Pillars of the Wu family

When the war on the south bank of the Chikuma River broke out suddenly, another military meeting was held in Asahiyama City, but this time the military meeting seemed to be different. The familiar military map was placed in the evaluation room, and the map was filled with small Everyone knew what the flag meant, and everyone stared at the map inexplicably, and soon discovered many abnormalities.

"Why did the flag of Suda Temple turn blue?"

"No! The flag of the Rain Palace has also turned blue!"

Blue is the color of the flag of Takeda, and red is the color of the flag of Kira. The people of Shinano must know what it means to turn red into blue, so they are very nervous and angry, clamoring to find Kira Yoshishi asked for an explanation, it is easy to handle things if someone takes the lead, and most of the Shinano people who obviously have nothing to do with themselves also clamored, and seemed to have the intention of forming a group to scare the Kira family.

After a while, a handsome young surname came over with a large stack of letters, and then Kira Yoshishi walked over slowly: "Hey, all the gentlemen are here! It just so happens that my family has something to say, these days I But I found a lot of interesting things, take them out and share them with everyone, Iwazuru Maru begins!"

"Yes!" Kawada Iwatsurumaru recited aloud: "Takeda Daizen Daifuden proclaims that since Kira's army invaded, we and the Shinano samurai family all earnestly look forward to the Takeda army's expulsion of Kira's army and returning us to Shinano's peaceful paradise... "

"Nani?" The samurai in the hall suddenly raised their voices. More than [-]% of the retainers of the Kira and Nagao families showed angry expressions. Xin sneered and said, "Since when did Shinano belong to the Takeda family? Canonized by the shogunate?"

Hosokawa Fujitaka grimaced.He glanced coldly at the Shinano people in the hall: "Some people are really shameless!"

As an Ashikaga family with many tattoos.Sanguan led a disciple of the Hosokawa family.Hosokawa Shimo and Izumi Moriya is the current governor of the family. No matter what the reason is, Hosokawa Fujitaka wants to protect the reputation of the shogunate. In his early years, he learned the secret of waka from Sanjo Nishikojo "teaching from the past and the present". He was abducted by Kira Yoshitoshi to become a retainer of the Kira family as soon as he graduated. , and then took advantage of the relationship between the Kira family and the shogunate court to make great achievements in singing, and quickly became the world's first-class waka master.

Ever since he came to the distant country of Echigo, he has been too busy with business to hold waka gatherings, but ministers who travel to Hokuriku and Yuo will always come to Naoetsu to meet with him to discuss waka skills.Not only that, Hosokawa Fujitaka also has profound attainments in Sinology, Chinese poetry, and literature. Nagao Kagetora's mentor, Amuro Mitsuyu, also had correspondence with him to discuss and exchange academic issues.

He has only been in Echigo for more than a year, and his reputation has spread all over Echigo, Shinano, Ueno, Etchu, Dewa, Mutsu and other places like wings, and he is considered the top cultural person in the entire Hokuriku Kanto .

"My family, let's call their names! Remember to stand up if you call them!" Yoshitomo Kira took the letters with a smile and read them one by one: "Ieji Amamiya, Nobumasa Suda, Masakuni Yashiro, Yashiro Yashitada, Yashitada Ashi Tian Nobumori, Bantian Sadacho, Akazawa Eyasu... Kurita Tsuruju!"

"One, two, three, four, five... 25 families! What about the 25 powerful families in Kita Shinano, the Takeda family? How should the family deal with you?"

With this problem, 25 Shinano samurai immediately became the target of public criticism. Not only the samurai from the Kira family and the Nagao family glared at each other, but even the local anti-Takeda faction in Shinano hated them. Read, the big idea is that he has long seen that there will be trouble sooner or later in this school.As expected, something happened today.

Kurita Tsuruju burst out laughing, pointing at his fellow clan Kurita Kanan and yelling loudly: "A man who forgot his ancestors and betrayed his ancestors. He followed the Echigo gangsters to Hokuriku regardless of the opposition of the upper and lower levels. Give up all the land and cities to the Nagao family, you are a villain!"

