Chapter 51: Uesugi Constitution's Request
On March 20 of the second year of Koji, more than 20,000 Uesugi and Nagao allied forces broke the 88,000-strong army of Honganji Temple in Huaikawa. The news quickly spread throughout Hokuriku Province in the following days! This battle was the defeat of Honganji Temple after the Battle of Kowloon Touchuan. And the Uesugi and Nagao coalition forces annihilated tens of thousands of disciples of Echichu and Kaga Isunjong with more than 2,000 casualties!
And the wealthy families who defected to the Longtail family also kept their own one-third of an acre, and after all of them were blocked by their skills, they said that they would continue to be loyal to the Longtail family and do their best for the Longtail family. Because the chief of the god who was betrayed by the old Kojima Shozhen has been in the castle of Toyama Castle, and his eldest son is also covering him and dies in battle, most of the retainers are separated from him. Being a lord is a failure. However, the wealthy families who have assisted the Shenbao family are not as lucky as the wealthy families of the Houtou Nagao family. There were also more than a dozen wealthy clans in Vietnam and China who were slaughtered.
After resting in Yusho Castle for two days, the coalition forces set out in the early morning of the 22nd, aiming directly at Toyama Castle. And Ishiguro Narita, Kojima Zhizhen, Jimbo Kakuhiro, Dohi Masashi, Nagasawa Mitsukuni, Kikuchi Takekatsu and other wealthy families also took the initiative to ask for help. They know that the biggest force in Vietnam and Central China has nothing to fear once the sect is finished! After the whole Echichu, it is the Nagao family that has the final say! Thinking of this, they rushed to attack Toyama Castle, which was only garrisoned by 600 troops, in order to compete for their military merits.
"Repair doctor, 'Don't be arrogant, respect the true life of others.'" I've said this before, but now I've forgotten what I believed before. Now I have degenerated into an evil person like Harunobu Takeda. The dragon maiden sat on the ground on the plain five hundred paces outside Toyama Castle, realizing what she had done before.
"The major events in the world must be divided for a long time, and now only the Nagao family is getting stronger and stronger so that it will not be provoked by Takeda Harunobu's generation. If Takeda Harunobu had dared to attack Shinano before, now that Okushinano has Shimono Mamoru and other garrisons, Takeda Harunobu only dared to camp at the border and did not dare to attack. When Viet Chung is pacified, I will go back to Aizu. Asadaki sat beside the dragon maiden, looking at Toyama Castle, which was under siege not far away, like a couple.
"The lord and Jinghu are discussing big things, so don't bother me later." Namba Tian Kenji was originally on guard fifty steps behind the two of them, when he saw Namba Tian Hiroshi coming in a hurry.
"No, it's the Kanto Consulate Hall of Echigo who wants to see the Lord Jinghu and the lord! Now the people have arrived at Uozu Castle! "Namba Tian Hiroyoshi is obviously not to be a light bulb to disturb the dragon girl, but there is really something urgent.
"Then come with me." As soon as Namba Tian Kenji heard that it was Uesugi Kenmasa, the Kanto governor, he had to let him go.
"This country has been messed up by the Pure Land Shinshu, if you don't kill it, will it be worthy of your grandfather who died fighting for the Uesugi family?" Chao Ding can only move out of the dragon girl's grandfather to persuade and comfort her, otherwise she will feel too guilty and run away from home again.
"Okay. Asada, promise me that you will not do anything that is sorry for the shogunate and the imperial court. The dragon girl suddenly said to Chao Ding seriously, which was a bit surprising.
"Why do you say that all of a sudden? The shogunate has been out of power for a long time, not for a year or two. Even the imperial court was in a state of being hollowed out by the shogunate. Chao Ding couldn't figure out what the meaning of the dragon girl's words was.
"Because I have to be loyal to the shogunate for the rest of my life, I will pay for my father's sins. The Kanto Governor and Echigo Guardian both died because of his father, and although his father also had to fight for the interests of the people of Echigo, it was wrong to rebel. "When the dragon girl speaks seriously, it makes people look really cute, and Chao Ding fixed his eyes on the dragon girl's body and didn't move, and at this time, the light bulb appeared.
"That, Lord Lord, Lord Jinghu. The Kanto Governor Uesugi Soldier Hall has already arrived in Uozu Castle, and I want to invite the two adults to Uozu Castle for a while. Namba Hiroshi led the way behind the two of them under the guidance of Namba Tian Kenji.
