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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 473 Kansuke appears in battle

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    The Battle of Norada established Asai Nagamasa's reputation and greatly boosted the morale of the Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance. Asai Nagamasa led more than 10,000 troops to plunder Aichi County before retreating. This war was by no means just  It was as simple as a battle involving tens of thousands of people, and it also represented an important signal that the Asai family was completely independent and became a daimyo.  This war completely tore apart the affectionate diplomatic game between the Rokkaku family and the Asai family, revealing a bloody and cruel reality. The Asai family once again became independent from the Rokkaku family and became a daimyo with complete governing power and powerful force.  There is no need to bow down to the Rokkaku family again, even in form.  The Rokkaku family's face was completely wiped out. The family governor Rokkaku Yoshiken used his shameful performance to fulfill Asai Nagamasa's reputation. The Rokkaku retainers group felt deeply humiliated and resentful for this. Several important ministers further clashed with the family governor Rokkaku.  With the family separated, many people under the Rokkaku family began to plan their own way out. This was the beginning of the complete collapse of Kinki.  Perhaps it was a great victory that allowed Asai Nagamasa to fully stretch his abilities and further establish his absolute prestige as the governor of the house. So the day after he returned to Odani Castle, he announced in a high profile the customs tax on Asai and Ika counties.  Implementation will begin today. He is telling the Kira family through actions that they will not give you any chance to negotiate and rudely reject any possibility of compromise.  Just as Asai Nagamasa announced the start of taxation in a high-profile manner, Asakura Yoshikage also cooperated in announcing the implementation of a long-prepared plan. He was determined to use actual actions rather than verbal threats to confront the Kira family. The two powerful Kinai powers also expressed their strength.  Resistance attitude, and Miyoshi Nagakei seems to be considering whether to threaten the Nawu clan and ask them to remove the members of the Nawu clan to which the Kira family belongs.  Their actions completely angered Yamamoto Tokiyuki, who was still patient, and the one-eyed wise general determined to teach these arrogant samurai a profound lesson and let them recall the deep memories left by Kira Yoshitoshi when he was in Kinai, so on July 12th  Early in the morning, 16,000 troops poured out from Sakamoto Castle, and their target was Asai County, north of Takashima County.     During this process.  The people in Takashima County acted quickly without showing any objection. Those samurai who made anti-Kira remarks were either quietly controlled by the Kira ninjas or had completely disappeared from the world. The Kira family gave them generous treatment but they were still so ignorant of current affairs.  They think that life will be better when autonomy is restored. This kind of samurai family who cannot distinguish the general trend has no value in existence. Their death and genocide can bring benefits to the Kira family.  Yamamoto Tokiyuki personally served as a general to raid Asai County, a strange place that belongs to the east and west sides of Lake Biwa.  Under the surprise attack of Kira's army, they were defeated without any resistance. There was not even a decent walled city in the area for Kira's army to attack. A miscellaneous army composed of several small wealthy families was crushed to death without any injuries. They were just like those who had no power.  The Wu family who knows current affairs also has no value in existence.  The customs office in Asai County was burned down by fire, and the executive officer appointed by the political commissar Asai was hanged on a crooked tree outside the customs office. The first batch of finance collected in the customs office was obtained by Kira Jun.  All business travelers who have applied for tax collection documents at the customs office will be refunded in turn. Some business travelers who have paid the tax and left have not been able to receive this part of the compensation tax. They will also be found through the Pipawu network and given corresponding compensation.  .  Yamamoto Tokiyuki's meaning of the invasion of Sub-Kita Omi was very clear. He wanted to expel the tyrannical and rude decision of the Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance and use force to ensure the unimpeded flow of trade routes without interference. Anyone who obstructs us is our enemy. This slogan is closely followed.  Touching the heartstrings of the Kinai business group.  And because of the Kira family's good business reputation, they received explicit or implicit support from the Kinai merchants.  After burning Asai County's inner gate, Kira's army once again set off for Ika County farther north. At this time, Numata Mitsukane's strategy played an important role. Iguchi Suimoto, a powerful national in Ika County, had two daughters.  , married to his fourth son, Asai Hisamasa and Numata Mitsukane respectively, as the wives of Numata Gonnosuke Motomitsu.  Iguchi Keimoto was relatively close to his eldest son-in-law Hisamasa Asai, but after Hisamasa Asai was forcibly confined by his grandson Nagamasa Asai, his political position gradually tilted towards the Numata family where his younger daughter lived. At this time, the current governor of the Iguchi family, Noblechi Inoguchi,  He is his legitimate son.  But he is a die-hard supporter of Asai Nagamasa.  As a powerful countryman who gave up his position as a monk but did not completely retire, Iguchi Keigen was very dissatisfied with his son's attitude of following the Asai family wholeheartedly, because he had already met his son and daughter's in-law Numata Mitsukane, and the in-law gave the following advice  The conditions are very favorable. As long as you are a supporter of the Kira family, you will give the Iguchi family a larger territory.  This treatment impressed Jingguchi Jingyuan, who has been running to expand his territory all his life.  The marriage between the Asai family in Kitaomi and the Numata family in Wakasa Province was a test move. Now his two tests have achieved extraordinary results. The first time made Ah jump from a small country to a large country, and this time  Maybe it can turn him from a Chinese to a shocked person.A powerful countryman.  But there is a limit to what he can do.  Neither his legitimate son Iguchi Tsukikin nor the nearby Asomori Yahei Kiyosada could notice him, so he hurried to Ixiang County on the pretext of going to Yu Wu Lake to see how the river was flooding this year, where he was a guest.  Contacting the old friends of Yuyukan and Higashinokan, he provided cover for the Kira family's ninjas and successfully sneaked into the city.  By the time he found a reason to return to Ikou City, news had already spread that two fortresses had been captured, and the gate in the northern part of Ixiang County was completely burned down. Such a big news immediately caused a fierce reaction from the Asai family.  Masaru hurriedly rushed to Ika County with an army of 10,000 people, and summoned the troops of the Aguchi clan, Iguchi clan, Umori clan, Isono clan and other people in the county, and gathered 12,000 people to advance to Lake Biwa.  The northernmost.  At this time, the Kira Army, led by Yamamoto Tokiyuki, had already prepared for war. Sixteen thousand troops were deployed in Oiwa Mountain to meet the Asai Army's attack. Asai Nagamasa still sent five thousand soldiers composed of Isono Umasa.  The formation charged forward, and he led 7,000 troops to detour back to the flank of Oiwa Mountain to attack the Kira Army. Even facing the Kira Army who had a geographical advantage on Oiwa Mountain, he did not show any fear.  Faced with such a blatant formation method, Yamamoto Tokiyuki just smiled softly and said: "Using inferior forces to divide the forces to attack the superior forces, this formation method is really unexpectedly reluctant! It seems that winning with less can give more.  This Asai-don has great morale and is trying to replicate the glorious record of the Noragada battle here. Should I give him a chance to show off? "Although he sounds very casual, in fact Yamamoto Tokiyuki is very  Respond carefully and carefully, mobilize several military forces to attack the Asai Army's offensive in sequence, and use the time difference between the successive attacks to further consume the Asai Army's impact, causing the Asai Army, which was originally climbing mountains to attack from above, to form a short-term military stack on the mountainside.  If you want to advance but can't retreat, you can't help but become very embarrassed.  Isono Tamada still showed his true qualities as a fierce general, and faced the superior strength of Okawachi Kunizuna and still rushed to the front without showing any fear. It was a pity that he faced Omi samurai who had been carefully trained for more than ten years, not the Rokkaku family seven.  The quality and morale of the motley army that was put together are by no means comparable to those of the Chinese people.  More than half of them have experienced several classic battles during Kira Yoshitomo's reign. Although the other half did not catch up with that era, they also participated in the night attack on the mountain and the extremely tragic battle of Luozhong.  It can be said that the rich combat experience is enough to face the slightly lower intensity war in Kinai, not to mention the existence of 2,500 elites who have experienced the Vietnam-China War and the Luo-Chong War.  In front of the spear array erected by hundreds of Omi samurai, even the bravest samurai had to be cautious and cautious before moving forward. However, there were still some reckless young samurai who rushed into the erected spear array without touching them.  When a person was stabbed into a pile of rotten flesh by countless spear blades, Isono Danmasa could only sigh in despair when he couldn't call for help.  He is a fierce general, not a reckless man, and not a fool.  He would not fight a battle that he knew would lead to his death. He chose to serve Asai Nagamasa for the revitalization of the family business rather than blind loyalty. Years ago, he supported the Asami clan against the Asai clan, but that did not prevent him from doing so now.  