In the final analysis, Nagao Harukei's death was also due to his own reasons. After all www.biquge.info he is different from his grandfather 'Jiu Yaoba God of War' and his father's 'Xia Keshang Butcher' with long tails. His frail and sickly body doomed him to be inconsistent with his position as the guardian and governor of the Nagao family in the house.

"It's also providential for you to defeat your brother. It was precisely because the heavens were on the side of the temple that the people of Echigo were united, and the war in the country stopped. This should be 'righteousness.'" Isn't that so? Kita thinks that what he did in his early years was not wrong at all, even right. Kita has a fever in his head at the moment.

"Kita." Asadachi let go of Kita and smiled.

"As long as it is called 'righteousness' under the banner of ending the war-torn world, then what Shingen, who uses his strength to make the weak submit to his own authority, and who kills deeply, can also be called 'righteousness'? expelled Shinano from Shinano Shogunate Ogasawara Shinano Moritoki, who had been appointed by the shogunate, and coerced the shogunate to replace him; Outside the castle of Shiga, Saku-gun, the reinforcements sent by the former Guanling Hall who had been annihilated before were sent by the 3,000 miscellaneous soldiers and the head of the fifteen generals, and then more than 300 defenders in the castle from the castle lord Kasahara Kiyoshige were all killed, more than 3,000 old and young women and children were sold as slaves in the mines, and the women were all taken back to the market of Kai to be sold wantonly, and the cheap ones were only two kans, and some of the educated ones were born in samurai tenkans······ Can these actions of Shingen and his retainers be allowed by the heavens? Asadaki couldn't help but ask Kita. If all these things are done for the sake of the so-called 'unification of the world', then 'righteousness' is distorted.

However, Takeda Shingen also suffered the consequences after these things in Shinano-Saku-gun. Three years after the fall of Shiga Castle, Yokota Takamatsu, who was the first to win in the Takeda family, died in the pursuit of Shinano people like a frenzy.

The atrocities at Shiga Castle were not the first atrocities committed by the Takeda family in Shinano. Certainly not the last. During the reign of Takeda Shintora, Takeda Shingen's master, Itagaki Nobukata, conquered Saku-gun and slaughtered as many as 5,000 captives of men and women. In addition to the Battle of Shiga Castle, more than 3,300 Saku people were poisoned. Then, four years after the Battle of Shiga Castle, the Takeda army captured Hirase Castle, which had been defended by Ogasawara's remnants for a long time, and slaughtered all 204 of the castle soldiers, and the following year, the Takeda family broke through Koiwatake Castle in Shinano Azumi-gun, and took more than 500 city soldiers, and the rest of the old and young women and children were either confiscated into slavery or sold alive······

“······” Kita was speechless for a moment. Because what Takeda Shingen did in Shinano is known to the world, there is no need to cover up anything for it.

"What Shingen did was not 'righteousness'. It is precisely because we do not regard people as human beings that we can calmly take the lives of innocent people. It's sad that you can only see the immediate interests of the guys. I'm going to make Shin Xuan ······ No, let all the people in the world know that there is something more noble than selfish interests. The beauty of being human is what I call righteousness. ”

"The beauty of being human ······" Kita is still in the aftertaste for a while.

"Do you understand?" Chao Ding asked as he looked at Kita thoughtfully.

"I still don't understand." Kita shook his head honestly.

The Uesugi family has been giving a helping hand to the declining Imperial Court and the Ashikaga Shogun's family, which is certainly wonderful. However, weren't they the ones who brought war to this world in the first place? does not have the ability to govern the world, but occupies the position of the people in the world, this is the greatest 'evil' in the world. Of course, this is Kita's thoughts, but it is not revealed to Asada.

In this era known as the Warring States Period, everyone from a merchant to a samurai and a monk pursued their own interests like a tide. In order to get what you want, you will use all kinds of means such as betrayal, conspiracy, and killing. In order to obtain higher status and interests, in the face of this goal, even one's own brothers, wives, and children can be used without changing their faces. Only the utterly ruthless will survive. In such a troubled world, everyone firmly believes in it.

