different warring states of japan

Chapter 619

Shiba Yoshigin and Takeda Harunobu smiled at each other, both with sincere faces and curses in their hearts.

Both sides have made excessive demands that the other party cannot agree to. If this matter is not resolved, there will be no need to negotiate a peace. Let's go back to the army and fight again.

Shiba Yiyin was silent for a while, and then spoke.

"The north of Xichuan must belong to the Bei believers."

Takeda Harunobu backhanded a condition and said.

"The Murakami family and the Ogasawara family have to share."

Yoshihiro Shiba nodded.

"can."

The bottom line of the Uesugi family is north of Saikawa.

Northern believers must have a place to support themselves, instead of relying on Echigo's blood transfusion for support.The plains on the north bank of Saichuan and the old collar of the Takanashi family are enough to support the samurai in these places.

From the standpoint of the Uesugi family, the safety of Zenkoji and Iiyama Castle is the most important, and the ultimate goal is to protect the safety of Echigo.

The Takeda family gave up their ambition to swallow the entire Kawanakajima Plain, and the logistics were not enough to support Takeda Harunobu to continue northward.

The Takeda family didn't think about invading Echigo, and the Uesugi family wanted to go into the mountains of Shinano to grab land when their brains were broken. Isn't the Kanto Plain fragrant?
As long as it can frustrate the Takeda family's northward drive, it is an acceptable plan to divide the Kawanakajima Plain into Saichuan.

Both Murakami Yoshiki and Ogasawara were expelled by the Takeda family for a long time and lost their family business, so they hated Takeda Haruno deeply.

The unity of the two families is based on anti-Takeda. Once the Takeda family stops going north and the two families gain territory again, the internal division will inevitably occur.

Takeda Harunobu's request was not too much. She didn't want to turn around and go south by herself, but was stabbed behind her by the North believers.She hopes to divide the Murakami family and the Ogasawara family and keep each other in check.

Yoshihiro Shiba actually supports her idea, and he doesn't want to see Yoshiki Murakami's family dominate, which is not in the interests of Echigo.

Power means the desire to expand.

For Takeda Uesugi and the two families, the purpose of the North believers is to buffer, and it is the key to prevent the two families from misjudging and fighting again.

If the northern believers are allowed to sit on the big board, it will cause new conflicts, which is not in the interests of Echigo.

But to achieve the long-term stability that is agreed upon and needed, it will not be enough to have the North Shore of Saikawa alone.

Shibo Yoshihiro said again.

"On behalf of the shogunate, I will become the guarantor of the agreement between Uesugi and Takeda. In order to ensure that there will be no mistakes after the peace negotiation, I need the right to control Haijin Castle."

Takeda Harunobu's eyes flashed, Shiba Yoshigin asked her a problem.

In the battle on Chuanakajima, the four most important points are the Zenko Temple in the north, the Tsumu Mountain in the south, the Chausu Mountain in the west, and the Haijin Castle in the east.

Among these four points, Haijin City is the most conducive to defense.After Yamamoto Kansuke repaired it, Kaijin Castle became stronger, far surpassing Zenkoji Temple, not to mention the mountains on both sides.

Haijin City is on the east bank of Chikuma River, not far to the north is the intersection of Chikuma River and Saigawa River.

Once Haijin Castle is lost, the Takeda family's edge to the north will be completely flattened, and it will be difficult to break through the front line of Zenkoji with Chausu Mountain alone.

Haijin City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can cooperate with the logistics of the army to go south along the Chikuma River, directly threatening the former leader of Murakami controlled by the Takeda family.

Kaijin Castle is in the hands of Shiba Yoshigin, and the Uesugi Takedas are really unable to fight.

It's not that Takeda Harunobu insisted on pinching Kaizu Castle to increase the threat to Echigo.

However, if Haijin Castle is handed over, it will be tantamount to announcing that the Takeda family has given up their northward strategy, which will arouse the vigilance of the Hojo family.

The Hojo family has been supporting Takeda Harunobu's northward advance, and even cooperated from Nishi Ueno several times to contain Nagano Yezheng's Minowa people.

Before the internal integration of the Takeda family is completed and the official attack on the Imagawa family goes south, Takeda Harunobu does not want people to see his strategic intentions clearly.

