different warring states of japan

Chapter 500 Convergence
Uesugi Terutora was adopted by Uesugi Kensei as an adopted daughter before, and Murakami Yoshiki and others were also polite, so they called Uesugi His Highness.

Unexpectedly, Uesugi Terotora dared to take the risk of Shangluo under the unstable situation in Echigo, and Nagao's house in Fuchu really became Uesugi's house in Yamauchi.

If they had learned about this before, they would still be jealous, fearing that Terotora Uesugi would take the opportunity to suppress his allies.

But now, after losing the loincloths, he can only hope that Uesugi Terutora will help restore the territory. Naturally, he hopes that she will be as strong as possible.

Murakami Yoshiki thought for a while and said.

"Since His Royal Highness Uesugi has been recognized by the shogunate, he is a veritable leader of the Kanto.

I would like to initiate a congratulatory ceremony with His Highness Ogasawara, ordering samurai families from all over Shinano to present their swords as a sign of respect. "

Ogasawara also nodded for a long time, and wanted to use this to give Takeda Harunobu a big blow.

The Shinano country is not among the ten countries in the Kanto, and it is not within the jurisdiction of the Kanto.

However, Shinano Guardian Ogasawara's family and Shinano Chief General Murakami's family launched congratulations together, and each family must follow up and offer a sword, which is a traditional etiquette in the guardian system.

According to the rules of the samurai family, the sword and the horse represent force, and the meaning of offering the sword is to recognize the dominance of the other party.

Although Takeda Harunobu won most of the Shinano Kingdom, he is still in the stage of recruiting and incorporating local samurai, which is far less stable than the Warring States daimyo system in Kai.

Guarding the daimyo is not as centralized as the daimyo of the Warring States period, but the samurai under their command have greater autonomy and live more freely.

Who is willing to be heavily taxed by the main family and be exploited day and night.Warring States daimyo's military merits were rewarded a lot, but life was hard.

The expansion of the Warring States daimyo had unavoidable factors, and it was necessary to pursue more interests, and to appease the internally oppressed martial arts.

Just like a balloon that keeps blowing up, it will either be deflated and collapse, or one day it will explode.Seemingly beautiful, suffering self-knowledge.

Takeda Harunobu has not yet completed the transformation of Shinano into a warring state, and the call of the guardian of Shinano and the general is also a soft protest of the local samurai against the oppression of the Takeda family.

If samurai families from all over Shinano expressed their respect to Terutora Uesugi for presenting the sword, it would be a huge blow to the prestige of the Takeda family.

Takeda Harunobu is just the guardian of Kai, she has no status in the guardian system to rule the Shinano country, this is her biggest weakness.

She can only force the Shinano samurai to submit with both soft and hard methods, and buy them with benefits. This is a headache for all the famous names in the Warring States Period.

Uesugi Terutora thought for a while and said.

"It's feasible, then please trouble the two Highnesses to issue an order and let the Shinano Samurai choose!"

Terutora Uesugi doesn't care how the Shinano samurai chooses, she just needs an excuse to suppress Harunobu Takeda politically.

The Kanto Ten Kingdoms refer to the Kanto Plains, Kanba Prefecture, Izu, and Kai.Uesugi Terutora inherited the Kanto leadership, and theoretically has jurisdiction over Takeda Harunobu.

If the matter of Zhu Yi is obstructed by Takeda Harunobu, Uesugi Terutora will order and warn her as the Kanto governor, further suppressing her basic position.

Fame seems insignificant, but once you have the strength to use it as a backing, it is indeed a sharp knife that kills without blood.

Although the Kai country has been transformed into the Sengoku daimyo system by Takeda Harunobu, and she has great power, there are still samurai traditions.

Uesugi Terutora wants to further destroy the basis of her name and deny the Takeda family's right to protect Kai.

For Terutoro Uesugi, Harunobu Takeda's basic position can be shaken without a single soldier, making a steady profit.

After talking about the political offensive, Terotora Uesugi turned to talk about the military.

"Don't worry, your Highnesses, I am dispatching troops this time and hoarding supplies in Geshan City, which is enough for the army to garrison.

You can hold on to the Zenko Temple area with peace of mind. When the summer harvest comes, Takeda's army will definitely turn back.

When the farms are slack in autumn, I will go out with all my troops, and I will compete with this fellow. "

Murakami Yoshiki and Ogasawara had heard for a long time that the supplies were worry-free, and they immediately felt relieved.

They encountered a sudden change, the army was defeated and retreated here, and the food, grass and military equipment were lost. This is why Murakami Yoshiki hesitated to surrender.

Without military supplies, the insistence of the Beixin Wu family just gave the Takeda family an excuse to slaughter.

If Terotora Uesugi is willing to provide them with supplies, the morale of the army can be temporarily stabilized, and the army can prepare for battle and return to the territory.

At this time, the armies of all parties in the Warring States Period were still dominated by half-farmers and half-soldiers, and the number of off-duty standing troops was very small. Only Oda Nobunaga was silently thinking about using a large-scale ashigaru standing army.

When the summer harvest comes, Takeda Harunobu must return to the army to grab food, otherwise the morale of the army will be unstable.

With the respite from the busy farming season, the Takeda family may not be able to reap the benefits in Beixin if they wait until autumn to fight again.

