Chapter 536 36. Mino Inabayama Castle Falls
Yamauchi Yoshiyasu's "righteous words" were recognized by many Yamanouchi samurai. He had such insights at such a young age.
Everyone praised the Yamanouchi family for producing many heroes from generation to generation, and the deceased Yamanouchi Izumo-no-kami was also brought out to mourn.
Of course, the Yamanouchi Shukei who proposed the motion inevitably left a comment of "inferior to his brother" in the hearts of many people. Yamanouchi Yoshiharu was wise and brave, and kind and loving. His younger brother Yamanouchi Shukei was a strict person who competed with the samurai for profit. Fortunately, he did not become the head of the family.
The citizen representatives finally dispersed, and the citizen election of the year ended.
In addition to Yamanouchi Yoshiyasu's popularity, the biggest surprise was the second lieutenant of the Kawabe Ubei family, Ienori, who had just returned from Izu Province, that is, Heiroku.
The best account checker in the entire Yamanouchi family was not Koheita, but Heiroku, who was a regular soy sauce shop clerk. The Yamanouchi family will send a person to stay at Hamamatsu Port to check the customs and commercial income of Hamamatsu Port and transport it to the Yamanouchi bank, and check the accounts every six months.
Heiroku served the Yamanouchi clan for many years, and his loyalty was rewarded in the best way. He was promoted from a retainer of Koheita to a hatamoto of the Yamanouchi clan, and officially became a samurai directly under the Yamanouchi clan.
At the same time, he was promoted to Hamamatsu Bugyo and Fukuchi Gunshi, and was given an additional salary of 220 kanmon and 30 people to support him. He stayed at Hamamatsu Port to supervise customs taxation.
He became the second retainer of the Yamanouchi clan to become a middle-level retainer after Kawabe Ieyoshi (Akichi).
Kobayashi Motoharu, the former Hamamatsu Castle Town Magistrate who was in charge of collecting taxes on Nanban ships, was given a new appointment by chance and went to Enshuhama, which was still a fishing village at the time, to organize the Yamanouchi clan's ship repair shop and boatman training school.
Try to provide maintenance and upkeep for ships trading in Hamamatsu, and train shipbuilding talents and navy.
Since then, the chaotic financial situation of the Yamanouchi family has finally been reborn from the storm after several twists and turns. The stable financial hematopoietic function and the powerful war credit department have entered the Yamanouchi family's war machine at the same time, providing a steady stream of strong support for future wars.
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"Danzheng, it is better to take care of it." Nagata Tokumoto put down Koyata's hand and instructed.
That's right, Koyata fainted again due to abdominal pain at the military mobilization meeting a month ago. So he was urgently sent to Komaba Onsen for recuperation and tried to treat his increasingly serious stomach disease.
"What is the disease?"
"Always gastrointestinal problems, Danzheng can't work hard anymore, and must be warmed up for years before it can be relieved."
"Gastric gangrene? (Gastric cancer?)" Koyata tried.
"If it was carbuncle, Danzheng would have been bedridden and unable to speak. How could it be so serious?" Nagata Tokumoto couldn't help but laugh and asked Kobayata.
"That's a small matter. I will pay attention to my diet and not drink alcohol in the future." Kobayata thought so. If it was a malignant tumor, he would have been lying down long ago and would not be living a normal life like now.
"Although it is not carbuncle, Danzheng must take care of himself. Komaba Onsen is very good."
"I know." Kobayata agreed indifferently.
Nagata Tokumoto sighed, picked up the medicine box helplessly and left the Japanese-style room.
Then he walked in with Aji and Murakami Yoshimitsu. Since Kobayata fell ill, they would come to Komaba every other day to convey various news from the mountains to Kobayata.
"The peace talks between Lord Komakiyama of Owari and the Saito clan have been established, and Lord Saito Mino has been exiled."
Oda Nobunaga finally conquered Inabayama Castle!
That's right, a month ago, Oda Nobunaga of Owari sent a message, hoping that the Yamanouchi clan would mobilize 3,000 people to cooperate with his uncle Toyama Keito, take the Nakasendo Road, and attack Inabayama Castle from the side.
