Takeda Nobushige looked up at the red banner of Takeda's four-sided hibiscus. With the strong wind blowing from the Wife and Daughter Mountain, the hunting sound was like a red fire cloud floating in the sky. Another attack by the Takeda army was repulsed.
As the sound of the roar of the iron cannon gradually disappeared, and after a day of fierce attacks, there was still no gain, Takeda Nobushige decisively ordered the troops to close and slowly retreated backwards.
The sky is getting dark, but there are still a few flames burning tenaciously under the city. A burned battering ram is parked in front of Oshou Gate, with dozens of charred remains scattered around. The pungent smell of burning tung oil has not yet disappeared.
Dissipated, the billowing smoke rising from the pit in the city.
No one expected that the Jin Diggers would accidentally fail. As soon as they dug a secret tunnel, they were blocked by the defenders in the city with tung oil poisonous smoke. The lives of seventy or eighty Jin Diggers were left in the tunnel.
The people of the country quickly demolished their houses and asked the citizens in the city to use stones to re-block the tunnel leading into the city from the sinkhole. Seeing that the tunnel that had been dug out for more than half a month was just abandoned.
On the top of the city, Murakami Yoshikiyo is always on the front line. He must adopt a positive attitude, not only to show off to the defenders in the city, but also to encourage himself. The task Kira Yoshiki gave him at the time was to defend the city.
This city is the last chance given to him by the Kira family. If Kaijin City is destroyed, the Murakami family will also be destroyed.
Murakami Yoshikiyo knew that he did not take the initiative to join the Kira family, and it would be difficult for him to get the special care of the Shinano Guardians. From then on, guarding Kaijin Castle was a difficult task. If he guarded this small town, the restoration of the Murakami family's old territory of Kuzuo Castle would be just around the corner.
He won't be punished if he can't defend Kaijin Castle, but he won't be able to get back the old territory of Katsurao Castle. The Kira family doesn't raise idlers.
Outside Kaijin Castle, Takeda Nobushige looked deeply at the Marukami flag fluttering on the top of the city and immediately retreated. The last ray of afterglow on the horizon also dissipated. Murakami Yoshikiyo took a deep breath, cheered up and shouted: "Quickly.
Quickly send the wounded soldiers for medical treatment, and the civilians will go out to clean the battlefield and repair the gate, and most importantly, bury the pots and make rice so that the soldiers can have a full meal, because they are almost hungry!"
The exhausted samurai were amused by the captain's humorous tone, and the depressing and dull atmosphere was swept away in just a few moments. The people of Shinano relaxed and chatted quietly, and soon they started talking about who killed more people today.
Which whale house's swimming girls are more interesting? They huddle together in a group, muttering, and occasionally bursting into strange laughter.
When he returned to the castle tower, several young men hurriedly took off the heavy armor for him. Murakami Yoshikiyo took a bowl of warm tea and poured it into his stomach in one breath. Several Yubi came in and waited for instructions.
"The Takeda army's attacks are becoming more and more fierce. In the past few days, they will not retreat until dark. The city defense still needs to be repaired urgently. Everyone should keep their eyes open. Our success depends on whether we can defend this city...
…In addition, if you tell me to go down, say that I, Yiqing, have made up my mind that the city will survive and the people will die in the city. Anyone who dares not to try his best will be blamed for my ruthless military law!"
Youbi responded in a low voice and quickly jotted it down, but within a short time, he arranged seven or eight things marked "urgent", from city defense and military affairs to people's affairs and civil affairs, and even small things such as water sources, food, and medical care had to be clearly arranged. At this time,
At this moment, no matter how small the matter is, it needs to be handled carefully and properly.
After talking for a while and drinking a cup of tea, I heard the "thump thump thump" footsteps outside the house getting closer and closer. In the blink of an eye, an unfamiliar samurai broke in. This man's name was Murakami Higo Mamoru, and he was a concubine of the Murakami family.
As Murakami Yoshikiyo's confidant samurai who was in charge of intelligence rarely showed up, he raised his eyes and saw that there were several other people with minor surnames in the room and hurriedly bowed down. Murakami Yoshikiyo waved his hands and sent them all away before asking:
"Why are you so worried about something important?"
"Lord, there is news from Asahiyama Castle. The Long Tail Bomb has won a great victory in Ueno Country. They defeated the main force of the Hojo Army in a fierce fight and took more than 8,000 lives of the Hojo Army. We have won!"
