Pillars of the Wu family

() In the 21st year of Tianwen, the Kanto has become very calm, and it cannot be said to be completely peaceful. At least the flames of war are still burning, but the situation has changed from the siege of the Hojo family by the Eastern Allied Forces to their own internal strife. The Yuki family and the Oda family have completely turned their faces. , Masamori Yuuki joined forces with Hitachi country's anti-Oda clan to attack Oda clan's residence, and Oda clan not to be outdone asked for help from the ally Satake clan. At this moment, Oda and Satake clan are still allies, so the Satake clan had to send some troops Horse means.

The Shimono country is also fighting, and the civil strife in the Utsunomiya family is not over yet. Haga Gaoding designed to murder Mibu Tsunabo and wait for an opportunity to seize Utsunomiya Castle. This loyal servant of the Utsunomiya family is willing to fight for the Utsunomiya family. Rumors of poisoning and murder All kinds of methods emerged one after another, and finally Utsunomiya Hirotsuna was sent back to Utsunomiya Castle by using both soft and hard methods.

However, the war in Shimono Kingdom is far from over. In order to avenge the former head of the family, the Utsunomiya family began to gather troops to attack the deadly enemy Nasu clan. Of course, the Nasu clan is not easy to mess with. He immediately invited the Satake clan of Hitachi As reinforcements, the two sides fought against each other again in Xiaye Country.

Lijian Yiyao's life was very unhappy, because he was rewarded for his deeds against Mr. Furukawa, and the weakness of the card that did not have a small bow in his hand was exposed. Furukawa has repeatedly disrespected Mr. Li Jianyi The order was issued to crusade against Satomi, not to mention that the name of the short is really useful, at least the thoroughly honest Chiba and Hara clans who have been suppressed by Satomi started to make trouble again, even the Mali Tani I can't get through with Lijian Yiyao.

What's worse is that the Satomi family also started to catch fire. Some veterans of the former Satomi clan who had been suppressed for a long time jumped out and set off a rebellion. That matter was well said, but seeing Yiyao can't sit still now, he can only be busy fighting the civil strife in the territory, and has no intention of caring about the affairs of Musashi Kingdom.

Shimono, Shimo, Kami, and Hitachi in Kanto, these four countries have all fallen into the vortex of war, and also gave Hojo Ujiyasu a precious respite. After more than two years of war, Musashi Kingdom has experienced more than two years of war. Countless villages were burned, and farmers fled the land. It was barren, the city was dilapidated, and the castle town was burned to nothingness. Although he won the war in the end, he also paid a heavy price for it.

First of all, the two countries of Sagami and Izu have burdened the people with heavy military service, husband service and general service due to successive years of war. In some places, there has been a trend of political instability. The people of the country are rioting, and rumors of panic are everywhere, such as Hojo Shiyasu is a demon who eats the hearts of children.

This kind of true and false rumors caused Hojo Ujiyasu a headache. It is easy to defeat the Ichikui Army, but how to appease the people is a headache. This made him have to give up his plan to continue to expand and seize the territory, and focus on restoring the stability of the people in the territory and rebuilding Musashi Due to the country's economic order, they can only go to the countryside frequently to get close to the front-line farmers, and they are exempted from many taxes and labor, so as to pretend to be close to the people.

After more than half a year of hard work, it has achieved a little effect. Although he missed the opportunity to continue to expand, it is still a last resort. Hojo Shiyasu hates the Furukawa government who has brought him endless troubles, and is even more concerned about the bizarre death of the Furukawa government. It's just that Fumozhong's investigation was not good enough to find the black hand behind the scenes, but it was found that the castle tower of the Furukawa Imperial Palace was on fire on the night of the incident, causing a riot that caused Ashikaga Haruji to fall into the well and drown.

He has always suspected that Harunobu Takeda of Kai is playing tricks. This guy is more insidious and cunning than his father. In terms of resourcefulness, he is not inferior to Hojo Shiyasu, and in terms of viciousness, he may be slightly better. If it wasn't for his cousin Imagawa Yoshimoto who suddenly joined the Hojo family and joined forces with Takeda Nobutora to cause a chaos in the east, he and his father really planned to join the Imagawa family to completely attack the Takeda family.

While the flames of war in Kanto continued, the cunning Imagawa Yoshimoto finally sent a marriage envoy. Since the dramatic changes in Kinai a few months ago, the Imagawa family's original proposal for marriage has been silent until Kirayoshi made a call in Katsurakawa. After defeating the Miyoshi family in a classic joint battle, Imagawa's attitude changed 180 degrees.

