Pillars of the Wu family

() Nagano Karmasa’s anger and determination are not surprising. The Nishi Ueno loose self-government alliance is the dream of every Chinese lord, just like the crooked people in Kaga Kingdom. Are those Chinese who believe in Yixiangzong all fools?Obviously not, but they will give everything to live the life of a monkey as a king without being controlled.

Compared with the lawless state of the people of Kaga, the people of Nishi Ueno are relatively loose. Their lord Uesugi Kensei had just been cheated by the people of the country, and he was immediately attacked by the current world. Hojo and Takeda attacked one after another. It was swollen, and now I was in a hurry to remember that I still have a protagonist who has a weak sense of existence, and hurriedly asked Echigo for help.

It can also be seen that the internal coordination of the Ueno people is still relatively poor. Nagano Yezheng can also be regarded as a weakened incomplete version of the long tail. It seems that being a leader is very good. If he becomes famous, he will immediately encounter disaster, and he can see this himself.

While declaring your determination and will, actively carry out self-rescue actions, persuade and persuade the Chinese lords all over Ueno, and try your best to unite your own forces to resist the invasion of the Hojo family. This time the situation is better than the last time Uesugi Constitution was expelled. , The number of Chinese people who insist on being the leading party of Ueno has been greatly reduced. Except for some old Uesugi ministers who have long been embraced by the Hojo family, both Ueno East and Ueno West have a clear attitude towards resisting the invasion of the Hojo Army.

On July [-]th, Nagao Jinghu immediately convened a military meeting after receiving a request for help from Ueno. At the meeting, Kira Yoshihiro did not speak, and none of the samurai present was a rookie. Knowing what he should do, Nagao Jinghu's military strategy is no problem. In terms of command level in battles, especially in field battles, there is no one in the entire Kanto and even the world that can stabilize him. The level of Kira Yoshitoshi is still far behind. Far from catching up.

"Come and see my newly written military flag at Yishi!" Nagao Jinghu unfolded a pair of white silk, on which was written a strangely shaped "dragon" character, which looked very similar to the word "chaotic".

"Is this a dragon character? The dragon and snake in the pen show extraordinary momentum..." At first glance, it looks familiar, but after a closer look, I realized the origin of this military flag, and couldn't help exclaiming: "This Could it be that the Chaotic Dragon Flag failed?"

The random dragon flag is Nagao Jinghu's most proud military flag, second only to the "Bi" character flag used later, and its influence even overwhelms the family pattern flag, becoming the spiritual symbol of Nagao's family. The name is so loud that he It's hard not to remember.

"Lanlongqi?" Changwei Jinghu looked very happy, and laughed loudly, "What a good name! I like this name, so I'll call him Luanlongqi!"

"Cough! I seem to have done something again..." Seeing Nagao Jinghu so happy, Kira Yoshishi could only shrug his shoulders and mutter helplessly: "Forget it and let him go."

A flag embodies the personal will of the general and the collective will of a legion. Just like the "Ashikasa Kamisaburo Yoshitoki" flag of the Kira family and the Fubayashi volcano flag of the Takeda family, it represents the spirit of a legion. Glory and strength, the appearance of this military flag also heralds the beginning of the dragon of Echigo soaring above the nine heavens. What will it bring to Kira Yoshitoshi?He couldn't tell himself.

The work to be done has already been prepared. Two days later, on a sunny morning, the Nagao Legion held a battle ceremony. As the general, Nagao Jinghu could only use water instead of sake to complete the ceremony of three offerings, and then swore to dispatch tens of thousands of soldiers The army slowly boarded the returning ship in Naoejin Port.

This time, Ueno did not go by land, but by water with the help of the navy. The advantages of the navy were greatly reflected at this moment. The Kira navy dispatched a large number of ships back to carry the Nagao Corps from Naoetsu and Kashiwazaki Port to the newly built Niigata Port. Then head south along the Shinano River, pass through the Uino River, and land outside Yuzawa Town by abandoning the boat, and cross Mikuni Pass into Ueno Country.

Half a month after Nagao Keigoro's grand opening, Yoshitoki Kira began to assemble his forces according to his own plan, and launched a raid and retaliation against the Shinano country. The Fangnong people dealt heavy blows, and they could adopt special combat methods when appropriate.

Then he made a delineation of the scope of this battle. The 8000 troops will all be provided by the Kira Army, and there is no need for the Echigo people, the nobles, and the towns and villages to bear additional military service. This time the battle does not count the Shinano reserve team The main force, together with Shinano's [-] troops, reaches [-], which is enough for a war not aimed at seizing territory.

In order to increase the suddenness of this retaliatory raid, Yoshitoki Kira did not choose to hold a military meeting, but instead conveyed orders verbally at a daily meeting. The preparation is simpler, just go out and wander around, and no one knows where they went. In this way, there are only two thousand troops who really follow Kirayoshi.

Hattori Masaaki did not participate in this combat operation, but was responsible for cleaning up the ninja sentries placed by various samurai in the Echigo area. The order given by Yoshitoki Kira was to ensure that in the castle towers of Naoetsu and Riyama Castle, Tiger Princess was carefully protecting Kira He wore a more gorgeous black lacquer two-piece Nanman body in righteousness, and now he is no longer the little boy of the past. At the age of 16, he is already a tall and burly man. His rough voice is not as pleasant as before, but compared to Stronger and more powerful a few years ago.

