On the afternoon of September 14th, the seventh year of Tenmon (1538), Amano and his son were killed in battle, and news of the fall of Inui Castle spread to the rebel camp. Imagawa Yoshima's last hope also vanished. He did not hold an evaluation meeting, but was alone
He retreated into his tent and allowed the public opinion in the camp to rage.
Jucheng fell, foreign aid was cut off, and they were attacked from both sides - Yuanjiang's rebels were in a desperate situation. All the wealthy families became more active and began to think about how to return to the side of the Imagawa clan. However, direct surrender would be too detrimental to their reputation.
They all lack an excuse.
What was shocking was that Imagawa Yoshima actually delivered the excuse himself.
In the evening, Imagawa Yoshima suddenly mobilized his banner troops and attacked the main tents of the small wealthy families under his command, seemingly wanting to control all the retainers at one fell swoop. The shocked governors of the small wealthy families fled back to their troops.
I just wanted to send someone to ask Yoshima Imagawa what happened, but I saw Yoshima Imagawa acting like crazy, and at the same time launched a fierce attack on thousands of troops from Yuejiang. It must be said that Yoshima Imagawa
The combat power of the banner team that was personally trained was truly astonishing. In an instant, they were able to defeat thousands of soldiers from the Yuanjiang Kingdom with one enemy.
After the initial surprise, the wealthy families of Yuanjiang immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity. Although they did not know the reason for Imagawa Yoshima's madness, his indiscriminate attack on his retainers was doomed.
He was no longer qualified to be the governor of the family - this gave the wealthy families of Yuanjiang a reasonable reason to rebel without being ridiculed by the world. So after a simple connection, the wealthy families of Yuanjiang raised a rebellion flag at the same time. On the one hand, they faced Imagawa
The Zong family reported Imakawa Yoshima's crazy behavior and declared that they were willing to correct it anyway; on the other hand, they mobilized their troops to attack Imagawa Yoshima.
After receiving the news, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taiyuan Xuezai were shocked and hurriedly led their troops to the rebel camp. But when they arrived, the outnumbered Imagawa Yoshima's banner team had been defeated, and a fire broke out in the center of the camp.
A raging fire - it looked like it was set on fire.
Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taiyuan Xuezai did not bother to accept the surrender of the people of the Toe Country, and hurriedly went to check on Imagawa Yoshima's condition - the Imagawa clan's troops tried their best to put out the fire, but could not identify them among the pile of corpses that were burned beyond recognition.
Yoshima Imagawa.
"Did the third brother run away again?" Imagawa Yoshimoto said helplessly to Taiyuan Xuezhai, "What should we do now?"
"Look for a random corpse, say that Imagawa Yoshizhin's body has been found, and announce its death to the entire Imagawa family." Taiyuan Xuezhai quickly decided, "Then accept the surrender of the people of Yuanjiang Kingdom, and let
They all surrendered hostages. After that, we will deal with the punishment of the rebels and the praise of the meritorious service members. The top priority is to stabilize the situation."
"There is really no way..." Imagawa Yoshimoto sighed and wiped his hand, which was stained with a lot of cigarette ashes, on the handkerchief. At the same time, he asked uneasily, "At the same time, what if my third brother is not dead?
Are you still alive to make trouble again?"
"It doesn't matter whether he is alive or not. The key is whether the people of the world want him to live. If the people of Yuanjiang Country still need a banner of rebellion, even if he is dead, the people of Yuanjiang Country can still say that he is alive and find someone to pretend to be him.
Him. But if the people of Yuanjiang Country have surrendered and have no intention of rebelling again, they will say that he is dead. Even if he really appears alive, he will be labeled as a fake and executed quickly." Taiyuan Xuezhai was revealed.
That signature smile, "Yes, the world is so dangerous."
On September 14, the seventh year of Tenmon (1538), the rebellion of Enji was finally put down, and the two-and-a-half-year civil strife in the Imagawa family came to an end. Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taiyuan Xuezai led their troops to Nishizaki, the former residence of Imagawa Yoshima.
The city promulgated rewards and punishments for each retainer.
