As the Furukawa Gongfang, Ashikaga Tomasa knew very well that Kira Yoshitoki was talking so many seemingly useless words, in fact, he wanted to express a meaning, that is, he was more qualified to become the Ashikaga Reneda when he was Kira Yoshitomi, and it was impossible for the Ashikaga Shogun family to open a new Reneda Imperial House for Kira Yoshitoki, then this Imperial House would inevitably fall on the name of his Furukawa Ashikaga family.

If that's all he wants, he may make a compromise to adopt Kira Yoshishi as an adopted son or something, so he chooses to take this opportunity to hit and humiliate Kira Yoshishi, so that the fire in his heart can also affect the attitude of the generations of the Kira family, so that he, a new generation of Kanto princes, will think of the humiliation of today's Dahiroma every time he sees his genealogy retainers, and over time, maybe it can really cause him to deserve turmoil, which is also the journey he has been on the run these days after many temptations, Lessons learned from the information that Harutomi Yuuki inadvertently revealed in his mouth.

But in the conversation just now, he had already realized that his ridicule and ridicule did not make him feel ashamed, but he couldn't even say a word to refute himself, and even had a little desire to prove that he was definitely a top outstanding contender among the many Shu clans after the heir of the Ashikaga clan.

Thinking of this, Ashikaga Fujimasa suddenly couldn't help but tremble, just at that moment, he clearly saw Kira Yoshishi's eyes full of Hongguo's desire for power, as well as the almost bottomless ambition, and roared angrily at Kira Yoshishi: "You ill-intentioned Ashikaga thief! You're talking nonsense! ”

After that, I saw Ashikaga Fujimasa suddenly rushing towards Kira Yoshishi like crazy, but he couldn't help but jump up like a spring and kick the straw bale out of the body, Ashikaga Fujimasa's height was less than one meter and six years old, and the perennial wine color hollowed out his body. Under the fierce kick of the big man Ji Liangyi. It took five or six hits before stopping.

Kira Yoshitoki secretly hated this guy for being so uncooperative. actually forced him to stop his limb collision in front of the ministers, and stared at Ashikaga Fujimasa viciously and shouted: "Stubbornness is Yu's evaluation of you, and the descendants of the Ashikaga shogun's family are still descendants of the Horikoshi Gongfang of the Shu clan, so why not be promoted to the Ashikaga family in my dignified manner!" Someone's coming! Lock this person up for me and escort him to the claustrophobic place on Sado Island and keep him under strict guard! ”

"Yes!" Several samurai grabbed the mad and cursed Ashikaga Fujimasa and sent him out the door, and what awaited him was a long claustrophobic exile, and Kira Yoshitoki had already built a small temple on the edge of a coastal cliff on the north side of Sado Island, where Ashikaga Fujimasa would spend the rest of his life.

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At the beginning of August, Takeda Shingen launched an attack on Suruga. As well as the influence of the Sagami War presided over by Uesugi Terutora, the trade routes of Tokaido were temporarily blocked and impassable, and the samurai of the Hojo family forcibly blocked Uesugi Terutora's invading army with their stoic character, causing great trouble to the expansion plan of the Kira army.

In the last few days of late August, the lord of Jade Rope Castle, Hojo Clan, suddenly made a surprising move, taking advantage of the night to open Jade Rope Castle and leave without saying a word with the four thousand troops of the Jade Rope Hojo Clan.

"It's a trap! It is intended to induce us to bite and chase after the forced crossing of the Sagami River, and then take the opportunity to attack halfway. Hojo Takahiro smiled disappreciatively and said mockingly: "It's a shame that the Hojo family can come up with such a rough strategy." Do you really think that we will wait for the army to force the crossing, eat him and half a crossing, and wipe out the whole army? ”

"It makes sense, our army can completely stick to the Sagami River and wear it down...... Something seems wrong! Isn't it a stalemate to fight like this? This is in conflict with the strategic goals set by His Royal Highness! Kakizaki Keijia pinched his mustache and frowned. The atmosphere in the large and wide room has squinted a lot.

Saito Asanobu grinned and said, "You are really cautious people! If you want me to say to the letter that I am afraid of what his Hojo family will do, and how much morale there is in the army that even Musashi Country can't stand it, I will lead the army to cross the Sagami River in front of the Hojo family, and see if Hojo Sagami Mamoru has the ability to fight half-crossing! ”

"That's right! I think it's good too! We will wait for 36,000 troops to deal with the more than 20,000 people of the Hojo Army, and we will shrink our hands and feet, and when it reaches Echigo, the samurai who stayed behind will laugh at it. Honjo's shouting made the Echigo samurai present nod their heads in agreement.

