Pillars of the Wu family

At the beginning of April, Echigo received new information, and the Takeda family went out again to fight against Minami Shinano, and strangled the samurai who had been fanning the flames for the past two years. On April [-], Takeda Harunobu's troops broke up several times and slaughtered Minami Shinano Suwa County. Several wealthy families in the vicinity confiscated Yiying's territory. For a while, no one in Minami Shinano dared to shake the dominance of the Takeda family.

On April 26th, Takeda Harunobu brought his son Taro Yoshinobu, and Ina County Dai Akiyama Nobuyuki's troops out to Minami Shinano. Along the way, they won over the Chihisa and Shimojo clans in the county, and the army grew like a snowball. 1 people, this time the target was the rebel army headed by the Chihisa family in Ina County, and they also took care of the distant Kiso family by the way.

The people of Minami Shinano were powerless to resist Takeda's army, and within half a month they were all pacified. More than a dozen wealthy families died and their clans were wiped out, completely shaking the chaos in Shinano. At that time, Kiso Yoshiyasu surrendered in less than ten days after Kaesong. Harunobu Takeda gave preferential treatment to this family, allowing him to retain Andu and enjoy the treatment of the relatives of the Takeda family and Zhunyimen. Shinano was completely pacified.

The weather throughout the year was very abnormal. From the beginning of spring sowing, there were droughts of varying degrees from Echigo to Kanto. The followers of the Kira family were very busy fighting the drought. Fortunately, the warm and humid air from the south eased temporarily in early May. Troubled by drought, but the lack of rain to nourish food production is a foregone conclusion.

Shinano and Kai, which are also facing the pressure of drought, are even worse. It is more difficult to obtain rainfall when surrounded by mountains than in Echigo. The drought in these two countries is more severe, and the Kanto countries also have different degrees of drought. In contrast, Musashi , Sagami is much better than Ueno and Shinano.Basically similar to Echigo.There is a small amount of rain to alleviate the drought but not enough to solve the spread of the drought.

in this case.The Takeda family still did not deal with the drought in a stable manner, and a larger-scale change occurred. At midnight on July [-]th, when everything was silent, a group of troops without banners sneaked under the deserted city. At this time, the closed city gate suddenly opened and opened the city Troops from outside were introduced into the city, and it didn't take long for several curved wheels in the city to ignite fires at the same time.

The blazing flames and billowing smoke covered the night sky, and the Jiuyao Banner and Liulian Qianqi were erected at the same time in the city.Not long after, the Tianshou Pavilion of Huangdi City caught fire, and a group of Jiuyao Banners took advantage of the chaos and escaped from the gate of the hand and headed north.

The next day, all the people in Kita-Shinano received a message: "Sanada Kotaka attacked the barren castle at night, and the Kakizaki and Izumi Morokages were outnumbered and led their troops to retreat."

"What should I do? What should I do!" Ogasawara was anxious like an ant in a hot pot for a long time, Yoshiki Murakami bowed his head with a livid face, and the people of Northern Shinano showed somewhat helpless expressions. Suda Miki, Tadanao Shimadzu and the others looked at each other solemnly.

"Kakizaki and Izumi are here!"

There was a commotion among the citizens of Kita-Shinano, Yasuda Keimoto and Yoshie Keisuke, who had not spoken for a long time, also looked out of the hall. Sit cross-legged.A little surname immediately came over with a kettle to refill him.

The fierce Echigo general poured several large cups of tea, angrily cursed: "This Sanada Yutaka is really cunning and cunning. The family has been strictly guarded for more than a year, but he still took advantage of the loopholes. Half of the Shinano people in the city were arrested No one will believe the bribery! My family doubts how he did it, he is really pervasive!"

"Always passive defense is not enough! If this continues, we will be defeated little by little sooner or later." Yasuda Jingyuan turned around anxiously, and the current situation was far beyond their expectations. Become Echigo's sinner.

An envoy ran in in a hurry, whispered something to the Murakami samurai who was standing next to the waiter, and then quietly retreated. Then the samurai quickly passed the news to Murakami Yoshiki, the general of Shinano His face was as black as iron, and he sighed after a long time: "It's too late, the Takeda family is going to fight in Kita Shinano."

"What?" The faces of the people of Kita Shinano, who were filled with righteous indignation just now, suddenly changed their faces, and they all fell silent. They were afraid of Takeda Harunobu, and even more afraid of the elusive Sanada Kotaka. They were afraid of dreaming of these two people in their dreams.

Masahiro Takanashi saw the listless look of the Shinano samurai below, so he could only lament: "Why bother?"

Ogasawara asked even more anxiously for a long time: "What should we do? Should we go out for a decisive battle? Or should we report to Echigo immediately, but Danseiden's body is unwell, can we rescue him in time?"

"Don't worry about that much!" Murakami Yoshiki made a difficult decision, and said viciously: "Report to Wuweidian urgently! Only Wuweidian can save us! The rest depends on you and me to resist the invasion of the Takeda army!"

