On September 19, Kira's army entered Iwafune County, the northernmost part of Shimotsu, extending from the Agano River to the northeast. Along the way, they attacked the Ta clan, the Kachi clan, the Nakajo clan, the Kurokawa clan, the Irobe clan, the Honjo clan, and the Ayu clan.
The Kawa clan extended in a line towards Dewa Kingdom, and their group of warriors was the so-called Yangbei clan, also known as the Aga Hoku clan.
This group of psoriasis-like local Chinese organizations exists in various countries. For example, there is a group of Chinese people in Kinei who are difficult to offend and difficult to deal with. Usually their knees are as weak as noodles and they kowtow to everyone they meet. But if you mess with them, they will form a group.
The swarms of soldiers rose up to form an army, and even the imperial court and shogunate couldn't recruit them. The people in these places were similar, and everyone had a good ability to entangle people. For example, the Yangbei Zhong of Echigo was a model-level gangster among them.
This group of people is very similar to the Musashi Seven Party but not the same. The similarity is that they all come from the north of the Agano River and are far away from the Kasugayama Castle government office in Joetsu. They gradually established a group of samurai groups relying on the local area based on geographical relationships. The difference is that
What is different about these people from the lang party in the Kamakura period is that they are not from the same clan. They come from many unrelated lang parties.
Among them, the more famous clans are divided into the Chichibu Party of Koizumi-so, the Miura Party of Okuyama-so, the Sasaki Party of Kaji-so, the Omi Party of Shirakawa-so, and the old Nitta Party and Shinano Genji Party who favor the Nagao family.
Waiting for the Wu family to unite to form.
The main clan of the Chichibu Party, the Honjo clan, is divided into two other branches: the Irobe clan and the Ayukawa clan. This family comes from one of the Bando Hachihei clan. The real direct descendant of the Chichibu Party is the Hatakeyama Shigetada clan, a famous imperial family in the early Kamakura period. Since his death
The latter family's lordship was inherited by the Ashikaga family, and now the Ashikaga Hatakeyama family, one of the three lords, came into existence.
The Nakajo clan of the Miura Party has nothing to do with the Nakajo Tokihide family of the Kira family. The Miura Party is also one of the Bando Hachihei clan, and the governor of the family, Nakajo Fujishi, is also a leader in the Yangboku clan.
The samurai family consists of the Kurokawa Morimino family who are causing great chaos, the Kurokawa Kiyomito father and son family, the Yoshie Keizi family, and the Yamayoshi Masahisa family who are close to the Nagao family.
The Omi Party is spread throughout Echigo, and its direct descendant is the Jo clan, the one who escaped with Ohuma Asahide. He also became an honorable prisoner. The Omi Party is also one of the Bando Hachihei clan, and the branch family
There are the Kakizaki Keike clan, the strongest warriors in the seven counties of Echigo, the Yasuda Nagahide clan, and the Sugihara clan.
The clan of the Sasaki Party is the Kachi clan, and the branch families include the Shinbada clan, the Igogōno clan, and the Takemata clan. They are also a very powerful and powerful clan of people. In order to achieve peace with the Yangbei clan, Nagao Weikage had his sister beheaded.
Marrying Kachi Harutsuna, a member of the Sasaki Party, as the main wife, this was how the Yangbei people were appeased.
The old Nitta Party was not a family, but a samurai family from the Southern Dynasties that Nitta Yosada belonged to. Among them were the Okuno clan, the Ganzao clan who were close to the Nagao family, the Kanatsu clan of the Shinano Genji family, and the Nitsu clan, who were also on the side of the Nagao clan.
In addition to these families, the Yamaura clan of Shirakawa-so and the Chisaka clan of Hashimaro Castle, although they live north of the Agano River, are not members of the Yangboku clan. The Yamaura clan is a concubine branch of the Echigo Uesugi family.
The Chisaka family is a common branch of the Inukaku Uesugi family. Both families belong to the Echigo Uesugi sect and are deeply separated from the Yangbei clan.
