Pillars of the Wu family

The Shinano Kiso clan is different from the Echizen Asakura clan. The Asakura clan relied on the wise family governor and a united sect to establish a powerful military exploit. Takashi Ashikaga has no glorious record at all. Even if he followed Ashikaga Takashi 200 years ago, he was just playing soy sauce and mixing his skills.

This family of Muromachi has done almost nothing in the 200 years from the early stage of Muromachi to the present. Participating in the "Rebellion" of Onin is also to fight for soy sauce. The Takato and Fujisawa clans of the Urasuwa clan and the Matsuo Ogasawara clan of the Ogasawara clan also basically chose a neutral and non-interfering attitude.

For so many years, it has been a safe play house in Kiso Valley. When he is in the mood, the lord may take a group of retainers to play falconry, or take samurai to drive away the mountain people who are scurrying in the mountains, or resell them. The wood in the mountains is exchanged for a small amount of money, and occasionally there are disputes with the Hida country and the Ogasawara family, which are also calculated on the basis of ten years.

Every ten or eight years, there will be some small conflicts involving dozens or hundreds of people. The biggest one is to bring more than a thousand people to fight a light-intensity joint battle at the level of dozens of people. The most influential one may be the first one. Kiso Yoshimoto, who changed to "义" as a common character, was seriously injured and died in resisting the attack of Miki Shigeyori, who had not yet unified Minamihida. The rest of the time fighting in joint battles was at most a kind of fun to adjust his life.

Takigawa Tokimashi, who attended the important ministers' meeting for the first time, has never dared to speak. Seeing that all the samurai were contemplating and had no intention of speaking, he raised his right hand high and asked in a very exaggerated tone: "My lord I have a question. Why didn’t people in the country realize that the Kiso family was impersonated before? Are those citizens so stupid that they didn’t realize that the lord had changed the Miao character when they woke up?”

Namioka shook his head with a smile.Secretly thought that this question was really amateurish, but he still answered patiently: "It must be a series of preliminary preparations to pretend to be a famous family! It is impossible to pretend to be a leader today and be exposed tomorrow, such as Miki Yoyoi's father Miki Naoyai , the family of Koji, sister of Hida country, has completely declined.

When Miki Naoyai was the governor of the family, he began to plan the strategy of pretending to lead the elder sister's family, and then after two generations of planning for decades, he gradually completed the control of Minami Hida, and logically inherited the extinct elder sister's family. The Kiso family must have made preparations for a long time before inheriting it! "

Since the people of Shinano are neither stupid nor stupid, they not only have a sound IQ, but also are very smart.How could it be possible for a family of unknown origin to suddenly assume the name of the Kiso family? This must have been paved by one generation or even several generations. It may have been not long after the death of Kiso Yoshimune in the Kamakura period. When Numata Iyomori moved into Kiso Valley as the lord, he was already secretly making preparations to usurp the family name.

After waves of "chaos" in the Kamakura period, the samurai families who knew the knowledge were either withered or extinct. There is no way to pose a threat to their family. The only influence may be the Numata family in the Ueno country. As long as the entire family can be settled No one else in the world will know that such a false claim exists. [

It's a pity that after years of planning, it was embarrassing.It is covered up by the calligraphy left in Kiso Valley for hundreds of years, even if Kiso Yoshimasa can come up with the theory of fooling the shogunate, Shinano guards and local lords and lords, saying that this is what their ancestors did to deceive people. blindfold.

However, the document left by Numata's family is ironclad evidence that he can't quibble. He can't explain why his ancestors gave such a weird letter to the Numata family. Even if he can still deny that it is a forged document, but that For more than 40 years, there will always be no false supply of money and food compensation.

The long journey from Minami Shinano to Nishi Ueno requires a lot of checkpoints, and it is necessary to notify the Ogasawara family, the guardian of Shinano, in advance.No matter what name their family used to send them to the Ueno Numata family, they would leave many related documents, and if they continued for more than 40 years year after year, and then suddenly found a reason to stop, they would leave many traces, which may be scattered all over the place. Most of Shinano and half of Ueno Kingdom were definitely not wiped out by the Kiso family.

