As Lord Furukawa, Ashikaga Fujimasa knew very well that Kira Yoshitoki's seemingly useless words were actually meant to convey a meaning, that is, he was more qualified to become an Ashikaga Rianchichu, and the Ashikaga Shogun family could not
If a new Imperial Palace title was opened for Kira Yoshi, then this Imperial Palace title would inevitably bear the name of his Furukawa Ashikaga family.
If that was the case, he might make a compromise and adopt Kira Yoshi as his adopted son, so he chose to take this opportunity to severely beat and humiliate Kira Yoshi, making him feel angry and affecting the attitudes of the Kira family members.
Every time he, the new generation of the Kwantung Crown Prince, sees his family members, he will be reminded of today's humiliation in Daguang. As time goes by, it may really cause unrest among his subordinates. This is also the reason why he has gone through so many things during his escape journey these days.
This test was conducted, and lessons learned were summarized from the information inadvertently revealed by Yuki Harucho's mouth.
However, in the conversation just now, he had realized that his ridicule and ridicule did not make him feel ashamed. On the contrary, he refuted him so righteously that he could not even say a word, and even had some desire to prove his actions.
Among the many common people who came after the Ashikaga clan was extinct, he was definitely the top contender for the leadership.
Thinking of this, Ashikaga Fujimasa suddenly couldn't help but shuddered. At that moment, when he saw Kira Yoshitsune, his eyes were filled with Hong Guoguo's power desire, as well as the almost bottomless ambition and anger.
He yelled at Kira Yoshi: "You evil Ashikaga thief with ulterior motives! You are talking nonsense!"
After saying that, I saw Ashikaga Fujimasa suddenly rushing towards Kiragi like a madman, but suddenly he jumped up like a spring and kicked the idiot out. Ashikaga Fujimasa was less than 1.6 meters tall.
His body had been hollowed out by years of drinking and debauchery, and under the fierce kick of the tall and handsome man Ji Liangyi, he stumbled and stumbled five or six times before he came to a stop.
Kira Yoshitsune secretly hated this guy for being so uncooperative. He actually forced him to physically rude himself in front of all the ministers before stopping his physical collision. He stared at Ashikaga Fujimasa fiercely and shouted angrily: "Stubbornness will only lead to stubbornness."
Regarding your evaluation, the current direct descendants of the Ashikaga Shogun family are descendants of the common people Horikoshi Kōkata, so what’s wrong with my noble Ashikaga family being promoted only half a rank! Come on! Lock this person up and escort him to the seclusion of Sado Island.
Keep a close watch!"
"Yes!" Several samurai trapped Ashikaga Fuji Masani, who was cursing like crazy, and sent him out. What awaited him would be a long life of exile and isolation. Kira Yoshi had already built a castle on a cliff on the north side of Sado Island.
The small temple where Ashikaga Fujimasa will spend the rest of his life.
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In early August, due to the influence of Takeda Shingen's Suruga invasion and the Sagami War hosted by Uesugi Teruatora, the Tokaido trade route was temporarily blocked and impassable. The samurai of the Hojo family used their stoic character to forcefully block Uesugi Teruatora's invading army.
Kira's army's expansion plan brings huge troubles.
In the last few days of late August, the lord of Tamana Castle, Hojo Ujishige, suddenly made a surprising move. He opened the Tamana Castle at night and left without a word with the 4,000 troops of the Tamana Hojo clan. They arrived early the next morning.
Uesugi Teruhora, who knew the news, did not make the decision to pursue the enemy as Hojo Ushige wished. Instead, he led the main army to Tamanawa Castle.
"This is a trap! It is intended to lure us into chasing and forcing us to cross the Sagami River, and then take the opportunity to attack when we are halfway across the river." Hojo Takahiro smiled disapprovingly and said mockingly: "Such a rough strategy, it is a shame that the Hojo family can think of it.
When he came out, did he really think that I would wait for a large army to force him across, but he would be able to hit him half way across and annihilate the whole army?"
"That makes sense. Our army can completely stick to the Sagami River and continue to consume it... something seems wrong! If we continue like this, we will have to fight a stalemate. This conflicts with the strategic goals set by His Highness Kakizaki!" Kakizaki Kageie pinched
The man with a mustache frowned and groaned, and the atmosphere in the large room suddenly became dull.