"What! What did you say!" Murakami Yoshikiyo stood up suddenly, grabbed his arm and lifted it up excitedly, "Explain carefully what is going on? Let me slowly tell you how you win."
Murakami Higoshou did not panic, and patiently told the news about how the Nagao Army defeated the main force of the Hojo Army in a high mountain battle. After hearing this, Murakami Yoshikiyo sighed: "Use attack against attack to defeat skill.
The model of our generation of samurai! The long-tail bullet is still so powerful... Wait! You said this news came from Asahiyama Castle? The Zhenfu Palace already knows about it? Hey! What I asked is really nonsense, Zhenfu Palace
You must know that the impact of the defeat of the Hojo Army is not trivial. It seems that the Zhenfu Palace will take action! I just don’t know how the Zhenfu Palace will take action?"
Murakami Yoshikiyo's expectation was good. After Kira Yoshitoki received the information about Ueno's defeat of Hojo Ujiyasu, he immediately started to turn this information into a deadly weapon. With Kira's outstanding ninja ability, he quickly dissipated this information.
In every village in Shinano, Mount Chausu, Hachimangahara and even Fukashi Castle in the rear, there are rumors that the Hojo army was defeated, Ashikaga Fujimasa and Hojo Ujishige were captured, and the Hojo family was forced to give up the entire territory of Ueno in exchange for ransom.
News from the prisoners.
The Takeda Army on Chasu Mountain suddenly stopped laughing. Takeda Harunobu's face was as listless as an eggplant beaten by frost. In the end, Shinano, who might have had problems, was not killed by the Kira Army all the way, but Ueno, who was least likely to have problems.
You actually lost all the way, and Hojo Ujiyasu was beaten so hard that he couldn't fight back. Can you believe this? If someone had told Takeda Harunobu like this yesterday, he would have laughed and regarded this person as a lunatic.
The news that the Hojo Army was defeated and almost lost its pants spread like wildfire in the Chasu Mountain camp. The Takeda retainers quickly jumped out to refute the rumors and declared that there was no such thing. The samurai were skeptical of the elders' refutations. We are not fools.
As long as you are willing to inquire about big news, you will know the truth sooner or later. The elders will quickly come to a conclusion whether what they say is true or false.
One wave after another, the aftermath of the Hojo family's defeat has not yet dissipated, and another rumor has stirred up the morale of the army. After the Nagao Army won a great victory in Ueno Province, the goal of reorganizing the army turned to Nobu.
In Saku County of No Province, Nagao Kagetora will personally lead an army of 15,000 in half a month and enter Shinano Saku County via Ueno Azuma County.
The Chinese people in Saku County were first panicked. Nishi Ueno is just a mountain ridge away from Saku County. It is not much more difficult than going over the mountains from Northern Shinano to Chushinano. Many Chinese people in the two places are related by marriage. Therefore, Saku County is the Takeda Army
The bridgehead that captured Ueno was directly involved in all actions to attack Nishi Ueno. Therefore, every move in Nishi Ueno will have a profound impact on the people of Saku County.
The people of Saku County didn't know whether the rumors were true or not. So they hurriedly sent people to Ueno to inquire about the news. As a result, they found out that it was not the rumors. Nagao Kagetora's 10,000 troops guarded Hirai Castle for a full half month to recuperate. Hirai Castle had just held a ceremony.
A big tea party to celebrate Echigo's victory over the Echigo Alliance cannot be faked.
The intelligence was fed back to Shinano and then quickly back to the main battlefield of Kawanakajima. This time, not only the people of Shinano could not calm down, but also the samurai of the Takeda family could not sit still. They collectively approached Takeda Harunobu and hoped that the family governor would give an explanation. In the end, the Hojo family
Defeated or not, why did the elders of the Shodai family say this was a rumor? Takeda Harunobu was speechless when asked. For a while, the crowd was full of emotions and voices accusing him of deceit.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the clan members of the clan quickly stood up to take the blame, and managed to stabilize the out-of-control situation. However, the morale of the army was already unavoidable. Atobe Nobuaki complained with a sad face: "I said it was not good to do this at the beginning.
If you can't hold it back for a while, it will eventually leak out sooner or later."
