Pillars of the Wu family

When Kira Yoshitoshi was in a daze, Mogami Yoshihime shook his arm and asked in a low voice: "Will Your Highness take Yoshihime to Kasugayama Castle this year? Is Kasugayama Castle big? Are there any beautiful red-leaved trees? How many people?" What kind of people are my sisters? Do you like Yi Ji?"

"Kasuga Castle is much bigger than Yamagata Castle! It is constantly being renovated every summer. After a while, Yoshihime will find out that there is a patch of red leaf trees, but not as many as in Yamagata Castle! There is a sea of ​​cherry blossoms. The favorite place of your sister Hu Ji, your sisters are all kind and good women, and they will definitely like Yi Ji."

Yoshimitsu Kira accidentally caught a glimpse of Mogami Yoshimitsu who was about to leave with his head shrunk, and quickly called him, "Yoshimitsu, since you're here, let's talk for a while! Speaking of which, I won't spend any time here. It's been too long, tell me how it feels to be in charge of the house for a few months?"

"Your Highness, Yi Ji has to step back first!" The little girl saw her brother standing awkwardly in the corridor, so she bowed and retreated in a very sensible manner. When a man talks, a woman must know how to avoid taboos, even when her father and brother are talking about business. The same is true, this comes from her mother, Major General Ono, who taught her since she was a child.

Mogami Yoshimitsu smiled at his younger sister, and said, "I've been under a lot of pressure recently! Because of the autumn harvest, the deep-rooted conflict between subordinates and power, and the diplomatic pressure of the Mizeida family, recently Date Kyozhao has made a lot of moves, it looks like he is going to attack the territory of his subordinates!"

Ever since Date Harumune made it clear that this matter was not over, Yonezawa's small actions have never stopped. For example, Yataro Nakayama, a retainer of the Date family, went to the southern border of Murayama County to build a Zhongshan Castle, forcing Wu Yongyizhong, the lord of Shangshan City, one mile away, asked Mogami Yoshimitsu for help.

This place happens to be Sukawaguchi Street between Murayama County and Okitama County. This place originally belonged to the Mogami family, but it has been abandoned because the Mogami family has been weak for nearly a hundred years. Hase Tangcheng fought a battle.After forcing the Mogami family to bow their heads and give in, they fell under the control of the Date family. The Date family hadn't built a fortress so presumptuously before, but now it's just a matter of breaking up with the Mogami family.

At that time, Kirayoshi didn't care much about the stumbling block in Dewa country.He said with a smile: "The Date family dares to attack the Mogami family. Is Yu sitting in Deyu country and has nothing to do? Then they really don't want to open their eyes! At the end of autumn, you will follow Yu to Kasuga Mountain City to see you My elder brother knows the power of my going to the Ashikaga family now!

According to the latest information Yu received, my brother launched a joint battle in Yuezhong Zhuangchuan.With [-] troops to destroy the Kaga Ichigoku army of [-] troops, and invaded the southern bank of Kaga in the hands of Sichuan, defeated the [-] Kaga Ichigoki army, swept the Nomi County Ichigoku army, and the patriarchal lord's wish Si Xianru had already sent Yu a peace request. "[

"What? Kaga has always lost most of the Kaga country. He was forced to seek peace from His Royal Highness? This is really unbelievable! How did [-] beg for an army of [-]? I can't understand it !" Mogami Yoshimitsu shook his head in surprise, saying that he had never heard of such an exaggerated record.

Mogami Yoshimitsu sighed for a while without any special feeling.The level of his military strategy is indeed a bit blind.Compared with Date Huizong, who has several times of experience in battle, his father Mogami Yoshimori's military strategy is not very good, or in other words, the army of various daimyos from Dewa country and even Mutsu country The basic level is only at that level. I really don’t care much about the successive battles between Etsuchu and Kaga. I sigh a few words about the novelty and forget it in a blink of an eye.

