In April, the weather in Yuezhong was warm and the climate was dry, and the rain did not fall for nearly two months, which brought great trouble to the spring ploughing, and the people and local servants in Yuezhong had to worry about when it rained, and they also had to be distracted and stared at the increasingly tense atmosphere of war.

Mubun Castle in the northwestern part of Tonami Prefecture is located in a special location, and because of its proximity to Kaga Province, it is used as a gateway to the western gate of Echichu, and at this time the gate is wide open to welcome a group of special guests, mixed with the defeat of Echichu and the people of Kaga who have retreated to Kaga Province to seek refuge.

The castle lord Ishiguro left in the castle to welcome the arrival of the old lord Jimbo Chief, who was a nail left in Echichu as a jimbo chief, pretending to obey the Kira army to open the castle and surrender, because Yamamoto Tokiyuki's main focus was on screening, executing, and matching the followers of the Ichijo sect, so he gave him a chance to fish in troubled waters for a countryman who had not always been born in the same way.

As a grasshopper who is tied to the rope with the chief of the jinbo, he has no way to retreat, and most of the men in the clan have been coerced to Kaga by the chief of the jinbo, including his clan Ishiguro left near Joko Kane, and his famous family is pinched by the chief of the god and has no choice at all, so he can only obediently cooperate with Kaga's actions, he knows very well that once the Kira family finds out that he is still entangled with the defeated army that fled into Kaga, he may become a member who was hanged on the streets of Echichu.

"My lord, since the Kira army entered Korinha County, they have killed 6,731 disciples and more than 25,000 followers who have participated in the camp, and it is said that they will be exiled to the mountains of Echigo to be held as prisoners of miners. This time, the people of the county suffered great losses. The vast majority of the country's domains, including the lord's domain, were confiscated. The population of the county has decreased by nearly sixty percent, and since the beginning of autumn, the Kira family has been transferring people from Women's Negative County and Shinchuan County, and the people of the country have come to live here, and I heard that in a few days they will demolish the city, move the village into a larger village, and redraw the Qianmo street, so they have summoned me several times to go to Zengshan Castle to participate in the assessment meeting......"

The chief of the jimbo is black and thin, and his messy beard is not taken care of, and it can be seen that life in Kaga is not very easy. Hearing his introduction, he stopped and looked at Muzhou City carefully, and said in a low voice: "The action is not small, and the ambition is great!" How are the retainers who stayed behind? Has it ever been found? ”

"No, there shouldn't be." Ishiguro shook his head, in fact, he was not quite sure of his judgment, and he always felt that the few times he went to Masuyama Castle was intentionally or unintentionally stared at by an unfamiliar gaze, perhaps it was an illusion caused by his too nervousness.

The chief of the Jimbo stared at it for a while, and then sighed and said: "This matter is related to the great cause of the revival of my Jimbo clan, and the action must be cautious and cautious, so as not to be known by the Kira family, our practical actions, and do our best to seize Masuyama Castle and release the main cities on the first line of Tsutsu Castle in one fell swoop, and then merge and capture Toyama Castle to expel the Kira army." ”

Ishiguro scolded a fool. You can't see the urgency of Echichu's order, but on the surface, you still have to pretend to be ignorant and ask, "But Yamamoto Tokiyuki seems to have discovered Kaga's movements." How else do you keep your actions secret? ”

"I'm not afraid of this, Kaga's side has always been a move so sooner or later it will be discovered, but there are many Vietnamese Chinese Fang officials like the Ben family who have quietly sneaked into the county of Tongbo, as long as the time comes, they will be caught off guard at the same time to fight the Kira family, when the time comes, you and I are all meritorious people, and it is natural to share more of the territory of the people who destroy the clan!" If it weren't for the fact that no one saw him standing on the castle tower, he might have been thrown out as a ronin samurai with his shabby plain clothes and messy outfit.

Ishiguro Chenggang's face improved, and he hurriedly patted his ass and said, "The lord is really a clever plan!" ”

But this time he shot in the wrong place, and the chief of the god shook his head and said: "This strategy is so high, but it is not from the hands of the family, but the strategy formulated by Kaga has always been a general and the great monk is Chaosheng Temple. ”

Ishiguro Chengzuna always felt a little uneasy, but he couldn't show half a color on the surface, and muttered: "This is the best!" So it's the best ......."

On April 18, the sky was about to lighten, and the Hasunuma Castle, Ichijoji Castle, Anyangji Castle, Takagiba Gobo, and Tsuchiyama Gobo on the side of Kaga Province in Tonami County were completely lost, and Kaga Ichijo, which numbered more than 30,000 people, suddenly poured into the territory of Echichu from several mountain passes, and the urgent reports were passed into Masuyama Castle one after another.

Even if it was expected, but when faced with the erosive situation of the entire western part of Toba County, Yamamoto Shiyuki was still annoyed by this, these Vietnamese Chinese people can't pull their hearts even if you block him, the deep-rooted mentality is not at all able to disintegrate in a moment and a half, this is the most typical Chinese mentality in the Warring States era, soft and hard do not eat and especially like to kick the nose on the face, Mo said that it is Kira Yoshishi this outsider, even if you are the guardian appointed by the general to kick it out is a thing.

