Pillars of the Wu family

Haga Kosada, Minagawa Toshimune, and Minagawa Hirono, who originally supported the Sagami Hojo family, also changed their attitudes and supported Utsunomiya Hirotsuna to send troops. The active brothers Otawara Tsunakiyoshi, Oseki Takasuna, and Fukuhara Shitaka also switched camps and joined the Kira army. Sano Masatsuna's reaction was even faster, leading the [-] troops to his relative Kira Suzuna. After one stop, he looked like a die-hard Kira family supporter.

There are still some people from the Kanto Kingdom who are a little slower to respond, such as Nasu Ziyin of the Shimono Kingdom, Chiba Yinfu of the Shimono Kingdom, Oda Shizhi of the Hitachi Kingdom, and another powerful native of the Hitachi Kingdom. Edo Shigetsu's reaction was not so positive. They are all hardcore supporters of the Hojo family. It would be a bit out of morality if they didn't give a hand when the Hojo family was alive and dead.

Of course, face is mostly just a stepping stone for them to surrender decently. They did not choose this because of their loyalty to their allies, the Hojo family, but because they made a statement slowly and waited until everyone decided to fight Hojo. Opportunity to vote in favor, try to avoid the Hojo clan's government in the future, if they survive the invasion of the Kira army, they will settle accounts with them after autumn.

The so-called "don't put all your eggs in one basket" is not new. Lords, kings and even emperors of all walks of life in ancient and modern China and abroad have interpreted this truth with their actions, but the ancients lacked an inductive summary and did not make this complex political choices into simple and concise sentences.

There is only chaos and killing in the bones of these Kanto people. The so-called loyalty and bravery have been washed away in the Kanto for more than a hundred years of war. The so-called brave and strong warrior genes have died in the war. With chaotic samurai genes such as conspiracy, treachery and betrayal, these Kanto people have lost their integrity very quickly in recent years, and there is no psychological burden at all for doing things like crossing rivers and demolishing bridges.

The people of the Kanto Kingdom thought very well. When Kirayoshi was standing under this big tree, it was a good place to enjoy the shade. It was wonderful to eat meat and drink soup while fighting Hojo.It's just that they didn't find out Kira Yoshitoki's temperament in advance, and the envoys they sent were reprimanded at the Kira Yoshitoki main camp in Kawagoe City and couldn't even lift their heads.

Kira Yoshitoshi's cold eyes swept over the faces of Okamoto Zenzhe, Fang He Gaoding, Oseki Gaozeng and others, and said with a sneer: "Everyone in the world says that the Kanto wall is covered with grass, and the wind blows on both sides. At first, I thought this It’s a slander to the Kanto samurai. Think about how powerful and powerful I was as a Kamakura samurai 300 years ago. My Ashikaga family is all members of the Kamakura shogunate. Make great contributions. Chengjiu's chaos swept the imperial court, and the soldiers who brought up the chaos wiped out the whole country in one fell swoop, so as to establish the world of my Wu family for hundreds of years!

But look at you Kanto warriors, you don't know loyalty, don't know right from wrong, swaying from side to side like the wheat grass in the field, you were the ministers of Ashikaga and Uesugi yesterday, and today you can be the ministers of Hojo. Retainers of the countrymen, where is your loyalty?Where is your warrior dignity?You only have the land in your eyes, why don't you hold the land for a lifetime, what kind of samurai, what kind of samurai, what armor to wear and what kind of sword to kill someone?

Your ancestors once fought for me, Hanoi Genji, and became heroic spirits after death to enjoy the incense and incense in Gaotianyuan. If they know that you have committed such acts of lack of loyalty and shame, they will definitely be ashamed of your actions!You should never go to Gaotianyuan.It is even more impossible for you to have your place in the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss. You have to pay the price for your shameful behavior. After death, you can only go to Huangquan Biliangsaka to suffer the punishment of karma! "[

Kira Yoshitoshi's reprimand made the Kanto warriors present feel ashamed and dumbfounded. Who would have thought that this man would accuse them of infidelity in front of their faces, just like Takeda Shingen passed out after being scolded back then. The old samurai was ashamed and angry and fainted on the spot, which caused the messy scene to highlight the desolate and uneasy scene of the Kanto samurai.

The young samurai couldn't bear the humiliation and was about to hara-kiri.Kicked by Takigawa Tokimashi, Shima Tokatsu, Nagasaka Nobumasa, Watanabe Shouzuna and others, the Taishi who took them away scolded: "You bastards think that committing seppuku can be atonement? Only a coward thinks about dying, and warriors who dare not face the cruel reality are not qualified to inherit the inheritance of their ancestors, let alone bear the prestige and glory bestowed by your Miao characters!"

