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With the departure of the Emperor and the rise of General Ran Ran, Kusunoki Masashige, as a representative of loyalty and righteousness in Japanese history, officially stepped onto the historical stage.
According to "Taiping Ji", in the first year of Justin (133 1), on August 27th, the son of heaven set up a mountain in Linxing, taking this temple as his palace, recruiting all the warriors in the world, but no one came to apply. The emperor was bored, and then unconsciously fell asleep and had a dream: in front of the courtyard of Chenziting, there was an evergreen tree with lush foliage, and the branches extending to the south grew well. Three officials and hundreds of officials took turns sitting in its shade; The seat facing south, with high cushion, is unoccupied. The emperor wants to know who this seat is for. Just as I was thinking, two children with bun suddenly appeared, kneeling in front of the emperor and wiping their tears with sleeves, saying that there was no place for the emperor to live under the tree, but there was a seat facing south, which was for the emperor. Please sit there for the time being. The two boys said that and flew into the sky. Soon, the emperor woke up from his dream. The emperor thought it was a dream entrusted to him by heaven, so he explained it in detail and added the word "south" next to the word "wood" to make it a word "south". After dawn, the emperor asked the monks in the temple if there was a samurai named Nan nearby. The monk said that there was a man named Nan Duo Men Bing Wei, who was a descendant of four emperors of Ming Chengzu and Zhu Zhu, the left minister. So the emperor immediately ordered Kusunoki Masashige to be called.
The above is nonsense, of course. As a matter of fact, Kusunoki Masashige is the "* * *" of Hanoi. His family has held the right of way of Nara Avenue for generations, and he is also a local strongman. Kusunoki Masashige probably took part in the curtain-dropping activity very early, because before the center was changed, Ji Jun Hino had disguised himself in Hanoi to look for the curtain-dropping person, and probably had contact with Kusunoki Masashige at that time.
1331September 3, Kusunoki Masashige arrived in Li Zhishan to meet with Go Daigo, indicating his intention. He said: "As long as Nanmu does not die, the karma will be successful. Please rest assured. " Behind the audience. Immediately after Banshi returned to Hanoi, Daigo, son of Akasaka and Weiqi, the Lord Prince Yunfa (renamed Prince Hu Liang after secularization, hereinafter referred to as Prince Hu Liang) returned to Yoshino and Yamato in Banshi. Around the world, troops gathered to respond and dispatched troops from all over the world. The shogunate quickly mobilized 60,000 troops to attack Mount Dai Ji and various strongholds. But most of the "* * *" people set up their strongholds on the mountains and built cities on them. The restoration of the castle is very clever. Most castles are guarded according to risk, and there are rolling stones on them. What is even more frightening is that some castles actually have "hot soup". The so-called "hot soup" is hot oil. As the * * * army attack was about to succeed, a row of hot oil suddenly poured out of the city, and the siege warriors were caught off guard, and most of them were burned to death on the spot. In addition, "* * *" people are familiar with mountain warfare, and the combat mode is also different from that between traditional warriors.
Traditional warriors kill each other and pursue a righteous "one ride for one ride". A samurai first went out to announce his name and martial arts accomplishments loudly, and then a samurai with similar level in another team went out. The two sides fought in front of the battle in full view, in the noise of both sides. This way of fighting was greatly impacted in the anti-Yuan struggle. Yuan paid attention to group combat and didn't name the Japanese army at all, so the traditional operations of the Japanese army once failed. "* * *" is not a warrior, so there is no such etiquette as a warrior. And in order to deal with this group of heavily armed * * * troops, "* * *" people often lie in ambush on the side of the road. When the * * * army approaches, they look around and come out. The * * * army is defenseless, which makes the * * * army a headache. In this case, besides causing more casualties, it seems useless to enforce etiquette.
