In July, the sky changed as soon as the sun was shining, and within half an hour the sky became pitch black, and suddenly a blue-white lightning pierced the sky, and there was a loud rumbling noise, and in a short time the torrential rain poured down, extinguishing all the campfires.

Kira Yoshitoki leaned against the gate and stared at the dark sky in a daze, and after a long time muttered, "It's raining again, this irritating rainy season is really annoying...... I can only endure it first, I don't believe that you, an old fox, are willing to accept the status quo, and you won't change your tricks! Let's be more patient than anyone else, as long as you dare to change your moves, I will have a way to deal with you! ”

On the other side, the Takeda family also had the same calculation, Takeda Harunobu also stared at the pouring rain outside the camp tent and was silent, Takeda Noburu shook the folding fan and walked to the door: "Oops! It's raining again.,It's really boring these days.,All day except for guarding the camp is boring and in a daze.,I knew that I called the ape musician in the house.,My brother accepted the ape musician Osazo Shiro Shin'an is really good.,It's good to be able to call to perform some ape music to relieve boredom.。 ”

Takeda Harunobu frowned slightly: "Sun Liu! Don't forget the ban on feasting, women, singing and dancing in the army! ”

"Hey, hey! I'm just talking, just talking! Takeda bowed to his brother, walked to the couch and sat down, and after a while began to sigh again.

The rain became heavier and heavier, but fortunately, the terrain of the camp was relatively high, and the stagnant water converged along the slope into the moiri around the camp, and then merged into the Chikuma River not far from the bottom of the mountain. As long as the family holds Yawatawara, it will be able to effectively contain the advance of the Kira family. It is definitely beneficial for my Takeda family to drag on like this. Echigo is not facing the enemy of my Takeda family! ”

In the long confrontation, worse news came to Echigo, and the news from the Dewa Mogami family reached Echigo, and Mogami Yoshimori decided to send several of Mogami Hachi's troops to form a 4,000-strong army to join the Dahoji family and form a 5,000-strong coalition army to go out of Echigo Iwashu County, this time the Mogami family was still cunning and did not send troops, in order to appease Mogami Hachimori's dissatisfaction, Mogami Yoshimori promised not to take any of the proceeds of this battle.

A day later, the Ashina Mori clan, who had been struggling for a long time, also joined the 3,000 troops of the Date family. The formation of an army of 6,000 announced the battle, and the chief general of the Date family was Date Mimoto, that is, Tokimune Maru, who almost became the adopted son of Uesugi Dingmi, and the deputy general was Date Terumun, who had served for a year.

In the Kasuga mountain castle Ohiro, the remaining retainers of the Spectrum Dynasty urgently discussed countermeasures, and soon made a decision, and the defense task of China and Vietnam was handed over to the chief family of the Spectrum Dynasty, the old Honjo Minori, and the elder of the Sect Clan, Nagao Masaki, who would immediately return to the Honjo Castle to organize forces to resist the invasion.

In Urahara Prefecture, Tochio Castle, Sanjo Castle, and Itatsu Castle were the targets of the enemy's invasion in the Aizu direction, and it was especially important to use Tochio Castle as an important relay point connecting Joetsu and Shimoetsu. More than ten years ago, Long-tailed Jinghu was sent to Tochio City to subdue the Chinese and Vietnamese people. Resist the attack of the Northern Masses of the Lower Viet Nakyo.

Honjo Minoru's level of military strategy is quite high.,In the early years, he taught Nagao Keitora the way of military strategy to have the dragon of Echigo today.,In recent years, through the influence of the Kira family, he has made great achievements in domestic affairs.,He belongs to the enlightened faction who is good at accepting new things.,And in the military and political two ways are also relatively balanced.,By sitting in Tochio Castle in his own territory.,You can maximize your own advantages.,Honjo Kiyoshichiro Hidetsuna assisted his father as a deputy general for the first time.。

The people of Shimo-Etsu immediately spontaneously organized themselves to make a defensive posture, and the defense task of Shimo-Etsu was handed over to the two veterans of Nakajo Fujizi and Sebe Katsunaga, and the two of them were left behind in Echigo as defense work when they were older, and the two veterans prepared early, and took on the burden of defending against the attack of the Mogami family for the first time, leaving only Nagao Keishinobu and Nagao Fujikei in the entire Kasuga Mountain Castle.

Two days later, in the spring mountain castle, a long-tailed tiger queen in military uniform appeared in Daguangma, and the retainers who stayed in the city opened their mouths in surprise, and Nagao Keishino and Nagao Fujijing glanced at each other, reading surprise and puzzlement in each other's eyes, and hurriedly asked: "What is this going to do in the front hall of the Tiger Imperial Palace wearing armor?" ”

As the main room of Kira Yoshitoki, she has the right to make decisions about Echigo's affairs, provided that she has the general support of the retainers, and today she is going to do a big thing The girl dressed in military costume saw the stunned expression of the retainers, walked to the bed table (shaped like a maza) and sat down with a big horse golden sword, and a mouth startled everyone.

