Pillars of the Wu family

Fortunately, the father and son of Mogami Yoshimitsu, Mogami Yoshimitsu, the elite of the Mogami family, and the other two from Mogami Hachiri were captured alive. Most of the powerful people in Mogami and Murayama counties were also captured. Although it is somewhat deceitful to win Mogami Yoshimitsu to be commensurate with his brother, it also shows from the side that his eagerness is uncontrollable. Keeping the situation in Dewa country from collapsing depends on Mogami Yoshimitsu, and it is also necessary for him to calm down. It's really not easy.

And another layer of thoughts fell on the body of Dewa Xiao general Mogami Yoshimitsu. This person's name Kira Yoshimitsu can be said to be familiar to everyone. When he met Mogami Yoshimitsu for the first time, he found that Mogami Yoshimitsu was just a nervous little guy. When he was a child, he immediately had some strange thoughts. Before that, using Mogami Yoshimitsu to appease the people of Deyu country could only be regarded as an expedient move, because he had never seen Mogami Yoshimitsu and did not know how tall, short, fat, or thin he was. Think about how old he is, what he looks like, and what he likes.

It’s different now. He knows that the relationship between Yoshimitsu Mogami and his father is very bad. Yoshimitsu Mogami is very opposed to his father’s so-called anti-Echigo alliance initiative, let alone the implementation of related strategies. He strongly advocates It is best to make friends with the Kira family and form an ally. Only by standing next to the big tree of the Kira family can you sit firmly in the position of Chu Yu to explore the problem.

Kira Yoshitoki was very welcoming to him. When they met for the first time, Namioka Yoshimitsu came up with a long-prepared topic. Marriage strengthened the relationship and formed a true ally. Yoshimitsu Mogami's fiancée is Yoshinao Osaki's daughter-in-law. Female, it is said that the two have met each other several times and roughly understand each other's temperament and appearance. Both of them have high expectations for this marriage.Deepening the in-law relationship is also a necessary means.

Early the next morning.Mogami Yoshimitsu appeared in the castle tower of Mipo Castle.Looking at Ji Liangyi with a complex expression, he said softly: "I talked with my father for a long time last night, and finally persuaded my father to give up resisting and submit to the Lord, but there are still big differences on issues such as Yi Ji's breaking of the marriage contract. My father hopes to adopt a The adopted daughter is the lord's concubine, but the ministers feel that this is inappropriate and still insist on letting Yi Ji marry the lord. The ministers opposed Yi Ji's marriage to Date Huizong a long time ago. This time it is just to set things right. Giving Yi Ji the most suitable It’s just a home.”

Yoshitoki Kira sighed: "That's good, that's good... Yoshimitsu should bear the burden of persuading Mogami Dehamori, and don't let the old man abdicate with resentment."

"The meaning of the Lord is..." Mogami Yoshimitsu secretly said, and sure enough, he looked at him with three parts excitement, five parts anticipation and two parts sigh. Mogami Yoshimitsu did not have this choice. Yoshishi Kira was the master, and this young man knew very well that Yoshiki Kira had no intention of making any foreign retainers, but wanted to truly hold the power of Dewa Kingdom.

If he didn't know how to praise yesterday morning, maybe Kiragi would have placed them under house arrest or even killed their father and son.Then he supported one of his younger brothers to be the governor of the house. Anyway, the top family was surrounded and captured by all the members.No one can tell whether he died in the rebellion or was executed later. At that time, Kirayoshi can change the brand and still be the puppet of Mogami, and he will become a worthless dead bone in the tomb.

Kira Yoshishi did not disappoint him in exchange for his servile contribution. He stared at the young boy's immature face with a peaceful smile, as if encouraging him to become more confident and strong, and then said in a calm and powerful voice: "Now The turmoil in Dewa country has just passed, and it is time for young people to show their talents. It just so happens that Mogami Dehamori has been replaced by a mental disorder. He should retire earlier and give the younger and more promising Yoshimitsu the house governor!" [

"Thank you, Lord, for the curtain..." Mogami Yoshimitsu bowed down to him for the first time with the ceremony of master and servant.

Kira Yoshitoki stepped forward to help Mogami Yoshimitsu's arm, and said gently: "Hey! Yu said that you and I are brothers too! Why do you need to be called master and slave? From now on, you will call Yu by the imperial address, and Yu is still How about a common word for you? How about creating another good story like Yu and Fujitaka?"

