The Battle of Norada established Asai Nagamasa's prestige and greatly boosted the morale of the Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance. Asai Nagamasa led more than 10,000 troops to plunder Aichi County before retreating. This war was by no means just
It is as simple as a battle involving tens of thousands of people, and it represents an important signal that the Asai family has completely become a daimyo on their own.
This war completely tore apart the affectionate diplomatic game between the Rokkaku family and the Asai family, revealing a bloody and cruel reality. The Asai family once again became independent from the Rokkaku family and became a daimyo with complete governing power and powerful force.
There is no need to bow down to the Rokkaku family anymore, even in a formal way.
The Rokkaku family's face was completely wiped out. The governor Rokkaku Yoshiken used his shameful performance to fulfill Asai Nagamasa's reputation. The Rokkaku retainers group felt deeply humiliated and resentful for this. Several important ministers further clashed with the governor Rokkaku.
With the family separated, many people under the Rokkaku family began to plan their own way out. This was the beginning of the complete collapse of Kinki.
Perhaps it was a great victory that allowed Asai Nagamasa to fully stretch his abilities and further establish his absolute prestige as the governor of the house. So the day after he returned to Otani Castle, he announced in a high profile the customs tax on Asai and Ika counties.
It will be implemented today. He is telling the Kira family through actions that they will not give you any chance to negotiate and rudely reject any possibility of compromise.
Just as Asai Nagamasa announced the start of taxation in a high-profile manner, Asakura Yoshikage also cooperated in announcing the implementation of a long-prepared plan. He was determined to use actual actions rather than verbal threats to confront the Kira family. The two powerful Kinai powers also expressed their strength.
Resistance attitude, and Miyoshi Nagakei seems to be considering whether to threaten the Nawu clan and ask them to remove the members of the Nawu clan to which the Kira family belongs.
Their actions completely angered Yamamoto Tokiyuki, who was still patient, and the one-eyed wise general was determined to teach these arrogant samurai a profound lesson and let them recall the deep memories left by Kira Yoshitoshi when he was in Kinai, so on July 12th
Early in the morning, 16,000 troops poured out from Sakamoto Castle, and their target was Asai County, north of Takashima County.
During this process, the people in Takashima County acted quickly without showing any objection. Those samurai who made anti-Kira remarks were either quietly controlled by Kira ninjas or had completely disappeared from the world. The Kira family gave them generous treatment.
So they are ignorant of current affairs and think that life will be better when autonomy is restored. This kind of samurai family who cannot distinguish the general trend has no value in existence. Their death and genocide can bring benefits to the Kira family.
Yamamoto Tokiyuki personally served as the general and raided Asai County, which is divided into east and west coasts across Lake Biwa. It was defeated without resistance by Kira's army's surprise attack. There was not even a decent walled city in the area for Kira's army to attack.
A miscellaneous army composed of several small wealthy families was crushed to death by Wushang. They were as worthless as the martial arts families who did not understand current affairs.
The customs office in Asai County was burned down by fire, and the executive officer appointed by the political commissar Asai was hanged on a crooked tree outside the customs office. The first batch of finance collected in the customs office was obtained by the Kira Army. All the money collected in the customs office was obtained by the Kira Army.
Business travelers who have processed tax collection documents at the customs office will be refunded in turn. For other business travelers who have paid their taxes and left but failed to receive this part of the tax compensation, they will be found through the Bipawu network and given corresponding compensation.
Yamamoto Tokiyuki's meaning of the invasion of Sub-Kita Omi was very clear: to expel the tyrannical and rude decision of the Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance, to use force to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes without interference, and whoever obstructs us is our enemy. This slogan is closely related to
It touches the heart of the Kinai merchant group. And because of the Kira family's good business reputation, it has received explicit or implicit support from the Kinai merchant group.
After burning Asai County's inner gate, Kira's army once again set off for Ika County further north. At this time, Numata Mitsukane's strategy played an important role. Iguchi Suimoto, a powerful national in Ika County, had two daughters.
, married to his fourth son, Numata Gonnosuke Motomitsu, who was married to Asai Hisamasa and Numata Mitsukane respectively.
