"Woo-woo-"

In September, when the trumpets sounded through the mist, war broke out in Ikeda, in the Echizen region, with nearly 50,000 troops from the north and south.

Through the mist, Ashikaga Yoshinori on horseback could see the Uesugi army, two miles away from him.

There are nearly 30,000 of them, and only 20,000 of them have been drawn many times.

After the rebellion of the Kyogoku and Ouchi families in the Kansai and Uesugi families in the Kanto region, the Ise Province guardian Kitabatake Mitsuya raised troops to support Emperor Kameyama, the last empress of the Southern Dynasty, who fled Kyoto and fled Yoshino.

"We are the vanguard in this battle, no matter who the coach is, we can't change this."

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As long as they are fast enough, they can even return to fight Uesugi Zenhide after the destruction of Kitabatake Manya, and then return to fight the entire army that continues south.

On the surface, the Uesugi family's military mobilization is a power struggle between Uesugi Zenhide and Ashikaga Yoshimochi, but in fact, this matter is related to the existence of the Kanto country lords.

Ashikaga Yoshitsugu's eyes were burning, and beside him, Ashikaga Mitsutaka, who was half a head shorter than him, looked around cautiously and said worriedly: "Daming helps us like this, they must have their own plans, and we can't let our guard down." ”

"General, they're moving forward!"

"Uncle, look at this fleet, and the army that is landing in the Hidden Ambiguity."

Even so, Ashikaga Yoshinori did not show timidity, and he personally led his army to Ikeda, preparing to clean up Uesugi Zenhide first, then go south to clean up Kitabatake Mitsuya, and finally clean up the rebellious Kansai guardians.

"Is the artillery ready?"

At least under his rule, the shogunate was still able to suppress them.

"Uhh

Hearing this, the iron cannon general could only listen to the order, and soon the sound of artillery sounded in the battlefield.

Ashikaga Yoshimochi questioned the iron cannon general: "It's already good, but now fire the cannon, our people ......"

As early as the Ming Dynasty agreed that Japan could buy armed merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty, Ashikaga Yoshinori set his sights on the artillery that appeared in the Nanjing military exercise.

Because of this, many of the Whale Guard's soldiers were upset for him.

"I don't care how much silver the Ming Dynasty transported through trade, how many samurai killed by pacifying Ashikaga Yoshishi, how many troops were stationed in Japan, and how many officialdoms were built......"

"That's right, 4,000 people are enough to sweep through the land of Gyeonggi, we have been waiting in the Whale Sea for so many years, this is the opportunity to make contributions!"

"Woo-woo-"

"When the time comes, it will be difficult to fight, and only by taking advantage of this time to march can we settle the battle."

Time passed little by little, and in the next half month, Ashikaga Yoshinori took the lead in pacifying Kitabatake Manya in Ise Province with the Hongwu iron cannon dismantled from the "Imperial Japanese Official Ship", and removed the title of Emperor of Gokameyama, continued to change his title to Emperor Taishang, and brought him and his relatives to Daikakuji Temple in Kyoto.

Ashikaga Yoshitsugu's words made Ashikaga Mitsutaka full of shock, he didn't expect such words to come from the mouth of a young man like Ashikaga Yoshitsugu who was less than seventeen years old.

Although the troops had been notified to retreat, the shells still claimed the lives of many of the shogunate's samurai.

"Fire!" Ashikaga Yoshitoshi gave a decisive order that could not be denied.

Knowing that Tajima had been breached, Ashikaga Yoshinori did not continue to entangle with Uesugi Zenhide, but left Imagawa Nomamasa and 10,000 spears and archers Ashigaru, and he himself led more than 7,000 officials and more than 900 gunners, as well as the only remaining 400 cavalry to gallop south to aid Kyoto.

"Although we are in the navy, we are not slower than the army when we march on both feet."

What they want is nothing more than to protect their vested interests.

For a time, the two armies on the battlefield changed their form of attack and defense.

On the battlefield, countless corpses were discarded, and after Ashikaga Yoshimori pursued for more than ten miles, he ordered the three armies to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time prepared to take advantage of the defeat of Uesugi Zenhide to go south to clean up Kitabatake Mitsuya.

