Chapter 287: The Tragedy of Uesugi Kenmasa

As a partial teacher, Kakizaki Keijia, Murakami Yoshikiyo, Ogasawara Nagasa, and Takanashi Masayori also received the due reward, and getting the reward from the Kira family also recognized his dominance over Kita Shinano in disguise, but this is far from enough, for example, Ogasawara has not figured out what he should do yet, so he has to think about it.

If you can't figure it out in one year, you can think about it for three years, if you can't figure it out in three years, you can think about it for five years, and if you can't figure it out in five years, you can only be sorry, even if he thinks it out in the future, he won't get what he wants.

Those who privately complained that the Kira family did not appreciate the land Zhixing saw the twenty-four dried corpses of Asahiyama Castle that were hanged, and the cross was much more honest, and at one time confiscated 50,000 stone of land near Kawanaka Island, and the clansmen, retainers and armaments of the twenty-five families all rushed into the Kira family, which increased the strength of the army by 2,800 and hundreds of samurai.

This skill is simply terrifying, the entire Kawanaka Island area of 120,000 koku was quietly occupied by a small half, after assisting Murakami Yoshikiyo to seize the old territory of Katsuo Castle, Kakizaki Keijia Hara Saruge Castle and Kakizaki Castle a total of 280 machibu land, was transferred to Kitashinano Koka-gun Kitsunuru Castle, Isezaki Castle near 450 towns.

This place is located in the southwest of Katsumi Castle, which used to belong to the Murakami family, but now, with the strength and self-confidence of Murakami Yoshikiyo, it is obvious that he cannot keep the old family business, so he can only cede part of the disputed area to the samurai of Echigo, and exchange the frontline land for the relative security near Katsuo Castle.

According to the previous Shi Gao algorithm, the land Zhixing obtained by the Kakizaki Jingjia here is about 4,500 stones, and of course, this Zhixing is also worthy of the risk he takes. Because Kitsunaki Castle and Isezaki Castle have penetrated deep into the vital parts of the western part of Koji County. The Kakizaki family also belongs to the front-line samurai who are on the front line of the battlefield.

Yoshie Jingzi, as the banner of the long-tailed Jinghu, has always been highly valued. This time, he also transferred from the 180 towns of Yoshie Castle to the 300 steps of the former Muroga clan, which was located in the southern part of the Kakizaki Keike domain, on the top of the mountains, and a large area of land under the mountains belonged to him.

The castle is relatively safe, but not without its dangers, a mile west of Muroga Castle is the Aoki Pass, formerly known as the Shunara Pass, which is one of the main thoroughfares leading to the Minami Shinano Matsumoto Basin and Fukashi Castle. There are a large number of Takeda troops stationed there for a long time, and he also needs to be constantly attacked behind the embankment.

Yasuda Keimoto's 140 towns of Yasuda Castle in Chuetsu were transferred to the 270 towns of Susugui Castle in Kitashinano Kokumi-gun, compared to Heijo and Ichima Heikawa in the south of the Chikuma River, and at the same time it was the castle closest to the eastern part of Kokuma-gun, so he had to bear the heaviest military tasks and was the first city to face an attack from the direction of Kokuma.

However, the Chikuma River is located in the north of Susuki Castle, and it is very close to receiving the support of the Kira Navy at any time, and there is also the military assistance of Murakami Yoshikiyo on the other side of the river, and Kakizaki Keike and Yoshie Keizi behind him.

The territory of these three warriors just forms an iron triangle, and they can rely on each other as horns. It can also form a larger defense network with Murakami Yoshikiyo on the other side of the river, and the three samurai who sat in Shinano in the early stage to obtain the Zhixing seal are also a change of direction. It is not difficult to exchange the land of the extinct samurai clan for their allegiance.

These three existing land Zhixing add up to more than 1,000 steps, and there is no problem with the three families working together to pull up a thousand troops, this benefit is still there, at least the people of Echigo are not complaining that the Kira family does not increase the land Zhixing, and the land is not impossible to give, and those who are bent on the land to have autonomy can of course also give the land Zhixing, and this Zhixing addition is to set an example.

In the future, the samurai who want to know the land only need to sink down to serve the public, and strive to fight according to the appearance of Kakizaki Keijia, Yasuda Keimoto, and Yoshie Keizi, and strive to lay down a piece of land.

