Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1576 Marriage with chestnuts in the fire ([-])?

The Narita clan, a family that has been playing soy sauce for a long time in the Japanese Warring States background game; Narita Shichang, the lord of Ninja Castle, is just a character with mediocre abilities in major games, such as in the famous Japanese Warring States game "Nobunaga The only thing that stands out in "Ambition" is that the command rate is relatively high, but it still does not exceed 70. Its tactics are only two salvos, and even its life expectancy is only 53 years old.

It stands to reason that the Hojo family should be at ease with such a well-behaved vassal and city lord.Besides, the Narita Clan's Ninjo held the Toyotomi family's 2-strong army for nearly half a year with extremely weak forces, which can be called an unexpected miracle, and it should be reused by the Hojo family Jianba.

However, this is by no means the case. The head of Narita was not only not reused in Odawara Castle, but was even suspected.When he proposed to bring troops back to aid Ninja Castle, the Hojo family refused without hesitation, and even withdrew him and the army he brought from the front line, and actually put him under house arrest.

Why is this happening?This has to start with the history of the establishment of the affiliation between the Narita family and the Hojo family.

Rewind history to about 150 years ago, that is, at the end of 1454 A.D., the outbreak of the "Honor Rebellion" in Japan began.The Kwantung general Ashikaga's family had internal conflicts and began to split. The general's family began to divide into two factions, the Ashikaga family and the Uesugi family. The Narita family in Kanto was quickly involved.

The Narita family came from a famous family in Fujiwara, and the ancestors of the family had once been famous, but it seems that they were suppressed by the shogunate because they supported the Nanboku Dynasty in the Nanboku Dynasty after Kamakura, and the family business declined rapidly.

Since then, the Narita clan has always appeared as a famous clan attached to a powerful daimyo, wandering between the Ashikaga clan and the Uesugi clan all year round.Earlier, the Narita family had followed Uesugi Kenmi and was recommended as the next general guard. After the "Xiantou Rebellion", the Ashikaga family split, and the Ashikaga family and the Yuki family established Furukawa in Furukawa, forming a confrontation with the Kanto governor. , Narita Kenyasu, the head of the Narita clan at that time, and a Beppu clan changed from the Uesugi clan to the support of the public, and began Narita's century-long repeated journey.

It can be said that since the "Xiande Rebellion", the Narita family has basically been responsible for the defense and offense of the border at home, and the overall attribute is only two words: "cannon fodder", and this has gradually cultivated the Narita family's abnormally distorted political personality .

Soon, Ota Michikan, a famous general of Uesugi Uesugi, appeared and built Edo Castle. He was very powerful for a while, and quickly suppressed the government strategically. Narita Kenyasu observed the situation and surrendered to Ota Michikan.Soon Xiantai lived in seclusion, and his son, Qintai, took over as the head of the family.

However, the good times didn’t last long. Shangu Uesugi executed his important minister Ota Michigan in the internal struggle with Uesugi Yamauchi. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Narita family immediately turned to Uesugi Yamauchi as their subordinate. Fame.

Afterwards, Kintai began to attack the Shinobi Clan, and the weak Ninja Clan was quickly defeated. Narita Kinyasu took control of Ninja Castle, and inherited Ota’s original fortification technology, and carried out large-scale expansion of Ninja Castle, taking advantage of the surrounding Fukada, The geographical environment of the depression has built Ninja City into a strange city with depressions all around and a solid center.Since then, Shinobi City has also become the base of the Narita clan for many years.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. In 1546, a year that players of "Nobunaga's Ambition" are very familiar with, Yasushi Hojo was born. The coalition forces, the situation in the Kanto region is strongly turbulent.

Only six or seven years later, the Hojo family attacked Ninja Castle, and the new leader, Narita Nagatasu, judged the situation and Kaesong surrendered without a fight. This was the first time that the Narita family belonged to Hojo.But it didn't take long for Nagao Jinghu, who was instigated by Uesugi's constitutional government—the later "Military God" Uesugi Kenshin—to crusade against the Hojo family.

Narita Changyasu was forced by the military prestige of Nagao's family, especially Nagao Jinghu himself, and once again took advantage of the situation to choose to be subordinate to the strong, and changed his family to Uesugi's side.Who knew that the Hojo Clan was able to win more with less, and he used Heyue City as a springboard to enter the world, attacked the coalition forces at night, and became famous overnight.

Anyone who has watched the "Fenglin Volcano" in the Dahe drama will be deeply impressed by the following history: the scene where Uesugi Kenshin couldn't hide his anger in the play and beat Narita Changyasu who fell to the ground with a whip.

