On December 29, the eleventh year of Eiji (1568), the Miyoshi family, with Miyoshi Yoshihide as the general, fought against the Oda family, with Uakihei as the general, in Shiki County. In the end, the Oda family won a great victory. Due to the narrow terrain, Miyoshi
It was not easy for the two wings of the family to retreat. In the end, Iwanari Tomomichi was captured, and Miyoshi Yoshihide was captured. The Oda army suffered about 500 casualties, causing 700 casualties to the Miyoshi family, and more than 1,700 people.
Of the 4,000 soldiers of the Miyoshi family who were captured, only more than 1,000 escaped back to Takaya Castle. It can be said that this was the Miyoshi family's biggest defeat in Kinei for more than ten years.
After learning the news, the entire Kinki region was shocked. Oda Nobunaga specially sent a letter of appreciation from Gifu City, praising the great contributions of Amakihei, Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide. He also allowed Amakihei to send a private message to
What he reported was the cooperation with Sakai Town, Ishiyama Town merchants and Hatakeyama Takamasa. When the news of Uakiuhei's cooperation with Sakai Town, Ishiyama Town merchants and Hatakeyama Takamasa first reached Gifu City, Lin Xiuzhen and other family elders were very worried.
Dissatisfied, he asked Oda Nobunaga to immediately send an envoy to censure Yu Qiupei and stop this deviant behavior. However, Oda Nobunaga was under tremendous pressure and approved Yu Qiupei's expedient actions. And now, the news of Yu Qiupei's victory spread.
Come, Oda Nobunaga proudly took the battle report to show off to the elders.
"Don't be suspicious of people, don't be suspicious of employees. Did you see it? Yu had already expected Hongye to succeed!"
"But my lord, this matter is not decent at all. Hongye and the merchants are cooperating with the Hatakeyama family. If these businessmen and the Hatakeyama family try to be hostile to the Oda family in the future, then Yuqiu Hongye's position will be very delicate." Lin Xiuzhen disagreed with Yu from the beginning to the end.
Qiupei believes that this approach is very likely to allow Yu Qiupei to escape from the control of the Oda family in the future.
"Tch, do you think Hongye is stupid? That's just a temporary measure to tide over the difficulties. Now that the Miyoshi family has been defeated, Hongye has no worries. He has the military power in his hands. Taking back the power is as simple as looking at the pattern from the palm of his hand."
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However, Yu Qiuping, who he said was not stupid, did not intend to take back the power in the hands of the merchants and Hatakeyama Takamasa. In his heart, he still expected that this new system would bring different vitality to the Yu Qiu family. However, now
It's not time to take back power yet.
After Yu Qiuping won the battle, he wanted to take advantage of the victory to take Gaowu City. However, Mihaoshi Changyi and Mihaoshi Masakang defended the city. Yu Qiuping did not build siege equipment, so he had to give up. Just as he was busy building a ladder observation tower
At that time, another 5,000 Awa members of Miyoshi Yoshihide also arrived at Izumi and were rushing towards Takaya Castle. Yu Qiupei was afraid of being ganged up on, so he had to withdraw to the north bank of the Yamato River. Yu Qiupei had tried to use the captured Miyoshi Yoshihide and 1,700
Duosanhao's army threatened, but Sanhao Changyi who defended the city refused to give in and refused to compromise.
In the joint battle, Yu Qiupei almost defeated the Miyoshi family's Kawachi and Izumi front forces, which also had a significant impact on the structure of Kinki. The balancer Matsunagahide, who always stood on the side of the weak, was probably worried that Yu Qiupei's family would become dominant, so he actually generalized the army.
They regrouped in the Makishima Castle area and threatened Ame Qiupei's Maple Leaf Mountain Castle. Miyoshi Nagakei himself even ordered to stop the siege of Tosa, and assembled his troops in Awa Country and Sanuki Country, ready to cross the river to Kinki to regain ground.
