Pillars of the Wu family

Kira Yoshitoshi did not intend to give the Hojo family a chance to beg for peace at all, but pretended to be contemplating for a moment, but actually laughed secretly at the Hojo family's delaying tactics. There is absolutely no need for him to cooperate with the Hojo family's strategy.

Musashi Kingdom and Sagami Kingdom were not the hereditary territories of the Hojo family from beginning to end. The destruction of Ogiya Uesugi’s family by the Hojo family meant that these two countries had no rulers in name. It was the first tactic Kira Yoshishi used to deal with the Hojo family. The invasion without legal power was not recognized by the shogunate, so he could take the opportunity to use his means to seize it for his own use.

Before that, his ambition for Musashi Kingdom was revealed almost undisguisedly. For this reason, he did not hesitate to use killing as a threat and immigration as a means to insist on a great shift in Musashi Kingdom, and he did not even worry that these scattered villagers would not He will make a fuss in Echigo, and he doesn't care how much public security hazards and bad effects it will cause to Echigo. The only thing he wants to do is to swallow Musashi Kingdom in one gulp and digest it in the fastest way. A good way is to migrate immigrants to complete a big change of blood.

The significance of the annexation of Musashi is self-evident. He wants to establish the core position of the Kanto government as the radiation area centered on the Musashi Kingdom. Looking back at the Kanto with this political purpose, you will find that the Sagami Kingdom and the Hojo Clan on the Unicom Tokaido seem to be It is very eye-catching, this family has produced heroes from generation to generation, all of them are capable, but they still have the dream of dominating Kanto, and they have been working hard for this dream.

As a young man with ambition, ambition, strategy and means, Kira Yoshishi also harbored the dream of dominating Kanto, but the interpretation of the former and the latter is different.Hojo Shiyasu, the former governor of the Hojo family, aimed at the Kanto governor.And Yoshitoki Kira aimed at the Kanto government.

One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins, and it is stronger than the Ashikaga family who are both big and smart. Even Hojo Ujiyasu has extraordinary abilities and a group of genealogy retainers are conscientious and meticulous. They have the excellent ability to blow up all the people in the Kanto in terms of internal affairs, and the perfection of the law. It is more than [-] streets of people in the Kanto country, but it is still much worse than the rapid development in Echigo during Kirayoshi.

This gap cannot be made up by a few more famous generals or tens of thousands of troops. Due to the lack of a broader vision due to the limitations of the times, the Sagami Hojo family fell behind the upper Ashikaga clan in terms of politics, economy, military and even systems.This made the Hojo family suddenly discover that the enemy who was originally stronger than him was actually an illusion, and the gap between the two sides had gradually widened to a level that could be crushed as early as these years of changes.

Kira Yoshishi must not let the Hojo family be happy as the lord of Sagami. This is very different from the treatment of the Kai Takeda family. After all, Kamakura, the capital of the samurai in the Sagami country, has the Miura Peninsula or the Tōkaidō. The road, and Kai is just a poor mountain ditch and a group of poor samurai with bad temper.

I tried my best to deal with a difficult Takeda family, and the last spoils I got was just a poor ravine, and the pay and harvest were completely out of proportion. The reason for sending troops to Kanto to fight the Hojo clan was to compete for the dominance of Kanto, snatch the Musashi Kingdom and The ownership of more neighboring countries.In the process, it is inevitable that there will be violent conflicts with the Hojo family. Since it is already a hostile relationship, there is no problem of second offense.

Therefore, Kira Yoshitoki can let it go for the time being and has completely given up the interests of the Shinano country.Kai Takeda, who currently only has potential conflicts of interests, can't easily let go of Sagami Hojo, who is currently in a serious conflict of interests, because he doesn't want to commit the stupid thing of killing a snake without dying, and of course this one can also be substituted To Kai Takeda, Settsu Miyoshi and many other samurai.

"Your Majesty Huan'an's meaning is probably clear to me, but Yu's recent schedule is relatively tight..." Ji Liangyi looked a little embarrassed.

Chaoshan Richeng immediately understood and said: "Then the poor monk will lead His Royal Highness Gongfang to tell the story!"

