Pillars of the Wu family

At the beginning of April, Matsunaga Hideo led the Izumi Army and Hanoi Hatake Mountains. A total of more than 5000 people went out to Hanoi and aimed directly at Takaya Castle. The two sides fought fiercely for several days in Shengye, west of Ruojiang City.

At the moment when the situation was stalemate, You Zuo Xinjiao, who had been vacillating all the time, suddenly rushed out from Ruojiang City, went around to the Matsunaga Army's flank and attacked fiercely. .

The people of Hanoi won a big victory, and the morale was high. An Jian Zongfang took advantage of the situation to propose Hanoi's "lord autonomy". Fang may be planning to use this method to win over the vacillating Hanoi people, and then slowly establish his position as the leader of the Hanoi country, and then gradually realize the ultimate dream of becoming a famous name in the Warring States Period.

I have to say that his idea is very bold and radical, which is probably what he meant by painting cakes to satisfy his hunger. It is a pity that none of the Hanoi people who have gone through Kisawa Nagamasa, Yusa Nagao, and Anjian Zongfang era are good, and many of them are old men. He is a guy who has been exiled for several generations of the Hatakeyama family governor. In terms of military strategy, resourcefulness and vision, his vision may be much worse, but he does not lack the mind to play tricks at all.

An Jian Zongfang's methods could not coax them, but revealed his own ambitions. You Zuo Xinjiao was the first one who was dissatisfied. The guardian of Hanoi Kingdom has always been their post of You Zuo Clan. A favored minister, who took advantage of his father's death to rise from a family member to become the guardian of the Hanoi Kingdom, in his eyes is just a clown with a simple foundation, but he doesn't want to dare to spy on the power of the Hanoi Kingdom.It can be described as tolerable or unbearable.

So You Zuoxinjiao began to connect with Hanoi people.Frankly speaking, Anjian Zongfang's move severely damaged the unity and tacit understanding of Hanoi people.He also mentioned how everyone withstood the attacks of the Miyoshi family when the governor was there. Although life was not very good under the supervision of the governor, everyone no longer had to be bullied by the Hosokawa family.

People in Hanoi thought about it carefully, and they all expressed regret for participating in the exile of Hatakeyama Takamasa, the family governor of Anjian. Speaking of Hatakeyama Takamasa, the family governor, there is actually no bad deeds, at most it can be regarded as a strange thing with abnormal brain circuits , Talking and doing things are different from ordinary samurai, but this family governor is definitely a solid-eyed guy.He won't be like this Anjian clan who is full of brains and intestines, and even came up with a "Lord Autonomy" plan with evil intentions to deceive everyone.

Gradually, voices of dissatisfaction appeared in the Hanoi country, and they intensified under the instigation of people with good intentions. Anjian Zongfang was still intoxicated with the joy of victory. When he found out that the situation was not good, it was too late to put out the fire, and lobbying everywhere could not save the people of Hanoi The feeling of everyone's renunciation towards him is really ineffective every day. Seeing that the Zongfang hates himself to death, why is he so stupid to propose this plan so quickly.

Genlaizhong doesn't care what the Hanoi people are doing, as the root of the mercenaries.After the war, he took away the bounty and went home without stopping, and the hearts of the people in Hanoi who had managed to gather became scattered again.Fifteen thousand troops collapsed in the blink of an eye.

Miyoshi Changqing’s temptation has initially paid off. He not only tested the depth of the people in Hanoi, but also dug out the appeal of the Anjian clan. The 1 military service in Hanoi can bring in at most 3000 taels. Thousands of people, these troops are in the hands of An Jian Zongfang, I am afraid that they will not be able to exert [-]% of their strength, if it is not for the assistance of the three thousand people from the side and the sudden attack of You Zuo Xinjiao, An Jian Zongfang will not be able to fight at all. However, the inferior military strength will be sent to the permanent show, which shows that this person's military strategy level can only command a reserve team of [-] to [-] people at most.