In the Bosi Division of Yinqi City, Zheng Jun, who led the whale guards to assemble here, was surrounded by dozens of officials from thousands of households and hundreds of households.

There is no entertainment here, only trade, and once the trade is over, you have to leave here with your goods.

"Yes!!" Hearing Zheng Jun's words, everyone stood up straight, bowed their hands, and responded loudly.

For a while, they couldn't help but have resentment in their hearts, and Zheng Jun won Jinzhou by joining forces with Cui Jun back then, and the careful thinking of this group of generals couldn't be hidden in front of him at all.

At the same time, although the shogunate also suffered more than 7,000 casualties, most of them were temporarily conscripted countrymen, so Ashikaga Yoshinori was not heartbroken.

The Uesugi army's army charged, and Ashikaga Yoshinori methodically consumed them with bows and arrows with the help of Imagawa Nommasa and a few people, slowing down their charge, and at the same time sent his own cavalry to entangle the Uesugi family's cavalry.

However, they didn't know that Zheng Jun was actually willing to be the commander of this guard, because he did not have a lot of experience in commanding at the beginning, and a guard was just right for him.

The sound of sparse cheering rang out, and it was clear that they didn't think so.

In the south, the Kansai Ouchi and Kyogoku families gathered an army of 26,000 samurai and headed north for tomorrow's trade.

Ashikaga Yoshinori didn't have much discipline in fighting, it was nothing more than a blow and a counterattack at the moment when the opponent's formation was broken.

"Disband!!"

Ashikaga Yoshimochi had no intention of mining the Kunlun gold mine mentioned by the official ship envoy, and his mind was on expanding and consolidating the rule of the shogunate and ending the humiliation of being a vassal to the Ming Dynasty.

Their eyes were eager, and their appeal was very simple, that is, to attack the land of Gyeonggi first, and before the main force arrived, they would destroy Ashikaga Yoshinori first.

It's a good thing that they have such confidence, but their actions made Zheng Jun's face gloomy.

Everyone was encouraged by him, and they also walked out of the yamen of the city with red faces, excitedly discussing the practice of making the vanguard the main force.

Of course, such convenient conditions also made the internal waves of the Ming army surge.

It's a short sentence, but it's heavy because it's written in kanji and stamped with the seal of the Naval Governor's Office.

"Keep shelling, didn't you hear ?!"

"Charge!!"

Zheng Jun suddenly spoke, making everyone's eyes light up.

Faced with the questioning, the artillery general hurriedly explained: "General, the iron cannon needs a word of time to clean up. ”

"Without firearms, we have the same fighting strength as the Ming army!"

As a result of Ikeda's battle, he was taken to Oki by the Rishi Ritsushi stationed in Nishichang, where an army of 4,000 men was gathering and waiting for the order to cross the sea and land in Wakasa Bay.

According to the artillery general under his command, such artillery can pull out thousands of guns in a single fleet of the Ming army.

With such a number, if the two sides shelled each other, Ashikaga Yoshinori could not think of any reason why he could win.

This boredom is like a pile of firewood, once lit, the fire is difficult to stop.

There was a startled sound, and the generals' hearts tightened, and they all looked at Zheng Jun who was sitting on the main seat.

Zheng Jun said, got up and walked to the hall, where there were Northeast Asian sand tables with a length and width of seven feet each.

Although the bloody scene was a great blow to the morale of the other party, they were now slowly approaching.

"Hey!" Imagawa Fan Zheng was the head, and immediately began to send heralds to pass on the general's orders.

"As long as you land in Wakasa Bay, I ask you to rush to Kyoto Castle within two days, and you must conquer Kyoto Castle within three days!"

"Don't panic, we're in front of them!"

It was only a round of test firing, and nearly 39 stone bullets were hit at a distance of 200 paces from the 52 Hongwu iron cannons that had already been eliminated in the Ming Dynasty.

Ashikaga Yoshinori said with a humble heart, and at the same time, a large fleet also arrived at the hidden islands that had been waiting for them for a long time after a month and a half of sailing.