Saito grinned widely and said, "You guys are really prudent! If you want me to tell Nobu, I'm afraid of what the Hojo family will do. How much morale does a military that can't even withstand the Musashi Kingdom have? I'll do it in front of the Hojos."
In front of the family, I will lead the army to forcefully cross the Sagami River and attack it. Let’s see if Hojo Sagami Mamoru has the ability to cross the Sagami River halfway and attack!”
"Yes! I, Shimonaga, think this is good too! We have 36,000 troops and still have to be timid to deal with the 20,000-strong Hojo Army. If the news reaches Echigo, we will be ridiculed by the samurai who are left behind." Honjo Nogicho yelled.
The Echigo samurai present nodded in agreement.
Ota Shimasa, Ota Yasushi, Narita Choyasu, and Mita Tsunahide don't quite understand the customs of the Echigo samurai, but they can still understand what the Echigo samurai say. As new members of the Kira family, these Musashi people are more eager to work in the Echigo family.
In this battle, prestige was used to boost the power status of the new senator who was born in Musashi Province.
"Morale, the hearts of the people are on the side of our Ashikaga family. The Hojo Army will be defeated in this battle! Attacking the Hojo Army halfway across the river will be the lifeblood of the Hojo Army!" Uesugi Teruhora, who had been sitting silently on the main seat in a daze, suddenly let go of his rosary and opened his mouth.
Opening his eyes emitted a frightening evil spirit. As the level of meditation continued to improve, the momentum of Echigo's dragon, who converted to Shingon sect Shugendo and worshiped Bishamonten, also gradually increased. It was about the time Kiragi was removed from the entire Ashikaga family.
He is the most powerful.
Under this strong momentum, even Kanto generals such as Ota Shimasa were suppressed and obeyed. However, he still raised a question: "It is understandable that the morale of the Hojo Army will be greatly damaged after repeated defeats, but the people of Sagami Country are stable and united.
, I don’t know how to answer it?”
"The people of Sagami Country are in chaos. Troubled times will always be troubled times, and the temporary stability of Sagami Country is just an illusion. If you want to establish a peaceful and prosperous age, you must experience blood and fire fighting. The citizens of Sagami Country, who have not experienced the invasion of war for decades, have already
I'm scared." Terutora Uesugi valued Ota Shimasa very much and patiently answered his questions. Among the Musashi people, Ota Shima was the only samurai that caught his eye. The others include Asanao Ueda and Nagayuki Narita.
The flow is still much different.
The Echigo samurai were very excited to receive a positive reply from the general. As the leader of the young samurai in Echigo, Honjo Shigenaga jumped out and said: "The general is right! Why should we worry about the Hojo Army? The samurai in Kanto are afraid of the Hojo family.
, but that doesn’t mean that my Echigo samurai are also afraid of them! As long as I have three thousand troops from Nobuchō as my vanguard, I will definitely destroy the Hojo Army in one fell swoop!”
Honjo Shigenaga is Kira Yoshitoki's confidant general. He also married Uesugi Teruhora's adopted sister, Nagao Ohime, the widow of the Sanjo Nagao family. He also saved Kira Yoshitoki's life and received the autograph testimonial from the garrison general.
Among the many generals in Echigo, his status was considered to be at the top of the rankings. Only a few top generals and senior family elders could say a few words about him.
"Chiyo Inomaru, don't brag. If I give you 3,000 men to forcefully cross the Sagami River, I'm afraid that both the men and the army will fall in." Kakizaki Keie grinned, slapped Honjo Nobunaga's shoulder hard, and said loudly
: "It would be more appropriate for me, Asanobu, to serve as the first general! Give me Asanobu three thousand troops and I can easily hold back the main force of the Hojo Army and buy time for the general to cross the Sagami River."
Not to be outdone, Ota Shimasa said: "I Shimasa believes that the people of Musashi Province also have this ability. It will be safer for us and six thousand troops to forcefully cross the Sagami River as a vanguard, and the cavalry team led by Saito Shimono Morden is more suitable for coming and going.