Relying on their murderous aura and years of fierce fighting power, several young people managed to calm down the somewhat out-of-control scene, but their words could not calm down a few old foxes. The chief adviser of the people of the country.Zenzhe Okamoto must also be tabooed as an outsider. Although the envoys of several other countries are not enough to be suppressed, it is precisely because of the lack of weight that they don't have to worry about affecting their main family.

Fang He Gao Ding suddenly smiled and said: "The Lord of the Town's thought-provoking remarks have refreshed our ears and eyes. We are raising troops this time in response to the Lord of the Town's order. If there is any offense in words or actions, I also ask the Lord of the town government to forgive me for the sake of the vulgar behavior of the country people like me."

"The Lord of the Township loves and hates my Kanto warriors! We and the Kanto warriors do have all kinds of unsatisfactory things, some of which are due to historical reasons and some are due to our own reasons. In short, we are still very happy. I am grateful for the teachings of the Lord of the Town, and the original intention of going out to the Kanto this time is also to respond to the orders of the Lord of the Town. The reason why I neglected it is really a last resort! My master’s family, Nasu, hesitated to repair the Doctor’s Hall, so..."

Oseki Kozeng still did not forget to offer his lord Nasu Ziyin’s slander to Kira Yoshishi at the end, so disregarding the great virtues and disadvantages made Kira’s genealogies shake their heads, and Ben Dashi said displeasedly: What Oseki Misakushou said is wrong. Even if you make a mistake in repairing the palace, you are still the governor of the Nasu family. Slandering the master's family is a big taboo in my samurai family. It is better not to mention this in the future! "

"Hehe, what Honda taught me is..." Oseki Gao Zeng bowed his head in a silent apology, taking this opportunity to quietly suppress the anger and dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Although his movements were ingenious, he couldn't fool the high-spirited Hakata who was sitting next to him. He knew very well Oseki Takazen's domineering and vicious temperament, and looked back at Kira's retainer group who didn't notice it. , thinking about how to make use of Ozeki Kozeng's anger to make a fuss.

When the diplomatic envoys from various countries in the Kanto retreated one by one, Kira Yoshihito snorted angrily: "These cunning people are evil-minded people! As expected, they fell under the support of the Kamizuo Ashikaga family, but who will give you?" The courage to seize the territory under Yu's nose? When Yu issued the Kanto crusade order, everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb, and when he saw Yu defeating the Beitiao Army, he jumped out to snatch food. What audacity!"

Langgang Tanfang shook his feather fan and said: "Although these people from the Kanto Kingdom have their own ulterior motives, they should still be trusted and reused according to the best! It's just that I still found something unusual from the performance just now. People in Lu Kingdom have different attitudes toward His Highness Gongfang, for example, the Satomi and Chiba clans just sent an unknown retainer as an envoy.

Although Hitachi Satake sent Okamoto Zenzhe, a famous diplomatic monk in Kanto, this eminent monk maintained a taciturn and perfunctory attitude from beginning to end. In contrast, the Utsunomiya and Nasu clans of Shimono To be more important.Fang He Gao Ding and Oseki Gao Zeng are also the principals of the family, but the attitude of these two people is very ambiguous, which may be a difficult problem to deal with. "

Hosokawa Fujitaka, who was in charge of survey and appointment, joined the army.He asked his brother-in-law: "Does the house of tallow mean that the people of the Guandong Kingdom don't take His Highness Gongfang's reprimand at all?"

"That's right! It's a completely disapproving attitude!" Ben Duoshi was nodding his head firmly, squinting his eyes and smiling as if he was a good man who was harmed by humans and animals, but in fact he tried his best to hide the cold light in his eyes: "I have heard that the great Guan Meizuo's rampant domineering in Nasu's house is quite arrogant, and the family governor Nasu repairs the palace is strongly dissatisfied, so he has the vicious idea of ​​abolishing the establishment of the family governor, so I just deliberately spied on Oseki Misaku with words, and sure enough. Out of the narrow mind of Misaku Shou."

Takikawa Shiyi curled his lips and said, "Is that the smiling tiger just now? That guy kept his head down for a long time, and the subject almost mistakenly thought that there was something wrong with his body!"

"Keijiro is still so unreasonable!" Shima Tokatsu shrugged with a smile.Yan said: "Didn't you notice that guy deliberately concealed the anger in his eyes just now? I, Shi Sheng, saw him clenched his fists tightly! And the eyeballs of that Fang He and Iga Shouden kept rolling , should be thinking about how to use this little contradiction to profit from it!" [

Takikawa Tokimasuke coughed in a funny way, and said with a very lamenting expression: "Hey! Playing tricks in front of the samurai with the best eyesight in my Kamiso Ashikaga family... It really is a suicide attempt! I Shi Yi can only mourn in silence for the two, I wonder if His Highness Gongfang will deal with these two warriors?"

