Pillars of the Wu family

A dirge was sung repeatedly, and the sad and mournful tune was like weeping, and everyone who saw it was crying. Takeda Shingen suddenly smiled: "Listen! That's the sound of Ninomaru being breached, and my life is coming to an end!"

Masanobu Gaosaka cried loudly: "My lord! Just let me take a step in front of my lord, and explore the road to Huangquan for my lord! This body is going back and forth, crossing the clear wind and water, only the bright moon is still in the sky..."

After singing the death sentence, Masanobu Kosaka pulled out his ribs and stabbed it into his lower abdomen. In an instant, the blood spilled on the spot, and the beautiful dancer fell limply. The Baba Nobuo went to Masanobu Kosaka's body and knelt down, saying quietly: "My lord's kindness to my trustee cannot be repaid in this life, so please let your servants accompany you to the underworld and continue to be your loyal ministers! Swallowing the sword and abandoning the famous bow, I can only watch this breeze."

At the moment when the death song ended, Baba Xinfang committed suicide by raising his ribs, witnessing the disappearance of an outstanding samurai, Takeda Shingen lamented: "Alright, I will not be alone with you... ...There must be a death sentence at the most anticipated time, so I will also write a sentence!"

Slowly pulled out the ribs and came to Guojun, holding the familiar blade in both hands, whispering: "This body and bone belong to the heaven and the earth, not touched by the world of mortals, alone and romantic..."

When Nobushige Takeda walked into the courtyard, he saw the dead body of Shingen Takeda sitting on the porch kneeling, still maintaining the posture of holding Laikunijun with both hands and stabbing into his lower abdomen. A famous general who had been all-powerful for nearly 30 years just disappeared.

Nobushige Takeda walked slowly to the corpse and knelt down, sighing, "Farewell, brother..."

Just three days after Takeda Shingen committed suicide, Takeda Katsuyori failed in the key mountain city of Cage Castle.More than 30 people under his command all harmed themselves in the city.Takeda Nobushige announced the pacification of the Kai Kingdom in the Yashizaki Pavilion.On the same day, he served as the governor of the Takeda family and the guardian of Kai. His son Nobutoyo Takeda became the successor of the family governor of the Takeda family. The Takeda retainers expressed their loyalty to the father and son. Set foot on the territory of Kai country that he is familiar with again.

In the next few days, according to the decree that Yutaka Sanada, Nobushige Takeda, and Yoshishige Satake set rewards for the many merits and demerits of the people who surrendered to Kai, there were as many as dozens of Kai samurai families who were wiped out.Most of them were samurai raised by Takeda Shingen. The above-mentioned samurai were sentenced to change of sentence, and some captives who persisted in resisting to the last moment were also punished according to this rule.

Nobushio Oyamada and Nobukun Anayama who acted as the leaders of the party were rewarded, and both leaders were increased to [-] shi. Nobushio Oyamada belonged to the Bando Happei clan, and was transferred to the northern part of Shimono Kingdom to serve as the royal family Attached to the general, Anayama Nobukun was transferred to Nanshinano Kisoya.As the new lord of Kiso Valley, the rest of the surrendered generals will be rewarded with skills security and a small amount of additional titles according to their merits.

It is the end of May to deal with the things in Kai Kingdom.The [-] troops assembled outside the Yashizaki Hall marched south to Suruga, and approached the main force in front of the battle in the Owari Kingdom. At this moment, Minamoto Yoshitoki brought the Imperial Family's troops to Qingzhou City to take command. In addition to attacking Takeda Shingen in the Kai country in the past month, the [-] troops he led galloped all the way, attacking the Suruga country, the Enjiang country, and the Mikawa country without stopping. With the assistance of the servants along the way, they captured Owari country, the home of the Oda family.

The early betrayal of the Suruga prefects led by Asahina Shinoki and Miura Yoshikage stabbed a deadly knife in the back of the already weak Takeda family. As early as a few years ago in the Kanto General's Mansion, it was under the supervision of Kansuke Yamamoto As an internal response, in the past few years, on the surface, the Kanto General's Mansion has stood still and focused on dealing with the rebellion in Oshu and Kanto. In fact, he has already hollowed out the foundation of Suruga Kingdom in private.

