Chapter 548: The Silence of Prosperity and Decline

This round of war began with the turmoil in Kyoto and the disaster of the Ruleless Era, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru's short-sightedness and stupidity inadvertently sent a strong signal to the Miyoshi family, that we can abolish or even depose the Waste Wood Chief, and we can still abolish or even depose the Waste Wood General.

This strange and piercing sound permeated the Miyoshi family, and the increasingly manic samurai of the Miyoshi family tried to encourage Miyoshi Nagakei to abolish the general, and the Miyoshi family happened to have such a puppet that could be used for waste, Hirashima Gongkata Ashikaga Yoshinori and his sons Ashikaga Yoshikin, Ashikaga Yoshisuke father and son.

This was seen as the Miyoshi family's strong response to Ashikaga Yoshiaki's refusal to marry and insult, but this motion was only initially approved by Miyoshi Nagayi, Miyoshi Masaysu, Miyoshi Yasunaga and other public support, and was overthrown here by Miyoshi Chokei and Miyoshi Yoshiken, and the will of the lower class may sometimes influence the decision of the upper class, usually this kind of lower class has very little chance of influencing the upper class, and the crazy restlessness of the Miyoshi family has not been supported by Miyoshi Chokei.

Miyoshi Chokei and his younger brother Miyoshi Miyakyu are not stupid people full of violence, he is the British lord of the Miyoshi family to create the hegemony of Kinai, he is very clear about the disadvantages of the Miyoshi family's weak foundation, from the 8th year of Astronomy (1539) Miyoshi Chokei and his uncle Miyoshi Sosan to fight for the 17th Kaso in Hanoi, to the 10th year of Yongroku (1567), the sum of the before and after is less than 30 years.

The first ten years of the rise of less than 30 years of history were in a dormant period, willing to be Hosokawa Harumoto's seat under the fierce dog to bite the enemy, until the 18th year of the Astronomical (1549) Eguchi Battle showed its sharp fangs and returned to devour the master, during this period the Miyoshi family did not have much prestige in Kinai, and the middle decade was the rise of the Miyoshi family's power. and was beaten by the sudden rise of Ashikaga Yoshitoki, whose nose was blue and swollen. Until the beginning of Yonglu, the Luozhong battle realized the ambition of Shangluo.

In less than ten years, it will be the fastest expansion of Miyoshi's decade. But no matter how strong he is, he is not the opponent of the Hosokawa family in its heyday, Miyoshi Nagakei asked himself if he could compare to Hosokawa Masamoto, he had been outside Kyoto for ten years for Kamirakun, and he was once beaten by Ashikaga Yoshitoki and was confused and mentally disturbed.

Hosokawa Masamoto abolished the establishment of the Great General of the Warring States Period to open the curtain of the Warring States Period, burned Mt. Hiei so that the group of arrogant monks did not even dare to let go of the fart, ordered to kill the Horikoshi Gongfang Manmen, and arranged Hojo Sakumo to disrupt the Kanto metropolitan peace system, this majestic courage and courage are worthy of being called a half-general. If it weren't for Hosokawa Masamoto's preference for male style and the appointment of traitors to the point that he was middle-aged and childless, and the lack of proper arrangements for the three adopted sons caused chaos in the housekeeper, there would never be a chance for the Miyoshi family to take the lead.

The modest Miyoshi Changqing feels that he can't do it, the proud Miyoshi family tree generations don't think so, and the angry people of the Kinai country will not see it this way, the stronger the Miyoshi family is, the more frightened the Daimyo of Kinai becomes, and the strong Miyoshi family also means that the Kinai Triple Alliance is strong together, in case the Echizen Asakura clan and the Omi Asai clan take advantage of the situation to form a group of demons dancing wildly, it will be difficult to suppress it at that time.