The envoys of this marriage include not only the old acquaintance Sekiguchi Kiyong, but also the public official Lengquan who has been in Junfu for a long time. They brought here the letter written by Yoshimoto Imagawa, which expresses his enthusiasm for Kira. The application performance of the Ii family in the battle of Katsura, and also has great interest in the superb military quality shown by the Sanhe Army, and then it is about the marriage between Imagawa and Kira. Adopted as an adopted daughter, she was handed over to her mother Imagawa Shougui, who was born in Gongqing's family, to teach.

Then he said that the process of teaching etiquette will last for a year. At that time, a special person will be sent to send the adopted daughter to Sakamoto, and then the representative of the Imagawa family, Sekiguchi Kiyanagi, and the representative of the Kira family, Yamamoto Tokiyuki, will host Kaichuan at Miaoyun Temple. Under the joint witness of Shao Xi and Leng Quanwei, the governor of the Lengquan family, the marriage contract was formally concluded. This also indicates that Kira and the Imagawa family have established a close relationship. You can convince the people of Sanhe with peace of mind.

Nagao Kagetora returned to Echigo with an army of 8000 in late August, and reached [-] after joining the [-] army of Kita Shinano at Zenkoji Temple. Takeda Harunobu did not dare to neglect when he received the news. The family's [-] troops set out from Saku County, and set up the main battle at Yantian Castle, which had just been captured. Iitou Tomasa led the ranger to station in Muraka Castle in the north. .

The Shinano nobles who served as the vanguard were defeated by the Nagao Army without any suspense. The Nagao Army did not stop and carry out random arrests. Instead, they chose to directly cross Hachimangahara and captured Arato Castle, which was separated from Katsuo Castle by a river. When the Takeda family headquarters not far from Arato Castle felt as if they were approaching a formidable enemy, Nagao Jinghu gave up the attack on the Takeda family headquarters and instead crossed Baba Pass to attack Aoyagi Castle. His purpose was obviously to enter Azumi In the wild, the target is the site of the former Ogasawara clan and the newly built Fukashi Castle.

Just when the Takeda family's army was in a state of turmoil, the cunning Takeda Harunobu moved. He chose to attack the barren castle at night to cut off the Nagao army's food road, and then crossed the Baba Pass and approached the Nagao army who was attacking Qingliu city. Here's a closed door to beat the dog, and the Nagao family's army will be completely rounded up.

And Nagao Jinghu's response was also amazing. When he received the Takeda army rushing towards Qingliu Castle, he immediately led the Nagao army to turn around and cross Baba Pass, and went straight to Yantian Castle, the temporary camp of the Takeda army. Harunobu Takeda, who received the information, was also shocked and worried, so he could only immediately stop the march and lead the army back to Yantian City for defense in despair.

What he considered was that once Nagao Jinghu captured Yantian Castle, he would deprive the military supplies and supplies stored in the temporary camp of the Takeda Army, and the Nagao Army would be unstoppable after receiving a large amount of supplies. Waiting for the county, but at this time, the people of Saku and Xiaoxian were still participating in the Takeda army, and the rear was empty and lacked the main force to guard the city. The consequences of being attacked by him in the southern part of Shinano were unimaginable.

Takeda Harunobu's abandonment brought the two sides back to the original point. Nagao Keigoro took back the deserted castle abandoned by the Takeda family, and there was no plan to use the old trick to cross Baba Pass to attack Minami Shinano. Takeda Harunobu was also haunted by Nagao Keigora Tactics was startled, and he also wanted to wait and see what happened, without further plans.

The fighting spirit of both sides is not very strong. This awkward confrontation persisted until the end of the autumn harvest in mid-September. The Chihisa family of Ina Prefecture in Minami Shinano raised the flag of rebellion. However, Takeda Harunobu had no choice but to send an envoy to negotiate a peace agreement with the Nagao family.

The Nagao family was also very satisfied with this raid. Now that the autumn harvest is over, there is no need to continue to stay. After some bargaining, at the end of the month, the Takeda family took the lead in announcing their withdrawal, and then Nagao Jinghu also announced their withdrawal. The non-war peace agreement between the two sides led the troops back home.