The same is true for the Toe Kingdom. Horikoshi Sadahiro, Iio Renryu, Amano Kagetsu and other Toe ancestors also became the internal support of the Kanto early on. The Mikawa ancestors need not go into details. The dominance in the Eastern Kingdom is enough to instantly kill all outstanding lords, such as Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen, there is no way to gain their sincere loyalty.

This is equivalent to the fact that the Takeda family has worked hard for several years to win Junen San, just making wedding clothes for Genyoshi. The more effort you put into Jun En San, the more you will lose to Kai. Over the years, Takeda Shingen and It is always difficult for Oda Nobunaga to fight for the Three Rivers Kingdom, which is why Junyuan's three pioneers are holding back.

Such delays caused the Takeda family to fight a tug-of-war for four full years in the Mikawa country. Of course, there are reasons for the Oda family's superiority, but after all, Kai warriors are not comparable to Owari's weak soldiers. Sending out a lot of strong troops still cannot change the basic characteristics of the relatively weak military strength of Tōkaidō.

Takeda Shingen was very confident to capture the Mikawa country, and even seized the Owari country in one go, but it was a waste of four years under such a good situation. It is absolutely impossible to say that there is no problem. It may be noticed in three to five months Unless there is an internal problem, after a long time, you can always feel that something is not right inside Junyuan San. Kinoshita Hideyoshi used this to persuade Takeda Shingen. This is the main reason why Takeda Shingen finally agreed to Oda Nobunaga's agreement not to fight. .

The so-called bystanders who are obsessed with the Qing authorities, when Takeda Shingen realized that even his opponents also found hidden dangers in himself, he realized that the four-nation dominance system was far more fragile than imagined. Regarding the many internal contradictions of Junyuan San, Takeda Shingen was able to solve them all at once. There are not many methods to use, too radical methods can not be used, the conventional Huairou method has been used for four years, and the effect is not ideal depending on the situation.

Then the only way is to kill chickens to scare monkeys, but this chicken is not easy to find. It is not enough to just find a powerful Chinese in the Junyuan three systems. I am worried that doing so will further stimulate the people of the Three Kingdoms to rebel first, not to mention The Suruga country is only separated from the Sagami country by Mount Ashigara. If the monster Minamoto Yoshitoki is called, it would mean that Shingen Takeda is slapping himself. Such a stupid thing cannot be done.

Since you can't move the people in the first place, you can only move your own people. At the same moment when Oda Nobunaga solved his worries and led the army to support the general Shangluo, Takeda Shingen also thought hard for a long time.Make an amazing decision.Captured in Junfu Castle and guarded the Suruga Kingdom for a long time.And his brother Nobushige Takeda, who has far-reaching influence in Suruga country, started.

From claustrophobia to attempted murder, it fully shows the true thoughts of Takeda Shingen. As long as Takeda Nobushige is forced to death, even if he fails and dies in the end, the descendants of the Takeda family can inherit the family after all. Shingen has so many sons, at worst, he would exchange his death for the chance of one of his sons inheriting the Takeda family business.As long as Nobushige Takeda dies, there is a great chance.

It's a pity that Takeda Shingen finally got nothing but failure. Takeda Shinshige is no longer the loyal younger brother of the past. The relationship between the brothers has been estranged for more than ten years. Deeper and deeper, he also hesitated during the months of being imprisoned in Zentoku Temple, until the appearance of his father Takeda Nobutora shattered his last hesitation.

So when Takeda Shingen took back his back from Saneda Moritomo, and learned that Takeda Nobushige was with his father Takeda Nobutora and said something like that, he already knew very clearly that his retreat was exhausted .There is only one dead end in front of him, counting on the so-called Western Army is like a dream.Yuan Yishi made it clear that the early plan made him sneak into his pocket, so how could he let him escape calmly.

Owari Kingdom Kiyoshi Castle Daihiro, Oda Nobunaga was in the main office of the Owari era, Ashikaga Yoshiyasu listened quietly to the discussion of the retainer group, and his father Minamoto supervised the battle in Komakiyama Castle. The young governor who served was already qualified to participate in government affairs, and he was making rapid progress these days.