When there is pressure, there is motivation, and the Rokkaku, who has been under pressure for a long time, quickly finds the Takeda family in Wakasa Province. The Hatano family of Tanba Province and the Hatakeyama family of Kawachi issued a motion to jointly send troops to fight against the Miyoshi family. His proposal was quickly eagerly responded to by the people of Kinai, which showed that the people of Kinai were feeling heavy pressure, and this pressure was fed back into a new round of the Miyoshi encirclement network, and several people in Kinai joined forces to attack the Miyoshi family at the same time.

The reason for this lack of unity and coordination was that the Kanto Ashikaga family, which was in the middle of the alliance, was too strong, and the people of Kinai were worried that the command would fall into the hands of the Kanto Principality, and then forced the people of Kinai to submit to the Kwantung Shogunate openly and secretly through various means.

No one believed that Ashikaga Yoshiteru could block Ashikaga Yoshitoki's progress with a piece of imperial teaching, and the Kanto Princesses were really so obedient that they should have stayed in Kyoto to be a pug of the shogunate, and by his temperament, they went to the east like a dragon returning to the sea.

The so-called fear of wolves and tigers before and tigers want to eat fish and stings is this kind of person, worried that the Kanto public side will command him to overthrow the hungry wolf of the Miyoshi family, turn his face and turn into a fierce tiger and swallow his own Yoshino, the cautious people of the country of Kinai are trying to exert their strength in the direction of not talking, and sure enough, they are really mixed up by them to act according to their own preferences.

This group of Kinai daimyo is so powerful, but they really let them fight for each other, and they are not willing to act as leaders one by one, and the rafters who come out are rotten first and provoke things first will eventually hang up, and the Daimyo of Kinai feel that they can be the final harvesters of the results, and they don't think that they are cannon fodder in the front.

Waiting left and right for a month without movement, Yamamoto Tokiyuki was not happy at the time, and after thinking about it again and again, he decided to lead 15,000 troops out of the battle, and stationed in Kita-Omi Ika County with great fanfare, and put on a posture of attacking the Asakura clan and the Asai clan at any time, so that the two allies of the Miyoshi family tensed their nerves and did not dare to act rashly.

This move is really a clever move, and it instantly lifts the flank threat of the Kinai Triple Alliance, with such a big head as Yamamoto Tokiyuki in front to shelter from the wind and rain, and the small Wakasa Takeda family and Omi Rokkaku family dare to send their main forces to participate in the cross-border battle, Yamamoto Tokiyuki also used this method to show that he has no intention of swallowing the fruits of victory alone.

In fact, he was forced to do this, and the direction of the Miyoshi family's defense in the direction of Omi Sakamoto was simply tightly guarded, leaving no room for it, the so-called eating a trench and growing a wisdom, the Miyoshi family has tasted the bitter fruit of a big loss I can't remember clearly, and was once confused by Ashikaga Yoshitoki and his genealogy family, this tragic situation is not long to see, then it is really hopeless.

Shogunyama Castle, Fushimi Yama Castle, and Nakao Castle are all in the vicinity of Higashiyama, east of Sakyo, and the Miyoshi family has shown that they are determined to strangle all the water and land routes in the direction of Sakamoto.

Yamamoto Toshiyuki felt that he would definitely lose a lot of money by leading the army to break through the mountain castle country, and if he sent too few troops, he would not be able to break through and be beaten back, and if he sent too many troops, he would face the crisis of Sakamoto's vital place being exposed in broad daylight, and the Echizen Asakura family and the Omi Asai family would definitely take the opportunity to send troops to draw salaries. Rather than looking ahead and looking backwards. It's better to take a step back and calm down the two jumping clowns behind you. Make room for others to do so.

The Kanto Ashikaga family action showed that it did not intend to interfere in the movements of Kinai, and was willing to contact the people of all walks of life in Kinai to attack the Miyoshi family, so Tanba Province Hatano Hideji, Kawachi Province Hatakeyama Takamasa, Minami Omi Province Rokkaku Yoshiken, and Wakasa Takeda Yoshitoi joined forces with each other, and attacked the old nest of the Miyoshi family in the north, east, and south.

