Pillars of the Wu family

The most embarrassing thing for Kira Yoshitoki is that he is very uncomfortable as a fake Ashikaga. No matter how many times the name of the Ashikaga family is used in external statements, the world still calls it the Kira family. The embarrassing situation of the Ashikaga family, perhaps this is the little trick played by Ashikaga Yoshiki back then, deliberately making Yoshinori Kira swallow the bait thrown at him, forcing him into an embarrassing situation where he can't advance but can't retreat.

When I cleared his suspicions and looked at Kirayoshi again, I felt that he was indeed quite difficult. It was thanks to his outstanding ability and extraordinary skills that he was able to get to this point in these years. Among them, it is a bit high to say how much credit the imperial court and the shogunate occupy. Kira Yoshitoshi relied on hard work and countless sweats to get to this point. excusable.

"You're right, I'll leave this matter to Yu!" Jin Wei stood up a long time ago and said to him: "It's not too late, Yu will set off immediately, and try to clear it up for you before summer comes, and then I will do it for you." You held an enthronement ceremony in Kamakura!"

Konoe was also very anxious a long time ago, fearing that the matter would not be discussed well enough to delay his important event, he returned to Kyoto early the next morning on the express boat of Kira's family. Yoshishi Kira was very grateful to this righteous brother for his kindness, and he could even confirm that he It is completely selfless to go back and forth for the shogunate's prosperity. When accusing him, he did not consider the relationship between righteous brothers and in-laws. This kind of impartiality is really rare.

Yoshihiro Kira watched him go, and looked at the blue water stretching to the sky. He was a little dazed, and after a long time he whispered: "I'm sorry, brother! Although I didn't lie to you, I still concealed some facts... General Zheng Yi is Yu is sure to win. No one can stop Yu from getting him! No one can!"

The third day of February.Mochizuki Yoshino gave birth to a son for Kira Yoshitoshi. This was also the first great event of Yonglu's visit to the Ashikaga family in four years. Kira Yoshino regarded it as a good sign for the beginning of the new year. For this reason, he named this little son For Ji Chiyo, which symbolizes bringing good luck to him and his family, taking advantage of the last few days when the ice and snow melted, he spent some quiet days with his wives.

It wasn't until February [-] that information came from the front that Uesugi Terotora had left Hirai Castle.Only then did he break away from Wenrou Township and gather [-] troops to announce his expedition to the Kanto. Also added a new face Yoshikage Nagao.

The five thousand troops did not choose the time-consuming and labor-intensive Mikuni Pass, but diverted to the Shinano Street that Uesugi Terutora walked through, passed through the relatively flat and wide streets of North Shinano and entered Saku County, and then turned to West Ueno to sit in Hirai Castle. This military campaign against the Kanto also specially mobilized hundreds of thousands of stones, grain, and grass from Echigo to gather in Ueno Kingdom. The entire Hirai City looked like a large military station in all directions, and civilians and soldiers were everywhere to maintain order.

Uesugi Terutora dispatched with [-] troops.The Ueno army was not taken away. Nagano Yezheng, Umizumi Hidetsuna, Numata Tanyasu and other Ueno retainers took [-] troops to guard the throat hinterland of Ueno.To ensure the safety of food roads and food supplies, and at this time, with the addition of the [-] main formation of the Kira Army, the Ueno Kingdom has another [-] troops.

Seeing the seemingly endless Kira Army, even the confident Fuma ninjas couldn't help but retreat. They couldn't get close to the Kira Army's camp within 500 meters, because the Kira Ninja near the camp can be described as dense. He is a master of sneak attacks, so he is naturally the most guarded against sneak attacks and the like.

Seeing that there was nothing to be done, Fuma Kotaro immediately retreated with the Fuma ninja. For him, he had already completed the basic task of finding out the number of Kira's army. If he continued to inquire, he would not only lose manpower, but also increase the vigilance of the Kira family. It is certain that the strength of Kira's army is unstoppable, and there is no need to startle the snake and kill people.

There are only two names used by the Kira Army for this Kanto crusade. One is to severely punish Ashikaga Fujimasa, the Miyoshi family who colluded with the shogunate and ruined Kyoto. It can be seen that these two are actually one, and this is to attack Sagami Hojo.