Ben Tashi said with a smile: "Takeda Shingen must have had deep regrets in his heart until the moment of his death! A bet that almost succeeded, but what came back was a bleak situation of losing everything."

Glancing at Nobushige Takeda, who had just joined the imperial court, Kitabata said: "I overestimate my own strength. You must know that in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks will eventually fail. Since my Ashikaga family ruled the East, the East Kai All the samurai families have a secret heart towards Kanto, and Takeda Shingen is very aware of this, but he is always unwilling to believe that the family business he has worked so hard for many years is just a mirror image."

On the surface, it seems that Nobushige Takeda seems to be unmoved by the evaluation of his new colleague and his brother, but in fact, no one can tell whether he will be unhappy, at least Nobushige Takeda, who is in the company, is not very happy. No matter how ugly I don't like to be said by others, but it's hard to refute. Old people over seventy can only sulk.

Sanada Yutaka smoothed things over and said: "The dead are dead, and death is the most important thing. You should discuss the situation of the East China Sea strategy!"

"The Tōkaidō is like a piece of paper. The so-called Western Army is a mess. The vanguard's [-] troops stopped at Ozhang, and when they saw our army coming, they quickly retreated to Mino. If it wasn't for Oda Nobunaga If you arrive in time, there is no need to continue the battle, as I will push all the way into the capital."

"The current situation seems to be similar. If it had been launched a few years earlier, maybe I would have been sitting in Kyoto today as an important minister of the shogunate!" The ministers laughed wantonly, completely ignoring the so-called Western Army. This kind of confidence makes such a statement, judging from the current performance of the Western Army, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as clumsy.

At the end of March, troops were sent to Luo, and Hokuriku, Higashiyama, and Tōkaidō fought at the same time. In particular, the Tōkaidō and Higashiyama routes gathered a total of 17 troops, which really scared the Kai warriors who had never seen a big scene. It was Junyuan San who looked forward to the wind and flattened the three neighboring countries of Tokaido in less than a month. During this period, there was almost no decent battle broke out, and it entered the stage of mopping up the remnants of the party.

It doesn't matter that it took nearly a month for the [-] army to besiege Kaifei. It was just that Genyoshi hoped to reduce casualties. He borrowed the general trend of the large army to crush the land, fully adjusted the Takeda family tree generation, and used the method of cutting from the inside. This set of strategies was very successful in disintegrating the last trace of the Takeda family's common hatred and hatred, advancing all the way to the Kai country with almost zero casualties.

The whole process was smooth and smooth, as if it was just a routine task of the Kwantung Army to pacify the civil strife in Dongguo Ichikui. In fact, many preparations behind it were complicated and extensive and lasted for many years. It was not that simple to win Yamaichi. Hojo Shizheng spent nearly two years talking and talking, and it was not until Takeda Nobushige was imprisoned that he made up his mind to cut.

There is also another branch of the Takeda Two Mountains system, Anayama Nobukun. This family often has the ambition to rebel against the clan Takeda clan.But it is not so easy for him to betray easily.The cunning Anayama Nobukun expressed his willingness to be the leading party.But he is not willing to be a cannon fodder who dies before dawn.

The former can guarantee the safety of himself and his family in Liqie, so he is eligible to enjoy the speculative bonus brought by Liqie, while the latter is just a meaningless abandoned child. Without the factors of Nobushige Takeda's imprisonment and the influence of Genyoshiki Kamakura's military campaign, he would not have made the decision to cut Naitong Lie easily.

I have to say that it was stupid for Takeda Shingen to kill his son-in-law Takeda Yoshinobu. Not only did he personally abolish the heir to the family governor who had worked hard for 20 years.In the further cleansing, hidden dangers were planted. Many family members who were close to Takeda Yoshinobu were implicated one after another. With a massive invasion, the Takeda family was so easily finished.

It looks very simple, but behind the simplicity is countless hard work and planning. You must know that this Kai country was a place that blocked the footsteps of Hojo Soun, Imagawa Uji, and Hojo Utsuna. If it is so simple to wander around a dangerous place, how can it stop these heros again and again.

