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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 441 Revenge with one stone

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    After this unknown collegiality was reached, the unaware Miyoshi Army gathered 20,000 troops under the leadership of Miyoshi Yoshihide and marched back into Higashi-Harima, preparing to teach the disobedient Bessho Anji a profound lesson, but the result  But it was far beyond his expectation. As soon as he stepped into the territory of Harima Country, it turned into a completely different scene.  The Harima Nationalist Army seemed to have expected that he would come. They gathered their troops early and gathered at the foot of Miki Castle. Miyoshi Yoshihide had no idea what was going on, but was disrupted by the troops coming from all directions. After a long time,  After a whole day of fierce fighting, they were finally outnumbered. The exhausted soldiers of the Miyoshi Army were the first to be unable to hold on and were defeated by Settsu.  In this battle, the Miyoshi Army killed 1,500 people. Miyoshi Yoshihide will never understand why an arrogant army of 35,000 soldiers appeared in Harima Kingdom overnight, suddenly appearing and shining a light on Miyoshi Yoshihide's head.  It was a sap that hit him, and he didn't react for a long time. The defeat in this battle was so humiliating that he couldn't understand it.  The news that came later let him know that the Akamatsu clan had declared a firm resistance to the invasion of the Miyoshi family, and had united the various national armies of Harima, Mimasaku, and Bizen countries, and had become an in-law ally with Hatano Hideharu, a powerful national of Tamba country.  , jointly fought against the barbaric invasion of the Miyoshi family. In addition, Akamatsu Yoshisuke also killed and exaggerated the news that the Akamatsu army defeated more than 20,000 Miyoshi troops led by Miyoshi Yoshihide at the gate of Miki Castle. It seemed to tell the samurai all over the world that their Akamatsu family was back again.  Recovered.  It doesn¡¯t matter whether the Akamatsu family recovered or not, but Miyoshi Yoshiken¡¯s defeat was like a slap on Miyoshi Changqing¡¯s face. The burning pain and huge shame made him so angry that he almost went crazy.  Fortunately, he could still maintain his rationality despite his anger, knowing that this moment was not the best time to provoke the people of Harima.  Moreover, Akamatsu Yoshisuke was by no means a talented and strategist hero. He actually took the initiative to reveal that he had no intention of intervening in Kinki affairs. In his eyes, this could simply equate him with a fool.  It can also be seen from this aspect that the Akamatsu clan is actually far less powerful than they appear. Combined with the information obtained by Miyoshi Changqing, the Akamatsu clan was probably brought together by external forces this time, and in Miki  There was a joint battle under the city that caught the Mihaoshi family off guard, and its meaning was nothing more than to respond to the request of the mastermind behind the scenes.  Matsunagahide carefully observed Miyoshi Changqing's expression.  After hesitating for a long time, he said cautiously: "It seems that the shadow of the mastermind behind the scenes has surfaced" Before Matsunagahide could finish his words, Miyoshi Nagakei roared furiously: "Kirara Yoshitoki  ! It turns out that you are the only one who can use such ruthless measures against me. Even when you are far away in Echigo, you are still thinking about the situation in Kyoto! It is you who once again thwarted my family's operation in Luo, and it was you who did so many things in my territory!  My family's trip to Luo was abandoned halfway, and I turned around and fell into the embarrassing situation of a fire in the backyard. It was you who created the ups and downs of our Miyoshi family for ten years. My family and you are incompatible with each other!" Miyoshi Yixian said doubtfully: "Brother means Kira Zhenfu Palace!  Is it causing trouble? But Kira Jinfu spent half the year last year in Dewa Province to appease the local lords, and did not return to Kasugayama Castle by boat until the end of autumn. Another general of the Kira family, Uesugi Teruhora, conquered Echu and Kaga.  The country has always made great achievements. In addition, according to intelligence, the Kira family also fought two large-scale battles in Minami-Shinano during the same period. Both sides suffered thousands of casualties before they called off and called a truce" Miyoshi Yasunaga clicked his tongue.  