On April 1, the twelfth year of Tianwen (1543), outside the city of Ruojiang, Hanoi.
"Miyoshi Chikuzen asked us to start the uprising and fall out with Kizawa Nagamasa as soon as possible. Although this can be regarded as responding to His Highness the Commander's call to suppress the rebellion, the ones who should respond to His Highness the Commander's order should also be the retainers of the Hosokawa family, the Hatakeyama family. Not our retainers of the Hatakeyama family, the Yusa family." Yusa Chojiao held the letter sent by Miyoshi Nagakei in his hand, looked at the hesitant troops around him, and kept beating the drum in his heart:
"The Kingdom of Hanoi has always attached great importance to tradition. Without the order of Hanoi to protect the Hatakeyama family, how can I, the guardian of Hanoi, command these wealthy families and warriors? Even if there is to be an uprising, I need a title. Hatakeyama Sakyou (Hatakeyama Nagasune) is dead and has left no heirs; Hatakeyama Owari (Hatakeyama Uenoga) is under house arrest in Iimoriyama Castle; the only remaining direct descendant of the Hatakeyama family, Hatakeyama Harima (Hatakeyama Masakuni), is also in Kizawa Changzheng is still in Ruojiang City, why should I use the army?"
Yuzuo Changjiao looked back at the troops he brought - it seemed that every wealthy family was determined to be passive and sabotage. They don't care about the Hosokawa family's orders to suppress the rebellion. As retainers of the Hatakeyama family, they only listen to the governor of the Hatakeyama family - as expected, my retainer's retainer is not my retainer.
Yusa Nagasaki, the Guardian Dai, does not have the endorsement of the Hatakeyama family governor. Instead, he wants to attack Kizawa Nagamasa, who is recognized by Hatakeyama Masakuni, and attack Wakae Castle, the residence of Hatakeyama Masakuni - the wealthy families will not really help.
"The Miyoshi family wants to transport food from Sakai Town. In order to prevent the Kizawa Army in Hanoi from interfering, they want us to send troops to contain the Kizawa Army for them? Let me lead a bunch of wealthy families with no fighting spirit to attack our lord's base. Castle?" Yusa Chojiao cursed fiercely and threw the letter on the ground: "What are you dreaming about? Without a status, what can I do? After all, you should find me an heir of the Hatakeyama family's bloodline, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a horse riding a horse from afar, dragging a knocked-out man lying on its back. After getting closer, Yuzuo Changjiao recognized the young man riding the horse - it was Juga Icun, the fourth brother of the Miyoshi family.
"This person is Hatakeyama Jiro." Toga Ichitoshi got off his horse, pointed at the fainted man on the horse, and gave the name of Hatakeyama Masakuni's eldest son.
"Huh?" Yusa Chojiao was shocked, and quickly asked someone to help Hatakeyama Jiro down. After looking at his face for a long time, he confirmed that it was indeed his young master, and then turned to Toga Ichikun and said: "How did you tie him out?"
"He went hunting with dozens of guards, and he took it lightly when he saw that I was a child." Shihe Yicun answered simply, omitting some content that was not so important in his eyes.
"Where are the dozens of guards?" Yuzuo Changjiao asked dumbfounded - and then he understood - the blood stains on Shihe Yicun and the horse he sat on said everything.
If Yuzuo Changjiao remembers correctly, Shihe Yicun was just under 13 years old this year.
Yusa Changjiao couldn't help but swallowed his saliva - that is to say, if Toga had a thought, he could kill Yusa Changjiao himself on the spot among dozens of guards of the Yusa family.
"Big Brother said, this is the reason for the uprising in Yuzuo Kawachi." "
Shihe Yicun did not salute and say goodbye, but simply got on the horse, clamped the horse's belly and rode away, leaving only the frightened Yusa family members.
"Fight, the Mihaoshi family are not easy to mess with. Act according to their wishes." Yuzuo Changjiao took a deep breath and tried to calm down his emotions, "I gave the order in the name of the young master, saying that we are going to fight against Jialiao The powerful minister of the family governor, Kizawa Nagamasa!"
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After the war broke out in Hanoi, the merchants of Sakai Town finally boldly loaded grain and grass onto ships and handed them over to sailors appointed by the Miyoshi family to transport them to Settsu. But when they arrived at the rocky beaches along the coast, the merchants on board the ships were still panicked - there were numerous reefs, dense whirlpools, rough waves, and the coast was criss-crossed. If they were not careful, the ship would be destroyed and people would die.
"Little brothers, are you really sure?" The businessmen couldn't help but ask the young sailor standing on the bow - he was wearing simple gray clothes, barefoot, with his sleeves and trousers rolled up, his hair Also tied behind the head - looking like a water thief for many years.
"Don't worry." An Zhai Dongkang looked back at the merchants, showing a gentle and reassuring smile, "We have surveyed hundreds of times, and every hydrology is clear as fingertips.
Palm. "
On April 2, the twelfth year of Tenmon (1543), the grain and grass sent from Sakai Town landed in Settsu via sea route and were sent to the Miyoshi family army. The Miyoshi family's food shortage crisis was immediately relieved. Kizawa Nagamasa, who originally wanted to wait for the Miyoshi family to run out of food, was so angry that he cursed and had to take the initiative to attack the Miyoshi family's camp - because he knew that time was no longer on his side. As news from Kyoto continues to come, soon the wealthy families of Settsu and his own retainers will know that Kizawa Nagamasa has been designated as a traitor by the shogun and Hosokawa Harumoto, and the morale of the army will soon be lost. .
