A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Five hundred Echigo knights flew in, surrounding the Kanto governor and the leader of the Echigo kingdom, Uesugi Danmasakitora.

Just kidding, that's not the case at all. The rain has been so heavy that it has been raining for three consecutive days, and the Uesugi army can no longer march on horseback. If the mud is soaked in mud and the horse's hooves are soaked in the mud for a whole day of marching, the horse's hooves will definitely get sick. If the horse's hooves get sick, the horse will most likely be useless.

Therefore, even our leader can only ride on a pack horse. There are many pack horses in Echigo, so he will not feel bad if he dies.

The five hundred Echigo cavalry were all on foot, their horses were wrapped in riding shoes and they did not dare to carry people or equipment. It is also hard work to move forward slowly behind others.

Terutora Uesugi originally brought more than 2,000 people to help the Yamauchi family. As a result, when I arrived at Forest City yesterday, I met Ogasawara and his son who were leading more than 3,000 people back to Fukashi. I heard that the Yamauchi army had launched a massive attack and had forced Takeda Harunobu back.

Uesugi Terutora, who suffered from the bad weather, directly asked more than a thousand infantry and cavalry to return home through Kaijin Castle. In this bad weather, several people have fallen ill. If their condition worsens, they will either have diarrhea or pneumonia, which is a dead end.

So now I only dare to take a few 500 people with me. I tried my best to raise enough rain gear and then rushed to Iida.

(Ogasawara Sadayei: Mom, Xipi, I was just beaten up by Yamauchi Yoshiharu, and my Uesugi Teruhora blackmailed me for hundreds of raincoats!)

Terutora Uesugi is not a person who can't bear hardships. He spent most of his life in battle. To say that he was the leader of Echigo, one might as well tell a joke, he spent more time in foreign countries as an adult than in Echigo.

He is really similar to the King of England, Richard the Lionheart. He, the King of England, has not been in England as long as he has been in France. Spending most of their lives in battle was probably the norm for feudal lords in the Middle Ages.

Led by Yamauchi's chief planner, everyone went half a mile out of the city to meet Uesugi Terutora. First, help them arrange five hundred soldiers and horses into the city and prepare firewood and hot water.

After three days of rain, dry firewood becomes a precious commodity. Many people in the four villages have fled again, and it is difficult to collect enough firewood, so they can only prepare half-dry and half-wet firewood for others. It didn't take long for a lot of thick smoke to rise in the city, all filled with the coughs of the soaked Uesugi Army.

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Uesugi Teruhora changed into dry clothes and drank hot tea under the close attention, and his whole body became energetic. Even though he was a daimyo, he was still freezing enough to be exposed to the rain for three days. Now a cup of hot tea makes him beautiful, and his eyebrows relax.

"Isn't the Prime Minister in the city?" The purpose of Uesugi Teruhora's visit was to meet Yamauchi Yoshiharu.

"Brother went to Komaba and recuperated in the hot springs." Yamauchi's chief planner was reminded by Taichi Kodaira and quickly ordered people to bring hot wine to warm up Terutora Uesugi.

"How are you, Prime Minister?" Teruhora Uesugi spoke fluently after two glasses of hot wine.

"It's good." It can't be said that Yamauchi Yoshinori suffered a stroke, his face was paralyzed, he couldn't speak in long sentences, he could only speak one word at a time, and he couldn't stand for a long time.

"I feel sorry for the fact that I am my adopted brother, but please rest assured that I will do my best to guarantee Taro's safety."

Teruhora Uesugi gave up his only sister and found a congenial brother-in-law. Who knew that just over four years later, his brother-in-law would die. He is also suffering, but for the children of the Wu family, life and death are unpredictable. He has now made it clear that as long as his nephew succeeds to the throne, he will help him to the end.

These words put the Yamauchi retainers at ease. This is the biggest benefit of having a good uncle. The Takanashi family and the Nagao family are each other's nephews and have saved each other several times. Uesugi Teruhu still has this reputation. If Takanashi Masarai is here, it would be the best proof.

However, his words sounded suspicious, and the Yamauchi retainer who was in charge of the young country always felt that there was some other meaning. After all, Takanashi Masayori's reputation as a powerful man with more than 40,000 swords has now become a vassal of the Uesugi family, and he has become the guard of Okushino.

"My eldest brother wants to discuss the matter with His Highness in detail, Young Master. Please ask Your Highness to move to the Coloma Field tomorrow."

Chief Accountant Yamauchi neither agreed to Uesugi Teruhora's guarantee nor had any intention of objecting or rejecting it. All the blame was put on his elder brother, and Yoshiharu Yamauchi had no choice but to make the final decision on this matter.

"Yes, we will stop here for a while today and then go to Komaba tomorrow." How could Uesugi Teruhora not understand the meaning of Yamauchi's plan? The guest did as he pleased and arranged to rest first.

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The Yamauchi family's army was similar to the army of most daimyo at this time, consisting of both direct subordinates and nationals. The wealthy families of the country were all disbanded yesterday, and the army was reduced by half.

The forces under direct control were divided into those under the direct control of the daimyo and those led by retainers, and most of the retainers' troops were demobilized. Currently, there are more than 3,000 Hatamoto clans and ashigaru clans directly belonging to the Yamauchi clan in Iida Castle, and there are more than 1,000 people who escorted Yamauchi Yoshiharu to Komaba.

Turning around to the next day, the rainy season finally stopped, but there was still rain despite the lack of sun. But there is no other way, so we still have to hit the road. The defense of Yamauchi Fuzhong City cannot be empty for a long time. These soldiers and horses must go back, and Yamauchi's chief planner must also be stationed in the city. Otherwise, people's hearts will wander. This was the case during the Warring States Period.

Before leaving, Chief Yamauchi gave Koheita a new title, "In charge of the Uesugi clan". What does it mean? From now on, you, Heita, will be responsible for diplomatic affairs with the Uesugi clan. Do your job well.

Regardless of his hard work, the old father-in-law prepared to personally sneak into the Yamato Kingdom and deceive the monk Jueqing into coming. Isshiki Miyauchi's task is even more arduous. He sneaks into Hashu to persuade Ashikaga's adoptive relative and deceives him as much as possible. It is best to deceive him.

Then Hosokawa Saime will lead the troops, Konishiharazaemon will guard Suwa, Oishi Saburo will guard the Eighth Prince, Kitahata University will guard Hamamatsu, and Uncle Tsunara will guard Suruga. The other people are not qualified enough, so Pingtai Xiao will be the only one to take the lead.

In addition, Koheita has a good relationship with Uesugi Teruhu, and has a good relationship with Uesugi's retainers. There are no special relationship entanglements or interests.

"Koheita, I heard that you are engaged to the Prime Minister's daughter? Will you return home soon to get married?" Terutora Uesugi was riding on a horse, asking about Xiaoheita.

"Yes, she was originally the Harugong family's daughter, but she has been adopted as an adopted daughter by Hamamatsudon."

"So, you can be considered my adopted brother." Uesugi Teruhu smiled slightly at Xiaoheita.

"Ah? What? Don't you dare." Uesugi Terutora's brother-in-law is Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's brother-in-law is Koheita. By the way, Koheita is not Uesugi Teruhora's adoptive brother.

"The prime minister has worked so hard!" Teru Uesugi just said it as a joke, lamenting that Yoshiharu Yamauchi tried his best to pave the way for Taro Yamauchi.

"What Hamamatsuden is doing is also for the Yamauchi family." Koheta agreed very much. Continuing the family name is the first priority of all samurai. Only by preserving the family can they have a longer future.