Smuggling Daming

War has always been cruel, especially in the era of cold weapons, when two hostile armies spend their time and energy before the battle, making preparations that they think are already very sufficient, and then a conflict of iron and blood breaks out on the battlefield , The previous preparations exploded in an instant, like fireworks. Although the scene was magnificent, it was also cruel and outrageous.

Ashikaga Yoshicai and Ashikaga Kazuki made countless efforts for the rise of their own family. Ashikaga Yoshicai endured the humiliation and was abolished as a general twice, still infatuated to accumulate strength for the revival of the family.Kazuki Ashikaga went overseas and opened up another world with bare hands, but in order to get the support of Daming, he resolutely gave up the chamber of commerce he had accumulated so hard, and returned to Japan to start again, in exchange for various urgently needed materials.It is also thanks to the efforts of Ashikaga Yoshiki and Ashikaga Kakki over the years that the Ashikaga family, which should have been eliminated long ago, has regained a different kind of brilliance.

The battle of Shigiyama Castle can be seen as a battle for the rise of the Ashikaga family. Ashikaga Yoshiki and Ashikaga Kazuki personally led [-] elite soldiers, and fought against the Hosokawa clan's [-] elite soldiers outside the city. Arrogant, he took the initiative to attack when the force was not superior, but he fell into a passive position at the beginning of the war. The army of the Ashikaga family was much stronger than Hosokawa expected.

At the very beginning of the war, Ashikaga Yoshiki personally commanded [-] troops to fight together with Hosokawa's army. Due to the superiority in numbers and equipment, the Ashikaga army had the upper hand at the beginning, and even stepped up step by step. Compress the Hosokawa clan's army into a small area, although at this time the Hosokawa clan's army still has the possibility of turning defeat into victory.But the possibility is too small. If you are a wise general, you will definitely choose to retreat immediately. After all, in this case, if you continue to fight, you will only bring more casualties to yourself. It is better to retreat in time to save yourself. After Effects.

But it's a pity that it was a son of Hosokawa Takakuni who led the army this time, and this guy was eager to prove his talent to his father, but now he watched his army fall into a disadvantage.This made him unacceptable no matter what, so even if he saw a situation that was not good for him on the battlefield, he still gritted his teeth and fought to the death.

It was Hosokawa's misfortune to meet such a general, but it was Ashikaga's great fortune. Ashikaga Yoshiki was excited.He ordered all the troops in the rear to press on, and even used the two cannons bought at a sky-high price from Zhou Zhong. Although he knew that the power of these two cannons was actually not great, the deterrent force they created on the battlefield But it was very powerful, at least when the artillery shells fell into the Hosokawa's army, it immediately caused a commotion in the opponent's army.After all, this may be the first time that such a powerful firearm was used in the war of the Wa Kingdom.

Taking advantage of the Hosokawa's army being bombarded by artillery, Kazuki Ashikaga personally led a group of brave Japanese men in armor.Wielding a long knife, they charged in from the side of the Hosokawa army. As a result, this brave Japanese team finally played a decisive role at this critical moment, or it became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Where the long sword passed, the flesh and blood were gone. This is the best portrayal of the slaughterers of Ashikaga Ikki. The heavy armor they wore was also bought from Zhou Zhong at a high price. There are only a hundred sets in total, and ordinary weapons are cut on them. .At most, only one scratch can be left, even the sharpest Japanese sword.It was just to make the scratches deeper. As for those Hosokawa troops who used bamboo spears as weapons, they would have to be slaughtered in the face of such enemies.

It was also the ferocity of Kazuki Ashikaga that finally made Hosokawa's army lose the last bit of courage. Among them, the soldiers at the bottom were the first to collapse, and these people began to put down their bamboo spears and surrender to Ashikaga. I don't want to face this group of terrible enemies anymore.

With the first, there will be the second. At first, the soldiers were still surrendering, and soon some generals of the Hosokawa clan also dropped their weapons and surrendered.Although the Japanese are fierce, don't imagine that they would rather die than submit. They will also be afraid, and they will become cowardly when they are afraid, especially now that it is the early Warring States period. The Bushido spirit that the Japanese are proud of has not yet formed. The war has made the Japanese accustomed to surrender to the strong, so surrendering is not a shameful thing.

It wasn't until this time that the young son of Hosokawa Takakuni suddenly realized that he had already suffered a crushing defeat, and because of his own stupidity, he was now in a dead end. After all, the four thousand troops in his hands could only die in battle and surrender. Yes, there are less than a thousand people left. With such a huge loss, even if he fled back to the capital, he might be killed by his father Takakuni Hosokawa in the end.

It may also be that a person is about to die, so this son of Hosokawa Takakuni suddenly broke out with extraordinary determination. When he personally put on armor and went into battle, he led the remaining nearly a thousand people under him to break out of the siege, and then fled without looking back. When they arrived at Iimori City, but just when the remnant soldiers arrived at the gate of Iimori City, the son of Hosokawa Takakuni committed suicide by caesarean section in order to atone for his family, and several other confidant retainers committed suicide afterward. This also marks the complete failure of Hosokawa's plan to suppress the re-emergence of Ashikaga.

