Chapter 24 six to ten

six Falling into Kurikara Canyon Let's talk about Genpei's two armies facing each other. The distance between the two sides is only three towns.Genji sent out fifteen cavalry of elite soldiers to rush to the Heike barrier, and each cavalry drew out a ringing arrow and shot it into the Heike formation.The Ping family didn't know what it was, so they still sent out fifteen horsemen and shot fifteen loud arrows.Genji sent thirty horsemen to shoot arrows, and the Heike family also sent thirty horsemen to shoot back; sent out another fifty horsemen, and the Heike family also sent fifty horsemen to shoot back;Both sides marched out with a hundred cavalry each, as if they were about to fight it out, but Genji always controlled the situation, avoiding a decisive battle in the daytime, and only wanted to delay it until dark, so that the Heike army could be driven into the Kurikara Canyon .It's a pity that the Heike family didn't notice this, and it's a pity that the entanglement with the Gen family has been delayed until dark.

Besides, it was already dusk, so Yi Zhong sent 10,000 cavalry to outflank the north and south, and rendezvous near the Kurikara Hall [1].Everyone clapped their quiver and shouted together.Hearing the sound, the Ping family's army looked back and saw the Yuan army holding up the white flag like a sea of ​​clouds, so they panicked and said: "Didn't you say that this mountain is surrounded by hanging rocks, so it is difficult for the enemy to follow me? What's going on!" At this time, Kiso Yoshinaka echoed from the front and also shouted.The more than 10,000 cavalry ambushing in Liuyuan and the dogwood forest, together with the 6,000 cavalry ambushing in the Hino Palace forest with Imai Shiro, also gathered towards this side at the same time.The roar of 40,000 people before and after was earth-shattering, like a mountain collapsing and a river collapsing.As expected, the Heike army was panicked when they realized that they were being attacked.Although someone shouted: "It's cowardly to run away, come back! Come back!" But the army's morale was shaken, no matter how they could stop it, they scrambled to jump into the Kurikara Canyon.Not seeing the person who went down first, I thought there must be a path down the valley.So, when the father jumped, the son jumped with him; the elder brother jumped, and the younger brother jumped; the master jumped, and the servants followed.Immediately fall people, people get on and fall off horses, and in an instant, the deep canyon is filled with more than 70,000 Heike riders.I saw blood flowing into rivers and corpses like mountains; to this day, there are still traces of arrows pierced by knives in that canyon.In the Heike army who were able to recruit and fight well, the general judge Zhongzuna, the Hida doctor judge Jing Gao, and the Hanoi judge Hideko, all died at the bottom of the valley.Seo Taro Kaneyasu, a well-known strongman from China, was captured alive by Kurakojiro Narumi of Kaga, a samurai from the Minamoto family.Saiming Weiyishi, the chief official of Hiraizumi Temple who was loyal to the Heira family during the battle in Huoda City, was also captured alive.Kiso Yoshinaka said: "This mage is too hateful, cut him off first." Then he was sentenced to death immediately.Only the great generals of the Heike family, Weisheng and Tongsheng, accidentally picked up their lives and retreated to Kaga country.Of the 70,000 riders, only 2,000 riders survived.

On the twelfth day of the next day, Fujiwara Hidehiro, a wealthy family in Oshu, sent someone to give Kiso two horses with dragon hooves.Immediately matched with mirror saddle [2], sent to Baishan Shrine as a god horse [3].Kiso Yoshinaka said: "There is nothing else to worry about now, but the battle situation of the Juro Tibetan Xunjiagong in Shibao Mountain is worrying. Let's go and have a look." So he selected 20,000 riders from the 40,000 riders to Xiang Shiho Shan Jinfa.When it was time to cross Hibi Ferry, the tide was high, so in order to find out the depth of the water, he drove ten saddled horses into the river.The water only covered the lower edge of the saddle bridge, nothing happened, and we crossed it safely.So he ordered: "The water is not deep, let's cross it!" More than 20,000 riders went into the water and crossed the river.Sure enough, as expected, Shilang Tibetan expert was severely attacked by the enemy, led his army to retreat, and was resting in the horse.Kiso said: "We came at the right time." Then he replaced the new force with more than 20,000 cavalry, and entered the formation of the Heicai's 30,000 cavalry, clashed left and right, and fought like a raging fire.The Ping family cavalry resisted for a while, but finally they were overwhelmed and were broken by the Yuan army.As for the Heike family, General Mikawa Shouchito, the youngest son of the Taoist minister, was killed; many warriors also died.Yoshinaka Kiso crossed Mount Shiho and took up his formation in front of the tomb of Prince Odanaka in Noto Kingdom.