This swearing stunned Kurita Kanan and the samurai in the hall. Seeing this situation, Kurita Tsuruju shouted proudly: "We have not betrayed! It is only right to take refuge in the Takeda family. People in Shinano are not blind, everyone can see that the Takeda family is unstoppable, why can't we join the Takeda family? Why?"

"So you betrayed? Can you abandon the righteousness of being a samurai if you are unstoppable? It's really high-sounding, high-sounding!" Yoshiki Kira applauded him lightly, the smile on his face gradually faded, his eyes There was a flicker of terrifying ferocity.

"Samurai righteousness? What's the use of that thing? What's the use of telling me? Can you control food and drink? Who helped us when the Takeda family invaded Shinano? Why can't we rely on the Takeda family now? Don't use your shogunate things Fooling people, what is the shogunate? What is the righteousness of the Wu family? In this chaotic Warring States era, having soldiers and money is fundamental, and everything else is nonsense and nonsense!"

Kurita Tsuruju felt that today's state was surprisingly good, especially standing in the evaluation room with hundreds of people and yelling loudly at the so-called "famous samurai family". Behind Kira Yoshitoki, Ashikaga Ni cited two flags and said: "What's so great about the shogunate? Takeshi Genji? It's just yesterday. Today's troubled times are the era of unknown samurai like us. Only heroes like Takeda Ozen can lead us. Conquering Nuo Da’s territory and taking refuge in the Takeda family will give you countless glory and wealth, are you still obsessed with it?”

"Did you point fingers at the imperial flag of my Ashikaga family just now?" Kira Yoshitoki's face was as cold as frost, he stood up abruptly and shouted: "Take down this traitor!"

"Choke!" Hundreds of knives flickered and surrounded the 25 people. A few people who didn't know what to do or what to do fought back against the master. They rushed up and caught them all, and the people of Shinano were frightened and at a loss for a moment. All these changes were too fast, and people had no time to think about it. When they caught a glimpse of the Echigo samurai looking at them with unfriendly expressions, these people wisely chose to remain silent.

"How dare you speak out so brazenly about betrayal? I think you guys are stunned and your brains burned off!" Yoshitoki Kira walked up to Kurita Tsuruju, and sneered as he looked at the guy struggling with his hands twisted behind his back on the tatami mat. Said: "It is you who are so rebellious that the century-old foundation of the Ashikaga family was destroyed!

Do you remember who gave you the land Zhixing?Who gave you the status of warriors far beyond farmers and merchants?You all forgot.Forget it all!A bunch of ungrateful rebels!Your ancestors will be ashamed of your shame today!You are born with rebellious blood.It is the silverfish of my samurai family.Black sheep, you are not worthy of being warriors at all! "

"The most unforgivable thing is that you dare to desecrate the imperial flag of the Ashikaga clan of Minamoto, Hanoi! It is an unforgivable crime! It is unforgivable even if you cut him into pieces!" Yoshiki Kira's eyes seemed to be able to bite people, and the ferocious aura made this person The assessment of midsummer is as cold as winter.

The audience of the Shinano people were so scared by these few words that they sweated profusely. The 25 people were even more unbearable. Their whole bodies trembled like sifting chaff.Such a shameful performance made the samurai of the Kira family even more disgusted.

"I am the descendant of the Genji family in Hanoi, when Ashikaga Shangsaburo Yoshitoshi, in the name of the samurai Genji Dongliang family goichimen, took away the samurai qualifications of 25 people, and your ancestors traced back 500 years, but the samurai should take it away The Wu family deserves it, demolish the Bodhi Temple, burn the Wu family's certification documents, and list it as a Wu family's rebellion, and it will not be pardoned for a hundred generations!"

"Blood spewed from Kurita Tsuruju's mouth and nose. But his head was pinned tightly, and he could only shout word by word: You...how...what...what...this...what...do? ...the government...no...has...this...kind...of...punishment!"

"It didn't happen before. It was because the shogunate was too merciful. It was so merciful that you rebellious people can feel at ease and betray you! But everything has changed since today!" Yoshiki Kira raised his head proudly, and said coldly: "Because I My name is Genyoshi! In Hokuriku, I am the highest law enforcement officer representing the Ashikaga family! You have committed the crime of treason in the Genji law, and I will punish you rebellious retainers on behalf of Genji! Remember this flag! Hanoi Genji The dignity of the Dongliang family cannot be violated, and you will repent of your sins after going to hell!"

