different warring states of japan

Chapter 452 Battle
Takeda Harunobu knew the attitude of the Anayama family and the Oyamada family, and they were not active in conquest of Shinano.

The territory of the Anayama family is close to the Imagawa family, and the territory of the Oyamada family is close to the Hojo family. They are the two most independent forces in the Takeda family.

The two territories are in the south of Kai, so it is normal to be indifferent to the conquest of the Shinano country in the north, because the distance is the farthest, and the benefits of fighting are the least.

Takeda Nobushige was dissatisfied with their perfunctory attitude and couldn't tolerate the sand in his eyes, but Takeda Harunobu could understand.

After the combination of Imagawa, Hojo, and Takeda, the Anayama and Oyamada families in the south lost room for external expansion.

Unless the three alliances disintegrate, there is little chance for the two to grow.

Of course, Takeda Harunobu will not allow these two relatively independent factions in the family to expand their sphere of influence.

Therefore, her attitude is mainly to appease and unite. As long as she does not make trouble and supports the Northern Expedition of the main family, even if it is slow, she is still a good retainer.

Compared with these trivial matters, Takeda Harunobu, who spent a lot of effort to mess up Echigo, cared more about the Northern Expedition Murakami Yoshiki, and tried to win all the battles in one battle.

She is determined to win Shinano.

Not only because Shinano is an important fulcrum of the Takeda family's ambition to conquer the world, but also because she has devoted all her energy and effort in conquering this place.

The Shinano country is politically divided into north and south. In the early days of the Muromachi shogunate, General Ashikaga designated the Murakami family of Kita Shinano as the general of Shinano and gave them full powers.

Then the world belonged to the Ashikaga family, and Shinano was guarded by Minami Shinano's Ogasawara family.

The confrontation between the two north and the south and the political tit-for-tat were the beginning of the domestic division of Shinano.

Although Shinano is large, there are many mountains and little land. The real land is fertile, and there are only two land boundaries that can be big.

One is the Nagano Basin headed by the Murakami family, and the other is the Suwa Basin headed by the Ogasawara family, one north and one south.

Over the years, the Shinano samurai family continued to be divided by civil strife, and now, the country is divided into four regions.

The Kiso family in Southern Shinano, the Ogasawara family and Suwa family in Central Shinano, the Shino Sanya in East Shinano, and the Murakami family and Takanashi family in Northern Shinano.

The national strength of Kai is weaker than that of Shinano, and Takeda Harunobu takes advantage of the discord among the Shinano samurai, advances in strategy, and follows up with force.

It was her proudest achievement to take down almost the whole of Shinano with great difficulty.

Nanshinano is connected to Hida, Mino, Mikawa, Toe and other countries, and the relationship is complicated, which is not the direction of the Takeda family's development.

After Takeda Harunobu conquered the Kiso family, he married with him, making the Kiso family the thugs of the Takeda family and the western barrier.

Zhong Xinnong, she wins over the Suwa family, expels the Ogasawara family and flees north to seek refuge with the old enemy Murakami family.

Among the three families of Dongshinong Ziye, Mochizuki and Nijin surrendered.

She also wins over the Sanada family, the relatives of the Unano family who were beaten away by her mother, and persuades the governor of the Sanada family, Xinglong, to join the Takeda family.

The Umino family is the most widely branched of the three Ziye families. There are many of the same family in Shinano in the east and Ueno in the west.

Sanada Yutaka was originally in Minowa Castle in Nishi Ueno, under the protection of Nagano Yasho.

She brought her people back to Higashishinano and defected to Takeda Harunobu. Nagano Yezheng never stopped her, and even gave her relief. It can be seen that the many branches of the Unino family are deeply intertwined.

Takeda Harunobu's series of dazzling operations scared the Murakami family and the Takanashi family who were fighting in Beixinano to shake hands and make peace, and together they were on guard against the growing Takeda family in the south.

In this conquest of Kita-Shinano, if the Kawanakashima area where the Nagano Basin is located is successfully conquered, Takeda Harunobu will truly have a strategic high ground to spy on the world.

If you go north, you can attack the Takata Plain and Echigo Plain, and if you go east, you can attack the Ueno Kingdom with the Hojo Allied Forces and advance to the Kanto Plain.

Relying on the advantages of many mountains in Shinano country and easy to defend, the Takeda family has a lot to do.

Harunobu Takeda thought of the depths, and he couldn't help but feel proud and high-spirited.

"Nobushige, Takeda Xingwang is here to fight, you also fight with me, and rise up for the ambition of the Takeda family!"

"Hi!"

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Haruto Takeda of the Kai Kingdom made an oath to march to the north, and in the northwest of the Mino Kingdom, Isshiki Yoshilong also broke the boat and marched without breaking through.

Since she changed her family name to Isshiki, the unstable political situation still hasn't improved, and she even fell into an even more embarrassing situation because she lost the guardianship of the Saito family.

The shadow of killing her mother and seizing the throne hovered over her head, and one day it would turn into a giant sword and smash her to pieces.

To change this fate, she needs a lot of spoils to buy off the Mino Samurai.

Prove that you are stronger than your mother, and more suitable to lead them to occupy more land and gain more benefits.