Iguchi Keimoto was relatively close to his eldest son-in-law Hisamasa Asai, but after Hisamasa Asai was forcibly confined by his grandson Nagamasa Asai, his political position gradually tilted towards the Numata family where his younger daughter lived. At this time, the current governor of the Iguchi family, Tsuyochika Iguchi,
He is his legitimate son, but he is a die-hard supporter of Asai Nagamasa.
As a powerful countryman who gave up his position as the governor of the family but did not completely retire, Iguchi Keigen was very dissatisfied with the attitude of his son's single-minded pursuit of the Asai family, because he had already met his son and daughter's in-law Numata Mitsukane, and the in-law gave the following
The conditions are very favorable. As long as you are a supporter of the Kira family, Tomoyo will be given a larger territory to the Iguchi family.
This treatment impressed Iguchi Keimoto, who has been working hard to expand his territory all his life. Marrying the Asai family of Kitaomi and the Numata family of Wakasa Province were all tentative moves. Now, both of his attempts have achieved extraordinary results.
The first time made Ah jump from a small countryman to a large countryman, and this time he may be able to transform from a countryman into a powerful countryman who shocked the country.
But what he could do was very limited. He could neither let his legitimate son Iguchi Mingqin notice nor the nearby Yumori Yahei Qingzhen notice, so he hurried to Ixiang on the pretext of going to Yuwu Lake to see the flooding of the river this year.
County, where he contacted the old friends of Yuyukan and Higashinokan in the name of a guest, provided cover for the Kira family's ninjas, and successfully sneaked into the city.
By the time he found a reason to return to Ikou City, news had already spread that two fortresses had been captured, and the pass in the northern part of Ixiang County was completely burned down. Such a big news immediately caused a fierce reaction from the Asai family.
Masaru led an army of 10,000 people and hurriedly rushed to Ika County. He summoned the troops of the Aguchi clan, the Iguchi clan, the Umori clan, the Isono clan and other people in the county, and gathered 12,000 people to advance to Lake Biwa.
The northernmost.
At this time, the Kira Army, led by Yamamoto Tokiyuki, had already prepared for war. Sixteen thousand troops were deployed at Oiwa Mountain to meet the Asai Army's attack. Asai Nagamasa still sent five thousand soldiers composed of Isono Umasa.
The formation charged forward, and he led seven thousand troops to detour back to the flank of Oiwa Mountain to attack the Kira Army. Even when facing the Kira Army who had a geographical advantage on Oiwa Mountain, he did not show the slightest hint of fear.
Faced with such a blatant formation method, Yamamoto Tokiyuki just smiled softly and said: "Using inferior forces to divide the forces to attack the superior forces, this formation method is unexpectedly reluctant! It seems that winning with less can give more.
This Asai-don’s great morale booster is trying to replicate the glorious record of the Noragada battle here. Shouldn’t I give him a chance to perform?”
Although he acted very casually, Yamamoto Tokiyuki actually responded very cautiously, mobilizing several military forces to attack the Asai Army's offensive in sequence, using the time difference between successive attacks to further consume the Asai Army's impact, making the mountain climber
The Asai Army, which was attacking from the rear, formed a brief military stack on the mountainside. It was very embarrassing to retreat but not to advance.
Isono Tamasa still showed his true qualities as a fierce general, and faced the superior strength of Okawachi Kunizuna and still rushed to the front without showing any fear. It was a pity that what he faced was the Omi samurai who had been carefully trained for more than ten years, not the Rokkaku family seven.
The quality and morale of the motley army that was put together are by no means comparable to those of the Chinese people.
More than half of them have experienced several classic battles during the Kiragi era. Although the other half did not catch up with that era, they also participated in the night attack on the mountain and the extremely tragic battle of Luozhong. They can definitely be called
The rich combat experience is enough to face the less intense war in Kinei, not to mention the existence of 2,500 elites who have experienced the Vietnam-China War and the Luo-Chong War.
In front of the spear array erected by hundreds of Omi samurai, even the bravest samurai had to be cautious and cautious before moving forward. However, there were still some reckless young samurai who rushed into the erected spear array without touching them.
When a person was stabbed into a pile of rotten flesh by countless spear blades, Isono Danmasa could only sigh in despair when he couldn't call for help.
He is a fierce general, not a reckless man, and not a fool. He will not fight a battle that he knows will lead to death. He chose to serve Asai Nagamasa for the revitalization of the family business rather than blind loyalty. He also supported Asami many years ago.
