Pillars of the Wu family

When the weather in Shinano cleared up on June 28, the Takeda family seized the opportunity to launch a large-scale offensive when the main force of the Kira Army was trapped at the junction of Echigo and Shinano. The main force of the Western Front Army was 1 troops led by Takeda Nobushige. The army that escaped still chose to attack the small prefecture from Bachang Pass and Aoki Pass.

The main force of the Eastern Front Army was 2 troops led by Takeda Harunobu from Saku County to the west to attack Susuki Castle, and 8000 troops launched a large-scale attack from two directions and three locations at the same time. The Nong coalition army has less than 2 people, facing the onslaught of the [-] Takeda army, it is like a boat in the wind and rain.

At the critical moment, Sanada Yutaka once again used his strategy and successfully mobilized many Shinano people in the small prefecture. This time he used a more ingenious method. He used the gap between Echigo and the Shinano people to pass on the name of Murakami Yoshiki. False information made Kakizaki Kei's family mistakenly think that Katsuo Castle where Murakami Yoshiki was located was raided and hurried out of the city to rescue.

As soon as he left the city, he was blocked by the pocket formations of the Takeda Army, and the Kakizaki Kei family responded very quickly. Seeing that the situation was not good, he personally stayed behind to cover the retreat of the army, and entangled the [-] Takeda Army with [-] warriors so that they could not move an inch. Successfully blocked the actions of the Takeda Army, allowing the encirclement to have a loophole and won the opportunity for Murakami Yoshiki to come to the rescue in time.

Although the pocket array was broken by luck, Sanada Yutaka used the most extreme maneuvering methods to bluff the people of Beixinano, not to mention fighting against the powerful Takeda Army, even in defense, he was extra careful not to make a rash move. Takeda Harunobu's [-]-strong army sometimes attacked aggressively, and sometimes stormed a place, and Sanada Yutaka's strength was fully unfolded.Misinformation of all kinds emerges endlessly.The pressure on the defenders has become extraordinarily high.

The deadlock was quickly broken.The Shinano reserve team sitting in the desert city was surrounded by Takeda Nobushige's 1 large army, which put the defenders under extra pressure. Murakami Yoshiki was once again hit by an ambush of the Takeda army during a rescue. He was caught off guard and wanted to be beaten. Unable to get a foothold, Sanada Yutaka took the opportunity to use the dark room in Katsuo Castle to deceive the city gate, let the Sanada army enter the city and set fire to it.

There was a massive attack by the Takeda army outside, and chaos broke out inside. As a last resort, Murakami Yoshiki could only burn the castle in a hurry and retreat.Fleeing in the direction of Huraku Castle where the Kakizaki Kei family is located, at this time the Kakizaki Kei family simply abandoned Isesaki Castle and concentrated all their main forces in Huraku Castle.

That night, the two discussed how to deal with the unexpected Takeda Army. Murakami Yoshikiyo, as the leader of the people of Kita Shinano, as the elder of the Nagao family tree Kakizaki Keike, served as the general of Kita Shinano Echigo Army. The decision of the two represented to a certain extent. The decision of all the people in the entire North Shinano.

"The Zhenfu Palace told me to stick to the fortress, and if we can keep it, we will retreat quickly, and we will retreat tomorrow!" The Shizaki Jing family paused for a moment, and then said: "The Jingzi Palace and the Jingyuan Palace have already been notified. Presumably they will also prepare as soon as possible, and the time left for us is running out.”[

"What Izumi said is right. But it's best to leave before dawn. With Takeda Ozen and Sanada Masa's strategy, I'm afraid they won't let us leave calmly." Murakami Yoshiki worried that he didn't believe him, and emphasized: "If it were you I am the general of the Takeda Army, will you just sit back and watch me retreat calmly?"

The Kakizaki Jing family slapped their heads and came to their senses: "That's right! The general of the Takeda Army will definitely besiege Huola Castle tomorrow morning. It's a big profit to keep you and me. If we can trap a few more reinforcements along the way, the town hall I am afraid it will not be easy for the army to come to the rescue!"

Murakami Yoshiki glanced at the boys in his own family, and the two boys from Kakizaki Kei's family muttered something in a low voice. He didn't listen to the conversation of the two adults at all, so he coughed and said, "Takeda's stables are besieging Huangto City. I don’t know if there will be any danger! Once Huangdi City is lost, I will be cut off from retreat.”

