The public opinion circle in Kinei likes to find new and interesting topics, new characters, new faces, and new legends. Many cultural people make a living by commenting on miscellaneous things in the world. Some people can become guests of wealthy businessmen just by using their mouths.
Regardless of whether it is military, political or cultural customs, even some street gossip can be used to make a connection. Many people's anecdotes come from the mouths of these people.
For example, ten years ago, Kiragi's formation defeated Shikawa and Ichibun. Another example is Kiragi's victory with less than many in the Katsuragi River battle eight years ago. He defeated the powerful Kinai hero Miyoshi Chokei for seven years and did not dare to touch Kyoto. Another example is Rakuchugawa.
Nearly ten thousand people were killed or injured in the bloody battle for a hundred days, and a large area of houses in Ukyo area was burned down. The brutality of the war was comparable to the Onin Rebellion nearly a hundred years ago, and even exceeded the intensity of local wars.
These are all explosive topics. They were once so popular that they were discussed daily by the emperor and the common people in Kyoto. In the mouths of these intellectuals, they were processed layer by layer and turned into epic poems, just like in "The Tale of the Heike".
Like Ping Dunsheng, it is not only an explosive topic that is talked about, but also a famous story that has been passed down through the ages.
And this time the Battle of Shidake is also a eye-catching stunt. The Kira Army, which was invincible in the civil war in the Ki, finally encountered a thorn. The Kira family's 19,000-strong army was defeated by Yamamoto Tokiyuki, and Chujo Tokihide's
Under his leadership, the 12,000 troops who attacked Asai Nagamasa at night were unable to defeat him. This is enough to prove that this Asai army and his leading general are an amazing genius.
Judging from the battle losses, the Kira Army was superior, but it could not cover up the embarrassing situation of the Kira Army's superior force defeating the inferior force and failing to win. Compared to the time of Kiragi, Miyoshi Nagakei used inferior force to defeat the superior force every time.
That's definitely a huge difference. Under the propaganda of thoughtful people, someone brought up the not long ago Luakazhong Battle to make a case. Comparing Nakajo Tokihide and Kira Yoshihide, the gap is still very obvious.
Public commentators in Kinai will not delve into the many internal details of this war. No one cares about how Nakajo Tokihide was far away in Tango Maizuru Port and how he reached Ika County in Omi. Draw it from the map
A straight line is very easy, but there are almost no decent roads to walk on this straight line. They are all dangerous routes over mountains and ridges.
This is not a solo hiking adventure. It is almost impossible to achieve both speed and safety when marching with 3,000 people. There are two roads that can be detoured. One is to go south from Maizuru Port and enter Kyoto through Tango Street, and then
From Kyoto to the west to Sakamoto and then north to Ika County, it would be impossible to complete the entire journey on foot in less than ten or eight days, not to mention how stupid it would be to pass through Kyoto without using your hands.
The other is to start from Maizuru Port, enter Echizen Tsuruga Port via Wakasa Street, and then go south to Ika County in Omi Province. This road is the shortest and very safe along the way. It can be completed in less than five days by normal travel, but
Will the Wakasa Takeda clan let these three thousand troops pass by in a swagger? Will the hostile Echizen Asakura family allow these troops to pass through their territory? This is a question worth thinking about.
It was extremely difficult for Nakajo Tokihide to achieve this level. No one understood his difficulties and instead looked down on his talents. This made many Kira family samurai angry. Their three thousand troops marched all the way across the mountains.
We walked for eight days. We didn't have enough dry food to eat, so we made do by hunting and picking fruits. Needless to say, there were many hardships during the eight days without clothes and armor. How many people's feet were worn out after finally going through hardships to Yixiang County.
, people are paralyzed by exhaustion.
In this way, they only rested for an afternoon and an evening before forcing an uncertain surprise attack. In fact, this Kira army felt very tired from top to bottom. It could only perform half of its 100% level, and it was nothing more than a night attack.
When the battle first started, he was very brave, but as the battle dragged on, the more disadvantages were exposed. Later, the weakness of lack of physical strength and lack of attack became more and more prominent.
