Pillars of the Wu family

To be precise, the imperial teaching books issued by the emperor of Masahin were also passed on to the four directions, but unfortunately most of them were blocked by the Oda family samurai in Kinai. Even so, the moment Ashikaga Yoshitoki announced the announcement of the hospital, let the world know what kind of crazy people there are in Kyoto.

This turmoil is called the change in the Yonglu ban. Yoshiaki Ashikaga and Oda Nobunaga's party raided Ouchi on the day of the Zhengdan Grand Court Assembly, imprisoned all officials in the palace, and forced Emperor Masakimachi After writing the edict of abdication, he surrounded the young Prince Chengren on the throne, Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Nijo Haruyo stood on the left and right the whole time, and Oda Nobunaga entered the palace arrogantly with his sword, his proud posture No less than the Ping Qingsheng clan in its heyday.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki is crazy, at least Ashikaga Yoshitoki thinks so, but he himself does not have the self-knowledge of being crazy, but after supporting the new emperor, he immediately promoted the official position of the meritorious minister Oda Nobunaga to the three councilors, In a short period of two months, Oda Nobunaga went from the fifth rank of the first minister to the second rank of Zheng Shaochu, the promotion to the fourth rank of the highest rank, the upper rank of Zheng Daibi, and then to the third rank of the councilor.

All this is just like a dream, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki will not be less rewarding himself. Anyway, the emperor himself established it, so he simply wrote a promotion order for the emperor to sign. In other words, jumping to the ranks of the first two internal ministers, General Zuo Jinwei, from a low-level public official to a high-level public official, it is like reaching the sky in one step.

This promotion speed is not an exaggeration. At first, he wanted to write a story about a right minister, like his dead brother Yoshiki Ashikaga.As a result, Haruyo Nijo refused without hesitation.This Guan Bai still has a conscience.Knowing that the rules cannot be broken so recklessly, otherwise, the public minister would be like an old farmer selling vegetables on the street with no authority at all.

Rewarding Oda Nobunaga and the three councilors was not enough, Ashikaga Yoshiaki added a title to Oda Nobunaga, named Oda Nobunaga as the deputy general, and his son Oda Nobunaga as the five servants, and enjoyed The three leaders led the family, and all the samurai of the Oda family were enshrined, and Shibata Katsuie was promoted to the fifth rank.Niwa Chohide was promoted to the fifth place, and even Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who had made great contributions, was also awarded. He was promoted to the fifth place, and changed his name to Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Akechi Mitsuhide also received a reward, and was rewarded by the five chief ministers of the Ministry of Justice. This was because Ashikaga Yoshiaki felt that this guy had betrayed him. It can be said that one person ascends to heaven, and everyone gets to be rewarded as an official.Anyway, the imperial court is equivalent to their home.

In this case, the new emperor becomes a complete puppet.At any rate, I used to have the power to write an imperial edict and send a minister to beg for alms, or send officials from the Tsinghua family or the minister’s family to distant countries to negotiate with famous lords from various places. I plan to go back to those manors, but I have to give the imperial court some royal money.

But now it's good, the emperor is getting more and more confused, and he doesn't even have a chance to beg for alms. When asked about Oda Nobunaga, the power inside and outside of Kyoto is controlled by these three people.

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On the 12th day of the first lunar month in the 8th year of Yonglu, which was half a month after the end of the Banzhong Change, Oda Nobunaga gathered a total of [-] troops from all directions in Kinai to attack Sakamoto Castle. Asai Nagao, who was eager to fight for success The [-] troops of Zheng and Asakura Yoshikage acted as the vanguard and launched an attack on Ika County. They were greedy and brutal like hungry wolf dogs preying on their prey. The army returned to the relatively safe Takashima County and continued to cage the city.

Afterwards, the Oda Army launched a massive attack, and the naval forces under Yoshitaka Kuki blocked the waterway and attacked Otsu Castle with a main force of [-]. Nakajo Tokihide resisted desperately but could not stop the tide-like forces from all directions. Usayama Castle was in danger, and Otsu Castle was in danger , Sakamoto Castle is also in danger, Nakajo Tokihide ordered Omi Junior High School to enlist for military service, while sending out letters asking for help and galloping to Kanto, the entire Tōkaidō and even the world knew it in a blink of an eye.

The deeds of Hattori Yasuchang’s desperate rescue of the emperor gradually became known. His sons Hattori Yasumoto, Hattori Yasawa, and Hattori Yasutoshi three brothers, and more than 120 ninjas who accompanied them, spilled blood on Ouchi. Killed by random knives, Hattori Hosho himself was also seriously injured, and he was unconscious when he escorted Emperor Masakimachi to escape into Sakamoto.

