On April 18, Takeda Harunobu broke several formations in a row, slaughtered several wealthy clans near Minami Shinano Suwa County and confiscated the territory, and for a time no one dared to shake the dominance of the Takeda family.

On April 26, he was sent to Minami Shinano with his sister-in-law Taro Yoshinobu and the headquarters of Akiyama Nobuyo in Ina Prefecture, and along the way he won over the Chihisa clan and the Shimojo clan in the prefecture, and the army grew to 12,000 people like a snowball.

When the army of the Takeda family drove to the front of the Kiso Valley, Kiso Yoshiyasu only held out for less than ten days before the castle surrendered, and Takeda Harunobu gave preferential treatment to this family, allowing him to keep the security and enjoy the treatment of the Takeda family's relatives and quasi-one gate, and the surrender of the Kiso clan also marked the complete pacification of the South Shinano.

The weather throughout the year was very abnormal, from the beginning of spring sowing from Echigo to Kanto in various parts of the country drought to varying degrees, the Kira family was busy fighting the drought, but fortunately, the warm and humid air flow from the south in early May temporarily alleviated the drought trouble, but the lack of rain moisture to reduce the grain production was a foregone conclusion.

Shinano and Kai, which were also facing the pressure of drought, were even worse, and it was more difficult to get rain in the mountains than in Echigo, and the drought in these two countries was even more severe, and the Kanto countries also experienced drought of varying degrees, compared to Musashi and Sagami, which were much better than Ueno and Shinano. Basically similar to Echigo. A small amount of rain to alleviate the drought is not enough to address the spread of the drought.

In this case. At midnight on July 6, when the Takeda family was still unable to deal with the drought in peace, there was a larger-scale disturbance, and at midnight on July 6, a group of troops without banners crept under the deserted castle, when the closed gates suddenly opened and the troops outside the city were brought into the city, and it was not long before several curling wheels in the castle were on fire at the same time.

The blazing flames and billowing smoke covered the night sky, and the Jiuyao Banner and the Liulian Qian Banner were erected in the city at the same time, and the Jiuyao Banner obviously could not withstand the Liulian Qian Banner surging from all directions. It didn't take long for the castle tower of Wasteland City to catch fire, and a team of Nine Yao Banners took advantage of the chaos to break out of the hand gate and head north.

The next day, all the people of Kita-Shinano received a message: "Sanada Yutaka attacked Arato Castle at night, and Kakizaki and Izumi Morikei were outnumbered and led the army to retreat. ”

"How's that for good? What a good thing that is! Ogasawara was anxious like an ant in a hot pot for a long time, Murakami Yoshikiyoshi bowed his head with a blue face and was silent, the people of Kitashinano showed a somewhat helpless expression, Suda Mitsukin, Shimazu Tadanao and others looked at each other with a solemn look on their faces.

"Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru arrive!"

There was a commotion among the people of Kitashinano, and Yasuda Keigen and Yoshie Keiji, who had been silent for a long time, also looked sideways outside the hall, and after a while, Kakizaki Keiya, who was covered in gray and black smoke, walked in and sat down cross-legged without even taking off his armor. A young man immediately came over with a kettle to refill his water.

The Echigo fierce general poured several large cups of tea in a row, and snorted angrily: "This Sanada Yutaka is really cunning. The family has been strictly guarding for more than a year, but he still took advantage of the loophole, and half of the Shinano people in the city were bribed and no one believed it! The family is suspicious of how he did it, and he is really pervasive and invincible! ”

"It's not okay to always be passive and defensive! If this continues, sooner or later we will be defeated little by little. "Yasuda Keimoto is in a hurry, and the current form is greatly beyond their expectations, if they lose the territory that the lord has worked so hard to lose, then they will become sinners of Echigo.

An envoy hurriedly ran in, whispered a few words to the samurai of the Murakami family on the side of the servant and quietly retreated, and then the samurai quickly transferred the news to Murakami Yoshikiyo, the Shinano general's face was as black as iron, and after a long time sighed: "It's too late, the Takeda family is going to fight in North Shinano." ”

"What?" The faces of the people of the North Shinano country who were full of righteous indignation just now changed sharply and they were silent one by one, they were afraid of Takeda Harunobu, and they were even more afraid of the elusive Sanada Yutaka, and they were afraid of dreaming of these two people, and they were simply afraid to the core.

Takanashi Masayori saw the Shinano samurai below wilting one by one, and had to sigh: "Why bother? ”

Ogasawara asked even more anxiously, "What should we do?" Do you want to go to the final battle? Or is Cage City stubbornly waiting for reinforcements, should you report to Echigo immediately, but the body of the main hall is sick, can you rescue it in time? ”

"Don't worry about it so much!" Murakami Yoshikiyo made a difficult decision and said viciously: "Hurry up and report to the Wuwei Palace!" Only the Warrior Guard Hall can save us! The rest is up to you to join me in resisting the invasion of the Takeda Army! ”

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At the same moment, in the small square under the Kasuga Mountain Castle Honmaru, a group of teenagers gathered together to wield spears, one of them was a 1.6-meter-tall teenager with one enemy six, and the plain spear in his hand turned into a dragon and wandered, and the six teenagers were defeated and retreated.

