Chapter 434: Attack on Murakami

It is not difficult to guess the intentions of Kira Yoshishi, the two largest landdoers in Vietnam and Central China, with 100,000 people transferred to Kaga Province, and one controlled a large area of the mountainous area and a large section of the Tetori River in Nomi County, and the other controlled a large fertile territory in Hebei County.

At the same time, through the method of transfer, the actual control of a large area of the territory of Yuezhong was taken into the hands of Kira Yoshitoki, and then counting the Uesugi Teruma of the new feudal banner of the women's negative county, and the Yamamoto Tokiyuki banner of the nearby Uozu Castle, Kira Yoshitoki and the old family of the spectrum basically controlled more than seventy percent of the territory of Echichu.

"Yu also has a plan, that is, to order Yasuda Jibu Junior Assistant Nagahide to be the general, and lead the two thousand Vietnamese troops such as Hiraga Sakyo Ryoryo, Yamagishi Hayato Sonsa, Tsuchihi Misasaku, Katori Yaheita, and Kawagami Yarokuro to be responsible for pacifying Hida, suppressing the pro-Takeda Miki clan and Eima clan, and God Yu Hayabusa Rensa is responsible for the unified construction of the Hida Commissioner's organization, and it is necessary to eliminate all the pro-Takeda forces in Hida, and the future strategy is to cooperate with Shinano's Sanada Dan Main Hall to attack Ina County."

In recent years, it seems that Echigo has been smooth sailing and has not caused a big mess, as if as long as he is a fool and a governor, he can do it as if he was as good as Kira Yoshishi, in fact, everything is not as simple as it seems on the surface, the composition of the Kira retainers is very complicated, as early as the time of Omi, there was a matter of infighting between the Omi faction and the Mikawa faction, and in recent years, with the Kirayoshi now going down to Echigo, through a series of victories to establish an unshakable prestige, it is gradually the risk of the so-called factional infighting between the Omi faction and the Mikawa faction and the shogunate faction is gradually pressed down.

Old problems disappear and new ones appear. How to coordinate the relationship between the Echigo native retainers and the former Kira retainers. This has always been a huge problem in front of Kira Yoshishi and the elders of the family of a cadre. Even with the high prestige of Kira Yoshitoki, it is necessary to be cautious on this issue, through the unified command of the war, the unified awarding of welfare benefits, and the fairness and reasonableness of meritorious rewards.

And most importantly, the huge dividends brought about by the agricultural development of Echigo have gradually filled the huge friction between the two factions on various issues such as knowledge and action, treatment, etc., and even if it is almost foolproof, it is impossible to prevent the small collisions that often occur, and the unity on big issues and small things are dirty. Bumps and bumps can never be Antai is a portrayal of the Echigo retainers.

With the basic pacification of Shinano in recent years, the entire line of Yasuhei in Ueno Province and the three kingdoms of Echichu, Kaga, and Hazen that have been pacified this year, the number of members of the retainer group has more than doubled, and the number of subordinate countrymen is even more numerous.

The sources of retainers are getting wider and wider, and the interests of various factions must be more and more cautious, and they cannot be arbitrarily disposed of to their retainers and countrymen because of their high prestige, and the consequences of their reckless actions will only be that the rising momentum of the Kira family will be stopped, and perhaps they will fall into huge civil strife and trouble. Especially at the moment when the banner-headed generals of all parties are assigned to set up legions for their respective meritorious contributions, as the family governor, it is even more necessary to coordinate the offensive rhythm of each corps. Find a balance to make sure there are no problems and no problems.

The Kira family in the second year of Eiroku was not peaceful, and in addition to several wars in Dewa, Echichu, and Kaga, there was also a Shinano War that lasted all summer.

After Yoshitoki Kira and Uesugi Terutora led their respective armies, Sanada Yutaka led tens of thousands of troops to defend the safety of Ueno Province in Saku-gun for several months, until it was determined that the Hojo family was unable to launch the Battle of Mifuneyama and was unable to take Ueno in the north, and then he led his army to urgently return to Chikuma County to preside over the attack plan against Suwa Prefecture.

The army of 17,000 was divided into two parts, and Murakami Yoshikiyo led 5,000 of them to cross the Shiojiri Pass to attack the Aragami Yama Castle in Minami Shinano, and his attack plan was very sudden and ingenious, and the people of the country who belonged to the Takeda clan in Ina County, which was raiding the real attack, were caught off guard, because the communication channel of Ina County to Suwa County was cut off by the Kira army, so that Takeda Nobuyoshi, who was stationed in Suwa County, did not know that Ina County was being raided.

This can't be blamed on Takeda Nobuyoshi's carelessness, Shiojiri Pass does have a passage connecting Ina County, which can easily enter the hinterland of Minami Shinano by passing through Suwa County, but this passage is usually not used much, this passage is not as wide and flat as Shinano Street, and this passage is surrounded by mountains with peaks and peaks, among which there are many wild ambush bandits and other lawbreakers, so the danger of walking is greatly increased.

Therefore, the merchants of Ina County can obviously take this passage, they can enter Tsukuma County and save a lot of unjust roads, but if you consider that the road is barren mountains and mountains, there are often bandit attacks, and it is not worth it to add additional fees to hire ronin, and those who are willing to consider taking this road are small merchants because it can save distance and time, and large merchants are either unwilling to come to Ina County, which is in the remote countryside, or they all choose to take the wide avenue of Shinano Street.

