Pillars of the Wu family

The news came from Kinai at the beginning of July. The head of Ishiyama Honganji Temple Honganji made a positive response. With the strong support of Yoshitoki Kira, he quickly issued a decree ordering Nagashima Ichiko to move eastward, and secretly ordered Mikawa Sanji to secretly provoke Matsudaira retainers. Provocateurs come to the door, taking the opportunity to make the Matsudaira family find fault first.

The nature of this outbreak in Mikawa is completely different from the small-scale turmoil in history. It was not that Matsudaira Ieyasu hit the door with a hot head to provoke public outrage, but that this tortoise who was good at camouflage provoked Kira Yoshi, who should not have been provoked. , who was carefully planned by him himself and handed over to Honganji Xianru for execution.

The riot happened at the moment when Matsudaira Ieyasu gathered his army near the border of Enjiang, Sanhe Sanji, Honjoji, Shanggongji, and Shengmanji got the decree of Honganji Xianru to secretly prepare for savings, and it really didn't work. Kira ninja secretly instigated a farce, which completely kicked off the prelude to Mikawa's constant struggle.

On a dark and stormy night, a young samurai who had a conflict with his master and committed murder escaped into Honjoji Temple to take refuge. After hearing the news, the leader of the Aoyama Clan of Mikawa came and took the lead. , led a hundred soldiers to surround Benzheng Temple and forcibly extort the criminal.

This kind of internal strife happens almost every year. Usually, as long as Honjoji is accommodating, the criminal will be released and handed over to the Matsudaira family. Sarcasm said that they have the privilege of guarding the envoys, and the Songping family has no right to inquire about any personnel in the temple, and even the temple leaders are not allowed to enter.

Qingshan Zhongmen didn't expect that he would encounter a hard nail in Honjoji Temple, and it was a bit embarrassing to be taught a strict lesson, so he threatened on the spot as long as the criminal was not handed over.Their Matsudaira Army has been surrounding the Honjo Temple until you teach people.The seemingly arrogant and domineering rhetoric is actually not too much.The Matsudaira family samurai also felt that this was a tacit agreement that you, Honjoji, broke first.

However, the Yixiang sect believers of Honjoji Temple don’t think so. The previous similar problems were caused by the high-level executives of both sides secretly detaining people in the temple and handing them over to the Songping family through the back door. On the surface, they still maintained a relatively independent and decent image. Zong's believers don't know that the so-called guardian invulnerability is an empty shell.

Facing the tough attitude of the Matsudaira family, there is no need for Honjoji to try to find faults and get angry. There are ready-made reasons in front of him that can be used. Mikawa Ichizong followers spontaneously gathered around the Honjoji Temple to resist the capture of the Matsudaira family. The military posture of the criminal showed that he was determined to protect the murderer in order to defend the territorial rights from being violated.

Qingshan Zhongmen, as the envoy for this arrest, was actually very anxious. He had been dealing with criminal cases in a good manner, but somehow he got stuck at the Honjoji Temple.He sent a samurai to try to communicate with Honjoji, but they were turned back. He was full of resentment and cursed that the Sanhe Yixiangzong was simply lawless. In the past two hours, there is still no sign of compromise.

Under the secret instigation of the Honjoji Kongo Oath, the angry Ichizo followers clashed fiercely with the warriors of the Matsudaira family. The warriors of the Matsudaira family feared the influence of the local believers and did not dare to confront directly, and considering that most of the warriors in the Matsudaira family It was always a believer in the sect, and the leading warriors ordered the soldiers to restrain their force, and retreated all the way back with symbolic pushing and shoving.

Originally, if this quarrel continued, there wouldn't be too much trouble, but how could Benzheng Temple Kongshi miss this good weather opportunity.Secretly inciting some young and impulsive believers to besiege the Matsudaira warriors, they picked up stones and sticks and shouted "Namo Amitabha", and suddenly rushed out to beat the Matsudaira army.The monks huddled in the back immediately yelled, and immediately the restless believers rushed up, causing several unsuspecting Matsudaira warriors to be besieged and killed on the spot.