This is all because it is located in a remote place and half of the year is winter, spring and autumn are surprisingly short and the traffic is very bad. The main streets are only wider and tidy than the country roads in Echigo.The fundamental method is comparable to the main street that Echigo has refurbished. It is these two factors that make it possible for the people of Yuao to fight in a small way. If it is really a big battle of tens of thousands of people, everyone is dumbfounded and doesn't know how to fight.

The Oshu Astronomical Rebellion involved by the Mizeida family was just a group of Chinese people who had been making noise for several years. It was not because there were more daimyo Chinese involved. Compared with the Kanto Astronomical Rebellion, it was several grades worse in magnitude, and the news was blocked in remote places. This made Yu'ao's Chinese lords not too concerned about outside news.

At most, some news about Echigo or Kanto can attract some attention. The events in the farther East China Sea and Kinai are just good stories for them. Kira Yoshitoshi did not intend to correct the young people's personal hobbies. If you don't realize the role of military strategy, let him go. Anyway, sooner or later he will go through the battle, and this time he intends to take the opportunity to polish the somewhat young and overly "out-of-feather general".

Kira Yoshitoki said to Mogami Yoshimitsu, who was obsessed with Shu, "It is already September [-]th, and I decided to leave Yamagata Castle by boat at the end of September. Before that, let's teach the disobedient Date Teruzong a lesson." Go back and make preparations, you, Yiguang, will lead the army out of Zhongshan City in the next few days, and cut off the claws of the Yida family that have penetrated into Munshan County."

"Are you going out to attack Zhongshan City? Your servant has never fought before!" Mogami Yoshimitsu said in panic, "The first battle of my servant was the battle of Mipo City. The first time I went out, I was defeated by His Highness Gongfang's troops. Before this, I have never led an army and never commanded any joint battle!"

Yoshihiro Kira secretly laughed at this young general who is still a little immature. He is [-] years old and [-] years old this year. He has not yet grown up. He is very guilty of doing many things, but this is also normal. Not every young governor is like him. In that way, at the age of ten, he would be able to command his retainers to win the Battle of Shencao and wipe out the fierce general Shihe Yicun in one fell swoop.

In order to encourage this group of people, Ji Liangyi also patiently comforted him and said: "It's okay, I have Yu behind you as a reliance in case he will do anything, the left and right are just a fortress and it won't be too much effort to fight, you know If you have never commanded a joint battle, you need to experience it. There is always a first experience, and you can learn everything after going through a few joint battles."

Mogami Yoshimitsu also knew that he would not be able to escape this catastrophe, and the subconscious rebuttal just now was a little timid, so he took a deep breath and said firmly: "I understand, I will do my best!"

Just as Kira Yoshishi turned around, he turned back and said to him, "Besides, you don't have to worry too much about the reduction in grain production. I have 200 million shi of old grain stored in ten grain depots in Echigo, and the grain grown every year is only Sell ​​a small part, most of them are stored in the granary, and there is no problem in paying you [-] shi as a relief."

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Under the orders of Yoshitoki Kira.The action of the Izuha vassal group was very fast, and it only took six days to enlist the military service from all over the country. This is all because of the ability of the Kira family to do things well. The withdrawal of the Izuha country and the demolition of the village and the use of the fortified city were very fast. Play a good effect.The more concentrated residence of farmers has also greatly improved the utilization rate of land. It also brings great convenience to the management of general service, military service and normal taxation.

On the other hand, it was also because of Kirayoshi's [-] troops, the people from all walks of life in the three prefectures of Uzen did not dare to act hard, and hurriedly took up weapons, put on armor, and rode on mounts with bento wrapped around their belts.The ashigaru people rushed to Yamagata Castle in front and back, and gathered [-] troops in just six days. For a while, the army was at its peak, and it was quite unstoppable.

