Toyota Castle was built in three days.

In general, Toyota Castle should be the location of Odawara Castle during the Warring States period, as a strategic place to dominate the Kanto region and resist enemies from the west.

The name of the castle is Toyota, because Tachibana Nakaren officially set the name of his family to "Toyota", so as to declare its lineage, and it has been different from then on.

It was also there that Tachibana Nakaren met with the Qi people for the first time, and it was probably for this reason that Tachibana Nakaren listened to the divination of the monks and priests and decided to name his family "Toyota".

At that time, nowadays, the family name can be changed at will, but his family, or the original surname "Orange Courtier" as understood by later generations, is deeply engraved in the blood.

Toyota Castle is located on the western side of Sagami Province, on the border of the Kanto Plain and the Kanto Mountains.

The one stationed in Toyota City is Tachibana Nakaren or Toyoda Nakato's eldest son, Toyoda Michiyuki.

The so-called three-day construction of the city is actually a wooden wall.

During the Warring States period, Kinoshita Toyoshiro, known as a monkey, once built a castle overnight under the nose of the enemy, and thus officially entered the ranks of Oda Nobunaga's confidants, in fact, it is the same.

Toyoda Michiyuki led 5,000 samurai and Ashigaru from Musashi Province into Sagami Province, and expelled Sagami Kuni Mamori Fujiwara Yasukine with little effort.

The Kanto Imperial Leader of Toyoda Nakaren also officially launched the retainer system, and at the same time, the military pawn introduced the names of the main pawn, ashigaru and so on.

Toyoda Nakaren and Shinano Kunikamoru, known as the "Yugo General", went so far as to privately enter into some kind of alliance-style agreement.

Lu Ning didn't expect this, originally, the remaining five generals were specially sent by Kyoto as the Shinano National Division of the first line to resist a possible invasion of the Qi people.

However, the system of Zhixing Country may be successful and defeated, and after giving these Zhixing countries the power to dominate a country, it has also changed their minds.

Of course, Ping Weimao is a famous general in history and praised in the Yamato repertoire, so maybe it is a delaying tactic.

Of course, the lords of Dongying, large and small, only want to save their own families during the war, and all kinds of refuge in different masters, betrayals, conspiracies and other dramas are endless, and the temporary alliance is even more fragile and vulnerable.

Just like Musashi Kuni Shougen Manji and Musashi Kiyoshige, the power of Musashi Kuniji Temple, now seem to be subservient to Toyoda Nakato, and even send part of the armed forces at their disposal to participate in Toyoda Nakato's Kwantung Imperial Coalition Army, but once Toyoda Nakaren suffers a painful defeat on the front line, then, in minutes, these two will fight back.

Historically, the Tokugawa Shogunate was also established in this way, after the "monkey" Kinoshita Toyoshiro made the daimyo of Japan subordinate to the nominal unification of Toei, but just after his death, Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of the five elders under his command, found various excuses not to recognize the inheritance of the descendants of the monkey family, and finally, the Tokugawa Shogunate was founded.

But in any case, the pacification of Musashi Province and the alliance of Shinano Province made Toyoda Nakahito set his sights on the last country of the Kanto Plain, Sagami Province.

Today, he has exiled the country of Sagami and is stationed in a strategic location in Toyota Castle.

Toyoda Nakaren is a good student to run the six countries of Kanto under his control, such as Shitso, Kamiso, Anbo, Hitachi, Musashi, and Sagami.

Of course, in fact, the territory directly under which Toyota Nakaren can really dominate is the two countries of the lower general and the upper general.

The lord of Anbo country, or the name of Anbo country, Miura Kaizhong, is a branch of the Fuji clan, and the name of the family is Miura, which is also a state of subordination to Toyoda Nakato.

Changlu Kingdom, the northern city lord is under the control of the Qi State, and the southern city lord is also a vassal.

Even the lower president and the upper president, there are many large and small lords, but they are all nominally retainers of the Toyota family.

The Western Expeditionary Army led by Toyoda Michiyuki, with 1,000 samurai and about 4,000 ashigaru, is a hodgepodge of the dominant army sent by various large and small lords, including the Tianshan people composed of more than 30 people sent by Tian Shanzha who Lu Ning had just subdued not long ago.

