"Just stating a fact." Kira Yoshishi sat up straight, took out a piece of letter and handed it to Ashikaga Yoshito, and then said: "According to the investigation, the Miyoshi family has 20,000 troops in Shikoku on standby at any time, and they control the Osaka Bay shipping route.
The Anzai family has also become a branch of the Miyoshi family. The Miyoshi family has no worries about sea transportation. In addition, in Kinki, there is the Kawauchi Hatakeyama family controlled by Miyoshi Nagakei's father-in-law Yusa Chokyo. Settsu Province has also just been surrendered, and it has already been controlled.
of Izumi.
The Miyoshi family indirectly controls Settsu, Izumi, Kawachi, Kii, plus the 20,000 troops of the four countries. The Miyoshi family can raise an army of 40,000 at any time. At this time, we suddenly won a battle and killed Tokawa Ichin.
, defeated the Sanhao family's army that captured 18,000 people. What we need more at this time is negotiation, and we can use the momentum of victory to reach peace with the Sanhao family."
Ashikaga Yoshitō looked at this thin piece of paper, his face turned blue and white, and he clenched the paper in his hand into a ball, "Is there no other way but harmony?"
"There is no better way at the moment." Kira replied.
"It's really surprising that the famous general who just defeated the Miyoshi family's 18,000-strong army would say such depressing words!" Hosokawa Harumoto sneered and said, "Since Kira Saheiden does not dare to go out, then it's up to me.
Qingyuan, go out to fight for the shogunate! His Highness Gongfang and all the gentlemen, please wait for the good news about me, Qingyuan!"
Hosokawa Harumoto stood up and left. Before leaving, he called all members of the Hosokawa family away. It was said that he was going to hold a military meeting to discuss the military affairs of sending troops to victory at Ryuuji Castle tomorrow. Ashikaga Yoshitō sat still with a livid face.
, there was silence in the Tsunei Imperial Palace. Everyone was sitting on their knees with solemn expressions. Ashikaga Yoshitō whispered: "Is it really impossible to capture Shoryuji Castle?"
"Joint warfare is different from siege warfare. The cost of seizing the city by force is too high. Once the city cannot be captured in a short period of time, it will be surrounded by Miyoshi Chokei's army. By then it will be too late to retreat." Kira Yoshitoki is not optimistic about Hosokawa at all.
With Harumoto's performance, Matsunaga Nagayori is not an idiot. With two thousand elites guarding Katsuryuji Castle, how could Hosokawa Harumoto's three thousand men possibly capture it?
"Let's wait for news from Ukyo Hosokawa! You've had a hard day, go to bed early!" Ashikaga Yoshitō stood up and left Ohiroma.
Early the next morning, Hosokawa Harumoto led his 3,000 troops to attack Katsuryuji Castle. Due to the sinister relationship between Hosokawa Harumoto and Kira Yoshiki, the two sides did not share intelligence, so he did not know Matsunaga at all.
Nagarayi once tried to cross the Kamogawa River, but was blocked by the navy and returned without success.
He also didn't know that Ise Sadataka had been escorted to Akutagawa Mountain Castle by Matsunaga Nagayori. The Miyoshi family had clearly learned about the death of Tokawa Ichimoto. Hosokawa Harumoto was going to face the two thousand angry masters of the Miyoshi family.
, what awaits him is definitely not a good outcome.
Rokkaku Yoshihide gained nothing from this battle, and was content to just watch the epic war as a passerby without doing anything. By the time he realized what he should do, it was getting late and the Battle of Nakao Mountain was over. Where could he go?
There were leftovers to share with him, but in the end he had no choice but to retreat in despair. All the previous hard work and arrangements were in vain. In the eyes of the world, he was a fool who wasted the opportunity to fight. You can imagine how angry and useless he was.
Not to mention how angry and irritated these two relatives were, Kiragi was already busy here. The two battles resulted in heavy casualties and a large amount of seizures. In order to conduct statistics on military exploits, a first actual inspection was required, and they were named.
The main merit of the Fukakusa battle was Naito Masashige. He shot an arrow through the throat of Tokawa Ichino and ended the general of the Miyoshi family. It is not an exaggeration to regard it as a meritorious service.
The second meritorious service was given to Yamazaki Iemasu, the 10th ashigaru general who held on to the end. The second meritorious service was not given to him alone, but to all the Omi samurai who died in the Fukakusa battle. Remember them when representing Kiragi.
Achievements.
The third level of power is Chujo Tokihide. After the death of Tokawa Ichigo, he immediately organized a large army to defeat several armies of the Miyoshi family. One person beheaded thirty-five levels, including several fierce generals from the Miyoshi family. This time he was the most complete
He defeated the main force of the Miyoshi Army. Without his outstanding performance, the Miyoshi Army would not have surrendered so easily. As a result, he also earned the nickname "Oni Nakajo" and his military reputation greatly increased.