On May [-]th, the Miyoshi army, which had been recharging its energy for a long time, officially entered the battle. Miyoshi Changqing personally served as the general general, and led a total of more than [-] people from Settsu, Izumi, Hanoi, Tamba and Higashiharima to Hanoi. Gaowucheng, the lord of Ruojiang City, You Zuoxinjiao, quickly changed the banner under the policy of Hatakeyama Gaozheng, and then most of the Hanoi Kingdom changed overnight. An Jian was stunned when the clan house shrank in Gaowucheng, and even his ally Yamato It was too late for everyone to rescue.

I am afraid that no one expected that the situation of evenly matched forces would suddenly be fundamentally reversed. As the mortal enemy of Miyoshi's family, Hanoi, which was the mortal enemy of Sanhao's family in [-] and [-], surrendered most of them in this way. Forced to flee to Yamato, the Miyoshi army marched straight to the foot of Takaya Castle.

So far, it seems that this farce is about to come to an end here, but he does not want to make troubles again. Perhaps Hatakeyama Takamasa was shocked by the powerful military strength of the Miyoshi family, and immediately stopped the Miyoshi army from continuing to attack Hanoi. Anmi Zongfang, who went to Yamato, officially recognized that his guardianship was legal and effective. At the same time, he made adjustments to the deployment of military forces in Iimori Mountain City, and urgently contacted the people of Hanoi to distance himself from Miyoshi's family.

Hatakeyama Takamasa's series of disposals greatly angered Miyoshi Changqing's nerves. He would never have thought that this guy would use the method of killing donkeys to himself. Miyoshi Changqing felt that his dignity was insulted, and ordered the whole army to attack Takaya Castle in a fit of rage.

An Jian Zongfang eagerly raised [-] troops in Yamato to rush to Hanoi for rescue, but ran into the [-] rangers led by Naito Sokatsu to stop them. The two sides fought fiercely near Neya River. There was no sudden attack by Yusa Nobuka for the assistance of Nelaiji Temple, and he was defeated by the brave and skilled Naito Zongsheng and retreated back to Yamato Kingdom.

Hatakeyama Takamasa led thousands of Hanoi national troops to defend the city in Takaya Castle, and called on the people of Hanoi, Kii, and Yamato to resist the brutal invasion of the Miyoshi Army. Once again in a stalemate, Miyoshi Changqing was worried that the Yamato people would take the rear from the flanks, and immediately ordered Matsunaga Hideo to be stationed in Xingui Mountain City between Hanoi and Yamato to defend against the attack of the Anjian clan.

Rokkaku Yoshiken is busy planning to attack Sakamoto at this time, and he doesn't plan to answer Hatakeyama Takamasa's request for help for the time being, because he has more important things to do.

On May [-], [-] ashigaru members from the Liujiao family suddenly broke into Otsu Port.It was stated that a fugitive who fled across the border was being captured.Their request was immediately verbally rejected by Yise Zhigao.The domineering Hexagon Army broke into Otsu Port regardless of the obstruction, triggering a full-scale operation of the Sakamoto Garrison.

Usa Yamashiro Dai Okochi Kotsuna led two thousand troops to surround the Hexagonal Army. The aggressive Hexagonal Army did not dare to move rashly, and then the five thousand Sixth Army troops who came came hurriedly under the leadership of Hirai Jotake, and were trapped in the Takebe Hideaki, who was in the Osei Army, immediately became provocative, and repeatedly insulted the Kira family and even insulted Kira Yoshitoki and Tora Odai, so that Okochi Kunisuna couldn't bear it and ordered the strangulation of this beast and the Gobairo party.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Matsui Masayuki immediately contacted Nakajo Tokihide's entire army to attack.Nakajo Tokihide issued an emergency mobilization order from Sakamoto Castle, ordering Katada-jo Dai Suganuma, Shimizu Yamashiro Dai Isshiki Naotaka to dispatch troops quickly, Odate Harutada rushed to Shimizu-san Town to guard Takashima-gun, Yanagizawa Motomasa to guard Katada Castle, Matsui Masaoyuki sits in Sakamoto Castle to take care of Motobuki, and Ninagawa's father rushes to Kyoto with his attendants to report the emergency military situation to Ashikaga Yoshiki.