"I'm going to go out to fight against the invaders! Please support me in my decision. ”

"Nonsense! What is a girl's family! When these words are spread, won't my son of the long-tail family be disgraced to death! Nagao Jingxin roared angrily with a blue face, and as soon as the words came out, he realized that the tone was wrong, and hurriedly remedied: "No matter what, the tiger must not go out of the battle, please stay in the city honestly, war is our man's business, no matter how big the crisis is, leave it to us to bear!" ”

"Uncle, I don't like to hear this!" Hu Ji said disapprerovingly: "Gu Youba Imperial Front, Plate Imperial Front, why can't I do it?" Don't forget the battle that defeated the Great Bear Asahide a few years ago! ”

"That's also the credit of Yamamoto Sado and Saito Shimono!" Nagao Fujijing muttered a few words in his heart, and persuaded with a bitter face: "In the past, when the Great Bear Chaoxiu Rebellion was defeated, it didn't matter if Yun Ying was not married in front of the Tiger Palace, but now it is different from the past, Princess Tiger Ji is now the main lady of the town palace, a woman from the Ashikaga family, and I can't afford the responsibility of Her Royal Highness the princess!" ”

The implication of Nagao Fujijing is that you were the princess of the Nagao family at the time, and now you are no longer the princess of the Nagao family, but the "Tiger Gozen" of the Ashikaga family.

"Humph! You don't have to take this responsibility! ”

"That's not going to work either!"

The attitude of the two sides is like a needle to Mai Mang, no one can convince anyone, the endless quarrel has lasted for seven or eight days, a news from Echichu disturbed the mood of the Echigo samurai, Kaga has always been a hand in the Kotoku Temple Chengxian, in the Echichu has always been a hand in the Shengxing Temple Yuncheng, Zuizumi Temple in the Xiu. and the Divine Protector Chief. Assembled into an army of 75,000 and went straight to Xinchuan County, Vietnam.

Shincheon-gun. The people who were close to Echigo, the Tohi clan, the Yokota clan, and the Shiina clan of Shinkawa Prefecture sent a letter of help to Echigo, and for a time Echigo gathered more than 100,000 enemy troops in all directions, and the situation deteriorated greatly beyond everyone's expectations, and the quarrel in Kasuga Yamajo quietly stopped.

"Can't hesitate any longer! Sadoden is very dangerous there, and if we can't quickly deal with the invading forces of Chuetsu and Shimoetsu, there will be even greater danger! Time is running out for us! Uncle, please support Tiger Ji's decision! The girl looked at him wistfully.

Nagao Jingxin still disagreed: "Even if you go out of battle, you must not act rashly!" You don't just represent the long-tail family. It also represents the Kira family, and the care of your precious body is more important than anything else! ”

The situation is critical and there is no room for hesitation, and Hu Ji Liu eyebrows pointed at the stubborn long-tailed Jingxin and reprimanded angrily: "Uncle can't go, because the spring mountain city needs to be guarded by my uncle, and if there is a crisis in the direction of Vietnam, I still need my uncle to go to support, after all, the pressure there is the greatest!" If one of the east and west lines collapses, what is the use of my Kasuga Mountain Castle guarding it? If my uncle is still obsessed with the military affairs and misses the major military affairs, can my uncle bear this responsibility? Can you afford this responsibility? ”

Nagao Keishun opened his mouth and stammered: "Yamamoto Sado said that there is no problem......"

"Pedantic!" Hu Ji was furious and said, "Sado said that there is no problem, you won't save it?" In other words, you will use 5,000 people to defend Yuezhong and resist the siege of more than ten times the army. Can you hold it? ”

"Your Majesty will fight to the death to save you!"

Tiger Ji didn't expect his uncle to be so stubborn, and rebuked bitterly: "Fight to the death for preservation." If the battle to the death can't be preserved, the city will be destroyed, and in the end it will not be able to hold, where can the 75,000 troops in Vietnam be blocked by 5,000 people, is my uncle still obsessed? ”

Nagao Jingxin still stubbornly shook his head: "I Jingxin accepted the entrustment of the Zhenfu Palace, I must watch the Tiger Imperial Palace, so ...... No matter what the reason is, the Tiger Imperial Front Hall can't go out! ”

"You! Unconscious! Tiger Ji was flushed with anger, stood up and left in a huff.

