A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Humans, short-sighted and insensitive animals, sometimes ignore many things in front of them. Because they see and hear things too often, they will have gaps in their memory of things they are accustomed to. It is very common for fathers and mothers to introduce their children to others and only remember their nickname but not their real name.

Takeda Harunobu was in Kai, just across the Suwa County from the Yamauchi clan. In the past few years, there was a state of affairs where there was no conflict between the well and the river. Later, Takeda Nobutora unified Kai's country and began to campaign for foreign expansion for many years. After he entered Saku County, the Yamauchi family began to gradually understand the Takeda family.

Later, Takeda Nobutora married his daughter Niyou (one of these two words is correct, sorry for my poor Japanese) to Suwa Yorishige, and tied Suwa Yorishige to his chariot. Both parties Form a marriage alliance and attack Xiaoxian County and Saku County. The forces in Shinano felt the ambition of Shinano, the capital of the Takeda family.

Of course, if Takeda Nobutora continues to be in charge of the Takeda family, he may not tear up the alliance and attack the Suwa family. It is estimated that the marriage will be gradually digested, and finally the Suwa family will be coerced and become the national people under the umbrella. But as luck would have it, Takeda Harunobu was at odds with his father, so he exiled his father Takeda Nobutora, tore up the alliance with the Suwa family, defeated the Suwa family in a battle, and put Suwa Norishige to death in claustrophobia. After sending his son Shiro Katsuyori to inherit the family business (who once supported Tonomaru, the son of Suwa Yorishige? But this child soon died for unknown reasons), it was inevitable that part of the Yamauchi family's territory bordered the Takeda family .

But fortunately, Takeda Harunobu's strategic goal in the past two years is to pacify Shinano and Saku County (if it hadn't been too ruthless, which caused Saku to rebel, he might have broken into the small county long ago. The evil that Takeda Harunobu did in Saku cannot be cleansed at all. ), and cooperated with his brother-in-law Imagawa Yoshimoto to suppress Sagami's aggressive Hojo Ujiyasu, so he has not used any major weapons with the Yamauchi family in the past two years. Everyone is used to having Takeda Harunobu by their side, and he doesn't come to fight Yamauchi, so they pay little attention to it as before.

What everyone is paying more attention to is the defender Yoshikiyo Murasaki who dominates Kita Shinano. This is the one who is most qualified to be called the Koshin Giant at the moment. He is also ruthless in his methods and has great skills in fighting. He has wiped out the large and small forces in Beishinano. There is no one who can resist him. He can be regarded as a formidable opponent.

As for the current wife of Takeda Harunobu, who I didn’t pay much attention to in the past (the first wife was the daughter of Ogitani Asahi, the same one who fought with the Hojo family fourteen times and was defeated every time), Gongqing Sanjo The second daughter is the father of the public. Because of the same father-in-law, Takeda Harunobu's adopted brother is Hosokawa Harumoto, the former overlord of Kinki who was the shogunate governor who was thrown into the street not long ago, and his adopted brother is the contemporary leader of Jodo Shinshu, the head of Honganji Temple and the minister of Honganji Temple. Such as Master Guangzuo.

After thinking about it for a while, everyone realized that last year almost all the people of Echigo, from Teru Uesugi to the landless poor, all made a fortune from the war.

People who rob a lot can earn dozens of guan per person, and people who rob a little can also make a lot of things. The money and goods stolen from several countries in the Kanto region were enough for the entire Echigo people to have a good year, wearing new clothes and eating rice cakes.

In this case, ordinary people and low-level ashigaru samurai had no motivation and no need to initiate and participate in the Ichiku. Then the reason for this outbreak of Yikui is obvious. It is the result of secret manipulation by people with ulterior motives.

Many readers may have forgotten that the father of the original owner Xiaopingtai died in battle four years before Xiaopingtai traveled through time. So in which battle did he die? This was revealed by Hokahata University. More than eight years ago, Takeda Harunobu tore up the marriage covenant with the Suwa Grand Shrine family and blatantly attacked Suwa. Due to the loss of lips and teeth, the Yamauchi clan urgently recruited 2,000 people to support Suwa. visit. As everyone knows, the Suwa clan suffered a humiliating defeat and were forced to surrender the next year.

The reason why Koheita did not apply for military service for four consecutive years after his father's death was revealed. Back then, Takeda Harunobu severely injured the Yamauchi family. Six hundred people died in the military service alone, which can almost be said to be a serious injury. bone.

Xiaopingtai then thought about it carefully and realized that it was true that his original owner's father only remembered that he died in the battle. However, I have never carefully investigated who was defeated and which powerful car was overturned. Only now is it clear. Later, I heard from Hokahata University that the Inagato clan and the Kai Takeda clan took advantage of the victory and invaded Yamauchi. Although Yamauchi was defended, Xiaoheita's mother was also kidnapped, and her life or death is unknown.

So Takeda Harunobu and himself, the original owner, are sworn enemies who killed his father? Koheta trembled all over. No wonder the Yamauchi family never took action against Shinano. It turned out that his back was almost broken by the armored army in the battle of Suwa Lake. I only blame myself for being a young boy, thirteen or fourteen years old, who only remembers that his parents were separated, but not how they were separated.

The current situation seems to be targeting Uesugi Teruhora, but in fact it is also targeting the Yamauchi family. Teruhora Uesugi was injured, and Yoshiharu Yamauchi was in a dilemma.

Xiaopingta now fully understood that the entire Kanto chess game had begun since last autumn. Takeda Harunobu is that chess player, and everyone is running to his rhythm.

He first extended an olive branch to the half-dead Hojo clan, using the marriage of Takeda Kiku and Hojo clan Nao as a link. He took over Tsukui and monitored Odawara with superiority. Although it did not succeed in turning the Hojo clan into a subordinate and surrendering force, it also greatly restored the relationship between the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister who had been fighting for years. (The Takeda clan is actually an old enemy of the Hojo clan. Takeda Harunobu’s first wife was the sister of Ogitani Asada. Takeda Nobutora helped his in-laws fight against the Hojo clan for years, and a lot of people died on both sides.)

Then Takeda Harunobu helped his son-in-law restore Sagami and part of Musashi, so that he was backed by allies (Imagawa Yoshimoto is Takeda Harunobu's brother-in-law, Takeda Nobutora is still a guest in Suruga, and the relationship between the two parties is okay at this time). Then he instigated Murakami Yoshikiyo to seize small counties and attack Nagano Yamasa and the people affiliated with the Uesugi clan, which angered Uesugi Teruhora. Then there was the provocation of Hokuriku, Ichiki, to hold back Uesugi Teruhora's forces, buy time for his son-in-law Hojo Uzunao, and cut off the main reinforcements from the various forces in the Eastern Kingdom.

In this way, Takeda Harunobu and he got a perfect external environment. In a short period of time, no force had the spare power or ambition to attack the Takeda family, but the Takeda family had sufficient strength to attack wherever they wanted.

So who is his target? It's self-evident and clear at a glance.