According to the calculation of rewards for the above three achievements, Kira Yoshitoki will allocate 5,000 kan at a time as a reward, all of which will be used as rewards for those who have meritorious service. Another 5,000 kan will be used to compensate the families of the Omi samurai who died in the battle. These samurai fought to the death.
At the last moment, an important foundation was laid for the victory of Fukakusa, and the standard of pension was greatly increased, and no one said much.
Then came the battle of Jishoji Temple and the battle of Nakao Mountain. The Ichiban Shougi was Suzuki Shigetsu. He was a member of the temple tribe of the Suzuki Clan of the Mikawa Fongko public. He was famous for his spear skills in the Suzuki clan. This time he grabbed the Ichiban Shou.
The Mikawa Suzuki family gained a reputation, and the Ichiban gun was of course Watanabe Takatsuna. He led a charge of 300 men and defeated Miyoshi Choitsu's main formation, forcing him to abandon his plan to defend and escape in embarrassment. It can be said that he played a major role in this.
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The merit was given to Okouchi Zenhei Tsunadaka, who led 150 people and delayed Miyoshi's army for half an hour. He is the younger brother of Okouchi Motaka. He is twenty-five years old this year. He was often known for his bravery and good fighting skills when he was in Mikawa.
A backbone figure among the Mikawa samurai. As a member of the Okouchi family, he followed Kira Yoshi and made great achievements in this battle.
The second effort was given to Kato Kyouaki, who had made great achievements in commanding the grenade corps, and the third effort was to the iron artillery general Takigawa Masushige. The combined power of the two severely shocked the three good troops, and laid the foundation for the final victory.
The foundation was laid.
The statistics of the two battles came out, and each person received a reward. Kira Yoshitoki's money bag accumulated from Sakamoto in the past six months was on the verge of bankruptcy. Fortunately, the total number of prisoners captured by the Miyoshi family was 10,000, of whom 10 were
Two thousand people from Abo, the headquarters led by He Yicun, were killed in the battle, and only one thousand people remained.
However, as far as Yoshitoki Kira knew, many of the Shikoku people were killed on the spot by the angry Omi people after surrendering, and some were seriously injured and were mercilessly hit. The actual number of those who sought death was less than 2,000, and Settsu
, a total of 800 people were killed by the Izumi clan, and there were still 1,200 people left. The 3,000 troops of the Hatakeyama family were basically fighting soy sauce with almost no losses. Except for a few people who escaped with Ise Sadataka, all the Yamashiro clan were captured.
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Kira's army suffered only a few casualties in the battle at Nakao Mountain. More than 300 people were killed in the Miyoshi family battle in the battle for Jishoji Temple, and more than 1,500 people were killed in the battle at Nakao Mountain, plus one or two killed by Yamasokawa's army.
Hundreds of people, a total of 2,000 people were lost, and nearly 6,000 people were captured, including more than 2,000 people from the four countries and the rest from the Kinki countries.
The most important result of the battle is actually a dead Shihe Yicun and a living Sanhao Changyi. These two guardians are the main gains from these two battles. If done properly, you can get rich rewards. Sanhao Changyi is Sanhao Changqing.
His uncle, his father Changhao Nagano and Miyoshi Changqing's grandfather Miyoshi Changhide were born from the same father. This branch of his family has always followed the Miyoshi clan and made many achievements.
So after the rise of Miyoshi Changqing, this guy who was much older than Miyoshi Changqing in terms of seniority became a general. However, he was much worse than Shihe Icun, and he didn't have the courage to fight to the death at all.
Thanks to him, the Kira family did not suffer a more serious blow.
After the work was completed, the work was completed, the rewards were assessed, the captured armor was stored in the treasury, and the Yodogawa soldiers were rewarded. In the evening, the unfortunate news came that Hosokawa Harumoto had forcibly captured two thousand Yamashiro soldiers in the mountain castle.
They launched an attack on Shengryuji Castle with an army of 5,000 people, but they encountered the Miyoshi family's army who had no place to vent their anger because Shiga Icun was killed in the battle. It is said that it took only a while to defeat the people of the mountain castle who had no intention of fighting.
Then, under the fierce attack of Matsunaga Nagayori, the Hosokawa army could no longer maintain its position and began to retreat. Then the retreat turned into a rout. Matsunaga Nagayori chased and killed eight hundred people on the spot.
People, and several members of the Hosokawa family were killed in the battle. According to the information reported by the Hattori family, if Matsunaga Nagayori had not stopped the pursuit for fear that someone would steal the city, I am afraid that all the Hosokawa troops would have been captured, because the Hosokawa troops had already been captured at that time.
After chasing him to the vicinity of Katsura River, he could only go further and swim in the river.
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