Pillars of the Wu family

() New changes are also taking place in another place far away in Kai. After receiving the guarantee from the medical expert Qu Naose Shouzhen, the ninja army of the Kira family instigated a dark line in an ambush in the country of Kai and contacted Nagata Tokumoto. It happened that He took the medicine boy to go out to collect medicine, saving the trouble of taking the old doctor out of the Yazaki Pavilion.

After searching for five or six days, I finally found this old medical saint walking in Kaishan Mountain in a certain mountain in the county. After hearing the letter from his nephew and the invitation from Kira's family, Tokumoto Nagata was still hesitant. Should refuse, the ninja of Kira's family pretended to be a messenger, and quietly told him that this matter closed the shogunate's great cause, and it was a matter of saving thousands of civilians, so he must go to Echigo no matter what.

As for Takeda's family, there is a child who can send a letter to Dr. Takeda Ozen. As for some medical consultation supplies he often uses, books, medicinal materials, and seeds have already been packed for him, and will be transferred to Echigo soon. , and the two drug boys he brought with him set foot on the road to Echigo.

Nagata Tokumoto was finally moved. He entered Saku County from Shinshu Toge and then turned to Nishi Ueno. Passed Mikuni Toge and took a boat in Yuzawa and passed Uono River such as Shinano River. He took the same road as Kirayoshi and returned to Chunri Mountain Castle. , when Takeda Harunobu learned that his imperial physician had disappeared, it was already half a month later, Takeda Harunobu was almost pissed off, and his digging of Echigo's corner hadn't been effective, but Echigo poached a queen in the blink of an eye Doctor, this deal is a big loss.

He immediately called the leader of Toupo to reprimand them, angrily scolding them for accidentally letting go of an important doctor, meaning that you don't respect the health of me, the supervisor, so much?The broken samurai were embarrassed one by one, and vowed to give Echigo a good look. Of course, such harsh words are usually not believed, and Takeda Harunobu was the first to not believe it.

The next topic is a headache. The king's order is unquestionably firm. Those who are in medical treatment are Honjo Shino, Nagao Jingxin, Nagao Masaki, and Nagao Fujikage. This one-sided support rate has surprised many people, and the wealthy families who had originally joined forces to resist this order in private had no choice but to misfire.

But Nagao Jinghu still put forward a new idea, and said word by word: "Hu Ji...inexperienced...righteousness! You must...perform...the responsibility of the king!"

"I, Yoshitoshi, understand that acting on behalf of the country is unavoidable, and the rebellion is also handed over to me!" Yoshishi Kira had expected that Nagao Jinghu would never shrink back because of a little difficulty, and he promised Yoshiki Kira to do his best to cooperate with the treatment, but In Echigo's situation, without Kira Yoshishi's cooperation, he would never be able to control the situation, so he readily agreed.

He also found that Changwei Jinghu was in very good condition, and he was able to speak intermittently. It seemed that his condition was not very serious. Hu Ji, who was sitting by the side, looked at her brother and smiled at him at a loss. The tension goes away.

"Tora Hime! Sit down!" Yoshitomo Kira took Torahime's cold little hand and walked slowly to the seat belonging to the lord. Nagao Jinghu nodded at the two of them with a smile, and asked Biwashima Yashichiro to push He left slowly in the four-wheeled cart, and there were more treatments waiting for him. The most important thing in the doctor's order was to think less, which was also the fundamental reason why he couldn't wait to hand over the position of the king.

When the famous shogunate general was in charge of Kirayoshi, war was no longer a problem, and Echigo's development was even less of a problem. Nagao Jinghu could also receive the next comprehensive treatment with peace of mind.

Kira Yoshishi and Tiger Princess watched their elder brother go away, and after a while they said: "The next step is to go to Hojo Castle! What you should do is to return to the territory immediately and organize an army to resist the rebels."

"Dare to ask the Palace of Martial Guards, who will be the first to serve?" Gan Zao Jingchi also asked the voices of many people. The most important thing for warriors is to go first. Rewards and sealed territories expand influence.

However, Yoshishiki Kira had other ideas, so he said solemnly: "Considering that it will take one month for the lords to call up military service, it is obviously too late, so this time the Kira family will be the main force in Hojo Castle. You can recruit troops to mop up the nearby rebels and wild ambush, please make sure that the streets and ports are controlled by your own side, and be careful of the invasion of troops other than Echigo.”

"I'll understand!" Although they were very unwilling, the current situation really did not allow them to return to the territory to slowly mobilize for military service, so they could only nod bitterly.