When the last teenager was put down, several teenagers in the field supported each other and limped to the corner to rest, and Iwatsurumu, who had been standing aside for a long time, took the wet wipes that had been iced by the well water and handed it over, and handed it over respectfully with a cup of tea, and knocked on the back and massaged his mouth for Kira Yoshishi, and kept reporting various news: "The drought in Ao San County has eased, but the corn yield in the first season of this summer has been reduced by two percent, and if the drought in the autumn cannot be weakened, the reduction in yield will be exacerbated......

"Go on!" Gu Dong Gu Dong drank a cup of tea, picked up a cool towel and covered his face, and lay on the recliner A few little people came over and massaged and knocked their legs, not to mention how corrupt it was.

"Your Excellency!" Hattori Masari came out of nowhere, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday, the Arato Castle guarded by Kakizaki Izumi Shouden was attacked by Sanada Yutaka, today, the Takeda family announced that he personally led 13,000 troops out of Kai, and the military service has been fully started, and it is expected that the army will be assembled in half a month, and it will be driven to the vicinity of Kawanaka Island at the end of the month." ”

"Did you move so soon?" Pulling off the wet towel that had been attached, he sat on the recliner and pondered for a moment, then ordered Iwazurumaru beside him, "Immediately gather all the retainers of Kasuga Mountain Castle. The family will hold an assessment meeting. ”

"Yes!" The little ones picked up the basin and hurried out. Nagao Keitora before heading to the Yuzawa Imperial Palace. It was made clear that during his period, when the master of Kasuga Yamajo Castle was Kira Yoshishi, the samurai of both the Kira family and the Nagao family would obey his will, and his orders were the supreme decree of Echigo.

Half an hour later, hundreds of samurai gathered in the assessment room to wait patiently for this sudden assessment meeting, and after a while, they sang: "Wuwei Palace, Her Royal Highness the Princess has arrived!" ”

"Meet the Wuwei Palace, Your Highness the Princess!" The people of Echigo are very interesting, and they still call him Muweiden. This awkward habit is reflected in their words, and they always unconsciously avoid the title of Nagao Jinghu, even if they offer an oath to Kira Yoshitoki.

"Gentlemen! The war in North Shinano has resumed, and this time the provocateur is still Takeda Harunobu of Kai, and yesterday Arato Castle was broken by Sanada Yutaka, the head of the Shinano ancestors, and simply Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru are not in a big deal with me, what do you think? ”

"It's Harunobu Takeda again!" The sound of this chapter is raised a few scales, which shows how bad his mood is.

As Nagao Keitora's teacher and chief pedigree family elder, Honjo Minoru also hated this greedy samurai like Nagao Keitor, but unlike Nagao Keitora, who hated Takeda Harunobu for violating the shogunate law. His starting point was Echigo's homeland security.

Because of geographical factors, the Nagao family has always been deeply involved with the people of Kita-Shinano. The Takanashi clan, the second largest force in Kitashinano, has successively experienced four generations of ancestors and grandchildren, Takanashi Masataka, Takanashi Masada, and Takanashi Masayori, to maintain an in-law relationship with the Nagao family.

Among them, Takanashi Masataka married his daughter to Nagao Nokei, and gave birth to the famous Echigo general Nagao for Jing, and Nagao Nokei then married his daughter to Takanashi Chenggao, and in the era of Nagao for Jing, Takanashi Chengtaka married his sister to Nagao for Jing, and gave birth to Nagao Harukei, Nagao Jingkang, Nagao Jingfang, and the main room of Kaji Haruzuna.

It's a pity that the good fortune of the Takanashi clan ended here.,The main room of the long-tail for the scenery died of illness and ushered in the tiger from the same clan of the Qixi long-tail family.,And the birth of the long-tail Aya.、The long-tailed Jinghu、The long-tailed tiger three children,With the long-tail for the view、Long-tail Qingjing,Long-tail Jingkang、Long-tail Jingfang has died.,The current head of the long-tail family, the long-tail Jinghu、The long-tailed tiger brother and sister have no direct marriage connection with the Takanashi clan.。

It can be seen that the strategy of the Nagao family in the past dynasties was to stabilize the security of their southern Shinano border, and strongly advocated solving internal problems first, and the reason for this strategy was due to the consideration of territorial defense, compared to the heavy snow closure of the mountains in Dewa, Mutsu, and Ueno Mikuni Pass, or the fact that the Echichu relatives did not know the danger and did not know the danger, only Kita-Shinano could cross the border and enter Echigo in winter.

Just as Mount Myoko was the home of the Togakushi ninjas, Kita-Shinano was so close to Echigo that it was close enough to be close to Echigo's heartland, Kita-Shinano was Echigo's soft underbelly, and any force that tried to threaten the stability of Kita-Shinano's area would become an enemy of the Nagao family.

And Takeda Harunobu's repeated attacks on Kita-Shinano are simply touching the scales of the dragon's rebellion, and you can imagine what kind of mood Echigo's people are in looking at their invasion.