"There is Shitura-den in Arato Castle, and there is Usami Suruga Shouden, there should be no problem, but Habayashi-den is right, we can't wait until dawn to leave, it's better to leave at midnight. Genius Gangguo, take a break." The Kakizaki Jing family also noticed that their two sons were deserting, and suddenly shouted: "Gen Saburo, Heizaburo! What are you doing!"

"Ah! No! We didn't do anything!" The Kakizaki brothers were taken aback and quickly denied it. The two brothers' baby names are very interesting. The elder brother's name is Kakizaki Gensaburo Yuka, and the younger brother's name is Kakizaki Heizaburo Haruka. Yuka is 16 years old this year. , Qing’s family is only 13 years old this year. Don’t look at them as young and stupid, but these guys are actually murderous guys. They participated in the Battle of Kawanakajima with the Kira Army a few years ago. A true samurai who has been on the battlefield and killed people.

Yoshiki Murakami now has only three sons left. His eldest son Gentaro Yoshikatsu died in the battle of Uedahara, and Genjiro Yoshitoshi died in the Takeda Invasion War. Genshiro Yoshikuni, and Gengoro Genofu who is only 12 years old.

In addition, his younger brother Murakami Yoshihiro stayed behind in Haijin City, and his two sons Murakami Yoshimitsu, and Murakami Yoshimitsu were also young warriors. These two brothers made a marriage contract with the cousin of their uncle Murakami Yoshikiyo's family, and they will soon kiss. Adding relatives, the other sects such as the Yashiro clan, Amamiya clan, Yokoyama clan, and Iwama clan declined one after another because they could not recognize the form. The Kiyohara clan who first betrayed Murakami Yoshiki was exterminated. This is also the current Murakami clan. main force.

It was the first day of the seventh month, and it was the alternation of evil days from the end of the month to the beginning of the month. The Takeda Army, which kept the ancient marching laws, also avoided marching and fighting on this day, just like a military division would have to predict the auspicious day and auspicious time for sending troops, and hold a ceremony for the formation of troops And divination is similar to good and bad fortune, and the alternation of bad and bad days has been tabooed by generals since ancient times. For example, the Ouchi army led by Tao Qingxian did not believe in this method and ended up being defeated by Itsukushima. That's why Takeda's army let go so easily. Lose Yoshiki Murakami and let him easily lead his army to retreat into Hula City.

It happened to be a light rain, and the dark sky was covered by dark clouds, blocking the only light in the sky. It was just after three o'clock in the night that there was no light in Huola Castle. The Takeda Army outside the city retreated to Katsuo Castle early to rest. Only the chirping of crickets one after another.

Hule City's big hand door opened quietly, a group of troops drew up their banners, and people quietly left with their horses tied to their mouths.On the way, I met Yasuda Jingyuan's team who was doing the same thing.Jijiang Jingzi team.It’s justified for them to be so careful. There are family members of various families sitting in the carriage behind them. If they are accidentally forced by the Takeda army, the samurai can run on horseback. It's his own family members in the slow carriage.

Along the way, more and more Shinano people gathered. It was no longer just the more than 7000 coalition forces of Murakami and Kakizaki, but a fleeing team of 1 people who gathered family members.The team soon arrived at the foot of Mount Chikuma. On a peak nearly 600 meters high, there is Arato Castle.

Because the deserted city has always been strong, the mountain is steep and difficult to attack, even if only 500 people can withstand the massive attack of 5000 people, it has always been an important branch city that entered the south in Kita Shinano during Kirayoshi, and Takeda Nobushige's army was not stationed In the vicinity of Huangdi City, they chose to camp on Guanzhuo Mountain, which is not far away, so that more than 1 people can lean down to the mountain calmly.

The team walked very slowly, and it took about an hour to get here.The Kakizaki Jing family ordered a temporary stop to rest. At this time, the sky was dark and the exact time was not clear.Yoshiki Murakami rode his horse carefully to the front of the line, handed Kakizaki Kejia a lotus leaf package, opened it and smelled a tangy fragrance, Kakizaki Kejia said happily: "Mountain whale bacon? This is a good thing!"

"I asked my servants to do it before leaving. Eat more food so that you have the strength to continue on your way." Murakami Yoshiki listened to the gurgling river and sighed: "This night is so quiet that people feel uneasy!"

