In the blink of an eye, the midsummer will be full of autumn, the branches and leaves of the treetop mountain are gradually yellowing, seeing that the flood season is approaching the autumn harvest, the impasse in the spring mountain city is still not solved, and the days of the tiger queen are also very uncomfortable.

Nagao City Uemon is the leader of the inner city police of Kasugayama Castle, and he only needs to be handed over on time every day, and he has nothing to do to patrol the city a few times, and this small day is a good and unpleasant time, on this day he walked up the mountain road with a small song, and he saw two samurai guarding the door standing outside the door and sticking his head to poke his head, and he was angry when he saw the two people who were not in a hurry.

He knew these two guards, but they were his cousin Nagao who grew up playing with the two younger sons of the main restaurant, and his father followed Wei Jing Gong to kill many Zhongyue sons in one-third of the original, and finally fell ill in the winter, and there was no comfort in the whole body, and it was hard to survive until the three sons grew up and had to worry about the two younger sons.

The eldest son, Nagao Suntaro, inherited the family's little inheritance, and he couldn't let his two boys eat chaff vegetables, and Nagao wanted to stuff his two sons, Sun Jiro and Sun Saburo, into the inner city police to live a good life, and a few years ago, he entrusted the relationship with his cousin, and spent a lot of money to dredge the relationship.

This small inner city police is not conspicuous, in the past few years when the full fight is counted as more than 300 people, but it is the rule set by the long-tail Chongjing Gong when he was alive, only these generations of these generations of the long-tail family in the house are eligible to be incorporated into the inner city police solid, in order to praise these retainers for the long-tail family's birth and death of the merits, probably similar to the Ming Empire's shadow supplement official system.

In previous years, the status of Kasuga Mountain Castle was not prominent. The local lords of Echigo are not uncommon, and the small inner castle guards are solid. But this is no longer the case. The long-tail family recruited a noble man as a son-in-law, and they crossed the long-tail family like a carp jumping over the dragon gate, and once the dragon ascended to the sky and soared into a powerful name in more than a dozen states, this small inner city police gradually entered people's field of vision.

In front of everyone's eyes, both the two lords in the city and the elders of the auxiliary political genealogy in the city had to deal with this garrison carefully, and after some heated discussions, on an early winter night a few years ago, the expansion of the inner city police was finalized, and this expansion was expanded from 300 to 500 without much effort.

Earlier this year, it was announced that the number would be expanded to 800 people. Those wealthy families and landlords are like sharks that smell fishy smells from all directions, and on the day the decree is announced, all the three hundred places are full, but the people's hearts are always insufficient, and the eight hundred people are far from satisfying people's appetites.

Nagao City Uemon felt that he was also the number one person in size, that is, the retainer of the spectrum who often went in and out of the top of the mountain, and he would smile and nod when he saw him, the head of the guard. The countrymen and wealthy families who were a little worse had to stop and say a few words to him, and when they were smug, they suddenly saw these two guys looking at the movements in the inner city. The flame in the heart of Nagao City's Uemon suddenly burst up.

quietly went around and pulled up the scabbard and knocked on the head, and the two people who knocked "whooped" shouted and ran backwards, and he was not willing to let the two guys escape, and scolded while chasing: "Two little bastards stop for me!" Run, be careful, I'll have you both captured!" ”

As soon as the two brothers heard his threat, they immediately stopped running, and knelt down with a puff, and said with a sad face: "Ichiemon Palace, don't shout!" I waited wrong! For the sake of my father's sake, spare us two brothers this time! I won't make a mistake again! ”

"It's easy for me to spare you, who will spare me if something goes wrong?" Nagao City Uemon was furious, and said in his heart that you two brothers are not satisfied with this fat difference, if it weren't for the face of the two brothers' fathers, I would have kicked you two out of Kasuga Mountain Castle.

Nagao City Uemon viciously reprimanded: "I told you to take good care of the nobles on the top of the mountain, even in the middle of the night, the three watches have to widen their eyes, if a few of the most important nobles on the top of the mountain make a mistake, everyone's heads will have to move!" Look at how you guys are guarding the gate? Sneaky and indiscriminately listening, are you looking for death? ”

The brothers were frightened and said in a panic: "We just heard the shouts from above and were a little curious, we can't see anything here......"