In just two hours, [-] troops came urgently from all directions. Yodogawa Mitsunaga led the Kira navy to block the Uji River, and directly sailed the ship to Suta County to directly threaten the hinterland of the Rokkaku family.Seeing that the situation was not good, the Liujiao family immediately sent out the whole army, and [-] troops rushed to the east bank of the Uji River to wait.The two sides actually confronted each other like this.

This farcical play lasted for more than ten days, and Mibuchi Fujihide, the emissary of the shogunate, arrived late. As soon as he arrived, he reprimanded the Kira family for inciting troops to indiscriminately kill five hundred soldiers of the Liujia family, and scolded the Okochi Kokaku The whole person was blindfolded, and Masayuki Matsui saw that the situation was not good and explained repeatedly, but still could not get forgiveness.

Mibuchi Fujihide held Ashikaga Yoshiki's imperial teacher's book and asked both sides to strike immediately. The Kira family compensated the Rokkaku family for a total of [-] kanbumi for the war losses, and returned the remains of the war dead to end the farce. After Yuan Tengying finished reading the imperial teaching book, she explained helplessly: "This is the result of His Highness Gongfang's arbitrary decision, and I have nothing to do! Please calm down your anger and pass this test before we talk about it."

Okochi Kunizun said angrily: "Yamato Shouden is wrong. Can't you see that the Liujiao family provoked first this time? There are [-] troops gathered on the other side, looking forward to it. How could it be because What if Gongfangdian retreats after a letter from the imperial teacher? Even if he retreats this time, he will still find another excuse to attack the door next time. When the time comes, will my Kira family guard or not? If you guard, you will kill people. How can we endure the foundation that has been handed over to us? Please tell me if this is the case!"

"That's right! That's the reason. Good people are deceived by others. Our Kira family is safe and sound guarding the land of the two counties, and disasters are falling from the sky. It would be unfair if the Gongfang Palace insisted on containing us! Our lord If he gets angry, that Liujiao Jingzhao will suffer!" Isshiki Zhigao's half-soft and half-hard words made Mibuchi Tengying unhappy.

In the eyes of the Kinai people and even the shogunate, it has become a thing of the past when Kirayoshi went far away. Now that the wind and clouds in Kinai are turbulent, there is a stance of reviving the war. Now the shogunate urgently needs the help of the Liujia family as an ally. In Jinai, why would the shogunate do such dirty things, and Liujiao Yixian dared not covet the two counties.

In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the same meaning. Yoshiki Yoshitoshi is already a thing of the past. Regardless of how many people he killed in Kanto and how many powerful daimyos he defeated, for the samurai in Kinai, it means almost the same as watching a Noh play. Let’s praise Ashikaga Kamisaburo is the number one hero in the world, so what should he do and continue to do, he will not be unable to eat or sleep because of the defeat of the Takeda family in Kawanakajima, let alone worry about who will belong to the Kanto, the proud Kinai samurai has always been Considering himself the center of the world, a great name in a remote place may not be as influential as a wealthy family at the door of his family.

Although Mibuchi Fujihide is more inclined to the Kira camp, he was still a little unhappy when he heard this. He thought that you, Kira's retainers, could not take the initiative to lead troops into the capital to protect His Royal Highness, and ordering you to do something would be better than ascending to the sky. Difficult, if you don't do this, don't do that, use the Lord's order to reject the shogunate's request over and over again, it's no wonder that His Royal Highness would like you.

Compared with the Kira family who is not very obedient and only guarantees the protection of Kyoto when it is attacked, Rokkaku Yoshiken, who has a great say in Kinai with an army of [-], is more valued by the shogunate. What about blatant partiality?Let Kira Yoshitomo come here!As long as he is willing to return to the capital, let alone change course, he will kick Liujia Yixian away.The shogunate will have no problems.