His words made everyone look at each other, you must know that Zheng Jun has followed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince since Jinzhou, and now more than ten years have passed, although he has the name of an uncle, his real power is only one guard and horse.

Ashikaga Mitsutaka originally thought that Ashikaga Yoshitsugu wanted to say that he knew to be vigilant against the Ming army, but he never thought that Ashikaga Yoshitsugu said directly:

Now ten years have passed, Zheng Jun's ambition is not only one guard, but wants to be like Yang Zhan, Cui Jun, and Chen Xuan, and become one of the few people who will make decisions in the navy in the future.

"I have studied the book "Economics" in the Guozi Prison, and according to the above meaning, His Royal Highness hopes that Japan will become an importer of resources for the Ming Dynasty, and continue to import silver for the Ming Dynasty."

However, if he surrendered like this, the prestige he had built up over the previous two years would be ruined, and the Ming Dynasty's demand had always been clear, that is, Japan must be a vassal.

"The last general will not dare to ......"

"What should I do?" Ashikaga Yoshitsugu looked at Ashikaga Mitsutaka suspiciously, then swept his gaze over the Hidden Islands, and finally stopped at the Ming army that was landing on the islands.

Although the Uesugi family, which numbered more than his luxury, numbered 30,000 people, they were mainly samurai with longbows, spears, and swords, and although the number of samurai on horseback was twice as large as that of Ashikaga Yoshimori, Ashikaga Yoshinori did not worry about their cavalry at all.

"I've heard that the artillery at sea is very heavy, and no matter where they land from, there is no way for Japan to transport such heavy artillery."

"Now what I want you to do is to recharge your energy and wait for the Marquis of Pingjiang to lead the army to arrive in Yinqi."

From early morning to sunset, the Uesugi army's army gradually weakened under the shelling of Ashikaga Yoshitoshi regardless of the enemy, and finally the whole army was defeated and left in Ono amid the sound of gold.

All of this is because Kyogoku Gaoguang brought him a letter while sending back his head.

"I repeat, always keep an eye on the movements in Gyeonggi and don't rush to attack."

"Uncle, four thousand people are enough!"

Compared to his two older brothers, he seems spineless.

Fifty thousand troops were deployed, and despite the mist on the battlefield, both sides could still see each other's situation clearly.

However, upon arrival in Tajima, his envoy was immediately beheaded by Kyogoku Takamitsu, the head of the Kyogoku family, and his head was returned to Tanba.

"What?" Ashikaga Yoshinori was stunned, then turned his head to look at the battlefield.

"As long as they help me become a shogun and an emperor, I can give them everything."

As long as the military order is delivered, the Ming army can take the land of Gyeonggi as quickly as possible, leaving Ashikaga Yoshinori homeless.

"Prepare to release the arrows!"

Zheng Jun's words were not recognized by everyone, but they also saw that Zheng Jun was unwilling to use troops at this time.

The countrymen and lords of the Kanto region actually had long been dissatisfied with the Ashikaga shogunate.

Twenty-six-zero-five: fseven-zero-zero: four-three: six-zero-zero-zero:: six-f-six

This was not the work of the gunners, but the phalanx of Uesugi troops was too dense.

"Charge the whole army!!"

As their voices faded away, Zheng Jun, who had returned to the backyard, returned to the hall and sighed a few times: "Damn, this soldier is really difficult to lead." ”

There are doorways on the left and right sides of the main road, and each doorway sells different goods, and there is no overlap.

A fist-sized stone bullet struck, and in just an instant, the Uesugi spear phalanx, which was still on the way, was pierced, and five or six samurai were torn apart, and yellow, white, and scarlet things were everywhere.

Compared with the rules of the confrontation between the two armies of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese army in the short-range battle was still mainly brave.

"Although we are only pioneers, we can use pioneers as the main force to fight."

In the mist, the Uesugi army on the opposite hill began to advance.

With the removal of the title of Emperor Go-Kameyama, Emperor Go-Komatsu, who was supported by the shogunate, continued to be the sole emperor.

Seeing the bloody scene in front of him, Ashikaga Yoshinori showed a happy look on his face, and waved the paper fan in his hand excitedly.