Ota Shimasa, Ota Yasushi, Narita Nagata Nagayasu, and Mita Tsunahide did not understand the customs of the Echigo samurai, but they could still understand what the Echigo samurai were saying, and these Musashi people, as the new members of the Kira family, hoped to make a name for themselves in this battle, so as to boost the power position of the new members from Musashi Province.

"Morale and people's hearts are on the side of my Ashikaga family, and the Hojo Army will lose this battle! Half-crossing will be the lifeline of the Hojo Army! Uesugi Terutora, who had always sat silently on the main seat in a daze, suddenly let go of the rosary, opened his eyes and exuded a terrifying aura, as the realm of meditation continued to improve, the momentum of the Echigo, the dragon who converted to Shingon Buddhism and revered the Bishamon Heaven was also improving little by little, and he was probably the strongest in the entire Kamiashikaga family except for Kira Yoshi.

Under this powerful momentum, even Kwantung generals such as Ota Shimasa were also suppressed, but he still asked: "It is understandable that the Hojo Army has lost again and again, and the morale has been greatly damaged, but the people of Sagami Province are stable and united, I don't know how to answer?" ”

"The hearts of the people of Sagami are already in turmoil, and the troubled times are troubled times after all, and the temporary stability of Sagami countries is just an illusion, if you want to establish a peaceful and prosperous world, you must go through a battle of blood and fire, and the people of Sagami country, who have not experienced the invasion of war for decades, are already afraid." Uesugi Terutora values Ota Shimasa very much, and patiently answers the questions he raises, among the people of Musashi Country, only Ota Shiki is the samurai he sees, and the rest such as Ueda Asanao, Narita Nagatai and the like are still much worse.

The samurai of Echigo were very excited to receive a positive reply from the Shogun, and Honjo Shiganaga, the leader of the young samurai of Echigo, jumped out and said, "The Shogun is right! Why should we worry about the Hojo Army? The samurai of Kanto are afraid of the Hojo family, but that doesn't mean that my samurai in Echigo are also afraid of them! As long as I am given a long 3,000 army as the first move, the Hojo Army will definitely be destroyed in one fell swoop! ”

Honjo Shiranaga is Kira Yoshitoki's confidant general, and he married Uesugi Teruto's sister, Nagao Ohime, the widow of the Sanjo Nagao family, and also saved Kira Yoshitoki's life to receive the handwritten feelings of the shogun of the town. Among the many generals in Echigo, the status is considered to be a first-class position. Probably only a few top generals and senior family elders can say a few words about him.

"Chiyo Inomaru don't brag. If you give 3,000 people to cross the Sagami River, I'm afraid you'll fall into it with people and troops. Kakizaki Keike grinned, slapped Honjo's long shoulder, and said loudly: "It's more appropriate for me to be the first general!" Give me the Asahi letter that the 3,000 troops can easily hold back the main force of the Hojo Army and buy time for the general to cross the Sagami River. ”

Not to be outdone, Ota Shishimasa said: "I think that the people of Musashi Province also have this ability, and it will be safer for us to wait for 6,000 troops to force the Sagami River as the first soldier, and the cavalry team led by Saito Shimono Moriden is more suitable for a surprise attack that comes and goes like the wind, and it is better for me to wait for the Musashi people who are familiar with the Hojo Army to do it!" ”

The surging voices of the ministers for war were endless. Uesugi Terutora swept his gaze away from the faces of the samurai present, and finally locked on Ota Shimasa's body and said, "Then the Minbu Hall will lead the 6,000 troops of the headquarters to serve as the first hand, and the duty of this Minbu Hall is to attract the attention of the Hojo Army and buy time for our main force to cross the Sagami River." ”

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At the fourth watch of the first month of September, the silent Sagami country is still asleep, only the Sagami River that has not changed for 10,000 years is still flowing turbulently, this night coincides with the alternation of evil days once a month, there is no moonlight to make the long dark night dim, the fourth watch day is close to dawn, but the sea in the east is still dark and unclear.

Ota Shimasa led an army of 6,000 troops to gather in front of the Sagami River and the sea to slowly cross the river. From last night's armor to now, there has been no rest, and the second watch has led 6,000 troops to set off with a full meal. The third watch gathered at the ferry to cross the river, and it took more than an hour to transport most of the troops to the other side of the river.

After all, the Sagamigawa River is not such a wide river in Kyoto, and a wooden bridge can still be built on the Kamogawa River in Kyoto, and the current technology cannot build a bridge that spans nearly 100 meters for the time being.

