Pillars of the Wu family

When it comes to the strategic deduction of marching formations, there are always endless topics to talk about. Both Yoshitoki Yoshira and Masatora Uesugi are masters of military strategy. Among the 66 countries in the world, they are probably at the forefront. Honda Tokimasa and Namioka Takabo are also top-notch strategists. Although Hosokawa Fujitaka has led government affairs for many years and has not participated in planning, his own military strategy and strategic level are also at the top level. No downside.

Somehow, when it came to the use of soldiers and personnel, Kira Yoshitoki sighed casually: "A good fighter has no great achievements. The Kamiso Ashikaga family lacks the most prestigious generals, but the only thing that is lacking is the simple and unpretentious generals who are good at fighting. Taki Although Kawatoki Mashi, Shima Tokatsu, Kakizaki Keie, and Saito Asanobu are well-known, I need more samurai like Shiraku Sadatsu, Miyabe Tsutsuru, Ueno Iecheng, and Arakawa Nagami. A class of unknown samurai is the cornerstone of the Kamiso Ashikaga family."

"Eh? Is it time to eat again in the blink of an eye? Please atone for the Lord's sin. The main room at home is still waiting for the servant to start, and the servant will leave first!" Lang Gang's housekeeper didn't care about his companion Honda's gaze, and stood on the ground He bowed and bowed before resigning. It is also an acceptable reason for his family to have a newlywed wife waiting for him to eat at the gate. The main theme of the life of the samurai is nothing but war, land, and women.

Looking at Hosokawa Fuji's filial piety, Kira Yoshishi immediately understood that these guys are all married to the beautiful daughters of the Numata family. It is also a bit unnatural to stay up all night and repeatedly discuss a strategy that has long been concluded. In fact, he himself feels hungry.

Pointing at a few young warriors, he laughed and cursed: "It's over! The evaluation meeting is about the same. Any further discussions will be just gossip. Everyone will go back to their respective homes to find their wives! I will go back to accompany my wife."

On the way back to the imperial palace, Aju came out again from the imperial palace.Saito’s house is located in a flat and unique courtyard in Ninomaru, just a short walk from the Honmaru, so Aju brings various pastries to the imperial palace almost every day, so you can come and see her house The two precious daughters of Guangji and Mingji, because her husband couldn't come back from the front line of Yuezhong, so he came to this imperial palace to chat with a few imperial officials to relieve boredom.

Whether it is flour, rice flour, eggs, sugar, or fruits, peanuts, almonds, sesame, and various spices, the materials used to make cakes are purchased at cost through Biwaya, and the cakes made are brought to the Imperial Palace. Very popular.Several women in the imperial palace have a very good relationship with Aju, and they will give silk, jewelry, and all the rare things for the daughter's family every now and then.

Aju’s pastry crafts are well-known in Kasugayama Castle. The family members of Fudai who live in the city often find her to learn how to make exquisite and delicious pastries. For example, the wife of Sanada Yutaka, Ogasawara Nagatoki, and Uesugi Kensei’s wife come here very frequently. , it is said that these women are discussing to choose a good courtyard in Ninomaru as a clubhouse for learning cooking skills and exchanging ideas, which is similar to the meaning of those girls waiting to open a poetry club.

When he saw Yoshiki Kira, he came over and said hello, and Yoshiki Kira smiled and invited her to stay here for dinner, but she refused with a smile.Talking about eating lunch here before eating dinner always feels strange, and Kirayoshi also knew that she was trying to avoid suspicion.After all, she is a woman from the Wu family who got married and gave birth to a child. She is no longer that stupid and stupid maid sister.

She can get close to a few royals in the imperial palace, but she always avoids the lord of Kira Yoshitoki. She is not worried that Kira Yoshitoki will do something out of the ordinary. Or how could she face Saito Asanobu, and how would she face the imperial courts in the Imperial Palace due to her own disreputable influence?