"Got it, you guys stand down first." Chao Ding drove the two away first, and listened to the teachings of the 'Bishamentian' girl, what are you disturbing!
"Yes." As soon as the two Nambada saw their father-in-law and the 'sister-in-law', they walked away very acquaintedly.
"The Guan Ling Hall is nothing more than thinking of the old collar that has not been taken, and the life in the palace over the years must have made him tired of it." Chao Ding couldn't help but laugh when he said this. If you want to say that this Kanto leader has no other skills, if you have the ability to covet pleasure, there are really few people who can compare. Not to mention that he is drunk and dreams every day, even some of the retainers who came to Echigo with him have switched to the long-tail family! For example, Tsunagen Oishi and others.
"This time, Yuezhong will be pacified first, and after Yuezhong is pacified, he will avenge the palace of the leader!" The dragon girl swore that she would beat the Hojo clan to the point that she didn't even dare to come out!
"Okay, it's really convenient to be able to take back my territory Musashi by the way." Chao Ding is happy when he thinks about it.
"Really? Then let the incomparably brave 'Musashi Guardian' Uesugi repair doctor Asada-sama go and fight it himself. After the dragon girl's belly turned black in an instant, Ling Chaoding didn't expect it.
The two of them talked and laughed and arrived in Uozu Castle.
"The longtail is right, no! It's Jinghu Gong! Uesugi Kenmasa was still waiting for Hanato to be accompanied by his retainer Oishi Tsunamoto, but as soon as he saw the dragon girl and Asadaki walking into the big wide room, he immediately ran in front of the two, "I heard that the Nagao army broke the 88,000 army of the Shozong!" What a gratifying congratulations! Please be sure to go with me to the Kanto region this year to punish the Ise clan (Go-Hojo)! ”
"That's nature, the Ruler of the Temple. The generals have already moved down the Imperial Order, instructing the ministers and the longtail bomb to administer justice for the palace! Asadachi also took the opportunity to reassure Uesugi Kenmasa at this time.
"That's really great! Good! Uesugi Kenmasa was overwhelmed with joy when he heard this.
"Please wait for another two or three months! After the minister stabilized in Vietaka, he sent an army of 20,000 troops and an army of 10,000 repairers to attack the Kanto region together! As soon as the dragon girl said this, Chao Ding knew that something was wrong! The dragon girl herself out of 20,000 is completely wooden! Don't look at the stone height of the direct collar and the retainers, and then look at the Yuezhong and Vietnam-Vietnam countries after the two countries were completely pacified, there will be 980,000 stones! This is not counting the territory of Okushinano, Saito Asanobu and others, if it is counted, it will really be a million stone damy, not inferior to Imagawa Yoshimoto! Even the combat effectiveness of the Hokuriku army is greater than that of the Tokaido! Especially with the dragon girl's almost 'perverted' commanding ability. Everything is scum in front of her.
"Do you want an army of 10,000? Jing Hugong, can you reduce it a little? "Now it's the turn of the dynasty to call the dragon girl 'Jinghu Gong', he is only more than 140,000 Shi Gao, if a large number of conscriptions are ashigaru, it will be 5,800 troops, and it is impossible for him to mobilize an army of 10,000!
"Jinghu Gong, he was also driven out of Kanto by the Ise clan, and finally with your help, he obtained more than 140,000 stones in Aizu, and for the sake of the same clan, he will send 5,000 troops!" Uesugi Kenmasa speaks without a brain at all! Chao Ding could only stare dryly, 140,000 made up 5,000! Where did these two really think he had made a windfall?
"The minister will find a way, thank you for the great grace of the palace." Chao Ding can only think about pitting him in the future, and it is not bad to subtract his 5,000 troops, and the next thing is to find a way to find ronin, wild samurai, etc.
While they were still talking about the Kanto form, the Jimbo Choshi was seppuku in Honmaru and Toyama Castle was opened. The second son of the Jimpo chief, Jimbo Great Wall, and a group of people are also seppuku in Moriyama Castle. The country of Vietnam and China officially fell into the hands of the Nagao family.