As for Rufeng's surprise attack, we should let the people of Musashino who are familiar with the Hojo Army do the frontal resistance!"
The surging calls for battle from the ministers were heard endlessly. Uesugi Teruhora swept his eyes from the faces of the samurai present, and finally focused on Ota Shimasa and said: "Then Minbu-dono will lead the six thousand troops of the headquarters to serve as the vanguard.
The duty of the Civil Affairs Bureau in this battle is to attract the Hojo Army's attention and hold on, buying time for our main force to cross the Sagami River."
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At the fourth watch on the first day of September, the silent Sagami Country was still sleeping deeply. Only the Sagami River, which had not changed for thousands of years, was still flowing turbulently. This night coincided with the alternation of bad days once a month. There was no moonlight.
The long night is dim and dull. The fourth watch is approaching dawn. But the sea in the east is still dark and unclear.
Ota Shisei led six thousand troops to gather in front of the Sagami River Ebina Ferry and slowly crossed the river. He had not rested since he put on his armor last night. He made a full meal at the second watch and then led the six thousand troops to set off. At the third watch, he gathered at
It took more than an hour after crossing the river at the ferry to transport most of the troops to the other side of the river.
After all, a river as wide as the Sagami River is not Kyoto's Kamogawa River, and a wooden bridge can be built on it. With the current technology, it is temporarily impossible to build a bridge spanning nearly 100 meters wide. On the east bank of the Sagami River, Ohta Satoshi was sitting on a bed that looked like a horse.
Jishang closed his eyes and rested, surrounded by dozens of Hatamoto samurai loyally protecting him.
After a while, I heard the rapid sound of horse hooves in my ears, and Shiban came to the battle with the news that the entire Ota army was crossing the river. As the general, Ota Shi was the last batch of warriors to cross the river. The general was the first to cross the river or the last.
Crossing the river is one of two ways to cross the river, and the latter one was used by Ota Shizheng. Both of them have their own pros and cons, and it is hard to tell which one is better. You still have to make different choices according to different situations.
When he led his army across the Sagami River, a patch of fish-belly white appeared on the eastern horizon. Ota was staring at the sky with a faint light for a moment, and then said: "The entire army obeyed the order and launched towards the main camp of the Hojo Army.
Attack, but you must first remember the general's order. Don't be confused and risk your life when the time comes, ruining the military and national affairs. There will be no redemption without death! The combat goal of our army is to lure the enemy to hold on and gain an opportunity for the main force to attack. Any unauthorized attack
Those who do not respect the general's orders will be killed without mercy... The entire army obeys the order! The Ashigaru team and the archery team will set up positions here, and the cavalry team will follow the attack!"
More than a thousand horse-riding teams filed out under the common banners of various martial arts families in the Kanto area. Basically, the pattern of samurai from whichever family commanded their own horse-riding teams was basically eliminated. These horse-riding warriors may have much different training levels, weapons, equipment, and probabilities.
, but the morale of an elite who has fought in hundreds of battles is still very good.
The cavalry team had not rushed out half a mile when they saw a large fire light up in the woods opposite. Chief Narita, who was in charge of the vanguard, hurriedly notified the forward troops to stop advancing and reported the news to Ota Sumasa. Birds were like birds in the sky above the woods.
They were flying around in the sky like headless flies for a long time. Needless to say, the generals in the battle formation, even the young Narita clan leader, saw that something was wrong. As a saying goes, don't enter the forest where you can't find it.
Ota Zi was holding the reins and wandering in a circle, ordering a retreat. The knights on horseback reporting back from the front could already hear faint noises. It would be stupid to rush in with a military force at this time. He
By the time they turned around and found a flat piece of land to set up their formation, the vanguard of the Hojo Army had already come out.
The general at the head was Hojo Ujishige, who charged at the front with a large gun, followed closely by more than 1,500 mounted samurai, which accounted for almost seven of the Hojo family's existing cavalry.
As a result, the remnants of the Hojo Army's five-colored troops and the elites of the national lords of each reserve unit were organized into an army, and its combat power was much stronger than that of the ordinary national army.
Ota Shimasa was not surprised at all by this new military system in which the arms were separated and organized into a regiment. This style of separation of arms was originally brought from Kyoto by Kira Yoshitomo. To the Kanto samurai, this was Kyoto's literary style.
