Pillars of the Wu family

As partial teachers, Kakizaki Keike, Murakami Yoshiki, Ogasawara Nagatoki, and Takanashi Masahiro also received the awards they deserved, and the awards from the Kira family also recognized his control over Kita Shinano in disguise, but this is far from enough, such as Ogasawara hadn't figured out what to do for a long time, so he had to think about it.

If you can’t figure it out in one year, you can think about it for three years. If you can’t figure it out in three years, you can think about it for five years. If you can’t figure it out in five years, you can use it for ten years. I want something.

Those who privately complained that the Kira family did not reward the land and knowledge were much more honest when they saw the 24 corpses hanged in Asahiyama Castle and the cross. They confiscated 25 shi of land near Chuanzhong Island at one time, and all members, retainers, and subordinates of [-] families All the armed forces rushed into Kira's family, and this time, another [-] troops and hundreds of samurai surged.

This technique is simply frightening. A small half of the 12 koku in the entire Kawanakajima area was quietly occupied. After assisting Murakami Yoshiki to seize the old collar of Katsuo Castle, Kakizaki Jingjia, the original Saruma Castle, and Kakizaki Castle totaled 280 chobu The land was transferred to 450 chobu near Huraku Castle and Isesaki Castle in Kita-Shinano Prefecture.

This place is located in the southwest of Katsuo Castle. It used to belong to the territory of the Murakami family. Now, with the strength and self-confidence of Murakami Yoshiki, it is obvious that he cannot keep the old family business. He can only cede part of the disputed area to the samurai of Echigo. , in exchange for the frontline land in exchange for the relative security near Katsuo Castle.

According to Shigao's previous calculation, the Kakizaki Jing family's acquisition of land Zhixing here is roughly equivalent to about [-] shi. Of course, this increase in Zhixing is also worthy of the risk he took.Because Hula Castle and Isesaki Castle have penetrated into the vital parts of the western part of Xiaoxian County.The Kakizaki family also belonged to the first-line samurai family on the frontline battlefield.

Jijiang Jingzi, as the bannerman of Changwei Jinghu, has always been highly regarded.This time, he also walked from the 180th town of Yoshie Castle to the [-]th step of Muroga Castle, which was originally named Muroga's family. This city is located in the south of the Kakizaki Kei family's territory.

This city is relatively safer, but it is not without danger. One mile to the west of Muroga Castle is Aoki Pass, which was called Shunara Pass in ancient times. This is one of the main passages leading to the Matsumoto Basin in Minami Shinano and Fukashi Castle .A large number of Takeda troops have been stationed there for a long time, and he also needs to always guard against sneak attacks from behind the embankment.

Yasuda Keimoto transferred the land of 140 chobu of Yasuda Castle in Chuetsu to the 270 chobu of Susuki Castle, Kita Shinano County, which is the closest castle to the east of the small prefecture. The military task to be undertaken is the heaviest, and it is also the first city to face the attack from the direction of the small prefecture.

However, the Chikuma River is in the northern part of Susuki Castle, and it is very close to receive the support of the Kira Navy at any time. In addition, there is the military assistance of Yoshiki Murakami on the other side of the river, Kakizaki Keiya and Yoshie Kagesuke behind him.

The territory of these three warriors happens to form an iron triangle, and they can rely on each other as horns.It is also possible to form a larger defense network with Murakami Yoshiki on the other side of the river. As the three samurai who were in Shinano in the early days, they were also able to win Zhixing and increase their titles.It is not difficult to exchange the land of the extinct samurai for their allegiance.

The three existing land Zhixing add up to more than [-] chobu, and there is no problem at all with the three families working together to pull up a thousand troops. It's not impossible to give it. Of course, those warriors who want the land and autonomy can also give the land Zhixing. This time, Zhixing's addition of titles is to set an example.

In the future, samurai who want to know the land should only settle down to serve the public, fight like Kakizaki Keke, Yasuda Kemoto, and Yoshie Jingzi, and work hard to lay down a piece of land. When the time comes, they will be awarded the title of knowledge and practice if they have military exploits.

It can be seen from the increase of knowledge and practice that the Kira family began to emphasize the huge role of the cultivated land area. Shi Gao’s measurement will always fluctuate greatly due to different years of good harvests and disaster years, but the area of ​​cultivated land remains unchanged unless Some samurai deliberately made the land sandy and salinized, but who would be so stupid?The samurai of the Warring States period killed generations of people, but they were not fighting for that piece of land.