Yoshihiro Kira waved his folding fan to cover his cheeks, and said with cold eyes, "I'm not in a hurry for now. I've always been not afraid of the Chinese people with ulterior motives. These Kanto people want to play tricks, let them do it, and when Yu arrives Let's see if they can leak the sky, there is always a chance to deal with them slowly!"

Yoshishi Kira's first meeting with the people of the Kanto Kingdom ended in a hurry when they were completely seen through, not to mention the other envoys from the country who left in panic, just Fanghe Gaoding and Oseki Gaozeng thought they had a plan His little tricks have long been seen through, and playing tricks in front of a group of conspirators is as ludicrous as playing with a big ax in front of Lu Ban's door.On the contrary, Okamoto Zenzhe's silent and ambiguous attitude aroused the vigilance of some retainers.

Chinese samurai constantly popping up from all over the Kanto quickly swelled this national coalition to more than 15, just like the Kanto Astronomical Rebellion ten years ago or the Heyue Night Battle [-] years ago. There are hundreds of forces, large and small, who have formed various names, just like the "Lang Party" in the Genpei era. This kind of people represents the overall strength of the Kanto Samurai Group.

Times are different and backgrounds are different. The powerful Umi-Ashikaga family does not need to call on the people of the Kanto Kingdom to unite and fight under his command. Of course, Kira Yoshishishi did not have the name of calling them. His call had nothing to do with Kira Yoshishi. They came to grab land, food and women, not to be loyal to the Kamiso Ashikaga family. They never said they would be loyal to him from the beginning to the end.

The so-called Guandong people are more like organized bandits and bandits. The "Sanguang Policy" implemented in Musashi country is still hated by the people of Musashi and Xiasuo. It doesn't matter whether you are a submissive warrior or a pauper, as long as they find out that it is their property, even if you are a submissive warrior who dares to resist, you will be killed mercilessly.

Just because of their bad behavior, how many young samurai families were taken away by this group of brutal bandits, and how many families were broken by their invasion, so when they gathered again to face Hojo in Xiasuo country When the leader launched an attack, there was strong resistance from the Hojo family.The Chiba clan, the Yuki clan, the Hara clan, the Takashiro clan and other Chinese people who have already belonged to the Kira family also secretly provided intelligence, food, grass, and military support for the rebellious Xiasuo people.

If there are traitors inside, it is doomed that the offensive of the Kanto people's coalition forces will be wiped out. In addition, Ashikaga Fujimasa of the Furukawa Imperial Palace, with the help of Matsunagatsu, successfully blackmailed Harusuke Kota and asked him to order the people of the Kanto country to stop attacking and resist this Kanto immediately. The allied forces of the Chinese people have shaken the Chinese people in the neighboring countries such as Xiasuo, Hitachi, and Xiaye. Most of the small Chinese lords still recognize this Guandong Gongfang very much.At this moment, the government has ordered them to dare to attack Xia Suoguo.

The Satomi family in Shangso Kingdom also encountered strong resistance from the Hojo army staying in Kururi Castle. The Kururi Castle guarded by [-] defenders became the first line of defense for the Hojo family to resist the counterattack of the people of Fangso Peninsula.After storming Kururi Castle for more than a month, he still couldn't get enough soldiers and food. Yoshihiro Satomi tried to raid Kururi Castle through a secret passage buried in the castle, but in the end, dozens of elite warriors died in vain before he discovered the Fuma ninja of the Hojo family. The public had already investigated the inside and outside of the city clearly.

Apart from the fact that the Hojo Army defended by Kururi Castle is a tough one, the Satomi family successively took back several branch cities in Shangshou, finally reversed their strategic defensive posture and took advantage of the situation to bring the morale of the Satomi Army back to normal. The center of gravity of the Hojo Army shifted from Musashi Country to Odawara Castle’s defensive network. The Fangso Peninsula across the sea once again became the support point of the Hojo Family. At one time, he pushed back the Satomi family who had just started to improve.

It is not surprising that the intermittent weakness caused by the lack of organization of the Kanto people is not surprising.If they could unite and fight against the Hojo family, they would not have been beaten up in the Kawagoe night battle 15 years ago and suffered heavy casualties. A counterexample where you will fall from where you get up.

