Pillars of the Wu family

Takamizu Temple Castle, Shiba County, the heartland of Mutsu Kingdom, was originally the residence of the Oshu Shiba clan for generations, and there is also Shiwa Kannao's Zhihe Imperial Palace in the city. At this moment, this city is the camp of the Oshu Crusade Army, and outside the city are stationed people from the Kanto region. , 1 troops from all over Mutsu and [-] warriors conscripted gathered here. The huge army stationed here brought a lot of inconvenience to the samurai in the city. In the imperial palace, even going out for a walk to exercise your muscles and bones has to find a way by yourself.

As a relatively weak Chinese lord in the middle of the land, the construction level of Gaoshui Temple Castle is not as good as that of Haizu Castle in Shinano Kingdom. The narrow and cramped castle is sparse and backward. One is clean and tidy, and the black clothes smeared on the face are so dirty that the original color cannot be seen. From a distance, it seems that every townsman I meet on the street looks similar.

The Echigo samurai were very unhappy when they first came here. It was inconvenient to go to the impoverished countryside after living a good life. Not to mention that there was no shochu in the tavern, even the sake that was usually enshrined in the shrine. Some townspeople brewed very nasty turbid wine, which was still in limited supply, and a search of the castle town could not find enough alcohol for 4 people to drink for a meal.

There is nothing to drink, and it is not good to eat. Only samurai can enjoy rice, pickled radish and big root and miso soup. Farmers and soldiers only have brown rice rice balls with pickled radish. After half a month of eating pickled radishes, the warriors complained that they couldn't live through this day, and they couldn't really return to the bitter days of more than ten years ago.

Kosui Temple Castle is so poor that travelers who have just arrived here may not be able to connect this small ruined castle with the legendary residence of the Oshu Spo family.The current Oshu is like the Echigo Kingdom before Ashikaga Yoshihiro turned to the East Kingdom more than ten years ago.A series of adjectives such as poverty, stubbornness and paranoia can be used on them.Kosui Temple Castle is not an excellent city, and Mutsu Country is not a rich land.

Since the beginning of summer, the battle of Oshu has become more and more intense. Uesugi Terotora led an army of [-] troops to fight against Haruma in the southern part of Mitohe Castle. It became [-]. The heyday of the military capacity made the people of Oshu tremble, and it also chilled Nanbu Qingzheng, who was huddled in Sanhe Castle.

Kanedaichi Castle, three kilometers away from Minohe Castle, is where Uesugi Kenshin's headquarters is located. Hojo Tsunari, still in uniform, beat the desk with a horsewhip.Said: "His Royal Highness's imperial teacher urged us to destroy the Nanfang family as soon as possible. The endless war and the coming heavy snow are extremely unfavorable to us. We must make a decision early."

Yuuki Qingchao said: "The battle of Oshu has really dragged on for too long. It's time to end this endless siege as soon as possible. If it doesn't take more than a month, I still have to return to the tutelary mansion and wait until next spring when the flowers bloom. We have to re-siege the city again, and if there is no effect in three to five months, another year will pass, and the siege of the city year after year is not an option."

Fang He Gaoding glanced at a group of Oshu warriors sitting upright in the corner of the evaluation room: "It can't be said that there is no effect at all! At least the lord of Kunohe Castle Kunohe Sakon will supervise the administration, Kunohe Mikin, and Oura Castle lord Oura You Jingliang Weixin, the lord of Yihu City, the chief assistant of the Ministry of War, the Qihu Jiaguo of Qihucheng, the chief of Kuyincheng Kuyinqing, and other samurai families have already surrendered."

"The Nanfang Dashan doctor is ignorant, trying to use his family to fight against the majesty of His Highness Gongfang. This is the way to die! We, the Oshu warriors, have always been grateful to the shogunate. Fortunately, today we saw tens of thousands of tigers in the Guanling Palace, Let us be more determined to obey the orders of His Royal Highness." Dapu Weixin has an extraordinary appearance at a young age.He generously admitted that he surrendered only after seeing the strength of Guandong Gongfang. The naked weak obeyed the strong mentality, and he did not forget to add a few high-sounding words as a cover.

