Pillars of the Wu family

"Bastard! Damn the Kira family! I, Changqing, are at odds with you!" Miyoshi Changqing's eyes seemed to be on fire, and the samurai of the four countries died in front of them. How can we fight this battle with the right wing completely collapsed?But he can't stop anymore, once he retreats, the whole army may retreat!

Miyoshi Changqing immediately issued an order: "Let the royal horse return to the crowd! We must destroy the team that threw the baked jade!"

"The grenadier team back!" Yamaoka Shichang led the horses to bypass the grenadier team, and after leaving a word, he began to attack. After killing several waves of joining the army, he ran into Miyoshi Changqing's Yuma Huizhong, and Yamaoka called out Drink: "Scatter stars! Ride and shoot!"

Immediately, the crowd of two hundred horses dispersed in all directions. Facing the crowd of three good royal horses twice as many as themselves, they seemed very confident. The elite troops of the Miyoshi family, Matsuyama Shinsuke led the royal horse back to try to attack, but was shot through the face by a sharp arrow and fell off the horse and died on the spot.

When the Ma Huizhong of the Kira family used Yabusame to play tricks on the enemy, the situation of the war also underwent a new change. This change did not come from the superior force of Yoshihide Rokkaku, because the 3000 men he led were still fighting with the more than [-] Miyoshi. The army fights, the Liujiao family fights unhurriedly, and the Miyoshi family defends neither salty nor light, and the two sides seem to have a tacit understanding.

The new change is another Miyoshi army crossing the river. The idiot Miyoshi Changyi was defeated again. There is a chance of crossing the river, but he certainly didn't read the almanac when he went out today. Unfortunately, he ran into bad luck and lost the bet again.

Miyoshi Changyi led 500 forwards and had just landed on the north bank of Guichuan.The retreat was blocked by the Kira navy following.The Kira Navy is under the command of Shigetaka Kuki.A few rounds of iron cannon fire scattered the Miyoshi ships that were still transporting on Katsura River. The only encircling force was the [-] Xiaozao ships, which were all wiped out by the Kira Navy, and their armor was turned into an iron coffin and sent into the water to feed the fish. .

The Miyoshi army who had not yet crossed the river turned around and returned to Shenglong Temple City. Miyoshi Changyi could only take this shaky [-] army to resist the Kira navy army. Nothing, and then the terrible lethality of the baked jade explosion brought back the bad memories of two years ago, Miyoshi Changyi left the army and turned around and fled to Kyoto.As soon as the main general ran away, this army became a chicken. It was easily defeated and surrendered by the Kira navy who landed. Miyoshi Changyi was arrested before he could touch the edge of Kyoto.

The news greatly encouraged the Kira army, and then the samurai of the Kira navy carried the Miyoshi Changyi flag and waved it. Even Hosokawa Harumoto, who was hiding in Funaoka Mountain, finally had the courage to come out, although he was quickly killed. Miyoshi Changqing reacted and defeated, but his disturbance also put a lot of pressure on the formation of the Miyoshi Army.

Sanhebei's red cavalry made a decisive assault, this time still harvesting from the flanks, relying on the combination of large body guns, machetes, far and near weapons.It seems that they are really harvesting crops, which gives the Miyoshi Corps a great deterrent. The 500 people burst into four formations like a broken bamboo, and rushed to the front of Miyoshi Changqing's main formation. At this time, Mihao warriors from all directions rushed over like crazy. Chi Bei only had this chance.

Takikawa Shiyi yelled loudly, and he cut several three good warriors into two with a sword dance, and then yelled: "Zuo Jin! Shoot Sanzhu!"

"Know!" Shima Tokatsu has been staring at Miyoshi's home formation, suddenly at an excellent angle, he immediately reined in his mount, bent his bow and pointed his arrow at it, and the flying arrow flew out with a sharp whistling sound, flying across 100 meters From a distance of [-] feet, he rushed into the main formation of the Miyoshi Army at an extremely tricky angle.

"Protect the lord!" Miyoshi Changqing's brother-in-law Onishi Laiwu roared, and pushed the stunned Miyoshi Changqing away. The next moment, the deadly arrow pierced into his chest, and the huge penetrating power directly pierced the armor Drilling into the viscera, Onishi Laiwu fell on his back and died without even saying a word.

"Just a little bit! Just a little bit!" Shima Tokikatsu clenched his fist and slammed it on the saddle, and Takikawa Tokimasu shouted, "Zakon! Back off! If you don't back down, it's too late!"

