Pillars of the Wu family

The pillar of the Seventh Generation, the first great general who conquered barbarians, Minamoto Yoshitomo, had a dark mind. In order to keep the Hanoi Minamoto lineage from being usurped, he personally abolished his family members. Ended up dead.

The Kamakura shogunate promoted Mimon Yeri, the Yasuda family, and the Hiraga family are all branch families of the Takeda family. If it wasn't for the Ashikaga family's early approach to the big tree of the Hojo family, it must have ended up being exterminated.

The Ashikaga clan successively experienced the Kajihara Kagetoki change, the Hiki Neng member change, the Hatakeyama Shigetada Rebellion, the Wada War, the Chengjiu Rebellion, and the Baoji War in the Kamakura period, and gradually rose by virtue of meritorious service. The cautious Ashikaga family won the position of the head of the Hanoi Genji family, as evidenced by the Miba Hachiman Shrine built during the Jokyu years and the enshrined mustache and white flags.

The governors of the Ashikaga family have been extremely kind and forbearing. The only impulse was the Frost Moon riot. The young and vigorous Ashikaga family Toki could not swallow the anger of being bullied. People confronted each other, and this war almost caused the Ashikaga family to decline.

Misfortunes and blessings, Ashikaga became famous by virtue of this war, not only the Hojo family's follower, it was this battle that woke up all the Kamakura royal family, and made those samurai who still had illusions wake up and realize Hojo's The family's brutal persecution of the imperial family system, thus burying the cause and effect of Kamakura's destruction. [

When the new problem of the fall of Kamakura arose, the Ashikaga clan and the Nitta clan competed for the descendants of the Hanoi Genji, because they were both descendants of the Minagi country.Yuan Yiguo, the ancestor of the two families, married two wives in total.His ex-wife is Atsuki Fujiwara's daughter.This Atsuki Fujiwara is a branch of the Fujiwara family, the official rank is four lower Uenosuke, a cultural person in the late Heian period, and his poems are very good. His daughter's status is naturally not a person with a low status.

So Minamoto's eldest son, Taro Yoshishige, was born. This gentleman was the founder of the Nitta family, born in 1114, but the good times didn't last long. Minamoto's ex-wife soon died of illness.As Minayoshi and Yuan Weiyi fell out completely, Minayoshi returned to his fiefdom Ashikagazhuang to live, because the relationship with his eldest son Yoshinaka was very stiff, and the relationship between father and son was not harmonious.

Yuan Yiguo, who was in his prime, didn't want to be a widower for the rest of his life, so he found another famous family in Kyoto and married a step-wife. Also known as Lieutenant General Zhou Fang, a public official from Murakami Genji, and later became the adopted son of Zuo Minister Yuan Youren.The official position was promoted to the fourth lieutenant general of the left guard, and he was also a famous cultural person.He is especially good at waka, and several waka are also compiled into waka anthology.

After Yuan Youfang's daughter married into Minamoto, she gave birth to a new generation of son Yikang in 1127. Yikang, who looks exactly like himself, and is more cute and cute, is very popular with Yuan Yiguo, and the eldest son Yoshinaka is a maverick. The child who is estranged from Yuan Yiguo, now the problem of the legitimate son born to the two main wives comes.

Because of the deep conflict between Yuan Yiguo and Yuan Weiyi, Yuan Yiguo chose to support Hanoi Jingguo, the son of his younger brother Yuan Yizhong, and spared no effort to help him develop. He gave money, food and land, and finally Only the territories of dozens of villages near Noashikagazhuang were left, and the two boys grew up gradually. What should we do with the territories?

Because the eldest son Yoshishige is still not worrying in his twenties, and the second son Yikang in his teens is more intelligent and well-behaved, so Yuan Yiguo gave birth to the idea of ​​abolishing his son. You can inherit the family business, but Yuan Yiguo thinks that the eldest son may think that he is a legitimate son, no matter how disobedient you have to give me the family property, this makes Yuan Yiguo very unhappy, and has been thinking about how to drive the eldest son out. Read the full text.

Later, there was a fierce conflict between the eldest son Yoshishige and the second son Yoshiyasu. The samurai who supported the two sides fought against each other and almost caused a catastrophe. Yuan Yoshikuni decided to exile the eldest son Yoshinaka in a fit of anger, and completely removed him from Shimono Ashikagazhuang. Get out, so Nitta Yoshishige packed up and ran out of Shimono country, hid in a wasteland in Ueno to reclaim Xintian to dawdle, and then established a new farm, becoming the founder of the Nitta family.