"I heard that the thin gold armor has been repaired well, but it's a pity that I can't wear it at my height! This Nanban body is not light!" Stretching out your arms and trying it feels okay. This pair of Nanban body was transported from Sakaimachi at the beginning of the year. After waiting for the goods, he only wore them a few times to try the feeling, and he has not experienced the baptism of war.

The plate armor production technology from the Spanish merchants greatly inspired the armor craftsmen. All kinds of strange and eccentric armors emerged from their hands. After several years of trial production, the original simple imitation gradually explored the local The style is complete in the world, and the weight of a full set is almost [-] catties. It is difficult for ordinary people to put it on, let alone how difficult it is to fight. One can imagine how uncomfortable it is to fight wearing this kind of thing.

"Your Highness, don't move around, the armor won't be able to fit!" Hu Ji is also tall, taller than his elder brother and sister. Tripping, less training in bow and horse archery, and more practice in spear and sword skills. Recently, because of etiquette training, the training time is simply compressed, and it is not too difficult to put on this armor for him.

Even so, wearing the complex armor layer by layer is not something that can be done in a short time. Kira Yoshitoshi's not honest movements also caused her a lot of trouble. When the last piece of haori was draped on him At that time, Hu Ji was also sweating and panting from exhaustion.

"Thanks for your hard work!" The thick armor holding Hu Ji's little hand blocked the transmission of body temperature, but it could not stop the transmission of love between the two. Ji Liangyi took advantage of the situation and hugged her willow waist, and said softly: "The family is up to you Come and take care of us, if you don’t decide on foreign affairs, ask your teacher, if you don’t decide on internal affairs, make your own decisions, protect yourself and our home.”

"En!" The girl snuggled into his arms for a long time without saying a word.

"My lord! You can send troops!" Tokyuki Yamamoto stood downstairs and urged loudly, the two could only sigh and slowly separated.

"Be careful!"

"Yeah! I'll be back as soon as possible!"

A few days later, in the Nagasaki Pavilion in Nakafu, Takeda Harunobu listened to the urgent report of Topo Ninja with a gloomy face. Iifu Toromasa said: "When the Kira Army invaded Shinano, when the general Kira Yoshito, the number of troops Unknown, the direction of attack is unknown, the reason for sending troops is unknown, it is an undeclared raid, please make a quick decision, my lord!"

But judging from the current situation, Iifu Toromasa is managing the Ninja Army on behalf of him, which is equivalent to saying that Takeda's family has won another round. The leaders of the two major military organizations, the samurai and the ninja army, have the military power in their hands to approach Nobushige Takeda, leaving those generals and ashigaru generals far behind.

Harunobu Takeda didn't have time to think about this troublesome matter for the time being. Three days ago, Kira's army crossed the Chikuma River in a boat overnight, and invaded Xiaozhou County in the early morning of July [-]th. Cooperating with Xuanyuan Ninja's ambush, it took an extra day for the information transmission to reach Jia Fei.

"Why did Shinano enter the battle? Isn't Ueno's form already very tricky?" Nobuaki Atobe looked at the colleagues around him suspiciously, and found that they were also in a daze. The sudden appearance of the Kira Army Shinano was unexpected to them. Yes, according to their plan, they should deal with the more threatening Hojo family.

At the beginning of April this year, at the request of their new ally, Ujiji Oda, the Hojo family went out to besiege Masakatsu Yuuki together. Koyama Takatomo, who is from the same family and the current governor of the Yuki family, immediately led an army to help. Another ally of the Yuki family, Satake Yoshiaki also came to the rescue, and the two sides fought in Yuki. In the end, the Hojo Ujiyasu, who was invading from the guest army, suppressed the enemy with a slight advantage and won, ensuring Oda Ujiji's influence in Shimoso and Hitachi.

Hojo Ujiyasu was happy to see Oda Ujiji's alliance with the Hojo family regardless of opposition. The fierce contradictions among the Kanto people were exposed as a result of the big fight. After winning the next symbolic victory, the Chiba clan saw the situation Miao hurriedly took refuge under the banner of the Hojo family, and with Furukawa's son-in-law, Ashikaga Fujimasa, who had already made an alliance as his son-in-law, the Xiasoyi country was basically controlled by the Hojo clan.

In July this year, Hojo Ujiyasu led an army of [-] to Ueno. Compared with the difficult situation a few years ago, the current Hojo family has recovered, and its strength is even higher than that of the Takeda family that was hit hard. Once accepted the Hojo family's mediation, he made "great contributions" in the process of expelling Uesugi's constitutional government. In terms of the threat to Ueno country, the Hojo family is far above the Takeda family.

The strategic arrangement of the Hojo family is very similar to that of the Takeda family. First, they will fight a battle in the South Kanto, and then fight a battle in the North Kanto. Create time for the retainer group to win over the local people, and can expand Hojo's influence a little bit. (To be continued.)