Bentashi said: "I think that the Sagami Hojo clan was originally the family elder of the Imagawa clan. He was ordered by the shogunate to enter the Izu country to quell the chaos. He was originally a loyal minister of the shogunate. It's just that the Hojo clan left the shogunate like a wild horse. In recent years, he has repeatedly violated the order of the shogunate and invaded the Kanto samurai family in the country of Sagami, and his behavior seriously violates the order of the shogunate and should be punished."

"His Royal Highness, under the order of the shogunate, entered the Eastern Kingdom to fight against the disasters and chaos in various places. It aims to restore the peace and stability of the Kanto, urge the people of all countries to respect the shogunate, and unite under the banner of my Ashikaga family to fight against the rebellious officials and thieves. The Hojo family is precisely the samurai who committed the most crimes and should be included in the crusade sequence..."

Namioka Tanbo paused for a moment and said: "However, the Hojo family is a minister supported by the shogunate after all, and there is still a certain degree of particularity. It is better to let him withdraw from Sagami and return to the Izu country. His Royal Highness can give the Hojo family Izu a country's ability to stop. "

"This strategy is wonderful! Let's implement it!" Yoshitoki Kira said with a smile: "I believe Hojo Sagami Shouden will understand Yu's painstaking efforts."

The Kanto warriors here all understand that this extremely harsh opinion is absolutely impossible for the Hojo clan to accept. Yoshitoki Kira showed that he would never accept the Hojo clan’s compromise attitude. I just want to beat you to death with a sap Any chance to breathe, if you don't want to, you can come and beat me!

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In June, the climate in Kai is humid and hot. The Kamana River and Fuefuki River, which have not changed for thousands of years, will step on the time to erupt floods in summer. Facing the pressure of survival, the farmers in Kai are forced to keep on guard on the embankment day and night, constantly accumulating earth and rocks, causing frequent flooding Flood disasters are the biggest enemy of Kai. Every breach of the embankment will cause heavy losses to the Kai Basin. Frequent natural disasters are also the reason why the Kai warriors are eager to get rid of them.

Ever since Kai Takeda's successive failures in Shinano were handed over to the Kami-Ashikaga family, the momentum of the Takeda family has taken a turn for the worse in the past few years. Challenging the authority of Takeda Shingen, the family governor, but in private, the discord between the genealogy family members is getting deeper and deeper, and all the hardcore genealogy generations of Takeda Shingen have been questioned.The indirect pressure on Takeda Shingen made him very uncomfortable.

It is not difficult to understand the reason why it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant and difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.But most people are mortals who eat five grains after all.Neither a sage nor an eminent monk always faces many unavoidable problems. In the distribution of real benefits, he will inevitably fall into the difficulties encountered by ordinary people. For example, the original [-] stones are now reduced to [-] stones. In the past few years, Nuan has often had to eat the last meal without the next meal. Does it show that the family governor is not very good at making his family members suffer hardships?

Under this kind of pressure, Takeda Shingen was forced to make changes. When Xiang Bei was fooled by the tyrannical and domineering Kirayoshi in the continuous losses of Shinano, it forced Takeda Shingen to go south to bully his in-laws, the Suruga Imagawa clan. , but the problem is that his precious son Takeda Yoshinobu is against it no matter whether he goes north or south.Takeda Shingen gradually realized that the son-in-law he had worked so hard to cultivate turned out to be a stumbling block for him. One can imagine his complicated and annoyed mood at that time.

In particular, Takeda Yoshinobu’s wife is Imagawa Yoshimoto’s direct daughter. In terms of the relationship between Takeda Yoshinobu and Imagawa Shishin or brother-in-law and brother-in-law, the marriage relationship between the two families is also concluded by Anayama Nobu, one of Takeda’s two mountains. As an intermediary, Jun went through the needles, and such a complicated network of relationships has penetrated into the Takeda family, causing great psychological pressure on Takeda Shingen.

Imprisoning Takeda Yoshinobu and dealing with the "remnant party" is only the first step. Dealing with these people is only a preliminary unification of voices at home. More importantly, it is to suppress the Anayama clan of Takeda's two mountain system. Takeda Shingen has sent several envoys to investigate whether Anayama clan is involved In the incident of Takeda Yoshinobu's rebellion, and following the Takeda Yoshinobu's rebellion incident, Oyamada and Anayama were strictly ordered to hand over the affidavit immediately.