"His Royal Highness has an order, and I, Yoshimitsu, will obey it!" Mogami Yoshimitsu said excitedly. The Gosho number is one level higher than the Yagata number, and you can call yourself the official party, such as Hirashima and Furukawa.

In fact, the current address of the Kira family is not standard. People from all walks of life have various titles for Kira Yoshishi, but only the Gosho name is the most standard name. The reason why Kira Yoshitoshi could not use the Gosho name before was because of the limitation of family status. He was at the bottom of the Yu family, but now he is one of the three ministers, and his political status is higher than those two, but his family status is still not equal.

Yoshimitsu Kira patted him on the shoulder happily, and said to him with a smile: "Yu decided to succeed the family governor on the day when Yoshimitsu returned to Yamagata Castle, and then Yu's envoys will rush to the capital to invite His Royal Highness for a royal teacher. You took the official position of Dr. Ukyo, and Izuha's research is naturally yours, don't worry! Izuha will gradually get better in the future, as for Yoshihime's arrangement..."

Mogami Yoshimitsu immediately vowed: "Your Highness, please rest assured, as long as I return to Yamagata Castle, Yoshimitsu will start the marriage as soon as possible, and marry Yoshihime to Kasugayama Castle as soon as possible!"

In fact, both Kira Yoshitoshi and Mogami Yoshimitsu are very clear that these are just superficial efforts. As early as the request for marriage was made at the Namioka Sallow House, Mogami Yoshimitsu knew that he had no way out, and the Namioka Sallow House was also considered Mogami Yoshimitsu. If he would not agree to break the contract, break the alliance and abandon this satisfied in-law, then he could only use his biological sister as a substitute.

The attitude of the Kira family is so clear that they want to win over Yoshimitsu Mogami, so why would he allow the Mogami family to recruit an adopted daughter from the common clan to marry him? Yoshitoki, that really hurt the face of the Kira family. Kira Yoshito did have Imagawa Yoshimoto's adopted daughter Ii Naotora, but that was a long time ago.

When Kira Yoshitoki and Imagawa Yoshimoto made an engagement and alliance, the newly born Kamiso Ashikaga family was just a small daimyo lord struggling in the two counties of Omi, and there was still a long way to go before a powerful daimyo and a stronger daimyo If he wants to leave, he is facing Miyoshi Changqing, the overlord of Kinai.At that time, the family status of Kira Yoshitoshi was probably much higher than that of Imagawa Yoshimoto.But the political status is not equal to the overlord of the Tokaido Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Ii Naotora, the adopted daughter of the Imagawa family, made a marriage contract with Kira Yoshitoki early on.Kawanakajima didn't marry until he went down to Echigo to win the second time. At that time, the genealogy of the Kira family was understandable. After all, the marriage contract was established early and the Suruga Imagawa family's reputation in the world is so great, which also involved Mikawa Kira After all, it is more beneficial to combine with Jiliang Yi'an, his brother-in-law during Ji Liangyi's time.

In this case, Yoshimitsu Mogami had no choice but to accept his sister’s choice when he married Yoshiki Kira. As for hurting Date Huizong’s face or completely turning his face, there is no need to think too much about it. However, compared with the more dazzling Kira Yoshitoshi, it is still far behind.The Date family and the Kira family are not rivals in the same magnitude. Perhaps this time to turn their faces is what Kira Yoshitoki and the genealogy retainers are happy to see.

Mogami Yoshimitsu left happily after getting a satisfactory answer. He was already sure about Kira Yoshitoki's attitude. He made the right bet in this gamble. Loyalty needs to be exchanged with rewards. How much loyalty you pay needs to be exchanged for how many rewards , This is the idea of ​​honoring the public with grace and respect that has been passed down for hundreds of years. At least he can secure his position as the governor of the Mogami family, and Kira Yoshishi also promised the Mogami family to lead Andu, and allowed him to integrate Mogami Hachi and others. The disciples serve as the heads of the Deba flag.

The loss to Kira's army in this night attack can only be described as slight.With mental calculations and not losing ground in terms of military strength, the camps of the Deba National Army are divided into separate formations and there is no unified command at all.Let this war turn into a one-sided defeat from the beginning. The few Chinese troops who tried to resist collapsed in less than half an hour, and the rest was hunting and rounding up to clean up the mess.

