Two days later, on a quiet morning, a uniform team of warriors greeted the Hachimangahara. The influence of the Drought Demon made the originally abundant river become particularly shallow. Several large flags were erected across the river, among which the most conspicuous one It must belong to Ashikaga Niyin Liangqi.
Under the guidance of two thousand Shinano natives, this army of tens of thousands crossed the Sai River, which had been dry for days. They appeared on the Yawata Plains through the light mist in the early morning. The cool mountain breeze blew away the dense fog on the Kawanaka Island, making no sound. In the meantime, Kira's army has arrived at Shinoi, where the first Battle of Kawanakajima took place.
The sudden landing operation that breaks the rules is intended to force the Takeda Army to engage in a full-scale decisive battle and crush the main force of the Takeda Army with its strong military advantage. It would be great if Takeda Harunobu can be killed and all the samurai of the Takeda Army can be annihilated. Even if you are unlucky, We can take advantage of the situation to expel the Takeda Army and retreat to Central Shinano, thereby achieving the original strategic goal of seizing a stable front in Northern Shinano.
He knew very well that such cunning daimyo would usually avoid a decisive battle with the main force to determine the winner of the war. This was Kawanaka Island, not Kyoto, and there was no reason to go to Luo. When faced with danger, daimyo would usually turn around and run away. This greatly reduces the possibility of launching a war of annihilation.
The seemingly reckless landing battle was just beyond the expectations of Takeda Harunobu and his retainers. Sanada Yukitaka's disastrous defeat and the subsequent bad news caused extreme uneasiness in the Takeda army. Even though they had never cared about strategy and political affairs, they only focused on The Ashigaru generals such as Hara Huin and Miyori Tada, who were fighting in the joint battle, also realized that something was not right about the atmosphere.
Especially at the second watch of the night before, we received news from the rear that Kakizaki Keie and Murakami Yoshikiyo had joined forces to attack Shiozaki Castle. Shiozaki Castle defender Kurihara Senfuyu led an army of 300 troops and suddenly faced a siege of 2,000 troops. The situation was very critical. The nearby Yashiro Castle attempted to reinforce, but Kakizaki Keie's cavalry rushed and routed them all.
Once the two fortified castles in the southern part of Kawanaka Island were captured, the Takeda Army's retreat route was completely cut off. This situation also forced Takeda Harunobu to go into battle in order to defeat the Kira Army head-on. This news was obviously delayed deliberately. , when the news was received, the Takeda Army had lost the possibility of sending reinforcements immediately.
After spending a jealous and restless night, the Takeda family samurai woke up again and found that they had lost their last chance to retreat. The huge Kira army had appeared on Hachimangahara, and the black lines on the white flag were so blinking. They always subconsciously think that the enemy is the shogunate army.
The rumbling war drums are beating in the western part of the Hachimangahara. Ashikaga fubiryō are scattered all over the mountains and plains, with their long tails and nine obsidian flags fluttering in the wind. The various variegated flags on both wings come from the people of the Shino Kingdom. Among them, the red and black troops stationed in the main camp are the most conspicuous. , the most eye-catching thing is the thousand red cavalry.
A few days ago, the Sanada Army was defeated with almost no injuries, which left a deep impression on the Takeda family. Faced with the blocking Kira Army, the Takeda Army responded very calmly. Rows of reserve troops had already set up their formations, and they were not blocked at all in terms of momentum. awareness.
"The four-cut gold rhombus with a red background, the Suwa Hosei flag, and the blue Fuulin Volcano flag. The only thing I don't have is the family crest flag with the Genji white flag as the base. Your Takeda family is indeed the most special branch of my Genji family! " Kira Yoshitsune sneered. He was quite indifferent to the Warring States general who always wore a large red armor and wore a Suwa Hosho Kabuto on his head.
Yamamoto Tokiyuki didn't understand the meaning of his words, and nodded and said: "Yes! Dr. Takeda Daisen is a maverick martial artist. The Takeda family's progress step by step is inseparable from the hard work of the two generations of Takeda. It's just that the Takeda family has encountered difficulties."
