On September 19, the Kira army entered Iwafune Prefecture, the northernmost part of Shimoetsu, and stretched northeast from the Agano River, along the way the Shinbata, Kaji, Nakajo, Kurokawa, Shibe, Honjo, and Ayukawa clans to Dewa Province.

This group of psoriasis-like local Chinese organizations exist in all countries, for example, there is a group of difficult and difficult Chinese people in Kinai, usually their knees are soft like noodles and kowtow to anyone when they see them, but if you provoke him, they will swarm up in groups to become an army, and even the imperial court shogunate has no way to recruit them, and these local people are similar, everyone has a good ability to entangle people, such as Echigo's Yangbei Zhong is one of the exemplary Lang parties.

This group of people is very similar to the Musashi Seven Party but not quite the same, the similarity is that they all came from the north of the Agano River and far away from the Kamietsu Kasuga Yama Castle Guoya, and gradually established a group of samurai who relied on the countryside by virtue of their geographical relations, but the difference is that these people are different from the Lang Party in the Kamakura period, and they are not from a clan in themselves, they come from many Lang Clans that have nothing to do with each other.

The more famous clans were divided into the Chichibu Party of Koizumino, the Miura Party of Okuyamaso, the Sasaki Party of Kajiso, the Omi Party of Shirakawaso, and the former Nitta Party and Shinano Genji of the Nagao family.

The Honjo clan, the clan of the Chichibu Party, is divided into two families, the Sebe clan and the Ayukawa clan, which is one of the Banto Hachihei clans, and the real descendants of the Chichibu Party are the Hatakeyama Shigetada clan, a famous imperial family in the early Kamakura period, and since his death, the clan has been inherited by the Ashikaga family, and there is now one of the three clans.

The clan of the Miura Party, the Nakajo clan. This Nakajo clan is not in any way related to the family of Nakajo Tokihide of the Kira family. The Miura Party is also one of the Bando Hachihei clans. And the family governor Nakajo Fujizi is also a leader-level samurai in Yangbei, and the family is divided into Kurokawa Morimi, Kurokawa Kiyomi's father and son family, as well as the Yoshie Keiko family, and the Yamayoshi Masahisa family who is close to the Nagao family.

The Omi Party is spread throughout Echigo, and its descendant is the Castle Clan, the same Castle Masashi who escaped with Okuma Ashide, and he also made an honorable prisoner, and the Omi Party is also one of the Banto Hachihei clans. There are Kakizaki Keijia clan, the first warrior of the Seven Counties of Echigo, the Yasuda Nagahide clan, and the Sugiwara clan.

The clan of the Sasaki Party is the Kaji clan, and the family has the Shinbata clan, the Fifty Gongno clan, and the Takemata clan, and it is also a very strong and powerful countryman family.

The old Nitta Party was not a family, but a samurai family of the Southern Dynasty to which Nitta Yoshisada belonged, including the Kokuni clan and the Kanra clan that were close to the Nagao family, and the Kanzu clan and the Shinzu clan of the Shinano Genji clan were also on the side of the Nagao family.

Except for these few. The Yamaura clan of Shirakawaso and the Chisaka clan of Kosemori Castle, although living north of the Agano River. But it does not belong to a member of the Yangbei people, the Yamaura clan is the Echigo Uesugi family branch, and the Chisaka clan is the branch of the Inuhang Uesugi family, and the two families are both Echigo Uesugi factions and have a deep estrangement from the Yangbei people.

In fact, the Nagao family in Shimoetsu also has a territory Zhixing, and the Nagao family is also one of the Kamakura Party clans of the Bandong Yahei clan, and the family development is intertwined throughout the Kanto, and has been the head of the Uesugi family, the leader of the Kanto region, the strength of the Kamakura Party is even more than the Chichibu Party, the Miura Party, and the combined strength of the Omi Party, including the Chiaki Nagao clan, the Kamakura Nagao clan, the Shirai Nagao clan, the Sosha Nagao clan and the Echigo Nagao clan, but the strength of this clan is much weaker when dispersed to the eight countries of Kanto, and there is only one Echigo Nagao in Echigo.