Anayama Xinjun knew at a glance that the governor was dissatisfied with his attitude at both ends of the head.What he expected was indeed correct. At the beginning of June, the investigative samurai of the Takeda family suddenly said that Hiko Shinka Anayama was a major suspect.It is very likely that he was involved in the conspiracy involved in the Takeda Yoshinobu rebellion incident. This Anayama Hikohachiro Shinka is not the existence of a cat or a dog, but the younger brother of Anayama Mutsu Shouxin-kun, the leader of Hanoi.

The samurai of the Takeda family suddenly accused the Anayama family of being involved in the rebellion, and immediately ordered the Anayama family to hand over the conspirator Hikohachiro Shinka, Anayama Nobukun also knew that his younger brother was not involved in the so-called rebellion at all, and even the rebellion itself was nothing at all. There is no excuse for using a man-made conspiracy to arrest people. This is really a crime.

The reason for dealing with the Anayama family is nothing more than because their family has been close to Imagawa for a long time, because the Hanoi Territory is located at the junction of the southwestern part of the Kai country and Suruga country. He was soon retaliated by Takeda Nobutora and came back to kill the governor of the Anayama family, but Liangzi inevitably became more and more deeply connected, so that the family called relatives were actually old enemies.

For a period of time after the Takeda Yoshinobu rebellion incident, Anayama Nobukun always maintained an ambiguous wait-and-see attitude and still angered Takeda Shingen. At this time, Takeda Shingen was not something that Anayama Shinkun could resist at all, especially Takeda Shingen had already When sending the vanguard troops into the Suruga country, Nobukun Anayama was very worried that if he didn't open his eyes, he would be wiped out by the Takeda army passing by.

The genealogists of the Takeda family are in a hurry to grab the land and goods. If Nobukun Anayama dares to rebel, it will definitely attract a siege from Kai warriors. Anyway, these genealogists are basically involved in dealing with the rebellion of "Takeda Yoshinobu" During the incident, as an accomplice in the conspiracy, he naturally rejected all the retainers who did not participate in the conspiracy. Takeda Shingen took advantage of the success of this conspiracy to hold the entire genealogical retainer group hostage to regain his position as the family governor.

The so-called solidarity is a high sense of identity through common experiences, whether it is common interests, common experiences or common ambitions, they are the same. In a sense, complicity or accomplices are also the resonance of similar experiences. Only with this resonance can we have a sense of identity And the so-called foundation of unity, and then giving more benefits to the conspiracy to maintain this unity for a long time. This is what Takeda Shingen did to establish a stable rule for nearly 20 years 20 years ago. Now he just puts all this aside again.

Anayama Nobukun was afraid of Takeda Shingen from the bottom of his heart, so he had no choice but to hand over his younger brother Anayama Nobuka reluctantly. Anayama Hikohachirou Shinka committed suicide shortly after being confined in Nobuyama Kuon Temple, and Anayama Nobukun was so frightened that he could not sleep at night Hastily wrote many affidavits and sent them to the Yashizaki Pavilion on a fast horse, repeatedly expressing that his loyalty to Takeda Shingen can be learned from the sun and the moon, and he did not hesitate to say a bunch of flattery that would never be mentioned in the past to save his life. Stay safe.

There is a lesson from the past.Nobushige Koyamada, who was also shot while lying down, was also forced to bow his head and write affidavits one after another.And after Anayama Xinjun expressed his enthusiasm for sending troops and food.Said that he is also willing to take the lead in the invasion of Suruga in the main line of the Takeda army. With the guarantee of these two people, Takeda Shingen's control over Kai will be further consolidated.

You must know that in the past, these two families have always been outsiders. Taking advantage of their large territory, they often used the incompetence of the county commander to make things difficult for the Takeda family. This big problem is sorted out, and the purpose of improving the centripetal force within the Kai country is also achieved by the way. Of course, how many hidden dangers it will bring in the long run cannot be controlled for the time being.

Even more bizarre things happened soon, the day after Nobuka Anayama of Kuonji committed suicide.Takeda Yoshinobu, who was confined in Tokoji Temple, also suddenly killed himself, and ended his short life journey of only 24 years with his death. No matter how many conspiracies and tricks there are in it, it means that the Kai Takeda family will completely change.

