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After the previous chapter, there were people who expressed dissatisfaction with me————

Even the obscure Wakasa Takeda family can talk so much, and the previous Uesugi family also wrote so much, author, do you have a prejudice against the Kai Takeda family?

Yes...... Have it?

The Wakasa Takeda family just suddenly became interested, so I introduced it, as for the Uesugi family...... I confess that I do admire Kenshin Uesugi......

But that doesn't mean I have any preconceptions about [Fat Tiger]?

My criticism of [Fat Tiger] is nothing more than that the means of governing the country are not high, and the economy in the territory is not good, and the [character] is really not good, at least compared to Kenshin Uesugi, it is not good...... These are not smears, they are true.

But since it's all about [Fat Tiger], let's talk about it.

What to talk about?

Let's talk about the reasons for the demise of the Takeda family, right?

Because this is the only intersection between the protagonist of this book and the Takeda family......

The Kai Takeda family, which has always been feared in the history of the Warring States Period, is the reason for its prosperity, and most people at the time focused on Takeda Shingen, who was known as the "First General of the Warring States" and the "Tiger of Kai".

Indeed, Takeda Shingen more than doubled the territory of the Takeda family, from a rural daimyo who lived in Kai and no one looked down on him, to a great lord of close to 1.5 million to 2 million koku, plus Takeda Shingen [Kasumitsu] (are you readers

Overly obsessed with "The Legend of Taiko Ambition"? Many of the details in it are not real), [Wolf Smoke] and other people's livelihood and military facilities, the brave Takeda Army, etc.

It did make the Takeda family unprecedented, and it also made the daimyo at that time dare not speak out of it.

However, why did the Takeda clan, which is known as "invincible in the world", collapse ten years after Takeda Shingen's death?

Some people will accuse Takeda Katsuyori, the father of the last governor of the family, Takeo Maru Nobukatsu, of being brave and unscrupulous, and ruining the Takeda family.

Is that really the case?

But in fact, as many historians have pointed out in earlier articles on Takeda's Katsuyori Takeda's rehabilitation, "

[The defeat of the Takeda family was not caused only by Takeda Katsuyori. 】

We must analyze the fall of the Takeda family from the perspective of the times and the internal problems of the Takeda family.

And why did the Takeda family, which took "people are the city, people are the walls, unity is friends, and infighting is the enemy" as its purpose, to fall apart after the Nagashino War?

And in the end, even Koyamada Nobushige, Kiso Yoshiyasu, Anayama Nobuyo, and Takeda Nobuyo, the four characters who are related to the Takeda family, betrayed their families, especially the last two people, one is the descendant of the Takeda family, and the other is the relative of Takeda Shingen

Brother, even they ......

It's really embarrassing and incomprehensible......

I really can't think of any other words to describe the Takeda family at that time.

It can be seen that the so-called unity of the Takeda family is simply a joke!

So, what is the real reason for the demise of the Takeda family?

To analyze the reasons for the demise of the Takeda family, we must first analyze Takeda Shingen's father, ———— Sakyo doctor Takeda Shintora.

I heard that the evaluation of Takeda Shinhu in ancient times was not positive, especially the record under Takeda Shingen's [Good Ki Tomo] Takasaka Masanobu "Jiayang Military Prison", which made people feel that the image of Takeda Shinhu [Fu Hu] was more distinct, such as bloody scenes such as murder, abuse, and disembowelment.

All of them linger in the image of Takeda Shintora = tyrant.

However, many historians have now proposed revisions to the image of Takeda Shintora.

In fact, which of the ancient heroes of the murderous image is not stained with red vermilion blood?

Oh, sorry, I'm not here to excuse [Killer], I just want to say that [Gao Daquan] characters like [Lei Feng] can't go far in troubled times.

Either you kill someone or you are killed, pick one yourself.

Is the purpose of Takeda Shintora's killing only for personal desires?

This is still worth further study, from the information other than the "Jiayang Junjian", it is indeed certain that Takeda Shinhu has bloody killing of local wealthy families, etc., which does not need to be denied.

Compared with Takeda Shinto, Takeda Shingen's image is far greater than his father's, and he is both wise and brave.

However, judging from the objective environment, Takeda Shingen is just a rebel who committed the following crimes.

No matter how great his great deeds were, he could not wash away this stigma in his life.

As a result, we have from the historical facts the moving deeds of Takeda Shingen who drove his father away from the country for the sake of righteousness;

And the image of Takeda Shinhu [**] was also brought out in Takeda Shingen's self-defense announcement.

However, is it true that the ** behavior of abusing and cesarean section of a pregnant woman's abdomen is true?

In fact, it is unlikely, and there is a lack of support from other historical sources, most of which refer to Takeda Shintora [suddenly] going berserk.

Is this reasonable?

The author can affirm that he is no.

So, what is the reason for the struggle between Takeda Shintora and Harunobu father and son?

What was the original image of Takeda Shintora?

