On March 23, dozens of samurai wearing hats were trekking on a mountain road somewhere in Shinano Kozun County. Thick mist floated on the distant mountain tops. This was Shinano’s famous weather phenomenon.
"Inverse fog" is a unique climate feature within Shinano and even the entire world.
Ordinary fog is valley fog rising from the mountainside. The temperature inversion phenomenon caused by the convection between the cold air on the mountain and the hot air on the lower mountain. The warm moisture in the air condenses into fine water droplets suspended in the air when it is cold.
, and then it will gradually cover the entire mountain peak.
The reverse fog is the dense fog formed on the mountain ridge. There are layers of downward eyes along the ridge slope of the mountain ridge. From a distance, it looks like a white wave hanging straight down from the sky. Nearly half of the mountain peak is covered with rich fog.
The fog covers it and forms a natural protective shield. This is the location of Toishi Castle and Toishi Castle.
This team stopped and walked, crossing one mountain ridge after another. It was getting farther and farther away from Xiaoxian County and the mist-shrouded mountain peak was gradually lost in sight. It was already getting late, and dozens of people in the group complained outside a village.
in a small temple.
Soaking stiff rice balls in boiling hot pumpkin soup and eating them warm is a way of eating that has become popular in the past two years. High-quality Echigo pumpkins are sold privately to the Takeda family through Hokushinano, and the price is only half of the same weight of rice.
It tastes extremely sweet.
People have gradually accepted the food culture radiation from Echigo. For example, dozens of samurai in this line wear fur coats. The popular clothing styles of Echigo always flow into Shinano at the fastest speed, and there is really no better way to keep warm in winter than fur coats.
A better choice.
The fatigue from a day's walking gradually dissipated, and the warriors went to bed early. Only two middle-aged warriors sat in front of the fire pit in a daze.
"Did you hear this, brother? The travelers on the road are all discussing the news coming from Echigo. It is revealed that the assassination attempt of Deura Isemori failed. There is also the news that Nagao Kagetora has returned from the secular life and put down the civil strife."
The middle-aged man said angrily: "We didn't know anything about it! I don't know what the main hall is thinking!"
Another middle-aged man with a long beard smiled bitterly: "I have expected all this..."
The sturdy middle-aged man asked: "What did brother expect?"
"The unusual movements of the ninjas are nothing new. More than half a month ago, Echigo suddenly put down the Echichu Ichikai clan riots, and Kasuga... Kosaka Masanobu's activeness is enough to explain the problem!" The middle-aged man with a long beard smiled bitterly.
Said: "Have I, Xingtaka, reached this land now?"
Yazawa Norizuna quickly advised: "Brother, don't say that! Shinano can't live without you. Without your hard planning, the Takeda family would never be able to capture half of Shinano! My Sanada family is the number one samurai family in Shinano country.
ah!"
"Haha! My lord, you don't think so. Didn't Norio Tsuna notice that our family's status has been declining?" Yukitaka Sanada smiled helplessly, but the bitterness on his lips could not be concealed.
"Are you still resenting the reason for that defeat?" Yazawa Norizuna said angrily: "But that's not my brother's fault! Tohru didn't notice Kira Chibi's abnormal behavior, which led to our tragic defeat..."
"The elders of the retainer group don't think so, and the members of the lord's family don't think so. Maybe the lord is also doubting me, Yukitaka?" Sanada Yukitaka's smile lacked the previous free and easy and confident, and was much more.
Pain and helplessness.
Since the defeat in the Battle of Kawanakajima two years ago, the development momentum of the Takeda family has begun to decline, and the Sanada family has also been unstoppable from victory to decline. The scene of the Shinano people surrounding the Sanada family has disappeared in a hurry. From Echigo
The pressure forced him to brace himself and deal with it carefully every day. Compared with the glorious days a few years ago, his life was getting more and more difficult now.
Shortly after the battle ended, at the post-war evaluation meeting at Tsubasaki Hall, Takeda Harunobu resisted the anger of the family members because of the defeat. He chose to give up pursuing the responsibility for the Sanada family's failure. However, due to the indifference of his colleagues, Takeda Harunobu's
The loss of credibility is inevitable.
"I still didn't seize the opportunity! If only the preparations for last year's night attack were more thorough, and the intelligence obtained was more sufficient, everything would be better!" Sanada Yukitaka is still disappointed with the failure of last year's surprise attack on Susuki Castle, and this huge defeat.
With the last hope of counterattack, Takeda Nobushige returned to Kai in disappointment. As a result, the status of the Sanada family plummeted. Not only did they lose the taxation and independent military service privileges promised by Takeda Harunobu, they also faced a lot of criticism from colleagues and Shinano.
Yazawa Yorizuna comforted him: "However, the main hall's plan failed this time!"
"I already knew that we would fail."
"What? Brother already knew?"
