It was midsummer and the sun was blazing. Echigo in June had just experienced several heavy rains. The ravines of the mountain stream were lush and green, and the grass and trees grew taller unconsciously. The dense leaves covered the blue sky. The summer in Echigo
The rain was so dense that the citizens of the castle town were busy drying their clothes and bedding while the sun was shining brightly.
Kasugayama Castle welcomes another couple's wedding. This time, the protagonists are Hosokawa Fujitaka and Numata Musk. After nearly ten years of hard work in lolita control, they finally became successful. Unknowingly, Hosokawa Fujitaka is also twenty-five years old.
The hairless young man now looks particularly majestic with two shiny beards. Six months of intensive training has strengthened his originally thin figure, and finally he does not look like a weak scholar.
As soon as his newlywed wife reached the age of hairpins, she was hurriedly married by Hosokawa Fujitaka. It was obvious that Hosokawa Fujitaka was still a little anxious. Kira Yoshitoki was seven years younger than him, and now all three of his wives were pregnant.
Child, he is still a bachelor. Every day he sees and hears a group of married fathers showing off their sexual intercourse. How can he bear it? At least he survived until today and can sleep and fly with his wife in a serious manner.
The newlyweds were not the most excited people at the wedding. The most excited person was Numata Mitsukane. This woman had raised a lot of good girls from her own family and was dancing happily among the guests at the wedding banquet. However, everyone had to betray him.
This kind of face, even if you don't look at Numata Mitsukane's face, you still have to give face to his sons-in-law.
Kira Yoshitoki turned a blind eye to all this, smiled and sent his blessings to the newlyweds who were ten years apart, and then left the table with the pot-bellied Torahime. With his current status, he could no longer eat with his retainers like before.
Chatting. As long as there is a banquet with him, he will always seem a little restrained.
Back at the imperial palace, Torahime felt a little sleepy with her belly full. She didn't want to let go of her husband, so she took a nap in Kiragi Toki's arms. Being with her pregnant wife for a long time also made him develop the habit of taking naps, and he just took a nap.
, there was a faint sound of footsteps in the corridor, and a gust of wind blew past the female ninja. She put down a letter and quickly retreated. The whole process took only a few breaths, so that the busy maid outside the courtyard did not notice it.
Abnormal.
Kira Yoshitoki turned sideways and picked up the document and unfolded it. It was a summary of the intelligence of the past few days. More than a month had passed since Nakajo Tokihide captured Kurita County. Documents were sent to Echigo one after another, asking for Kira Yoshitoki's request.
Fang Lue asked for support and manpower, and so on. He also said that he envied his colleagues in Echigo and hoped to be transferred to Echigo as soon as possible.
In the final analysis, it was just Nakajo Tokihide who used his actions to show that he had no second thoughts. He acted without authorization to detain the shogunate angels, raided the Hexagon Army camp and captured 15,000 people. Finally, they acted without authorization and exchanged money and food for Litai County.
If we only talk about the gains and losses of this operation, the Kira family must have made a lot of money. They suppressed potential enemies and strengthened themselves, and also used this opportunity to warn the small people in Kinai. Don't think that the Kira family is in decline in Echigo and is easy to bully. That's just
We didn't show our fangs.
Such a blatant action caused such a big trouble. It is impossible to say that Kira Yoshi was not angry. When Nakajo Tokihide was preparing to take action, he did not know anything about it until Hattori Yasushi's information was sent via Asuka.
It was only later that I learned the general details. By that time, the night battle at Shouyama had already ended. It would be meaningless for him to convict again. Instead, it would cause more trouble to those who stayed behind in Omi.
"Should we transfer the master craftsman to Omi? The weather in Omi is warm and suitable for the elderly to take care of themselves... Well, I'm afraid there are some problems. Outsiders may not know the reason why Hattori Baochang was sent to Omi by me, but it's clear to everyone.
As for Chu, Shixiang withstood the siege of 110,000 troops in Yuezhong, and his achievements were even better than those of Murakami Yoshikiyo. If he were sent to Omi, it would inevitably make everyone have other ideas."
Kira Yoshitomo thought quietly, and after a careful search, he found that there was indeed no more suitable candidate than Nakajo Tokihide to take charge of Omi. Omi's newly developed Ritai County was very important, and the implementation of a series of government decrees could not be separated from their methods.
For a mature team, rashly replacing a general who is in charge of the troops will inevitably dampen the morale and enthusiasm of the remaining samurai in Omi. At this time, it is better to slow down than to rush and can only temporarily press the button.
"Huh? What's wrong? What kind of information is this?" Hu Ji yawned and changed her position to lean on his arms. She had become particularly pestering since she was pregnant. If she couldn't see Kiragi for half a day, she would lose her temper and throw things.
, Kira Yoshitoki knew very well that this was caused by the shadow of Torahime's childhood. Her father died and her mother became a monk. She left her hometown and was alone. This shadow has only a few embers left until now.
In the past, he had a strong shell to protect him, but now that he has become a little woman, he especially likes to cling to him. Pregnant women are always emotionally sensitive and will inevitably be associated with some unpleasant memories. Princess Aya told him that this is normal, as long as he gives her
It takes some time to get used to it, and things will get better after giving birth.
