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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 517 Kanto Begins to Surrender

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    Yuuki Haruka shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That's inappropriate! If you really do this, you will definitely be ridiculed by the town government! We have been loyal ministers of the Furukawa family for hundreds of years, and offering it like this will cause great harm to the statement.  ! It will be difficult to get ahead among the retainers of the Duke of Zhenfu in the future. " He has thought about Oyama Hidetsuna's suggestion many times, but due to various concerns, he still dare not do it. If there is a chance, let him go.  It was absolutely a no-brainer to take refuge with the Duke of the Town, but now he was worried that he would regret it for the rest of his life if he couldn't hold on to this thick thigh, but the Wu family always wanted to support things like face, dignity and reputation, and not having a decent step down would mean that they would not be able to get down in the future.  It＊s very likely that they won＊t be able to mix in the new system.  It is precisely because of this concern that many samurai warriors in Furukawa's retainer group have been hesitant, including powerful samurai such as Yuki Harutomo, Koyama Hidetsuna, Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, and Nasu Shiin.  The Battle of Kawai made the entire Kanto samurai see one truth clearly, that is, the Kira family really cannot be messed with. Even Satake Yoshiaki and Date Terumune did not dare to raise objections against the Kira Alliance. Countless Kanto samurai have spent their lives to understand one truth, and that is this  The family is many times scarier than the Hojo family.  He doesn't dare to offend but is willing to hug his thighs, but he hugs his thighs and wants to show off his arrogance and wants the Kira family to take the initiative to give him a decent way down. For example, some of the top priorities of the people of Kanto are: "That's it."  Will surrendering simply be looked down upon by the new master's family? Should I behave with more integrity and be more upright and stand out? My family has defended the country for generations and surrendered to Furukawa. You really shouldn't have surrendered. It's better than you.  Hand me a ladder and let me come down first and join you?" This idea seems fine.  But they never considered whether the Kira family would cooperate with their actions.  The Yuuki Battle used cruel facts to tell all the Kanto samurai a truth.  The so-called "peace" on the ladder of respectability was simply impossible. Kira Yoshito was not considerate enough to hand them a ladder. The Yuuki family who failed to seek peace completely lost the entire territory of Shimosu and Hitachi Kingdom.  The Yuki clan also fell from the powerful daimyo of Kanto into the abyss, and was reduced to the level of a small and medium-sized national lord at the end of the second rate, probably worse than Sano Masatsuna. The bloody lessons taught the Kanto samurai a cruel truth, this is  The law of the jungle is that of the weak and the strong, if you want to take refuge, you must act as soon as possible.  I probably won't wait until the day I die of old age when I get down the stairs.  Sure enough, within a few days, the 30,000 troops of the Kira Legion reunited at the foot of Oyama Castle. Oyama Hidetsuna hurriedly summoned military personnel to make a gesture of defending the city. It was September and the land of Kanto turned into a golden and festive color. Lords from all over the country led  The people in the area were busy preparing for the autumn harvest, and they resisted Oyama Hidetsuna's request for an increase in military duties, not to mention how dangerous it was to defend an isolated city against the pressure of the Kira Army.  Xiaoshan Hidetsuna found that after waiting for several days, he could not wait for the reinforcements from the samurai from all over the country. Then he realized that the situation he encountered had become so bad that the retainers and samurai had to abandon Xiaoshan. The people in Xiaoshan City were like bereaved dogs, crying and panicking all day long.  , Xiaoshan Gaochao finally couldn't help but speak.  "Shichiro! Send His Highness Kakata out immediately. I can't afford this His Highness in my small mountain city!" "But father" Yuki Haruto said awkwardly: "That's His Highness Koga Furukawa!" "Li Ling is so stupid.  !" Seeing that his son was still stubborn, Koyama Gao was angry and beat his chest and yelled: "You are even more stupid than an old man like me! In the current turbulent and corrupt war situation in Kanto, no other samurai can save Furukawa.  