At the first moment of Mao hour on March 30, the 14th year of Astronomy (1546), Takio Shrine. The vanguard of the Confederate army encountered resistance for the first time, and the first shot of this world-famous Kyoto battle was fired here.
"The Ichiban belongs to our Oda family! It belongs to me, Oda Nobunaga!" Oda Nobunaga came to the front line with determination and determination. He couldn't help but get ahead of the other troops. He was the first to light the match rope, pull the trigger, and fire the iron cannon. The projectile was fired at Takio Shrine. Opposite the Oda Army is the Mimura Army under the banner of Maru Sanbai. Its total strength is only about 2,000 people, which can be said to be weak. But even so, winning such an honor still made the soldiers of the Oda family excited, and they rushed to the Takio Shrine with shouts of fighting.
At the same time, the Hojo Army moved toward Chisekiin in the northeast. However, the defenders of Chisekiin, the Isshiki Army, simply resisted and retreated, moving directly north to Shinichiyoshi Shrine. After all, for the Isshiki family, the Mimura family, who are neither relatives nor friends, and even belong to a hostile faction, are not worthy of his protection at all. At this time, the flank of the Mimura Army was exposed to the Hojo Army. If the Mimura Army did not retreat, it was likely to be outflanked. At that time, the Oda Army, Hojo Army, and Saito Army as the vanguard would not be able to retreat. If you know how to hold back, you will definitely hit the Sancun Army hard. As long as the three villages' army is annihilated, so many prisoners and ordnance will definitely make up for the losses.
As a result, the Sanmura Army had to retreat simultaneously and moved north to Sanjusangendo. Due to the numerous streets and alleys in the Kyoto area, there was no large area of flat land for pursuit, so the retreating Mimura army could calmly fight and retreat with the help of street fighting, and successfully transferred without suffering much losses.
At the same time, the Asakura Army and the Hexagon Army advancing westward had also arrived in the Dongshan Bridge area and began to prepare for crossing the river. The people along the way had either fled long ago, or were hiding behind stoves with their doors and windows closed, not daring to make a sound. The people of Kyoto, who had suffered disasters for more than a hundred years, seemed to have evolved the ability to deal with military chaos.
At 04:00 on March 30, the 14th year of Tenmon (1546), the Hojo Army marched north again after reorganization and pursued the Isshiki Army. At the same time, Saito's army also stationed at Takio Shrine and took over the garrison of Oda's army. The freed-up Oda army once again went north to attack Sanjusangendo, the new position of Mimura's army.
On the other side, the Asakura Army and the Rokkaku Army crossed the Kamogawa River westward after confirming that there was no ambush on the other side of the river. The Rokkaku Army stationed at Changfukuji Temple, then turned north and headed towards Wanjiaoji Temple. The Asakura army moved all the way west, and after occupying Suilin Temple, they further suppressed the Toji temple complex, the largest stronghold in the southwest of Kyoto, without encountering any resistance.
"Not good."
Takeda Harunobu, who stayed on Mount Keihi of Tofukuji Temple, instinctively sensed the danger. So far, only 5,000 of the 83,000-strong Northern Army have shown up, and there is no sign of the main force at all. This shows that the Northern Army wants to lure the enemy deep, and then quickly defeat the Southern Army through a main counterattack. The problem is, Toji Temple is the most easily defended and difficult to attack stronghold in the south of Kyoto. Even such a defensive important point is abandoned. How determined is the Northern Army to carry out a counterattack? It makes people sweat.
At 5:00 on March 30, the 14th year of Tianwen (1546), south of the Wanjiao Temple, Rokkaku Sadeyori led a force of 15,000 Rokkaku Army to arrive here. The scouts who were sent to the front for reconnaissance came back quickly:
"Report, Your Highness! There are a large number of enemy troops in the Wanjiao Temple, and the flag is Hanawame Yui, the Nizi family's troops!"
"Nizi's house..." Rokkaku Sadarai pursed his lips, then rode his horse to find a hotel on the second floor, and climbed to the roof to look at the situation around Yuanjiao Temple. However, due to the obstruction of the temple walls and surrounding streets, the deployment of the Nizi Army was still unclear, and only the fluttering horse prints could be seen.
"It's Nizi Xingbu (Nizi Kunihisa)...and the famous Shingu Party under his command." Rokkaku Sadayori couldn't help but straighten his expression after realizing that he had encountered such a difficult situation.
When Nizi Jiujiu, known as the "Prefect of the Eleven Prefectures of Yin and Yang", rose to prominence, his disciple Nizi Jiuxing's personal guard team, which consisted of warriors from the Nizi family as the core, has always been the most elite force in the Nizi family, laying the groundwork for the expansion of the Nizi family. After making great contributions, this unit became the prototype of the later "New Palace Party".
However, after Nizi Jiujiu retired, the successor family governor, Nizi Jiujiu's grandson Nizi Qingjiu, had a conflict with Nizi Jiuxing. Not connected with the army
When the incident happened, Nizi Haruhisa tried to expedition against the betrayed Maori family, but Nizi Hisayuki believed that this was too hasty and repeatedly opposed the plan. The angry Nizi Haruhisa openly called his uncle who had great military achievements a "coward".
However, after the Nizi family actually went to attack the Mori family, just as Nizi Kuyuki said, they were unable to fight hard due to insufficient preparation. When the Ouchi family's reinforcements arrived at Yoshida Gunyama Castle and joined forces with the Maori army, the Nizi family was defeated. Even Nizi Haruhisa himself was almost captured by the Ouchi-Maori coalition forces. At the critical moment, the "coward" Nizi Hisayuki led hundreds of Shingu Party elites to break into the enemy's formation and protected Nizi Haruji's evacuation at the cost of death.