As for the new military training method, I don't care at all how many gods and gods are included in it.
Anyway, Kiragi was very powerful when he used it, and it was very good. It was not as high as the separation of soldiers and peasants. It was not difficult to separate the cavalry team, archery team, and Ashigaru team and lead them separately. Whose soldiers were there?
If one's own family takes over the leadership and does not change the leadership structure of the country's lords over one's own military force, it is like changing the soup without changing the medicine.
Ota Shigema was also a generation of fierce generals who were famous in Kanto. Although he thought that being nearly forty and staying up all night without sleep made him a little incompetent, his foundation as a strong general remained unchanged after all. When he saw Hojo Ujishige rushing towards him,
I couldn't help but bring up the big gun in front of me and fight head-on. The fight between the mounted samurai and the mounted samurai was completely non-trivial. They just pulled out various strange weapons such as tachi, big gun blades, sickles, etc., and collided with their bodies or weapons.
together.
The navy-blue armor of the Hojo Army galloped towards the Ota Army with long lances in hand. The leader of the Hojo Army's heavy breathing seemed to be spitting out hot air. The horseback samurai of the Hojo Army behind him tried their best to remain similar.
With a rhythm of breathing, following Hojo Ujishige's orders, he picked up his spear, tightened the reins, leaned forward like a full-strung bow, and violently collided with Ota's army.
The horses of both sides collided with each other at that moment. The huge impact caused the knights on both sides to tremble and almost fly away. They were holding on to the reins tightly and were suddenly shaken at that moment and flew away. The knights on horseback of the Hojo army were in the body.
The moment he lost control, he thrust the gun hard and stabbed. However, he saw a white light flash before his eyes and felt severe pain in his chest.
It turned out that the mounted warriors of the Ota Army also struck the most violent blow at this time. The spears of both sides penetrated each other's chests in no particular order. To the two mounted warriors, the entire battlefield seemed like a strange still picture. Listen.
Instead of the rumbling neighing of the iron-hoofed men and horses and the killing howls, through the two-finger-wide face, one could see the motionless warrior holding a big gun.
"Didi..." The two warriors realized there was a faint voice almost at the same time. Through their faces, they saw Yin Hong's blood flowing between each other's throat chakras and their faces, and the blood merged into a thin line.
Lines of blood dripped out from the gaps, like a faucet that had been forgotten to turn off and flowed endlessly.
The injuries of the two warriors were too serious. The impact of that moment and the piercing of the spear directly penetrated the body, and half of the blood-stained spear blade was exposed from the other end. In just a few seconds, the two bodies looked at each other.
The slowly falling mount fell into the dust together. In the rising smoke, his consciousness gradually became blurred until he fell into endless darkness.
Brave warriors like this will always be a minority in the cavalry team. Only the bravest and most confident horse warriors will stand at the front of the queue. But the reality is so cruel, those who rush to the front often die.
In the earliest cases, those who showed their martial prowess died in the attack before they could show off their martial prowess. On the contrary, the knights on horseback who performed mediocrely had a better chance of surviving.
The first wave of assault is a horse battle to determine the male and female, and then the horse warriors of both sides dismount and fight in formation. This is a major feature of the horse warriors and one of the cavalry tactics of non-nomadic people. When the cavalry loses mobility and cannot form a formation,
When continuing the assault, dismounting and regrouping became the only option for the warriors. This is not to say how crude and crude it is. Most non-nomadic civilizations have used similar tactics to some extent.
The advantage of the Hojo Army was gradually revealed in this dismounted formation. What was competed in the immediate chaos was personal bravery and combat courage. The timid will retreat at the last moment and lose their lives, while the dismounted formation became a test of horseback riding.
The experience of team fighting in clusters is exactly what the Ohta Army does not have.
The so-called Ota Army is a coalition of 6,000 Musashi people with Ota Shimasa as the general. The people from all over Musashi had almost no decent training together. When the Ogidani Uesugi family ruled Musashi Country, they never thought about fighting in groups on horseback.
