Chapter 426: Hida Country Raiders
At the same time as the siege of Tottori Castle, Hosokawa Haryuki's Hida Country strategy was also underway.
The main forces of Hida Province are the Miki family, the Eima family, and the Uchijima family, and as for the orthodox Koji family, the Koji family, they have long since perished under the attack and annexation of the Miki and Eima families.
The current sister of the Koji clan, the head of the family, is the eldest son of Miki Yoshitsuna, and the main room is the daughter of Mino Daimyo Saito Michisan.
After the heir of the orthodox Koji sister, Miki Zizuna began to change his name to Sister Koji Yoritsuna in various documents, and borrowed the corpse to resurrect the soul in the name of the Koji Koji family, rationalizing his ambition to unify Hida.
Under Sakurato Castle, Kyoto Bei, under the leadership of Haruyuki Hosokawa, is storming this all-wooden structure of Hirayama Castle.
Located 144 meters east and 180 meters north and south, Sakurato Castle is the birthplace of the Miki family and the residence of Yoritsuna, the former sister Koji Yoritsuna. His grandfather, Miki Naoyori, was originally a retainer of the Hida clan who guarded the Kyogoku clan, but because of his meritorious service in the battle against his sister Koji Yori, he was sealed to Takehara Township, Masuda County, in south-central Hida, guarding the gate to Hida Province.
Later, the Miki clan defeated the main family's forces and dominated Minami Hida, and the forces that guarded the Kyogoku family were destroyed, forming a situation where the guardian generation Miki, the national division sister Koji, and the countryman Ema clan competed for hegemony. In 1556, the Koji clan was destroyed by the Guma family, and in 1558, Miki Yoshiyori received the official position of the imperial court from the five Hida Mori, and the following year he ordered Zitsuna to inherit the extinct Koji family.
After that, the Miki clan united with the Hirose clan of another country to attack Takayama Gaiki of Tenjin Mountain, Yamada Kiimaru of Mieda Township, and the castles of Hatasa, Nakayama, and Kotaka Toshi, and crusaded against the Nabeyama clan of Nabeyama.
Sister Koji Yoritsuna exiled Nabeyama Amuro's biological son by forceful means, and his younger brother Xiangang became Nabeyama Amuro's adopted son, and then poisoned his adoptive father Amuro and seized the Nabeyama family. In the end, Nakahida's Hirose clan, Kojima Toki, and Uchijima clan Toshiya surrendered to the Miki clan, and since then a situation has been formed alongside Kitaba's Kawama Tokimori.
"Hold on! Resist me! "Miki Shigeyori's voice is hoarse, he is a cousin of his sister Koji Yoritsuna.
The offensive of Kyoto is too fierce, and the city is already in danger, but this is a city guarded by heavy troops! The one hundred and twenty defenders in the city, but one-tenth of the strength of his Miki sister Xiaolu's family, this is still the case of maximum mobilization.
"One, two, crash! One, two, crash! "Miyoshi Nagaji, as the vanguard array, is violently slamming against the gate.
Boom! Boom! After a few hits, the door clicked, and this small wooden door had little defense at all.
Bang Dang! The door was slammed open.
"Kill!" Miyoshi Nagaji took the lead and rushed in, slashing to death a Ashigaru who was blocking the way.
"Oh!" Kyoto Bei howled and rushed in.
"Damn! Get them out! Miki Shigeyori led a team of ashigaru charges.
"Humph! If you don't measure yourself, you will find death! Miyoshi Nagaji looked at them with disdain, the Shikoku region was already poor enough, and iron weapons and armor were scarce. But here... It's even more poor jingle bell, bamboo guns, paper clothes are ashigaru equipment, the standard three generations of children and grandchildren wear one dress, and some samurai's equipment is not as good as the ashigaru of the family.
"Drink!" Miki Shigerori faced a samurai in bright armor, it was Miyoshi Nagaji. "As long as you kill him, this set of living tools will be mine!" I thought to myself.
Bite! Miyoshi Changji held up the chopping sword, looked at his opponent, and thought: "This person, his head is wrapped in a rag, he doesn't even have a helmet, and his martial arts are so bad, he has to die!" ”
"Die!" Whew! Miyoshi Changzhi swung three knives in a row, he is an authentic professional background, and his martial arts have been inherited since childhood.
"Huh? Yes! Yes? Miki was in a hurry, and the other party was slashing faster than a knife, and with a poof, a big cut was made on his left arm.
"Whew... Call... Call. Miki Shigeyori gasped, already sweating profusely, and looked at the approaching Miyoshi Nagaji, and couldn't help but retreat.
"What? That's not going to work? Come! Come here and let me cut off your head! Hey, hey..."Miyoshi Nagaji smiled cruelly, he joined the Hosokawa family to know the vastness outside, and he was ashamed of his mantis arm blocking the car back then. If it weren't for the mercy of the lord, he would have been a pile of loess by now.
"Ahh Yes... Don't! Miki Shigerai timidly glanced at Miyoshi Choji, turned around and ran. As a result, as soon as he ran two steps, he found that he was surrounded by enemies, and the resistance in the city was like a stone sinking into the sea, and he did not even bubble up, and he was already surrounded.
"Run! Why don't you run away! Miyoshi Changji looked at him playfully, like a cat teasing a mouse.
Plop! Miki Shigerori threw his weapon directly and knelt down, begging loudly: "My lord! O Lord! Under the vow! I am willing to serve my lord! Please don't kill me! Don't kill me! ”
"Humph! It's really spineless! Big brother, what do you say? "Tokawa also came over at this time, although they also have a half-brother: Hosokawa Shinyuki, but they are still called brothers of the Miyoshi clan.
"What else? Collecting this kind of waste is also a waste of food, and it can be cut with one knife. With that, Miyoshi Choji carried a knife and came to Miki Shigeyori.
"Don't! Don't! Miki Shigerai's snot and tears came out, and his pants were wet, and he kept pleading: "I am willing to provide information about Tenjin Mountain Castle!" Also willing to do internal response! If only you could spare my life! ”
Tenjin Yama Castle, also called Takayama Castle, is a mountain castle built on Tenjin Mountain, a retainer of the Kyogoku clan. At the foot of the mountain is the Takayama Basin, the largest basin in Hida Province, which overlooks Mount Norikura, Mt. Hotaka, Mt. Yari, and Mt. Kasa to the east, Hakuyama to the west, and Mt. Ontake to the south.
However, the political and cultural center of Hida Province is in the Furukawa Basin, which is close to the capital of the Takayama Basin to the north, and the Miki Sister Koji family is helping to eliminate the Hirose clan of Takayama Gaiki, and the territory is Hirose Township in the Kokufu Basin.
After that, the sister Koji Yoritsuna moved the center of the family to the center of Hida: Takayama Castle (Tenjin Mountain Castle), and Sakurato Castle became a sub-residence castle, and only lived in winter, also known as Winter City.
"Hehe... I'm sorry, but if you had met earlier, maybe it would have been like you said. But... No need now, there are already smart people who have taken the lead. That's... So be it! Drink! As he spoke, Miyoshi Nagaji raised his knife and directly cut off Miki Shigeyori's head. Grunt rolled a few times, and its unwilling expression was still thinking... Who is the person who is speaking?