People's blind obedience broke out completely at this moment. Many believers didn't understand why the Songping army was besieged. They just passively chanted slogans and followed the team to beat and trample them. He didn't even get up, and this completely angered all the soldiers of the Matsudaira Army. The Matsudaira family warriors were furious and drew their swords and hacked at the provocative believers. Such a bloody incident broke out suddenly amidst pushing and shoving.

The number of innocent believers who were hacked to death on the spot amounted to more than [-] people, and then more than [-] people died of serious injuries, and as many as [-] people were slightly injured. It seems that they did not expect that they would be so resolute against the Matsudaira family, and the garrison army that ruled Okazaki Castle hurriedly came to the rescue.

After several inquiries, the reason for this was found out. At this time, the deadly feud between the two sides had quietly forged. Ishikawa Shuzheng couldn't blame Aoyama Tadamon for his carelessness, so he could only hurriedly withdraw to Okazaki Castle with his army for emergency consultation. , On the same night, Benzheng Temple convened the monks and disciples of Shanggong Temple and Shengman Temple to discuss matters related to the uprising. The three temples agreed to gather believers to raise troops on July [-].

The county secretary is not allowed to enter, also known as the guardian envoy not to enter. Matsudaira Ieyasu's father, Matsudaira Hirochu, personally granted the privilege of not entering the county secretary of Sanhe Sanji. It is necessary to be attached to the Imagawa family to be a lackey. The different historical conditions have turned the expedient measure at that time into the current cancer.

With the sudden rise of Matsudaira Ieyasu, the Matsudaira family has become stronger and more tough on Sanhe Sanji. The laws introduced in recent years seem to have weakened the territorial power of various temples. From the perspective of Sanhe Sanji itself, this is an expression of ingratitude. If It wasn't for the support of their three major monasteries. In the just-concluded Xisanhe invasion, the Matsudaira family had no chance to defeat the Mikawa Kira family who vigorously rejected the Ichiko sect.

Just after the reunification of the Mikawa Kingdom, it took action against the former allies. From the perspective of Mikawa Sanji, this was a bad act of taking up ladders to cross the river and demolishing bridges. The decree of the law, the Master personally told them that there is strong support from Ji Liangyishi behind it, so that they can do it with confidence and boldness without worrying about getting things out of control. It is best to take this opportunity to turn Sanhe into a "Buddhist Kingdom on Earth" .

The small abacus of Honganji Temple just fits the appetite of Sanhe Sanji. The empty oath of Honganji Temple is the grandson of the eighth dharma master Lianru. A common family like him is probably a fart in the eyes of the clan. Not even a little guy.If you can take this opportunity to mix with Kaga Ichikomune's heyday power.Honganji Kong swore that his life was worth it.

Under the influence of this law.Mikawa Ichiko swarmed up in just a few days, and then about [-] soldiers from Nagashima Ichiko came across the sea to support Mikawa Izumozong against Matsudaira Ieyasu. attack in the name of the privilege of self-government.

The former Mikawa Kira family survivors of Ximihe took advantage of the situation to rebel, and under the banner of avenging Kira Mikawashou, they followed Yiyikui and the crowd flocked. In the blink of an eye, more than half of the people in Bihai County, Ertian County, Bando County, and Treasure County became agitated. Believers of Yiyiyikui flocked in all directions, and Sanhe Yiyijikui turned to a more intense direction.

Masaki Sakai, the lord of Saijo Castle who had just arrived in office, was surrounded by tens of thousands of people.Sakai Masaki, who hadn't been affected by Ichikui's changes at all before, was blocked, caught off guard by thousands of Ichikui people who broke through the city gate and entered Honmaru. The army was repelled.

Only at this time did the warriors of the Matsudaira family find that it was becoming more and more incomprehensible. They seemed to be rapidly expanding at an unimaginable speed, quickly sweeping away all the Matsudaira family forces in the county and capturing several castles next to Honjoji Temple in one fell swoop. Kiyoyasu Matsudaira's younger brother, Nobuichi Matsudaira, who is currently the governor of the Fujii Matsudaira family, was kicked out of his home and fled in embarrassment.