How to fight when you have no strength? How to fight when you are hungry? How to fight when your feet are swollen like steamed buns? How can you fight when you are so tired that you wish you could fall asleep? If the situations of both parties were reversed, Nagamasa Asai could lead three thousand people.
It took eight days to climb over the mountains and arrive at Jianyue Mountain safely without leaving anyone behind. Even if he is more powerful, it is just nonsense to continue fighting.
Of course Asai Nagamasa did not know the inside story, but it did not prevent him from continuing to enjoy the praise of his family members and the people of the country after losing the war. Throughout the whole day, he always maintained a perfect smile with eight teeth.
My whole face felt as if it was going to be stiff and necrotic. I sat in Xiaogu City and received waves of guests visiting and complimenting me. I had no idea what was going on.
He had no idea why he could still be praised for defeating the battle. As a general with extraordinary military strategy and excellent judgment, he could feel that the elites of the Kira family were very powerful. If it weren't for the inexplicable decline in fighting spirit, it would be hard to say.
Whether he could survive it or not, the Battle of Yiyue was a humiliating defeat for him. The loss of food and grass and the heavy losses made him realize the absolute gap, not only the difference in military strategy, but also the superiority in military quality.
Bad points.
The whole world is talking about how powerful the Ashikaga family is. The young and energetic Asai Nagamasa thinks this is not a problem. Kira Yoshitoki is just a young man with a higher background than him and better luck than him. He may have outstanding talents in internal affairs and culture.
, but it is absolutely impossible to be better than him in military strategy. At most, he is as good as him. This is what the confident young man thinks.
Only after the battle did I realize that this was far from enough. The losses were so heavy that even the big camp at Jiyue Mountain could not be set up. On the morning after the Battle of Jiyue ended, they retreated from Xiaogu City with a group of defeated soldiers, although they did not admit defeat verbally.
He begged for mercy, but in form it still showed that he was silently admitting that he really couldn't defeat Kira's army, so he retreated in defeat.
At the same time, he changed his direction and admitted that Ika-gun couldn't bear to give up temporarily. He would not be so stupid that he would continue to cruise around after a defeat, looking for a chance to defeat Yamamoto Tokiyuki. Without food and grass, there would be no capital to waste.
, even with Omi's wealth, it is impossible to give him a large sum of food and grass so that he can continue to squander it in a meaningless confrontation.
Omi is an important rice producing area and does not grow spring wheat or spring barley as the main grain, so there is basically no summer harvest. Therefore, everyone eats stored grain before the autumn harvest. The Asai family controls more than 300,000 Shigao in name.
Stone. In fact, the height of the Asai family's direct leadership is only 70,000 to 80,000 kilo. The two fires on the mountain and down the mountain combined to burn tens of thousands of kilo of grain, which is enough to cause Asai Nagamasa and a group of people from the country to suffer for several months. Where can there be food and grass to continue?
Go and confront it.
Another reason for not daring to confront was that although Nakajo Tokihide's surprise attack army lost six to seven hundred people and was forced to retreat, Yamamoto Tokiyuki's sixteen thousand army only lost less than three hundred people. In the Battle of Oiwa Mountain, it was as steady as
The perseverance of the rock made Asai Nagamasa feel what it means to be immovable as a mountain. The Battle of Shiyake attacked the Isono Umasa Division at the foot of the mountain, posing a huge threat to the five thousand troops at the foot of the mountain.
Although the 16,000 men could not be fully deployed in the camp and could not exert their absolute advantage in numbers, the four-dimensional combination of iron cannons, bows, and arrows as well as the cavalry in the spear formations forced them to create many unprecedented tactical coordinations, which greatly defeated the Isoye soldiers.
Without the strength to fight back, he could only be beaten passively but could not fight back. Every time Isono Tamashi felt that he had to launch a counterattack, a salvo of iron cannons would always extinguish his will to resist.
