The torrential rain that had just passed in the summer had stopped, and the armies of Dewa and Mutsu had also taken advantage of the situation to invade Echigo, and before they heard which castle in Shimo-Etsu and Naka-Etsu had been captured, all kinds of gossip spread throughout the Kasuga Yamajo Castle Shitamachi Town like wings, and there were rumors that there were all kinds of rumors, some said that the Yangbei people of Shimo-Etsu were reversed, and some said that Honjo was ambushed and seriously injured.

At first, the townspeople didn't believe it.,After the lie is repeated a thousand times, someone will hesitate.,So the castle town is more or less shaken.,The recent situation is particularly bad and somehow there are rumors that the Kira family Shinano is not in a good war.,The Nagao family Ueno Country was beaten by the Hojo army and had no power to fight back.。

Long tail Jingxin was unable to eat by these rumors, only half a month to lose a lot of weight, the last assessment meeting scolded the police in the city for their incompetence, and strictly ordered to immediately take the villains who created rumors and demagoguery, and the three-day kung fu city garrison caught hundreds of ruffians from all walks of life, and interrogated more than 30 of them as the first offender who created rumors, but the main messenger behind the scenes never found out, and finally could only execute the first offender on the spot, and exiled all the accomplices to Sado Island for mining as a conclusion.

Later, Kasuga Yamajo posted a post to tell the majority of the townspeople that the war is going smoothly today, and that the castle of Nakaetsu and Shimoetsu has not been broken and there is no rebellion, and that Honjo Misaku is in good health and is guarding Tochio Castle, and the townspeople must not believe the rumors or otherwise they will be dealt with according to law, and at the bottom is the autograph of Nagao Keishinobu, and the townspeople all recognize Nagao Toyozen Shoukeishin, and they are relieved to see the announcement.

The remaining generations of the monks knew very well that the entry point chosen by the invading forces in Dewa and Mutsu was the time of the autumn harvest, and they thought that nothing more than war robbery under the banner of war, and this naked banditry was strongly resisted by the people of China and Vietnam. As far as the information is fed back so far, there is still no problem.

The withdrawal and annexation of new villages brought together the population of each village. Each village ranges from as little as three or four thousand to as many as seven or eight thousand. Larger towns are home to tens of thousands of people, and since last year's usual riots, each village now resembles a small fortress with wooden fences and even arrows, and the center of the village is inhabited by national lords, who can easily gather thousands of civilians to guard the village in the event of an invasion.

These villages are like hedgehogs covered with long thorns, and the invading forces of Dewa and Mutsu have no way to attack, and it is not impossible to attack them forcibly. But after two or three days of not being able to defeat Echigo, the various national armies will immediately surround them and block their retreat, and after trying a few times and encountering the experience of almost being made dumplings by the Echigo national army, they all learned to be very obedient and not touch the village.

At this time, there was still a period of time before the autumn harvest, and the two armies were forced to make cameo appearances as bandits and robbers, looting the temporary settlements near the villages, these temporary settlements were complete with firewood, rice, oil, salt, and even clothes and bedding, and a lot of oil and water could be fished out of every place.

In the spring mountain castle, the long-tailed tiger queen is still wearing a military uniform and fighting with the long-tailed Jingxin. When the niece wanted to go out, the uncle resolutely refused to let him go. The old argument lasted for more than a month without result, and the daily routine argument was taken for granted even by the maids.

When I thought that a fruitless normal would end again, Nagao Fujijing, who had always pretended to be stupid, suddenly opened his mouth: "Actually, what the Tiger Emperor was worried about is also reasonable, the town palace and the lord took away the main army, making the defense of Misaku Mamoru and Echizen Mamoru in the middle and the next Yue is stretched, and the Tiger Gozen has the heart to rescue and go to the yes, is it possible that Feng Mamoru still believes in Misakumoru?" There must be no problem with Misaku taking care of the Tiger Palace! ”

Hu Ji only felt that her eyes lit up, and she struck while the iron was hot: "Yes! Doesn't my uncle still believe in Misaku? Toraki grew up in Tochio Castle! Misaku is also very familiar with Tiger Hime! And keeping these two thousand elites in the incomparably safe Kasuga Mountain City will not help solve any problems, and the sharp knife can only play a role if it stabs the enemy in the chest! ”