The two rounds of shelling hit the morale of the Uesugi family's army to the bottom, and all 52 stone shells hit, and at this distance of 80 paces, two or three hundred people were killed on the spot, and the ricochet also hit me hard.

Everyone continued to persuade, but Zheng Jun raised his chin and looked down at everyone:

"It's just right to be destroyed, what the imperial court wants is to subdue Japan in a war, if we send troops now, then even if they are defeated, they will feel that we are taking advantage of the situation and winning."

The fall of Kitabatake Manya was so rapid that before Uesugi Zenhide in the north could react, Ashikaga Yoshinori led his troops to approach Ohno and force him to fight a decisive battle.

"Bang!!"

After Zheng Jun said his position, he hurriedly added: "Because of this, we can't rush in and leave a handle for the people above the temple." ”

On the low back of the horse, Imagawa Noomasa in large armor reminded Ashikaga Yoshinori on the back of the horse beside him.

The casualties caused by the thirty-nine stone bullets to the Uesugi army's army were not many, and they would not exceed two hundred at most.

When the cannon sounded, the artillery shone on the battlefields of Japan more than a hundred years in advance, and their opponents were nothing more than samurai wearing carcass, belly rolls, and mustaches.

"You think I don't want to fight?"

He did not know the difference between Hongwu iron cannon and field artillery and naval artillery, but this did not prevent him from dismantling the artillery of the official ship that had returned to Japan and applying it to the battlefield.

He began to send envoys to Kansai and Kanto, because he felt that the Kanto and the guardians of the Kansai countries at this moment should have seen the great power of the shogunate.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the two sides met in the area of Tamba Jinikeji Temple, and a big battle broke out.

"What is this!?"

"Take advantage of this opportunity, we must let the Zhi clan clear the situation!"

"Your Highness wants to garrison troops in Mutsu and build an officialdom, and you also want me to continue my father's career and maintain trade with the Ming Dynasty."

Before Uesugi's Kwantung army rushed into battle, the spears of the two sides began to collide, and the shogunate army fought and retreated, and the Uesugi army also regained its morale as it gradually advanced.

"Help!"

Same distance, different military orders.

"Put!"

On the sea, the sound of horns announced the arrival of the Ming army.

Japan's geography means that it can easily be split in two when faced with a strong enemy at sea.

"Since you know, then ......" Ashikaga Mitsutaka's voice couldn't help but rise, and then thinking of his situation, he immediately lowered: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Relying on the Hongwu iron cannons dismantled from the official ships, the battle ended in the victory of the shogunate army, and the Kansai coalition army was defeated and retreated, with more than 4,000 dead and wounded, and suffered heavy losses.

Time passed little by little, the mist above the battlefield began to slowly dissipate, and in the Uesugi family's army, as the Uesugi Zenhide who initiated this rebellion, at this moment he was riding on horseback, wearing large armor, and holding a paper fan imported from the Ming Dynasty.

His face was dark, and his eyes swept over everyone: "What, you also want to play the hand of forcing the palace?" ”

As for Ashikaga Yoshiji and Ashikaga Mitsutaka, who were far away in the Ming Dynasty, they were just an excuse for their rebellion.

"Boom, boom—"

"Beep-"

"Although I am Bohai Bo, how many years have you said I have been wearing the hat of the commander?"

Kneeling in the courtyard of Tamba Castle, the two generals Uesugi Fangfang and Yamana Tokiki asked Ashikaga Yoshinori worriedly, and Ashikaga Yoshimori's face was full of confusion.

"Put!"

"Bang!!"

"In my heart, I'm much more anxious than you......"

Houguishan used this reason to raise troops, so as to say that he was a lackey of the Ming Dynasty, if he agreed to the request of the Ming Dynasty, how would the identity of the "lackey" on his body be washed away?

"Artillery ready, wait until they get close to two hundred paces and fire!"

"Keep shelling!"

As long as they can win this war, then ......

Uesugi Zenhide did not fight in the plains with Ashikaga Yoshimochi this time, but retreated to the mountains.

Hongwu Iron Cannon, this is what he relied on to pacify the Quartet!

