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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 475 Kinai Supernova

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    The public opinion circle in Kinei likes to find new and interesting topics, new characters, new faces, and new legendary stories. Many cultural people make a living by commenting on miscellaneous things in the world, and some people can become guests of wealthy businessmen with their mouths.  Regardless of whether it is military, political or cultural customs, even some street gossip can be used to make a connection. Many characters' anecdotes come from the mouths of these people.  For example, ten years ago, Kiragi's formation defeated Shikawa and Ichibun. Another example is Kiragi's defeat of many with less in the battle of Katsuragi River eight years ago. He defeated the Kinai tycoon Miyoshi Chokei for seven years and did not dare to touch Kyoto. Another example is Rakuchugawa.  Nearly 10,000 people were killed and injured in the bloody battle for a hundred days, and a large number of houses in the Ukyo area were burned down. The brutality of the war was comparable to the Onin Rebellion nearly a hundred years ago, and even exceeded the intensity of local wars.  These are explosive topics. They were once so popular that they were discussed daily by the emperor and the common people in Kyoto. In the mouths of these intellectuals, they were processed layer by layer and turned into epic poems, just like in "The Tale of the Heike".  Ping Atonsei is not only an explosive topic that is talked about, but also a famous story that has been passed down through the ages.  And this time the Battle of Shidake is also a eye-catching stunt. The Kira Army, which was invincible in the Kisui Civil War, finally encountered a thorn in the side.  Under his leadership, the 12,000 troops who attacked Asai Nagamasa at night were unable to defeat him. This is enough to prove that this Asai army and his leading general are an amazing genius.  From the battle damage point of view, the Kira Army is superior, but it cannot cover up the embarrassing situation that the Kira Army's superior force failed to win against the inferior force. Compared with the time of Kiragi, Miyoshi Nagakei used inferior force to defeat the superior force every time.  That's definitely a huge difference.  Under the publicity of some thoughtful people, someone brought up the recent Luozhong War to make a case.  Comparing Nakajo Tokihide and Kira Yoshitoki, the gap is still very obvious.  Public commentators in Kinai will not delve into the many internal details of this war. No one cares about how Nakajo Tokihide was far away in Tango Maizuru Port and how he reached Ika County in Omi. Draw it from the map  A straight line is very easy, but there are almost no decent roads to walk on this straight line. They are all dangerous routes over mountains and ridges.  This is not a solo hiking expedition. It is almost impossible to achieve both speed and safety when marching with three thousand people.  There are two major roads that can be detoured. One is to go south from Maizuru Port and enter Kyoto through Tango Street, and then go west from Kyoto to Sakamoto and then north to Ika County. The whole journey on foot takes less than ten and eight days.  It's impossible to finish the walk, let alone walking through Kyoto without using hands. What a stupid act.  The other is to start from Maizuru Port, enter Echizen Tsuruga Port via Wakasa Street, and then go south to Ika County in Omi Province. This road is the shortest and very safe along the way. It can be completed in less than five days by normal travel, but  Will the Wakasa Takeda clan let these three thousand troops pass by with such arrogance?  Will the hostile Echizen Asakura family allow these military forces to pass through their territory?  This is a question worth thinking about.  It is extremely difficult for Nakajo Tokihide to achieve this level. No one understands his difficulties and instead looks down on his talents.  This made many Kira family warriors aggrieved. Their three thousand troops walked over the mountains and ridges for eight days.  When dry food was not enough, I had to make do by hunting and picking fruits. Needless to say, there were many hardships during the eight days when I had to wear my clothes and armor. After all the hardships, how many people's feet were worn out and people were tired when they finally reached Yixiang County.  Paralysis.  In this way, they only rested for an afternoon and an evening before forcing an uncertain raid. In fact, this Kira army felt very tired from top to bottom. It could only perform half of its 100% level, and it was nothing more than a night attack.  They were brave when the battle first started, but as the battle dragged on, more and more disadvantages were exposed. Later, the weakness of lack of physical strength and inability to attack became more and more prominent.  