Yoshiki Kira didn't like this feeling but there was nothing he could do about it. If he had wanted to keep Aju back then, how could he have made Saito Asanobu happy, and he would have put him in his harem early to enjoy it, but he has always regarded Aju as a From the perspective of my own sister, Aju was an idiot who didn't understand things at all at that time. It is not easy to get enlightened.

Just when Kirayoshi lamented the changes in the world and his sister Aju had her own life, she met Princess Aya walking out of the imperial palace. It seemed that she came here with Aju. Since the two families became married, The relationship between Princess Ling and Aju deepened day by day, and they became good sisters without knowing it. It just so happened that the age difference between the two was only four years old. Up to now, Princess Ling is just over 30 years old. woman.

Yoshihiro Kira swallowed secretly, and hurriedly lowered his head to salute her. As the weather got warmer, Princess Aya wrapped her gown around her waist and tied up a bow with a thin ribbon. There are still a few beads of sweat on the snow-white neck, like a white crabapple bathed in water, there is a trace of flush on the delicate dimple, and there are faint traces of sweat on the nose.

"Where are you looking at at Yishi?"

"I'm watching... ah! I didn't watch anything!" Meeting Princess Aya's half-smiling eyes, Kirayoshi suddenly felt a chill that made him feel cold from head to toe. , it can't be said that he was overwhelmed by her demeanor, so wouldn't he be a prodigal son of a clean-spirited guy?

"But I saw a pair of eyes staring at my chest like hooks just now! Hehehe..." Princess Ling laughed softly as she said this, making Kira Yoshitoki's hair full of black lines.

He can be said to have experienced the boldness of this Echigo woman, especially the samurai woman who is married and has children. She really dares to say anything. You let him, a good gentleman of the samurai family, be shot without paying attention. Wives often encounter their men bringing a group of warriors to the house to drink, and then make some jokes about meat and vegetables. Those wives have to be bolder and more pungent!

"Okay! I won't tease you anymore. I also know that those in the palace have just given birth or have not yet grown up. If you really feel uncomfortable, you can find the maids in the palace to vent your anger. It's not that you don't know Hu Ji's temperament, even if all the maids in the imperial palace are taken in by you, it doesn't matter. Don't let yourself be spoiled because of your pedantry! You can't just look at the concubine's body!" Princess Aya turned around with a smile.He left calmly with seven or eight maids.When Kirayoshi was left behind, he stood there alone in a daze.

"This Echigo married woman is really... amazing!" Smacking his lips, he felt that he was still a little too tender, and retreated after failing to hold on for even one round.

At this time, the evening glow is like a brocade, and the magnificent fire clouds are floating with the breeze. Although Chunri Mountain is not high, it is more than 100 meters high. The only advantage of living on this mountain is that the air is extremely clean and fresh, and it is almost non-stop. Gentle The mountain wind blowing on the body makes people feel extraordinarily comfortable all over.

After the scare just now, the heat in his heart was taken away by seven or eight, and he wiped off the drops of sweat on his hair, and cursed secretly: "Why is the weather so damn dry? It seems that it hasn't rained for some days?"

Entering the imperial palace, the maids are very happy and busy. Since the addition of a few little lives in the imperial palace, they have no time to spare. Before this hour, the cats would doze off lazily together, but now they don’t know when. The little guy who pulled the air defense siren appeared and disturbed their drowsiness, but they also enjoyed it, and the unmarried girls were happy to work a little longer to serve these young halls.

During Kirayoshi’s time, he didn’t have the dining habits of those ministers. He still invited all four wives to dine together. The whole family spent a pleasant evening enjoying the delicacies and delicacies.Suddenly recalling the scene of bumping into Princess Ling in the evening, I couldn't help but feel a burst of fire in my heart.

So feeling the night, I came to Hu Ji's Huajian.Opening the paper door, she saw her curled up on the tatami mat in thin clothes. She sent the little maid who was watching the night away, and then slipped into the quilt lightly. A gust of cool wind woke her up. Hu Ji, who was in a daze, only smelled a familiar smell, and just leaned against his arms in a daze.

