Pillars of the Wu family

() "What should we do? What should we do! Huh..."

The experience of the Maori family has won the sympathy of many people. The degeneration of a generation of famous families in the Kamakura period is so depressing. I think that the Oe family also followed the Ashikaga family to participate in the Frost Moon Sao Movement. Among them, Oe Yasuhiro of the Oe family followed the Ashikaga family Toki, Kira The Man clan died in battle together, and then the Oe clan had to flee in all directions, and thus there were two branches of Echigo Mori and Anyun Mori.

It can be said that they were one of the members who were directly involved in the chaos between the Kamakura imperial family and the imperial family, but then the Ashikaga, Kira, Shiba and other Genji clan were forgiven in the Hojo Takashi era, and they were able to return to the imperial family system and then the Ashikaga family rose. The foundation was laid, but the Oe clan was not so lucky. They quickly fell to the present situation, and they were not even qualified to serve as attendants to the Ashikaga family. This persistence is a shame and a shame for the Oe clan.

That's why these two elders wailed in despair. It was the cry of hopelessness, the cry of the inability to bear the glory of their ancestors. They were venting the heavy courage they had carried since childhood, and the forever Crying when you can't see your future goal.

Genji's questioning is like a heavy hammer smashing the rational dams they have built for many years. What is more painful than chopping up all the sophistry?Takahiro Hojo really wants to stand up and tell everyone that the descendants of the Oe clan have not forgotten all this, but he can’t say it because what he did made him feel ashamed. To the point of everything, what words does he have to describe the pain at this time?

He can look down on the Nagao family from the Kamakura party, because the Bando Heira family is only on par with his Oe clan, but he has no capital and is not qualified to look down on the Kawachi Genji Dongliang family, because the Ashikaga family is the descendant of the Kawachi Minamoto clan Masakusa, representing millions of people in the world The supreme leader of the Wu family.

The 20 riders united in the Ashikaga Takashi Royal White Flag will never forget that period of glory. The samurai in Kanto deeply understand the pain of not being able to shine without Genji. With the status of a foreign relative of the Uesugi family, they can bully the samurai of the ten countries in the Kanto. The only glimmer of glory that has flowed in their blood for hundreds of years is gradually dissipating, and they have fallen beyond dispute.

"Swear! Mori Takahiro! Make your oath to Genji's imperial flag, the Dajiang family will always be loyal to the Hanoi Genji Dongliang family. If you break the oath, you will be punished by heaven! You and the ancestors of Dajiang will also be punished!"

"My Oe family, Maori Takahiro (Gao Ding), under the witness of Genji's imperial flag, swears to the Hachiman Bodhisattva... The Oe family will always be loyal to the Hanoi Genji Dongliang family... If you violate the oath, you will be punished by heaven... I Wait for the ancestors of Dajiang to punish him!"

The spirits of the two brothers almost collapsed, crying for a while, laughing for a while, and made a poisonous oath. Everyone in the hall looked at the young man in military uniform in awe. The afterglow of the sun fell on his body, reflecting a bright golden light, which made him look like a god descending from the earth, and made all the warriors present hang down their proud heads involuntarily.

The result of the treatment came out soon, and the Hojo family’s seven thousand koku was reduced to two thousand koku. This was the result of pleading for Mr. Hojo Yoshihiro’s serious illness, otherwise the one thousand koku would not be given to him, and Hojo Takahiro would serve The criminal ministers have committed crimes and performed meritorious deeds, using military exploits to redeem the glory of their ancestors, and of course the five thousand stones of land Zhixing.

The Maori family cooperated with this severe punishment from beginning to end. No one dared to question it, because this was not the punishment of the king, but the first time that the Kami Ashikaga family enforced family law. On the Hojo Castle, the Ashikaga family mon flag fluttering in the wind, that flag seems to indicate that Echigo's big changes are coming, where will a storm blown by Genji go?

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Near the Itoigawa River in Echigo Neckjo County, a group of defeated troops with scattered flags were fleeing at high speed. The vertical banners were printed with the Etsuchu Jinbo Army, and the Maragome flag was the army of Okuma Asohide. The two defeated troops were disorganized. The queue was chaotic, and there were even people supporting each other as they limped along the road, obviously suffering heavy losses.

As the main general of the Shenbao reinforcements this time, Zaemon Terasaki Minbuzaemon, the lord of Gankai Temple City, was very unlucky. Where did they invite a group of elite troops with explosive combat power, and the two sides fought an asymmetrical war.

The 100 long-tailed troops who came prepared defeated the unsuspecting Shenbao and Daxiong's less than [-] coalition troops and fled in embarrassment. Cheng Zhengzi's troops were surrounded on the spot. He didn't know if he was alive or dead. After counting, he found that the battle died and disappeared. There are more than [-] people, which is all the capital of his Terasaki family.

The Jinbao family sent a total of more than a dozen samurai, fifty ashigaru. In this triangular battle, the ashigaru of the Jinbao family ran faster than rabbits, and all the people who lost in the end were his Terasaki family. How could this be possible? Don't let him feel bad, thinking of the samurai of the Terasaki family watching Okuma Asohide even more displeased.