The contradiction between Takeda Shintora and Harunobu father and son, as far as they are concerned, is the problem of the position of the family governor.

Everyone who knows a little bit about the Takeda family's [] probably knows that Takeda Shintora is a father who prefers his younger son.

has always wanted to pass on the family position to the second male Dianxin Fan, that is, to point out that Qingxin will be deposed;

Therefore, it is understandable that Takeda Harunobu rebelled to protect himself.

However, the question is, why is Takeda Shintora in a hurry to change his heir?

Judging from the ability of Harunobu Takeda at that time, he was not an incompetent person.

Of course, this argument is also consequential.

Now research has found that when he was young, [Fat Tiger] was also a very unruly person, only a little better than his sworn enemy———— [Owari Big Fool].

Takeda Harunobu is an extremely ** person, this is the case when he was young, and when he was twenty years old, in addition to Mrs. Sanjo, his side room plus concubines, there were more than ten of them!

is really worthy of [Dumas], even Takeda Shintora, who is famous for his [extravagance], did not have this [level] when he was young.

This is not counting ...... [Fat Tiger] and [G] hobby...... His dad didn't like that.

Of course, none of this is a big deal.

In fact, the competition between Takeda Shintora and Takeda Shingen for the family governor is not just a problem between the two.

This is more about the future trend of the entire Takeda family, and at the same time, it can also be used to analyze the reality of Takeda Shintora.

Takeda Shintora drove out his father-in-law, and after becoming the governor of the family, he immediately put down the rebellious Hao clans in the various Kai clans, and it took most of his life to complete this arduous task.

At the same time, Takeda Shintora also actively promoted Shinano, which later wasted most of Takeda Shingen's life's work, which was in fact already carried out in the Takeda Shintora era.

The difference is that Takeda Shintora does not pursue an all-round attack policy, and in contrast, Takeda Shingen's inflated main attack policy is not very wise.

Shinano is a very important territory for Takeda Shintora, in addition to increasing the territory of the Takeda family by force, it is also an important base for Takeda Shintora to expand its strategic space————

Shinano borders seven or eight countries at the same time, and because it is a mountainous area, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack (it can be understood from the fact that the four major Shinano generals resisted the Takeda family for so long, and the battle here is not easy to fight).

At the same time, because Shinano choked the trade routes to the northern Kanto, Echigo, and Tokaido, and was also an important horse-producing area, it had an important relationship with the Takeda cavalry, which the Takeda family was proud of in the future, so Shinano was determined to win by Takeda Shintora.

However, in order to avoid being attacked on his back, Takeda Nobutora instigated the marriage relationship with the Suwa and Imagawa families as early as possible, so that the defense of the two sides of the Ka Fei Nan 、、、 West could be slightly relaxed, and at the same time concentrated his forces on Kita-Shinano, and concentrated the main opponents on the Echigo Uesugi clan and Kita-Shinano

Yoshikiyo Hiromurakami.

Here, I have to admire Murakami Yoshikiyo, he is not only an excellent general, he defeated Takeda Shingen twice and killed the latter's master.

Another point is that in addition to the art of war, this person is also very experienced in building cities————

In the Battle of Uedawara, he built [Isesaki Castle] as a defensive bunker according to the terrain of Uedawara, and easily sniped the attack of the Takeda army.

Sixty years later, everything has changed, the Takeda family has perished, and Murakami Yoshikiyo has also died, but his [inheritance] remains————

Isesaki Castle was further strengthened by Sanada Masayuki and renovated into the famous Ueda Castle.

It was this city that made the samurai of the Tokugawa family eat turtles many times, and also made Sanada father and son famous all over the world.

Far away, in a word, in order to deal with Murakami's righteous invitation, Takeda Shintora can be said to have taken great pains.

Such a military arrangement was indeed faster than the later all-out attack of Takeda Shingen, so the two counties of Ina and Saku also came into the hands of Takeda Shintora early, and it was a matter of time before Shinano fully mastered it.

However, such a unified Kai and Shinano army faced a very big problem, one of which was the resistance of the wealthy clan, so Takeda Shintora ———— slaughter with a quick knife to cut through the mess, and finally exchanged for the negative image of [thirst for killing] and [Tiger].

But from the Takeda family's point of view, this is really both aggrieved and unfair.

At the same time, the expansion of Takeda Shintora also caused instability in the family. Since Takeda Shintora came to power, he has been actively suppressing his father Shintoshi since he has been actively suppressing the genealogy of the people and important genealogy ministers.

To this end, he replaced them with a new group of senators, and finally reached the political structure of the "absolute monarchy", which denied the old practice of sharing power between the former monarch and the retainers of the lineage, which did have a positive effect on the centralization of power in the clan.

Unfortunately, not only was the old Gendai Cabinet greatly dissatisfied, but even the new members of the Takeda Shintora were upset by this.

At the same time, because Takeda Shintora's promotion policy did overdraft Kai's people's resources a lot, it caused domestic dissatisfaction.