At that time, Narita Changyasu, who was self-proclaimed, was from a famous family. When Uesugi Kenshin visited Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, not only did he not show etiquette, he even refused to dismount. Uesugi Kenshin forcibly pulled him off his horse and abused him.

It is said that Tsuruoka Hachiman Shrine has a deep relationship with the Narita clan, so Narita Choyasu disagrees.I don't know if this incident is true. If it is true, Changtai is a bit pedantic and ignorant of current affairs.However, whether it is true or not, it can be seen that the relationship between Changtai and Kenshin has turned hostile.I'm afraid that a self-proclaimed righteous celebrity like Kenshin has a lot of contempt for the duplicitous Narita family.

In short, shortly after this incident, the Narita family resolutely rebounded again, and belonged to the Hojo family for the second time.

Who knew that in 1562, the 41st year of Jiajing, the year before the birth of Gao Yushi and Zhu Yijun, Narita Changtai's son-in-law, Narita Shichang, inherited the position of master.

In the second year, this old man couldn't stand the loneliness and turned his back on the Hojo clan, formed an alliance with the Kanto Ota clan, and married Ota's daughter Azhu, and showed a strong rebellion against the Hojo clan, and his position was inclined to the Kamisugi side.However, with the deepening of the alliance at this time, there was no large-scale conflict between Hojo and Uesugi.

However, after Hojo and Uesugi reached a settlement, the two made a decision on the territorial issue, and Hojo incorporated the old Narita collar into the Uesugi collar.I don't know if it was because of the territorial issue, but the head of the Narita clan chose to follow the Hojo family after that, and this subordination lasted until the demise of the Hojo clan in the original history.

In the meantime, although Narita's head once had the idea of ​​getting close to Oda Nobunaga, it disappeared with the assassination of Oda Nobunaga after the change of Honnoji Temple.In the following decades, the political situation in the world was repeated. Whether it was the famous Takeda, Uesugi, Oda, or the small Kanto daimyo Ota and Yuki who followed the trend, they all experienced earth-shaking changes. Only Odawara Castle stood still, so it was subordinate to Hojo. The Narita family has also experienced a period of steady development.

After Oda Nobunaga was assassinated, Hashiba Hideyoshi began to rise up, and Toyotomi's army conquered everything. Except for a small loss in the battle of Komaki Nagakute, they were almost invincible. The Hojo family, which owns Odawara Kenjo Castle, maintains a tough stance.

After the siege of Odawara, most of the Hojo family's subordinate castles fell within a short period of time. They were either breached or surrendered directly. It didn't break through too late, but achieved a lot of victories.

This situation is a strange state, whether it is for the head Narita himself, or for the entire Narita family.Although the Narita family has no special abilities in history, it has to be said that this small daimyo family after a famous family has been able to survive a hundred years without falling, at least it has a certain degree of political sensitivity and determination.

As the governor of the family, although his stamina, martial arts, military strategy, and internal affairs are all mediocre in the eyes of later generations, he obviously still knows how to get close to those who should be close at the right time, and has always grasped the general direction of the family.

When the army of more than [-] Toyo ministers arrived, the Narita family, relying on the Hojo clan with only tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops, was still able to remain calm and resolute in the battle. This in itself is an unusual thing. manifested.

During the Battle of Odawara (referring to the entire battle), the chief and his younger brother Taigao will support Odawara Castle, Narita Hizen Mamoru Taiki, Shimada Dewa Mamoru, Imao Sado Mamoru, Yamada Kouchi Mamoru, Sakamoto Shogun, and Fukushima Kankai Waiting for the retainers to stay in Ninja City, and later mobilized nearly 3000 soldiers, people, etc. to cage the city.

Hideyoshi ordered Ishida Mitsunari and Changshu Zhengjia to attack Ninja Castle with water, but the Narita clan sent people to destroy it quietly. It coincided with the heavy rain and the dam burst, and more than 200 Ishida soldiers were drowned. The military taint of Ishida Mitsunari who "started" is the military taint of Ishida Mitsunari, but the disparity in the strength of the two armies is water attack. The wrong offensive method is often ridiculed, but in fact the attack policy of water attack is actually decided by Hideyoshi, not Mitsunari's decision.

However, Narita's somewhat paranoid courage seems unusual. In fact, Narita's original intention was to lead the main force to support the Hojo family, but he has been considering secretly communicating with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and intends to order the Joshiro family Narita's elder relatives and family elders took the initiative to throw themselves into the city when Toyotomi's army arrived, and kept the family name alive with an attitude of non-resistance.