At Zenko Temple, Nagao Keitora persuaded Yoshiki Murakami to abandon the construction of Katsuo Castle for the time being, and then ordered people to build Kaizu Castle on the original site of Kiyono’s Kaizukan, and ordered Yoshie Keisuke, Yasuda Kemoto, and Kakizaki Keizaki to station in Yashiro Castle , Shiozaki Castle, Arato Castle, and Yoshiki Murakami sits in the rear of Haijin Castle and assumes the responsibility of providing assistance at any time.

At the same time, Usami Dingman was also asked to find Murakami Yoshiki with a secret order, and let him win together with Usami Dingman and the generals of Echigo to suppress the people of Beixinano. It also guarantees the security of those who surrendered to the wealthy family. This is also the first step for Nagao Jinghu to seek change. The letter of Yoshitoshi Kira gave him great inspiration.

Afterwards, Nagao Jinghu also found Zenkoji as Kurita Kanyasu, and told him that the Kawanaka Island area where Zenkoji Hirano is located will soon have another war, and Zenkoji will inevitably be the main point of contention between the two families. In the original battle, 3000 people were massacred and a Jingguan was built, and all the civilians were even sold out as slaves. For the sake of Zenkoji Temple, he suggested to move back to the original site after Shinano was pacified.

Nagao Jinghu also told Kurita Kanan that Takeda Harunobu put Suwa Faxing on his head in order to gain the name of leading the people of Shinano, and the military flag also has "Suwa Daimyojin" written on one side, so he is likely to obey Suwa The influence of the same line persecutes Zenkoji Temple, which has fallen to the Nagao family. To go after.

Although Kurita Kanan is reluctant to leave his homeland, he is still very worried about the comfort of Zenkoji Temple, especially the three glazed absolute secret Buddha statues in the temple, which are the treasures of the temple. Occasionally, he decided to accept the invitation of Nagao Keigoro to build a new Zenko-ji Temple in Sekigawa, Echigo, near Naoetsu, near Chunri Mountain Castle.

With the impact of the migration of Zenkoji Temple, people in North Shinano and even the entire Shinano, Ueno, Echigo, and even the entire Hokuriku and Kanto regions have had a huge impact. No matter from the daimyo, the people of the country, down to the merchants and farmers, they are very concerned. The reason for this incident is that Zenko Temple has a unique status, especially the influence on Shinano country is even higher than Suwa Taisha in Minami Shinano.

Zenkoji Temple is a non-sectarian temple. It was born before the separation of the Buddhist sects in the middle school. It was founded in the third year of Emperor Huangji (644 Western calendar). The three Buddha statues of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, the reason why these three Buddha statues are so precious is the absolute secret Buddha deity invited from Baekje. Allow.

According to the legend when Zenko-ji Temple was burned down in the Kamakura period, these are the three glazed absolute secret Buddha statues. Although Zenko-ji Temple was originally burned, the three glazed absolute secret Buddha statues enshrined in the glass altar of the main hall were preserved. After Zenko-ji Temple was rebuilt, successive Zenko-ji Temples Don't think these three Absolute Secret Buddhas are more important than life.

The so-called Secret Buddha is an extremely rare form of worship in the Ming Dynasty. Due to different beliefs and precepts, the Secret Buddha is a non-public Buddha statue, and because of the different teachings and regulations of various schools, there will be a certain period of public worship, but absolutely Secret Buddha refers to a Buddha statue that is completely private, and no one can see the deity except for external snatching.

There will be a public worship ceremony in Zenko Temple every seven years, which is also called the grand ceremony of Yukaizhang in the Eastern Kingdom. The three Amitabha statues made public by Yukaizhang are not the real Buddha statues, but Buddha statues imitating the real statues. In Japan they are called It is called Yuqianli, which is a substitute Buddha statue enshrined in front of the main cabinet.

Usually, there will be a golden curtain in front of the colored glaze altar, and the curtain will be unveiled only in the early morning and noon of a certain day at a specific time. The status of the Buddhist circle is extremely high. If it is not for the fact that there is no sectarian competition for ideas, and it is located in the Shinano mountain far away from Gyeonggi, I am afraid that the status will be higher than the five mountains.

At this time, the noisy Chinese people in Nanshinano became more cheerful, including the Kiso family in Fukushima Castle, who also began to feel uneasy. Suwa County and Matsumoto Basin experienced varying degrees of turmoil, which made the Takeda family feel very distressed. (To be continued.)