The 45,000-strong army outside the Furukawa Imperial Palace faced off against the 30,000 elite troops of Kira Yoshiki for half a month. On the surface, it seemed that neither side had the intention to make the first move, just like two masters always staring at each other before a competition.
Use the eye-killing technique to test each other's weakness. Only when the fight actually begins can you tell whether you are a fool or a strongman.
This is pretty much what it means to be evenly matched. It does not mean that the strength of both sides is really as balanced as the situation appears. War is not a numbers game and it does not mean whoever has more troops is invincible. War is a bloody collision of violent groups on both sides and is mixed with many conspiracies.
, which is a great test of the general's judgment and military management skills. If this confrontation continues, it has actually declared the defeat of the Kwantung Allied Forces.
Yoshiaki Satake left Furukawa Imperial Palace worriedly. He had long discovered that Lord Furukawa was useless and did not have any of the qualities that a good samurai should have. What made him even more surprised was the genealogy of Lord Furukawa's family.
The public did not have any intention of admonishing Ashikaga Fujimasa's words and deeds, but adopted an unsettling attitude of silence, as if a group of transparent people were watching this farce with cold eyes.
In my impression, the family retainers of the Furukawa family have always been the most united and loyal group. His father, Satake Yoshiaki, used them many times to teach the young Yoshiaki Satake that he should use the family retainers of the Furukawa family as his example.
The goal is to strive to build the Satake retainers group into a united and loyal samurai group.
But when he saw that the family members of Lord Furukawa were unmoved, he felt somewhat disappointed and lost. His father was so envious that the goal he had worked for for more than ten years collapsed. If he hadn't already
He is no longer the ignorant young man he was in his teenage years. I am afraid that he will begin to distrust and question his father's words and the judgment of the Shodai samurai.
Satake Yoshiaki convened a group of retainers to hold a secret evaluation meeting, and said with worry in his heart: "Although the inheritance rights of the Furukawa family are good, we must also consider the risk of fighting against the Kira family! Judging from the current situation, it is not very optimistic.
, my decision this time seems not very wise!"
"King Furukawa is just..." Wada Aki resisted the urge to curse out the word "Shu Zi" and hurriedly changed his words to "a samurai with strange behavior". In fact, most of what he wanted to say in Satakepu Daishou was also
I would like to say that it is actually the unreliability of this official's work that makes many samurai feel resentful and dissatisfied.
Perhaps this gathering of the alliance is not a big deal for Ashikaga Fujimasa. He had seen similar formations of tens of thousands of troops during the Kanto Astronomical Rebellion and the Hojo family's conquest of Kanto several times, so he felt a little pampered and slack.
It doesn't seem to be a big deal. After all, confrontation is a good situation. In this era, there are not many samurai who can insist on confronting the Kira Army. Maybe this can become a showpiece for Ashikaga Fujimasa to talk about at a tea party in the future.
But I never thought that this gathering would be so different from the past. Without inheriting the adopted son, the introduction hidden in the hearts of all samurai, how could so many people from the Kanto country gather to Furukawa Imperial Palace to watch him hold tea parties and banquets again and again, and listen to
At the banquet, he boasted about how he was as brave as the Japanese warrior.
It is not a secret that the members of the Furukawa family were as silent as a ball of air the whole time. Anyone who is not blind can see that there are serious problems within the Furukawa family. In this way, they can still calm down and play in Hu Tianhai.
He lived a life of dissipation and dissipation by constantly having fun and dancing night after night.
The money he spent on food and clothing was not the money from Furukawa's family, but the hard-earned income saved bit by bit by the people of Kanto. He was drinking the blood of the people of the country to satisfy his own desires, and maybe he would be able to return the favor.
He hopes that the Kira family will take the initiative to sue for peace in exchange for a dignified chance to step down. At that time, he will be able to boast that he is the number one general in Kanto better than Hojo Ujiyasu.
Most of the Satake retainers have a bad feeling towards Ashikaga Fujimasaho. They don't know that thousands of miles away in Tosa country, there is such a strange character called Ijo Kanesada. That is definitely a good thing and not a bad thing. He is proficient in everything.
The genius who ranks among the best among the one hundred and eight ways to ruin a family's business.
Just when the Kanto Allied Forces were quietly having civil strife, a routine military meeting was held in the Ohiro Room of Edo Castle. Kira Yoshitoki was making arrangements and deployment of troops in front of the battle. He appointed Yukitaka Sanada, who had been reinforced, as the deputy general in charge.
Overseeing the overall situation, Nagano Yasumasa was appointed to be in charge of military affairs, arranging marches, formations and various tactics.
