Chapter 480: The Threat of War
Asakura Jingji's anger is both unexpected and reasonable, but it is impossible for Asakura Yoshikyo to exchange this justice for his uncle, not to mention that the Asakura Jingjing he worked so hard to promote is reluctant to kill, even if he is willing, he has to ask the thousands of powerful people in the field to say yes, in the eyes of the people of the Great Wild and many genealogical generations and people with the same name, Asakura Jingjing is responsible but not guilty, because it is mediocre to punish or even kill Asakura Jingjing for the death of Asakura Jingyuan.
As a family governor, his view is different from that of his father, Asakura Keiki, in his opinion, Asakura Keiji is a special case of death due to words, according to the same name and a number of testimonies of the retainers of the spectrum, it can be known that Asakura Jingjing did not say particularly explicit bad words at that time, but deliberately stimulated Asakura Jingyuan's nerves in some words and sentences in the military meeting, and subjectively there should be no possibility of inducing or forcing Asakura Jingyuan to commit suicide, that is to say, this is an accidental event with a very low probability of occurrence.
So Asakura Yoshikage felt that Asakura Jingjing was responsible but not a major responsibility, but he didn't dare to discuss this with his angry uncle, so he could only use some vague promises to appease his uncle Asakura Jingji first, implying that he should not cause trouble at this time and affect the unity of the family, and said that he would deal with Asakura Jingjing and give their family an explanation.
Asakura Keiki also knew that most of his excessive demands would not be approved, and now he can be regarded as seeing through the thoughts of this eldest nephew, and seized part of the power of the Tsuruga people and established the authority of the family governor, this appointment of the general can be said to be promoted by Asakura Yoshikage, and half of the responsibility for the death of his son-in-law Asakura Keiji comes from Asakura Yoshikage.
Sent away his uncle Asakura Keiki, and Asakura Yoshikyo ran to the front line to personally pacify the people of the same name who were in turmoil. Trying to put an end to this farce once and for all. At this time, there was chaos in the Asakura military camp in Ono County. The effects of Asakura's death are still slowly fermenting, and his body is gradually rotting and stinking in the midsummer heat.
However, the Tsuruga people resolutely did not allow the burial on the ground, and strongly asked the retainers to seek justice for the dead who died in vain, which required the namesake and genealogy of the Asakura army to be very difficult, fortunately at this time, Asakura Yoshikage quickly arrived to make the angry Tsuruga people gradually calm down, and these samurai still knew how to distinguish between the good and the bad and did not dare to cause trouble in front of the family governor.
When Asakura Yoshikage arrived at the camp, he quickly convened a pre-battle assessment meeting, and from what he had learned, he realized that the real problems were far more difficult than he imagined, and he thought that it was only a temporary contradiction that would soon dissipate. But when he came to the front line, he realized that the situation would be so serious, he could only stand up and repeatedly emphasize that the death of Asakura Keiji was a huge human tragedy, and expressed the grief of the deceased, and then quickly cremated Asakura Keiga, and collected the ashes and sent them to Tsuruga to hand over to his father Asakura Keiki.
All these actions can be called swift, before and after only a morning's work to do it cleanly, people have been cremated so that the Tsuruga people have no reason to continue to make trouble, can only dare to eat dumb and have nowhere to be angry, on the surface the matter has been perfectly resolved, but secretly the antagonism between the two inner people is becoming more and more serious.
Asakura Yoshikei also knew that it would be unfair to do so. But he couldn't be ruthless to the Asakura Jingjing he promoted, and after thinking about it, he felt that he still had to appease the resentment of the Tsuruga people. So he ordered Asakura Keitsune, the second son of Asakura Keiki, to serve as the new Tsuruga Prefecture Secretary, and ordered him to rush to the Ono County camp to pacify the restless Tsuruga people.
Asakura Jingjing, who was promoted and appointed by himself, also had to beat him a little bit to warn him that his nonsense violated his bottom line, so when Asakura Yoshijing announced that he would personally serve as the general of the crusade army, he easily erased the general of Asakura Jingjing, and changed it to continue to serve as the general of the Onozhong, which is equivalent to not punishing Asakura Jingjing at all, because he was the military leader of the Onozhong before he became the general general, which caused all kinds of speculation in the generations.
It took a few days to hold a meeting to sum up the lessons and lessons, and finally solve the problem of internal unity smoothly, and then pack up the hearts of the people and go out again to crusade against the Ichijo in Ono County, but found that Shimoma Yorisho and Chaosheng Temple Kyofang had already been waiting for a long time, and more than 30,000 people in the county had been guarding all the passages in Ono County, and put on a posture of strictly guarding and resolutely not letting the Asakura family enter.