While happily celebrating the new year in Kasugayama Castle, the return of Nagao Jinghu and the victory of the war, Uesugi Xianzheng, who took refuge in Jinshan Castle in the east of Ueno, fell into the third major crisis in his life. They are the desperate dangers of the Heyue Night Battle and the Tianwen Rebellion respectively. This is the third and most severe one. A slight difference means that the destruction of the family is less serious than the death of the family.

A few months ago, the brutal Hojo army rushed all the way into Ueno country. The Ueno people who used to be good at fighting seemed to disappear without a trace. No one came to save him or stand up to accept him. How embarrassing for him, the former famous Kanto governor, to appreciate him!

"Guanlingdian! Satake Ukyoden has rejected your invitation!" Shigeru Yurashige sat down anxiously, and saw that there was no one in the cold and cold Daihiro room. There were two retainers here yesterday, and none of them left today. up.

Yoshiaki Satake calls himself Dr. Ukyo, and it’s not a big problem in Kanto, a place where no one cares about it. The Satake family was originally another descendant of Yoshimitsu, the Minamoto family in Hanoi. It was originally in the same position as the Takeda family, but this family also inherited Takeda. The country's political level has gone one step further, standing on the opposite side of Yuan Laichao and being suppressed so that he can't hold his head up.

Therefore, the Satake family has never been well-known. It is just a Chinese from Hitachi County. It has not made a fortune in more than 300 years from the Kamakura period to the Warring States period. 150 years ago, the Satake family governor Satake Yoshimori found the Uesugi family in Tianshan, which was in full swing. Said that he had no son and hoped to have an adopted son.

As a result, Yamaguchi and Yoshi, who had a strong family, were greatly disappointed. As a commoner, he thought that the position of the governor of the family would be sure, but who knew that the governor of the Satake family wanted to cling to the Uesugi family and sell his branch, so he buried his family. The Satake family later had a long history of civil strife.

Therefore, the Satake family is also a sect of Uesugi in Yamauchi. When Uesugi Xianzheng was desperate and remembered that he still had this sect, Nagao sent someone to contact Yoshiaki Satake in Hitachi, expressing his willingness to let Uesugi's family governor To Yoshiaki Satake.Give it to him, including the Guanling of the Kanto.As long as he can take in his family.

"The Kohata Clan of Kunimine Castle, the Nawa Clan of Isesaki Castle, and the Akai Clan of Tatebayashi Castle gathered together to rebel. The Nagano Clan, Yasunaka Clan, and Kuragano Clan were silent, and now even the Satake Clan is abandoning me. Is it? Is God going to destroy my Uesugi family?" Uesugi Xianzheng, who hadn't had any water or rice all day, looked crazy, beating his chest, stamping his feet and crying bitterly.

He never expected that the Ueno people hated him so much. Ever since the Kawagoe night battle destroyed the Uesugi family in Ogi Valley, and the Uesugi family in Yamauchi declined to only the Ueno Ichikuni in name, his life seemed to be plunged into darkness. Harunobu Takeda beheaded [-] people, threw away his armor and armor, lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and returned.

Then the Kanto Astronomical Rebellion wanted to show off its talents, but found that no one supported him.Not to mention that no one gave him a helping hand, and he was almost killed by the soldiers on the battlefield several times, which made him realize that his life had changed. I would write some congratulatory posts to the former retainers, hoping that they would miss the friendship for many years, but I didn't expect that what I got in exchange was ruthless betrayal.

"Why is this happening? Tell me why this is happening? What did I do wrong? Because I don't know how to command troops? But I have never punished anyone, and I have always had a good temper!" Uesugi Xianzheng was a little dazed, grabbed Yuliang Chengfan shook it repeatedly, and the latter cursed secretly, only the devil would know, and had to comfort him.

Just a month ago in the winter months.The Hojo family succeeded in raiding Yuyue City, the southern gate of Musashi Kingdom into and out of Ueno, which shocked the people of Ueno.Having just experienced a severe drought, the Ueno people were unable to resist the Hojo Army's unreasonable invasion. The powerful people such as Kohata, Nami, Akai, and Tomioka took the lead in setting off the rebellion, and acted as the vanguard of the Hojo Army to attack the former master's territory. Uesugi Xianzheng had to escape from Hirai City in embarrassment under the cover of Nagao Dangchang.