Thanks to Qu Naose Michizo who happened to take refuge here, he personally spent countless medicines and stones on the diagnosis and treatment of Hattori Yasuo to save him. Although this injury did not take his life, it abolished half of his ninjutsu skills. It is absolutely impossible to restore the original peak. I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse.

On the fifteenth day of February, it was called the Huachao Festival in the Song Dynasty, the Outing Qing Festival in the Yuan Dynasty, the Dragon Head Up in the Ming Dynasty, and the Hanami Festival in Japan. It is called the flower morning and the moon evening, and Japan also uses the flower view and the moon view to face each other, and the contrast is indescribably interesting.

At this time of year, the spring is warm and the river is thawing. It is a good time for young men and women to go outing. The cherry blossoms all over the mountain are in full bloom. What a beautiful scenery, but at this moment, Sakamoto Castle is heavily guarded, and the coast of Lake Biwa has become a place for the Shogunate In the enemy-occupied area, Sakamoto became the base camp of "thieves".

At the head of Sakamoto Castle, Nakajo Tokihide looked worriedly at the water army fighting fiercely on Lake Biwa. This was the third time the Oda water army counterattacked in recent days. The cunning Kuki Yoshitaka knew that Sakamoto's water army was very powerful, so he captured the water army outside Sakamoto Port. As the vanguard, dozens of civilian ships under his command hid behind and attacked Sakamoto Port with hundreds of boats under his command.

With the excellent fire support of iron cannons and the flexible command of Mikunaga Yodogawa, he led dozens of Xiaozao to easily bypass the top civilian boats and raid the main formation of the Oda Navy. Just when the naval army was about to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, Yoshiro Kuki cunningly left dozens of Kozayas in the way, led the main fleet to the rear, and fled back to Uji River in a flash, forcing today's counterattack to fail again. Come back with success.

Matsui Masayuki said worriedly: "The distant water cannot dissolve the near fire, and no matter how strong the Kanto is, it cannot fly thousands of rivers and mountains. You can't turn into a magic weapon!"

"Kouki Yoshitaka is relying on his own solid foundation. He keeps testing the bottom line of Sakamoto's navy. He tries to squeeze out all the extra space in Sakamoto with time like squeezing soybean oil." Ninagawa shook his head and said, "Leave it to I don't have much time to wait! I hope His Royal Highness can make a move as soon as possible, Sakamoto can't last too long."

"It's a day to be able to last a day. It is the duty of our retainers to be rewarded and loyal. In the words of the Ming Dynasty, this is called a matter of loyalty to the emperor." Nakajo Tokixiu rubbed his slightly stiff cheeks, Said: "How about the enlistment of military service and husband's service?"

Odate Harutada took out a document and handed it over, saying: "After the townspeople learned of the great changes in Kyoto and the crisis in Sakamoto, their enthusiasm for signing up for the battle has greatly increased. At the next level, there are 1 civilians who can be used as potential additional military service, with sufficient food, grass and ordnance, and complete defense facilities in each city, and Usayama Castle, which is the most dangerous, will not have any problems for the time being.”

Yanozawa Motomasa pretended to be relaxed and said: "Excluding Ika County, which fell into the enemy's hands, the total population of these three counties is 28. There are currently 3 military servicemen and 8000 husband servicemen. It has almost reached the limit of military service burden. There are men in every household who are responsible for military service, and the people's will can be seen. His Royal Highness Gongfang's painstaking efforts for 20 years have not been in vain, and the hearts of the people of Jinjiang are always on our side."

Nakajo Tokihide leaned on the railing and looked at the beautiful scenery on Lake Biwa, and said: "It's still difficult! This story set up a set in Takashima County to defeat Asai Nagamasa's vanguard Isano Masamu. In a few days, Asai Nagamasa joined him. Asakura Yoshikage launched an attack again, and was attacked by Motoro for the second time to defeat the Magara Naolong team, and still persevered in making a comeback. It is really annoying if we can’t beat our army and stalk it. If the Oda family hadn’t surrounded Usayama Castle, Ben They will definitely be dealt with properly."

"The water army can't get out, and the infantry can't get out either! Going on like this is not an option, we must first break through all the way to temporarily resolve the crisis!"

Odate Harutada frowned, and said: "Let's move the navy first! The harassment and siege of the Oda navy has seriously affected Sakamoto's business operations. In order to avoid the flames of war, a large number of businessmen have left Sakamoto. In recent days, The Oda family's approach is getting more and more excessive, wantonly capturing merchant ships and civilian ships close to Sakamoto, which has weakened the cargo transshipment at the port by nearly [-]%, and if this situation continues, Sakamoto will become a dead city with no internal and external connections in half a month."