Sanyuan Tengying said with a sullen face: "Your highnesses are not right. This world is the world of the shogunate. It is the world of His Royal Highness. No matter who we are loyal to, we are His Royal Highness's samurai. He who obeys the orders of the shogunate is a samurai." As long as you obey the orders of the shogunate, the Hexagonal Army will naturally retreat, and if they do not retreat, His Royal Highness will make a decision, in short, you will not suffer any disadvantages."

Tokihide Nakajo never expected that the shogunate would be so indifferent and ruthless, his clenched fists were loosened and clenched again.The veins on his forehead burst out with the anger, and he endured the burning anger in his chest, and asked in a cold tone: "The implication of Yamato Shou's words is that at the end, no matter whether the Liujiao family retreats or not, we must respect the laws of the shogunate, right? ?”

"It can be understood in this way... I'm not afraid that you will know that the first draft of the imperial teaching book by His Royal Highness is to ask you to retreat all the troops, return the dead, pay compensation and guarantee that no trouble will be caused, and you will not kill the warriors of the Liujiao family. It was only after actively fighting for it that the imperial edict of the imperial teacher was changed to the current one. Thank you for your kindness!" Mibuchi Fujihide glanced coldly at Nakajo Tokihide and the others.

"So that's it! I understand... Yamato Shou encountered wind and cold on the way, and when he arrived in Otsu, he became unwell and couldn't afford to get sick. The reading of the imperial scriptures and edicts is temporarily postponed. Come here! Carefully support Yamato Shou to rest first. Cultivate your health and then please inform His Royal Highness of your decision!" Nakajo Tokihide deliberately pronounced the word "caution" very much, and the guards rushed in knowingly and surrounded Mibuchi Fujihide lightly stand out.

"Wait! What are you doing! Let me go! I am an angel of the shogunate, how could you treat me like this! You are disobedient, Nakajo Idehamori! You are disobedient..."

The room returned to silence and tranquility. Everyone silently watched Sanyuan Tengying being framed away. They could only silently watch Sanyuan Tengying being framed away. "Shou", although this sentence was not popular in the Muromachi period, it is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The loyalty of a samurai to the lord must have a prerequisite. If it is fair, if it is unfair, it will not be possible to accumulate prestige. Without prestige, how can we focus?

In the era of the feudal samurai family, adhering to the ideology of honoring the lords and serving the public through hundreds of years of wind and rain, it has long been immersed in the blood of the samurai. The shogunate's unfair rewards and punishments are gradually disappointing, not because of respect for the emperor or patriotism, otherwise there would be no truth that Ashikaga Takaji finally betrayed Emperor Go-Daigo and established the shogunate.

By doing this, Yoshiki Ashikaga broke with Yoshihiro Kira when he was persecuting him. Masayuki Matsui sighed, "Such a decision in favor of the Rokkaku family will surely offend the lord, and what good will it do for the shogunate? His Royal Highness, why bother?" Woolen cloth!"

Okochi Kokatsuna sneered: "His Royal Highness probably thinks that he can deal with the Miyoshi family! I heard that the Yamashiro Kingdom has gathered five or six thousand ronin from various countries, and the shogunate has already incorporated them all into Fenggong, and they have become an independent army. Now Now that the shogunate has [-] troops, they don’t really need our protection.”

With the help and support of Kira Yoshitomo over the years, the shogunate has become more and more powerful with money and food. The harmony of the war mediation has made Ashikaga Yoshiki and the entire shogunate fall into unprecedented self-confidence. Coupled with the stability and honesty of the Miyoshi family Yoshiki Yoshikashi's constant victories in the East gave the shogunate an illusion of imminent revival. Not to mention Yoshiki Ashikaga was optimistic, even the most pessimistic samurai felt that the shogunate would have a better room for development.