First of all, the territory of the Fukushima family, which was exterminated 2 years ago, will naturally be changed. The territory of the Imagawa clan that Imagawa Yoshizhin stole in Toe will also be confiscated. Secondly, for the support of Imagawa this time
The people of Yuejiang Kingdom, who rebelled against Ryōzhin, considered that Imagawa Yoshimoto had just come to power and it was not appropriate to replace many old ministers in order to stabilize the situation; they also thought that they would finally abandon the dark side and defect to the bright side - and finally decided to treat him leniently, but punishment was still inevitable.
The two main forces of the rebellion - the Horikoshi family and the Iio family: the Horikoshi family's stone territory was reduced to stone, and the Iio family's stone territory was reduced to stone. The other major families participating in the rebellion: the Ii family's stone territory was reduced to stone.
, the 8,000 koku territory of the Yuseki family was reduced to 6,000 koku, the Amano family's territory was reduced to 6,000 koku, and the Kuno family's 8,000 koku territory was reduced to 6,000 koku... There are also many small wealthy families whose seal reduction levels are basically the same as them. And
The Umohara family, which had previously taken refuge with the Hojo family, also had its entitlement reduced from 7,000 koku to 5,000 koku.
Naturally, the Imagawa clan will not be stingy with rewards for those who have made contributions to this battle. From all aspects of Toe: the Asahina family was granted the title of Shishi, the Sena family was granted the title of Ishi, the Ogasawara family was granted the title of Ishi, and the Matsui family was granted the title of Ishi.
The title of the Shinno family was increased from 8,000 stone to 8,000 stone. The Osawa family, which had been guarding the isolated city for two years, was directly conferred the title of stone from 8,000 and became an important retainer in the Yuanjiang region.
For the Suruga family: the Okabe family was sealed from 4,000 stone to 7,000 stone, the Anhara family was sealed from 5,000 stone to 8,000 stone, the Fuji family was sealed from 5,000 stone to 8,000 stone, and the Ogi family was sealed from 3,000 stone.
The seal was increased to 4,000 koku, and the Abe family's seal was increased from 3,000 koku to 4,000 koku. The Itami family, newly appointed as ship admiral, also received 2,000 koku from Tomoyo near Ejiri Port.
In addition, in order to stabilize the situation in Toe, the Imagawa family also transferred a large number of family members in the Suruga area to Toe. As a relative, the Sekiguchi family was transferred to the small mountain town of Toe, and owned the stone;
The Ten family was transferred to Mikachi Castle at the junction of Enjia and Mikawa, and received 6,000 koku; the Miura family was transferred to Mitsuke Castle between Kakegawa Castle and Hikima Castle, and received shi; the rest was transferred to the Hi family.
, the Ichinomiya family, the Hasegawa family and other wealthy families were also enfeoffed to various key places.
After the Jinchuan family put down the Yuanjiang rebellion and regained half of Hedong, Shi Gao returned to Jinshi. By taking back part of the territory of the rebels, the Jinchuan family expanded the number of directly governed territories from the original Shizhili to Shigao.
Yamada Keitaka and Asai Masatoshi led the Imagawa family's Hatamoto second branch and Hatamoto third branch to station in Nishizaki Castle, maintaining the Imagawa clan's presence in Toe.
For the Okudaira family, Kira family, Toda family and other wealthy families in the Higashi Mikawa area who once belonged to the Imagawa family during the Imagawa clan period but have now separated, the Imagawa family also issued a warning, asking them to surrender again. The wealthy families in Higashi Mikawa saw the Imagawa family
The army was in full swing and they did not dare to resist. Although they did not send hostages, they sent envoys to express their surrender.
After the announcement of rewards and punishments, Taiyuan Xuezhai stayed in Yuanjiang to take charge of the overall situation and was responsible for the changes, transfers, and handovers of the territory. However, Imagawa Yoshimoto, who loved his wife eagerly, hurried back to Imagawa Hall to accompany her as she was about to give birth.
of ginkgo.
September 20, the seventh year of Tianwen (1538), in the Imagawakan castle tower.
"Sir, I guess you still have some conscience."
Ginkgo looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto who hurried back, chuckled and complained, "My wife is pregnant in ten months, and my husband said he would stay at Imagawa Hall to take care of her, but in fact he led his army to make a surprise attack. Sure enough, what a man said
I can’t believe it.”