As a result, when Hirai Castle fell, when he arranged for his confidant Ma Hui to escort the eldest son Ryūwakamaru to escape, those nasty Ma Huizhong actually betrayed him and turned Ryūwakamaru directly to the Hojo army tent. This one was only 11 years old. His children were beheaded and hung on the Otemon Gate of Hirai Castle. Of course, those traitors did not end well. Hojo Shiyasu hated these mercenary villains and beheaded them all to accompany their betrayed master. Hell went.

After this blow, Uesugi Xianzheng's spirit almost collapsed. He hugged his wife all day and cried loudly. Regret and sadness, but not a trace of resentment and anger, he is too weak, a handsome public official Fan who is proficient in culture was wrongly born in the troubled times of the Warring States period, and only a tragic end greeted him.

After arriving at Jinshan City, Uesugi Xianzheng's spirit seemed to have been sucked away from the Buddha, and he was completely disfigured in just over a month, like a terminally ill patient. Compared with the graceful and luxurious handsome man a few months ago People, and he is only 33 years old, even two years younger than Takeda Harunobu.

Now even the loyal housekeeper Nagao Dangchang hides from him, and Satake Yoshiaki's refusal simply makes him even more desperate. Now there are only a few people who serve him by his side, the main wife, the youngest son, the youngest daughter, etc. , the poor have only one ox cart, and even the driver of the cart has run away, so they can only be run by Xiao Xing.

Yura Chengshige is also very anxious, including his family, many people in Uesugi Uesugi's family are not very fond of Uesugi's family at all, and they have always been close to the Kanto government rather than the Kanto governor. Now this great god has to go to him wherever he goes. The family refused to leave, and he was so anxious that he didn't sleep well for a month.

Seeing this handsome and handsome Kanto leader in such a state of desperation, Yoshigeshi gritted his teeth and threatened: "Guanling hall, you can't stay here anymore, the Hojo army is coming soon, and I noticed that there are many strangers coming and going in and out of the city." If the Beitiao army arrives in the city and someone makes trouble, I won't be able to keep the Guanlingdian family!"

"What? What should I do? Is there no room for my constitutional government in such a big world?" After saying this, Uesugi constitutional government suddenly became extremely calm, straightened his clothes and stood up slowly, speaking to Yu Liangcheng in a flat tone Fan said: "My family understands what Shinano Shou means. Even if my family dies here, I will never fall into the hands of thieves."

"Don't! You mustn't..."

"My lord!" As soon as the words were finished, a middle-aged samurai walked in. Seeing that only Yura Chengshige was with Uesugi Xianzheng in the hall, he nodded kindly to him and said, "My lord, you can save my Uesugi family from fire and water." Among them is only Echigo's negligence, and the long-tailed bullet is missing His Highness Bi Jinghu!"

Nagao's mother is the youngest daughter of Ryoshige's grandfather, Yoshigetsu Kageshige, and the two are still relatives in terms of relationship, which is one of the reasons why he recommended Uesugi Kenmasa to take refuge here that day.

"Echigo Nagao Jinghu? This is not acceptable! His father is the enemy of my Uesugi family..." Uesugi Constitution subconsciously vetoed it, and he even wondered if the housekeeper had reached some ulterior motive with the Echigo Nagao family Agreement, you must know that two long tails cannot be written in one stroke, not to mention that they are many branches separated from one family, and it would be unimaginable if they were linked together.

"My lord! What are you still hesitating to this day? If you hesitate for a few more days, the spring will bloom! How can the Ueno Kingdom survive until the autumn harvest in its current form? Only Echigo's long-tailed bullet main hall can solve the current crisis! "Changwei is dying of a headache. This family governor usually doesn't think about government affairs at all, but now he thinks of the muddled accounts of their Changwei family. If he has time to think about this, it is better to think about how to live."

"That's right!" Yuliang Chengfan hurriedly threatened: "But what Ma Shou said is right! The spring sowing will be one month away, and after a drought last year, how many people will starve to death this spring! If you don't make a decision, I'm afraid you won't have the strength to escape the pursuit of the Beitiao army!" (To be continued...)