The first year of Yonglu, September 5. www.biquge.info After the three counties of Shonai, the former domain of Mogami, and the Murayama County and Mogami County were stabilized, Tao Qingxian, who was stationed at Huiri Temple in Aizu, sent someone to ask Asadachi to go to Aizu immediately and meet with the envoy sent by Echigo as soon as possible.

Originally, the Asada wanted to use the Yagami Eight Shields and Yuri Twelve First Nations who had subjugated to him to invade the Nakatsu region together with the Onodera, Tamura, and Soma families. Since there is a messenger in Echigo, the messenger cannot be ignored. Plans had to be put on hold. The court appointed Usami Dingkatsu as the banner leader of the three Shonai counties, and was to manage the affairs of the people of the three Shonai counties and the liaison with the Yuri Twelve.

When Chaoding and the others hurried to the outside of Huiri Temple in the evening, they were shocked by the scene in front of them. The Otemon Gate of Huiri Temple is a crowned wooden gate, and on both sides is a stone wall full of five plus trees. This is a sight that makes first-time visitors think that this is not a temple but a fortress.

Immediately, Nagano Yemori dismounted and walked to the Otemon Gate, and said loudly to the ashigaru standing guard on the arrow turret: "The Lord is here, why don't you open the city gate?!" ”

After Nagano Yesheng's roar, he immediately hurriedly opened the city gate and led the way for Asada and the others.

Huiri Temple is the most famous temple that opened the foundation of Master Shuo Xuedeichi of the Enemy Method, and its status in the minds of Aizu people is equivalent to that of Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple in Kyoto. Around the 10th century AD, the temple entered a prosperous period, when it was said to have thousands of monks and soldiers, 3,800 lower courtyards of the mountain gate, and the territory controlled in the hands of the monks reached 180,000 stones, accounting for almost half of the total stone height of the four counties of Aizu. In this context, it is not surprising that a small number of elites in the armed forces of the temple took advantage of the various opportunities in the rebellion of the Northern and Southern Dynasties to become among the samurai. And the Tomita clan, one of the four heavenly kings of the Ashina family, came from the temple attendant of Huiri Temple. The Tomita clan is a typical example of this group of upstarts, and despite the successful transformation, the Tomita clan still maintained close ties with the temple and community forces, on the one hand, the Huihiji Temple, which was controlled and weakened by the favor of the Taira clan during the Genpei War, hoped to improve relations with the Ashina family; On the other hand, Ashina, who felt that his ruling foundation had never been solidified, also needed to use the traditional prestige of Huiri Temple to suppress those who refused to obey. The Tomita clan played the role of an intermediary in this process, facilitating the integration of the ruling forces of the two worlds, both the monks and the laity, and providing political capital for the increase and expansion of their own territory. It is worth mentioning that when the Ashina family further coordinated the relationship with the temple society, the Tomita clan took the opportunity to establish a special subordinate to the Kaji Temple, Shishoji Temple, and broke away from the control of Keihji Temple and obtained an independent identity.

The record of Aizu Tomita officially becoming a samurai family is recorded in the Motohiro period, when the governor Tomita Masashi reappeared in the Ashikaga clan. However, because of the humble background of the clan, he attached himself to the elder of Anji Ito, the Satsuma Sabu doctor, and entered the Tao [this Satsuma Sabu is after Ito Yucho, who fled to Kanto in the Genpei War]. In addition, Ashina Morimasa gave his younger brother Mitsumori's son [the third son of the main lineage] Yoshimori to Tomita Tsuneyu as his heir, and changed his name to Shiyou, and in the 19th year of Onei (1412), he officially inherited the Tomita family business, which further exacerbated the difficulties in research. Judging by the common characters, the son of Masagige Taneyu [the father of Tsuneyu] should be the son of the Satsuma Sabu or his younger brother Saemon of the Satsuma Criminal Department. The Azumi Ito clan maintained independent lordship until the middle of the Muromachi Shogunate, and was formally subordinate to the Ashina clan only through military and courtesy relations, and the origin of this traditional favor is more or less because Ito had more or less a relationship with Ashina through the Tomita clan. Of course, we can also think that during the period when Taneyu became the son of Shoshige, the family was basically controlled by Ito, and the governor of the Ito family at that time, Captain Yuyoshi, was a strong figure in Aizu, and although Morimasa wanted to use the relationship between the Tomita clan and the temple shrine to strengthen his power by entering the heir, he had to give the Ito family favorable conditions, which shows that every step of Ashina's progress was not easy.