The Tokaido Legion has a total of 12 troops, and Satake Yoshishige was specially dispatched to speed up the attack.Leading an army of [-] troops, led by Nobushige Oyamada, invaded Kai Kingdom from the eastern mountains of Mt. Fuji, before the overall situation was settled.Minamoto Yoshitoki personally led an army of [-] into the Suruga Kingdom, joining Miyabe Tsuijun of the Tone Middle School, and Ogasawara Nagatoki of the Mikawa Middle School with a total of [-] troops, and crossed the Yahagi River to attack the Owari Kingdom.

When entering Owari, it happened to be the most intense moment of the battle of Sakamoto. Oda Nobunaga had no time to get back to his old lair, but in the name of the deputy commander of the Western Army, he ordered the 15 troops of the Western Army to go to Dongkaido for support The Takeda family, at first glance, it seems that [-] reinforcements and [-] Takeda troops can stabilize the situation even if they can't defeat the Eastern Army. They only need to guard the pass and wait for a month or two, and Oda Nobunaga can lead an army of [-] to victory. Back, the outcome is unknown at that time.

But the actual situation is that Oda Nobunaga took it for granted that the Western Allied Forces, which were summoned by the new emperor's order, were in a state of disunity, not counting the total strength of Takeda Shingen's troops in the early 20s. Among them, there were 5000 Kyushu soldiers. There are 3 soldiers, 3 soldiers from Shikoku, and the rest are all near Kinki.

Dayou's family had no fewer than 5000 people and only sent 200 soldiers. Longzhao Temple said it had an army of 20 and only sent 200 soldiers. Shimadzu's family only sent [-] soy sauce soldiers. There are only a few thousand people together, and there are only [-] people in total. If compared with the Northern and Southern Dynasties more than [-] years ago, the Ashikaga Takashi brought [-] troops from Kyushu. The population is less than [-] million, and the total population of Kyushu today is at least twice that of that year.

The situation in the Western Kingdom is similar. During the Yingren Rebellion, the Ouchi family put in a lot of effort to get more than a thousand warships to transport [-] elite Western Army regiments in one go, which almost changed the strength of the Eastern and Western armies. As a result, Katsumoto Hosokawa frantically ran to the countryside to find allies, and was so hungry that even Toshikage Asakura, who had previously looked down upon him, was appointed as the guardian of Echizen.

On the contrary, the Maori family, the overlord of the Western Kingdom, only put out 2 people, and other Western Kingdom samurai families such as Nizifu and Urakami Zongjing had a total of 2 troops. Send out [-] troops to help the Hosokawa High Country. No matter how poor the Western Kingdom's samurai family is, they can always gather [-] to [-] troops. After all, the silver mountains buried in the mountain nest are not fake. [-] years of inheritance, only [-] people can be provided by the joint efforts of the two families, which is not much better than sending beggars.

It has to be said that the samurai of the four countries have put in a lot of effort, mastering the declining overlords of Awa, Sanuki, and Awaji, the Miyoshi clan, the veteran guardian daimyo of Iyo, the Kono clan, the Tosa Kokuji Ichijo clan, the Tosa Ichiba Chosogabe clan, etc. With a lot of energy, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu excitedly led an army of 1 to Luo. Anyway, the distance was close enough to be prepared, and he ran to Kinai to participate in the battle in less than ten days. Several other companies cobbled together [-] people. .

Among the so-called Western Army, the Kinei samurai family contributed the most. Among them, the Oda family, the overlord of the Kinai army, put out 10,000 troops, almost pouring out their pockets without leaving capital. The Asakura, Asai, Wakasa Takeda, and Tango Isshiki of the northern Kinki coalition There are more than [-] people, as well as a hodgepodge of Hanoi Hatakeyama, Yamato people, Harima, Tanba and other people of all kinds. Adding up to [-]+ people is really a lot.

This is why every samurai who occupies Kinai can become the overlord.The five kingdoms in Ji Nei were called Wuji in ancient times.They are the five countries of Settsu, Yamashiro, Hanoi, Izumi, and Yamato.The division of Kinki is much more general. Omi, Tamba, Tango, Harima, and Kii can all be included, and sometimes Ise, Wakasa, Echizen, Shima, and Iga can also be included.