Yoshihiro Kira secretly laughed that this silly girl's vigilance is really low. Looking back, I can't blame her for not being vigilant. If it weren't for the vacant space with a radius of [-] meters outside the imperial palace, the security of the entire imperial palace would be made by Ji Ji who has been cultivated for many years. The samurai, ninjas and maids are protecting it, and there are Kira ninjas and layers of samurai guarding the city outside, so she dare not relax her vigilance so much.

Since he was almost assassinated at the long wedding banquet in the village a few years ago, the alert level of Kasugayama Castle has been raised several levels. At the alert level, only flies and mosquitoes can fly in, but such a high mountain is enough for flies and mosquitoes to fly.

After sleeping for a while, in a daze, Hu Ji suddenly noticed that the little clothes had been unbuttoned, exposing the two plump and tender peaks on her chest. Because she didn't feed the child herself, the two spots of tenderness only gradually changed It was just bright red, her clothes were half-unbuttoned, and she got goose bumps when she was blown by the cold wind, and a pair of cold big hands gently stroking on the peaks woke her up not long after.

Hu Ji rubbed her eyes and said in amazement: "Uh... um? How could there be... Eh! It's Your Highness?"

Ji Liangyishi leaned over and kissed her earlobe, and said softly, "Is it not me, is there someone else? Little fool, I am the only man in this palace!"

Hu Ji blushed, and said shyly, "No... Hu Ji meant why His Highness came in? Hu Ji didn't even hear anything!"

"You are like a sleepy piglet, you are not afraid of the cold even after the quilt has been shaken off, you were still sound asleep when Yu came in, and Yu has been hugging you for a long time just now!" Ji Liangyi said One hand was still attacking the mountain peak, but the other way quietly touched the deep valley below, and after a while, the sleepy little woman was tossed and panted.

Even a war between a man and a woman must be well versed in the art of war. Yoshitomi Kira was secretly proud that his book of war was not in vain. If Tokiko Yamamoto knew that he used the art of war in the book of war, he might be angry. When I got sick, fortunately, I haven't told anyone about this private idea. The pleasure of the boudoir is a private matter, a secret that is not worth mentioning to outsiders.

Hu Ji slapped his thieves hand off, gouged him out shyly and said, "Oh, your highness, don't mess around, it's so uncomfortable to make the concubine's body up and down! Didn't you say that you can't touch Hu Ji's body for half a year?" ? In the future, Hu Ji will give birth to many babies for His Highness, and her body needs to be well maintained!"

"Hey! If you make a wrong move, you will lose everything! Who told me to say it all out of my mouth at the beginning!" Ji Liangyi patted his head in frustration, and then shyly moved to her side and said, "Anyway Hu Ji can't let Wei Husband just hold it in like this? I've been holding it in for more than a year, and if I hold it in like this, it will hurt my body!"

"Your Highness just bear with it! Hu Ji's body really can't serve His Highness! Otherwise...or I'll ask Yuxu from outside to serve Your Highness!" Hu Ji pushed him away with a blushing face.She is not just Kira Yoshitoki's wife now.She is also the mother of the first son Zhenwangmaru.Giving birth to only one eldest son does not mean that one can sit back and relax.

You must know that the level of medical care in the Middle Ages is really bad. About one-third of the children in commoner families will not live to be five years old, and even one-tenth of the nobles will die. Of course, you don’t have to worry too much about going to the Ashikaga family. One of the two great medical sages, one serves the minister and general in Kyoto, and the other serves as the royal physician of his upper Ashikaga family in Kasugayama Castle.

But no matter how you say it, it is the safest way for the son-in-law to have a few more children.So she needs to take good care of her body to prepare for having more children in the future. When she was pregnant, Kira Yoshi said that prohibiting sexual intercourse within six months after giving birth is good for the woman's physical recovery, and the children born in the future will be healthier and stronger. Yoshihiro Kira thought of this at the time and casually mentioned it. He didn't know if this unreliable memory was accurate. Anyway, he remembered that banning intercourse for half a year was good, and Hu Ji remembered it firmly in his heart.