Itomi Humasa was angry. He was the one who made this suggestion. It was okay to disgrace him in front of all the ministers, but how could he bring his younger brother to hang out with the Takeda family in the future. The unbearable Iito Humasa loudly rebuked: "I
He Shoumo wants to say those useless words, we will still lose if we don't cover it up, tell the samurai that our ally the Hojo Army has been defeated, and behind us there is a powerful army that defeated the Hojo Army, sharpening its sword and staring at us. What will happen?
?As long as this statement is followed, the people of Shinano Province will be completely gone in less than three days. How can we fight in a joint battle? How can we hold on to the recaptured land! So I insisted on frightening them first. As long as I heard of the temporary danger
, let’s talk about the future later.”
Seeing his allies being attacked by name, Nagasaka Mitsuken retorted unhappily: "It's still very inappropriate to do this! My lord treats people with sincerity. He said that people are cities, people are fortresses, people are walls, favors are friends, and hatred is enemies.
, If we do this, we are messing up our position! How can we win people’s trust in the future?”
"Hmph! Pedantic!"
"You are reckless!"
After a few words, they broke into a quarrel, which made Takeda Harunobu dizzy. It was a good thing that the retainers could never maintain a unified voice, but it would be too bad to turn against each other and become enemies. If not for the samurai on both sides, they were still dedicated to the public good.
With their own thoughts, just playing tricks on each other can make the Takeda family never quiet.
In his boyhood, Takeda Harunobu was served as assistants by Ogiwara Masakatsu, Komai Masatake, Itagaki Nobukata, and Amari Torayasu. He witnessed with his own eyes how Takeda Nobutora acted arbitrarily and forced the retainers into a group to fight against the family governor. His
The four teachers often criticized his father's reckless decisions, thus shaping his rebellious temperament, and even joined forces to exile his father who was unwilling to compromise.
After becoming the governor, Takeda Harunobu's character changed a lot. The embarrassing situation of being the governor of the house in the past returned to him. Among the four teachers, Ogiwara Masakatsu died young, Komai Masaru was good at strategy and scheming, Itagaki Nobukata, Amari
One is domineering, the other is reckless. He often interferes in political decisions in the name of his teacher. He even disrespects orders many times and suffers several unforeseen failures. He still did not repent until Tahara died.
Several teachers died of old age, leaving Takeda Harunobu to take care of the remnants of their family. For example, the equally arrogant and domineering Itagaki Nobunori was executed by him at the wrong time. As he got older, his methods became more and more powerful.
The retainers group was torn apart by him, and it was in line with his original intention that they were all hostile to each other.
It's just that this happy thing has now turned into an unpleasant and bad thing. This group of retainers usually quarrels, forget it, but now the situation is so bad and they keep quarreling. I hold my breath and can't help but yell: "Shut up!"
!Look at what you look like, the generation retainers are the face of my Takeda family, how do you look like the shrews in the town who are making noises and yelling at each other!"
The retainers were so frightened that they did not dare to quarrel anymore. Takeda Harunobu vented his anger and said slowly and leisurely: "Everyone knows the current situation. The Nagatail Army is lurking in Nishi Ueno and can give us a fatal blow at any time.
If our army is entangled by the Kira Army on the front battlefield, the Nagao Army will definitely leave Saku County and sweep all the way north to Kawanaka Island to attack our army from both front and rear. You should know what the consequences of this are.
The war cannot be fought."
"What the lord said is true. It seems that we can't wait any longer! Then let's negotiate peace!" Takeda Noburen is his younger brother and is not as tabooed by the superiors as Takeda Nobutano. When Takeda Harunobu exiled Takeda Nobutora
He is still a child. He has received special trust from Takeda Harunobu since he was a child, and he speaks relatively casually.
Others dare not say that he dares to say it. He is also not afraid that Takeda Harunobu will blow his beard and glare at him. In his opinion, this war has no meaning in continuing. Ten months ago, Nagao Kagetora fought a battle on the Ueno border and actually shocked the powerful
The Sagami Lion of Kanto was defeated. Not only was the Kanto samurai frightened by such power, but even the Takeda army in Shinano was frightened by it.
"This battle cannot be fought. Echigo has the extraordinary ability to reverse the deadlock we have worked so hard to design. If such a turbulent method is used against us, who of the Gongun gentlemen in the tent today can be alone?"
Spared? All we want is to expand the territory and revive the family business. If we don't get it, we might as well stop. The land on our left and right is just the four counties of Kawanaka Island, so what can we do if we give it to them? Anyway, my Takeda family has never gotten it.
"As soon as Takeda Noburen opened his mouth, many members of the clan in the tent shut their mouths.