Nagao Keishin glanced at Nagao Fujijing suspiciously, and secretly said why this old man was so abnormal today, and after thinking for a long time, he reluctantly responded: "If it's beautiful...... There is no problem, the two thousand elites are going to fight a joint battle, and they can't stay by the side of the tiger queen to always garrison, so I am still a little worried about the safety of the tiger in front of the tiger! ”

Nagao Fujikei continued: "Eh! Fengzen Mamoru is too worried, the strength of Watanabe Left Guard Hall is undoubted, these two thousand people play properly enough to withstand the combat power of 10,000 troops, and the Zhongyue Tochio Castle Mountain is high and there is Honjo Misaku Mori, and there will definitely be no danger for the Tiger Emperor to go there. ”

"If you just send reinforcements, then let Watanabe Sahei Guardian personally lead the troops to Tochio Castle to support, why let Tiger Gozen put his life at risk? This is a big mistake! Nagao Keishin still shook his head.

"That's right, but Tiger Imperial Front is the princess of the Nagao family, and the heir to the lord of the country who has been cultivated by the lord for many years, if he sits in Tochio Castle in person, he will definitely be able to boost morale!"

Nagao Jingxin retorted disappreciatively: "It's very inappropriate! The son of a daughter can't sit down, don't want this kind of morale! ”

From the dispute between Tiger Ji and Nagao Keishinobu and Nagao Fuji Kei, Tiger Ji didn't listen to it, he knew that his uncle was selfless to her, but she had a reason to go, and the belief that she had been cultivated and instilled since childhood was to become a strong Ji warrior like Ba Yuzen, compared to the weak stupid little girl who was weak when she fought against Shibukawa a few years ago, she has become a big girl.

Taller than his brother Nagao Jinghu is a cut taller, and his strength is not inferior to the elite samurai who are skilled in bow horses, except for the pistol skills to get Kira, several spear skills of the Nagao family have been passed down by everyone, the bow horse skills have regressed somewhat in recent years, but it is still considerable, Kira Yoshishi does not like women to ride horses and shoot arrows all day long, he said that riding too many legs will become basket legs is not beautiful, and the scared tiger Ji only dares to practice equestrianism for a while every day.

"Uncle! Tiger Ji knows that you have good intentions, but Tiger Ji is a woman of the Kira family to share worries and solve problems for His Royal Highness is for justice, and there are a generation of women and heroes in front of the Ba Imperial and Ban Imperial Palace, and Tiger Ji has been determined to be such a Ji warrior since she was a child, please let Tiger Ji do something for His Royal Highness! Otherwise, Tiger Ji will not be happy! ”

The girl's sincere feelings for Kira Yoshishi shook him, thinking about the ups and downs that this young couple has experienced, and the girl has undergone transformation over the years. is no longer the straightforward and willful little girl she used to be. Nagao Keishinobu began to waver with determination.

"I seem to understand what Tiger Ji means. She wants to do something for the town hall, she doesn't want to be a girl with a psychological burden, probably because the incident on Kawanakajima left her with a lot of psychological burden last time! If she hadn't been asked to do it, maybe she would have been unhappy...... I'm not happy all my life. ”

Nagao Keishin hesitated again and again but was persuaded, but he offered to personally lead the army to rescue and accompany Tiger Ji to Viet Nam as a protection, which was strongly opposed by Tiger Ji, and she put forward a reason that could not be refused, Kasuga Mountain Castle must stay behind to deal with government affairs on behalf of the family elders, and who will handle the government affairs after the family elders are gone. Nagao Fujikei obviously couldn't be promoted to this task, and when he said this, neither of them noticed a hint of gloom flashing in Nagao Fujikei's eyes.

"Moreover, Kasugayama City needs a loyal, reliable, and battle-hardened general to be in charge, and the position of my uncle to control the remaining 2,000 garrisons in the city is very important, and you must not leave your post without permission! Besides, Tiger Ji is not an ordinary Ji samurai! ”

Tiger Ji has been trained by the heir of the family governor since she was a child, and her military strategy and martial arts are good, with one hundred and fifty Ji samurai protecting her, and two thousand elite followers outside. And the home advantage is that the people are on their side, so there is nothing to worry about at all.