But at the same time, both the new senators and the old ministers want to have personal interests, in other words, they do not want a single leader, but they want to maintain the structure of the [collegial] system, so that they can enjoy power and benefits.

Due to Takeda Shintora's expansion policy, Gu was only a clan and did not intend to divide too many benefits among the retainers————

Every time he conquered a new territory, [Tiger Dad] always wanted to give it to his relatives or simply govern it, but he didn't have the share of the tired retainers.

The retainers had long been dissatisfied with Takeda Shintora's new idea.

In the face of the retainers' backlash, Takeda Shintora could only use intimidation and strength to resist————

This is probably the common problem of [countrymen], who only know how to dance knives and guns, have too little knowledge and cultivation, lack the necessary political means, and his personality charm is far from catching up with his son.

However, the retainers had already invested their interests in Harunobu, hoping that he would replace Takeda Shintora as soon as possible in order to restore their interests and power.

Ministers such as Nobukata Sakagaki supported Harunobu as the governor of the household and opposed the idea of becoming a successor, and the fact implied a political struggle.

From this point of view, the second son Shinfan was supported by Takeda Shintora, in fact, because Shinfan was influenced and doted on by Takeda Shinhu since he was a child, and he was less influenced by the retainers, so Takeda Shinhu took Shinfan as a continuation of his political ideals to counter the conservative interests of the retainers

Benefitism.

The confrontation between Takeda Nobutora and Harunobu was actually a struggle between the old and new political ideas, and in the end, thanks to the help of his retainers, Takeda Nobuta finally failed, and he also made the retainers win, which became the bane of the Takeda family's demise......

In the early days of Takeda's reign, Harunobu was not arbitrary, and judging from the defeat of Takeda Shintora, the retainers won a decisive victory, that is, the long-term continuation of the collegial system.

In fact, during the reign of Takeda Shingen, in addition to his personal political charisma, it was also because of the compromise of the collegial system in exchange for the stability of the family.

At the same time, due to the emphasis on utilitarianism of the retainers, Takeda Shingen faced a very difficult environment after the defeat of Takeda Shintora, and the wealthy families of Shinano had long been dissatisfied with being suppressed by the Takeda family, and only because they were afraid of the power of Takeda Shintora did not dare to resist, but now [Tiger Dad] has been

After leaving, the pressure above was gone, and naturally they rose up to resist.

As a result, Shinano's control was regained, and in the face of the resistance of the remaining cronies of the Tiger faction in his family, he made Takeda Shingen and a group of retainers advocate a strategy of [all-round offensive expansion].

On the positive side, the Takeda clan has expanded a lot of territory, but on the negative side, it is a waste of time, and it is also replaced by the insatiable greed of the retainers, and it also makes the retainers belligerent for their own interests.

The most obvious event is the [Righteous Faith Incident]. As the first heir, Takeda Yoshinobu committed suicide, not only because of the battle for the governor, but also because the Yoshinobu faction advocated a policy of northward expansion, which was contrary to Takeda Shingen's idea of the royal way of Luoxing.

Behind Takeda Yoshinobu, there is a group of retainers who support it, and Yoshinobu's rebellion is, to a certain extent, a repetition of Takeda Shingen's year, so Takeda Shingen did make a lot of adjustments for this.

Judging from these phenomena alone, Takeda Shingen's inability to go to Luo in time was not only caused by the battle with his old enemy Uesugi Kenshin, but the fundamental reason was that after the defeat of Takeda Shinto, the power of the Takeda family did not increase but decreased, which greatly increased the obstacles to Takeda Shingen's westward appearance, which was related to the retainers

The relationship between the regiments is very large.

In his later years, Takeda Shingen understood that the problem Takeda Shintora faced back then was the conflict of interests between the retainers and the governor.

For this reason, the appearance of Katsuyori Takeda expresses the position of Shingen Takeda.

The so-called death of Yoshinobu was all due to Takeda Katsuyori, which was really an excuse for the retainers to act for their own interests.

In fact, the opposition between Yoshinobu and Takeda Shingen is not easy to resolve, in terms of political ideology and political structure, Takeda Shingen faces the same Yoshinobu as himself back then, if he still compromises, the clan status of the Takeda family will be gone.

One of the most important reasons why Takeda Shingen established Takeda Katsuyori was because he wanted to make clear the strong position of the main family, and even if the retainers and Takeda Katsuyori had been opposed for a long time, Takeda Shingen insisted very much, or only used Shinkatsu as a method of compromise.

In fact, the antagonism within the Takeda family has become apparent.

After Takeda Shingen's death, most of them pointed the finger at Takeda Katsuyori for Takeda's demise.

The most violent of these was Takeda Katsuyori's violation of Takeda Shingen's three-year covenant, which is clearly recorded in the "Koyo Military Prison".

However, the credibility of the military prison was questionable, and a three-year contract was impractical in the circumstances.