Sanada Yutaka quietly listened to the speeches of the samurai.After thinking for a while, he said: "His Royal Highness's judgment is very accurate, and Kiso Yoshishang is indeed sure to be suspicious. However, I feel that Kiso Yoshinaka or his reclusive father Kiso Yoshiyasu will do something, and maybe he will go further. I went to the Ashikaga house and did very bad things."

Kira Yoshishi also faintly realized that it would not be that simple, but he didn't think clearly about the reason for a while. He happened to touch a ray of light when he heard Sanada Yutaka's speech, and immediately sat up straight and said solemnly: "The main hall Please say!"

"Yes! I think that the Kiso family will never simply rebel. Not only do they want to rebel, but they also take a tough stance towards my Kami-Ashikaga family. They must act as a weak person who has been violated by the Kami-Ashikaga family, so that the world will mistakenly believe that That is, my Kamiso Ashikaga family is framing the Kiso family, and its original intention is that His Royal Highness Gongfang wants to destroy his family and seize his land.

At that time, His Royal Highness must be completely unable to argue and clear up the suspicion. Whether it is the solid evidence of Numata Ueno Shouyasu or Ogasawara Dong Xuesai's speech records, they will all be described by interested people as His Royal Highness's means to deal with the Kiso family in advance. , since it is a method, it is called true and false, even if it is true, it can be treated as false.

His Royal Highness only needs to make a gesture of punishing the Kiso family, and he will be regarded as the brutal Kamiso Ashikaga family persecuting the Dongguo samurai family again in the name of the shogunate law, but this time the object of persecution is changed to the name of Kawachi Genji The Kiso family of the family, combined with the punishment of the Miki family, is likely to interpret many very bad conclusions. "

Sanada Yutaka's voice was deep and powerful, and his speech was slow and firm, but when it fell into Kirayoshi's ears, it was like a sledgehammer ringing a big bell beside his ears, and the rumbling sound filled his ears, shaking his face back and forth. He didn't stop, the bat fan he held tightly in his hand came out without realizing it, his deep voice was like a beast roaring, at this moment he was really angry.

"I will kill this thief! If this thief is not dead, I will feel restless!" Kira Yoshitoki snorted angrily and ordered, "Order Ogasawara Shinano's garrison troops to set out from Takato Castle with three thousand troops. Then order Yasuda Jibu's minor assistant to command the troops. Three thousand started from Sakurato Castle, and the two counties attacked Fukushima Castle in Kiso Valley from the east and west directions. Ordered the local people in Kiso Valley to leave the Kiso Clan to join the crusade army to cooperate in the battle, and then ordered the Kiso Clan to pass on the genealogy to the generations, but they had regrets and wished to be the vanguard. It can be blocked with the ability."

"Sometimes it is the right choice to give up appeasement. Since you are going to send troops, you have to consider a problem." Uesugi Terutora, who was silent for a long time, suddenly let go of the rosary in his hand, and said slowly: "If the name is not correct, the words will not go well, so please His Royal Highness, under what name should our army send troops?"

"It doesn't seem appropriate to use the name of Kiso's false claim..." Ji Liangyi also realized that he hadn't thought about it, and it was really unreasonable to find a good name to beat a foreigner who was already subordinate to him.He is also not good at concocting such high-end and unscrupulous habits of crimes, he was a little stuck for a while and didn't know how to plan the name of sending troops.

For a long time, Ben suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said: "Isn't the Miyoshi family going to contact the Kanto samurai family to deal with my Kira family? Why don't we install the Miyoshi Changqing who colluded with the Echigo family for the Kiso family, and together with the Furukawa government plan the anti-Kira family?" What about usurping behavior? Once the Kiso family rebels, they will definitely join this alliance, so this is not considered a false accusation!"

"Then let's attack Kiso Yoshimasa in this name! The speedy battle must not be delayed until the autumn harvest season! The descendants of the Kiso clan must be exterminated, and the one family and the recalcitrant genera should be captured and punished as usual!" Yoshito Kira With a wave of his big hand, he immediately made a decision and settled the matter.