The Asai clan fought against the Asai clan, but this does not prevent him from now joining the Asai Nagamasa banner to gain a harvest for himself.
The decline of Isono Danmasa's fighting spirit means that the Asai family's invincible front line has been thwarted. This young army lacks the cohesion and deep foundation of an elite. Although it has strong combat power, it cannot avoid the problem of being good at fighting the wind. This
This problem exists in all military forces below the elite. No matter what their composition is, they all have one characteristic, that is, once they are in a favorable situation, they will be all kinds of tigers, and their majestic posture is amazing.
But once you encounter a headwind battle, you must rely entirely on the leadership of the banner figure. Once the fighting spirit of the flag weakens or the flag falls, it will be impossible to continue the fight. As such a flag, Masa Isono is active in the Asai Army.
During the first battle, he used to give people the impression of being reckless and rude, like a top warrior who said he wanted to start the first battle and would give it away if he didn't give it, but in fact he was a smarter guy than anyone else.
The strength of the Kira family was completely beyond his imagination. Being able to form a powerful spear formation of three hundred elite spear-wielding samurai in the first formation was definitely more powerful than having five thousand miscellaneous troops or five hundred horse-riding samurai. All samurai would do that.
No matter how bad their riding skills are on horseback, they can still claim the title of knights on horseback.
But not every samurai can play spear skills. There are far fewer samurai who are good at spear skills than samurai who are good at tachi, and slightly less than samurai who are good at archery. This means that the samurai class is proficient in spear skills.
The base is even smaller, not to mention the Asai army who can gather a group of spears that can form a strange shape. They can also gather and fight at times. The Asai army has no power to fight back.
Under the cover of the elite ashigaru on both wings, the combat effectiveness of these three hundred warriors may be stronger than that of three thousand miscellaneous soldiers. They stand like a solid reef on the coast. No matter how many times the waves of the sea beat, they cannot be shaken in the slightest.
After Isono Danmasa's fighting spirit waned, the Asai Army's vanguard organized more than ten charges, but they were all defeated by this huge rock without hesitation, and could not even kill one of them.
Tōno Wakasamomoru quickly reacted and ordered to shoot arrows. Unfortunately, the order was passed down and the somewhat stupid Ashigaru people were stunned for a long time. Under the severe scolding of the samurai, they fired the first round of arrows in a panic. The structure of the ordinary bamboo bow was ordinary.
The arrows without tail feathers and the random shooting without rhythm make the threat of these arrows very small, enough for the spear samurai of the Kira Army to draw out the shields behind them to resist the attack of the arrows.
Kira's army quickly responded in kind and resolutely retaliated with the superior Fuji bows and wooden arrows equipped with cast iron arrowheads and tail feathers. Round after round of arrow rain completely extinguished the offensive momentum of the Asai army's first line.
The frontal attack suffered heavy losses in the first round of assault. It was neither a leg nor an awkward position that put the situation into a dilemma.
The brave Asai Nagamasa rushed up to Oiwa Mountain and was driven down. He rushed up again and was driven down again after not holding on for long. Then the failure of the third assault made him realize that there was no result in fighting like this, so he decisively ordered to rein in his troops and go to Oiwa Mountain.
The two mountains are only a few kilometers apart and they seem to be planning to face off here for a long time.
This mountain is the highest mountain just south of Omi Lake in the north. Because it is right between Lake Biwa and Lake Yuwu and the mountain is flat and lush with trees, it is one of the favorite tourist attractions for tourists. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can overlook the north.
The beautiful Yuwu Lake and the Bipa Lake further south are eye-catching. Many cultural people have left their footprints on this peak of only more than 400 meters.
Asai Nagamasa was determined to station here because he saw that the terrain of Mount Aitake is flat, and because the mountain is higher, he can obtain a higher view of the suppression. By choosing to station here, he can easily monitor the actions of Kira's army in Oiwa Mountain. As long as he keeps an eye on Oiwa Mountain,
Iwayama wasn't too worried about being raided. It would be a joke if the local samurai were raided on their own territory.
"Sado-den! They are retreating to Mount Kitake!"
Yamamoto Tokiyuki looked at the direction in which Asai's army was retreating and said nothing. With just a little imagination, he could guess Asai Nagamasa's plan. He thought to himself: "Asai Nagamasa intends to drag it out and wait for the Asakura army's rescue to arrive.
