PS: The problem of Tiger Ji is not so complicated, the great plague in 1554 was very severe, not only in Echigo, but in a large area There was a great plague, how many samurai people died of illness because of this, including many of their family members died of illness, and the reason was to go outside for their own men to help the victims and put their lives on the line. As a woman from the Kira family, is Torahime hiding in the city like talking? The women of the samurai family are doing things for men, and after the war, they have to clean and decapitate the heads of their own men, and there are many things to do.

The last rays of afterglow on the horizon dissipated, and in the vast dark night, a team worked tirelessly to clean the battlefield, the Takeda army hurriedly retreated and left thousands of corpses, where there were trophies belonging to the victors, the navy on the Chikuma River had long since disappeared, the poignant crows seemed to tell a story that could be sung and cried, and the cold waning moon reflected on the blood-stained Hachimangahara.

Clusters of raging fires rose to the sky, and the corpses must be burned as soon as possible, especially in the season of drought, locust plague, and plague, and there were bursts of painful wails in the barracks from time to time, and the military doctors were busy boiling water to treat the wounds of the wounded, and the sake that had been distilled repeatedly could exceed 70 degrees, and it was also used as a disinfectant alcohol, but fortunately, the group of Echigo samurai who loved to drink did not know about it, otherwise they would get into trouble sooner or later.

The war was won, but the results were not abundant, except for the seriously wounded and paralyzed Sergeant Takeda, almost no prisoners were captured, and from the perspective of the war's gains, the gains of the war on this occasion outweighed the losses, and the specific benefits needed to be determined slowly in the post-war peace talks.

Some of the samurai excitedly sang the folk songs of their hometown, some frowned and thought about summing up the gains and losses of the first battle, and more were at a loss after joy. The losses are not light, and the gains are not much. The dead and wounded comrades were still groaning in pain. There were several writers who were good at writing paperwork and were active in making war records.

In Asahiyama Castle, Kira Yoshitoki was in a very bad mood, and the bad news from Echigo made him not even have the mind to hold a military meeting, his heart was no longer in Kawanakajima, and he wanted to grow wings and fly to Kasuga Mountain Castle immediately, but a bunch of military affairs had to be handled by his nod, and he was busy until he only took a nap for three hours in the middle of the night, and barely got up when the sun rose high.

Yubi Nobuyuki Matsui took a stack of documents and said excitedly: "The hall owner came just in time. The results of the battle have come out, and our side lost 2,676 casualties, 1,533 seriously wounded, and 6,375 lightly wounded...... The Takeda army lost 4,859 casualties, not counting serious and minor injuries, but the losses of the Takeda army were definitely much greater than our losses, and our army won a complete victory in this battle! ”

"More than 30% of the people were killed in battle, and the number of serious injuries will not be less than 3,000! According to the old minister's observation, almost everyone in the Takeda Army is injured, and this time it is definitely going to hurt the muscles and bones! Tokiyuki Yamamoto smiled reluctantly, and the worry on his face flashed. Knowing the character of this governor, it is not easy to sit here.

"There is no surprise attack where the roasting team decides the victory. I'm afraid I can only get a bad victory! "Langgang also knows how many catties and taels his army has, and his advantage is nothing more than professional training, strict military discipline, and well-equipped, and the order is forbidden, whether it is a javelin or a gun shield, it is far from being the elite of a hundred battles.

"But our side already has a huge advantage......" Ben Tashi just wanted to refute, but thinking about it, it was really not that easy to fight, and finally shook his head and said: "The tenacity of the Takeda army is beyond our expectations, and the two wings are still fighting to the death without retreating, which is indeed very difficult!" ”

"However, there are a lot of samurai in the Takeda Army who are begging for death this time!"

"Hehehe......" The samurai laughed, compared to their own losses, the famous generals of the Takeda family died a lot, and there was definitely no way to shirk the serious injury, look at what he said "five points of victory".

Soon the Nagao retainers and the Shinano people arrived one after another, and this long-lost victory made everyone very excited, happily discussing how to defeat the Takeda family to make a name for themselves, and soon someone noticed that Kira Yoshishi's face was very unsightly, and he reminded his companions in a low voice, and the excitement gradually disappeared, and hundreds of people returned to silence.

"Although this battle is won, the Takeda army has not retreated, and the monarchs cannot take it lightly!" Kira Yoshitoki said solemnly: "Master craftsman, the next stage is to nail the Takeda army and not move, the people of Shinano country converge with the forces of Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru and Murakami Habayashi Nakaro to attack the city as much as possible, and take the end of September as the final boundary to determine the final demarcation of the territory of harmony, and the family not only wants Kawanakajima, but also Kokugun!" ”

The Shinano people here were full of enthusiasm, and many of them imagined the wonderful feeling of returning home after a few years of absence.