When you come to my Kira house, I can only say it’s unfortunate!”
Seeing a large group of red-armored samurai gathered in the Takeda camp, Kira Yoshi smiled and said: "The Takeda family also has Akabi cavalry? No, they should be called Akabi samurai! Mount their horses to march and dismount to fight! It's really true.
Let's learn from each other! Keijiro, Sakon! Follow me to the front of the battle to answer the question!"
"Master, you must not do this!"
"Why not? Master, don't you still trust me in my skills? My spearmanship is only better than Keiji's, and Sakon and I know a little bit, self-defense is absolutely no problem!" Kira Yoshi was fourteen years old at the time, and he was also 1.6 meters tall.
, in terms of spear skills, he is better than most samurai who use spears, and he is still very confident in his own skills.
Without waiting for rejection, he rushed out of the formation on horseback, came to the front of the formation and shouted: "Takeda Harunobu, come out and answer!"
"Who is that?" There was a commotion in the Takeda army. Soon they saw the four flags moving, and hundreds of red-armored knights moved to the front of the formation. Ashikaga with black characters on a white background stood under the banner of Usuzaburo Yoshitoki.
A samurai wearing Kamakura-style purple tamaru stands in front of the battle with a sword on his waist.
"Answer before the battle? What is he going to do?" Takeda Harunobu squinted at the flag, slowly stood up and straddled the horse. Several ashigaru generals hurriedly got on their horses and caught up to persuade them: "Master, don't go there, be careful.
That person is deceitful!"
"He is not afraid, so what should I be afraid of? Is it rumored that I am afraid of a half-year-old child?" Faced with Takeda Harunobu's question, the Takeda retainer did not dare to answer. It is worth following Takeda Harunobu closely into battle.
I saw a general wearing red armor slowly walking down the slope. But for a moment, the array in front of him separated and reached a gap. Hundreds of warriors surrounded him and walked to the front of the array to stop. The distance between the two sides became more than a hundred meters, and they responded very quickly.
It was inconvenient, but no one dared to take a step forward.
Kira Yoshiki looked around and asked, "Who has the loudest voice?"
"Of course it's me!" Nagasaka Nobumasa stood up with his chest raised and looked very proud. Several companions around him laughed in a low voice: "Apart from fighting and having a loud voice, he has no other advantages!"
"It turns out to be Blood Gun Kuro! Take the message written by me and read it loudly to him! You can go to the front!"
Nagasaka Nobumasa took Xie Wen and assured him with confidence: "Please rest assured, Master! I, Kuro, will do a good job!"
Iito Homasa wondered: "Then what are the Kira family doing? Asking the lord to come to the battle to talk nonsense, but he can't come, so what are you doing with your procrastination?"
"It's probably a delaying strategy, right? Wasn't Kuriharazaemon under siege? It's probably like this." Murozumi Toroto snorted softly.
"How cunning... Hey, someone is coming from the other side! It doesn't seem to be the general from the opposite side!" As soon as the former Hayabusa leader Zuo Changyin reminded everyone, they focused their attention on the red-armored warrior opposite.
I saw that he had a sword on his waist and did not carry a lance. He advanced only twenty steps and then stopped. He waved his hand and took out a piece of paper and coughed lightly and said: "Today's world is decaying and laws are collapsing. Monsters are everywhere and causing trouble in the Warring States period. The shogunate is often disrespected.
These people are submissive to their superiors, take pride in betrayal, do not know their superiority, and do not obey orders. This is the rebellion of the Wu family!
Today, there is Takeda Harunobu, a descendant of Kawachi Genji, and the ancestor of the Kawachi Genji Silla Saburo Yoshimitsu. Ignoring his loyalty, he killed the mainstay of the Genji, trapped his brother, and brought trouble to the Genji. This was the rebellion of the Genji clan, which caused the Kawachi Genji to almost collapse and was conquered by the Taira Kiyomori clan.
