different warring states of japan

Long before the Battle of Otani Castle, the Asai family had already been caught in precarious political turmoil.

Originally, the Asai family was only the co-owner of the Kita Omi Samurai Alliance. After several defeats, the local powerful samurai family has already taken a wait-and-see attitude.

And because of the massacre of the hostages, they turned against Masahiro Isano, Sadamayao Aguan and others, and the accidents of the Asai vassals continued, accelerating their defeat.

Hashiba Hideyoshi took advantage of the internal turmoil in Asai's family and used his silver bullet tactics to bribe Asai's retainers wantonly, and finally opened the gate of Otani Castle from the inside and captured the fortified city.

In fact, the battle of Xiaogu City had already been doomed before it even started.Asai Hisamasa, Asai Nagamasa's mother and daughter committed seppuku, Akao Kiyosuna was captured in a forceful battle, and died of seppuku in front of Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga won Kita Omi and Echizen Kingdom in one fell swoop, he was overjoyed and held a grand celebration banquet in Gifu Castle.

At the celebration banquet, Oda Nobunaga actually took out the gold cup made of the heads of Asakura Yoshikage, Asai Hisamasa, and Asai Nagamasa, and asked the retainers to appreciate it. The audience was so shocked that there was no sound, and all the concubines were afraid.

The Asakura clan was the guardian of the Echizen Kingdom, and Asai Nagamasa was the guardian of Kita Omi appointed by the previous shogun. Oda Nobunaga made their heads into wine glasses, which is simply shocking.

Obviously, Oda Nobunaga is no longer reconciled to continue to be a courtier of the shogunate, and began to reveal her true ambition.But at this time, the martial arts under heaven have lost their voices to her presumptuous act, and no one dares to respond.

The Oda family now owns Owari, Mino, Ise, Omi, and Echizen, five wealthy and large countries, with a stone height of three million.

There are sixty-six countries in the world, the total stone height is no more than [-] million stones, and the Oda family's family occupies [-] million stones. Who would dare to easily come forward to accuse such a powerful feudal clan and make enemies with it?
The Asai and Asakura families of Rokkaku were destroyed, and the Takeda family who raised their troops to Shangluo also retreated without a fight. In addition to tearing up their faces, they could only bite the bullet and fight to the end. Nobunaga's encirclement network was almost completely wiped out.

The Oda family is still responsible for the defense of Kyoto, and the Ashikaga general who controls Nijo Castle seems to be coercing the emperor to order the princes.

Oda Nobunaga also claimed to be a descendant of the Heira family. After the Asai Asakura family was defeated, he further claimed to be the elder of the Heira family. His ambition to unify the world has been clearly revealed.

Back then, the Heike family of the Iseheira clan competed with the descendants of the Hanoi Genji family. The two sides fought a Genpei war.

Afterwards, Minamoto Yoritomo obtained the title of Great Shogun from the Emperor's court, opened a mansion in Kamakura, and became the first shogun.

Since then, the combination of the elder Genji, the pillar of the samurai family, and the shogunate has become the highest righteous status of the samurai regime.

But today, Oda Nobunaga claims to be the elder of the Ping family, obviously he wants to represent the Ping family to make a comeback and establish his own samurai regime, a harbinger of Oda Gongyi.

The samurai family originated from the descendants of several emperors who descended from their vassal status, bestowing the surname Minamoto Taira, and after scattered in different places, they married with powerful people from all over the world.

The battle of Genpei was not the battle of the Minamoto Heira clan, but the battle between Hanoi Genji's descendants and the Iseheira clan's Heike clan. The Bando Hachira clan that Minamoto Yoshitomo's subordinates first came to join was also from the Taira clan.

After the Genpei battle, Minamoto Yoritomo finally confirmed the leadership of Hanoi Genji's descendants over the samurai family.

The Elder Genji is the chief patriarch of the Genji clan, the pillar of the Samurai family is the leader of all Ji warriors, and the shogun is the head of the Samurai regime.

This triple identity is also the fundamental reason why the Ashikaga family was able to re-establish the shogunate regime in the name of the Hanoi Genji descendant after the collapse of the Kamakura shogunate, and was supported by the world's samurai as the co-lord.

The samurai group, which advocates bloodlines and family character and pays attention to ancestor worship, finally brought General Ashikaga to the stage and formed the Ashikaga Shogunate, the second samurai regime representing the common interests of the samurai.

After two hundred years of changing times, the Ashikaga shogunate had already declined, and Oda Nobunaga was unwilling to be content with being the leader of the shogunate and ruling the world as an official like Miyoshi Changqing.

What Oda Nobunaga wanted was his own Oda Gongyi, his own ruling system.

Therefore, she began to declare to the outside world that the elder of the Taira family obviously wanted to compete with the elder of the Genji family for the position of the pillar of the samurai family, to open a mansion for the Oda family, to open again, and to make political preparations.

And Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the poor official, is not only an incompetent person, but also a puppet general with incomplete titles.

By splashing sewage, she deprived Shibo Yoshihiro of his status as a descendant of Hanoi Genji, as if she forgot that without Shibo Yoshihiro's help, she would not have become Ashikaga General so easily.

