Pillars of the Wu family

() The revived Misang Anguo Zen Temple is more magnificent than before. In addition to serving as the Bodhi Temple where the Kira family enshrined the ancestors' spiritual tablets for generations, it is also a famous Guanyin Dojo in Tokaido. He and other countries are very famous. At the same time, the Miaoshin Temple Sect is the most powerful branch of the Linji Sect. Not only the Kira clan has been a Buddhist disciple of the Miaoshin Temple Sect for generations, but also the famous martial arts sects such as the Imakawa clan and the Takeda clan are also Miaoxin Believers of the temple sect.

If Xishan Zongyan, the resident of Anguo Zen Temple, was really ordered by Taiyuan Xuezhai to operate in Kira's house, the consequences would be really unimaginable. The Miaoxin Temple sect has a lot of influence in Xisanhe, especially in Kira's territory. The largest sect, most of the descendants of the Kira family and the people of the country follow the belief of the main family and follow the Miaoshinji sect.

The wealthy family and local servants near the Honjoji Temple were attracted by the Honjoji Temple of the Ichiko sect and became believers. Once the residence of the Bodhi Temple turned against the water and lobbied for the Imagawa family, the Kira family’s will to resist would soon collapse, so don’t mention anything Gathering a large army to hold the cage city, it would be nice not to be secretly opened by the wealthy clan to offer the city to surrender.

"Speaking of which, Taiyuan Xuezhai has quite a relationship with the family, but he is a retainer of the Jinchuan family, and the conflict with the family is doomed to be irreconcilable. Taiyuan Xuezhai wants to use the influence of the Anguo Zen Temple to influence the family. Come to persuade my family to surrender! Sure enough, it is courtesy first and soldiers later. If I disobey, I have a reason to send troops to Bandou County. If I beat my family, no one will blame the Imagawa family. Who told my family to be ignorant of current affairs? This is really a wishful thinking !"

Kira Wansongmaru has realized something, but this realization is too bitter. Knowing that these famous generals are not easy to fool, the Imagawa family often has the ambition to annex Mikawa, and wishful thinking that others will not come to beat him, which is really an unforgivable naivety infantilism.

"There is no solution! The Imagawa family is actively attacking, and the main family is passively defending. Before the opponent's offensive begins, the main family is in disarray. This is waiting for the main family to make mistakes! It is useless to do anything now, the more you do, the more mistakes you will make." The more you have." Thinking about Taiyuan Xuezhai's military strategy, in the battle of Xiaodouban last year, with [-] troops against [-] Oda troops, he even arranged ambushes and Daozuo raids, how capable is such a steady old fox? outperform?

He really can't think of a way to deal with Taiyuan Xuezhai. He can't stop Xishan Zongyan from letting him out of the temple, but once he moves, the important officials in the family will be shaken. Will he fight or surrender?The battle is an absolute battle, but the Imagawa family has tens of thousands of troops, and it is impossible to avenge the death of his elder brother Kira Yoshigo and the Tojo family Kira Mochihiro. Besides, those important ministers will not easily submit to the Imagawa family who is the branch of the Kira family. , this is simply a dead end.

Kira Manmatsumaru felt very wronged. His father, Yoshiyao Kira, rebelled against Imagawa all his life, but in the end there was no result. His elder brother, Yoshigo Kira, lost his life because of his rebellion against Imagawa. He himself knew that the Imagawa family was so powerful. That little body can resist it, but the will of the retainers is not under his control. The retainers of the Kira family tree all screamed at the mention of Imagawa like chicken blood. What can he do?

Since the early days of Kamakura, the Kira family has inherited the multi-county territory of the Mikawa country for generations, and the branch family, the Shimo-Kira family, later controlled the Higashi Mikawa. No matter whether the Muromachi shogunate appointed the Hosokawa family and the Ise family as the guardians of the three rivers, they could not avoid the Kira family. With a strong influence, the current Chuan family only completed the annexation of the Yuanjiang country, and they are still powerless about the part of the Sanhe country.

It's just that all of this has changed with the decision of the previous governor of the Shimo Kira family, Kira Mochihiro. Shimo Kira has always had the ambition to annex the clan since he was assigned to Tojo Castle. In his generation, he quickly seized the opportunity. Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, who was in charge of Qing with his father Kira, was a rare general, so with the support of Kira Mochihiro, Matsudaira Kiyoyasu triumphantly defeated many retainers and people who were close to the clan. , making the Ryojira Rebellion rise to a more intense level.