The influence of Takeda Yoshinobu’s rebellion did not end because of this. The return of Takeda Yoshinobu’s wife, Imagawa Rishoin, to Suruga represented the breaking of the covenant between the Takeda clan and the Imagawa clan, and the return to the Takeda family sequence. Shiro Katsuyori regained the right to use the Miao character Takeda, and was promoted from a member of the country in Suwa County to the position of the second-term governor of the Takeda family. For a while, his cold stove suddenly became hot.

Takeda Nobushige, stationed far away in Hanoi County, received the official order to go into battle, and the five thousand troops invaded the Suruga country with lightning speed. The army followed and entered the Suruga country.For a time, the main force of the Takeda Army gathered more than [-] people.

Takeda Shingen's strategy is not as good as Mori Motojiu's, and his scheming is worse than that of Matsunaga Hideo.It is even more difficult to match the two with the lower wrist, so when Takeda Shingen's main formation was deployed in the inner room, a penetrating ninja army composed of a hundred or so people easily bypassed the surveillance of the Imagawa army. Successfully crossed the border of Jiajun country and entered the heartland of Suruga country.

The first task they were given was to fan the flames and create an atmosphere of panic and chaos in Suruga. After several reorganizations, the ninjas gradually found out a more mature and secretive intelligence tactic. This team of more than a hundred people was soon dispersed in the Suruga country. In the castle towns of the main cities, various rumors were made about the crisis encountered by the Imagawa family.

It is rumored that Takeda Shingen's plan to go out this time was supported by Yoshitoki Kira. He will lead all the troops in the Kai Kingdom with about [-] main forces to invade the Suruga Kingdom. They were always attacking the Imagawa family, and some good-natured people even vividly expressed how the Takeda army was approaching the city, and the first lineup I encountered was the main force of the famous Takeda Stable Palace.

Within a few days, these rumors fermented into even more terrifying rumors, and even most of the lower-level samurai in Junfu believed it to be true, and the lower-level townspeople became even more agitated, and then a terrible rumor spread that the samurai of Kai lived in the The mountains and fields are rude, brutal, cruel and easy to kill. If they are allowed to enter Junfu City, they will inevitably rob the townspeople according to the old practice, and even capture the rebels and sell them to the deep mountains for mining.

Stimulated by such rumors, on July [-]th, townsfolk appeared one after another with their families, pushing flatbed carts and carrying their belongings to leave Junfu for refuge. Mr. Imagawa really laughed at these uninformed townspeople when he heard the news. Bewildered by such rumors, he didn't take this small thing that couldn't smile anymore to heart at all.

In the morning of the next day, the speed of rumors went up several notches. Gradually, more and more residents fled with their families. Many townspeople moved out of Junfu City with their families. Merchants were also affected by the war. Selling cheap goods closed shops, and even pawned their own houses to run away.

At this time, Imagawa really sensed that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the concentric people of the Junfu to go out and catch the rumor spreaders. It took a lot of effort to catch a group of small fish and shrimp, but it was useless. The real big fish was hidden behind He had already hid in an unknown place to observe the situation secretly.

After a surprise interrogation, he realized that he was doing useless work, so the Imagawa clan ordered the samurai to post notices in the most conspicuous places in the towns: "Kai Takeda Shingen is greedy for the rich and beautiful water and soil of the East China Sea. , and this time tore up the oath of the Three Kingdoms Alliance and arbitrarily invaded Suruga with an unjust army. His vicious heart is well known to the world. The rumors that have been spread recently are all rumors that cannot be trusted or spread without authorization. From now on, there will be no unauthorized departure from Suruga The people of the government will be punished by the concentric people."

The townspeople of Junfu were blocked from leaving, but this piece of paper could not help him get rid of the plight of the Imagawa family, let alone deter the frightened people who were crumbling like a strong wind, and penetrated the purpose of the rumors released by the ninjas. It has been basically achieved. After all, they are just some ninja soldiers doing intelligence work. As long as the citizens of Junfu Town fall into a state of anxiety, the primary purpose of this operation has been completed.