The plan was negotiated by the four lords themselves, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki only provided an opportunity to sit together and discuss the plan together, and did not interfere with the plans of the Daimyo of Kinouchi, according to which the first action was Hideharu Hatano, who led an army of 15,000 across the mountains and into and out of the Katsura River near Kyoto. I plan to do it directly against Kyoto, which is controlled by the Miyoshi family.

The next action was Omi's Rokkaku Yoshiken, sending the general Nagahara Shigetaka to lead 10,000 troops to threaten Katsuryuji Castle in the Ujigawa River Valley from the flank, and his plan was also to directly threaten Kyoto to cut off the Miyoshi family's dominance over Kyoto, as for dangerous places such as Akutagawa Yamajo in Settsu Province were not considered at all, Takeda Yoshitomi appointed Awaya Katsuhisa to lead two thousand troops, and followed the ass of the Rokkaku family to send troops together, Wakasa Takeda's military intentions are not very obvious, more like to join in the fun and fight soy sauce.

The most fierce is also the Hatakeyama Takamasa of Kawachi Province, who is known as the "general" of Kinai, who is often proud of his vicious fight against Miyoshi Chokei. So he recruited 15,000 troops from Hanoi and 10,000 from Yamato, and secretly contacted 8,000 troops from Kii Kunigne. Launched a fierce offensive against the Samyoshi family, which had encroached on a large part of Hanoi's territory.

Not long after the war began, Naito Munekatsu escaped from Yagi Castle and asked for help from the Miyoshi family, Miyoshi Chokei was keenly aware that the wind was not in the right direction and seemed to be in danger, so he ordered his sister-in-law Miyoshi Yoshiko to lead 10,000 troops to set up a formation at Arashiyama Castle in the upper reaches of the Katsura River, and his mission was to defend against the invasion of Hideharu Hatano of Tanba Province.

Miyoshi Yoshixing's military level is quite impressive, and he is often praised as "the second in Miyoshi", which can be seen that he is outstanding among the lame generals of the Miyoshi family, and with the experienced general Naito Munekatsu and the 3,000 troops, he can steadily suppress the offensive of Hideji Hatano.

In addition, Matsunaga Hidesho was appointed to lead 8,000 troops to snipe at the people of Yamato, and the Shingui Mountain Castle located on the border of Yamato played a huge role in diversion, and Tsutsui Shunkei and 10,000 Yamato people did not dare to cross the red line easily, and Matsunaga Hidesu seized the opportunity to carry out a strategy against Yamato, and in three or two strokes, the hearts of the people of this group of monks and soldiers were confused and did not return to the unity of the past.

Then Miyoshi Changqing personally led 10,000 troops to sit in Katryuji Castle to deal with the 12,000-strong coalition army of Rokkaku and Takeda who tried to take advantage, because the actions of the coalition army were fast and slow, some actively tried to defeat Miyoshi Changqing to achieve prestige, and some were careless and unwilling to make a big effort to fight against the Miyoshi family, and the soldiers were not united in their will, so they gave the Miyoshi family a chance to break through.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the people of Yamato to be forced to retreat, Matsunaga Xiu returned to the southern part of Yamashiro Province from Yamato Province, and threatened the 10,000 troops of Nagahara Shigetaka's department from the flank.

This war lasted from the beginning of the sixth year of Eiroku to the end of November, in the battle of Arashiyama Castle that broke out in the western suburbs of Kyoto, Miyoshi Yoshiko and Naito Munekatsu defeated the vanguard of the Hatano army, and successfully expelled the people of Tanba Province from Yamashiro Province and returned to their lair.

This proposal was immediately met with a positive response from Miyoshi Yoshiko, and the two armies combined forces pursued all the way in the direction of the retreat of the people of Tanba Country, seized the Yagi Castle of the Naito family and attacked the city non-stop, and the people of Tanba Country who retreated back to their respective territories did not expect that the Miyoshi family would come to the door unrelentingly, and for a while they were not prepared for a while and were caught off guard and retreated in defeat one after another.