Masaki Sakai was also forced to abandon the city and flee on the third day of the siege. In a blink of an eye, Bihai County and Bando County were completely under the control of the Ichikui Army. Matsudaira Ieyasu, who was on the front line, heard the news and hurriedly transferred his army back to suppress the rebellion. At this time, Ichikui's army was growing at an astonishing rate, and many generals in the army under Ieyasu Matsudaira's army gradually separated from the main force and rebelled.

And this army is gathering at an unimaginable speed.Unity announced outside the Honjoji Temple that they would form Mikawa Juichikui and agreed to expel the tyrannical Matsudaira Ieyasu to restore the stability of Mikawa, announcing that the turmoil had changed from a relatively simple Ichikui to a conscious rebellion with political demands.

The Matsudaira family of the Sakurai Matsudaira family.Masahisa Matsudaira of the Okusa Matsudaira family, Suzumasa Ishikawa's father, Yasuo Ishikawa, the lord of Ogawajo Castle, the Sakai family has a strong family Sakai Zuemon Shigekatsu, the original genealogy of the old Sakai Shokan Tadasaka, Natsume Jirozaemon Yoshinobu, Sakakibara Yasomasa Uncle Osuga Goro Zaemon Yoshitaka, Sakakibara Yasumasa's direct brother Sakakibara Kiyomasa, Naito Yajiemon Kiyocho, Torii Mototada's younger brother Torii Tadahiro, Hachiya Hannojo Sadaji, Takagi Chikugo Mamoru Hironaga , Sakai Superintendent Zhongxian, and Kuze Sanshirō Hironobu successively expressed their firm attitude towards rebellion.

The grandson of Saigo Lai Si, who was defeated by Matsudaira Qingyasu, and the governor of the Okusa Matsudaira family, Matsudaira Masahisa, served as the banner head of Kikuichi. Later, Okazaki Castle was seized by the Anxiang Matsudaira family of the clan and forced to move to Dacao Township and changed to Dacao Matsudaira family.

This family is the same as the Sakurai Matsudaira family. It is Matsudaira Ieyasu who is known as the main family with rebellion and hatred. Therefore, when Matsudaira Masahisa saw that Matsudaira Ieyasu was in crisis, he stood on the side of Mikawa Sanji and participated in Kikuichi Kui's struggle without hesitation. In the process of founding, he devoted himself to the cause of rebellion without hesitation. His purpose was not only to capture Okazaki Castle, but also hoped to further seize the family handle of the head family and become the overlord of Mikawa.

It doesn't matter whether these samurai are fighting for their beliefs or for their positions. In short, they are the main force that has firmly separated from the Matsudaira Army, making Matsudaira Ieyasu's main force rapidly decline from 4000 to [-] to [-] people, which is even more annoying. The most important thing is that the people of Dongsanhe Kingdom who mainly believed in Caodong sect did not belong to the sphere of influence of Sanhe Sansi, and the people of Dongsanhe Kingdom also left the Songping Army one after another at this time.

Many members of the Mikata clan of the Yama family in Higashimikawa, including the Suzuki, Tominaga, and Atomi clans, quickly left the Matsudaira Ieyasu army, which reduced the main force of the Matsudaira army to less than 3000 in the blink of an eye. The remaining army is also in danger of losing morale and fighting spirit, and the samurai family of the Matsudaira family is shaken.

In Okazaki Castle, Matsudaira Ieyasu looked at the sparse group of family members and found that there were still many vacant seats and no one sat down. It's really a big loss that the family business has just seen signs of improvement and provoked this incident, and forced him to give up his plan to enter Yuanjiang.

Glancing at the silent family members of the family with their heads lowered in silence, Matsudaira Ieyasu smiled wryly and said, "I never thought that I, Sanhe Kingdom, would be able to produce Kikuichikui. My family, Ieyasu, asked himself that being diligent and caring for the people is considered lenient to the middle school samurai family. But why did it cause trouble?" What kind of catastrophe has befallen my Matsudaira family? What should my family do!"