"Our rebellion is right! Nagao Jinghu has become a useless person, and Honjo Shino and Nagao Jingxin have lost their heads and let those two children be the kings together! Can you imagine it? Hahaha!"

Hojo Takahiro raised his glass and drank with his head up. He didn't have the capacity to drink like Nagao Keigora, and he basically didn't drink alcohol. Only on such happy occasions would he take out a few glasses of wine, because this time it was not a rebellion. They have support from within Echigo, Dewa, Mutsu, and even Shinano.

"I heard that Okuma Dan Gomori will also launch an attack from Echaka, so it will be besieged from all sides!" Hojo Takahiro is the younger brother of Hojo Takahiro, and he is in charge of the government affairs of Hojo Takahiro when Hojo Takahiro is away.

"According to Honjo Echizen, the people of Xiaetsu have promised us that as long as they don't trespass on their territory, they won't oppose us!" Hojo Takamasa is the youngest of the three Hojo brothers. He is only 26 and seven years old and has been staying in Hojo. Cheng followed his two elder brothers to study government affairs.

The Echizen Mamoru he mentioned is the name of Honjo Shigeru, and the Echizen Mamoru is also called Nakajo Fujisuke and Nagao Masaki. It is more common for a famous person in a country to use the same official position at the same time, such as the Takeda family. There are three Dan Masachu, who are called Gong Dan Zheng, Escape Dan Zheng, and Gun Dan Zheng respectively. Ninety-nine percent of these people are self-proclaimed official positions, and the rest are guardian daimyo, or famous nobles. Except for Nagao Jinghu, he is not eligible to enjoy the official position of the court.

"I think the lord should be more careful, things are going too smoothly." Hojo Yoshihiro is the uncle of the three brothers, an old man over fifty years old, and he also followed the three brothers' father Hojo Gaoding for the family when he was young. Nagao has fought for King, so of course he knows that Echigo Nagao's family is of extraordinary strength.

"Uncle is overthinking!" Hojo Takamasa laughed presumptuously, as if mocking his uncle's timidity. When he made the decision to rebel, Hojo Yoshihiro, who was in Nanjo Castle, strongly opposed it and made the three brothers Very dissatisfied, now that Changwei Jinghu is seriously ill and still dare not do anything, it makes him feel contemptuous from the bottom of his heart.

Looking at the disapproving expressions of the three brothers, Hojo Yoshihiro could only sigh: "It's better to be more cautious!"

Hojo Takahiro decided to go out and attack a few insignificant fortresses in order to test the will of the Echigo people to resist. The success of several attacks gave him great confidence. The Nanjo One Thousand Army attacked Kashiwazaki Minato, an important town in China and Vietnam.

This time he suffered a quick defeat, and at the same time was attacked by Sanjo Castle Chief O Keiaki, Tochio Castle Honjo Mino, and Sakajo Naoe Mizuna. Honjo in the inner city rushed into the Hojo phalanx first, causing this light and unprepared army to collapse on the spot. Hojo Takahiro saw that there was nothing to be done, and fled with his cronies without even showing his head.

A farce-like defeat caused the Hojo family to lose hundreds of people, and Hojo Takahiro could only take his retainers back to the Hojo Castle to fight the trapped beasts. This time, he not only lost his troops, but also spit out all the land he ate. , It can be said that it is all effortless.

Of course, he was not idle when he fled back. While writing to one of his sects, Keimoto Yasuda, to persuade him to rebel together, he also wrote to Harunobu Takeda of Kai, asking him to immediately send troops to Kita Shinano to fight all the way to Chunri mountain city to carve up Echigo. While contacting Shigecho Honjo and conspiring to split up Echigo's great cause, he is really full of confidence. He has just lost a game and can plan for Echigo's great cause with peace of mind. It is really the rhythm of death.

Takeda Harunobu is making a fuss, a bunch of retainers are making a fuss, the post-disaster reconstruction and general enlistment are still entangled, each family is unwilling to share the general enlistment of other families, but the total number of Kai is less than 20 , Counting the miners and slaves who plundered Shinano, there are only 22 people. Where can I find other people to share the general labor?The two sides still had to discuss to work together, which was the reason for his headache. Several factions were entangled and quarreled endlessly. He didn't have the vigor and courage of his father, so he could only grit his teeth and endure.

It was more than half a month after he received the news of Echigo's rebellion, and he didn't care about sending troops to Bei Shinano to share Echigo.Looking at this letter, one can tell that Takahiro Hojo's strategy level is scum level. In his plan with Gao Baizhai, there is no plan to send Echigo troops this year at all, so this letter was directly burned.