If it is said that the Hojo clan was stupid as the last samurai to resist the Toyotomi regime, then the Narita clan, which is affiliated to Hojo, is more helpless.On the whole, returning to Toyotomi Hideyoshi is actually inevitable, but as a samurai, he can't lose his dignity, and he will be accused of treachery before a battle, so operating secretly and waiting for the time to surrender seems to be a perfect strategy.

However, what I never expected was that after the main force of the Narita family drove away, Ishida Mitsunari sent his deputy, Daisuke Shu Masaka, as an envoy to Ninjo.As the deputy of Nagahide Nagahide, one of the original four heavenly kings of Oda, Nagatsu Masakae was already an important minister of the Toyotomi family. He looked down on the Narita family with only a few hundred troops left, and his attitude was extremely arrogant. Show a posture of "If you surrender, we will spare your lives; if you don't surrender, then we will trample to death you ants". As for the negotiation... are you worthy?
Narita Yasuki was completely enraged during the conversation with Nagatsu Masakae, and angrily led less than a few hundred remnants and civilians in the city to fight directly with Ishida Mitsunari's 23000 troops.

Now that the war has progressed, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has been having fun outside Odawara Castle, which has boosted the nearby economy, and because of the windfall in Odawara Castle, there has been no sign of defeat so far.However, with the fall of Nirayama Castle, the Hojo family's strategic decline has become evident, and the head of Narita had to make a decision.

However, Mr. Narita's decision was not easy to make.What he is most troubled with now is that his deceased uncle Narita Yasuki has disrupted his plan. Due to his resolute resistance and the results of the battle are particularly prominent, Narita's chief cannot judge what consequences will be caused by sending someone to notify Ninja Castle to surrender at this time.

If the Toyotomi family is magnanimous, it’s okay to let go of the previous war. If the Toyotomi family feels that Narita’s strong resistance has made them lose face, especially off Lord Guanbai’s face, if they insist on pursuing it to the end, then they can bear it. All the family members and retainers in the city may die, and the name of the Narita family may not be preserved in the future.

While hesitating, the chief Narita, who was almost under house arrest in Odawara Castle, suddenly got a message that Luo Yuan from Misaki Castle sent an envoy to meet Hojo Ujimasa, Ujinao and his son.

Although Mr. Narita has almost been put under house arrest, perhaps Mr. Hojo also considered that Mr. Narita performed well in this battle at least, so he was more polite to the people he brought.For example, his cousin Narita Taitaka, because he usually has a harmonious relationship with the Hojo family, has greater freedom of movement.

Narita's head then secretly sent Narita Taigao to find a way to find an opportunity to meet with Luo Yuan's envoy and have a secret discussion.And Luo Yuan's envoy is not an ordinary person, but Gao Yunping, the standard commander of the Marine Corps.

Gao Yunping came here on invitation. It turned out that the Hojo family wanted to seek help from the Maritime Trade Alliance, and it happened that Luo Yuan also had several matters to discuss with the Hojo family. Odawara Castle itself is quite safe, so Gao Yunping came here in person.

Let me talk about the meaning of the Hojo family first. Of course, they asked Luo Yuan for help because the current situation is not good. Although Odawara Castle itself does not seem to be in danger of falling, the external situation is already bad.

Hideyoshi, who was traveling outside Odawara City, was not really lax. He sent troops to attack the Hojo family’s branch in Kanto. The foundation of the Hojo family’s rule in Kanto was destroyed. , Yangui Castle, and Bogata Castle have been conquered one after another.

A few days ago, after Nirayama Castle, which had resisted for a long time, was captured by Toyotomi's army, the only remaining castles in Hojo were Odawara Castle and Ninja Castle.Considering that although Ninja Castle persisted, its troops were extremely weak after all. The Hojo family had already regarded Ninja Castle as an enemy city that would fall sooner or later.

But if things really develop to that point, the threat facing Odawara Castle will be extremely huge, because at this moment, the Toyotomi army attracted by Ninja Castle has reached at least [-], and there are even rumors that it has reached [-]—— According to the latest news , Uesugi Jingsheng and Maeda Toshiie who went south from Hokuriku have arrived, plus Asano Nagamasa who arrived one step ahead (actually Asano Nagamasa was also called Asano Nagayoshi at this time, for the sake of convenience, they are called Nagamasa), and there are [-] troops It also seems to make sense.