The reason for going to war is to make achievements. To put it more clearly, it is money, population and food. In the final analysis, it still comes down to the word land. Japan’s land is small and its resources are limited. Not to mention the famous fertile land in the world, there are also mountains and garbage in remote areas.
The samurai fought for a little bit of land.
Since you can't defeat it, why bother to resist? It's not easy for two generations of the Takeda family to accumulate this kind of wealth. Instead of fighting against the monster after Echigo, it's better to manage Hida's new territory. After all, Hida still has access to the north.
It is reasonable for him to think so about the opportunity to go south to Meinong.
It’s not that the Takeda retainers don’t understand this truth. The problem is who dares to say this except Takeda Nobuyoshi. The twenty-year-old Takeda Yoshinobu is still a child in front of these uncles and teachers and has no right to speak. Takeda Nobushige is far away.
Outside Kaijin City, Takeda Harunobu's concubine brothers couldn't even get a word in. There were a few old bones in the clan who knew nothing but seniority. The clan members who were foreign ministers didn't dare to talk.
As long as he can count, he can tell.
"And Echu's consistent persistence may bring about miracles." Masaru Komai said something that even he himself did not believe. A natural danger that he did not know about his children has blocked many heroes.
It would be able to swallow up the Echichu nation, which basically has nothing to do with the overall situation. The role of Echichu and Hao in the anti-Echigo alliance was only to disperse and delay the forces. The main forces were Shinano's Takeda and Ueno's Hojo.
Hojo was destroyed all the way and was so completely destroyed that there was no chance to turn around in the short term. The collapse of a corner of the Hojo family led to the collapse of the entire Ueno, and the eastern part of Shinano was also very unsafe. All the main forces of the Takeda family were betting on Kawanakajima.
Once there is a change in the rear, what will they do to rescue them? The Kira Navy burned a few castles and disturbed the peace in the rear. What would happen if Nagao Kagetora led an army of 15,000 or even 20,000 into Shinano?
Sample?
"We can't expect Nagao to make mistakes at a critical moment. With his military strategy, he will never make a fatal mistake at this time. Once the Nagao army sends troops to attack Saku County, it will be terrible. Nagao Kagetora leads the army to attack Kawanakajima.
A better option, the other option is to lead the army from Saku County over the Shinshu Pass, all the way to Kaifuchu Uzakikan, seize the Takeda family's foundation in one fell swoop, and then detain our family members and elders. How should we deal with this?
?What do we do in response?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the leaders of other countries, such as Kiso Yoshiyasu and Ema Tokimori, who were sitting in the corner, changed. Even the Takeda family's family members were a little unable to sit still. There were hundreds of people in the tent.
Looking at Takeda Harunobu, Kai no Tora's expression kept changing. After a long time, he sighed: "For now... we have to negotiate for peace! Sun Liu, you are here to be the envoy. I grant you the right to do things easily, so go."
Let’s discuss various peace matters in Asahiyama Castle!”
Takeda Nobuyan enthusiastically agreed: "Yes! I, Nobuyan, will go through fire and water for my lord without hesitation. I will definitely live up to my lord's trust this time!"
In Hirai Castle in Ueno Province, Nagao Kagetora got the latest information about Shinano, and was planning to send troops to Saku County to support the Kira Army. The Takeda Retainer Group's prediction was correct, and the Dragon of Echigo really wanted to capture Shinano.
The 10,000 elite men under his command were very successful in the high mountain battles, eating meat and drinking soup. Now they are full of energy and are watching Saku County sharpening their swords.
One of the two biggest troubles in the Ueno Kingdom, the Minawa clan in Nishi Ueno fell apart in a round of internal strife. Whether it was Nagano Yamasa, the king of Nagashu, or the Miao character of his home city, Kamizumi Castle, he changed his name to Kamizumi Hidetsuna.
As well as the other six brothers in their Ueno Shichibongun, they all expressed their willingness to serve under the Kira family. Their lord was unable to get out of the quagmire of Kawanakajima in Shinano. It would be a failure for these new retainers not to quickly stand up and actively express their stance.
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Nagao Kagetora deliberately forced the samurai to make the choice to surrender to Kiragi, which was a helpless decision. Nowadays, the Echigo family has a great business and is getting bigger and stronger. The disadvantages of the dual-headed politics that were not obvious in the early stage are gradually exposed, and the two top leaders
People are always freaks with congenital deformities, and Echigo's political system cannot remain a freak forever.