Under such circumstances, Yu Qiupei knew that he had no way to continue fighting, so he had no choice but to send an envoy to ask for negotiations after getting Oda Nobunaga's permission. After all, with Miyoshi Yoshihide and more than 1,700 Miyoshi prisoners in hand, he asked himself whether he could still
Let the Miyoshi family come to the negotiation table obediently. As expected, the Miyoshi family could not give up Miyoshi Yoshihide and agreed to send people to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle for negotiations. So Yu Qiuping handed over the ordinary captured Ashigaru to Takenaka Shigeharu and detained him in Wakae Castle
, and he escorted Miyoshi Yoshihide and other important samurai back to Feng.
Yeshan City, waiting for the arrival of the Mihaoshi family envoy.
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The samurai of the Miyoshi family were all put in shackles and ropes and carefully guarded. But for the samurai of Miyoshi Yixian's status, Yu Qiuping did not dare to be too negligent, but gave him great freedom and let him ride.
Walk side by side with yourself on the horse.
"I have heard about His Highness Shixiu for a long time, and I am very honored to meet you today." Yu Qiuping looked at Miyoshi Yixian up and down, always feeling a little strange, "It may be a bit abrupt for me to ask, have I seen you somewhere?
?But when I think about it carefully, I have never had such an opportunity."
Of course Yu Qiuping didn't know that in that casino nine years ago, he had come into face-to-face contact with his current enemies, the Sanhao and Si brothers.
"His Majesty Zhibu may have remembered it incorrectly." Miyoshi Yixian seemed to have no intention of mentioning that past event with Yu Qiuping, and just shook his head lightly.
"Your Highness Shixiu, please don't blame me for being abrupt on the battlefield. I won by luck." Yu Qiuping mentioned the battle not long ago and whispered humbly.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be humble. I am convinced of my defeat." Miyoshi Yoshixian did not seem to follow Yu Qiuping's tactics, but said bluntly: "The command of the battle formation has never been my place, and there is no way to set up the formation based on the terrain.
, Opportunism is indeed not the right way. It’s just that His Highness is a good soldier, which makes me quite envious. I never thought that His Highness Chang Yi, who has been on the battlefield for many years, would be defeated so quickly in your hands. If you don’t have the energy to do this,
If you leave 800 reserves in your formation, I can actually defeat your main formation, and you can remain undefeated even if you are anxious."
Miyoshi Yoshihide is right. If Jobanbei's combat effectiveness is not so high, just 1,200 men will not be able to quickly break through Miyoshi Choitsu's 1,000-man position in any case, nor can they stop Iwanari Tomomichi's side attack.
The reserve team of the main formation was dispatched. Miyoshi Yoshihide indeed calculated the weakness of Akechi Mitsuhide and Kinoshita Hideyoshi's troops, and quickly defeated them. By that time, there were not many troops left in Yuqiupei's main formation, and Miyoshi Yoshihide
He could "switch homes" with Yu Qiuping. But he didn't expect that Yu Qiuping defeated Miyoshi Changyi and Iwanari Yudong with only 1,200 men, and he still had 800 people left to attack the main formation.
The action was in vain.
The two of them chatted and slowly walked to the castle town of Maple Leaf Mountain City. Most of the people in the castle town have repaired their houses. Yu Qiuping also distributed charcoal to every household to help everyone withstand the harsh winter. The Yu Qiu family won a great victory.
After the news came, the people of Maple Leaf Mountain City were excited - this meant that Maple Leaf Mountain City was safe, and they did not have to face the disaster of the city changing hands and being looted by rebels again. Yu Qiuping was their great benefactor, not only allowing them to rely on it to survive
provided them with food and shelter for the winter.
So when Yu Qiuping led his troops back to Maple Leaf Mountain City, the people in the castle towns braved the heavy snow and came to the streets to cheer for Yu Qiuping. The guards who maintained order spent a lot of effort to reluctantly let Yu Qiuping and Miyoshi
Yi Xian was not affected.
Miyoshi Yixian looked at the cheering people, then at their well-built houses, the charcoal fires burning in the cold winter, and the dishes and chopsticks on the dining table at home. A very gentle smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. Yu Qiuping was slightly agitated when he saw this.
Surprised - in his eyes, Miyoshi Yixian has always been a ruthless villain who is quick to do dirty things. Why does he show such a gentle smile to the people?
