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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 472 Battle of Norada

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    Asakura Yoshikage saw that his alliance initiative was completely ineffective and did not convene it. Once his plan failed, he thought of mobilizing the rebellion of the people in Takashima County. Perhaps the strength of the Asakura family had already penetrated into the hearts of the Kinai samurai.  Kura Yoshikage's envoy persuaded many samurai of Takashima County in a few words. Except for the Takashima Nanato in the county who was always ambiguous, there were quite a few other people from all walks of life who listened to the Asakura family's bewitchment.  Seeing a somewhat turbulent situation in Takashima County, Asakura Yoshikage wrote to his brother-in-law Asai Nagamasa, encouraging him to take advantage of this opportunity to launch an invasion of the Rokkaku family.  This straw bag was flattened and rounded, and the entire Omi no longer had the power to resist the Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance.  This request played right into Asai Nagamasa's wish. He had been eyeing the Rokkaku family for a long time. Especially last year, Rokkaku Yoshihide was a rare idiot who did not give up. He fought against Miyoshi Yoshihide in the battle of Luozhong.  It was dark and dark, and the mountains and rivers changed color. In the end, he lost more than 8,000 people and took advantage of a few family members. It can be said that his vitality was seriously damaged.  But when they came to the point where they could only get a symbolic reward of the four nobles as an encouragement reward, and five thousand Guan Wen Yongle money as compensation for the loyal and brave dead warriors, the members of the Hexagonal Family Tree were already filled with resentment against the strong-willed public, but  They couldn't get angry with the shogunate, so only Rokkaku Yoshiken, the unlucky family governor, would be shot.  At a time when the Rokkaku family was in turmoil and chaos, Asai Nagamasa had the idea of ??killing you while you were sick, so he hit it off with the Asakura family and immediately summoned the people of the Asai family to discuss sending troops. The people of Kitaomi also knew this very well.  The internal disputes and conflicts within the Rokkaku family.  It took almost no time to finalize the deployment, but before dispatching the troops, they received information from the Mihaoshi family.  Mihao Changqing is the initiator and de facto leader of the Three Kingdoms Alliance.  He also expressed support for his son-in-law Asai Nagamasa to send troops to conquer the Rokkaku family as soon as possible. His support was to send 5,000 troops across the Yodogawa River to station in the eastern part of Yamashiro Province, pretending to threaten the left wing of the Rokkaku family, so that the main force attracting Rokkaku Yoshihide could not completely turn to the north.  The real pressure on the Asai family, and at the same time Miyoshi Nagakei appointed Matsunaga Hide to light up his son-in-law's strategy. This fire is the strategy.  In early May of the third year of Eiroku, with the help of Matsunagahide, Hidetaka Takanoze, the lord of Hita Castle in Aichi County, easily returned to his bed. His father, Yorisada Takanoze, experienced meritorious service for the Rokkaku clan and died heroically in battle.  However, he did not receive the reward he deserved, so Hidetaka Takanose was always dissatisfied with the Rokkaku family.  This dissatisfaction gradually fermented over time, especially when he saw that several of his former friends and colleagues were either promoted or assigned important responsibilities, which became even more unbalanced. After several maneuvers between Matsunagahide's envoys, he was easily persuaded to rebel. As for the rebellion,  I never thought about whether he would get the reward he needed in the future. Many times people are impulsive and blind. Takanose Hidetaka was an impulsive and blind samurai.  After he announced his betrayal and joined the Asai family, it caused a huge impact.  When Rokkaku Yoshiken received the news, he was extremely angry. He felt that the Rokkaku family was quite good to him. Although they did not have a new title, they were located on the east side of Lake Biwa. The land was fertile and rich in products. This was Omi-Koka County.  A wonderful place that many samurai can't wait to visit.  What's more, Hitian Castle is responsible for the important task of guarding Kannonji Castle. It can be said that as long as the governor of the Rokkaku family is not clear-headed, they will never touch their clan. In the eyes of Rokkaku Yoshiken, Takanose Hidetaka is the least likely to cause problems.  One ring.  Compared with several other difficult-to-get-to-get-together family members, the patriarch of the family is definitely synonymous with being harmless to humans and animals.  But such a "good baby" suddenly grinned at him and even took refuge in the increasingly disobedient Asai family. This made Rokkaku Yoshihide feel very angry and humiliated. He felt that all the sincere treatment he had given over the past few decades was a waste of time.  So without saying a word, he led an army of 15,000 to attack Feitian City.  