"I'll leave it to the old minister, Honjo Misakumoru and Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru to be in charge here."

"Hmmm! The family will go back to Echigo first! Kira Yoshishi got up and left.

"Wuweidian wants to go back?" The samurai of Echigo and Shinano were surprised: "What's going on?" Isn't it inappropriate for the general to rush back just after the war has not yet reached peace? ”

Yamamoto Shixing frowned and was silent, and several samurai who knew the inside story also kept silent, and after the low speculation and discussion of the samurai gradually disappeared, the old man of the family said loudly: "Yesterday's victory was not easy, originally today was supposed to have a celebration banquet, but this battle has not been fully completed and can only be postponed first, now the war has not ended, there is a banquet without wine, please understand, as for the reward for the victory of this battle, you don't have to worry, my lord has already made a plan, and it will be issued immediately after reaching a peace with the Takeda family!" ”

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Takeda Harunobu listened to the list of fallen samurai with regret, as the governor of the family, he has to bear a huge responsibility, how to face the hometown father of Kai, how to meet those relatives who are eagerly looking forward to the return of victory, and the family foundation that has been recorded for more than ten years has been knocked out of three, what should the future of the Takeda family do!

"The losses in this battle are twice as large as those of Uedawara and Toshiava!" The Takeda retainers sighed, it is useless to say anything now, no famous samurai family, no righteous name is worth winning on the battlefield, being able to win the war is more true than real money, and it is in vain to say that you can't win the war.

"That Ji Liangyi's ruthless plan must be a calculation to scold our army and other soldiers with a scolding! It's really unscrupulous for the sake of the end! In the opinion of the old minister, this joint battle cannot be fought! Imai Nobufu's burning gaze swept over the Takeda retainers, especially on the faces of the Komai Masatake, Nobuaki Kibe, Mitsuken Nagasaka and others who stayed for a long time.

The retainers who were active in the past kept their mouths shut one by one. They were like explaining that it was actually the defeat of the war that hit the Takeda family. Instead of being hit by the scolding of the Takeda family. But how many people believe it? The people of Shinano don't care which blow you are hit, they only know that after you are scolded, you will faint and then be defeated, and only the Takeda retainers know that this is not the case.

Kira Yoshishi scolded cheerfully, but there were a few people in the Takeda family who cared about what he was scolding, and the old things of the Takeda family couldn't explain anything, and the people of Shinano didn't care what he was talking about, and it was true who had the harder fists on the battlefield and who could win. You can't win the war by playing tricks, and you can't win the title of Genji's famous family.

Now the situation is different, he not only scolded happily but also scolded his own lord, so that the wealthy people who don't know the truth think that they are at a loss, those Shinano people are thinking that your Takeda family is really not helpful, you have the ability to collapse in front of Taishan and the color remains unchanged, the elk is happy in the left and the eyes are not instantaneous, and you have the ability to win the battle!

Harunobu Takeda is happy to proclaim his title as a member of the Genji family, to glorify his ancestors, and to add a glorious and sacred cloak to himself, which is beneficial and harmless from any point of view. The premise is not to run into a samurai nobleman like Kira Yoshitoki who is both famous and not lacking in prestige.

He was out of luck this time. Defenseless, he was scolded by Kira Yoshitoki and fainted on the spot, which directly led to the failure of the central command of the Takeda Army, and the situation of the entire war could no longer be grasped, and he could only passively compete for the will to fight, which was equivalent to giving up his own war rhythm to try to adapt to the other party's war rhythm, and it was not surprising that he could lose.

The Takeda retainers know that they will lose the battle on this occasion, even if they can't win, they won't lose, and it's okay to play an equal game, at least both sides can proclaim their own victories, as for who wins and who loses, it doesn't matter who wins or who loses, the most important thing is to have one face, and if you can't account for both, you can only suffer a dull loss, and there is no place to reason, so you can imagine how much the Takeda retainers have in their hearts.

Anyway, his Takeda family is also a famous samurai family for hundreds of years, and the reputation of the Kira family is not too bad, and the genealogy retainers that have developed over the centuries will not be scolded because of a text, and the Takeda family doesn't care how he scolds, as long as he can win the war, he can get it back sooner or later.

With a "bang", Takeda Harunobu's fist smashed on the desk, and the spirits of the retainers and countrymen with their own thoughts were shocked, only to hear him say loudly: "Gentlemen! This is the time of life and death for my Takeda family, please be vigilant and work with me Harunobu to stabilize the situation, and the followers will act immediately to appease the people and heal the wounded soldiers, and the samurai will unite to boost the declining morale, and everyone must take action to defend Shinano and the Takeda family together with me Harunobu! ”

The impassioned voice and tone were so familiar, once again arousing the slightly silent enthusiasm of the warriors of the Takeda family, and the samurai present unanimously leaned over and said, "We are willing to serve the Lord and the horse!" ”

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The fierce battle on Shinano Kawanaka Island passed quietly, and on the street leading to Echigo Sekiyama, a group of red-armored cavalry galloped by, and the leading knight's gaze swept over the cracked ground on both sides of the street, and his face suddenly became even more ugly.