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Under the strict order of Kira Yoshitoki, the entire Kira family was running at high speed like a huge machine.However, within a few days, this edict was communicated through various channels. Ogasawara Changji, who was in charge of Takato Castle, received the news and properly placed [-] defenders. He personally led [-] troops out of Takato Castle and went straight to Kiso Valley. Going, along the way, there were people from the upper and lower Ina County who came after hearing the news, and the army quickly expanded to more than [-] people.

On the other side, Yasuda Changhide's action speed was not slow at all, through the information delivered by the Kira Navy through the upstream of the Miyagawa River.He obtained this decree a little earlier than Ogasawara Nagato, and left a thousand troops of Etsuchu to guard Yingdong Castle by the veteran Yoshie Zongxin. He personally led a thousand troops and recruited two thousand Hida troops to join the battle. , Taking Sakazaka Nagami as the vanguard to attack Nanshinano Kiso Valley.

The total strength of the two attacking forces reached more than [-] menacingly, when the two armies rushed into the Kiso Valley with a frightening force.The people of Minami Shinano near Kiso Valley were stunned. They didn't understand how His Royal Highness from Kasugayama Castle would turn his back on Kiso's family.They still remember that half a year ago, their lord Kiso Yoshimasa went to Kasuga Mountain City to get the approval of the town government, why did the situation suddenly change into this appearance overnight.

The people of Kiso Valley were confused and angry, but facing the mighty Kira Army, they really couldn't muster up the courage to resist. After a process of resisting the city and surrendering the cage city, they became captives in such a muddled way. Utso Yoshimasa's slow reaction did not make a better countermeasure, and he was surrounded by Kiso Fukushima City so easily.

Ogasawara Nagashi and Yasuda Changhide did not waste time after joining forces. The two sides worked together to besiege the city and suppress the remnants of the Kiso Clan. Even the two of them did not expect that the crusade against Kiso Valley would be unexpectedly smooth. Expecting that the Kira family would be so quick and ruthless, they were surrounded by six thousand troops swarming from both sides before they were even ready to rebel.

It took less than half a month from dispatching troops to besieging Kiso Fukushima Castle, and many branch cities in Kiso Valley also opened the city one after another during the half month of siege. The Ashikaga family released a series of criminal evidence about Kiso Yoshimasa's collusion with Miyoshi Cho Keiren and the public, completely annihilating the Kiso family's last chance of resistance.

This series of criminal evidence sounded like the death knell for the destruction of the Kiso family. Many genealogists in the Kiso family fell into panic and shaken. I don't know how much benefit Miyoshi Changqing gave the family governor, so that he took the risk and chose almost crazy treason.

Before the attacking army of the Kamiso Ashikaga family arrived, the various military deployments Kiso Yoshizhang made in Kiso Fukushima Castle and even the entire Kiso Valley could not hide the vigilance of those who cared, not to mention that the Kiso clan's family members were all local powerful The Wu family is well aware of the extraordinary behavior of the family governor under their noses.

Even if Kiso Yoshizhang found a thousand reasons and explanations, he could not conceal the meaning behind this unusual military adjustment.What's worse is that not long after the military deployment, the menacing crusade army attacked the door, which gave the Kiso clan's genealogy retainers every reason to believe that their lord was doing some treacherous secret plans.

Otherwise, why didn't the Kamizuo Ashikaga family go to crusade against other samurai families.But staring at the Kiso family who had just made a military change, and the difference was only a few days before and after, many samurai couldn't help thinking about it. Perhaps Kiso Yoshisaka found out that the incident was "exposed" and hurriedly prepared to instigate a conspiracy, but the result was still slow. The previous step was blocked by the crusade army at the door of the house.

Most of the lords in the Kiso Valley are family members who have followed the Kiso clan for nearly a hundred years. They consciously consider themselves to be the descendants of the Kiso clan. They didn't even think about it when they came to discuss it, which made them feel that the governor didn't trust them at all.

