World history is very interesting: Yuan Tengfei talks about Japanese history

Chapter 16
Calling on the world to fight against the country's thieves

One night in the fourth year of Zhicheng, a mysterious visitor came to the residence of King Yiren, the son of Emperor Hou Baihe.

Nio is intelligent, good at temperament, especially good at playing the flute, and very talented. As early as Emperor Nijo was in power, he was regarded as the best heir to the throne.However, he was not born to Hirashiko, the favorite concubine of Empress Goshirakawa. Later, Hirako's son succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Takakura, cutting off the road to King Nio's ascension to the throne.

In order to completely cut off the thoughts of King Yi Ren, Ping Zizi even did not allow King Yi Ren to obtain the title of prince.According to the rules of the Japanese royal family, the princes and grandchildren within three generations of the direct line are called princes, and girls are called inner princes.Now the eldest and second princes of Emperor Akihito of Japan are Prince Naruhito and Prince Fumihito respectively, and the third daughter is Prince Kinomiya.Those with more than three generations of blood relatives can only be called king and queen. As for the crown prince, emperor grandson, empress, empress dowager, and concubine, they are all the same as the titles in ancient China.

King Yiren is the son of Empress Hou Baihe, and he is a blood relative in the direct line. It is said that there is no problem with being called a prince.But the Ping family obstructed him and refused to give him the title of prince.King Yi Ren was so miserable that he could only go to a hidden place, hold a coming-of-age ceremony secretly, and then live in seclusion without asking about political affairs.Fortunately, he took refuge in his aunt, the younger sister of Empress Hou Baihe, and obtained the inheritance rights of the huge manor, which ensured that he had no worries about food and clothing.

That night, the person who came to visit him was Minamoto Raizheng.He joined the Heira family at the critical moment of the Heiji Rebellion, and was deeply loved by Kiyomori Taira. He became a rare source of family members in the Heira regime, and he made rapid progress all the way.

After all, Minamoto Raizheng is from the Minamoto family, and he is very disgusted with the domineering and domineering of the Heira clan.But because he was single and lonely, and he had no name for the thief, this time he came to fool King Ni and said: "As long as your highness raises your arms and issues an order to crusade against the Heike family, Genji warriors from all over the world who have mortal enemies against the Heike family will definitely respond. Exterminating the Ping family is no problem at all."

King Yiren already had a mortal enmity with the Ping family, without the Ping family, he would not be so confused that he could not even be crowned a prince.After hearing Minamoto's words, King Yiren was immediately tempted.The two found another lurker of Genji - Minamoto Yoshitomo's tenth younger brother Minamoto Hiroshi.After the defeat of the Minamoto family, he lived in Kumano in seclusion. At the invitation of Minamoto Yorimasa, he met with King Nito, and then took the secret order of King Nito to contact Genji warriors in various places, preparing to crusade against the Heike family.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, the news leaked out very quickly, and Kiyomori Taira immediately sent a large army to round up King Yiren and Minamoto.The Heira family was numerous, and during the fierce battle, Minamoto Yorimasa, father and son were all killed.King Yiren, who had escaped by chance, was also chased all the way to Guangming Mountain by the Pingjia army. Arrows were fired at once, shooting the majestic royal family and nobles into a hedgehog, and then beheaded for public display.

Nio and Yuan Laizheng launched an army to attack the Heike family, but they failed in just a few days.However, he has fulfilled his historical mission—in the name of the Emperor of Heaven, he issued an order to crusade against the Heike family.From then on, there was a legal basis for the Minamoto samurai to crusade against the Heike family.

Repeatedly resorted to beauty tricks
Uomoto experts who slipped through the net took the decree of King Nio and contacted the remnants of Genji everywhere. The first one to find was Minamoto Yoritomo who was exiled to the Izu Peninsula after the Heiji Rebellion.

Minamoto Yoritomo is the direct descendant of Genji and the leader of Genji, equivalent to the suzerain.He is the son of Minamoto Yoshitomo who was defeated and died in the Heiji Rebellion. Although he is not the eldest son, his mother is the daughter of Fujiwara Kitano, the great priest of Owari Atsuta Shrine.And Fujiwara Jifan was born in Fujiwara Minami's family, he was the descendant of Gongqing.Although the Fujiwara family has always been in power from the North family, the Fujiwara Nan family is also the authentic blood of the Fujiwara family.As a samurai, Yoshitomo Minamoto felt honored to be in-law with such an aristocratic family.A son is more precious than a mother, Minamoto Yoshitomo has always wanted to train Minamoto Yoshitomo to be his successor.Minamoto Yoritomo was captured after the defeat of Minamoto Yoshitomo. Thanks to the intercession of Taira Kiyomori's mother Chi Zenni, he was able to save his life and was exiled to Izu.This exile, I stayed in Izu for 20 years.