Because of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's coolness, Shiba Yoshigin voluntarily retreated to become a monk, and gave up the identity of the ancestor's widow, the Odaisho of the Ashikaga family, but cleverly grasped the status of the elder of Genji.

Of course Ashikaga Yoshiaki does not recognize Yoshihiro Shiba's Genji elder status, but because of his own behavior, he dare not deny it hastily. To do so is to completely tear apart Yoshihiro Shiba politically.

Now that Shiba Yoshigin has withdrawn from Kyoto and returned to his skills, let Shiba Yoshigin call himself the elder of Genji in his own territory, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki will just pretend he didn't hear it.

However, Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn't beat Oda Nobunaga, and the siege of Nobunaga twice caused a mess of smoke, which disappointed the shogunate samurai time and time again.

Until the Miyoshi family made a comeback, under the operation of Akechi Mitsuhide, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was disgraced in the imperial book incident, and General Ashikaga's majesty was completely lost.

Disappointed with Ashikaga Yoshiaki, most of the shogunate samurai chose to acquiesce to Yoshihiko Shiba's status as the elder of the Genji, pinning the interests of the traditional samurai on the patron saint of the samurai.

Therefore, although Ashikaga Yoshiaki at this time has the name of General Ashikaga and the pillar of the samurai family, he does not have the elder Genji in the triple name.

That is to say, Oda Nobunaga's identity as the elder of the Taira family is actually the target of Shiba Yoshigin's identity as the elder of the Genji family.

On the contrary, the honorable Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Beijing, who has the name of the shogun for nothing, has lost the popularity of the samurai family. No matter how difficult it is for the samurai family to represent the interests of the world's samurai families, he has already been eliminated politically.

Akechi Mitsuhide persuaded Shiba Yoshiyin, and watched the Oda family grow bigger step by step.Isn't it just looking forward to Oda Nobunaga expelling the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki and overturning the mess of the Ashikaga shogunate?
The Oda family is thriving, but the Shiba family still has a way to resist.

But if the Ashikaga shogunate refused to collapse, would it be possible to let Shiba Yoshigin, the patron saint of the samurai family, do it himself and ruin his reputation as a saint?
The two evils are the lesser, even knowing that the powerful Oda family with three million koku is a big trouble for the future of the Shiba family, but Akechi Mitsuhide can only stand up to the family's criticism and take advantage of this.

Because in the matter of the fall of the Ashikaga Shogunate, Shibo Yoshigin's hands must be absolutely clean and spotless.

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Gifu City, Hashiba's residence, a group of Hashiba's retainers are anxiously waiting for Hashiba Hideyoshi's return.

Today is the celebration banquet held by Oda Nobunaga, but most of Hashiba Hideyoshi's retainers are from humble backgrounds and are not eligible to attend.

Only Masakatsu Hachisuka, the governor of Hachisuka's family, and Shigeharu Takenaka, a famous military adviser who was admired by Oda Nobunaga, are eligible to accompany Hashiba Hideyoshi to participate.

To celebrate meritorious service at the celebration banquet, it is natural to reward meritorious deeds.

Oda Nobunaga left Hashiba Hideyoshi in Yokoyama City. He thought that it would be even more difficult for him to deal with two major tasks, sleeping against Isonomoto Masaru and Aguan Sadasei.

Unexpectedly, Hashiba Hideyoshi did such a good job, almost pressing every step of the way, forcing Asai Nagamasa to nowhere.

The Asai family was destroyed, and Hashiba Hideyoshi's contribution was the most dazzling. With the generosity of Oda Nobunaga, naturally he would not be stingy with rewards, and these retainers under Hashiba Hideyoshi could follow the chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven.

Everyone waited until midnight before they heard the sound of footsteps coming from the porch, and their spirits, which were slightly sluggish due to too much excitement, instantly cheered up.

Everyone looked at the door together, the sliding door was separated left and right, Hashiba Hideyoshi appeared in front of everyone, and asked in a little surprise.

"Huh? It's so late and everyone is still here, aren't you sleepy?"

Hashiba Hideyoshi's ridicule immediately relaxed the atmosphere, and all the concubines laughed in embarrassment.

Hashiba Hidecho, as his own sister, came out to cover up for everyone.

"My sister has worked hard to see the hall, and everyone is too concerned, so I gathered here and waited for your return."

Hashiba Hideyoshi grinned and walked up to the main seat, winking at Hashiba Hideyoshi.

"Do you really care about me?"

Hashiba Hideo said with a long smile.

"of course it's true."

Takenaka Shigeharu and Hachisuka Masakatsu followed into the room. Takenaka Shigeharu's expression was fairly steady, while Hachisuka Masakatsu's face was beaming, which made everyone feel even more itchy.

Hashiba Hideyoshi took the towel handed over by Hashiba Hideyoshi, wiped his face, and asked.

"What about Tsuda Munegetsu from Sakai Port?"

Hashiba Hideki was taken aback for a moment, why did my sister ask about other things at this time?
"Her attitude is still respectful, and her attitude has not changed because the Oda family left Sakai Port.