On April 15 of the second year of Hongzhi, the retainer of the Nagao family, Daxiong Chaoxiu and others, after measuring the land, measured the height of the stone of the country in Yuezhong to be 530,000 stones. As for the transfer of the retainers, the Kakizaki Keijia who had made great achievements in the war was transferred from Echigo Kakizaki, Sarupeck, and Akata to Masuyama Castle in Women's Negative County, receiving 58,000 koku from one county, and serving as the county representative and the guardian of Echichu. Usami Seemitsu was transferred from Biwajima Castle and Kashiwazaki Port to Miyazaki Castle, at the junction of Echichu and Echigo, and received 35,000 koku. Daxiong Chaoxiu was also transferred to Yuezhong, and he was transferred from the old Lingguan City to Yuezhong Yujin City, Tianshen Mountain City, and Shengfang Mountain City, and received 40,000 stones. Yasuyin Shiina was also appointed by the Nagao family, and Yasuyin Shiina officially became the guardian of Echichu. For the former ministers who guarded the Uesugi family in Echigo, the dragon girl also treated them very well, especially the big bear Asahide, who had been raising military expenses and land inspection for the Nagao family, and even Usami Dingmi, who had never been trusted, was transferred to Miyazaki Castle, the transportation hub of Echigo and Echichu! The speed and quality of the transformation of the dragon girl into a Warring States daimyo is still very fast and very high.
In fact, it was also helpless for the Dragon Girl to transfer the three of Dakuma Ashide, Usami Dingman, and Kakizaki Keijia to Echichu. If it weren't for the fact that Yuezhong was the 'hardest hit area' of Yizong, she wouldn't have bothered to do this. Moreover, in the battle of Huachuan, the population of Viet Cong was quickly lost. Of the more than 88,000 people in the crowd, 60,000 of them were Viet Cong believers! It can be seen that after this battle, Kakizaki Jingjia and others fought and killed well, but in the end, it was their turn to transfer here, if they couldn't pay taxes, it would be really a tragedy. Fortunately, after the thousands of hungry people who were 'abducted' from the mountain city country came to Nechi Castle with their families, the big bear Chaoxiu was responsible for settling them down. If it weren't for the fact that the Asadatsu was keen to mediate the contradictions and civil strife of the Echigo generals, the Nagao family would not have all listened to the orders and transfers of the dragon maiden now. For this, the dragon girl is still very grateful to the court, if it weren't for him, she wouldn't be able to suppress these countrymen and Uesugi old ministers.
The dragon maiden temporarily left the court in the Kasuga Mountain Castle, wanting to hear what he thought next. Of course, as a 'tuition', the samurai and ashigaru of the Uesugi army all received new weapons and armor. These were all captured from temples in Viet Cong and cleaned up on the battlefield. Asadaki naturally knew that in this way, he would have to teach the dragon girl well, and the military power would be handed over to Namba Tian Kenji for him to take back.
It just so happened that in May, the Nagao family held an evaluation meeting in Kasuga Mountain Castle, and the Kakizaki Keijia and other retainers in Echichu could not come to participate, but the Kakizaki Keijia sent their sister-in-law, the Kakizaki Haruya, to come on his behalf; And Usami Dingman sent his second son, Usami Katsuyuki; Daxiong Chaoxiu was allowed not to come, and came back to participate after settling in Echichung.
"The lord has arrived!" The dragon maiden's shadow dancer, Arakawa Nagami, shouted out from the side door of Ohiroma, and all the retainers who had been whispering or leaving their seats to talk to Asadachi returned to their seats.
"This time, I received the appointment and will of the imperial court and the shogunate, and I want my family to pacify the country of Vietnam. The assessment of Vietnam and China was completed last month. However, this is only half the story. The other half is to avenge and avenge the Kanto governor Uesugi Kenmasa! After saying that, the dragon girl stood up excitedly, and the time had come for her to finally have a chance to make the Nagao family an important minister of the Kanto Stewardship.
"But since ancient times, the Kanto steward has always asked me to wait for the Echigo samurai family to be born and die without an actual reward, otherwise I wouldn't have rebelled for Jinggong." Although there are fewer retainers here, but Nagao Jingxin, who is sitting opposite the court, is a little opposed, if you want to say that the loyal ministers, their Guzhi Nagao family has always been born and died with Nagao Nengjing, Weijing, and Jinghu, but even he agreed to send troops to Yuezhong, but he opposed it in sending troops to Kanto.