The Hojo family considered that if Ninja Castle was lost and the [-] troops went south to Odawara, then Odawara Castle might be in danger.Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi is rich and powerful, it is not a joke to maintain the supply of more than [-] troops. The daily consumption is a huge number. Once the military food consumption is too large, Toyotomi Hideyoshi may be forced to change the strategy of encirclement , so that more than [-] troops stormed.

Doing so will certainly cause a lot of casualties, but although Odawara Castle is strong, there are not many troops in the city - less than 3 people, and it may only be a matter of time before the city falls.

Therefore, the Hojo family put forward two hopes: one is to obtain food supplies from the Sea Trade Alliance; the other is to hope that the Sea Trade Alliance will also provide certain support to Ninja City.

Regarding the first item, the Hojo family’s plan is a bit empty-handed. They propose to use the rent of Misaki City for the “next five years” as a offset, and the Hojo family will only receive [-]% of the income, but all of it will be grain.

Luo Yuan had already guessed about this, although Gao Wushi predicted that the Hojo family would definitely be destroyed, but Gao Wushi had told him that he didn't need to care about this, because what Gao Wushi cared about was the contract signed by the Hojo family.In other words, what Gao Yushi wants is just to get the name - Toyotomi Hideyoshi has a strong businessman's mind, Gao Yushi is not afraid that he will not be able to negotiate with him after he has the name, not to mention that if it is really difficult to negotiate, then fight a war All right.

Gao Yunping then proposed that in principle, he could agree, but this time he would not discuss the market price, and in short, he would give another [-] shi of rice to settle the score.The Hojo family agreed.

As for the second question, Gao Yunping, who had already met Narita Yasakami, the chief cousin of the Narita clan, proposed that people from the Narita clan also participate in the meeting, because he wanted to ask about the specific situation of Ming Rencheng.

The Hojo family didn't have much negotiating chips now, so they had to agree, so Mr. Narita appeared in the meeting.

The three parties did not talk about "what to assist" at the beginning, but "how to assist".As a result, it was concluded that the Maritime Trade Alliance sent warships up the Arakawa River and arrived at Ninja City for rescue.

The Maritime Trade Alliance has been operating in Japan for many years. Although it has never traveled to Arakawa, it has already collected the hydrological conditions of the Kanto River System.This time Luo Yuan served as the commander of the Kanto Squadron, and he took a large amount of hydrological data to learn about it in detail. The main rivers in the Kanto of Japan, such as the Arakawa, Tonegawa, and Edogawa, were all navigable at this time.

Although armed transport ships can be called giant ships in Japan in this era, after all, they will only have a displacement of [-] tons in later generations. Of course, there is no problem entering such a big river, as long as they don't run upstream from the source.

However, the two sides have different opinions on how to support and the return after support.

The Hojo family is in dire straits, and only Odawara Castle and Ninja Castle are left in the lost castle. Since Ninja Castle is waiting for help, of course it can't be counted on, and Odawara Castle itself is also under great pressure, so the Hojo family just wants to white wolf with empty hands, and does not want to pay any actual costs.Mr. Narita is willing to give, but unfortunately he has nothing.

After many talks, they couldn't agree, and finally Mr. Narita came up with a plan that stunned Gao Yunping: offer his eldest daughter to marry Commander Luo.

It may be that Mr. Narita considered that although his family status is very high, but after all, his status is not high at the moment, he is only a subject of the Hojo family, so he also revealed one thing: his eldest daughter is the general of Ninja Castle at this time .

Since he wanted to marry his boss, Gao Yunping had no choice but to ask Hojo and Narita to wait a while, and he would go back to Misaki City and report to Commander Luo before he could speak.

When he returned to Misaki City and reported to Luo Yuanyi, Luo Yuan was also shocked.The general of Ninjo who led the weak force of Ninjo and defeated the famous generals of Toyotomi's army was actually a teenage girl?This is simply "Tachibana Chiyo of the Eastern Kingdom"!

But having said that, Luo Yuan did not dare to agree to this marriage.Although Gao Wushi told him a long time ago that the purpose of supporting the Hojo family is to bleed the Toyotomi army more. Whether it is economically or militarily, the longer the Toyotomi army drags on in the Kanto, the more beneficial it will be for the future plan of the Maritime Trade Alliance, so there is no need to Think too much about cost-effective things.

However, Luo Yuan had to consider, if he married a certain Japanese daimyo, would the master doubt his position in the future?As a servant, and a servant who has never changed his surname, this problem is serious enough for him, and he must not joke about it.

So he immediately sent another envoy to Odawara Castle and proposed a new marriage plan.
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