because of Saburo's threats from time to time, he never thought of making friends with Akechi Mitsuhide.Akechi Mitsuhide, who looks like a transparent person in the general's eyes, is only able to get Ashikaga Yoshiaki's good looks occasionally because he is a friend of Hosokawa Fujitaka. Logically speaking, even if he goes to persuade him to surrender, it is reasonable to send him to appear.

However, Akechi Mitsuhide is paired with Hosokawa Fujitaka.

It's okay for him to go alone, but once he goes with Hosokawa Fujitaka, it's like mocking the general's low observation ability in front of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.After all, anyone with a discerning eye can understand at a glance that the reason why Hosokawa Fujitaka suddenly disappeared and became a retainer of the Oda family, at least half of the fault must be blamed on Akechi Mitsuhide.

However, Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not realize that these two people still had such thoughts before this!

These two people came together, not to mention successfully persuading him to surrender, just seeing their faces would blow him up, okay?

Recalling Saburo's calm face when he said, "Anyway, you are familiar with the general, so I leave it to you." Hosokawa Fujitaka, who understood the arduousness of this task early on, couldn't help but feel a headache, but he was embarrassed that Oda Nobunaga would give such an order. People's order is not surprising at all - even if he has broken with Ashikaga Yoshiaki and it is irretrievable, with Oda Nobunaga's city and talent, he must watch him completely sever his relationship with Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

That man is really not to be underestimated.

Due to the long-standing misunderstanding, Hosokawa Fujitaka directly complicates Saburo's various behaviors.After all, he is considered to be a one-in-a-million outstanding talent, and he has been in the political whirlpool all the time, so after some thinking, he really came to a (thought he was correct) conclusion.

He also stopped the tit-for-tat reminiscence process with Akechi Mitsuhide, and went straight to the point: "Then—forgive me for being stupid. Mr. Akechi, can you tell me what kind of result His Highness wants to achieve?"

Akechi Mitsuhide responded, "Why do you ask that?"

"If it's the first time the Lord Gong raised his troops, and both sides can accept the mediation calmly, then this time he raises his troops again, no matter what, it has already violated the bottom line of the Oda family. In this case, I still want to persuade the general to surrender. ——Is our 'His Royal Highness' really so tolerant?"

Almost without waiting for his voice to finish, Akechi Mitsuhide said decisively: "There really is."

Hosokawa Fujitaka: "...I really can't tell."

Recalling Saburo's various great achievements before, such as trapping and killing his relatives, exiling Shibo Yiyin, burning temples, etc., forgive him for not agreeing.

"Your Highness is merciful even in troubled times—it's just that most people who are benefited by this kindness don't think it's a kindness." Unlike Fujitaka Hosokawa, when Akechi Mitsuhide, who has already understood Saburo's nature, said such words He didn't feel embarrassed at all, "Even the general who has been favored by His Highness is also resentful because of the power struggle with His Highness?"

"Then Mr. Akechi, do you want to say that His Highness has given you too much favor?" Hosokawa Fujitaka laughed because of this statement, and couldn't help but sneer.

Akechi Mitsuhide once again answered unexpectedly: "Exactly."

Hosokawa Fujitaka: "...Oh."

"General, at the beginning, he only wanted to save his life and pursued the position of general, but in the end he became tit-for-tat with His Royal Highness because of his power-this may not be because of his status as a 'general', and he got a lot of concessions from His Highness." Mitsuhide Akechi He continued, "We have repeatedly fought for the 'shogun's power', but... even the shogunate army in the shogun's mansion was formed with the money provided by the Oda family to the shogun, Mr. Hosokawa."

This is exactly what Hosokawa Fujitaka cannot refute - because what Akechi Mitsuhide said is the truth.

Whether it is the shogun’s mansion dug with two moats, or the military pay spent by Yoshiaki Ashikaga in recruiting the shogunate army, or even the funds used by Emperor Masakimachi, who is in a tight financial situation, to maintain the royal dignity, all rely on the support of Oda Nobunaga , to build, expand and purchase items.

During Ashikaga Yoshiaki's resistance that lasted only half a month, the defenders of the Shogun's Mansion surrendered Nobunaga immediately without any resistance. Maybe they knew this - even this was so hard to survive, so that Ashikaga Yoshiaki In the more than ten days when Akira became a clown-like character, there were reasons why the shogunate army and the Oda army were completely incomparable in terms of force, and the more reason was that, except for Oda Nobunaga, not many people were willing to support Ashikaga Yoshiaki made the entire shogunate army look like a mess, with no fighting spirit or morale, so they lost so sloppily.

"Of course I understand that. So what does Akechi-san want to say?" Hosokawa Fujitaka could only say so, trying to skip the topic as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Mitsuhide Akechi didn't intend to be tricky, so he said directly to Hosokawa Fujitaka: "—so I was thinking, if I take back all the things I gave to the general before, then this kind of thing won't happen again. Alright."

Takao Hosokawa Fuji clenched his fists tightly, and a very rare expression of surprise appeared on his face, but he was quickly suppressed by him, and asked in a particularly cold voice: "Do you know what you are talking about or are you talking about it?" , this is also your 'self-assertion'"

"It can't be regarded as self-assessment...because His Highness will be very troubled if you continue to let that general go on. When His Highness makes his own decision, it will not be a good result for the general or the Oda family." Sensible Guangxiu said calmly, "Besides, when His Highness entrusted this matter to you, he also planned to fail."