After Nizi Jiuxing's death, the command of the New Palace Party was handed over to Nizi Kunjiu, the second son of Nizi Jiujiu, who was the second uncle of the family governor Nizi Harujiu. Nizi Kunijiu inherited the legacy of his uncle Nizi Jiuxing and continued to lead the New Palace Party to fight for the Nizi family in both the south and the north, and to expand territory for the Nizi family. However, the New Palace Party, which gradually became more and more powerful, had conflicts with the family governor Nizi Qingjiu. The domineering behavior of many important members of the New Palace Party also aroused public anger in Nizi's family.
Fortunately, Nizi Haruhisa's wife is Nizi Kunihisa's daughter. The couple are quite loving, and with her mediating, the situation can still be maintained. But in the end, in the 23rd year of Tianwen (1554) in the original world line, with the death of Nizi Qingujiu's wife, the conflict between the New Palace Party and the family governor broke out. Nizi Qinguji ordered the annihilation of Nizi Kunijiu's clan, and the New Palace Party almost also Once destroyed.
What is now in front of Rokkaku Sadeyori is the Shingu Party, the elite of the Nizi family that is invincible in the Kansai region. Even if the opponent's number may be only 2/3 of his own, Rokkaku Sadeyori has no confidence in winning. Sure enough, as soon as the battle started, the Hexagonal Army, which was clearly on the offensive side, was suppressed by the Nizi Army.
"If the retainer's tail is too big, it will be a big disaster sooner or later. How can there be any reason for the retainer to be even more powerful than the master? Naniko Minbu (Niko Haruhisa), ask yourself, are you sure you can defeat the Shingong Party with your own banner?" Although the occupation is not smooth. , but Rokkaku Sadayori only had disdain in his heart, "If you do this, Lord, the fate of the family will not be long-term. If you don't suppress the retainers, you will only be attacked by the retainers."
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On the other side of the battlefield, Nizi Kunihisa also dismissed the performance of the Hexagon Army:
"The indomitable Omi people left behind by Rokkaku Taisen (Rokkaku Takayori) were still able to accompany Rokkaku Danmasa (Rokukka Sadeyori) in his conquests when he first came to the throne. Has it degraded to this point now? At that time, the Rokkaku Army was helpless even when Gongfangden led the shogunate's army to personally conquer the army. Now, with more and fewer enemies, it is still difficult to advance even half a step? What a shame for the ancestors, Rokkaku Tanzheng... He was focused on guarding his retainers, fearing that they would rebel, so he came up with the idea. Thousands of methods were used to weaken the retainers, and the retainers were tortured to death. In the end, your Rokkaku clan became stronger, but its combat effectiveness plummeted. So what's the use of being stronger? Sooner or later, it will be destroyed by foreign enemies."
"Why demolish the residence of the retainers and gather all the retainers to live in Guanyin Temple City? Then how to let the retainers train troops? How to consolidate the territory? How to prepare for war? It is really unreasonable to guard against one's own retainers, but you must be more cautious than against the enemy? When my father (Nizi) (Jiujiu) If he was so guarded against his uncle (Nizi Jiuyuki) and me, how could the Shingong Party become a powerful force that could fight a hundred battles, and how could Nizi's family be as prosperous as it is today? Hexagonal Bullet just thought that all the samurai in the world were like Is he just as evil-minded and thinking about subjugating superiors? Aren’t the bonds between the lord and his retainers, the clan and the branch families the most touching stories among samurai?"
Thinking of this, Ni Ziguojiu couldn't help but clenched his fists, showed a resolute look, and said silently in his heart:
"The Zong family treats us as national heroes, and we should repay it as national soldiers. For the sake of the Zong family, even if he was slandered by bad words, my uncle and savior still had no complaints when he died. If he died for the Zong family and the Lord, I would naturally have no objection. , no one in the New Palace Party will have any objections. The Zong family’s decision to kill us is just a matter of a word, so what is there to worry about?”
Afterwards, Nizi Kunijiu took the bag from his legitimate son Nizi Seijiu, tied it on his head carefully, then got on his horse, drew his sword in person and rode towards the front line, shouting to the subordinates passing by on both sides:
"This is Kyoto, and this battle is a battle that attracts the attention of the whole world. All the soldiers of the New Palace Party, show off the power of our Nizi family to the world, the next day! You must work hard to kill the enemy!"
Hearing the general's roar and seeing the general's leading figure, the soldiers of Nizi's New Palace Party burst out with astonishing fighting power, roaring out of the walls of the Yuanjiao Temple and the surrounding streets, and rushed towards the Rokkaku like a tide. military. The warriors of the Hexagon Army were obviously not prepared for this in advance and were caught off guard in a hurry.
"What are you doing?" Rokkaku Sadayori was puzzled by the actions of Nizi Kunhisa and the Shingu Party, and couldn't help but frowned, "As a separatist family that competes with the main family, the most important thing is to preserve its own strength. Fighting here with enemy forces that have nothing to do with him has no benefit other than promoting the prestige of the master's family. What is he thinking?"
"Fall back and deploy your formation along the streets." Of course, Rokkaku Sadeyori did not intend to lose too much strength in a tough battle. He decisively ordered: "Drag into a melee, expand the contact area between the two armies, and push them away from the desired area." They tricked them out of the monastery's position and then used their numerical advantage to suppress them."