"His Majesty Jibu's reputation for being kind-hearted is well-deserved." Miyoshi Yoshixian noticed that Yu Qiuping was looking at him, smiled a little, and said with emotion, "Iimori Mountain Castle has been the home city of our Miyoshi family for many years.
The people's hearts were unexpectedly won by His Highness the Government so quickly."
"People are not stupid, so they naturally like good people. He
They don't have high requirements. As long as they have a place to settle down and a mouthful of food to survive, they will be satisfied, and they will thank the lord from the bottom of their hearts." When Yu Qiuping said this, he couldn't help but whispered with some dissatisfaction: "If
If it weren't for the random arrests and fires of the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family, if you hadn't pushed these people almost into hell, the people's hearts would not be so attached to me."
"Haha." Miyoshi Yixian heard this but just sneered disdainfully, "Does His Highness Zhibu think that some people are born to be bad people and do dirty things?"
"What do you mean by this? Could it be that burning down Kyoto and burning down the mountain city, or someone forced it to happen?" Yu Qiuping snorted coldly and contradicted him unceremoniously.
"The light is great, and everyone wants to be a good person. But these are the troubled times of the Warring States Period, and a humble gentleman who does good things will definitely not survive. Every tyrant's hands are stained with blood, and he has committed treacherous things.
, to maintain the family." Miyoshi Yoshihide looked at the cheering people in the castle town and said as if talking to himself: "In order to maintain stability, someone must be responsible for getting rid of those discordant voices. For the benefit of the family,
There are always people who do unscrupulous things in secret. Have you never violated justice? Have you never killed innocent people to silence or make profits?"
Miyoshi Yixian's question made Yu Qiuping stunned, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Yes, it's not like he hasn't done these things before.
"In every family that wants to do big things, there must be a person who does dirty things, who will bear the infamy for the family. Without someone who does dirty things, it will be difficult for the family to survive. The reason why you have such a good reputation is because you have a capable person.
Your subordinate is willing to do all the dirty things for you. In the Miyoshi family, I will do the dirty things. In the Oda family, if I guessed correctly, your Hayashi Sado is the one who does the dirty things. Although he deliberately avoids all credit in order to hide himself.
Fame and fortune, but our kind can still tell at a glance who is doing the dirty things." Miyoshi Yoshiken said, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "The Maori family has the Ryokawa, the Uesugi family has His Highness Usami, Takeda
The family used to be owned by His Highness Yamamoto. After His Highness Yamamoto died, the only way to come was by the Daiken doctor himself, which is why the Daishan doctor’s reputation is so bad."
"Any ambitious lord will always have the world in mind and look at the way forward for his family. But these dirtiest people are always watching the lord's feet, guarding against all possible risks and strangling them in the cradle.
He has done all the evil things for the benefit of the family, and he has to bear the blame. But if there is no such person, hum..." Miyoshi Yixian changed the subject and directly revealed Yu Qiuping's scar, "His Royal Highness, you can't
Forgot, how did the Imagawa family fall? The person who did the dirty things in the past was His Highness Yukisai, known as the prime minister in black. After the Hanakura Rebellion, he was the one who bore the infamy and was a threat to His Majesty the Advocate.
Get rid of all the people. After His Highness Xuezhai passed away, His Highness Zhibu no longer had anyone he could rely on to do dirty things, and finally fell to the danger at his feet. If the ruthless His Highness Xuezhai is here, what do you think of that traitor?
Is there any chance?"
Miyoshi Yixian's words pointed directly at the eternal pain in Yu Qiuping's heart, making his whole body shake like a lightning strike, and he suddenly realized. Before, he had dismissed Miyoshi Yixian's words, but when he pointed out that such a bloody
After the reality, he suddenly realized the importance of the person who did the dirty things.
In his family, the person who plays this role must be Amano Keitoku. The crow judge who is notorious among the people in his territory helps him keep an eye on the dangers at his feet all the time.
"No one is born willing to be a bad person, but if there are no bad people, people who want to be good people will not be able to be good people. There is always one person who has to get his hands dirty to protect other people."