A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

War is not all of life, but war is part of life.

The weather in Shinano this year was slightly dry, and all the rain seemed to have fallen on Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was dying in Okezazama. After May, the weather is always sunny and there is less rain than in previous years.

Fortunately, due to the complete set of water conservancy projects operated over the years and the water storage and water conservation prepared in advance, the rice production of the paddy fields along the river has at least been maintained to some extent.

At least it was not affected by a large-scale production reduction like many places in Northern Shinano. However, Takeda Harunobu in Kai was the least affected. For more than ten years, Takeda Harunobu has continued to improve the water conservancy projects on both sides of the Kamamaki River and Fuefuki River.

The world-famous "Shingen Embankment" is now quite large. Coupled with the water storage weir pond and the water-storing topography of the Kai Basin itself, Kai's autumn harvest this year is very gratifying. Compared with the reduction in production caused by drought in various parts of the Eastern Kingdom, Kai, a country with mountains, actually still has some spare capacity to transport rice and grain to rescue Suruga's good grandson and Sagami's good son-in-law.

The retainers of the Imagawa clan, who were originally dissatisfied with the Takeda clan as the emperor, were quite satisfied with Takeda Harunobu this time. After all, eating people is soft-mouthed and taking advantage of others is short-handed. Suruga's grain production has been reduced due to war and drought. Takeda Harunobu still had the conscience to transport some grain to relieve Suruga's grain shortage and stabilize local grain prices.

At least many people in Suruga now feel that the Takeda family looks pretty good. Although they are not doing as well as Imagawa Yoshimoto did at the time, they don't seem to be much worse. According to P Club Games, the local resistance level has dropped significantly, regardless of whether it is nobles or commoners.

Takeda Harunobu devoured most of Suruga this year. Although he sacrificed a grandson, he could eat three more bowls of rice in such a large territory. Therefore, the rare autumn queen did not use weapons, but actively tried to digest Suruga and pulled the legacy of Imagawa Yoshimoto onto her own chariot.

It just so happened that a lot of people in the Suruga Samurai Order died during Okehazama, and Takeda Harunobu was working hard to inherit various adopted sons and revive the family. Place samurai from Kai into the Suruga Samurai Order.

Unlike the Takeda family, the Yamauchi family will definitely give the Kiso family a beating this year. This was both due to the political need to confirm Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's position as guardian of Shinano, and also due to the practical need of going out to grab a handful due to a slightly poor grain harvest.

As agreed before, Yamauchi Yoshiharu will not go out in battle this time. The general was handed over to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, who had a well-known division. After all, this was his first battle since taking over as the guardian of Shinano. How could he be inferior to others?

Without any surprise, Hosokawa Saime also began to mobilize the soldiers belonging to the Yamauchi family in Ina and Suwa. As for Yamauchi's skills, half of them were standing troops and flags, and part of the military service officers were also mobilized. In this way, more than 6,000 people were mobilized. Military strength.

As for Yuanjiang, it will be temporarily unable to move this year or even the first half of next year. After all, just after inspecting the land, people's hearts are floating. At the beginning of the year, Koheita attacked Imagawa and used up all the people's power to recruit soldiers on a large scale. Even many old and weak people joined the battle and worked as jinfu handymen. This year, it was impossible to persuade the military service members to mobilize.

However, the Kiso family's territory is only a few thousand kan, and even if the farmers are mobilized into the city, the entire army will not exceed 2,000 people. In fact, there is nothing else they rely on except Fukushima Castle, which is built among many walls and mountains.

As for Shinano’s Yoshikiyo Murakami? Sorry, Takanashi Masayori joined the Shimadzu family to start a war against Murakami Yoshikiyo again. There was a fire in Murakami Yoshikiyo's backyard, and the Iiyama area was in chaos. He had already sent troops to suppress it. If he didn't succeed before it started snowing, the battle would definitely have to be postponed to next year, needless to say. It is convenient for the Yamauchi family, and they will slowly deal with him in the future.

Since the previous preparations were very sufficient, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was not hasty at all this time. In order to show his protective status in Shinano, he even had time to present an invitation letter to one of the most important dojos in the Eastern Kingdom, Hokushin Zenkoji Temple. .

At the same time, he also presented a pair of swords, a collar, one hundred taels of gold, two hundred stones of rice, two hundred steamed buns, and two hundred pairs of salted fish. I pray that this battle against the Kiso family can proceed smoothly and be successful quickly.

As the biological father, Yamauchi Yoshiharu must come forward. So he wrote an invitation letter of more than 2,000 words, and asked some important officials of the Yamauchi family to sign the monogram to show that the whole Yamauchi family was of one heart and one mind and was united in dealing with the outside world.

Taiping Xiaoping also had enough status, so he obviously asked to be listed on it, so everyone named them together in order of status.

as follows:

My son Shinano Mamoru (young master, Yamauchi Shinano Mamoru Yoshikatsu)

Uncle Izumomomo (the elder of the royal family, Yamauchi Izumomomo for righteousness)

Dr. Hosokawa (formerly the elder of the writing family and Dr. Hosokawa Harugong)

Isshiki Shaofu (currently the elder of the pen family, Isshiki Shaofu Xianyi)

The younger brother's chief accountant (Okinen Leizhongbi, Hachioji Jodai, Yamauchi's chief accountant Yoshisada)

My son Yuanjiang guardianship (Yuanjiang guardianship, Imagawa Yuanjiang guardianship)

Goji Taromaru (Kakegawa Castle Lord, Asahina Clan Head, Asahina Taro who is only four years old)

Hokahata University (the second elder, the first one from Hokahata University is the eldest)

Konishiharazaemon (Ejiri Castle Daifu, Konishiharazaemon the Chief of Staff)

Oishi Saburobei (Uchida Gundai, Gobodai family boss, Oishi Saburobei Haruhide)

Hosokawa Saime (Lord of Iida Castle, Ina County Dai, Hosokawa Saime is in charge of government)

Zixiaoji Tanzheng (currently Hatamoto Zhongbi, Zixiaoji Tanzheng Da Zhongzuna)

Zikojizaemon Captain Tsunayoshi

Shintaro Atsuya (Hatatamoto, Shougou Admiral, Shintaro Atsuya Kiyoyasu)

Matsushita Yale (the chief of Yuanjiang Xianfang, the lord of Toutuo Temple, the elders of the foreigners, Matsushita Yale helped Yizhen)

Iwase Tojiro (Hatarimoto, Attendant General, Takaten Kamijodai, Iwase Tojiro Motomasa)

By coincidence, sixteen people gathered together to sign and pray for Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's victory.

Originally, this was just an ordinary petition before the war, but after all, it was a precious document signed by famous samurai. Zenkoji Temple must treasure and preserve this document.

This actually made Xiaopingta think about it. If three hundred to five hundred years later, this document was discovered by someone, or made public by the collector, so that it could be known to the public.

Then will it be rumored that there are 16 divine generals in Yamauchi, or 16 spears in Yamauchi?

When I think about it, I feel so happy! Wouldn't it be true that when Anei comes out of the game in the future, Takeda has twenty-four generals, and our Yamauchi can also have a Yamauchi sixteen generals.

Or maybe, replace the Sixteen Tokugawa Divine Generals? ah! OK! OK!