Pillars of the Wu family

The Kira family had extremely high expectations for the war. In response to the upcoming war, Kira Yoshishi issued an order that the samurai registered in Shiga and Takashima counties, and all those who were determined to revitalize the name of the shogunate all joined the military order, and the seven heads of Takashima First of all, a large number of vassals were dispatched accordingly. This order is also called "Omi Congjun". This order is regarded by the people of Takashima Prefecture as an excellent opportunity to revitalize the family business. .

The Takashima Clan's descendants began to decline since the death of the family governor and were inherited by the Kuchiki family. The 13-year-old Takashima Taro, the son of Takashima Etsuchu Takasada, was only [-] years old. The Takashima family made great efforts in order to revive the army. The Takashima family sent out more than a dozen at a time, and a samurai group with dozens of retainers and samurai joined.

Taro Yori of the Tanaka family was also the governor of the family, so Shiro Bingwei Laichang, a member of Ashikaga Yoshito, led several Yimenmen and more than a dozen retainers to join the army. The commoner named Tanaka Shigemasa, he is not very conspicuous and even very downcast in Tanaka's family, but it is precisely this Tanaka Shigemasa who was noticed by Kirayoshi.

Tanaka Shigemasa's wife is the daughter of Kunitomo Zenhei, and his brother-in-law is Kunitomo and Zaemon, the sons of Kunitomo Zenbei. He himself is also an expert in iron cannons, and he alone did the work of testing the new iron cannons forged by Kuniyou Village. Because of this relationship, Shigemasa Tanaka was entrusted with important tasks by Kira Yoshitoshi, and he also used this to close the relationship with the Kunyou family. .

The Omi Yamazaki family's main family has declined, and the branch family in Inugami County has a very strong branch. The current family governor of this branch is the Yamazaki family, who is a retainer of the Liujiao family.The Yamazaki family only sent out their son Yamazaki Saburo Goro Dongheng.Fortunately, there is a Yamazaki family in his family who has become famous.It is not a big problem for Yamazaki Fuyuheng to bring his retainers to join him.

Kuchiki Naozuna and Kuchiki Fujitaka brothers were the representatives of the Kuchiki family who joined the Kira family. Several members of the Kuchiki family also joined the family. There were only a dozen or so retainers who joined the army. This probably has something to do with the Kuchiki family's stable position in the shogunate. , Kuchiki Fujitsuna, Kuchiki Chengzuna continued to serve as direct ministers beside Ashikaga Yoshito.

The Nagata Izu Mori family has been running a navy in Lake Biwa for generations, and after the Katsuda navy surrendered, he has also returned to the Kira family. He sent Nagata Oyakuyoshi and a few family members and a small number of retainers to join the army.The main branch and retainers are all in the Kira Navy, so they didn't send many people. His branch, Nagata Bitchu Moriya, was very active on the Rokkaku side and took root in Kaso, Aichi County.

The Hirai clan, the lord of Funaki Castle, also declined. Fortunately, his family immediately surrendered Hirai Castle to the Kira family, and received 1000 shi as compensation in the subsequent conflict with the Takashima County Prosecutor. This family has long been the backbone of the pro-Kira faction , the current governor of the Hirai family's descendant of the Etchu Shou family is the Hirai Kouchi Mori family. He brought his son Hirai Hidena out of the Shi Kira family. Offer an affidavit.It is necessary to change directly from the one party of the countrymen to the retainers of Kira Yoshishi.

Yoshitoki Kira was very satisfied with his performance, and he was considered a role model.Hirai Rai was appointed as the ashigaru general, and his son Hirai Hidena was incorporated into the side of the Kira family. Similarly, Hirai's branch family, Kaga Moriya, moved to Lita County and became a retainer of the Rokkaku family. Hirai Sadatake was Kaga The guardian of the house.

Yokoyama Mikawa Shoujia has completely declined. Yokoyama Yoshiyuki let his nephew Yokoyama Shingoro become Yokomi to join the army. Their family may be the weakest of the seven. If there is no strong branch, once the heirs die out, it will be over, but Yokoyama Yoshiyuki is still like this Those who looked forward and backward did not dare to bet, thinking that this family would decline completely in a short time, and the name of Takashima Seven Heads was no longer worthy of its name.

In addition, more than 300 servants from Takashima County joined the army. With the addition of more than [-] samurai, Omi was transformed. The enthusiasm of the people of Omi came to serve, which was beyond his expectation, even those who did not belong to the Kira family. Samurai also came to serve in Asai, Ika, and Rita counties in the sphere of influence.

One of them caught his attention. He brought a total of 200 people to join him, and they were not ordinary people but monk soldiers. He was born as a naginata monk at Enryaku Temple in Mount Hiei, and the adopted son of Kiyomi Miyabe of Yuji Shrine in Asai County. , Miyabe Jirun.

Miyabe Jijun's childhood name was Sunba, and his biological father, Doi Shinshun, was the head monk of the Hiei Mountain Enryaku Temple. He was ordained as a monk at Gyoeibo in the west tower of Hiei Mountain in the fifth year of Tianwen, because he was born with extraordinary strength and also studied family tradition His naginata martial arts quickly came to the fore, but Sunba, who was unwilling to be lonely, found his father and hoped to become a samurai, and was finally recommended to the monk Miyabe Zenjoyon Seijun of Yuji Shrine in Asai County as his adopted son, so he changed the word Miao to Miyabe Jirun, named Shanxiangfang.

This person is quite prosperous in Asai County. I heard that Kirayoshi was very powerful when he was in the Miyoshi family several times, and even killed Miyoshi Changqing's two younger brothers. Turning to focus on internal affairs made him a little disappointed. He was still considering whether to join the Asai family nearby, or continue to wait and see.