If it weren't for Miyoshi Chokei's edict requiring Miyoshi Yoshiko to accept it when he saw it, maybe there would be a battle of Yagami Castle to decide the ownership of Tanba country, this result has already greatly exceeded Miyoshi Yoshiko's expectations, and a small half of the people of Tanba country surrendered to Miyoshi again, making Naito Sokatsu's life much better.

The 5,000 troops led by Matsunaga Hide have always confronted the people of Yamato, and he is better at intrigue than the art of war, taking advantage of the opportunity of the confrontation to once again adjust the strategy of the Yamato people. Very smoothly bought through the Yamato people and several powerful people. Stir up a disturbance in the Yamato Kingdom and force the people of the Yamato Kingdom to retreat without a fight.

These are all huge advantages. On the contrary, there was a huge crisis in the army of Miyoshi Yoshiken, and the 8,000 army he led needed to face the 15,000 army of the Hanoi people alone, and the order of No. 3 Chokei to him was to take Miyoshi Nagayi, Miyoshi Yasunaga, Miyoshi Masayasu, Miyoshi Morimasa and other people to hold the front of Kaibukiyama Castle to ensure that the flank of Settsu Province was not broken through by the Hatakeyama army.

Miyoshi Yoshiken held on to the city of Beibuki Mountain and confronted the main force of the Hatakeyama army for ten months, Miyoshi Changqing did not send the long-awaited reinforcements, but continued to comfort him to hold on until the Hatakeyama army withdrew, according to common sense, this group of Hanoi people will definitely retreat on their own, without the slightest scruple that the army under Miyoshi Yoshiken has been suppressed and beaten for more than half a year. Half of them are physically and mentally exhausted and have a low fighting spirit.

It doesn't matter if Miyoshi Nagakei didn't expect it to be wrong, but Hatakeyama Takamasa didn't plan to withdraw his troops and retreat, not only did he not plan to leave, but he also fought this war as big as possible, so he spent a lot of money to invite 8,000 monks and soldiers from the roots to be in place at this moment, and in November of that year, a cold winter rain fell, Hatakeyama Takamasa ordered a large-scale attack.

An army of 23,000 crossed the Haruki River to storm Kaibukiyama Castle, and the sudden attack caught the Miyoshi army off guard, but Miyoshi Yoshiken's genealogy old Shinohara Nagabo showed great courage, and successively broke through the main formation of the Yasumi Munebo to make the Hatakeyama army in front of the Hatakeyama army chaotic for a while, and the advantage of the brave general's assault was obvious, but the disadvantage was that the lone army went deep. Shinohara's Nagabo rushed too quickly and threw the friendly forces far away, causing the main force of the Miyoshi Army to appear disjointed.

Naomitsu Yukawa saw this great opportunity. In a roundabout attempt to raid the Shinohara army that was deep in the lone army along the upper reaches of the Chunki River, Miyoshi Yoshiken, who was in command at the top of the mountain, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly ordered the reserves of Miyoshi Yasunaga, Miyoshi Nagayi, Miyoshi Masaysu, and Miyoshi Morimasa to be sent out in one go.

Ordered them to save Shinohara Nagabo at all costs, so the new force of the Miyoshi army rushed into the battlefield with high spirits, and the starting hand was a swarm of swarms rushing over as if to eat this burst of main forces, Yukawa Naomitsu saw that the situation was not good and didn't care about the others, turned around and ran away, a large group of relatives of the Miyoshi family covered the Yukawa army and killed the past, as if they were planning to destroy Yukawa for a while and destroy the entire Hatakeyama army.

With a large group of people from the Miyoshi family chasing down Yukawa Naomitsu, the good fortune of this Miyoshi army ended here, and the Anmi Sobo Department nailed the Miyoshi Army with a bitter hatred for the Miyoshi family, and the Shinoha Micho Department was forced back after several rounds of fierce attacks, and the Hatakeyama Army's will to fight was beyond the expectations of many samurai, and the stalemate of the battle made all the Miyoshi generals on the battlefield worried.

