Pillars of the Wu family

()In the castle tower of Saijo Castle, Kira Wansongmaru was sitting upright in a hunting suit. Opposite him was a young man. Their appearances were somewhat similar, and they were from the same clan. It is the current governor of the Shimo Kira family, Kira Wansongmaru's half-brother, Kira Yoshian.

According to the imaginary age calculation, Kira Yoshian has just turned 14 years old. Compared with Kira Wansongmaru, who just passed his eighth birthday at the beginning of the month, he is much more mature. At least his childish voice has gradually faded. In ten years, I have learned more than him by ear and eyes, and I can speak clearly.

"Wansongmaru, have you really decided to go to Los Angeles? I think you should think again." Yoshiya Kira persuaded earnestly, "This is the time when my Kira family is in trouble. You and my brother should unite as one. Shouwang, let's put the matter of Shangluo in the capital aside."

Kira Wansongmaru never expected that the elder brother would turn to persuade him to give up Shangluo, so he shook his head with a smile and said, "My elder brother must still want to fight against the Imagawa family?"

"Of course, our deceased brother Yoshito and my adoptive father, Chihiro, both died in the war against the invasion of the Imagawa family. How can you and I stay out of it?" Yoshiya Kira seemed to have a well-thought-out plan, and directly killed his relatives. The old account of the old account was turned out to encourage him to resolutely fight against the Imagawa family, but he still underestimated Kira Manmatsumaru's will, or overestimated his own strength.

Although he was very distressed by this stubborn brother, Kira Manmatsumaru decided to patiently explain to him that the understanding and support of a family is very important to him, not to mention the attitude of the Kira family. The blow of division again, he knew it well.

"May I ask what brother's countermeasure is?"

"You and I will join forces, use the Owari Oda family as the Austrian aid, and unite the people of the country to defend the city. As long as we are determined, we will retreat when the Imagawa army runs out of food." Yoshiya Kira talked eloquently, looking so confident , "We can still use Sanhe's local advantage to harass the grain roads of the Jinchuan family. Once the Jinchuan army goes deep and cuts off the grain roads, the other army will collapse without a fight!"

"Cut, just after the autumn harvest, will the Imagawa family be short of food? This kind of military art that is not as good as Zhao Kuo is also sold now." Jiliang Wansongwan really seemed to spit on the planner's face, thinking about it and asking Said: "This is Fu Yong's strategy!"

The Tominaga family of Shiraku County came from the Otomo family. He served as the governor of Hatamo County in the Heian period. He followed Hachiman Taro Minamoto's family to conquer Oshu. During the Kenmu period, he began to be subordinate to the Ashikaga Takashi side to conquer the Southern Dynasty. He once controlled Shirara County and Treasure Banban. The county later fell into decline due to the rise of the Suganuma clan and the Okupira clan in the army, and the direct line was cut off during the Yongzheng period.

Tominaga Qinghiro, who is currently the leader of the Tominaga family, is the closest branch of the Tominaga family, and serves as the lord of Hiroyan City in Shilu County. Tominaga Zihiro of the Moulu Fuinaga family is also the genealogy elder of the Shimokira family, and his status is not the same. No less than a family leader, Tominaga Zihiro's elder brother, Zihiro's elder brother, the former governor Tominaga Bizenshou Tadaan once followed Kira to hold Hiroshi Imagawa's opposition to the Kira family, and later supported Kira Chihiro The Kira family opposed the Imagawa family, and followed Kira Mochihiro to fight to the death in Mt. Eight Faces.

"It's not what Bizenshou means, it's my own idea!" Kira Yoshian's face flashed an abnormal red color, and he said angrily: "Don't speculate randomly...Okay! Don't look at me like that, yeah Bangoro's idea!"

"Bangoro? Oh! I remember, who is that little surname who often follows you? Who is Tominaga Bizen Shou Tadaan's concubine?" Kira Wansongmaru seemed to remember such a person.

"At the beginning of the year, the name of the Yuanfu was named Tominaga Zhongyuan. He is a promising figure in my family. In the future, my Kira family will be a wise and courageous general." Speaking of his trusted confidant, Yoshian Kira was very happy and showed off to Kira Wansongmaru : "Your confidant general Naocho Yamaoka is much worse than him."

"Brother, let's talk about business first." Kira Manmatsumaru looked at his performance with some remorse, and he was not very angry with Kira Yoshian's showing off. Not to mention the strategy of Tominaga Tadamoto, it is really a bit of a remembrance. Before officially entering the battle, more than half of the retainers and people in Shimo Kira's family fell into turmoil. In this situation, Kira Yoshian still talks about the cage city and guarding each other. .

