Shiga County belongs to the Kira family. This news shocked the Rokkaku family far more than the changes in Takashima County. Shiga County was originally a residential area assigned by the Rokkaku family to the shogunate as a holiday resort. The shogunate who was down at that time could have a place to live.
They were satisfied with staying in the local area, and the Rokkaku family also wanted to take this opportunity to get close to the shogunate, seeking to obtain a successor and improve their family status.
Facts have proved that Rokkaku Sadeyori was absolutely right to do this. After the reconciliation between Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Hosokawa Harumoto, Rokkaku Sadayori successively married Hosokawa Harumoto, gaining great prestige for Ashikaga Yoshiharu and becoming the leader of the shogunate.
On behalf of achieving the goal he set at the beginning, his family has changed from the situation of being suppressed by the shogunate during the Muromachi period, and has become a famous samurai family name.
It's just that the Rokkaku family was a speculator in the final analysis, and they did not have strong military armaments. In several battles involving changes in the Kinei structure, they often stood still and waited until the situation became clear before adding more things or simply retreating. Therefore, the Rokkaku family
Xian simply dismissed Guan Lingdai.
Because the Rokkaku family hesitated and missed the opportunity, the two counties flew into the hands of Kira Yoshitoki. This made Rokkaku Yoshihide a little dissatisfied with the Kira family. He wanted to hint to the Kira family but had no excuse, so he could only stare and worry.
On the last day of April, all the renovations inside and outside Nakao Castle were completed. Ashikaga Yoshitō discovered that many of the defense facilities were very good after visiting Sakamoto Castle, and ordered craftsmen to build the same structure as usual. Anyway, he spent more than half a year to complete a mountain castle.
, for this reason, Kira Yoshitsune was called to Nakao Castle to hold a banquet.
After the banquet, Ashikaga Yoshitō summoned him to the castle tower and said, "How well prepared is your army? Are you sure you can fight for your clan?"
Kira Yoshi hesitated for a moment, then said truthfully: "There is no problem with the Mikawa warriors in this formation. The people from the two counties have not been summoned yet. I wonder what His Highness's plan is?"
"Yu will recapture the lost Kyoto this summer! This is my father's last wish and also Yu's ambition! Sanzhu will definitely march to Kyoto this summer. If Yu and Sanzhu meet on a narrow road, one of them will be defeated! Yu cannot be defeated! Yu wants to
Win! So Saburo starts mobilizing from now on! Kira needs to mobilize more, and it is best to allocate some troops from Mikawa Kingdom! The fate of my shogunate depends on this battle!"
"I understand! I will take action immediately when I return to Sakamoto." Kira Yoshi stood up and left.
Ashikaga Yoshitoki appointed Kira Yoshitoki as the Sakamoto Imperial Palace Police Officer, with the purpose of allowing him to launch a mobilization order on the grounds that he would be responsible for the garrison duty of Sakamoto Imperial Palace. Kira Yoshitoki had already been waiting for this name to start, and directly borrowed the name of Sakamoto Imperial Palace Police Officer to attack Ashikaga
Yoshitō applied for the transfer of Naomi to assist Sakamoto Castle. The reason was that the rear area of the army should not be left vacant after the army was deployed.
What that actually means is that it’s okay for your Highness to break my legs, but you have to replenish my manpower! Ashikaga Yoshitō agreed to his request without thinking, wasn’t he just asking for a direct minister of the shogunate?
I had no one but no one was short of money, so Hosokawa Fujitaka came over when Kira Yoshihiro was appointed, and was appointed as Shiga County Dai. His duty was to formulate laws and regulations to manage Shiga County affairs.
Also coming with Hosokawa Fujitaka were Ninagawa's son Ninagawa, the diplomat's eldest son who was transferred to serve as general minister, and Odate Harimitsu's brother-in-law, the arrogant fifth-level minister.
Takanobu, the head of Tatehyogo, and his eldest son, Harutada Odate, were in charge of tax collection.
At the same time, Matsui Masayuki's brother Matsui Yukan was appointed as the head of the Sakamoto Castle Town and was responsible for coordinating the affairs of the Sakamoto Castle Town. The task given to him by Kira Yoshitoki was to suppress the merchants of Sakamoto Port as soon as possible and discuss the administrative decree of the castle town with Hosokawa Fujitaka.