While the pillars of the Taira clan have been established, there is no way to protect the throne. The Taira clan's rebellion brought my Minamoto clan to the point of being almost destroyed. The Taira clan's great rise wiped out many descendants of my Minamoto clan. This is a grave crime..."
The warriors of the Takeda family all trembled when they heard this. Takeda Harunobu, who was chatting and laughing while riding on his beloved horse, Black Cloud, suddenly lost his expression. Then his face became uglier as he listened, and his body shook violently and almost fell down from the mount.
"... Minamoto Yoshimitsu has four major sins. First, Minamoto Yoshimitsu competes with his nephew Minamoto no Yoshikuni for the Kingdom of Tsukasa, and accuses Minamoto Yoshimitsu of ignorance of loyalty and filial piety, causing him to lose his position as the pillar of the Minamoto family. This is unjust.
!Two. Assassinating the fourth generation pillar, Yuan Yoshitada, is disloyal!
Thirdly, he framed his brother Minamoto no Yoshitsuna and caused the destruction of his clan. This is unkind and unfilial! Fourthly, Minamoto no Yoshitsuna, his plan to escape to Kai was exposed but he still refused to repent and often thought of seizing the pillars of the Minamoto clan. This was shameless!
Disloyalty, disloyalty, benevolence and unrighteousness, Yoshimitsu alone accounts for three of the four ancient evils, which almost caused the Minamoto clan to be wiped out..."
"...Today, we have repeatedly committed crimes against Shinano and killed our countrymen. We did not respect the orders of the shogunate and massacred wantonly. We fabricated the illusion that Shinano was prosperous and prosperous. This is a heinous crime! Furthermore, your ancestor Nobuyoshi Takeda dared to compete with Minamoto Yoshio for the pillar of the samurai family. You, Kai,
The Genji lineage has always been rebellious, and today they compete with me, the Ashikaga family, for Shinano. Is it to challenge the authority of my shogunate?"
Kira Yoshitoki sneered: "Why should the direct descendant of the Kawachi Genji clan be the Ashikaga clan? Why didn't you choose the Takeda clan? Are the heroes of the Southern and Northern Dynasties blind? Because only the Ashikaga clan is qualified to inherit the direct descendants of the Kawachi Genji clan, and only the Ashikaga clan can
Become the pillar of the Kawachi Genji family!”
The origin of the Kiyokawa Genji family comes from Prince Sadazumi, the sixth son of Emperor Kiyokawa, and then passed down to Minamoto no Sui Kei, who is known as the sixth grandson king, also known as King Sui Ke. Then Minamoto Manchu split into two branches: Settsu Genji and Kawachi Genji.
Not to mention the first pillar of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto Yorinobu, the second pillar of Minamoto Yoriyoshi, the third generation of Minamoto Yoshie, the fourth generation of Minamoto Yoshitada, the fifth generation of Minamoto Weiyoshi, the sixth generation of Minamoto Yoritomo and the seventh generation of Minamoto Yoritomo are the Kawachi Genji
The inheritance of the Dongliang family.
It can be seen from the word "Tong" that there is no inheritance between the fourth and fifth generations, and there is no inheritance between the sixth and seventh generations. The pillars of these two generations are not passed down with the word "righteousness", and the separation of the legitimate sons has become the main source of disputes.
The reason, as to why the line was cut off, has a deep connection with the ancestor of the Takeda family, Minamoto Yoshimitsu.
This involves a public case involving the Genji family in Kawachi. Over two hundred years ago, at the beginning of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when the imperial family joined forces to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate, the Ashikaga clan and the Nitta clan competed for the Minamoto family. At first, only two families could compete for the direct descendants of the Minamoto family.
, because the Ashikaga family had the opportunity to become the direct descendants of the Genji family.
Just because Yoshimitsu Minamoto gave up the most likely pillar of the Genji family for his own selfish ambitions, the Ashikaga family has always hated the Takeda family for causing trouble. From the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Muromachi shogunate, they kept the Takeda family in Kai without giving any chance.