"This should be the first time that the Tiger Imperial Front Hall has spoken out in a disrespectful manner, right? It looks like I'm really! Nagao Fujijing sighed worriedly: "Isn't the attitude of Fengzen guarding the palace too tough, after all, it is Princess Tiger Ji, Tiger Imperial Palace!" ”

"It's okay, even if she is hated by the Tiger Palace, it's a hundred times better than letting her go out of the battle." Nagao Keishin shook his head with a wry smile, and turned to Watanabe Takatsuna: "In the near future, I will have to trouble the Left Guard Hall to take care of it a lot, and we must not let the Tiger Imperial Palace sneak out again, and if something happens, you and I can't afford to be guilty." ”

Watanabe Takatsuna nodded and said, "Well, please rest assured that Fengqian will save a lot of weight in the next province." ”

Yamamoto Tokiyuki is the chief genealogy of the Kira family, and there is no doubt that he has extraordinary wisdom and excellent military strategy, not to mention how powerful it is to teach such a powerful apprentice as Kira Yoshitoki's mentor, Honda Shizheng, just to say that he was valued by Ashikaga Yoshiteru is enough to show his level, and he is nearly sixty years old from the six Sado Mamoru Mori, and he can also be at the forefront of the world's samurai.

Yamamoto Shiyuki personally led 5,000 Omi reserves to rush to the battlefield of Xinchuan County in Vietnam, the training of this new army has not yet been completed, and it was not intended to be put into the battlefield, but the situation is critical, and the 5,000-strong army can only be reluctantly driven to block the flood that has always been carried out, and the whole Echigo knows that it must not be allowed to enter Echigo, once they are allowed to enter, it will be unimaginable, and some of the peasants in Vietnam and Central China who were scattered after the assassination last year are also in an unstable situation, but fortunately, the people of one heart can act effectively to extinguish these sparks in time.

In the middle of summer in July, the flowers are blooming, everything exudes vigorous vitality, and the animals also enter and exit the most important breeding period of the year, of course, there are advantages and disadvantages, the mountains are full of trees, mosquitoes are inevitable, the yarn tents produced in Omi are very popular here, some wealthy samurai simply cover their own yards with yarn tents, and the family members sit under the porch to eat wine and admire the moon.

At the beginning of the lanterns, every house was lit up, the newly expanded Kasuga Mountain Castle was several times wider than in the past, the neat mountain roads were cut very steep, the dozen or so teaching grounds all over Kasuga Mountain were expanded by a third compared with the original, the castle guards' squires were even wider, and a father and son broke out into a fierce quarrel in a certain Yashiki settlement halfway up the mountainside.

"Father! Isn't it clear to you about today's form? This Echigo is going to be finished, if we don't seize the opportunity to take the opportunity to make a profit, wait until the army of more than 100,000 invades Echigo. It's too late for us to do anything! Nagao Keiji pinched his throat like a dying old goat. Red-faced, red-eared, and panting, apparently arguing for a while.

Nagao Fujikei's face turned pale with anger. Trembling and yelling, he pointed at Nagao Keiji and scolded, "Shinshiro, you are really confused! You know what you're talking about? With your words, the old man is enough to kill his relatives and hand you over to the Fengqian Guardian Palace to dispose of! Tell the old man who is instigating you to say such a rebellious thing! Who is teaching you to trap my Shimoda Nagao family in injustice? ”

Nagao Keiji explained with an embarrassed face: "There is really no one to instigate the child, this is all the child's own idea......"

"Fart! As far as your mind can tell, I'll live to be sixty years old in vain! Nagao Fujijing hummed and chirped for a long time, and scolded loudly: "Look at what you have done in the past ten years, you still have nothing to do in thirty years." Today, I was reprimanded by the old man and vowed to make a contribution, tomorrow I don't know which whale house to go to and hook up with the wandering girl, and the day after tomorrow, maybe I will go to the castle town to gamble on the ball game, how many troubles have you caused in the past ten years, and how many times has the old man wiped your buttocks? The face of my Shimoda Nagao family is about to be lost by you, and you still don't know how to repent? ”

Nagao Keiji lowered his head with shame on his face, and said after a while: "Father! The child knew that he was wrong, and the child really changed this time! This time the stakes are very high, please father must believe in the child, Echigo is really going to change, please don't hold the crumbling tree anymore! ”

Nagao Fujijing was angry, and a flower in front of him almost fainted. Seeing his son helping him up, the old man pushed his son aside with all his might. Angry roar: "You Nizi! You...... You must have hooked up with someone who doesn't have to deal with it! Tell the old man, who are you colluding with? ”

"No one ......"

"Fart! Are you blind in both eyes as an old man? Tell me the truth! Who is talking nonsense to you, what he promised you, what you get, and what other comrades he has, all explain it to the old man one by one! Nagao Fujikei's face was hideous, and the frightened Nagao Keiji couldn't help but tremble, if it weren't for the Shimoda Nagao family, he would be a single seedling, I'm afraid the old man would have abolished this bastard a long time ago.