This farce did not affect the ferment of the Nagao family incident. Not only did the whole area of ​​Echigo get the news that the king was seriously ill and could not take matters seriously, but Shinano, Ideha, Aizu, Ueno, Etchu, and Kai all got the news one after another. People start to think about yin and slander, especially when the Echigo rebellion is happening again and again.

"Unexpectedly, after a few months, I'm back again!"

Standing in front of the gorge, Da Xiong Chaoxiu was proud and elated, followed by five hundred Shenbao troops. This was the largest force the Jinbao family could provide under the restraint of the Shiina family. He firmly believed that as long as he had these troops, he would be able to Kill back to Echigo to take revenge on Nagao Jinghu and Honjo Shino.

Da Xiong Chaoxiu said viciously: "You will take back everything you owe me!"

"Bizenden, we can go!" Shiro Masaki was wearing armor all over his body, and his vigorous look was simply extremely mighty. Once upon a time, his Shiro clan was also a famous family in the Bando Bahei clan, and the prestige of Banzuo Gozen was not high. Second to Ba Yuqian, he was called "Baban'e" in the Yuanping era, and he was also the representative of the most powerful warrior Ji at that time.

Including escort psychological counseling, medicine and stone therapy, massage, acupuncture and physical therapy, etc., all kinds of methods have been used. After a few days of use, the speed of recovery has improved significantly. Now Changwei Jinghu's hands can move without hindrance, and now he can sit up. According to Qu Naose Mamoru's prediction, he will be able to eat by himself in the next month. This recovery speed can only be described as fast.

It was almost late at night, and the two of them were walking hand in hand in the silent corridor. The bright moonlight fell on Hu Ji's face, as if covering her fair skin with a layer of silver light. , kissed her smooth forehead lightly and said: "The city will be handed over to you. The master will lead 1000 people to assist you in Zhijiangjin. My brother is recovering well, so I can go out with confidence."

Hu Ji blushed and took out a pure white sachet from her underwear with pink cherry petals embroidered on it. A lock of hair!"

"Oh! That's great!" After taking the girl's small sachet, smelling the strong aroma of spices in the sachet and the familiar body fragrance of the girl, seeing her big watery eyes filled with worries and expectations Hope, lightly brushed the frown between Hu Ji's brows, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will be back soon, eat and sleep on time, be obedient!"

"En!" The girl nodded obediently, snuggled into his arms and closed her eyes quietly, enjoying the short-lived happiness.

The afterglow of the morning has not yet dissipated, and teams of samurai are ready to go. Tokiyuki Yamamoto in military uniform stands outside Otemon to cheer for his colleagues. He has other missions and cannot go out with the army, but the thousands of Omi are not disappointed by this, Kira Yishi told them: "New news has been received from Yuezhong. Da Xiong Chaoxiu led the Shenbao Army with a total of [-] horsemen. It is up to you how to take down these people with as little loss as possible."

"Please rest assured, Lord Master! We will definitely capture Daxiong Chaoxiu and Cheng Zhengzi alive!" Miyabe Jirun patted his chest and yelled, and the Omi people behind him made a noise not to be outdone: "We must capture Daxiong alive and Chengcheng alive!"

"Then the family is looking forward to your performance, remember not to be careless." Kira Yoshitoki smiled slightly, and then told Yamamoto Tokiyuki: "It doesn't matter if you can't catch Okuma Asohide, the loss of the army should be minimized. "

"With the assistance of five hundred troops from the Ueno family, it won't be a big problem to win Okuma Asohide!" Turning around and looking at the sun, Tokiyuki Yamamoto said to him: "It's getting late, the owner of the museum can go!"

The four flags fluttered with the wind, and the long team began to move slowly. In this team, there were more than [-] Kira soldiers and a thousand Nagao soldiers. The leader was Nagao Jingren, who was not only Nagao Jinghu The leader of the reserve team directly under him is also the brother of Nagao Jinghu. His father, Nagao Weifan, is Nagao Weijing's younger brother. It can be said that he is the most reliable candidate for Nagao Jinghu.

"In this battle, we will do our best to assist Wuweidian to put down the rebellion." Nagao Jinglian is only in his early twenties, and of course he knows his own weight. As a fierce general, he is at the top level in Echigo. To be more connected, you need to rely on wisdom, vision and skill, which is what most Echigo samurai, including him, lack.

"Jing Liandian is being polite."

The two chatted a few words along the way, the relationship was not as strange as it used to be, Nagao Jingren is a simple fierce warrior, and it was easy to get along with each other. In the future plan, it is the best choice not to carry the title of Lord Echigo on his head, as he is not willing to owe others morally.

