Chapter 639 45. Subjugating the Generals to Musashi
The mud under his feet was rotten, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and the straw sandals on his feet broke in less than two minutes. Xiao Pingtai simply walked barefoot and observed the battlefield that was just bloody.
At this time, the battlefield was not quiet at all, and it was even as noisy as when the battle just started. The ground was full of wounded soldiers from both sides, and there were all kinds of shouts and cries, gathering together.
The coalition soldiers who were already exhausted saw the wounded soldiers of the Hojo Army. The soft-hearted ones would check on the injuries, and those with less serious injuries would be rescued and then sold. As for the seriously injured, they would be killed with a single knife. The heads were sent to their respective samurai in exchange for rewards, and money and rice were always fragrant.
"Fortunately, I came not too late, at least I caught up!"
"Victory is victory! It's a pity that I couldn't participate in the battle in person!" Jin Jing Minggoro didn't know what to do, and the pair of straw sandals were intact on his feet, and they were not stepped on.
"Where are the girls?"
"The battlefield is more than a mile long and close to two miles long. We should be able to find them after a while."
"Pass the order down and quickly contact the Yamauchi teams!" Kobayata ordered Nanaki who was following behind.
After about half an hour, Hosokawa Saiko finally found Yamauchi Taro's main team. They didn't look very good. Their helmets were gone. It seemed that they were shot in the thigh and walked with a limp.
They also came to see Ogasawara Sadakishi, Sanada Nobutsuna, and Murakami Yoshikuni. Yamauchi Taro said a few words like "You have worked hard, and you will be rewarded!" to appease them.
Kobayata whispered to his brother-in-law and asked about the battle situation in detail. When he heard Hosokawa Saiko say that he failed to attack the main force of the Hojo clan, Oishi Ujiteru, and had to retreat slowly, Kobayata was really worried about him.
After that, Makabe Ujikan and Tagatani Masamune of the Hitachi clan arrived at the Yamauchi main force one after another. When they saw Shimotaro, they didn't say anything nonsense, but knelt down and saluted, saying, "Shimotaro's heavenly troops have arrived, and the Hojo thieves will be wiped out!"
The national heroes of the Shimotaro clan had actually long been thinking of running away, but they didn't expect the situation to turn around magically. Now they came one by one as assistant ministers, with a bow, but they didn't forget the proper etiquette. They didn't act arrogant when they saw Yamauchi Taro, even the Shimotaro guardian Utsunomiya Hirotsuna knelt on one knee to pay his respects.
The Lord of Shinobi Castle, Narita Nagatsuna, was considered the landlord, and brought dozens of jars of fine wine to the Yamauchi main camp. This was a vassal of Uesugi Kenshin, who was Yamauchi Taro's uncle. He rode to Echigo to report the news, and came to thank Yamauchi Taro for his rescue.
Only Koyomi Yoshizumi came late. You are an Ashikaga, and I am an Ashikaga too.
In terms of clan law, Koyomi Yoshizumi is still the uncle of Yamauchi Taro.
He was originally the general of the coalition army, but now that he has won a battle, all the generals who were originally around him have come to pay their respects to Shima Taro. I don’t know what he is thinking.
The generals of Shimotsuma who came with him were very sensible. They knelt down without saying anything. Anyway, whoever kneels down is the same. In the past 20 years, the people of Shimotsuma have knelt down to many big brothers. They have changed back and forth several times, and this time is not a big deal.
"Your Highness Waka!" Koyomi Yoshizumi thought about it, and still sat on the ground and bowed his head to Yamauchi Taro.
This call of His Highness Waka is really strange! Others basically call him His Highness (the rank of a samurai family) or His Highness (the position of a court official), but only Koyomi Yoshizumi calls him that.
If the title of "Your Highness" is actually simply the meaning of "Young Master", Yamauchi Taro is the adopted son of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the heir to the Shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, and the young master of all the samurai families in the world, it is indeed good to call him that.
But Koyumi Yoshizumi called him that because he was the uncle of Yamauchi Taro, not because he was a daimyo who received assistance from the Yamauchi family.
Yamauchi Taro thought about it, but did not answer, and looked at Koyata.
Fortunately, Koyata talked with Hosokawa Saijo and learned about the general situation. He knew that Hosokawa Saijo informed Uesugi Kenshin and entrusted him to pass on a message to Uesugi Kenshin that he was going to support Koyumi Yoshizumi to enter Koga as the Kanto Shogun.