An ambiguous attitude will help the Takeda family gain more benefits, but others don't think so.

Sanada Yutaka inside the Takeda family has been secretly testing Takeda Harunobu's attitude in order to determine the future direction of his family.

On the outside, Yoshigin Shiba needed Takeda Harunobu to express his position, because the attitude of the Takeda family was unclear for a day, and the Kanto Raiders of the Shiba Uesugi family had to prevent the Takeda family from stabbing Beixin in the back.

Only the Takeda family went south to invade the Imagawa family, tearing up the alliance of Takeda, Hojo, and Imagawa with their own hands.

Uesugi Terotora was able to go south to the Kanto Plain without any scruples, and fought against the Hojo family under the most favorable strategic situation.

In the name of the shogunate, Shiba Yoshigin demanded the right to control Kaizu Castle in order to force Takeda Harunobu to express his position.

Takeda Harunobu looked at Shiba Yoshigin's expectant eyes, and slowly uttered a word.

"What's in it for me?"

Haijin City is very important, and the strategic direction of the Takeda family is even more important.Since Yoshihiko Shiba wanted something, let's make an offer.

Takeda Harunobu needs to know how much Yoshigin Shiba is willing to pay for the Takeda family's strategic shift, and whether it is enough to buy off the already unstable Takeda retainer group.

Takeda Harunobu's answer moved Shiba Yoshigin's heart, and there was something interesting.

He said decisively.

"salt."

Takeda Harunobu laughed and said.

"The Imagawa family is allied with my family, and cheap salt is also imported into the country of Kai."

Yoshihiro Shiba shook his head and said.

"My salt costs nothing."

Takeda Harunobu raised his head abruptly, fixed his eyes on Shiba Yoshigin, and said sharply.

"Don't talk nonsense at the Imperial Palace!"

Shiba Yoshihiro knew that the play meat was coming, and answered without hesitation.

"Before the Takeda family got the Suruga Bay salt field, I was responsible for the salt of Takeda's subordinate Wu family and their families!"

Takeda Harunobu gasped, Shiba Yoshigin was such a master, it was hard for her not to be tempted.

"Odaisho, do you know the price of Konobu's salt? Do you know how many samurai there are under my Takeda family?"

Shiba Yoshihiro smiled and said.

"I get salt at Echigo Saltworks, so don't you know the price of salt?
The Wutian family has a territory of [-] shi, and I count you as [-] people. The Wu family will not exceed [-] men, women and children, right?

Two or three hundred shi of salt a year can be afforded by my Sibo family. "

Takeda Harunobu was shocked by Shiba Yoshigin's demeanor, this young man was more majestic than a woman, so decisive that he invalidated the common sense of the samurai who was accustomed to poverty and stinginess, it was jaw-dropping.

A stone of table salt weighs three times as much as a stone of brown rice, and the price is free.The farther inland the mountainous area is, the higher the price of salt.

Taking a stone of table salt as an example, it may only be worth dozens of stones of brown rice when it comes out of the salt field, but it can be worth hundreds of stones of brown rice when it reaches the mountains.

The most important thing is that people must eat salt, which is a strategic material.To deal with unruly mountain warriors, you can use the means of stopping salt to punish and restrict.

Harunobu Takeda had a big concern when he went south to invade the Imagawa family.Will the Imagawa family and the Hojo family unite to stop salt and not supply salt to the Koshin Takeshi family, as a coercion.

Without salt, people cannot live, and the territory of the Takeda family is bound to be unstable.

The benefit that Shiba Yoshigin gave was truly vicious, and it scratched Takeda Harunobu's itch.

Not only can she receive salt worth tens of thousands of guan every year, and distribute it to the warriors under her command to buy people's hearts, it also gave her a good excuse.

As long as the Imagawa family launches a strategy to stop salt, the Takeda family can use this as an excuse to invade the Imagawa family southward.

As for the reason, Shiba Yoshigin helped her figure it out. For the sake of the safety of salt in Kai, the Takeda family must take over the salt field in Suruga Bay.

Once the first step is taken, swallowing the entire Imagawa family's territory is just a matter of inertia.

(End of this chapter)