"Understood!" Shima Tokatsu glanced at the chaotic main formation of the Miyoshi Army for the last time, and had no choice but to turn over and retreat reluctantly. At this time, the way back was completely blocked, but this was not a problem for Chi Bei at all, and even more so. What's more, they have already heard the whistle of the horse Huizhong, which is the signal for the companions to respond.

"Assault! Respond to Chibei!" Yamaoka Shichang led the horse back to the crowd for half a circle and entered the Miyoshi army. The Miyoshi royal horse back just now was a soft-footed shrimp. Halfway through the fight, it suddenly retreated without looking back, throwing It doesn't matter if there are more than 100 corpses, if it weren't for Chibei's call for help, he would definitely lead the horse back to continue the pursuit.

The army of the Miyoshi family was about to besieged successfully, but in the end they were re-emerged by the Ma Huizhong and the Chibei cavalry. During this advance and retreat, hundreds of people from the Miyoshi army were killed, and several main forces of the Miyoshi army were defeated. 80 people were killed in the battle, and 15 people were killed in the battle of Ma Huizhong. This record is only brilliant and jaw-dropping.

But when it reached this level, neither the Miyoshi family nor the Kira family was able to fight anymore. The cavalry team and the Mahui samurai were sweating from high-intensity assaults one after another, and the physical strength of the horses was overdrawn. Bei is also gathering troops.

At this time Liujiao Yixian also saw the opportunity and started to launch a fierce attack, but his force was delayed. After half a day of killing the vigor of the Liujia army, he could not break out even if he exerted more force. He just repelled Miyoshi with great effort. Xian's [-] troops killed hundreds of people, and when he sought to continue to expand the results of the battle, Miyoshi's family had already begun to retreat.

Miyoshi Yoshihide brought 4000 remnants to join Miyoshi Changqing. The joint battle had reached this level and it would definitely be impossible to fight again. The right wing was destroyed, the middle was shattered, and only the left side still had a main force. [-] people, many of them were severely disabled and lost combat power. More than half of the army was injured, and even if they wanted to fight again, they would be powerless.

When the Miyoshi Army slowly withdrew to the upper reaches of Katsura River, the Kira Army burst into cheers: "The Miyoshi Army has retreated! We have won!"

"We won! We won!" The ashigaru huddled together crying and laughing, and the samurai dropped their weapons and sat on the grass full of wounded and dead bodies. They were really exhausted.Only now did I realize that my legs were as heavy as lead.There are many other warriors like this.Kira's army, who was walking on the battlefield, finally relaxed.

At this time, the envoy appeared again as a guest of the army, and shouted: "Get up! Don't sit down! Hurry up to count the battle damage and the number of dead, and turn in the captured soldiers one by one! Hurry up! Reward money depends entirely on this! Don't let the bastards from the Liujiao family take advantage of it!"

"Yes! You can't let the Liujiao family take advantage of it!" The samurai quickly got up and called the ashigaru to pack up their trophies.

The post-war statistics came out soon. The Sibei of Omi killed 2000 and 500 people, and more than 6000 were disabled and lost combat power. A total of [-] troops lost more than half of their combat power. Every survivor had hurt.The lightest thing is to hang dots, which shows how tragic the battle is.

Sanhe died [-] times in preparation for the battle, basically no serious injuries, but many suffered minor injuries. This is the most elite force of the Kira family, and the death rate is as high as one-sixth. If it is not for professional training and armor protection, the Kira army can The possibility of winning this battle is very slim. I am afraid that the number of deaths in the battle will double, and the Miyoshi family will not be able to persist and retreat.It is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out between the river sources on the north bank of Guichuan.

At this time, the sun was setting, and Kira's army began to clean up the battlefield to rescue the surviving partners and to make up for the surviving people one by one.Junmufu began to count the first actual inspection. The doctor from Kyoto was busy boiling water to treat the wounded soldiers. Yoshito Kira soon received the news that the Tanba people besieged Yagi Castle, and the food road in Tanba was cut off. The Miyoshi Army would be so happy There is also a reason for retreat.

According to statistics, the Miyoshi family dropped more than 5000 corpses, and more than 1000 of them died under the iron heels of Ma Hui and Chi Bei. Unfortunately, both sides have exhausted their strength. If either party has spare energy to pursue, it is very likely to turn into a war The field collapses, but this possibility will never exist.

Miyoshi Changqing did not rush back to Danba in a hurry, but returned to the camp to continue to station. Cutting off the back road, there is still Kira in front of him, and Liujiao's coalition forces block the way, and Shangluo's dream of seizing Kyoto comes to an end.