At the same time, the information was passed to Tokiyuki Yamamoto, who was based in Sakamoto, hoping that he would keep an eye on the more than 5,000 nails of Miyoshi's military presence on the border of Yamashiro Country.  Takanoze Hidetaka called for help from the Asai family while caging the city.  However, Asai Nagamasa did not make the choice to go out immediately. Instead, he gathered his troops and waited in Otani Castle. He also considered the two extremes of sieges in the Warring States Period, which were either to break the city in a few days or to be unable to conquer it for a long time.  , worried that he would find out that Feitian City had been breached before he arrived, so it would be better to wait and see the situation before making adjustments, which would also consume the energy of the Rokkaku family.  The actions on the Rokkaku family's side were very fast. Rokkaku Yoshihide led an army of 15,000 people and quickly surrounded Hida Castle. Hida Castle in Aichi County was too close to Kannonji Castle in Kamao County. It only took the Rokkaku Army one day to defeat them.  When they came to the outside of Feitian City and launched a massive siege, Rokkaku Yoshihide first sent a symbolic envoy to persuade them to surrender, but when he failed to persuade them to surrender, they launched a massive siege.  However, his siege was still very clever. It can be seen that Rokkaku Yoshiken is a thoughtful family governor. He knows very well that for the Rokkaku family, the current situation isThe form of ? did not allow Hitian Castle to be trapped on the outside for a long time, so he ordered local levies to build a dam around Hitian Castle to divert the water from the Aichi River and Uso River on the north and south sides of Hitian Castle into the dam.  The rebellious Hidetaka Takanose planned to use water to trap the Rokkaku family to death.  Aichi County is also known as Aichi County. Depending on the writing method, one of the characters often appears. For example, the two characters for Kaga are the characters. The Kamogawa River on the east side of Kyoto Castle can be called either Kamo River or Kamo River, so Aichi County  It is also called Aichi County, and the same reason applies to Aichi River and Aichi River.  His strategy indeed achieved extraordinary results. The Aichi River and the Uso River happened to surround Hieda Castle between the two rivers. There were ready-made dams on the two rivers that could be used. It only took a month to recruit 10,000 soldiers.  Build a dike as high as a room, use this dike as a basis to dig out the river dam and launch a water attack, which will immediately cause a devastating blow to Feitian City.  Most of Hitian Castle was submerged in the pond, and only Nimaru and above managed to escape the invasion of the flood by virtue of the height when the castle was built. Faced with such huge losses, Takanose Hidetaka was forced to a dead end, and the more so, the  He became more and more unwilling to surrender and admit defeat, because he knew that surrendering at this moment would only lead to death.  Facts have proved that his persistence is useful. June is the rainiest season.  A huge storm swept through Kinai, causing rivers in the Omi area to swell. Heavy rain fell for more than ten days, causing flooding in the Aichi River and Uso River.  The already weak river embankment was quickly breached by the flood, which in turn turned the Hexagonal Army outside the embankment into drowned rats.  Rokkaku Yoshihide was almost mad to death. He thought that he would definitely succeed if all his mechanisms were used. He also specially used a set of water attacks to easily deal with the rebels in Feitian City. However, he forgot the most important thing about the timing of the general's way. The flood washed away  The newly built but not strong dam rushed into the plain and caused flooding. The Hexagon Army's Dazhai was flooded and many grain and grass supplies were scrapped.  The failure of the water attack resulted in a lot of losses.  Now that it was no longer possible to siege the city, Rokkaku Yoshihide had no choice but to make the decision to rein in the troops and retreat. However, at this time, Asai Nagamasa personally led 11,000 troops to the Nanomi River and appeared forcefully in front of the Rokkaku Army.  He put on a posture of fighting to the death.  Rokkaku Yoshihide knew very well that this battle was probably unavoidable, but at present, how to fight was still a problem with the army's disharmony and low morale. He had to order his family's family retainers to quickly reinforce five thousand troops. These five thousand people were the Rokkaku Yoshihide.  Five thousand recruits trained by Xian.  The first appearance was a big battle, so I was a little worried.  With the addition of these 5,000 new troops, the Rokkaku family's military strength expanded to 20,000. Regardless of the loss of morale and food, at least they still had a certain advantage in numbers. So the military forces of the two sides began to confront each other near Aichi County until  At the end of June, the clouds stopped and the rain stopped, revealing sunny weather. The floods receded and the excavated embankments were repaired. The generals on both sides realized that the war was about to begin.  Rokkaku Yoshihide led an army of 20,000 troops and was stationed on the south bank of the Uso River south of Hieda Castle.  