After this unknown collegiality was reached, the unaware Miyoshi Army gathered 20,000 troops under the leadership of Miyoshi Yoshihide and marched into Higashi-Harima again, preparing to teach the disobedient Bessho Anji a profound lesson, but the result
But it was far beyond his expectation. As soon as he stepped into the territory of Harima Country, it turned into a completely different scene.
The Harima Nationalist Army seemed to have expected that he would come. They gathered their troops early and gathered at the foot of Miki Castle. Miyoshi Yoshihide had no idea what was going on, but was disrupted by the troops coming from all directions. After a long time, the attack rhythm was disrupted.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, they were finally outnumbered. The exhausted troops of the Miyoshi Army were the first to be unable to hold on and were defeated by Settsu.
In this battle, the Miyoshi Army killed 1,500 people. Miyoshi Yoshihide will never understand why an arrogant army of 35,000 soldiers appeared in Harima Kingdom overnight, suddenly appearing and shining a light on Miyoshi Yoshihide's head.
The one who hit him was a sap, and he didn't react for a long time. He lost this battle so humiliatingly that he couldn't understand it.
The news that came later let him know that the Akamatsu clan had declared a firm resistance to the invasion of the Miyoshi family, and had united the national armies of Harima, Mimasaku, and Bizen countries, and had become an in-law ally with Hatano Hideharu, a powerful national of Tamba country.
, jointly fought against the barbaric invasion of the Miyoshi family. In addition, Akamatsu Yoshisuke also killed and exaggerated the news that the Akamatsu army defeated more than 20,000 Miyoshi troops led by Miyoshi Yoshihide at the gate of Miki Castle. It seemed to tell the martial arts all over the world that their Akamatsu family was once again
Recovered.
It doesn't matter whether the Akamatsu family recovered or not, but Miyoshi Yoshiken's defeat was like a slap on Miyoshi Changqing's face. The burning pain and huge humiliation made him so angry that he almost went crazy. Fortunately, he was still alive.
He was able to maintain his due rationality in anger and knew that this moment was not the best time to provoke the people of Harima. Moreover, Akamatsu Yoshisuke was by no means a talented and strategic hero. He actually took the initiative to reveal that he had no intention of intervening in Kinki affairs. In his eyes,
This can almost equate him with a fool.
It can also be seen from this aspect that the Akamatsu clan is actually far less powerful than they appear. Combined with the information obtained by Miyoshi Changqing, the Akamatsu clan was probably brought together by external forces this time, and in Miki
A battle under the city caught the Sanhao family by surprise, and its meaning was nothing more than to respond to the request of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Matsuzuki Nagahide carefully observed Miyoshi Changqing's face. He hesitated for a long time before carefully saying: "It seems that the shadow of the mastermind behind the scenes has surfaced..."
Before Matsunagahide could finish his words, Miyoshi Nagakei roared furiously: "Yoshitoki Kira! Sure enough, you are the only one who can do such cruel things to my family. Even if you are far away in Echigo, you still can't forget the situation in Kyoto! It's you again
Once again, you have thwarted my family's move to Shangluo, because you have done so many things to our territory! This caused our family's trip to Shangluo to be abandoned halfway, and then turned around and fell into the embarrassing situation of a fire in the backyard. It was you who created my Sanhao clan through ten years of ups and downs.
.My family and you are at odds with each other!"
Miyoshi Yoshiken wondered: "Brother, do you mean that Kira Jinfu Palace is causing trouble? But Kira Jinfu Palace spent half the year last year in Dewa Province to appease the local lords, and it was not until the end of autumn that he returned to Kasugayama Castle by boat, and Kira also
Another general of the Kira family, Teruhora Uesugi, conquered Vietnam and China. The two countries had always made great achievements in conquering Japan. In addition, according to intelligence, the Kira family also fought two large-scale battles in Minami-Shinano during the same period. Both sides
It took thousands of casualties each to call off the troops and call a truce..."
Miyoshi Yasunaga exclaimed in wonder: "A three-sided war is really awesome! Moreover, the worst one also captured a territory in Minami-Shinano. This year's harvest is much better than what I have worked so hard for a full year...
"
Ichinomiya Seisuke whispered: "It is said that the stone height of the Kira family has exceeded four million stones!"
