Pillars of the Wu family

Nobushige Takeda looked up at the red flag of Takeda Four Rhizomi. With the strong wind blowing from the Wife and Daughter Mountain, it made a sound like a red fire cloud floating in the sky. Another attack of the Takeda Army was repulsed, and then As the sound of the roar of the iron cannons gradually disappeared, and the onslaught continued for a day, Nobushige Takeda decisively ordered the troops to be closed and retreated slowly.

The sky was getting darker, and there were still a few groups of flames burning tenaciously under the city. A burnt battering ram was parked in front of Dashoumen, and dozens of burnt stones were scattered around. After dissipating, thick smoke billowed from the pit in the city.

No one thought that the gold diggers would accidentally miss. Just after digging a secret passage, it was blocked by the defenders in the city with tung oil poisonous smoke. The lives of seventy or eighty gold diggers were confessed in the tunnel. The people of the country quickly demolished the houses and asked the people in the city to re-block the tunnel leading to the city with stones. The tunnel that took more than half a month to dig out was completely ruined.

Yoshiki Murakami has always been on the front line of the city. He must take a positive attitude, not only to show the defenders in the city but also to encourage himself. The task that Yoshiki Kira gave him was to defend the city. The city is the last chance the Kira family gave him, and the Murakami family will also be finished if the Haijin city is broken.

Yoshiki Murakami knows that he did not take the initiative to serve the Kira family, and it is difficult to get special care from Shinano guardians. Since then, guarding Haijin Castle has been a difficult task. If this small town is well guarded, the restoration of the old leader of the Murakami family Katsuo Castle is just around the corner. He won't be punished if he can't defend Haijin City, but the old leader of Katsuo City won't be able to get it back.The Kira family does not support idlers.

Outside Haijin City.Takeda Nobushige took a deep look at the Marukami flag fluttering above the castle and retreated.The last ray of afterglow in the sky also dissipated, Murakami Yoshiki took a deep breath, cheered up and shouted: "Hurry up and send the wounded soldiers to be treated, and the civilians will go out of the city to clean up the battlefield and repair the Otemon, and the most important point, Burying pots and making rice to make the soldiers full, their stomachs are almost starving!"

The exhausted warriors were amused by the general's humorous tone, and the oppressive and dull atmosphere was swept away in just a moment.The people of Shinano country relaxed and whispered gossip, and it didn't take long for who killed more people today, which Whale House wandering girl was more interesting, huddled together in a group of wretched, muttering, and sometimes burst into strange laughter .

Back at the castle tower, a few surnames hurriedly unloaded the heavy armor for him, Murakami Yoshiki poured a bowl of warm tea into his stomach in one go, and a few Yubi walked in to wait for orders.

"Takeda's army is attacking more and more fiercely. In the past few days, they will not retreat until it is dark. The city defense still needs to be repaired quickly. Everyone should keep their eyes open. Our achievements depend on whether we can hold this city... ...and give another order, and say that I, Yiqing, have made up my mind to perish in the city. Anyone who dares not try his best will be blamed for the old man's military law!" [

Youbi responded in a low voice and quickly wrote it down, but within a short time he had arranged seven or eight things marked "urgent", from city defense and military affairs to people's civil affairs, and even small matters such as water sources, food and medical care. No matter how small things are at this moment, they must be handled carefully and properly.

After talking for a while and drinking a cup of tea soup, I heard the sound of footsteps outside the house getting closer. In a blink of an eye, a strange warrior came in. As Yoshiki Murakami's confidant in charge of intelligence, the samurai seldom shows up. He raised his eyes and saw that there were still a few surnames in the room and hurriedly bowed down. "What's the point of being so flustered?"

"My lord, the news from Asahiyama Castle is that Nagao is winning a big game in Ueno country. They fought fiercely and broke the main force of the Hojo army, taking more than 8000 lives of the Hojo army. We won!"

"What! What are you talking about!" Murakami Yoshiki stood up abruptly, and excitedly pulled his arms up, "Explain exactly what's going on here? Tell me slowly how you won."