In fact, the Shimogoshi Nagao family also has a territorial tomoyo, and the Nagao family is also a member of the Kamakura Party clan, one of the Bando Hachihei clan. The development of the family is intertwined throughout Kanto, and it has been serving as the head of the Uesugi family in Kanto, and the Kamakura Party
The strength even exceeds the combined strength of the Chichibu Party, Miura Party, and Omi Party. Among them are the Chiaki Nagao Clan, the Kamakura Nagao Clan, the Shirai Nagao Clan, the Sosha Nagao Clan, and the Echigo Nagao Clan, but
The strength of this clan is dispersed to the eight Kanto countries and is much weaker. In Echigo, there is only one Echigo Nagao branch.
Even so, Echigo Nagao still has branches such as Fuuchi, Sanjo, Ueda, Suiyoshi, Shimoda, Zooudo, and Biwajima. Once the power of the entire Nagao family is kneaded together, its power can stabilize the head of the Yangboku clan.
, the strategy pursued by Nagao Kagetora is also a strategy dedicated to uniting one sect and winning over and dividing the northern crowd.
From the moment the Kira army carrying the two Ashikaga flags entered Shimotsu, the people of Echigo showed great enthusiasm. In the Ohiro room of Kachi Castle, Kanatsu Yoshihiro, who is a pro-Nagao faction among the Yangboku people,
Yorihisa Oguni personally greeted them. Both of them were around forty years old, and their expressions of excitement could not be concealed.
The two of them have been under tremendous pressure for more than half a month. Some secret agreements reached within Yangbeizhong were also learned by them from special channels, but even if they knew, what could they do? If you want to work in this circle, you must abide by the rules of the circle.
Rules, the same principle can be applied to the circle of Yang Beizhong. They, non-mainstream people who belong to the Nagao family, can only do so much unless they are obsessed with getting along with Yang Beizhong, which is not a good thing for their family.
"Wuweidian's great victory in China and Vietnam greatly boosted everyone's morale! It made many people more determined to resist the rebels!"
"Wuweidian! Should we start a war?"
The two people, who had been depressed for many days, were now eager to fight. Kira Yoshitoki said with a pleasant expression: "No rush! Let's talk about the situation in Chujo Echizenden first?"
"The situation at Echizenden is not bad! The Kurokawa family and the Honjo family have been quiet these days. The Daihoji family has been stationed at Maizuru Castle in the Honjo family. There has been no movement for the time being." Neither of them said it was because they were scared by the Kira army.
After going out into battle, the news that Kira's army casually defeated two thousand troops reached Shimotsu. Anyone who dared to fight in the wild without opening their eyes at this juncture was simply seeking death.
"Hide away and be a coward? Do you think that I can't deal with you if you do this?" Kira Yoshi smiled silently. He burned Hojo Castle to half ashes with only a fire, and suppressed it with iron cannons and heavy vine bows.
With the current level of tactics, it was simply cheating. If he hadn't cherished his troops and was not willing to use human lives to replace them, Hojo Castle would have been captured long ago.
A simple welcome banquet was held hastily with the people of Shimogotsu gathered together. Except for Nakajo Fujisaki, Ayukawa Kiyonaga, and Irobe Katsunaga who were in charge of the front line, basically everyone who was supposed to come came. At the banquet, the people from the north were competing
In order to flatter the acting king, some people who were directly involved in Kasugayama Castle vividly described the situation on that day, including Yoshiki Kira's wise and decisive actions.
Anyway, the cultural foundation of these Yangbei people is just like that. On the other hand, they use only a few adjectives. The Kira family felt nauseated. Although the samurai of Mikawa are stupid enough, at least they are also in Kinai.
After three years of training, I have never eaten pork and seen pigs running away, so I have long dismissed such low-level flattery.
This modest welcome banquet ended quickly. Kira Yoshishi refused those Yangbei people who were ready to flatter him on the grounds that he was tired from the distance. These people just wanted to get closer to each other, and it would be best if they could find out about the Kira family's armaments.
And how to train elite soldiers. As for their allegiance? They never said it from the beginning to the end.
"It's okay to hide! It's better to hide than to wander around."
Honda said with a frown on his face: "Master, the traffic in Xiayue is not smooth, and the transportation of the small load-carrying team is really..."
"Is there something wrong with the little Tuohe team?"
