Pillars of the Wu family

There is not much time left for Nagao Jinghu to think and feel. The thousands of feet charging head-on rushed over like wolves and tigers. The ones who rushed to the front were the Edo people led by Toyama Tsunakage. The unlucky guy who lost his son, Yuanshan Kangjing, managed to raise a son to grow up and prepare to be the governor of the family, but he died under the butcher knife of the Nagao Legion. How can he not hate such a big hatred!

"Where is Saito Asanobu, the long-tailed army! Give back my life!" Toyama Tsunakage shouted, and rushed over in the first place.

The bow and arrow Ashgaru in light armor strode out, laying out a neat array of arrows before the gun shield Ashgaru formed a spear array, and behind them were neat rows of black armor Ashgaru, they either held long spears, Or stand still with a tomahawk, and the main formation composed of nine thousand warriors gathers into a black city wall.

The bravery of the Echigo samurai is well-known far and wide. Nagamori fought against Nagao for the scene and successfully beheaded Uesugi Susada with more than [-] riders, spreading the reputation of the Echigo samurai throughout the Kanto. The Nagao for the scene and Hojo Sooun belonged to the same camp Cooperating with each other, the relationship between the two parties has now turned into a life and death enemy.

Less than fifty days away from the battle, the uniform pace of the Beitiao Army wearing blue armor suddenly slowed down. The experienced veterans were adjusting their breathing rhythms, as if the living blue waves were slowing down at this moment The surging speed, a small pause can pull the scattered tide back into the neat wave, and the next moment is to accelerate again and charge again.

Yamayoshi Toyomori, who is in charge of bow and arrow, shouted loudly: "There are 45 more, shoot immediately!"

One thousand archers Ashari silently pulled out the cast iron arrows and placed them on their thumbs. The left hand held the heavy rattan bow and let it hang down naturally. Tight, a thousand big bows made a "boom boom" groan, and the silent bow and arrow team followed the beating of the military taiko drums, counting silently.

"Five, four, three, two, one... shoot the arrows! Hurry up! Shoot the arrows immediately! Shoot the arrows!" More than a dozen warriors urged loudly. The machine with full horsepower draws out the arrow immediately after shooting an arrow and shoots another arrow. Seven or eight arrows fly out in just one minute, and the violent arrow rain falls into the enemy's formation along a beautiful trajectory.

The powerful storm of arrow rain seriously disrupted the Hojo Army's charge rhythm. The samurai rushing in the first row were hit hard at the first moment. In just 1 minute, more than 30 samurai died and hundreds of Ashgaru died. It was taken away by the rain of arrows, but fortunately, the time left for the bow and arrow team was only a short 1 minute. [

When the last arrow shot out, several bow and arrow generals shouted at the same time, and all the archers and arrows turned around immediately and retreated into the formation without hesitating. The Gun and Shield team quickly filled the gap. This level of formation cannot scare the Longtail Army. If the soldiers are well-trained or not, it depends on their performance and performance before the battle.

The gun shield Ashgaru of the Nagao family is obviously not afraid of the Hojo Army. Saito Chaonobu, who was standing in front of the leader, curled his lips in disdain, and ordered: "Listen to the orders, put up the spear array! Block the enemy in front! "

The ashigaru in the first row set up their heavy muskets, and a short spear protruded from the gap between the shields. Behind them, each ashigaru stretched three spears forward, and the handles were inserted into the pre-dug holes. For a good pit, press the right foot against the pit and hold the handle of the gun. The three guns with a length of [-] meters can easily reach the front of the formation by virtue of their length.

"What kind of weird tactic is this!" Yuanshan Gangjing had never seen the Swiss spear formation, but he still instinctively sensed something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Everyone, be careful of the long-tailed army's tricks! Slow down and slow down!"