After Imagawa Shima issued a blockade order restricting leaving the country, on July [-], the residents of Junfu Town who had no time to escape began to complain about the unreasonable king. Although those rumors were banned from spreading, their influence was not reduced by half.Gradually, the townspeople also began to believe that these rumors were true, and gradually there were some voices of distrust of Imagawa Shima himself and the Imagawa vassal group among the townspeople. The samurai showed varying degrees of confusion and wavering.

That afternoon, a certain town in Junfu suddenly caught fire. Although the small fire was quickly extinguished, it was probably just a small accident, but as the rumors fermented, it quickly turned into a terrible hint, making The panic-stricken people's hearts fell into a deeper shake, and soon there were troublemakers walking around. Someone from the Takeda family secretly sneaked into Junfu to wait for an opportunity to destroy it, claiming that there must be a fire tonight.The main force of the Takeda Army has already appeared within the borders of Suruga.

Rumors are flying all over the sky and there are more and more participants. The reason why the law does not blame the public is that the number of participants reaches a certain level.Further punishment has become a complete departure from a certain class, which forces the Imagawa family to dare not use strong means to impose punishment, and is always hesitant and unsure how to deal with it better.

The weakness of the ruler proves from the other side the incompetence of the Imagawa family as an advanced ruler, causing the rumors to spread at a geometrical speed. At this time, the Imagawa family was really shocked when they received the news. Annoyed at the death of his good brother-in-law Kira Yoshiyasu, he ordered Motobu Okabe to lead an army of [-] troops to attack Mikawa Matsudaira Ieyasu. Bringing [-] troops to the door.

This made Imagawa very anxious. Seeing his younger sister, Lingsongin, who was sent back at the same time, crying and complaining to him, saying that her father-in-law Takeda Shingen's various vicious behaviors towards his own son Takeda Yoshinobu, the Imagawa family was angry. Trembling all over, Zhen kept cursing Takeda Shingen, the vicious warrior who attacked his son, to die.

At the same time, two brother-in-laws in the west and north were killed at the same time. The brother-in-law Kira Yoshian of Mikawa was killed by Matsudaira Ieyasu, a traitor of the Imagawa family. The brother-in-law of Kai country, Takeda Yoshinobu, was killed by the vicious tiger Takeda Shingen. Everyone said tiger poison Even if he doesn't eat his son, his Kai's tiger is really more vicious than a vicious tiger, which is a bit like Niyu Tai Tiao Masako's meaning of doing whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

The two evils are the lesser, Imagawa really has to weigh the two hatreds that have the greatest impact on him, and finally weigh the pros and cons and feel that the invasion of the Takeda army in front of him is more dangerous, so he immediately stopped Okabe Motonobu to go to Mikawa The main force of the country's army turned around and went north to assist Suruga's main force to pinch the main force of Takeda's army.

And the Imagawa family of Junfu sent another [-] troops. The elder of the Pu Dai family, An Yuan An Fangshou Zhongyin served as the general to meet the invading Takeda army. Therefore, Taiyuan Xuezhai is an uncle, his own ability can only be described as ordinary, whether he is high or low, he does not have too many brilliant performances, and the Imagawa clan really uses him more because of his trust in Taiyuan Xuezhai's fellow clan Heavy.

Such behavior is logically reasonable, but as the governor of the Suruga Imagawa family, he blindly used his emotions in the appointment of the commander of the first army, and decided on the general general who was related to the prosperity and decline of luck based on his personal preferences. It is a very dangerous move to choose a samurai who does not have the talent of a general general or even an excellent general. This will neither convince the talented samurai nor lead the Imagawa army to win the war.

The dissent within the Imagawa army did not really take the Imagawa family seriously. He didn't even know that a group of samurai preparing to rebel had appeared in the Imagawa retainer regiment. Years of successive losses of soldiers and generals can't even maintain the land, which makes some speculators use their brains to plan to pack up and sell their master's house for a good price.

In this invisible crisis, the main force of the Takeda Army had arrived at Suruga State, Anhara-gun Yuiguchi's inner chamber just before Anhara Tadone set off. The military force was assembled into a [-]-strong army and set up a formation at Satsuo Pass, posing a confrontational posture that no matter whether you rushed over or not, I would never take the initiative to attack. (To be continued..)