Suganuma was very aware of the source of this unhealthy trend in Kinai, and sarcastically said: "It's best not to need it, who wants to go to Kyoto to hold their stinky feet! When we are willing to suffer from the bird's breath, each eye grows on the top of the head Look down on our Sanhe warriors, look at their high-spirited appearance, as if they are the most powerful army in the world today, if this kind of mentality encounters the army of Miyoshi repair doctor, I am afraid that they will die if they persist for a while! "

"The shogunate may or may not be revived..." Tokihide Nakajo nodded noncommittally, then took a deep breath and said slowly, "This has nothing to do with us Kira's retainers. The foundation of the county, and allowed me to act cheaply in critical times. Today is a critical time. You all unite to defeat the Liujia Army, let them taste the strength of our Kira Army, and let the people in Kina know that our Kira family is not so easy to mess with! There is Ishimi Shouden from the Ministry of Labor and Service!"

Hattori Hosho did not know when he appeared in the crowd, and said calmly, "Don't worry about Izuba Shouden. I, Baoshang, will do my best to ensure the smooth implementation of the counterattack plan!"

On the evening of May [-]th.It coincided with the sweltering season of early summer when a storm had just swept across half of Kina.The rainy clouds revealed a bright and clear night sky. The bright moon hangs high in the sky like a jade plate. The moonlight is bright and soft like slowly flowing waves. Silver Moon Shadow.

The frosty moonlight covered the ground, and the clear stream gurgled in the river. On this quiet night, a group of uninvited guests came to the Xingjin River, and hundreds of boats of all sizes suddenly appeared at the mouth of the Xingjin River.The nearby villagers and fishermen were stunned by the Hattori ninja early on, and all the commanding heights and hidden points within a few hundred meters were cleared, allowing the Kira army to land easily.

The process of landing was slow and quiet. There were no horses neighing, no cursing and forcible dragging. The 5000 people were as quiet as if they did not exist. Only the sound of heavy footsteps could be heard along the entire river bank. Nakajo Tokihide was the last to disembark Samurai, he led an army to guard the river mouth to prevent a possible surprise attack, but right now it seemed that he had overestimated the strength of the Liujiao family.

Following the bright moonlight, one could faintly see the light of the Liujiao army camp stationed on the mountain still shining into the night sky.After checking twice to confirm that there is no shortage of soldiers, Hideo Nakajo grinned and said, "This Liujia army is really stupid. How dare you fight against my Kira family with this little military skill? If the master uses Kawanakajima's method to deal with the Liujia family, I'm afraid that none of the 5000 people will escape."

"It's a pity that we can't wipe them all out. It's really a pity!" Yamada Kanezhen said with a bitter face: "There is no merit in winning, and losing... Bah bah! Look at my mouth! But what if our soldiers Wouldn't it be a loss to fold in this period?"

"Idiot! When the prisoner is captured, everything will come! Don't think about it for a while, if something goes wrong, be careful with the military law!"

This is the first time that Omi Kira's army has led a large-scale night attack. Among the samurai who stayed in Omi during Yoshihiro Kira's reign, Honda Tokimasa, who had a strong strategy, was not left behind. To what extent, even the strategist Nakajo Tokihide is not very clear, he can only do his best and obey the destiny.

Nakajo Tokihide took out a book and read it carefully by the light of the torch: "There are two types of fighting against the enemy at night. One is for the enemy to be prepared. At this time, we must use more firelight and drums to disturb the enemy. The sight and sound of the enemy, so that they do not know what strategy to take to defend our army! The second is that the enemy is unprepared, so they can take the opportunity to set fire to the camp in four dimensions, and the enemy will be defeated!"

Looking back at the banners of the [-] troops, the man with a horse tied his mouth slowly approached the camp of the Six Corner Army, and sighed: "The Lord will leave a few generals and I will be enlightened. It's really far behind!"