Oseki Takazeng smiled and said: "You Jingliang's words are wrong! His Royal Highness is not only strong in soldiers and horses, but also has the power to rule and pass in the Kanto. The samurai of the Eastern Kingdom, whether it is Hokuriku Kanto or Izuha Mutsu, must Unconditional obedience, Nanbu Dazenden's intention to segregate Hokuriku conflicts with His Highness Gongfang, the crusade against Nanbu Clan is because Nanbu Dazenden refuses to obey orders, not because His Highness Gongfang is strong and strong and deliberately bullying the Oshu warriors."

"So that's it, I've been taught." Dapu Weixin nodded happily, but it's a pity that all the samurai present are well aware of his little cunning tricks, and Dapu Weixin is probably in his heart. It's just a disapproving smile, the Austrian people don't believe in loyalty in their bones, and the reason is caused by history.

The people of Oshu, especially the people in the northern part of Mutsu, have always had a very thin sense of identity with the shogunate. The family members of the Nanbu family are almost the remnants of the Southern Dynasty. They followed the prince of the Southern Dynasty to overthrow the Kamakura Shogunate, and then followed Nitta Yoshisada and Kitabata. The Takaya family attacked the Ashikaga Takashi, and Guan Yu disturbed and followed the Kira Sada family to fight against several major stewards sent by the shogunate.

It can be said that the fundamental purpose of the Muromachi shogunate sending the Nihon Matsubata clan, the Sibon Matsushibashi clan, the Oshu Shipo clan, the Osaki clan, and his branch Mogami clan successively was to appease the group of remnants of the Southern Dynasties in the Umutsu Kingdom, such as the present The Nanbu clan we dealt with has been harboring the Langgang Beibata family of the remaining party of the Southern Dynasty. Another example is the Hachinohe clan among the relatives of the Nanfang clan, whose name was changed to Nitta clan.

It’s just such a group of people who don’t have much respect for the shogunate. Shangluojian Gongfang is just a samurai who spends money to buy a name. Talking about those names is completely useless. It’s better to frighten them with a fist as big as a sand bowl. , If you are not afraid, you will be scared, if you do not understand the rules, you will be beaten if you understand the rules. It is very violent but also very effective.

The Nangang Kitabata family is an authentic bandit leader of the remnant party of the Southern Dynasty. The court officials still wanted to give them a few idle positions to appease this remnant party and stop making trouble. When things broke out, Namioka Guyun was assassinated by his uncle Namioka Konobu, and his younger brother Namioka Tan Fan killed his uncle Namioka Konobu in revenge.

The family's pedigree retainers drew their swords and killed each other happily. Just like Nizi Haruhisa's handling of the Shingu party caused the decline of the Nizi family, the Nanangoka Kitabata family also declined in this incident. Fortunately, there was another member of the Langoka family who died early. Leave the house and create your own.That is Lieutenant General Namioka Shoubo, the three counselors right-hand guards.

At this moment, Nanangoka Tanfan was also sitting in the assessment room.Beside him is his 13-year-old nephew Langgang Sapura.The children listened carefully to the conversations of the adult warriors with their eyes wide open. For the young house governor who was still inexperienced in Yuanfu just now, it would be a very good training opportunity to participate in several evaluations of this scale.

Satake Yoshishige snorted coldly and said: "Nanfang Dashandian is obsessed with obsession, consciously defending Sanhu City until it snows will have a chance of winning, but he doesn't know that today is not the same as in the past. The powerful artillery can blast open the Otemon Gate of Mitohe Castle in just three or two blows, and he will have no chance to surrender by then."

Hear him mention his proud cannon.The people of Oshu country showed two completely different expressions. Many of the people of Minamiuku country were close to the shogunate, and they were severely repaired by Ashikaga Yoshitoki. Especially when they attacked Ishinomaki Castle Kasai Harunobu a few years ago, many people of Oshu country saw it with their own eyes. Seeing the flames and smoke spouting from the large sailing ship, it destroyed Minamilutsu's famous strong city in a few strokes.

The people of Hokuri Austria don't seem to believe his bragging, but they don't believe it and dare not say it. In the past two years, the arrogant Echigo samurai and Kanto samurai have used the Oshu Hirano as their racecourse, leading tens of thousands of cavalry Rampage on their territory, but the news of the rebels came like a swarm of sharks smelling blood, and the unbelieving samurai would either become dead bones in the grave.Or just scold them a few words before retreating into the city while they are not paying attention.

