A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Kodaira was thinking about what Terutora Uesugi said. The essence of the Sengoku covenant is to use each other. This is of course an unchanging truth. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies.

What Terutora Uesugi valued was Yamauchi's fighting prowess. If Yamauchi could hold back Takeda, it would be worthy of the Uesugi family to win over, get close to him, and even support and protect him. This is determined by the value of the Yamauchi family itself. Yamauchi is worth this price.

But if Yamauchi can't hold Takeda down for Terutora Uesugi, then what does Uesugi want from you, Yamauchi?

Our Kanto leader is definitely not a noble, selfless, virtuous general.

Ota Zizheng once said: "The character of a humble and trustworthy man is divided into eight parts as a sage and two parts as a villain. Unbridled anger and weird behavior are his 'evils'; apart from this, he is brave but without desire, quiet and calm. Xie, honest and selfless, observant and kind, loves to listen to people's advice, etc. Although he has slight flaws, it cannot hide his brilliance. He is a rare good general in the world." [Note 1]

It can be said that Uesugi Teruhu is determined to be brotherly and interesting when treating useful allies. But what about the ones that are useless to him?

Now the situation in the mountain cannot be changed. The biggest problem is whether to go out into battle. If there are tens of thousands of people, there will be enough people to serve as generals to lead the troops. But nearly 30,000 people can be mobilized in the entire mountain. Without these individuals, Takeda Harunobu cannot be defeated.

Who will lead the huge army of 30,000 people? Yamauchi Yiji and Yamauchi Yisheng are the natural justice. No matter the generations or the people of the country, they are all convinced. I was beaten by Prime Minister Yamauchi. I just obeyed him, he was awesome, he was awesome, he told me to go east but I didn’t dare to go west.

But Taro Yamauchi and the Ashigaru who are directly under the Shodai will definitely follow him, but what about the wealthy people of the country? Forget it, a 4-year-old child cannot give orders, nor can he ride a horse to fight. Who will actually direct?

In the final analysis, the nine chiefs of staff are still chiefs of staff. When the chiefs of staff finished their discussion, Takeda Harunobu was slapped in the face.

Let Xiaopingtai lead 30,000 people? Even if Xiaopingtai were given 500 samurai as grassroots officers, Xiaopingtai might not be able to lead them. The prestige is not enough, and the level is just a little bit behind.

So Teruhora Uesugi was anxious and furious. He had no choice; none of his younger brothers were powerful. It took a lot of effort to see Yiyao as an ally who was barely able to do anything, but now he is also playing with a hammer.

He could not just sit back and watch the Yamauchi clan continue to suffer. He was very dissatisfied with the orders issued by Yamauchi Yoshiharu before his death. The older one is in the arena, the less courageous he becomes. Before he died, Yamauchi Yoshiharu just wanted to save the Yamauchi family, so he took such a move.

Not to mention whether we can really achieve peace in the mountains, at least we will definitely offend Teru Uesugi.

Terutora Uesugi must intervene. Since he has the opportunity and the strength, he must intervene in the distribution of power of the Yamauchi clan to ensure that the Yamauchi clan can still move forward and fight for consecutive years!

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"Banzheng is back?"

A sudden sound interrupted Xiaoping's thoughts.

Heita Xiao looked up and saw that he had arrived home, and it was Tokichiro who came out.

Upon hearing the news of Yamauchi Yoshiharu's death, Oda Nobunaga immediately sent Niwa Nagahide and Kinoshita Hideyoshi to express condolences. I thought that after the funeral, the two of them would go back, but they didn't expect that they were still stranded in Yamauchi Fuchu City.

"It's Tokichiro, come in. Come in." Koheita asked him to go in with him.

"Why don't you come and report in advance so that I can be prepared and ask you to wait for me here." Xiao Pingtai took off his cloak and bamboo hat and stepped into the house first.

"It's nothing important. It's just a rare opportunity. I came here to talk about old times with you." Tokichiro is also a five-hundred-ken jodai. He was always an active person. Now his whole body is very high-spirited, making people fall in love at first sight. I feel that this person is full of fighting spirit and I like him.

"Tatsumi, go ask your wife to prepare some wine and food, and then move a charcoal stove into the house to use Binchotan [Note 2]."

"Okay! Got it." Chen San was very agile and got to work immediately.

"There is no one here, Tokichiro, just tell me if you have something to say." Koheita was still very casual and not very elegant when facing Tokichiro.

"My lord is very dissatisfied with His Highness Mikawa, which caused great chaos in Mikawa. He also asked the lord for help." Tokichiro seemed to have a not very positive view of Matsudaira Ieyasu.

"What happened to Mikawa? Matsudaira Mikawa Mamoru did act too hastily. After all, he is young and has little experience."

"My lord is afraid that Aichi and other counties will be implicated by Mikawa, so he has sent two adults, Sakuma University and Hayashi Sado, to rescue. We will probably know the outcome after the spring."

"Did Danmasachu send troops? It's not like we can catch him." Koheta still has this confidence. Oda Nobunaga has already taken action, and the miscellaneous fish in Nishi Mikawa can't make waves anymore.

"My lord is of course always victorious in every battle." Tokichiro praised his master Oda Nobunaga for sparing no effort, and he said it with pride and joy.

"Are you here just to tell me the news?" Xiaoheita asked him to stop. I already know that Oda Nobunaga is very impressive, so I don't want you to continue bragging.

Tokichiro scratched his scalp. His hair loss seemed to be much more serious than Heita's. Even among the group of samurai who generally shaved their heads, his hair was definitely rare. I don’t know if it’s because I worked too hard every night, but I’m very bald.

"What do you think, Danzheng, Oda Yamauchi is mutually exclusive?"

"Um?"

Xiaoheita, who was still drinking with his head down just now, raised his head and met Tokichiro's small eyes that were shining with wisdom. Originally a bit wretched with sinister eyebrows and rat eyes, he actually has such a wise appearance.

"At this moment, your family is fighting against Jiaxin, and my family is uniting with Nongwei. Isn't it true that each of us gets what we need?"

"My lord is willing to form an alliance with Yamauchi forever, even if he sends Young Master Bijimaru to Yamauchi."

Oops!

Oda Nobunaga's magical operation, Oda Nobutada was willing to temporarily send it over. In order to unify Mino without interference, he spent too much money.

"Well, let me help you mention it to all the adults, and you can stay in Fuzhong City for a few more days."

[Note 1]: Some people now believe that this statement was made up by Echigo-ryu military scholars in the Edo period to beautify Uesugi Teruhora. In this era, Kuro Uesugi Kenshin is considered "correct". The author personally agrees that this is Ota's talent. Positive evaluation.

Based on many materials that the author has read, Uesugi Kenshin helped Ota Shimasa restore his territory, and there was not much coercion or extortion against him except verbal surrender. But at the same time, he also did a lot of inaction for the defeat of Ohta Shimasa, and he is not a black and white character.

[Note 2]: The name looks like charcoal produced in Bizen Binchou, but it is actually produced in Kii. It has the advantages of smokeless and odorless, long burning time and high heat. Even now, it is the best charcoal in Japan and is famous far and wide.