Kamao Sadahide and Nagahara Shigeki were sent as the first generals to command 5,000 troops to set up a formation in Noryota Township. Behind them, Shindo Kenmori, Ikeda Keio, Narazaki Ikimori, and Tanaka Harube were the second formation to set up defenses.  Asai's army, led by Momomouchi Zosuke, Isono Umasa, and Choino Wakasa, led a formation of 5,000 people and set up a formation on the north bank of the Uso River with Hieda Castle as the rear. General Asai Nagamasa led Akao Mei as the defender.  Tsuna, Uji Nao Imamura, Ujihide Anyangji, and Uesaka Xingbu led 6,000 people as Hoshin to station outside Hiden Castle.  After several days of restlessness, Asai Nagamasa, who was still young and energetic, was determined to launch an attack. He ordered Isono Emasa to lead 5,000 troops to cross the Uso River. The leading general of the Hexagon Army, Kamao Sadahide, decisively seized the precious opportunity to attack halfway across the river.  Opportunity to launch a surprise attack.  Five thousand troops quickly attacked the Asai Army who was crossing the river. The Momomochi Soshu Division was the first to collapse after stubbornly persisting for a while.  At this time, Asai Nagamasa had already started to show signs that the army was about to lose the battle.  Immediately ordered the troops to cross Usogawa and reverse the situation before the defeat. It must be said that the blood and courage possessed by this young governor were completely beyond the comparison of his weak father. The young man dared to  If you want to dare to do something without worrying about whether a small defeat or the defeat of the entire army is more cost-effective, I will fight against you with an iron bridge and a hard horse frontal attack.  The Hexagon Army took this opportunity to score a series of victories. Even Isono Umasagi, who was known as the "Eshu No. 1 General" in the Asai family, was helpless. Although no one could tell how strong Nakajo Tokihide of the Kira family was.  , but the samurai of the Asai family have always believed that the local samurai Isono Umasa was definitely the number one, and Nakajo Tokihide was a native Mikawa samurai after all.  At this time, the five thousand advance formations crossing the river were in chaos. The ancient strategy of attacking halfway across the river would naturally not be lost in this battle. Even the strongest samurai could not change the overall situation. The formation of the Asai army  Already torn apart, Isono Masaru managed to defeat him with a thousand troops.The Hexagonal Army was forced to retreat after the siege.  Rokkaku Yoshiken didn't expect that he would get lucky. The young and energetic Asai Nagamasa dared to cross the Uso River in front of him. Kamao Sadahide lived up to expectations and seized this opportunity to bite the Asai army's spearhead and pursue them fiercely.  After fighting, the formation of Kawarami Asai's army, which ended on the south bank of the Uso River, was completely unable to develop. Even the most powerful samurai could only be passively beaten.  In the Renshoji Temple in the southeast of Norada Township, Matsunagahide, who was mostly a wandering monk, shook his head and sighed. He really had nothing to say about his nominal brother-in-law. It was simply unreasonable to cross the Uso River with inferior troops, which made him even more confused.  What was surprising was that the people under the Asai family were willing to obey the crazy family governor's order to cross the river, even though they were only obeying the Asai family in name. I really don't know what power made these people willing to be so obedient.  He will never understand that sometimes, the personal charm of the family governor can change all suffering.  This is irrational and has no logic at all, just like in the Genpei era, just a word and a flag could make samurai die for their loyalty.  As a counselor who prides himself on being wise and insightful, he cannot understand where this samurai plot comes from. This probably has a lot to do with his background as a businessman rather than as an orthodox samurai.  The front line led by Kamao Sadahide and Nagahara Shigeki was trapped on the front line of Uso River. They fought with real swords and real guns against Isono Damasa, Chono Wakasamomo, and Momomouchi Zosuke. Behind the Asai army's front line  Even the rushing Usogawa had already been unable to retreat. The first general of the Asai family, Masa Isono, roared and led dozens of warriors who were not afraid of death into the gun forest of the Hexagon Army, like a brave and fierce lion.  They went back and forth to kill the Hexagonal Army.  To be able to return safely and unharmed is really a blessing.  But his personal bravery cannot change the overall situation of the war. Although the Rokkaku family does not have a brave and invincible general, they have infinite patience and the use of human sea tactics. As long as he is still human, there will always be a moment of exhaustion. Kamou Sadahide is going to survive.  After killing General Asai, General Masa Isono, who had been in the army for more than 30 years, he could be sure that as soon as Isono Masaru's flag fell, it would be the beginning of the collapse of the Asai Army.  Just when the advanced troops retreated like a puddle of mud to the narrow area on the south bank of the Uso River, they were engaged in a battle between trapped animals.  