He exclaimed: "It's really awesome to fight on three sides! And the worst one is also to conquer a territory in Minami Shinano. This year's harvest is much better than what we have worked so hard for a full year" Ichinomiya Cheng  Suke whispered: "It is said that the stone height of the Kira family has exceeded four million koku!" "Nani? Four million koku? Kira Yoshitoshi only went to Echigo a few years ago? This is unlikely!" Miyoshi Masaki shook his head.  He shook his head in disbelief.  Miyoshi Masakatsu looked at his brother and said slowly: "Nagato Mamoru is right. There are indeed so many stone heights, I'm afraid they are only more than this but not less than this." As a sect who once opposed Miyoshi Changqing's side  Everyone, Miyoshi Masakatsu's performance since returning to the Senate can only be described as plain as water. He is neither proactive nor has any impressive performance. He is a marginalized figure in Miyoshi's family.  This time his sudden and rare speech attracted the attention of many people.  Miyoshi Masayasu glanced at him in surprise and said, "How do you say this?" Miyoshi Masakatsu said calmly: "Echigo's Ishiga is a secret to others. But powerful samurai like us know very well that we can  What I know is that the stone height calculated in the first year of Hongji was about two million koku. I still remember that when the news came out, it shocked the world. From then on, everyone knew that the wealth of Echigo was no less than that of Gyeonggi. It has been a few years now.  , it should not be surprising that the stone height of Echigo increases a little. In addition, the stone height of Echigo, Shinano, and Ueno has not been announced, and this yearThe stone heights of the territories of Kaga and Hanzen half kingdoms are not clear yet, but we can imagine that such a large territory should have a lot of stone heights. The stone heights of that country are at least higher than those of Hanoi and Izumi.  The stone height of the country is a bit higher.  " Mihaokang nodded and said, "That's right!  Izumi Province is a small country and it has about 130,000 to 40,000 koku. Kawachi Province only has more than 200,000 koku, definitely not less. The combined total of the two countries, 350,000 koku, is exactly the same as the height of Settsu Province.  The territories of Shinano Country and Etsuchu Country are very large, and the territories of these two countries must be much larger than those of Settsu Country.  In addition, Ueno Country is also a very wealthy territory. The Yamauchi-Uesugi family has relied on the direct leadership of this territory to control Kanto for hundreds of years. In terms of Shigao, I am afraid that it is richer than Settsu Country. Only those of these three distant countries are included.  A conservative calculation of the sum of the stone heights would exceed 1.4 million stone. Only Kaga and Hazen don't know how much there is, so let's assume that the two places add up to 400,000 stone, plus the more than 2 million stone heights in Echigo.  , even if it is not four million, it is not far off.  ¡± In this era, there is no unified inspection account, and the rural accounts of local lords are not stupid enough to announce it to the shogunate. Therefore, only the daimyo in charge of the territory knows how many stone heights there are. If the daimyo is not strong enough, he may not know until his death.  The Miyoshi family has controlled Settsu and Izumi for many years and knows how much territory they have in their territory. The territory of Hanoi was only taken away within half a year, so they can only roughly estimate the number of stones in Hanoi.  It will not be less than 200,000 koku. The amount of koku is mainly in important grain-producing areas such as plains. It is generally known that Omi Province is a famous grain-producing area in Kinai. The actual territory of Omi Province is not as large as Shinano Province.  , mainly because Lake Biwa takes up too much space, but the stone height of Omi Province is astonishingly high. The Kira family has a stone height of more than 200,000 stone in the two counties of Shiga Takashima, not to mention the Rokkaku Yoshiken family.  How much is the height of the stone on one side? It¡¯s like the former Echigo Country was a terrible place. The reason was that although the place was large, transportation was extremely inconvenient, and there were a lot of snowy mountains for half of the year.  It is very big, but the wild jungles and lakes and swamps on the plains make people feel hopeless. Without huge investment of manpower and material resources, there is no way to turn it into an utopia. Miyoshi Changqing heard a group of people whispering about the power of the Kira family, and his face changed.  It became more and more difficult to watch. Seeing this, Miyoshi Yixian hurriedly coughed and reminded: "We will talk about Shi Gao later, let's discuss the business later!  