As if Yamamoto Tokiyuki could see through his mind, he kept pulling Isono Masaru's nose. The cavalry did not dare to use their guns and the formation was easily broken through. The archers' volleys were completely blocked by shields. Occasionally, a few unlucky ones
Every time an egg is hit by a stray arrow, it's like winning a big prize. Yamamoto Tokiyuki seems to be controlling the rhythm of this war. He always presses the Asai army's range of activities slowly and slowly, making Isono Tamashi feel both frustrated and frustrated.
Helpless, I could only watch as the army was compressed into the corner of the camp and surrounded.
The sentence that had the greatest impact on Asai Nagamasa was what Isono Masaru said at the post-war evaluation meeting held in Otani Castle: "...I don't know how much better than Kamao Sadahide in the Battle of Hisano Ryoda."
How many times, at that moment, I, Yuan Chang, felt a deep sense of powerlessness, the helplessness of the generals who could not control the army, the helplessness of the warriors who could not display their bravery, the helplessness of being suppressed and beaten even after exhausting all methods!"
Another son-in-law of Iguchi Keigen, Asai Nagamasa's uncle, Aguan Awaji Mori Sasaki, concluded: "If Yamamoto Tokiyuki had not unintentionally used the appointment to force a war of annihilation, I am afraid that not only Isono Tanba Mamoru would not be spared, but also the Lord would be afraid
It is very difficult to have a chance to return to Xiaodani City safely."
Yamamoto Tokiyuki's retreat at the critical moment gave Asai's army an opportunity to retreat. As soon as the battle ended that day, he decisively abandoned everything that was difficult to carry, took only a small amount of unburned grain and grass baggage, and desperately retreated to Xiaodani with his small pack team.
City, and along the way he did not forget to order the people in the county to be more vigilant and not to slack off in the slightest.
There are many opinions within the Asai retainers group regarding the fact that rare books are used to being soft-handed at critical moments. Non-mainstream views such as appreciating Asai Nagamasa's talent, or fearing the power of the Asai family aside, the most mainstream and received by most spectrum members
The statement recognized by the people of all countries is that the Kira family does not have the ambition to completely annex Omi Kingdom.
To put it another way, Yamamoto Tokiyuki has no plans to fight in Kitaomi. There is a strong enemy Asakura Yoshikage in the north, and an even more powerful enemy Miyoshi Nagakei in the southwest. Neither of them is an easy opponent.
The difficulty is far higher than that of Asai Nagamasa who bullied the little kitten.
Even fighting the armies of these two armies alone requires a lot of hard work, not to mention that the army is caught in the flames of war in Kitaomi River and faces attacks from the north and south at any time. The Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance is not just a simple thing. The names of the three families are mutually exclusive.
Marriage creates a temporary and stable alliance, and if one comes, the two will definitely not run away.
And Sakamoto Town in Kinai is the foundation and vitality of the Kira family. As long as there is a problem with this gate, it means that the Kinai power of the Kira family completely collapses. Sakamoto is as fragile as flowers in a greenhouse, not to mention the impact of thunder and rainstorms.
No matter how much damage it causes, even ordinary disturbances will cause many adverse effects. What a free commercial city fears most is the threat of war, even if this threat is relatively far away.
The 16,000 troops brought out by Tokiyuki Yamamoto, equivalent to 80% of the armed forces in Sakamoto Town, were brought out by him. The only defense force left in Sakamoto was 4,000 troops and a unified police force composed of disabled soldiers and surrendered ronin.
Although these paramilitary organizations also have a few thousand people, their combat effectiveness is almost the same as that of the reserve force and the ace army. It is okay to bully the locals in the Kinei or the peasants and soldiers with sluggish combat power, but it is still okay to encounter the national troops from all walks of life.
We have to weigh who is worse.
Even if he is as strong as Yamamoto Tokiyuki, the general must be frightened. Winning the war is not his only pursuit. To win, he must minimize his losses to be qualified. Otherwise, even if he wins a war and annihilates the Asai Army, he will
With the loss of 3,000 men and serious damage to their vitality, they still had to face Asakura. The Miyoshi's pincer attack was still a failure.