"Habayashiden is too much to worry about!" The Kakizaki Jing family smiled calmly, and then said: "I have ordered my confidant warriors to buy more firewood and oil, and the city will be ignited before dawn at five o'clock. There is still about one more time left for us." Shi Chen, we still have to rush to Haijin City as soon as possible." [

"Burn the city? Then how do they retreat? It must be too late to ride a horse." Murakami Yoshiki frowned slightly, suddenly thought of a possibility, and slapped his thigh to wake up: "Why did I forget to retreat by boat! The town government Dianyou loves to march by boat, since the Omi uprising, he has used boats and boats to lead the way in almost every battle, and people like me and other natives of Shinano do not like this method of warfare for a while."

The Kakizaki Jing family smiled: "Actually, I'm not used to waiting for the Echigo people. It's just that the town government hall has strict orders in front, and I gradually used them."

After a while, there was a slight movement on the mountain, and soon an army came from Qianqu Mountain. The white flags were very eye-catching. Greeting: "Sorry! There are more people in the city, and it has been busy since the second watch, so the speed of going down the mountain is a bit slower."

The Kakizaki Jing family looked at the long line behind them, and said politely: "The Etchu Shouden came just in time, and I have just arrived for a while, is the boat ready?"

"It was prepared a few days ago, and it was hidden in the reeds in the bend of the river outside Shiozaki City. We only need to walk downstream along the river and reach the place when we encounter the bend." Shile Zhentong refused to chat After wasting time, he said bluntly: "Everyone, get ready and set off immediately!"

In the midsummer season of July, even if the weather is not good, the sun rises a lot earlier than in winter, and it is dawn just after the fourth watch. Some older samurai in the camp of the Takeda Army got up one after another. What I saw outside the camp was several clusters of burning fireballs in the distance.

"Big fire! Where is it on fire? Look in that direction: Huraku Castle, Isesaki Castle, Susuki Castle, Muraka Castle, and Huangto Castle on the other side... Could it be that they escaped!" The fire quickly attracted many people. At the attention of the Takeda family samurai, exclamations soon spread throughout the camp.

Takeda Harunobu stood by the door with his clothes on, staring at the gradually extinguishing fireball, and sighed: "Thousands of calculations are still missing a step. If they surrounded the city yesterday, they would not be able to escape."

"Doesn't this just mean that the strength of the lord makes them feel guilty and retreat? This is the turning point for the great prosperity of my Takeda family!" Kosaka Masanobu also walked to his side with his clothes on, and said with a smile: "In this way, Kawanakajima Most of the south can't be defended anymore, my lord can go to Chuanzhong Island with an army!"

Looking at the dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipating, a ray of sunlight passed through the thick clouds and shone warmly on his face. Harunobu Takeda patted Masanobu Kosaka on the shoulder: "Send the order, the whole army will pull out the camp and go out to Kawanakajima!"

Across the west bank of the Chikuma River, under the crown of the mountain, Takeda Nobushige walked back to the camp with a look of disappointment on his face. Arato Castle, Shiozaki Castle, and Yashiro Castle all burned themselves, and all the castles controlled by the Kira family on both sides of the Chikuma River were burned down. Grain and grass equipment that I didn't have time to carry.Not even a chance was left to the Takeda family.

From a strategic point of view.This time, the successful expulsion of the anti-Takeda Shinano people has achieved part of the set goals.But Nobushige Takeda was still not reconciled, and the long-planned battle strategy was broken overnight, not to mention how regretful Takeda Nobushige was.

"Brother must be very angry too! If the main line moves forward to Kawanaka Island to block the retreat of the Shinano people, the desperate Shinano people can only sit in the fortress, and it will definitely be rewarding at that time More... Now it's just a matter of waiting for a better time."

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The Takeda family returned victorious in the first battle, and the large army encircled and suppressed the rebels in some areas of the small prefecture, Yanke, and Gengji counties, and once again shook the belief of the Shinano people in resisting the Takeda family. It took only three days to force a large number of Shinano The Chinese fled north one after another.A wave of counterattacks flooded half of Beixinano, and the people in Xinano were panicked, and the people of Shinano did not know how to deal with it.