"Do you think that if the lord is not there, he can go wild? This is absolutely impossible! Saito Asanobu stood up, raised his fist and shouted, "Gentlemen, fight!" For Echigo, for the sake of the Nagao family, for all of us! Let's fight together! ”

"Let's fight!" "Let's fight!" The samurai of Echigo stood up and shouted excitedly, and the samurai of the Kira family were expressionless except for Honjo Shigenaga, Hojo Takahiro, and Kurokawa Kiyomi, who were slightly not calm, and this tacit understanding came from the trust in the family governor, believing that the invincible Kira family would continue to win.

Ji Liang Yishi secretly said that the military heart was available, and laughed: "The meaning of the monarchs is understood, so let's go into battle!" ”

On the way back to the castle tower, Nagao Torano always pouted and looked unhappy, July went to Kita Shinano, and August was the wedding date she made with Kira Yoshitoki, but her brother Nagao Keihu was recuperating at the Yuzawa Imperial Palace, and the groom was going to play Kita-Shinano again, so it was no wonder that she was unhappy.

"Tiger Ji, go slowly, you see the skirt is dragging on the ground." Ji Liang Yoshishi helped her pull the corner of her skirt, and followed helplessly, Hu Ji suddenly turned around and collided with Ji Liang Yoshitoki, and his forehead was on the bridge of his nose, making him dizzy.

"Ahh It hurts! The long-tailed tiger queen stumbled and fell to the ground after eating this bump, covering her small forehead and crying: "Your Highness doesn't favor the tiger queen at all!" Tiger Ji is so painful! ”

"Who said I don't like Tiger Ji anymore! I'm the best ...... in the world I like Tiger Ji the most! He said dozens of "most" in a row, and made a grimace to make a foreign appearance to coax the little girl to tears and laugh.

"Can Your Highness not go to Kita-Shinano?"

"I don't want to go either! But that's the foundation laid by my brother...... You must know that my brother will come back at the end of the year and say that when the time comes, we will return the lord of the country to my brother, but we will find that there is a piece missing, which is always a little unreasonable, right? ”

Hu Ji's palm-sized little face was entangled for a long time, her small nose wrinkled a few times, and she said very distressedly: "But what about the marriage ceremony between Hu Ji and His Royal Highness?" I said that I was going to get married this year! Invitations and everything are ready! ”

"Postpone it! I'll write to my ruling brother, and Katsuhime, and I'm sure it should be okay a few months later! Wouldn't it be better to wait until next year when my brother recovers, and then we have a marriage ceremony? In order to appease the girl's uneasiness, Kira Yoshitoki had to move out of the long-tailed Jinghu as a shield.

"Yes! My brother will be even better if he recovers! If my brother misses it, Tiger Ji will definitely be sad! Then Tiger Ji is waiting for His Highness's triumphant return at home! Tiger Ji buried her little face in his arms and did not move for a long time.

On July 8, Echigo announced that the mobilization order was aimed directly at Kawanaka Island, and according to the division of military service in the Nagao military service account, the Echigo people must mobilize 5,500 standing troops to gather in Kasuga Mountain Castle within 20 days, and about 2,500 standing troops of the Nagao family's banner Motohao clan followed the formation, and together there were enough 8,000 people, if it were not for the direct army of the Nagao family to protect Nagao Keiho and guard the Yuzawa Imperial Palace, it would be an army of 10,000.

In addition, Kira Yoshishi did not mobilize a single soldier, counting the direct military strength of Honjo Honjo, Kurokawa Kiyomi, and Hojo Takahiro, the armed forces of the Kira Army increased to 5,500 troops, plus these 8,000 troops are 13,500 troops, and another 1,500 Kira naval troops can be mobilized.

When the armed forces of different flags gathered at the foot of Kasuga Mountain Castle to hold a departure ceremony, a group of red and black armed Kira regiments walked out of the big gate with neat steps, looking at the red cavalry, black iron artillery and the Ashikaga two behind them, thousands of people were quiet only the sound of people and horses moving, no turning heads, no looking left and right, just standing quietly in front of the formation waiting for departure.

"Is this Kirajun? Sure enough, it lives up to its name! Nagao Masakai covered the strong sunlight with his hands, carefully looked at the elite of this team, and it can be seen from the expression and temperament that these people do not indicate that they have received long-term training of the elite, or the elite of the elite, and from the movements, it can be seen that these people have extremely high tactical literacy, which shows that this is an elite division of the battle formation.

Not far from Nagao Masajing, Usami Dingman looked very disappointed, to be precise, he was not disappointed for other reasons, but sighed for the family: "So elite, so military, is there really no hope for my Usami family?" ”

Looking carefully at the general wearing the smoked purple Wei Wei Wei Pill, the four causes fluttered in the sassy summer wind, and the Ashikaga Kamisaki Saburo Yoshitoki flag seal of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing seemed to be silently telling everything, a legend that has been passed down in Echigo and even Kanto for a long time.

"Genji White Flag...... Is it? Nakajo Fujishi repeated in a low voice, and then denied his absurd idea: "The Genji White Flag has only ...... It can't be called the Genji White Flag! (To be continued......)

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