After a while, I heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in my ears, so that Fan came to the front of the battle with the news that the Ota army crossed the river on all fronts, as the general, Ota Zi was the last samurai to cross the river, and the general crossed the river first or the last to cross the river is one of the two methods of crossing the river, and Ota Zizheng used the latter one, and the advantages and disadvantages of each of these two cannot be distinguished from which one is better, and it is necessary to make different choices according to the different circumstances.

When he led the army across the Sagami River, a fish-belly white appeared on the horizon in the east, and Ota Shimasa stared at the sky with a faint glimmer for a moment, and then said: "The whole army obeys the order to attack the camp of the Hojo Army, but you must remember the general's general order first, don't be confused for a while, and ruin the military affairs, and there will be no redemption!" The combat goal of our army is to lure the enemy to hold on to the main force and win the opportunity to surprise the enemy...... The whole army obeys the order! The ashigaru team and the archery team set up positions here, and the horse riding team followed the family to attack! ”

More than 1,000 cavalry teams came out under the common banners of various samurai in the Kanto region, basically hooking up the pattern of still maintaining whoever is still in command of their own cavalry team, these cavalry warriors may be much inferior in training, weapons and equipment, and odds, but the morale of the elite of a hundred battles is still very good.

The cavalry team had not yet rushed out of half a mile when they saw a large area of fire lit up in the woods opposite, and the chief of the Narita clan, who was in charge of the first service, hurriedly informed the forward army to stop advancing and reported the news to Ota Shimasa, and the birds in the sky over the woods flew like headless flies and hovered in the sky for a long time.

Ota Zizheng pulled the reins and wandered around and ordered to retreat, and the samurai on horseback who reported in front of him could already hear a faint noisy sound, and at this time it was really stupid to put it in with military momentum, and he turned around to find a flat land to set up the formation, and the vanguard of the Hojo Army had been killed.

The head general is the Hojo clan, carrying a big gun and rushing to the front, followed by more than 1,500 horseback samurai, which accounts for nearly seventy percent of the Hojo family's existing riding team.

It was not at all surprising that Ota was in the same way that the arms were separated and organized into a regiment. This trend of separation of arms was originally brought over from Kyoto by Kira Yoshitoki. In the eyes of the Kwantung samurai, this is a new style of military training in Kyoto, which is full of literary and artistic styles. As for how many gods and gods are chattering in it, I don't care at all.

Anyway, Kira Yoshishi is very good at using it, and it's not like the high threshold of the perverted separation of soldiers and peasants, and it's not difficult to distinguish the cavalry team, the archery team, and the ashigaru team from the command alone.

Ota Zimasa is also a generation of fierce generals who are famous in Kanto, although he thought that he was nearly forty years old and stayed up all night without sleeping, which made him a little powerless, but the foundation of being a fierce general remained unchanged after all, and he couldn't help but raise his big gun and fight hard when he saw Hojo Shigeru rushing to him in front of him. The battle between the mounted samurai and the mounted samurai was completely fancy, that is, they drew out various strange weapons such as swords, large guns, and sickles, and collided with their bodies or weapons.

The navy blue armor of the Hojo army held a long cavalry spear and galloped to charge the Ota army, and the rough breathing of the Hojo clan led by him seemed to spew out a scorching air current, and the Hojo army horseback samurai behind him tried to maintain a similar breathing rhythm, and with the command of the Hojo clan, he picked up the spear, tightened the reins, leaned forward like a big bow with a full string, and violently collided with the Ota army.

The horses of the two sides collided together at that moment, and the huge impact shook the two mounted samurai, and the two mounted samurai trembled and almost flew up, holding the reins tightly at that moment, they were suddenly shocked and flew away, and the Hojo Army mounted samurai slammed his spear at the moment when his body was out of control, but he saw a white light flash in front of him, and a sharp pain came from his chest.

It turned out that the Ota Army's horseback samurai also stabbed the most violent blow at this time. The spears of both sides pierced each other's chests in no particular order, for the two samurai on horseback. The whole battlefield seemed to be an eerie still painting, and the rumbling neighing and shouting of the ironhoofed men and horses could not be heard, and the samurai could be seen motionless with a large spear in his hand through the two-finger-wide face.

"Dididi......" The two warriors realized a faint voice almost at the same time, and when they saw Yin Hong's blood flowing between each other's throat chakra and face, the blood merged into a thin line of blood and seeped out from the cracks, like a faucet that forgot to turn off and never stopped.