Although the Kawachi Genji originated in the Heian period, their true rise was due to the third generation of Hachiman Taro Minamoto no Yori family. The battles of 9 BC and 3 years later established the foundation of the Kawachi Genji samurai family in Kanto. This was passed down to the seventh generation of Kawachi Genji, Minamoto Yoshio.
The Kamakura shogunate was established and was powerful throughout the world. However, the Hojo clan, a foreign relative, took power, and the three direct descendants of the Genji family in Kawachi died, thus cutting off the direct line of the Genji family in Kawachi.
With the extinction of the direct descendants of the Genji clan in Kawachi, new problems arose. Yoritomo Minamoto killed all the relatives of the clan. Those who were not killed were taken over by Masako Hojo and continued to be killed. The clan that was qualified to inherit the pillars of the Minamoto clan All the clans were wiped out. Since the Jokyu Rebellion, the Kawachi Genji clan has been fiercely competing for this vacant position.
Since it is a competition, there must be a result. Going back to the seventh generation, several brothers of Minamoto Yoshio, the leader of the seventh generation, died in the Heiji Rebellion and the subsequent pursuit of the Taira family. For example, the legitimate son of Minamoto Yoshitomo, the leader of the sixth generation, was known as Akogenta. Minamoto no Yoshitsune and others were beheaded on the order of Taira Kiyomori. Only a few young ones such as Minamoto no Yori and Minamoto Yoshitsune were left alive. They were all killed by Minamoto Yoshio when the Kamakura shogunate was established. The big cats left behind Kittens are not famous either.
Going back further, the sixth generation leader, Minamoto Yoshitomi, killed his father during the Hoyuan Rebellion, and killed his younger brother, wiping out his father and brother's entire family. The sixth generation branch was either cut off or almost extinct after being killed by Minamoto Yoshio. There was no ability to compete for it. None of the pillars of the Genji family survived the Heiji Rebellion. They were either exterminated or fell into decline.
Gen Weiyoshi, the pillar of the fifth generation, was not inherited by his legitimate son, but his brothers had conflicts because of inheriting the pillar of the Minamoto family in their early years. The relationship was very bad and they were suppressed one after another. They were all unknown people. Later, he was succeeded by his legitimate son Minamoto Yoshitomo in Baoyuan. He was killed in the chaos and had no relatives to inherit.
The fourth generation leader, Gen Yoshitada, is the uncle of Minamoto Miki. The position of the fourth generation leader caused a great disturbance, which involves the famous Takeda family ancestor Shinra Saburo, Minamoto Yoshimitsu. In other words, he is the reason for Genji's rebellion. , the third generation pillar of the Kawachi Genji family was the world-famous Hachiman Taro Minamoto no Yoshi family, and it was also the origin of the Kawachi Genji lineage becoming the direct line of the Wu family Minamoto clan Shosho.
The eldest son of the Minamoto Yoshi family, Minamoto Yoshimune, died at an early age, leaving his position as the pillar of the family vacant. The original plan was to hand it over to the second son, Mamori Minamoto Yoshichichi, who was an enemy of Minamoto Yoshichichi. However, Minamoto Yoshichichi killed innocent people indiscriminately in Kyushu, and the Ise Taira clan asked for his head. The imperial court became the villain, and his surviving son became Yuan Weiyi.
The eldest son and second son died one after another, which devastated the Minamoto no Yoshikuni family, so they decided to make the third son Minamoto Yoshikuni the pillar of the Minamoto family. But at this time, bad news came from the Kingdom of Tsunayoshi, and Minamoto Yoshimitsu filed a lawsuit against his nephew. The reason is that Minamoto Yoshimitsu competed with his uncle Minamoto Yoshimitsu for territory in Hitachi Province, and was jointly attacked by his uncle and cousin. In the end, his uncle Minamoto Yoshimitsu sued Minamoto Yoshimitsu to the Minamoto family.