"The siege of Sakamoto really can't last any longer." Tokihide Nakajo pondered over and over again, and decided: "Then give the Oda navy a head-on blow, and let's talk about releasing the siege of the Oda army for now!"

In order to prepare for this water battle, Yodogawa Mitsunaga formed a fleet early, and in the next few days, gradually reduced the number of ships that met the Oda water army. Every time the Oda water army was beaten away, they did not pursue them, but turned their bows and returned. The port of Sakamoto was resting, and the number of Sakamoto navy attacks became less and less after a few days. Slowly, the Oda navy could gain absolute advantage on ships, and the Sakamoto navy began to choose to retreat to avoid the war.

Kuki Yoshitaka himself felt that he had grasped the actual situation of the Sakamoto navy, and gradually stopped using the tactics of capturing civilian ships as a precursor. This kind of behavior that undermines business fairness has been strictly prohibited by Oda Nobunaga who values ​​business. If it were not for the siege of Sakamoto The military operation in the military operation is very important, and Oda Nobunaga will not make an exception to let Kuki Yoshitaka use such a tactic that the gain is not worth the loss. While allowing it, he also warned him, whether it can be used for one day or as little as possible.

The general of the navy who crossed Ise Bay really didn't dare to use it too much. He immediately stopped using it when he noticed that there was a change in the movement of the Sakamoto navy. The always cautious Kuki Yoshitaka originally planned to observe for a while before taking action. Tian Nobunaga urged him very urgently, forcing him to make a bold prediction, that is, the Sakamoto navy had run out of oil and the lights were exhausted.

There are certain reasons for this judgment. These days, the fleet size of the Sakamoto Navy is decreasing, and it is a large-scale reduction of the small early fleet similar to civilian ships. This can be judged as a possibility, that is, the scale of the Sakamoto Navy is beyond imagination. The middle is so big, this time it is likely that in response to the attack of the Oda water army, a large number of civilian ships were temporarily recruited as Kohaya's envoys.

With the blockade of Sakamoto Port for many days, the depressed businessmen fled to Xiaohama on the opposite side, and more and more civilian ships escaped, resulting in a serious shortage of Xiaozao who could control the imperial envoys, so the fleet dispatched by the Sakamoto Navy became less and less. This is the best opportunity right now, even if there is a huge danger in this opportunity, he will take a gamble.If you win the bet, you will become famous, but if you lose the bet, it seems that you will not lose much.

In short, he also wanted to show his face in the shogunate in order to gain the first merit. Kuki Yoshitaka decided to give it a go. In his opinion, [-] troops surrounded Sakamoto from all directions. It doesn't matter if you lose one game. These days, it's not just one or two setbacks. As usual, as long as you are cautious and flexible, even if you lose again, you won't lose too badly.

So in the early morning of February 28, the Oda Water Army gathered more than [-] boats, including the flagship ship Anzhai who was in charge of commanding, and nearly [-] ships early in the morning, and more than [-] ships were closed. More than [-] ships and tens of thousands of soldiers and sailors rushed to Sakamoto Port in a mighty manner. The scale is comparable to the sailors of the Maori of the West Country and the three best sailors of the Shikoku.

The composition of these more than [-] ships is relatively complicated, some of them are from Ise, Owari, Kii, and even the Mino River, and a larger part is from the small group of Biwa Lake sailors assigned by the Sakamoto Navy. Under the help of Mikunaga Yodogawa, the small group of Yodogawa sailors who are not very good, and the Kizugawa navy who have never liked the Yodogawa navy and other hodgepodge gather together.

Men, women and children joined the battle, the momentum is not small but the quality is not enough, hundreds of messy flags of different flags are fluttering in the wind, almost every ship has its own name, the unevenness is absolutely dazzling, Jiugui Jialong doesn't care what these people are How about it, as long as the prestige is big enough, the Sakamoto Navy only dispatched more than 100 boats at the time, not to mention that there are more than [-] boats guarding the port now, it is not a trivial matter that can be solved in minutes.

The mighty fleet attacked Sakamoto Port in a big way, and the messy colorful flags fluttered in the wind, which was quite grandiose. Yoshiro Kuki sat on the top of the ship triumphantly, pointed at the dozens of ships of all sizes hurriedly lined up in front of the port, and laughed loudly. : "This is the shocking Gyeonggi, the Sakamoto Navy that once made the Awaji Navy helpless? It seems that it is not mediocre, but it has no power to fight back against Miyoshi's family. Sure enough, there is not a single navy in Gyeonggi Is it a person with a seed?" (To be continued...)