In order to do this, he also gave an example, which is the Rakushi Ordinance of Kannonji Castle Town, and we can start to draft a similar set of laws.
The first thing he did when he returned to Sakamoto Castle was to immediately write a letter to Nobusada Ohuchi, who was staying behind in Mikawa. The letter was handed over to the ninjas of the Hattori family who traveled day and night to deliver it to Mikawa Country. According to the standards of the Hattori family, the letter could be delivered to Saijo within three days.
city.
The second thing was to send an order to Shiga. The two counties of Takashima issued a mobilization order, requiring each of the two counties to send 2,500 people, and a total of 5,000 troops were assembled. Yamamoto Tokiyuki served as the military agent and was responsible for the training of these 5,000 troops.
He has a very important task to ensure that the five thousand troops can form combat strength in a short period of time, at least out of the level of ordinary peasants and soldiers.
In order to complete the task as soon as possible, Yamamoto Tokiyuki transferred 250 people from Saijo Bei and Akabi to serve as temporary commanders, striving to transform this improvised army into a powerful force within a month or two.
In the regular reserve team, while Yamamoto Tokiyuki was busy reorganizing the Omi Army, Saijo Bei and Akabe were not idle either. The two reserve teams were competing to see who was stronger.
After making up for the shortcomings of insufficient training, the Akabe samurai's stamina was fully stimulated. In just half a year, they were able to fight with an equal number of Saijo samurai in a neck-to-neck battle. They even learned about Saijo's rifle and quilt.
Success, what is lacking is nothing more than the proficiency of coordination. Chibei horseback warriors still adhere to the system of foot combat training every other day. All horses are covered with a layer of horse armor made of bamboo and wood. Although they cannot withstand the damage of tachi and large body guns,
, but it is still no problem when facing the ordinary Ashigaru's long handle and soft bow and arrow.
Eight days later, news finally came from the direction of Mikawa. Perhaps it was because Kira Yoshishi had gained a great influence in Yuanfu, or perhaps it was because he had just experienced a great victory that added a lot of halo to the prestige of the Kira family. In short, the people of Mikawa were greatly encouraged by the news.
, the original half-hearted attitude of Mikawa Bong public was reversed. They began to actively contact Okochi Nobuzada and expressed their willingness to send out a group of warriors from the same clan. Judging from the current situation, the newly recruited warriors are about three hundred, about
It takes half a month to reach Omi.
In addition, there have been some changes in the Kira family. Kira Yoshian merged the upper and lower Kira families into the Mikawa Kira family on the orders of Imagawa Yoshimoto. At the same time, he appointed Okabe Motonobu as the Anxiang castle representative and served as the second-in-command of the Mikawa Kira family. However,
The Imagawa family seemed not to have expected that the two Kira families had reached an agreement. The Kami-Kira family was nominally subordinate to Kira Yoshian, and the actual control of the family leaders and retainer groups, as well as the interests of various places, remained unchanged. This was the original promise made by Kira Yoshian, and he also acknowledged
The Kira family in Kyoto during the time of Kira Yoshihiro was a single family leader.
Another news may be a little different. When I read the letter, Kira Yoshito curled his lips and sneered: "Imagawa Yoshimoto really couldn't help it. He was going to marry his daughter to his brother Kira Yoshian so soon. He was probably worried that the two Kira would not be able to survive after the merger.
Be under control! Do you want to control the Kira family through marriage and generational suppression? It’s just that the two Kira families still maintain a superficial merger, but in fact they still go about their own affairs and have no intention of uniting. This is something he didn’t expect!"
Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taiyuan Yuksai did not seem to have thought that the Kira family would still remain divided after reunification. The name of the Mikawa Kira family could not restrain the Kami Kira retainers at all. In fact, the so-called Mikawa Kira family was still Shimo Kira's group. Imagawa
In order to strengthen his control over the Mikawa Kira family and marry his daughter, Yoshimoto sent important ministers to lure many members of the Ene family and the Matsudaira family into the Mikawa Kira family to mix in the sand, so he could finally feel at ease.
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