This requirement is simply higher than Mount Ibuki. Under such great pressure, almost no one can achieve perfection. Yamamoto Tokiyuki can only try his best to pursue more victories while maintaining his own vitality. In the process, he
To measure whether giving and receiving are directly proportional, considering that most of the Asai family's food and supplies have been burned, it is basically unprofitable, and there is no point in continuing to consume.
Asai Nagamasa was in the military, even if he tried his best to capture or kill him, he could not get more benefits. He could not get a ransom for capturing more prisoners, nor could he transport them to Sado Island for mining over a long distance. So after all,
After all, keeping Asai's army would only lead to further losses. That's why Asai Nagamasa released Nakajo Tokihide, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki released Asai Nagamasa's funny behavior. It seemed to be a kind of echoing move, which was also recognized by Kinai.
Many martial artists interpret this as a tacit understanding in war.
In fact, there is really no tacit understanding, or the only thing that can be called tacit understanding is the tacit understanding that they want each other to die immediately.
For Asai Nagamasa, the war in Kitohimi Ika County has ended here. Yamamoto Tokiyuki has no plans to go south and get involved in the quagmire. He is also unable to pursue the revenge for the lost half of the territory. For
For Asai Nagamasa, the Kira family is too powerful. There is really no territory that he has snatched that cannot be regained. Instead of having such thoughts of pursuing revenge, it would be more relaxing and enjoyable to bully the soft persimmon Rokkaku Yoshiken.
For Yamamoto Tokiyuki, he still has an important task to complete, which is to burn down the checkpoints in Tsuruga County. Without Echigo's cooperation, it would be too difficult to carry out this task alone, and it would be almost impossible to use Omi's territory.
The power to complete it independently, but now has entered a critical moment, the Kira family wants to win the trust of businessmen all over the world.
Two of the three checkpoints have been burned, and burning the last one is enough to prove the Kira family's determination to protect business. Even in the face of the three powerful forces in Kinai, they dare to fight head-on. This will greatly encourage the Kira leader.
It can improve the morale of businessmen within the business, and at the same time, it can take this opportunity to establish a good business image. It can even take the opportunity to promote Sakamoto to the ranks of big cities that attract worldwide attention.
Burning this last gatehouse will also greatly dampen the arrogance of the Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance and make them realize that the three alliances still cannot suppress the determination of the Kira family to protect their own interests. Next time, they will consider using unfavorable means and strategies against the Kira family.
When the time comes, you need to carefully weigh your own weight and whether you can withstand the Kira family's determined counterattack and revenge.
This is where the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road. The brave take one step forward and embark on a glorious road with a bright future. The timid take one step back and fall into a bottomless abyss. Yamamoto Tokiyuki has very little room for choice. This important task is also his initiative to ask for it. Sakamoto had already figured this out when he first took charge.
Not long after the Battle of Jiyue, he began to build several strong cities in Jiyue Mountain, Dayan Mountain and other places, namely Jiyue City, Dayan City, Tianshang City, Sakakou City, Iwasaki City, and Shenming City. , Tangmu Village, this village extends from the south of Yuwu Lake to the north of Yuwu Lake, forming a semi-encirclement around Yuwu Lake.
The Biyue Village happens to block the land route to the west of Lake Bipa. From this mountain, you can easily monitor the water and land movements of the two large lakes on both sides of the mountain. And the Biyue Village echoes the Dayan Mountain Village, which can ensure that this mountain village It will not fall into the embarrassing situation of being besieged alone, and becomes an important barrier against the interference and invasion of the Asai family.
After building these forts, he ordered the seven Takashima clans who performed well this time to garrison these seven forts respectively. After years of wooing, these seven families have basically given up their attempts to be independent and autonomous, and have fully integrated into the political system of the Ashikaga clan. , this time Asakura Yoshikage's strategy came to nothing with their firm support, and it is also customary to give sweetness as a reward at the appropriate time.