-------------------------- 【1】Kurikara Hall is a hall dedicated to Fudo Myoko, located on the top of Kurikara Mountain. [2] Mirror saddle is a saddle with gold and silver decoration on the saddle bridge. [3] Hakusan Shrine is the Hakusan Bihime Shrine in Kaga Country. -------------------------- seven Battle of Shinohara Here Kiso Yoshinaka donated territory to several shrines.Two manors, Yokoe and Miyamaru, are dedicated to Hakusan Shrine; Nomi-so is dedicated to Sugo Shrine; Choya-so is dedicated to Hachiman Shrine in Tada; Iihara-so is dedicated to Kibi Shrine; There are seven townships including Fujishima.

A few years ago, during the battle at Shiqiao, those who fought against Minamoto Yoritomo fled to the capital to attach themselves to the Ping clan.Among the main characters are Matano Goro Keihisa, Nagai Saito Betto Mimori, Ito Kuro Yushi, Ukisao Saburo Shigeno, Mashita Shiro Shigenao.Just because there was no war for a while and they had nothing to do at home, they took turns to be hosts and feasted every day.First of all, we gathered at Shisheng, and Shisheng said at that time: "In today's situation, if you look carefully, the Minamoto family still has the upper hand, and the Heike family has already shown its defeat. If there is an opportunity, let's go to Kiso Gong." Everyone agreed in unison. Said: "That's right." The next day, when Saburo Fuchao was in the east, Shisheng said again: "Hey, brothers, what did you say yesterday?" They are all very famous people in the Eastern Kingdom, so it’s embarrassing to be swayed by the wind! I don’t care what others do, anyway, I, Jing Jiu, follow the Ping family and I am unshakable.” As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Sheng burst into laughter He laughed and said: "To be honest, I said that to test everyone's thoughts yesterday. I, Shisheng, have already prepared to die in this battle. I can tell everyone that I will never go back to Kyoto again. This has also been reported to Minister Zong Sheng.” After he said this, everyone praised him.Later, maybe no one wanted to break the oath. All the people present died in the battle in the North Kingdom.It's a sad thing.

Let's talk about the Taira family resting their horses and setting up a battle in Shinohara in Kaga country.At the quarter of the hour on May 21 of the same year, Yoshinaka Kiso led his army to attack Xiaoyuan and shouted in unison.On the Heike side, Hatakeyama Shoji Shigeno and Koyamada Bie Dangyoushige, who have been stationed in Kyoto since the Jisei period, received an order this time: "You are experienced samurai, I send you to command the battle." So they all Come to the Northland.The two brothers[1] led 300 cavalry to the front of the formation. Hatakeyama and Imai Shiro confronted each other. At first, they fought with five cavalry and ten cavalry respectively, and then the two sides fought in a melee.That day was May 21st, at noon the scorching sun was in the sky, the blades of grass were motionless, everyone was fighting to be the first, all of them were producing body fluid, like running water.Many of Imai's soldiers died in the battle, and there were not many servants left in the Hatakeyama family. They were unable to fight any more, so they had to retreat.