How can you fight if you don¡¯t have the strength?  How can you fight when you are hungry?  How can you fight when your feet are swollen like steamed buns?  I'm so tired that I wish I could just fall asleep, so how can I fight?  If the situations of both parties were reversed, Asai Nagamasa could lead 3,000 people in eight days to cross the mountains and arrive at Mount Jiyake safely without anyone left behind. Even if he was more powerful, it would be nonsense to continue fighting.  .  Of course Asai Nagamasa didn't know the inside story, but it didn't stop him from continuing to enjoy the praise of his family members and the people of the country after losing the war. Throughout the whole day, he always maintained a perfect smile with eight teeth.  It felt as if my whole face was going to be stiff and necrotic. I sat in Xiaogu City and received waves of guests and compliments. I had no idea what was going on.  He had no idea why he could still be praised for defeating the battle. As a general with extraordinary military strategy and excellent judgment, he could feel that the elites of the Kira family were very powerful. If it weren't for the inexplicable decline in fighting spirit, it would be hard to say.  Will you survive it, the battle of Jiyue?For him, it was a humiliating defeat. The heavy loss of food and grass made him realize the absolute gap, not only the difference in military strategy, but also the quality of the military.  The whole world is talking about how powerful the Ashikaga family is. The young and energetic Asai Nagamasa thinks this is not a problem. Kira Yoshitoki is just a young man with a higher background than him and better luck than him. He may have outstanding talents in internal affairs and culture.  , but it is absolutely impossible to be better than him in military strategy. At most, he is almost as good as him. This is what the confident young man thinks.  Only after the battle did I realize that this was far from enough. The losses were so heavy that even the big camp at Jiyue Mountain could not be set up. On the morning after the Battle of Jiyue ended, they retreated from Xiaogu City with a group of defeated soldiers, although they did not admit defeat verbally.  He begged for mercy, but the form still showed that he was silently admitting that he really couldn't defeat Kira's army, so he retreated in defeat.  At the same time, he changed his direction and admitted that Ikagun could not bear to give up temporarily. He would not be so stupid that he would continue to wander around after a defeat and look for a chance to defeat Yamamoto Tokiyuki. Without food and grass, there would be no capital to waste.  , even with Omi's wealth, it is impossible to give him a large sum of food and grass for him to continue to squander in a meaningless confrontation.  Omi is an important rice producing area and does not grow spring wheat or spring barley as the main food, so there is basically no such thing as a summer harvest.  So everyone is eating the stored grain before the autumn harvest.  The Asai family nominally controls more than 300,000 koku.  In fact, the height of the Asai family's direct leadership is only 70,000 to 80,000 dan. The two fires on the mountain and down the mountain combined to burn tens of thousands of dan's grain reserves, which is enough to cause Asai Nagamasa and a group of people from the Shidai country to suffer for several months. Where is there still food and grass to continue to get?  Come to confrontation.  Another reason for not daring to confront was that although Nakajo Tokihide's surprise attack army lost six to seven hundred people and was forced to retreat, Yamamoto Tokiyuki's sixteen thousand army only lost less than three hundred people. In the Battle of Oiwa Mountain, it was as stable as  The perseverance of the rock made Asai Nagamasa feel what it means to be immovable as a mountain, and the Battle of Qinyue attacked the Isono Umasa Division at the foot of the mountain.  It posed a huge threat to the five thousand troops at the foot of the mountain.  Although the 16,000 men could not be fully deployed in the camp and could not exert their absolute advantage in numbers, the four-dimensional combination of iron cannons, bows, and arrows as well as the cavalry in the spear formations forced them to create many unprecedented tactical coordinations, and the Isoye soldiers were defeated.  Without the power to fight back, he could only be beaten passively but could not fight back. Every time Isono Tamashi felt that he had to launch a counterattack, a volley of iron cannons would always extinguish his will to resist.  As if Yamamoto Tokiyuki could see through his mind, he kept pulling Isono Masaru's nose away. The cavalry did not dare to move their guns and the formation was easily broken through. The volleys of the archers were completely blocked by the shields.  