Compared with the heyday army that besieged Mipo Castle, it was a helpless thing. There was no Xianbei Onodera clan this time.There was no intervention from Uhou's Yuri Twelve Heads and the Anton clan, and the hostility was the former alliance of the Yonezaida clan. On the other hand, Kira Yoshitoshi did not let all the three Uzen counties mobilize.Just use Mogami and his strength to go out.The name is to capture Zhongshan City, which is deep into Munyama County. [

This name is very flattering and can prevent the Date family from being highly vigilant, at least they won't be nervous to call together his members and quasi-members to fight together, so one day later, the [-] troops rushed to the upper reaches of Mogamigawa One of them, Su Chuanshi, only the Date Army and the [-]-strong Yonezawa National Army accompanying him came to the opposite side, and the subsequent National Army of the Li Yuanzong, Kokubun Shengshi, and the left-behind Sapzong were still coming. on the way.

The main force of the Date family has actually been between [-] and [-]. After the battle at Mipo Castle, the losses have been reduced to only a little over [-]. The small main force is also a major feature of Yu Oo daimyo.Because the family's military strength is not large, the number of Chinese people under it is only [-] troops. As a county-level warrior, it is not easy to have so many troops.

If it weren't for the fact that the Mogami family climbed up the big tree in Kirayoshi, the army directly under the Mogami family would be more than two thousand at most, which would not be as strong as the Tendo clan of the Mogami family. The Date family is looking for death, even if they call the family members of the top family, there are more than 1 members, and the members of the Date family can easily gather more than [-] troops. Just pinch the gate of the most Shang family's life so that they dare not move rashly.

Yoshimitsu Mogami received the order and had to go all out to launch an attack on Zhongshan Castle with Tendo Laizhen as the vanguard. Yataro Zhongshan asked Yonezawa for help while caged the castle, and insisted on waiting for three days to come Date Teruzong with [-] troops During this period, Mogami Yoshimitsu's attack can only be described as mediocre. He didn't cause any serious damage to Zhongshan City, and he didn't dare to let the army fight desperately to seize the city. He was fighting every day as if he was on vacation.

As a vanguard general, Tendo Laizhen is very active in attacking, but his military strategy level is just like that. In addition, the siege battle is an extreme test of ability. Without decent engineering equipment, you can only use a poor bamboo bow to shoot at the defenders in the city, and then cooperate with the ashigaru beating the military taiko drum to climb over the soil. This kind of fighting means that the army will be beaten out when it enters. It is very easy It was caused by the defenders in the city to fight more and fight less.

Seeing Date Teruzong kill him, the eight thousand Mogami army inevitably fell into panic, and Mogami Yoshimitsu didn't know how to deal with it. He wasted the best opportunity to adjust and watched the five thousand troops stationed in Zhongshan City without any help. The method, at this time he finally remembered that he could adjust it. It was the first time that he was too nervous to command the army and forgot about it.

The arrival of Date Teruzong obviously won't give him another chance to adjust his strategy. His confidant General Yoshinao Oniwa personally guards the Otemon Gate, making the already small chance of siege to zero. However, until Murata Soshoku, Watari Motomune, Kokubun Mori, Yushou Sagemune, Sangzhe Socho, Kurokawa Haruji, Akiu Naomori, Kuroki Sotoshi and other national troops arrived one after another, the number of defenders in the city suddenly increased to more than 1 Push in [-] people.

When Mogami Yoshimitsu saw the situation, he knew that he was completely useless. Without a clear answer from Kira Yoshitoshi, he returned to the army early the next morning and retreated from the camp. His walk immediately attracted Date's army to follow him. Chasing, although Mimoto Date strongly opposed the pursuit, but the people from all over the country expressed that they should not miss this opportunity.

They have never seen what Kira's army looks like, but they just heard that their master's family suffered a big loss under the hands of Kira's army. Most people can't explain the specific situation. In the eyes of these Chinese people, this is not at all credible.It is reasonable to think that the [-]-strong army of Echigo Kira's family suddenly attacked and defeated the [-]-strong Deba Nationalist Army. If they had so many troops and launched a night attack, they could do this, so I didn't mind I don't take the Kira family very seriously.