In the middle of the night, the night is cold and the bright moon hangs in the sky. The cool night wind rustles in the dense forest. The guards of the Liujiao Army in the mountain guard camp are dozing against the fence with their plain guns. The overall sense of slack in the Liujiao Army is greatly unexpected. Those newly recruited soldiers still had the freshness of going out to fight in the early days. After living in the open air for more than ten days, they were already tired of life in the wild. How is it.

According to their expectations, they were right. Kira and Liujiao belonged to the same camp of the shogunate, and they had fought side by side several times. Although those few cooperations were not very pleasant... the Liujiao family always held a kind of blind optimism I always feel that the Kira family dare not do anything to them, and the shogun above will never allow you to act recklessly. Don’t forget that your family was just a wolf dog raised by the shogunate, and even the territory was a "handout" from the Liujiao family. of.

Yes, many samurai in the Liujiao family felt that the Kira family owed them a favor, and that Shiga and Takashima counties were given to them by the Liujiao family, just like Sun Quan "enlarged" Jingzhou to give Liu Bei a foothold. After Liu Bei made his fortune, he never forgot about Jingzhou and always wanted to take back that piece of land. They had long thought about the land in these two counties, and today is just a necessary military move when taking it back.

The recruit was dozing off in a daze, and suddenly felt a light flashing in front of his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and looked carefully at the rain of fire pouring down his head and face. It happened that a stream arrow fell on his chest, and the strong inertia pierced him. flames shot up from the recruit's body, and he collapsed to death without even making a scream.

The rockets that paved the ground set the camp on fire in an instant, and the three gates of the camp were knocked down. A continuous stream of troops poured in. The bows and arrows at the front were thrown lightly and non-stop. The rockets were used up, and at this time the Six Corner Army's camp was on fire everywhere and fell into chaos.

Liujiao Yixian was woken up in his sleep, and before he knew what was going on, he was hurriedly put on a large armor by the little surnames. When he rushed out of the tent, he saw fire everywhere, shouts of killing came from all directions, and The scurrying defeated soldiers immediately understood: "The Kira army attacked at night! He dared to attack our family at night! Didn't the shogunate already convey the imperial teachings today? Why dare to attack our family at night! Could it be that there is something wrong with Sanyuan Yamato? This is impossible! Kyoto is so close to Sakamoto, and there is absolutely no danger in coming here by boat, the family doesn’t understand what went wrong!”

Liujiao Yizhi, who was only 14 years old, had just entered the uniform. The first time he saw such a big scene was a defeat. He supported his angry father and said nervously: "My lord father! Let's retreat quickly! This place is too dangerous!"

In fact, Yoshihide Rokkaku's strategy is not bad. Over the years, he has painstakingly managed the foundation of the Rokkaku family, and formed an alliance with Yoshiryu Saito, the lord of Mino two years ago. Marriage, he felt that what he did at home and outside was no worse than his father.

In fact, it is not easy to maintain the hegemony of the Liujiao family in Kinai. In the past few years, Asai Hisamasa's attitude has gradually changed. In the past two years, he has fought several times in the Battle of Taiwei Mountain and the Battle of Ditou Mountain. They couldn't do anything about each other, so they adopted Hirai Jotake's daughter and Na Asai Kenmasa to strengthen the alliance between the two parties.

Liujiao Yixian is very clear that the disadvantage of his family is that the Pu Dai people are powerful. His father's method is to unite the Pu Dai people to expand outward, and gain income and reputation growth through victory after victory, so as to appease the increasingly restless Chinese people , and he is also working hard in this direction.

Helplessly, my military strategy level is indeed a bit poor, and my grasp of the vision and timing of occupation is completely unqualified. From the Battle of Fukakusa to the Battle of Guichuan, I passed by the glory of merit twice, and the resentment, anger, envy and hatred It is conceivable that he was annoyed at his poor grasp of vision, resented Kirayoshi for not being willing to give him a share of the credit in the end, envied that he could make such outstanding achievements at a young age, and coveted him even more after he left. The geomantic treasures of the remaining two counties. (To be continued..)