Ashikaga Yoshiyasu stayed with his father Minamoto Yoshikuni, inherited the territory of Shimono Ashikagazhuang, and changed the name of the Miao to Ashikaga. Therefore, Yoshinaka Minamoto and Yoshitomo Minamoto were wooed at the same time.

After a discussion within the Ashikaga family, they felt that Minamoto was still optimistic about Minamoto Yoshiki. As a result, the eldest son Ashikaga Yoshinaka acted as a martyr and joined Minamoto Yoshinaka, and then died on the battlefield. At the same time, he defected to Minamoto Yoritomo, and won great respect from Minamoto Yoritomo.

The old and dizzy Nitta Yoshishige didn't go anywhere. His temperament has always been so rough and he doesn't know how to maintain interpersonal relationships. He doesn't want to hang out with Raitomo at all. Joining the army, who knew that the powerful Satomi and Yamana clans would suddenly develop.

Nitta Yoshishige, on the other hand, was busy fighting against Shinano's Kiso Yoshinaka faction, and had no time to control Minamoto Yoshiechi. When Minamoto Yoshiechi's reputation gradually grew, he came to his senses and rushed to add icing on the cake. The old guy who relies on the old and sells the old is very disgusted, so he directly ignores the Xintian family.

With the opportunity of Ashikaga Yoshikazu who was the first to join the army and experience meritorious service, his descendants became in-laws with the Hojo clan to stabilize their status. Not bad for the reason to be appointed Elder Genji.

The two branches of Minamoto Yoshimitsu, the Satake family of the Hitachi Gen family went against the general trend of the world to fight against Minamoto Yoritomo, and the cage city of Jinsha Mountain forced Minamoto Yoritomo to make no plans, but was eventually defeated by internal tactics, and the Satake family was enraged. Minamoto Yoritomo kicked out Yumenha, only to get the title of local tyrant of Satake Crown.

Takeda Nobuyoshi of Kai Genji once tried to compete with Minamoto Yoshinaka and Minamoto Yoshio for the pillars of the samurai family, but was finally coldly received by Minamoto Yoshio and died of depression. Use it casually as a close minister.

The Ashikaga family hates Saburo of Silla's lineage, and the Ashikaga family's closest chance to be the pillar of Genji was destroyed by Minamoto Yoshimitsu, or the hatred within the Genji clan.This is cause and effect.Yuan Yiguang broke his promise and caused his brother to kill his nephew.Another nephew, Yoshikuni Minamoto, was also forced to lose his position as the pillar of the Genji clan. The Ashikaga clan could only rely on Hojo Masako and his family to barely keep their status, and almost died in the Shimotsuki riot.

This offense was too severe, and the hatred continued until the establishment of the Ashikaga Shogunate. They were indifferent to Takeda and Satake, and Akamatsu, Yamana, Sasaki, and Toki were promoted successively.

Even though Takeda Shintake was reused for a while, and the descendants of the descendants were suppressed one after another, Anyun Takeda was suppressed from the guard to the guard of the sub-county, and Takeda Shinei of Wakasa Takeda became the favorite minister of the Ashikaga Yoshinaka by virtue of his male sex. Opportunity.The entire Takeda family was dismantled by the shogunate.

Kira Yoshitoki shouted: "Takeda Harunobu! Look at the big flag of my Ashikaga family, the white flag is black with two words of Ashikaga and two patterns, and then look at your Takeda family, the red flag is golden and four-cut water chestnut. You are wearing red armor and playing red. Banner, are you going to rebel? Are you Genji or Taira? Don’t you know that it is my Genji’s taboo to fly the red flag? And you say you have no rebellion!"

"You..." Takeda Harunobu was furious and suddenly felt the world spinning in front of his eyes. The reins in his hand could no longer be held and he fell back up. The nearby warriors hurriedly lifted the unconscious Takeda Harunobu down. If someone hadn't protected him .Harunobu Takeda will definitely fall, and if something happens, the Takeda family will be over. [

Takeda Harunobu passed out and was seen by many samurai We are brothers.For a moment, the hearts of the Takeda Army were in turmoil, and Yoshihiro Kira from a distance also observed the movement of the Takeda Army's main formation, and immediately waved his troops and shouted: "Now, the whole army will attack and defeat the Takeda Army!"

The sound of the military taiko drum changed from an earthquake to a high-pitched sound, and the conch symbolizing the attack was blown. Teams of ashigaru warriors accelerated slowly with neat steps, and the commotion of the Takeda army also calmed down with the sound of the horn. I have to say that Takeda The family's military command was excellent, and they were able to stabilize the situation even when the governor was in a coma, launching assaults on both wings one after another.