With the advantage of capturing Miyoshi Changyi and more than 1000 Miyoshi's army, it is enough to make Miyoshi Changqing cast a mouse. At the same time, the imperial court in Kyoto also started activities. Kira Yoshishi's brother-in-law, brother-in-law, future brother-in-law, right minister Konoe Haruji is here Appearing at the Kira Army camp at this time, the first thing he said when he came over was to congratulate Kira Yoshishi for defeating Sanzhu.

Then Konoe Seiji said again: "Sanzhu has agreed to reach a peace, and he promised that he will never confront the shogunate again!"

"How many years is Sanzhu's promise valid?" Yoshitomo Kira sneered.

"This is not something you and I can worry about! It's a blessing to be able to get along!" Konoe Seiji shook his head and laughed, and then said: "You should think about yourself first! There have been three battles in a row in the past few days, let's break Naito first. Zong wins [-], and then breaks the Sanhao Yixian [-], and today breaks the Sanzhu [-], your martial name will spread all over the world in a short time!"

Yoshishi Kira smiled wryly and said, "Brother Yi sees that I am full of injuries and sickness? This is an elite who has piled up real gold and silver. Nearly [-] people died in the battle. It is really a serious injury!"

"For the sake of the shogunate, there is always a price to pay!" Konoe Seitsu comforted, "When you ask for justice, trust the shogunate, trust the imperial court, and give you a fair treatment."

"I hope so!"

In the next few days, the two sides confronted each other. Although the samurai were full of gunpowder, the high-level officials of both sides knew that the joint battle would not continue. Therefore, under the full mediation of the right minister, Konoe Haruji, Miyoshi Changqing reached an agreement with the shogunate. Harmony, the condition of harmony is that the control of Yamashiro State is owned by the Shogunate, Katsuryuji Castle is returned to the Shogunate, and the Miyoshi Army completely withdraws from Yamashiro State.

At the same time, Miyoshi Changqing backed down and gave up Hosokawa Utsuna, but the premise was that Hosokawa Harumoto abdicated and entered the Settsu Kingdom to live in seclusion. Hosokawa Ujitsuna became the new leader of the shogunate, and Miyoshi Changqing continued to sit in Akutagawa Mountain Castle as the leader. Dai, of course, this is just a Guanling who met by name, so he can only follow Miyoshi Changqing and continue to be a polished commander in Akutagawa Mountain City.

It seems that this condition is very harsh, and there is not even any substantial concession, but in fact Miyoshi Changqing only legalized the territory he obtained. The control of Yamashiro Kingdom and Kyoto was fully recognized by Miyoshi Changqing, which is equivalent to Once the two sides draw the actual dividing line, the Yamashiro State of the shogunate is guaranteed, and the Miyoshi family is sure that there will be no more conflicts with the shogunate within a few years.

It's just that Liujiao Yixian was a little upset. He originally wanted to inherit his father's position and continue to be the management representative, but he didn't think about it.Just because of his poor performance in the battle of Guichuan.Can Ashikaga Yoshito let him be the supervisor?Struggle when there was no Yoshiki Kira.This collegial agreement may be replaced by the result of him, the shogunate, escaping from Kyoto again in a humiliating gesture.

Of course, after the general topic was over, Miyoshi Changqing did not pay the price. First, he redeemed the [-] defeated captives at a sky-high price of [-] kan, as well as the injured Naito Sokatsu and the "repeatedly defeated general" Miyoshi Changyi, at the same time, took out [-] guan and [-] guan to give to the shogunate and the court respectively.

Miyoshi Changqing was promoted to the official position of the four senior repair doctors, and Miyoshi Yoshiken also got the official position of the five Xiafeng Qianshou as he wished.The status of the two as shogunate companions and royal priests was confirmed by the main room, and they actually had a meal in the same room as Ashikaga Yoshito. Of course, the meal must have been very unpleasant, and Ashikaga Yoshito was still ruthless afterwards. It's hard to let go of the fire.

In order to declare his influence, during the peace talks, Miyoshi Changqing also took Miyoshi Yoshiken and his officials to visit the Toji Temple and Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto for three days. Katsura returned to Settsu, and Yoshitoki Kira followed with the remnant army and retreated to Sakamoto, while he himself was left in Kyoto.