Just when the seven fortresses were put into use, the internal strife and turmoil within the Asakura family finally broke out, causing a huge turmoil in the Asakura family that directly affected the stability of Echizen Country.
This turmoil started in early July at the end of summer. As early as the first month of the third year of Eiroku, Asakura Yoshikage decided to hold a dog-chasing conference. The dog-chasing conference was originally scheduled to be held in April, but because of the Kinai Three Kingdoms The alliance's diplomatic activities were delayed and finally postponed to be held in late summer.
The so-called dog chase is to release the domesticated fierce dogs, and then the samurai will shoot the fierce dogs to determine the ranking. This custom has gradually become popular since the Kamakura period. The gentle, respectful and thrifty literary shooting of the Heian period was changed to the martial shooting that showed martial arts. The Kamakura shogunate used bows Matthew practiced the morality of the warriors. He vigorously organized horseback shooting activities such as wandering horses, shooting while hanging hats, chasing dogs and shooting objects, etc., and sent one, two, and three people to give honorary seals.
The original intention was to boost the morale of the samurai in order to prepare for war. With the rise of Kyoto culture in the Muromachi period, the illusion of prosperity with singing and dancing everywhere also transformed these archery and equestrian skills from traditional exercise skills and physical enhancement to a purely ceremonial social activity. It has also produced some of the world's most famous bow and horse masters, among them the Ogasawara clan of Kyoto and the Wakasa Takeda clan are the most famous.
Echizen Country is the closest territory to the Kinki region. During the Heian Period, it was one of the best places for ministers to choose to travel away from Kinki. Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote "The Tale of Genji", lived in Echizen Country for a long time with his father. Generally speaking, Echizen Province is deeply influenced by the Kinai cultural circle. You can basically find the popular things in Kyoto in Echizen Province, and dogs chasing animals are naturally indispensable.
Compared to eagle hunting, which more tests the true skills of riding and shooting, these warriors prefer to shoot the fierce dogs in the curtain. After all, the curtain is safer than the dangerous dense forest. It is better for the fierce dogs to be restrained in a small field than the prey running back and forth. Shooting, a ceremonial activity of shooting dogs and chasing animals, can be used as a platform to show martial arts. It has to be said that the samurai of the Asakura family are really smart.
On July 6th, a dog chasing event was held in Okubo-hama, Zaozhuang, Sakai County, Echizen Province. Because Okubo-hama is also called Sanrihama, it is also called Sanrihama dog chasing event. This event was regarded by Asakura Yoshikage as a way to show off the Asakura family. It was an excellent platform for military force, so he ordered his family members to work hard and turn an ordinary ceremonial event into a top-level event with more than 10,000 people participating.
Asakura Yoshikage left Ichijodani Castle for Sakai County in the north on July 4th. The next day, he came to Itozaki Temple to worship the gods and pray for the prosperity of the Asakura family. Then he ordered Asakura Gento to help Kage Company arrange the venue and start the work. During the dog chasing competition, thirty people wore gold-plated waist knives and rode horses through the curtain to kill vicious dogs at will to demonstrate their strong riding and archery skills.
The Yabusame warriors all wear hunting attire and withered black hats on their heads. Their long robes are printed with the family crests of each family. They wear a leather cage shooter on their left shoulder, and a crossbow with a bowstring in their right hand. They ride on a saddle inlaid with gold. The family members of the Hayabusa samurai also participated in the trip, which was equivalent to a collective behavior of taking a vacation on public funds.
There were more than a hundred people standing in front of the hall, divided into two rows on the left and right. There were maids with minor surnames serving around the hall, including the family members of Asakura Yoshikage, followed by thirty Tatō servants holding gold E silk cakes, and Drinks with honey were served in front of him. The samurai around His Highness were armed with white-patterned swords, followed by samurai wielding spears made of silver and gold shells.
These five hundred people are responsible for the security of Asakura Yoshikage as policemen, and Asakura Jirozaemon Keishō, Asakura and Nanakage are the leaders of the policemen. Their protection is so tight that it is difficult to get close, and the Dog Chaser Tournament does not It is not a short event, but a carnival that lasts for three full days. The attendees are retainers from all over Echizen Kingdom, as well as ministers, cultural figures, and eminent monks invited from Kyoto, as well as envoys from allies Miyoshi family and Asai family. .