Naturally, the Minamoto no Yoshiki family knew that Minamoto Yoshimitsu was innocent. Hitachi Country was originally the territory assigned to his son by the Minamoto Yoshiki family, but this infringed on Minamoto Yoshimitsu's rights, because Minamoto Yoshimitsu had already been established here for twenty years and had already developed. He got up, but Minamoto Yoshimitsu had already filed a complaint. As an elder brother, he could not favor his son, so he could only reluctantly annul Minamoto Yoshikuni's inheritance rights.
The fourth son, Minamoto Yoshitada, finally inherited the Minamoto family. At this time, the Minamoto Yoshitada family had died of illness. Minamoto Yoshitada was not happy for a few days when he was assassinated by his uncle Minamoto Yoshimitsu. Not only was the assassination as simple as that, but he also The blame for the assassination was placed on his elder brother, Minamoto Yoshizuna, the second younger brother of the Minamoto Yoshi family.
Because this Minamoto Yoshitsuna is the second younger brother of the Minamoto Yoshi family, he is called Kamojiro, and Minamoto Yoshimitsu is just the third oldest brother and is called Shinra Saburo. Minamoto Yoshimitsu feels that the older ones among his nephews have either died or been abolished, and he is the only one with this name. His elder brother, Kamojiro Minamoto Yoshitsuna, was a nuisance, so he had evil intentions to frame him.
Minamoto Yoshitada was only twenty-seven years old when he died. The sudden assassination of the leader of the Minamoto clan immediately caused a riot. Minamoto Yoshimitsu originally thought that I should be the leader of the Minamoto clan. However, after discussion with the Minamoto clan, they decided to let the evil leader be the leader. The son, Minamoto Yoshimitsu, inherited because Minamoto's sworn relatives originally had the right to inherit, which made Minamoto Yoshimitsu very disappointed.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who inherited the pillars of the fifth generation, actually became the adopted son of Minamoto Yoshitaka who was assassinated. The first thing he did when he came to power was to hunt down his uncle Minamoto Yoshizuna and his family. Minamoto Yoshitada was assassinated and framed in 1109. Tsuna was immediately exiled to Sado Island. His eldest son, Yoshihiro, and second son, Yoshitoshi, could not understand why an innocent person suffered such a harsh punishment, so they immediately committed suicide by jumping off a cliff hand in hand.
The third son, Yoshiaki, was hunted for death because he was implicated in the assassination. The fourth son, Yoshinaka, threw himself into the fire cave and burned himself. The fifth son, Yoshinori, and the sixth son, Yoshitaka, committed suicide by committing seppuku one after another. Only the youngest son, Yoshinao, who had just turned one year old, survived. Fortunately, the innocent Minamoto no Yoshitsuna family was killed and almost extinct.
Minamoto no Yoshitsuna didn't fare well. In the past 1132, Minamoto no Yoshizuna came to settle the accounts again. At that time, Minamoto no Yoshizuna, who was already over eighty years old, had to commit suicide by caesarean section. This is the famous Minamoto no Yoshizuna unjust crime incident, and the main culprit was Minamoto no Yoshizuna. However, Hikaru was able to end his life and died in Mitsui Temple in his Yuanfu.
However, the benefit of his descendants is that Minamoto Yoshimitsu's crime of assassinating Minamoto Yoshitada was eventually discovered. Minamoto Yoshimitsu's surviving son Kawauchi Sukuni and several other brothers went to heaven and earth to hunt down Minamoto Yoshimitsu's descendants. Minamoto Yoshimitsu has Several sons had their heads cut off. Some of them hid in the mountains of Hitachi and Kaifei, daring not to venture out to escape the disaster. Another one was chased to North Korea for refuge. Later, he moved to the Central Plains with the chaos and changed his surname to Zhang. It has been passed down to modern times.
Later, the pillar family of the Kawachi Genji family was transferred to the Minamoto no Yoshi clan. Until the Kamakura shogunate was exterminated in three generations, many Kawachi Genji clans competed for the Minamoto clan. No one under the fifth generation Minamoto no Yoshi could inherit, so only from the fourth generation onwards Looking back, there are only a few people who are qualified to inherit the pillars of the Gen clan, regardless of their family status or martial arts.
