Chapter 95: Preparations for War (Part 3)
The shock of the news that Shiga-gun belonged to the Kira family was far more disturbing than the changes in Takashima-gun, which was originally a residential area assigned by the Rokkaku family to the shogunate as a vacation destination, and the shogunate was satisfied with having a place to stay at that time, and the Rokkaku family also wanted to take this opportunity to get close to the shogunate and seek to obtain a ruling and improve the family's character.
After the reconciliation between Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Hosokawa Harumoto, Rokkaku Yoshiharu and Hosokawa Harumoto successively married, gaining great prestige for Ashikaga Yoshito Motofu, and becoming the head of the shogunate to achieve the goals he set at the beginning, and their family also changed the situation of being suppressed by the shogunate in the Muromachi era, and became a famous samurai daimyo.
It's just that the Rokkaku family is a speculator in the final analysis, and he doesn't have a strong military armament, and in several joint battles related to the change of the pattern in Jinnai, there is often a situation where the troops do not move, and then the icing on the cake or simply retreat after the situation is clear, so Rokkaku Yoshiken simply loses the management of the leader.
Due to the hesitation of the Rokkaku family for a while, the opportunity was missed, causing the two counties to fly into the hands of Kira Yoshitoki, which made Rokkaku Yoshiken a little dissatisfied with the Kira family, and wanted to imply that the Kira family had no excuse, so he could only stare at it and be anxious.
On the last day of April, the renovation of the inside and outside of Nakao Castle was completed, and it was Ashikaga Yoshito who found that many of the defensive facilities were very good after visiting Sakamoto Castle, and ordered craftsmen to make the same structure as usual.
After the banquet, Ashikaga Yoshito summoned him to the castle tower and said, "How is your army prepared?" Are you sure to play for your family? ”
Kira Yoshishi hesitated, and then said truthfully: "There is no problem with the Samurai of Mikawa in this formation, and the people of the two counties have not yet been gathered, I don't know what His Royal Highness the Princess's plan is?" ”
"Yu wants to retake the lost Kyoto this summer! This is my father's last wish and Yu's ambition! Sanzhu will definitely enter Kyoto this summer, and if Yu and Sanzhu meet on a narrow road, one side will be defeated! Yu can't be defeated! Yu to win! So Saburo will mobilize from now on! Kira mobilization, it is better to transfer some more troops from Mikawa Province! The luck of my shogunate is in this battle! ”
"Your Majesty understands! When I returned to Sakamoto, I would immediately start doing it. Kira got up and retired.
Ashikaga Yoshito appointed Kira Yoshitoki as the Sakamoto Imperial Police Officer, the purpose was to let him launch a mobilization order on the grounds of undertaking the task of garrisoning the Sakamoto Imperial Office, and Kira Yoshitoki had already waited for this name to start, and directly borrowed the name of the Sakamoto Imperial Police Officer, and applied to Ashikaga Yoshito for the transfer of Sakamoto Castle, the assistant minister of the direct minister, on the grounds that the rear of the army could not be left vacant.
That actually means that it's okay for your highness to break my leg with a word, but you have to give me manpower to replenish it! Ashikaga Yoshito agreed to his request without thinking about it, didn't he just want the shogunate ministers? I don't have anyone and there is no shortage of money, so Hosokawa Fujitaka was asked to come by Kira Yoshitoki and appointed as the Shiga Gundai, whose duty is to make laws and regulations to manage the affairs of Shiga Prefecture.
Hosokawa Fujitaka was accompanied by Ninagawa's son, Ninagawa Kincho, the eldest son of the diplomat who was transferred to serve as the general invitation commissioner, and Odate Harumitsu's cousin, the arrogant public god Goban head Odate Hyogo head Takanshin, and his eldest son, Odate Haritada, who was in charge of tax collection.