Could it be that the Kira family was behind this attack on us?  " Miyoshi Masashige asked strangely: "Didn't His Highness Bunzen Mamoru just say that the Kira family is unlikely?  "Matsuhisa Nagahide shook his head and said with a smile: "It can't be said that it's impossible. What if Kira Town Hall made arrangements in advance?  For example, I could arrange my backup force in Ji Nei one or two years in advance, waiting for my sudden launch at the critical moment when I am waiting for Shangluo.  Triggering a huge crisis for our Sanhao family and taking this opportunity to thwart our painstakingly prepared plan to go to Luo.  " "Hiss!  How many years in advance did you plan on us?  This is too cruel!  Is there such a person in the world?  " Miyoshi Yasunaga's face changed with fright, and many of the samurai present also showed sad expressions. "Most samurai in this era have relatively simple characters. When fighting, they fight and kill, and they know the land as an expert.  Reputation is more important than anything else, and I can betray my trust without any pressure, but when it comes to plotting against people, I have never thought about it. ¡°Damn you bastard!  I, Changqing, will never make you feel better!  snort!  "Miyoshi Changqing roared angrily. His legitimate son Miyoshi Yoshihiro looked nervously at his always gentle father. He suddenly became like an angry monster and made everyone tremble. The years of accumulation of power made Miyoshi Changqing angry.  He was so shocked that he didn't dare to move. In his short memory, it seemed that he had never seen his father lose his temper like this before. Miyoshi Changqing vented his anger fiercely and swore: "Don't think of this as a setback.  You can destroy the foundation of my Sanhao family!  Our family has not yet been defeated, and our family still succeeded in going to Luo!  Wait until my family convinces Hatakeyama Takamasa, the clown.  Go back to the north and see how much more you can do to our family!  ¡± For Miyoshi Chokei¡¯s anger, all the retainer regiment samurai sympathized with him. If he were facing a good situation to dominate Shangluo, but suddenly the unrelated Kira Yoshito interfered and disrupted the good situation.  The Sanhao family is not only the family of Sanhao Changqing, but also the Sanhao family of countless people and lords from several territories. They have been together for more than ten years.  Forming a relatively stable community, they are married to each other and share the fate of the Miyoshi family. When the Miyoshi family prospers, they will prosper, and when the Miyoshi family declines, they will also decline.  A drop of mouse droppings in a perfectly good pot of soup spoils everyone's interest and ruins their hard work.After more than ten years of hard work, if the situation in Kyoto had not deteriorated to the point where the Miyoshi family could not accept it, they would have been even more angry than Miyoshi Changqing.  Matsunaga Hide was not surprised by Miyoshi Changqing's statement. He was too familiar with the temperament of this house governor. He was always gentle with others, even the maid with her last name was gentle and spoke softly. He rarely looked down on others, but once he  When he gets angry, he wants to erupt the hot magma from the Asami volcano. The power is absolutely amazing.  After Miyoshi Changqing had vented his anger and calmed down, he slowly moved his eyes and glanced at the expressions of the retainers present who were either contemplative, frightened or angry, and said slowly: "I wonder if you have any  It was discovered that the Kira Town Palace had actually made many small moves such as the sudden end to the invasion of Kaga, and then the rapid signing of a no-war peace agreement with the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and the grand withdrawal of the Uesugi Danshoden before peace was reached.  He left as if it was clear that Kaga Ichimune would not suddenly change his mind during the negotiation. Isn't this strange? " Miyoshi Yasunaga asked fearfully: "What you mean by attacking Shochuden is that Kaga invades the inside.  Are there any means of guarding the palace of Kira? Could it be that the invasion of Kaga was planned a few years ago? " Matsunaga Hide smiled when he heard this: "Don't worry about the arrival of the Kira family in Yamashiro.  With such a bizarre method, Kira Jingoden probably made preparations to unite with Ishiyama Honganji to check and balance the Echizen Asakura clan after the victory of the Kaga invasion. Presumably, Asakura Kingoden at this time must have also felt the influence of Kasuga.  Yamashiro's malicious intent! Akari just reached a no-war peace agreement with Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and secretly relaxed the control of the Ichizu-ji Temple. Isn't this contrary to the Kira family's previous behavior of massacring and arresting Ichigo?  