In the first half of the month after the crusade was issued, an army of 20,000 was gathered under Kasuga Yamajo Castle, which far exceeded all the daimyo in the eastern country, and the 20,000 troops were divided into two groups, of which 5,000 were to be rushed to Echichu by Saito Asanobu as a general, where they would gather together with 15,000 troops led by Yamamoto Tokiyuki, Numata Yumitsu, Kakizaki Keiie, and others to carry out the crusade strategy of Kira Yoshito.

On the other hand, Nagao Keitora was the general in chief, leading 15,000 men and carrying the main force of the Kira Army to Izuwa to rescue the powerful national power of the Daihoji clan in Satsukai Prefecture, and the Shinano side of Shinano's Shiraku Sadatsu, Miyabe Yoshijun, and Sanada Yukitaka were responsible for sweeping down the Shinano Kunitsu and issuing a reward order, but those who reported the remnants of the sins could receive a reward ranging from 50 to 10 kan once it was verified and confirmed.

With the cooperation of the profit-seeking villagers, more than 1,000 remnants of the party were quickly arrested, although in the end they were not able to catch Takeda Ryuyoshi, but they still caught a few secret gathering points that had always been a pinch, and dug up the gold and silver treasures hidden in them worth tens of thousands of yuan, more than 1,000 sets of grain and grass, more than 1,000 sets of ordnance, and the resources involved in the case were amazing, which shows that this force has long been deeply rooted in Shinano by Takeda Shingen for a long time.

As for the crippled party who was arrested, they were escorted to Kasuga Mountain Castle to determine their identities and the level of involvement in the case through layers of interrogation, and all the main culprits were hanged to set an example, and the servants were exiled to the mines of Echigo according to the level of the crimes committed, and what awaited them was the life of a miner who lived forever and forever, this is a new method learned by Kira Yoshitoki, and it is more appropriate to kill only the first evil remnant than to be exiled.

Shinano's large-scale purge of the territory soon spread to Ueno Province, and soon the people of Ueno Province also attacked the few Ichijo Monastery temples in the country under the permission of Kira Yoshitoki, arrested all the Ichijo sect monks and exiled them to Sado Island. When he seized the property of Ichizo Temple and paid half of the loot to Kira Yoshishi in proportion. Almost instantly, the innocent Ichisho Monastery in Ueno Kunichu was thrown into the abyss of no return.

At the same time, the Kira priests began to exert their strength. In response to the dissatisfaction and complaints of the people of Ueno, Mitsui Toraka explained: "Isn't it good enough to give you a new village and a safer residence? This mountain and river are full of earth buildings, what is the benefit of the country and the country, if one day the world is peaceful, will you continue to live in the mountains? ”

There are also concerns that if the castle is demolished, they will not know how to resist the Hojo Army in the Musashi direction or an attack in the Shimono direction, and there are deep doubts about this kind of thing. Mitsui Tiger Gao told them not to worry, as long as the lord goes out of the horse, he will be invincible, and the lord thinks that he can't defend the first person who sells the bid according to the danger, and as long as someone dares to enter Echigo, he must be prepared to suffer a fierce counterattack.

The first thing Mitsui Toraka did when he took office was to implement the Rakuchi Decree to completely abolish the privileges of the Zasho, and to obtain a sky-high fine from the temple shrine commissioner Toraya Soyi, confiscate all the illegal property of the Zasho merchants associated with the Ichijo sect, and fundamentally cut off all the activities of the Ichijo clan in Ueno Province, and the Ina Tadashi family of Shinano ransacked all the properties of the Ichijo clan in the same way, and for a time only a few Ichijo Monagu temples in the entire Shinano and Suwa prefectures survived, and the rest of the temples and monks were all deprived.

Take this opportunity. The temple shrine was led by Toraya Soi, who began to implement the monk membership management system, and incorporated the panicked Shinano and Ueno temples into the Kira family's temple system. Using a soft knife to cut out the surplus land in the hands of the temple community little by little, and then cooperating with the prohibition of the burial system and the construction of public cemeteries, the carrot in one hand and the stick in the other hand forcibly demolished the little resistance of the temple community.

This has to be said that Kurita Kanyasu of Zenkoji Temple is very smart, his family only keeps a temple property and a small amount of land in Zenkoji Temple on Kawanaka Island, and the rest of the temple property is all donated, he has decided to be a qualified monk rather than a samurai, and the samurai still has to see people kowtow and bow and risk killing their heads to earn military merits, which is far less relaxed than his life with an iron rice bowl.

