Ninja Castle is also known as the Floating City. Now this nickname has become more worthy of the name due to the previous water attack by Ishida Mitsunari. With the collapse of the "Ishida Embankment", the vicinity of Ninja Castle became a marsh country. Although the Toyotomi army led by Ishida Mitsunari was
The flooding of the Arakawa River forced us to evacuate some distance, but the area around Ninja Castle was even worse, turning into a swamp.
At this moment, only people who are very familiar with Ninja City can rely on the memory of the river near Ninja City in their minds to row out and enter Ninja City. Toyotomi's army has basically stopped attacking in order not to fall into the muddy swamp. They have basically stopped attacking.
Be prepared to wait for a few sunny days to pass and the summer exposure to evaporate the water in the swamp before resuming the attack.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the General of Ninja City was able to lead his cronies, Ma Huizhong, to temporarily switch jobs as medical staff to provide treatment and care for injured warriors, peasants and soldiers.
It seems a bit strange that the Ma Huizhong can actually be used as medical personnel, because in Japan at this time, the Ma Hui were the security force of the main formation of the army, responsible for the safety of the command organization of the formation, similar to the direct subordinate agencies of later generations.
Guard.
According to the "Jin Li Shu" compiled by the Warring States Daimyo Regiment, the Mahuizhong is mainly composed of the direct subordinates of the general, and is the most loyal unit.
The most famous among the horseback clan are Oda Nobunaga's Akahoro clan (red mother's clothing clan) and Kurohoro clan (black mother's clothing clan). Maeda Toshiie, who later became the "Kaga Million Stone", was originally known as Akahoro clan.
The famous generals Sasa Narimasa and Kawakushi Hidetaka were from the Kurohoro clan.
Later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also imitated Nobunaga's Akahoro clan and Kurohoro clan and established his own guard force, the Yellow Horo clan. In Tokugawa Ieyasu's army, the horseback army was called the flag, headed by Kanbaru Yasumasa and Honda Tadakatsu.
, Ieyasu's personal guard "Hatatamoto Sensou" led by a large number of famous generals such as Torii Motada, as the most powerful elite unit in the Tokugawa Army, have repeatedly served as commandos in battles.
Such a force, which should be regarded as the most elite and core force in Ninja City, is actually used by the general of Ninja City as a medical staff?
Yes, it is true, because all the horse warriors in Ninja City are women.
There are not many of them, only about twenty, but they are indeed the troops directly under the general. The reason is that the general of Ninja City is a woman.
Her name is Narita Kai, and she is the eldest daughter of the castle lord Narita clan. She is usually called Kai-hime. In Japan at this time, it mainly means princess. Going back further, it is more "Chinese culture" and refers to "female minister".
That is female official - yes, it is the original meaning after splitting the word "ji" from left to right.
Of course, there are differences between Japanese princesses and princesses in Chinese tradition. To put it simply, the daughter of a certain daimyo will usually be called a princess, that is, a certain princess. As for the real emperor's daughter, it was already known in the Azuchi Momoyama era.
He was renamed "Prince of the Nei".
Why can a daimyo's daughter become a "princess", a "female minister", and a "female official"? Because until now (the end of the Warring States Period), the status of Japanese women is actually relatively high, and the root of this height is related to the Ming Dynasty and Yunnan.
Katsura toast is slightly different. It actually has a lot to do with Japanese religious and cultural traditions.
Many people of later generations may not know that before the Kamakura period in Japan, the inheritance rights of family property generally belonged to women. Even in the samurai era, where force was respected, women's inheritance rights of family property were not deprived, and the property obtained from their natal family was not taken away.
, after marriage, it is not under the jurisdiction of the husband. Its ownership and control rights still belong to the woman herself. The wife even has the right to inherit a certain share of the husband's inheritance. The family supervision system of some samurai families also stipulates that the first child, regardless of gender,
Will become the house governor.
Even though the Chinese idea of "three obediences and four virtues" had already been introduced to Japan in the Heian period, the effect was in the left ear and out in the right ear. Women are still respected by society. Even the Chinese Confucian ethics of male superiority and female inferiority were often imported to the highest level in the Edo period.
, the status of women has still not plummeted to a low level, and has even set off a two-century wave of baby daddies.
In addition, female martial arts practice was not a taboo in Japan during the Warring States Period. Most of the female samurai in Japan were the wives and daughters of the samurai family. They received strict education and military training from the loyal masters of the samurai family since childhood, and were able to fight with their fathers and brothers on the battlefield. From then on.
During the eight to nine hundred years from the end of the Heian period to the Edo period, there were indeed many famous female samurai.
During the Warring States Period, the only famous female samurai was Tachibana Chiyo [Note: By the way, her husband Tachibana Munetsu (formerly known as Takahashi Totora) was also the son-in-law of his wife, and Tachibana Munege had excellent qualifications and was the eldest heir of the Takahashi family.