Even so, Echigo Nagao still has various branches such as Funai, Sanjo, Ueda, Suyoshi, Shimoda, Kuroodo, and Biwajima, and once the power of the entire Nagao family is kneaded together, its power can stabilize the Yangbei people, and the strategy pursued by Nagao Jinghu is also a strategy dedicated to uniting one door and winning over and dividing the Yangbei people.

From the moment the Kira army, which was carrying the Ashikaga two leading and two relying flags, entered Shimoetsu, the people of Echigo showed great enthusiasm, and in the large area of Kaji Castle, Kanezu Yoshigu and Kokuni Yorihisa, who were the pro-Nagao faction in the Yangbei people, personally greeted them, both of whom were around forty years old, and their expressions of excitement were difficult to hide.

The pressure on the two of them for more than half a month is huge, and some secret agreements reached within Yangbeizhong have also been learned by them from special channels, but even if they know, what can they do? In this circle, you must abide by the rules of the circle, and the same principle can be substituted into the circle of Yangbeizhong, and there is a limit to what they can do if they are not mainstream who belong to the long-tail family, unless they can't get along with Yangbeizhong, which is not a good thing for their family.

"The great victory of Wuweidian in China and Vietnam greatly boosted everyone's morale! It has strengthened the determination of many people to resist the rebels! ”

"Wuwei Palace! Isn't it time for us to go to war? ”

The two of them, who had been suppressed for many days, were eager to fight at this time, and Kira Yoshishi said with a pleasant face: "Don't worry! Let's talk about the situation of Nakajo Echizen Temple, right? ”

"The situation at Echizen Hall is fine! In the past few days, the Kurokawa family and the Honzhuang family have quieted down, and the Dabaoji family has been stationed in the Mai Castle of the Honjo family for the time being. The two didn't say that it was because they were frightened by the Kira army and didn't dare to go out of battle, and the news that the Kira army had eaten two thousand troops lightly spread to Xiayue, and who would dare to fight a decisive battle in the field at this juncture was simply death.

"Hide as a shrunken turtle? Do you think that if you do this, you will not be able to deal with you? Kira Yoshishi smiled silently, he burned Hojo Castle half to the ground with just one fire, and the double suppression of iron cannons and heavy wisteria bows was simply cheating at the current tactical level, if it weren't for the fact that he cherished his troops and was reluctant to fill it with human lives, then Hojo Castle would have been captured early.

A simple welcome banquet was hastily held under the gathering of the people of Shimoetsu, except for Nakajo Fujishi, Ayukawa Kiyocho, and Katsucho Sebe, who were in charge of the front line, who were basically supposed to come, and at the banquet, the people of the north vied with each other to flatter the acting lord, and some of the people who were directly involved in the spring mountain castle on that day also described the situation of the day, how wise and decisive Kira Yoshitoki was.

Anyway, the cultural foundation of these Yangbei people is just like that, and in turn, there are just a few adjectives used to use it, and the Kira family who listened to it was sick to their stomachs. The samurai of Mikawa are stupid enough to have a mouth. But anyway, they also cultivated in Kinai for three years. I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run, and I have long been disdainful of such low-level sycophants.

This not sumptuous welcome banquet ended quickly, and Kira Yoshitoki rejected those Yangbei people who were ready to meet him on the grounds of fatigue from afar, these people just wanted to get closer to the relationship, and it was best to be able to find out the armament situation of the Kira family and how to train the elite soldiers, as for allegiance? They didn't say it from beginning to end.

"It's okay to hide! It's better to hide than to mess around. ”

Ben Tashi said with a sad face: "Lord Pavilion! The traffic in Xiayue is not smooth, and the transportation of the small pack load team is really ......"

"What's wrong with the packers?"