During this period, we not only watched several dog chasing competitions, but also held dinners at noon and evening to entertain guests. From the beginning of the conference, everything developed in an orderly direction. , Horibeiemon Yoshige, Yamazaki Shichirozaemon Yoshinobu also showed their skills on the field, and then Uozumi, Zimi, Sakurai, Saito, Kubota and other samurai could not help but show off their shooting skills on horseback.
Because there were more and more people participating in dog chasing, it went from being a professional activity to a recreational activity that everyone participated in. Later, they simply replaced all the fierce dogs with pheasants, and the hares were shot at will by the samurai, including Asakura Yoshikage. The valet samurai also came on stage to show off their skills. Such an interesting competition made Asakura Yoshikage so excited that he called all his retainers to try their skills.
This attracted all the Hatamotos of the bodyguards. While the Hatamotos were distracted and playing with the dogs, a group of Japanese people came to pay homage to Asakura Yoshikage. It was said that they were from Echizen Ono County. The leading Chinese samurai was indeed a familiar face to the Asakura samurai, and the few Hatamoto samurai only let him go after a brief questioning.
Asakura Yoshikage didn't care at all whether the Ono County native's name was Miyake or Mikami. He just accepted some local products and furs presented by the natives, and then casually fetched some silk and satin with a few perfunctory words. Ci, still chatting and laughing with the ladies beside him, the young prime minister and Ajiuji.
At this juncture, suddenly a few warriors jumped out from the crowd of people paying homage to His Highness, took out short iron cannons and shouted: "Namo Amitabha!"
Suddenly there was light and smoke, and the lead bullets shot out of the iron cannon went straight towards the noble samurai in front of the palace. It must be said that Asakura Yoshikage was very lucky, seeing a few people
The moment he took out his iron cannon and shouted the Buddha's name, he suddenly woke up. He immediately overturned the food on the table and escaped by hiding under the table.
As soon as the assassinating samurai couldn't find Asakura Yoshikage, he immediately targeted Asakura Yoshikage's two wives. The young prime minister was stunned and was taken care of by several iron cannons, and several gunshots rang out.
Just beat her to the bottom of a sieve. Her flower-like face was hit beyond recognition by a single shot. Akuhime was the secondary target after Asakura Yoshikage escaped. Unfortunately, she was hit by several shots and couldn't even see it.
Already.
The next moment, the maids screamed and ran away. Xiao Xing also subconsciously rushed to the front of the palace and used his immature body to build a flesh and blood wall for Asakura Yoshikage. The Asakura family's Hatamoto samurai finally reacted, drew his sword and shouted, "
"Wow!" He rushed over and chopped all the people in the group to pieces with a single blow of his sword. Even the leading Ono County citizen was not spared.
At the same time, riots broke out in several places inside and outside the curtain. Several long-awaited Japanese soldiers simultaneously attacked the Asakura family samurai. Fukuoka Yoshiie, a member of the memorial group, was killed, causing the entire venue to fall into chaos. Asakura Yoshikage
Under the escort of the Hatamoto samurai, they hurriedly escaped from Sanrihama, and the garrison who arrived later quickly suppressed the commotion.
A few days later, in Ichijodani Castle, Asakura Yoshikage went through a few days of crazy venting, breaking everything in sight, whether it was a cherished tea set or a beautiful Ming Dynasty vase, a few accidental
The erring maid and her surname were executed, and Asakura Yoshikage, who was in a rage, exuded an aura that made humans and animals afraid to approach him.
In just a few days, Asakura Yoshikage's whole person has changed into a different look. The official costume of powdered eyebrows has been thrown aside, his hair is loose and untied, his eyes are swollen like two peaches, and his face is gloomy.
His cheeks were swollen and decadent, like a waste, and completely lacked the pampered aristocratic demeanor of a few days ago. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