Success is a major question, and it would not be fair to put all the blame on Katsuyori Takeda.

In addition, in the ten years after Takeda Shingen's death and his demise, the power of the Takeda family was much higher than that of Takeda Shingen's time, and Takeda Katsuyori's foresight was broader than that of Takeda Shingen, and he not only actively strengthened the development of castle towns and commerce, but also built an anti-Oda in the Kanto region

Faction ————

Of course, from the current point of view, because of the financial difficulties, whether it is economic or diplomatic, he has not been successful.

But that's another story.

On the other hand, the "Four Tigers" also strategically considered Shinano to build a new town.

All of this shows that Katsuyori Takeda is not wasting his time, and that he sees things more deeply than his father.

But the problem is that the contradictions between Takeda Katsuyori and the retainers have long been white-hot, and they have become contradictions, which has become a major obstacle to Takeda Katsuyori's reform.

Moreover, Takeda Katsuyori was strongly rejected by his retainers from the beginning, and the power between the two was in flames.

This is obviously the xenophobia of the Kai family, and it is also an inevitable phenomenon of the [mountain people], and it is even more so for Shiro Takeda Katsuyori from Suwa, and the same is true for Takeda Katsuyori, which is a major reason why the Takeda family has not been able to organize a new force against Oda Nobunaga.

And a phenomenon that Takeda Shingen failed to change during his tenure.

For this reason, Takeda Katsuyori understood the importance of the centralization of monarchy from the absolute power structure of his father-in-law and sworn enemy, Oda Nobunaga, and actively imitated it.

However, due to the fact that the retainers have always emphasized self-interest, it has become a precursor to the divorce of the retainers because of the different steps within the Takeda family.

It is said that after Nobunaga learned of Takeda Shingen's death, the inference that the Takeda family was going to die was due to the incompetence of Takeda Katsuyori, but in fact this is not the case.

On the contrary, I believe that what Oda Nobunaga pointed out was the superficial contradiction within the Takeda family, and the hidden problems that had been balanced by Takeda Shingen also surfaced immediately after Takeda Shingen's sudden death.

Kiso Yoshimasa, Oyamada Nobushige, and Anayama Umeyuki all went to bed one after another, and these were all countermeasures made by Oda Nobunaga after analysis, and similarly, seeing that the interests of the retainers of the lineage were different from those of the clan, Takeda Katsuyori was also like his grandfather Takeda Nobuta, and replaced the Shinano people.

It is ironic that actions made as early as thirty years ago have been brought up again before the end of the inch.

The Battle of Nagashino was defeated, and many of the generals committed suicide and were defeated, and some say that Baba, Yamagu, etc. died for Takeda Shingen.

But in fact, there is something to consider.

First of all, the Takeda family was intoxicated with the myth of the Takeda Shingen era, and the overestimation of the cavalry team and the ability of the musket team was too low, resulting in an unprecedented defeat, which was not only the responsibility of Takeda Katsuyori, but also the great responsibility of the retainers, and also the expression of the retainers

The contradiction with Takeda Katsuyori is insoluble.

In the case of Takeda's defeat, it is true that Takeda's defeat was not his personal responsibility.

In fact, from Takeda Katsuyori's ascension to the throne to his demise, it was only ten years, and ten years was not enough for him to face the powerful Oda Modernization Corps on the one hand, and to reform the internal contradictions since his father's ancestors.

Compared with Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen, Takeda Katsuyori's growth time is far short.

The failure of the Takeda family can be described as "structural", and it is by no means something that Takeda Katsuyori can change for a while. Both Takeda Shintora, Takeda Shingen, and Takeda Katsuyori have tried to transform the phenomenon of outstretched and semi-independent retainers to achieve a centralized structure of absolute monarchy

Takeda Shintora failed because of his rapid advance and the conservative forces in his family were too strong.

In his later years, Takeda Shingen also tried to make adjustments, but in the end he was unsuccessful, and by the time of Takeda Katsuyori, the problem became more rigid due to internal and external factors, and eventually failed and perished.

[People are the city, people are the wall] of the Takeda family, the fact is that it is the internal discord and contradictions, the fight has appeared since the era of Takeda Shinto, but Takeda Shinhu not only could not succeed, but was shaped into a [**] Kai Tiger, was driven out of his hometown by his retainers and concubines, from

It is really touching that the political and military ideas that had been worked hard to build were also ruined by the short-sightedness and selfishness of the retainers.

Takeda Shingen, who achieved the great cause of the Takeda family, also worked hard to establish his position under the pressure of the retainers, but under the excessive inflation policy, he instead became a retainer and became a semi-independent daimyo, which was a precursor to collapse before his death, and at the same time handed over this mess to Takeda Katsu

In Lai's hands, even if Takeda Katsuyori struggled to change, he eventually died at the hands of the family retainers, and was despised as a loser, which is really unfair.