The Tomita clan is indeed descended from the Ito clan of the Fujiwara Nanke, who arose in Tomita Village, Anzumi-gun, Iwashiro Province, and were the Ito clan who originally had Tomitakan as their main castle. Regarding the Ito clan of Azumi, [Ito genealogy] has a record of "Ito Yamato and Shouyumori, who moved to the Tomita area in the autumn of the third year (1530), and is the ancestor of Tomita Ito", as well as the descendant of Yumori, "Tomita Saemon Harumitsu, who lived in Tomita Castle." In the ninth year of Tensho (1581), he was killed in Azuki Castle "Yunyun, [Sendoki] also said "Tomita is near right, subordinate to Tamura Kiyoakiya." Because there is not enough historical evidence to counter-prove it, the author does not dare to make a conclusion, but can it be speculated that Tomita divided into two branches after climbing Ito, one of which accepted the request of the heir of the Ashina family; The other preserved the bloodline of Tomita Ito. Later, because Ito had no successor, he in turn accepted Tomita's succession, which led to the two families being involved. If this statement is ruled out, how can it be explained that 120 years have passed since Ashino entered the Tomida family in the 19th year of Onei (1412), and another ancestor of Ito has come out, and it is clear that this Ito should be different from the original Anji Ito family, but the Tomita Ito family, because of the blood connection, they moved to Tomita Village and Tomita Honji, and took refuge in Tomita Youjin, which is from this branch. In addition, it can also be seen from the common name of the two Tomita that the Tomita clan who accepted Ashina as the heir is generally called the prison and the Misaku, while the Tomita [Ito] is the most right-handed.

However, today's Huiri Temple has long since lost its glory. The Tomita clan also declared that the retainers belonged to the court shortly after the defeat of the Ashina clan, and they were willing to become ordinary retainers. Tao Qingxian had to rebuild Huiri Temple into a military station in order to be able to hold the counties of Nanide Yuzhi and Aizu, but now it looks more like a fortress. And Tao Qingxian himself is now in the Huiri Temple, and he is receiving the envoys from later.

"The shelf of Taowei Zhang Shou is really not small, I, the lord, have been entering the temple for a long time, and I have only seen it now." When Chao Ding walked to the door of Daguangjian, he saw Tao Qingxian waiting for him respectfully on the side.

"Your Majesty has lost sight, and I hope that the Lord will forgive your sins! It's just that yesterday, Echigo's envoy came to Aizu, and his subordinates could only place him in the temple. I thought that this place was closer to Yonezawa Castle, and it would be most appropriate for the lord to meet the envoys of Echigo here. Tao Qingxian found a reason for not going to greet Chaoding outside the temple, and Chaoding really couldn't say anything about him.

"Let's go in and talk." Chaoding didn't want to delay his time, and the arrival of Echigo's envoy at this moment was nothing more than to inform Kenshin that he was not in the territory or that the seven-hand generals of Echigo couldn't solve the matter, and they still needed to go out on their own, etc.

"My lord, you have to be ready before you go in. This envoy is dressed very indecently・・・・・・ Tao Qingxian said halfway through and didn't continue. He didn't want to cause a rift in the relationship between Asadaki and Echigo because of his likes and dislikes. After all, Tao Qingxian himself was an old-fashioned samurai, and he was shocked when he first met the Echigo's envoy yesterday. The emissary was dressed not at all like an ordinary samurai, but more like a wild samurai or a country man・・・・・・

Asadachi then entered the Ohiro room with Nagano Yemori, Mori Katsuhiro, and Tao Qingxian. The first thing that catches your eye is not the large and small Buddha statues placed in various places in the large and wide room, but a samurai in his thirties sitting next to him. Chao Ding looked at him first: he had broad shoulders and a wide back, and his limbs were relatively developed. Dressed in a sleeveless feather weave made of deerskin, the face is well-defined and can give people a sense of memorably.