"Sinners, you will fall into hell forever and never be reborn! So will your ancestors!" Yoshiki Kira shouted: "Come here! Drag these 25 people down and hang them, and set up a cross to crucify the traitor Kurita Tsuruju Outside Otemon Gate, wailing and dying!"

"Yes!" The samurai of Kira's family dragged 25 paralyzed rebels out of the evaluation room in a hurry. They also knew what happened to the so-called hanging and cross. The Teutonic Knight Hans of Nassau often talked with them Talk about stories related to religion.

It didn't take long before 24 gallows and a cross were erected outside Asahiyama Castle, and the townspeople in the nearby castle town watched 25 nobles being hanged and were afraid to approach them, especially the wailing of a nailed samurai. It was very scary, and it didn't take long for a notice to be pasted next to this group of sinners, listing the crimes of these sinners.

Of course, it also includes severe punishments such as chasing down the samurai’s origin and immorality. In the bland retelling of the samurai, the townspeople can still feel the horror between the lines. For ancient Japanese society, death is not the most terrible thing. , but the terrible thing is that death still bears the sins of life and cannot be forgiven.

Not being able to be reborn in the Paradise of Paradise, but falling into hell forever, this crime is too great. The townspeople can’t help but sigh for these 25 people. Whoever offends them must offend the Ashikaga family. Even the illiterate people know that in "Taiping Ji" Takashi Ashikaga raised the white flag to go out of Kyushu, and twenty cavalry entered Kyoto to seize the world in one fell swoop.

This is due to the ape musicians who went to the streets and went deep into the countryside. Dramas such as Genpei Battle and Southern and Northern Dynasties are people's favorite dramas.

Regardless of the secular understanding of the samurai or the blind trust in the shogunate, it is understandable to punish some criminals who blasphemed the shogunate. The only controversy is whether the punishment is too severe. Didn’t Echigo Bueiden forgive many people for such a severe punishment?”

After disposing of the 25 samurai, Kira Yoshitoki also had to explain: "What happened to Echigo happened before the acting lord, and they didn't know about Takeda, let alone insult the family, desecrate the majesty of the shogunate, and took the initiative Regret and ask for forgiveness, this family thinks that they will rein in the precipice and let it go."

He knew that the punishment just now was too severe. Many of these 25 people were relatives of the Shinano samurai in the hall. , the pursuit of destruction can only erase the ancestors of the condemned.

The so-called extermination of the family, these 25 people died.Their branches also turned into meteors and slowly dissipated.One of their members will be absorbed by each branch.All the retainers will also be taken away, and there is nothing to be afraid of chasing down their identities. Even the immediate relatives of these 25 people can be adopted as adopted sons, and you can change their identities and continue to live.

After thinking about this logic, the samurai of Shinano also shut their mouths. The demise of 25 people indicates that there will be an earth-shaking change in Shinano. In the future, if someone communicates with Takeda, he must weigh his own weight. What the Takeda family can give What is more important than your own family business future, wealth and life.

These Shinano people made wishful thinking one by one.Some people even began to plan to annex the legacy of the criminal ministers. Yoshihiro Kira saw the private thoughts of these people and sneered: "The main family will go to Hachimanhara to fight the Takeda family. The criminal ministers' sect, The vassals went out to fight in Kawanakajima, and they fought with both hands to wash away their weaknesses! The surviving samurai allowed them to change their Miao characters and become the servants of my Kira family."

"..." The National People's Congress of Shinano was disappointed, and after all the calculations and calculations, they didn't get anything. It's just that Yu Wei was in front of him and no one dared to complain.

"My gentlemen, please remember! Achievements and martial arts names should be obtained from the horse. The centuries-old martial arts family is not established by relying on defeat or betrayal! What you want is in Hachimanhara. Take it back from the Takeda family in a dignified manner. !"

"I'll wait to understand!"

