A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

I don’t know what’s going on this year, whether it’s a bad year or bad luck. Almost everywhere around the mountain city of Kyoto there are wars.

Smoke is billowing in Kinai, Asakura Yoshikage of Echizen [Note 1] is fighting with Wakasa Takeda, and Omi Rokkaku Yoshihide and the fledgling Asai Nagamasa are about to get involved. Not to mention that Kawachi and Izumi are in a pot of porridge, even Yamato is not very stable. The Hatano clan, the guardian of Tamba, has just died and the leader Hatano Haremichi, the Akai clan is bound to make trouble again.

In short, it was smooth sailing for Koheita when he came from Ejiri to Kyoto, but when he left, he couldn't get anywhere very well. It seems that there is no place where war is not going on in all directions, and there is no place where there is no smoke of war. Xiaopingtai seemed to be in the eye of the storm of war, unable to escape and unable to do anything.

However, the various armies of Kai Machi Gai Yusa, Anmi Allied Forces and Miyoshi Nagakei were fighting to the death, and the situation in Omi was still just a confrontation. The Rokkaku clan and the Asai clan went back and forth along the lines of Mount Sawa, Takamiya, Oo, and Asatsuma, but the two sides had not yet made a final decision to join the battle.

If you are willing to take a long way around, you can directly take a boat across Lake Biwa in Sakamoto, and then take a boat in Wakasa's Obama. With smooth sailing, you can cross the Noto Peninsula to Echigo Kashiwazaki Port, and then take Shinano or Ueno back to Ejiri. This road was relatively safe, but it almost circled the entire Dongguo. He didn't know how many years and months it would take, so Xiao Pingtai still chose to give up.

After all this calculation, neither the sea route from Kaicho nor the sea route from Obama was feasible. Either it's impractical or it's too far, so we can only choose a land route back to Ejiri from Kinai, which is surrounded by wars and smoke.

In the end, Koheita judged the risk of passing through Yamato Country, where Matsunagahide's power was located, and had no choice but to choose the land route from Omi, passing through Mino and heading to Owari to Tsushima to take a regular ferry back to Ejiri.

Although the Mino Country on the route has not been very stable since Saito Dosan was attacked and killed by his good son Saito Yoshiryu. The people of the country have been attacking and fighting each other endlessly, but Saito Yoshiryu cannot suppress it. However, Mino Country is still under the leadership of a daimyo. Although it is chaotic, it is somewhat controlled.

But in terms of the control and governance of the territory, Saito Yoshiryu is still far behind his father.

But as long as there is no fighting, it will be easy to leave. Xiao Pingtai and Aji have both encountered the problem of catching strong men along the street. As long as there is a war, no matter how big or small it is, the more unforeseen factors are on the road, the more difficult it will be to deal with. Xiao Pingtai can only warn everyone traveling through time that unless you are a general who can be protected by others, you must hide when encountering a war.

Xiao Pingtai and his party were unable to defeat ten or eight strong men. To put it bluntly, they were bandits? Aren't they just a bunch of defeated soldiers and refugees? Didn't you see that Chenzo was carrying a short-barreled horse on his back? Koheta could easily kill one or two rookies, Aji swept the formation, and Kanai Meigoro was facing him. This four-man team is well-equipped, and is very reliable in long-range and melee combat.

The Rokkaku family of Minami Omi is very good in the governance of the divided country. Due to the early establishment of the divided country law and the political structure of retainers' collegiality, the domestic social situation is also very good. Kodaira didn't plan to go to the Sawayama area to watch the battle. Asai Nagamasa had fewer people to fight with, but he actually fought against Rokkaku Yoshihide, and there was nothing interesting to watch at all.

Just like this, we entered Mino Country along the Miikageji River, and found that Saito Yoshiryu's brigade was boundless, and they actually walked along the street towards Omi. Looking at the scale, it is at least ten thousand, or even more.

Kodaira thought to himself that the troubled times of the Warring States Period were really ruthless and ruthless. After all, Saito Yoshiryu was Asai Nagamasa's brother-in-law, and now he was actually pulling so many people to beat his brother-in-law. However, Nobunaga is also Yoshitsune's brother-in-law, and he does the same, and seems to be quite normal.

However, after careful observation, Xiaopingta saw that Saito's army was exhausted from top to bottom. It seemed that they had been fighting for a long time. The morale of the soldiers was not very high. Although the flags were still flying intact, the baggage was not enough.

Entering Owari Province with doubts, after passing Ukino, Oda Nobunaga of Iwakura Castle sent troops elsewhere because of the army of his great backer Saito Yoshiryu. It was difficult for him alone to resist Oda Nobunaga in the south. Therefore, he very wisely defended the fortified city.

Of course Koheita was heading to Kiyosu Castle to visit Koichiro and his two brothers.

As a result, we arrived at Kiyosu Castle Town, searched around, and found Kinoshita House. It was Xiaoheita and his party who were received by Ah Zhong again. The two brothers went out to fight again. This is very surprising. Saito Yoshiryu went to support Omi's ally Rokkaku Yoshiken. Oda Nobukatsu was beaten by Nobunaga long ago. Oda Nobunaga is just a smelly salted fish, and now he is trembling in Iwakura Castle. . Mikawa is controlled by Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Oda Nobunaga doesn't have the strength to seduce him.

After all, Ah Zhong came from an Ashigaru family. Although she has not completely escaped the category of ignorant women in the countryside, she can be regarded as a somewhat knowledgeable woman in this era. She narrated it to Xiaodaita in a slightly long-winded way. It turned out that Saburo Oda and Goro Oda colluded with Saito Yoshiryu in Moriyama Castle, preparing to pretend to be attacked and ask for help from Oda Nobunaga, and then attack Nobunaga from a flank.

However, Nobunaga had no foresight and saw through this somewhat lame conspiracy. After keeping his troops stationary in Kiyosu Castle, Saito Yoshiryu's ally Rokkaku Yoshiken came to ask for help again, so he led his troops to retreat. Now the mountain castle was isolated, so Oda Nobunaga led his men to attack it.

But who this Oda Saburo Goro was, Kodaira didn't know for a while. The Owari Oda clan has a large number of people. As the guardian of the Shiba clan, it has been passed down and multiplied for hundreds of years. There are many people who are against Oda Nobunaga. Who knows which onion and which garlic.

Now that they have arrived, they will settle down, so Xiao Pingtai will stay at their house. Sure enough, the two brothers were different when they became samurai. Tokichiro was already an ashigaru general with an annual salary of 200 kanfu, and Koichiro was also an ashigaru leader with an annual salary of 50 kanfu. Both brothers have figured it out, so it's no wonder Ah Zhong looks much younger now. Both sons are so promising, they must be in high spirits.

She invited two family members to light a fire and cook, and entertained Xiao Pingtai well. Xiaoping accepted it happily. After all, he had been running around outside for several days, and hot soup, rice and hot baths were both pleasant things.

After bidding farewell to Azaka the next day, Koheita went directly to Moriyama Castle, since they were all here at Owari, right?

[Note 1]: In fact, it was not this person who was doing the beating. It was Mr. Asakura Sodi and Asakura Kageki of the Tsuruga clan who had seriously "teased" the annual Hokuriku-Kaga Ichiku clan and then stabbed him again. Wakasa Takeda's asshole.

According to the unwritten rules of this book, last week’s recommendation went up to 600, so I will update it tomorrow morning.