Occasionally, a few unlucky guys would win big prizes if they were shot by drifting arrows. Yamamoto Tokiyuki seemed to be controlling the rhythm of this war.  They pressed the Asai army's range of activities slowly and unhurriedly, making Isono Yumasha feel frustrated and helpless. He could only watch the army being compressed to the corner of the camp and surrounded.  The sentence that had the greatest impact on Asai Nagamasa was what Isono Masaru said at the post-war evaluation meeting held in Otani Castle: "I don't know how much better than Kamao Sadahide in the Battle of Hisano Ryota."  How many times, at that moment, I, Yuan Chang, felt a deep sense of powerlessness, the helplessness of the general who could not control the army, the helplessness of the warriors who could not display their bravery, the helplessness of being suppressed and beaten even after exhausting all methods!  Keimoto's other son-in-law, Asai Nagamasa's uncle, Aguan Awaji Mori Sasaki, concluded: "If Yamamoto Tokiyuki had not unintentionally used the appointment to force a war of annihilation, I am afraid that not only Isono Tanba Mamoru would not be spared, but also the lord.  It is also difficult to have a chance to return to Otani Castle safely. " Yamamoto Tokiyuki's retreat at the critical moment gave Asai's army a chance to retreat. As soon as the battle ended that day, he decisively abandoned everything that was difficult to carry, taking only a few things that were not burned.  The grain and grass baggage team led the small load-carrying team back to Xiaogucheng desperately. Along the way, they did not forget to order the people in the county to be more vigilant and not to slack off in the slightest.  As for rare books being used to being soft-handed at critical moments, there are many opinions within the Asai retainers group. Non-mainstream views such as appreciating Asai Nagamasa's talent, or fearing the power of the Asai family aside, the most mainstream and received the majority of spectrum  The statement recognized by the people of all countries is that the Kira family does not have the ambition to completely annex Omi Kingdom.  In other words, Yamamoto Tokiyuki has no plans to fight in Kitaomi. There is a strong enemy in the north, Asakura Yoshikage, and an even more powerful enemy in the southwest, Miyoshi Nagakei. Neither one of them is an easy opponent.  The difficulty is far higher than that of Asai Nagamasa who bullied the little kitten.  Even fighting the armies of these two armies alone requires a lot of thinking, not to mention that the army is caught in the flames of war in Kitaomi and faces attacks from the north and south at any time. The Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance is not just a simple thing. The names of the three families are mutually exclusive.  Marriage forms a temporary and stable alliance, and if one of them fights, the two of them will definitely not run away.  And Sakamoto Town in Kinai belongs to the Kira family.Sakamoto and Mingmon, as long as there is a problem with this cover, it means that the inner power of the Kira family has completely collapsed. Sakamoto is as fragile as a flower in a greenhouse. Not to mention how much damage it will be caused by thunder and rainstorms, it is just an ordinary disturbance.  It will cause many adverse effects. What a free commercial city fears most is the threat of war, even if this threat is relatively far away.  The 16,000 troops brought out by Yamamoto Tokiyuki were equivalent to 80% of the armed forces in Sakamoto Town. The only defense force left in Sakamoto was 4,000 troops and a unified police force composed of disabled soldiers and surrendered ronin.  Although these paramilitary organizations also have a few thousand people, their combat effectiveness is almost the same as that of the reserve force and the ace army. It is okay to bully the locals in the territory or the peasants and soldiers with sluggish combat power, but it is still okay to encounter the national troops from all walks of life.  We have to weigh who is worse.  Even if he is as strong as Yamamoto Tokiyuki, this general must be frightened. Winning the war is not his only pursuit.  To win, you must try to reduce your losses as much as possible to be considered qualified.  Otherwise, even if you win a war, you can annihilate the Asai Army.  It would still be a failure if he lost three thousand men and was seriously injured and had to face a pincer attack from Asakura and Miyoshi.  This requirement is simply higher than that of Mount Ibuki. Under such great pressure, almost no one can achieve perfection. Yamamoto Tokiyuki can only try his best to pursue more victories while maintaining his own vitality. In the process, he  To measure whether giving and receiving are directly proportional, considering that most of the Asai family's food and supplies have been burned and are basically unprofitable, there is no point in continuing to consume.  