Echigo is the Echigo of the Nagao family, and will soon become the Echigo of the Kira family. No matter how unwilling the Echigo people are, they cannot refuse this change. Nagao Kagetora is a fanatical Buddhist and a former severe alcoholic.
A strict ascetic who swore a solemn vow not to marry a woman or have children in this life, and to devote all his body and mind to his family business and gods and Buddhas.
If Kiragi had not been available and a samurai from Echigo had been replaced to marry Nagao Kagetora, Nagao Kagetora would have adopted his sister's son as an adopted son at most, or as in history, he would have adopted a few more adopted sons, including the sons from his sister's family.
Come here and adopt a few adopted sons from powerful daimyo from other territories to consolidate your political territory.
But the Kira family is different. The Ashikaga family is the royal family of the shogunate. His prestige and influence are obvious to all and cannot be ignored. According to the name designated by the Ming Empire, it is authentic for the Ashikaga family to hold the gold seal of the Japanese king.
The imperial family. The Ashikaga family of Kamisu is at least a prince's family, and even the former Kira family must be a grand duke.
There are too many ruined nobles and they are not very valuable. For example, in history, monkeys and turtles like to raise some canaries of noble families to show off their strength, and use facts to tell others that noble families are nothing, as long as their fists are big and old.
The order can be smashed to pieces with one punch, but deep down they still envy and worship these despised and run-down nobles.
Those people in the world are like this, especially Nagao Kagetora, who extremely worships the authority and status of the shogunate. Having a famous brother-in-law is tantamount to raising his family status and status, so he took Uesugi Kensei Baba to Echichi and sent him to Kanto
As for the hat of Guan Ling, if it were another famous martial artist, even if they didn't dare to accept it, they would still be polite.
There was no need for Kira Yoshitsune. When Uesugi Kenmasa saw him, he had to salute and call himself a subordinate, because the Uesugi Ashikaga family exercised part of the power of the shogunate on behalf of the shogunate, and the signed letter was equivalent to the royal letter written by the shogun, even if it was Echigo in another time and space.
The dragon also has this power, but the effect will vary greatly depending on the person who uses it.
Echigo Kingdom is also located in the Eastern Kingdom, and is relatively more conservative than the samurai ideology of Kinai. Nagao Kagetora's ambition is only to become a new generation of famous samurai family. It is basically impossible to say what he can do.
There is only one big devil in this world, and he is the only one who does not want to lead the world but wants to destroy all the old order.
Nagao Kagetora is quite aware of Kira Yoshitoki's ambitions. Maybe the Ashikaga family can go higher. Maybe the whole Kanto is under the control of the shogunate again. Maybe there are more things waiting for Kira Yoshitoki to create. In short, Nagao Kagetora
There are many things that Kira Yoshitoshi cannot do, but Kira Yoshitoshi can do them generously. He cannot suppress the arrogant and domineering people of Echigo, but Kira Yoshitoshi can. He cannot command the Ueno people, but Kira Yoshitoshi can.
Seeing that he had been staring at the white clouds in the sky, Saito Asanobu, who had been sitting in a daze for a while, came back to his senses. He coughed and reminded: "My lord, how long do I have to rest before I can go out into battle? Speaking of which,
I, Chao Xin, can’t hold myself back any longer!”
Nagao Kagetora frowned and said: "We may not be able to go. The boys have just fought with the Hojo Army and have to take a good rest. Moreover, we may not be able to go to Shinano. The war horses have been fighting for a whole day. There are more than a dozen
The lost fat can be replenished in a few days, not to mention that soon after the autumn harvest, the Mikuni Pass will be snowed. We are still waiting to go home to celebrate the New Year. We cannot celebrate the New Year in the Shinano mountains.
day."
"Then just stay in Hirai Castle and watch the town palace motionless?" Saito rolled his eyes at Chaoxin and chuckled: "Otherwise, let me, Chaoxin, take three thousand elites to Saku County to have a try.
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ps: ps: The pace of ancient wars was very slow. A military wizard like Huo Qubing, who traveled thousands of miles across the northern desert, was rare to come across in a thousand years. There were many things to consider in war. In a season when autumn was high and horses were fat, war horses fought desperately.
Not being able to gain weight is a troublesome thing. There are thousands of horsemen in Echigo. It is impossible for every horse to eat millet and bean cakes. They must mainly eat grass.