"It's nothing, just some news from Omi... Huh? Imagawa Yoshimoto is going to Luo! Why so fast?"
Hu Ji's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her hazy sleepy eyes and asked: "What's so fast?"
"Imagawa Yoshimoto is preparing to go to Luo. My brother has already been sent to Mikawa to make advance arrangements. The action is much faster than I expected." When Kira Yoshimoto said this, he frowned unknowingly. This year is the first year of Yonglu.
In 1558, if he remembered correctly, Imagawa Yoshimoto came to Luo in the third year of Yonglu, that is, in 1560, and the information sent clearly stated that the Imagawa family was ready to mobilize troops at any time.
"How could this happen so far in advance? It's completely wrong! Is it really a butterfly effect? But I didn't interfere with Jun Yuanzou's affairs! In the past two years, the Imagawa family was deeply affected by the death of Taiyuan Xuezhai. How?
Are you going to Luo suddenly?" Kiragi was shocked by the news, and his head was in a mess and he couldn't figure out what was going on.
This news was far beyond his expectation. Although those memories had long been blurred and fragmented, he still remembered the general deeds and still knew the famous surprise attack very clearly.
Torahime opened her eyes wide and glanced at the small regular script on the document, and said softly: "Perhaps Imagawa Harubu thinks that we can defeat the Takeda family and the Hojo family, so he rushed to Luo to ask for a favor from the shogunate!"
"Win the Takeda family and the Hojo family..." Kira Yoshitoshi's eyes lit up: "Maybe that's it! The two pillars of the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Koshigawa Shun had problems at the same time. The Takeda family was completely defeated by the main family and needed to rely on Imagawa Yoshimoto.
The diplomatic envoys were able to stabilize the situation. The Hojo family was severely damaged by their elder brother and did not dare to expand further north. At present, the Three Kingdoms Alliance is a one-man show played by the Imagawa family. Taking this opportunity to use the banner of Kamikawa to capture Owari can be regarded as a way to strengthen itself.
Good choice.”
Torahime tilted her head and asked in confusion: "Why did you seize Owari under the guise? Didn't you go to Shangluo?"
"Shangluo? Definitely not Shangluo! Do you think that every martial arts family has made the same desperate decision as Yu did in the past, dragging his family and family to Kyoto to defect to the shogunate?" Kira Yoshi chuckled, and then said: "According to reliable information, this plan is
Taiyuan Xuezai decided on it eight years ago. At that time, the Imagawa family was satisfied with their newly captured Mikawa Kingdom, so they ordered Taiyuan Xuezai to devise a plan for Luo. No matter how the plan was carried out, the first step was to capture the Owari Kingdom. If they could not capture it, they would
Owari Kingdom, this Shangluo is just extravagant talk."
When there was only one Kira Yoshi in the world, others did not dare to copy the path he had taken, nor did they have the conditions to do so. Imagawa Yoshimoto had a total of more than 700,000 koku of Shunenzo, and the total number of citizens in the three vassal kingdoms was more than 500,000.
People, and being located on the important trade route of the Tokaido, could easily become wealthy by relying on taxes. Suruga had gold mountains, Yuanjiang had rice, and Mikawa had soldiers who were not afraid of death. These three things were the Imagawa family's greatest reliance in their quest for world supremacy.
"Capture Owari and then go to Luo? Who is Owari's name? Torahime seems to remember that there was a samurai from Owari who wrote to His Highness, named Kamisuke..." Before she could finish her words, Torahime said
Unknowingly, she dozed off, her fleshy little body pressed tightly against him. In her sleep, she did not forget to adjust her sleeping position carefully, for fear of crushing the baby in her belly.
"...Oda Kamisuke Nobunaga." Kira Yoshi couldn't help but frown when he thought of this name. He vaguely remembered meeting that strangely dressed young man in the autumn nine years ago. Nine years later, he had changed from
A three-foot-old boy turned into a tall and powerful hero, but he didn't know what kind of fate this big devil would have.
"It seems that he just completed the unification of Owari last year, which seems to be faster than in memory. It seems that the correspondence and transactions between me and him have brought about a lot of changes in Owari!" Kira Yoshitoki
After thinking about it for a while, I remembered some fragments of information from the beginning of the year, but I couldn't help but frown more and more.
Over the years, he sold obsolete iron cannons to him, as well as some ordnance and armor seized from the Kinai War. They were sold to the Oda family first at a fair price without any discounts. Knowing that the Oda family needed money in many places, he allowed the Oda family to
The Tian family pays for goods with grain, which is a big advantage accumulated over the years.
In addition, in the correspondence, no matter how careful his words were, he would inevitably mention some ideas that would be helpful to him. Government affairs made him send people to Omi to learn from the advanced experience of the Kira family, although they were only allowed to stay in the town.
They were not allowed to go to the monastery to inquire about information. However, relying on the relationship between the Kira family, they still asked the Kira family followers to reveal some tips to them in private.
The help in military strategy was even greater. Apart from military equipment, Oda Nobunaga also devoted himself to studying Kira Yoshitoki's tactical system, such as the use of iron cannons and the method of matching the ashigaru formation. He also used his own three and a half rooms.
The spear array has been further strengthened, and it has excellent effects whether against ashigaru or mounted samurai. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!