His short-sighted behavior soon paid the price. Kiyoyasu Matsudaira gradually ceased to obey Kira Mochihiro's orders, and his intention of self-reliance could no longer be stopped. It is also unstoppable, just like Owari Oda relied on a family all over the branch country to quietly complete the move of Xia Keshang, the Matsudaira clan also has a large number of branch families spread over half of Mikawa, they have the idea and ability to emulate Oda to usurp Mikawa country, and Make an effort to put it into practice.

Unwilling to fail, Kira Mochihiro took the initiative to establish contact with the Imagawa family. He appointed his younger brother Arakawa Yoshihiro to be in charge of contacting the Imagawa family, and put this hungry wolf who was lingering outside the gate into the Mikawa Kingdom. There was a breach in the barrier, and from then on it was doomed that the Kira family's rule over Mikawa would come to an end.

Unfortunately, things happened very quickly. The scheming Taiyuan Xuezhai kept mobilizing the people of Sanhe, and the influence of the Imagawa family gradually penetrated into Dongsanhe. In Le County, Chinese nationals were repeatedly instigated to rebel, and some Chinese even directly became the servants of the Imagawa family invading Sanhe.

The governor of the Matsudaira family, who was facing extinction because of the Mori Landslide, paid homage to Matsudaira Hirotada, who was taboo by Kira Chihiro, and soon switched to the new master of the Imagawa family. Two Kira recognized that the Matsudaira family had completely come out of Kira's house.

It was also from then on that the Tojo Kira's family came to their senses. In order to save the defeat and also to atone for their sins, Kira Mochihiro sent his son to the Owari Kingdom, and welcomed Kira Yoshian from the clan as the heir to the family governor, but he did all of this By the time it was too late, the influence of the Imagawa family had penetrated into Mikawa and it was already unstoppable.

Ten years ago in the Battle of Bamian Mountain, the army of the Imagawa family and the 800 army formed by Yoshihiro Arakawa, who was close to Imagawa, defeated the [-] troops hastily organized by Ryo Kira in Bamian Mountain. The governor of the Kira family, Jihiro Kira, and most of his disciples were all killed in battle. [-] people in the Kira family were killed, and the family business almost collapsed.

Fortunately, God gave the Kira family another chance. The Oda family invaded Nishi Mikawa and temporarily relieved the crisis of the Kira family's genocide. Turning to the Imagawa family, the two Kira are like terminally ill old people, who may die at any time.

This question has been lingering in his mind for several years, until today he finally understood: "This is the law of the bloody jungle that applies to superiors! The samurai's deformed demands on the land turned into a tragedy, because this There will be father and son turning against each other, brothers killing each other, and the rebellion of the people of the country all comes from this, just forget about those who just want to farm the land and be a small lord."

"...My Lord! I have served my family for a few years, and I have trained eight hundred foot light for my family, which should be helpful to the great cause of my Kira family!" Kansuke Yamamoto seemed to be comforting him, and he said that he had trained soldiers a few years ago. Bringing up the old story again, Kansuke Yamamoto was promoted to General Attendant a few years ago because of his contribution to rebuilding Saijo Castle, and then he asked himself to train a standing ashigaru for the Kira family.

At that time, his father Yoshiyao Kira was the governor of the family. In order to save the crumbling family business, he agreed to the proposal by treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor. He also visited his father several times before his health collapsed. Every time he said that he hadn't trained well enough to continue training, etc. As for when these soldiers will be trained well, Yamamoto Kansuke has been keeping secret.

Since Kira Manmatsumaru took power for more than a year, I haven’t heard much about Kansuke Yamamoto, and I forgot about it after a long time. This time when he mentioned it, he remembered that there is a large part of the annual expenditure of Kira’s family. It was assigned to Yamamoto Kansuke to train new recruits. This soldier trained for more than five years, which is a long time. What kind of soldier needs to train for more than five years. Could it be that he intends to train [-] samurai?

"Are you ready for training? How is the level of these ashigaru?" Hearing the training, he immediately regained his spirits. In this era, having soldiers and food is fundamental. Without these, it is useless even if you are a famous nobleman. The emperor wants to sell paintings for a living, and the princes have to go to the streets to sell vegetables to make a living. The princes of the Manchu Dynasty will go to distant countries to make a living and eat as sweet pastry. No matter how high the family name is, it is useless if they cannot eat.

"Most of the 800 standing ashigaru come from the Chinese family. After selected elites, I dare to say that most of the elites of Nishi Mikawa are concentrated in these [-] people!" It seems that the demanding Yamamoto Kansuke is satisfied. Very nice looking.