Tiger Ji said so. Nagao Keishin thought about it for a long time before he reluctantly agreed, but he still didn't worry about this little girl going crazy, so he sent Nagao Keishin's own 300 elite horseback warriors to protect her safety, and the problem of the dispute for more than a month was finally resolved relatively satisfactorily.

As soon as Nagao Fujikei returned to Shikiya and didn't sit down, he saw Nagao Keiji leaning over and said with a hippie smile: "Father-sama, did that Bunzen Mamoru agree to let Toramae go to Tochio Castle?" According to my uncle's plan, there should be no problem, can we move on to the next step? Speaking of which, when will we become ......?"

"You rebel can't stop talking! Do you want to be angry with the old man to death? Nagao Fujijing suddenly became angry, and suddenly roared out a voice to frighten Nagao Keiji and fell on his head, and the old man glared at him with hatred: "The old man is really dizzy, he was implicated by your rebel and the thief, my Shimoda Nagao family is finished this time, it's over!" ”

Nagao Xingli didn't think of the title of "thief", and said with a smile: "Brother, why be sad, didn't we do nothing?" Only when Princess Tiger Ji leaves Kasuga Mountain City with two thousand elites will we consider the next move, I think my brother must have contributed to this when he was so angry, right? ”

Nagao Fujijing turned his head in disgust, and waved his long sleeves impatiently: "Let's go!" I'll leave tomorrow, and I'll take with you the three hundred elite horseback warriors of Nagao Toyomae Maemo, so you can be complacent, right? Sooner or later, my Shimoda Nagao family will die at the hands of you two traitors! ”

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Long-tailed Tiger Ji was very satisfied with today's harvest, and immediately announced the news of the upcoming battle in Tochio Castle when she returned to the palace, which caused a burst of exclamation and envy from the maids in the palace, Numata Sandalwood grabbed the cypress fan and wanted to speak, and every time the words came to her mouth and swallowed back, she couldn't ride a horse and shoot arrows, and she didn't know anything about knives, guns and sticks, and the only sport that could be called good was probably the first honor of throwing pots.

"The straight tiger is also going to be out of battle."

Hu Ji panicked when she saw her serious expression: "Huh? Sister Straight Tiger is also going? No way! It's absolutely not going to work! ”

"Straight Tiger can do it! Sister Tiger Ji knows Naoto, so it's okay! Zhihu stared at her stubbornly, compared to the level of spearmanship and swordsmanship, the difference between the two seems to be, compared to the tiger Ji is slightly better, than the level of the archery tiger Ji is above the level, compared to the natural archer of the straight tiger, it is far worse.

The two sisters have the same interests, the same age, one is outgoing and cheerful, the other is introverted and gentle, and they fit each other very well, and the two are more interesting, both of them have the word "tiger" in their names, and even their looks are four or five points, and they imagine that they are sisters together, and some people will believe that they are sisters, which is really a coincidence.

So the straight tiger proposed that she also want to go out of the battle, the tiger Ji disagrees is very unconfident, on the bow swords and guns on the skills of the two people are similar, the level of the military strategy is also above the level line, they have led the Ji warriors many times to practice cavalry tactics, the same good at commanding the cavalry and the tiger Ji prefers the wind and fire of the hurricane rush, similar to the character of the long-tailed Jinghu, the cavalry of the straight tiger is more flexible and changeable, gathering and scattering makes people unpredictable.

So in the face of Zhihu's stubborn eyes, Hu Ji was a little speechless, she was embarrassed to say that Zhihu would drag her back, and there was no reason to forcibly refuse her request. If you can go out of battle, why can't you be a straight tiger? If she really chooses to do it. In the future, the relationship between the sisters will definitely be over.

I didn't think about it for a long time, but I couldn't find a better reason. Torahime had to agree to her request, but she still repeatedly told her to follow her and not run around, and if something went wrong, she would face Kirayoshi's anger, and she said as if she was the guardian, causing Naotoko to grin.

"Chiyonu is going too! Chiyo is very powerful! Can protect my sister! The stupid Lori jumped so high, two long double ponytails dangled around, full of thought that she would definitely be able to fight together, but she was mercilessly rejected by Tiger Ji, no matter how coquettish and cute it is, it's useless.