It was originally agreed that Kobayata, who served as the Oda clan's diplomacy deputy, would serve as the general commander and mobilize 3,000 people to support Oda Nobunaga.
But Kobayata fainted, so in the end, Hosokawa Nainome and Yamanouchi Yoshiyasu, one chief and one deputy, went to Inabayama Castle.
With the power to suppress northern Ise, Niwa Nagahide and Kinoshita Hideyoshi jointly launched a campaign to persuade the current Saito clan retainers in Mino to surrender. Before Oda Nobunaga's army arrived, the people of Nakano began to waver.
The lord of Unuma Castle, Jirozaemon Ozawa, was the first to surrender. As a brave general known in Nakano, he participated in the Battle of Shin-Kana and bravely attacked the generals of the Oda army. His surrender dealt a heavy blow to the people of Nakano, and the person who persuaded them to surrender was Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was famous for his eloquence.
Tajimi Shuuji, the lord of Sarushi Castle, originally planned to defend the castle to the death and make a final resistance, but he did not expect that Unuma Castle surrendered without a fight, and the defense was in chaos, so he was forced to abandon the castle and leave.
The lord of Kajita Castle, Sato Tadanori, and the lord of Yoneda Castle, Hieda Tadamasa, surrendered at the sight of the enemy, and the balance of victory and defeat in the war soon fell to Oda Nobunaga.
When Hosokawa Saime and Yamauchi Yoshiyasu arrived, the Oda army was launching the final offensive against Inabayama.
Tajimi Shuuji joined the last group of loyal samurai and launched a desperate offensive against the Oda army. Under the huge numerical advantage of the Oda army and the round firing of iron cannons, hundreds of people were killed in the end.
In the end, the mountain castle that was known as the most difficult to attack in the world, which was managed by the Saito family for three generations and built on the mountain, had less than 2,000 people left to defend Inabayama Castle, which was surrounded by three turns.
Kinoshita Hideyoshi, a retainer of the Oda clan, broke through the Inabayama Outer Maru with the help of Horio Yoshiharu, the "Buddha Heart Shigesuke", and the Inabayama clan was shaken.
Finally, Saito Tatsuoki, who could not resist, asked Asakura Yoshikage and Ashikaga Yoshiaki, two big men, to mediate with the envoy Akechi Jubei Mitsuhide. Inabayama opened the city without bloodshed, the soldiers surrendered and were spared death, and Saito Tatsuoki was exiled and not allowed to return to Mino.
As soon as Long Xing left, Fuba Mitsuharu, Endo Keitaka, Takei Yuan, Nonomura Masashige, Hachiya Yoritaka, and Nishio Mitsuyoshi all chose to surrender. Only a few people, such as Saito Mataemon, chose to continue the war, and were eventually directly wiped out.
Mino was completely pacified!
"Mino lord was defeated... ..."
Kobayata stood up and sighed dejectedly. With the two countries of Owari and Mino, the five counties of northern Ise, the pressure on Matsudaira Ieyasu of Nishimikawa, and the marriage with Asai Nagamasa of Jiangbei, Oda Nobunaga was already one of the most powerful daimyo in the world.
The fateful meeting of Akechi Mitsuhide and Oda Nobunaga happened as expected, and he was deeply impressed by Oda Nobunaga's magnanimity. Akechi Mitsuhide would persuade Hosokawa Fujitaka and Wada Koremasa and others to persuade Ashikaga Yoshiaki to give up all unrealistic ideas.
Then he would surrender to Oda Nobunaga and let Oda Nobunaga get the righteous title of going to Kyoto.
Oda Nobunaga gained power and territory, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki could immediately go to Kyoto to take over the position of shogun. Relying on Oda Nobunaga's powerful military force, it is not impossible to revive the shogunate.
With no way to go to Kyoto in sight, Ashikaga Yoshiaki would eventually choose to believe Akechi Mitsuhide's explanation, believe Oda Nobunaga, and go to join him.