A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

As Yamauchi's great-uncle, Yamauchi's chief planner braved the heavy snow and rushed to Kai. At this time, the status of Yamauchi's chief planner is more noble, and he is a serious member of the Ashikaga clan of Seiwa Genji. Xiaoheita is in charge of the family, but his status in the Wu family is still far lower than that of Yamauchi's chief planner.

Naturally, in a more formal occasion like a funeral, things like status and level are relatively more important. When Yamauchi Yoshiharu died, the Takeda clan sent Takeda Noburen and Yamamoto Kansuke. As Shingen's biological brother, Noburen can be said to have a noble status, even though his territory is far lower than that of Kasaka Tansho or Yamagata Masakei.

Nothing happened like Zhou Yu crying. According to Takeda Shingen's last wish, he was put into a large urn and sank to the bottom of Lake Suwa. In addition, a tomb was set up in Huilin Temple, and all the armor, swords, saddles, military accessories, etc. used in his life were dedicated to the temple. Grand funerals are not allowed to save military funds.

However, Takeda Yoshinobu still did not fully comply with his last wishes. At least the funeral was held in an extremely grand manner. Otherwise, how could he win over the hearts of Kai's old retainers?

It is obvious that Suruga's retainers are completely on the side of Takeda Yoshinobu, and Kai's retainers have acknowledged the fait accompli. As for Suwa's retainers, Shingen conducted a large-scale purge before his death, and Takeda Nobunto temporarily suppressed the living situation. .

In addition, Shouguini, who contacted Koheita immediately after she came back, was extremely happy about Takeda Shingen's death. However, the old nun was still hesitant about the Yamauchi family's hope that she would lead the remaining Imagawa clan officials to launch an internal and external rebellion.

It is undeniable that due to Takeda Yoshinobu's years of operation in Suruga, a group of Suruga people who are aware of current affairs stand behind him.

Nowadays, these people have entered Kai's political center. This is an unavoidable thing in the rule of feudal kings. The monarchs must use their cronies who support them first, commonly known as ministers who have made contributions to the dragon.

This also later led to some of Kai's old retainers being "promoted" to various counties and villages in Suruga as acting county officials. The Takeda clan's dominance in Suruga has not weakened much, and perhaps even their loyalty has increased.

On the other hand, after encountering the devastating defeat of Toishi Castle, both the Suwa and Kai tribes suffered a considerable blow. Many samurai families were wiped out, and countless members of the public military service died at the feet of the Yamauchi Army cavalry.

The Suruga people, commanded by Okabe Masatsuna, Okabe Motonobu, Abe Motoshin and others, were happy. As soon as Xiaoping Tai's cannon was fired, the stone grinders rushed with all their strength and collapsed with a crash. More than 4,000 people rushed back to Suruga Country with almost no losses.

The current situation is that the Suruga Kingdom, which can provide an army of five to six thousand, has seen considerable changes in its status within the Takeda clan. This is not reflected in the actual change of positions, but in the fact that the samurai of the Suruga clan can sit on an equal footing with the samurai of the Kai clan.

Takeda Yoshinobu is in this precarious situation, and since the Suwa people cannot be trusted, in order to resist the inevitable invasion of the Yamauchi family, he must rely on Suruga's power. No matter how unbearable the Suruga clan is, it cannot change the fact that he has as many as five or six thousand warriors.

At this time, every soldier is precious to the Takeda family and cannot be waited for.

It's not that simple to ask the Suruga samurai, who has already stiffened his waist, to get up and fight. Even Shou Guini felt that there was no way he could mobilize too many people.

Centipede insect, dead but not stiff!

This is the most appropriate description of the Takeda family today!

It is really difficult to completely destroy a daimyo these days. Even though Oda Nobunaga later attacked and destroyed the Asakura clan for the first time, Asakura Kagekage and Asakura Kageken were still alive and kicking. Received a reward from Oda Nobunaga.

It means that Echizen Kingdom is still the same Echizen Kingdom, and the actual ruling lord is still the Asakura clan. There is no difference between this group of people changing the character for Miao to Dobashi (Nobuki) and Anju. Even a man as powerful as Oda Nobunaga still has to compromise.

After thinking about it, the Rokkaku family was destroyed, but the Japanese people like the Kamao clan and the Aochi clan were still alive and kicking. The Asai clan also perished, but the Miyabe clan and the Todo clan were still alive and well.

In the case of the Takeda family, Nobunaga's order was to leave no room for Takeda's arrest. Anyone who had ever served in the Takeda clan would be hunted and killed. This is completely done by giving up mobilizing all military capabilities here in order to actually occupy Kai.

The Yamauchi clan may still have bones to chew on regarding the Takeda clan's strategy.

On the other hand, Oda Nobunaga and Ashikaga Yoshiaki are inseparable. First of all, Oda Nobunaga was very aware of propriety and returned all the shogunate imperial palaces in Yamashiro, Settsu, Omi and other places that had been occupied by the Miyoshi trio to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

As a result, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's wallet suddenly bulged after the autumn harvest. Not only did he incorporate the original Luoyang Town fire fighter, but he also promoted his original team and the Fenghong who were still loyal to the shogunate along the way. When Miyoshi rebelled, he did not rely on Ashikaga Yoshiei.

For example, the great monk Shizuzora whom Heita met when he was in Beijing never gave up and always guarded Ashikaga Yoshiaki. This time he was suddenly appointed as the head of Luoyang Idojiin. Although he was a monk, he was actually responsible for Ashikaga Yoshiaki's bodyguard. Who in Luoyang wouldn't call him Shizukora Master.

Another example is Ozaki Hyogo's political support, wandering all the way, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki's ups and downs return. Now he serves as an imperial concubine and is responsible for Ashikaga Yoshiaki's travels, which is considered the first among the imperial concubines.

All the forty or fifty people who have endured hardships along the way with Ashikaga Yoshiaki are now high-ranking officials and receive generous salaries.

Oda Nobunaga, after more than half a year of non-stop campaign, finally completely pacified the remaining Rokkaku in the Minami Omi area. Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn't put it down for Oda Nobunaga, who stabilized the situation in Luoyang and supported him in going to Luoyang.

Once again, Oda Nobunaga was conferred the title of Kusatsu Governor and Shirakawa Prefecture, and another large market town by Lake Biwa, as well as the first customs station for the Eastern Kingdom to enter Luoyang, were handed over to Oda Nobunaga.

The two of them were kissing each other like honey mixed with oil. Ashikaga Yoshiaki figured out Oda Nobunaga's tricks, and it turned out that he was a profit-seeking person! Just give me money!

Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki has no money, Ashikaga Yoshiaki has the power to appoint Tenka Tsuminato as acting official. Now he saw where Nobunaga was going to conquer, so he granted Nobunaga the town of Omachi there, and the two of them cooperated seamlessly. One gives status and the other gets real benefits.

Luoyang also began to recover under the governance of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and a group of ministers. The shogunate's institutions were largely rebuilt and even expanded a lot.

Except for Asai Nagamasa, who fought with Nobunaga for half a year with tens of thousands of people and captured half of the county, and left in anger with the excuse that the soldiers were eager to return home, no conflicts occurred.