Yoshitoki Kira did not give them any support or preferential treatment, and he did not intend to let them participate in the upcoming siege of Odawara. In another time and space, Uesugi Kenshin invited the people of the Kanto Kingdom to fight in Odawara because of insufficient troops.As a result, the shortcomings of his own lack of strength were exposed. Not long after a siege that was doomed to be fruitless, the old fox Hojo Shiyasu boldly mobilized the people of the Kanto Kingdom to fight against the Uesugi family, thus successfully beating the Uesugi family. On the land of Kanto, they played again and again.

In the long tug-of-war, it has entered the early summer unknowingly. The hot weather makes the samurai who are used to the cooler climate of Echigo somewhat uncomfortable. Not afraid of a war of attrition.Hojo Clan Yao in Xiaoji City showed some signs of being unable to hold on.

Terotora Uesugi, who had an army of more than [-], was not in a hurry to attack the city at all costs. The low-intensity harassment war that lasted for more than two months gradually showed a trend of day and night. Asking for help, Odawara Castle immediately dispatched [-] troops to rescue Hojo Shiyao, but was easily defeated by Uesugi Terutora with [-] cavalry. If it hadn't been for the interference and obstruction of Fuma Ninja and Sagami Suijun in Tama River, this army would have become Kira Jun has a plate of Chinese food.

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In the early summer, Kyoto is cool. This war-torn ancient capital is rapidly rejuvenated under the support and reconstruction of the world's famous names. Many dilapidated historic sites in Ukyo are still working hard to repair, and displaced people can always be seen in the streets and alleys. The monks sat cross-legged in front of the ruins and chanted scriptures.

The razed monasteries can be rebuilt, but the deep-rooted war wounds cannot be erased. Seeing a few shabby young monks standing beside the master in a daze, the passing pedestrians and business travelers can only He clasped his hands together and saluted respectfully to these outsiders, and then lamented that the world is hard and the heart is old, and he left in a hurry.

In the monasteries resident in Kyoto, there are no monks who can’t help but drink and eat meat. The Three Converts and the Five Precepts must be strictly observed without any carelessness. Some monasteries with strict rules have only a dozen monks practicing in them, and the rules are so strict that only a few During the month, I accept visits from pilgrims, and I only rely on the vegetables grown in the monastery's fields in exchange for some food to satisfy my hunger.

For example, this is the case with Xifang Temple, which was revived in the hands of Ashikaga Yoshiki. It is said that this temple was established in the Tenping period (729 AD) of the Nara era. .In the early days of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the eminent monk of the Linji Sect, Meng Yushi Zhongxing, who was known as the "Emperor of the Seven Dynasties", was revived. Although it is not as famous as Wushan, it is also a rare and quiet place.

Xifang Temple is a pure practice temple. It only opens its gates to welcome pilgrims every year in spring and summer when it is hard to cash in. Many pilgrims came to the door rashly, fearing that they would be persuaded to come back without even thinking about approaching the mountain gate.

The rules for entering the monastery are also very big. You have to attend the morning class of the monks when you enter the monastery in the morning.And copy the "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra" before entering the temple to pay homage to the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and have a fast meal at noon and listen to monks' lectures in the afternoon to answer questions.Relying on the climax of knowledge and wisdom to resolve the uneasiness and confusion in the hearts of believers, it is somewhat similar to the confession room of Western religions.

On this day, Jinwei Xianzi came to this Xifang Temple with a group of attendants and maids. Her face was pale and her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had just cried. She listened to the explanations of several eminent monks in the temple and did not move for a long time. Several eminent monks sighed He clasped his hands together and saluted: "Nv Tanyue's complexion is dull and gloomy, and her heart is stagnant. She must be suffering from a severe deficiency and cold disease. Her eyes are sad and her eyes are reddish, and her heart disease can be healed. Forgive the old monk for what she is asking for! "

The attendant serving outside the hall took out a bag of gold and handed it to the Zhike monk, and tapped on the door to remind the speaker inside.Kenko Konoe put on the veiled cap and resumed Furuibo's posture, and after a long while sighed quietly: "I have heard the name of Xifang Temple that can solve doubts for a long time, and I just barged in without regard to etiquette, but I didn't want to see you. The eminent monk can do anything, which really disappoints me!"

The head seat of Xifang Temple was an old monk with white eyebrows. He clasped his hands together and said apologetically, "Daughter Tanyue has a heart disease. The old monk really can't cure it. We monks who are born and practiced never lie. The son died within a hundred days and the symptoms were extremely serious. It's dangerous and treacherous, an outsider like the old monk can do nothing!"