Higo Murakami didn't panic, and patiently told the news about how the Nagao Army defeated the main force of the Hojo Army in the Takayama battle. After hearing this, Murakami Yoshiki sighed: "Fight against attack, use strength to overcome skill, this is the most important thing to do." Nagao is still so powerful... Wait! You said this news came from Asahiyama Castle? The Town House already knew about it? Hey! What the old man asked is nonsense, the Town House must be I know, I know, the defeat of the Hojo Army has a huge impact, it seems that the Zhenfu Palace is going to take action! I just don’t know how the Zhenfu Palace will act?”

Yoshiki Murakami expected it well. After Yoshitoki Kira received the information about Ueno's defeat by Hojo Ujiyasu, he immediately began to concoct this information into a deadly weapon. With the outstanding ability of Kira Ninja, he quickly spread this information. Every village in Shinano, Chausu Mountain, Hachimangahara, and even Fukashi Castle in the rear are rumored that the Hojo Army was defeated and lost. news of the captives.

The Takeda Army on Chausu Mountain stopped laughing for a moment, Takeda Harunobu's face was like frost beating an eggplant, and Shinano, who might have problems in the end, was not blown up by the Kira Army all the way, but was the least likely to go wrong Ueno lost all the way, Hojo Ujiyasu was beaten with no power to fight back, can you believe it?If someone had told Takeda Harunobu this way yesterday, he would have laughed and regarded this person as a lunatic.

The news that the Hojo army was defeated and almost lost their underpants spread like wildfire in the Chausu Mountain camp. Takeda’s retainers quickly jumped out to refute the rumors and declared that they would never do this. As long as you are willing to inquire about the news, you will know the truth sooner or later, and the elders will soon come to a conclusion whether what they say is true or not.

One wave after another, the aftermath of the Hojo family's defeat has not yet dissipated, and another rumor has messed up the army's morale. After the Nagao Army won a big victory in Ueno, the goal of arming and military preparation turned to Xin In Saku County of Nongguo, Nagao Jinghu will personally lead an army of [-] people to enter Shinano Saku County via Ueno Agatsuma County in half a month.

The Chinese in Saku County panicked first. Nishi Ueno is just a mountain ridge away from Saku County, which is not much more difficult than Kita Shinano going over the mountain to Zhongxinano. There are many people in the two places who are related by marriage.Therefore, Saku County directly participated in all actions to attack West Ueno as the bridgehead for the Takeda Army to attack Ueno.Therefore, every move of Nishi Ueno will have a profound impact on the people of Saku County.

The people of Saku County don't know whether the rumors are true or not.So I hurriedly sent people to Ueno to inquire about the news, but it turned out that it was not a rumor. Nagao Jinghu's [-] troops guarded Hirai Castle for half a month to recuperate. Hirai Castle just held a big tea party to celebrate Echigo's victory over the Echigo Alliance. It cannot be faked.

The information was fed back to Shinano, and then quickly passed back to the main battlefield of Kawanakajima. This time, not only the people of Shinano were calm, but also the samurai of the Takeda family couldn't sit still.Whether the Hojo family was defeated or not, why did the elders of the Pudai family say it was a rumour? Harunobu Takeda was dumb when asked, and the voices of scolding and cheating came one after another.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the Pudai vassal group quickly stood up to take the blame, and managed to regain control of the out-of-control situation, but the loss of morale in the army could not be avoided. If you can't hold it for a while, you can't cover it for the rest of your life, and sooner or later you'll have to let it out."

Fan Fuhu was furious, he was the one who raised this opinion.It's okay to sweep his face in front of all the officials, but how can he bring his younger brother to the Wutian family in the future.The unbearable Fanfu Humasa scolded loudly: "If Iga Mori wants to say that useless words, we will still lose if we don't cover it up. Tell the samurai that our allies, the Hojo Army, have been defeated, and there is a defeated army behind us. What will happen if the Hojo Army’s powerful regiment sharpens their knives and stares at us? As long as we follow this statement, the people of Shinano will run away in three days. At the beginning, I insisted on bluffing them first, as long as I heard about the temporary crisis, I will talk about the future later.”