Originally, the Miyoshi army on Beibuki Mountain was at a disadvantage, Miyoshi Changqing gave him the task of holding it to defeat the best, Miyoshi Yoshiken chose to defeat the Hatakeyama army with less fighting, such a reckless move made the formation of this army was pulled out of touch into several sections, standing on Beibuki Mountain, you can clearly see that the Miyoshi army with a good situation has been unable to care about each other.

Miyoshi Yoshiken regretted it very much, but he had no way to retreat, the Miyoshi army that seemed to be like a rainbow was actually physically and mentally exhausted, and the current tailwind could not detect the decline of physical strength for the time being, as long as he announced the retreat on the spot, the morale of the military order was greatly declining, and the whole army could collapse in a blink of an eye, so when everyone wanted to hear Miyoshi Yoshiken announce the general order of "retreat", but this general with excellent civil and military intelligence hesitated.

No one can tell what kind of mood Miyoshi Yoshiken was in when he sent all the reserves of his own camp to the front, there were only more than 100 horseback guards left around him, and it was really not clear what kind of courage Miyoshi Yoshiken had to stand on Mt. Beibuki and command Ruoding, it was his negligence that brought great danger to himself.

On the other side of Mt. Kaibuki, near Kurumi Tianike, in the blind spot of Miyoshi Yoshiken's line of sight, there was an army of 500 people secretly approaching the Miyoshi Yoshiken main camp under his command, and they were the most elite group of monks and soldiers in the Nerai, a powerful combination of 300 monks armed with iron cannons and 200 Naginagi monks guarding them.

"Oops! How could there be a team of monks and soldiers, as well as an iron artillery team, quickly dodge! "When Miyoshi Yoshiken caught a glimpse of this monk soldier special unit, it was too late.

Gen Laizhong suddenly appeared from behind Miyoshi Yoshixian, and took advantage of the gap when the Miyoshi Army did not react at all to complete the first round of close-range volleys, and the Miyoshi Horse Riders fell straight down with their backs to the rain of bullets and bullets like a lodging paddy field, and the Miyoshi Army suffered heavy losses under the surprise of the Triple Warriors, and the dead and wounded accounted for three or four out of ten of the more than 100 Horse Riders.

"Bastard! How could so many monks and soldiers pop up! Miyoshi Yixian didn't think about escaping, his first reaction was to draw out his sword and order Ma Huizhong to attack, the cunning Genlaizhong seemed to have expected him to use this trick, and two hundred naginata monks wearing carcass and foot clogs stood solemnly with their swords, blocking the front of Ma Huizhong.

The hasty assault unsurprisingly ended in failure, Miyoshi Yoshixian immediately ordered the horses to turn around, he knew that at this time there was a great chance to escape by turning the dock and escaping, but it was a great shame for the general of this formation to abandon the genealogy that fought on the battlefield, and he would rather die than suffer this disgraceful shame, so it was better to take advantage of the gap between the volleys of the iron cannons of the Genlai people to launch an assault to disperse the iron cannon formation of the Genlai people. (To be continued......)

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PS: Some book friends mentioned that they have only seen how much "Guan" is used to describe the amount of money, and they have not heard of the saying "Guanwen", in order to prevent some book friends from thinking that Ume has no common sense, especially to explain, the small unit of measurement in the ancient Japanese system of weights and measures is the ruler method.

That is, take the standard consistent copper coin as a unit of measurement to use, 1 guan = 3.75KG, this is the most standard number, this measurement method is called Guanmu, 1 Guan Mu is to describe 7.5 pounds of things, in this distinction 1 copper coin is called Guanwen, 1 Guan Wen is a single reference to 1000 Wen Yongle money, and a unit is also to describe 1 Wen money, the meaning is the same, the following is the original text of the WIKI abbreviation.

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