However, to his surprise, the Sanyoshi Army, which could have stuck to their camp and watched the Kizawa Army being thrown into disarray because of the rumors, did not choose to defend. Instead, they sent out their camp to counterattack and attacked the Kuzawa Army's queue head-on. However, Kizawa Nagamasa fully believed that the Miyoshi family would seek a stable defense, so he was not prepared for a field battle at all. A large number of soldiers were not wearing armor. They still maintained a marching formation just before the battle began, and were still driving slowly towards Miyoshi. Home camp…
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On the afternoon of April 2, the twelfth year of Astronomy (1543), outside the city of Settsu Province.
Imagawa Yoshimoto, who followed, wanted to observe how Miyoshi Nagakei commanded the battle, but he never expected that the battle had ended before he arrived.
He finally understood why Miyoshi Changqing was so confident in fighting, and finally understood that the phrase "If the problem can be solved by just fighting one battle, then it couldn't be easier for me" which contains the confidence in his military strategy. How confident.
In less than three hours, less than one-third of the troops - the Miyoshi Army destroyed the Kizawa Army.
On the battlefield with a radius of ten miles, there are more than 20,000 Muzawa coalition troops. Now there is no horse mark on any side, and not a single warrior who is still resisting. Swords, equipment, flags, and food and grass were thrown all over the ground, piled up with the corpses of the soldiers, floating in the blood. The surrendered prisoners lined up in a long line, the number of which was more than the entire army of the Mihaoshi family combined, but every one of them was so stunned that they knelt on the ground and did not even dare to raise their heads or look directly at the blue sea-like third-level nails of the Mihaoshi family. Pulling lines.
Behind the sea of three-level nails, the young man also wearing blue clothes and blue armor was standing against the wind, enjoying the smell of blood carried by the wind and the cheers of thousands of soldiers. The loyal Hatamoto offered him a glass of wine. On that day, he made a bold statement to Kizawa Nagamasa, saving the wine for him to drink after success. Mihao Changqing did not drink, but fell on the ground in front of him, sharing the joy of victory with the soldiers.
This seemed like a grand coronation ceremony, a coronation for the Wu family.
Miyoshi Nagakei - Vice-King of Japan.
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But Imagawa Yoshimoto knew that Miyoshi Nagakei might not really be enjoying all this. He was still performing, just like a Noh actor standing on the stage wearing a mask - imitating countless victorious samurai throughout the ages. I hope that my intoxicating performance can satisfy the soldiers and make them more loyal to the Mihaoshi family.
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"He may become your lifelong enemy, Chengfang." Standing on the hill, Taiyuan Xuezhai sighed with emotion at Miyoshi Changqing's pleasing military strategy. He couldn't help but said to Imagawa Yoshimoto beside him, "Remember him, remember him. Live that name.”
"He will never become my old enemy." But Imagawa Yoshimoto was full of confidence.
"Oh? Do you think Miyoshi Chikuzen is not good enough for you?" Taiyuan Xuezai was surprised by Imagawa Yoshimoto's ambition. This was the first time he saw such domineering power from his beloved disciple, and he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Good disciple My son, I finally have something to offer!"
"No, I think I'm not worthy of him." Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed twice, took out the folding fan from his waist and fanned himself briskly, "It is absolutely impossible for me to go to Luo, but there is no way that Miyoshi Chikuzen will be here either. Will we be able to defeat Suruga in our lifetime? The two of us will definitely not be able to meet him."
"You spineless brat!" Taiyuan Xuezai was so angry that he hit Imagawa Yoshimoto on the head, "Then what if they really hit you?"
"If he has defeated Suruga, then he has Onono and Kinki, so I have no choice but to surrender. What else is there to fight for?" Imagawa Yoshimoto used a folding fan to block Taiyuan Xuezai's hand. He replied nonchalantly.
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On the evening of April 2, the twelfth year of Tianwen (1543), Kizawa Nagamasa, who was beaten by Miyoshi Nagakei and was completely wiped out, almost escaped with his body, and fled to Hanoi in embarrassment with more than a dozen attendants.
hometown. He had already abandoned his armor and all unnecessary equipment on the road, for fear of being caught up by the pursuing Sanhao Army. At this moment, he only had a half-torn Jinhaori, his helmet had long since fallen off, and his hair was hanging loosely.
"Hurry up and ask for help from the Master of the Honganji Temple!" Kizawa Nagamasa didn't care about that much at the moment, and shouted to the Hatakes who had followed him to escape:
"I have given them so much alms on weekdays and done so much good for their missionary work in the Fahua Sect's territory. Now it's time to repay us! Mihao Changqing wants to avenge us for killing his father. I The two behind-the-scenes instigators, Miyoshi Echigo and Miyoshi Echigo, have already ended up like this. Does the Honganji Temple think that it can survive alone? In the end, it was their monk soldiers from the Ichigo clan who forced Miyoshi Gencho to death with his own hands! If I, Kizawa Nagamasa, die too Yeah, he’s next!”
Before Kizawa Nagamasa's men set out, a group of monk soldiers from Honganji Temple could be seen coming on horseback from a distance.
"Is this Master Bingbu?" the leader of the monks called loudly.
"Yes!" Kizawa Nagamasa immediately responded excitedly - I didn't expect these monks to be quite wise. They know when to take action and cannot hesitate. "The pursuers of the Miyoshi family are behind me, help me stop them!"
"Do it!"
However, the leading monk of Honganji Temple shouted loudly. Then, dozens of monk soldiers on horseback suddenly rushed towards Kizawa Nagamasa.
"What?" Kizawa Nagamasa panicked and ran away with full-screen reaction, but his men were not so lucky, and the remaining dozen or so banners that followed were chopped to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Kizawa Nagamasa urged the horses to escape with all his strength, and cursed angrily: "Don't you know who to help? Why are they all trying to get in trouble with me? "