The Hojo Clan was so anxious that he quickly informed Takeda Shingen and Imagawa that he was asking for the support of the Three Kingdoms Alliance. At the same time, he contacted Ashikaga Fujimasa and various Kanto allies to ask them to send troops to fight against the barbaric Kira Army. How many are willing to stand on his side to fight against the mighty Kira Army?

None of them, including the former hardcore Chiba Yinfu and Oda Ujiji who took a lot of benefits from the Hojo family, all the Kanto samurai thought they hadn't seen his distress letter, and some Chinese lords sent the Hojo family away with a few perfunctory words. The envoy, while burning the letter, was still cursing in his heart: "This is just a joke, let us touch the [-] tigers of the Kira Army? We have no enmity with him, whoever touches it is stupid!"

Facts have proved that Oda Ujiji, who is slightly mentally abnormal, has also shown enough IQ. At this time, no one will stand up to support the Hojo family, including the Hojo family's true hard-core ally, Kosho Jun, and the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but these two refused. I still don't forget to give a reason, which is better than those Kanto people who eat nothing and have no conscience.

The Imagawa clan really wanted to help his father-in-law and elder brother-in-law, but unfortunately, since he ordered the killing of the hostages of the people of Mikawa in Suruga, the Imagawa family fell into an unprecedented chaos, killing the addicted Imagawa clan He really pulled the people of Yuanjiang country out to beat him up, but he accidentally listened to Ono Michiyo's slander and executed the lord of Yuanjiang Jingyigu, Ii Naoki.

What happened to the Imagawa clan? He just remembered that this Ii Naoto seems to be a relative of Ii Naotora. He unknowingly abolished the Ii family again and regretted it to death. He simply killed the slanderous Michiyo Ono with his backhand incessantly, and then broke the dirty water to this unlucky ghost, saying that it was his Naoki Ii who poisoned him.

But no matter how he plays, he can't hide the result of the collapse of the Imagawa family by him. At this time, Mikawa's Matsudaira Ieyasu successfully captured Tojo Castle and drove Kira Yoshian to Saijo Castle. The Chinese joined him as a supporter, and took advantage of Imagawa's true self-playing time to extend his tentacles to Yuanjiang Middle School.This also means that the big drama of "Yuanjiang Drama" has officially started.

Matsudaira Ieyasu received a political guarantee from the Cheongju League from Oda Nobunaga.Then put all the power into the war to unify the three rivers.At present, the impact on Enjiang can only be considered partly and not too great. The one who really exerted great pressure on Enjiang and Suruga is actually Takeda Shingen who shrank in Kai.

Takeda Shingen and his son Takeda Yoshinobu had a very stalemate because of the serious confrontation in the direction of housekeeping. Takeda Yoshinobu is the real brother-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto's son-in-law, and he is the leader of the Takeda family who is close to Imagawa. He is very dissatisfied with his father's "good intentions to help" the Imagawa family. He believes that the Triple Alliance is an unbreakable alliance and should not interfere with his own allies.

But his behavior this time not only angered Takeda Shingen.It also completely enraged the already restless family members of the Pudai family. The family members of the Pudai family united together and appealed to Takeda Shingen, hoping to persuade Takeda Yoshinobu to change his mind as soon as possible. If the Takeda family does not expand, there is only a dead end.

Takeda Shingen understands that the entreaties of the Pudai vassals are not simple. It can be seen as a plea or a threat. Maybe this time it is a plea, and the next time it may be a swordsman meeting. When you see their angry expressions, it is already It shows that the conflict between the two parties has developed to the point of irreconcilability, and judging from the current situation, the anger of the family members of the Pu Dynasty is almost reaching the critical point.

As the family governor, he did not make a statement on the spot, and still maintained the majesty and secretive attitude of the family governor. He sighed alone after the family members on behalf of Pu were gone: "You are right. My Takeda family needs to act as soon as possible. Staying in Kai will only lead my Takeda family into decline and turmoil. Only by going out of Kai can we see hope. The main family decided to take advantage of the opportunity when the Hojo family was attacked by the Kira army to attack Suruga, but it would cost Taro !"

Takeda Shingen had already made up his mind to attack his own son, so he suddenly attacked Takeda Yoshinobu when Terutora Uesugi was out in Musashi. The exiled son of Takeda Yoshinobu was also arrested and exiled, and the party that was close to Takeda Yoshinobu was uprooted in just a few days.