However, Humility drew up three articles of faith as his own:

First, do not betray;

Second, do not use conspiracy;

Third, don't be cruel and unreasonable.

These three articles undoubtedly put forward a heart-touching torture to those who are bent on fighting for fame and fortune and leaving righteousness behind.

Don't give up the foundation of being a human being, hold your head high, and survive in this cruel Warring States world with dignity. This is the most wonderful gesture as a human being!

At a time when everyone is bustling in pursuit of fame and fortune, the thoughts and actions of humility and faith undoubtedly bloom with a clear glow.

On the other hand, is it necessary to maintain the values that are so old that Kenshin that the Muromachi shogunate and the Ashikaga shogun are respected that they seem to have been covered with dust for a long time? Kita has a big doubt about this.

"Someday you'll understand." Asada poured himself a glass of sake and comforted Kita, "It was only in the years of war that I was able to understand the 'righteousness' of the temple, and one day you will find your own 'righteousness'." ”

"Is My Own 'Righteousness'······"

"Yes." Chao Ding slowly moved the wine glass to his mouth, but he stopped talking. He felt he had talked enough tonight.

Asada remembered Oda Nobunaga, who did not regard 'righteousness' as his code of conduct. He uses his power only to dominate others and make enemies subjugate to him. The person who carried this through was the one who almost won the world. He constructs absolute power at the center, and uses high-pressure means to make people submit. However, his fate was indeed betrayed by his own retainers, and the glory of the Oda family fell apart in an instant like a dream.

On the other hand, Uesugi Kenshin takes 'righteousness' as the standard of behavior. Everything she did was well thought out. Unlike Oda Nobunaga, she was very tolerant of betrayers. Even though Hojo Takahiro, Honjo Shigenaga and others repeatedly raised the flag against her, she still forgave them and continued to reuse them.

However, at that time, the Sengoku daimyo was hovering between "belligerent will die" and "forgetting the war will be dangerous", walking a tightrope, and if he is not careful, he will be killed or deported. It can be said that it is completely a high-risk occupation. However, Uesugi Kenshin did carry on this high-risk occupation to the end until he died of a stroke at the age of forty-nine.

After Kaji Harutsuna led another 2,000 troops into Shonai, he joined forces with Kurokawa Kiyomi, Sekinaga Setsunaga, Takemata Keitsuna, Tsukiji Shitoyo, Okawa Tadahide and others, and in an instant the Uesugi army in the three prefectures of Shonai reached 9,000 people. In addition, Tosabayashi Zendo, the head of the Daihoji family, also led Yoshiki Abe, Kuriji Shihide, Ikeda Morikuni, Takasaka Yoshiharu, Satsushi Sosu, Tozenji Yoshinaga, and other wealthy allied forces of 5,000 who were willing to follow the Uesugi family, to prepare to assist the Uesugi army in the invasion of Mogami Domain. Not only that, but even the salmon of the Onodera family, Nobu Sadazuna, led two thousand troops to join the battle. In this way, the Uesugi army, which attacked the Mogami Command from north to south, reached 16,000 troops. However, the branch of the Mogami family in the northern part of the clan, Shimizu Yoshidaka, the city lord of Shimizu City, only had more than 900 troops.

On August 25, 4,000 troops including Akechi Mitsutada entered Dewa Zhishi Prefecture, and after merging with the 3,000 troops of Tao Haruxian, Kawada Nagakin, Usami Tasaka, Chisaka Keikin, and Yamamoto Temple Keicho, they launched an invasion of Murayama County, which was the most dominant city.

What Mogami Yoshimori didn't expect was that not long after the Uesugi army entered Mogami, the Uesugi army broke through Kamiyama Castle, an important town in the south of Mogami Domain, and the defenders killed all Takenaga Mitsukane, Takenaga Yoshitada, and others, who were a branch of Mogami Clan, and beheaded all the Satomi Sabu, Satomi Higashi Masa, Satomi Minbu, Satomi Echigo and others who had besieged Sushima Castle before, and their heads were sent to Sushima Castle and hung on the Otemon Gate. In this way, the Yamagami family, one of the eight shields of the most, was the first to be destroyed by the Uesugi family.