Date Huizong is not stupid, and he also knows that his national army is definitely not the opponent of Kira army.Moreover, Kira Yoshishi's man was so shady that it was hard to say whether he would launch a surprise attack. He didn't dare to take such a big risk and bet his entire army on chasing the Supreme Army. Even if he caught up with the Supreme Army, he didn't dare to attack swagger , at most, it's just a little bit cheaper and then withdrawn.

Instead of this, it is better to just stay in Zhongshan City and not go anywhere.So he ordered the [-] Mutsu National Army who were willing to fight, under the leadership of Murata Sosho, Kurokawa Haruji, Akiu Naomori, and Kuroki Sotoshi, to pursue the retreating Mogami Army. Mogami Yoshimitsu did not expect them to dare to chase them out. He could only grit his teeth and retreat towards Narusawa Castle.

When about to enter Naritawa Castle.The envoy of the Kira family informed Mogami Yoshimitsu not to enter the city, but to choose the nearby Kashiwagi Mountain to re-arrange. Mogami Yoshimitsu was a little puzzled by this order.Kashiwagi Mountain is just a small hill near Narusawa Castle.The mountain at this height was not enough to establish a huge geographical advantage. Yoshimitsu Mogami didn't want to set up an army here, but the order still had to be carried out. Less than [-] troops hurried up Mount Kashiwagi to set up an army.

At this time, the Date Army had already rushed over. Seeing Mogami Yoshimitsu forming an formation on Mt. Kashiwagi, he turned to attack Narusawa Castle without saying a word. These Chinese people were not stupid at all. Get yourself hooked. It sounds a bit funny to have 8000 people lined up on the mountain and wait for 5000 troops, but it is not so pleasant to do it. It is definitely unwise for them to climb the mountain and attack with force to deal with an army that is larger than themselves.

If Mogami Yoshimitsu chooses to enter the cage city of Narusawa Castle and stick to it, maybe the [-] Yida troops will go up Mount Kashiwagi to monitor Narusawa Castle at the foot of the mountain. Right now, Yoshimitsu Mogami chooses the [-] troops on Mount Kashiwagi, and a castle under Mount Kashiwagi. The horse will use this power of horns to fight against the invading Date army.

The [-] troops set up their formations calmly, as if telling the people of Date at the bottom of the mountain with vocal language that the highest family can let the Date army attack the [-] troops on the mountain, even if Date Huizong Pulling out all the troops may not necessarily win the battle. Let Date's army attack Narusawa Castle. Anyway, you won't be able to defeat it for a while, and you must always beware of the army on the mountain rushing down to make a surprise attack and lose in vain.

This tactic of the Date Army can be understood by several leaders of the country. The best choice for the Date Army composed of all the people of the country is to retreat in the face of difficulties. It may not be possible to get a bargain. It is really embarrassing to compare whether the five thousand troops are high or low. It is better to retreat early to avoid wasting troops and food.

But if they were asked to retreat immediately, they would be a little unwilling, because they strongly demanded to come out and pursue the Supreme Army, but they rushed out excitedly and then retreated in despair within a few hours. The face between relatives would be lost. For the current plan, there is only one way to save face, and that is to attack Nagasawa Castle and find a reason to retreat.

He waited until something happened. That evening, the Date army hurriedly removed the siege of Narusawa Castle, and chose to set up camp at the Suchuan River not far away. The name of the checkpoint as a "camp" is a bit rudimentary, but Yu'ao people almost set up camps in this way when they are marching or rushing. At most, they will wait until a long-term siege before setting up a big camp similar to that in the Battle of Mipo City. .