Even if these 450 countries are added together, it would cost about 10,000 million shi, but they can easily send out [-]+ troops to help out. This skill is not something that can be done in any place. The only thing comparable is The Eight Kingdoms of Kanto took out [-] troops easily, so there have been thousands of years of disputes since Pingjiangmen.It always revolves around Kinki and Kanto. The reason is that the vast plains and rich products of these two places can be used as the foundation of hegemony.

Oda Nobunaga thought he could command the Western Army by occupying most of the Tokaido, plus the core area of ​​Kinai. In fact, he was indeed working hard in this direction, but it was a pity that the Western Army was just a mess after all. The samurai of the Western Kingdom can barely give him some face, but the people of Kyushu don't give him any face at all. How old are you Oda Nobunaga?He also bosses us around.

Just as the Sakamoto battle was raging, Oda Nobunaga ordered the [-] coalition troops to go to the Tokaido to help the Takeda family. Shimadzu Tokuhisa returned home with his own [-] troops without giving any reason.Seeing this posture, Otomo also dropped the sentence that the family is still at war, and returned to Kyushu with an army of fifteen thousand.Ryuzoji's family walked faster, and the rest of the Kyushu people all went home, and in a blink of an eye, the [-] troops in Kyushu disappeared, but Oda Nobunaga was busy besieging Sakamoto to search for the emperor without any trace. Method.

After he reacted, the Kyushu samurai couldn't even see a hair. At this time, Yoshikawa Motoharu ran over panting and said that he would go back to see his lair, but was caught by Oda Nobunaga and refused to let him go The Maoli family took the opportunity to escape, and strictly ordered all the warriors not to leave without permission, and took care of all the noisy warriors.

Such a commotion really made the atmosphere very unpleasant. Yoshikawa Motoharu thinks that you, Oda Nobunaga, are just an upstart in the Tokaido, a small family of priests from Owari. The ancestor of our Maori family is Hiromoto Oe. The Kamakura shogunate has a powerful royal family, and the famous wise generals and cultural people who have served as deacons in the government are no match for the descendants of small priests.

The Western Army, which has been reduced from 5 to more than 12, stopped advancing when it came to Owari full of resentment and complaints. Many samurai felt that Oda Nobunaga was too domineering and untrustworthy. There were more than [-] people inside and outside. I didn't want to touch the main force of the Eastern Army, so when Yuan Yoshitoshi led a mighty army of [-] troops into the Owari Kingdom, the first reaction of these warriors was not to fight, but to bring their own army to the U.S. Nong country retreated.

With this retreat, the Oda family was sold, and the vast plains south of Sumata Castle on the Nagara River all fell into the hands of the Eastern Army. The army was unreliable, so he rushed to Gifu City with his own army to rescue him. Seeing that half of his territory had been lost, his heart was really cool.

If resentment is useful, there is no need for samurai. Every day, drawing circles and cursing can solve all troubles. Oda Nobunaga is furious but has no choice. The Tianxi Army completely disbanded and went back to each house to find their own mothers.

But Oda Nobunaga was not reconciled to such a failure, so he took more than 15 troops from the Western Army to confront the 12 troops from the Eastern Army across the Nagara River in Gifu City. This confrontation lasted for almost half a month. Hida The 13 troops led by Yumitsu Numata of the legion succeeded in attacking Higashi Mino, and the main force was combined to form more than 21 troops. Today, the [-] troops that attacked Kai joined the Owari Kingdom again, and the army surged to more than [-]. .

However, there are not so many main forces on the front line. At the same moment when Owari was captured and Oda Nobunaga was confronted, Genyoshi ordered Saito Asanobu to be the general and led an army of [-] to attack Ise country. The information feedback is that the Ise country has basically settled down. The reason is that the elite soldiers in the Ise country, such as the other countries in the Tokaido, are basically transferred by Oda Nobunaga to participate in the ceremony of the Western Army. Inner emptiness is no match for Saito Asanobu. (to be continued..)