Chapter 102: The Ritual of Departure (1st Update)
On June 12, Hosokawa Fujitaka brought good news, the twelve ships were finally completed under the rush of more than 100 Shima boatmen day and night, because the construction period was too rushed, there was no time to make other preparations, in order to complete the task as soon as possible, Hosokawa Fujitaka transferred Hida workers to help, and hired dozens of farmers near Katada to help cut down trees, and it took a month to finally make 12 ships, which is already the limit speed, and no more can be done.
Kira Yoshishi tried a few words, and allocated a hundred kanwen to reward Shima boatmen and Hida workers, Hosokawa Fujitaka also received a reward of fifty kanwen, when he got this money, this handsome guy with outstanding literary style and appearance was already sloppy, and it is said that he cried for a long time when he returned home holding the fifty kan money, and he didn't know what was going on.
The newly appointed Navy Admiral Kuki Shigetaka immediately led more than 200 brothers to familiarize themselves with the new ship, according to him, he could drive this kind of ship with his eyes closed, and the craftsmanship of the Shima shipwrights also made them feel at ease, and they could drive the ship in less than three or five days.
In the middle of June, the news that the Miyoshi family was going to fight in Kyoto spread like a virus to Kinai, and at this juncture, Miyoshi Nagakei's henchman Imamura Keimitsu who was sitting in Kyoto led to another major event, because he forcibly expropriated land money and had a fierce conflict with the townspeople of Kyoto.
Although Imamura Keimitsu is well-equipped and well-equipped, but the side of the Shakashi Village is not without advantages, with the support of the merchants, underground people and the court behind it, the Shakamura has been very patient and Imamura Keimitsu to play hide and seek, the two sides fought from Zuojing to Youjing, from Xiajing to Shangjing, and it was really lively to fight more than a dozen times in ten days.
On June 18, Imamura Keimitsu seized the opportunity to successfully block the village of Shengwenshi and kill him, and dozens of townspeople who accompanied him were also slaughtered after surrendering, this tragedy immediately caused a great uproar in Kyoto, and the imperial court issued an edict asking the Miyoshi family to properly deal with the big noise, but Miyoshi Nagakei chose to directly ignore the imperial court's edict, and Imamura Yoshimitsu still swaggered through the city in Kyoto.
On June 23, when Imamura Yoshimitsu appeared on the streets of Kyoto again, he was swarmed by the townspeople of Kyoto, who had been waiting for him, and were stabbed hundreds of times from top to bottom by the short knives held by the townspeople.
Miyoshi Chokei of Akutagawa Yamajo was furious when he heard this, and someone in Kyoto dared to kill his cronies, which was simply a contempt for the authority of his Miyoshi family, so Matsunaga Hideki decisively admonished: "This is a provocation by the Kyoto family to my Miyoshi family, and it is impossible to establish authority without begging, and I respectfully ask the lord to order a crusade against the lawbreakers!" โ
Miyoshi Changqing thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Order Settsu and Izumi to increase the number of troops by 2,000, and the allies of the family, the Hatakeyama family, will also cooperate to increase the troops by 3,000!" IchicunใHinata Mamoru,Go back and prepare for tomorrow's battle in Kyoto! โ
"Yes!" Ten rivers and one survival, three good Changyi led the order and retreated.
When Miyoshi Nagakei decided to go into battle, Ashikaga Yoshito also made the decision to go to Kyoto, and when the shogunate's imperial book arrived at Sakamoto Castle on the evening of June 24, the day after Imamura Yoshimitsu was killed, the first thing Kira Yoshitoki did after receiving the imperial letter was to gather his retainers and announce the order to go into battle.
"Is it finally time to go out! I've been waiting for a long time! Although Kato Kato, who is only nineteen years old, is only a light man, he is also one of the first veterans to join Saijo Bei, and he has always regarded himself as a confidant of Yoshitoki Kira.
"Yes! The family should also be in battle! Seven thousand troops is a formidable force! Ashigaru Tsunataka Okochi, who had just come from Mikawa, stroked his hands and exclaimed.
"It's going to be out of battle, but it's a pity that Omi and Liangbei haven't trained yet!" Tokiyuki Yamamoto glanced back and forth at the retainers in the hall with one eye, as if to determine the difference in the expressions on everyone's faces.
Kira Yoshishi leaned slightly and said, "The family is going to go out tomorrow, and the affairs of Sakamoto Castle will be entrusted to Fujitaka and the princes!" โ
At dawn on the second day, Aju put on armor for Kira Yoshitoki, and he was wearing the smoked purple Weiwei carcass pill worn by the ancestor Kira Manshi during the frost moon turmoil, which was the family heirloom armor of the Kira family, and its status was not as good as the eight collars of the Genji clan, but it was just right to wear on him, because the carcass pills of the Kamakura period were very light, and even if they were several laps, they would not overwhelm him.