"My lord! Let me, Heihachiro, lead an army of [-] to attack these rebellious Kikuichiku people! I wish to guarantee with my life that the success will be immediate!" Honda Tadakatsu's loud voice is very recognizable.He had a fiery temper at a young age.It is a confidant and attendant trained by Ieyasu Matsudaira for many years.

Just like another dwarf Masaaki Iifu, who is only 1.3 meters tall, Tadakatsu Honda is less than 1.4 meters tall. It seems that he will always become a dwarf with a loud voice. Whether he can surpass Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who grew up in poverty and hunger as a child, is still a huge question. Kinoshita Hideyoshi is 1.4 meters [-] anyway.

Hirodaka Honda also stood up to fight for the vanguard, and the stagnant atmosphere in the hall gradually became active. Tadashi Sakai said, "Master Mingjian. Today, the Mikawa investigation is ahead. My Matsudaira family should strengthen our military equipment and recruit more soldiers for military use. Okazaki The army in the city adds up to more than [-] people, which is really not enough to wipe out Ju Yikui's rebellious party."

Matsudaira Ieyasu felt the same way about this proposal. Without military strength, it is impossible to fight against the arrogant Kikuichikui. Ishikawa Iecheng said: "I have another word, please ask for help from Oda Danseiden in Owari Kingdom as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble for us." There are some Nagashima Ichikui believers with ulterior motives in Kikuichikui in Mikawa Kingdom, and the Ichikui who cannot expel these villains will spread to Owari Kingdom sooner or later, and Oda Dan Masatada must understand the importance of this."

The atmosphere in the Daguang room gradually turned to a normal atmosphere.However, some samurai whose relatives and friends were involved in Kikuichi remained silent, including Okei Matsudaira, Ishikawa Kazumasa and other samurai who remained silent.They knew very well that the crisis of the Matsudaira family was far from easy as imagined, and it was very likely that they would donate themselves if they handled it carelessly.

Matsudaira Ieyasu tried his best to maintain a normal expression, but every time he swept across the empty seats in the hall, raging anger rose uncontrollably. In his heart, it seemed that there was a flame burning his nerves continuously. This flame was both angry and angry. Panicked and fearful, even if none of the warriors present mentioned that person, he knew very well that the influence of that person always existed.

"No! It didn't exist all the time, but he led all of this! Only his leadership can affect the turmoil in Sanhe. In his eyes, my Songping family is an outsider in Sanhe..." Songping Ieyasu sighed secretly: "Why is it so difficult? Why can't my family take over the Owari country as easily as Senior Brother Sanfa, and why do they face such cruel targets just because they accidentally killed Yoshiya Kira?"

He knew that Kikuichi was created by the survivors of the Kira family. Yoshihiro Arakawa, the younger brother of Mojihiro Kira of the former Kira family of Tojo, respected his nephew Wanzhumaru as the new generation of Mikawa Mori, and expressed that he would assist this The young grand-nephew retakes the lost territory, as well as a head of the Mikawa Kira family.

Nishio Yoshiji also left the Oda family at this time and returned to Mikawa Kingdom. He was originally the biological son of Kira Mochihiro, the former governor of the Tojo Kira family, and his mother was the sister of the majestic and famous governor of the Matsudaira family. Because of the death of his uncle Matsudaira Kiyoyasu in the forest landslide, the upper and lower Kira gradually moved toward harmony under the shadow of the Imagawa invasion.

Kira Chihiro of the Shimokira family welcomed Manjumaru, the son of Yoshiyao Kira of the Kamikira family, as the successor of the family governor, and sent his own son to Owari Oda Nobuhide as a hostage in exchange for the rescue of the Oda family. The old governor of the Mikawa Kira family, Yoshiya Kira, and Yoshiji Nishio returned to Mikawa to see if he had a chance to take over the Mikawa Kira family.