The injuries of the two samurai were too severe, and the impact and piercing of the spear at that moment directly sank into the body, revealing half of the blood-stained blade from the other end, and in the short time of less than a few seconds, the bodies of the two fell into the dust along with the slowly falling mounts, and their consciousness gradually blurred in the rising smoke and dust, until they fell into endless darkness.

A brave samurai like this will always be a minority in the cavalry team, and only the bravest samurai who is very confident in themselves will stand at the front of the queue, but the reality is so cruel, the one who rushes to the front is often the first to die, and a martial artist dies in the stab before he has time to show it, but the horseback samurai who performs mediocre has more hope of surviving.

The first wave of assault is to decide the male and female in horse battles, and then the horseback warriors on both sides dismount and fight in formation, which is a major feature of the horse warriors and one of the cavalry tactics of non-nomadic peoples, when the cavalry loses mobility and can not continue to assault in formation, dismounting combat and regrouping has become the only choice for the samurai, which is not how crude and simple, most non-nomadic civilizations have used similar tactics.

The advantages of the Hojo Army were gradually revealed in this dismounted array, and the immediate chaotic competition was personal bravery and battle courage, and the cowardly would retreat and lose their lives at the moment before the desperate battle, and the dismounted array became a test of the experience of the cavalry team in group combat, which was precisely what the Ota army did not have.

The so-called Ota Army is a coalition of 6,000 Musashi people with Ota Shimasa as the general, and the people from all over Musashi have hardly been trained together, and they never thought about the possibility of fighting in groups of samurai on horseback during the era when the Ogiya Uesugi family ruled Musashi Province, and during the time when the Hojo family ruled Musashi Province, they were subordinate to the Hojo family, large and small, and there was no time to get together.

The Ota Army was not at all the opponent of the Hojo Army, which had experienced the Takayama Battle for several years, and was beaten as soon as it was faced, and had no power to fight back, so it could only fight and retreat to the rear to strive for more room to maneuver, and the weakness of the Ota Army's cooperation was exposed under the pull of the Hojo clan. After all, they have just been pinched together, how can they compare to the long-term elite of the Hojo Army.

Fight and retreat until you are almost back to the side of the war horse, and there is no way to retreat. Ota knew that it was impossible for him to continue to retreat. Suddenly, he found that the horseback warriors of the Hojo clan had rushed too far away from their own horses, so he gave an order to turn over and turn around to attack the horseback warriors of the Hojo Army.

The Hojo clan saw that the fat in the mouth inexplicably turned into a cactus ball that pierced his hand, and he hurriedly ordered to retreat back without continuing to pursue the Ota army, but fortunately, at this time, the main formation of the Hojo clan had already rushed over, and tens of thousands of troops were overwhelmingly killed, and the frightened Ota army cavalry team was colorless and immediately abandoned the Hojo army's fish belly and retreated.

There were not many casualties in this skirmish, and no more than 150 samurai died on both sides, but most of the samurai were very good at surviving the battlefield to their advantage, and of course the miscellaneous class was also proficient in a skill called "escape". The veterans' escape Dafa is even more perfect, and most of the fierce battles and deaths are very few that come from this.

The Hojo clan led the army to follow up and bite the tail of Ota Shimasa, trying to completely swallow this army to deter the arrogant Kira army, Ota Shimasa also knew how much Hojo Shimasa hated him as a traitor, and the exile of the Ota clan from Sagami Province was only an expedient move to appease the people of Musashi Province.

But he didn't want to attract a group of "robbers" to enter the house with the help of his leading party, and Musashi was taken down in an uproar, so that the Hojo clan was frightened and did not dare to send reinforcements.

If the people of Musashi are united to fight against the Kira army, maybe they will be able to block the arrogant Kira Yoshitoki in Musashi Province and not get out, as long as he can puncture the invincible tiger skin of the Kira army, he will be sure to contact more people who are waiting to stand up against the Kira family.

His father, Hojo Shiyasu, could have used the name of Furukawa Gongkata to transfer the people of the Kanto Kingdom. Combined with the support of the people of Mutsu Dewa and even the Miyoshi family in Kinai, it is possible to create a good situation of blossoming both inside and outside. But all this came to naught in the betrayal of the people of Musashi, and the good situation was in vain, and how could it not be hated.

More than 1,000 horsemen fought and retreated to the main camp on the west bank of the Sagami River, and at this time, the Ota Army's Ashigaru Brigade had already made a wooden fence to reject the horses from the wood that was constantly transported by the roundabouts, and the soil bori had no time to excavate, so they had to use the prepared gravel and thistle mixed together as a substitute.