Afterwards, the Heike sent Magistrate Takahashi Tsuna to lead more than 500 riders forward to challenge the battle.On Kiso's side, Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu and Ochiai Goro Kaneko led more than 300 riders to confront.The two armies did not fight for a long time, because the soldiers brought by Takahashi were recruited from various countries, and none of them were willing to risk their lives, and they all fled.Although Takahashi fought bravely, but because of the emptiness behind him, he had no choice but to withdraw from the battle.When one person was retreating to the rear, he was unexpectedly bumped into by Yushan Kotaro, a resident of Vietnam.Xing Chong thought to himself: "What a decent opponent," he stepped on his stirrups and swung his whip, and came galloping; he rushed to his side and rushed up.Takahashi took advantage of the situation and grabbed Xingzhong, pressed him in front of the saddle bridge and asked, "Who are you? Please tell me your name!" He replied, "You are a native of Yue China, and you are a good young Taro Xingzhong. Xingzhong is eighteen years old." Takahashi listened Liao said: "Poor thing! My son who died of illness last year will be eighteen years old now. Your head should have been chopped off and thrown away, but now I will spare you." Then he let go of him .Takahashi also got off his horse to rest, wanting to wait for his subordinates.Xingzhong thought: "Although he spared me, he is a difficult enemy to deal with, and we have to find a way to kill him." Gao Qiao talked to him sincerely.Xing Zhong was a man with quick eyesight and quick hands. He pulled out his knife and jumped up, stabbing Takahashi twice in the face.At this time, three more cavalry came from the heavy soldiers.Although Takahashi was brave, it was probably doomed, and he was finally killed when the enemy was outnumbered and he was seriously injured.

At this time, Musashi Saburo Zaemon Yukuni led about 300 cavalry from the Heike side charging forward with shouts.From the source family, Nishina, Takanashi, Yamada Jiro and more than 500 riders came to meet the enemy.When the war was not long, many people in the country died.Youguo went deep into the enemy's line, and the arrows were exhausted, and the horse was also hit by the arrow, so he brandished his waist knife and fought on foot. Although he killed many enemies, he was outnumbered, and he was hit by seven or eight arrows, and he died standing stiffly.The general was dead, and his subordinates scattered and fled.

-------------------------- 【1】Oyamada Yushige is the younger brother of Hatakeyama Shigeno. -------------------------- Eight Shisheng Besides, Nagai Saito, the resident of the Musashi country, was not really a real master. Regardless of the fact that the soldiers on his side had fled in all directions, he single-handedly returned many times to carry out defensive battles.He had his own plan in mind, today he specially wore a red-ground silk straight gown, covered with green leather armor, a spade-shaped helmet with gold ornaments on his head, a gold-decorated waist knife, and arrows with white feathers and black spots on his back. , with a bow wrapped in black lacquer and vines, riding a war horse with white money-shaped spots, and a carved saddle decorated with gold decorations on the horse's back.Tezuka Taro Mitsumori, one of Kiso Yoshitaka's subordinates, noticed that he was an extraordinary enemy, and thought: "You are so brave, who is this? It's amazing that all the troops on our side have been defeated, but he persisted in fighting alone. " Then he said, "Quickly report your name." He replied, "Who are you who said this?" It’s my match. It’s not that I look down on you, because I have my own plans, so I can’t name you. Come here, let’s make a move, Tezuka!” After saying that, he rode his horse to Guangsheng’s side.At this moment, Guangsheng's servant arrived, fearing that he would hurt his master, he separated the two of them and rushed towards Saito. "Smart tricks! Do you want to catch the number one hero in Japan?" Then he pulled him over, pressed him in front of the saddle, cut off his head, and threw it aside.Seeing his pawn being killed, Tezuka Taro turned to the left, lifted the soft armor at the lower part of Shisheng's armor, stabbed two knives, twisted it while taking advantage of the situation, and fell off the horse at the same time.Although Shisheng is brave, he is exhausted from fighting for a long time, and he is old, so he is pushed down by Tezuka.Tezuka's followers arrived immediately and ordered him to take the head of Mimori, and then suddenly came to report to Kiso: "Just now Mitsumori wrestled with a strange person and came here to take the head of that person. He looks like a samurai, but he is wearing a straight silk gown; he may be a general, but there is no way to follow him. I have asked him to sign up many times, but he still refuses. His accent seems to be from the Kanto region." Mr. Kiso heard Then he said, "Ah, could it be Saito Bieduo? If it is really him, Yoshinaka saw him in Ueno when he was very young. His hair was already gray at that time, and it must be all white now, but this sideburn It's all black, it's really strange. Jiro Higuchi is familiar with him, he probably recognizes him, quickly call Higuchi!" Kanemitsu Higuchi only glanced at it and said: "Ah, how sad! This is Saito Biebu! Kiso said: "If it is really him, he should be over seventy this year, but his hair is not white, and his sideburns are all black, which is strange!" Hearing this, Jiro Higuchi couldn't stop crying Come down, and said: "Then, let me explain this matter. Because I feel sad, I don't feel that I shed tears. Anyone who holds a bow and arrow should usually leave a last word, just in case, Saito don't be like the old and When Kaneko met, he often said: "If you go to the battlefield after sixty, you have to dye your hair and beard black and dress up as a young man, because it is meaningless to fight with young samurai even if you take advantage of it, and you are said to be an old samurai." Dude, he is often insulted by others, which is really annoying.' From this point of view, he should have dyed his beard and hair. Why don't you ask someone to wash it before looking at it." This is indeed true, after washing it, his hair is all white.