It's just that he was a step too late. Kira Mantakemaru followed his mother Imakawa Tsuruhime to Musashi Kingdom. Nishio Yoshiji knew that the unmasked leader of the family, Kirayoshi, was a very powerful samurai, so he immediately gave up. The battle for the governor of the Mikawa Kira family was replaced by the suppression of his uncle Yoshihiro Arakawa, who had monopolized power.

The explosion of Kiku Ikkui had a huge impact on the people of Mikawa, especially when many people of Mikawa discovered the influence of Kira Yoshitoshi, which made Kiku Ikkui's expansion speed increase at a geometric rate, which further strengthened Mikawa's ancestry. Nao Ichikui's belief, Ise Nagashima Ganshoji's head Ganshoji certifies that Ma Laitan is the general of Ise Nagashima Ichikui's generals, leading [-] powerful Ichikui troops across the sea into the Nishimi River on Hattori Tomosada's boat join the war.

Honganji Xianru even issued a decree, calling on the Ichikui believers of Tokaido to go to the Mikawa Kingdom to participate in the victory, which made Kikuichi's total force instantly expand to [-] people.Masahisa Matsudaira immediately ordered Shigekatsu Sakai and Sadaji Hachiya to lead the [-]-kikui army to attack Fukaya Castle as the vanguard generals.Then the Matsudaira family ordered Takagi Hiromasa and Sakai Tadaken to lead the [-]-one-kikui army to launch an attack on Tongzhen Castle.Several members of the Songping family were hit hard one after another, and the situation was very critical.

Kikuichikui's army gradually appeared around Okazaki Castle, scaring the residents of Okazaki Castle Town three times a day, and many rumors unfavorable to the Matsudaira family spread, such as Matsudaira Tibetans killing Kira Mikawa Shoumanmen to anger the gods and Buddhas, The catastrophe was specially sent down to punish the Matsudaira family for their endless crimes, and some people said that it was the evil spirit of Kira Mikawa Shou who was causing trouble.

All kinds of strange rumors made the atmosphere in Okazaki Castle very strange. Every time the samurai of the Matsudaira family walked out of Okazaki Castle, they would stare at the strange eyes of the townspeople.As if what heinous and bad things they had done, some warriors who were more vulnerable were stared at and dared not leave the city.

Although the Matsudaira family's genealogy retainers group didn't talk much, many retainers couldn't help complaining in private that they shouldn't have led the attack on Saijo in the first place. Keep it right, why bother to force the whole family to ruin, it would be good to offend Kira Yoshishito to death now, the Matsudaira family doesn't even have a chance to stand up now.

Honda Tadakatsu and Honda Hiroshitaka each led a small-scale battle with Kikuichi Kui near the abandoned Anxiang Castle with 200 troops. Take away a large number of Mikawa Samurai today.Among them, there are more than [-] knights on horseback, which can definitely be called luxurious configuration.

Most of Kikuichi's army on the opposite side are peasants who only have bamboo spears or even hoes. Some young peasants wearing worn-out armor seem to be descendants of veterans who have fought in battle.This level of chaotic army quickly collapsed under the assault of the two Honda brothers, but the Kikuichikui army who came later was obviously much more elite. The general is none other than Sakakihara Kiyomasa.

The two Honda brothers obviously knew Qingzheng Sakakibara, and they scolded him as a traitor against the master as soon as they met, which simply tarnished the reputation of loyalty and bravery of the Sakakihara family. Putting up a formation to resist the attack of Matsudaira's army, Honda Zhongsheng saw that he dared to put on a stance to fight together, and in a rage he shot and killed him.

Honda Tadakatsu's spear skills are very good. Killing three peasant soldiers in a row cut a gap in the front line of Sakakibara Qingzheng. At this moment, Takagi Hiromasa, Sakai Tadakashi and more reinforcements who came later appeared. Seeing that something was wrong, Honda Hiroshi rushed over and pulled the murderous Honda Tadakatsu to escape.

Qingzheng Sakakibara joined forces with Hiromasa Takagi, Tadaken Sakai and others to gather more than [-] people, and they clung to the two brothers Honda tightly, chasing and killing [-] of the Matsudaira elite soldiers who had fallen behind. Ashgaru, he didn't stop the pursuit until he reached the vicinity of Okazaki Castle. Honda Tadakatsu looked at his brother Honda Hiroko with an ugly face, knowing that this joint battle of winning first and then losing was a loss after all. .