"The lord, repair the doctor's hall, my brother can't bear to monitor the Takeda family and help the Murakami family, if you send troops to Kanto again, it's really difficult, I'm afraid that after the lord sends troops, Takeda Harunobu will stab him in the back! Please be enlightened! Saburo Saemon Saito came to participate this time on behalf of Saito Asanobu. He was also saying the real thing.
"This time, the conditions for sending troops are not ripe, and Vietnam and China have not yet completely stabilized. When the Vietnamese and central forces are stabilized, they can ask the lord to use the military situation of the Echigo army to send troops. "Honjo really came up with a compromise plan, he knew that if he sent troops to Kanto, at most he would pave the way for Asadashi to return to Musashi, and it would be better to send a little less.
"The Kanto Governor will inherit the position of the Kanto Governor and the family name of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi, what do you think?" Chao Ding suddenly told this amazing news, which surprised everyone, including the dragon girl. They didn't expect that their lord would be protected by the two countries and then get the position of Kanto governor! Not to mention the name of the Uesugi family, a branch of the Fujiwara clan.
"Repair the Doctor's Palace, is this true?!" Yamamoto Temple was a little unconvinced of his ears.
"Yes, let the Kanto Leader Hall come in, his old man has been waiting for a long time." Asadaki had already communicated with Uesugi Kenmasa and told him that only by making the dragon girl his adopted daughter could he send troops to Kanto as soon as possible, and he agreed.
"Take the throne of the palace!" The dragon girl hurriedly gave up her seat and sat on Chao Ding's right hand.
"Well, you all know? After sending troops to Kanto this time, I will give up my position to Keitora Gong in Kamakura's Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace, and I will repair the Kanto generals and ask them to send troops to assist Keitora Gong in punishing the Ise clan (Later Hojo)! "Uesugi Kenmasa has been in Echigo for a few years and has been in good health, and it doesn't matter if he loses his child, he has a dragon girl as his child (god) son (female).
"Please rest assured, I will go to Shangluo again this year to obtain permission from the imperial court and the shogunate before I can send troops to Kanto." The dragon girl also learned to be sloppy, and after seeing that many of her retainers were opposed, she did not want to go to Kanto this year, but went to Kyoto first. On the one hand, the dragon girl wants to inquire about the news from Kyoto and ask Ashikaga Yoshiteru to let him inherit the family name of the Uesugi family.
By April, Harunobu Takeda was furious in the castle.
"Didn't you say that even if the forces of Echigo and Aizu could fight, they would not be able to withstand the offensive of more than 80,000 troops?! Just one day! An army of 80,000 was cut down by nearly 20,000 in one day! "Takeda Harunobu originally hoped that he could take Shinano after defeating the dragon girl with the hands of the people, but he never thought that the defeat would be too fast! Even the Divine Protector family was wiped out in an instant. His own strategic intention to gain access to the sea was also ruthlessly torn apart.
"My lord! The Great Bear Ashide, who could have been used by the family, was also transferred to Echichu, and Zhixing, who had 40,000 stones, had severed his connection with the family. "Kansuke Yamamoto also questioned his own ability, could it be that the repair doctor in Aizu is really an immortal? Now even the anti-bone bear Asahide is loyal to the Nagao family!
"Enough! Look at it, what has the family gotten in the past two years? Not to mention the fading of the power in Kita-Shinano, even the Saito family in Mino is also an ally of the Uesugi family! "Takeda Harunobu can now be said to have no intention of even fighting with the Nagao family.
"My lord, now that the Nagao family has become a million-stone (Echichu, Echigo, and Okushinano 989,000) big names in the world, if the family is at this time in a bad relationship with the Nagao family・・・・・・" Takeda Nobushihiro didn't finish his words, just because the Takeda family is now in Ueno and Minami Shinano and Kai combined, they may not be able to fight with the Nagao family.
"I know. So, focus on developing your territory. Harunobu Takeda didn't have the heart to continue to say anything at the appraisal meeting, he lacked a chance now. He only knew that Imagawa Yoshimoto was about to go to Raku, and he would be able to attack Suruga himself after he went to Rakuro!
"Yes." All the retainers could only leave the assessment room helplessly. And for the Takeda family, without the containment of Echichu and Kaga, the Nagao family will have their hands free to deal with Takeda and Hojo. This is also the side that Takeda Harunobu doesn't want to see, if this is really the case, he can only watch the long-tail Jinghu send troops to Kanto.