This makes Asakura Yoshijing very embarrassed, this is the first time he has come down as a general as the governor of the family, and this first good start has to be more brilliant than the capture of Yoshizaki Imperial Workshop to say the past, but Echizen has always been a bit more reluctant to cooperate with Asakura Yoshikei's actions, especially Echizen Ichijo, who has the support of the Kira family, has become more and more tough.
The Nanbukuro Nanachiyama family in Ono County has always reacted very violently, gathering in the newly built Muragangyama Castle upstream of the Kuzuru Ryugawa River to block the main route of the Asakura army, and by the time Asakura Yoshikage led 20,000 troops down the Kuzu Ryugawa River to Ono County, this new castle had already garrisoned a full 4,000 troops, which made the Asakura army more and more embarrassed.
Asakura Keitaka suggested abandoning this mountain castle that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and directly went up the river into the hinterland of Ohno County to attack the old rival of Haishan Castle, Ninomiya Zuo Jinjian, as long as the capture of Haishan Castle of the Ninomiya family would deal a huge blow to Echizen Ichichi, Asakura Yoshikage felt that it was very reasonable to accept his proposal.
This second palace left near the general is a hereditary name.,The second palace clan was originally the Echizen East Guardian Daidai family appointed by the Spo clan.,In the Onin Rebellion, in order to fight against the Asakura Toshikei sent by the shogunate.,Together with another wash-guardian generation Kai clan to fight against the Asakura family.,But their level is really a bit of a dish.,It's miserable to be repaired by Asakura Toshikyo.。
As a result, the Echizen Nishidai Kai clan, who was pitted before the Onin Rebellion, declined, and the Higashidai Ninomiya clan was forced to join Kaga Ichijo and became a powerful official under Honganji Renru, and then served as the vanguard of the anti-Asakura.
So far, for almost a hundred years, the Ninomiya family has always been a resolute anti-Asakura faction, this family can be said to have been anti-Asakura as a concept to implement for life, Asakura does not fall for a day, they are unhappy for a day, Asakura Keitaka proposed to crack down on this is also important to this, after all, the Ninomiya family has always been a one, this matter is also a more famous story in Hokuriku and even Kinai, which can bring substantial benefits to the Asakura family and can also meet the fame needs of Asakura Yoshikage.
The Asakura army bypassed the Nanbukuro Seven Mountains family in Muragangyama Castle, and it has always been a smash. With the convenience of waterways, you can go straight to Haishan Castle, the most important castle in the plains of the prefecture. Under the personal supervision of Asakura Yoshikei, the offensive of the Asakura army was fierce. All the way, he broke the small stone and killed one by one, and he threw away his armor one by one, and soon came to the foot of Haishan City to surround this Pingcheng guarded by 1,200 people.
Although the name is Haishan Castle, it seems to be built on the top of a mountain, but it is actually an authentic Heijo Castle, and several tributaries of the Kushiryu River flow through the plains, and the location of this Haishan Castle is very good, not to mention the mountains and hills that are not surrounded by any natural shelter, and after several generations of development, several forests have also been developed into castle towns.
What's even better is that the city defense of Haishan Castle can be described as inferior, and this construction method that is completely unfavorable to military operations reflects the brain-dead of the governor of the Ninomiya clan. Of course, to a certain extent, it also reflects that Echizen has always been more at ease with this hinterland, so he has not strengthened the city defense of Haishan Castle.
The flat terrain without obstruction means that the field of vision is broad, the castle defense is inferior and the setting up of a large area of castle town provides a powerful offensive environment for the Asakura army, and the Asakura army suddenly cheered up and launched wave after wave of attacks, and the second palace left near the general once confidently said that he could withstand the main force of the Asakura army, and strive for favorable time and space for Kaga's march.
As a result, he felt that something was not quite right after resisting for two days, and he found that the city defense of Haishan Castle seemed to be paper paste, and the Asakura army dared to stare at the rain of arrows falling from the arrow oars and forcibly climb the earthen pier, although these Asakura soldiers who climbed in were either shot by the rain of arrows or slashed by the defenders of the city. But this did not stop the increasingly fanatical Asakura army.
One or two can block ten or eight, no problem, but a hundred or so is a little difficult, not to mention nearly a thousand people at once. Gradually, the samurai of the Ninomiya family found that it was difficult to kill the enemy as the months passed, and their companions were killed and wounded more and more, and by the first day of the battle, the defenders of the castle were killed and wounded more than 200 people, and they were simply beaten and unable to fight back.