……

On Mount Chausu, more than ten kilometers west of Asahiyama Castle, the banners of the Takeda Army Camp located here are flying.A team of ashigaru carefully wiped the ordnance. They are preparing for the war. Cleaning up the housework and wiping the weapons and armor can effectively relieve the tension before the war. This is the secret passed down by the veterans of the Takeda family.

In the distance, a small load team was handing over the grain and grass. The peasants who escorted the grain and grass hid in the shade of the trees to enjoy the coolness for a while. A few executives stared at the scorching sun and counted the handed over grain and grass. It didn’t take long for it to heat up Sweating profusely, the mountains of grain and rice piled up behind them need to be closed one by one, and fire and theft must be prevented to prevent insects and rats from eating. They are often busy from dawn to half a day.

There is a huge military tent in the center of the camp, surrounded by hundreds of red-armored warriors, this is the command center of the Takeda Army, which is related to the victory or defeat of tens of thousands of troops, which is different from the scorching heat outside the tent. It was unbearable, at this time the atmosphere in the big tent was as cold as winter, dozens of warriors sat in circles, the highest seated was Harunobu Takeda Ozen, the chief general of this army.

Harunobu Takeda was in a very bad mood. He never expected that Yukitaka Sanada would be beaten and fled in embarrassment. In his impression, it has been a long time since the Takeda Army had such a situation. The last disastrous defeat was four years ago The stone collapsed, since that defeat woke up the impatient Harunobu Takeda, he has never lost in the past four years.

The military quality of the Sanada family's main team is not much worse than that of the main force of the Takeda army. They are all from the Shinano country who have fought for many years. After a big somersault, bad premonition surged up crazily, making him both angry and helpless.

"Defeat the Sanada army almost without damage? Isn't this a joke?" Iifu Huchang stroked his mustache and wondered: "When did the Sanada bullet become so fragile? Could it be that I, Huchang, got it wrong?"

"The intelligence should be correct, and you can rest assured about the ability to penetrate." Komai Masaobu rubbed his temples and thought hard. The samurai in the military tent also had the same posture, Atobe Nobuaki, Nagasaka Mitsuken and others. Takeda The group seemed to be thinking too, but there was always a hint of sarcasm in their eyes, which made him feel very uncomfortable, because he had been stabbed by such eyes before.

"You bastards, don't you look down on us genealogists and outsiders? You don't know that the lord is already tired of you!" Komai Masaobu's eyes only stayed on Imai Nobuura's face for a moment, and then immediately turned to another direction, just to look at Kasuga Torazuna, Baba Nobuharu, Kudo Yukunaga, and Iifu Masakae, who were sitting on the edge of the military tent, were also thinking hard.

Iifu Huomasa squinted his eyes and looked at the important ministers, such as Takeda Nobushige, Takeda Noburen, Ilsinryu, Koyamada Masato, etc. Takeda Harunobu's new sects and genealogy generations did not speak, so he tentatively said: "Sanada Dan looks at me The Takeda family's strategy is like a child's play, this crime is not small!"

Kira Chibei's powerful power made him realize that he had miscalculated, and now is not the time to pursue responsibility. Takeda Harunobu thought in distress: "The strength of the main force of Kira's army is far beyond our expectations. Once the Rangers attacking Haijin Castle is lost, it will be lost." Will the protection of the flanks be... grain road!"

Takeda Harunobu's complexion changed suddenly.Masao Komai seemed to have the same question in mind.There are still a few people who have thought of this possibility.Kudo Yukunaga exclaimed: "Shiozaki Castle and Yashiro Castle may be in danger!"

Fan Fu Huchang jumped up anxiously and shouted: "My lord, let me, Huchang, personally lead the army to support!"

"I'm afraid it's too late." Masao Komai said.

"What do you mean? What do you mean it's too late?" Iifu Huchang was very angry. He had reason to believe that this person was avenging his personal revenge, because he had ridiculed Masao Komai more than ten years ago. In his opinion, this person is a typical hypocrite.

Because I have held grudges for more than ten years after a single taunt, so that I have been tripped by this guy for more than ten years, and most of the suggestions made by Fanfu Huchang will be disturbed by him. Now he proposes when the big guy has not reacted. He was still interrupted when he went out.It's abominable not to let him get a great opportunity to make meritorious deeds!