From the perspective of historical development, the demise of the Takeda family may be one of the things that helped Japan end the turmoil. However, if we look at the explanation of the demise of the Takeda family, it is too narrow to look at the defeat of Nagashino alone, or the problem of Takeda Katsuyori

There is also a tendency to exaggerate Takeda Shingen and Takeda Twenty-Four Horsemen.

The myth of the wind forest volcano is also worth reflecting on, in order to restore the historical truth, as well as the fairness of Takeda Shintora and Takeda Katsuyori.

Compared with the three major rival forces of Uesugi, Hojo, and Oda, the power structure of the Takeda family is not particularly perfect, but it is a bit of a taste of relying on personal charm, and the mutual trust between Takeda Shingen and his retainers has to be pointed out to a certain extent as a factor of complementary interests, the Takeda family

The expansion was also more or less caused by the selfish desires of the retainers. The demise of the Takeda family may have been trapped by these human flesh castles and human flesh stone walls......

(Most of the above articles come from the Internet, and the author has made significant deletions, which can barely be regarded as original.) ）

Finally, back to the book.

I didn't devote much energy to describing the Takeda family, but in the first chapter of the opening chapter, I talk about the Battle of Chogaku, which led to Akechi Mitsuhide's great achievements (in the past, it was thought that Akechi Mitsuhide was not involved, and the commander-in-chief of the Western Army's iron artillery team was Naomasa Kukami, but now it is recorded that Akechi Mitsuhide was

Commander-in-Chief), and then intermittently, mentioning the [Okazaki Rebellion], and then the [Takeda Expedition], in which the protagonist also participates and is active.

But even so, I focused my main attention on Tokugawa Ieyasu.

It's not that I despise the Takeda family, but I feel that in the life of the protagonist, the Takeda family no longer occupies a certain place, and it is not worth spending time writing about it...... Spoilers aside, in the following chapters, I'll describe the terroir of the Koshin area a little

Gift.

As for Takeda Katsuyori, it's even more tragic that he doesn't even have a [frontal close-up], I only made a side narrative of him fleeing without a fight, and finally being betrayed by his retainers and committing suicide on Tianmu Mountain.

In fact, it is true that when the Weaving German coalition army invaded Kashin, Takeda Katsuyori could no longer organize any form of counterattack, and the long-term harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes also caused the hearts of the people in Takeda's territory to fluctuate, and the people were full of complaints.

He fled without dignity.

On the contrary, it was the people who cut down wood as soldiers, uncovered poles, and stood up to defend their homes————

Of course, thanks to the fact that they met Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is known for his benevolence and righteousness (whether it is a fame or not, let's talk about it separately) and the protagonist who doesn't like to kill people very much, if it was the [Sixth Heaven Demon King], he would have beaten this group of people to death a long time ago.

However, their bravery did not last long.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu took out the food [relief] for them, all the weapons were laid down.

It can be seen that the people really love their homeland, not the Takeda family.

From this alone, it can be inferred that in the hearts of the people, the Takeda family has long been unable to occupy a little position......

It used to be when it was still the time of the Young Master

, when people all over the world mention me, they will use [Nobunaga's son-in-law] or [the second generation of the wise family]————

Because at that time, I could only be regarded as Oda Nobunaga or Akechi Mitsuhide

Background.

Even when I later became the patriarch of the family, everyone would always compare me to the above two.

Yes, the [Second Generation] will always live in the shadow of the [First Generation].

But this is finally over————

I used the victory of a major battle to announce the arrival of the [Second Generation Era]!

It was probably half a month before the New Year, when Akechi Sunshiro defeated the Shimazu naval army that had come to support the Mori family at the Sankenkou of the Shimonoseki Strait.

Sankenkou is a narrow strait in the northern part of Shimonoseki with a strong current.

Every five hours, the direction of the currents in the Shimonoseki Strait reverses.

At that time, the strait was only about three or four hundred meters wide———— so narrow that large fleets had to reduce their speed to pass through it.

In the early morning of February 3 of the 12th year of Tensho, after everything was ready, Sun Shiro's navy, which had been ambushed here for a long time, sent five or six small boats to lure the enemy army of Shimazu into the trap set in advance.

And Shimazu Yoshitora of the Shimazu Army ordered a pursuit recklessly when he could not judge the enemy's military situation.

By the time they sailed into the Sanjiankou Strait, the Wise Army was already ready on the opposite side.

When the enemy approached, the wise navy, hidden behind the small islands, launched a fierce attack on the Kyushu navy————

Mainly bows and arrows and iron cannons.

Since the ships in Kyushu are pointed, such ships are certainly fast.

But swaying in the turbulent currents.

In addition, there are mountains and [sea stones] to cover, although the Kyushu army's iron cannons and bows and arrows are powerful, they are never able to hit the target.

And the wise Sun Shiro and the others ambushed here a few days ago, creating a familiar environment and water flow here, the hull of the ship is stable in the wind and waves, so the attack hit rate is high.