This is not the worst result, it is the next evening Otemon was broken by the Asakura army and scared him almost fainted, in desperation, he wrote a letter that night to Ichijo to ask for reinforcements, early in the morning of the third day, from Kono Castle, the lord of Longmen Temple, and Knotweed City, a total of 5,001 troops rushed to the rescue, but were quickly repelled by the prepared Asakura army.
Shimoma Yoshiteru also found that the 5,000 men had always been too big to deal with the 20,000 elites of the Asakura army, so he ordered the 25,000 troops in Ono County to attack the Asakura army, and the two sides broke out in a fierce battle near the Mana River, a tributary of the Kutyu River, and the Asakura army occupied a strong terrain to launch a surprise attack on the Ichikura army one step earlier.
The Tsuruga and Ohno clans attacked the Ichiyi army from the north and south, and the Kokatsuji Kyoshikinki ordered the current lord of Kono Castle, the son of the late Wakabayashi Nagato Mamoru Wakabayashi, and the lord of Ryumonji Castle, Miyake Gonsho, to urgently reinforce the two wings, and the main forces of the Ichikatsu army were inevitably led to the two wings, making the military strength of the main camp appear in a state of emptiness for a short time.
The cunning Asakura Keitaka saw the opportunity and immediately admonished the Honjin to launch a surprise attack, Asakura Yoshikage did not hesitate to refuse this proposal on the grounds that he was worried that his safety would be harmed, although the army was slightly inferior and pitiful, but he still knew the truth that the son of the daughter could not sit down, and Asakura Keitaka had to reluctantly say that the Ashi Yu people would serve as the raid army, and only then did he get the permission of Asakura Yoshikage's Xu to raid.
The total strength of the Ashiba people is only 4,000 troops, and in the face of the Echizen Ichijo who still has 7,000 troops, it is very weak, and it is completely impossible to defeat or even annihilate Echizen Ichijo with the strength of the army, even in such a difficult situation, Asakura Keitaka still exerts excellent command, and he simply chisels a gap in the 7,000 main formation that Echizen has always had, so that the Kyoyoyoshi of Chaokatsuji Temple has to order the two wings to shrink the army and return to the main formation.
This harvest will be a big event, the already dominant Tsuruga and Ohno quickly bite Echizen's tail, so that the normal retreat gradually evolved into an unorderly retreat, the two wings disintegrated one after another, causing the formation to waver, the absolute gap in the quality of the army exposed Echizen's biggest weakness, and the Chaoshengji Kyoyoshi retreated with the main formation without saying a word.
The actual losses in this battle of the Manakagawa River were not large, the Asakura army killed more than 600 people, Echizen has always lost nearly 1,000 people, and the generals on both sides did not suffer any damage, but this battle completely cut off Echizen's attempt to dominate the western part of Ohno County, and the day after the end of this battle, the general of the left of the second palace packed up his army and fled to the east of Ono County with his family. The Honmaru of Haishan Castle was cleaned up by a fire. It was announced that Echizen had always been in the area of control west of the Kuzuryu River, and was completely divided into two pieces.
Then Kaga, who was urgently reinforced, had always had an army of 50,000 troops, and the strength of the army became very redundant. Asakura Yoshikei took advantage of the situation to capture Ono Castle, Xushan Castle, Koyama Castle, and Chausu Mountain Castle, and swept all the forces in the western part of Ohno County.
After a series of brilliant victories, Asakura Yoshikage's self-confidence has been significantly improved, and he feels that fighting a joint battle is not a troublesome thing, as long as there are brave clans and loyal retainers to rely on, and he can reap a series of victories by following the strategic advice of the veteran in time. For example, in the Battle of the Manakagawa, at a critical moment, he listened to the advice of the raid on the Kyoyoshi Honjin of the Chaokatsuji Temple, which became an important turning point to change the direction of the battlefield.
In the face of Kaga's embarrassing coping strategy that has always gathered a large army but can only hold back, the pride in Asakura Yoshikage's heart is overflowing, and he continues to show off to his retainers that the Asakura family is getting stronger and stronger in his hands, and he has successfully swept away more than half of the Ichi-shi that has plagued Echizen Province for nearly a hundred years, and the remaining remnants of Ono County and the remnants of Ashiwa County who are divided and surrounded are not a problem at all.
