Chapter 44 Yangbei is unstable

After Takeda Yoshinobu was defeated by the Ueno Kuniguo led by Nagano Yoshimasa in early June of the first year of Koji, he was scolded by Takeda Harunobu and had no choice but to give up, he even got the assistance of the Hojo family or did not take much territory from Nagano Yoshimasa, there was only a national peak city that Nagano Yoshimasa took the initiative to abandon!

Kohata Kenshige undoubtedly served as the lord of Kunimine Castle, while Sanada Yutaka was sealed to the castle of Shichikaichi City, which is very close to the west of Kunimine Castle, as the lord of the castle. This is to compensate Sanada Yutaka, and the second is to let Sanada Yutaka assist Kohata Kenshige and his son to adjust the people of Ueno Province. The Takeda family also got Ganraku-gun, which Nagano was abandoning, and got the ranch. Probably because Takeda Harunobu did not reach Ueno Province in person, Ryunu did not send troops to Ueno Province or enter the territory of the Takeda family, and brought the large army back to Echigo and disbanded the army a few days later.

Although Asadachi learned the news, he knew that Nagano was very good, and he could hold the stronghold from Echigo to Kanto before the Uesugi family returned to Kanto. Takeda Harunobu also dared to officially invade and occupy half of Ueno Province after the death of Nagano Yoshimasa (and half of Ueno Country's countrymen have been wandering around the Nagao family and the Hojo family).

By the time the time it was July, the Aizu Uesugi family had now completed training for the standing army after more than two months of recuperation. Two hundred horses, one hundred heavy infantry, five hundred knights of the Heyue Knights, and one hundred bayonets and iron cannons were ready to be officially put into actual combat.

At this time, the head of the long-tail room saw that after Shinbata Chotsutsu (whose father Shinbata Tsunasada still held the power of the Shinbata family) transferred to Aizu, he thought that his opportunity had come! Regardless of his old health, he hired three Xuanyuan ninjas, plus 10 of his henchmen samurai, and entered Shimoetsu on the pretext of 'traveling in the mountains and rivers'. And Nakajo Fujishi is now seventy-six years old, and he usually drinks tea, sings and dances in the castle of Tosaka Castle, and does not feel that disaster is about to befall him.

On the 5th of July, the long-tailed head was also in his seventies. He was about to take his breath a long time ago, and he has been holding on until now for the revenge of Nagao Masaki, and his first target is Nakajo Fujishi. Nakajo Fujishi only has one daughter, and as long as he is killed, the Nakajo family will be almost the same. It was with this mentality that the head of the long-tailed room entered the territory of Nakajo Fujishi.

Nakajo Fujishi thought that he had not offended anyone, and he only promised not to send troops to the order to send troops. At this time, while he was still drinking tea in Honmaru, the samurai guarding the gate came in and disturbed him.

"Report to the lord, there is an old man outside the city who claims to be the head of the long-tailed house and asks to see him." A samurai in a blue samurai suit hurried into the tea room.

"I'll go myself!" Nakajo Fujishi hurriedly put the tea bowl aside, and he didn't have any suspicions and prepared to go to meet him outside the city in person.

"Yes." The samurai was waiting at the door of the tea room.

It didn't take long for the head of the room to wait at the Otemen when Nakajo Fujishi came out of it. The head of the Nagao room had already arranged the ninja near the Otemon Gate, and the three of them were all acting as peasants on the side, and all of them had ninja knives hidden in their clothes. And his henchmen and samurai were all on standby behind him, and they had already been instructed before they came out as long as Nakajo Fujishi personally came out to kill them directly. It doesn't matter if they don't know each other, as long as the long-tailed head knows.

"How did Mamoru Nagao come to Shimoe in person? What a surprise! Nakajo Fujishi first slowly walked out of the Oteji Gate, accompanied by two samurai. And now with the addition of the two ashigaru guarding the gate, a samurai and the two samurai behind Nakajo Fujishi, there are only five people, and there are thirteen people under the head of Nagao plus the ninja.

"It seems that Lord Nakajo Fujishi has been doing well in the past few months!" As soon as Nagao said this, the samurai behind him immediately understood, and immediately drew their swords and rushed towards Nakajo Fujishi.