Among them is the strong support and active cooperation of the family members of the Pudai generation, because they know that Takeda Shingen is going to send troops to Suruga, and this is something they have been eagerly looking forward to for a long time. If they do not expand, everyone will continue to live in the mountains. This is cruel to the Kai samurai who have seen the colorful world outside the mountains, and his own interests are more important than whether the young master is wronged or not.

Takeda Shingen urgently transferred Suwa Shiro Katsuyori back from Suwa County, and changed his name to Takeda Katsuyori as the successor of the family governor. Takeda Nobushige also rushed back from Suwa County to ask Takeda Shingen to let Taro Yoshinobu go. It is very unreasonable to be arrested and placed under house arrest for inexplicable reasons. Nobushige Takeda did not believe that his nephew would do something rebellious.

"Brother, please listen to me!" Takeda Nobushige pleaded: "Taro is a good boy, he will never betray his elder brother and the Takeda family, I think there must be some misunderstanding, please give Taro a chance to explain."

"My family also knows that Taro may have been wronged, but the group of family members on behalf of the genealogy teamed up to report Taro's rebellion. The evidence is so convincing that the family governor is helpless!" Takeda Shingen could only perfunctory: "Don't worry, Xinfan, Taro must be the son of the family. I won't let him be wronged! It just so happens that my family has a plan and wants to discuss it with you..."

Of course, Nobushige Takeda would not believe what Shingen Takeda said, but he was stopped by heavily guarded samurai outside Toko-ji Temple, and the dignified and powerful disciples couldn't even see Yoshinobu Takeda's face, wandering around for the past few days Sakidate ran around calling for no one who was willing to speak, and his heart was half cold. It was obvious that this was a conspiracy between the family governor and Fudai to betray, but the person who betrayed was changed from his father Nobutora Takeda to his nephew. Takeda Yoshinobu.

Nobushige Takeda has always been famous for his loyalty and unparalleled loyalty, but he was helpless in the face of another betrayal by his brother. If he was still involved in the betrayal of Nobutora Takeda last time, he was just an outsider watching the situation change this time. Unknowingly lowering his bottom line in another betrayal, Nobushige Takeda even had an illusion that maybe his elder brother would be betrayed sooner or later.

Unable to save his nephew and not daring to save his nephew, Takeda Nobushige's frustration is palpable, there is only so much he can do as a member of the genealogy generation.When I proposed to release Takeda Yoshinobu just now.He had already noticed the deep fear in his brother's eyes.The reputation of the commanding soldiers repeatedly blocking Sanada Yutaka has already given him a lot of prestige at home. The relationship between the brothers is already very weak, and the relationship between the two brothers is even more delicate because of power and prestige.

Takeda Shingen took advantage of the opportunity to introduce to him the plan to invade Suruga, which was being perfected, and intentionally let him serve as the first general to command five thousand troops to conquer Suruga. Watching Baba Nobuharu and Sone Masao dismembering the Hundred Wars Army under him, all he was left with was the original team of Takekawa and some of the National Army who had fled from Shinano.

Just when the Hojo clan government issued a request for help, Takeda Shingen also took advantage of the situation to restore the Sagami Hojo clan.Inform him of the incident of exposing the Imagawa family and his son-in-law's plot against the Takeda family, determined to crusade against the incompetent Imagawa clan, and invited the Hojo family to take this opportunity to join him in the Suruga country to share the Suruga Imagawa clan.

When the Hojo clan received the letter written by Takeda Shingen, he almost fainted. He dared to swear to the gods and Buddhas that he had never seen such a brazen family governor who blatantly attacked another hard-core ally, and he was shy. The proposal to share the Suruga Kingdom is simply Hong Guoguo's trampling on the sacred contract of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and it is a blatant provocation to the deep-rooted in-law Suruga Imagawa. This is a slap in the face of Sagami Hojo, Hojo Shizheng's face was bloody and bloody from the paper document.

Hojo Ujiyasu, who lives in seclusion in Odawara Castle and doesn't care about world affairs, is also very angry.He had long noticed that the Takeda family was in a somewhat unstable situation, but he always felt that his precious son-in-law Imagawa could really withstand the pressure.In addition, the deterrent power of the Hojo family was enough to hear the temporary crisis of the Imagawa family, but he did not expect that Kira Yoshishi would attack his Hojo family at the time, and it would be impossible to gather [-] troops in Kanto.

