More than ten days later, news of Ashikaga Yoshitoki raising his troops in Kamakura reached Kyoto, and the Kinai samurai family fell into a state of temporary silence. They were horrified to discover that the dragon in Kanto can be so terrifying when it is angry.
The sworn army has as many as 230,000 horsemen, more than 25,000 horsemen, and more than 15,000 iron artillery troops. There is constant traffic of packhorses and boats, and the army and supplies are countless.
The public opinion in Kinai then exclaimed how they had been deceived. Over the years, there have been voices denouncing Ashikagagi Toki as a tortoise, but his current behavior is nothing like a tortoise. With just one order, so many troops have been recruited, which is far more than what the outside world has guessed.
Not 100,000 or 150,000 cavalry, but a total of 230,000 cavalry. It is no longer important whether he has ulterior motives or a sign of loyalty for holding back for many years. The important thing is that he has soldiers, money and food, and his strength is so powerful that it makes people despair.
On April 16, the twelfth year of Eiroku (1569), which was the eighteenth day after the troops were raised in Kanto, in front of Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine in Kyoto, two internal ministers, Sakonoe General Ashikaga Yoshiaki, offered sacrifices to their ancestors.
Thousands of samurai from all over the West, Kyushu, and Shikoku gathered outside Shimizu Hachimangu Shrine, quietly waiting for the ceremony to begin.
"Look! His Highness Gongfang has invited the imperial white flag waiting for the imperial palace to come out!"
"White flag! The white flag of the Ashikaga shogun family! So excited!" The samurai from the Western Kingdom, Kyushu and even Kinai cheered. The influence of the Ashikaga family in the Western Kingdom is extraordinary. The significance of the Ashikaga family's white flag to the Western warriors is probably quite great.
The two imperial white flags erected in Kamakura during the reign of Gengi are on the same level.
Yoritomo Minamoto's white flag is the glory of the Kamakura samurai. During the Jokyu Rebellion, the Kamakura regiment flying this white flag left a very deep impression on the Kinai samurai. Taro Hachiman's white flag was even more earth-shattering and frightening.
The Kinai samurai once had weak legs and felt invincible. Therefore, Ashikaga Yoshiaki invited the Ashikaga family's imperial white flag to fight against Kanto.
The Ashikaga family originated from Shimono Ashikaga-so, and was revived in the Mikawa Kingdom. When Ashikaga Takauji raised his troops, they relied on samurai from the Western Kingdom and Kyushu. The Battle of Tatarahama was the first battle in which Ashikaga Takauji regrouped after defeating Kyushu.
Then an army of 200,000 soldiers was raised from the Western Kingdom of Kyushu and fought back to Kyoto. All the Kinai warriors participated in the formation and made great achievements in battle.
Therefore, this flag has a very strong influence on the samurai of the Western Kingdom, but its influence on the Eastern Kingdom is very limited. This time Ashikaga Yoshiaki chose to invite the Imperial White Flag. This greatly weakened the influence of the two flags of the Kanto Kingdom.
At least it allows the samurai to comfort themselves that you and I have the same, so that military morale and morale will not fall to the bottom before the battle.
This is what fighting is like. Discipline training is one aspect, and military morale is another aspect. Even an elite regiment that has been tempered for thousands of years has ups and downs in morale, not to mention the 180,000 troops from Shikoku, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Kinai.
What a hodgepodge. There are countless intrigues among the famous people from all over the world. It is unreliable to expect their consciousness, loyalty and bravery. At this moment, if there is no orthodox name to rule, then everything will be messed up.
Can't do it.
When a group of chaotic warriors with different origins gather together and form an alliance under a certain name to defeat powerful enemies, they need a commander with a righteous name. Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki is the most suitable and only candidate.
, it’s just that what this general said and did recently seems unreasonable.
The rumors of brother-murder and mother-murder had an irreparable negative impact on his image. The change of ban and the deposing of the emperor caused him to lose a lot of popularity in the territory. His positive influence on the distant country has also weakened so much that it makes people feel pitiful.
, At this time, just using the title of general can no longer suppress the various daimyo people, but the shogunate still has to live, and the Minamoto no Yoshiki in Kanto still has to fight. You can't imitate the ostrich and stick your head in the sand and pretend not to see it.
What to do?
The first way Ashikaga Yoshiaki thought of was to ask the emperor to issue a decree. Even if it was vetoed by Oda Nobunaga, the emperor in Kyoto could issue an decree, and the emperor in Sakamoto could also announce it in the lower house. We cannot let the emperor and the emperor's decrees always
Fighting would only weaken the emperor's authority and fall into Minamoto no Yoshitoki's tricks. Seeing that the puppet show was not going to work, after much deliberation, there was only one way to go to Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine.