The charge rhythm of the Edo crowd was broken by Toyama Tsunakage's voice. The front team and the rear team that braked suddenly squeezed together and almost fell into a ball. Fortunately, there were more than 30 meters away from the battle, so that the foot of the Nagao army Qing can take advantage of the opportunity, after this turmoil, his momentum becomes a joke, and his morale has dropped before going into battle, so he is too cautious.

I have to say that Toyama Tsunekage's military strategy is very general. He can detect that there is a problem with the formation of the Nagao Army, but he can't deal with this problem. , Morale also dropped from bursting to half or even lower.

"Don't panic, don't mess up, don't act rashly! You must stick to your formation!" Toyama Tsunekage commanded the Edo people to pull up the formation and advance slowly. At this time, the bow and arrow team of the Nagao Army began to exert force, and the bowstrings buzzed The sound of movement can even be heard by the Hojo Army. The moment the battle broke out, the shouts and cries covered the voices of the reserve generals on both sides. At this point, the command level of the generals facing the enemy is what is being fought.

Immediately behind the Edo group are the main force of the Matsuyama group, the Bagata group, the Koki group, the Tamawa group, and the Miura group. The right wing of the Hojo family is the Furukawa group led by Shimota Harusuke, and the Kanto Hachiya form. One of them was the Chiba people, and the left wing was the North Musashi people headed by Narita Nagatasu. In an instant, nearly [-] troops rushed to block the Nagao army, blocking all directions tightly.

The Longtail Army was suddenly blocked by an army of [-] troops and was a little flustered. With its excellent combat quality, it quickly brought back a small disadvantage. There were screams one after another, rumbling military drums, noisy clashes of knives and guns, and shouts and screams mixed together, and it didn't take long for the battle to become a mess.

The Ashgaru formation of the Nagao Army seems to be a reef standing in the wind and rain. The black armor is as hard and stable as a rock. No matter how violent the storm is, it cannot break the hard shell of the reef. On the top of the mountain, looking at a large blue army of Hojo, he sneered and said, "Are the Hojo family crazy? Do these people want to block my Nagao family? After passing the order, the generals from all walks of life will immediately counterattack and defeat the intruders who are trying to encircle them." enemy!"

Keichi Kanzao, Haruna Kaji, Yoshitsuna Takemata, Tsunasada Shibata, Hiroya Ishikawa, Shigeji Ishikawa and other units each led their teams to rush out from the left and right wings. Hundreds of battle lines were opened at once, and more than 2 people mingled Together they made the scene very chaotic. Changwei Jinghu sat on the mountain to command and dispatch, and soon realized that something was wrong.

"What is the Hojo family doing?" Nagao Jinghu felt that something was wrong, and the front-line generals such as Saito Asanobu and Kanzao Keichi also felt that something was wrong. Knowing who is the offensive side, I thought the Hojo family was the defensive side when the offense and defense were converted.

"Aren't they aiming at the main family? Then his goal will be..." Nagao Jinghu quickly skipped several possibilities in his mind, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the strange movement of the Beitiao Army's main formation at the next moment, and suddenly shouted: "Oops!" He is going to attack the west! The target is not the main formation of our army, the real target is the branch cities in Ueno, which are Hirai Castle, Minowa Castle and Stable Bridge Castle! We have fallen into the trap!"

I saw two armies holding the three-scaled flag rushing out of the main formation of the Hokjo Army. The two armies had about 3000 men and each team was equipped with 800 horse-riding warriors. They seemed to be two groups of runaway The wild horse rushed out of the battlefield quickly, and rushed along the streets of Ueno to the heart of Ueno country.

Nagao Jinghu was taken aback. He obviously didn't expect that Hojo Ujiyasu would plot to deceive. At this moment, he suddenly heard a commotion from the west, and Fanfei quickly reported: "The [-] Rangers of the Hojo Army are moving towards Hirai Castle. The Ueno Allied Forces Some people turned against the Allied Forces and joined the Hojo Army, the Ueno National Army fell into turmoil, Nagano Shinano Shou was trying to suppress it, and the scene was in chaos!" [

"Oops! This is about to happen!" Naoe Jingzuna stood up in panic, looking at the Ueno coalition forces in the west, they were in chaos, and hurriedly suggested: "My lord! For the present plan, we must stop the Rangers of the Hojo Army, and we must not let them Capture Hirai Castle, once Hirai Castle is lost, our way back to Echigo will be cut off, and we will die if we are trapped here!"