This time the formation is dominated by fish-scale formations, with a thousand people from Shinano on the left and right flanks, and the main force of the Nagao Army in front of the formation. At this time, the number of main forces of the Kira Army is not much different from that of the Takeda Army. The level of sophistication is also quite different, and the ashigaru formations of the two sides collided fiercely without any fancy fight at all.

The location of the well is very interesting. It is located on the alluvial plain at the foot of Chausu Mountain. On one side is the winding Chikuma River. Walking up the Chikuma River for one mile, the east and west banks are Shiozaki Castle and Yashiro Castle. At this time, the Kira Army’s main camp However, 1000 people were missing and were not discovered by the Takeda Army. They were the [-] heavy rattan bows commanded by Naito Masashige and the [-] iron artillery teams led by Takikawa Masashige.

Originally, the terrain of Hachimangahara was not the best battlefield for cavalry warfare, because Hachimangahara was born in the core area of ​​Kawanaka Island. The water and grass have always been luxuriant and the land is soft. Under the lush green grass, you can't see whether it is a water nest or a pit. The cavalry marched Be extra careful, especially the cavalry of the Kira Army to prevent mistakes, but a drought this year has reversed the situation, and the weeds have dried up and the ground has cracked, which has brought changes to the battlefield environment.

Contrary to Yoshito Kira's expectations, Takeda's army is also equipped with dozens of iron cannons. The familiar roar and smoke have brought great pressure to the people of Shinano on both wings. The Ashgaru can only lower their heads. Speed ​​up your pace, at this time neither the pill nor the hat can make you safer.

Soon the mounted warriors of the Takeda Army rushed into the two wings and massacred wantonly. The people of Shinano could only call for support while sending out their respective mounted warriors. Cheng Takeda's army suppressed the rhythm of Kira's army.

"Suda Nobunosuke's team is repelled!"

"Banda City Guards were defeated! Banda City Guards were captured!"

Although the Takeda army held back in the middle and the strategy of attacking the left and right gradually took effect, the Nagao army fell into the embarrassment of whether to support or not. Whether to support or not to support is a difficult problem. It turned into a semi-encircled situation.

But support is not a good choice either. As long as there is a change in the Nagao Army, the Takeda Army will definitely retract the fists of the two wings and focus on attacking the center. A time difference can cause a huge change in the battlefield situation.

Fortunately, Honjo Shino, Amakasu Kechi, Irobe Katsunaga, and Kaji Haruna were close to the left wing, and the Echigo samurai on the right wing, such as Saito Chaoxin, Nakajo Fujiko, Yasuda Kagemoto, and Arakawa Cho, were all very tenacious and kept dying. Facing the attack of the Takeda army, the offensive method of the two wings took effect immediately, and the scene presented a stepped tug-of-war.

Tokiyuki Yamamoto reminded: "Takeda's strategy should be to use the two wings as the main force to launch an attack on our Shinano coalition forces, in order to force the Nagao army in the middle to distract the rescue, and pull the two wings to cause the overall tearing of the fish-scale formation. Fortunately, there seems to be a problem with the main formation of the Takeda Army, and the command is temporarily out of control. Otherwise, this set of tactics will be very difficult to deal with!"

"Well. We must let the main team speed up the attack rhythm, and get a favorable situation before the Takeda County main team reacts."

Yoshishi Kira did not express anything else, and he also saw tactics of this level clearly. Facing the enemy in front of the battle is not only about military strategy planning, but also about timing. Unleash your full strength.

It is also a military service system that combines farmers and soldiers. The Takeda Army on the opposite side obviously has advantages that the Miyoshi Army that was once hostile did not have.A large number of veterans who have experienced many battles have extremely high tactical literacy, and they can make unexpected changes even when the master's situation is unclear. This is what he does not want to see.

The people of Shinano on the two wings were heavily attacked, and the attacking pace of the Longtail Army was limited. The messenger who asked for help circled around the front for a few times and got the answer that he still persisted and waited for the opportunity. This bloody battle turned into an endless see-saw In the battle, the solid front began to be uneven. The commanders of both sides tried their best to jump out of their own formations and support the wounded formations. They all knew that this was a war that could not be retreated.The one who retreats first will cause terrible disaster.

Ji Liangfang's overall performance is average, only the best performance in the Kira Army's main formation, brother, don't run the latest chapter.The Baba Nobuharu team, which was attacking the Kira Army's main formation from the front, was violently attacked by Watanabe Takatsuna. The javelin team locked on the horse-riding samurai of the Baba team and cleared the battlefield with a single throw. , Several rounds of javelin throwing defeated the reserve team.