There is a possibility that by the time the Hojo family ruled the Musashi Kingdom, they were all subordinate to the Hojo family in several large and small countries. They were torn apart and had no time to get together.
The Ota Army was no match for the Hojo Army, which had endured several years of hard work in high-mountain battles. As soon as they met, they were beaten to a pulp and had no ability to fight back. They could only fight and retreat to the rear to gain more room for maneuver.
The weakness of the Ota Army's lack of tacit cooperation was exposed under the pull of Hojo Ujishige. After all, how could they compare to the elite of the Hojo Army who had just joined together.
Fighting and retreating until he quickly retreated to the side of the war horse with no way to retreat, Ota Shige knew that he could no longer retreat. Suddenly he realized that Hojo Ushigeki's horse-riding samurai had rushed too far and was already a certain distance away from his own war horse.
So with an order, the rear team got on their horses and turned around to attack the mounted samurai of the Hojo army.
Hojo Shige saw that the fat to his mouth had inexplicably turned into a prickly pear prickly pear. He didn't care to continue to pursue the Ota army and quickly ordered a retreat. Fortunately, at this time, Hojo Shige's main formation had already rushed over, and tens of thousands of troops were overwhelming.
The Ota Army's cavalry team was frightened by the attack, and their faces turned pale. They immediately abandoned the Hojo Army's cavalry and retreated.
There were not many casualties in this small-scale fierce battle. The total number of samurai who died on both sides was no more than 150. Most of the samurai were very good at using their own advantages to survive on the battlefield. Of course, all the soldiers were also proficient in names.
As for the "escape" skill, veterans are very good at escaping from battle. Most of the battles were so intense that very few people died like this.
Hojo Ushimasa led the army to follow up and bite Ota Shimasa's tail tightly, trying to completely swallow up this army to scare the arrogant Kira army. Ohta Shimasa also knew very well how much Hojo Umasa hated him as a traitor.
, the original exile of the Ota clan from Sagami Province was just an expedient move to appease the people of Musashi Province.
However, he did not expect that this expediency would attract a group of "robbers" to break into the house with the help of him as the leader, and the Musashi Kingdom would be captured with such a commotion that the Hojo clan was so frightened that they did not dare to send reinforcements. Among them were the people of the Musashi Kingdom.
Richie's betrayal played a huge role in leading the party.
If the people of the Musashi Country united as one to fight against the Kira Army, they might be able to block the arrogant Kira Yoshitari in the Musashi Country and not be able to escape. As long as he could pierce the skin of the Kira Army's invincible tiger, he would be sure to contact him.
More and more Chinese people who were watching stood up to resist the Kira family.
His father Ujiyasu Hojo could have used the name of Koga Koga to mobilize the people of the Kanto Kingdom, and combined with the support of the people of the Mutsu Dewa Country and even the Kinai Miyoshi family, he could have created a great situation that would blossom both internally and externally, but all this was in the hands of the Musashi people.
It all came to naught due to the betrayal of the masses. How can one not regret that a good situation was ruined?
More than a thousand cavalry troops retreated to the main formation on the west bank of the Sagami River. At this time, the Ota Army's Ashigaru Division had used the wood that was constantly being transported back to the ship to make a wooden fence to block the horses. Dobori had no time to dig it, so he had to prepare it with
Gravels of gravel and iron caltrops were mixed together as substitutes. More than a thousand civilians recruited from Sagami Province were busy running around, and finally completed all the wooden fences on the front before the Hojo Army's large formation attacked.
Ota Zizheng immediately stood in front of the formation with his spear drawn, his eyes calmly watching the approaching momentum of the Hojo army, and secretly sneered: "What I Zizheng wants is the hatred of your Hojo family! If you don't hate me, maybe you won't take the bait."
, won’t you come up and bite the hook when you see the flag mark of my Ota family?”
It was already the fifth watch, and the white fish belly on the horizon gradually turned into a burning cloud. Not long after, a red sun with a soft red light revealed its faint golden glow from the horizon. Ota Shizheng ordered the ashigaru in the rear team to take advantage of the opportunity.
It was time to eat immediately before the war started. The Ashigaru quickly took out the prepared lunch boxes and cowhide water bags, and ate the three rice balls with the warm water and fish rice balls they poured in last night.