The Rokkaku Army did not even notice that on the south bank of the Uso River, Asai Nagamasa had led the Asai Army's 6,000 main formation to forcefully cross the river. This fatal leak actually occurred in such a critical battle. It has to be said that the Rokkaku family  The samurai was acting so amateurish at this moment.  Shindo Kenmori, Ikeda Keio, Narasaki Ikimori, Tanaka Harube and others who were supposed to be the second formation were supposed to act as two wings to protect the fiercely fighting first formation from the flanks, but at the same time they chose to push their troops to the river bank.  .  In the eyes of these warriors, only killing and beheading will be rewarded based on merit. Whenever they achieve a big victory, they always want to gain more beheading merits, but they will not pay attention to whether there is any other movement on the flanks.  Because of such an amateurish mistake, Rokkaku Yoshihide's main formation unconsciously moved closer to the river bank. A huge crisis quietly unfolded  Pushing towards Rokkaku's house.  When the Sansei Tortoiseshell Flower Flag Seal, which symbolizes the Asai Army's main formation, came into Rokkaku Yoshihide's eyes, it was too late for any anger, confusion and regret.  Nagamasa Asai led the six thousand main formation to launch a desperate assault.  Six thousand can be said to be an elite military force. The Rokkaku Yoshih¨­n Formation has 10,000 warriors on horseback, on foot, ashigaru, and miscellaneous soldiers. Five thousand of them are still new recruits. This war  From this moment on, it breaks away from a simple numbers game and turns into a weird ukiyo-e of crushing and collapse.  The 10,000-strong army collapsed inexplicably to 5,000, and the remaining 5,000 were inexplicably swept away by the collapsed army. There was no substantial contact at all in a normal raid, and not even a few soldiers in this formation died.  Rokkaku Yoshihide once again paid a heavy price for his shoddy military strategy.  The incompetent Second Formation did not understand the flank protection of the Formation, was amateurish enough to ignore the information that the Asai Army on the upper reaches of the river was forcibly crossing the Uso River, and made a low-level mistake of leaving 5,000 recruits in the Formation. This combined together created a disastrous battle.  It was an astonishing example of defeating a large number with less, which also made him lose the Guanyin Temple City in a daze, and he was so painful that he almost shed tears.  Sadahide Kamao and Shigenaki Nagahara, who fought bloody battles, and the heroic Hexagonal Army samurai swallowed the bitter pill of defeat in pain, and slowly retreated to Kannonji Castle with the panicked Second Formation. Nagamasa Asai, who won a great victory, was unexpected.  He did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but watched the heroic army retreat with respect. Don't chase the poor enemy, not to mention that this resentful army was about to vent its anger. Pursuing fiercely would only increase casualties but would increase variables. His smart move once again won the favor of Asai's retainers.  unanimously appreciated by the group.  Rokkaku Yoshiken maintains his glorious record of undefeated defeats, and this battle once again proves that his past actions are still a shameful defeat, and this time the one who rises on the strength of his nearly exhausted reputation is  oneAsai Nagamasa, a fledgling boy who was only sixteen years old, if Rokkaku Yoshihide's prestige was compared to a credit card, then his prestige at this time would have been overdrawn and completely maxed out.  A total of 940 people were killed by the Hexagon Army in the battle of Norada, nearly 80% of whom died in the fierce fighting of the front line, and more than 700 people were killed by the Asai Army, all of which were from the losses of the front line.  This loss was nothing compared to the heavy cost of the Luozhong Battle. However, the Luojiao Family was not defeated in the Luozhong Battle, but this battle was completely defeated.  The failure of the war always needs one person to bear the responsibility. This responsibility cannot be the heirloom of the Rokkaku family, so Rokkaku Yoshihide can only reluctantly bear it. This defeat completely lost the majesty of Rokkaku Yoshihide as the only family governor.  But Rokkaku Yixian doesn't think he is fat.  In every war since he became the family governor ten years ago, he has tried his best to plan and strive to bring greater benefits to the Rokkajia family, but the results every time are not so satisfactory. Either a draw or a defeat is a huge problem.  His shame makes him more like a stupid waste than his great father. This is no longer dark stupidity but outright stupidity.  Rokkaku Yoshiken could not accept the contamination of such a stigma. On the third day after the defeat of the war, he completely escaped into Buddhism and hid in a small temple in Guanyin Temple City under the name of Ba Guanzhai Chengzhen.  He came out, and the mess at home was irresponsibly left in the hands of his young and ignorant son Rokkaku Yoshiharu.  Rokkaku Yoshiharu, who was also born in the 14th year of Tenmon and the same age as Asai Nagamasa, could only face the angry questions of his family members in panic. At that moment, he seemed to see a tragic fate waving towards him.
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