"I'm the Fujiwara town house you want to see." Chao Dingduan sat down on the throne and asked the envoy.

"See Fujiwara Town Mansion, in Shimono is Saikyo Saburo Uemon, the leader of the Kuwatori people in the Echigo-Joetsu region." Saikyo Saburo Emon then announced his name.

"I don't know that the temple is not in Echigo, who would have thought of sending you out as a village leader?" Chao Ding sneered. After a rough calculation, he felt that the current Echigo was not lacking in important ministers and talents. Powerful ministers such as Naoe Keitsuna, Honjo Minoshine, Fukuoji Takashige, Nagao Yesshige, Nagao Fujikei, Kaji Harutsuna, and Kanya Keizamochi were all in Echigo, so how could they think of sending a village leader to Aizu as an envoy? This made Chao Ding completely puzzled.

"It's good to be a countryman down there. However, he was sent to Aizu on the orders of five of the seven hand group generals, including Naoe Yamato Moriden, Honjo Misaku Moriden, Nagao Toe Moriden, Kaji Yasugi Moriden, and Saito Shimono Moriden. In addition, he is good at riding and can reach Aizu faster than others. Saikyo Saburo Uemon looked at Asada with resolute eyes and said.

"I see why, so what is your purpose here? If Owari Mamoru hadn't sent someone to Yonezawa Castle to make an urgent report, I'm afraid I would have marched to Shimono at this moment. "Asadachi didn't particularly want to see Saikyo Saburo Uemon, mainly because his value was too low, which could make Asadaki want to go back to Musashi to see him again.

"More than 3,400 troops of the Takeda Army's Yama Changman Division are in the vanguard, and they have now attacked the capital of the Missile Country. After that, Takeda Katsuyori also commanded the follow-up missile invasion army composed of the people of Minami Shinano Province into the missile, and its total strength was no less than 8,000! Saikyo Saburo Uemon said a piece of news that surprised Asadachi very much at this moment - Takeda Katsuyori has become the commander-in-chief of the missile invasion army!

"Naoe Yamato, Honjo Misaku, Nagao Enoe, Kaji Yasui, Saito Shimono and others are still hoping that I will rule the Echigo generals to help Echichu?" Chao Ding now found that after Qianxin was not in his ability, the burden on his body instantly became a lot heavier.

"Not only the Takeda Army, but Takeda Daizen also contacted the Pure Land Shinshu of Kaga. As early as the middle of last month, tens of thousands of disciples of the Pure Land Shinshu sect had gathered, and now even the Shidongshan Temple on the Noto side has become an ally of the Pure Land Shinshu. More than 30,000 people have entered Vietnam and China, and the situation is already extremely critical! The town guards Echichu, such as Kakizaki Izumi Moriden, Usami Suruga Moriden, and Okuma Bizen Moriden, have sent envoys to Kasugayama Castle no less than ten times to ask for reinforcements. Saikyo Saburo Youemon's words made Asada's brows furrow.

"Owari Mamoru, you go to mobilize the troops of the four counties of Aizu, and Yesheng you go to assist Owari Mamoru. In addition, he sent people to the three counties of Shonai, and ordered the Usami, Shimazu, and Tosabin families, Tozenji families, Ikeda families, and Takasaka families to prepare for the battle, and Shinbata Inhata Mamoru and Suda, Fujita, and Kohata remained as the three counties of Shonai; In addition, he sent an envoy to Echigo Yangbei and invited four people from Kurokawa Bizen to keep the Kiyoshi Hall of Kurokawa Castle, the Yamayoshi Tanba Shoutoyo Shoden of Sanjo Castle, the Yasuda Jibu Shosuke of Yasuda Castle, and the Yoshie Carpenter Suke Soshin Hall of Yoshie Castle. Without the help of the Yangbei people, I would not have been able to muster tens of thousands of reinforcements in a short period of time. Chao Ding smiled bitterly.

"Yes!" Immediately, everyone also left Dahiroma one after another. Only Chaoding was left alone.