In fact, the people of Mutsu country have been scared by the Kanto Ashikaga family for a long time, and Nanbu Haruma seems to have surrendered, but Ashikaga Yoshishiki is unwilling to let him surrender safely.Zhixing had to hand over half of the land before he was allowed to surrender. The reason for beating him was very high-sounding. The Kwantung government did not attend the inauguration ceremony. The teacher's refusal attitude has already violated the rules and regulations of a samurai, and it deserves bad luck to beat you.

Of course, these reasons could not make Nambu Haruma and a generation of people feel confidant. Their defense letters were delivered one after another to the distant Edo Castle and further Kyoto, in an attempt to bypass the Kanto government and invite Ashikaga Yoshiki. Asking to mediate in exchange for peace, this kind of smart move made Ashikaga Yoshitoki very angry.

When Ashikaga Yoshiki is not afraid of his complaint letter, even if Nambu Haruma's complaint letter is sent to the Nijo Imperial Palace, it will not have much effect. Ashikaga Yoshiki is worried about Ashikaga Yoshiki, don't jump out to make trouble, and the defense of Kyoto depends on Sakamoto The deterrent power of Miyoshi made Miyoshi's family dare not act rashly, so how could they fall out with him at this juncture.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki was very disgusted with this kind of smart samurai, and when he learned that he was suing everywhere, he issued an imperial edict to Kanto Yuo, to the effect that the Nanbu Harumi, a native of Ozhou, had repeatedly disrespected the public, and the Kanto General’s House had reason to suspect He was guilty of rebellion, so he specially ordered the Utsunomiya family to transfer the title to Luzhong to replace the former leader of the southern family of Luzhong.

This tactic is called drawing salary from the bottom of the pot. What the Nanfang Clan is proud of is the right to control the land in Sanhu in Luzhong for more than 300 years. Since he is disobedient, he will take away the land of Sanhu and replace it with someone else. That's what it means, the rewards need to be exchanged by the public, and the heavens will not drop the rewards into their mouths.

This is like long-term workers who receive the reward from the landlord’s family and have to work hard to serve the landlord’s family. If they do well, they will increase the reward for the long-term worker, but if they do not do well, they will reduce the reward for the long-term worker. It’s the same thing to do it. The long-term workers are good landlords who can’t pay the rewards, so the long-term workers unite to fire the squid of the landlords. The former has many royal family members kicked away, and the latter also has a Kamakura shogunate. It is the core of the contract relationship in the feudal system.

The Nanbu clan is about to be kicked out by Ashikaga Yoshitoki. Don’t talk about the Kamakura period imperial family and the Nambu clan, the son of Kagami Enko. Sometimes they don't feel sorry for them when they see the relationship that they can't reach. No matter how powerful the ancestors are, they can't be used as the iron coupons of the alchemy. There is no such thing as a gold medal in the Wu family society.

Uesugi Kenshin's attitude towards Nanbu is mainly punishment and supplemented by appeasement. It's not that his head has been enlightened and learned to be thicker and darker, but that Ashikaga Yoshitoki once talked to him about Oshu's handling, and he must fight once to let Oshu The people of the country have kept it in mind for hundreds of years, purely using power to suppress will not have the effect of deterrent force. The best way is to combine the two methods to deal with the local snakes of Yu and Austria.

Silently chant over and over again.Only faith can calm his mind into a state of no thoughts, no thoughts, and no waves in the ancient well.Behind Uesugi Kenshin is a flag with the word "Bi".This pair of flag seals is used as a substitute for his commonly used "Nagao Taira Sankei Tiger" flag seal. It is used together with the bamboo sparrow pattern of the Kanto governor and the Wusantong pattern flag seal bestowed by Ashikaga Yoshitoki. The main pattern is still the bamboo sparrow pattern, and the secondary The pattern is the two sets of flag seals.

A believer in the Shingon sect and the Buddhist god of war, Bishamonten, Uesugi Kenshin has a somewhat majestic and sacred demeanor. He opened his eyes and asked in a low voice, "How long will it take for the artillery to arrive?"

