April 1, the twelfth year of Tianwen (1543), outside Guoruojiang City, Hanoi.
"Miyoshi Chizen asked us to start a rebellion and fall out with Kizawa Nagamasa as soon as possible. Although this can be regarded as responding to His Highness the Commander's call to suppress the rebellion, the ones who should respond to His Highness the Commander's order should also be the retainers of the Hosokawa family, the Hatakeyama family.
Not our retainers of the Hatakeyama family, the Yusa family." Yusa Chojiao held the letter sent by Miyoshi Nagakei in his hand, looking at the hesitant troops around him, and kept beating the drum in his heart:
"The Kingdom of Hanoi has always attached great importance to tradition. Without the order of Hanoi to protect the Hatakeyama family, how can I, the guardian of Hanoi, command these wealthy families and warriors? Even if there is to be an uprising, I need a title. Hatakeyama
Sakyou (Hatakeyama Nagasune) has died and left no heirs; Hatakeyama Owari (Hatakeyama Uecho) is under house arrest in Iimoriyama Castle; the only remaining direct descendant of the Hatakeyama family, Hatakeyama Harima (Hatakeyama Masakuni), is also in Kizawa
Changzheng is still in Ruojiang City, why should I use the army?"
Yusa Chokyo looked back at the troops he brought - it seemed that every wealthy family was determined to be passive and sabotage. They didn't care about the Hosokawa family's counterinsurgency orders. As retainers of the Hatakeyama family, they
I only listened to the governor of the Hatakeyama family - as expected, my retainer's retainer is not my retainer.
Yusa Nagasaki, the guardian guardian, did not have the endorsement of the Hatakeyama family governor. Instead, he wanted to attack Kizawa Nagamasa, who was recognized by Hatakeyama Masakuni, and attack Wakae Castle, the residence of Hatakeyama Masakuni. The wealthy families would not really help.
"The Miyoshi family wants to transport food from Sakai Town. In order to prevent the Kizawa Army in Hanoi from interfering, they want us to send troops to contain the Kizawa Army for them? Let me lead a bunch of wealthy people with no fighting spirit to attack our lord's headquarters.
Castle?" Yusa Chojiao cursed fiercely and threw the letter on the ground: "What are you dreaming about? Without a status, what can I do? After all, you should find me an heir of the Hatakeyama family bloodline?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a horse riding in the distance, dragging a knocked unconscious man lying on the horse. Only after getting closer, Yu Sao Changjiao recognized the horseman.
The boy of the horse is none other than Shihe Yicun, the fourth brother of the Miyoshi family.
"This person is Hatakeyama Jiro." Toga Ichitoshi got off his horse, pointed at the fainted man on the horse, and gave the name of Hatakeyama Masakuni's eldest son.
"Ah?" Yusa Chojiao was shocked, and quickly asked someone to help Hatakeyama Jiro down. After looking at his face for a long time, he confirmed that it was indeed his young master, and then turned to Tokawa Ichitun and said:
"How did you tie him out?"
"He went hunting with dozens of guards, and he took it lightly when he saw that I was a child." Shihe Yicun answered simply, omitting some content that was not so important in his eyes.
"Where are the dozens of guards?" Yuzuo Changjiao asked dumbfounded - and then he understood - the bloodstains all over Shihe Yicun and the horse he sat on said everything.
If Yusa Changjiao remembers correctly, Shihe Yicun is just under 13 years old this year.
Yusa Changjiao couldn't help but swallowed his saliva - that is to say, if Toga had a thought, he could kill Yusa Changjiao himself on the spot among dozens of guards of the Yusa family.
"Big Brother said, this is the 'title' of the Yusa Kawauchi uprising."
Shihe Yicun did not say goodbye, but simply got on his horse, clamped the horse's belly and rode away, leaving only the frightened Yusa family members.
"Fight, the Mihaoshi family are not easy to mess with. Act according to their wishes." Yuzuo Changjiao took a deep breath and tried to calm down his emotions, "I gave the order in the name of the young master, saying that we are going to fight against Jiaku
The powerful minister of the family governor, Kizawa Nagamasa!"
After the war broke out in Hanoi, the merchants of Sakai Town finally boldly loaded the grain and grass onto the ship and handed it over to the sailors appointed by the Miyoshi family to transport it to Settsu. However, when they actually arrived at the rocky beaches along the coast, these merchants who were on board the ship still
I was so panicked - there were many reefs in front of me, dense whirlpools, rough waves, and the coast was criss-crossed. If I was not careful, the boat would be destroyed and people would die.
"Little brothers, are you really sure?" The businessmen couldn't help but ask the young sailor standing on the bow - he was wearing simple gray clothes, barefoot, with his sleeves and trousers rolled up, his hair
Also tied behind the head - looking like a water thief for many years.
"Don't worry." An Zhai Dongkang looked back at the merchants and showed a gentle and reassuring smile, "We have surveyed hundreds of times and know every hydrology well."
On April 2, the twelfth year of Tenmon (1543), the grain and grass sent from Sakai Town landed in Settsu via the sea route and were sent to the Miyoshi family's army. The Miyoshi family's food shortage crisis was immediately relieved. Kizawa, who originally wanted to wait for the Miyoshi family to run out of food,
Nagamasa was so angry that he cursed and had to take the initiative to attack the Miyoshi family's camp - because he knew that time was no longer on his side. As news from Kyoto continued to spread, soon the wealthy families of Settsu and himself
All the retainers will know that Kizawa Nagamasa has been designated as a traitor by the shogun and Hosokawa Harumoto, and the morale of the army will soon be shattered.
However, to his surprise, the Miyoshi Army, which could have stuck to their camp and watched the Kizawa Army being thrown into chaos because of the rumors, did not choose to defend. Instead, they sent out their camp to counterattack and attacked the Kizawa Army's formation head-on.