"Echizen Mamoru ! You! Before Nakajo Fujishi could react, ten samurai behind Nagao Fang Chang rushed over, and the three ninjas who were at Otemon also drew their ninja swords and killed two ashigaru and one samurai guarding the castle gate. With Nakajo Fujishi's screams, Nagao was able to kill the biggest enemy, Nakajo Fujishi, very simply and efficiently. The two samurai behind him were then quickly killed. And the head of Nakajo Fujiko was also cut off and taken away.

It can be said that Nakajo Fujishi only pays attention to the management of castle towns and water conservancy on weekdays, and does not pay much attention to the garrison in the castle at all, etc., and Nagao is the head of the house who can escape after killing Nakajo Fujishi and other six people in broad daylight, and returns to Sakado Castle ten days later.

As soon as this incident came out, all the Yangbei people exploded! The Kaji clan, the Kurokawa clan, the Sebe clan, the Honjo clan, the Ayukawa clan and others all sent people to Kasuga Mountain Castle to ask the dragon maiden to administer justice, otherwise they would really be killed by the head of the long-tailed room. In fact, this is not to blame the head of the Nagao room, at that time, when the army of the Nagao Masakai belt, Yasuda Keimoto, Kakizaki Keijia, Saito Asanobu and Asada's army attacked Aizu together, it was the Yangbei people who did not send troops to rescue. Obviously, the dragon girl said that whoever you want, as long as you gather three thousand troops. But the lovely Yangbei people are not a soldier! Not to mention most of the losses of the Nagao Masaki Department, even the important ministers in the family basically died in Aizu, and even the Nagao Masaki himself was the same. Kanetoyo Higuchi escaped death and is still serving as the head of the Ueda Nagao family.

Since the dragon girl met with the envoys of the five families, she has been in a bad mood, it should be said that it is very bad! These people want them to send troops, and now they are threatening her to rebel if they don't execute the long-tailed room chief! Nakajo Fujishi is the pen of Yang Beizhong, but if they really turn the other around, Echigo's economy will begin to regress. This is what the dragon girl does not want to see, and even the court in Aizu Wakamatsu Castle does not want to see it.

Incidentally, regarding the Yamaura clan (Yamaura Keiguni, etc.: Sasaoka Castle) and the Chisaka clan (Chisaka Keiko, etc.: Thongsheng Castle), who have owned Shirakawaso (Agano City (former Sasahami Village)) since the Muromachi period, the Yamaura clan is the guardian of the Uesugi family; The Chisaka clan was originally the pen head of the retainers of the Inuhang Uesugi family (one said to be the Uesugi family Shuliu), and when they came to Echigo, they became one of the four families (Chisaka, Nagao, Ishikawa, and Saito) who guarded the Uesugi family in Echigo.

On the 15th of July, a fast horse from Echigo arrived at Wakamatsu Castle. The one who came was the shadow warrior of the dragon maiden, Arakawa Nagami. Asada asked her to wait in the Ohiro room of Wakamatsu Castle first, and then he and Sanada Masayuki went to Ohiro to meet her in person.

"Repair the doctor's hall, my lord wants you to go to Kasuga Mountain Castle once. Presumably, you should know what Mamoru Nagao Echizen did. "Arakawa Nagami has the same face as the dragon girl, and her figure is slightly slimmer than the dragon girl. And Arakawa Nagami is also from Yangbeizhong, a clan of the Chuishui clan.

"Yes, I heard that. I didn't expect Nagao Echizen Mamoru to stab the head of the Northern Crowd in broad daylight, Lord Nakajo Fujishi, hey~" Chao Ding couldn't help but sigh after speaking, he Nakajo Fujishi is hateful, but he can't kill him! If he died, the people of Yangbei would be even more embarrassed.

"Yes, my lord would like to ask you to send a part of your army to Hojo Castle first, and as for the supply of grain and grass from the Nagao family." Arakawa Nagami said the request of the dragon girl to be a 'local tyrant'.

"Sending troops? Is it to look at those people in Yangbei? Chao Ding thought about it for a while and agreed.