"Nani? Four million koku? How many years did Kira Yoshi just go to Echigo? This is impossible!" Miyoshi Masashige shook his head in disbelief.
Miyoshi Masakatsu looked at his brother and said slowly: "Nagato Mamoru is right. There are indeed so many stone heights, I'm afraid they are only more than this, but not less than this."
As a member of the anti-Samhao Changqing party, Miyoshi Zhengsheng's performance since returning to the Senate can only be described as mediocre. He is neither proactive nor impressive in any way. He is considered to be an outcast in the Mihaoshi family.
A fringe figure. This time his sudden and rare speech attracted the attention of many people.
Miyoshi Masayasu looked at him in surprise and said, "How do you say this?"
Miyoshi Masakatsu said calmly: "The stone height of Echigo is a secret to others. But powerful samurai like us know it very well. What we can know is that the stone height calculated in the first year of Hongji was about two million stone. I still have it.
I remember that when the news came out, it shocked the world. From then on, everyone knew that Echigo's wealth did not extend beyond Gyeonggi.
Now after a few years, it should not be surprising that the Ishiga of Echigo has increased a little. In addition, the Ishiga of Echichu, Shinano, and Ueno Three Kingdoms have not been announced, as well as Kaga Hankuni and Haha who were defeated this year.
The stone height of the first half of the territory is not clear, but we can imagine that the stone height of such a large territory should not be less. The stone height of that country is at least higher than that of Hanoi and Izumi.
.”
Miyoshiyasu nodded and said: "That's right! The Izumi Kingdom is probably 130,000 to 40,000 dan. The Hanoi Kingdom will definitely be more than 200,000 dan. The two countries add up to 350,000 dan.
It is exactly the same as the stone height of Settsu Province. The territories of Shinano Province and Etsuchu Province are very large. The stone height of the territories of these two countries must be much higher than that of Settsu Province.
In addition, Ueno Country is also a very wealthy territory. The Yamauchi-Uesugi family has relied on the direct leadership of this territory to control Kanto for hundreds of years. In terms of Shigao, I am afraid that it is richer than Settsu Country. Only those of these three distant countries are included.
A conservative calculation of the sum of the stone heights would exceed 1.4 million stone. Only Kaga and Uzen are not sure how much there is, so let's assume that the two places add up to 400,000 stone, plus the more than 2 million stone heights in Echigo.
, even if it’s not four million, it’s not far off.”
In this era, there was no unified inspection account, and the local lords' rural accounts were not stupid enough to announce it to the shogunate. Therefore, only the daimyo in charge of the territory knew how many stone heights there were. If the daimyo was not strong enough, he might not know until his death.
The Miyoshi family controls Settsu, and the Izumi and Izumi countries have known how much territory these two countries have for many years. Hanoi Kingdom only grasped it and was taken away less than half a year ago, so we can only roughly estimate the stone height of Hanoi Kingdom.
It will not be less than 200,000 stone.
The size of Ishidaka mainly lies in important grain-producing areas such as plains. It is well known that Omi Province is a famous grain-producing area in Kinai. The actual territory of Omi Province is not as large as Shinano Province. It is mainly occupied by Lake Biwa.
There is no space, but the stone heights of Omi Province are astonishingly high. The Kira family has more than 200,000 stone heights in the two counties of Shiga Takashima, not to mention the stone heights controlled by the Rokkaku Yoshiken family.
Just like in the past, Echigo Country was a rotten place. The reason is that although the place is very large, transportation is extremely inconvenient. It snows for half of the year and there are many mountains. The plain is very large, but there are wild jungles and mountains all over the plain.
The lakes and swamps make people feel hopeless. Without huge investment in manpower and material resources, there is no way to turn it into a utopia.
Miyoshi Changqing heard Yi Kemen whispering about the power of the Kira family, and his face became more and more ugly. Seeing this, Miyoshi Yixian hurriedly coughed and reminded: "We will talk about Shi Gao later, I will discuss the business later.
Come on! Is it the Kira family that is behind this attack on us?"
Miyoshi Masashige asked strangely: "Didn't His Highness Bunzen Mamoru just say that the Kira family is unlikely?"