Join the Asai Nagamasa banner and make a fortune for yourself.  The decline of Isono Danmasa's fighting spirit means that the Asai family's invincible front line has been thwarted. This young army lacks the cohesion and deep foundation of an elite. Although it has strong combat power, it cannot avoid the problem of being good at fighting with the wind. This  This problem exists in all military forces below the elite level.  No matter what their composition is, they all have one characteristic, that is, once they hit the wind, they are all kinds of tigers, and their majestic posture is amazing.  But once you encounter a headwind battle, you must rely entirely on the leadership of the banner figure. Once the fighting spirit of the flag weakens or the flag falls, it will be impossible to continue fighting. As such a flag, Masa Isono is active in the Asai Army.  During the first battle, he used to give people the impression of being reckless and rude, like a samurai who said he wanted to start the first battle and would give it away if he didn't give it, but in fact he was a smarter guy than anyone else.  The strength of the Kira family was completely beyond his imagination.  A powerful spear formation of three hundred elite spear-wielding warriors in the first formation is definitely more powerful than having five thousand miscellaneous troops or five hundred horse-riding warriors. All warriors can ride horses, no matter how bad their riding skills are, they will not be hindered.  He calls himself a knight on horseback.  But not every samurai can play spear skills. There are far fewer samurai who are good at spear skills than samurai who are good at tachi, and slightly less than samurai who are good at archery. This means that the samurai class is proficient in spear skills.  The base is even smaller, let alone gathering a group of guns that can create strange shapes.  Moreover, the Asai army, which could gather and fight at times, had no power to fight back.  Under the cover of the elite ashigaru on both wings, the combat effectiveness of these three hundred samurai may be stronger than that of three thousand miscellaneous soldiers.They are like a solid rock standing on the coast. No matter how many times the waves of the sea hit them, they cannot be shaken.  After Isono Danmasa's fighting spirit waned, the Asai Army's vanguard organized more than ten charges, but they were all defeated by this huge rock without hesitation, and could not even kill one of them.  Tš­no Wakasamomoru quickly reacted and ordered to shoot arrows. Unfortunately, the order was passed down and the somewhat stupid Ashigaru people were stunned for a long time. Under the severe scolding of the samurai, they fired the first round of arrows in a panic. The bamboo bow with ordinary structure was ordinary.  The arrows without tail feathers and the random shooting without rhythm make the threat of these arrows very small, enough for the spear warriors of the Kira Army to draw out the shields behind them to resist the attack of the arrows.  Kira's army quickly responded in kind and resolutely retaliated with the superior Fuji bows and wooden arrows equipped with cast iron arrowheads and tail feathers. Round after round of arrow rain completely extinguished the offensive momentum of the Asai army's first line.  The frontal attack suffered heavy losses in the first round of assault. It was neither a leg nor an awkward position that put the situation into a dilemma.  The brave Asai Nagamasa rushed up to Oiwa Mountain and was driven down. He rushed up again and was driven down again after not holding on for long. Then the failure of the third assault made him realize that there was no result in fighting like this, so he decisively ordered to rein in his troops and go to Oiwa.  The two mountains are only a few kilometers apart and they seem to be planning to face off here for a long time.  This mountain is the highest mountain just south of Omi Lake in the north. Because it is right between Lake Biwa and Lake Yugo and the mountain is flat and lush with trees, it is one of the favorite tourist attractions for tourists.  Standing on the top of the mountain, you can overlook the beautiful Yuwu Lake in the north and the eye-catching Bipa Lake in the south. Many cultural people have left their footprints on this peak of only more than 400 meters.  Asai Nagamasa was determined to station here because he saw that the terrain of Mount Kikitake is flat, and because the mountain is higher, he can obtain a higher view of the suppression. By choosing to station here, he can easily monitor the actions of Kira's army in Oiwa Mountain. As long as he keeps an eye on Oiwa Mountain,  Iwayama wasn't too worried about being raided. It would be a joke if the local samurai were raided on their own territory.  "Sado-den! They are retreating to Mount Saigake!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki looked at the direction in which Asai's army was retreating and said nothing. He could guess Asai Nagamasa's plan with just a brief thought.  