Matsudaira Ieyasu was very helpless when he learned that the two proud generals suffered a big loss, especially when he learned that the opposite general was a powerful retainer in the past, and he was even more depressed after chasing his colleagues to kill him, because Gang Qicheng is located in the southwest of Ertian County, on the plain on the north bank of the Yahagi River. Walled cities in all directions can attack this city.

Because there is no shelter and the Yahagi River passes by nearby, every move of Okazaki Castle can be easily monitored, which forces the main force of the Matsudaira Army to dare not go out of the city to fight easily, because once Matsudaira Ieyasu leaves the city and runs in any direction It is very likely that an army from another direction will attack and kill them, and they may lose their home city.

Ieyasu Matsudaira also considered coming over to lure the snake out of the hole, pretending to send troops and then turning back to catch him by surprise, but this time his enemy was Kikuichi Kui who had a large number of samurai from the Matsudaira family tree, many of whom had followed Ieyasu Matsudaira for many years. Knowing Matsudaira Ieyasu's way of using troops, once the plan to seize the city is launched, it is very likely that his own side will join forces and not give him the slightest retreat.

Not daring to fight means that he cannot recover from the disadvantage. All the hopes of Matsudaira Ieyasu are pinned on Oda Nobunaga, and he prays that his elder brother can send troops to support him as soon as possible. Influenced, he still dutifully came to Qingzhou City to ask for help.

Dozens of warriors sat obediently in the large hall of Qingzhou City, and the person kneeling in the center was Shi Chuan, the envoy of the Songping family, who bowed respectfully and said, "Mingjian from the main hall, my lord and Tan The main hall was a close friend when I was young, so my Matsudaira family and the Oda family have just formed an alliance...

It’s just that there has been a lot of chaos in Mikawa recently. Mikawa Issouzu gathered the remnants of the Mikawa Kira family to form Kikuichi, and the Nagashima Issouzu was also involved in the incident. Many genealogy family members betrayed my Matsudaira family because of their beliefs, causing my master to suffer. The defenders of Okazaki City were unable to quell the chaos, so the special mission came to Qingzhou City for help. "

Oda Nobunaga was already 28 years old at this time. As the ruler of the Owari Kingdom, there are many extraordinary features in recent years. The most obvious change is that he has two beards on his mouth and a neatly trimmed beard on his chin, coupled with his tea-whisk hair that soars to the sky like a broom, and his otherworldly demeanor is quite overwhelming. mean.

Patiently listening to Ishikawa Suzuki's opening remarks as if the old lady was wrapping her feet, she paused for a while as if she was seriously thinking about the meaning of the words, and then slowly said: "So that's it! My family also heard about Mikawa. How could it be such an unbearable mess! This family was really surprised, please ask Hoki Shou to explain it on your behalf."

"Yes! I will know everything and talk endlessly..." Ishikawa Suzumasa was overjoyed. As a diplomatic envoy, he knew that as long as the other party was willing to listen to you, it was a good start to talk about things, so in front of many officials of the Oda family In front of him, he explained all the difficulties encountered by the Matsudaira family in detail.

Oda Nobunaga nodded from time to time while listening. In fact, his eyes were looking at the movements of the vassals. Many pedigrees experienced emotional ups and downs following Ishikawa Susho's explanation. Nervous, most of these samurai are young samurai, the lack of experience and self-cultivation is not enough to see, while another part of the samurai does not seem to care about this matter, such people are usually soy sauce samurai who have no sense of existence.

The last one is what he cares about the most, that is the samurai who listen carefully and show contemplative expressions from time to time, Niwa Nagahide and Hashiba Hideyoshi are the best performers, Shibata Katsuie, Sasa Narumasa and Maeda Toshiie are slightly worse I am also thinking hard, but I still can't figure out the mystery for the time being. (To be continued..)