Heading north from Kitashinano-Iiyama and along Lake Nojiri, he saw barren fields, swarms of locusts gathering to eat all the plants he could see, and peasants kneeling helplessly between the ridges, wrinkled expressions of pain and sorrow weighing heavily on the boulders.

Traveling north along the Sekigawa River into the core area of the Nagao family, the mother river that nourishes more than 100,000 residents on both sides of the river becomes particularly shallow, the drought demon ravages the entire eastern country, especially in Echigo, the impact is greater, this time in previous years is the season of abundant rain, the ponds and ditches of the four branches are full, but now where can you still see the traces of the pond, the bottom of the pond is dry and broken, revealing a crack opening, like a shocking scar.

Passing through the Otemon, all the way up the mountain along the winding mountain road, and when I came to Honmaru, I was quietly relieved to see the normal faces of the attendants, Ah Xu waited under the corridor early, and hurriedly greeted him when he saw Kira Yoshi: "Your Highness!" Her Royal Highness the Princess is out of danger, thanks to Mr. Sixteen Wenqian's skillful hand! ”

"Tokumoto Nagata? Isn't he at the Yuzawa Imperial Palace? Kira Yoshitoki looked at the little maid Ah Xu suspiciously, and followed her all the way to the castle tower, when Tiger Ji had just fallen asleep. A quiet smile sparked on his pale face. Several maids, all wearing masks, waited cautiously. I don't know what the recovery will be.

Standing outside the door and seeing the scene inside the house through the crack, it took a long time for him to sigh and ask, "What's going on?" Why did princesses get the plague? ”

"Ten days ago, Joetsu had a plague for some reason, and the ministers hurried to treat the sick, and Her Royal Highness said that as a woman of the Kira family, she wanted to share her worries, and took us down to the town to boil medicine and feed the seriously ill patients, and we did very carefully to protect Her Royal Highness. Later, because everyone was very busy, it may have been a little negligent from dawn to dark, and after returning to Kasuga Mountain Castle, Her Royal Highness the Princess fainted, but fortunately, Mr. Nagata was in Kasuga Mountain Castle, and his personal consultation quickly stabilized Her Royal Highness's condition. The little maid intermittently explained the cause and effect.

Toraki fulfilled the duties of a samurai woman to deal with the epidemic disaster for him, probably because he was more at ease with his own protection and was in good health, so he was so busy for a few days that he didn't have anything special until he returned to Kasuga Mountain Castle to fall ill, and Nagata Tokumoto's diagnosis was overwork and sickness. Fortunately, the body is strong and the condition is not serious.

"Thank you for your hard work! Pay attention to rest, I see that you are tired too. Kira Yoshitoki smiled reluctantly and left the castle tower.

Maybe he rushed back when he knew Kirayoshi. That night, the girl successfully reduced her fever, the fifth weather recovered slightly, and she was able to sit up on the tenth day, and when she saw Kira Yoshi, she was worried and stayed by her side, and the tiger queen buried in his arms with tears of grievance: "I'm sorry, Your Highness!" Tiger Ji is still too capricious! Worries you! Tiger Ji almost thought that she wouldn't see His Highness! ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ji Liang Yishi hugged Tiger Ji to take care of her messy hair, and said softly: "Tiger Ji will definitely be healthy, and she will give birth to a baby for me in the future, so it will definitely get better, just pay attention next time, and you must bring more guards when you go out, okay?" ”

"Hmmm! Tiger Ji got it. The girl buried her head deeper.

In the next half month, Kira Yoshitoki never left the castle tower to guard the long-tailed tiger hime, hugging her every day to tell stories, tell jokes, play with her big merchants, and in order to make her happy, he also made flying chess, checkers, and military chess.

Military chess is also very simple, directly replaced with the Genji white flag, and the chess pieces are replaced with generals, pipe leaders, management leaders, guardian daimyos, guardian generations, sho generals, ashigaru generals, ashigaru heads, and ashigaru these levels, ashigaru can eliminate traps, and baked jade can blow up any level of chess pieces, so that four people play, it can be divided into two ways to play flip chess, vertical chess, and it is also very interesting to ponder.

With a new game, I pulled Ah Ju and Ah Xu to play with the two of them, and gradually the girl's face became better and better, which made him feel at ease.