Kira Yoshitoki attached great importance to this kind of gentleman who knew the times, and soon issued a new edict that all temples and shrines willing to take the initiative to cooperate with the edict would be given a certain amount of tax exemption and exemption, ranging from one-third to one-half of the total annual tax tribute, and stated that the monks would never serve in the army, so as to ensure that the monks' extraordinary status would not be oppressed, and that wealthy temples would be allowed to use their money to hire nearby townspeople or farmers living in the towns to work for the temples, and some temples that had completely given up their right to cultivate would naturally not charge a single tax.

As long as you don't plough the land, don't occupy the land, and don't accept the attached fields, you won't be charged a penny tax, as long as you want to keep the land and farming rights, then you will collect as many annual tributes and taxes as you want.

In the long run, the temple community will naturally give up the luxury of owning land, and if there is that skill, it is better to study how to open the Dharma to make sesame oil money, prohibit the temple from colluding with the merchants to ensure that the interests of the Kira family in Shinano and Ueno countries are not harmed, and gradually expand their influence by absorbing the participation of bankrupt small merchants.

At the same time, the number and growth of monks are controlled through monkhood, and each temple is allowed to have a certain number of temple clans, that is, the offspring born by the abbot or head of the temple, and at the same time, it is stipulated that a certain number of new monks must be recruited to enrich the fresh blood of the temple.

Thanks to the limited influence of the temples of Echigo, Shinano, and Ueno, if it were placed in an area with strong temples such as Kinai or Saikoku, it might be a big thing to turn the world upside down, and Kira Yoshitoki wanted to use this means to subtly weaken the religious group that dominated the development of medieval Japan, and not allow them to exert their influence unscrupulously.

On July 27, Saito Asanobu led 5,000 elites to Uozu Castle in Vietnam, and there were 2,000 elite "black dragoons" in this 5,000 army, but the flag seal of this iron cavalry was changed from the familiar Kuyoba flag to the Ashikaga family's Ashikaga two leading two flags, since Uesugi Masatori changed his name and announced that the minister was from the Kamitsu Ashikaga family, he could not be counted as a retainer of the Uesugi family.

It took a lot of effort to travel all the way from being a relative to a child, and it was not easy to come over, not to mention how difficult it was for 5,000 people to rush over without stopping. Even a man who is beaten with iron is tired, but it is not light. You must know that the natural danger that you don't know is not a joke. If you are not careful, you will be swept away by the evil waves, and you can't save it if you want to, Saito Asanobu came over with 5,000 soldiers and horses day and night without breaking a single person, and the quality of this soldier is enough to crush the main elite of most of the daimyo.

At this time, the sun was setting and it was getting late, and Ueno Ienari scolded angrily with an empty water bladder, and rode his horse forward and said, "General! The boys are tired, can you stop and rest for a while before walking! ”

Catching a glimpse of the expectant looks of the samurai beside him, Saito Chaoshin shook his head and vetoed, "Don't rest and keep going!" The speed continues to increase, and there is still a way to go! The Lord said that those who walk a hundred miles are half ninety. The purpose of this march is to test the combat strength of the legion, if you can't even endure this hardship, how can you follow the Lord to fight in all directions in the future? ”

"Yes!" The reason why the elite of the Kira family is called the elite is not only because they are full-time soldiers, not only because they are well paid, well trained and equipped, but also because they have a strong tenacity from the main general to the ordinary ashigaru, and this tenacity can also be found in the former Echigo Nagao family, Kai Takeda family, or the elite of the Sagami Hojo family.

Kira Yoshitoki once told Saito Asanobu about the deeds of many famous generals of the Central Plains Dynasty. But the creation of a hundred battles of the lion needs to shape the soul of the army, just as people take benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, forgiveness, courage as a moral template, and vigorously advocate the code of conduct. The individual's excellent behavior and quality can be used as a lifelong belief to believe, and the same is true for the establishment of a strong army.

Loyalty, bravery, law-abiding, perseverance, respect for the righteousness of the samurai, with absolute execution and a very high spirit of sacrifice, this is the elite teacher in the mind of Kira Yoshitoki, this candid words deeply shocked Saito Asanobu, for a traditional samurai of the Warring States period, to say such a small words is so shocking, it is like Hong Zhong Dalu Zhen deaf.