If you are a family member for a lifetime, you still cannot be trusted.This was a huge blow to many samurai who claimed to be loyal ministers and good generals. The loss of self-confidence caused them to have complex emotions of resentment and disgust. The younger and more radical genera did not hesitate to defect from the Kiso family and switch to the camp of the Kira Crusade Army. Instead, they fought against their former masters. Although the older samurai did not betray their masters, they also gave up their plan to continue to be close to Kiso Yoshimasa.

However, Kiso Yoshichang was still at a loss for words, he didn't know how to explain to Pu Dai's retainers in order to remove his suspicion.I can't tell Pudai's retainers that their rebellion is actually because their family background is exposed. They are worried that things will be exposed, so they would rather act first to set up a rebellious flag and pour dirty water on the Ashikaga family.

This kind of behavior is really despicable and lowly, and it is completely different from the image of the famous family that the Kiso family has advertised for many years. Furthermore, the genealogy family members did not know that the Kiso Yoshima family was a fake Hanoi Minamoto family. Its ugliness let the world know that he is a fake, and on the contrary, it will make the family members of Pu Dai even more unwilling to fight for this fake family, and they will die faster and more miserable.

Without an explanation, it is not clear why Kiso Yoshimasa was crusaded.I can't even explain the difference between doing so many military deployments and making preparations for treason. Kiso Yoshimasa originally planned to wait for the Kami Ashikaga family to send a group of people to investigate the fraudulent claimant, and then he would make a scene to attract the retainers to fight against the enemy. First of all If you stand on the moral high ground and establish yourself as a victim, it is logical that you will not have to bear a bad name if you rebel in the future.

But things have turned into another matter now.Kira Yoshishi clearly promised to send envoys to investigate, but suddenly there was no news. After waiting for half a month, eight thousand crusaders came to attack.The crusading army didn't even mention that there was a scene of debunking the impostor in Kasugayama Castle at all. Kiso Yoshisaka couldn't be so stupid as to tell the retainers of Pu Dai at this time that his family was exposed half a month ago at the evaluation meeting of Kasugayama Castle old bottom.

Kiso Yoshizhang soon found that he was tricked by himself. He never expected that the Kira family would directly attack him under another name. The speed and ruthlessness of the attack completely exceeded his imagination. He and his father Kiso Yoshiyasu planned for many days to come up with it. The drama of treason and misery that was staged has been screwed up before it can be staged.

No matter how the people of Nanshinano think about Kiso Yoshimasa's rebellion, and there is no need to delve into why Kiso Yoshinaga offended the public highness of Kasugayama Castle, the people of the country now understand that Kiso Yoshimasa is completely hopeless. Whether it is following the general trend or adding insult to injury, more and more people from Minami Shinano joined the crusade army, and more than [-] troops have gathered outside Kiso Fukushima Castle.

In this ten thousand army, there are old relatives and friends of Kiso Yoshishang, close friends, family servants who have been confidantes for many years, and the young samurai Naeko whom he is optimistic about, and now they all stand against the Kiso clan and clamor for Kiso Yoshinori Chang quickly conquered the city and surrendered. The so-called wall fell, everyone broke the drum, thousands of people beat it, and thousands of people said they died of illness. This is probably the situation.

Kiso Valley is a long and narrow valley surrounded by mountains. In the west is Mitake Mountain standing in the midst of clouds and mist. In the southwest, Tamaki River connects to the largest Lake Mitake in the territory. The mountain roads were completely blocked and cut off by the crusading army, and there was almost no possibility of escape for the Kiso family.

In the castle tower of Kiso Fukushima Castle, the young governor Kiso Yoshishang was roaring angrily. Ever since he learned that the Kira Army had invaded Kiso Valley with all its strength, he had never been in a good mood, his eyes were red and swollen like Two red lanterns, dark complexion with obvious dark circles at the corners of the eyes.Apparently he hadn't closed his eyes for several days.