It is said that the reason why Saito Bietang wore the scarlet silk straight gown was because he specially asked the Minister of the Interior Zong Shenggong to bid farewell to him for the last time.He said: "Shisheng has one thing on his mind. When he was attacking Dongguo a few years ago, he was startled by the sound of water birds flapping their wings. He fled back from Kambara in Suruga country without firing an arrow. This is a lifelong hatred. This time Going to the northern country, I am determined to fight to the death on the battlefield. Shisheng is originally from the Echizen country. In recent years, he settled in Nagai of the Musashi country only because he served in your territory. The old saying goes, "returning home with clothes", please allow me to wear a silk straight gown to fight in the northern country Go!" The Minister of Internal Affairs thought "this is a heroic request", so he agreed.In ancient times, Zhu Maichen danced the sleeves of his brocade robe in Kuaiji Mountain [1], and now Saito Bietang is famous in the north when he returns to his hometown.It is also a very tragic thing to leave the name of immortality to future generations like this, and turn the remains into dust in Hokuriku.

On the 17th day of the fourth month, when they set off from the capital with more than 100,000 riders, they seemed to be in a desperate situation. When they returned to the capital in late May, there were only 20,000 riders left.Therefore, some people say: "If you exhaust the lake, you will get plenty of fish this year, but there will be no fish next year; if you burn the forest to hunt, you will get many animals this year, but there will be no animals next year. [2] Considering the future, you should leave room for it." -------------------------- 【1】Zhu Maichen was a native of the Western Han Dynasty. He was the prefect of Kuaiji. [1] The words come from "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals". -------------------------- Nine still dead This time the Northern Kingdom was defeated [1], the parents lost their sons, the wives lost their husbands, and the land was nowhere near, and the country no matter how far or near, and everyone lamented.In this capital city, every family closed their doors, and the voices of chanting Buddha and weeping were endless. On June 1st, the Tibetan Uemon Quanzuo [2] Dingchang summoned Qinjun, the official of the god Quanshao, Deputy Dazhongchen, to the gate of Qingchun Hall, and conveyed the imperial decree: The war has been settled, and we should visit the Great God immediately. Palace 【3】. This grand shrine worships the founding god who descended from the sky. In March of the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Emperor Suinin[4], it was moved from the sea of ​​the Yamato Kingdom to the upper reaches of the Isuzu River in the Ise Kokukai County. The underground rock is the foundation, and the magnificent big palace pillars have been erected.Since it has been worshiped here, this shrine is unique among the gods and deities in more than 3,750 shrines in more than 60 prefectures in Japan.But the emperors of all dynasties have never been here.During the period of Emperor Shomu [5], Fujiwara Hiroshi, the grandson of the left minister Fujiwara Bubi and the son of the Senate Shikibu Minister Yuhe, who served as the major general of the right guard right and Dazai Shaoshi [6], died in October of the 15th year of Tianping (743) Tens of thousands of murderers were gathered in Matsuura County of Hizen Kingdom, endangering the survival of the country, so the imperial court ordered the courtier Ono Hitoto to be the general to attack Hiroshi. At this time, the Emperor visited Daijingu for the first time, setting a precedent.Guangsi has a fast horse, which can run back and forth from Matsuura County in Hizen Kingdom to Kyoto in one day.When he was being pursued, his soldiers and horses were scattered and killed. It is said that he flogged the horse and galloped into the sea.His undead turned into a ghost, often doing terrible things.Especially in the 16th year of Tianping (744) on June 18th, when Xuanfang Seng, the teacher of Guanshiyin Temple in Dazai Prefecture, Chikuzen Kunimikasa County, was making offerings, he was ascending the high seat, beating the drum and ringing the bell, when suddenly dark clouds rolled over. The thunder rumbled and came straight to Xuanfang.In an instant, Xuan Fang's head was