Nagasaka Guangjian saw that his allies were named and attacked, and retorted unhappily: "It is still very wrong to do this! The lord treats people with sincerity. He said that people are cities, people are fortresses, people are walls, favors are friends, and hatred is an enemy." , we’re messing ourselves up by doing this! How can we win people’s trust in the future?” [

"Hmph! Pedantic!"

"You are reckless!"

It's a good thing that the retainers can't keep a unified voice forever, but it's too bad to turn against each other, if it weren't for the samurai on both sides still dedicated to the public Just playing tricks and stumbling each other can make the Wutian family never quiet.

When Harunobu Takeda was a boy, Masakatsu Ogihara, Masaobu Komai, Nobukata Itagaki, and Koyasu Amari served as assistants. He witnessed how Takeda Nobutora arbitrarily forced his retainers into groups to fight against the governor. The four teachers often refuted his father's reckless decision, thus shaping his rebellious character, and even did not hesitate to join forces to exile his father who refused to compromise.

After becoming the governor, Takeda Harunobu's personality changed a lot, and the embarrassing situation of being the governor of the family in the past returned to him. Among the four teachers, Ogiwara Masakatsu died young, Komai Masaobu was good at strategy and scheming, Itagaki Nobukata, Amari One Hutai is domineering and the other is reckless. He often meddles in government affairs indiscriminately in the name of a teacher.

A few teachers were old and dead, and they were freed up for Takeda Harunobu to clean up their family remnants. For example, Nobuto Itagaki, who was also arrogant and domineering, was executed by him for a mistake. As he got older, his methods became more and more powerful. It is also in line with his original intention that the retainer group was dismantled by him to be dismantled and hostile to each other.

It's just that this happy event has now turned into an unpleasant bad event. It's okay for this group of retainers to quarrel normally, but now the situation is so bad and they keep arguing non-stop. Holding a breath in my heart, I can't help but scold: "Shut up, everyone!" !Look at what you look like, the family members of the family are the face of my Takeda family, how decent are you all like the shrews in the town!"

The retainers were so frightened that they didn't dare to quarrel anymore, Takeda Haruno let out the anger in his heart, and then said slowly: "The current situation also understands that the Nagao Army lurking in Nishi Ueno can give us a fatal blow at any time. If our army is entangled by the Kira Army on the frontal battlefield, the Nagao Army will definitely leave Saku County and sweep all the way to Kitakami Kawanakajima to attack our army from both front and back. You should know what the consequences are. War cannot be fought."

"What my lord said is true. It seems that I can't wait any longer! Then let's negotiate a peace!" Takeda Noburen is his younger brother and he is not as taboo as Takeda Nobushige. When Takeda Harunobu exiled Takeda Nobutora He is still a child.He has received the special trust of Takeda Harunobu since he was a child, and he speaks more casually.

Others dare not say he dares to say.He is not afraid that Takeda Harunobu will blow his beard and stare at him.In his opinion, there is no point in fighting this war anymore. Ten months ago, Nagao Jinghu fought on the border of Ueno, and defeated the mighty Sagami Lion, which shocked the Kanto. The Kanto warrior was surprised by such power. Fear, even the Takeda Army in the depths of Shinano is also terrified.

"This joint battle can't be fought anymore. Echiko has the ability to forcibly turn back the dead end we have worked so hard to design. If this kind of overturning means is dealt with on us, who among the lords in the tent today can stand alone? Spare? All we want is to expand the territory and revive the family business. If we can’t ask for it, we might as well stop. The left and right are just the land of the four counties on Chuanzhong Island. So what if we give it to them? Anyway, my Takeda family has never obtained it. As soon as Takeda Noburen opened his mouth, all the genealogists in the tent shut their mouths.

The purpose of going out to fight is to make meritorious deeds. To be more transparent, it is money, population and food. In the final analysis, it still falls on the word land. Japan is small and limited in resources. The samurai drew their swords for a little land.