"I'm going to send seven hundred cavalry and seven hundred horses to Hojo Castle right now, so go back first. I'll be heading to Kasuga Mountain Castle in half a month. "Asada felt that he was going to Kasuga Mountain Castle once, although the situation deteriorated a little after Nakajo Fujishi died. But there is one more point - the territory of Nakajo Fujishi's residence city, Torisaka Castle and Egamikan, a total of 9,000 stones, will belong to the Dragon Maiden.

The only one who said that he wanted to oppose was the Fifty Gongye family who was of the same clan as the Xinfa Tian family. And the stone height of the Fifty Gongno family was counted in the Shinbata family, but after the Shinbata family was transferred to Aizu, they were not transferred out, and they continued to receive 2,000 koku from Fifty Gongno Castle. It can be said that the Xinfa Tian family made a silent stroke.

And the head of the Fifty Gongye family, the Fifty Gongno Hiroshi family, is this thorn. When he sent an envoy to Kasuga Mountain Castle, he was already preparing to mobilize Ashigaru in the territory. And he basically didn't have the same meaning. Katsucho, the lord of Pinglin City, directly told the dragon girl the news. The dragon girl was not in a hurry, and did not gather her retainers to discuss. She just sent someone to inform the people of Yangbeizhong, and asked them to prepare an army to surround the Fifty Gongye Hongjia of Fifty Gongye.

Indeed, the dragon girl is a good trick. It was not until Asada's arrival at Hojo Castle with 200 ryukina horses, 500 Kawagoe Knights, 100 bayonets and iron cannons Ashigaru, and 900 gunneru from Ota Shimasabu did he have a round with 100 horseback samurai from Ryunu's main team. And Aizu let Namba Tian Kenji go to the garrison.

"It's a great honor to be able to come to Echigo despite my busy schedule." The dragon girl came up to say 'polite words'.

"It's okay, what about the matter of Nagao Echizen Mamoru? Fifty Gongye is a trivial matter, and it's okay to take back and become your direct leader. "Chaoding is still very worried about what the punishment of the long-tailed head will be.

"Echizen Mamoru is very old, so I will tell him face to face. Nakajo Fujishi could only let him die in vain, and his daughter was only fifteen years old, and she saw that scene before she got married. The dragon girl felt a little helpless when she said this.

"Helpless, now is the world of the Warring States of life and death. Nakajo Fujiko-sama can be regarded as living to the age of antiquity, which is very good. Chao Ding just comforted the dragon girl like this.

"Go to Fifty Princes Castle!" After the dragon girl and Chaoding met, they had to go directly to Fifty Gongye City.

"My lord, are we?" Nambada Hiroyoshi was still brought by the court this time, which is also because the court wants him to reward him with some knowledge and deeds after making a contribution. After all, he is also one of the genealogies of the Uesugi family, and the Asahi wants to promote him to the elder of the family.

"Keep up, we don't know the way here in Echigo!" This time, Chaoding also wore the same white robe as the Kawagoe Knights outside the carcass (the former Red Cross, the back Uesugi family pattern bamboo and finch).

"Yes!"

To say that the mobility of the cavalry was still very strong in ancient times, Chao Ding followed the dragon girl and soon arrived outside the city of Wugongye two days later. At this time, Fifty Gongye Castle had long been surrounded by the eight thousand troops of the three families of Katsunaga Sebe, the lord of Hirabayashi Castle, Yoshie Munobu Yoshie Castle, and Kurokawa Kiyomi, the lord of Kurokawa Castle. There were only 500 ashigaru garrisons in the city.

"My lord, repair the doctor's hall!" When Katsucho Sebe and the others saw that the dragon girl and the asahi arrived, they hurriedly went to meet them.

"The Fifty Gongye family is a member of the Shinbata clan, and it wasn't transferred to Aizu last time, which is?" Chao Ding wanted to ask what the situation of the dragon girl was.

"It's nothing, the Hiroshi family of Fifty Gongno wants Xinfa Tiancheng I didn't agree." The dragon girl told the reason.

“······” Chao Dinggang wanted to say something, but because the main members of the Yangbei people were here, they gave face to the dragon girl. He wanted to say that Aizu's territory couldn't be digested by himself! Why don't you leave him to yourself? After counting the Zhixing of Xinfa Tiancheng, he can afford to give the territory of the fifty Gongye family.