It turned out that he was a waste of more than ten years on the battlefield, he didn't think about such a complex and profound concept in his heart, in his eyes, the weapon is good, the soldiers are brave, the whole army works together, and the heart is a strong army, in the past, the fight with the national army is also a fight, who is more brave to shock the other party, morale to take the lead can defeat the enemy, this time after obtaining Kira Yoshishi's far-sighted analysis, quickly clear their own goals, the whole person is also full of energy.

The sunset is magnificent and colorful, like embedding a layer of bright and brilliant golden halo, the beautiful burning clouds are purple and red, as if a hundred flowers are in full bloom, and the thrilling natural beauty makes people linger, and the magic of nature once again shows this beautiful and colorful wonder to the world.

Outside Uozu City, thousands of people and horses stood in high spirits outside the city gate and waited quietly, after a long time, a familiar white flag appeared at the end of the field of vision on the hill in the distance, and the familiar Ashikaga two flags made the samurai breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that only their own military strength came at this time, but they had to confirm it with their own eyes to relax.

At the head came two thousand elite cavalry, the black-clad Echigo elite cavalry galloped in uniform steps, and suddenly the roar of iron hooves on the ground made Shiina Yasuyin change color, and then glanced back at the Vietnamese Chinese such as Tufei Zhengfan, one by one, their eyes widened as if they wanted to reflect the scene of this moment in their minds, and Shiina Yasuyin couldn't help but be a little discouraged.

Accelerating the charge, slowing down and finally stagnating, the two thousand cavalry completed a standard queue assault exercise at a distance of five between the distances, and at the same time accelerated to the top speed and then slowed down at the same time to move at a constant speed, and finally slowed down and stopped at the same moment, from beginning to end no knight made a mistake, the largest error between the lines was only more than half of the horse's body, this training degree was too terrifying, even Yamamoto Tokiyuki was amazed by it.

"Why did Echigo make such a big battle, these are two thousand black dragoons! These two thousand black dragoons will definitely be as easy as slaughtering chickens and dogs to kill us Chinese! Will we still have a way to survive in the Chinese future? Is this trying to force my Shiina family to death, to force my family to death? ”

Shiina Yasuyin's mouth was bitter, although he knew in advance that such an elite was coming, but when he saw the powerful execution of the Black Dragoon with his own eyes, the frustration and discouragement in his heart were self-evident. The Vietnamese Chinese next to him do not have such a psychological burden as him. Wholeheartedly admire this invincible division. The proud Black Dragoons calmly accepted the applause of thousands of people, and their pride lay not in underestimating the enemy but in their absolute confidence in themselves.

Yamamoto Tokiyuki and Saito Asanobu greeted each other, and then patted him on the shoulder very happily and said, "Shimono Mamoru, these two thousand black dragoons are very well trained!" The Lord is right, complete and rigorous training can only produce a bunch of excellent soldiers long ago, and only the military that has experienced the strength of raw silk fighting can become elite! These two thousand black dragoons are the real elite, the elite division that can sweep across the Northern Continent! ”

"The Lord's request is to sweep the Echichu back to Tonba County! Does Sado Moriden have other ideas? Saito asked suspiciously.

Yamamoto Shixing said with a smile: "The Lord's order is indeed so, we just need to drive away Yuezhong and always do it." But in the future, we must continue to advance, exterminate the Tonami Prefecture, attack Kaga Province and sweep the ground to the original territory, we as subordinates should take precautions, when the Lord needs our actions, we do not have to spend time redoing the plan Feixin preparations, only the whole army to attack with the power of thunder to break the enemy in one fell swoop, and strive for complete victory on the premise of reducing losses, this move is the way of the general's military strategy. ”

"Thank you Sado Hall for mentioning it in time, I understand!" Saito nodded knowingly in thanks. He knew very well that the one-eyed and lame old man in front of him was a master of military strategy who had cultivated several generals, including Kira Yoshitoki. This old man is not only proficient in military strategy, but also has a very rich experience in strategy, and many incomprehensible truths are often just a mention of him, and he is definitely a respectable samurai.