Matsushita Nagahide shook his head and said with a smile: "It can't be said that it is completely impossible. What would happen if the Kira Town Palace made arrangements in advance? For example, arrange a backup force in Kinei one or two years in advance, waiting for the critical moment when I am waiting for Luo to suddenly launch. Trigger me
The huge crisis of the Sanhao family and taking this opportunity to thwart our painstakingly prepared plan to go to Luo."
"Hiss! How many years in advance were you plotting against us? This is too cruel! Is there such a person in the world?" Miyoshi Yasucho's face changed with fright, and many of the warriors present also showed sad expressions.
Most samurai in this era have a relatively simple character. Fighting is fighting and killing is killing. The land, knowledge, family name and personal reputation are more important than anything else. They can betray their trust without any pressure for these three things. But when it comes to secrets
Scheming against people is something I have never thought about.
"Damn bastard! I, Changqing, will never let you feel better! Huh!" Miyoshi Changqing roared angrily. His legitimate son, Miyoshi Yoshihiro, looked at his usually gentle father nervously and suddenly became angry.
The shock of the monster made people tremble all over. The power accumulated over the years made Miyoshi Changqing so angry that he did not dare to move. In his short memory, it seemed that he had never seen his father lose his temper like this since he was born.
Miyoshi Nagakei vented his anger viciously. He swore and swore: "Don't think that this little setback can destroy the foundation of my Miyoshi family! Our family has not yet been defeated, and we have still succeeded in going to Luo! We will wait until our family convinces this clown, Hatakeyama Takamasa.
Go back to the north and see how much more you can do to my family!"
The anger of Miyoshi Chokei was shared by the samurai of the Retainer Regiment. If he were facing a great situation and dominated Shangluo, but suddenly the unrelated Kira Yoshitoki intervened and disrupted the great situation, it would be shattered.
, the anger in my heart will inevitably surge up.
The Sanhao family is not only the family of Sanhao Changqing, but also the Sanhao family of countless people and lords from several territories under him. For more than ten years, they have formed a relatively stable community, marrying each other and the Sanhao family.
We share weal and woe. When the three good families prosper, they will prosper; when the three good families decline, they will also decline.
Kira Yoshitoki's intrusion was like dropping a drop of mouse droppings into a perfectly good pot of soup. It ruined everyone's interest and ruined their hard work for more than ten years. If not for the situation in Kyoto, it would not have happened.
If it deteriorates to a point that is unacceptable to the Sanhao family, they will definitely be even more angry than Sanhao Changqing.
Matsunaga Hide was not surprised by Miyoshi Changqing's statement. He was too familiar with the temperament of this house governor. He was always gentle with others, even the maid's nickname was gentle and soft-spoken. He rarely looked down on others, but once he
When you get angry, you want the hot magma from Asami Volcano to erupt. The power is absolutely amazing.
After Miyoshi Changqing had vented his anger and calmed down, he slowly moved his eyes and glanced at the expressions of the retainers present who were either contemplative, frightened or angry, and said slowly: "I wonder if you have any
I discovered that the Kira Town Hall had actually made many small moves... such as the invasion of Kaga, which was abruptly stopped, and then it quickly signed a no-war peace agreement with Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and the Uesugi Danshoden Palace withdrew its troops in a grand manner before peace was reached.
He left as if it was clear that Kagami Ichimune would not suddenly change his mind during the negotiations. Isn't this strange? "
Miyoshi Yasunaga asked fearfully: "Does Danshochuden mean that Kaga's invasion of Kira Jinfu Palace also included the means of Kira Jinfu Palace? Could it be that Kaga's invasion was also planned a few years ago?"
Hearing this, Matsunaga Hide smiled and said: "Please be patient at the Yamashiro Palace. The Kira family would not have such bizarre methods. It is probably the Kira Town Palace that decided to unite with Ishiyama Honganji Temple after the victory of Kaga's invasion."
Preparations to check and balance the Echizen Asakura clan, Asakura Kingoden must have felt the malice from Kasugayama Castle at this time!
Apparently they only reached a no-war peace agreement with Ishiyama Honganji Temple, but secretly relaxed the control of the Ichikai clan's property. Wouldn't this run counter to the Kira family's previous behavior of massacring and arresting Ichikuji? If there was no plan by Kira Zhenfudian in this.
, I’m afraid you won’t believe it either, right?”