What he owed Ashikaga Yoshiki has already been paid off, and in turn helped the shogunate regain the capital to stabilize the situation. Now the shogunate owes him, and Nagao Jinghu allowed him to go down to Echigo, so he owes the Nagao family affection. Before repaying these favors, he must not be the lord of the country openly. In essence, he is two different types of people from the thief Saito Dozo and his like.

Assessing the rebellion for the Nagao family is the first step, and the land reconstruction plan for Echigo is the second step. He is not willing to give people a handle until he finishes these. Otherwise, how can he use his name to command the people of the country in the future? The Kira family formulated The laws of the martial arts family, first of all, you must strictly abide by the family governor himself as an example, and then the servants and subordinates will willingly abide by the laws you set. This is the truth that no one can stand without trust.

With the end of the autumn harvest, the flood season that flooded for a summer has also passed, but there are still many difficulties in marching in the Sino-Vietnamese river. The ashigaru can only trudge forward on the mud on the river beach. It is one meter wide, and the deepest is just below the thigh, but no one wants to cross the river in this season. The ashigaru is not afraid of getting wet, but the clothes inside are not. to be sick.

In the undeveloped traffic in Echigo, such a small river needs to find a way to go around to a farther ferry or cross the river by itself. Usually, no one goes to this kind of place, but they have to take shortcuts because they have to hurry. This is a headache for the ashigaru people. There are no boats and boats in this small river, so they can cut wood and build bridges by themselves.

When Ashigaru saw the cool river water, he couldn't help scooping up water to drink, but was kicked over by the samurai, and cursed: "Do you understand the rules! Om? If you drink this cold river water, you will still want to talk to me tomorrow." Join the team!"

"Don't be dazed and hurry across the river! We're about to enter Hojo collar!" Echigo's cavalry samurai yelled at Ashgaru to get up quickly, because at this time the Kira Army's 1000 troops had already crossed more than half, and their [-] men have been dawdling until now Less than a third of them crossed the creek.

At this time, Yoshitoki Kira on the other side of the river received new news: "Odagiri Dan is leading an army of [-] troops to bypass Tochio Castle and march towards Hojo Castle. The specific movement is unknown."

"Who is leading the Xiao Duohe team?"

This was the first time he served as a military advisor, so he was somewhat nervous. Hearing the inquiry from the governor, he quickly said: "Your Highness Mitsui Toraka and Suzuki Shigeji led 300 guards, 500 civilian husbands, and [-] pack horses."

There was chaos in Hojo Castle. The samurai yelled at the civilians who were preparing for the battle. Teams of ashigaru were also busy preparing arrows for the oars. The Otemon gate was closed, because Hojo Castle was a mountain city, and there were only a few villages at the foot of the mountain. If he can't reach the level of the castle town, he doesn't have to worry about the damage caused by the war.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" Hojo Takahiro walked up and down impatiently. He didn't know how many troops the Nagao family had dispatched this time, and he didn't know if the 500 people in his two cities would be enough. What's abominable is that the Yasuda family refused to follow him to pull up the anti-flag, otherwise there would be no need to be afraid of the long-tailed army with more than [-] troops in the three cities and each other's horns.

"Brother!" Hojo Takamasa ran over and pulled him and asked, "When will Odagiri's army arrive?"

"How do I know!" Hojo Takahiro scolded: "What are you running around? Hurry up and stare at the folks, and let them steal and play tricks to delay the time. I'm welcome!"

Chasing away his brother who was in the way, Takahiro Hojo climbed up the arrow scull along the stairs and looked at the streets among the mountains, which was the Chuetsu Street leading to Hojo Castle and even Kashiwazaki Minato. On the ground, the fluttering flag seal is by no means the Jiuyaoba that he is familiar with.

At this time, a large cloud came from the sky to cover the sun, causing a haze in his heart. Many civilians who were working also saw that strange army, which was completely different from the messy team of Echigo's flags. Their movements were neatly aligned The speed is very fast, and those who saw it even found that the ashigaru was wearing leather shoes similar to that of a samurai.

"That flag is..."

"It doesn't seem to be the Nagao family?" The samurai of the Hojo family asked at the same time, vaguely remembering that there was a group of brave cavalry at the beginning of the year, and it was this kind of flag that was walking in the dense forest of Echigo. Could it be that army?

While everyone was still hesitating, a group of about a thousand red cavalry suddenly broke away from the army and began to accelerate. The red cavalry seemed to be flowing blood, bringing up wanton dust. The leader of the cavalry was holding a red cavalry The big gun took the lead, and the other person held a big bow and shot an arrow the moment he rushed up the hillside.

Suddenly there was an exclamation from beside him: "My lord, be careful!" (To be continued.)