Since you can't fight, why bother to fight hard? It's not easy for the two generations of the Takeda family to accumulate such wealth.Rather than smashing the monster of Echigo, it is better to manage the new territory of Hida, after all, Hida still has a northward link to Etsuchu.It is reasonable for him to think about the opportunity to go south to Meinong.

It’s not that the Takeda vassals don’t understand this truth. The problem is that no one but Takeda Nobuhiro dares to say this. The 20-year-old Takeda Yoshinobu is still a child in front of these uncles and teachers and has no right to speak. Takeda Nobushige is far away in Haijin Outside the city, Takeda Harunobu's concubine younger brothers couldn't even get in the conversation, and the old bones in the family knew nothing but arranging seniority. Go is what he can say.

"There is also Ichikui of Etsuchu, which may bring miracles." Masao Komai said something that even he himself did not believe. How many heroes and heroes were blocked by a natural danger that he did not know, Etsuchu has always been a god. It can swallow the country of Vietnam and China, which is basically related to the overall situation. In the anti-Echigo alliance, the role of Etsuchu and Yuao is only to disperse and delay the troops. The main forces are Takeda of Shinano and Hojo of Ueno.

Hojo was broken all the way and it was broken so thoroughly that there was no chance of turning over in the short term. The collapse of a corner of the Hojo family led to the collapse of the entire Ueno, and even the eastern part of Shinano was very unsafe. All the main forces of the Takeda family were betting on Kawanakajima First, once there is a change in the rear, what will they do to rescue them? The Kira Navy burned a few fortresses and disturbed the rear. What would happen if Nagao Jinghu led an army of [-] or even [-] into Shinano? Sample?

"Nagao cannot be expected to make a mistake at a critical moment. With his military strategy, it is absolutely impossible to make a fatal mistake at this time. Once the Nagao army sends troops to attack Saku County, it will be bad. It is better for Nagao Jinghu to lead the army to attack Kawanakajima." A good choice, another choice is to lead the army from Saku County to cross the Shinshu Pass, go all the way to Nakazawazakikan in Kai Prefecture, seize the foundation of my Takeda family in one fell swoop, and then detain my family and elders. How should we deal with it? What are we going to do with it?"

As soon as this remark came out, not to mention Kiso Yoshiyasu, Emma Tokimori and other leaders of other countries sitting in the corner, the complexion changed, even the family of the Takeda family's pedigree retainers couldn't sit still, and there were a hundred and ten people in the tent. Looking at Takeda Harunobu, Kai Zhitora's face kept changing, and after a long time he sighed: "The only solution for now...is to negotiate a peace! Sun Liu, you come to be the envoy, and the family allows you the right to do things cheaply, so go Let's discuss the peace talks in Asahi Mountain City!"

Noburen Takeda generously agreed: "Yes! I, Xinlian, will go through fire and water for my lord, and I will live up to my lord's trust this time!"

In Hirai Castle of Ueno Country, Nagao Jinghu got the latest information from Shinano, and planned to send troops from Saku County to support the Kira Army. The [-] elites under his command were very successful in eating meat and drinking soup in the high mountain battle, and now they are looking at Saku County sharpening their swords with vigorous eyes.

One of the two biggest troubles in the Ueno Kingdom, the Minoru crowd in West Ueno fell apart in a round of internal strife, whether it was Shangzhou Huangban Nagano Yezheng, or changed his name to Shangquan Xiugang with his home city Shangquancheng as Miaozi As well as the other six brothers in their Ueno Seven Guns, they all expressed their willingness to serve under the Kira family's account.My protagonist couldn't pull out his feet when Shinano fell into the quagmire of Kawanakajima.It would be a failure for these new retainers not to stand up and take a positive stand.

Nagao Jinghu deliberately forced the samurai to make the choice to serve Kirayoshi, which is also a helpless decision.Today's Echigo family has a big business and is bigger and stronger. The disadvantages of the two-headed politics that were not obvious in the early days are gradually exposed. The two top leaders are always freaks with congenital deformities. fetal.