The descendants of the family members of the Hojo family were panic-stricken. They were even more panicked when they heard that Takeda Shingen took advantage of the danger of the Hojo family to attack the allies of the Imagawa family. Only a short distance away, after Takeda Shingen announced his invasion of Suruga, it caused a commotion among the Izu people.

Shigeru Hojo said indignantly, "Takeda Shingen is ambitious! In the past few years, he must have coveted the Imagawa family's territory. This time, taking advantage of the Kira family's army going south to Kanto to seize the Suruga country, our Hojo family must not let Takeda Shingen go!"

"Don't let the villains of the Takeda family go! Letting them attack Suruga will mean the complete collapse of the Three Kingdoms Alliance. The Takeda family's blood loss from Suruga will pose a great threat to the border security of my Hojo family." Boss Matsuda Morihide said: "No matter how hard it is, we must send troops to support the Imagawa family!"

"But the current situation is extremely unfavorable to us. Uesugi Dan is leading an army of [-] into Mitake City, and its southward invasion is clearly revealed. How can we resist the chaos on both sides?" Daoji Masashige was worried. He said: "The Kira family is coming aggressively, and the meaning is self-evident. The allies in the Kanto pretended to be deaf and dumb, and my Hojo family fell into an unprecedented passivity!"

The meaning of Masashige Daidoji is very simple. At this time, the Sagami Hojo family is in an unprecedented crisis. Reluctantly helping Suruga may fall into the deep mud. It is definitely not a good choice to start a war with the Takeda family in Suruga. It is said that all the interests of the Hojo family are in Kanto, and Suruga will be a trouble for them to defeat them. If they fail to defeat them, they will face the crisis that Izu will be directly threatened by the military of the Takeda family.

More importantly, the main force of the Hojo family is afraid to move lightly for a moment, for fear that the elusive Kira Army will kill them from some tricky angle. At this time, helping the Imagawa family is not worth the gain. The governor of the family should focus on the Kira invasion army of Musashi Kingdom.

The Hojo Clan’s face was very ugly. The standpoints and starting points of the family governor and the genealogical retainers were completely different. He also had to admit that what Daodaoji Masashige said was very reasonable, but politics is not a static consideration of interests. What needs to be considered There are influence changes in various aspects such as reputation, morale and trust.

In his opinion, face is even more important than profit. The Takeda family dared to invite him to hunt in Suruga together. This is tantamount to grabbing the Hojo family's face and crushing it against the wall. This is probably the thing that is worse than beating the face. To a certain extent, if the Hojo family chooses to pinch their noses and admit defeat, how can the Hojo clan's political governor convince so many genealogy representatives in the future?

The most important thing about being a family governor is personal prestige and the degree of confidence of his retainers. A family governor with high prestige can be arbitrary and still be convinced by his retainers. A family governor with insufficient prestige is suppressed, puppeted, exiled, or even assassinated by his representatives. There are many tragedies, such as the two tragedies of Kamakura Shogunate Minamoto Yoriie and Minamoto Dynasty far away, and Ashikaga Yoshinaka, Ashikaga Yoshiki, Ashikaga Yoshiharu and many other tragedies nearby.

Even if the general’s family could not keep being exiled and killed by the puppets of their retainers, let alone these low-level daimyos were repeatedly defeated and killed in the turmoil at home, and the Hojo family’s pride was nothing more than the unity of the retainers of Sagami Izu and the three kingdoms of Kosho Jun. The alliance is comparable to the exemplary leadership role of various covenants.

When the Koshojun Three Kingdoms Alliance was facing the crisis of breaking the alliance, the Hojo Clan could not even keep his brother-in-law and in-law cousin, the Imagawa Clan. It was too embarrassing to be forcibly dismembered in front of his allies. The reclusive Hojo Clan attended the evaluation meeting He also spoke: "Takeda Dazenden must be warned not to act rashly, so please send [-] Izu troops to Hadong County to help the Imagawa family! Jiang Xuezhai will go to Junfu to communicate with Imagawa Criminal Department about assistance."

Itabe Okae Sessai stood up and agreed, and the Hojo family's generational family members were also affected by the proposal of the old governor and fell into short-term thinking. Said: "The enemy is at hand, and Yagata ordered the Izu people to go to rescue the Imagawa Punishment Palace. Could it be that..." (to be continued...)