"Because there are too many swamps and terraces in Xiayue, our army's small load-carrying team was not familiar with the roads and was in danger of elk. They took long detours several times to transport military supplies and encountered local servants and bandits. Fortunately, they were all plundered by our own foot soldiers. The light troops were annihilated one by one." Echigo's territory was extremely wide, hundreds of kilometers from northeast to southwest, and its terrain was complex and covered with various landforms such as swamps, dense forests, hills, mountains, and deep valleys. It moved northeast from the Shinano River, and gradually The emergence of a large number of undeveloped lakes, swamps and wetlands has brought great trouble to the normal march of the small load-carrying team.
Kira Yoshi walked to the map and thought for a moment, then pointed to a blue line on the map and said: "Change back to the boat! You can go directly to Hirabayashi Castle from Arakawa."
Following the place pointed by his hand, it was the Arakawa at the northern end of Shimotsu. This natural river divided the Yohoku clan into two parts. North of the Arakawa were mainly the Honjo clan, the Ogawa clan, and the Irobe clan, which belonged to the Chichibu Party. The Ayukawa clan and other clans are located here close to the Shonai of Dewa country, so our clan has always been inextricably linked with the people of Dewa country.
Honjo Castle was originally called Maizuru Castle. It was originally the residence of the Ogawa clan, the branch of the Honjo clan. Since two years ago, when Honjo Shigeru was thirteen years old, he presided over the 13th taboo of his father, the head of Honjo House, and suddenly launched a revolt and forced his uncle Ogawa Nagatsu to death. After that, he took advantage of the situation to capture Maizuru Castle and renamed it Honjo Castle.
Attacking Honjo Castle is the core goal of this operation. The Kira family used this Arakawa to transport troops and supplies to Hirabayashi Castle. This was not only a simple operation of transporting troops and supplies, but also a test for the people of Haoyue to test their response to the attack. What is the attitude and stance of Honjo City?
"Your Majesty, I understand!" Honda nodded as if he had some understanding, and hurriedly stood up and left.
"Honjo Shibanaga, Irobe Katsunaga, Ayukawa Kiyonaga, the Chichibu clan's mainjo clan is really troublesome, and the Yanghoku clan is even more troublesome!" Li, who stared at the map and thought for a long time, couldn't stand it anymore and ran back to his battalion commander. .
After repelling the maids arranged by the Katchi family, Kira Yoshi immediately relaxed. The many days of running around and scheming really made people feel exhausted. Fortunately, the bad situation was finally brought under control, and the situation that was about to break out was The First World War was an important battle that ended the Echigo Civil War.
"Your Highness, must you be tired? Chiyome will help you squeeze your shoulders!" The little lolita with twin tails quietly emerged from behind him. Compared with the skinny little lolita half a year ago, she has grown more than half a head taller in just a short time. If little Loli hadn't been unable to keep up with her nutrition when she was young, she might have been able to challenge her height of 1.48 meters.
"Well, use some strength here!" Not only has the idiot Loli grown much taller, but her hair has also grown longer. The two twin tails are dozens of times larger than the pigtails she first saw, and they can already hang down to her shoulders. Quite a scale.
"By the way, what does Chiyo-onna usually do? She always appears and disappears."
"Now? Follow His Highness, practice ninjutsu, eat and sleep!" The idiot Loli's off-line answer was still powerful. With the massage, her little head would swing from side to side, and her twin ponytails would sweep over his face, tickling him. , not long after, I gradually closed my eyes as I felt sleepy.
"Your Highness!"
"Huh?"
"What happened to that demon boy?"
"...Didn't we agree that we can't ask questions about Doraemon before we go back? You broke the rules again!" Kira Yoshishi opened his eyes and flicked Chiyome on the forehead.
"Oh! Then don't talk about it! Why do you want to flick someone's forehead!" The idiot Loli pouted and rubbed her smooth forehead with an unhappy face. After a while, she turned her head and asked quietly: "Your Highness again
Do you want to go to a joint battle?"
"Um!"
Chiyome Mochizuki tilted her head and looked at him: "When will we finish beating those bad guys?"
"This is a bit complicated, I can't say exactly."
"Is it like the story of Doraemon? It will take a long time to know the outcome!"