"Because there are too many swampy plateaus in Xiayue, our army's small pack loads are not familiar with the road and almost elk. After a long detour, several times to transport military rations, and were also plundered by local servants and bandits, but fortunately, they were all annihilated one by one by the ashigaru team of their own family. "Echigo's territory is extremely wide, hundreds of kilometers from northeast to southwest, and its terrain is complex and spreads through various landforms such as swamps, dense forests, hills, mountains, and deep valleys, and as it advances northeast from the Shinano River, a large number of undeveloped lakes and marshes gradually appear, causing great trouble for the normal march of the small pack wagons.

Kira Yoshitoki walked up to the map and thought for a while, then pointed to a blue line on the map and said, "Let's change the boat!" You can go directly from Arakawa to Hirabayashi Castle. ”

Following where his hand pointed, it was the Arakawa River at the northern tip of Shimoetsu. This natural river divides the Yohoku people into two parts, and north of the Arakawa River is dominated by the Honjo clan, the Ogawa clan, the Sebe clan, and the Ayukawa clan, which belong to the Chichibu party. The geographical location of this place is close to the Shonai of Dewa Province, so that the dealer has always been inextricably linked to the people of Dewa Province.

Honjo Castle was originally known as Maizuru Castle, originally the residence of the Ogawa clan, a branch of the Honjo clan, since two years ago, when Honjo was thirteen years old, he presided over the thirteenth time of his father, the head of Honjo, and suddenly forced his uncle Ogawa to die, so he took this Maizuru Castle and changed its name to Honjo Castle.

The attack on Honjo Castle was the core goal of this operation, and the Kira family's use of this barren river to transport military rations to Hirabayashi Castle was not only a simple action to transport military rations, but also a test of the people of Xiayue, testing their attitude and stance towards attacking Honjo Castle.

"Your Majesty understands!" Hondoshi nodded knowingly, got up and left in a hurry.

"Honjo is prosperous, Sebe is victorious, Ayukawa Kiyocho, this Chichibu Honjo clan is really troublesome, and Yangbei is even more troublesome!" After staring at the map and thinking for a long time, I couldn't stand it and ran back to my battalion commander Li.

Repulsing the maid arranged by the Kaji family, Kira Yoshitoki suddenly relaxed, this many days of running and toiling and planning and calculating really made people feel a sense of exhaustion, but fortunately, the bad situation was finally brought under control, and the battle that was about to break out was an important battle to end the Echigo civil war.

"Your Highness is tired! Chiyo women help you pinch your shoulders! The double ponytail little Lori quietly came out from behind him, compared to the thin little Lori half a year ago, how long did it take to grow more than half a head taller, if it weren't for the nutrition of the little Lori when she was a child, she might be able to challenge one meter four eight.

"Well, it's going to take some effort here!" The stupid Lori is not only much taller, but even her hair has grown a lot, and her two double ponytails are dozens of times larger than the claws and pigtails when she first saw them, and they can already hang down to her shoulders and have a large scale.

"Anyway, what do Chiyo women usually do? It's always elusive. ”

"Now? Follow His Highness, practice ninjutsu, eat and sleep! The stupid Lori's off-line answer is still powerful, and with the action of massage, the little head will sway from side to side, shaking the double ponytail and sweeping his face itching, and after a while, he gradually closes his eyes when he is sleepy.

"Your Highness!"

"Huh?"

"What happened to that demon boy?"

“…… Didn't you agree that you couldn't ask Doraemon questions before you went back? You've fouled again! Kira Yoshitoki opened his eyes and flicked it lightly on Chiyome's forehead.

"Oh! Then let's not talk about it! Why play someone's forehead! The stupid Lori pouted and rubbed her smooth forehead with an unhappy face, and after a while, she turned her head and asked quietly, "Is Your Highness going to fight again?" ”

"Hmm!"

Chiyo Mochizuki tilted her head and looked at him: "When will those bad guys finish fighting?" ”

"It's a bit complicated, and I can't say how many of them."

"Is it like the story of Doraemon? It's going to take a long time to know the result! ”

“…… In a sense, yes! (To be continued......)