"My family knows! Don't worry now. The more anxious we are, the more proud the Hojo family will be. Don't worry!" Nagao Jinghu walked slowly and tried to think of countermeasures.

The Ueno Nationalist Army deliberately distanced itself from the base of the Nagao Legion. Although the camps at both ends bordered each other, the main camps of both sides were on the other side of the camp. The bordering area was a battlefield except for some sundries on the other side. Of course, the treatment and cultivation place for medical staff also shoulders the task of holding funerals for the war dead.

Nagano industry is waiting for the Ueno people to guard against the influence of the Nagao family, and they are not straightforward enough to cover up things. Nagao Jinghu doesn't bother to pay attention to their pettiness. The cooperation between the two parties becomes very troublesome because of suspicion and estrangement. At the same time, because the distance between the two sides is relatively far, the gates of the respective camps are opened in very remote places, and the communication between them is far from smooth as imagined.

I thought that the Ueno Allied Forces would be able to exert their power against Takeda's army, but the result was quite different from what was expected. The situation on the scene was far more serious than imagined. Several Chinese people in the Minowa family turned back one after another to bring about bad influences. People are panicking and can't even perform at [-]% level.

It is very common for Chinese people to marry each other. All the Chinese people in the entire Ueno Kingdom are related to each other. Some of them are close relatives going back three generations. In the chaos, Minamoto Yoshitomo of the Genji of Hanoi and Kiyomori Hira of the Iseheira clan opposed their father and uncle successively, and then married their closest relatives with their own hands.

Therefore, in many cases, samurai do not talk about kinship, and there are many people who have strong conflicts between father and son and even fight against each other. The royal family in the Kamakura period did this kind of extreme, completely egoist, selfish From self-interest to destroying the foundation of the collegiate system of the imperial family with his own hands, the stupid cannibalism ended up in the tragic situation of being raised and enslaved by the Hojo family.

Since Muromachi, the samurai have also been rethinking, especially the Ashikaga shogunate attaches great importance to the relatives and one family. Almost all the main functions of the shogunate are in the hands of the one family and the quasi-one family, so as to ensure that the Genji samurai will not be stolen by powerful officials and foreign relatives. , The trend set off by the shogun soon spread to the people of the lower class.

For example, in-law relationship, black-hat relative, brother-in-law and brother-in-law's brother-in-law relationship, cousin-brother relationship between cousins, and best friend relationship from childhood to adulthood, etc. have been substituted in, and the small Chinese have spent hundreds of years Weaving a huge network of relationships, among which the middle and small daimyo, mainly Mutsu Ita, are the most representative.

The advantages and disadvantages of the deep in-law relationship among the Chinese people are very prominent. The more relatives are, the easier it is to handle things. Relatives in Ueno's country also instigated many rebellions, which brought great hidden dangers to the Ueno coalition forces.

When Nagano Sixteen Guns Rikura Kano Awaji was guarding photos, Shirakurazaemon Zongren came from one of the two clans. Although they repeatedly stated that the rebellion of the clan was related to them, the fact is that they will lose trust after all. Yes, as their clan betrayed the water again, the status of the two Ueno Junior High School was precarious.

The collateral effect of the two people's betrayal is that three relatives of Nagine Samasuke, Oto Bungomori, and Daidoji Nobukata were also drawn to the Hojo side. Zuomasuke and Oto Bungo Mori are righteous brothers of the two, and Daidoji Nobukata has a relationship with the two of them.

