Chapter 376 The night battle of the mountain guard
It had been five years, four months and two days since Kira Yoshitoshi left Kinai. During those 1,948 days and nights, all he could think about was to conquer Shiga and Takashima prefectures as soon as possible.
It can be said that he was thinking very hard about this.
Outsiders may not know the astonishing wealth contained in these two counties, but Rokkaku Yoshihide, the overlord of Omi, will not be unaware. The net income of hundreds of thousands of guan every year is simply appalling. What is even more outrageous is that these incomes are not related to dozens of wealthy businessmen in Sakamoto.
It is shared equally, but it is exclusively owned by the Kira family. On this alone, he has a wealth accumulation speed that is not inferior to the top wealthy businessmen in the world, not to mention the economic and political system created by Kira Yoshitoki, a powerful military system with extraordinary armed mobilization capabilities
Make him salivate.
The stone height of the two counties reached an astonishing 230,000 stone last year, which was twice as much as ten years ago. There are actually 180,000 people living in these two small counties, which is as much as the population of a distant country.
The total population, even if Kinei is densely populated, is far from reaching this astonishing number. In his memory, the two counties have a population of 50,000 to 60,000 at most.
He has money, food, soldiers, and a healthy and complete system. If he can obtain the land of the two counties and put it under his direct control, he can successfully get rid of the invisible suppression of his family members, and he will have the capital to further dominate the territory. As long as he
Let him take these two counties, even if he is as strong as Miyoshi Changqing, he will still have the confidence to fight, and it is worth offending the Kira family for this.
Rokkaku Yoshiken's method is to use the power of the shogunate to suppress the Kira family. He really knows the current shogun very well and has been his guardian. Over the years, he has learned that this general who loves swordsmanship is actually a very powerful person. He is very happy to have him.
He hated the bullying of him by the powerful, so he did not hesitate to write an oath to "defeat Sanzhu".
In the same way, Ashikaga Yoshiteru dislikes powerful retainers. This is true whether it is Hosokawa Harumoto in the old days or Kira Yoshitoki who is currently gaining momentum. In Rokkaku Yoshiken's view, this is not His Highness Kamikata.
Being ruthless and unjust means that a king must master the checks and balances, just as he has been suppressing the master of writing, Goto Kentoyo, for the same reason.
He seized on the subtle attitude of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the shogunate, towards Kira Yoshitoki, and repeatedly forced the shogunate to make a choice between the two Omi counties, or to support Kira Yoshitoki and force the Rokkaku family to give up.
The two counties will either support Rokkaku Yoshiken to force the Kira family to abandon the two counties.
No matter which side is chosen, the price must be that the shogunate loses the protection and support of one of them. It will be an outcome without a winner for both the shogunate and the losers. Only one of the parties will benefit, but he can be sure that Ashikaga Yoshi
Hui will definitely choose him, because the shogunate really needs the Rokkaku family. Not only does it need to rely on his military strength, but it also needs to rely on his influence.
Therefore, with the contacts accumulated by Rokkaku Sadayori, he could easily obtain the first-hand accurate information after the shogunate made the decision. Even before Mibuchi Fujihide set out, Rokkaku Yoshihide knew that the shogunate wanted to force the Kira family to surrender.
It was a perfect opportunity for the Rokkaku family. Rokkaku Yixian was so excited that he almost went crazy.
The royal teachings of the shogunate are just a piece of paper for ordinary daimyo, but the Kira family cannot refuse it. The name "Kamitsu Ashikaga" was given by him. Disobeying Ashikaga Yoshiteru's royal teachings is tantamount to betrayal.
His benefactor, he was sure that the Kira family would not dare to take this risk, at least not without Kira Yoshi's clear attitude.
Omi is so far away from Echigo. If we take the overland road to Tsuruga Port and then take a boat to Echigo, a single trip will take two or three days, and a round trip will take six or seven days. By then, the day lilies will be cold, and the shogunate will definitely He had long forced the Kira family to bow their heads and admit defeat, and as long as the Kira family backed down once, they would fall into his trap.
The Rokkaku family can easily create the illusion that the Kira family is responsible for their losses, and tell the public opinion in the Kinai that in fact, the Kira family borrowed their land and now the creditors have to repay the debt. They even concocted a document in which Kira borrowed two counties to protect the shogunate during the time of Kira Yoshi. Anyway, Kira Yoshitomo is far away in Kanto, what can you do to me? He still wins the lawsuit until the shogunate.
Public opinion in Kinai will obviously not help a samurai family far away in the East. Even a few different voices will be drowned in the waves of condemnation by thousands of people. Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei, Asai Kitaomi and the Miyoshi family, the biggest enemies of the Kira family, all We will not let go of this opportunity to add insult to injury. This is extremely good news for the Rokkaku family.
As long as the public opinion in Kinai is on the side of the Rokkaku family, there will be no problem whether they use diplomatic means to continuously pressure the Kira family to make concessions, or use military means to forcibly seize the two counties. Rokkaku Yoshihide can become invincible early on. No matter what means the Kira family uses, they will inevitably be criticized by public opinion. As for whether the rumors he spread are true or false, who cares? As long as the scandal of the Kira family is exposed, it will be enough to shock the world.
But what he saw in front of him shattered his imagination. He would never have thought that the Kira family would be so audacious that they dared to take action even after the shogunate issued the royal teachings. This was too late, but they were too brave. Aren't they worried about unauthorized actions? Did he send troops to anger Kira Yoshitoshi? Wasn't he worried that the shogunate would be furious and slap Kira Yoshitoshi on him? Could it be that they had expected it and just held back?