Before the sun rises, Kira Yoshitoki sits on the horse according to the requirements of the battle ceremony and waits for the people near the side to lead the horse, and then eats, the master will cook wine with three dishes and three cups of offerings, and Kira Yoshishi is too young to replace it with sweet rice wine, why use the number three, it is still very particular, because the odd numbers three, five, and seven, which are considered auspicious numbers since the Asuka era, often appear on the battlefield in addition to the battle style.
The three kinds of food are generally beating abalone, pounding chestnuts and kelp, beating abalone because of the sound of "enemy discussion" contains the meaning of killing the enemy, pounding chestnuts and "victory" is the same sound is also called Shengli, kelp and "joy" homonym, these three foods also have the meaning of asking for an auspiciousness, these three kinds of food should be respectively served in the pottery, including five abalone, seven pounding chestnuts, five pieces of kelp, Shengli must be more than the other two foods, I don't know what the reason is.
Eat three kinds of food and pay attention, beat abalone to eat from the narrow end of the think wide indicates a bright future, after eating abalone to drink the first glass of wine, three glasses of wine are empty to be stacked together, when drinking wine to drink from the top of the first glass, pour the wine must be a brave ashigaru general, and then eat boiled and peeled Katsuri, then drink the second glass of wine, the last kelp to pull hard and then bite off from the middle to eat, in turn to drink the third glass of wine.
Under the gaze of hundreds of people, after the three offerings, Kira Yoshishi shouted: "This battle will be won!" The Kira family will win! The shogunate will win! โ
"This battle will be won! The Kira family will win! The shogunate will win! Hundreds of samurai shouted victory, and the scene was extremely enthusiastic.
"Out of battle!" With the wave of the military equipment, the military momentum of the Kira family began one after another.
On the afternoon of June 25, Kira Yoshitoki led 7,000 troops to move to the Yamashina Basin on the east bank of the Kamogawa River, near Kyoto, and stopped moving, because he had already received the news that the Miyoshi family's 20,000-strong army had gone out to Kyoto, and with the strong logistical advantage of the Miyoshi family, he advanced the army to Katsuryuji Castle on the west bank of the Yodo River in one day on June 24, which was only four and a half miles from Kyoto, and the Miyoshi family's troops were directed at Kyoto.
"Kyoto is already in chaos, some ministers packed up and took refuge in Enryakuji Temple, and some fled to the Asakura family, it is said that Hirohashi Nakanaka Nayan Kunimitsu has packed up and fled to Nakao Castle, Kyoto suddenly spread the news that the Miyoshi family wants to burn Kyoto to avenge Imamura Keimitsu, and I don't know who is spreading this rumor." Tokiyuki Yamamoto kept looking at Kira Yoshitoshi with his eyes, and the latter looked at him innocently.
"How could I tell you that Keimitsu Imamura was assassinated by a Hattori ninja? And how can you tell you that the rumors were spread by Hattori Ninja? If you don't do this, how can you pull the court into the camp? "Kira Yoshitoki also feels that he is too focused on using stratagem, and he is not masculine enough, but he is only nine years old and masculine, what is it, take a wooden sword to ride? That's death!
"Hosokawa Harumoto is a stupid person, the party causes trouble, and he runs faster than a rabbit when something happens! He retreated to Nakao Castle with a shy face, and he didn't know what His Royal Highness looked at him. "Ashikaga Yoshito relied on more than 100 people to defend Nakao Castle, and it is impossible to say that Hosokawa Harumoto is not welcome, but this guy is definitely not bad for causing trouble.
However, everyone still has to give him face, not only because of the 3,000 people in his hands, but also because of his brother-in-law Rokkaku Yoshiken, who has advanced the 8,000 army to the south bank of the Uji River, but his attack ends here, because the Rokkaku family said that there are not enough boats to cross the river, so they can only stop here, and they don't know what the boats are shuttling back and forth on this river.
Anyway, he was just across the river from the seven thousand troops of Kira Yoshitoki, and he made up his mind to watch the fire from the other side, and Kira Yoshishi even saved his mind to complain, the unreliable hexagonal family plus an extremely unreliable hexagonal Yoshixian, what else could he say? Do it yourself.
On June 27th, the Miyoshi family who was cowering in Katsuryuji Castle finally moved, but he made a surprising move, the Miyoshi family actually divided their troops in battle, Miyoshi Nagaitsu led 8,000 horsemen into and out of Kyoto, of which 2,000 horsemen from Shikoku, and the rest from Settsu and Izumi, his task was to punish the townspeople who participated in the turmoil first, and after indiscriminately hunting and killing 100 townspeople, these 8,000 horsemen entered Jishoji Temple again, and it seemed that the target was Nakao Castle behind.
The commander-in-chief, Tokawa Ichiku, led 3,000 people from the four countries, 2,000 people from Setsu, 3,000 reinforcements from the Hatakeyama family, and 2,000 people from Yamajo led by the deacon of the government office, Ise Sadataka, a total of 10,000 horsemen crossed the Katsura River directly, and advanced to the Toba area south of Kyoto to garrison it, and confronted the 7,000 troops of Kira Yoshitoshi across the Kamogawa River.
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