In fact, this group of Mutsu people from the Date family chose to set up camp here is also very particular. They must maintain the oppression of Narusawa Castle and not get too close, in case they are killed by the top army on Kashiwagi Mountain and attack the whole country at night. The army was finished, and it was clear in his mouth that he was not afraid of Kira's army, but he still kept an eye on the possibility of a night attack in terms of timing.

As for the main force of the Kira army still in the village, it will never be transferred within three to five days. Murata Sosho and others are not worried about this at all. Just before sunset that day, when dinner was not ready, this 5000-member army The Date army was suddenly attacked by a small early fleet going upstream, and the hungry ashigaru died under the fire of iron cannons and strong bows in a daze.

Murata Sosho is the ninth son of Date Tsubetsu, and the uncle of Date Teruzong. He has been working as the governor of the Murata family in Mutsu country. He has never seen such a fierce weapon. He was so shocked that he even spoke Not coming out, Kurokawa Haruji, Akiu Naomori, and Kuroki Sotoshi saw the rumbling noise and the thick white mist that spewed out.The entourage and the attendants from all walks of life were beaten up by the volley of iron cannons and strong bows, and they couldn't even form a formation.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the four of them discussed and hurriedly led the army to retreat. As for the food on the pot and stove, as well as the small loads and grain and grass they carried, they all gave up.Kuroki Zongjun in Gangyuan uniform was still in the mood to set off a torch to disperse the pack horses and disturb the line of sight. Their move really had a good effect. At least in front of this chaotic camp, the Kira navy did not dare to rush in and make a surprise attack.

The Date Army was about to leave.The cavalry team of the Kira Army came suddenly from behind, and at the same time Mogami Yoshimitsu who had received the general's order came. Seeing the siege situation, Murata Sosho almost fainted from fright, Kurokawa Haru grinned and hurriedly ordered the samurai to help him .I, Akiu Naomori, and Kuroki Sotoshi each led their own troops and fled desperately.

This run will leave behind the broken army, the people of the four countries and the people from all walks of life are unwilling to die, and in the end they all scattered and fled in all directions, whoever runs faster will be safe.If you have bad luck, you can only think you are unlucky.Murata Sosho was unfortunately overtaken by the cavalry of the Kira Army and became a prisoner gloriously.

Kurokawa Kiyomi, Akiu Naomori, and Kuroki Sotoshi were lucky enough to escape back to Zhongshan City, and there was nothing they could do with some losses. By the time the Third Route Army rushed back to Zhongshan City, it was already midnight, and Date Terumune was quarreled. After waking up, he learned that his army had suffered another defeat, and that his uncle Murata Sosho and about [-] of his fellow countrymen had been captured, and they shouted angrily in the castle tower.But the current situation is so bad, what can he do other than get angry?

Waking up early the next morning, Date Teruzong discovered that the outside of Zhongshan City had been surrounded by [-] troops. Murata Sosho was forced to press down on the top of the city to call for the door, and the captured [-] Date troops knelt down. Crying and howling in front of the battle, the scene was so miserable that people couldn't bear to look directly at it. The so-called physical injury is probably the same feeling. The people of the Date family ran to Date Huizong to pray for him, hoping that he could rescue themselves as soon as possible. colleagues and relatives.

When Date Huizong saw this situation, he knew that he couldn't be cruel enough to refuse no matter what. The Date family's internal system was a local leader based on geographical marriage. They are completely different, but both have a fixed problem, that is, they can't get out of the pattern of family relatives controlling a huge amount of territorial resources.

After a long quarrel, Date’s retainers reached an agreement that afternoon, asking the Kira family to redeem the detained prisoners. Of course, surrender is absolutely impossible, and strikes are not allowed. They are just maintaining hostility In the state of redeeming his captives, the shame of Date Teruzong's wife being taken away by Kira Yoshishi as a concubine cannot be ended because of this setback. Living in this troubled world, sometimes face is worthless. Sometimes it is as heavy as Mount Fuji.