Your Highness Fang! You saved the Yuki family's fortune once, and now you want to let me, the Koyama family, become a lost dog?" "Father, calm down," Koyama Hidetsuna continued to argue.  Yuki Haruto said with a smile: "My father is right. Now the power of the town master is at its peak. Within half a year, he captured Musashi and attacked Sagami. He also captured the land of Shimonu Kingdom in and out of Hitachi and Shimono. He was able to control everything as if he was entering.  The uninhabited land prevents us Kanto samurai from taking advantage of him, but he is not a Kanto samurai after all! After all, His Highness Koga Koga is my co-master of the Kanto samurai!" "Koshiro you actually listened to Shichiro!  Are you trying to piss me off! Bastard!" Xiaoshan Gao was trembling with anger, pointing at his son and yelling: "You are so disobedient to me, Xiaoshan, even before you became the governor of the Xiaoshan family!  Has the family business been ruined? " "My lord, calm down, what you said makes sense, but you just didn't take into account the actual plight of my family," the family's elder Iwakami Token turned to Koyama Hidetsuna to persuade him.  Said: "Young Dian's idea is commendable, but we should also think more about the actual difficulties of our Xiaoshan family. The Yuuki family's family wealth is much richer than that of my Xiaoshan family. Even so, it still cannot stop the thunder of the town government."  With one blow, if our Xiaoshan family resists with our own strength and ends up defeated, will the young palace be worthy of the ancestors of the Xiaoshan family? "   Hidetsuna Koyama was speechless when questioned. After all, his political experience was not as good as that of his younger brother Yuuki Haruto. Over the years, his father had always looked at him as a quail, and he never thought about the pressure on the Koyama family.  How many times, the Utsunomiya clan's subordinate Minagawa Toshimune, and Utsunomiya Hirotsuna himself both advocated launching territorial invasions against the Oyama family. In just a few years, the Oyama family lost a large piece of territory.  As a result, the Oyama family of the majestic Kanto Hachiya-shaped family is actually not as powerful as Sano Masatsuna of Karasawa Mountain Castle, and its territory in Shimono Province can only be ranked fifth. If it were not for the Yuuki clan of Shimosu Province and the distant relatives,  The Shirakawa Yuuki clan of Minami Mutsu could be brought in as support, but the small stature of the Koyama family was not something that could be swallowed up just by taking a few bites. It was because of this that Koyama Takato, the family governor, was treading on thin ice.  Koyama Hidetsuna didn't understand the root cause of this, but that didn't mean that the family's family retainers didn't understand this truth. As soon as Iwagami Asahi finished speaking, the clan's retainers also stood up to support the decision of the family governor Koyama Takato.  The genealogy of the family used their own actions to tell Koyama Hidetsuna and Yuki Haruto that we agree with the loyalty of the emperor and his subjects that you two brothers played, but we want to live a good life and pass on the legacy, and are not willing to give up for this status.  Just put your own life and family business into it.  Dying for the monarch＊s loyalty is worthy of praise, but not every monarch is worthy of his retainers dying for him.  Mencius said that he once said, "If a king treats his ministers like his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart. If a king regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a fellow countryman. If a king regards his ministers as a piece of earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit."  " " This is the principle of "loyalty and devotion to the public". Only with kindness can there be loyalty and courage, and only with rewards can there be loyalty. Loyalty and bravery are not obtained for no reason. Not many people are willing to be loyal to a foolish emperor who treats himself as a dog, horse, and horse.  It was hopelessly stupid to sacrifice one's own family fortune to protect a foolish king. Xiaoshan Gaochao was not that stupid, nor was the family clan group that stupid. In their opinion, it was the two brothers who were stupid.  Yuki Haruto has long been aware of this critical situation, but he always has some lucky thoughts in his heart, thinking that maybe his father will support him and encourage him at the critical moment, maybe Utsunomiya Hirotsuna will send love reinforcements to rescue them at the critical moment, maybe at the critical moment   As soon as the idea of ??luck came up, chaotic thoughts flew out like an addiction.  "Fantasy is always as colorful as wonderful honey, which makes people intoxicated, but reality is like the cold mountain wind blowing from the peak above ten thousand feet, which makes people shiver."  Samurai are an extremely realistic group. They can oppose the invasion of a powerful force for their own interests when conditions permit.  But when they find that they cannot withstand this powerful force, they will give up their resistance, surrender and become one of them.  There is a proverb in England to the effect of "If you can't beat it, then join it." Under the system of feudal society, people did not think it was a shameful act to worship the strong. The law of the jungle of the weak and the strong has long been embedded in human genes.  It is the law of nature that the weak should be respected and the weak should remain subordinate. Forcing comfort with etiquette goes against human competitive instincts and the laws of natural evolution.  The genealogy of the Oyama family looks at the powerful Kira family from a realistic perspective. They don't think there is anything wrong with Kira Yoshitoki's actions. If the Ashikaga family of the Kamizushi family becomes the Kanto Ashikaga family, it is also a family matter of the shogunate. His Highness the shogunate  The fact that there was no word to reprimand Kiragi meant that the shogunate acquiesced to this action. What was the point of them, the Kanto samurai, trying their best?  The first is that they can't fight each other, and the second is that Furukawa is not a lord worth fighting for.  Under the joint pressure of the house governor and the family governor, Oyama Hidetsuna and Yuuki Haruto had no choice but to surrender. If they did not yield, they would most likely be confiscated by the house governor or even driven out of Oyama Castle. By then, let alone Ashikaga Fuji.  The life and safety of the government is at stake, and their own future survival is also a question mark.  At midnight that day, the Oyama family sent a team of mounted samurai to escort a carriage and hurriedly left the Oyama Castle. Naturally, the carriage contained the idiot Ashikaga Fujimasa. He also had a letter written by Yuuki Haruto to Utsunomiya.  Hirotsuna's handwritten letter expresses his sincere sympathy for Furukawa K身k身's misfortune. However, he is unable to protect Furukawa K身k身, so he asks Utsunomiya Hirotsuna to protect him on his behalf.  After confirming that the guard team left the Oyama Territory safely, Oyama Takato led Oyama Hidetsuna and Yuki Haruto to surrender to Kaicheng in the morning. The four gates were opened wide to welcome the army led by Kira Yoshitoki.  Xiaoshan Gaochao, an old man in his fifties, straightened his back to welcome Kira's army into the city. His two sons lowered their heads and did not dare to raise their heads and scan around for fear of being spotted and scolded by their father again.  After a while, thousands of proud Chibei warriors were seen galloping towards them, waving their whips. The leading Chibei generals gave orders to slow down, walked slowly to the Otemon gate, leaned over and stared at the hill, looking at Gaochao.  Yes, he said: "This must be Xiaoshan Xia Ye Shouden! My Lord Highness values ??you very much."??I hope Shimo Shouden can seize the opportunity to surrender!  "    "Yes Yes!  "A flower bloomed on Xiaoshan Gaochao's excited face, and the pleats were squeezed together, not to mention how funny it was. He quickly asked: "Dare you ask for the name of His Highness? I, Gao Chao, dare not forget your suggestion!  " "My name is Dao Sakon, and from now on I will serve as a minister in the same palace as Shimo Shouden.  "After the cavalry officer finished speaking, he rode his horse and entered the city first. It is a common practice in battle formations to ensure internal and external security when entering the city. What's more, Kira Yoshitoki's status is so noble, it is not surprising to add a few more layers of defense measures. "  After a while, groups of horse-riding warriors appeared near the small mountain city. What was strange was that they did not enter the city, but spread out and wandered around as if they had nothing to do. Gradually, they surrounded the entire small mountain city within a mile.  After a while, the masked warriors in black clothes without armor rode into the small mountain city without saying a word. At the end of the queue of Xiaoshan Gaochao, a group of young samurai from the Xiaoshan family gathered.  Looking at the actions of Kira's army together, one of the samurai whispered: "Hey.  Those seemed to be the ninjas of the Kira family.  I heard that these people have magical abilities and can detect all conspiracies!  " Another young warrior curled his lips and said: "Tch!  Isn＊t it just the chaos that is common among Chinese people?  He also changed his name to something confusingNinja.  What kind of person can you tolerate?  "The samurai who spoke in front shook his head and said: "The chaos in our Shimono Country is unparalleled. It is said that there are as many as a thousand samurai warriors in Kira Ninja!  A thousand warriors!  It＊s an astonishing amount even in my native country!  "The pouting samurai opened his mouth and thought for a long time before he felt justified and stopped struggling. During the Warring States Period, there was no standard name for ninja. Most samurai still called them Ranbo or Ranpo, such as Koga Ninja and Iga Ninja.  They are not humble warriors. These ninjas are natives of the country who were born as authentic samurai. They are just a special type of arms that evolved from the samurai class. It does not affect their identity and status as samurai. For example, Mochizuki Izumo Mori Yoshit身.  It is the powerful sect of the Mochizuki clan of the Shino clan. It has a branch city and a territory that has been developed for hundreds of years. It can dance with swords and mount war horses, and its skills of bow and horse may be better than many samurai like Kira Jun.  The ninja who accompanied the army were responsible for intelligence reconnaissance during wartime, as well as intercepting and killing enemy envoys and sentries, and sneaking into enemy cities to carry out special tasks such as sabotage, incitement and assassination. Since the Koji period, the ninjas of the Kira Legion have been officially incorporated into the legion's special designation.  Not long after that, Mochizuki Yoshinaga and Hattori Masakichi jointly designed a new ninja training method. With this training method, the training efficiency of Kira ninjas was greatly accelerated. As a special unit in the legion, Kira ninjas no longer need to be sneaky like thieves.  As if hiding in a dark corner, they can follow the Kira Army's cavalry in an open manner, completing small-scale intelligence collection and analysis as scouts, and have been completely integrated into the main force of the Kira Army.  The young samurai of the Oyama family noticed the transformation from a despicable villain to an upright fighter, but Yuki Haruto observed another important discovery and wondered: "At least I can't see it at this moment.  How could there be so many war horses in the four thousand cavalry team and what about the four thousand warriors?  " "Isn't the Kira Legion known as the Division of Ten Thousand Cavalry?  Could it be said that they really have 10,000 warriors?  "Oyama Hidetsuna opened his mouth wide in surprise, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I really can't imagine what it would be like to have 10,000 warriors.  " Koyama Takato suddenly turned his head and said: "Not all of them are samurai. The Kira Army's military service law is completely different from that of our Kanto samurai. It is said that the Kira Army's military service implements a method called the separation of soldiers and peasants. Select  The good men who are good at fighting will be trained and taught the riding and spear skills, and then they will be compiled into a cavalry team that will go through the baptism and polishing of the battlefield, and then they will become a brave and good cavalry team. Probably only half of them are warriors!  " "Half is also an astonishing number!  Lord Zhenfu is really powerful Five thousand warriors are almost equal to the male heirs of all the martial arts families in my country, right?  Maybe it's not enough Xiahui Kingdom should be added.  "Oyama Hidetsuna's attitude towards Kirajun changed from cold contempt to admiration. The family members of the clan also showed similar expressions of admiration. They didn't think it was a shame to worship the strong, just like Koyama Takato didn't think there was anything wrong with hugging someone's thigh.  No, he wanted to thank Shima Tokikatsu for reminding him to hug his thighs. After another half an hour, it was not until the sun rose that he saw the flag of the Kira Army slowly approaching. Yoshitoki Kira rode from Echigo.  The Trakena war horse is wearing a large gold-inlaid armor made entirely according to the traditional craft of "thin gold armor". Under the reflection of the sun, the whole person shines like a large golden man, which is almost blinding the three fathers and sons of the Xiaoshan family.  Eyes. ※Am I turning into gold at this moment?  "Ji Liangyi TokimoHe waved his riding whip and rode forward listlessly. Yesterday, the clan retainers came up with a bad idea and tricked him into using the opportunity of the city entrance ceremony to show off the financial resources of the Ashikaga family, so they took out the thin gold armor, one of the eight leaders of the Genji family.  High imitations to scare people.  