"My lord, the plague caused by the death of a farmer who fled from Linguo has been brought under control, and all the dead cattle and horses have been burned, and the sick have been isolated and treated separately, and the spread of the disease has been controlled, and Mr. Nagata's help is very important." Hosokawa Fujitaka has also returned from the front line, and the busy work for many days has made his rich body that he has managed to raise lose weight again.

In just a few months, more than 5,000 people died of Echigo, including some of the countrymen, lords and their families were attacked by the epidemic and died, and what was worse was that the speed of the plague spread very fast, and the plague disaster appeared one after another in the vast land from the south to the northeastern part of the Kanto to Echigo, so that the daimyo in various places could not eat or sleep.

Fortunately, Echigo had a complete and sound mechanism, and the concentric people in various places played a decisive role at this time, whether it was the dead of the disease, cattle and horses, all the collective cremation, and the isolation of the sick to ensure that the speed of the spread of the plague dropped sharply, and provided enough time for doctors such as Nagata Tokumoto and Wajinaase Morima to carry out treatment work.

"Did Mr. Nagata say anything when he came back this time? The family did not see him, and they did not know what his brother's condition was. ”

"According to Mr. Nagata's description, Danshoden's illness has long since healed, and now he is undergoing recovery treatment, especially the old injury to his left ankle, which still needs to be treated, and he will return in the winter."

"Hmmm! How's the autumn harvest going? ”

"It's almost over! Judging from the current situation, it is very serious! Fortunately, breeding chickens and ducks to kill the locust plague, otherwise it will be even more serious! Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't say the word "murderous", in previous years, when he encountered this year, he would have to die thousands of people in the spring of the coming year.

Nowadays, there are more or less waterwheels in the seven counties of Echigo, and even the well fence makes it easier than ever to get water, and every household has last year's old grain enough to survive the famine, and this year's harvest is less than starvation.

"My family knows, you've been boiling hard lately, pay more attention to your body."

The difficult autumn finally passed, and the first snowfall of the winter for several consecutive days heralded the end of the drought, and before the snowfall came, the late rice sown at the latest, and the second corn was also dried and put into the warehouse, and the results were soon obtained, because of the impact of drought and locust plagues, the result of this year's Echigo grain production statistics was 670,000 koku.

"That's more than a third less than expected...... I didn't expect the impact of the disaster to be so great! Ji Liangyi's face was gloomy, the long-tailed Jinghu's illness had not yet recovered, and the long-tailed tiger Ji was also recovering from a serious illness, so how could he not be worried.

What bothered him even more was the occupation of Kita Shinano, from the end of July to the end of September, the intensity of this war was far beyond everyone's imagination, the Takeda family paid more than 5,000 people in battle damage, more than 3,600 serious injuries but did not get anything, it can be said that the muscles and bones were greatly injured.

In the stalemate, the combined forces of Nagao and Shinano combined with the naval army of the Kira family, the iron artillery team, and the Shigeto Bow team successively attacked Yashiro Castle, Arato Castle, Waai Castle, and Muroga Castle, and completely captured the original territory of Murakami Yoshikiyoshi in one fell swoop.

The peace talks in Kita-Shinano also reached an impasse, and the Takeda family was unwilling to reap a defeat and retreated, but they were no longer able to fight against the morale-boosting Kira family, so they were so passively nailed to Chajiu Mountain and could not retreat, and what was even more unfavorable was that the back road was copied, even if they wanted to retreat without saying a word, it was not so easy.

On the other hand, Murakami Yoshikiyo suffered a loss in the attack on Toshishi, and several attacks were beaten back by Sanada Yutaka's department, how difficult it is to beat Toshishi, he himself knows very well, a few years ago, Toshikai relied on this strong city to block the Takeda army, and now it's time for him to make a difficulty, Toshicheng can't fight it, and if he doesn't let it go, he will definitely make them a life-and-death dilemma if he doesn't take the back road at any time, so the two sides are deadlocked, and no one can help anyone.

In this case, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly jumped out to act as an intermediary for the two sides, and Taiyuan Yukisai came from Suruga to Kawanaka Island as an envoy to talk about the two sides, and finally reached the basis of peace between the two sides, and the Takeda family recognized the Kira family's occupation in Shinano, and the Kira family had to let the Takeda family leave, and the two sides stopped fighting and made peace.

At the same time, Taiyuan Yukisai expressed to Yamamoto Tokiyuki the hope that the marriage would be brought about as soon as possible, and after several years of teaching, the adopted daughter of the Imagawa family, Princess Ii, had become the daughter of a beautiful samurai family, and the marriage contract between the two parties had already been set, and it was time to complete the marriage.

Yamamoto Tokiyuki told Taiyuan Xuezhai that Kira Yoshitoki's main room was still waiting to marry next year, and Taiyuan Xuezhai immediately said that it had nothing to do with it, and that Princess Ii could be sent to Echigo first. (To be continued......)