You must know that women in this era have a very strong obsession with child reproduction. Perhaps it is out of instinct or other reasons. When Hu Ji pestered Ji Liangyi not long after giving birth, he promised her to ban sex for half a year. In the end, Kirayoshi was so entangled that he had no choice but to agree.Then Naotora and Sandalwood also entangled him to force him to agree, and Kira Yoshishi had no choice but to bury himself.All those who relished the bitter fruit agreed.

Ji Liangyishi slowly reached out to rub her waist without giving up, Xiaoyi said with a flattering smile: "Hey! Is Yu that kind of person? If you want to attack the maid, do you need to tell me? If you don't do it, you don't do it." In the future, when these maids reach the age of 20, they will instruct their families to arrange marriages and get married, but the work of secrecy must be done well, and they cannot be allowed to spread all the private things between our boudoir!"

Hu Ji rolled her eyes at him, and said: "I can save my life! Your Highness has explained it many times! If His Highness is not at ease, I will send them out of the imperial palace tomorrow, and just accept a few warrior sons."

"That's not necessary. These maids have been serving you for a while. This little Yuxu is only 12 years old this year? It's pretty good. The small nose and small eyes are very similar to Axu's. It's good to be serious at such a young age!" Yoshiki Kira grinned, and a pair of thieves touched the two important areas again.

Hu Ji twisted her body lightly, pressed one hand under his waist, stretched out her snow-white arm to catch the other hand he was retreating, looked at him with a smile and said, "Yaoxu is Nagao Gonshiro Jingqiu." His own sister, who can be counted as Axu's younger sister, looks exactly like her! Your Highness doesn't care about Hu Ji at all, and can't even remember these things, but Hu Ji told His Highness!"

"Oh! So that's the case! I really haven't thought about the matter of your wives. I'm busy enough to serve you two all day long, ha ha ha..." Ji Liangyi looked at the two roads awkwardly. The situation where the heavy door was broken and opened, and he didn't dare to force his hands out, so he could only smile without embarrassment: "Today's night is very good... By the way! Then why when Yu came back today, met What's the matter with my sis being covered in sweat?"

Hu Ji let go of his hands, and said triumphantly: "Sister, you said! She is playing Yabusame archery in the back garden of the Imperial Palace! My sister is very good at Yabusame archery! It is said that in Sakado Castle When I was in a dog chasing competition with my brother-in-law, my sister shot and killed more dogs than my brother-in-law! All the children of my Nagao family are so good, and Tiger Princess is also very good!

That's right, Sister Aju also participated in the afternoon archery competition, but Sister Aju is not good at riding horses, she only shot two pots of [-] archery targets, Sister Hu Ji and Sister Zhihu couldn't ride horses after giving birth, so they stayed with Aju Sister Chrysanthemum competed together for a while, but none of them had as much fun as my elder sister!At the highest quality, he even shot to death two Baizijiu flying over the Imperial Palace! "

Ji Liangyishi suddenly realized: "Oh? It's still so powerful!"

Seeing that the man didn't dare to move anymore, Hu Ji leaned into his arms and said in a low voice: "Of course! Your Highness came back late recently, so I don't know. The weather has been warm and sunny recently, and the temperature is not very high. It’s a good time for outdoor activities. In addition to walking and chatting, we just play throwing pots, archery and various board games to pass the time. It’s not boring for everyone to get together and chat. I feel that the time passes quickly of it!"

"That's good! As long as you don't feel bored, I'll spend more time with you when I have time." Ji Liangyi hugged Hu Ji's waist and kissed her forehead lightly, feeling the warm, fragrant and soft jade in his arms to enjoy this moment to the fullest Warm and beautiful time.

The two hugged each other for a long time without speaking. When Kira Yoshitoshi was about to fall asleep, he heard Hu Ji suddenly say: "Oh, my concubine actually forgot about this! Zhenwangmaru's nurse got sick for some reason, For the past few days, Sister Aju is feeding the child with milk! I have been thinking that I did not choose carefully when I was looking for a wet nurse, and Sister Aju is a good person, so the concubine can rest assured. How about letting Sister Aju be the nurse of Zhenwangwan?"