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At the same moment, in the small square under the Honmaru of Kasuga Mountain City, a group of teenagers gathered together and brandished long guns. Among them, a 1.6-meter-tall teenager fought six against one, and the plain gun in his hand turned into a wandering dragon. The young man retreated steadily, and the six of them repeatedly attempted to form an formation but were disrupted by him, and their combined blows failed to hit, but were defeated one by one.

When the last boy was brought down, several teenagers in the field supported each other and limped to a corner to rest. Iwazurumaru, who had stood by for a long time, handed over the wet wipes that had been iced in well water. Another cup of tea was handed over respectfully, and for Kirayoshi, he knocked on the back and massaged his mouth and kept reporting various news: "The drought in Osan County has eased, but the corn production in the first season of this summer will decrease by [-]%. The autumn drought will not abate yet, and the production cuts will intensify..."

"Continue!" Gudong Gudong drank a cup of tea, picked up a cold towel to cover his face, lay on the recliner, and a few surnames came over and massaged and tapped their legs, not to mention how sexy they were.

"Lord Master!" Hattori Masanari came out from nowhere, and whispered, "Yesterday, the Arato Castle guarded by Kakizaki and Izumi Shouden was breached by Sanada Kotaka. Today, the Takeda family announced that they would lead an army of [-] to leave Kai. The military service class has already started in full swing, and it is estimated that the army will be assembled in half a month, and will be heading to the vicinity of Chuanzhong Island at the end of the month."

"Are you moving so quickly?" Pulling off the wet towel attached, sitting on the recliner and contemplating for a moment, he ordered Iwazuru Maru beside him: "Call all the retainers of Kasugayama Castle immediately. Our family is going to hold an appraisal meeting."

"Yes!" The little surnames picked up the water basin and belongings and ran out in a hurry.Nagao Jinghu before going to Yuzawa Imperial Palace.He made it clear that during his period, when the owner of Kasugayama Castle was Kira Yoshi, the samurai of both the Kira family and the Nagao family would obey his will, and his orders were the supreme decrees of Echigo.

Half an hour later, hundreds of warriors gathered in the evaluation room and waited patiently for the sudden evaluation meeting. After a while, they sang: "Wuwei Palace, Your Highness Princess is here!"

"Meet Wuweidian, Your Royal Highness!" The people of Echigo are very interesting, and they still call him Wuweidian.This awkward habit is reflected in their words, and they always avoid the name Nagao Jinghu unconsciously, even if they gave Kira Yoshishi an oath, they did not change their words.

"My lords! The war in Kita-Shinano has resumed. This time the provocateur is still Takeda Harunobu of Kai. Yesterday Arato Castle was breached by Yukitaka Sanada, the leader of the Shinano prefecture. Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru are all fine with me, Echigo Koro. Gentlemen What do you think?"

"It's Takeda Harunobu again!" Honjo Shino's voice raised a few notches, which showed how bad his mood was.

As Nagao Keigoro's teacher and chief genealogist, Honjo Shino also hates this greedy samurai as much as Nagao Keigoro, but it is different from Nagao Keigoro who hates Takeda Harunobu for violating the shogunate law.His starting point is Echigo Homeland Security.

Because of geographical factors, the Nagao family has always been deeply involved with the people of Kitashinano.The Takanashi Clan, the second largest force in Kitashinano, has maintained an in-law relationship with the Nagao family through four generations of Takanashi Masataka, Takanashi Masamori, Takanashi Sumigaka, and Takanashi Masahiro.

Among them, Takanashi Masataka married his daughter to Nagao Nokage, and the famous Echigo general Nagao was born. Nagao Nokage then married his daughter to Takanashi Sumigao. His younger sister married Nagao to Kage to strengthen their relationship, and gave birth to four brothers and sisters, Nagao Haruka, Nagao Kyokang, Nagao Kyobo, and Kaji Haruna's main wife.

It's a pity that the Takanashi family's good luck ended here. Nagao Keke's main wife died of illness, and Toragogozen was ushered in from the same family's Susai Nagao family, and three children were born successively. , following Nagao Weijing, Nagao Haruki, Nagao Jingkang, and Nagao Jingfang died one after another. The current ruler of the Nagao family, Nagao Jinghu, and the brothers and sisters of Nagao Tiger have no direct marriage relationship with the Takanashi family.

It can be seen that the strategy of the Nagao family in the past has been to stabilize the border security of the southern line of Shinano, and to resolve internal problems first. The reason for this strategy is the consideration of national defense. The mountains are blocked by heavy snow, or Echigo is extremely dangerous and difficult to travel. Only Kita Shinano can cross the border and enter Echigo in winter.

Just as the hometown of the Togakushi ninja is at the foot of Mt. Any force that stabilizes the region will become the enemy of the Nagao family.

And Harunobu Takeda attacked Kita Shinano again and again, almost touching the scales of the dragon. One can imagine what kind of mood the people of Echigo looked at their invasion.