Chiyo Mochizuki pitifully turned to Naotora for help. As a result, this tiger sister didn't seem to buy her account, but kept shaking her head, and Tiger Ji saw that the stupid Lori still didn't open her mind, so she knocked lightly on her head: "There is still sandalwood left in the palace and no one takes care of it, in case something goes wrong, it will be troublesome!" So Chiyo stayed here to accompany Sandalwood to take care of everyone, remember? ”

"Woo! Chiyonu remembered! Chiyo Mochizuki nodded obediently with tears in her eyes, like a poor kitten, turned her face to look at the equally pitiful Sister Sandalwood, and then looked at the other two tiger sisters who were full of energy, so she had to pout and stay.

"But Sandalwood also wants to contribute to His Highness's foundation! Therefore, Sandalwood must be a Ji samurai who is both civil and military...... So should Sandalwood learn to ride a horse first? Or archery? Another clever girl was tangled.

An army of 2,300 marched out with great vigour. Tiger Ji and Zhihu are wearing white armor, holding a big gun, carrying a square bamboo bow on their backs, and they are heroic and sassy. With 2,000 new troops, 150 Hime warriors, 300 horseback warriors, and 50 Kira ninjas, the Chinese army left Kasuga Yamajo Castle with two banners, Ashikaga Nichiji and Nagao Kuyoba.

Two days later, the army came to Tochio Castle to join the 2,000 defenders of Honjo Minoru, and the old and serious Honjo Minoru was shocked to see two Hime samurai, one was the princess of the main room of the Kamisuashikaga family and the Nagao family, and the other was the princess of the Imagawa family in the side room.

Especially when he learned that Nagao Keishin agreed to them to go into battle and sent three hundred cavalry to escort them, Honjo Shino almost couldn't help but scold, he wanted to scold Nagao Keishun for messing around and couldn't look down on the two princesses, in case something really went wrong, who could afford this responsibility, who could bear the anger of those two.

But people have already arrived, and they can't pull down their faces and scold at will as if they were juniors, so they can only persuade the two eldest ladies to go back quickly, this place is a place with a group of stinky hills, how can you let the delicate and noble princess come to the front line to fight, but the two of them are resolute, they have to fight a beautiful victory for their husbands, and then take out the rhetoric used to persuade Nagao Jingxin to repeat it again.

It's a pity that Honjo is not Nagao Keishin, and he doesn't believe in the two little girls at all, and he still persuades them to go back quickly, but he makes Tiger Ji angry, and Straight Tiger pouts and doesn't speak, Tiger Ji is angry, and finally holds up the shelf of the Echigo Lord, must fight and must fight, if Honjo is not at ease, let the two of them command one hundred and fifty Ji samurai and the best horse samurai under the Honjo army to fairly test cavalry tactics.

Honjo Minori knows how powerful this little princess is, but for the safety of the Nagao family, the two of them must be sent back to Kasuga Mountain Castle the same way, as long as the two of them can lose convincingly, Honjo Minori can only accompany the two little girls to go crazy together.

Two days later, in an open grassland outside Tochio Castle, an unprecedented cavalry match began, and the two sides were one hundred and fifty Ji samurai led by Nagao Torahime, and one hundred and fifty elite horse samurai led by Honjo Kiyoshichiro Hidetsuna, the morale of both sides was high and full of spirit, and the thousands of soldiers who were watching saw the sassy and heroic posture of the one hundred and fifty Ji samurai.

The long-tailed tiger Ji and Ii Naohu were wearing big armor, and their flower-like faces were covered by the face and throat chakra, and the two girls were extremely tall and even taller than ordinary samurai, so that the audience outside the venue mistakenly thought that two men led one hundred and fifty Ji samurai to participate in the competition, and for a while they envied the two of them for their good lives, I don't know how many.

No weapons were banned in this contest, and all blades were removed from the blades of knives, guns, bows, and arrows, and the front ends were replaced with lime bags. At the beginning of the competition, one hundred and fifty Ji samurai showed their strong combat power. It's like the superb archery skills of the horses of the Kira family. Whether it is standing on the stake, still shooting, or moving stray horse archery, it greatly exceeds the expectations of the Honjo cavalry.