Seeing Ashikaga Yoshito in the Nijo Imperial Palace, he was in a very good mood at this time.Facing Kirayoshi, he said: "Hosokawa Kyozhao was imprisoned in Fumon Temple in Settsu, and his wife was also taken away by Miyoshi's family. The long-planned strategy finally came to fruition! It’s really satisfying! Hahaha..."

Except for Hosokawa Conscientious Maru who was strongly requested by the Hosokawa family to be placed in Kyoto, Hosokawa Harumoto and his family members were escorted to the Fumon Temple in Settsu, this time it was the shogunate and Miyoshi Changqing who jointly pitted Hosokawa Haru Yuan, he was taken away from the Nijo Imperial Palace without even a chance to react. The monks in the Fumon Temple are all monks brought from the Awa country. They will be responsible for ensuring that Hosokawa Harumoto is alive and healthy, and will never leave Do not leave this temple.

"This is really good news!" Yoshitoki Kira and Yoshito Ashikaga looked at each other and smiled. Both of them were very satisfied with the situation. As expected, Harumoto Hosokawa was claustrophobic. Yoshiken Rokkaku must be jumping in anger at this time !

He was stealing chickens and losing money, thinking that releasing water would kill Kirayoshi and sell it to Miyoshi's family, but he didn't expect that not only did Kirayoshi not die, but he became famous because of this war, three battles It can be called a classic, coupled with the outpost battle of the Awaji Navy and the battle to capture Miyoshi Changyi alive, the glory is enough to go down in history.

Now many ministers in the imperial court, as well as many businessmen traveling in Kyoto, Sakai, and Sakamoto, have quickly spread the results of this war to the whole of Japan. The big villain of the war is naturally Miyoshi Changqing, and another buffoon It was Sasaki Liujiao Yixian, who marched for two hours from Kamogawa to Katsuragawa, and became famous for his [-] troops against Miyoshi Yoshiken's [-] troops for half a day.

Now the reputation of the Liujiao family is also very bad. The son of the dignified leader Liujiao Dinglai has such a poor performance, and he is even suspected of being an insider of the Miyoshi family, and thus bears the notoriety of "dark stupid". He must be dying of regret now.

The damage to reputation is still secondary. What Liujiao Yixian couldn't accept the most was that his sister and brother-in-law were confinement in Miyoshi Changqing, and they were locked up for a lifetime. His father Liujiao Dinglai entrusted him before he died Together with my brother-in-law, I want to defend the Kinai hegemony of the combination of Hosokawa and Rokkaku.

Moreover, Liujiao Yixian has a good relationship with his sister since he was a child. Seeing his sister and brother-in-law being taken away by Miyoshi Changqing and imprisoned, Liujiao Yixian's anger at leaving, in order to save his dishonor, he also rescued his sister and brother-in-law On the same day, Liujiao Yixian vowed in front of his father's spirit that he would not be at odds with Miyoshi's family.

The retainers of the Liujiao family were also surprisingly united this time, and they were the ones who encouraged Liujiao Yixian to pit the Kira family. The original intention was to swallow the two counties of Shiga and Takashima, which had been jealous for a long time, to the death of Kira. If the Kira family perished on the spot, who would know this? The inside story?

It's a pity that they have to pay the price for this crooked idea. Liujiao Yixian bears a disgraceful reputation, and their own reputation is not much better. It is dereliction of duty to do nothing to 5000 people. According to contemporary universal values, they can make a full apology.

But who wants to die with this idea, apart from the stupid seppuku of a few retainers, more retainers still stretch their necks to live longer, and they find a seemingly honest reason for themselves: "At least they have to wash away their shame before committing suicide , otherwise the humiliating death would be even more meaningless."

Not to mention how thick-skinned the retainers of the Liujiao family are, in short, the retainers of the Liujiao family united unprecedentedly around the Liujiao family with Liujia Yixian as the core, and worked hard to avenge Liujia Yixian with all their strength. For this reason, they don't mind Going to war with Miyoshi Changqing, can't you run away if you can't beat it? The vast mountains in Koka County are also the "Sakamoto Imperial Palace" of the Liujiao family.

Just like the Ashikaga family raised a tradition of running away, the Rokkaku family also has a tradition of running away. Rokkaku Yoshiken’s grandfather, Rokkaku Takayori, was a Rokkaku runner in the early Warring States period. Hiding twice, can Miyoshi Changqing be more powerful than the two generations of shoguns?

Besides, what are the vassals of the Liujiao family afraid of? If they lose, the Liujiao family will lose. If the Sanhao family fights, it will be a big deal to surrender. Totally stress free. (to be continued..)