Even this kind of combined army cannot be organized into battalions, capitals, and squads like the Qi army.

They just belong to them in groups.

The people of Tayama and Tayama gathered together and listened to the words of the leader sent by Tayamaza, and the people of Omiya Shrine gathered together with the people of Omiya Shrine and obeyed the orders of the priest from Omiya, and the people of Anfang and Heigu formed a group of peaceful people and obeyed the orders of the leader sent by their own family.

Even the samurai and ashigaru from the head of the clan gathered around each other.

Mourning is greater than dying, Lu Ning is now too lazy to help Toyoda Zhongren train the troops, they are in such a state of fighting, and he is not here to help them reform the military system or even change their concepts.

That's it, it's not bad, the battle won't be so tragic, in this state, I'm afraid that victory or defeat won't be known in two or three years.

Lu Ning even thought about whether he wanted to go back to the Central Plains, after all, Yang Ye was there, and it should not be a big problem to maintain Toyota Zhongren from being completely defeated by the Kyoto army.

But after thinking about it again, this may involve a historical event for the descendants of the Central Plains, and it would be inappropriate if there was something wrong with his own departure.

Not to mention, if you don't establish the absolute authority and absolutely invincible image of the Qi people here, but instead make the Dongying people have self-confidence, and even grow up in this kind of tempering, then your first crusade will be a reaction, and if you lead the army again, you will inevitably sacrifice too many children's lives.

Therefore, at the very least, it is necessary to help Toyota Nakaren in the land of Kanto and really gain a firm foothold.

However, his own soldiers will not help him shed blood.

Therefore, nine soldiers including Madashan were also sent back to Edo Qiji, which was under construction.

In addition to the two Ezo assistants, Lu Ning only led twenty samurai to form an "inspector squad" to follow the western expeditionary army of Toyoda Road.

In fact, it is similar to a kind of high-level staff committee.

Lu Ning, the head of the inspector team, was appointed as the supervisor of the Western Expeditionary Corps of Toyota Road under the suggestion of a letter from the "General Institute of Culture" to Toyoda Zhongren.

Although it was only 5,000 men, it was divided into three major divisions and dozens of small divisions, stationed along the line from Toyota Castle to various villages in the north.

Although the Qi people did not supply weapons for the time being, because after all, the production capacity of blacksmiths, weapon smiths, armor smiths, etc. in New Qi City was limited.

Nowadays, in Dongying, there are about 2,000 samurai registered in the military register, but they only send out a few hundred sets of long knives and bamboo armor, and they are still in short supply, so they will not supply the Toyota family, after all, it is inevitable to arm themselves with the most reliable force first.

Rao is like this, the huge strength of the 5,000-man Western Expeditionary Army of Toyoda Michiyuki is not only to attack Sagami Country and garrison here.

The three kingdoms of Kai, Suruga, and Izu, which border Sagami Province across the Kanto Mountains, are naturally the targets of Toyoda Nakahito's eyes, and if he can dominate them, he will also make them submit.

It's just that Toyoda Naka's eldest son, Toyoda Michiyuki, the young commander of the Western Expedition, has never experienced this kind of change that has not been seen in a thousand years, and his temperament seems to be very impatient, and he has forgotten his father's advice, and does not listen to the advice of the prison army Lu Ning, and rashly leads the troops through the mountains to attack Izu Country, but he returns with a feather.

Lu Ning didn't follow at all, and led the inspector squad to stay in Toyota City, so as to stabilize the morale of the army.

After that, Michisada Toyoda, the younger brother of Toyoda Michiyuki, made several suggestions, and in the end, the Toyota army bypassed the strongest village gate and attacked Izu Province, and besieged the strongest village gate for nearly a month, and finally conquered it.

Lu Ning was a little helpless when he saw the military report, but he didn't bother to pay attention to them at all, during this period, he even took the time to go to Xinqi City, looked at Huang Baoyi, and accompanied her for a few days, and the little girl's stomach became more and more obvious.