The Sanzhihuyoshi team that came up to the top tried to stabilize the front line, but was repelled by Takatsuna Watanabe. Changjing Iitomi team again could not stop the Takatsuna Watanabe team's assault pace, and Takatsuna Watanabe was bloodied all over his body Like a god of killing, no one is spared wherever he passes by with a scythe, and more than [-] warriors with names and surnames are killed in half an hour.

It wasn't until the three teams of Hara Huyin, Hara Changyin, and Tada Manlai launched a pincer attack on Watanabe Takatsuna's team at the same time, and Watanabe Takatsuna's team retreated after exhausting the javelin, and then Suzuki Shigeji and Okochi Tsunataka came up The team didn't use long spears at all, but replaced it with battle axes. They raised the vines and wooden shields with a hammer and a round of counterattacks, and the three Takeda teams were beaten back steadily.

At this moment Takeda Harunobu came to his senses, ignored the dissuasion of his servants and stood up on the high slope to look at the battle situation below. Takeda Harunobu frowned at the dog-toothed tug-of-war between the two sides, and immediately ordered: "Let the Kira army attack from the main line, slowly Lure into the formation, tighten the formation at the same time on the left and right, and seal Kira's army."

"Yes!" A few warriors with centipede flags on their backs hurriedly got on their horses, and the centipedes of the Takeda family still maintained the habit of passing orders verbally, which could effectively ensure that the opposing ninja army would not be able to intercept and kill effective information. [

Soon the Takeda Army's offensive changed to a new rhythm. The Takeda Army attacking the main formation consciously pulled back. At the same time, the arrows rained down from the back row like money. The Kira family's gun shield team could only hold up their shields Body and head move forward slowly.

Once the rain of arrows suddenly stops at this time, the Takeda army will continue to attack, and when it is broken through, it will retreat again to attract Kira's army to stagger. Just stick to the rhythm of slow progress, and retreat quickly before the Takeda Army prepares to implement the two-way and three-way siege tactics.

The reorganized Baba Nobuharu took the lead and rushed to the front. Suddenly, he saw a group of red cavalry rushing towards him. The Takeda Army corresponding to the Nagao Army on both sides.

It turned out that Kira Yoshitoki ordered the Nagao Army to rescue the people of Shinano, so that Chibei took the opportunity to attack the enemy troops on the two wings to distract attention. Seeing that the opportunity was not lost, the Baba Army who was about to turn around and attack was dragged by about [-] red cavalry What's even worse is that they were proficient in Yabusame archery and led him to follow along.

At this time, a tall warrior wearing a white black and white cross suddenly, both the height of the warrior and the height of the horse were beyond his imagination, and what was even more exaggerated was that both men and horses were armored, and the black lance was shining with a deep light. Light, I saw him lightly knocking on the horse's belly and slowly accelerating towards the horse farm Xinchun.

"Escape! Escape! Escape!" Baba Xinchun thought of only this word at that moment. He stopped his horse in an emergency, and fled backwards desperately. Even a shameful retreat can be washed away. This time is not about the dignity of a warrior. When you are killed, there is nothing left.

"Run really fast!" Hans hesitated for a while, but slowed down and retreated. He had no interest in rushing to slaughter in the formation of the advance soldiers, especially those annoying spears would bring harm to his horses, and there was no response from the red cavalry. Going alone is dangerous.

At the same time, Rupert and other five Swiss mercenaries were still hiding behind to watch the excitement. The nature of their employment was instructors rather than mercenaries who killed the enemy. Besides, the five of them could not exert the power of Swiss mercenaries. If there were no special circumstances, they would It will not rush to the front.

The arduous battle lasted from the morning until the sun was rising. The heat and high-intensity fighting caused the troops on both sides to experience varying degrees of decline in combat power. The effective rotation tactics of the Kira family gave the rear team a chance to flood the river, and the civilians hiding behind The water is constantly being boiled and the bamboo tubes containing the water are passed around, and some people are eating roasted potatoes whole, paired with pickled radishes to supplement the salt.

Others were not so happy. The Nagao Army, Takeda Army, including the Shinano people on both sides could only hurry up and stuff a rice ball to drink water to moisten their hot throats, and the offensive rhythm of both sides slowed down by coincidence. (to be continued..)

ps: The Ashikaga family doesn't like the Takeda family very much. Of course, the reason is not as simple as holding grudges. Of course, Kira Yoshishi didn't make it so clear. The letter should be more ruthless.