In addition, the terrain of Sankenkou was very narrow, and it was difficult for ships to travel, and the Kyushu naval forces found it difficult to exit after entering here, and they even did not hesitate to point their weapons at friendly ships in order to fight for a way out, killing each other.

Soon the currents in the Sankenkou Strait began to reverse.

The warships of Kyushu began to bump into each other, and there was chaos.

Akechi Sun Shiro took the opportunity to order a second wave of the offensive.

A large number of Kyushu troops were crowded in the narrow strait, making them extremely passive targets.

The battle lasted a whole day and a night.

When the seriously wounded Shimazu Yoshitora fled back to Kyushu in a hurry, more than half of the more than 200 warships of the Kyushu army were destroyed, and only one or two thousand remnants of the defeated army remained.

This is also the result of the heroic struggle of the Satsuma samurai.

You must know that the task that Wise Sun Shiro received before was to completely annihilate the Shimazu Naval Army.

Moreover, he has been planning here for a long time, and according to his plan, the enemy will not be able to escape.

After the unification of Kyushu, the Shimazu family gathered naval forces everywhere, and soon formed a large naval army with as many as five or six hundred ships and more than 10,000 people.

Shimazu Yoshihisa divided the naval army into two parts.

One was holding Kyushu in peacetime, and the other was fighting outside to support the allied forces of the four countries.

This time, he sent troops to support Maori Huiyuan, but he was almost killed by [one pot].

Although Sun Shilang did not completely obliterate the enemy, his strategic purpose had been achieved————

It is no longer possible for the Shimazu family to intervene, and they are no longer able to come to the aid of the Mori family, and the war on the side of Shikoku has dragged them down.

And Mori Terumoto and Yoshikawa Motoharu, who were waiting hard for Shimadzu's assistance, came to an end this time.

This is really a naval battle that can go down in history.

[Congratulations to the Lord, congratulations to the Lord. 】

Wise Chang'an's expression was extremely flattering, which made me always have the urge to kick him in the face.

[This battle was fought very beautifully, I walked on the street, and I heard the people talking about it with their eyebrows fluttering, and the lord is famous all over the world......]

Although I am not on the battlefield, anyone with a little vision can see that it is impossible for Hosokawa Fujitaka to make such an arrangement just because he is known for his literary affairs.

It must have been arranged in advance.

So I was the focus of conversation again.

I looked at the courtyard in the distance, where the Yanagi siblings were playing a game of building a snowman with Kokokazu, while Aeda watched with my two young children————

Now I have too many things to do, and I can't be busy, Ah Xiang not only has to arrange family affairs, but sometimes acts as my staff officer and plans difficult things in the officialdom for me.

In this way, the child's upbringing and care are all handed over to Ah Zhi.

Originally, I didn't approve of this, because compared to Ah Xiang, Ah Zhi's personality is somewhat weak.

I'm worried that the two children will become like her if they stay by Ah Chi's side for a long time.

As the son of a samurai, I hope they can be strong.

I like Fukimaru very much, he inherited the looks of both parents, he is very cute, and his family says that he will definitely be a beautiful man in the future.

But Takechiyo is still the same as before, and he has never been close to me.

I don't know how this character came about, and I don't know how it has been retained.

This unharmonious relationship lasted for twenty years.

Until twenty years later, I personally ordered him to be killed! ……

It's almost time for lunch, and I'm worried that I'll lose my appetite for food from him.

[Okay, let's stop here today, Sun Shiro's reward, I will arrange it separately. 】

When my uncle was gone, I got up and left the main hall.

【Azhi! 】

[Adult.] 】

[Eat by yourselves at noon.] 】

【？ 】

[I'm a little tired and want to sleep for a while. 】

[So...... Do you need us to leave you a meal? 】

[No, I don't know when I'll wake up.] 】

Back in my bedroom, I lay on the bed with no breath.

If my father was here, I wouldn't be like this, and no matter how tired I was, I would pick up and talk to him.

But now that his father is gone, he seems to be suddenly tired of everything and doesn't care about anything.

Even his mother's funeral, he did not show up.

Yes, he's not wise Mitsuhide anymore.

Leave all the situation to me, but hide and relax.

In an instant, a feeling of exhaustion swept over my body, and even the glory of the samurai, which I had always pursued persistently, dimmed.

Perhaps, my honor is specially for the world to see.

Let the world see that I am not a [second generation] who will only be blessed with my father's shadow.

If that's the case, am I still a man?

What's the difference with a noisy little kid?

When I was a teenager, my mother asked me to protect the wise family.

When I was the patriarch, my father wanted me to glorify the wise family.

Now it seems like I've done both.

But why is there only a feeling of emptiness left in my heart? ……

I don't know how long I slept, but when I woke up, the lights were already lit in the hallway, and it seemed that it was already dark.

At this point, the door was opened.

Ah Xiang walked in with rice balls, tea and candles.

It's really smart, she came just right.