No one would have thought that the Ji samurai in front of the Tiger Imperial were not simple vases, but a group of killing weapons that were proficient in the art of arrowing horses, especially the change in the command style of the two made the charge of Keijiro Honjo at a loss, in the face of the charge of the Honjo army, they turned into a group of dexterous deer and fled around, and when you thought they were killed, a dozen or so formed a small group to wander around and shoot, pulling the direction of the pursuit of the Honjo cavalry, and it didn't take long for one hundred and fifty people to regather one by one.

One hundred and fifty Honjo cavalrymen circled around the gathering and clutching, and the lime-stained headless arrows fell on the samurai on horseback, all white spots. After a while, they were condemned to death and had to rest, and the last hundred and fifty samurai on horseback were wiped out without touching a single hair of a Ji samurai, and the average score of ten arrows per person made them unable to think of cheating.

Then two female generals with helmets and armor held big guns to pick up a few of the banker's generals, with their outstanding performance to win the convincing of all the samurai, the sidelines of the audience admired the Echigo talent, quietly emerged two young generals, maybe Echigo can also emerge a few more Kakizaki Keijia, Saito Asanobu style top generals.

The samurai knew more, some knew that the two were the two royal fronts of the Kira family, and some knew that there were two princesses in the Kira army who came to support, and some could imagine this possibility. But it is undeniable that the soldiers are elite soldiers will be strong generals, especially when Echigo's powerful samurai are in Ueno. These two girls really became the most powerful samurai.

Honjo Minoru was also shocked by the performance of the two of them, thinking about it or deciding to compromise, he put forward a lot of prerequisites, including various requirements for food, clothing, housing and transportation must abide by the rules of the Kira family, and deliberately assigned the Ji Qu wheel in Tochio Castle to the two of them and the Ji samurai to live, the most important one of the several conditions he put forward is that he must honestly sit in the middle of the army and can't go anywhere, let alone think about the possibility of personally going into battle to kill the enemy, but the two are already very satisfied, and send off Honjo Minoru with a smile.

More than 20 days passed, during which Tochio Castle dispatched a large army several times to encircle and suppress the Date Ashina coalition army, and drove the unscrupulous Mutsu bandits back to the mountains and did not dare to come down, and the Chinese and Vietnamese people were not fools, and it was impossible for them to sweep the temporary settlements all the time, and the autumn wind in the temporary settlements was targeted several times, and then there was nothing for more than half a month, and once it was almost dragged back by the local people, and was forced to leave two hundred people behind before narrowly avoiding the pursuit of the Honjo army.

Seeing that the autumn harvest is coming, the Ashina Ita coalition still can't help but go down the mountain, because the grain on both sides of the Igarashi River has just been harvested, and it is being dried and will be stored in the barn soon, and they only have more than 6,000 troops plus 2,000 arrays, and the cost of eating horses and chewing is not small.

When they found that they could not capture any city, they knew that this invasion was mostly to rest, but in any case, they could not return in vain, especially before the other three roads did not decide the winner, in case the front foot just went back and the back foot three ways to attack Echigo, then their intestines had to be repentant, so they learned from the bandits to fight the autumn wind, earn some military rations and put a lot of lives, and they still lost a lot of money back and forth.

Summing up the lessons learned from the last battle, Date Huizong reviewed that his choice of quick success and quick profit was really wrong, the most important thing was that the timing of the battle was wrong, the rice was attacked before it was ripe and was taken by surprise, and retreated to the hakama waist mountain in embarrassment, and now the time is right.

The autumn harvest is just around the corner, and there is still no news that Echigo has been breached, and the heart of Date Mimoto and Matsumoto Shisuke, the general appointed by the Ashina family, is half cold, knowing that this year's war will not have any gain anyway, so before leaving, he can get some back as compensation to barely save his capital.