At least there are densely populated houses along the way, don't worry about having nowhere to live in the wilderness and always beware of being attacked by bandits, Murakami Yoshikiyo passed through this mountain road and cleaned up the nearby bandit ambush, and also caught a few mountain bandit leaders who gathered hundreds of minions in the Xiaoao Mountains and Forests, they themselves are the relatives of the people in Ina County, and they were driven out for various reasons to find a way out.

Because they are some guys who don't learn and don't know how to do it, there is no samurai willing to take them in when they go out, and when they are desperate, they run to the nearby Dacheng Mountain, Anakura Mountain, Wuwan Mountain, and Dashiba Mountain.

With these few local snakes acting as the leading party, the efficiency and concealment of Murakami Yoshikiyo's raid operation were greatly improved, so when Murakami Yoshikiyo suddenly entered Ina County with the Kira army and came to the outside of Aragami Mountain Castle, the lord of Aragami Mountain Castle, Kusama Bizen Mamoru did not expect that he would be raided at all, and the three hundred defenders in the city faced the sudden 5,000 troops and the prestigious Murakami Yoshikiyo, both in morale and preparation.

Cage City held for three whole days, and finally Cage City failed because of the scarcity of troops and low morale, Murakami Yoshikiyo almost didn't take much effort to break through the big gate and knock on both sides of the curved wheel and Ninomaru in turn, Kusama Bizen Mamoru retreated into Honmaru with more than fifty ashigaru, trying to rely on Honmaru's geographical advantage to do desperate resistance, but his little strength was really not enough, and he insisted on being outnumbered in less than half a day and was directly asked by Shimazu Tadashi to take the head.

In this battle, Murakami's army only suffered a slight loss, and he took advantage of his unpreparedness to raid the castle, if it wasn't for the fact that he had spent some effort to reduce the loss and block the news, he was afraid that the siege would be able to break through the castle on the second day, and Suda Mitsumitsu, as a special team, led two thousand troops across the Tenryu River and blockaded Haba Castle, which was only a stone's throw away.

This mountain city is a little too close to Aragami Mountain Castle, and it can almost see the big movements on the Aragami Mountain Castle clearly, and the city lord Ogasawara Shigejiro is a member of the group who betrayed Ogasawara for a long time very early, and he was divided into this place to build Haba Castle during the astronomical years, this kind of diehards can not be tolerated and indulged, not long after the fall of Aragami Mountain Castle, this Haba Castle with only more than 160 defenders was also breached, and the city lord Ogasawara Shigejiro knew that he could not live, so he simply committed suicide by disembowelment.

In the following days, Murakami Yoshikiyo's army broke through several castles in a row, and gradually the news of the Kira army breaking into Ina County spread, and Fujisawa Yorikin, who had been a guest at Miyoshi's house for several years, returned to his hometown, and ordered his own nephew and adopted son, Fujisawa Shigetoki, to open Fukuyo Castle and Minowa Castle and surrender to the Kira army.

This family can be regarded as a hardcore anti-Takeda country of Minami Shinano, Fujisawa Yorijin himself is a powerful country in Ina County, Fujisawa clan was originally the great suwa clan of Suwa Daija, and his wife is Ogasawara's long-term sister-in-law, and Ogasawara has long been a righteous brother who wears a pair of pants, and has always coveted his own clan Suwa family business.

Therefore, in the tenth year of the Astronomical Universe (1541), when Takeda Shingen succeeded to the position of family governor and launched an attack on Suwa Prefecture, Fujisawa Yorikin, and his kin, who also coveted the foundation of the clan, Takato Yoritsugu, joined forces with the Takeda Army to launch an attack on Suwa County, and finally killed Suwa Yorishi, Fujisawa Yorijin and Takato Yoritsugi, two fools who let Takeda Shingen support, be powerless, and finally under the joint attack of the Takeda Army and the angry Suwa people, the two had to bow their heads and surrender.

A few years later, Takeda Shingen ushered in the first fiasco of his life in Uedawara, not only lost his troops and withdrew to Kai but also let himself suffer a lot of injuries, and finally had to hide in Yuya Hot Springs to recuperate, Fujisawa Yorikin and Takato Yoriichi together felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so they set off a counter-flag that month to unite with Ogasawara to take action against Suwa Prefecture.

Behind is the unfortunate battle of Shiojiri Pass, Ogasawara Nagashi did not notice that he didn't see through Takeda Shingen's strategy, and thought that it would take seven or eight days to kill Shiojiri Pass, but he was attacked by the Takeda army that night and fled in embarrassment, and even his own family had lived in the city of Lin Cheng was burned down by a fire, and Ogasawara Naga, who lost his foundation, fled to Murakami Yoshikiyoshi in a panic to take refuge, which can be a pit for a group of good relatives and friends in Ina County who were looking forward to it.

As the news of Ogasawara's long-term defeat spread to Ina County, Fujisawa Yorijin and Takato Yoritsugu were really panicked, and Takeda Shingen's army really turned around and went straight to Ina County, and when Takato Yoritsugu was still hesitating about how to deal with it, Fujisawa Yorijin decisively gave up his temperance and contacted Akiyama Nobutomo, the Takeda clan's Ashigaru general, who was close to him, and he secretly surrendered the Takeda army as an intermediary. (To be continued......)