Ota Zimasa immediately stood in front of the battle, calmly staring at the huge momentum of the Hojo Army, and secretly sneered: "What I want is the hatred of your Hojo family!" If you don't hate it, maybe you won't take the bait, and when you see the flag of my Ota family, won't you come up and bite the hook? ”

At this moment, it was already five watches, and the white of the fish belly on the horizon gradually turned into a burning cloud, and it didn't take long for a round of red sun to glow with a soft red light from the horizon to reveal that faint golden glow, Ota Shimasa drank and ordered the rear team of Ashigaru to eat immediately before the start of the war, and the ashigaru hurriedly took out the prepared bento and cowhide water bags, and ate the three rice balls in three or two bites of the warm water and fish rice balls poured into it last night.

The eating time of this breakfast is only a few minutes, so that the samurai Ashigaru of the front team can also take advantage of this time to eat breakfast, but unfortunately the Hojo army does not enjoy this treatment, and in the middle of the night received information from the Wind Demon Ninja, saying that the Kira army was preparing to land near the Sagami River, and the Hojo clan ordered the whole army to urgently assemble and go out overnight, not to mention that the clothes were not necessarily neatly dressed before they had time to eat.

The Hojo clan stared at the Ota army who was waiting for the battle, and scolded him, and the adjectives such as the shameless thief and the traitor Rikiri were endless, especially when he saw clearly that it was Ota Zimasa himself who was standing in front of the battle, he was even more angry, and threatened to capture Ota Zimasa alive and kill him with his own hands.

Ogasawara Yasuhiro stared at Ota Jun for a long time, and suddenly said, "It doesn't seem right!" Why does the Kira army only have such a small military strength! According to the normal follow-up speed, the Kira army should not have crossed the river yet, why are they so many? ”

"It's really not right, this should be the vanguard of the Kira army, looking at the appearance of about 6,000 people in this formation, and the flag seal is also the name of the people of Musashi Country, it shouldn't be wrong." Ise Sadaun had also served as the second servant of the Musashi people earlier, and he was familiar with the names of the various flag seals and sub-seals of the Musashi people, so it was easy to see which flag marks were real and which ones were counterfeit.

Yamato Haru said: "The main hall of Uesugi Dan is by no means an ordinary mediocre general, and it should not make the serious mistake of letting the vanguard be besieged and isolated on the bank of the river. After such scrutiny, his subordinates were very suspicious of where the main force of the Kira army was, and where was the main hall of Uesugi Dan now? ”

"It's not going to be in Jade Rope City, is it?" Hojo replied with some uncertainty: "For example, the reason for the occasional illness and bedridden of the main hall of Uesugi Dan......"

Yamato Qingtong replied: "There is such a possibility, but it is very small and almost none, if the main hall of Uesugi Dan is sick, it should not send a pioneer to cross the river, a few days ago, I would rather let Changlu Kaiden evacuate Jade Rope City than pursue, it can be seen that the main hall of Uesugi Dan knows very well the trap set by the lord, and the master's trick is so clever that it is not bad, but once it is recognized, it is likely to be targeted by the plan, such as ......"

As a qualified family governor of the Hojo family, the wisdom of the Hojo clan does not need to be repeated, and he immediately heard the voices of several teachers, and his face suddenly turned pale as paper, and he whispered: "...... For example, the sound of attacking the east and the west to divide the troops to cross the river, and then waiting for the opportunity to rush out and give my Hojo army a fatal blow! ”

Hojo Clan's guess is very accurate, just at a hidden ferry port downstream of the Sagami River, the main force of the Kira Army's main force pinched the time to start forcibly crossing the Sagami River on the fourth watch day, and after Uesugi Teruto's anti-corruption calculation time, a conclusion was drawn that this time was the safest time to force the Sagamigawa River, the main force of the Hojo Army must have been attracted by Ota Shimasa, as long as he left the camp of the Hojo Army, it meant that the Hojo Army lost the best opportunity to change his moves, and the Hojo Army could not change his moves was equivalent to falling into the offensive rhythm of the Kira Army, That's what Uesugi wants.

At the end of the day, the sun has already risen, and there is no better autumn breakfast than a bowl of hot egg noodles from the western bank of the Sagami River, fresh vegetables from nearby fields, and fish broth stewed with river fish from the Sagami River, paired with the most popular ingredients of the era, kelp, and eggs served in limited quantities in the army.

As soon as he finished breakfast, he received two pieces of information from the same time, the first was the latest news from the military commissioner, and the 30,000 troops under the subordinate department had all successfully crossed the river, Uesugi Terutora just glanced at it and threw it aside, and the next piece of information made him surprised: "The Hojo Army has actually retreated!" (To be continued......)