Ben Zhuang replied wearily, pressing his brows: "If everything goes well, we can arrive within three days."

At only 55 years old, he already has gray hair like an old man in his 60s. In contrast, Kakizaki Keijia, who is the same age, is still red and energetic.Over the years, in order to appease the Echigo people to integrate into the Kamiso Ashikaga family system as soon as possible, those who have worked hard are older than the Kakizaki Kei family who do not have to worry about conquering.

"If you have worked hard for a few more days, my family will launch a general attack in three days."

Three days later, the [-] troops outside the city of Sanhu stood in front of the formation, and all the cavalry in the formation were ordered to dismount and walk, and the horses who were afraid of the sound of the artillery fire were arranged to be disposed of in the rear formation. Such a careful arrangement also learned from the previous few times. A few stupid generals placed the cavalry next to the artillery.

As a result, when the cannon fired, all the cavalry team exploded. Some warriors who were caught off guard were thrown off their horses and trampled to death by their mounts on the spot.Some unlucky ones died on the spot by breaking their necks, and the horse-riding warriors who had trained hard for several years did not die on the battlefield but were kicked to death by their own horses.This huge accident taught the samurai a vivid lesson, don't get close to it when you don't know how to play.

The pure nine-and-a-half-pound snake cannon imported from England is extremely powerful. The cannon roared like thunder and shocked the birds within a few miles. The cannon smashed down the Otemon Gate of Sanhe Castle, and under the action of the huge force, the nine-pound lead pellet was pushed out at a terrifying speed, turning into a meteor that was hard to distinguish with the naked eye, smashed open the Otemon Gate, and shattered several earthen walls one after another. Embedded straight into the soil surrounding the Honmaru.

The people of Ozhou who were watching were shocked. The iron cannon was seen from the Kwantung Army a few years ago. Such a big cannon would scare them all to death. The timid warriors really Some of them fainted from fright, several of them had weak legs and smelled like urine, and Oura Weixin, who was the best performer, also turned pale and stunned.

The Kanto warriors despised them for their poor performance. After dealing with the people of Ozhou over the years, they realized that the people of Ozhou always like to make such strange arguments, as if they always feel that they are tenacious in the bitter cold north, and they are more stubborn than those who live in the north. The people in the warm south are like this. This kind of argument makes the Kanto warriors feel disgusted. If they are tenacious, they will fight like this. There are thousands of people fighting every year. I can't count them all, and I really don't know what their sense of superiority is.

The best way to crush the sense of superiority is to speak with facts, and let this group of Yelang arrogant guys understand that they are too far behind the times after sitting in a well for hundreds of years. Look at the Kwantung Army's food, clothing, weapons and weapons, and you will know them How backward it was to use inferior bamboo bows with a range of no more than ten meters, broken bamboo guns, rotten meatballs, and hidden brown rice balls. The sound of this cannon blasted their self-confidence and what little persistence they had.

The Nanbu family in Sanhe City were also frightened on the spot, watching the Kwantung Army smash through the dilapidated city gate and swarming in. Seeing that the situation was not good, Nanfang Qingzheng begged the Kwantung Army to surrender, and was willing to exchange his own seppuku for a gate An Ning of Pudai, Uesugi Kenshin agreed to his request and refused his invitation to watch his plan to cut seppuku. It is a bit perverted to let others see how he committed suicide. Uesugi Kenshin has killed many samurai but it does not mean that he is a pervert.

Nanbu Qingzheng exchanged death for the surrender of all the Nanbu clans, such as the Yihu clan, Sihu clan, Liuhu clan, Qihu clan, Hachinohe clan, Jiuhu clan, Bei clan, Nan clan, and Dong clan also lost their will to resist One after another opened the city to welcome the entry of the Kwantung Allied Forces. Uesugi Kenshin still arranged for the Nanbu Clan according to the requirements of reducing the title a few years ago. From the Nanbu Clan, all the samurai families who resisted in the corner were reduced by half and transferred to Hirosaki, the northernmost point of the Mutsu Kingdom. , the overlord of the northern part of Oshu, the Nambu clan surrendered, marking the peace of the entire territory of Oshu.