Jinwei Xianzi nodded noncommittally, then titheed and got up and left. When the group left, he heard the white-browed old monk sigh: "Kyoto is about to fall into a dispute between right and wrong again! Please close the gate of the temple as soon as possible." , Strict monks go in and out of the mountain gate, and the pilgrims who are scheduled to visit should present the manuscript "Diamond Sutra" to express their apologies!"

The skinny old monk sitting next to the white-browed old monk folded his hands together and sighed: "Your Highness Gongfang is really ill-fated! My son-in-law died strangely within a hundred days after he was born. It is also involved in a deep and unfathomable conspiracy. It's really not suitable for people to participate, but how can we repay His Royal Highness for taking us wandering monks and achieving the kindness of revitalizing the mountain gate?"

The white-browed old monk was silent for a while, and said, "I can only light an ever-burning lamp for His Royal Highness, and bless this nobleman to be safe and healthy."

Not long before Konoe returned to Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshiki's son Teruwakamaru, who was born less than a hundred days old, died strangely. It is said that when Teruwakamaru died, his whole body was bruised and purple. Konoe Kenko learned that his son died. He passed out on the spot, and Ashikaga Yoshiki was also stimulated so madly that he pulled out Onimaru Kunizun and killed several maids with small surnames in a row.

After hearing the news, the samurai of the shogunate who rushed over were forced to fight back by the swordsman with superb swordsmanship. If it weren't for the tacit cooperation of more than a dozen people, they did not seek merit but procrastinated, and Ashikaga Yoshiki fell into a state of madness and slashed entirely by instinct. , I'm afraid that these shogunate warriors will be killed one by one by him.

It is a big deal for the general to go crazy. After hearing the news, the samurai group surrounded Ashikaga Yoshiki, worried that His Highness the General would really go crazy like this, and it would really be over, so Qu Naose Michizo anxiously urged the samurai When restraining His Highness the General, Ashikaga Yoshiki's daughter cried out in fright, and only then brought the mad General back to his senses.

Although the person regained consciousness, how could the psychological trauma be easily erased? Ashikaga Yoshiki's usual aggressive aura suddenly weakened a lot, like an ordinary father who lost his son who he had worked so hard to raise for many years, sitting in the Buddhist temple all day long. Tang Li didn't know whether he was in a daze or just stared blankly.

The result of Qu Naose Michizo's diagnosis was that the general Shizi Teruwakamaru was killed by poison. Afterwards, the samurai of the shogunate inspected the Nijo Imperial Palace and found the medicine bag and some scattered tools for the crime. They confirmed that the perpetrator was the witch who claimed to be Izumo A country. The shogunate immediately sealed off the Seven Ports of Kyoto to carry out the big search, but how could it be possible to catch the layman Guoxin who is good at changing his voice and disguise?

The search lasted less than half a month and was forced to stop under protests from all walks of life in Kyoto. Although the businessmen and townspeople were shocked and saddened by the bizarre killing of the general’s son, the normal operation of Kyoto as a commercial center cannot be delayed by the search for a long time. What's more, the shogunate has only a few hundred people in the search. It is really a drop in the bucket to find someone in Kyoto, which has a permanent population of more than 20 and nearly double the floating population.

As the shogun's Imperial Palace, Konoe Hyunko was under a lot of pressure. Even the Qingshouyuan where her aunt had shaved her hair and became a nun blamed her for not taking good care of the child, but she couldn't explain and refute it. A maid had already been cut in two by his mad husband, and the dead could not continue to be held accountable, so only the child's biological mother could bear the blame of the aunt and mother-in-law.

Under such tremendous pressure, Konoe Xianzi rushed to the doctor in a hurry to find Xifang Temple to find a way to save her husband from the predicament, but relying on the skills of these monks from other places to help her is completely irrelevant. Even if she knew the result subconsciously, she still tried it retrospectively. This is the only thing she can do as the mother of the child and the general's wife.

It took only half a day for the news that the general went mad and recovered spread throughout Kyoto. After learning that the general was stimulated and his spirit was severely injured, the emperor who lived in Ouchi was also very worried. The son held a water and land ceremony, and several priests from the Kamo Shrine diagnosed and treated His Royal Highness, and confirmed that His Royal Highness was possessed by the evil in hell, and it took 81 days to drive out the evil.

For a while, the city was full of turmoil, and people were discussing how to treat His Highness Gongfang's illness. Some enlightened businessmen and cultural people also held banquets day and night to discuss the adverse impact of His Highness Gongfang's illness on the shogunate. The idle cultural people are compiling their new stories again, and the evil that has accumulated under the capital for thousands of years is quietly spreading in the capital, destroying Abe Seimei's French seal in the capital, and releasing the ultimate demon king Naraku in hell.