A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Shinano in the first month involves the entire Eastern Kingdom.

Murakami Yoshikiyo would never sit still and wait for death. He also saw the linkage between the Yamauchi family and the Uesugi family. The Nagano clan in Ueno was also hostile, so he opened his mouth to claim the territory of the higher-ranking, Shikosushiso village, and sent his old enemy Takeda Harunobu for help.

Takeda Harunobu agreed very readily. Anyway, Murakami Yoshikiyo knew that he was drinking poison to quench his thirst, and Takeda Harunobu also had ulterior motives.

However, Takeda Harunobu's energy was not small. On the one hand, the Shinano sects began to take over the territory promised by Murakami to the Forty Villages, and on the other hand, he slowly assigned military service tasks to Kai and the Suruga Samurai.

Even though the Suruga Samurai Group was blocked in Okehazama, there were so many Kai warriors that it was very convenient to insert them into Suruga. Takeda Harunobu combined kindness and power to occupy the shogunate's justice, and soon gained Suruga's popularity. Now is the time to use the Suruga people to send a wave of kills, and his Kai people are precious.

In addition to his own mobilization, his brother-in-law, Honganji Fang, Takeda Harunobu also tried to win over him. The officials of Hokushinano Enkyoji Temple joined forces across borders and temporarily made peace with Murakami Yoshikiyo, who suppressed the Ichibuki Sect. Accepting Takeda Harunobu's request, he began to call on monk soldiers and nobushi to prepare for battle.

On the other hand, the Hojo clan of Odawara also united, and last year the Hojo clan organized a revival of the Ogidani Uesugi clan. He also connected with the Hitachi Oda clan, and cut off the connection between the lower boss Koyumi Norisumi, Nakajo Fujisou, and the Satomi Ambo clan with Ueno and Shimono with a single blow.

Originally, this year the Hojo clan was bound to unite with the people of the gensou clan and send troops to attack the Kogomi Imperial Palace, completely quelling the situation in the south genso clan and coercing the Anfang Satomi clan.

But the Takeda family showed him a clear path. Uesugi Teruhora will not send troops to Kanto this year. Ueno's rookie is much easier to chew than the boss's hard bones. The Hojo family treated Ueno's people as if they were just having fun, and hurried over to beat him up.

Even though Narita Chotae of Ninja Castle is still loyally following Teru Uesugi around, the people of the country know the nature of urine. How true this loyalty is is difficult to say.

Maybe the Hojo family can attack Numata Castle directly this time.

Takeda Harunobu's words were well-founded, and the two brothers Oishi Teru and Fujita Ujikuni who were deceived were starry-eyed. Several elders of the Hojo family also thought that we were familiar with Ueno.

In particular, Daidoji Masashige, who had been surrounded by Uesugi Teruhora in Kawagoe Castle, was the most active and even proposed to divide his troops to threaten the Eighth Prince to pull out this nail. Then conquer Tatebayashi Castle, cut off the connection between Uesugi Teruhora and the Furukawa family, connect the Yuki clan, attack Hirai and the covered bridge, and destroy the suggestion of the Uesugi retainers in Ueno.

It only takes 10,000 to 20,000 guan to destroy Xiao Gongfang's forces. If he breaks into Ueno, it will be a big profit of 40,000 to 50,000 guan.

The Hojo family finally accepted Takeda Harunobu's suggestion and went to fight against the pro-Uesugika forces in Kanto, and succeeded in making a huge profit. The Kanto people without Terutora Uesugi? Sorry, our Hojo family didn't take it seriously, so it's impossible to fail.

Terutora Uesugi was not idle either. On the one hand, he asked Shouchi Dabaoji Temple and Aizu Ashina to send troops to Echigo in the spring to cooperate with the left-behind Nagao Masakae to suppress the Yanghoku people who were ready to move. On the one hand, Usami Suruga was ordered to command about 2,000 Sino-Vietnamese troops to go south to Ueno, and he was ordered to join forces with Ueno's remaining guard Kanza Kagemochi to defend Hojo.