It can be seen from the Zhixing Seal that the Kira family began to emphasize the huge role of the cultivated land area and the most Zhixing Seal, and the stone high measurement will always fluctuate greatly because of the different harvest years and disaster years, but the cultivated land area is unchanged, unless some samurai deliberately toss the land to desert and salinize, but who would be so stupid? The samurai of the Warring States fought for generations to the death, and they did not fight for that little land.

In the spring mountain castle to celebrate the new year happily, the return of Nagao Keitora and the victory of the war of the three joys, Uesugi Kenmasa, who took refuge in Kanayama Castle in Higashi-Ueno, fell into the third major crisis in his life, the first two were the night battle of Kawagoe and the danger of death in the astronomical rebellion, this is the third and most powerful one, a slight difference in the destruction of the Chi family is light, and the death of the family is heavy.

A few months ago, the brutal Hojo Army went all the way into Ueno Province, and the people of Ueno Province who used to be able to fight seemed to disappear without a trace, no one came to the rescue and no one stood up to accept him, Uesugi Kenmasa fled like a lost dog in embarrassment, which made him, a former famous Kanto manager, how embarrassing!

"Ruler of the Palace! Satake Ukyoden rejects your request! Yuliang Chengfan sat down worriedly, looking at the cold Ohiroma There was no one, there were two retainers here yesterday, and there was no one left today.

Satake Yoshiaki calls himself Doctor Ukyo, and there is no big problem in Kanto, a place where no one cares about and no one asks, the Satake clan was originally another descendant of the Kawachi Genji Yoshimitsu stream, and the original status was equivalent to the Takeda clan, but this family also inherited the political level of the Takeda family and went further, standing on the opposite side of the source Yorichao and being suppressed couldn't raise his head.

So the Satake clan has been unknown, just a native of Hitachio-gun, from the Kamakura period to the Warring States period for more than 300 years, 150 years ago, the Satake clan governor Satake Yoshimori found the Uesugi family in the Tenzan Mountains at that time, saying that he had no son and hoped to welcome an adopted son.

As a result, the powerful Yamanito and Yoshida were disappointed, as a Shu clan, he thought that the position of the governor of the family was nine out of ten, but who knew that the governor of the Satake family wanted to climb the Uesugi family and sell him this family, so he buried the civil strife in the long history of the Satake family.

Therefore, the Satake clan is also a member of Yamauchi Uesugi, and when Uesugi Kenmasa was desperate, he remembered that he still had this sect, so Nagao sent someone to contact Satake Yoshiaki in Hitachi, expressing his willingness to give up the governor of the Uesugi family to Satake Yoshiaki. Including the Kanto Governor, he was also given to him. As long as he can take in his own family.

"The Kohata Party of Kunimine Castle, the Naba family of Isesaki Castle, and the Akai family of Tatebayashi Castle gathered to rebel. The Nagano clan, the Anaka clan, and the Kurakano clan are silent, and now even the Satake family is going to abandon me? Is Heaven going to destroy my Uesugi family? Uesugi Kenmasa, who had not eaten water and rice all day, looked crazy, beating his chest in pain and crying bitterly.

He never expected that the people of Ueno Country would hate him so much, since the night battle of Kawagoe destroyed the Ogiya Uesugi family, and the Yamauchi Uesugi family declined to only the nominal Ueno Ichikoku, his life was like falling into darkness, and Oda Ihara was beheaded by Takeda Harunobu for 3,000 and returned with a loss of armor and humiliation.

Then the Kanto Astronomical Rebellion wanted to show his skills, but found that no one supported him. No one helped him, and several times he was almost hit by the soldiers, which made him realize that his life had changed, and since then, Uesugi Kenmasa has been hiding in Hirai Castle and not going out, and he will write some congratulatory notes to his former retainers during the New Year's holidays, hoping that they will miss the friendship for many years, but he didn't expect that in exchange for a ruthless betrayal.

"Why is this happening? Tell me why this is happening? What am I doing wrong? Because you can't command the troops? But I've never punished anyone, and I've always had a good temper! Uesugi Kenmasa was a little stunned, grabbed Yura Narijo and shook it repeatedly, and the latter secretly cursed a ghost to know, and had to comfort him.

Just a month ago in the winter months. The Hojo family succeeded in a raid on the southern gate of Musashi Province and Ueno Castle, which shocked the people of Ueno Province. Having just experienced the invasion of a major drought, the people of Ueno Kuniku were simply unable to resist the invasion of the Hojo Army against common sense, and powerful people such as Kohata, Nabo, Akai, and Tomioka took the lead in raising the anti-flag and serving as the vanguard of the Hojo Army to attack the territory of the former lord, and Uesugi Kenmasa had to flee from Hirai Castle in embarrassment under the cover of Nagao.

