In the first month of the third year of Eiroku, the winter was extremely cold with heavy snow. Even the warm and humid Kinai was hit by continuous heavy snows. In the past, Settsu Province, which only received wet and cold rain, also ushered in a long-awaited blizzard. I heard that
It is said that the snowstorm situation in Kanto is very serious. Only cold and distant countries such as Hokuriku and Yuao are accustomed to such snowstorms.
Miyoshi Nagakei has not had a pleasant winter this winter. Kawachi Kunihatakeyama Takamasa is like a piece of dog-skin plaster that cannot be shaken off. If he wants to be beaten, he will hide and seek. If not, he will jump up and down to cause trouble. The Miyoshi family is tossing back and forth.
Many samurai were exhausted, and this year's war was also the same. As soon as Hatakeyama Takamasa saw the Miyoshi army coming back, he withdrew his troops back to Hanoi without saying a word.
Hatakeyama Takamasahi came up with a beautiful reason. After the war in Kyoto, he had no more demands. Liberating Hanoi was his ambition. He also righteously reprimanded Miyoshi Nagakei for the sins he had done to Kyoto. Half of Kyoto was affected by the war.
, many Buddhist temples and ancient temples were destroyed in his hands. His actions were worse than those of Ouchi Yixing in the Funaoka Mountain War, and almost on a par with the Doichiku Rebellion after the Cargill Rebellion.
Hearing such a disgusting rebuke, Miyoshi Nagakei wanted to tear off Hatakeyama Takamasa's head and kick it away as a cuju. If the Miyoshi family had not suffered a big loss in Kyoto and only got a little consolation prize, he would have launched an attack at all costs.
The current situation of the Hanoi Kingdom's conquest is obviously very unfavorable to the Miyoshi family, forcing him to endure this bad breath, and there is no such thing as Hatakeyama Takamasa.
When the Miyoshi family saw the Hatakeyama Army retreating and returning to Hanoi, although they rebuked Hatakeyama Takamasa for his bad behavior of fleeing without a fight, they were actually relieved that Hatakeyama Takamasa ran back without saying a word. The Miyoshi Army had just experienced the whole summer.
During the Battle of Luozhong, more than 10,000 soldiers died in Kyoto. Therefore, the number of wounded was as many as 16,000.
In fact, the battle damage only represents one aspect. More importantly, the Miyoshi army was hit by the sudden rebellion, and the negative impact of the Kira family's sudden seizure of the Kaga half country greatly dampened the morale of tens of thousands of Miyoshi family soldiers. If Hatakeyama
Gao Zheng did not choose to retreat so quickly, but insisted on fighting a joint battle with the exhausted Miyoshi army in Izumi Kingdom. Even Miyoshi Changqing was not sure that he could win this war.
Naito Munekatsu led 6,000 remnant troops back to Tamba Country to clean up his mess, mainly due to the trouble caused by Hatano Harumichi, the largest local force in Tamba. This change is not the first time Hatano Harumichi has acted. In the past seven years, the Hatano family has almost
Every year there would be some commotion. Naito Munekatsu also led his troops to fight with the Hatano family several times, each with its own injuries. The reason why this time they brought 10,000 Tanba troops instead of more was because of Hatano Harumichi's refusal to cooperate.
reason.
At the end of September, Naito Munekatsu defeated Hatano's army in the fifth battle of Yagami Castle, and shot General Hatano Harumichi with an arrow, causing the arrow to fall from his horse. The morale of Hatano's army collapsed, and he was defeated by Naito Munekatsu.
They stormed into Yagami Castle and forced the Hatano family to abandon Yagami Castle where they had lived for generations. Hatano Harumichi also died on the way to escape due to the recurrence of arrow wounds due to anger and anger.
The new family governor Hatano Hideharu who succeeded him was only twenty years old, but he was a brave and outstanding samurai. After his father was hastily buried, he led the army with the help of his generation retainers Akai Naomasa, Monai Kageye, Akai Yukiie, and Araki Uzuna.
They raided Yagami Castle and drove the careless Naito Sokatsu back to Yagi Castle in one fell swoop.