[Ah Xiang, what time is it?] 】

[My lord, it's already Shen Shi. 】

[It's already so late? 】

[It's an adult, you've slept for too long......]

Ah Xiang looked at me with a pair of wonderful eyes.

[Your Excellency, you've been feeling tired lately. 】

[Of course. 】

I took a sip of tea to make my throat feel a little better, and picked up a rice ball.

[Not only is I responsible for the war at home, but I also have a lot of government affairs to deal with on my lord's side...... Heh......]

I smiled bitterly and said to my wife:

[Since the victory in the Battle of Shimonoseki, people outside have looked up to me more and more, and even ......]

[Or even what?] 】

[It has even been said that after Shibata-sama grows old, I will replace him as the new [first retainer] of the Oda shogunate.] 】

【……】

[The First Retainer...... That's not a nice name. 】……

Hosokawa Fujitaka, as the acting general, is doing the final mobilization.

[I won't say anything superfluous, the sea has been victorious, the Maori army is now besieged by us in the temple under the snow, there is no way to advance or retreat, Lord Teng Tian will soon rush over to help the battle, and Maori Huiyuan, no one will come to help him......

You don't need to spare any more energy, just use all your strength to attack the temple under the snow! 】

[Hi Yi! 】

In this camp, the big and small samurai all sat on the maza, while Hosokawa Fujitaka and the military advisor Akechi Sasuke sat in the first place.

[Mr. Zuo Majie, please also say a few words. 】

[Speaking in front of a learned person like Hosokawa-sama always feels a little ugly......]

Wise Zuo Masuke stood up.

[I'll just say one word!] Those who fear the death will die, and those who sacrifice their lives will live, only a true samurai can live to the end, and the cowards who pity their lives should get out of here as soon as possible...... So! Everyone brings out the best in themselves! Let's do more feats! 】

【Hi Yi!! 】

The tallest, Keiji Maeda, stood up, pulled out their family's famous sword [Daidenita], and summoned the [Whale Wave] with great momentum————

[Hi Yi———— Hi Yi ———— Ho!! 】

Infected by him.

Akechi Mitsutada, Matsukura Shigenobu and others also stood up.

[Hi Yi———— Hi Yi ———— Ho!! 】……

Unlike the high-spirited Wise Legion, the Maori Legion stationed at the Temple under the Snow looked somewhat lifeless.

Mori Terumoto stood on the top of the city that was not too high, and the wind blew, causing the black hat on his head to [dance and tremble] in the wind.

Under the tall and sturdy city wall, you can see the enemy camp in the distance, endlessly, and there are a large number of fierce enemy soldiers in front of the military camp to show off their might, pointing at the head of the city and shouting and scolding.

Taking advantage of the chaos and chaos of the entire Iwami Province, the Maori army bought off many local people in the vicinity of the snowy gorge and incorporated some of the country's forces that aspired to become samurai.

According to the map they provided, they followed the trail straight into the hinterland of the canyon under the snow, bypassed the Jinshui street, and successfully captured the temple under the snow.

But now it's all ......

【General! The enemy is attacking again! 】

[Huh? 】

Mori Terumoto sighed secretly, grasped the handle of the Taidao knife tightly in his hand, and muttered to himself:

【Come on!】 】

When no one can count on him, he can only count on himself......

Beneath the walls of the temple under the snow, a fierce battle is unfolding.

Countless fierce soldiers from Kyoto, raising the blades in their hands, roared wildly, strode forward, desperately rushed towards the tall and strong city walls, and the guards at the head of the city were also desperately pulling their bows and arrows, covering a large rain of arrows on the heads of the besieging enemy soldiers.

The trebuchet roared incessantly, and a large number of boulders and [cannon branding] flew through the sky above and below the city, cutting a long arc, and projecting far onto the enemy's army.

(I've watched some older Japanese period dramas, and things like trebuchets are also useful in Japan)

Everywhere the boulders, screams rang out, and the soldiers who were hit were reduced to mud or burned alive.

Occasionally, trebuchets were destroyed by stones thrown by the opposing side, collapsing to the ground with a roar, and reduced to a pile of broken wood.

The soldiers who had forgotten their death rushed towards the fortified city wall like a raging tide, and the soldiers defending the temple under the snow were also fighting back, brandishing swords and guns, killing the enemies who rushed to the city, throwing their bodies off the wall and throwing them on

On the heads of their companions.

After all, the temple was not a fortified castle, and although the wise army suffered heavy casualties, the Maori army also felt tight.

In the area around the city wall, the sound of shouting and killing shook the earth, the battle was extremely fierce, countless soldiers fought to the death on this battlefield, with fierce and violent movements, frantically fighting with the enemy, blood flowed everywhere, sprinkled on the piles of corpses, and dyed the city wall up and down

Pieces are bright red.

Not only the soldiers, but also the generals rushed to the front line.

Yoshikawa Hiroke wielded his sword sharply and slashed the enemy soldiers who climbed up to the top of the castle into the air.

