A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The righteous victory in the mountain was without merit and he sent his troops back to the army. However, externally, it was still publicized that Takanashi, Uesugi, and Yamauchi had returned victorious, and successfully thwarted the attack of the ambitious Takeda Harunobu.

A grand celebration reception was also held in this name, on the one hand to celebrate the "victory" of the joint war and on the other hand to celebrate this year's harvest.

Anyway, the father-in-law says the father-in-law is right, and the mother-in-law says the mother-in-law is right. Takeda Harunobu also said that he had a great victory. At first, he suppressed Takanashi Masayori and killed hundreds of Kaizu people, including all their heads.

However, no one captured the territory in this battle, and the Yamauchi family and the Uesugi family could not accompany the Takanashi family. The Yamauchi family needed to recuperate and train samurai. The Uesugi family needs to march into Kanto and declare their existence.

In an endless loop, Takeda Harunobu could send troops to Kaijin or Yamauchi again and again, but Takanashi Masayori was not strong enough to attack the Takeda clan and could only passively defend.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu will never sit back and watch Takeda Harunobu defeat Takanashi Masayori. This will never be allowed to happen. If Takanashi Masayori is defeated, the two and a half counties of Hokushin will fall into the hands of Takeda Harunobu. At that time, Takeda Harunobu will reached its historical heyday. It was still a heyday without Yoshinobu's rebellion, and the retainers group was more united and stronger.

Uesugi Teruhora also made it clear before leaving. He will definitely travel to Kanto next spring. There will not be many people to support the Takanashi family. He hopes that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu will contribute more.

The meaning is very clear, he will lead his men to rob in the first half of the year, and will be free in the second half of the year. Anyway, your Yamauchi family will not and cannot expand for the time being, so why not help the Takanashi family? When he freed up his hands from Kanto, he helped the Yamauchi family beat up the Takeda family together.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu must have agreed to this, and Takanashi Masayori also symbolically took out a thousand gu as a thank you gift, which was better than nothing. He also promised that when reinforcements from the Yamauchi family arrive in the future, he will try his best to supply food and will no longer allow the Yamauchi family to transport food from the rear.

Very aware of current affairs and willing to spend money. Takanashi Masarai did not occupy the 40,000 kan territory unfairly, and he was a capable general.

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Including the upper-class samurai such as Hosokawa Harumiya and Isshiki Miyauchi who were hastily summoned into the city, as well as their confidants Hosokawa Saime and Koheita, they are all sitting next to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu.

This very boring battle was too uncomfortable to fight, and it was estimated that it would have to be fought several more times. Apart from wasting food and money, neither side would achieve any results. This is not in line with the samurai's life principle of fighting = making money, nor is it in line with the interests of the daimyo lord.

So Yamauchi Yoshikatsu had to brainstorm and see if he could find a way to break the situation. To avoid the weakening of the civilian population and the lack of military resources caused by years of passive defense.

Now sitting on the right side of Yamauchi Yoshikatsu is his younger brother Imagawa Yoshiuchi. Although the two are not very close, they have grown up together for more than ten years. Now Imagawa Yoshiuchi has his own family business, and he has lost his status in another family. Now he only has a loyal heart to help his eldest brother achieve his career.

Hosokawa Spring Palace is old and strong, still like an old pine, sitting quietly on the corner, letting the breeze blow on the hill.

Isshiki Miyauchi, the elder of the Bitou family, spoke first, but this closed-door meeting was not a serious military discussion. It was just an inquiry from Yoshikatsu Yamauchi, so it was much more relaxed. Xiao Pingtai did not sit in the front row, but sat next to her uncle and father-in-law.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu first asked how much military rations had been consumed this time, how much rewards had been consumed, and as for the spoils, territory, etc., none of them were gone.

Xiao Pingtai truthfully reported the large expenditures such as rice, wheat, salt and beans, as well as the quantity of consumables such as iron cannon ammunition, bows and arrows. As I said before, one shot from the iron cannon can be converted into fifty Yongle coins.

No one wants to fight this kind of confrontational war, it would be a waste of money.

I really don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are when I’m not a family member! In the past, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Imagawa Yoshika could just ask their father for money. Although they knew that the war cost money, they still used it lavishly with their father in charge.

Just like Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's iron artillery guards and horse soldiers with two guns and two horses, and Imagawa Yoshichichi's iron artillery soldiers, any one of them can support a thousand-man Indashi ashigaru if they are cut down. Now they have to plan carefully to support themselves, without a father to take care of everything for them.

The other samurai present were all veterans, and they would lose money if they couldn't join in a plundering battle. The territory of Kawanaka Island cannot be saved without going there. It is really a dilemma to save but feel distressed at the same time.

Everyone is planning to unite with the Takanashi family and take the initiative to attack Takeda territory in the spring of next year. Even if they can't rob him, if they destroy his spring plowing, they can reduce the number of troops that Takeda Harunobu will send in the autumn and reduce the number of troops. The pressure on the Yamauchi family.

But this thing doesn’t treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Will Takeda Harunobu just be beaten passively? I'm sure he will also think about sending troops to make a profit in the spring next year. The Yamauchi family has plenty of fine grain, and he can't take advantage of it. It's easy for him to bully the Takanashi family.

After the spring plowing is over, everyone wants to go together, but in the end they may decide to change places to confront each other. You send troops, and I send troops, but neither can do anything to the other.

not interesting!

It would be best if Takeda Harunobu takes the initiative to go out and fight in the wild. If he can kill 2,000 or 3,000 of his Kaibi people, then at least Takeda Harunobu will have to lie dormant for two or three years to lick his wounds, and the entire Konobu and Kaido will come to a standstill.

Kodaira first asked if anyone could lure Takeda Harunobu out for a decisive battle in the wild. He himself thought about it for a long time, but there was nothing he could do.

In the fourth battle of Kawanakajima in history, the two sides also faced off for more than ten consecutive days. Even when Terutora Uesugi was about to run out of food, he did not move at all. He sat firmly on the Wife and Daughter Mountain, paying attention to whoever strikes first will reveal his flaws.

Takeda Harunobu is usually a very patient person who can fight protracted wars, but that time, for some unknown reason, he took the initiative to divide his troops and launch an attack even though he did not run out of rations, trying to determine victory in one battle.

They have been vixens for thousands of years, but they actually talked about Liaozhai!

Everyone lowered their heads and thought hard about what could be used as bait to lure out Kai's Takeda tiger. After you lure him out, can you still hang him into the ditch and finally jump out?

He, Takeda Harunobu, was so smart and well-calculated. In addition to being interested in killing Yoshinori Yamauchi, Yoshikatsu Yamauchi, and Masayori Takanashi, he would probably be tempted by killing Terutora Uesugi.

But Terutora Uesugi was in Echigo Kasugayama and he was in Kaifu. He definitely couldn't kill Teru Uesugi. Unless he can fly!

Let Yamauchi Yoshikatsu use his body as bait? Don't even think about it. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu has such a broad prospect, use it as bait?

Koheita was still waiting for everyone to brainstorm, and Hosokawa Harumiya took a long look at Yamauchi Yoshikatsu.

"Your Highness, how many people belong to Shinano Kingdom now?"