Chapter 304: Shangluo Succeeds!
Rokkaku Seung-jin was previously an enemy of the Miyoshi family, and later became an ally. The pen is very familiar with many generals www.biquge.info of the Miyoshi family, and he personally came out to identify them one by one.
"This is the three good righteous sages...... This is Anzhai Dongkang, and this is Ten Rivers and One Survival! "Hexagonal Chengzhen identified the military generals with identities one by one.
None of Miyoshi Changqing's three younger brothers survived, and all of them died in the battle. The bodies of the three Miyoshi were quickly identified. Then there were the lords of the cities of the Miyoshi family, as well as important retainers.
It seems that this time, in order to fight against the Imagawa family, the Miyoshi family has made a bloody investment and sent all the important people out.
But what is quite strange is that as a powerful minister of the Miyoshi family and the lord of Shinguishan Castle, Matsunaga Xiu is not in this team.
"Are you right?" Gao Xianda asked.
Hekkaku Seung-jin examined all the slightly more gorgeously dressed corpses again. Even ordinary generals recognized it, but it was confirmed that there was no body of Matsunaga Hide.
"Count him as hell." Gao Xianda nodded and said, "This traitor is far more cunning than his colleagues!" I don't know if he saw through our plan, or if he didn't participate in this reinforcement at all. His luck must have been good anyway. ”
However, the Miyoshi family lost 50,000 horses this time, and Matsunaga Xiu alone couldn't make any waves.
Gao Xianda ordered the people to clean up the battlefield and collect the loot that could be used.
The castle of Guanyin Temple was previously shattered by artillery, but this time it was baptized by a fire. There is no way to live in it at all. And it was smoky and burning, full of the scorching stench and resentment of the dead. If you want to rebuild the castle of Kannon Temple, it is no less difficult than rebuilding a castle.
So Gao Xianda ordered the soldiers to loot all the resources in the Guanyin Temple Castle as military expenses, and took the hexagonal Chengzhen who was a prisoner all the way west to Hanmoto Castle and stationed there.
Sakamoto Castle was not far from Kyomachi, so Gao Xianda simply used Sakamoto Castle as a temporary residence and stationed there.
The Miyoshi family dominated and was supposed to be responsible for security in the vicinity of Kyomachi. However, after this war, the losses were heavy, and Miyoshi Yoshiko no longer had extra troops to maintain the law and order of Kyo Town, and the law and order of Kyo Town was temporarily in a vacuum.
Gao Xianda directly sent troops to defend the capital town to ensure the safety of the emperor. In this way, in fact, Gao Xianda can be regarded as a success in Shangluo.
Of course, the name of the Imagawa family's Kamirako is to support the general and crusade against the Miyoshi family, who are not subservient. Therefore, the superficial work still needs to be done sufficiently.
In terms of etiquette, Meng Yan was better at it than Gao Xianda, so he came forward to negotiate with the emperor and the ministers in the court. Spend a lot of money to establish a good relationship with the courtiers, let them speak a lot in front of the emperor, and give the Imagawa army a righteous name.
Since Gao Xianda wants to become the future ruler, he must also pay attention to the maintenance of his own image.
Gao Xianda burned 50,000 soldiers of the Miyoshi family alive, and with the size of Japan's population, it was no less than the 400,000 Zhao soldiers killed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
At present, people in the region, along with the southern and northern Omi, are all terrified when they mention the fire at Kannonji Castle. When it comes to the Imagawa family, the Imagawa clan is no less than a devil from hell in their hearts, and even has the effect of stopping the cry of a child.
And it is difficult for a person with the name of "demon" on his back to be a stable ruler.
So Gao Xianda also went to the temple in Kyoto, gave a lot of money to the monks, and then gave the soldiers who died in the Guanyin Temple Castle to calm the souls, and burned a lot of paper money, saying that all this was a sin of war. Use this to wash away your notoriety.
On the other hand, he strictly ordered the soldiers to strictly prohibit burning, killing and looting in the region, and the soldiers of the Imagawa family were also strictly forbidden to have relations with folk women.
Even in the region, there is a serious shortage of men because they were forcibly conscripted into the army and then burned to death. The women, out of their own needs, took the initiative to ask for a relationship with the Imagawa Army, and that didn't work! If it is discovered, it will be unforgiving.
Gao Xianda also appointed his youngest brother in Sunpu Castle, Okabe Masatsuna, Okabe Motonobu's elder brother, as a military discipline prosecutor. Because he is a cronie, he has great power. The retainers of the Imagawa family below the age of the family can be cut first and then played once they are found to have corrupted military discipline.
This decision was not approved by the Imagawa family at first. However, after Okabe Masatsuna directly killed the nephew of the chief family elder of the Imagawa family, Asahina Taichao, along with several accomplices, for corrupting military discipline. The atmosphere of the Imagawa army was greatly improved at once. His reputation among the people is getting better and better.
Kinoshita Tengjiro, as the chief diplomat, was sent by Kosenda to negotiate with the Miyoshi family.
Miyoshi Yixing didn't expect that the 50,000 army sent by the Miyoshi family would be wiped out by the Imagawa army so easily, and there was not even a sound.
He himself knew that after the battle of Guanyin Temple City, the Miyoshi family had completely declined. Now, the Miyoshi family naturally understands that it is not the opponent of the Imagawa family. However, because the important ministers in the family also died together, Miyoshi Yixing himself can decide the things in the family.
So Kinoshita Tengjiro quickly sent back the news. Miyoshi Yoshiko expressed his willingness to surrender.
After all, the Miyoshi family used to be a big family that dominated, and they still had a certain influence in the central and regions. Gao Xianda didn't want to kill them all, not to mention that Sanhao Yixing itself didn't do anything to be sorry for Gao Xianda. So Gao Xianda accepted the surrender of Miyoshi Yoshiko, and then transferred it to a small castle in Owari, and gave him 10,000 koku. Make sure he doesn't rebel again.
Because it was Miyoshi Yixing who surrendered on his own initiative, it can be regarded as a smooth transition. The heirlooms of the Sanhao family, Gao Xianda did not want them, and let them all be taken away by Sanhao Yixing.
Gao Xianda took a fancy to the territory of the Miyoshi family, sent troops to accept it step by step, and soon controlled the entire region, as well as part of the territory of Shikoku. In addition to Minami Omi, which was originally controlled by the Rokkaku family, the entire center of Japan is now under the control of the Imagawa family.
The Asai family originally wanted to take the opportunity of the Imagawa family to attack the Rokkaku family and take the opportunity to expand their territory. Who knows, Gao Xianda burned the Guanyin Temple City to the ground with a fire and plundered all the supplies.
The Asai family didn't benefit much from this. Because they had contributed all the materials stored at home to Gao Xianda, the Asai family has also declined since then.
And their staunch ally, the Asakura family, saw that the Imagawa army was indeed strong, so they didn't dare to make a mistake. The Asakura family is now completely encased in the middle of the Imagawa family's territory, and they are afraid that when Gao Xianda returns to the army, they will annex themselves by the way. had to obediently send another big gift to Gao Xianda to show friendship.