Date Mimoto discussed with Matsumoto Clan and there was no better way, so he made a decision: "Immediately go down the mountain and rush into the Igarashi River to loot grain and grass, and then immediately return to the mountain to continue to hold on, and then wait for the opportunity to move, if there is still no news that Echigo has been broken all the way after half a month, we will retreat immediately!" If all the way is broken, let's think about whether to continue to hold on. ”

The influence of agriculture on the eastern country was much greater than that of the western country and, because the eastern country lacked a developed business to support the lord's conquest, and in the eastern country it was possible to avoid war but had to collect grain. If you don't harvest food, you won't survive the next summer, and you'll be finished. The mountain road from Mutsu to Echigo is rugged and difficult. Moreover, the mountains are high and the road is far away, and the logistical pressure is very great, and half of it has already been lost if there is no grain and grass supply in Vietnam.

If they don't stay in Echigo, they will survive until the first heavy snow falls in Echigo, and the continuous heavy snow will block all the mountain roads, and the snow half a meter thick in the deep mountains is enough to be fatal.

The longtail family doesn't need to care about them at all, and in less than two months, they will be hungry and can't stand it and take the initiative to jump out and surrender, and if they don't surrender, they will freeze to death en masse. Either starve to death in the mountains, and even if Echigo is really broken by the three roads, it will be a complete defeat for Date and Ashina.

Their actions were quickly discovered by the Kira ninja, in fact, their decision is not difficult to guess, the vicinity of Hakama Mountain is the closest to the Igarashi River, and in several directions are surrounded by heavy troops of the Nagao Army, the only attack locations that Date and Ashina coalition forces can choose are a few points near Hakama Mountain, combined with their bandit style of fighting the autumn wind, going down the mountain to grab food is the most likely one.

Knowing the target's actions, the girls decide to devise an ambush plan and inform Minoru Honjo. He didn't expect the two little girls to come up with a set of plans, and after careful consideration, he felt that it was quite feasible. He immediately ordered the whole army to move 4,500 troops to Shimoda Castle near the Igarashi River to wait.

Early the next morning, Date and Ashina led the army to attack, more than 5,000 bandits were divided into three parts to raid several villages on the north bank, the villagers in the village saw that the situation was not good, gave up food and hid in the village to defend, Date and Ashina combined forces did not care about their reaction, they were like real bandits snatched the pack horse and flat carriage in the village, and then carried the grain to the carriage frantically, until the pack horse was about to be unable to pull before reluctantly changing to another carriage.

Just when the bandits were robbing, 4,500 troops suddenly came out of the oblique side to attack the bandits, and for a while Date and Ashina were caught off guard, Date Mimoto urgently called the elite to resist the attack, but was suddenly killed by two white-armored samurai, one of the two samurai killed people with a big gun, and the other held a bow to sweep away the enemy army that threatened the samurai with a big gun.

Their main army was originally to speed up the time difference, and deliberately divided the main army into three separate sections, but did not want to be ambushed This division has become the most fatal wound, and the separation of the main army means that one of them has to face the siege of more than 4,000 people in Echigo, not to mention that the samurai and ashigaru are collecting food and there is no formation at all.

The sudden attack disturbed the morale of the army, and at this moment, a voice suddenly came out of the Ida and Ashina coalition forces: "Takigawa Tokiyoshi and Shima Tokikatsu are here!" The army of Kira Yoshitoki set up a trap against us! Everyone, run away! ”

The chaotic formation and low morale hit the coalition soldiers hard, and the formation that had barely held on almost collapsed as there were more and more deserters.

"Bitter also! Why bother! Date Mimoto closed his eyes in pain, he couldn't bear to see the suffering of the collapse of the whole army, and the guards and samurai who were surrounded on the left and right hurriedly pulled him backwards and fled.

But the two white-armored generals rushed over relentlessly, killing the Ida Horse who was caught off guard, and went straight to Date Huizong, who was still stunned, is stabbed, several Ida family horse warriors used their bodies to block this fatal blow, and at the same time made Date Huizong wake up and turn around and fled, the next moment a strong wind blew, Date Huizong found that his head sank and almost hit the neck of the mount, and looked up to find that a large piece of the three-day moon pocket on his head was shot off, and his hair was scattered by a powerful bow.

He only had time to glance back at the figure of the white-armored archer general standing solemnly with his bow drawn, his face was blocked by the throat chakra, but he couldn't see his appearance, but the tall figure was imprinted in his mind: "Is this the island of the Kira family?" Sure enough, he is worthy of a generation of fierce generals in Gyeonggi! (To be continued......)