The face of the family governor of the Yoneda family belongs to the very important kind. At least Harumune Date also worked as a researcher in Oshu for a period of time, and bought a false title of Dr. Sakyo from the imperial court. The reputation of the Yida family bluffed the little servants who accompanied him, and it was also for this reason that a large number of sons and daughters were sent to each family to be adopted sons and main wives. Without this halo, there would be no Yida who caused astronomical chaos. Dajia.

Date Huizong, the young family governor's face is more important than anything else. The family governor is shameless after being stripped of his face, and Date's retainer group and many people who are attached to him are also ashamed. A little setback can be reversed, and the Kira family will not end until Mogami Yoshihime is returned.

The matter of snatching a marriage has risen from a simple marriage and love to a serious problem of face with Date Huizong during Kira Yoshitoshi. Date Huizong, who bears the shame, is a bigger enemy to the Mogami family. Neither Yoshimitsu nor the reclusive Mogami Yoshimori can accept the Date family as an ally, let alone send Mogami Yoshihime back.

Because Date Teruzong is definitely a dangerous person to Mogami Yoshihime at this moment, even if Mogami remarried with the Date family when Mogami betrayed Kirayoshi, it would not be able to eliminate the knot in Date Teruzong's heart, just imagine a person who has been beaten in the face How does a man deal with his robbed wife and future children? An unstable marriage and hatred for Mogami Yoshimitsu, the envoy, will bring serious disaster to the Mogami family. At this moment, the Mogami family has nowhere to go. .

The Mogami family was dragged onto their own warship by Kira Yoshishi with a tactic of robbing their relatives. The only thing they could do was to try their best to keep up with the Kira family's footsteps, and they were forced to accept the mess left by Kira Yoshishi when he left. In the north of the county, the powerful daimyo Senbei Onodera Keido, and in the south of Murayama County, Yonezaida Huizong.

The envoy sent by the Date family is a member of the Date family, the lord of Takahata Castle in Dewa Country, Morizong Xiao Liangchuan, as the powerful family elder who guards the gate at the northernmost part of the county, it is his power that directly supports Zhongshan City Morizong of Xiao Liangchuan solemnly proposed to the Kira family to redeem Murata Sozoku, hoping to exchange money or food for the redemption conditions of [-] captives.

Mogami Yoshimitsu refused without hesitation, bluntly saying that the two sides are hostile at this time and there is no possibility of redeeming the captives. Only by reaching peace first can the redemption of the captives be discussed, and the Date family's trick of making things easy Although redeeming the defeated captives is the most popular way nowadays, the victor can not only obtain meritorious service, but also obtain benefits from the process of redemption, but there is a prerequisite for redeeming captives, that is, the war will not be fought, or temporarily Do not fight in a state of truce.

It’s impossible that there’s a war going on here, so I’ll sell the captured captives over there, and it won’t take long for the released captives to return to the Date Army to return to their original identities and continue to fight against the Kira family. Make a little money with your strength, and risk your life to get it back. You may not have such good luck every time. You can't let a general like Kira Yoshishi design it for a long time just to earn the Date's point. Little money, that was a waste of his time and an insult to his IQ.

It's not easy to train my own samurai in this country, and I don't forget to train more elites when I live a tight life. Date Huizong will be pressured by the genealogy retainers and the people of the country. On the one hand, it will hurt For other reasons, on the other hand, he was unwilling to lose eight hundred disciples and one member of Date's sect in vain.

To buy captives, you have to stop the war first, and if you don’t stop the war, you can’t redeem the captives. This paradox annoyed Date Teruzong very much. He didn’t want to agree to the truce, but if he didn’t allow the truce, he couldn’t redeem the captives. The [-] captive country people are about to make trouble, and it is difficult for Date Huizong to be the family governor. Finally, after thinking for a long time, he decided to find a coincidence to see if the Kira family would agree to buy the captives.