The spear was the head, followed by the archer and the sword, and there were 500 cavalry on the left and right flanks.

Uesugi Zenhide swears, and the reason why he said this is not purely out of his own ambition, but because he was pushed up and had to complete it.

[The heavenly soldiers are coming, don't move, if you move, the country will be destroyed]

Through the past few months of fighting, he has fully understood the power of artillery.

At the same time, this round of shelling also knocked down the morale of the Uesugi family's step-by-step advancement in an instant.

"Uncle, let's send troops......"

Ashikaga Yoshimochi raised his chin and said his plan, he was going to use artillery to crush the Uesugi family's formation, and then intersperse the divisions to retreat Uesugi Zenhide to the north.

"Only when they have resolved all the rebellions and gathered a large army to fight us will we be able to completely subdue them!"

"From Wakasa to Kyoto, the land of Gyeonggi, the distance is only one hundred and fifty miles."

He turned back and questioned the artillery general, who had not been shelled for a long time, and this artillery general was nothing more than a samurai who had followed them to the Western official ships.

On the fifth day of the ninth month, Ashikaga Yoshinori temporarily recruited a group of spearmen from the Kyoto area, including the samurai in the Kyoto area, and pulled out 30,000 troops to march to Tanba.

It wasn't long after he was held back that news came from the south that the Kansai coalition had broken through Tajima.

"Boom, boom—"

"As long as I can become the king of Japan, I can give anything!"

"That's right!"

"Bang!!"

Due to the small size of the country, it only took them four days to reach the south and fight the Kitabatake Mitsuya.

With the help of artillery, Ashikaga Yoshitoshi's self-confidence swelled unprecedentedly.

Zheng Jun said that, and a thousand-household official couldn't help but say: "Uncle, if you don't attack, then Ashikaga Yoshinori will have to put down the rebellion of Uesugi Zenhide." ”

For a time, the original north-south flank attack became a three-way flank attack from the east, west and south, and on the sea to the north, Ashikaga Yoshimochi also needed to guard against the Ming navy that could land at any time.

Zheng Jun said, turned around and left a back for everyone.

"This army will help me become a general, and even an emperor!"

The area of Yinqi Town is not large, and the construction of the whole town is very simple, but it is a "ten" intersection divided into four areas, and the whole market town has only two trunk roads that are one mile long.

In the face of such humiliation, Ashikaga Yoshitsu trembled with anger, but at the same time, he also gave birth to a kind of fear.

Because of this, it's not easy to attack, but it's also very boring.

"If Japan's silver mining is exhausted, I can send a fleet to Kunlun Island to mine, or I can go further afield."

On the side of Ashikaga Yoshinori, there were mainly 8,000 well-armed priests, as well as 3,500 archers and 5,000 spearmen, 2,000 samurai with long swords, and 500 samurai on horseback, as well as 52 Hongwu iron cannons and 1,000 gunners obtained from the Ming Dynasty.

After scolding, he quietly waited for the arrival of Chen Xuan and others, and at the same time continued to buy supplies from the Kansai area of Japan in the south.

Due to the heavy size and short range of the Hongwu iron cannon, Ashikaga Yoshimochi could only fight a protracted battle with Uesugi Zenhide in the Ohno area with light troops.

"Don't panic, keep going!"

"I know!" Ashikaga Yoshitsugu replied decisively.

On the north island of Yinqi, it is different from the white land that once was, it is clean and tidy here at the moment, the whole street is paved with concrete, there are sewage canals on both sides of the road and the yard along the street shop built uniformly, the street is two stories high, and the inside is two in and out, covering an area of more than half an acre.

The distance of one hundred paces was fleeting, and when the Uesugi army entered the range of eighty paces, the artillery of the Ashikaga shogunate began a second round of shelling.

"General, are we going to continue the previous policy now?"

But what is backbone, and can backbone be eaten as food?

As long as he can become a general of Japan, or even the existence of an emperor, he can even say to Zhu Gaoxu that he recognizes him as his father.

It's a pity that even if he wants to recognize Zhu Gaochu as his father, Zhu Gaochu will not recognize this kind of son......

(End of chapter)