Battle of Okehazama - Shogun Yoshiaki Seeks Nobunaga, Introducing Mitsuhide Akechi - Update 24
With the 13th shogun Yoshiteru Ashikaga assassinated by Hisahide Matsunaga and company, the shogunate was in chaos.
Yoshiteru’s younger brother, Kakuke, a priest in Kokufukuji Temple, took up after his brother to restore the shogunate. Taking the name of Yoshiaki, he sent requests for aid to many daimyo. No daimyo, however, would move to help the declining shogunate. With nowhere else to turn, Yoshiaki sent a messenger asking for aid to the rapidly expanding Oda clan.
Gifu Castle, Mino. Today, Nobunaga was in a meeting wth Yoshiaki’s messenger in his castle of residence.
Nobunaga Oda:
Very well. I will grant Lord Yoshiaki my aid.
Messenger:
I am eternally grateful, and sure Lord Yoshiaki will feel the same.
Nobunaga Oda:
I would love to march straight to the capital, but must first clear away a few who would stand in my way.
Messenger:
Well, Lord Nobunaga, now you have the justification of protecting Lord Yoshiaki. Perhaps all you would need to do is march your sizeable force towards the capital…
Nobunaga Oda:
Hmm… Just what are you trying to say?
Messenger:
…Though not my place, allow me. I believe this situation can only work to your advantage.
Nobunaga Oda:
…
Messenger:
And for the shogunate as well, gaining the protection of the rapidly expanding Oda clan is quite a blessing. So I believe both sides have quite a bit to gain…
Nobunaga Oda:
So, you saw through my intent to use the shogunate, and went on to use that yourself… You really are an unusual man…
Messenger:
Unusual…Well, Lord Nobunaga, the same could be said of you. Were you like everyone else, I would not be so quick to show my hand.
Nobunaga Oda:
Hahaha! All right, I like you. Tell me your name.
Mitsuhide Akechi:
Yessir… My name is Mitsuhide Akechi.
Nobunaga Oda:
Mitsuhide, serve under me. Restoring the shogunate is too soft for a man like you. As men who stand outside tradition, together we could make a world like none that has ever been imagined.
And so, Mtsuhiide Akechi, mediating for Yoshiaki Ashikaga in Owari, became a retainer of the Oda clan. Nobunaga and Mitsuhide. This was how the fated pair first met.
To The Capital(Quest)
Going to the aid of the Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, gave Nobunaga Oda the perfect opportunity to march to the capital at last.
Capture Kannonji Castle
Historical Tidbits
Yoshiaki originally sought out the aid of the Takeda and Uesugi. He then went on to ask the Asakura and while they were willing they could not aid him. So the “Wandering Shogun” turned to Nobunaga. There was a 14th Shogun actually who was a child, Yoshihide. But of course he was just a puppet that Yoshiaki planned to succeed.