The betrayal of five people turned Nagano's sixteen guns into eleven guns in an instant. The remaining eleven people are close to each other, and a few of them are also righteous brothers. The position is unwilling to join the Hojo family, but they are destined to be distrusted.

Dahu Musashi Shou Hidetsuna was very angry. Sixteen Guns once swore a vow of unity and unity to live and die together in Minin City. The oath of that day is still in my ears. When the news about Shui came out, Nagano Yezheng immediately called the remaining 11 people together to comfort them and let them do things with peace of mind without worrying about other people's gossip.

But he himself knew very well that all these bad influences were fermented. It was abnormal for Nagano Yezheng not to curse at the first time. He knew Shangshu Huangban's temperament very well. The son-in-law is often scolded by him, but he doesn't see much of it. Once he has a good relationship with Feng Xiaoyu, he doesn't trust his rhythm at all.

Dobby Liangshouyou looked sad. As a pure warrior, how could he have so many tricks? How many disasters the five brothers left and brought to the remaining brothers made him want to forgive the five people, but he didn't have the courage to do so. He sighed and said: "For now, the only way to restore the lost reputation and trust is to kill them on the battlefield!"

Tomomota Fujii Bungo spit and cursed: "I don't like those bastards for a long time. Recently, I don't know what they are planning. I wonder what good plans they are doing. We earned a meritorious service, never thought that these five bastards would have long thought of taking the honor of my 16 brothers in exchange for a lifetime of wealth, what a shame!"

"Bungo, please don't say a few words! Everyone feels uncomfortable." Shirakawa Mikatsu's face was ugly, and he patiently suppressed Fujii's abuse. A few days ago, Shirakurazaemon Zongren approached him to discuss the matter of Riche. At that time, he just said that he thought about it and dared not give an accurate answer.

He knew very well that the price of defecting at this time would be huge. He was not the only one in the Shirakawa family, and he was not like the wealthy family like the Shirakura family who had already made up their minds to defect. He had to think about his own family. The family came so quickly, Shirakurazaemon Zongren thought that Shirakawa Mikatsu was perfunctory him, and seeing the situation was not good, he led five people to defect from the Ueno people.

What he did almost put him in the trap. The people of Ueno knew each other well, and when they looked at Bai Chuan Mansheng, the eyes of each of them were full of alienation and indifference with hypocritical smiles. How can a man swallow this bad breath, no matter how difficult the situation is on the battlefield, he has never frowned, but now he is frowning at the betrayal of his "good brother".

As soon as the internal strife broke out among the Ueno people, eleven people were temporarily relieved of their military posts for various reasons, and the army was handed over to a branch of their respective families to take the lead. : "It is said that we are Nagano Sixteen Guns. At first glance, it seems that we sixteen people are shorter than Nagano Shinano, but we are not the retainers of the Nagano family. How can we be relieved of our military power! So naked Naked distrust, how can we get along in Ueno?"

Hou Xianxinchun was also hurt badly by five "good brothers" who ran away. The governor of Hou Xian's family was very dissatisfied with him and threatened to drive him away. He was so angry that he almost committed seppuku. When he mentioned this, he came again Angrily, he said indignantly: "Brother is right. The 16 of us made a vow to live and die together. Those five bastards deserve to be killed for abandoning our friendship, but it is too much to deprive us of military power if we didn't make a mistake." , We never said that we would be loyal to the Nagano family, it was all wishful thinking of Nagano Yezheng, and it has nothing to do with us!"

Wada Bingbusuke caught a glimpse of the Hojo army approaching quickly at the bottom of the mountain, and snorted softly: "The enemy army is pressing down and changing generals. Nagano Shinano Shou is too confused! I really want to see what they use to block the Hojo family's five-color equipment!"

The situation deteriorated far beyond Nagano's expectations. Including five members of the Nagano Sixteen Guns, a total of 28 powerful warriors, Riche, rebelled against the Ueno coalition forces. Originally, he thought that he could control the situation by quickly transferring the relevant personnel. He quickly suppressed hundreds of implicated warriors, adopting a cool-down method that neither dealt with nor washed away the suspicion.

