Chapter 304: Success in Shangluo!
Heijiao Chengzhen was an enemy of the Sanhao family before, but later became an ally. He was very familiar with many generals of the Sanhao family and came out to identify them one by one.
"This is the Three Good Yixian... This is Anzhai Dongkang, this is Shihe Yichuang!" Liujiao Chengzhen identified the military generals with identity one by one.
All three younger brothers of Sanhao Changqing were spared and all died in the battle. The bodies of Sanhao and the three men were soon identified. Then there were the lords of the Sanhao family's cities and important retainers.
It seems that this time, the Miyo family has invested a lot in order to fight against the Imakawa family and sent out all the important figures.
But it is quite strange that as the powerful minister of the Three Good Family and the lord of Nobuguishan City, Matsuejutsu was not in this team.
"Did you see it?" Gao Xianda asked.
Heikao Chengzhen checked all the corpses that were dressed in a slightly more gorgeous manner again. Even the ordinary generals identified them, but it was confirmed that there was no Matsu Yuzuki's body.
"He is lucky." Gao Xianda nodded, "This treacherous minister is far more cunning than his colleagues! I don't know if he saw through our plan or did not participate in this reinforcement at all. Anyway, his luck must be very good."
However, the Sanhao family lost 50,000 troops this time, and even if Matsu Yongjiu can no longer cause any storm.
Gao Xianda ordered people to clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils that can be used.
Guanyin Temple City was shattered by cannons before, but this time it was baptized by a fire. There was no way to live in it. Moreover, after being smoked and fire, it was full of the scorching smell and resentment of the dead. It was no less difficult to rebuild Guanyin Temple City than to rebuild a city.
So Gao Xianda ordered the soldiers to plunder all the resources in Guanyin Temple City and use them as military expenses. He took the captive Heikao Chengzhen and marched westward to station in Banmoto City.
Sakamoto Castle is not far from Kyotocho, so Gao Xianda simply regarded Sakamoto Castle as a temporary residence and stationed there.
The Miyo family dominated Kinki and was originally responsible for the security protection near Kyotocho. However, after this war, the losses were heavy, and Miyoto Yoshiki no longer had any extra troops to maintain the security of Kyotocho, and Kyotocho's security was temporarily in a vacuum.
Gao Xianda directly sent troops to defend Kyotocho to ensure the safety of the emperor. In this way, Gao Xianda was actually successful in Shangluo.
Of course, the name of Imagawa's family, Mirai, was to support the general and attack the three good families who were unofficial. Therefore, the superficial skill must be done.
In terms of etiquette and law, Meng Yan was better at etiquette than Gao Xianda, so he came forward to negotiate with the emperor and the ministers in the court. He spent a lot of money to establish good relations with the court officials, so that they could speak more beautifully in front of the emperor, and give the Imakawa army a title of righteousness.
Since Gao Xianda hopes to become the future ruler, he must also pay attention to the maintenance of his image.
Gao Xianda burned 50,000 soldiers from the Sanhao family alive. With the size of Japan's population, it was no less than the 400,000 Zhao army killed by Bai Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Nowadays, people from the Kinki region, South, North and Omi, all look frightened when they mention the fire in Guanyin Temple Castle. When it comes to the Imakawa family, the Imakawa family is no less than the devil from hell in their hearts, and even have the effect of stopping the crying of children.
It is difficult for a person with the name of "demon" to be a stable ruler.
So Gao Xianda also went to the temple in Kyoto, donated a lot of money to the monks, and then did rituals to the soldiers who died in the Guanyin Temple City to suppress the soul, and burned a lot of paper money, indicating that all this was the sin of war. He used this to cleanse his bad reputation.
On the other hand, he strictly ordered soldiers to prohibit burning, killing, looting and robbing in the Kinki area, and soldiers of the Imakawa family were also strictly prohibited from having sex with civilian women.
Even if the males were forcibly recruited and then were unfortunately burned to death in the Kinki area, the males were seriously insufficient. Women took the initiative to ask for relationships with the Imakawa Army for their own needs, which would not work! If they were discovered, they would be killed without mercy.
Gao Xianda also appointed his childhood friend in Junfu Castle, Okabe Masatoshi, the elder brother of Okabe Motonobu, as the military discipline prosecutor. Because he was a close confidant, he had great power. Once the Imakawa family members were found to have committed acts of corrupting military discipline, they could be executed first and then report.
At the beginning of this decision, it was not recognized by the Imakawa family. However, after Okabe Masato directly killed the nephew of the chief family of Imakawa family, the chief family of Imakawa family, and several accomplices, for corrupting military discipline, the atmosphere of the Imakawa army was greatly improved and its reputation among the people became better and better.
As the chief diplomat, Tokiro Kinoshita was sent out by Gao Xianda to negotiate with the Miyo family.
Yoshihiko Sanyo did not expect that the 50,000 troops sent by the Sanyo family would be completely wiped out by the Imakawa army so easily, without even a sound.
He knew that after the battle in Guanyin Temple Castle, the Sanhao family had completely declined. At this point, the Sanhao family naturally understood that it was no match for the Imakawa family. However, because all the important officials in the family died together, Yoshihiko Mihao himself could decide on the things in the family.
So Kinoshita Tokiro soon sent back the news. Miyoshi Yoshihiko expressed his willingness to surrender.
After all, the Miyo family was once a big family that dominated Kinki and had a certain influence in the court and Kinki region. Gao Xianda didn't want to kill them all, let alone Sanyo Yoshihiko himself did nothing to do to sorry Gao Xianda. So Gao Xianda accepted Sanyo Yoshiko's surrender, and then transferred it to a small town in Ouhara, giving him a salary of 10,000 s to ensure that he could not rebel again.
Because Sanhao Yixing took the initiative to surrender, it was a smooth transition. Gao Xianda refused to take any of the heirlooms of the Sanhao family, and asked Sanhao Yixing to take them away.
Gao Xianda was interested in the territory of the Miyo family, and sent troops to accept it step by step, and soon controlled the entire Kinki region and some of the territory of the Shiguo. In addition, the Mionomi, which was originally controlled by the Hexaki family, is now under the control of the Imakawa family.
The Asai family originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Imakawa family to guide the Hexao family and take the opportunity to expand their territory. Who knew that Gao Xianda burned Guanyin Temple Castle into white land with a torch and plundered all the supplies.
The Asai family did not get any benefits. Because they had contributed all the materials stored in their homes to Gao Xianda, the Asai family also declined from then on.
Their ally, Asakura family, saw that the Imakawa army was indeed powerful, did not dare to act rashly. The Asakura family is now completely wrapped in the middle of the Imakawa territory. They were afraid that when Gao Xianda returns to the army, they would annex themselves. They had to obediently give Gao Xianda another big gift to show their friendship.
Chapter completed!