After this back-and-forth military conflict, the native Tanba forces represented by Hatano Hideji completely broke up with the Miyoshi family. Hatano Hideharu's fierce resistance received strong support from the Tanba people, and many people who were related to the Hatano clan united in Yasukami Castle.
Under the banner of this young man, he actively resisted Naito Munekatsu's tough rule. At one time, the Yagami Castle side had more than 10,000 troops.
After several fierce battles, Naito Munekatsu's military strength had dropped to less than 5,000. In desperation, he had to give up his plan to rush to Tanba and retreat to Yagi Castle to assume a long-term confrontation posture. This change made the Miyoshi family
The dominance of Tamba Country has been greatly shaken, and it no longer maintains the controllable posture it once had.
Bessho Anji of Higashi-Harima was also a brave and outstanding samurai. He was eight years older than Hatano Hideji. After the Bessho family was defeated by Miyoshi Yoshiken in the Harima expedition a few years ago, the entire Bessho clan and even Higashi-Harima were affected.
All the people in the country are bitter about the defeat in that battle, and they have a hundred reasons to defend their defeat.
The most important one is that they did not expect that the Miyoshi family would launch an attack on Higashi-Harima at the same time from the waterway. Before that, the Miyoshi family had not revealed any intention to attack Harima. The people of Harima were busy fighting among themselves and did not think that they would be attacked.
During the invasion, Miyoshi Yoshihide, the general of the Miyoshi Army, suddenly led his troops into Harima Country. Such a quick and decisive attack did not allow the generals of the Harima navy, Kajiwara Shigeemon, to react. Higashi-Harima was suddenly attacked by Miyoshi Yoshihide.
suppress.
The unsuspecting Higashi-Harima people suffered a big loss as soon as they came up. Before their troops could be summoned, they were pressed by successive armies and were overwhelmed. The troops that each family urgently summoned were only 23/10 of the overall strength.
, could only defend the walled city with a few hundred warriors. Unfortunately, Miyoshi Yoshiken was too cunning, and even promised many small and medium-sized people large profits to win over a group of leading party, which caused a major flaw in Higashi Harima's internal defense.
If you make the wrong move, everything will be lost.
Bessho Anji, who had just inherited the family governor this time, was fighting against the Miyoshi family with a heart for revenge. He secretly called for military service before the Miyoshi family launched the Rakuchu War, and raided the Harima Kingdom at the most intense moment of the Rakuchu War.
Several traitorous Chinese who belonged to the Miyoshi family were killed one by one and announced that they would break away from the control of the Miyoshi family and return to the banner of the Akamatsu clan.
His statement was supported by all the people in the Harima Kingdom, including Uno Shimono Mamasahide, a powerful citizen of Nishi-Harima. This person is the Tatsuno Akamatsu family governor, also known as the Uno clan, and is the former Akamatsu family governor of the Akamatsu family.
Harumasa's son-in-law, because at this time the Akamatsu family was in conflict with the family governor, the former family governor Akamatsu Harumasa and the current family governor Akamatsu Yoshiyu were at odds.
The result of the confrontation between father and son was that the people of Bizen, Mimasaku, and Harima Three Kingdoms also chose sides according to their respective positions. Among enemies, it must be that if you support the previous governor, I will support the current governor. Uno Masahide happens to be in the same clan as Bessho Anji.
The relationship is not harmonious. The people of Higashi-Harima Province, where the Bessho clan is located, are die-hard supporters of the current family governor Akamatsu Yoshisuke. In recent years, the relationship between the two parties has also reached a deadlock as the competition for the Akamatsu family governor intensified.
But since the invasion of the Miyoshi family, everything has been interrupted. Akamatsu Harumasa and Akamatsu Yoshisuke, the living treasure father and son, also felt that the powerful Miyoshi family was coveting them, and it was not appropriate for them to continue to quarrel because of their family, so they invited
Bizen, Mimasaku, and the Harima people were discussing how to deal with the Miyoshi family. It happened that at this time, the black hand of the Kira family came in to make a big push. So when it came to the issue of invasion from other places, the powerful people of East and West Harima united together.