As far as the intensity of the battle is concerned, the only thing that was seriously damaged was the defenders in Mipo Castle. The [-] defenders suffered serious damage during the [-] to [-] days of the cage battle. After all, Mipo Castle was just an ordinary structure. Hiragi, not to mention the fortified structure of Kasugayama Castle, is the Zhongxin Nongjian Castle Fukashi Castle carefully constructed by Takeda Shingen, and a corner of Kaijin Castle that once blocked Takeda's army several times can't compare.

More than half of the [-] defenders were killed or injured, and many died of wound infections due to lack of medical treatment. Fortunately, the siege level of the Dewa National Army was really poor. Haijin City was full of clever strategies, and the ceaseless siege battle became a matter of course in the later stage. Mogami Yishou also made up his mind to let the city run out of food, so as not to cause more losses to the defenders in the city. [

Not long after the end of the Mipo Night Battle, the news of the retreat of the Nationalist Army belonging to Onodera Kagemichi outside Kamezaki Castle also came at the same time. Tsuna's internal and external pincer attack did not last long before he quickly retreated, and the Dewa National Army's forces in the northern part of Shonai Hirano were quickly emptied.

Onodera Kagemichi's supporting general, as the lord of Yancheng Castle, Yandenen Zenzhenzhengsuna personally broke up and covered the retreat of the Chinese army, but was surrounded by Shira Zhentong and captured as a prisoner during the retreat. His grandfather belonged to the Jiang Sasaki Nyue clan, and later went to the top county of Dewa country to be an indigenous lord. The three generations were less than 50 years old.

As a general supported by Keido Onodera, he sent Nobuzazuna to Mamuro Township, the northernmost part of Mogami County, to build the city of Nobube more than ten years ago. Since then, he has been in charge of protecting the three prefectures of Xianbei, and is also responsible for participating in the matchmaking with the Mogami clan. In the chaotic situation where the Qingshui clan, Taibaoji clan and the Tosarain clan, the Abao clan, and the Tozenji clan were opposed.

The capture of this key figure caused a great loss to the Onodera family in Xianbei. This meant that the layout of Kagedo Onodera's hard work at the northernmost tip of Mogami County was broken, and instead exposed the hinterland of Katsuo County to the sight of the Kira Army. This puts them at risk of armed retaliation by the Kira Army at any time.

Kira Yoshitoshi did not give Onodera Kagemichi more opportunities. Mamuro Township in the northern part of Shimizu Territory happened to be an important barrier to protect Mogami County. Dao easily escaped the responsibility of being an accomplice. Unexpectedly, Yan Yanzheng begged and was pardoned by Kira Yoshitoki. Mamuro Township Yancheng received a security guarantee, but he was required to turn the direction and target his own. The old owner of Onodera King Road and the three counties of Xianbei.

Dabaoji Yoshizeng's tricks were finally seen through. The general who had been in Zonghengzhuang for many years knelt in Mipo City and begged for forgiveness.In the end, he wrapped himself in and almost died together with Mipo Castle.

Kira Yoshishi didn't mean to blame him too much.Instead, he said in a gentle voice: "People are not sages and sages, who can make mistakes? Humans always make mistakes. Dabao Temple's mistakes this time are slightly bigger... But mistakes will always be punished. What about the dignified shogunate of the common people? It almost killed the rest of the generals and lost more than half of the thousand elites, so we must find a source, right?"

"It's true! The source of this is the two evil thieves, Sakoshi Uki and Raiji Ushihide!" Dabaoji Yoshizeng wiped the cold sweat off his face with his sleeve. He never expected that the battle situation would change so quickly. In order to deal with the Kira family's proposal to form an anti-Echigo alliance, they immediately mobilized nearly [-] troops into Tagawa County.

Seeing that the situation was unstoppable, Yizeng of Dabao Temple had no choice but to make a trick in exchange for a decent exoneration talisman. Anyway, I spit out Qingshui collar.Retreating to Mipo Castle and holding on for so long before surrendering can always be exchanged for the security of the Dewa National Army, but I don't want the situation to change suddenly overnight.

He never imagined that the Kira army would come so fast, they only sent out the call for help in the middle of March, and they rushed straight across Tianchuan County with more than [-] tigers in just one month, and it was still inconspicuous in a way he never thought The Kamo Port landing battlefield, combined with the Kamezaki Castle Battle that ended at the same time.

From this, it can be seen that the marching route of the Kira Navy is to turn around Tagawa County and Baohai County before turning back. There are so many masters in Dewa who claim to be resourceful, but they did not expect that the Kira Navy has already quietly captured them. The entire Dewa country's open seas are in their hands, and the powerful navy gives full play to its mobility.It is impossible for the natives of the Dewa country to be able to launch joint battles at the same time in areas separated by tens of kilometers at the same time.