Asai Nagamasa was in the military, even if he tried his best to capture or kill him, he could not get more benefits. He could not get a ransom for capturing more prisoners, nor could he transport them to Sado Island for mining over a long distance. After all,  After all, forcing the Asai Army to stay will only lead to further losses.  That's why Asai Nagamasa released Nakajo Tokihide, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki released Asai Nagamasa's funny behavior. It seemed to be a kind of echoing behavior, which was also interpreted by many samurai in Kinai as a tacit understanding in the war.  In fact, there is really no tacit understanding, or the only thing that can be called a tacit understanding is the tacit understanding that they want each other to die immediately.  For Asai Nagamasa, the war in Kitohimi Ika County has ended here. Yamamoto Tokiyuki has no intention of going south to get involved in the quagmire. He is also unable to pursue the revenge for the lost half of the territory. For  Asai Nagamasa said that the Kira family was too powerful.  There is really no territory that he has taken away that cannot be regained. Instead of having such thoughts of pursuing revenge, it would be more relaxing and enjoyable to bully the soft persimmon Rokkaku Yoshiken.  For Tokiyuki Yamamoto.  He still has an important task to complete, which is to burn down the checkpoints in Tsuruga County. Without Echigo's cooperation, it would be too difficult to perform this task alone, and it would be almost impossible to complete it independently with the power of Omi territory. But right now  It has entered a critical moment, and the Kira family needs to win the trust of businessmen all over the world.  Two of the three checkpoints have been burned down, and burning the last one is enough to prove the Kira family's determination to protect business. Even in the face of the three powerful forces in Kinai, they dare to fight head-on. This will greatly encourage the Kira leader.  It can improve the morale of businessmen within the city, and at the same time, it can take this opportunity to establish a good business image. It can even take the opportunity to push Sakamoto into the ranks of big cities that attract world attention.  Burning this last gatehouse will also greatly dampen the arrogance of the Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance and make them realize that the three alliances still cannot suppress the determination of the Kira family to protect their own interests. Next time, they will consider using unfavorable means and strategies against the Kira family.  When the time comes, you need to carefully weigh your own weight and whether you can withstand the Kira family's determined counterattack and revenge.  This is where the brave wins when meeting on a narrow road. The brave take one step forward and embark on a glorious road with a bright future. The timid take one step back and fall into the bottomless abyss of eternal destruction. Yamamoto Tokiyuki has very little room for choice. This important task is also his initiative to ask for it.  Sakamoto had already figured this out when he first took charge.  Not long after the Battle of Jiyue ended, he began to build several strong cities in Jiyue Mountain, Dayan Mountain and other places, namely Jiyue Village, Dayan Mountain Village, Tianshang Mountain Village, Sakaguchi Village, and Iwasaki Mountain Village.  , Shenming Mountain Village and Tangmu Mountain Village, this mountain village extends from the south of Yuwu Lake to the north of Yuwu Lake, forming a semi-encirclement around Yuwu Lake.  The Biyue Village just blocks the land route to the west of Lake Bipa. From this mountain, you can easily monitor the water and land movements of the two large lakes on both sides of the mountain. The Biyue Village echoes the Dayan Mountain Village, ensuring that this  The cottage will not fall into the embarrassing situation of being besieged alone, and becomes an important barrier against the interference and invasion of the Asai family.  After building these forts, the seven Takashima clans who performed well this time were ordered to garrison these seven forts respectively. After years of wooing, these seven families have basically given up their attempts to be independent and self-governing, and have fully integrated into the political system of the Ashikaga clan.  Among them, Asakura Yoshikage's strategy this time came to naught with their firm support, and they gave sweeteners at the appropriate time.Rewards are also customary.  