taken away, and he was caught in the clouds.It is said that this is because Xuanfang once performed Buddhist deeds to defeat Guangsi. This monk was the one who went with Minister Ji Bei [8] when he entered the Tang Dynasty, and brought the Dharma Xiangzong to Japan.When the people of Tang saw his name, they teased him and said, "Xuan Fang's pronunciation is similar to 'Huan Shi'. I'm afraid something will happen after you return to China." This actually came true.On June 18, the 19th year of Tianping, a skeleton with Xuan Fang's name written on it fell into the courtyard of Xingfu Temple from the sky.Although there was no one in the air, it seemed that thousands of people were laughing.Because Xingfu Temple is the temple of Faxiangzong.Xuan Fang's disciples collected the skeleton and built a tomb, put the head in it, and named it the tomb.This is all caused by Guangsi's undead. Therefore, his undead is enshrined as a god, and now it is honored as Matsuura's Palace of Mirrors. During the period of Emperor Saga[9], when the abdicated Emperor Heijo launched a restoration incident at the instigation of his servant Fujiwara Yakuko[10], the emperor specially sent the third princess, Prince Yuchinai, to the temple of Kamo Shrine to pray Put down the rebellion.This is the beginning of the establishment of Zhaiyuan [11].During Emperor Suzaku's reign, temporary sacrifices were held at Hachiman Shrine in order to put down the rebellion initiated by Shomon and Junyou.This time, following this precedent, various prayers were held. -------------------------- [1] Some versions have the following sentence at the beginning: "Shou Zong Shou Zhong Qing, Hida Shou Jing family, when they passed away when they entered the Taoist country the year before last, they all became monks. The grief in my heart suddenly broke out, and I finally died of hatred." 【2】Tibetan Uemon Quanzuo: That is, the Tibetan and the deputy minister of Youemon Mansion.The left and right gates are responsible for the guards outside the palace gates.Quan Zuo is the deputy minister who is beyond the quota. 【3】The Grand Shrine is the Ise Shrine located in Ise City, Mie County. It is divided into an inner palace and an outer palace, and worships the ancestors of the royal family. 【4】The original text is Emperor Chongshen, according to other versions it should be Emperor Suinin.Emperor Suinin was the eleventh emperor of Japan and died in AD 70. 【5】Emperor Shomu is the forty-fifth emperor of Japan (reigned from 724 to 748). 【6】The left and right guards are responsible for the guards within the palace gates. The chief is called the general, and the deputy is called the lieutenant general and major general.Major General Kwon is an additional major general.Dazai Shaoqian is the vice-official of Dazaifu. [7] Xuan Fang's official surname is A Dao. He entered the Tang Dynasty in the second year of Lingyi (716), studied abroad for more than ten years, and returned to China in the sixth year of Tianping (734).He served as Sengzheng in the ninth year, went to Dazaifu in the 16th year, and died suddenly in Guanshiyin Temple. 【8】Kibi Zhenbei went to study in Tang Dynasty in the second year of Lingfu, and returned to China after 20 years of study. He made great contributions to Japanese culture and education. 【9】Emperor Saga is the fifty-second emperor of Japan (reigned from 809 to 822). 【10】Historically known as the Yaozi Rebellion, which occurred in 810.See Note 7, Section 1, Volume 5. [11] This system of saiyuan, where the emperor dedicated himself to the gods and prayed to quell the war, began with Emperor Saga and ended with Emperor Toba, and lasted for about 300 years. -------------------------- ten Kiso Ultimatum Mountain Gate When Kiso Yoshimaka arrived at the Echizen Kingdom, he summoned his family members to discuss, "I planned to pass through the Omi Kingdom and then attack the capital, but I will encounter obstacles from the monks of Mt. Hiei. It is not difficult to break through their obstruction, but Recently, the Heike family has despised Buddhism, destroyed temples, killed monks, and done all kinds of bad things. We sent troops to the capital to protect Buddhism; It’s easy to handle, but it’s actually very troublesome, what do you think we should do?” Fang Jueming, the secretary of the army, stepped forward and said: “There are 3,000 monks in the monastery, and they may not be of the same mind, and some of them are