Yukitaka Sanada said slowly: "It is true that my lord is good at strategy, but his strategy is a bit worse than ours. Echigo is now being managed like an iron bucket by the Kira family. He has been recuperating and doing nothing for nearly two years.
His patience far exceeds that of my lord, and from this alone we can tell that this operation will definitely fail."
"Yes! My lord still sent troops to the field last year. He went to Nishi Ueno to fight a battle that was not a loss or a profit. He also snatched a little bit of supplies from the farmers in the castle town and the countryside. He was barely able to make a profit.
Earn it!" Yazawa Yoritsuna said with a sarcastic face.
This battle has nothing to do with the Sanada family. Their family is defined as the "Japanese Flag Leader of Xiaozhen County", which means that he should stay in Sanada Township without going anywhere and pinpoint the direction of the attack in the direction of Echigo.
At the same time, he also nailed himself to this piece of land, unable to move.
As a result, the invasion of Ueno lasted for a long time and did not reach the city. Calculating the personnel lost and the pressure of food and grass supplies along the way, we still suffered a lot. We wantonly plundered the townspeople of Ueno and the last rations in the hands of farmers. This time, not only did they compete with Nishi Ueno
The countrymen formed a deadly feud and forced the farmers to hate the Takeda Army even more. The next invasion war will probably be even more difficult.
Listening to his brother's complaints, Yukitaka Sanada smiled slightly and said: "Contacting Echichu and using the army to attack Echigo was always a clever move, but now it was used at the most inappropriate time. The Echigo army has not moved and there is no flaw.
After two years of training, the foundation is extremely stable. How can one assassination or one attack shake it? Unless I am lucky enough to kill Kira Yoshitoki or Nagao Kagetora, but in this case the other person will definitely become angry, which is still detrimental to my Takeda family.
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"Unless I kill Nagao Kagetora and Kira Yoshitomo in one go. Then I attack Kasugayama Castle and take away Kira and Nagao's retainers..." At this time, the night was getting darker. The small temple looked...
It was exceptionally quiet. Yazawa Yorizuna carefully looked at the sleepy warriors in the distance before continuing to mock: "Is this possible? That's probably what Kasuga Torasuna, the pet companion of the main hall, thinks like this? He is really a butt and no head.
people!"
"His current name is Kosaka Tansho Tadashi Masanobu, son-in-law and adopted son of Kosaka Chikuzen Shoushige."
"Yes, yes! It's this Kosaka Danzho Tadashi Masanobu!" Yazawa Norizuna said with a contemptuous smile: "Speaking of which, his official name is the same as his brother! Last year, his old father-in-law, Kosaka Chikuzen Morishige, was dismissed to make room for him.
He was forced to live in seclusion. At the beginning of this year, because he was not promoted quickly enough, he went to the main hall to report his father-in-law, the Kira family. In the end, his father-in-law was executed. The Kosaka clan fell into his hands..."
Yukitaka Sanada frowned when he heard this and scolded: "Where did you hear this from? You should stop listening to such baseless rumors! Do you know that talking nonsense can kill people?"
"I heard about it from my friends in Saku County..."
Sanada Yukitaka felt that there must be something wrong with this. After thinking carefully for a moment, he said: "No matter who you heard it from, don't listen to such gossip in the future, let alone talk about it everywhere. Now Kosaka Danzheng is in front of the main hall."
The red man is the person who has been promoted the fastest among the direct ministers, and our status is not as good as before, so we must be careful in everything!"
"Yes! Yes!" Yazawa Yoritsuna's face turned blue with fright, and he nodded calmly.
The two of them were silent for a long time without speaking. After a while, the flames in the fire pit gradually became smaller. Sanada Yukitaka picked up a few pieces of firewood and threw them into the fire pit. He picked up a branch and fiddled with the charcoal fire casually, and suddenly turned around and asked: "Your
Saku-gun’s friend isn’t Okuma Bizenmori or Shiroori Fuyu, right?”
Yazawa Norizuna was stunned for a moment and asked strangely: "Huh? How did brother know?"
"Of course I know, and I also know that the two of them are most likely to be sent by Echigo to die." Sanada Yukitaka warned: "You should avoid interacting with them in the future, and be careful to get something you shouldn't touch!"
"What? Brother, do you mean they have a problem?" Yazawa Yoritsuna was so frightened that he almost jumped up. He knew that his brother didn't like to joke, and his words rarely failed, so he hurriedly suggested: "Then let's
Report to the main hall immediately!"
Sanada Yukitaka shook his head with a wry smile: "Didn't you just talk about how the main hall treats my family? With the current situation of our family, we can't protect ourselves. How do you think the main hall's character will treat my report?"
"Brother means...won't the main hall believe us?"
"Absolutely! You may not believe it, or you may be suspicious of my family's intentions. As my lord, have you never doubted the intentions of these two Echigo traitors? Of course you have to doubt it, but I don't need to wait for my retainers to express this suspicion.
, everyone doubts both of them, then the safer they are.