But in the end, it was the son-in-law who got married], Honda Komatsu, Tsuruhime, etc. Today, the general of Ninja Castle, Kahihime, is also one of the best. In the original history, he was not only revered as the "No. 1 War Flower of the Eastern Kingdom" (Zhan Hua
That is the war flower)", and her beauty is also known as "the best in the Eastern Kingdom".
For some daimyo, the escort team is all female, called "hime samurai". During the late Tokugawa period, Yamamoto Yae, the daughter of a family of Aizu artillerymen, was influenced by her father and brother and determined to learn gunnery skills. When she became an adult, she led Aizu's artillery to protect her family and country.
, was a famous female samurai at that time. In the Edo period, even naginata was a compulsory martial art for samurai women for self-defense.
Of course, the overall proportion of female warriors is still a minority, and not all women who practice martial arts will go to the battlefield. In addition, unlike Hua Mulan, and even the leading female chieftains among the chieftains of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese female warriors do not
When they dress up as men, they don't wear men's armor. They have individually designed armor, and they can wear it as they should.
Even in the 21st century, female samurai are still a unique sight in Japanese ritual activities.
Frankly speaking, on a global scale, in different eras, different societies, and different countries, due to the influence of various factors such as economy, politics, culture, customs, etc., the degree of oppression and enslavement of women has been demonstrated.
The methods vary. But the status of Japanese women can be said to be uniquely high in the history of the world.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! So why did this situation arise? There is a famous saying in Japan that praises women: "In primitive society, women are the sun." So much so that the most central god in Japanese myths and legends
Only - Amaterasu is a female. Amaterasu is regarded as the ancestor of the Japanese royal family and the main god of Shintoism. She is also the deity of the sun. She is admired by all people and has an extremely high status.
Japan has had ten generations of female emperors in power. Not only did the first female emperor ascend the throne earlier than Wu Zetian, the "Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty" of China, and Queen Seondeok of Silla, but the number of female emperors is probably unique in world history.
These female emperors came to power around the time of the Dahua Reform. During their reign, they made great achievements in domestic affairs, diplomacy and culture, and made outstanding achievements in the establishment of a centralized feudal state. The "Century of the Empresses" is
The era when Japanese women performed most prominently in politics.
Compared with the controversial Wu Zetian, the Japanese female emperors are generally highly praised by Japanese history books. Unlike Cixi, who listened behind the curtain, they were officially enthroned emperors. You know, there are some Japanese female emperors who are more ruthless than Wu Zetian.
, there are those who are more erotic than Wu Zetian. However, Japanese history books have affirmed the rule of successive female emperors.
During the Heian period, aristocratic women made outstanding contributions to the development of Japanese culture. The tradition of receiving cultural education from an early age created many talented women, who almost swept the literary field at that time. From "The Diary of Tatsurei", "The Diary of Izumi Shikibu", "
"The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu" and "The Diary of Sarawak", as well as "The Tale of Genji" and "Pillow", which are representative works of Japanese classical literature, are almost all written by female writers.
Kana (when Chinese people who have never studied Japanese read Japanese, in addition to the understandable Chinese characters, the part of the Japanese characters that cannot be understood is Kana). This unique Japanese character was also created and developed by women. This is equivalent to
Say, assuming that the foreign Chinese characters are eliminated, then the founder of Japan’s native characters is also a woman!
No one or any group should expect their social status to be given out of thin air, let alone to receive it from a gift. The same is true for the status of Japanese women. It has both the traditions left by the matrilineal clan society and the achievements that Japanese women have made all along.
support.
In China and most regions and countries in the world, as the agricultural feudal society replaced the primitive society of "picking wild fruits", the status of men greatly improved as the society needed labor and the country needed combat power, and eventually quickly surpassed women. This is the development of society.
The inevitable result at a certain stage.
However, this "inevitability" has become a bit magical in Japan. Since the "godhead" of the Imperial family comes from female gods, the status of women has been guaranteed for a long time, giving rise to the current status of the Hime Samurai.
This is obvious when compared with China: China's "God of Creation" Nuwa is also a woman, but China does not have an everlasting royal family, and no royal family claims that they are Nuwa's "biological" descendants. Therefore, under the control of men,
After the social dominance was stabilized, a god with greater "merits" than Nuwa appeared - the great god Pangu in "Pangu Kaitian", which established the "legal system" of male dominance.
Therefore, what China talks about is that men are yang and women are yin; men are heaven and women are earth; men are Qian and women are Kun... There has never been a saying that "the sun god is female". [Note: Of course, Chinese mythology still has
What’s even more awesome is that the people-oriented thinking appeared very early. That is, if the gods only abused the people, the Chinese ancestors would dare to rebel against the gods. For example, Hou Yi shot the sun and so on are the embodiment of this people-oriented thinking. This is the world
The only one.]
Japan's unique tradition created the Hime Samurai and created the "miracle of Ninja Castle" at this moment.
Narita Kai took his warrior Hime and returned to the crowd to take care of the wounded. This not only accelerated the recovery of the wounded, but also greatly boosted morale. Many peasants and soldiers patted their chests and shouted: "Although Guan Bai's warriors are powerful, when it comes to Ninja,
The city can only stare outside the city!"