Right! The Miyoshi family's military strength is still concentrated on the Settsu front line to deal with Hatakeyama Takamasa. The Asai family will not be able to come to assist for a while. Only when the Asakura family's reinforcements can they drive me back to Sakamoto, and even carry out an attack on Sakamoto, the main family.
One attack."
The samurai family in Kinei and the samurai family outside Kinei are completely different things, because their seven aunts and eight aunts can easily involve a bunch of relatives in the samurai family who cannot be offended. They are either the ministers of the imperial court or the important ministers of the shogunate. If you mess with any one of them, you will be provoked.
It's the same thing to have a group of relatives beat up small and medium-sized Chinese people in Mutsu, just like a bunch of relatives from the Date family.
What's even more terrible is that the shogunate is very sensitive to Kinai. The government has always treated Kinai's three-thirds of land as private land. Kinai's daimyo and the messy people all have complicated relationships with the shogunate. They often encounter conflicts between the two sides.
If you run into the messenger sent by the shogunate to mediate, then the battle will no longer be fought. To force the fight to continue is to disobey the shogunate's order. Your enemies will seize this precious opportunity to unite with opponents within their own family, such as Ichimonzu.
Or maybe the family members are playing tricks on themselves to death by cooperating inside and outside.
Therefore, the expansion of the Kira family in Kinai has always been unsatisfactory. After taking over two counties, they were resented by several major powers in Kinai for a long time. After several years of governance, they became increasingly prosperous and attracted the covetousness of countless samurai families. Therefore, Kira Yoshi decided to move down to Echigo as soon as possible.
To avoid Kinai's death situation, the counterattack against Kinai this time is also a last resort strategy, not to fight to the death with the Asai family.
Therefore, Yamamoto Tokiyuki began to consider whether he could withdraw his troops. He captured part of Asai County and successfully burned Ika County and the customs in Asai County. The losses he incurred were only a small amount of battle damage and hundreds of wounded.
Judging from the situation, the Kira family is more profitable. At least Asai Nagamasa couldn't seize much territory in the Battle of Noragada. It only destroyed the Rokkaku family's dominance system over Minami Omi.
Just when Yamamoto Tokiyuki was planning further plans, he received a surprising piece of information. It was this information that made him finally change his judgment and determined to continue fighting. He actively mobilized his troops and generals to forcibly harass the Asai army.
The speed at which Yueshan set up camp did not allow him to set up camp comfortably.
The Kira family's advantage lies in their elite soldiers. They only need to send three to five hundred cavalry with bows and arrows to shoot arrows from a long distance at the Asai family's guard troops halfway up the mountain. They don't want to hit anyone, they just want to harass the Asai army and disturb the peace in their camp.
.If the Asai Army can't help but catch up for a moment, a group of iron artillery units will hide in the dark woods and fire cold shots at obscene angles. After the attack, they will run away and never stay in one place for too long. If the Asai Army's pursuers
There were so many iron cannons that the ashigaru were carried down the mountain by horse teams to escape.
This back-and-forth made the Asai Army very annoyed, so they had to send 5,000 troops to station at the foot of the mountain. There were still 3,000 troops on the mountain ready to go down the mountain to respond at any time, so they reluctantly drove the harassing troops of the Kira Army back to Dayan Mountain. But this time
After all the hard work, the little time left was exhausted. It was already getting late but the camp had not yet been set up, so the Asai family had no choice but to light torches and continue cutting wood to build the camp.
All this trouble kept the Asai army busy until midnight. Asai Nagamasa was really worried about the Kira family's midnight raid. It was because the Kira family really liked night raids that people had to guard against, so he took advantage of the situation and used the excess wood he harvested to
A simple camp was built at the foot of the mountain, and Isono Danmasa led the five thousand troops stationed at the foot of the mountain.
Asai Nagamasa is young and in good health. Even if he has been busy all day, he does not feel tired. He is still in the mood to discuss the next military arrangements with the ministers of the country. This is very harmful to these elderly lords of the country. Even after midnight, they still don't have time to wait.
They were asked to sleep to discuss important military and political matters. It didn't take long for Iguchi Keigen to ask for a night's rest before discussing the matter tomorrow. The people of the country hurriedly agreed with this suggestion, and it took him a long time to persuade the people.