The large armor inlaid with gold and silver was not too heavy to wear on the body, but the shiny golden shape made a few money-grubbing bastards laugh out loud on the spot. Kira Yoshitoki was so tall that this imitation had to be several times larger.  Regarding the size, when he first made it, he felt that the traditional shape was not very handsome, so he put forward some suggestions for modification to increase the amount of materials used on the armor.  The final inlaid "hanging ornament" consumed seven or eight kilograms of gold and four or five kilograms of silver.  An arrow falling on you might wipe out half a tael of gold.  This cheating armor is definitely not for protection.  It's just to show off how awesome I am and how I can get a golden holy robe to scare you bunch of bumpkins.  Kira Yoshitoki attracted the attention of countless people while riding his horse. Even if he was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, his appearance was very blinking. When he entered the castle town of the small mountain city, he still attracted a burst of exclamation. This made him  He felt even more uncomfortable, as if he was being treated like a monkey, and thought to himself: "The aesthetics of the Genpei era are really unacceptable!" After walking for a while, he realized that this was not the case. When these townspeople looked at Kiragi  His eyes changed, with surprise, envy, fear, and admiration that he couldn't understand. The retainers seemed to be as happy as proud peacocks.  I wish I could raise my chin higher than my head.  Kira Yoshishi was slightly puzzled and asked: "What is going on? Do these samurai and the townspeople think that I am more powerful because I wear the golden holy clothes?" With this question in mind, he came to the outside of Xiaoshan Castle and was shocked by another success.  Koyama Takakata paid homage to the three fathers and sons. Without saying a word, the old man knelt down and propped himself on the ground and saluted: "A descendant of the town guard general Fujiwara Hidego and a direct descendant of the Shimonoyama clan, Koyama Takakata pays homage to His Highness K身kata! I wish His Highness K身kata good health and a long career in martial arts!"  "Please get up without any courtesy!" Kira Yoshitoki raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said to himself: "This armor seems to have a good effect!" Kira Yoshitoki did not mean to blame the Xiaoshan family, even if it violated his taboo.  Yuki Haruto is also very polite. In fact, he knows very well that Yuki Haruto will not pose a threat to him and will give up more than half of his territory for this stupid Furukawa Lord.  It is enough to show that this young samurai who is only twenty-eight years old has not grown up to the level of being as cunning and calculating as a fox.  What's more, he has completely lost his territory, and his reputation may not be criticized and ridiculed by his family members and the people of Guandong.  It's just that the sharp decline in strength has reduced the Yuuki family from the level of a powerful countryman in Kanto to the level of a dispensable soy sauce countryman in Kanto in the blink of an eye. It is impossible for the remnant leader of the Ye Country with less than 10,000 koku to be able to return.  Any threat to the Kira family.  The territory in Kira Yoshitoki's pocket will never be spat out, so Yuuki Haruto has only one way to resurrect his life, hold tightly to Kira Yoshitoki's lap and become a loyal minister, and rely on his merits to accumulate rewards and become a famous actor again.  This is Hong Guoguo's powerful name. If he doesn't grasp this reality, his life will really be over.  It is rare for the three fathers and sons of the Oyama family to maintain the same submissive posture, which is actually enough to represent the mentality of most samurai in Kanto. The Ashikaga family of Kamisuke is a member of the Ashikaga Shogun family, and the Furukawa Ashikaga family is also a member of the Ashikaga Shogun family. The two families work hard to survive.  That's a matter for the master's family. If a retainer cares too much, he may end up prematurely.  In the eyes of many Kanto people, isn't this the same reason that more than a hundred years ago, the eighth-generation Lord Jihoinden (Ashikaga Yoshimasa) ordered his half-brother Ashikaga Masaichi to return to secular life, and went to Horikoshi, Izu Province to establish the Horikoshi Imperial Palace?  For more than ten years, Lord Horikoshi and Ashikaga Masatomo have been trying to kill the Ashikaga Sari clan so that they can replace him as Kanto Lord.  Back then, there were many Kanto samurai standing in Horikoshi's camp against Furukawa, so with such a lesson learned from the past, the Kanto samurai were not so repulsive towards Kira Yoshitomo, even if they were half a step away from becoming Ashikaga's Rianjishou.  