Just as he was immersed in the joy of victory, he suddenly received a shocking news that Yamamoto Tokiyuki led an army of 19,000 to attack Tsuruga Prefecture with lightning speed, easily defeating the unsuspecting 5,000 Tsuruga people and burning down the newly built gate in Tsuruga Prefecture. After that, he let go of some cruel words before withdrawing from Tsuruga County.
The Tsuruga crowd was shaken again, and this time it was not just the new Tsuruga Prefecture Secretary Asakura Keixun's anxious jump. Some of the retainers and people of the country who were close to Tsuruga Prefecture couldn't help but ask for a retreat, and Asakura Jingjing took the opportunity to say that he had the ability to stabilize the situation for the Asakura family, and asked the lord to return to Ichijo Valley Castle to deal with military affairs.
Asakura Yoshikage felt that it was very reasonable, and the hot day was tossing in the wilderness of Ono County for half a day, and he was already uncomfortable to death, so he simply handed over the newly acquired cities of Ono County to the Ono people as the city lord, leaving the Ono people, the Ashiba people and some of the retainers of the spectrum to continue to maintain a confrontation posture, and he returned to Ichishiri Valley City with the remaining military momentum, and as for the collegiate issues that Echizen had always been one, he completely handed it over to the retainers of the spectrum to deal with.
As the messenger of the two sides is an old acquaintance of the Asakura family, and is also the uncle of the former heir of Sekihaku Konoe, who served as the Shingon sect Daikakuji Gate Traces of the Tsu Shitennoji Temple, the famous Lian Ge and cultural Daikakuji Yoshitoshi visited, this senior monk is fifty-seven years old this year, but he is like a middle-aged man in his early forties, and at the age of thirty-six, he was promoted to the top of the monkhood, and in one fell swoop received the top treatment under the quasi-third queen.
Instead of rushing to deliver the word like an ordinary messenger, Yoshitoshi held a small tea party with Asakura Yoshikei to talk about Buddhism and recent rumors in Kyoto, and learned from him that the Kira army had made great moves in these short months, taking half of Asai and half of Ika-gun, and defeating Asai Nagamasa in the Battle of Shidake to achieve absolute superiority in Omi Province.
A tea party lasted for two hours, followed by a grand dinner, and it was not until the next morning that Yoshitoshi Daikakuji talked about business: "Yamamoto Sado Mamoru said that the town government is the most hated to be threatened, and both the Miyoshi family and the Takeda family were defeated at the hands of the town government, and the names of the Asai family and the Asakura family were added to the list of failures this time.
I hope that the two families will correct their mentality and not try to challenge the bottom line of the town government, this time it is just to burn down the customs office to teach the Asakura family a lesson, and next time it will be to let the Asakura family lose Tsuruga County forever, the town government will never break his word, I believe that the Asakura Kagoden is a smart person, and he should know what the consequences of offending the Kira family are. ”
Asakura Yoshikage had just finished a winning battle, and at this moment, when his confidence was bursting, how could he endure the threat of this red fruit, and he immediately said angrily: "Kira Yoshishi is really too deceitful!" This is a naked humiliation of my Asakura family! I, Yoshikage, Asakura, will definitely ...... with him."
Asakura Jinglian hurriedly coughed: "The lord means that my Asakura family is very dissatisfied with the arrogance of the Kira family!" It's too much for the town government to say this! My Asakura family is the guardian of the Shogunate Echizen, and the establishment of a customs office in Tsuruga Prefecture is an act permitted by the Shogunate, how can the Kira family invade my Tsuruga County so brutally, and also kill and wound hundreds of soldiers of my Asakura family, and my Asakura family will report the arrogant behavior of the Kira family to the shogunate and ask His Royal Highness for a ruling. ”
"This ......" Daikakuji Yoshitoshi smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "The poor monk thinks that it is better not to report to the shogunate to ask for a judgment, Sado Mamoru told the poor monk that the town government has decided to carry out a comprehensive cleanup of all the idle sailors on the Hokuriku Road, and the focus of this operation will be on the various sailors near Wakasa Bay, aiming to completely eliminate the bad behavior of all kinds of sailors in Hokuriku Province to exploit the merchants......"
"This is a humiliation, this is a humiliation of Hongguoguo!" Asakura Yoshikei is still trying to maintain his famous demeanor, but his face is as black as the bottom of a pot but it reveals his anger at the moment, the reason why he is so angry is very simple, that is, to show that I not only have the ability to threaten the safety of Tsuruga Prefecture with cruel words, but also have the strength to seize the port of Tsuruga, the economic lifeline of the Asakura family. (To be continued......)