During Minamoto Yoritomo's exile, he never forgot to restore his father and brother's foundation and take revenge on the Heike family.But as a prisoner, the situation is similar to that of Lin Chong, so it is difficult to make a difference.What's more, the Heike family ordered the two major powers in Kanto to monitor him, one named Ito Yukin, and the other named Hojo Shizheng.If Minamoto Yoritomo wants to make a difference, the first thing to do is to impress Ito Yukin and Hojo Shizheng.If these two people are willing to obey their orders, then there is a lot to do in raising troops against the Ping family.

Minamoto Yoritomo, as a prisoner, how did he impress the two guards?Minamoto Yoritomo naturally has his capital, which is hue.Minamoto Yoritomo was very handsome, and it was precisely because of his handsome appearance that he moved Chi Channi that he was able to save his life.Minamoto Yoshitomo is simply a mistress killer, think about it, even an old lady can be moved, but can a little girl withstand the temptation?
Minamoto Yoritomo first went to seduce Ito Yukin's daughter, and the seduction was successful, and she got into bed with a silly girl who had never seen the world.After all, Minamoto Yoritomo was born in the capital of Kuo, and his demeanor and appearance are not comparable to those of the rustic samurai in the Kanto region. Yukino Ito's daughter gave birth to Minamoto Yoshitomo's son.

Unexpectedly, Ito Yuki would not accept this trick, and firmly refused to recognize this son-in-law who came to visit.He quickly married off his daughter, threw his illegitimate son into the lake and drowned, and at the same time prepared to attack Minamoto Yoritomo.

Minamoto Yoritomo saw that the beauty trick failed, so he hurriedly fled to another watchman, Hojo Tokimasa.In fact, Hojo Shizheng is also a descendant of the Heira family. He is regarded as a powerful family in the local area. He wants money and money, soldiers and soldiers, and food and food.Minamoto Yoritomo fled to Hojo Shizheng's place, and repeated his old tricks to seduce Hojo Shizheng's daughter, Hojo Masako, and got Masako into bed again very smoothly.

Masako is not an ignorant girl like the daughter of the Ito family. She has a political vision and is very ambitious. She sees that Lai Chao is a blue-chip stock, so she takes the initiative to commit herself.Rather than saying that Minamoto Yoshitomo seduced her, it was better to say that she seduced Minamoto Yoshitomo, or that the two seduced each other.

The two made cooked rice with raw rice, and Hojo Shizheng became a father-in-law for no reason.Hojo Shizheng was also much smarter than Ito Yuki, pretending to be deaf and dumb, allowing the two young people to cover up and pretend to marry Hojo Masako to a local wealthy family called Hira Kanelong.On the night of the wedding, Hojo Masako escaped and eloped to the mountains with Minamoto Yoshitomo, where he was protected by local monks and soldiers.Although Ping Jianlong was furious, there was nothing he could do.

Later, Masako and Minamoto Yoshitomo gave birth to a daughter, and the two publicly referred to each other as husband and wife.In this way, the Hojo family became the solid backing of Minamoto Yoritomo.

Phoenix man vs rich second generation
Minamoto Yoritomo thought that the time had come after receiving the decree from the Minamoto family. With the support of the Hojo family, he raised the flag of rebellion in Izu.

Minamoto Yoritomo first killed his political and love rival Hei Kanelong.Ping Jianlong is really more wronged than Dou E, his wife was tasted new, and he lost his life.Minamoto Yoritomo won the first battle, his confidence was greatly increased, and he was eager to expand his achievements.With the support of the local wealthy family, he led hundreds of cavalry to prepare for a big fight.

At that time, the Heike family was still very powerful, and the powerful samurai who supported the Heike family quickly formed a large army in an attempt to wipe out Minamoto Yoritomo in one fell swoop.In August, Minamoto Yoritomo confronted 8 men led by General Heike with 3000 cavalry at Shiqiao Mountain.Minamoto Yoritomo's group of people are all local wild warriors, and they are good at street fighting, and have not experienced much formal battles; while the soldiers of the Heike family are all battle-tested people, and their strength is ten times that of Minamoto Yoshitomo.When the two sides fight each other, the situation is one-sided.Minamoto Yoshitomo was defeated, but thanks to the betrayal of someone in the opponent's camp, and the desperate fighting of the accompanying samurai, he managed to escape by chance.