"Do you think you can act wildly without the lord? This is absolutely impossible!" Saito Chaoxin stood up, raised his fist and shouted: "My lords, fight! For Echigo, for the Nagao family, for All of us! Fight together!"

"Fight!" "Fight!" Echigo's samurai stood up and shouted excitedly. Except for Honjo Shigecho, Hojo Takahiro, and Kurokawa Kiyomi, all the samurai of the Kira family were expressionless. This kind of tacit understanding From the trust in the family governor, I believe that the invincible Kira family will continue to win.

When Ji Liangyi secretly thought that the army's heart was available, he laughed and said: "My family understands what you mean, so let's go out!"

On the way back to the castle tower, Nagao Torahime pouted all the time and looked unhappy. She went out to fight in Kita Shinano in July, and August was her wedding date with Kira Yoshinori, but her elder brother Nagao Keigoro was recuperating in the Yuzawa Imperial Palace. , the groom is going to play in Kita Shinano again, no wonder she will be unhappy.

"Torahime, walk slowly, you can see that the skirt is dragging on the ground." Kira Yoshishi helped her pull the corner of the skirt, and followed helplessly. Tiger Hime suddenly turned around and bumped into Kira Yoshishi, with her forehead pressed against him on the bridge of his nose, making him dizzy.

"Ah! It hurts!" The long-tailed Hu Ji staggered and fell to the ground, clutching her small forehead and crying, "Your Highness doesn't dote on Hu Ji at all! Hu Ji is in so much pain!"

"Who said I don't like Tiger Concubine! I'm the most... I like Tiger Concubine the most!" After saying dozens of "most" in a row, she made a fool of herself and made the little girl laugh out of tears.

"Can your Highness not go to Beixinano?"

"I don't want to go either! But it's the foundation laid by my brother... You know, my brother will come back at the end of the year and say that when we return the king to my brother, it's always unreasonable to find that one piece is missing?"

Hu Ji's palm-sized face was tangled for a long time, her small nose wrinkled a few times, and she said in great distress: "But what about the marriage ceremony between Hu Ji and His Highness? It was agreed that we will get married this year! I have prepared all the invitations and everything." That's it!"

"Postponed! I will write a letter to rule the elder brother, as well as Sheng Ji and the others. I believe it should be fine a few months later! Wouldn't it be better for us to hold the marriage ceremony next year when the elder brother recovers?" Ji Liangyi said in order to appease the girl Feeling uneasy, he had to use Nagao Jinghu as a shield.

"Yes! If my brother recovers, it will be even better! If my brother misses it, Hu Ji will be very sad! Then Hu Ji will be at home and wait for His Royal Highness to return in triumph!" Hu Ji buried her face in his arms Li didn't move for a long time.

On July 20th, Echigo announced that the target of the mobilization order was directed at Kawanakajima. According to the division of military service in the Nagao military service account, the Echigo people must mobilize [-] standing troops within [-] days to gather in Kasugayama Castle, Nagao’s family There are about [-] members of Banner's noble family who are always ready to join the battle, and together there are [-] people. If the army directly under the Nagao family is protecting Nagao Jinghu and guarding the Yuzawa Imperial Palace, it will be [-] troops.

In addition, Kira Yoshitoshi did not mobilize a single soldier. Counting the troops directly under Honjo Shigecho, Kurokawa Kiyomi, and Hojo Takahiro, the armed forces of the Kira Army surged to [-] troops, plus These [-] troops are [-] troops, and another [-] Kira navy can be mobilized.

When armed forces with different flags gathered under Kasugayama Castle to hold a battle ceremony, groups of Kira Corps with red and black equipment stepped out of the Otemon Gate in neat steps, looking at the red cavalry, black iron artillery, and Ashikaga Nibiki behind him. Two, thousands of people were quiet, only the sound of people and horses moving, no whispering, no looking left and right, just standing quietly in front of the formation and waiting to set off.

"Is this the Kira Army? It really deserves its reputation!" Nagao Masaki covered the strong sunlight with his hand and carefully looked at the elite team. From the look and temperament, it can be seen that these people did not indicate that they had received long-term training. The elite among the elite, it can be seen from the actions that these people have extremely high tactical literacy, which is enough to show that this is an elite division of the ultimate battle formation.

Not far from the Nagao political scene, Usami Dingman seemed very disappointed. To be precise, he was not disappointed for other reasons, but he was sighing for the family: "So elite, so strategic, is there really no hope for my Usami family? ?”

Carefully looking at the general wearing fumigated purple wei mai pills, the four causes are fluttering in the rustling summer wind, and the flag of Saburo Yoshitoki on the flying Ashikaga seems to be telling everything silently. s legend.

"Genji White Flag...?" Nakajo Fujisuke repeated in a low voice, and then denied his absurd idea: "Genji White Flag will only appear when..., this cannot be called Genji White Flag!" (to be continued) ..)

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