Then Ueizumi Hidetsuna, who was born in Ueno, was appointed as the general. He led Ueno Shichimoto Gun, Kobata Nobusada, Wada Yashige, and Anaka Tadanari to form a force of 3,000 troops as the vanguard. This was the first time Kira Yoshi changed the army.
The vanguard formation of the main force of the Ueno Kira Army was intended to measure the militarization and combat effectiveness of the Ueno National Army.
After arranging the strategy of dispatching troops, Kira Yoshitsune summoned another samurai with a special status, that is, the current family governor of the Musashi Chiba clan, Chiba Yinzong. This man is well-dressed, aged 26 or 27, and has an extraordinary appearance and temperament. He is of a decent age at this age.
It was the time when the samurai was in his prime, but his appearance as a bitter and resentful adopted son detracted from his overall image.
After going through a set of procedures for praying, Kira Yoshi realized that this person was a bit rigid and pedantic. When he saw Kira Yoshi, he was so nervous that he stuttered and couldn't speak clearly. He had to bow respectfully every time he listened to his speech, which really made him
Some people don't like it. He may think this is a sign of respect for Kira Yoshitoki.
"Uenosuke doesn't have to be too formal. Relaxing your mind can make a samurai more open-minded." Kira Yoshishi picked up a folding fan and pointed at the ancient cypress trees outside the building, and said with a smile: "Seeing more scenery can cultivate your sentiments. As a samurai,
You should not be bound by etiquette and killing, you should always have some higher pursuits, such as participating in Zen meditation or studying tea ceremonies and songs, etc."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your advice. I understand! I will definitely work harder when I go back!" Qianye Yinzong's serious and serious answer made him feel helpless.
The Musashi Chiba family is a family that split from the direct line of the Chiba family a hundred years ago. This family is the direct line of the Chiba family. The ancestor Chiba Chufu Daifu Yinxian was originally the Chiba clan.
The younger brother of the governor of the clan, Chiba Onao, followed his elder brother, Chiba Onao, to rescue the young Ashikaga Nari clan to escape from Kamakura, and then set up the new imperial palace in Furukawa Township in his family's Shimonu Province.
Xingongfang can be described as a reinvention of Entong.
It was because the friendship between the two brothers was too great. That's why the two brothers wanted to die. If the kindness was too great, they would have to kill their benefactor to deny the kindness. What's more, the Ashikaga Nari clan, who had a strong desire for power, even connected with the Kanto governor.
Even Uesugi Kentada couldn't tolerate it, so how could he tolerate Chiba Yinao who lent him a place to live temporarily, so the Chiba family was forced to join the Uesugi family's anti-Sei clan alliance, and the famous Kotoku Rebellion broke out.
So in February of the fourth year of Kōtoku (1455), without any warning, Laohara Echigo, the heirloom of the Chiba family, suddenly launched a surprise attack on Chiba Yinnao's residence. Chiba Yinnao was caught off guard.
Zhi, his younger brother Qianye Yinxian, his legitimate son Qianye Jie Yinxuan, and the old Enchengji Temple Shimono Shōren, who was the head of the lineage, were forced to flee.
Hara Infou was supported by the Ashikaga Seiji, which made him so popular that he had the intention to replace him. Three months after the Kanto governor Uesugi Kentada was killed, Ashikaga Seiji supported Hara Infou in seeking the death of Chiba Yinao.
Among all the samurai, including his younger brother Chiba Yinxian, his legitimate son Chiba Jie Yinxuan and other direct descendants, only Chiba Yinxian's two legitimate sons, Mianyin, escaped from Yin's tiger's mouth.
Later, Yuan Yinfang was worried about these two remnants and led his army to forcibly attack Qianye Yinxian's two legitimate sons. His attention was simply attracted by Ma Jiakangyin, who was elected by the Qianye clan, and he allowed the representative to
The two direct brothers escaped from the tiger's mouth again. Magya Kangyin, a concubine, died in the battle soon. Later, Iwahashi Fuyin, the eldest son of Magya Kangyin, was elected as the governor of the Chiba family. His descendants are now the
Xiahui Chiba clan.
The genocide of the Chiba clan originated from the instigation of the Ashikaga Nari clan. Only the two direct descendants of the family died overnight, leaving only Chiba Yinxian's two underage sons. Although the two brothers later tried to take back the Shimo Kingdom
Lost territory, but failed due to lack of strength and the obstruction of Furukawa.
From the perspective of legal inheritance rights, the Musashi Chiba clan who is the direct descendant of the Chiba clan is the real direct descendant of the Chiba clan, and the Iwahashi Chiba clan, which was originally a branch of the Chiba clan and a branch of the Maga clan, did not compete for the title of governor at all.