Just when the seven fortresses were put into use, the internal strife and turmoil within the Asakura family finally broke out, causing a huge turmoil in the Asakura family that directly affected the stability of Echizen Country.  The turmoil began in early July at the end of summer. As early as the first month of the third year of Eiroku, Asakura Yoshikage decided to hold a dog-chasing conference. The dog-chasing conference was originally scheduled to be held in April, but because of the Kinai Three Kingdoms  The alliance's diplomatic activities were delayed, and the event was finally postponed to late summer.  The so-called dog chase is to release the domesticated fierce dogs, and then the samurai will shoot the fierce dogs to determine the ranking. This custom has gradually become popular since the Kamakura period.  The Heian period's gentle, courteous, and frugal style of writing was changed to the martial style of martial arts.  The Kamakura shogunate used bow and horse training to support samurai morality.  Vigorously organize horseback shooting activities such as wandering horses, shooting while hanging hats, chasing dogs and shooting objects, etc., and send out one, two or three people to give honorary seals.  The original intention was to boost the morale of the samurai in order to prepare for war. With the rise of Kyoto culture in the Muromachi period, the illusion of prosperity with singing and dancing everywhere also transformed these horse arching skills from traditional training skills and physical enhancement into purely ceremonial social activities.  It has also produced several famous bow and horse masters in the world, among which the Ogasawara clan of Kyoto and the Takeda clan of Wakasa are the most famous in the Kinnei region.  Echizen Country is the territorial kingdom closest to the edge of the Kinki region. During the Heian period, it was one of the best places for ministers to stay away from the Kinki and choose to go down.  Murasaki Shikibu, who created "The Tale of Genji", lived with his father in Echizen Country for a long time. Generally speaking, Echizen Country is deeply influenced by the Kinai cultural circle. You can basically find the popular things in Kyoto in Echizen Country, and dogs are naturally indispensable.  Compared to eagle hunting, which more tests the true skills of riding and shooting, these warriors prefer to shoot the fierce dogs in the curtain. After all, the curtain is safer than the dangerous dense forest. It is better for the fierce dogs to be restrained in a small field than the prey running back and forth.  Shooting, a ceremonial activity of shooting dogs and chasing animals, can be used as a platform to show martial arts. It must be said that the samurai of the Asakura family are really smart.  On July 6th, a dog chasing event was held at Okubo Beach in Zaozhuang, Sakai County, Echizen Province.  Because Okubo Bang is also called Sanri Bang, it is also called Sanri Bang Dog Chase.  This conference was regarded by Asakura Yoshikage as an excellent platform to show off the Asakura family's military strength, so he ordered the elders of the family to work hard to organize it, and turned an ordinary ceremonial event into a top-level event with more than 10,000 people participating.  Asakura Yoshikage left Ichijodani Castle for Sakai County in the north on July 4th. The next day, he came to Itozaki Temple to pay homage to the gods and pray for the prosperity of the Asakura family. Then he ordered Asakura Gento to assist Kage Company in setting up the venue and starting work.  During the dog chasing competition, thirty people wore gold-plated waist knives and rode horses through the curtain to kill vicious dogs at will to show their strong riding and archery skills.  The Yabashi horse warriors all wear hunting attire and withered black hats on their heads. The family crests of each family are printed on the long robes. They wear leather cage shooters on their left shoulders, and carry bowstrings in their right hands. They ride on horse saddles inlaid with gold.  The family members of the Hayabusa samurai also participated in the roundabout, which was equivalent to a collective behavior of taking a vacation on public funds.  There were more than a hundred people standing in front of the hall, divided into two rows on the left and right. There were maids with small surnames serving around the hall, including the family members of Asakura Yoshikage, followed by thirty Tatš­ servants holding gold E silk cakes, and  Drinks with honey were served in front of him. The samurai around His Highness were equipped with white-patterned swords, followed by samurai armed with spears made of silver and gold shells.  