In the end, when I heard Kira Yoshishi announce that Omi joined the army, it seemed that there was a big war to be fought, which made Miyabe Jijun very excited, so he began to figure out what kind of treatment he could get by joining the Kira family. The next group of monks and soldiers joined together, so there was an incident where Miyabe Jirun brought two hundred monks and soldiers to join.

Yoshitoki Kira was very happy with this historical celebrity's service, and immediately promoted him to be an ashigaru general with an annual salary of 150 kan, and personally commanded two hundred naginata monks, and also changed the monks' equipment such as scorpions, arrays, hats, and short knives. Miyabe Jijun was very happy , 150 Guanwen is an astronomical figure. He lived a tight life in the shrine, and he was bored with the clear soup and water all day long. With such a high salary, he can finally enjoy it.

There are also 20 iron artillery soldiers in Kuniyou Village, and one of them is a master of iron artillery named Nomura Fujizaemon Naotaka. He is also a talent personally recommended by Kuniyou Shanbei. Going to fight with Zaemon, from what he said, it seems that this boy is very powerful, but it is really doubtful whether he is really that strong.

Facing the doubts of the crowd, Nomura Naotaka was also unequivocal, and immediately said that he would perform his iron cannon skills, and the result of the performance was shocking.10 shots were fired in a row from twenty rooms away. 9 shots hit the red heart.The other shot was only a little short, and he was able to achieve such a result with the old-fashioned Kuniyu Iron Cannon. It was astonishing. Yoshitoki Kira immediately mentioned him as the Iron Cannon head and was in charge of the Omi Beitie Cannon team.

There is another interesting person who also took refuge in Kira Yoshishi, Kawada Takao from Aichi County. His elder brother Kawada Izumorumoto is a retainer of the Rokkaku family. Child, so Kira Yoshishi transferred Kawada Shigekin to the horse-riding samurai, and then named his nephew Iwazuru Maru to serve him.

After the news passed.Motoko Kawata agreed without even thinking about it, and then this kid named Kawada Iwatsurumaru became one of Kirayoshi's sidekicks, and this multi-family corresponding Omi joined the army, and among the nearly 1000 new recruits, there were many miscellaneous people , Some are warriors and some are monk soldiers. If they have never cooperated with each other, there is no need to talk about tacit understanding, and there is no need to mention training.

To integrate these 1000 people, Yoshitoki Kira designed a very interesting training program for them, from 6:20 am to 2:8000 pm.From queue marching training to basic sword chopping training.Then comes the team training, and finally will practice together with another [-] people in [-] months. This team will be supervised by Tokiyuki Yamamoto himself, and supervised by the neighbors of Kira’s family in batches. The miserable life will soon befall this group On the ignorant warriors.

There are also people who try to resist the violent training methods, but their struggles are doomed to be ineffective. They soon tried the horrible life in the small black room. After several people tried the three-day closed punishment, no one dared to resist again , all honestly accept a full range of corrective training.

At the end of spring and early summer, the reorganization of the 8000 army was completed. The new equipment and new tactics were quickly accepted by the newly joined 1000 ronin. The ronin who could be selected were of good quality. For various reasons, he came to Kyoto to try his luck, and the Kira family should cherish the opportunity given to him.

Most of these people are ronin who have joined the Kira family to maintain law and order since last year. After nearly a year of life and influence, they have already gotten used to the system in the Kira family. Therefore, once they become samurai of the Kira family, their enthusiasm and loyalty will soon be established. , the other ones are ronin samurai who came to Sakamoto under the influence of the recruitment order. He was also allowed to join after repeated reviews by Hattori ninja to ensure that there were no problems.

From May onwards, the Kira Army has invested more in joint training. The big competition is mentioned once a month, and the small competition is held every 6 days. In the second half of May, 1000 new soldiers also began to receive joint training. , of course their sources are the most messy and uncooperative. Those 1000 people are often abused. These guys only think about fame and fortune. Everyone resigned to their fate and accepted the order to break up and reorganize.

Such an intense training mechanism can easily cause injuries. Qu Naose Michizo was specially invited to Sakamoto to treat the wounded. His legitimate son Qu Naose Shouzhen accompanied him all the way. This hard-working child originally wanted to escape from being a doctor for a lifetime He joined the army by fate, but in the end, he was still a doctor in Kira's house. A doctor among samurai is as good as Sugahei, a craftsman among samurai.

He has completely resigned himself to his fate, doing research with the medical notes left by his father every day, and went to Kyoto to learn medical skills from his father when he had nothing to do, but he still insisted on staying at Kira's house. Being a doctor among samurai is better than pure The doctor in the hospital has more status, and he is also working hard in this direction.

Under the premise of medical security, the samurai are more unrestrained when they compete and cooperate. The javelin team even dares to hedge against the red cavalry. As long as the film is not beaten to death by the opponent, there is no such thing as a leg being broken or an arm being broken.

At the beginning of June, the 9000 army was reorganized at the cost of a slight reduction in combat power. It is estimated that it will take one or two months to restore its full victory. The valley in the west of Sakamoto, which originally belonged to Enryakuji Temple, has completely become a huge On the battlefield, smoke and dust are everywhere every day, and the sound of killing is loud, and the newly recruited army quickly gets used to this crazy life.

With the best supplies, the best weapons and equipment, and the strongest generals in Kinai, every day when Takatsuna Watanabe makes an assault alone and can defeat the opposing centurion, the fighting spirit of the warriors becomes more and more fanatical. , Standing outside the university grounds, Yoshihiro Kira could always see pairs of eager eyes. He knew what these samurai were expecting, and this 9000 army was like a wind-up machine, and it was an army Only loyal to the killing machine of Kira Yoshitoshi. (To be continued..)

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