"It is true. It would be strange if there is no deceit in the inconsistent behavior!" Miyoshi Masashige said worriedly: "So is the Kira family really planning to invade Kinai? After defeating Echizen, it is Wakasa and Omi! Kita Omi is still there
There are three prefectures of the Kira family. If we attack from the north and the south and capture Wakasa country in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be terrible to threaten Asakura Kingoden!"
"That's not true! Asakura Kingo-den will not allow such a thing to happen. If the Kira family wants to go to Luo, they have to ask my Miyoshi family if they agree. Didn't you realize that His Highness the Shogunate agreed to ban the Kira family very readily?
Did you get the order to go to Luo? This prohibition order is aimed at the possibility of the Kira family leading their troops to Luo. Kira Zhenfu Palace has always claimed to be a loyal minister and good general of the shogunate, so he must not dare to violate the royal teachings issued by His Highness Gonggao to the world!
"
Through Matsunaga's analysis, he gradually found a clear direction for the confusing situation. Secondly, Matsunaga's main focus was on the expressions of Miyoshi Nagakei and Miyoshi Yoshiken.
After hearing this analysis, the two men immediately raised their heads and looked at each other, obviously realizing the importance of this analysis.
The Miyoshi family's family members all breathed a sigh of relief following his answer, and the expressions on their faces were no longer as nervous and fearful as before. The total stone height of the Miyoshi family's territory is only over one million stone.
Ming. The Kira family is a super big name with 4 million koku, and it can still defeat a 60,000-strong army with an army of 30,000, and massacre 30,000 of them. It is a powerful army. You don't have to worry about it.
Fear is impossible.
They are also worried. In fact, the Miyoshi family does not rely on the high income of the territory. It can dominate Kinki by dominating the Seto Inland Sea and controlling the maritime tax revenue of Osaka Bay. Just like the Kiragi family can rely on one Sakamoto to monopolize Hokuriku.
, Sanin, Dewa, and Mutsu trade. The Miyoshi family monopolizes the maritime trade routes from Kyushu, Shikoku, and Sanyo into the Kinai.
This is an incredible amount of wealth. Every year, taxes alone are collected mercilessly. The wealthy merchants traveling on the sea also hire the powerful Awaji navy as bodyguards to escort them. This is another incredible amount of income. Relying on Utatsu
Taxes from many developed commercial towns such as Port and Sakai Town, annual donations, war money, etc.
In addition, Shikoku's timber, dyes, sea salt, pottery, fishery and many other lucrative trades are also controlled by the Miyoshi family. This is the capital of the Miyoshi family to dominate Kinki, and it is also the reason why the Miyoshi family is like a weakling who can only be beaten to death.
The fundamental reason is that if we only rely on reselling military rations to maintain military expenditures, the Luozhong war that lasted for half a year would be enough to deplete the warehouses of the Sanhao family.
Matsunaga Hide is not in a hurry. He still has full confidence in the Miyoshi family. As long as the strategy to dominate Kinai can be implemented smoothly, he can sit on the Diaoyutai and preserve his wealth and glory for twenty or thirty years, waiting for the blood rain decades later.
What does the fishy wind have to do with him? As the saying goes, after I die, I will not care about the flood.
The next thing he wanted to talk about was the highlight, so he coughed lightly and said seriously: "If our Miyoshi family takes the initiative to form an alliance with the Asakura family and supports the Asakura family's invasion of Kaga and the action against the Kira family, Asakura will surely
Kingoden will definitely not refuse, right? In addition, there is Asai Kenmasa, the current governor of the Omi Asai family. This young man forced his father Asai Hisamasa to abdicate and live in seclusion by surrounding Otani Castle last summer.
Later, he broke up with Rokkaku Yoshiken's adopted daughter and sent him back to Kannonji Castle. The reason was that Rokkaku Yoshiken thought it would be insulting to use an adopted daughter to marry his legitimate son. For this reason, he abandoned the name of Asai Kenmasa and changed his name to Asai Shinkuro.
, he used this method to express the Asai family's firm attitude to completely break with the Rokkaku family. This Asai Shinkuro can be said to be a resolute anti-Rexagonist countryman. It is said that this person is extremely talented and brave, and is especially good at commanding the cavalry.
A handsome warrior with outstanding talent.