At this time, there are not many family members left in Kiso Fukushima City, and no matter how hard the Kiso family tries, it is impossible to cover up the critical situation of overall disadvantage.Today, there are less than [-] remaining troops in Kiso Valley, and [-]% of them are concentrated in Kiso Fukushima City to fight trapped beasts.

As one of the few staunch supporters among the Kiso family's pedigree retainers, Yamamura Mikawa Moritoshi said worriedly: "The Lord of the town government will take us down! This is completely inconsistent with the usual rules! According to common sense, we should also question it. Then make up your mind, why did you act suddenly and not give me a chance to argue?"

Uematsu Yoshitaka, who had just returned home from Kasugayama Castle, obviously had more resentment and annoyance to vent, and said angrily: "I clearly remember that the town government lord comforted my Kiso family, saying that he must get it back for me. One justice. But I don’t want to attack my Kiso family before the lingering sound is over! The town government... No! This Kira Yoshishi is also a perverted villain!"

Chimura Sobe's housekeeping assistant said: "How did Yoshito Kira detect the actions of my Kiso family? Our actions are so secretive that most of the generations don't know it. It's hard to believe that Kira Ninja can keep such a secret If the news is detected, it will be too scary if it is true!"

Shoji Baba, who belonged to the Kiso family, shouted: "We can't wait like this, we must act! Contact the Miyoshi family, the Takeda family, and the Hojo family. Maybe there is a way!"

"The Kiso Valley is located in a remote area surrounded by vast mountains, and the Kira army has blocked it to the extreme. At this time, I am afraid that even the information cannot be transmitted!" Kiso Yoshiyasu could only smile wryly at the young man and said: "This time This situation makes me really not know what to do! How could our Kiso family be like this?"

The so-called misfortune at home probably means that it comes from the sky. In Kiso Yoshiyasu's view, this is an unnecessary misunderstanding. If there is no Ogasawara Dong Xuesai's disturbance, many things will not happen, let alone It got to the point where I had to retaliate for my own reputation, and now I have nothing but regrets.

Yamamura Yoshitoshi's 14-year-old son-in-law Yamamura Yoshihiro said nervously: "If we surrender now, can we get an Andu promise?"

"Impossible! The Kira family won't let us go so easily. Otherwise, they wouldn't do everything possible to give me a name of treason, and I probably won't have a chance." Kiso Yoshima said with a gloomy face: "No matter what, my Kiso family will never give in! Absolutely not!"

No matter how Kiso Yoshisaka persisted, he could not change the situation where there was no way to retreat. The Kiso Valley surrounded by mountains was surrounded on all sides. The defenders in the city were limited and there was no chance of survival through surrender.This forced the Kiso family to choose only one way, the self-defeating cage city.

However, Kiso Yoshizhang still tentatively sent envoys to try to surrender, but how could Ogasawara Changji give him a chance to survive.His third brother Ogasawara Dong Xuesai started this war at the cost of ending his personal career, but in the end he couldn't steal the chicken and made him hate the Kiso family, let alone the order issued by Kira Yoshitoki. Cutting grass and roots does not allow surrender.

In desperation, Kiso Yoshishang gritted his teeth and insisted on not opening the city and not surrendering, because he knew very well that Kirayoshi was going to put him to death. Kiso Yoshishang couldn't figure out why his secret plan was seen through, logically He shouldn't have acted so quickly, but the facts easily defeated his self-confidence, and he was destined to be a disgraceful loser.

Thousands of people besieged Kiso Fukushima Castle. This absurd and bizarre scene lasted for a whole month, until late July when the autumn harvest was not far away. Chang, his reclusive father Yoshiyasu Kiso, and younger brother Yoshitaka Uematsu "committed suicide" by seppuku.

The Kiso clan’s concubine clans, Zhichuan, Senmura, Makino, Atagawa, Furuhata, and Uematsu, all followed their family governors and killed more than 200 males. A few hard-line retainers such as Sanlang Kuro Yamamura and Narai Rokuro Zaemon also died with the master's family. The large room in Fukushima City was filled with the corpses of the martyrs. The scene can really be described as blood flowing into a river and the smell rising to the sky. The Shinano Kiso family became extinct. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)

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