I¡¯m afraid you won¡¯t believe the plan of the Zhenfu Palace, right?¡± ¡°That¡¯s true, it would be strange if there was no deceit in the inconsistent behavior!¡± Miyoshi Masashige said worriedly: ¡°So the Kira family is really planning something.  Invading Kinai? After defeating Echizen, we can reach Wakasa and Omi! If we attack from the north and the south and seize Wakasa country in one fell swoop, wouldn¡¯t it be terrible?¡± ¡°That¡¯s it!  No! The Asakura Kingo Palace will not allow such a thing to happen. If the Kira family wants to go to Luo, they have to ask if the Miyoshi family agrees. You didn't realize that His Highness the Shogunate readily agreed to the order prohibiting the Kira family from going to Luo.  Are you aware of this? This prohibition is aimed at the possibility of the Kira family leading an army to Luo. The Kira Zhenfu Palace has always regarded itself as a loyal minister and good general of the shogunate, so it must not dare to violate the imperial edict issued by His Highness K¨­k¨­ to the world. ¡± Via Matsunaga!  Jiu Xiu's thorough analysis gradually brought the confusing situation back into clear direction.  Next to the expressions of the family members, Matsunaga Hide mainly stared at the expressions of Miyoshi Nagakei and Miyoshi Yoshihide. He noticed that these two people immediately raised their heads and looked at each other after hearing this analysis. It was obvious that they had already  Realize the importance of this analysis.  The Miyoshi family's family members all breathed a sigh of relief following his answer, and the expressions on their faces were no longer as nervous and fearful as before. The total stone height of the Miyoshi family's territory was only over one million stone.  name.  The Kira family is a super big name with 4 million koku, and they can still defeat a 60,000-strong army with 30,000 troops, and massacre 30,000 of them captured. To say that they are not worried or fearful is  impossible.  They are also worried. In fact, the Sanhao family does not rely on the Shigao income from the territory.  Being able to dominate Kinki relies on dominating the Seto Inland Sea and controlling the maritime tax revenue of Osaka Bay, just like when Kira Yoshi was able to rely on Sakamoto to monopolize the trade of Hokuriku, Sanin, Dewa, and Mutsu.  The Miyoshi family monopolizes the maritime trade routes from Kyushu, Shikoku, and Sanyo into Kinei.  This is an incredible amount of wealth. Every year, the taxes alone are collected mercilessly. The wealthy merchants traveling on the sea also hire the powerful Awaji navy as bodyguards to escort them. This is another incredible amount of income. Relying on Utatsu  Revenues from taxes and annual donations from many developed commercial towns such as Minato and Sakai, as well as money collected during the war, etc.  In addition, Shikoku's timber, dyes, sea salt, pottery, fishery and many other lucrative trades are also controlled by the Miyoshi family. This is the capital of the Miyoshi family to dominate Kinki, and it is also the reason why the Miyoshi family is like a weakling who can only be beaten to death.  The fundamental reason is that if we only rely on reselling military rations to maintain military expenditures, this half-year-long battle in Luozhong will be enough to deplete the warehouses of the Sanhao family.  Matsunaga Hide is not in a hurry. He still has full confidence in the Miyoshi family. As long as the strategy to dominate Kinai can be implemented smoothly, he can sit on the Diaoyutai and preserve his wealth and glory for twenty or thirty years, waiting for the blood rain decades later.  What does the fishy wind have to do with him?  As the saying goes, I won't care about the flood after I die.  The next thing was the highlight of what he wanted to say, so he coughed lightly and said seriouslySaid: "If our Miyoshi family takes the initiative to form an alliance with the Asakura family and supports the Asakura family's invasion of Kaga and their actions against the Kira family, Asakura Kingoden will definitely not refuse, right? In addition, there is the Omi Asai family.  The current governor of the family, Asai Kenmasa, this young man forced his father Asai Hisamasa to abdicate and live in seclusion by besieging Otani Castle last summer. Then he separated from Rokkaku Yoshiken's adopted daughter and sent him back to Kannonji Castle.  Rokkaku Yoshiken felt it was insulting to use an adopted daughter to marry his legitimate son. For this reason, he abandoned Asai Kenmasa's name and changed his name to Asai Shinkuro. He used this method to express the Asai family's firm attitude to completely break with the Rokkaku family.  , this Asai Shinkuro can be said to be a resolute anti-Hexagonist countryman. It is said that this person is extremely talented and brave, especially good at commanding a horse team.  Deep hostility and wariness, maybe there is still a desire to invade the two counties and unify Kitaomi. This young and ambitious lord is like a noble person specially appointed by gods and Buddhas for my Miyoshi family. I  It would definitely be the best thing to form an alliance with the Asai family. The lord only needs to marry one of the princesses in the family to win over him as a powerful ally. " Miyoshi Yoshiken nodded with all his thoughts in mind: "Tanzheng Tadashi.  What the temple said is true. If my brother can form an alliance with these two, it will be a great thing. My brother happens to have a princess of the right age. If he marries this Asai Shinkuro and gives him a suitable name, he  He will definitely become a powerful member of my Miyoshi family, and it will be a good thing to support him in seizing Omi country. In the future, the legitimate son of Sonjiroden will marry the legitimate daughter of the Asai family to strengthen the relationship. " Miyoshi Yoshihiro did not expect.  Uncle Miyoshi Yixian also took into account what happened decades later. Thinking that he had not even settled down to get married yet, he always felt an indescribable awkwardness. It seemed that it was a bit strange to worry about his wife before she was even married.  , so he coyly said: "Uncle, please don't say that. Yixing is not engaged yet, and we still don't know when we will have children!"  Don't worry, Sonjiro. Your father will find a suitable marriage for you. How about letting the daughter of the Ashikaga Shogun's family be Sonjiro's wife?  Embarrassedly bowed to thank.  The New Year that just passed has made him an eighteen-year-old adult. Heirs of his status are in demand in the region. Those who are not married at his age have basically already had a suitable marriage contract.  Some martial arts families even make marriage arrangements at a very young age. There are not many legitimate sons like him who are still bachelors at the age of eighteen.  Knowing that Miyoshi Nagakei still wanted to marry the Ashikaga Shogun family, the Miyoshi family's family members also sent their blessings. Now that the powerful appearance of the shogunate has been exposed, the samurai of the Miyoshi family no longer hold much hope for Ashikaga Yoshiki.  In the past, the shogunate dared to reject Miyoshi Nagakei's marriage offer because of the support of Kira Yoshitoki. Now that the support is not available, Ashikaga Yoshiteru cannot break the hard-earned peace just because of this marriage proposal, so this  The first marriage will be successful ten times out of ten.  Matsunaga Hide also chimed in with a few good words before bringing up the topic: "In addition, I have a suggestion. Why doesn't my lord take the opportunity to coordinate the daimyo of Kanto, Hokuriku, Koshinobu and Yuao? What the Kira family can do  Sanhao's family can do the same thing! Zhu Zi's "Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean" said: Therefore, a gentleman's way of treating people is to treat them in the same way." Sanhao Changqing slapped the floor and laughed loudly.  : "Yes! Just do it! If the Kira family can do it, my Miyoshi family can do it too! I still don't believe that the Kira family has no enemies! Carefully check how many daimyo the Kira family has offended over the years. Search for contacts with enemies of the Kira family.  Get up, and then give them a lot of money in exchange for their promise to fight against Kira. They must ruin the good life of the Kira family in order to vent their hatred! This plan of Jiu Xiu is a good one!  The Miyoshi family has such a good minister, so why worry about the family business not being prosperous!" All the warriors echoed in admiration for the luck of the family elder, while Matsunaga Hide respectfully bowed his head and said: "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness!  My duty is to do my best for the Miyoshi family! Please act quickly, my lord, to prevent the Kira family from taking any new actions in Kaga in the spring." Miyoshi Nagakei nodded and said: "What Kuhide said is very good.  Yes, then let Jiahide take charge of this matter and use more capable samurai to make things more beautiful! Try to make the Kira family fall into the quagmire and be unable to get out. I really want to see what he will be like when the time comes.  A painful expression! Everyone who has offended my family will take revenge one by one! Even if they don¡¯t hate you today, they will take revenge for you!¡±
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