Yoshikawa Moto arrogantly glanced at the people from the Western Kingdom who had come with him, and looked at Urakami Munokyo as if they were nothing. Seeing the expressions of the Urakami warriors who dared not speak, he snorted and turned sideways and whispered: "This is the shogunate.
General, that evil man? His white and clean hands seem to be powerless, so he doesn’t look like the legendary killer..."
Kobayakawa Takakage coughed and reminded: "Be careful what you say! Brother, please be careful what you say!"
"That's right! Be careful...hehe!" Yoshikawa Motoharu touched his head, gave his nephew Mouri Terumoto a simple and honest smile, quickly put away his proud little tail, inadvertently looked sideways to the other side, and said: "Look, that's us
An old acquaintance!"
Kobayakawa Takakage had also noticed that there was a group of samurai staring at them with unkind expressions on the opposite side. He looked over carefully and whispered: "Well! That's the Otomo Hachiroden of the Otomo family! He should be presiding over the war against the Ryuzoji family on the front line. Why?
You’ve come to Kyoto, so why don’t you want to wade into this muddy water?”
"Aren't we also going to wade in this muddy water..." Yoshikawa Motoharu found that his voice was a bit loud, so he quickly laughed and said randomly: "Today's weather is good! Yes! It's just that the water in the Kamo River is a bit muddy..."
Hoida Motoki said blankly: "Really? But I found that the water in Kamo River is very clear!"
Yoshikawa Motoharu was so embarrassed by his idiot brother that he couldn't hold back a word for a long time. He hummed and said nothing. He eagerly hoped that his nephew Terumoto Mori would step down. He looked up and saw that his good nephew was holding his chin with one hand and thinking deeply:
"Did the Jindai appointed by the Otomo family turn out to be His Highness Otomo Chisada? In this case, the situation of this trip is really hard to say!"
"What are you afraid of!" Yoshikawa Motoharu grinned: "If it doesn't work, just think of it as a trip!"
Kobayakawa Takakage chuckled: "Bringing 20,000 troops to Kyoto, the cost of this trip is a bit high!"
In recent years, the Mori family and the Otomo family have been fighting fiercely for the control of Kitakyushu. This time, the powerful families of the two families gathered in Kyoto at the same time, which is somewhat of a point of difference. There is also a conflict with the fierce competition in Bichu.
The Urakami family, as well as the Nizi Renaissance Army, which was defeated twice, and the famous Nizi family loyalist Yukimori Yamanaka in the Western Kingdom, and others.
Terumoto Mouri frowned and said, "Doctor Sakyo Kono and His Highness Miyoshi Kyōjo are also here. There are many powerful enemies!"
"Hey!" Kobayakawa Takakage said in a fuss: "How can we fight like this? Will we be stabbed in the back by our allies? What a vexing question!"
The precious son of Yoshikawa Motoharu. Yoshikawa Motocho stood beside Mouri Terumoto and whispered: "We can also stab our allies!"
"Then this joint battle can still be fought? Don't forget what His Highness Gongfang said. The one in Kanto started the White Flag Rebellion, not the Itsukushima joint battle we fought."
What the Maori family was talking about was exactly what was going on in Kanto. This was the topic of greatest concern to the whole world. Even the eminent monks in the temple who didn't care about anything were busy taking out their little notebooks to write down a bunch of rumors, such as the Kinai Five Mountains.
Ashikaga family temple sects such as Tokumyoshin and others are particularly concerned about this war, followed by major sects such as Nandu Beiling, including Koyasan and Jiaoou Gokokuji Temple, who are also paying close attention to it and even placing bets in person.
Just gambling, human nature always tends to take risks. Ashikaga Yoshitoki hung three royal white flags in front of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine, marking the complete opposition between Kyoto Ashikaga and Kanto Ashikaga. Ashikaga Yoshiaki came to Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine in a panic and had no choice.
For example, the ministers in Kyoto called this chaos the White Flag Rebellion. Not only the high-ranking nobles in Kyoto heard about it, but also the generals of the imperial palace, the five mountains in the southern capital of Beiling Kinai, and even the Nanman missionaries walking around the ki.
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After learning that the 230,000 Kanto cavalry raised their troops in front of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, the samurai from all over the world who hurried to Luo felt very conflicted. The 180,000 cavalry seemed to be much more prosperous than the Onin Rebellion, but after careful calculation,
It was discovered that among the 180,000 cavalry, 60,000 were sponsored by the Oda Army, 20,000 were from the Sanhao Army, 20,000 were from the Maori Army, and 15,000 were from the Otomo family.
Others such as the Ryuzoji clan, the Kono clan, the Urakami clan, and Nizi's resurgent army ranged from 5,000 to 7,000 people. On the other hand, the powerful Shimazu clan in Southern Kyushu only sent a mere 2,000 people, and could only compete with Tosa.