In the battle of Shigiyama Castle, Ashikaga Yoshiki used 5000 men to fight against Hosokawa's 4000 men. As a result, nearly [-] of Hosokawa's [-] troops died in battle, and more than [-] people surrendered. In the end, only a few hundred people fled back. In Iimori Castle, although Ashikaga Yoshiki himself suffered a lot of casualties, after all, Hosokawa's elite soldiers were not vegetarians, but Ashikaga Yoshiki finally won this battle.

The battle of Shigiyama Castle marked that the Ashikaga clan once again regrouped after losing the power of the general after the Onin Rebellion decades ago, allowing the Ashikaga clan to once again use its strength to enter the political stage of the Wa Kingdom.At the same time, after the victory of this battle, the Tianshan clan and Hatano finally recognized the equal relationship between the Ashikaga clan and them, which also made their three-party alliance closer, and at the same time began to actively prepare for the conquest of the Hosokawa clan entrenched near the capital.

In addition, the impact of the Battle of Shigiyama Castle is not limited to the above. After the news of Ashikaga's victory spread, Yoshiko Ouchi, who had been staying in Kyoto, finally took action, that is, to leave with his own people In Kyoto, he returned to his hometown and defended himself, and even withdrew his garrison in the mountain city. Such a move is really intriguing.

Speaking of which, although Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni are allies, in fact the relationship between the two is not as harmonious as it seems on the surface. There are some conflicts because of the struggle for power, but their attitudes towards Ashikaga Yoshiki are surprisingly consistent, so this forms a weak ally relationship, and it is because they suppressed Ashikaga Yoshiki too much, and finally It was only then that Ashikaga Yoshiki made up his mind to get rid of their control, so he secretly contacted Tianshan and Hatano, and this was what happened later.

However, Ouchi Yoshiko is different from Hosokawa Takakuni. The Hosokawa family was originally one of the three domains of the Ashikaga shogunate. The territory is in Kyoto and nearby countries. Especially after they seized the power of the Ashikaga shogunate, Hosokawa The Ashikaga clan has completely taken over the power of the Ashikaga clan in the capital and nearby countries, so if the Ashikaga clan wants to regain the power of the shogunate, it must defeat the Hosokawa clan. There is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between the two clans.

But Yoshiko Ouchi is different from the Ouchi family. He was originally the lord of the Zhou Fang Kingdom. Zhou Fang is located at the westernmost tip of Honshu Island, quite a distance from the capital.Moreover, after Yoshin Ouchi became the lord of the country, the Ouchi family continued to expand outwards, and finally occupied the three kingdoms of Nagato, Anyun, and Iwami on Honshu Island, as well as Buzen and Chikuzen on Kyushu Island. It is said that it is the largest force in the Western power of the Wa country.

Ouchi Yoshiko is very powerful, but he is far away from Kyoto, so his influence is far from being comparable to Hosokawa's, but then Ashikaga Yoshiki was abolished for the first time as a general, and as a result Fleeing to the Ouchi family, he was warmly received by Ouchi Yoshiko, the father of Ouchi Yoshiko, who was the lord of Zhou Fang at the time, and Ashikaga Yoshiki and Ouchi Yoshixing also got along very happily at that time, so in a sense It is said that there is no direct conflict between Yoshiko Ouchi and Yoshiki Ashikaga, and there is even some friendship.

It's just a pity that although Ouchi Yoshiko helped Ashikaga Yoshiki regain the position of general, and he himself got the Yamashiro country near Kyoto, but out of his own interests, he began to unite with Hosokawa Takakuni Standing up to suppress Ashikaga Yoshiki, this led to a split between the two, but this was only a split of interests, at least Ashikaga Yoshiki would not hate Ouchi Yoshiko like he hated Hosokawa Takakuni.

It is precisely because of this that Ouchi Yoshiko saw that Ashikaga Yoshiki defeated Hosokawa Takakuni's army in one fell swoop, and saw that the two ambitious families, Tayama and Hatano, also started to deal with Hosokawa. In addition, his forces are all in the Zhoufang area far away from Kyoto. The area of ​​Yamashiro Kingdom is small and surrounded by the forces of the Hosokawa Clan. There is no interest at all, so he decisively gave up the interests near Kyoto. The appearance is that he is ready to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and even in the future, whichever side is more powerful, he will join the stronger side, with a standard attitude of foolishness.

Ashikaga Yoshiki and Hosokawa Takakuni can also guess something about Ouchi Yoshiko's plan, but they have nothing to do about Ouchi's ignorance, because Ouchi's strength is not weaker than any of them , and even if both of them suffer losses in the end, I am afraid that the Ouchi clan will swallow both of them in one gulp. Based on their understanding of Yoshiko Ouchi, the other party definitely has such an appetite.

However, the departure of Ouchi Yoshiko also allowed Hosokawa Kokuni to finally let go of his hands and feet. He no longer has to worry about being disrupted by Ouchi Yoshiko in Kyoto, and Ashikaga Yoshiki does not have to worry that Ouchi Yoshiko will send troops to join forces with the Hosokawa clan. Together, this strengthened his confidence in regaining the power of the shogunate. Coupled with the warming of the weather, a war that will determine the future direction of the Wa country is imminent. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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