All kinds of thoughts suddenly appeared and disappeared like dreams and bubbles. Beautiful visions and painful experiences in reality were superimposed, dangling before his eyes like a revolving lantern. The serious opposition between ideals and reality almost threatened to destroy his life. His spirit was shattered to the point of complete collapse, and a sense of absurd unreality suddenly struck him, giving him the urge to shout.
In a daze, Rokkaku Yoshihide seemed to see a pure white Ashikaga Fuyinryō flag coming towards him, and then the shouts of his personal guards for help reached his ears, the roars of the Kushidai retainers and the anxiety of his son. There was an urging sound, and the next moment he felt the world spinning before his eyes and fainted.
Nakajo Tokihide led 2,500 elites who had experienced the war between Vietnam and China to rush into the guard mountain camp first. In the eyes of these warriors who had experienced constant battles, the Rokkaku family was as fragile as paper. Since the night attack, There was almost no decent attack, and it was simply surprising and ridiculing that the legendary Kinai contender was so useless.
Soon the samurai of the Hexagon Army discovered that the Kira Army had no interest in the massacre. They quickly made a wise choice, discarding their weapons and kneeling on the ground to await the fate of the prisoners. The soldiers did this even when they saw the samurai do so. He wanted to resist, but then he knelt down and gave up resistance. A night attack lasted for two quarters of an hour and captured more than 15,000 people. Less than 10,000 people escaped under the cover of night.
Nakajo Hidezheng ran over angrily and complained: "This battle is really boring. Those soldiers of the Rokkaku family are so annoying. Don't they have the backbone of a samurai? They just killed a few hundred people and scared them to their knees." He begged for mercy. If this was left in Kanto, he would be laughed at to death! But then again, why did Tokihideon give up the pursuit? If we chase harder for a while, we will definitely be able to catch the Rokkaku Yixian! Wouldn't it be a great achievement by then? One piece?”
"I let those people go on purpose."
"Nani? Did I hear you correctly?" Nakajo Hide was looking at him with a confused look on his face.
Nakajo Tokihide glanced at his clan brother: "We are causing trouble. In order not to cause trouble to the Lord, it is better to cause as little trouble as possible. We have no choice but to defeat the Rokkaku family in order to defend Shiga and Takashima.
If the two counties have not frightened the surrounding Xiaoxiao, why bother to capture Rokkaku Jingzhao? Do you want to force the Rokkaku family to spend money to redeem their governor? If the Rokkaku family loses face, they will definitely wait for me to death. This has nothing to do with me.
The original intention of defending the two counties is completely opposite."
"It turns out that there is another reason. It seems that I, Hidemasa, am still too far behind!" Nakajo Hidemasa made a fool of himself with a haha. The night attack battle had just ended, and it would not take him a while to clean up the wreckage and manage the prisoners.
After finishing the work, the two of them put aside the current war and started chatting while walking.
"Just change the name on the military service account when you get back! Wasn't Xiuzheng's name abandoned last year? Speaking of which, your new name is quite good. It's easier to call him Jiazhong than Xiuzheng."
Nakajo Hide was scratching his beard and said with some embarrassment: "At that time, I drank too much with a few boys from the Miyake family, and somehow we got involved in the name, and then I vaguely said that I wanted to change my name. After I sobered up, I also regretted it, or...
I think the previous name was pretty good, after all, it was the name given to me by my father."
Nakajo Tokihide smiled and explained: "It doesn't matter, I won't be jealous of you. Speaking of which, I just follow the name of the lord, and I don't care much about the names used by my ancestors."
The Nakajo family is the first ancestor of the Nakajo family, and Nakajo Nagahide is the ancestor of the Nakajo family. The Nakajo family has always used the word "hide" to prove their direct descent. Occasionally, there are several generations of family governors who act independently.
Changing the character for "通" is not very common. Nakajo Hidemasa had been thinking about changing his name, and he thought of the character "家" used by his first ancestor.
The two chatted for another hour, and then the messy situation in the camp improved. At this time, the sky just turned white, and the warriors tidied up in a hurry and took the opportunity to have a good sleep. A night battle was tiring enough.
Those two quarters of an hour were too tiring, and the preparations before and after were too energy-consuming.
The next day, news of the tragic defeat of the Rokkaku Army spread like wildfire. The army of more than 25,000 people led by Rokkaku Yoshihide was unexpectedly defeated at the hands of the Kira Army led by Nakajo Tokihide. People simply couldn't believe that the Rokkaku Family was defeated.
It was so tragic that more than 25,000 people died in the battle and 600 people were killed, and 15,300 people were captured. Only more than 9,400 people escaped back to Guanyinji City. The Sasaki Rokkaku family's reputation of more than 300 years was almost wiped out.
Rokkaku Yoshiken was completely defeated in this battle.
When Miyoshi Changqing, who was fighting fiercely in Hanoi, heard the news, he stamped his feet and laughed and said: "Tai Shigong said: God cannot take it, but you will be blamed for it. When the time comes, you will not be able to do it, but you will suffer the disaster! The shogunate fell into internal strife, and Rokkaku
My family is so vulnerable. This is God and Buddha blessing my Sanhao family! My Sanhao family is about to turn around! Hahaha..." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