And he was preparing to mobilize 6,500 Echigo soldiers to go south to support his eldest uncle Takanashi Masayori.

Not to be outdone, the Yamauchi family begged the general in Kyoto to order Ogasawara to handwrite dozens of letters. Taking advantage of the heavy snow, each of the former Ogasawara family retainers in Azum and Chikuma counties obtained the gold of Yamauchi Yoshinori and the handwriting of the old master Ogasawara Nagatoki.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu made a big promise, promising that as long as he defeated Murakami Yoshikiyo, he would restore the Ogasawara clan's ability of 13,000 kan in Shinano Province. Ogasawara almost couldn't hold himself back for a long time and wanted to come back to help Yamauchi Yoshiji.

In order to increase his own bargaining chips, Yamauchi Yoshiharu even spent thousands more to recruit 2,000 people from the Higashi Mikawa nation to join the battle.

In just a short first month, various forces came and went, playing tricks behind the scenes and collaborating openly. Even without hesitation to involve various forces from Mino Hida and even Mutsu Deha, Takeda Harunobu even spent money to persuade the Echu Doi clan to raise troops to attack the Shiina clan to disgust Uesugi Teruhora.

Of course, this is a strategic plan from God's perspective. It is impossible for Koheita and even Yamauchi Yoshiji and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and his son to know so much.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu only summoned two giants who became monks in Fuchu Castle, Kiso Yoshiyasu and Asahina Taitomo. The meaning is extremely clear. The time has come for your two sons to be used as cannon fodder. Each of you has 1,500 cannon fodder. No one can escape.

In order to raise enough troops, everyone has become shameless, making friends and making accomplices everywhere.

The only thing standing in the way between the various forces was the heavy snow in Shinano that would not completely melt away until early March.

In early February, Ashikaga Yoshiteru of Kyoto issued a royal letter as expected. Accepted the cries for rescue from Takanashi Masayori and others from Hokushinano who were loyal to the public and begged for help in tears.

He designated Murakami Yoshikiyo, who was attacking his colleagues, and at the same time ordered Uesugi Teruhora and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to march north and south. They must meet the deadline and achieve quick success.

The general also dictated instructions on how to deploy the army, how to set up camps and formations, where to confront the enemy, and where to fortify the city. There is quite an aura of being strategizing and deciding the victory thousands of miles away.

This is not over yet. In order to show his solemnity, Ashikaga Yoshiki personally served as the general general of this Murakami crusade.

But it is impossible for him to command an army like his ancestors and leave Kyoto to command operations.

He temporarily handed over his Hinowa horse tags to Uesugi Teruhora and Ashikaga Yoshikatsu respectively. One Hinowa horse tag had Amaterasu written on it, and the other Hinowa horse tag had Hachiman Daibodhisattva written on it.

When the old acquaintance Mibuchi Fujitaka personally escorted the horse of the Muromachi shogunate's conquest general to the mountain, there was a sensation in Fuchu City.

This is equivalent to Ashikaga Yoshiki personally visiting Yamauchi Fuchu Castle!

In addition to the dozens of Yamauchi soldiers who guarded Mibuchi Fujitaka, Ashikaga Yoshiki also spent money this time and sent a hundred shogunate ministers, all fully clothed. Everyone is high-spirited as they ride on their war horses. The swords at their waists are all covered with gold foil, and the spears are all painted with vermilion lacquer, which represents martial prowess.

All the retainers and samurai of the Yamauchi clan, including Yamauchi Yoshiji and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, all went outside the city to greet the shogun's guard of honor.

The Hinowa Hachiman Bodhisattva horse symbol was respectfully placed on the main seat. Next to him, Mibuchi Fujitaka read the imperial letter of Ashikaga Yoshiteru to the Yamauchi ministers.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was appointed as the deputy general of the expedition, and he was determined to win.