"That's all the old man's plan, don't blame me." Imagawa Yoshimoto gently caressed Ginkgo's belly. Miaomiao on the side also looked at the bulging belly curiously, quietly wagging her tail.
"This kid just won't be quiet. He keeps making noises every day and won't let me get a good night's sleep. There's really nothing I can do..." Ginkgo patted her belly gently, feeling the movement of the baby in her belly. "It's almost half a month old.
I couldn't sleep the whole night, and I couldn't even eat."
Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Ginkgo's heavy dark circles and haggard look, and hugged her with some distress, "If I don't let you sleep, it will kill our Ginkgo."
"It's just... when the baby is born, it's up to you to coax him or find a wet nurse." Ginkgo yawned deeply, so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes. "The doctor said it's only been these two days.
I can finally sleep well."
On September 22, the seventh year of Tianwen (1538), the due date of delivery arrived, and Ginkgo's stomach started to hurt on time. The midwives and doctors who had been on standby at the Imagawa Hall immediately got ready to deliver the baby to their mistress. As usual, this
Such filthy things meant that Imagawa Yoshimoto was not allowed to come near him, so he had to wait quietly on the first floor of the castle tower.
Although Ginkgo has always been in good health, and the doctor also said that it was probably a natural birth and there would be no problems - but at this time, Imagawa Yoshimoto couldn't help but become nervous, circling back and forth in the room, so anxious that he almost sweated on his forehead
He had never read Buddhist scriptures properly, but he unexpectedly dug out several volumes from that corner. He knelt on the futon devoutly and prayed for the ginkgo.
However, at this moment, Nagoya Furunojitoyo brought back strange news.
"Fourth brother, please come here." Na Furunoji Yutaka, who broke into the room, interrupted Imagawa Yoshimoto who was chanting without any explanation.
"What are you going to do?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was obviously very dissatisfied and worried that his pause would cause the Buddha to be displeased. "Didn't you see that I was chanting sutras?"
"Meet someone." Nagoya Furuno said in a low voice, obviously not wanting others around to hear him.
"How can I have the leisure to meet people at this time?" Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head irritably, "You can handle it on your own, I really have no time to think about it right now."
"You have to see this person. None of the rest of us can make up our minds." Furunoji Yutaka leaned even lower, almost leaning into Imagawa Yoshimoto's ear and whispered softly.
"Who is it?" The abnormality of Furunoji Yutaka finally attracted the attention of Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"Our third brother, Imagawa Yoshima."
While following Furunoji Yutaka on the way to the Ninomaru dungeon in a hurry, Imagawa Yoshimoto had time to ask:
"Are you sure? Did you admit your mistake?"
"There is absolutely no mistake. I saw him in Kyoto. His appearance is unmistakable. Fourth brother, have you forgotten?"
"How did he come to Imagawakan?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked again.
"At first he claimed to be an envoy from Mikawa and took the Okuhira family's seal. The guard checked that it was correct, so he was brought over after searching him. It was me and Koichiro Hayasaka who received him. When we saw it,
I was shocked when I realized that it was actually Third Brother's guy. Sure enough, he didn't burn himself to death in Yuanjiang, but ran out again." As he spoke, Furunoji Yutaka cursed bitterly, and even his steps changed.
Getting angry:
"I just don't know what the hell the fight was about. He apparently escaped, but he came back to throw himself into the trap. He told me that he wanted to see the fourth brother alone, and he couldn't let anyone else discover his traces with the fourth brother.
I entrusted you with something important. So we hid it from the other guards and I came to find my fourth brother. Xiaoqirou quietly escorted him to the dungeon."
"Have you been searched?" Imakawa Yoshimoto quickly followed Yutaka Furunoji down to the dungeon. When Hayasaka Nao saw the two of them coming, he immediately stepped forward to lead the way to the top-secret room where Imagawa Yoshima was being held.
"I have searched it, please rest assured, Your Highness, there is absolutely no problem." Hayasaka Nao promised emphatically, and at the same time opened the door in front of him. The person kneeling in the dungeon was none other than Imagawa Yoshima.