It was not until July [-]th that the Kira family's [-] troops entered the town of Asahiyama to calm people's minds, and the Takeda army stopped its forces and gave up its plan to seize the bridgehead on the other side of the Saigawa River. Takeda Harunobu knew that a hasty raid at this time would make a bigger mistake. The power of the army has been demonstrated as early as the last Kawanakajima battle, blindly crossing the river can easily be cut off by the Kira navy.

The main formation of the Takeda family is once again set up on Mount Chajiu, perhaps to remind the family members of the Pudai family to always remember the painful memory of three years ago, or to respond to all changes without change, as if the whole situation has been brought back to three years ago The situation when the war broke out.It's just that the Takeda family is stronger this time, and the Kira family is weaker without the support of the Echigo Legion.

It didn't take long to set up camp in Chajiu Mountain.Takeda Harunobu called his retainers to discuss military deployment. A large group of civil servants and military generals shouted headaches when they saw the map of Kawanakajima. It seemed that they were really stalked by the difficult Kira family. The situation today is much better than it was three years ago, but That's not enough to give them more confidence.

All the ministers showed contemplative expressions, Baba Xinchun sighed, and decided to tell the truth: "I have waited for three years to endure humiliation, and Echigo has not been idle for the past three years. It's not easy to deal with this time!"

"Oh? What did Meinong say?" Fanfu Huchang said with a smile: "My lord has planned for several years and arranged a good situation. How can I say such depressing words at this moment! I, Huchang, thought that this battle I must win, not only will I win a big victory, but I will also enter Echigo in one fell swoop and make my Takeda family famous!"

"That's justified! Mino is still talking badly!"

"That's right! This battle must be won! Mino is still too conservative!"

Everyone in the Takeda family echoed their opinions, and they also knew that Baba Nobuharu was Takeda Harunobu's confidant general, and he was originally a fierce general in the era of Takeda Nobutora, the modern family governor. In the past ten years or so, he has made a lot of military exploits and martial arts. Even Fan Fu Huchang dare not offend easily, and the occasional lip service is enough.

Takeda Yoshinobu couldn't understand his teacher's behavior of criticizing Oni Mino. Since he was a child, he envied Baba Nobuharu, a general who fights on the battlefield. The queen is indeed very powerful, and the spies sent by my ministers have found a lot of information, saying that the people of Echigo are rich and the country is strong, and the elite soldiers will be twice as powerful as ours, but I don’t know why they haven’t been sent out..."

"Taro! Don't interrupt when discussing important military affairs. What you have to do is to listen with your ears and see with your eyes."

Facing the majestic father, Takeda Yoshinobu said in a low voice: "Father! My son knows."

Komai Masaobu noticed that the lord's complexion was not very happy, and he knew that it was probably because of being disturbed by the disciples, so he smiled kindly at Takeda Yoshinobu: "What the young man said is not bad! Looking at the division of Echigo's troops, we can know how strong its military is. It is reported that at the beginning of this year, Echigo set up a military service account of at least 5000 people, which did not include the Kira Army."

"We have a full army of 2!" Qian Lihu emphasized.

"Then how much is the military service account of my Takeda family?"

"This..." The members of the Takeda family were all dumbfounded. The military service account of the Takeda family has been expanded several times. Three years ago, there were only more than 9000 people, including people from Kai and Shinano. , The Takeda family has successively regained balance from Minami Shinano and Hida, and the overall military service level will not exceed [-].

Usually, the number of military service stipulated in the military service account can only show part or most of the military strength of a daimyo. For example, the military service of Harunobu Takeda and the military service of Yoshinobu Takeda, the son-in-law, will not be written, and another part of the war period will be counted. The additional military service is composed of temporarily recruited ronin, Chinese, peasants and soldiers with money and rice.

The daimyo can’t count the military service of his retainers and countrymen into his bones. For example, Itofu Huchang can afford 800 military service. In fact, his maximum war mobilization force may be [-] or more. This is actually sacrificing the development of agriculture. Under the premise of social stability and economic order, the price paid for mobilizing most of the troops in the territory to defend their homeland.

It is not about the fate of the family, life or death, this red line cannot be crossed by anyone. Thinking about it in another way, more than 8000 military members of the Takeda family can pull up [-] troops, and the [-] military members of the Nagao family can How many troops have been pulled up? The warriors here are all veterans who have experienced many battles, so they naturally know it well. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!