Under the action of these two factors, the * * * army suffered heavy losses at the moment. In this case, on September 2, the shogunate ordered the mobilization of 200,000 troops from all over the world, and another general, Ichiro Ashikaga, was also called up. Called up on September 2, September 5 will be * * *. On the 5th, Ashi's father Ashi passed away. Ashikaga's family went to Gyeonggi Province to join the crusade against the rebels. At the same time, jinze town Dong and Xintian Yizhen were also recruited. On September 28th, Li Jiashan was captured, and Go Daigo was captured alive. /kloc-at the beginning of 0/0, Yoshino was captured and Prince Hu Liang escaped. * * * The army concentrated on attacking Akasaka, Kusunoki Masashige. Although rolling wood and hot soup brought great losses to the army. However, Kusunoki Masashige still knew that Akasaka Castle could not last long. On June 2 1, 1, he burned the castle himself, took the initiative to participate in the war, which caused great losses to the shogunate, and then retreated and disappeared into the Katsuragi Mountains.
The shogunate forced Go Daigo to hand over the three instruments, and then ordered the abolition of Go Daigo. Emperor Xuanzang acceded to the throne, and the Yuan Dynasty was celebrated. 1332 In March, Hino Ji Jun, Kita Duan Liyang and former exiled Hino Zichao were executed, and Weiqi Daigo was exiled. History is called "Justin's rebellion". Although the Curtain Movement was suppressed, the core figure of the Curtain Movement, Ge Daigo, and the basic figures of the Curtain Movement, such as Kusunoki Masashige and Prince Hu Liang, still existed, and they toured all over the country and called for the Curtain Movement all over the world. Soon, the Tojo shogunate will see the power of the curtain falling all over the world. The three generals who stood out in this battle-Kusunoki Masashige and Kazuo Shinta of Li Xiaohe-will put the last shovel on the tomb of the Kamakura shogunate.
Battle of a thousand cities
Kusunoki Masashige and Prince Hu Liang kept in touch with the abandoned brother Daigo after they were lurking. 1332165438+10, Kusunoki Masashige started construction in Qianzao City, Mount Kumgang, Hanoi. In the same month, Prince Hu Liang formed an army in Yoshino City and issued a decree to the whole world. At that time, subversive forces such as Chi Songze village, samurai Ju Chi and martial arts gathered again to respond. 65438+ In February, Kusunoki Masashige recaptured Akasaka City, and Kusunoki Masashige ordered Ye Ping to guard Akasaka City and return to Qianzao City himself. Shogunate soldiers attacked Qianzao, Yoshino and Akasaka in three ways, and at the same time ordered: "Whoever kills successfully, regardless of his status, will be given the Moon Pool Villa in Danbo." . The shogunate attacked Akasaka first, and Ye Ping led the army to resist, which caused great losses to the shogunate again, but at this time, the shogunate had learned the lesson from the last mountain war. After the attack failed, the water source of Akasaka City was directly cut off, and Ye Ping could not hold the prison, so he had to go out of the city and surrender. At the same time, Yoshino City fell and Prince Hu Liang fled again. At this point, only one Kusunoki Masashige is left as the main force of the army.
The shogunate army that attacked Qianzaocheng claimed to be a million (the actual number may be around 20,000), while Kusunoki Masashige only led more than 1,000 people to fight alone in Qianzaocheng. Kusunoki Masashige knew the danger of water shortage in the mountain city, and ordered to drill wells in advance to solve the water source. So the shogunate can't cut off the water source of Thousand Algae City. The shogunate army then adopted siege tactics. Kusunoki Masashige was a veritable army god, and he often came up with unexpected strategies. He once ordered people to put on the armor of scarecrow and lured the shogunate to attack. When the shogunate army arrives, the soldiers who have been ambushed in advance fight together, which usually can defeat the shogunate army. Kusunoki Masashige also suddenly sent troops when the shogunate army relaxed its siege. He grabbed the flag of the shogunate and hung it on the tower, laughing at the shogunate at the gate, which greatly boosted the morale of the city. Outside the city, there are wild troops (guerrillas) who are familiar with the terrain, waiting for an opportunity to attack the grain delivery team of the shogunate army to cooperate with the defense of Qianzao City. A thousand small towns in the morning, for three months. The shogunate was unable to attack for a long time, and the morale of the rebels soared. Before the death of the Kamakura shogunate, the last military message received was "Mount Kumgang has not yet been captured".