After Minamoto Yoritomo escaped, he looked up to the sky and laughed, saying that my greatest victory is to be alive.Sure enough, Minamoto fled to Anfang after his failure at Shiqiaoshan, and got the help of two Heira nobles.These two nobles of the Taira clan, although they were Taira clans, were members of Minamoto Yoshitomo's father, Minamoto Yoshitomo, and had always supported Minamoto.After the two surrendered to Minamoto Yoritomo, Minamoto Yoshitomo had 2 horses under his command, and later he was assisted by the State Secretary of the Shangzong Kingdom.Seven days after the failure of Shiqiaoshan, Minamoto Yoritomo already had an army of [-], and owned the three kingdoms of Shangzong, Xiazong, and Anfang, and entered Kamakura, the place where the ancestors made their fortunes.

Minamoto Yoritomo was like Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms period. After losing the battle, his power expanded. At the time of the Battle of Shiqiaoshan, he had only 300 troops, and he had [-] troops seven days later.The Ping family was dumbfounded by this, it was so unbelievable that he couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment.

Hira Kiyomori met with his son-in-law Emperor Takakura, asked for the release of the court announcement, and obtained the emperor's decree to crusade Genji, and then appointed his grandson, Hira Shigemori's eldest son, Hira Weisheng, as the general, commanding the army, and dispatched troops to suppress the rebellion.It's a pity that the descendants of the Heike family have already become aristocrats at this time, immersed in the elegant life of the princes in Kyoto, bearing the name of a samurai, who have never fought, have little martial arts skills, neither know soldiers nor are good at fighting.

Ping Weisheng, a playboy, took office with great enthusiasm and great expectations from his grandfather.He didn't understand the truth of the speed of soldiers at all, and 20 days after receiving the order, he led the army from Fukuhara, the base of the Heike family, and arrived in Kyoto, waiting for the auspicious day when he left the army.When these dudes arrived in Kyoto, they even had trysts with lovers and visited brothels, repeatedly delaying the opportunity to fight.

Minamoto Yoritomo took advantage of this month to unite all forces that could be united, and at one point grew his force to 4, and gained a firm foothold in the Kanto region with Kamakura at its core.

Another branch of Genji, Kai Genji, was the Takeda clan who later shined in the Warring States Period, and also went south in time to cooperate with Minamoto Yoritomo in the battle.When Hei Weisheng's army entered Minamoto Yoritomo's territory, Genji's army had already set up a formation to meet the enemy. Along the Fuji River line, Genji's flags were all over the mountains and plains.

Battle of Fujikawa

Ping Weisheng didn't know how many troops the opponent had, so he grabbed a Genji messenger and asked.This courier also bragged about not paying taxes. In order to enhance his prestige, he opened his mouth and reported a frightening figure, saying that the Yuan family had 20 people.

Japan is a small country with few people. In the history of wars, the number of troops is basically in units of thousands. The figure of 20 is simply terrifying!

Even if this number contained moisture, Ping Weisheng complained endlessly.He also called a samurai who had been in the Kanto and asked him how the combat effectiveness of the Kanto samurai was.The warrior said to Ping Weisheng: "There are as many people like me in Kanto. The strong bows they use can only be drawn by five or six people; two or three collars can be shot through with one arrow; one subordinate is at least His great name, he also has five hundred cavalry under his command; their horses can pass no matter how dangerous the place is. In a battle, when the father dies, the son goes up, and the brother dies, the brother goes up, and they only know how to move forward, but don’t know how to retreat!”

After hearing these words, the Heike warrior lost two souls and six souls in fright.After the Heiji Rebellion, the warriors of the Western Kingdom, represented by the Heike family, actually embarked on a path of integration with the court officials in Kyoto, and lost their original vigor and vitality.Many people are even like the court ministers, unable to draw a bow or swing a knife, and they both despise and fear the Kanto warriors.

When the Ping family army heard that the Kwantung samurai were so capable of fighting, and there were 20 troops, their morale was immediately low and they began to desert. On the night of October 10, a flock of waterfowl living in the Fuji River swamp was disturbed and flew up together, making a loud noise.The panic-stricken Heike army mistakenly thought it was the Genji army attacking, and fell into chaos in the dark.Many people ran away on bareback horses without even putting on their saddles.Some people didn't even untie the reins of the horses, and they were so anxious to ride around on the horses.

Seeing that he could not restrain his subordinates, Ping Weisheng had to order the whole army to retreat.The Heike army hadn't fought against the Yuanjia army yet, but just hearing the waterfowl flying, the whole army broke up and was defeated before the battle, which completely embarrassed the Heike samurai.From then on, the Heike family could no longer prevent Minamoto Yoritomo from growing his influence in the Kanto region.

(End of this chapter)