Seeing his bloody screams on his face, his body almost split into two pieces, Alvar couldn't help laughing.

【Kyoto's choppy people! Come! Grandpa is not afraid of you! 】

The katana swept through the air, splitting the neck bone of another young warrior who had just climbed the city wall and was engaged with the defenders, and watched him fall crookedly down the city, and then flew up with a kick, kicking the face of the enemy soldier in front of him who had just climbed the ladder into a bloody blur, screaming and falling to the sky

Go down.

At the side of Yoshikawa Hiroya, several samurai with forked poles pushed forward against the ladder, and the ladder on the city wall swayed backwards, carrying the enemy soldiers crawling on it, and fell on the heads of a large number of besieging enemy troops.

Hiroya Yoshikawa was covered in blood and laughed excitedly.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Let's fight hard and kill all these enemies!

Striding a few steps away, bloody swords flew all over the sky, and with sharp moves, they happily slashed the enemy soldiers who climbed up to the top of the city.

Here, you don't need to maintain the image of an elegant samurai in your usual life, and you don't need to worry about the blame of the gods and Buddhas, you can kill happily and completely expose your bloodthirsty nature.

He was now the supreme commander in charge of guarding the walls in this direction, and had been personally appointed by his general and cousin, Mori Terumoto.

In the previous attack on Xuexia Temple, he killed many officers of the Wise Legion, and now he will take the responsibility of these officers, lead the army to resist the fierce attack of the Wise Legion, and firmly defend the city.

His men were all soldiers who fought hard, and they had to obey the command of the young Yoshikawa Hiroya due to the orders of the general Mori Terumoto.

At first, these soldiers may have been suspicious of Yoshikawa's command, but after the fierce battle to defend the city, the surviving soldiers were convinced.

is really worthy of being the son of [Ghost Yuanchun], he really has a set, and he is a trustworthy comrade.

In the current environment, there is only unconditional obedience to his orders.

During the battle, Yoshikawa Hiroya often handed over the responsibility of dispatch to his lieutenant general, and he led his team to rush to the front line, playing the role of a firefighting team, appearing at the most fierce position of the enemy's attack at the right time, and killing countless enemy soldiers with brutal methods.

The defenders who witnessed his bloody tactics were all afraid of respect, and they paid tribute to this murderous young general, hoping that with his help, they could defeat the enemy forces besieging the city and protect the temple from the humiliation of being captured by the enemy.

The supreme commander of the entire defense of the city was actually his father, Hiroshi Yoshikawa.

He was in the middle, and from time to time he mobilized reserves from one direction to the walls in the other.

And the direction in which his son was in charge of guarding was the most stressed.

If it weren't for the brutality of Elvar's killing spree and his help to relieve a lot of pressure, the soldiers defending the city might not have been able to sustain themselves in this fierce battle.

It's hard for you, Saburo...... This is worthy of being my son of Yuanchun, work hard...... The future of the Yoshikawa family and the Mori family still needs to be supported by you......

In the camp of the enemy army, more than ten horses stood on a small hill outside the city, surrounded by a middle-aged man wearing a black hat, looking at the battlefield from afar, observing the fierce battle situation.

The middle-aged man had fair skin, a [Rendan] beard, and a strong body, wearing a sturdy battle armor, and watched his soldiers attack the city wall like a tide, but they smashed on the strong embankment like a tide, and shouted killing in a shaking voice

The corpses under the wall were piled up, but there was no inch of progress, and he couldn't help but look dissatisfied and shook his head angrily.

[There is no progress at all!] 】

The wise Zomajie on one side persuaded him to say:

[Lord Bingbu, after all, the number of enemies is twice as large as ours, and it will naturally be difficult to defeat them. 】

The chief and deputy generals of the Wise Legion, two men dismounted, and stood in a simple military formation not far from Ishigaki, looking down on the temple under the snow that stretched south from the Egawa River on the coast of the West Japan Sea.

[I've read some books about the Ming Dynasty before, and the big tube is not only an important weapon for defending the city, but also very useful for siege. 】

As for the words of the wise Zuo Masuke, Hosokawa didn't believe it very much.

In the Middle Ages, artillery was widely used in warfare, but its lethality was limited due to its short range, the fact that the shells were solid and the weight was too low.

It's okay to kill people with it, but it's not easy to siege the city, and the walls are harder than cannonballs.

[The lord has said something similar before...... Lord Bingbu, firing a cannon from here will surely surprise them. Isn't it? 】

"I hope it works.] 】

[Haha, don't believe me so much...... My lord, I have traveled for so long, and I have met many people, some of whom seem to be very smart, but they are stupid in their bones. 】

[Oh? 】

Are you talking about me?

[If the Maori group had obeyed, we would not have had to pay so many casualties to attack this city.] Sometimes, however, the stupidity of others is the cornerstone of meritorious service. 】

Akechi Samasuke said, suddenly realizing that Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't seem to pay attention to his words, so he smiled and said no more.