Echigo is the Echigo of the Nagao family, and will soon become the Echigo of the Kira family. Even if the Echigo people are unwilling, they will not be able to reject this change. Nagao Jinghu is a fanatical Buddhist and a former severe alcoholic.A strict ascetic and made a solemn vow not to marry a woman or have children in this life, and to dedicate his body and mind to his family business and gods and Buddhas.

If there is no Kirayoshi, and instead a samurai from Echigo is married to Nagao Torahime, Nagao Jinghu will adopt his younger sister's son as an adopted son at most, or adopt a few more adopted sons as in history, and adopt the son of his elder sister's family as well. Come here, and then adopt a few adopted sons from powerful daimyos in other neighboring countries to consolidate your political territory.

But the Kira family is different. The Shangso Ashikaga family is the royal family of the shogunate. His prestige and influence are obvious to all and cannot be ignored. According to the name appointed by the Ming Empire, it is authentic for the Ashikaga family to hold the gold seal of the Japanese king. royalty.The Kamiso Ashikaga family was at least a princely family, and even the former Kira family had to be a grand duke.

There are too many dilapidated nobles and they are not worth much.For example, in history, monkeys and tortoises liked to raise some canaries of noble families to show off their power, telling others that noble families are nothing, as long as their fists are big enough to smash the old order, but in their bones I still envy and worship these despised run-down nobles very much.

Those people in the world are like this, especially Nagao Jinghu who worships the authoritative status of the shogunate so much. Having a brother-in-law from a famous family is equivalent to raising his family status and reputation, so he took Uesugi Constitutional Affairs Baba to Echi and sent him to Kanto As far as Guan Ling's hat is concerned, if you change to other samurai daimyos, even if you dare not accept it, you should be polite.

It was not necessary during the time of Ji Liangyi. When Uesugi Xianzheng met him, he had to salute and call himself a subordinate, because the Uesu Ashikaga family exercised part of the general’s power on behalf of the shogunate, and the Rishu issued by him was equivalent to the general’s own handwriting, even if Riego was in another time and space. Zhilong also has this power, but the effect will vary greatly depending on who uses it.

Echigo Kingdom is also located in the territory of the Eastern Kingdom. Relatively speaking, the samurai ideology in Kinai is more conservative. Nagao Jinghu’s ambition is only to become a new generation of famous samurai families. It is basically impossible to say what he can do. There is only one Great Demon King in this world, and he is the only one who does not want to be the ruler and "represent the world" but wants to destroy all the old order.

Nagao Jinghu is more aware of Kira Yoshitoki's ambitions, maybe the Kamisakashi family can go higher, maybe the entire Kanto is re-controlled by the shogunate, maybe there are more waiting for Kira Yoshitoki to create, in short Nagao Jinghu There are many things that cannot be done. Yoshiki Kira can do it generously. He can't suppress the arrogant and domineering people of Echigo. Yoshiki Kira can do it. He can't order the people of Ueno, but Yoshiki Kira can.

Seeing that he was staring at the white clouds in the sky, Saito Chaoxin, who was sitting in a daze for a while, came back to his senses, coughed and reminded: "My lord, when will I have to rest before going out? Speaking of it I can't hold back my Chaoxin!"

Nagao Jinghu frowned and said: "It may not be possible to go, the sons and daughters just fought with the Beitiao army, we must take a good rest, and we may not be able to go to Shinano, the horses have been fighting for a whole day, where are more than a dozen The lost fat can be replenished in the sky, not to mention that after the autumn harvest, it will not be long before the Three Kingdoms Pass will be covered by heavy snow. Our million sons are still waiting to go home for the New Year. day."

"Then why don't you stay in Hirai City and watch the town hall stay still?"Saito Chaoxin rolled his eyes and smiled: "Or let me take three thousand elites to Saku County for a break!" (To be continued...)

ps: ps: The pace of ancient wars was very slow. A military genius like Huo Qubing who traversed thousands of miles across Mobei could hardly be found in a thousand years. There are many things to consider in a war. Just a season when autumn is high and horses are fat, war horses fight desperately Not being able to get fat is a troublesome thing. It is impossible for every horse to eat millet and bean cakes in the thousands of cavalry teams in Echihou, and it must always be based on pasture.