If you compare soy sauces like the Ichijo clan and the Chosogabe clan, don't ask why the Shimazu family has so few people. If you ask them, they won't tell you.
Shimazu barely had the words "I'll make the soy sauce" written on his forehead for a long time. His state was as sleepwalking and languid, as if he was dozing off and indifferent. Yoshikawa Motoharu, who was looking around, secretly guessed that maybe
He often participated in night activities in Kyoto. Anyway, he really liked the prosperity of Kyoto, such as the women in the Whale House.
No matter what other people think, the Shimazu family only has so many soldiers anyway. Regardless of whether he is unhappy or not, giving two thousand is considered as giving the general face. If you don't give face, not even a big soldier will come. The general dares to issue a crusade order.
You don't dare. The guy in Kanto is sharpening his sword and waiting to kill people. How dare he hit a little Satsuma Shimazu at this juncture?
The result of this is that each family is making small calculations. Those who send more troops begin to regret that there are too many people, and those who send few troops worry about whether they will be squeezed into the front row by the big guys and die.
Akihiki's stern speech was put aside. Idiots are a rare breed these days. As long as they are over twenty-five years old, there are not many who believe Ashikaga Yoshiaki's rhetoric that is full of loopholes.
They have already arrived, and it would be difficult to turn around and leave at this time. After thinking about it, the small wealthy family decided to wait and see the situation. The daimyo were thinking about how to fight this battle. They couldn't just go to Kyoto with a group of people.
There was a meeting, but when the discussion failed, Zi Chou Yin Mao was knocked down by the Bando samurai who beat him across the face.
When they were willing to accept the emperor's decree and come to Beijing to protect the shogunate, wasn't it because the Kanto man was too powerful and too domineering, and he couldn't tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes? Just look at his actions before and after the Oshu War, Oda, Mori
, Miyoshi, someone with a name like Otomo shouldn't be able to reap the benefits. If he vomits out the territory that he has worked hard to gain for generations without a fight, he will probably be poked in the back by generations of retainers until he dies. From then on, he will become synonymous with a loser, but how do you fight?
?have no idea.
The samurai of the Western Kingdom are struggling with how to fight, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki is struggling with how disgusting Minamoto is. These days, there are only one or two who dare to kill the general, and there are a large group of people who dare to exile the general, but they slap the general in front of the world.
Yes, probably it was Ashikaga Yoshitoki from Kanto who was so bold and reckless.
Hatred, the first time I experienced the feeling of hatred. I used to just hate and fear Ashikaga Yoshiaki. Ever since he announced that he would raise troops to attack Kyoto, the seeds of hatred have quietly taken root and sprouted. In Ashikaga Yoshiaki's view. General
My face is more important than anything else. You can exile me and kill me but you can't insult me. That's why Ashikaga Yoshiteru chose to stay in Nijo Imperial Palace and died heroically.
Yuan Yi was not honest at all. He exposed everything about him in front of the world. He called him a man who killed his brother and his mother in an attempt to usurp the throne. Then he took out his subjugation order and said that the general had no right to deprive him of his Miao name.
, but Minamoto no Yoshiki decided to give face to the general's crusade before breaking out, and declared that his generation would not use the character Miao and would use Minamoto no Yoshi, and let his son continue to use the character Ashikaga Miao.
This was a backhand slap on Ashikaga Yoshiaki's right cheek that hit the target. A hero that the Ashikaga family has not seen in a century, the powerful members of Ashikaga Miao who were given the name Ashikaga Miao by Ashikaga Yoshiteru were deprived of the right to use Miao. For Minamoto Yoshiaki, it should be
It was a huge blow, and of course it was a huge blow to the trust and hope of the shogunate. It's a pity that people can change the surnames of courtiers at any time.
Not only did he easily expose Ashikaga Yoshiaki's "ingenious tricks" that he was proud of, but he also ridiculed Ashikaga Yoshiaki for being so stupid that he learned to use the name of the general to punish a meritorious delinquent without even wiping the poop out of his crotch.
As a member of the powerful sect, he was not happy with being slapped backhand by him, so he had to slap himself in the face to feel at ease. This was the first slap in the face.
If the family crest flag is taken away, it will be taken away, and the Ashikaga nihinryo is not allowed to be used. I took out the Minamoto family's Sasa dragon gallbladder and used it. Ashikaga Yoshiaki probably didn't expect that there was an imperial white flag in Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine, and he certainly didn't know about Hachiman.
Taro's royal white flag was also in his hand. He must have known that Ashikaga Yoshiteru had written a flag seal for Minamoto Yoshiki more than ten years ago, but he did not expect that this flag seal could also become a white flag. This slap hit Ashikaga Yoshiaki's hand.