Komai Masaobu didn't care too much about the expression on Tomasa Itomi's expression, and said after a little tidying up: "From the perspective of the Kira Army's military strategy, most of them are planning to attack the main food and grass roads of our side. It is very easy to encounter the enemy's volley and surprise attack. In this way, in order to prevent the surprise attack, the number of rangers sent should not be less than [-]. If there are too many troops to rescue Shiozaki Castle, the Murakami Yoshiki team will retreat and meet the enemy forces in Asahiyama Castle. Convergence. What should we do if we jointly attack our camp?"

"Three thousand is three thousand. With 3000 less people, are you afraid that they will be able to break through the formation? Could Gao Baizhai belittle himself?" Fan Fu Huchang competed with him.You said that Sanqian is worried about the formation, so I'll just say that the loss of Sanqian will not have much impact on the formation.

"Our strategy is to pull out all the strongholds of the Kira Army on the south bank of the Chikuma River. Our side is already at a disadvantage in terms of form, making it difficult for our side to cross the Sai River to harass the Kira Army. Once the troops are divided to guard the food road, can the main force hold up? If we can survive the onslaught of Kira's army, or the enemy sends out a main force to cooperate with Murakami Yoshikiyo's team to attack Shiozaki Castle, or bypass Shiozaki Castle and go straight to the rear of Shinano University, what should we do then?" Masao Komai His eyes were always fixed on the silent Takeda Harunobu. To him, Tomo Tomasaka was just a bluffing idiot. He might be a good fighter in war, but his strategy was far behind him.

After a long silence, Harunobu Takeda sighed softly: "Let the Sanada Kotaka team assist in the defense of the two cities! Order the people in the small prefecture army to work together to protect the food roads, and the military service account will follow the normal rules! In addition, Zhengwu will make preparations. Discuss peace talks with Kira Zuobing Weidu!"

The faces of Takeda's vassals changed when they heard about it. When Takeda Harunobu retreated lightly, Iifu Huchang said eagerly: "My lord! Are you going to retreat? You can't retreat lightly before the war begins!"

"I would like to obey the order!" Masao Komai directly ignored Iifu Huchang who was facing him, and got up and retreated without even looking at him.

"It's just a two-handed preparation! Don't worry about Hu Chang and you, my Takeda family is not the poor and weak Suwa family, and the Kira left soldier guard is not the original family, please rest assured..." Takeda Harunobu confidently comforted Under the many officials.

After a long time, the retainers retreated one after another, and a white-haired old man appeared beside him, and said in a dry voice: "My lord! The subject has already investigated it. When Kira Chibei raided the Sanada army, Sanada Yutaka was there. command……"

"Leave this question aside, let's talk about Kira Chibi's activities."

"Yes! Kira Chibei's whereabouts are quite secretive and they seem to be protected by a ninja army, so there is almost no chance for me to get close to spying on the intelligence. What is certain is that the Chibei general Shile Sadatsu has a high command ability, Chibei The brave generals Takigawa Tokimasa, Shima Tokatsu, Nagasaka Nobumasa and others in Beichu were very active, and they played an extremely important role in the raid on Sanada Dansho's army..."

"Say the point!"

"Kira Chibei's whereabouts are secretive, and he is especially good at night marching. The ninja army of the Kira family is very powerful, and the ministers don't know the scope of their activities, but at least they will cover the entire Kawanaka Island area!"

Takeda Harunobu nodded and said, "Good job, go down and rest!"

"Yes!" The old man stepped back slowly.

"If my family guessed correctly, there must be reinforcements behind him! If my family sends reinforcements, Kira Chibi will definitely ambush and attack. If my family does not send reinforcements, the two cities of Shiozaki and Yashiro will definitely not be safe. To break the family and become the turtle in the urn, so as to force our Takeda army to take the initiative to show its flaws and defeat it in one fell swoop?

Do you really think that my Takeda family doesn't have the courage to break the boat?Or he was betting that his family would not dare to retreat immediately... No!If my family retreats, they will fall into his trap! "Takeda Harunobu said bitterly: "So that's the case, what a ruthless scheme!" "(to be continued...)