Nagao City Uemon scolded unrelentingly: "If you can't see it, you can't see it!" You shouldn't have looked inside, can you see? Know the guard samurai who were executed a few years ago? It's just like you who have crooked thoughts, and you have been hung outside the city for the first three years! You don't want to end up with those people! ”

When the two brothers found that the cousin had not asked anyone to detain the two brothers, they immediately calmed down and put on a sad face, and the eldest brother of the two brothers hurriedly leaned over and said, "I know that I am wrong!" Ask my uncle to give me a way out, and my brothers will repay your kindness as cattle and horses! You see, our brother is also a samurai promoted by you, and if the two of us make a big mistake, you will definitely not be able to escape the guilt, uncle! ”

"Yo! Good boy is cunning enough! Want to get a handle on me? "Nagao City Uemon knew what the two boys were thinking with a flick of his eyelids, the two brothers have been mixed up in the Kasuga Mountain Castle all the year round, and the martial arts army has not learned much, and the mouth full of oil is smooth to learn ten out of ten, where is there still his father and brother's loyal and honest half of the look, it is simply a group of slippery ghosts.

"Get up! This time, I will spare your brother's first offense...... But! Nagao City Uemon deliberately coughed, and the brother was in a hurry, and then said proudly: "The big mistake you two made must be punished, the responsibility of guarding the gate at the top of the mountain is so heavy that someone else can do it, you brothers will go to the mountainside to guard the three tiger mouths, there is nothing for you today, go back to rest and rest and prepare to take over tomorrow!" ”

The two brothers watched Nagao Ichiemon walk away step by step, and then scolded, "Phew! This old bastard is hanging around at the door with nothing to do, thinking that I don't know, why don't I let others do it if I can do it! ”

"The old thing will be unlucky sooner or later, let's ignore him. Let's go drinking! The two brothers walked away with a snort.

The brothers weren't lying. Standing at the first gate leading to the top of the mountain, there is no movement inside. On it is an inner gate guarded by the small surname, the side of the people, and the Okujin attendants.,On top of that is the Honmaru of Kasuga Mountain Castle.,As for the Ji Qulun and the Kasuga Imperial Palace in the back, it's even farther away.。

In the mountain field behind the spring palace, the plain gun of Jing Yi Naohu dances like a dexterous butterfly stepping on a strange footwork and jumping smartly, each thorn and sweep have a different style, this set of marksmanship is the skill passed down from the ancestors of the Jing family, it is said that it is derived from the hermit who fled from the Central Plains in the Northern and Southern Dynasties era, and a set of marksmanship is not to mention three or five well-trained samurai. Even the fierce generals who are waiting for leisure must be careful to deal with it.

"My sister is really good marksmanship, she dances beautifully and powerfully, and my sister is afraid that she will not be sure that she can win against her sister after taking a closer look!" Hu Ji applauded and admired, and said: "Compared to my sister's marksmanship, my sister's country style is far worse." ”

Zhihu's little face was flushed, and he replied a little shyly: "...... If your sister wants to learn, your sister can teach you. ”

"Really?" A hint of surprise flashed in Hu Ji's eyes, and then she remembered her family marksmanship, and couldn't help but be disappointed: "That's my sister's family marksmanship, it shouldn't be passed on at will!" ”

The teaching of martial arts in Japan was inherited from the Central Plains Dynasty. On the basis of the transmission of master and apprentice, the basic characteristics of feudalism were added, and a new system of exemption and transmission was evolved. The so-called exemption and all transmission are two degrees of recognition, exemption is to recognize the apprentice's level of learning and art, to recognize that he is a member of his own sect, and to pass on the knowledge of this disciple is that this person is superb in learning and skills allows him to start a sect and spread it as a branch of the sect.

The system is completely different, forming two completely different apprenticeship systems, the teacher teaches the apprentice skills not to "keep a hand" or "teach the apprentice to starve to death the master" as the standard, the more powerful his own disciples, the more famous the sect is, such as Kashima Sword Saint Tsukahara Bu Ling, Shi Chengtian really passed on the essence of the Shinto stream and the Kashima Shinto stream, obtained the exemption from both sides, and then founded a new dangliu, and his success also brought many protégés to the two schools.

However, all of this needs to be established in a strict master-apprentice inheritance system, and the close relationship between the sect and the people is similar to that between the guardian daimyo and the local people, and the two sides can not only influence and restrain each other, but also maintain relative freedom and independence.

"No! My sister and I are both highnesses' women, what else can't be shared between you and me, Zhihu is still worried that my sister will not look down on my marksmanship! It took a long time for Jing Yi to finish speaking, this little girl is really a little introverted, if it weren't for the training of the Imagawa family for several years, I'm afraid she would have to be more introverted.