At the same time, Matsui Masayuki's brother Matsui Tomokan was appointed as the governor of Sakamoto Joshitachi, in charge of assisting Sakamoto Joshita Town affairs, and Kira Yoshitoki gave him the task of suppressing the Sakamoto Minato's merchants as soon as possible, and discussed the administrative decree of Joshita Town with Hosokawa Fujitaka, and he also gave an example, that is, the Rakushi Ordinance of Kannonji Joshita Town, which could start drafting a similar set of laws.
The first thing he did when he returned to Sakamoto Castle was to immediately write a letter to Okochi Nobusada who was left behind by Mikawa, and the letter was handed over to the ninjas of the Hattori family to be delivered to Mikawa Province day and night, and according to the standards of the Hattori family, the letter could be delivered to Saijo Castle within three days.
The second thing was to issue a mobilization order in the two counties of Shiga and Takashima, requiring each of the two counties to send 2,500 men to gather a total of 5,000 troops, and Tokiyuki Yamamoto was to serve as the military representative to be responsible for the formation and training of these 5,000 troops.
In order to complete the task as soon as possible, Yamamoto Tokiyuki transferred 250 men from Saijo and Akabei to serve as temporary commanders, and tried to transform this temporary army into a regular reserve with good combat strength within a month or two.
After making up for the shortcomings of the lack of training, the stamina was fully stimulated, and in just half a year, he was able to prepare for the battle with the same number of Saijo without winning or losing, and even the guns of the Saijo were also learned by them, and what was lacking was nothing more than the proficiency of cooperation, and the Akabi mounted samurai still adhered to the system of training in foot combat every other day, and all the horses were covered with a layer of horse armor made of bamboo and wood, although they could not resist the killing of the sword and the large body gun, but it was no problem in the face of the long handle and soft bow of the ordinary ashigaru.
Eight days later, the news finally came from the direction of Mikawa, perhaps because Kira Yoshishi had obtained a grand Yuanfu influence, or it may have just experienced a great victory to add a lot of aura to the prestige of the Kira family, in short, the people of Mikawa were greatly encouraged when they heard the news, and the half-hearted attitude of the original Mikawa public was reversed, and they began to actively contact Okochi Nobusada, expressing their willingness to send another batch of samurai of the same clan, judging from the current situation, there are about 300 newly recruited samurai, and it will take about half a month to reach Omi.
In addition, there have been some changes in the Kira family, Kira Yoshian was ordered by Imagawa Yoshimoto to merge the upper and lower two Yoshira into the Mikawa Kira family, and at the same time appointed Okabe Motonobu as the Yasusho Castle Generation, and served as the second officer of the Mikawa Kira family, but the Imagawa family does not seem to have expected that an agreement was reached within the two Yoshira, and the Kamiyoshira family is nominally subordinate to Kira Yoshiyasu, and the actual control of the family and the retainer group and the interests of various places remain unchanged, which is the promise given by Kira Yoshian at the beginning, and at the same time recognizes the Kyoto Kira family at the time of Kira Yoshishi as a leader.
Another news may be a little different, when he saw the letter, Kira Yoshishi pouted and sneered: "Imagawa Yoshimoto really can't help it, he wants to marry his daughter to his brother Kira Yoshian so soon, probably because he is worried that the two Yoshira will not be controlled after the merger!" Do you want to rely on marriage and generational suppression to control the Kira family? It's just that the two Jiliang still maintain a superficial merger, but in fact, they still go their own ways and don't have the intention of being together at all, which is also something he didn't expect! ”
Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taiyuan Xuesai didn't seem to have thought that the Kira family would remain divided after the unification, and the name of the Mikawa Kira family could not restrain the retainers of Kamiyoshira at all, and the actual so-called Mikawa Kira family was still the group of people from Shimoyoshira, and Imagawa Yoshimoto married his daughter in order to strengthen his control over the Mikawa Kira family, and sent a lot of people from the Yuanjiang family and the Matsudaira family to the Mikawa Kira family to mix sand, so that he could finally settle down.
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