"I heard that Ogasawara Nagasawara followed the repair doctor's hall to Aizu and restored his family name, Ogasawara Bow Horse really deserves its name!" Yoshie Zongxin couldn't help but feel a little jealous after looking at the two hundred people behind Chaoding, but he also knew that he couldn't raise it himself.

"Listen to me! Siege on three sides, leaving one side to be handed over to Uesugi Repair Doctor's army. "The dragon girl can be regarded as letting Chaoding not come in vain.

Immediately, a 'gap' appeared on the east side of Fifty Gongye Castle. Chaoding led his 1,700 troops into the forest to the east, waiting for them to escape from the city.

The three brothers of the Hongjia, Zhichang, and Xinzong soon tasted the bitterness. Under the personal command of the dragon girl, a direct round of attacks broke the Otemon gate of Ninomaru. A large number of long-tail troops rushed into the castle of Fifty Gongye. This also reflects the high command of the dragon girl from the side.

Fifty Gongno Hiroya first let his two younger brothers resist it, and he took six henchmen and samurai to run away directly. Their route of escape was from the east.

"Someone from the lord has come out!" When an ashigaru sent by Ota Shimasa came back, he reported that the six members of the Hiroshi family of Fifty Kono went straight here.

"Well, the Iron Artillery Corps is ready!" Chaoding wanted the iron artillery team to fire first, and the rest would be handed over to the cavalry or the wandering horses. Within a few minutes, Hiroshi Fifty Men fled into the forest with his people.

"Are there interceptions here too?" Hiroshi Fifty Kono had only arrived in the forest, but in order to prevent him from escaping in other directions, Namba Hiroyoshi was the first to take five hundred white-robed knights to drive them to the iron cannon Ashigaru in the direction of the set. Even if they run in the other direction, it doesn't work. On the other side, Ogasawara Sada's 200 ryuzuma horses are waiting. Nambada Hiroyoshi didn't dare to put on the array of feathers that Asadari gave him, and only offered it as a family treasure, and he also wore the same white robe as the knights.

"The lord goes first! Wait to stop them! Three of the samurai said that they wanted to take the initiative to buy time for the Fifty Kono Hiroshi family to escape, so they took the initiative to stand up, but the Fifty Kono Hiroke family did not have modesty and prevarication, and directly took the remaining three people to run away, and the direction of their escape was the Ogasawara Sadanonbe Rubu Ryuza Horse Team.

Probably because the knights of the Knights didn't use the flag fingers, and then the three samurai of the Fifty Kono family saw a red cross on the front, and thought it was the Shimazu family's horseback samurai. Just when they were still in doubt, Namba Hiroshi didn't have any time for them to react, and instantly rushed in front of them with the knight. The result was obvious, all three samurai were killed after the defeat of the Fifty Kono family, while none of the knights of the Order were killed or injured.

"Ahh Just as Hiroya Igano led the talent to escape in front of Ogasawara Sada's team, two samurai were shot off their horses by the Roguemar. But they weren't dead because they were wearing carcass.

"Lord, go quickly!" The two samurai who were still on the ground knew that they couldn't escape, so it was better to leave a final 'good impression' on their lord.

"I'm sorry!" Fifty Gongno Hiroshi still abandoned them, without any excuses.

However, when he ran in front of the Uesugi army's iron cannon ashigaru, he was blinded. He and one of the samurai beside him saw two rows of iron cannons aimed at him, but behind him there were samurai on horseback and stray horses a hundred paces away from him. Fifty Gongno Hiroya had no choice but to bite the bullet, and the only remaining samurai was 'cannon fodder', and he followed. Here he saw the bamboo and the finch crest, and this time he saw who was coming to intercept him.

"Fire!" Ogasawara Akimura, the head of the Uesugi family's iron gun, saw that Hiroya Gokono had reached a distance of only thirty steps from the iron cannon Ashigaru, and then gave the order to open fire. In an instant, the first row of fifty iron guns immediately switched to the back after firing ashigaru, and when the second team was on top, Hiroie Gono and his samurai had already been beaten with bullet holes everywhere, and even his two horses were killed on the spot. The five horses captured during the interception were also 'smuggled' by the Uesugi family. For a few war horses, the dragon girl shouldn't be entangled or anything.