Yoshiki Kira looked at her in shock: "Huh? Sister Aju and... what? Didn't the two children Guangji and Mingji have been sent here long ago? Yu also arranged for two wet nurses. The child will be two years old in a few months? Is there really any more? It won't be Hu Ji tricking Yu!"

"Of course there is! As long as there are children who are breastfed, they will always be there! There are many children who are breastfed until they are five years old!" Hu Ji gave him another look and said: "Let's not talk about this, sister Aju, don't worry about the two I also feel very sorry for the nurse's care. The two children come to feed the sisters every day. The two nurses have been sent back long ago! It's just that His Highness didn't seem to notice. Speaking of which, the two children are eating their mother. They have grown up with milk! Weaned the two children only this month, and just in time for Zhenwangwan’s wet nurse to fall ill, this concubine wants Sister Aju to feed the children.”

"By the way, Yu really didn't pay much attention to the disappearance of the two nurses. Could it be that Yu only had eyes for you and the children? No! It must be that their sense of existence is too weak!" Yoshihiro Ji recalled carefully, and suddenly Yi patted his head and said annoyedly: "So that's how it is! It's still okay! Then Yu was only breastfed for one year when he was a child... Isn't it a big loss?"

"Oh! What is Your Highness thinking! Speak seriously. Will Your Highness agree with your concubine or not!" Hu Ji tugged at his sleeve and shook him, almost driving him out of his mind.

"Okay, okay! It's all up to you. Let sister Aju be the nurse of Zhenwangmaru, it's quite interesting to think of it! Hehe!" Yoshiki Kira glanced at the way Tiger Hime's clothes were opened to expose the mountains, and he couldn't help touching her again , and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I have grown a lot since I had a baby! It has changed from quite large to full-bodied! By the way, is it really not possible tonight?"

The little woman said angrily, "It's really not possible!"

Kira Yoshishi's face was like a bitter gourd, and he pleaded shyly, "We're going to be six months away, why can't we accommodate in advance? How about a consultation?"

"No, no, no! It's only a day away!" The little woman kept shaking her head, and she suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, when the six-month term is over next month, the concubine's body will It just so happens that it is inconvenient to serve His Highness!"

"...You are not giving me a way out! I don't care! Just practice spear swallowing!"

Hu Ji gouged him out again, and said softly: "I hate it! I knew His Highness would say that, Hu Ji was already ready!" As she spoke, the little woman slowly fell on him, and the room was full of love for a while. seductive.

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On March [-]th, when the sky was clear and clear, a military meeting was held in Kasugayama Castle. Yoshitoki Kira announced at the meeting that he would appoint Uesugi Masatora as a general, and command [-] troops to sail across the sea to Fangshengjin Castle to support the war in Etsuchu. Going to rescue instead of stationing for a long time, the number of troops in Vietnam and China is quite large, and they can retreat after defeating Kaga.

Yasunon Shiina led an army of more than [-] troops to Noto to rescue Yoshizuna Hatakeyama. Tokiyuki Yamamoto, who was in command of Masuyama Castle, only had an army of more than [-] troops. Although all of them are elite troops who have experienced many battles, their strength is still too small, so Yasuda Jingyuan can only be appointed as the representative of the city of Jincheng, and Jingzi Yoshie will be the representative of Uojin City, recruiting local wealthy families. Secure the zone.

As soon as Uesugi Masatora was sent away on the front foot, he bumped into the rushing envoy to report: "On February 24, a joint battle broke out in Shimizu, the top county of Dewa country. His Royal Highness Watanabe led a thousand troops to rescue the retreating Daibao Temple. On the way to retreat, Yoshinori was ambushed by an unknown number of troops from Onodera Keimichi, Mogami Yoshinori, and Date Teruzong. He led the army alone and persisted for an hour. Finally, the entire army was destroyed. His Royal Highness Watanabe was slightly injured. Dozens of remnants retreated to Mipo City.