Every time Narita Kai heard similar words, he always answered with a smile: "Yes, yes, the survival of Ninja City depends on the bravery of the kings."
But having said that, when she was discussing the situation of the enemy with the Narita family's chief elder, Masaki Tanba, the brave generals Shibasaki Izumi, and Sakemaki Renegade, there was no such relaxed and comfortable look on her face. Instead, she frowned deeply and looked clear.
There was obvious worry in his eyes.
The worry came from a new piece of news sent by Monomibanto: Sekiba Toyotomi Hideyoshi learned that Ishida Mitsunari was frustrated at Shinobi Castle and ordered a hundred large cylinders to be sent from the Chinese Army.
Some proper nouns in Japanese are very vivid. For example, "Mono-mi" means observation and reconnaissance. Mono-mibanto is the leader of the reconnaissance unit, responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy's movements, terrain, battle conditions, etc., and is timely.
The formation staff provides useful intelligence.
As a side with an obviously weak military strength, Ninja Castle used its reconnaissance power to the extreme. Even the Toyotomi Army was deployed in the headquarters of Odawara Castle. As for the big tube, as explained before, it is the Japanese name for artillery.
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According to the report from Mononomibanto, the large tube sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Sekibai has been sent. There are two types of large and small, eighteen large ones and eighty-two small ones. In fact, this means that Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent it to Ishida Mitsunari.
Jinghua No. 2 guns had eighteen guns, and No. 3 and No. 4 guns totaled 82 guns.
Due to the terrain of Ninja City, those No. 3 and No. 4 cannons would probably be difficult to use in breaking down city gates and walls, but the same could not be said for the eighteen No. 2 cannons, which the Japanese considered to be completely cheating.
Narita Kai has never seen this kind of giant cannon with her own eyes, but she has heard of it.
A few years ago, when the Beiyang Sea Trade Alliance opened a shipping route to Ou (Northeast Japan), an artillery battle broke out with the Anton Navy. During the battle, a No. 2 artillery shell from the Sea Trade Alliance hit one of the Anton Navy.
It was an Anzha ship, and that single shell made a hole in the poor Anzha ship diagonally. The shell was shot from near the waterline on the port side, and came out from below the waterline on the starboard side. Because the hole was too big,
The houseboat was quickly abandoned due to heavy flooding.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With just one shot, Kanto, which had never participated in the trade with the Ming Dynasty, was hit. The naval forces in the Northeast were heartbroken. They did not expect that there could be such a devastating mountain in the world.
A huge cannon that cracked rocks. At this point, the fleet of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance was rampaging across East Japan, and no one dared to stop it anymore.
"Ezo Principle" The reason why Uyizaki Yoshihiro honestly followed Kyoka's request to find cold-resistant rice seeds in Hokkaido was because the strongest force in that sea area was the Andō Navy, and the Andō Navy was in the Sea Trade Alliance.
He was so vulnerable, how could he, Jiguang Uyizaki, dare to resist?
Now, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has sent twelve such giant cannons to Ishida Mitsunari. How can Narita Kai not be worried?
In the castle of Ninja Castle, the tall and plump Narita Nagasaki of the castle is kneeling on the throne. Below him, in the two rows on the left and right, are the ministers who are kneeling according to the clan and the family elders, middle-aged and other important ministers.
Although Narita Kai is a princess, she is kneeling at the head of a clan as a warrior and a general. At this moment, she is leaning down, and her crisp voice is full of heroic spirit: "Uncle, once you turn off Bai's big tube
Upon arrival, as long as there are three clear days, the city gates and walls of Ninja City may be broken.
In view of this, I have decided to take the initiative and launch a sneak attack before the Otsutsu team arrives at the outskirts of Ninja City, in order to destroy Otsutsu and protect Ninja City from threats. I ask for your permission, uncle!"
Narita Nagachi still had a simple and honest smile on his chubby round face. He looked at Narita Kai and said: "I heard that in order to transport these one hundred Tang Dynasty barrels, Guan Bai sent more than 3,000 people. Our Ninja City only has a total of 3,000 troops.
, there are only a few hundred samurai, so how many people do you need to sneak attack Otsutsuki?"
Narita Kai said: "Only two hundred warriors."
"But we don't have two hundred war horses anymore," Narita Nagauchi said.
"It's all mud outside Ninja City, and even the inside of the city is flooded, so we couldn't ride horses in the first place, we can only walk."
"On foot...how to avoid the enemy troops outside the city?" Narita Nagachichi hesitated.
However, Narita Kai seemed confident and replied: "I will take my Hime warriors and drive the boat straight to the Arakawa River. Since there are men and women in the team, we can pretend to be refugees and go out. In this way, the Toyotomi army
Then there will be no doubt.”
Odawara Castle is in the southwest of Ninja Castle, and Arakawa is in the east of Ninja Castle. Narita Nagachika thought for a while and said: "Should we go to Arakawa first and then return...Okay, I agreed. You can choose who you want to bring."
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"Yes, uncle."
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