A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The spring breeze is still strong, but it blows away the winter snow. Throughout the winter, Fuzhong City never rested for a moment.

Going to Luoyang this time is completely different from the previous visits to Luoyang by Feng Fang almost every year. This is to support His Highness Gongfang to enter Luoyang and enjoy the merits and reputation of Yi Dai.

It is worth mentioning that after learning that Ashikaga Yoshiaki asked Yamauchi Taro to serve as the so-called leader of the main team and command the main force of the Kamikawa Army, he casually filled in an invitation letter.

The whole thing started when the Yamauchi clan responded to Ashikaga Yoshiaki's order to go to Rokuro and raised troops to support Ashikaga Yoshiaki to go to Rokuro. It became Oda Nobunaga who supported Ashikaga Yoshiaki and sent out proclamations to invite princes from all over the world to participate in the grand event.

There is no need to say too much about the changes, everyone can analyze them.

These days, no daimyo whose name is recorded in history is a simple person, let alone Oda Nobunaga, the leader of the Three Heroes.

A matter of dozens of words on a piece of paper can easily change the nature of the entire matter. Oda Nobunaga's political skills are far better than ordinary people.

However, the Yamauchi family does not care too much about the various disputes between Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga, because Yamauchi only needs to protect the shogunate and confirm Yuko's status. With the confirmation of this political capital, it is better to join the power struggle of the new shogunate now. Much more important.

The Yamauchi warriors were high-spirited, and the entire Yamauchi family had been adhering to the image of respecting the curtain and fighting off thieves for decades, holding high the banner of the Muromachi shogunate. This image had a long-term influence on the Yamauchi clan. Everyone is proud to support the shogunate and respect the official.

Everyone became active after the New Year, and many members of the public also repainted their armor and ordered new haori. Even the Wu clothes required for the ceremony were newly sewn and woven.

Yamauchi Taro is too young to wear his father's southern barbarian garb. After all, his father is over 1.6 meters tall. A breastplate can cover Yamauchi Taro from his head to his crotch. Let alone wearing it, let him carry it on his back. All strenuous.

After thinking about it, he was still too young and didn't need to wear armor. Others don't know it, but Xiaoping Tai knows that this trip to Shangluo is simply an armed parade.

The Rokkaku clan, which could have raised an army of more than 30,000 or more, only raised a team of a few thousand people in Guanyinji City. The Oda Army's offensive can almost be described as devastating, and it didn't take long for Guanyinji Castle to be destroyed.

Many of the troops participating in Shangluo did not actually fight at all. After watching the battle of Guanyin Temple City, everyone walked hand in hand to Luoyang and picked up Luoyang.

This was probably the smoothest campaign in the entire history of the Muromachi shogunate. Ouchi Yoshihiro almost used all the strength of the Western Kingdom, but it took a lot of effort to allow Ashikaga Yoshinori to succeed in the campaign.

Not to mention that Ashikaga Yoshiharu was kicked out of Kyoto. He even used the strength of nine cows and two tigers to win over a large number of allies, and fought to the death with Miyoshi Chokei. Finally, when they were tired of fighting, they entered Kyoto in harmony.

Others are still thinking about the glorious history of the Sasaki Rokkaku clan. It is estimated that it will take two or three months to break through the Rokkaku clan. In the end, after the Rokkaku clan secured their territory and obtained a guardianship similar to that of Minami Omi, the two parties reconciled and escorted Ashikaga Yoshiakijin together. Beijing.

Let them think more, anyway, Chief Accountant Yamauchi and Shuzhini were the most active in preparing. After they were busy, Xiaoping was too happy to let go.

The last job that fell into Xiaoheita's hands was to teach Yamauchi Taro the etiquette in the palace. Naturally, Xiaoheita didn't know this stuff. The old monk Kuaichuan Shaoxi had a high level of education, but he didn't understand this kind of palace etiquette.

Although he comes from a famous Minamoto family like the Toki clan, he has never been to the palace or met you.

But fortunately, it doesn't matter even if everyone in the mountain only understands the etiquette of the Wu family's meeting with the public.

Uncle Tsunari knows it!

The serious Fujiwara Kita family Kanin-ryu, after the regent left minister Tadahira. The noble Qinghua family has served as the chief minister of the palace for generations.

Yamauchi Taro just needs to prepare his training and ask for advice.

Moreover, Uncle Tsunari can take advantage of this east wind to return to Beijing together. The Yamauchi family has promised to help him rebuild the Zixiaolu mansion and serve as another liaison official of the Yamauchi family in Luoyang.

Even after helping Uncle Tsunari to be appointed among the three, he can also work on it and help him make a military biography. Although this is not a job that the Zixiao Lu family should do, it is better to do it to someone who is close to the Yamauchi family than to someone who is not close to them.

The assault training only lasted a few days, and mainly focused on sitting posture, footsteps, speech speed, and even the dress etiquette when meeting officials, such as hem, sleeve length, longitude and latitude, all of which have rules.

After everything was done, Oda Nobunaga confirmed that he would depart from Gifu Castle on the fifth day of March. Naturally, the Yamauchi family had to rush to Gifu City before that to meet with the Oda army.

Originally, it would be most convenient to take Donghai Street, but Koheta deliberately asked Yamauchi Jun to take Zhongshan Road. In terms of straight line distance, Zhongshan Road is closer, but because it is a mountain valley road, it is winding and winding, making it difficult for the army to pass.

This choice naturally makes sense. Xiaoheita has been to Tokaido Road countless times, and he is very familiar with it. However, I have never walked through the Nakasendo Road, which can lead directly to Gifu Castle. For future considerations, even if it is difficult, I still have to give it a try.

Originally there were 3,800 people in the Luo army. Because many warriors carried gorgeous armor and weapons, and thousands of horses and pack horses had to eat a lot of beans and wheat, the army quickly became bloated.

The family members and nephews of all the samurai and ministers have been packed into the team. You can't drive them away because the samurai master can't march with his armor on his back and dozens or hundreds of kilograms of soybeans and wheat.

You push one in, and I push another in. In the end, there were more than 5,000, close to 6,000 people in the team.

"Can so many people walk on Nakasendo?" Koheita looked at Hosokawa Saime. Taro Yamauchi was the leader of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's formation, but the actual command of the army must be Koheta and Hosokawa Saime.

"It should be possible. Since the Iwamura Toyama clan surrendered to Oda Dansho, the Nakasendo Road has begun to be renovated and repaired."

"People can do it, but what about the more than 3,000 horses?"

"Just walk slower!" Hosokawa Kainyu spread her hands.

Then the facts turned out to be consistent with Koheta's estimation and Hosokawa Saime's statement. A large part of the road actually followed the Kiso River.

The mountains on both sides are rolling, and the army is meandering in the deep valley. The first attacker cannot see the rear guard at all, and it is extremely difficult for the army of more than 5,000 people to move. It was impossible for more than a dozen people to walk abreast, so two or three people could only squeeze forward, leaving a path for the generals to pass.

The cavalry is simply a burden in a place like this. Let alone mount a horse and gallop, they will fall into the river before you can run.

No wonder that when Takeda Shingen went to Luo, he only sent five thousand Akiyama believers to take the Zhongshan Road. It was really difficult to walk.

After enduring it for seven or eight days, we finally made our way out of the ravine, and it suddenly became clear that we had arrived at the Nongwei Plain.

Gifu Castle is in sight!