willing to support Genji. , there are also those who are willing to support the Ping family, so you might as well issue an ultimatum to test it out, who they support will naturally be stated in the reply letter." After hearing this, Kiso said: "It makes sense." Then he sent Jueming to write the ultimatum and send it to the mountain gate go.The ultimatum reads: Yizhong stealthily observes the vicious rebellion of the Ping family. Since Baoyuan and Pingzhi, he has lost the courtesy of his ministers for a long time; Punish ministers and ministers, regardless of whether they are guilty; seize their assets to divide them into subordinates, occupy their manors and give them to their children and grandchildren indiscriminately.What's more, in November of the third year of Zhicheng, the emperor was moved to the palace in the south of the city, and Liu Bolu [1] was in the West Sea.Not only that, but in May of the fourth year of Zhicheng, the Zhuge of the Second Palace [2] was surrounded, and the world of mortals in Jiuchong was disturbed; so the emperor hid in the Yuancheng Temple in order to avoid the disaster of extinction.At this time of crisis, Yizhong received the order of the prince, that is, he wanted to raise the whip and ride the horse for him to gallop. The alleys were full of enemies, and there was no reason to intervene; Genji was far away from the remote country. .However, due to the narrow environment of the temple, Yuancheng Temple was planned to move the Second Palace to Nandu, and fought at the Uji Bridge on the way.The three generals, Lai Zheng and his son, made light of life and valued righteousness, trying to win the first battle; the enemy was overwhelming, and finally their bones were exposed to the moss on the ancient bank, and their lives were thrown into the waves of the long river.But the meaning of the message is indelible to the heart, and the sorrow of the death of the teacher of the same clan of the Genji family is unforgettable.For this reason, the Genji scattered in the eastern and northern kingdoms planned to enter Beijing one after another to destroy the Heike family.In the last autumn, Yizhong sent troops to Xinzhou with his sword and flag raised in order to fulfill his long-cherished wish. At that time, Shiro Changmo, who lived in the city of Echigo State, led tens of thousands of troops to stop him, and confronted him in Yokota Heyuan of Echigo State.With only 3,000 people, Yizhong defeated that army.According to the rumors, General Heike led an army of 100,000 troops to march towards Hokuriku.Yizhong had fought with them many times in Yuezhou, Hezhou, Dilang, Heisaka, Yanzaka, Xiaoyuan and other cities.Strategies are planned, and decisive victory is within reach; this so-called invincible and invincible attack is tantamount to the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, and the winter frost withering the grass.This is all due to the blessings of gods and Buddhas, not the merits of righteousness and martial arts.Now that the Ping family has been defeated, our army is advancing and suppressing, intending to pass through the foot of Ruishan Mountain and advance to the capital.But at this time, there is no doubt in my heart.The Tiantai monks put their hearts on the Heike family? Cooperate with the Minamoto family? If they help that villain, they will definitely go to war with all the monks; To destroy the Buddhadharma, in order to subdue these evil rebels, it would be painful to use righteous soldiers to fight the monks here! If our army is the king of medicine and the mountain king [4] delays the journey, it will inevitably be due to delay, If you neglect the imperial court, you will be ridiculed for the flaws in your military strategy.Therefore, there is a dilemma, begging for clarification.Vow to the three thousand monks, for the gods and Buddhas, for the country and the king, with the same heart as Genji, to punish the murderers, and to bask in the emperor's grace, it is sincerely sincere.Yizhong spoke in fear. June 10, the second year of Shouyong Sincerely, Yuan Yizhong Lawyers of Huiguangfang -------------------------- [1] Bolu: Huo Guang, the great general of the Western Han Dynasty, was granted the title of Marquis of Bolu. 【2】Second Palace refers to Prince Gao Canggong Yiren, the second prince. 【3】Joshiro Nagamo is the grandson of Ping Weimao. [4] King of Medicine and King of Mountains, see Note 4, Section 15, Volume 1.