Not only did they receive support from these two people, but they also received the political office of Kodera, one of the three Akamatsu families in Harima Junior High School, and the powerful retainer Miki Touaki. Bizen guardian Dai Urakami Masamune, Matsuda Motoki, and Mimasaku guardian Dai Nakamura Yumune
Part of the reason for this was the worry that the Miyoshi family would interfere in the Akamatsu family's political affairs, but the bigger reason was the huge influence exerted by the Kira family behind the scenes.
Without the Kira family behind the scenes, the all-pervasive Kira ninjas and the Kira envoys operating everywhere, under constant intimidation and inducement, forced the Akamatsu retainers group that had been divided for many years back together.
The ghosts gathered in Zishiao City again, and their purpose was to repel the powerful Sanhao family.
Akamatsu Harumasa and Akamatsu Yoshisuke, the treasured father and son, sat together again, looking at a room full of faces they had not seen for many years and feeling very emotional. At the same time, they were also surprised by the strong influence of the Kira family. As the saying goes, sake makes people's faces red, and wealth touches people's hearts.
No one knows how strong the Kira family's military strength is. They only know about the shocking Vietnam-China War from scratch. Even the battle that took place on the banks of the Tetori River in the southern part of Kaga Country was not enough to scare them. After all, between east and west
There is also a huge Kinki Quagmire.
However, the financial strength of the Kira family was highlighted at this moment. The Yongle money worth ten thousand guanwen was placed in front of the ministers. However, in the face of the mysterious Kira ninja who was killing people invisible, no one dared to move even half an inch.
If you rob this money, who knows what the consequences will be if you wake up tomorrow and move your head.
The meeting lasted only half an hour and quickly passed a resolute anti-Miyoshi decision. Akamatsu Yoshisuke immediately decided on Harima, Mimasaku, and the Bizen Three Kingdoms' resolute resistance to the invasion of the Miyoshi family, and stated that the Akamatsu clan had no intention of getting involved in Kinki.
The purpose of the chaos is to resist the rude invasion of the Mihaoshi family. The people of the above three countries will resolutely resist when the Mihaoshi family invades. If there is any violation, the warriors of the three countries will jointly fight against it.
At the same time, he also made a proposal to support Hatano Hideharu, the anti-Miyoshi side of Tanzania. Akamatsu Yoshisuke was determined to win over this powerful national lord from a neighboring country and marry his biological sister to Hatano Hideharu to strengthen the relationship between the two parties. At the same time, he could provide support for
The idea of finding a strong supporter in Tamba Country is simply amazing.
Akamatsu Harumasa did not refute his son's proposal. He also felt that it was a very good thing to have a son-in-law who controlled most of Tamba, so he quickly got married through the intermediary of the Kira family envoy. Uno Masahide felt that he had a brother-in-law.
The sworn brothers may be able to provide him with some unexpected help, while Bessho Anji is slowly thinking about how to strengthen the relationship with the Hatano family in the future. This proposal was adopted without hesitation despite the evil intentions of all the countrymen.
At first glance, it seemed that the Harima Akamatsu clan was trying to revive the dead by taking advantage of the Kira family's opportunity to bring in the anti-Mitsuyo family. However, the Akamatsu retainers and a group of people from the country who went out on their own and were forcibly pulled back knew very well that the Akamatsu clan was like a
The terminally ill old man has a lot of paralysis that has long been hard to recover from. Adding another Hatano Hideji to his trap will only make the turbid pond even more confusing.
If Hatano Hideji was smart enough, he would definitely try to maintain a neutral stance on Harima matters, instead of being too eager to support one side and getting himself into trouble. This change is even less likely to change the fact that the Akamatsu family is in decline.
Decline is decline and cannot be reversed with a little blessing from external forces.
At least this external force is not strong enough to ignore everything and change everything. Akamatsu Harumasa and Akamatsu Yoshisuke are not the kind of family governors with amazing talents. They can still relax and run their own small kingdom, but before that, they need to Add another prerequisite, which is to defeat the invading army of the Mihaoshi family...
Thinking of this, many Western warriors present showed a strange smile that you understand and I understand. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