At this time, she was passing through the non-breakthrough of the Ibuki Mountains and marching into Kita Omi. Before Owari Oda Nobunaga recovered from the Owari unified internal affairs, she first took a piece on the chessboard.

Mino Owari and the two countries are old enemies. Starting from their mothers, Saito Dozo and Oda Nobuhide, they have been fighting endlessly for the entire Noo Owari Plain.

It was only because the two sides were evenly matched that Nongkunmai and Oda Nobunaga barely reached peace.

With the passing of the ancestors, the next generation rekindles new fighting spirit and ambition, and continues the unfinished business of the predecessors.

Isshiki Yoshiryu doesn't blame Oda Nobunaga, in other words, she would also spy on Mino, but she will not sit still.

It is necessary to stabilize the samurai family under Kita Omi's interests first, and prepare for the subsequent Mino Owari War. Only then did the Liujiaoyishi two attack Kita Omi's Asai family.

The Bupoguan she is passing through is the border between Omi and Mino, or even the boundary between Kansai and Kanto in a broad sense.

Not breaking through is not a pass, but a small basin surrounded by mountains, a small plain, it is not an exaggeration to call it Guanyuan.

The Ibuki Mountains are connected to the Hakusan Mountains of Hokuriku Road in the northwest, and go to the Ise Mountains in the southeast.

The entire Bupoguan is surrounded by several mountains, and this basin and plain is suitable for military battles.

Perhaps one day, this place will become a battleground for the Kanto and Kansai samurai families to compete for the dominance of the world.

The Asai family, who was attacked from both sides, did not choose to send troops and not break through. It was only when Yoshiro Isshiki crossed the Ibuki Mountains and arrived at Mikagejigawa that he was blocked by the Asai family's army.

She observed the military situation on the other side, and found that the Asai family had already sold out, and the main force of each family was here.

Yishi Yilong frowned and sighed.

The Asai family chose to repel her first, and then fight against the Minami Omi Liujiao family. She didn't want to lose too many troops to make wedding dresses for the Liujiao family.

Isshiki Yoshiryu decided to stay on standby, pin the main force of the Asai family here, and wait for the Liujia family to succeed in the Northern Expedition and come to join them.

On the other side, Asai Nagamasa had no choice.

The mobilization force of the two enemy troops is higher than hers. If they divide their troops to block, they will be defeated one by one.

She can only let Masaru Isano guard Sawa Yamashiro to the death, and lead the main force to fight Isshiki Yoshiro.

Oda Nobunaga's response has arrived, she intends to marry her younger brother, and promises to do something in Mino to shake Isshiki Yoshiryu's rear.

Asai Nagamasa didn't deny it, and didn't listen to her nonsense, and only looked at the performance of the Oda family in this battle before making any calculations.

From the north to the south of the river, Fujido Toraka has joined forces with the samurai families of the two prefectures of Inugami Aichi to provide full support for Masaru Isano in Sawa Yamashiro.

Iga's Maeda interest also promised to send troops to help, and keep the Rokkaku family behind.

Compared with the empty words of the Oda family, Asai Nagamasa believed in the support of the Shiba family more.

After Shiba Yoshihiro entered Etsu via the Hokuriku Road, he united with samurai from all over the way and is developing the Hokuriku Road maritime trade route, and Kita Omi is an important part of its connection to the commercial route.

If the Shiba family wants to achieve this strategic plan, they must maintain the existence of the Asai family, and there is no reason to slack off in this battle.

Asai Nagamasa was wandering in front of the battle, thinking of the boy who went to Kanto, wondering if he is out of danger now.

If the Oda family does help in this battle, for the strategic needs of the Asai family, she will marry a man from the Oda family, and she will never miss that boy.

With a sigh, the girl's eyes gradually became firmer, and she decided to teach Yishi Yilong a lesson regardless of her love for her children.

If you want to procrastinate, I will let you procrastinate?
Asai Nagamasa felt so depressed that she couldn't bear it, she squinted her eyes and showed her murderous look, and ordered.

"Akao Kiyosuna!"

"Hi!"

"Tomorrow morning, I will bury the pot to make food and send troops across the river. I want to let the matricide in Meinong know.

Not all crooked melons and dates can be involved in recent events! "

"Your Highness is wise!"

On the other side, Yise Yilong's heart trembled, he looked into the distance, and remained silent.

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Mino Country, Iwamura City Residence.

The samurai leader of Nishi Mino, one of the three members of Nishi Mino, Ando Moriya, the lord of Iwamura, is receiving his daughter-in-law, Shigeharu Takenaka, the lord of Bodhi Mountain Castle.

Bodhi Mountain City is not far from Bupo Pass, both in Mino Bupo County. Seeing Isshiki Yilong's army go abroad, Takenaka Shigeharu came overnight to persuade his mother-in-law.

"My lord, this is a god-given opportunity, don't hesitate."

Ando Mamoru frowned.

"Although the lord of the country killed his mother, his power is growing day by day, and now he has sent troops to Omi to attack Bei Omi's Asai family.

There are a lot of benefits for us to follow her, why bother to raise an army and cause chaos, if things are not caught, it will bring about the disaster of genocide. "

(End of this chapter)