Daxiong Chaoxiu didn't expect it to turn out like this, of course he recognized the family crest flag of Kira's family, the Martial Palace has been silent for more than half a year since he came to Yue, and he has long been forgotten by the forgetful Chinese. According to legend, who has seen the famous shogunate general with the power of ghosts and gods?In the past, he was the first one who didn't believe Xiong Chaoxiu, but now who dares to say it?

Seeing Okuma Asohide's frowning expression, Terasaki Shinsaburo took the initiative to lean over, and asked eccentrically, "Okuma Bizenmoru! Didn't you say that at the beginning? Didn't you say that the governor of the Nagao family is terminally ill? Why? Why did we see Changwei Jinghu appearing in the formation? You didn't mean to trick us on purpose?"

"Oh? How do you say that? How could I, Chaoxiu, take my own life to go to the Shenbao Temple and Terasaki Temple? Our Big Bear Army has also suffered a lot of damage, right?" Although he looked down on these guys from the bottom of his heart, he had to bow his head under the eaves. He had to rely on these guys if he wanted to return to Echi.

"It seems that Bizenshu doesn't know the situation of the Nagao family? Whose family is that army?"

Daxiong Chaoxiu rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Which army are you talking about? It is the army under His Highness Kira Zuobing Weidu. It is said that there is a big storm in Kinai. I wonder if you have heard ?”

"Are you talking about the Kira family? It seems that there is such a saying, are they really so powerful?"

"I don't know, this is the first time I've seen it."

There was a rumbling vibration in the distance, Okuma Asohide and Terasaki Minbuzaemon were both startled, they didn't expect to sacrifice so many people to stop the Nagao Army for half an hour, at this speed, could they escape from their relatives? Returning to Yuezhong is still a matter of two talks, and the two urged at the same time: "Hurry up! The Long Tail Army is catching up!"

"But the wounded soldier..."

"I can't control it anymore! Run away first!"

As a result, the fleeing speed of this defeated army was significantly accelerated. The wounded soldiers supporting each other shouted and chased their friendly troops, but their companions did not hesitate to leave themselves to escape alone, which made them give up resistance in despair and gathered together to accept their fate. As if waiting for the Nagao family's attack.

But for a moment, hundreds of cavalrymen roared past like a whirlwind, and the flag prints of Nagao Kuyoba and Saito Chikiri all showed the owner of this cavalry team. Passing by, it is enough to leave this kind of dirty work to the Ashigaru team, and they don't bother to do things like rewarding the heads of the old, weak, and disabled.

The Nagao family's main formation also rushed over, a group of ashigaru with Jiuyaoba pattern on their backs escorted all the wounded soldiers away, and the Nagao Tiger Princess in the main formation wearing the Sawazata armor was particularly excited, it was the first time to enter the formation Although she didn't cut down anyone in the first charge, this progress was something she never thought of.

For a 12-year-old girl, seeing the real bloody battlefield is still too heavy, but Nagao Huji is different. He is the daughter of the Nagao family. As a retainer, as the appointed successor of the family governor, she has to go around Zhongyue and Xiayue with her elder brother every year. No matter whether she resents it or hates it, she has long been forced to accept this daily life of dying at any time.

How many nights she also woke up from nightmares, watching people covered in blood wailing and dying, blood spurting out with the severed heads, her brother told him that this is war, this is the world of men, if a woman If you want to adapt to this life, you must do better than men. If you have nightmares, you go to the meditation hall to practice Zen and recite scriptures. The warriors blessed by gods and Buddhas are not afraid of evil infection.

Over the years, she has developed the habit of sitting in meditation and chanting sutras from time to time. The Tianshi Guangyu of Lengyu Temple and the Huyuqian of Qingyanyuan of Linquan Temple have become the places she often visits. Compared with Wuzhi Kokubun Temple or Nagao's Bodhi Temple It made her feel at ease, not to mention that her mother was there.

"Continue to pursue! Capture Daxiong Chaoxiu alive!"

"Yes!" The morale of the Nagao army is booming. Princess Hu Ji has always been the most popular idol in the Nagao family. A very high level of fighting.

The earlier encounter was fought too fast, and she only had time to adjust the formation and handed it over to Yamamoto Tokiyuki, Saito Asanobu, Ueno Iesari and others to command respectively. Although it was the first time for everyone to cooperate, but fortunately Chang The standards of the generals at the tail are very high. Both the Kira Army and the Nagao Army are brave veterans.

The cavalry outflanked and attacked the flanks wantonly, and the ashigaru attacked and broke the frontal gun formations of Okuma and the Jinbo Army. The ashigaru troops of the Kira Army were very eye-catching. Pushing toward a one-sided victory, Daxiong Chaoxiu and Cheng Zhengzi, who abandoned the first formation of the Shenbao Army, turned around and fled. The battle took less than two quarters of an hour.

At a small price, the main force of more than 100 people from the Okuma and Jimbo Allied Forces was eaten in one bite. This victory in this battle made a great contribution to boosting morale. (To be continued.)