Murakami Yoshiki and others have been fighting Takeda Harunobu for many years, and they are no match for their brains and tactics, but they are not afraid of fighting.

Yoshiki Murakami is categorical.

"Don't worry, Your Highness Uesugi, as long as you can guarantee our logistics, the Murakami family is willing to be the pioneer and fight with Takeda Harunobu!"

Behind her, Ogasawara Changshi waited for the samurai family to unite as one, shouting for courage to fight.

Uesugi Terutora nodded, she was most afraid that the Beixin Wu family would be broken by Takeda Harunobu, and she was afraid to avoid the battle.

Now it seems that Takeda Harunobu's strategy is not bad, but he is not overwhelming in force, and Shinano's heart is still not convinced.

In this way, things will be easy to handle.

Uesugi Terutora asked.

"What's the current situation?"

As Murakami Yoshiki narrated the situation one by one, Uesugi Terutora frowned.

Almost all of Beixin was lost, even Takanashi Castle was beaten down by Takeda Harunobu, this is troublesome.

Kawanakajima is composed of the alluvial plain where the Saigawa River and the Chikuma River flow together. The Saigawa River flows from east to west, and the Chikuma River flows from north to south.

Kawanakajima is actually the core farming area of ​​the Nagano Basin composed of the central part of Beixin, the alluvial plains of Saichuan and Chikumagawa.

Takeda Harunobu conquered the territory of the Murakami family in the southern part, then moved northward along the east bank of the Chikuma River, and took down Takanashi Castle in the northeast, forming an east-south pincer attack on Kawanaka Island.

Behind Zenkoji lies the Togakushi mountainous area in the northwest, leading to Echigo, peeking at the core area of ​​Kawanaka Island in the south, Takeda Harunobu must remove this hidden danger.

Uesugi Terutora said.

"Takanashi Castle is lost, and the Takeda Army can continue to go north, take Iiyama straight to the Myoko Plateau, and cut off the Echigo Passage. There must be a stronghold to protect our logistics line."

Ogasawara recommended himself for a long time.

"I would like to lead the troops to Iiyama and establish a stronghold to guard the back road."

Uesugi Terutoro approves of her self-recommendation.

Ogasawara's long-term family business was in CITIC, which was plundered by Takeda Harunobu.The hatred between the two sides is as deep as the sea, and they will never be betrayed by the rebels.

She is the guardian of Shinano, and has a high prestige in Shinano.The Takanashi family is destroyed, and the area around the territory is bound to be chaotic. She can win over the local samurai to prevent deadlock by going to the station.

"Then thank you, Your Highness Ogasawara, I will directly deploy supplies from Myoko Plateau to Iiyama, please quickly establish a stronghold defense line.

Takeda Harunobu doesn't know I'm coming, Takanashi Castle has just fallen, and her foothold is unstable, she will not let that part of the army venture north.

If the speed is fast enough, the Takeda family can't react in time, and the Echigo passage is safe. "

Ogasawara said hi for a long time, and without delay, he was ordered to leave.

Uesugi Terutora looked at Murakami Yoshiki again and asked.

"Your Highness Murakami, you are familiar with the terrain here, what can you teach me?"

Murakami Yoshiki bowed and saluted, and then said.

"Don't dare to do it, the terrain of Beixinano is complex, I would like to fill in the gaps for His Highness Uesugi.

It's not difficult to deter Takeda Harunobu. If she wants to attack us, there are only three ways to go.

Either go to Chajiu Mountain and go north along the mountain. "

Uesugi Terutora thought for a while, then shook his head.

"Soldiers are precious and fast. She is raiding Beixin, and the back road is unstable. She has no time to go west and detour to Chajiu Mountain."

Yoshiki Murakami nodded.

"His Highness Uesugi is wise, she will not take this road.

Also, starting directly from my territory and marching towards Zenko Temple, this road is probably not going to be taken. "

Terotora Uesugi approved.

"It is really inappropriate to cross the two rivers of Qianquchuan and Xichuan in succession. The army is exhausted, and the enemy army is waiting for work."

Murakami Yoshiki's eyes flashed and he said.

"So, she will go northward on the east bank of the Chikumagawa River, go up Takanashi Castle, circle behind our army, and cross the river from the northeast to attack me."

Uesugi Terutora showed fighting intent in his eyes, with a smile on his mouth.

"At this time, the Takeda army in Nakano Takanashi Castle is not her main army, and they are unable to take down the Iiyama stronghold that Ogasawara has been guarding for a long time.

She leads troops northward, and I don't allow her to join forces and continue to attack Iiyama.

I have made up my mind!Crossing the Qianqu River to the east, I'll be waiting for her to fight in the area of ​​the east bank! "

Murakami Yoshiki smiled.

"His Highness Uesugi may be disappointed.

Takeda Haruhito is cautious, she didn't expect you to come so fast, and she must have hesitated when she suddenly saw the momentum of the top shirt. "

Uesugi Terutoro sneered with evil spirit.

"Don't you dare to fight? I just want to teach her a lesson."

Murakami Yoshiki hesitated.

"Your Highness, we don't have many troops."

Uesugi Terutora laughed.

"She doesn't know. When she finds out, it's time for the summer harvest."

Murakami Yoshiki smiled sweetly.

"Hi!"

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