The army entered the city to hold a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust, and on the night Yamamoto Tokiko Tokiko took his land Numata Yumitsu, and discussed with Kakizaki Keijia, Saito Asanobu, Yasuda Keimoto, Yoshie Keizi and others to discuss the matter of sending troops to Vietnam, they had 20,000 troops in their hands, and there were 3,000 nationals from various counties in Vietnam as a reserve, and there was no shortage of samurai generals, fierce generals, and wise generals who were present, and all of them were veterans who had experienced countless battle formations, experienced and each had a military strategy and expertise, whether it was a field battle or a tough battle, they could come up with a good cooperation.

Yamamoto Tokiyuki as the banner leader of the Vietze-Central Raiders, the general of the Vietizing Army, the deputy general Kakizaki Keijia, the pioneer general Saito Asanobu, the left-wing general Yasuda Keimoto, the right-wing general Yoshie Keizi, Shiina Yasuyin got his wish to serve as the rear position, Numata Yumitsu served as the army to coordinate military affairs, Yamamoto Tokiyuki this combination was very satisfied, bluntly said that he was confident that he would recover the three counties within the year, and the generals said that they had strong morale and could fight with it.

Ten days later, on a sunny morning, the 20,000 troops of the Yuezhong Army swore to the battle, and the officials of the Zongfang of the Yuezhong Dynasty gathered to hold on to the city and asked for help from the main land of Tonba County.

It is said that according to the usual speed of sending troops, it will have to drag on for a month or two to kill Yuezhong, and then send troops from Yuezhong, it will be after the autumn harvest, so the two old monks are not worried about Echigo's set at all, and they think that they want to engage in some public opinion warfare or something, as for Shinano and Ueno Kuni's disciples who have always had nothing to do with them? If there is a problem, it is also a headache for Chaosheng Temple, and it is not their turn to worry about it.

The two old monks didn't understand the speed of Echigo's troops, thinking that the long tail was the god of Jingda, Bao Qingzong, but he didn't come to the battlefield of Viethorn until August. They couldn't figure out what it was, and even if he wanted to, he didn't know what kind of army was on the other side.

On August 12, Horie Castle should be deceived into opening the city gate to lead the army to station, and then Yuzhuang Castle, Koide Castle, and Buddha Sex Temple Castle have broken away from the castle and surrendered, Yingno Castle Shinbokei Saburo Cage Castle failed in the castle tower and killed himself, Omura Castle was broken by Ueno Ienari, Shinzhuang Castle was broken by Kazaka Chomi, and in the blink of an eye, half of Shinkawa County was broken by the Echichu Army, and Tonami County watched the army push to the east bank of the Jintong River without even any reaction.

Seeing that the enemy army had come to the gate of his house, the lord of Toyama Castle, the god security guard Yun Shou clan, was in a hurry, but the rescue of the god protection chief was delayed, he knew that most of his brother was afraid of the Kira army, and it was estimated that he was a pawn to be abandoned, not to mention how bitter he was.

"I thought that this Toyama Castle was the best place with the best terrain and the most convenient transportation in Vietnam, but I didn't think that this was also the goal of the highest priority merit, and I regretted that I shouldn't have let Toyama Castle in the first place! If the family lets him take this city, this time it won't be the family facing the army of the Kira family! ”

Originally, he heard that Echigo was going to fight Echichu, and he had been worried about whether he could withstand Echigo's fierce retaliation, and found Katsukoji Yuncheng and Zuisenji Daihide hoping that they would quickly recruit an army and build defensive facilities to resist Echigo's invasion.

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he was almost spat on by Shengxing Temple Yuncheng, and laughed at him for being timid and afraid between words, and he was so annoyed that he wanted to cut off this hateful old monk, but looking at his own size and being a lot shorter than him, the Zen staff with such a thick baby arm was really not something that his katana could compete with, and finally rationally gave up the idea of using force.

Nowadays, the evil consequences of not recruiting military service in advance are apparent, and the normal recruitment of military service takes at least two or three months, and it may take half a year for inefficient lords, such as the Hojo family, and other daimyo of the Warring States with a high degree of faimyo, can complete emergency mobilization within twenty days, and give him a month and a half to meet the war, which is almost twice as fast as all the daimyo of the current era.

Seeing that the military service was not recruited for a while, and he was also a prisoner when he sent his own military strength, he simply wrote a letter to his younger brother Shenbao Shichun, telling him that if he could keep the rules, he would come to Zengshan City to join him, so that his brother would not shorten his food and clothing. (To be continued......)