A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

As expected, Kai's tiger did not let go of this opportunity. Koheita calmed down after hearing the news. Takeda Harunobu, who was in Suwa's territory of 17,000 kan, only mobilized a mere 1,200 people, so proportionally more than 50,000 kan Kai Fei only mobilized about 4,000 people.

Together, the five thousand troops of both sides are unlikely to pose any huge threat to Hachioji Castle at Koshuguchi. Hachioji has just built a mountain castle (historically, it was the Hojo clan who chose Hachioji to build the new city after he adopted the Oishi clan. Here appeared several years earlier). To put it bluntly, Takeda Shingen's thousands of people are not enough to see you. There are more than a thousand ashigaru in the city, and they have a lot of food reserves. As long as the snow melts in spring and the Echigo heavenly soldiers arrive, you can do it. Everything turned into powder.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu is not as open-minded as Xiaoheita, so how can he rest assured that it is his territory. He was still planning to select someone to travel across Koshu to Hachioji to contact Hosokawa Harungong. He tested the resilience and courage of dozens of selected Ashigaru samurai one by one. Then he ordered people to find several businessmen in the town who had business dealings with Kai, so that they could disguise themselves.

As for why the pretending merchants are not afraid, Japan first emerged in the Warring States Period and was finalized in the Edo Period. New Year soba and black beans are eaten during the New Year. As for rice cakes, they are not a must-eat during the New Year. Black beans (kuromame) are homophones for hard work and seriousness in Japanese. They are not expensive, or even extremely cheap. Although they don’t taste very good, they are also a must-have food for common people during the New Year.

Although Kai is surrounded by mountains, it is completely a basin. However, the riverbank created by the Kamamashi River and Fuefuki River is very fertile and easy to cultivate. Therefore, in addition to Yamanashi, which later became famous for its rice production, it is also a production area of ​​buckwheat. Kai does not need to be purchased from outside, but black beans are a product of Shinano (because black beans are actually feed for horses, so it is very easy to grow them in Shinano. It’s easy to understand).

And Yamauchi Yoshiharu planned to let the selected ashigaru and samurai pretend to be hard laborers hired by the store clerk, and then each of them would carry a large bag of black beans on their backs, and the real grain merchants would take them across Kaibi and wait for an opportunity to enter Hachioji.

Koheita believes that this method is feasible. The well-known Kai Country is actually a basin terrain, surrounded by mountains on all sides. The moist warmth of the southern ocean and the cold moisture of the northern continent are slightly blocked by the mountains, which also leads to his Although the winter is just as cold, the snow falls about ten days later than in Shinano. Takeda Harunobu also took advantage of this ten-day gap to send troops, and the timing was excellent.

In the past, merchants who were unable to afford the opportunity would take advantage of the days before the snow fell to sell specialties from the Shinano Mountains south to Toe-Kai and Suruga. This identity was not easily suspected. After all, fighting is part of life, but life is not all about fighting. Families still have to slowly prepare things for the New Year. This is a good cover.

Three brave and careful people were selected to join the three groups of merchants heading south. Some people may question that businessmen value profit over separation. Maybe some businessman directly sold the envoy to Takeda Harunobu. So don't say that Yamauchi Yoshiharu is cruel and vicious, he just supervises businessmen and other Lifu's family members. Even for merchants and townspeople who have been doing business in the mountains for generations, loyalty should not be a problem. But after all, it was related to the overall situation, and he couldn't help but make any mistakes. It wouldn't matter if he was betrayed. It's better to keep them under surveillance and wait until you return safely before releasing them. good for everyone.

As for the large-scale rebellion in Kanto, this kind of news cannot be hidden 100%, and most of the samurai ashigaru also know about it. However, Yoshiharu Yamauchi could not mobilize troops to rescue due to heavy snow, so he could only dismiss the soldiers and their families who had fallen into the city to gather for defense.

However, the soldiers in the Ejiri area were still prepared to mobilize as much as possible, and then passed through the Imagawa clan's territory along the coast and entered Sagami to support Odawara Castle Daikawada Nagauchi, the head of the Kongo King Temple in Hakone, waiting for an opportunity to spy on the Musashi Kingdom and try to support the Hachioji area. Indirectly or directly support Hosokawa Haruna to ensure the safety of Hachioji's territory.

After all the arrangements were made, it seemed that everything was calm, but the entire mountain city was not as calm as it seemed. After Xiaoheita and uncle Tsunaliang retreated from the city, they sat in the room to discuss and express their opinions.

Uncle Tsuna was on duty in the city, and he also knew some other things. After all, the base of Nagano Yomasa and his Nishi-Ueno coalition forces was near Minawa. They seemed to have given up on the danger of Musashi Matsuyama Castle, and made it clear that they should defend Ueno first. Minawa intends to wait for Terutora Uesugi to make the decision next year.

As for the cities in Hirai (originally the castle was occupied by the Kanto governor), Covered Bridge (the Nagano clan originally occupied the castle, and was later transferred to the Uesugi clan), and Tatebayashi (the Akai clan, the former governor of the city), was in the city. However, the dog thief defected to the Hojo clan and was Deprived of his command) and waiting for Kantō Ueno Uesugi Ken | Ueno supervisor Nagashige (Kagemochi) of Ueno, the political leader, seems to have the same idea. He also gathered soldiers to hold on to the important towns, waiting for the snowy soldiers to retreat, and then waited for his boss Teruhora Uesugi will host Daihatsu Echigo Yuhei next spring.

After hearing this, Koheita expressed his understanding. Teruhora Uesugi had left generals to guard the various countries in Kanto, but it was impossible to set up a person to command the heroes of Kanto. Everyone knows the truth. It is better to defend separately and be passive. But as long as we can hold on until the beginning of spring, all monsters and monsters will be destroyed.

What's more, Uesugi Teruhu doesn't have any brothers or elders he can trust, and everyone knows what Ueda Nagao Masaki is. Furushi Uesugi Kagenobu is not powerful enough to control the generals, Shiina Kenao is too young to be appointed, Yamamotoji Temple's appointed chief has to guard Fudoyama Castle to guard against the power of the Hokuriku Ichikai clan. As for the Yamaura clan, I'm sorry to say that I have no descendants, and I will still have Yamaura in the future. Kunikiyo (son of Murakami Yoshikiyo) will inherit.

What's more, Owari's biological brothers had just killed each other a few months ago. It was impossible for someone like Terutora Uesugi to lead the heroes of Kanto. It would be purely to bring trouble to oneself.

Koheita asked Uncle Tsunade what he thought of Hokushin Murakami Yoshikiyo. This was very simple. He also believed that Murakami Yoshikiyo was to strike first and expand his own strength in the hope that he could withstand Uesugi Teruhora's attack in the future. Anyway, it is impossible for him to give in without losing a battle. Unless he is defeated, such a heroic figure cannot be suppressed easily.

The two discussed it for a long time, but there was no good solution. Each spent a sleepless night.

The next day when Heita Xiao went to the playground, he found that Yoshikatsu Yamauchi, who usually arrived early every day, did not come. However, the samurai and infantrymen of Heita Xiao still came to the playground through the snow to train the reloading of iron cannons. They had to wait until at least a month before. Only then can I take a break, and I still have some self-consciousness.

After waiting for five days, the messenger who went to the Imagawa clan finally ran into the mountain.