That can no longer be regarded as the leader of this "retainer" class, but is equivalent to the imperial palace of the "king". As long as they have fought hard for Ashikaga Fujimasa, it cannot be regarded as a shame when they seek refuge with Kiragi. After all, what they should do  have already been done.  The news that Kira's army had entered Oyama Castle flew all over Kanto as if it had wings. In just a few days, news spread that Kira Yoshito appeared in Oyama Castle wearing golden armor. A tall and strong man sitting high above Kiso.  The Trakna war horse, which was nearly a head taller, looked particularly majestic. Wearing the "Golden Holy Cloth" that was a few sizes too big, it was so majestic that it was blinding. ??????????? Koyama Takato, a long-tested old samurai, was also frightened and panicked. There are many native Kanto samurai who have never left their own territory in their lives.?I have never seen this kind of non-conventional way of playing cards, but there is a saying for Kiragi's style.  It＊s no secret that the Ashikaga family worships thin gold armor. If he wears an imitation of it, there＊s really no way to say he＊s a shaobao or a nouveau riche. If he wants to scold him, he＊d have to blame Genwei Yoshi, the pillar of the fifth generation. Who knows?  This man originally thought of wearing this suit of armor to guard the emperor's gate in Kyoto.  The people of Kanto country don't care how cool that golden sparkle is. They are worried about which direction Kira Yoshitoki will aim for his next march plan. Ashikaga Fujimasa has already made the Yuki family collapse and the Koyama family surrendered. In the blink of an eye, the Kanto eight-house shape  The second one was gone, and the remaining six families were so frightened that they couldn't even sleep peacefully.  It happened that at this time, Utsunomiya Hirotsuna received a "gift" from Yuki Haruto. When he took the letter written by Yuki Haruto, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot and he stared at Ashikaga Fujimasa as if he saw a ghost.  , secretly cursing in his heart: "This bastard Yuki Haruto is trying to kill my family! I, the Utsunomiya family, have no grudges against you in the past and have no grudges in recent times. Why do you want to send this disaster into my hands If you insist on saying that there is hatred  , Does occupying the territory of the Oyama family count? Even so, you can't send this idiot over!" Utsunomiya Hirotsuna was so embarrassed that he couldn't get angry in front of Ashikaga Fujimasa, so he could only pretend with the letter.  He looked like he was trying to read, but in fact he kept gesturing to the family members with his eyes to speak. Fanghe stood up and said calmly and understandingly: "His Majesty, I should have left His Majesty to recuperate for a few days before setting off, but  My Utsunomiya family's home is also in chaos. I'm really embarrassed to force His Highness to stay in the north. Why don't we just set off and rush to the Nasu family?" In Yoshiga Koada's mouth, this hot potato has become a "  "Northern Hunting", he said it as if Ashikaga Fujimasa was just going out for a hunting trip. As for Yuki Haru's letter mentioning the protection of one or two, etc., it was completely filtered out. Of course, His Highness K身kata took the "Northern Hunting" as an important event.  As important, other irrelevant details are automatically filtered out.  As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Ashikaga Fujimasa's reaction, Hoga Couture summoned several samurai to "invite" Ashikaga Fujimasa into the carriage and continued to flee north. The Furukawa Lord just escaped one after another.  In the territory of Nasu Suin, at this time Nasu Suin was busy fighting with his uncles Ozeki Takazo, Ohtawara Tsunakiyoshi, and Fukuhara Sutaka, so he had no time to serve Ashikaga Fujimasa, the "North Hunter".  After reading Utsunomiya Hiratsuna's copy of Yuki Haruto's letter for a long time, Nasu Ziyin sneered and said: "The Utsunomiya family's idiots are talking nonsense. I, Ziyin, have already switched to the martial arts family under the town government's father-in-law. Take this  The idiot came here and expected me, Ziyin, to send him to the Mutsu Country? Are you trying to treat me like a fool? It would be more appropriate to send him to the Jinfugong Camp instead of sending him to the Mutsu Country!"  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! ps: Thanks to Hattori Masashige for the reward, and special thanks to book friend Xiao Zimu for the reward. Another helmsman has been added. Wu Mei will consider it next month.  At a certain point in time, try to code as many as possible and add more updates as a thank you!
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