About half of my face was swollen. This was the second slap.
He deprived the Kwantung public of his official duties, thinking that this would expose his legal control over the Kwantung martial arts family. However, he did not expect that without the title of Kwantung general, he could still be the backbone of the Kwantung family, equivalent to the general who conquered the barbarians. Once again, he
He made an unforgivable mistake and kicked Minamoto Yoshitoki out of the Ashikaga family system, allowing him to raise troops with the same status as the general of the conquering barbarians. This will lead to a fatal consequence. From then on, the East Kingdom
The samurai no longer listened to the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki.
Even if Minamoto no Yoshiki is defeated and commits suicide like the Ashikaga Mochi clan one day, as long as his descendants are still around, they will continue to raise troops and rebel in the name of the pillars of the samurai family, and the shogunate will once again fall into a distressing cycle of chaos and be unable to extricate itself. Repeatedly
What his ancestors did more than a hundred years ago.
Of course, this is just his fantasy, some private thoughts that cannot be expressed in words. Apart from him, probably no samurai will believe that the shogunate can defeat and kill Minamoto no Yoshi. Among the various voices coming from Kinai,
There are many people who sympathize with Minamoto no Yoshitoki, including Hatakeyama Takamasa, Tsutsui Junkei and others.
"Only 180,000 people, too few! Why would Hatakeyama Takamasa refuse Yu's call? Even if I was given the command, he would still refuse, just because Oda Nobunaga is the deputy general? This won't work. We must find a way.
!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki turned around and whispered a few words to his attendant, who hurried to Oda Nobunaga and whispered in his ear.
Oda Nobunaga raised his brows, nodded with a smile and said: "His Royal Highness has finally made some progress. I replied that His Highness does not need to worry about Takaya-den. At this moment, His Highness should have been exiled to Jiji by Yusa Nobuyoshi and Anmi Clan.
Iwansha has gone, and the new governor of the Kawachi Hatakeyama family is Hatakeyama Akidaka. His Highness Akigata is an acquaintance of His Highness Kōkata, and he will convince the people of Yamato as soon as possible to cooperate with the shogunate's decision."
Akiaka Hatakeyama was a close confidant of Ashikaga Yoshiakihan. He was the first samurai to be given the Miao name after the shogun ascended the throne. It was Arihatakeyama who was able to smoothly coordinate the affairs of the Anmi clan and Yusa Shinobu for Oda Nobunaga.
The reason why Zhao Gao has this card is that one is the popular man in front of the general, and the other is the stubborn old fighter. If you think about it carefully, you will know who to choose.
On the other hand, Hatakeyama Takamasa has been too troublesome in recent years. He has tried his best to fight with the Miyoshi family for twenty years, but he has not even given birth to a legitimate son. The only daughter is still so young. This makes Hatakeyama
The retainers group is very worried that one day this fighter will fight him to death, and the defeat of the family business will be a trouble. Instead of doing this, it is better to take this opportunity to exile this guy and replace him with an honest new governor that everyone can accept.
This is an evil deal. Oda Nobunaga needs Kinai's stability, Yusa is religious, Anmi Clan needs to control the real power in the family, and the Hatakeyama retainers want a family governor who thinks normally, behaves according to rules, and can give birth to healthy heirs. Frequent
The war has already exhausted the people of Hanoi. It is even more tiring to have to fight when we can't win or reap any benefits.
Ashikaga Yoshitoki's eloquent speech finally came to an end, and he finally said plausibly: "... Sir! Look at this Ashikaga Imperial White Flag, how much splendor and glory it has brought to us. Back then, the Imperial White Flag of Tojiin was flying this flag.
The white flag has entered Luo. Today, when I, Yoshiaki, will use this royal white flag to attack Minamotogi, I will bless us when I wait for Chiinden! The ancestors of the Ashikaga family will bless us! Namu Hachiman Daibodhisattva! Bless my Ashikaga family's military fortune for a long time.
!”
The Western warrior clapped his hands three times, bowed respectfully and prayed: "Namo Hachiman Bodhisattva!"
There was no excitement and no loud shouting. The whole process was as bland as a glass of water. Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki's speech was wonderful, and the colorful clichés were thrown out as if they were free. He has been studying culture in Ichijoin for more than 20 years, which is not bad.
He has such literary talent, but he always consciously avoids talking about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and justice at some critical moments, which makes the scene very strange. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
ps: I bow and thank my book friends Dark Ruthless, liushuiwu, and Hattori Masashige for their heart-warming rewards. Wu Mei’s spirit has not been very good recently. She frequently stays up late and her eyes are very tired. Her coding speed has dropped sharply. She is really unable to break out. Ten thousand words of hard work is already very long.