Knowing Kira Yoshian's thoughts, he had to put another way to persuade him: "Brother's strategy seems to be perfect, but the news that my family has received is that the people from the eight counties have switched to the Imagawa side, and Dongsanhe's door is wide open. The people from Suruga and Tone were dispatched one after another, and the people from Higashimikawa also joined the army one after another. The Imagawa family’s 1 army has expanded to [-]. Suganuma and Okuhei from Shitara County are exclusive to the Imagawa side. What do you think the winning rate will be? "

"Wansongmaru! How can you say such depressing words! Even if we know we can't win, we will fight to survive!" Kira Yoshian's will is very firm, and he stubbornly insists on his belief: "Father and brother I have to avenge death, how can I, the nobles of the Kira family for generations, condescend and submit to the Imagawa family? I can't do it! I would rather die than do it!"

"How can elder brother talk lightly about life and death? Doesn't that follow the meaning of the Imagawa family?"

"what do you mean?"

"The Imagawa family is worried about not being able to find a chance to destroy our Kira family. The family went to Luo Fenggong to protect themselves, and it is also for the peace of the Imagawa family. You and I have to keep one of us in Sanhe, and the other must be claustrophobic and poisonous. In the end, if you and I are ignorant of each other, if we kill the descendant of my Kira clan, can another son inherit the family business? But in this way, our brothers will become sinners of the Kira clan, I have no face to see my father and grandfather."

Kira Wansongwan's rhetoric is very simple. You can choose whether you want to maintain the family business. The Kira family will definitely not benefit if you fight hard. Prestige, the family does not have a famous general counselor to sit in charge, what can I use to compete with the Imagawa family?

"But I can't just surrender like this! I absolutely can't do this!" Although Yoshiya Kira still insisted on his own opinion, it was obvious that he had begun to waver. He glanced at him very guilty, and then hung his head in silence.

"After all, I am still a young man, and I still lack the responsibility to talk about the country's hatred and family business." Kira Wansongmaru directly ignored the fact that he was only nine years old, and asked a sharp question while the iron was hot: "I heard that my brother burned Taiyuan on the spot. A personal letter carried by Zen Master Xuezhai. At the beginning of the month, Taiyuan Xuezhai entered Okazaki City. The civil strife in the Matsudaira family was quelled. How much confidence do Chinese people have to persevere until the last moment?"

"This..." Kira Yoshian hesitated. Because of his behavior of burning letters in the lower Kira family, many retainers left the Kira family without authorization and fell to Imagawa. However, the Tominaga family, who was counting on decline, could not support the Kira family at all. The power of the Oda family only hovered on the edge of the Xisanhe, far away from the high road of the Dongsanhe Mountain, so there was no way to get any help.

"After the family announced that they would go to Luo, they called the senior officials of Pu Dai to discuss in secret, and agreed to switch to Jinchuan at the beginning of September, and accompany Taiyuan Xuezhai to fight in Anxiang City." Jiliang Wansongmaru seized the opportunity to give the final blow. The news was both accurate and ruthless. Kira Yoshiyasu slumped on the ground dumbfounded.

"You... actually made your retainers surrender?" Yoshiya Kira muttered to himself, "How could you do that! You can't do that!"

"Yes! I have surrendered. To put it more decently, I have switched to the camp. The letter has been delivered to Zen Master Taiyuan Xuezhai in Okazaki Castle. On behalf of the Imagawa family, the Zen master accepted the service of the family. While ensuring the safety of Xisanhe, he also promised to regain Anxiang After the castle, help our family to restore the family leadership that was captured by the Oda family in Bihai County." Kira Wansongmaru smiled, and with a single click, Kira Yoshian's stubborn defense was broken.

"How could you do this!" Yoshiya Kira was very angry. He felt that he had been betrayed, and it was his younger brother who betrayed him. With the surrender of Kami Kira's family, Shimo Kira's resistance became a castle in the air, without Xi Sanhe's great efforts Support, he still talked about resisting the Imagawa army. It is conceivable that as soon as this news came out, the public opinion in the family would immediately reverse.

"So brother must surrender, and he must surrender! My family is Shangluo Fenggong, and Mikawa Kira's family needs a brother to maintain it. Please think twice before acting!"

"I will seriously consider your words!" Yoshinori Kira suddenly got up and walked away, obviously his face was ugly, and Manmatsumaru Kira sighed, looking up at the clear sky outside the window in a daze.

"I hope he can figure it out!"