Uesugi Kenshin actually supported Ashikaga Fujiuji as the Kanto Shogun, but it was a pity that he was a short-lived ghost and died!
Now supporting Koyumi Yoshizumi to enter Koga is in line with Uesugi Kenshin's interests strategically. It's just that he was not supported by Kenshin Uesugi, so I wonder if Kenshin Uesugi will be dissatisfied.
"Congratulations to His Highness for taking over the family of Ashikaga in Kanto, and I wish His Highness a long military career!" Kobayata said a meaningless cliché.
But this is also very clear, just do your Koga Kubunaka, our Yamanouchi family will not do anything to you, nor will we ask you to bow your head and serve as a younger brother.
"Uncle has come a long way and worked hard. Uncle has made a lot of efforts in this battle. Taro is very grateful!"
Yamanouchi Taro saw that Kobayata acknowledged the established fact that Koyomi Yorizumi would succeed Koga Kubunaka, and understood what it meant, so he said such a meaningless sentence.
But Koyomi Yorizumi was overjoyed, knowing that the Yamanouchi family had publicly announced that they would not interfere in the affairs of Koga Kubunaka, would not force him to be a younger brother of the Yamanouchi family, and would not let him bow his head and serve the Yamanouchi family.
"If Your Highness is wise and blessed, you will not lose the reputation of the former Prime Minister!"
The old hands present all understood the relationship between the two. They all saw that the simple greeting just now determined that the Yamanouchi family would not, or would not touch the Kanto forces other than Musashi in the short term.
The Yamanouchi family itself had no claim in Kanto, neither the Kanto Shogun nor the Kanto Kanrei. It was too difficult to gain a foothold in Kanto, where the righteousness was extremely important. It was impossible in the short term.
Besides, Kanto was Kenshin Uesugi's sphere of influence. The Yamanouchi family could not possibly offend such a strong ally as Kenshin Uesugi for this. In addition, Kenshin Uesugi was the uncle of Taro Yamanouchi and a strong supporter of the Muromachi shogunate.
Originally, this year's battle was only fought to rescue Ueno. Now it has become like this, which no one in the Yamanouchi family expected. The Hojo army of more than 30,000 people collapsed in one battle. The specific results of the battle are still unknown, but the country of Musashi is like a boiled egg with its shell peeled off, white and tender in front of the Yamanouchi family.
Such a big advantage is just like a dream!
As for the other daimyo people who opposed the Hojo coalition, they originally came here to eat the 10,000 reinforcements of the Hojo army after listening to Masayuki Sanada's trickery. They never thought that they would directly defeat the main force of the Hojo army.
The development of the matter is like a novel, and it is more dramatic than a novel.
Now that the spoils of war have not been obtained, and it is not time to hold a celebration party (spreading spoils), Koyata announced on behalf of Yamauchi Taro that he would solve the two Hojo strongholds in front of him.
One is the 4,000-plus Hojo soldiers who stayed south of Hirai to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded. The other is the 1,000-plus Yamakado Shirozaemon's team who held on to Matsuyama. If these two nails are removed, Kitamushi will change its color.
No one present disagreed. Who would not agree to go to the Hojo family to fight (get rich)? It's just that after a long period of humility, the general was replaced by Yamauchi Taro. Koyumori Jun was relieved, knowing that the Yamauchi family's diplomatic reputation was really good and would not change easily. At this time, the war was won, and he was willing to hand over the command that was not in his hands.
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After leaving the big tent, Hosokawa Saijo grabbed Koyata and led a young man in his early twenties to introduce him to Koyata.
"Koyata, this is Sanada Gentazaemon's third brother, Kibei Masayuki!"
"Oh? Kibei Masayuki?" Koyata couldn't help but carefully examine the heroic young man in front of him.
"I remember... the sister of Kawabe Ieyoshi, the general of the 9th Division of the Hatamoto, was raised in your family, right? Your family is a noble family of the Fujiwara Kita family Kanin-ryu. The daughter raised in your family must be very good!" Hosokawa Saijo was beaming with joy at this time.
"Why?" Koyata was still looking at Sanada Masayuki.
"I think Kibei is very good, so I want to discuss it with you. You also know that your sister-in-law just gave birth, and my family has no daughters. Can you pass your girl to me and marry Kibei as my adopted daughter?"
"No!" Koyata almost blurted out.