Moreover, Asai Shinkuro is still full of deep hostility and wariness towards the Kira family across the lake. Perhaps he still has the intention to invade the two counties and unify Kitaomi. This young and ambitious lord is like a god.
The Buddha is a noble person specially created for my Miyoshi family. It is absolutely the best thing for us to form an alliance with the Asai family. The lord only needs to marry a princess from the family to him to win over him as a powerful ally.
"
Miyoshi Yixian nodded with all his thoughts: "What Danzheng Zhongdian said is true. If my brother can form an alliance with these two, it will be a great thing. My brother happens to have a princess of the right age. If I marry this
If Shinkuro Asai is given a suitable name, he will definitely become a powerful member of our Miyoshi family. Supporting him to seize Omi country will be both beneficial and harmful. In the future, the legitimate son of Sojiro-den will marry the Asai family.
The legitimate daughter can just strengthen the relationship."
Miyoshi Yoshihide didn't expect that his uncle Miyoshi Yoshihide would take into account what happened decades later. Thinking that he hadn't even settled down to get married yet, he always felt an indescribable awkwardness.
Zai Cao was worried that something was too strange, so he said coyly: "Uncle, please don't say that. Yixing is not engaged yet, and we still don't know when we will have children!"
Miyoshi Nagakei's face softened a little, and he calmly said calmly: "Don't worry, Sonjiro. Your father will find a suitable marriage for you. How about letting the daughter of the Ashikaga Shogun's family be Sonjiro's wife?"
"My son and I all rely on my father to make the decision." Miyoshi Yixing bowed to express his thanks somewhat sheepishly.
The New Year that just passed has made him an eighteen-year-old adult. Heirs of his status are a hot commodity in the region. Those who are not married at his age have basically already had a suitable marriage contract.
Some martial arts families even make marriage arrangements at a very young age. There are not many legitimate sons like him who are still bachelors at the age of eighteen.
Knowing that Miyoshi Nagakei still wanted to marry the Ashikaga Shogun family, the Miyoshi family's family members also sent their blessings. Now that the powerful appearance of the shogunate has been exposed, the samurai of the Miyoshi family no longer hold much hope for Ashikaga Yoshiki.
In the past, the shogunate dared to reject Miyoshi Nagakei's marriage offer because it relied on the support of Kira Yoshitoki. Now that the support is not available, Ashikaga Yoshiteru cannot break the hard-earned peace just because of this marriage proposal, so this
The first marriage will be successful ten times out of ten.
Matsunaga Hide also chimed in with a few good words before bringing the topic up and said: "In addition, I have a suggestion. Why doesn't my lord take the opportunity to conduct reconnaissance on the daimyo of Kanto, Hokuriku, Koshinobu and Yuao? This is what the Kira family can do.
Things can be done in the same way by our Sanhao family! Zhu Xi's "Commentary on the Doctrine of the Mean" says: Therefore, when a gentleman governs others, he means to treat others in his own way and in return."
Miyoshi Nagakei slapped the floor and laughed loudly: "Yes! Just do it! If the Kira family can do it, my Miyoshi family can do it too! I still don't believe that the Kira family has no enemies! Check carefully the Kira family over the years
How many daimyo have they offended? They contacted the enemies of the Kira family, and then gave them large sums of money in exchange for their promise to fight against Kira. They had to ruin the good life of the Kira family in order to vent their hatred! This plot of Jiu Xiu
The calculation is good! I will reward you heavily! With such a good minister in my Sanhao family, why worry about the failure of the family business!"
All the warriors echoed and envied the fortune of the clan elder, while Matsunaga Hide respectfully bowed his head and said: "Thank you for your grace, my lord! I'm just doing my duty as a minister, and it's enough to do my best for the Miyoshi family.
Satisfied! Please take action quickly, my lord, to prevent the Kira family from making new moves in Kaga in the spring."
Miyoshi Changqing nodded and said: "What Jiu Xiu said is absolutely true. Then let Jiu Xiu take charge of this matter and use more capable samurai to make things more beautiful! Try to make the Kira family fall into the quagmire and be unable to get out. Our family is really
I want to see what kind of painful expression he will have when the time comes! Anyone who has offended my family will take revenge one by one! Even if he does not hate today, he will avenge that one arrow for Yi Cun!"