On February 28, the Battle of Miura Castle broke out in Tagawa County, Dewa Country. His Royal Highness Naito led [-] defenders and Daihoji Yoshino [-] remnant soldiers defended the cage castle. The [-] troops launched an attack on Miura Castle, but were finally successfully repelled by His Highness Naito. At the same time, His Highness Watanabe, who was stationed near Sakata Port, led [-] defenders and was also attacked by an unknown number of troops. The other party found resistance If you are stubborn, you will retreat in a hurry.

From February 28th to March 3000th, the Dewa Nationalist Army launched a total of more than [-] various attacks on Mipo Castle. On March [-], the second battle of Mipo Castle broke out. With more than [-] people, His Royal Highness Naito successfully repelled the attacks of the people of Suiwa many times, and successfully thwarted the attempts of Sakoshi Uki and Raiji Ujihide to open the Otemon Gate and offer the city. "

Kira Yoshishi picked up the battle report and trembled with anger, pointing at the dusty envoy and yelling: "Why did the information come so late? Why didn't I know anything about the changes in Deyu Country? What have you been doing for more than a month?" ?”

"Your servant is guilty! The information source of the Dewa country has only been initially set up, and I really owe the Lord's great trust!" Mochizuki Yoshinaga hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, Hattori Masaki also pleaded guilty, and then Hosokawa Fujitaka, who was appointed as the official, also pleaded guilty, Ben Duoshizheng and Langoka Tanbo, as counselors, did not plan to make a plea to this step, and then they all knelt down to plead guilty.

"Yu knows that I can't blame you. Deyu country is not Yu's direction of advancement at all, but Yu wants to ask why it took so long for this information to be sent to Kasuga Mountain Castle?" Ji Liangyi waited for the emissary to scold him: "Zheng Cheng defends the city I don’t have time to manage it. It’s understandable that Gao Gang is injured and guarding Sakata Port. What are the other samurai doing? Won’t it be possible to write a letter for help? Why did it take so long?”

"My lord, it's not that we delay on purpose. It's because the Dewa Nationalist Army blocked Sakata Port and besieged Miura City so that the information could not be sent out. His Highness Watanabe even wrote dozens of letters for help but failed. Finally, he was forced to lead the army out of Dashou The gate raided the Deba Allied Forces outside the city, and attracted the Deba Nationalist Army from the Totemon Gate, so that the subject was able to escape from Mipo Castle, and then the subject made a half-circle to avoid the Dewa Nationalist army that lived outside the Sakata Port, where His Highness Watanabe lived, before sneaking into the port. I rushed back to Echigo by boat and asked for help!" This made Fan feel so wronged that he almost wanted to die, and he explained the reason in a confusing way for a long time to explain the reason clearly.

"So I can't blame you for coming... If you want to blame, you have to blame the Dewa people, it's simply hateful! Hateful! Killable! Huh!" Kira Yoshihito tore up the letter of plea for help, and shouted sharply: "The whole army obeys the order, the army Let's go to Deyu country! Yu won't go to Kanto this year, so I have to deal with these clowns first!"

All the warriors bowed down together: "Please follow the order!"

"In addition, I ask Nagao Echizen to stay at Kasugayama Castle. I will trouble you about everything in the city. Echizen stays at the castle more, but please be careful. Nagao Toyozen stays at Hirai Castle to keep an eye on the movements of the Hojo family in the Musashi Kingdom. If necessary, you can use the Ueno Army to guard it." Fortress, Nakajo Echizen Mamoru went to Niigata Town to sit in the rear as Yu's rear offensive base, don't delay the food and grass support, Honjo Misaku Mamoru returned to Tochio Castle to keep an eye on Mutsu Ashina Mori's movements, Yu didn't want to see that jumping clown jumping in again , Tengxiao and Zhengqing will keep an eye on the territory for Yu so as not to cause troubles below."

"I would like to share the worries of the Lord!" Nagao Masakei, Nagao Keishi, Nakajo Fujisuke, Honjo Shino, Hosokawa Fujitaka, and Hattori Masakiyo who were named all bowed down and took the order. (To be continued..)