Kizawa Nagamasa fully thought that the Miyoshi family would seek a stable defense, so he was not prepared for a field battle at all. A large number of soldiers were not wearing armor. They still maintained a marching formation just before the battle started, and were still slowly driving towards the Miyoshi family.
The campsite...
On the afternoon of April 2, the twelfth year of Astronomy (1543), outside the Ichigo Castle of Settsu Province.
Imagawa Yoshimoto, who followed, wanted to observe how Miyoshi Nagakei commanded the battle, but he never expected that the battle had ended before he arrived.
He finally understood why Miyoshi Changqing was so confident in fighting, and finally understood that the phrase "If it only takes one battle to solve the problem, then it couldn't be easier for me" which contained a deep understanding of his military strategy.
How confident.
In less than three hours, with less than one-third of their strength, the Miyoshi Army completely destroyed the Kizawa Army.
On the battlefield with a radius of ten miles, the more than 20,000 Muzawa coalition troops can no longer see any horse marks on any side, and not a single warrior who is still resisting. Swords, equipment, flags, and food and grass are all thrown away.
The ground was covered with corpses of soldiers, drifting in the blood. The surrendered prisoners lined up in a long line, the number of which was more than the entire army of the Mihaoshi family combined, but every one of them was so stunned that they knelt on the ground and even raised their heads.
They didn't dare to look directly at the third-order nail-drawing pattern of the Sanhao family, which was as blue as the sea.
Behind the sea of three-level nails, the same young man in blue clothes and blue armor was standing against the wind, enjoying the smell of blood carried by the wind and the cheers of thousands of soldiers. The loyal Hatamoto offered him a glass of wine,
On that day, he made bold words to Kizawa Nagamasa, leaving the wine to drink after success. Miyoshi Nagakei did not drink, but fell on the ground in front of him, sharing the joy of victory with the soldiers.
This seemed like a grand coronation ceremony, a coronation for the Wu family.
Miyoshi Nagakei—The Vice-King of Japan.
But Imagawa Yoshimoto knew that Miyoshi Nagakei might not really be enjoying all this. He was still performing, just like a Noh actor standing on the stage wearing a mask - imitating countless victorious samurai throughout the ages.
I hope that my intoxicating performance can satisfy the soldiers and make them more loyal to the Mihaoshi family.
"He may become your lifelong enemy, Chengfang." Standing on the hill, Taiyuan Xuezhai sighed with emotion at Miyoshi Changqing's pleasing military strategy. He couldn't help but said to Imagawa Yoshimoto beside him, "Remember him, remember him.
Live by that name.”
"He will never become my old enemy." But Imagawa Yoshimoto was full of confidence.
"Oh? Do you think Miyoshi Chikuzen is not good enough for you?" Taiyuan Xuezai was surprised by Imagawa Yoshimoto's ambition. This was the first time he saw such domineering power from his beloved disciple. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "Good disciple."
My son, I finally have something to offer!"
"No, I think I'm not worthy of him." Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed twice, took out the folding fan from his waist and fanned himself briskly, "It is absolutely impossible for me to go to Luo, but there is no way that Miyoshi Chikuzen will be here.
Will we be able to defeat Suruga in our lifetime? The two of us will definitely not be able to meet him."
"You spineless brat!" Taiyuan Xuezai was so angry that he hit Imagawa Yoshimoto on the head, "Then what if they really hit you?"
"If he has beaten Suruga, then he is sitting on Onono and Kinki. I have to surrender, right? What else is there to fight?" Imagawa Yoshimoto used a folding fan to block Taiyuan Xuezai's hand.
He replied nonchalantly.
On the evening of April 2, the twelfth year of Tianwen (1543), Kizawa Nagamasa, who was beaten by Miyoshi Nagakei and was completely wiped out, almost escaped with his body, and fled all the way to his hometown in Hanoi with a dozen attendants in embarrassment. He
He had already discarded his helmet and armor on the road, throwing away all unnecessary equipment for fear of being caught up by the pursuing Miyoshi Army. At this moment, he only had a half-torn jinhaori, and his helmet had long since fallen off.
The messy hair hanging down all over his head.
"Hurry up and ask for help from the Master of the Honganji Temple!" Kizawa Nagamasa couldn't care about so much at this moment, and shouted to the Hatakes who had followed him to escape:
"I have given them so much alms on weekdays and done so much good for their missionary work in the Fahua Sect's territory. Now it's time to repay us! Mihao Changqing wants to avenge us for killing his father. I
The two behind-the-scenes instigators, Miyoshi Echigo and Miyoshi Echigo, have already ended up like this. Does Honganji Temple think that it can survive alone? In the end, the one who forced Miyoshi Gencho to death was the monk soldier of their Ichikou Sect! If I, Kizawa Nagamasa, die too
Yeah, he’s next!”
Before Kizawa Nagamasa's men could set off, they could see a group of monks from Honganji Temple approaching on horseback.
"Is this Master Bingbu?" the leader of the monks called loudly.
"Yes!" Kizawa Nagamasa immediately responded excitedly - I didn't expect these monks to be quite wise. They know when to take action and cannot hesitate. "The pursuers of the Miyoshi family are behind me, help me stop them!"
"Do it!"
However, the leading monk of Honganji Temple shouted loudly. Then, dozens of monk soldiers on horseback suddenly rushed towards Kizawa Nagamasa.
"What?" Kizawa Nagamasa panicked and ran away with full-screen reaction, but his men were not so lucky, and the remaining dozen or so flags that followed were chopped down to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Kizawa Nagamasa urged the horses to escape with all his strength, and cursed angrily: "Don't you know who to help? Why are they all trying to get in trouble with me?