The two traitorous Echigo samurai who cannot be trusted cannot cause trouble at all. No matter whether they die or not, they can only cling to the authority of their lord. If they always try their best to be loyal and make more achievements, they will naturally be promoted and reused.
, if it is found that they are dead, how difficult will it be to execute them?" Sanada Yukitaka is very familiar with Takeda Harunobu's character, and now he has been able to figure out about 70% of his protagonist's character and way of dealing with things, and he is careful to keep everything
It is his habit to use backhand as a counterattack.
In the eyes of Takeda Harunobu, Echigo's two deaths are not a problem at all. He is simply an ant that can be crushed to death if he wants. What really gives him a headache is Kai's sect, the senior members of the Hodai family, these people are all
Representatives with senior qualifications, strong abilities, wide connections, and high status, and they are also relatives who stick together with each other. If they touch each other, they will explode.
Sometimes the words of these gendai are more effective than his official family governor. The authority of the lord has been severely suppressed by these gendai, so Takeda Harunobu can't wait to promote Yukichen Kosaka Masanobu.
, Naito Masatoyo, Baba Nobuharu et al.
Back then, his father, Takeda Nobutora, was such a powerful figure. He was a member of a group because of his murder of Shodai. The Shodai kicked him out of Kai and exiled him to Suruga for retirement. Now he is also facing this problem. The domineering Nobu Itagaki has just died.
Three years ago, Takeda Harunobu took action against his legitimate son Itagaki Nobunori, and as a result, he was immediately boycotted by a clan and a family.
In the end, he succeeded in killing Itagaki Nobunori, but that time he still severely offended the Ichidai. Since then, his actions as a family governor have never gone smoothly. Two years ago, he was almost killed in a big defeat in Kawanakajima.
For one school, the generations of the school blamed Kasuga Torasuna, Baba Nobuharu, and Naito Masayo, who were promoted and promoted by Takeda Harunobu, forcing him to make a compromise and promised to satisfy the school with more occupations and additional titles for Tomoyo.
generation’s appetite.
Yukitaka Sanada, who was well aware of the inside story, repeatedly warned: "My lord is still having a headache, the conflict between generations. Promoting and reemploying those people at this time is a signal. In the future, you must remember not to mention bad things about them in front of outsiders. Do you understand?"
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"Understood! Please rest assured, brother!" Yazawa Norizuna hesitated for a moment and said: "Echigo sent so many people to persuade my brother to join the Kira family. Hasn't he been tempted? With his ability, he can do it with his backhand.
Seize half of Shinano for the Kira family, right? Can’t the status of my Sanada family be protected in the same way?”
"You don't understand!" Sanada Yukitaka shook his head and sighed: "I can't move now and don't dare to move. Torupo has been monitoring our actions. Once Echigo surrenders, he will not say anything about the safety of our family and the Sanada family, but Taro is far away in Kai.
,Jiro and Goro will also die because of this..."
"Is it just for this reason?"
"Of course not. I have made some achievements by becoming an official in the Takeda family, and I have been repaid with rewards by my lord, but how should I repay the kindness of knowing someone? If I betray the Takeda family, how should the world view my Sanada family? Although I, Yukitaka, have spent my life
Countless samurai have betrayed, but I am not a ungrateful person. Do you think the samurai sent a few envoys just to sway my clan? Absolutely impossible!" Sanada Yukitaka's tone was very firm, which made Yazawa Yorizuna couldn't help but think of the time when he gave up his knot.
The emblem of the Yanjin family is an allusion to the replacement of six consecutive coins.
"Rokuren-moi means six-way money. It is the ferry fee for crossing the Sanzu River. It symbolizes that the samurai of the Sanada family have the consciousness to fight to the death!" Many years ago, the still very young Yukitaka Sanada said before bidding farewell to Yazawa Yoritsuna and fleeing to Ueno.
A passage from the past came to mind again.
"A samurai family who is unjust for profit will be laughed at, especially the samurai who once said that he hates Katsuki and betrayers the most..." Yazawa Yoritsuna slapped his forehead and exclaimed: "Oh! I finally figured it out! No wonder Kira
The family’s envoys are all unknown warriors, are they just to test my family’s firm will?”
"Do you also understand?" Yukitaka Sanada shook his head and smiled: "The Takeda Army is probably not in a hurry to deal with Shinano's affairs. If I am really stupid and jumps out to rebel, I will have to face the attack of the angry Takeda Army.
At that time, we lost the territory of Sanada Township, and then Taro, Jiro, Goro and others fled to Echigo in panic to survive. As a result, our family, territory, and family name were lost. What's the point of this life!"
Yazawa Norizuna sighed in agreement: "Yes! Our Sanada family can't do such a thing!"
"My lord must still be planning the next strategy. I have to get ready. Go back and write a strategy and give it to my lord. Maybe it can earn a good impression for my Sanada family... Go to bed early! I have to go on the road tomorrow!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!