It was because of his father's majesty, Nagao Keiji's face suddenly became ugly, and when he thought of the danger of being exposed, he gritted his teeth and said: "Since my father asked, the child will tell the truth, the child has long established contact with Takeda Daizen's secret envoy, and the information collected in Echigo in the past few years has been passed on through the child's hands." ”

Nagao Keiji didn't notice that Nagao Fujikei's face was getting worse and worse, but the more he spoke, the more proud he became: "This time, Takeda Daizen also introduced the envoy of the Hojo family to the child, and the two families promised that as long as they assisted them in attacking Kasuga Mountain Castle from the inside, after the matter was completed, they would give us the territory of the two counties and the title of guardian of the Echigo half of the country, and then our Shimoda Nagao family could inherit the clan family and become the descendants of Echigo Nagao!" Hahaha......"

"Smack!"

Nagao Keiji covered half of his swollen cheeks and said in disbelief, "Father, you actually beat me!" You've never hit me before! You actually hit me! ”

Nagao Fujikei seemed to be crazy, grabbed Nagao Keiji's shirt and pushed him down, and beat him endlessly according to his face, Nagao Keiji turned over and rolled and screamed, and the old man muttered while beating back: "It's you who beat you, the rebel, the old man would rather beat you to death today, than let you ruin the family business of my Shimoda Nagao family in the rebel...... The old man would rather a white-haired person send a black-haired person than let you, a rebel, ruin everything! ”

"Eh! What's going on! Why did you father and son fight! Brother, stop fighting! If a good child has a problem, I will have to rely on him in the future! Nagao Kori pushed open the paper door and walked between father and son in three or two steps to pull them apart.

The old man's beard was all open, and he beat his chest and scolded: "The old man would rather not have this son!" If you are in your thirties and haven't married the main room, you go and inquire if any princess is willing to marry this rebel! Except for corrupting the family style and causing trouble, I haven't done a decent thing! At this year's court meeting, I got drunk and lost my honor in front of the palace, and I teased the maid of Princess Aya's palace, and was almost coaxed out of Kasuga Mountain Castle, isn't the lesson deep enough?

If it weren't for the old man who showed his old face and kowtowed and apologized, you could only stay in the countryside now and be a little wealthy family, let you reflect for half a year and still be unrepentant, in a vain attempt to subvert the lord's foundation, you are no longer my son of Longtail Fujijing, you are a white-eyed wolf who can't be fed! ”

Nagao Xingli smiled and persuaded: "Eh! Brother is serious! Shinshiro is also for the foundation of our Shimoda Nagao clan! Although the way is wrong, the heart is still good, and if you teach a few words and know your mistakes, can't you just change them? Why should the father and son be so stiff, come and sit down and talk! ”

"Humph! The old man has nothing to say to this rebel! I just hope that he can do it himself, and don't affect dozens of people in my Shimoda Nagao family because of his own trouble! Nagao Fujikei put his hands behind his back and snorted away.

"Uncle, did you hear that? This is my father! Nagao Keiji covered his two swollen cheeks and said in a vicious voice: "He hates me so much!" He's still beating me! My face is swollen from the beating, so how can I go out to meet people tomorrow? I have something to do tomorrow! He just swooped down and hit me hard! Hiss...... It hurts! The face is swollen, it's just hateful! ”

Nagao Xingli is actually not his own uncle, but a branch cousin, who married Nagao Fujikei's sister as the main room, and became the chief patriarch of the Shimoda Nagao clan, seeing his useless nephew complaining to him, he smiled and said: "That's your father, how can you say that about your father!" Your father still really wants you well, but he used the wrong method, don't hold a grudge against him, and it will be fine in some time! ”

"But his attitude is very resolute, what should we do?" Nagao Keiji struggled for a long time, and said with a sad face: "What if he leaks today's news?" ”

The old god of Nagao Xingli picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "Don't worry! I didn't see the thousands of soldiers and horses guarding the town of Kasuga Mountain City, we couldn't do anything we wanted to! You don't have to worry that your father will tell you, he is a knife-mouthed tofu heart, sooner or later he will forgive you, I understand his character, you can put a hundred hearts to do what you have to do! ”

"Hmmm! Since Uncle said so, there must be no problem! Nagao Keiji was shocked, and said cautiously: "Those ninjas are very annoying, there are more and more ninjas wandering around recently, and we can't deal with things for a while, what should we do?" ”

"So don't worry! If you can't do it, just wait, we have time! Nagao narrowed his eyes, not sure what plan he was planning. (To be continued......)