The eating time for this breakfast was only a few minutes, so that the samurai ashigaru in the front team could also take advantage of this opportunity to eat breakfast. Unfortunately, the Hojo army did not enjoy this treatment, and received a message from the Fuma Ninja in the middle of the night.
According to intelligence, Kira's army was preparing to land near the Sagami River. Hojo Ushimasa ordered the entire army to assemble urgently overnight, not to mention not having time to eat, and even his clothes were not necessarily neatly dressed.
Hojo Ushimasa stared at the waiting Ota army and cursed, describing him as a shameless villain, a traitor, and other adjectives. Especially when he saw clearly that the person standing in front of the formation was Ota Shimasa himself, he became even more angry and threatened to capture Ota Shimasa alive.
Capture him alive and then kill him with your own hands to express the hatred in your heart.
Ogasawara Yasuhiro stared at the Ota Army for a long time and suddenly said: "It doesn't seem right! Why does the Kira Army only have such a small force? According to the normal follow-up speed, the Kira Army should not have finished crossing the river. Why do they have so few people?"
"It's indeed wrong. This should be the first formation of the Kira Army. It looks like there are about 6,000 people in this formation, and the flags are all the names of Musashi people. It shouldn't be wrong." Ise Sadun also served as Musashi earlier.
The national flag seals of the people of the country are very familiar with the flag seals and the names of the sub-patterns of the Musashi people, and they can easily tell which flag seals are genuine and which flag seals are counterfeit.
Yamato Harutong said: "Uesugi Tanshoden is by no means an ordinary general. He should not have made the serious mistake of allowing the vanguard to be trapped and isolated on the river bank. Looking at the posture of Ota Minbuden, he should be well prepared. This wood
Zha Juma must have prepared a perfect plan a long time ago! After considering this, I am very suspicious of where the main force of Kira's army is, and where is the main hall of Uesugi now?"
"You can't still be in Tamana Castle, right?" Hojo Ushimasa replied with some uncertainty: "For example, because Uesugi Danzenden occasionally fell ill and was bedridden..."
Yamato Harutong replied: "There is such a possibility, but it is very small and almost non-existent. If Uesugi Danshoden is ill, we will not send a vanguard to cross the river. In the past few days, we would rather let Hitachi Kaiden evacuate Tamana Castle.
There was no pursuit, which shows that Uesugi Danzhengdian was well aware of the trap set by the lord. The lord's move was so clever that it was almost perfect, but once it was seen through, he was likely to be targeted by the trick, such as..."
As the qualified governor of the Hojo family, Hojo Ujimasa's intelligence is needless to say. He immediately heard the overtones of several teachers, his face turned as pale as paper and whispered: "...For example, if you attack east and west, divide your troops to cross the river, and then wait for an opportunity to rush out and give me the Hojo army.
A fatal blow!"
Hojo Ushimasa's guess was very accurate. At a hidden ferry downstream of the Sagami River, the main force of the Kira Army's main formation began to forcibly cross the Sagami River at the fourth watch. After Uesugi Teruhora's anti-corruption time calculation, he came to a conclusion that this
It is the safest time to forcefully cross the Sagami River. The main force of the Hojo Army must have been attracted by Ota Shimasa. As long as they leave the main camp of the Hojo Army, it means that the Hojo Ujimasa has lost the best opportunity to change his tactics. The failure of the Hojo Army to change tactics means that
Falling into the attacking rhythm of the Kira Army, this is the result that Terutora Uesugi wants.
At the end of the afternoon, the sun had already risen high. Uesugi Terutora ate a bowl of hot egg noodles, fresh vegetables picked from nearby fields and stewed river fish from the Sagami River at the suggestion screen on the west bank of the Sagami River.
Fish soup, paired with the most popular ingredients of this era, kombu and eggs that are limited in supply to the military, there is simply no more perfect autumn breakfast than this.
Just after breakfast, I received two pieces of information transmitted at the same time. The first one was the latest news transmitted by the military commander. All the 30,000 troops under his command had successfully crossed the river. Uesugi Teruhu just glanced at it and threw it aside.
Regardless, the next piece of information surprised him: "The Hojo Army actually retreated!"