If there is no skin, there will be no way to get it. The Oshu Nanbu Clan's arch-rival, the Yuhou Andong Clan, was also frightened. Seeing Nanbu Qingzheng's turmoil for several years, he ended up committing seppuku and half of the seal was transferred to Hirosaki. Anton Ai Ji already knew the treatment he might encounter in the future, he hesitated for so long and cooperated with the arch-rival Nanfang Qingmasa to fight against the Guandong Gongfang, it was because of the hard-earned family fortune of their Andong family.

Nambu Haruma committed suicide because of that little wealth, and he couldn't keep that wealth until he died. Anton Aiji felt that if he continued to make trouble, there would be no good end. Maybe Nanbu Qingmasa's today is his Anton Aiji's tomorrow After thinking about it for a while, I felt that even though it was painful to reduce the seal, it was better than reducing the seal after being killed. On the tenth day after Sanhu City Kaicheng surrendered, Anton Aiji made the most difficult decision in his life. The city surrendered.

The two divisions of the Andong family, the Minato Andong family and the Huishan Andong family, each received half of the seal. Anton Aiji’s younger brother, Anton Moji, became a monk on the grounds of his poor health, and asked the Kwantung General’s Palace to allow his elder brother, Anton Aiji, to separate the Minato Andong family from the family. The Huishan Andong family merged into one, and this was the only way the two brothers could discuss to ensure that the stone height remained at 15 shi.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki issued a permission order very quickly. It would be really stupid to continue to entangle with side details at this level. The merger of the two Anton clans is their own business. Besides, the merger is only 17 years old. Wanshi is not too much, and it is really not a big problem compared to the southern family who still has 20 shi after the seal reduction.

The surrender of the Anton family means that jumping clowns like Yuri Twelve Heads will lose their reliance, and their fellow party Hontang and Liuxiang are also similar national self-government alliances. The unconvinced family members were wiped out on the spot by the Kwantung Army Corps who came upon hearing the news. The whole process of changing and unblocking was quickly followed. It was not too smooth. There was no need to bother to appease the people of the small country. The city gate, this set of simple and crude tactics against the people of the small country will definitely be tried and tested.

The chaotic lords of the small country were reduced in sevens and eighty-eight, and there were not many decent ones left. The Asari family and the Tozawa family took advantage of the opportunity to escape the guillotine early and successfully escaped the reduction of the seal. All Chinese lords in the country were brought under the jurisdiction of the Kwantung General's Mansion, and they would be assigned to foreign lords to bear the corresponding taxes and burdens, just like Date Huizong.

It snowed heavily in Muopu in late October. The snowfall time this winter is relatively late. It is a warm winter that has been rare in decades. If it weren’t for this, Ashikaga Yoshitoki would not have dared to let the army fight and get stuck in the danger of snowfall. The best time is to besiege the city for half a year and eat up all the food in the hands of the Mutsu people, and then take the opportunity to bombard the city gate with artillery to make them realize the absolute gap, which is the most likely to eliminate the resistance of the Nanbu family members.

The [-] army circled half a circle in Oshu Yushu, then disbanded the people of Oshu on the spot, and brought the Kwantung Army back to the Mutsu tutelary mansion before the snow fell to stand by. Ashikaga Yoshitoki took the main army back to Edo by boat one step ahead Overwintering in the city, leaving Uesugi Kenshin to stay in Oshu to calm people's hearts.

Before leaving, Ashikaga Yoshitoki issued a no-event order in the Eastern Kingdom: "Today, I am in a quiet place in the Eastern Kingdom, so I will see you there. Summoned, chasing and then being held up to wait, first the enemy and the other party, both sides can meet each other with bow and arrow, think carefully and wait, there should be no objection in the ritual of doing nothing, if it is against the clan, success or failure can be judged."

The general meaning is to tell the lord of the Guandong Yu Austrian people that if you want to expand your territory and other ambitions, you should clean up, wash up and go to bed early. The main purpose of the seal is to beat the people of Yu'ao Kingdom, let them know who is the master of the Eastern Kingdom and learn to respect the shogunate. The next time they are disobedient, it will not be as simple as beating, but will be replaced with a Taidao to cut their heads. (To be continued..)

ps: Bow and thank book friend Masanari Hattori for the reward.