As a result, when Hirai Castle fell, when he arranged for his henchman Ma Yu to escort his eldest son Ryuwakamaru to escape, those hateful Ma Hui people actually betrayed him and twisted Long Wakamaru directly to the Hojo military tent, this child who was only eleven years old was beheaded and hung on the big hand gate of Hirai Castle, of course, those betrayers did not fall well, Hojo Shiyasu hated this group of mercenary villains, and beheaded them all to accompany their abandoned masters to hell.

After this blow, the spirit of Uesugi Kenmasa almost collapsed, hugging and crying with his main room all day long, incompetent to himself to the point that he couldn't even protect his sons-in-law, and couldn't even win over his retainers, and finally ended up betraying his relatives, and only regret and sorrow, unable to mention a trace of resentment and anger, he was too weak, and a dashing minister Fan who was proficient in culture was born by mistake in the troubled times of the Warring States period, and only a tragic end greeted him.

After coming to Kanayama Castle, Uesugi Kenmasa's spirit statue seemed to have been taken away, and it was only a little more than a month that he was like a terminally ill patient, compared to the graceful and luxurious handsome guy a few months ago, he was only thirty-three years old, and even two years younger than Takeda Harunobu.

Now even the loyal head of the house, Nagao, is hiding from him, and Satake Yoshiaki's refusal simply makes him even more desperate, and now there are only a few small surnames serving him, the main room and a few young sons, young daughters, etc., and the poor only have an ox cart, and even the driver who drove the cart has run away, so he can only let the small surname take care of it.

Yura Nari is also very anxious, including his family, many Higashiueno really don't know much about the Uesugi family, and has always been close to the Kanto Princes rather than the Kanto Governor, and now this great god has to run to his house and not leave, and he hasn't slept well for a month in a hurry.

Seeing that this sturdy Kanto leader was so down-and-out, Yura Chengfan gritted his teeth and threatened: "Guanling Palace, you can't stay here anymore, the Hojo Army is about to fight, and I noticed that there are many strangers inside and outside the city, if there is a disturbance in the city as soon as the Hojo Army arrives, I can't protect the family of the Guanling Palace!" ”

"What? How good is that? Is there no place for my constitution in the greatness of the world? After saying this, Uesugi Kenmasa suddenly became extremely calm, straightened his clothes and slowly stood up, and said to Yura Narishi in a flat tone: "Shinano Mamoru understands the meaning of this family, even if the family dies here, it will never fall into the hands of thieves." ”

"Don't! Don't ......"

"Lord!" As soon as the words fell, a dusty middle-aged samurai walked in, and saw that only Yuliang Nari was accompanying Uesugi Kenmasa in the hall, so he nodded at him and said in a friendly manner: "My lord, the only thing that can save my Uesugi family from fire and water is Echigo's negligence, and the long-tailed bullet is Shaobi Jinghu's Highness!" ”

Nagao's mother was the youngest daughter of Yura Narushi's grandfather, Yura Kei Shigeru, and the two were still related in terms of relationship, which was one of the reasons why he recommended Uesugi Kenmasa to take refuge here that day.

"Echigo long-tailed Keitor? That's not going to work! His father is the enemy of my Uesugi family......" Uesugi Kenmasa subconsciously vetoed, and he even wondered if this housekeeper had reached some ulterior agreement with the Echigo Nagao family, you must know that you can't write two long tails at one time, not to mention that they are already many branches of the family, and it is unimaginable if they are linked together.

"My lord! What are you hesitating about today? If you hesitate for a few more days, spring will bloom! How can the current form of the wild country be supported until the autumn harvest? Only Echigo's long tail bullet main hall can solve today's crisis! "The long tail has a headache to death, this family governor usually doesn't think about government affairs at all, but now he thinks of the confused account of their long tail family, and it is better to think about how to live if you have the time to think about this.

"Yes, yes!" Yuliang Chengfan hurriedly followed and threatened: "But what Ma Shou said is not wrong at all!" Spring sowing will be in a month, after a drought last year, I don't know how many people will starve to death this spring! If the palace doesn't make a decision, I'm afraid that I won't have the strength to escape the pursuit of the Hojo army! (To be continued......)