Hosokawa Fujitaka: "...you say that, but you really want me to show you how I succeeded in persuading the general to surrender."

It was just a verbal rebuke to Akechi Mitsuhide, and under the calm eyes of the young man covered with a veil, Hosokawa Fujitaka joked and made a promise to Akechi Mitsuhide equally calmly.

"Then——I have fully understood what Your Highness means. I will bring back a result that satisfies the Oda family."

It is not difficult to persuade Ashikaga Yoshiaki to surrender, because the former monk who fled because he was afraid of death, as long as he faced the same threat again, even if he was aroused for a while, he would not be afraid of death, but as long as he calmed down a little, he would be fine. Compromise quickly.Persuading Ashikaga Yoshiaki to surrender made Hosokawa Fujitaka feel embarrassed, and it was only a change in the positions and identities of the two parties.

But no matter how easy it is to persuade surrender...it is easier than failing.The only thing that needs to be mastered by Hosokawa Fujitaka is probably the "speed" of failure.

Within a few days, Hosokawa Fujitaka and Akechi Mitsuhide asked to meet Saburo who was leading troops to surround Ashikaga Yoshiaki with the result of persuading him to surrender.

Hosokawa Fujitaka often thinks for a long time before making a decision, fully analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of all aspects before proceeding to implement it.But he thought about it, and acted very quickly, so after getting wise Mitsuhide's advice, he quickly went to the battlefield to meet Ashikaga Yoshiaki who was out of his mind after the destruction of Makishima Castle, and soon got achieved his satisfactory result.

"Master Gongfang is willing to surrender."

Hosokawa Fujitaka lowered his head and said respectfully to Saburo.

"The sincerity of surrender is that Lord Yoshiaki is willing to send his son as a hostage to the Oda family."

——Yes, this is the "degree" that Hosokawa Fujitaka finally chose.

He also wants to survive as a retainer of the Oda family and win a place for the Hosokawa family, so it is not enough to simply obey Oda Nobunaga's substantive orders (which do not exist).At least on the surface, he also needs merit to gain a foothold in the Oda family, especially since this is the first test that Oda Nobunaga gave him, he will not allow himself to make mistakes in such an important matter.

Therefore, the final answer given by Hosokawa Fujitaka is-"Ashikaga Yoshiaki surrendered, but the compensation did not meet the expectations of the Oda family."

Of course he wanted to bring about Ashikaga Yoshiaki's surrender, so that he could get the full credit.But it is also impossible to ignore the deep meaning of Oda Nobunaga's words, so he finally chose to answer that the result of surrender was achieved, but the conditions for surrender were not met.In this way, he has indeed completed the task of lobbying given to him by the Oda family, but he has also completed the task of the inside - Yoshiaki Ashikaga who wants to be forgiven for only giving such a low condition, the so-called surrender is absolutely impossible Accepted by the Oda family.

It looks like a success, but in fact it is a failure.Such a cunning scene, facing the old master again, probably only a cruel person like Hosokawa Fujitaka can do it.

However, Hosokawa Fujitaka, who thought he had handed over a good answer, did not get Saburo's answer immediately.

After about a few minutes, Saburo's seemingly indifferent voice sounded from above: "The hostages are unnecessary, because I have many sons now--there are already enough children, and another one will cause trouble for Xiaoguang. Let’s start with this, do you bring a knife today?”

Hosokawa Fujitaka was a little confused for a while.

However, since Saburo rejected Ashikaga Yoshiaki's hostage request, he also rejected Ashikaga Yoshiaki's surrender-the situation he made was not wrong.But suddenly brought up the belt knife... what's going on

Hosokawa Fujitaka tried hard to recall the news about Oda Nobunaga that he had heard when he was still at the shogun’s house—it seemed to be that during the Battle of Anegawa, Asai’s retainer Endo Naosuke seemed to have carried a knife and pretended to be a weaver. Tian's samurai who killed the enemy general came to assassinate Nobunaga

That's why I asked him

Hosokawa Fujitaka couldn't help but glanced at Saburo, but unfortunately it was difficult for him to see something deeper from Saburo's superficial (literal) puzzled expression.But now that they are on the battlefield, it is not strange to carry knives. Hosokawa Fujitaka also knows that his status is still a little awkward, and he pays attention to keeping a distance from Saburo, and because he is going to persuade him to surrender, he does not bring many weapons.

"Only a dagger."

Not understanding what Saburo meant, Hosokawa Fujitaka could only reply cautiously.

"Ah, let me just say it." Saburo stared at Hosokawa Fujitaka's back, and said with a relaxed expression, "'Saya Zuomonji'——eh, the words 'Zuowenfu' seem familiar to me, I still There is a knife that also has these words."

Originally, I didn't want to update it today... emmmm Then I forged two small Karasuma, so I updated it anyway.

I checked the information and found that seppuku is usually done with a short knife, because the Japanese believe that the soul is hidden in the abdomen, so the purpose of seppuku is just to cut open the skin of the stomach to release the soul.So seppuku requires someone to intervene (cut off the head).Even the short knife seppuku must be wrapped in paper, leaving only a little edge at the front.

Wakizashi is a spare sword, which can also be used in combat to attack the side of the opponent's ribs that cannot be protected by armor.Because the general threat is 30cm-60cm long, I made a gesture and I think this is not cutting the stomach, but stabbing the intestines→→

But when you really need to cut seppuku, maybe you won't pick a knife...

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