Never thought that things backfired, plump ideals were no match for skinny reality, Nagano Ye was paying the price for his mistakes, Nagano Shiliugun and the defected samurai family who were most implicated were transferred away from the front-line command by him in the name of "avoiding suspicion". The adverse impact of the sudden change will make the hearts of the Ueno National Army fluctuate.

Nagano Ye was trying to take the people of Ueno, and rumors spread that the Minawa public opinion system was taken over by him alone. The soldiers were always uneasy when they couldn’t see their own governor. The longer time passed, the more suspicious people became. Rumors were widely spread, and the morale of the entire Nationalist Army plummeted uncontrollably.

Ujiyasu Hojo, who was sitting in the rear, quickly discovered the problem of the Ueno coalition forces, and at the beginning of the war, he played out the trump card Hojo Goshiki in his hands. These five reserve teams are different from the general form of reserve teams. Between 2000 and [-], they were composed of the most elite samurai drawn from each city and department of the Hojo family.

The military system of the Hojo family has gone from a simple system of sending relatives and children to military service accounts, and now it has further established the trend of semi-professional standing. The combat effectiveness of this ten thousand army is more than double that of ordinary Chinese troops. Most of the elites in the Hojo Army are in one body, and only the Mahui people guarding Hojo Shiyasu can compete with it.

The interim commander of Wushibei is Hojo Tsusunari, head of Huangbei flag, also known as Jihuang Hachiman, who was originally the son of Fukushima Masamari from Enjiang, because his father was defeated and killed in the Hanakura Rebellion, and fled. Sagami recognized Hojo as Masashiro The adoptive father inherited the family name of Tamanowa Hojo clan, and later married the younger sister of Hojo clan Yasushi, and officially became a member of the Hojo family.

Hojo Tsunashige also observed the abnormal movements of the Ueno Army, and noticed that several flags in the Ueno National Army had disappeared, and laughed loudly: "My lord is really good at calculating, even Nagano Shinano with three heads and six arms can't escape the law. Now the Ueno National Army The situation is scattered and morale is declining, which is the good opportunity we are waiting for... The whole army obeys the order and makes a surprise attack!"

The five-color flag fluttered in the wind, and tens of thousands of troops rushed into the formation of the Ueno Nationalist Army in neat steps. Suddenly, the earth-shaking shouts of killing resounded through the sky, and the five-way army pierced into the Ueno Nationalist Army in five directions. In the loose front, many reserve teams who have lost their commanders simply love to fight. The gap between the experience and command level of the newly replaced generals is too large.

The left wing is Akabe and Aobei from Goshikibiri, and Hojo Tsunataka, the head of the Chibei flag, whose father was originally the son of Takahashi Takane, the chief official of Horikoshi Kogapo, and whose mother was Hojo Soun's daughter, Rongsheng Hojo Yuojia and Zhunyi sect were allowed to be called by the name of the Hojo clan.

Qingbei Banner Tominaga Naokatsu, from one of the 21 Izu clans, served as the Hojo Five Elders, and was born in the same family as Tominaga Bangoro Tadamoto, the descendant of the Tominaga family in Mikawa Shitara County. His family is commonly known as Shenshiro, Youwei Menwei, famous in the Hojo family for his martial arts, is a rare loyal and brave general.

The head of the Black Bei Banner, Tamu Zhou, defends Yuan Xing. He is one of the six families of Hojo Yuyuo. Tsunashiro, himself a very brave general, personally led the black equipment composed of the Suruga Kingdom and the East.

Kasahara Notoshou Yasushi, head of the Shirabi banner, is also from one of the 21 Izu families. He serves as the leader of the Hojo Five Elders and Shimoda. These four backup teams gather the main combat power of the Hojo family. , steel fork, smash the hard shell of the enemy at the most critical moment, and then cut open the heart and lungs to dismember them. rs