Let’s first look at the four sons of the Minamoto Yoshi family who were the pillars of the third generation: the eldest son Minamoto Yoshitomi died early. The second son Minamoto Yoshitomi had his head cut off. His youngest son Minamoto Noyoshi inherited the pillars of the fifth generation. His lineage is the direct line of the Kawachi Genji family. It was passed down to the generation of Minamoto no Yorishio's grandson.
Who is the third son, Minamoto Yoshikuni? Yes! He is the Ashikaga clan, the founder of the Nitta clan. He was also the one who strongly supported Minamoto no Yoshikuni to be the pillar of the Five Generations, but as soon as Minamoto no Yoshi came to power, he got into trouble with his third uncle. It was very stiff, and finally Minamoto no Yoshikuni was so angry that he returned to the countryside of Ashikaga-so in Shimono to raise his precious son behind closed doors, and gave his son the Miao name Ashikaga clan, thus giving birth to the Ashikaga clan.
The fourth son, Minamoto Yoshitada, was the unlucky fourth-generation pillar who was killed. He died too early. The eldest son, Kawauchi Suikuni, was only a few years old. Even though the Minamoto clan thought he should be a pillar, no one dared to bet his fortune and destiny on a small child. Later, the Kawachi Kingdom began to pursue and kill the little boy, and they never thought about competing for the pillar of the Genji family.
When the Minamoto Yoshio lineage is extinct, we will see who can be the pillar of the Minamoto clan. It will only be Minamoto Yoshikuni's lineage, because Minamoto Yoshikuni is the third son of the Minamoto Yoshio family, and he previously competed with Minamoto Yoshimitsu for the throne of Hitachi Kingdom. The ownership rights were sued by Minamoto Yoshikoichi to his father Minamoto Yoshi's family, thus losing the right to inherit the pillar.
Minamoto Yoshimitsu ordered a samurai to assassinate his nephew Minamoto Yoshitada with Minamoto Yoshitsuna's son's sword, and framed his innocent second brother Minamoto Yoshizuna, causing the famous Minamoto Yoshizuna unjust crime incident. Everything this heinous scum of the Minamoto family has ever done.
Everything was unreasonable, Minamoto Yoshimitsu's reputation was like a street rat, everyone shouted at him, so Minamoto Yoshimitsu, who had previously competed with Minamoto Yoshimitsu for the control of Hitachi Kingdom, was rehabilitated, and the Ashikaga family legally inherited the foundation of the Minamoto clan.
That’s it.
As for military achievements, Minamoto Yoshio's grandson Ashikaga Yoshikane immediately stood up to support Minamoto Yoshio in raising troops to resist the Taira hegemony. After the Genpei War, the Ashikaga clan was also designated as the royal family by Minamoto Yoshio and became the direct descendant of the Genji family in Kawachi.
He is a powerful sect, and in the context of Minamoto Yoritomo's wanton slaughter of his own clan, he has also become the person with the highest family status in the royal family. With this endorsement, his legitimacy can be guaranteed.
"In the last years of Kamakura, the Genji clan in Kawachi only had Ashikaga, and Nitta fought for the pillars of the Genji clan. The reason for the struggle for the pillars of the Genji clan was that the Minamoto clan had the right to inherit the pillars. From the beginning to the end, the pillars of the Genji clan had nothing to do with your lineage, Saburo Silla! The evil history of the murder of my family, the pillars of the Genji clan, is even more...
It is unreasonable. It is even more unreasonable for Takeda Nobuyoshi and Nobuyoshi Yoritomo to compete for the pillars of the Genji family. Now it is even more unreasonable for you to fight against our shogunate!" Kira Yoshitoshi smiled contemptuously, full of ruthless ridicule for the Takeda family. He who is familiar with family history naturally knows the lineage of Silla Saburo.
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ps: The evil deeds of Saburo Minamoto Yoshimitsu of Silla are too numerous to be described in words.