"Father! There are only less than two days to go up to Yamagata Castle, so take advantage of this time to quickly mobilize the territory! As soon as Mogami Yoshimitsu learned that Kamiyama Castle was lost, he hurried back to Yamagata Castle from Shimizu Castle. He didn't want the Mogami family to end up on the stage of the Warring States like this.

"Brother, why did you suddenly come to Yamagata Castle if you didn't carefully guard against the invasion of nearly 20,000 Uesugi troops in the north of your family?" Nakano Yoshitoki said with an expression of disgust for Yoshimitsu Mogami.

"Gengoro, you didn't defend the Uesugi Army in the north, why did you run back?" Mogami Yoshimori was also dissatisfied.

"I have persuaded Nagasawa Shomono, the head of Nagasawakan, and Hino Sakyoryo, the lord of Numata Castle, to lead 1,200 troops into Shimizu Castle to assist in the defense, and Hosokawa Settsu Mamoru of Iwabe Pavilion also sent his brother Hosokawa with a sword to lead 700 troops to Shimizu Castle. I don't have to worry about the defense of the north for the time being, but what worries me the most is the defense of the south. "Mogami Yoshimitsu has heard some news about the surrounding lords recently. In particular, Yanze Manyeon in Yanze City, Shiratori Chang in Shiratorikan, etc.

"There are also branch castles around Yamagata Castle, such as Yamajia Castle, Narisawa Castle, and Yamano Border Castle, and it is impossible for the Uesugi army to break through those branch castles in a short period of time." Nakano Yoshitoki doesn't care at all, he just can't get used to seeing Yoshimitsu Mogami's appearance. For him, Mogami Yoshimitsu was an obstacle, an obstacle that prevented him from inheriting the Mogami family.

"Report! Big things are not good! The Uesugi army in the south was divided into two routes, one was dominated by Chisaka Tsushima, and the 2,000 Uesugi army entered the territory of the Hanhejiang family! Suddenly, a samurai dressed in black lacquer maru hurried into the Ohiroma and reported to Mogami Yoshimori.

"What?!" Not only Mogami Yoshimori, but also Mogami Yoshimitsu and Nakano Yoshitoki were also shocked.

Tao Qingxian's division of troops does not mean that he has more troops on hand, but in order to let the retainers of Mogami who have been transferred a long time ago lead the way to attack the hinterland of Mogami Territory. And the pilot is the owner of the Hanhejiang family, Baiyan Guanglong.

In fact, it is not only Bai Yan Guanglong alone, the Hanhe Jiang family has long been secretly rebelled by Tao Qingxian. They were promised to lead the way for the Uesugi army on the two conditions of being able to secure the block and changing to the Oeshi clan. And the Hanhee family governor Hanhee Kanehiro is also from the famous Oe, and is on a par with the Echigo Hojo Mori and Yasuda Mori. As an important member of the country in the western part of the Mogami family, the defection of the Hanhe Jiang clan is undoubtedly the heaviest blow to the Mogami family.

It was also when Mogami Yoshimitsu learned that nearly 20,000 Uesugi troops were about to arrive at Shimizu Castle, so he had to go to Shimizu Castle. But just as he left Yamagata Castle on his front foot, the Hanhee family officially announced Riche. Hanhee Kanehiro, the lord of Hanhee Castle, led his subordinates Nagasaki Castle Lord Nakayama Asamasa, Yoshida Pavilion Lord Yoshida Masashi (Hanhejiang Gate), Yoshikawa Pavilion Lord Yoshikawa Mototsuna (Yoshida Masatoki's son, Hanhejiang Gate) and other 2,000 troops launched a surprise attack on one of the eight shields of Togen Yorishi and Togen Yorikei father and son.

Because Donggen Lai Jing was originally the son of Tiantong Lai Zhen, and he was the most famous clan. He also didn't want to be buried with the Togen family. Just before the 2,000 troops of the Hanhejiang Army reached Togen Castle, Togen Yorikei and Satomi Genemon, a major retainer of the Togen family, assassinated Togen Yorishi and announced that the Togen family had defected to the Uesugi army.