Especially there is the core area of the activities that have always been carried out, even if Yamamoto Toshiyuki does not dare to take the lead in moving them, he must first clean up the influence of the Ichisan sect in the eastern part of Tonami County, and then take the western part of Tonami County when the line of Masuyama Castle in the east is completely stable, but unfortunately Kaga has always been a pinch and does not intend to give him more worlds, and the war of last year has only ended until this year, and the war has ignited again this year.

Kokurakan Kokura Rokuemon and Arakikan Araki Taifu Kage Castle asked for help, and the entire Tonami Plains in the western part of Tonami County were unobstructed, like a woman who had no power to resist, and was ravaged by this rude man who had always been a big man, Yamamoto Tokiyuki ordered the remnants of the countrymen on the Tonami Plains to burn the grain and lead the army to retreat, luring Ichimashi to attack the lofty mountains and hills of Mt. Takao in the east.

Between the not very high mountains of Mt. Hafushi, Mt. Takao, and Mt. Tengu, there is an elaborate fortress defense network composed of Iba Castle, Hidden Castle, Habushiyama Castle, Yaskawa Castle, Masuyama Castle, and Kameyama Castle.

This castle defense network was not built by Yamamoto Tokiyuki, but more than 200 years ago in the Northern and Southern Dynasties era, Momoi Naotsune built a set of castle defense network that guarded the Tonami Plains, and the exact person who handled it was the successive governors of the Echichu Jimboho clan, who used several generations to carefully build one mountain castle after another, and used this castle line from south to north to form a distant echo of the siege network with the release of Tsu Castle and Shoushan Castle, and the prey in the net was the entire Tonami County and half of the Shoti County.

I have to say that the rise of the Jimbo clan does have his reasons, with the name of the three guardian generations of Echichu to squeeze out the Yuzuo clan in the western part of Tonba County little by little, and complete the complete domination of the two counties in the west of central and western Vietnam, this set of city network provides great convenience to the Jimbo clan, and the Yuzo clan, who lacks geographical support, can only escape in disgrace.

The same is this castle net, as well as the powerful Guanishiguro clan in the Tonami Plains to establish one branch after another, forming a three-dimensional defense network throughout the core area of Tonami County, these decades have relied on this castle net to block Echichu in the mountains in the west of Tonami County and cannot come out, if it weren't for the fact that the Kira family interfered too much, the Jibo Nagashi should be able to block Echichu Ichijo with one hand, and then use the other hand to continue to complete his layout.

Just like what the successive governors of the Jimbo clan have done, they relied on the advantage of Masuyama Castle condescending to look down on the plains in the eastern women's county, and quickly completed the annexation of the women's county, and established Toyama Castle on the bank adjacent to the Jintong River twenty years ago, so as to complete the first and most important step of the layout of Shinkawa County, which is the second rise of the Jinbo clan since the death of the Jinbo Keimune, and in the past twenty years, the Jimbo clan has been in good luck, constantly suppressing the Shiina clan's sphere of influence to expand their influence, He is no longer the guardian of Tonami County, he wants to be the guardian daimyo of Echichu.

If the Jimbo Chieftain continues to expand according to the established plan, maybe the Shiina clan will be bullied and flee to Echigo for help, just like what Murakami Yoshikiyo, Takanashi Masayori, and Ogasawara did when they were long, the Jimbo Chieftain completed the transformation of the small daimyo to the Sengoku Daimyo and became a heroic figure on the famous side, but it was a pity that he met a powerful opponent who made him lose his territory, and it was also an opponent that he couldn't fight against in his life, Kira Yoshitoki.

On 28 April, Kaga Ichichi invaded Echichu through Shesui Prefecture with a large army of more than 20,000 people, and Sugiura Genren, a powerful official who had recently risen from Kaga Ichijomune, served as the general, which happened to echo the 30,000 Ichichi army attacking Tonba County, and this change brought great crisis to Etsuchu.

This Lukaga has always been a very clever army, just in time to seize Yamamoto Tokiyuki to focus on dealing with the sudden influx of 30,000 Kaga Ichiko's army in Tonami County, and attack the unprepared Kurakuyama Castle and Ikubo Castle with lightning speed, and the strong front of the army is directly approaching the lonely Shoushan Castle standing next to Mt. Ergami.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the lord of Shoushan Castle, Jinbao Zhang, hurriedly surrendered, so easily gave up the good situation of Shesui County, his submission was like toppling a domino, and the avalanche effect caused by the instant caused half of the Shesui County to surrender overnight, and the 20,000 Kaga army had always taken a large area of territory without a single soldier, and forcibly cut the Shesui County into two sections.

When the Kaga army in Tonami Prefecture heard the news of the victory of the partial division, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rampaged through the plains of Tonami like a sieve, and all the countrymen and servants were evacuated, and the peasants also hid in the mountains and old forests as soon as possible.

By the beginning of May, even the people in the county had a small commotion, but fortunately, there was a pressure from Numata Yumitsu who led the army to suppress it, and caught a few small people who fanned the flames everywhere and hanged them to make an example to suppress this unhealthy trend, but Numata Yumitsu did not feel complacent about this, but looked at the distant coastline in the east worriedly, and muttered to himself: "When will you act like the main hall?" (To be continued......)