, the only thing that reverses the relationship between the two is the absolute gap in strength. Musashi Chiba has neither strength nor influence. In the Musashi Kingdom, he is a penniless and small countryman. He is a typical example of someone who can have enough food and clothing but is not enterprising enough.
Despite his status as a direct descendant of the Bando Hachihei clan, he has no ability to resist at all against the common people of the divided family. In a sense, it is similar to the fact that the Satake clan once forcibly handed over the heir to a family governor to Otada Sadakuni.
One thing is that the strength is too weak to withstand the interference of real interests. At this time, the status gradually becomes emptiness. The samurai begins not to inherit the status by blood, and any messy background can inherit the famous family.
The collapse of the Warring States Period lies in this. What collapsed was not just the shogunate or a few famous families and heroes. What collapsed was the tradition of the samurai family for more than four hundred years since Genpei. What collapsed was the hard work of many generations of samurai families since the Heian period.
The tradition and order of the Wu family, and more importantly, the world's human heart.
After hearing the century-old history of humiliation of the Chiba clan, Kira Yoshi sighed: "The chaos of the Warring States Period was that the samurai gradually did not understand the law and did not know their dignity. When a samurai no longer fears the majesty of his superiors and no longer obeys the orders of the shogunate, he
It means that the curtain of chaos in the world is slowly opening. Today's samurai are too many who are good at turning the situation around. In recent years, there have been some evil thieves who have conquered a country and conquered it. Many young samurai actually use this method.
If you take this person as an example, you can see how broken the world is!"
Qianye Yinzong said angrily: "There are fewer and fewer loyal and brave people. People like Yuan Yinfang are hoping to defeat their descendants and eliminate their direct descendants, and more and more martial arts families are seizing the leadership of the Qianye family..."
"Hey! You don't have to think too much about Insoden... Let's talk about something else." Kira Yoshitsune cursed inwardly. His attack on Furukawa's purchaser Ashikaga Fujimasa this time was to seize his reputation.
, according to what he said, wouldn’t he also have to overcome his superiors? Of course, no one would dare to say this.
No matter which pot he does not mention, the most depressing thing for him is that he is clearly opposed to the lowering of the upper class, but he himself wants to take the path of "lower and higher". Of course, with his current status as the Ashikaga family and the support of the imperial shogunate,
As far as there is no so-called problem of lowering and overcoming, it is just a matter of advancing half a square to turn the "fake" Ashikaga into a real Ashikaga.
But the next step for him is to attack the Ashikaga Shogun family, which will inevitably lead to the defeat of the superiors. This makes Yoshiki Kira feel very depressed and distressed. Ashikaga Yoshiteru is very kind to him and has sworn to be absolutely loyal to him and his direct descendants.
Even if you give him ten courages, he would not dare to rebel against this person. Wouldn't that be the beginning of following Li Shimin's example for future generations to follow?
The power of examples is infinite. When the first low-level samurai succeeds in defeating his superiors, more and more examples of inferior warriors will emerge and more people are willing to follow suit. This trend will have a negative impact on the stability and order of the shogunate.
Huge harm, this is what Kiragi is most afraid of, a terrifying thing that even ten brave men are not afraid of.
The rigidity and dogma of Qianye Yinzong were a great inspiration to Kira Yoshiki. He had never thought that he would change from being an opponent of the lower class to the one who also played the lower class. He thought to himself: "This is very bad! How can I do this?"
Wouldn't this kind of treasonable thing mean that he would completely lose his face? I can't set this bad example and let my reputation be seriously damaged."
For Kira Yoshitoki, good credit and reputation are more important than anything else. Whether he is a hypocrite or not is not a consideration at all. Being a samurai daimyo is like being a powerful minister or politician. Innocence and childishness will only make them die.
Faster, Minamoto Yoritomo and Ashikaga Takauji both had bad behaviors of killing their younger brothers. Earlier generations of pillars either broke with their relatives or father and son wielded swords against each other. Such a thing as Giri never existed.
At first, the blood of the samurai family was filled with elements of violence, until after the lessons of the Kamakura shogunate, the Muromachi shogunate gradually formed a complete political system. Kira Yoshitoki was the member closest to the top of the system, and he could rise to the top.
The passage is actually very narrow, and it is nothing more than a few methods to achieve one's ulterior purpose.
"Now think about it, Monk Suifeng said that I am Sima Zhao's heart and everyone knows it. I'm afraid there is a layer of ridicule hidden in it, right?" Ji Liangyishi's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, and his clothes were soaked with sweat, and he didn't even notice it.
, he is really afraid that if this riot continues, his family members will forcibly support him as a general, just like Song Taizu Chen Qiao's mutiny. Will he be able to sleep peacefully in the future?
"This must not be the case! I would rather wait until that big change before making a decision!"