These five hundred people are responsible for the safety of Asakura Yoshikage as policemen, and Asakura Jirozaemon Keinao, Asakura and Nanakageyu serve as the leaders of the policemen. Their protection is so tight that it is difficult to get close, and the Dog Chaser Conference does not  It was not a short event, but a carnival that lasted for three full days. The attendees were retainers from all over the Echizen Kingdom, as well as ministers, cultural figures, and eminent monks invited from Kyoto, as well as envoys from their allies Miyoshi family and Asai family.  .  During this period, we not only watched several dog chasing competitions, but also held dinners at noon and evening to entertain guests. From the beginning of the conference, everything developed in an orderly direction.  , Horibiraemon Yoshitoshi, Yamazaki Shichirozaemon Yoshinobu also showed their skills on the field, and then Uozumi, Chimei, Sakurai, Saito, Kubota and other samurai could not help but show off their shooting skills on horseback.  Because there were more and more people participating in dog chasing, the level of professionalism declined and became a recreational activity for all people to participate in. Later, the fierce dogs that were shot and killed were simply replaced with pheasants and hares for the samurai to shoot at will, including Asakura Yoshikage.  The valet samurai also came on stage to show off their skills. Such an interesting competition made Asakura Yoshikage so excited that he called all his retainers to try their skills.  This attracted all the Hatamotos of the bodyguards. While the Hatamotos were distracted and playing with the dogs, a group of Japanese people came to pay homage to Asakura Yoshikage. It was said that they were from Echizen Ono County.  The leading Chinese samurai was indeed a familiar face recognized by the Asakura samurai, and several Hatamoto samurai let him go after only a brief interrogation.  Asakura Yoshi??I didn¡¯t care at all whether the Ono County native was called Miyake or Mikami. I just accepted some local products and furs from the country, and then casually said a few perfunctory words to get some silk and satin as a gift.  He was chatting and laughing with the ladies beside him, the young prime minister and Ajiu Ji.  At this juncture, suddenly a few warriors jumped out from the crowd of people paying homage to His Highness, took out short iron cannons and shouted: "Namo Amitabha!" Suddenly there was light and smoke, and suddenly the iron cannons were filled with fire.  The lead bullets shot out of the room went straight towards the noble samurai in front of the temple. It must be said that Asakura Yoshikage was very lucky. The moment he saw several people taking out iron cannons and shouting the Buddha's name, he suddenly woke up.  Come over, overturn the food on the table immediately, hide under the table and escape.  As soon as the assassinating samurai couldn't find Asakura Yoshikage, he immediately targeted Asakura Yoshikage's two wives. The young prime minister was stunned and was being cared for by several iron cannons, and several gunshots rang out.  Just beat her to the bottom of a sieve. Her flower-like face was hit beyond recognition by one shot. Akuhime was the secondary target after Asakura Yoshikage escaped. Unfortunately, she was hit by several shots and couldn't even see it.  .  The next moment, the maids screamed and ran away. Xiao Xing also subconsciously rushed to the front of the palace and used his immature body to build a flesh and blood wall for Asakura Yoshikage. The Asakura family's Hatamoto samurai finally reacted, drew his sword and shouted, "  "Wow!" He rushed over and chopped all the people in this group to pieces with a single blow of his sword. Even the leading Ono County citizen was not spared.  At the same time, commotions broke out in several places inside and outside the curtain. Several Chinese people who had been lying in wait for a long time attacked the Asakura samurai at the same time. Fukuoka Yoshiie, a member of the memorial group, was killed, causing the entire venue to fall into chaos. Asakura Yoshikage  Under the escort of the Hatamoto samurai, they hurriedly escaped from Sanrihama, and the garrison troops who arrived later quickly suppressed the commotion.  A few days later, in Ichijodani Castle, Asakura Yoshikage went through a few days of crazy venting, breaking everything he could see, whether it was a cherished tea set or a beautiful Ming Dynasty vase, a few accidentally  The erring maid and her surname were executed. Asakura Yoshikage, who was in a rage, exuded an aura that people and animals dared not approach.  In just a few days, Asakura Yoshikage's whole appearance changed. His official dress with powdered eyebrows and eyebrows was thrown aside, his hair was loose and untied, his eyes were swollen like two peaches, and his face was gloomy.  His cheeks were swollen and decadent, like a loser, completely lacking the pampered aristocratic demeanor he had a few days ago.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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