After all, she has cooperated with us too deeply, even if she wants to regret it now, it is not easy to switch to her.

What's more, the Oda family has only temporarily withdrawn from Sakai Port, but the family business has become more prosperous, and she has no reason to abandon us.

I am very happy to cooperate with her. She is very cooperative in terms of price and logistics for the materials needed by the hall. "

Hashiba Hideyoshi nodded and asked again.

"Where's President Xiaoxi?"

Hashiba Hidecho replaced Hashiba Hideyoshi and was in charge of Sakai Port affairs, but Hashiba Hideyoshi deliberately kept asking about the business at this time, completely ignoring the eagerness of his retainers, and Hashiba Hidecho couldn't help laughing.

Hashiba Hidecho could see that Hashiba Hideyoshi was just teasing everyone.

"Please rest assured, as long as the Oda family business is prosperous, President Konishi will have no problems.

The Uki family behind her hopes to get close to the powerful Oda family, and will not alienate and neglect us just because we retreated from Sakai Port.

Well, sister, stop teasing everyone, you know everyone can't wait. "

Hashiba Hideyoshi, who had been pretending to be serious and talking about serious matters, was actually already happy in his heart. At this moment, his sister scolded him, and finally couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Hahaha, it's really interesting to see their expressions. Kato's eyeballs are about to pop out, Fukushima, are you in a hurry to pee, why can't you sit still?
Okay, let's stop joking, Takenaka Hime, let everyone be happy by telling me. "

Takenaka Shigeharu is not only Hashiba Hideyoshi's military adviser, but also taught her consorts in Owari country. She is also a teacher and a friend. Everyone respects her.

At this time, Shigeharu Takenaka saw that Hashiba Hideyoshi was so happy that he lost his composure, he shook his head with a smile, and came out and said.

"The main hall is generous, and the [-] stones around Xiaogu City in the north of the river are rewarded for the merits of the Lord.

Zhu Ji, I will address you as the lord from now on. "

Although everyone was looking forward to a big reward, they didn't expect Oda Nobunaga to be so generous that he rewarded Hashiba Hideyoshi with [-] stones.

The joy was unbearable for a while, and everyone cheered together, and the shouts were so loud that the roof was almost toppled over.

Omi is a large country in recent times, with a stone height of [-], and the benefits of Lake Piwa, it is not an exaggeration to call it the richest country in the world.

Before the fall of the Asai family, they occupied the six counties of Beijinjiang, and the stone height was no less than [-] shi.With a wave of his hand, Oda Nobunaga allocated one-third of it to Hashiba Hideyoshi, which is extremely generous.

After Zhu Ji vented, Hashiba Hideyoshi clapped his hands and said.

"Have you had enough trouble? It's getting late, and I'm tired after returning from the celebration banquet, so let's go."

Right now, all back to sleep! "

The group of people waited for the good news, and naturally they would no longer disturb the Lord's rest, and bowed to leave one after another.

Hashiba Hideyoshi has the knowledge of [-] stones, and everyone's benefits are indispensable.

But before the land was measured and divided and handed over, Hashiba Hideyoshi didn't know how to reward and divide the land. It's useless for them to make trouble now. It's better to go back to rest early, calculate carefully, and work hard behind the scenes.

Hashiba Hideyoshi only left Hashiba Hidecho and Takenaka Shigeharu behind, and he sighed when everyone else had left.

"Today's great reward, I also feel a little guilty, the hall gave too much, so I don't know what to do."

Hashiba Hideyoshi is telling the truth.

She was originally just a thousand stones in Owari, and she was able to serve as the defense of Kyoto. Since Oda Nobunaga saw that he had contributed to Takenaka Shigeharu's advice, she gave it extra importance.

And because of his meritorious deeds in the Battle of Kanezaki, he was rewarded with a thousand stones from Minami Omi, so he has the face to enter the Oda family.

But even with Oda Nobunaga's favor and promotion, Hashiba Hideyoshi, who is serving as Yokoyama Castle, is only Erqianshi's land. Yokoyama Castle is the military, and Yokoyama Castle is not her place of knowledge and practice.

Although through the support of Oda Nobunaga, Niwa Chohide gave Hashiba Hideyoshi enough money and food, so that Hashiba Hideyoshi could buy Kita Omi Samurai regardless of cost, and had some of his own team.

But no matter what, Oda Nobunaga promoted her from the ground of two thousand koku to a daimyo of [-] koku, which was too fast.

Today's Hashiba Hideyoshi, although not as good as Niwa Chohide and Shibata Katsuie, has the same status as Ikeda Hengxing, Sakuma Nobumori and other important officials, and there is no room for concession.

Oda Nobunaga was promoted like this, Hashiba Hideyoshi was excited, but also a little flustered, unable to figure out what Oda Nobunaga was thinking.

In this regard, Takenaka Shigeharu understood clearly, and said with a smile.

"My lord, you don't need to worry too much, the move of the hall does have deep meaning, but it is not aimed at you alone.

If you think about it carefully, will the Kita Omi Wu family also be rewarded generously and highly valued for their meritorious deeds? "