He thought to himself: "Asai Nagamasa is planning to hold off and wait for the Asakura Army's rescue to arrive! The Miyoshi family's military strength is still concentrated on the Settsu line to deal with Hatakeyama Takamasa. For a while, the Asai family will not be able to come to assist.  Yes, only by waiting for reinforcements from the Asakura family can we drive me back to Sakamoto, and even launch a round of attacks on our own family, Sakamoto. "The samurai family in Kinai and the samurai family outside Kinai are completely different, because their seven aunts and eight aunts can easily defeat them.  A bunch of untouchable relatives, the Wu family, were involved.  They were either ministers of the imperial court or important officials of the shogunate. If they messed with any one of them, they would attract a group of relatives, just like how a group of relatives of the Date family beat up the small and medium-sized people of Mutsu.  What's even more terrible is that the shogunate is very sensitive to Kinai. The government has always treated the three-thirds of Kinai land as private land. The Kinai daimyo and the chaotic people all have complicated relationships with the shogunate. They often encounter conflicts when the two sides want to start a fight.  After bumping into the messenger sent by the shogunate to mediate, the battle was over.  To force the fight to continue is to disobey the shogunate's orders. Your enemies will seize this precious opportunity to unite with opponents within your own family, such as the Ichimonzu or the Shodai family elders, who will cooperate inside and outside to kill you.  Therefore, the expansion of the Kira family in Kinai has always been unsatisfactory. After taking two counties, they were resented by several major forces in Kinai for a long time. Their growing wealth and power in the past few years attracted the covetousness of countless samurai families. Therefore, Kira Yoshi decided to move to Echigo as soon as possible.  To avoid Kinai's death situation, the counterattack against Kinai this time is also a last resort strategy, not to fight to the death with the Asai family.  Therefore, Yamamoto Tokiyuki began to consider whether he could withdraw his troops.  Captured part of Asai County and successfully burned the customs in Ixiang County and Asai County, and the losses we incurred were only a small amount of battle damage and hundreds of wounded people. From the situation point of view, the Kira family has more profit, at least Asai is the leader.  Masakawa failed to gain much territory in the Battle of Norada, but only destroyed the Rokkaku family's control system over Minami Omi.  Just when Yamamoto Tokiyuki was planning further plans, he received a surprising piece of information. It was this information that made him finally change his judgment and determine to continue fighting.  He also actively mobilized his troops and generals to forcibly harass Asai's army in setting up camp on Mount Aoi, preventing him from setting up camp comfortably.  The Kira family's advantage lies in their elite soldiers. They only need to send out three to five hundred cavalry with bows and arrows to shoot arrows from a long distance at the Asai family's guard troops halfway up the mountain. They don't want to hit anyone, they just want to harass the Asai army and disturb their camp.  .  If the Asai Army couldn't help but catch up for a moment, a group of iron artillery units would hide in the dark woods and fire cold shots at obscene angles. After the attack, they would run away and never stay in one place for too long. If the Asai Army'sThere were too many pursuers and the iron artillery ashigaru was carried down the mountain by the horse team to escape.  This back-and-forth made the Asai Army very annoyed, so they had to send 5,000 troops to station at the foot of the mountain. There were still 3,000 troops on the mountain ready to go down the mountain to respond at any time, so they reluctantly drove the harassing troops of the Kira Army back to Dayan Mountain. But this time  After all the hard work, the little time left was exhausted. It was already getting late, but the camp had not been set up yet, so the Asai family had no choice but to light torches and continue to cut wood and build the camp.  All this trouble kept the Asai army busy until midnight. Asai Nagamasa was really worried about the Kira family's midnight raid. It was because the Kira family really liked night raids that people had to guard against, so he took advantage of the situation and used the excess wood he harvested to attack the enemy.  A simple camp was built at the foot of Jiyue Mountain, and Isono Danmasa led the five thousand troops stationed at the foot of the mountain.  Asai Nagamasa is young and in good health. Even if he has been busy all day, he does not feel tired. He is still in the mood to discuss the next military arrangement with the important ministers of the country. This is very harmful to these elderly lords of the country. Even after midnight, they still don¡¯t have time to wait.  They were asked to sleep to discuss important military and political matters. It didn't take long for Jingguchi Keigen to ask for a night's rest before discussing the matter tomorrow. The people of the country hurriedly agreed with this proposal, and it took a long time to persuade the people of the country.
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