Daihoji Yoshizo is very aware of Kira Yoshitoki's attitude.But he still wants to put the responsibility on the two dead people as much as possible. He will never be so stupid that when he tells Kirayoshi the truth, he tells him that this is a conspiracy by the family governor of Dabao Temple Yizeng and the Pudai retainer group. Ci Shixiu and the others felt that this was not enough, and wanted to dedicate the city to ask for credit and rewards, but they were finally abandoned by Dabao Temple Yizeng and Pudai retainer group. If they said so, they would definitely face heavy punishment.

Yoshishi Kira did not intend to investigate the crime, but he had to be punished accordingly, so he said with a straight face: "I can accept the words of Gisouden, but Sakoshi and Laiji are still thinking about it while they are in Mipo Castle. Richie, just based on this thought, he is indeed a heinous person, so let’s punish the territory of the Sakoo clan and the Laiji clan in Baohai County by changing and confiscating! Then, as the main participant in this matter, the Sakoo clan Wei, Lai Cishixiu's lord, Yi Zengdian must be to blame, right?"

"...Yes!" Dabaosi Yizeng had a bitter face, hearing his words were forced, and he also knew that he still couldn't escape this encounter,

After a short pause, Yoshitoki Kira said: "The territory of Gishoden is still in Shimizu Territory. It is only necessary to give up the territory of Mount Haguro and the southwest of Tagawa County. It is inevitable that the territory will be reduced a lot. If you can make a lot of achievements in the next battle, Yu will naturally not be stingy with these rewards."

Yoshishi Kira did not hesitate to seize the remaining territory near Mt. Haguro, and completely turned the Shonai Daihoji family into a native of Mogami County. His power has been greatly reduced to the level of Shimizu Yoshitaka back then, and Shigao has been reduced by more than half. , Losing Mt. Haguro, an important dojo of Shugendo, means as much to Yoshisou Daihoji as losing Sakata Port. It is no wonder that his expression is mournful for such a heavy punishment.

Dabao Temple Yizeng had expected this to happen a long time ago, but when he heard the news, he couldn't help but knelt down and begged bitterly: "Master, my loyalty to you has never changed! Please let the Lord go online ..."

"Hey! Why does the Dabao Temple have to act like this? The lord's kindness has already lenient the Dabao Temple, and it will not be kind and gracious to be more lenient!" Ben Duoshi was reminding him to pay attention to the bad debts on his ass, which would make the Kira family confused. Even if he loses one game, he is capable enough, what else do he want without further investigation of responsibility?

Langgang Tanfang followed up and persuaded: "Actually, the Dabao Temple Hall does not need to worry, the Lord has already said that in the future battles, we still need to rely on the cooperation of the Great Treasure Temple Hall, so the Dabao Temple Hall should not be discouraged, as long as you actively make contributions, you will always get the title of knowledge and action. "

Anyway, he finally calmed him down. If it wasn’t for the cooperation of the local lords in Kirayoshi’s time, it would be unnecessary to waste time on him as a Chinese lord. The samurai in the Eastern Kingdom are more traditional and conservative, and Kirayoshi didn’t plan to go into battle shirtless with the Dewa country’s lords. There are so many people from all walks of life fighting, so it is still necessary to train a few capable foreign retainers to work for him.

After disposing of the things at hand, Yoshihiro Kira went to visit the injured Takatsuna Watanabe again. Fortunately, he only suffered a few arrow wounds and his life was not in danger, because some hidden wounds might be left behind if he was not treated in time during the retreat. To see if the wound could be cured, Yoshiki Kira sent a ship back to escort Takasuna Watanabe back to Echigo to recuperate. General Masanari Naito led the [-] remnants as the general of the reserve team, and Shouzuna Watanabe would succeed his father as the deputy general of the reserve force.

Takikawa Tokimashi, Shitara Sadamichi, and Nagasaka Nobumasa were rewarded for their first, second, and third performances. After the army rested for a day, they ordered the army to pull out of Jinyamagata Castle and serve as the vanguard. Kira Akabe pounced on Shimizu collar early, and the next target was the surviving nationals in Mogami County, Tendo Yorisada and Nobuzawa Mishige. These two escaped fish fled back to their hometown, but they were lingering and lost the wings of many Chinese. Covering them is just another dish on the table. (to be continued...)