The battle of Qianchencheng was a turning point in the shogunate war, which contained the main force of the shogunate army and gave Akamatsuzawa and Kikuchi Takeshi enough time to March into Kyoto. It was because of the coercion of Akamatsu and Ju Chi to the two capitals that the shogunate had to send Ashikaga and Yoshiaki Xintian again. As a result, Ashikaga fell halfway, and Xintian counterattacked Kamakura, leading to the final demise of the shogunate. All this would be hard to achieve without Kusunoki Masashige's record of holding a thousand morning markets in March.
Return to Kyoto
Just as the shogunate sent troops to deal with Kusunoki Masashige, Weiqi Daigo was also in contact with various shady forces, ready to flee. 1Feb. 333, Go Daigo and He Ming escaped from Yin Qi together for many years, and issued a decree to board a boat and climb the mountain in Guo Bo.
The imperial edict of ending soon spread all over the country, and Ashikaga also received the imperial edict. At this time, the shogunate asked him to send troops to attack Nanmu. Ashikaga was ill at this time, and the order of the shogunate made him unhappy. At the same time, news of his rebellion spread in Kamakura, and the shogunate asked Ashikaga to take his wife and children as hostages. Ashikaga was angry, but agreed. The shogunate gave Ashi a white flag symbolizing Genji's direct current to express his condolences. 1March 3, 333, Ashikaga left Kamakura with the heart of resisting the shogunate.
The formation of Ashikaga's rebellious heart can be analyzed for the following reasons:
1, the performance of the northern and northern shogunate in Kamakura made him lose confidence, whether it was the reward after the anti-Yuan struggle, the bad image of the shogunate in the eyes of the world at this time, and the situation that the world was falling apart. All these make Ashikaga feel that the shogunate is about to sink.
2. Ashikaga is a descendant of Genji, while Kamakura Beitiao is just an ordinary family, which is a great shame in the hearts of warriors who value their origins and families.
3. When the world is in chaos, ambitious people will also look for opportunities, especially because of their high ability to make profits and high family background, which will naturally oppose the shogunate to realize his personal ambitions. Plus, at this time, both he and Shinta Shinichi are forces that can change the balance of power between the two sides. If they resist the shogunate, they can naturally get the greatest credit.
4. The art of Ashikaga: Ashikaga was originally a part of the Eighth Academy, which was mainly based on Daixue Temple, so in theory, Ashikaga was a subordinate of Weiqi. Be a diligent king.
North Island's distrust of him accelerated his rebellion.
6. The form of Gyeonggi is not optimistic, but it is enough to save Gyeonggi. This is a tough battle, and whether it can be won is still unknown. Even if you win by luck, your own strength will be greatly hit. This strategy of driving the tiger to devour the wolf shows that Gao will not be fooled.
On April 23, the Ashikaga family and the Gao family attacked the mountain in two ways. The higher the name, the faster the family went to war with Akamatsu, while the Ashikaga family held its ground. Soon, the more famous family died and the more famous army lost. On April 27th, Ashikaga led an army to Bagan Palace in Danbo village and raised the banner of the curtain. Distribute the publicity materials of the curtain to the world.
As the Ashikaga family is Genji's clique, all the heroes who are dissatisfied with the Kosuke Kitajima family and have no strength to fight alone have high hopes for it. Local heroes such as Nagasawa, Yamauchi Pu, Zhi Zhiyu, Lutian, Yutian, Sakai, Yee, Hill, and Harabu responded one after another. Together with the shogunate soldiers who sent troops with him, Gao has assembled more than 23,000 people.
On May 7, Ashikaga launched an attack on Kyoto, and the shogunate divided tens of thousands of troops into three groups, trying to guard against Ashikaga and Akamatsu at the same time, but this made a big taboo in the art of war-dividing troops. So, on May 7, Ashikaga Rondo, Sasaki Dojo and Akamatsu echoed each other from a distance, broke through the shogunate line and entered the capital. Six people, including Zhong Shi from North Island and Shiyi from North Island, fled to the east. On May 9, they were arrested in Lianhua Temple near Jiangguo, and all committed suicide. See the emperor in the back, the emperor in the garden, the emperor Yan Guang was captured. The shogunate army besieging Qianzaocheng heard the news of the fall of Kyoto, and the birds and beasts scattered, and the defense of Qianzaocheng ended. At this point, the northern stone rivers and mountains have lost half, and Kamakura is in jeopardy.