Hu Ji smiled heartily: "I don't want to do anything that only takes advantage of it!" So let's exchange marksmanship with each other! As long as my sister doesn't dislike my longtail family's marksmanship, it's not so good-looking! ”

"How so! This is something that the straight tiger can't ask for! Sister, look at it, Zhihu is about to start demonstrating marksmanship! Zhihu concentrated and gradually devoted himself to a state of selflessness, and the wonderful spearmanship resurfaced again.

Standing in the corner of the teaching field, Sandalwood hummed and held a delicate bamboo bow to contact archery, only eighteen meters away from the target is the most basic arrow target, for beginners, especially Sandalwood who does not know martial arts, it is very suitable, the girl puffed up her pink cheeks and shot arrows, while not knowing what she was muttering.

"Sister Zhihu is so powerful! Sister Tiger Ji is also so powerful! Everyone is so good! "Mochizuki Chiyo woman holds a small face to cheer for the two sisters, a few days ago because of Kira Yoshishi left her dissatisfaction has long been forgotten, a childish little face has begun to take on the demeanor of a beauty, compared to the gorgeous sandalwood, the graceful and heroic tiger Ji, the quiet blue straight tiger, she is more like a sharp lotus in the pond, and the fragrance is still hidden.

The army of the Hojo family is still here, this time the menacing army of the Hojo family broke the fragile illusion of the Ueno people, and those Ueno people who hoped that a war could be exchanged for peace were hit hard, and all the shadows planted by the Hojo family in advance were activated, and some of the Ueno people, including the Nabo clan, raised a counter-flag.

Nagano and Nishi-Ueno paid the price for their own hindsight, and hastily gathered an army of 15,000 Minowa troops to press into Nishi-Uganno to besiege Naba Somoto, who was the first to raise the anti-flag, in an attempt to take advantage of the tenfold difference in strength to seize the fortress before the Hojo family could attack Ueno.

The army led by Hojo Shiyasu snowballed to more than 40,000 people, and there was no gap in the siege of Miyo Castle with so many large armies. Fortunately, Nagano Kentada evacuated the residents of the castle town into the castle earlier. After a year of thorough preparation, there is no shortage of food and water sources. The walls were strong enough to protect thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city.

There is one thing he still miscalculated, the Hojo family is bent on capturing this fortress, and several times to persuade him to surrender but not succeed simply surround and not let go, and the endless siege battles that followed put great pressure on the defenders of the castle, and the days of three shocks a day were really not good, and Nagano Ken's hair turned white in the days when he was sad.

The envoys sent for help came in waves, and the Hojo family did not obstruct the request for help from Miyo Castle, that is, they did not let them break through easily. The 3,000 townspeople living in the castle and more than 1,000 defenders were holding on under tremendous pressure, and Nagano Kentada was determined to hold out until the last moment, while on the other side, Nagano Yoshimasa was also leading a large army to storm Isesaki Castle in the Naba clan.

In the case of the lack of siege technology in medieval Japan, it was very painful to attack each fortress, and with the 3,000 troops of Higashiueno fighting soy sauce, as well as the army of Nagao Kashiro Keiaki and Nagao Kanshiro Keikin, together they could barely gather enough troops of 20,000 troops, and it was very difficult to quickly break through a relatively strong and well-prepared castle.

To make matters worse, after a winter of peace, the people of Ueno thought that war would not break out anytime soon. At least it is necessary to postpone it for another year or two before going to war, and the relaxation of armaments has reduced the combat strength of this national army by more than one percent. The hidden worries hidden in the military situation kept Nagano Ye awake at night.

coincided with the news that more than 100,000 troops were besieging Echigo, and all kinds of strange rumors came out of the army, such as the Kira family was going to be finished, the Nagao family couldn't withstand the Hojo family's army, and they had always been going to fight to Kanto and other absurd and bizarre rumors, and the samurai knew a little bit of the inside story and could temporarily suppress their impatience, but the big-headed soldiers didn't eat this set, and forcibly suppressing it would only have the opposite effect, and leaving it alone would hit morale, and between the two dilemmas, they could only watch the people's morale fluctuate and fall all the way.

The strategy for Isesaki Castle became weaker and weaker, and the Naba clan of the cage castle inside the castle thought that the news of the victory of the Hojo family came from outside, and under the propaganda of the governor of the castle, the spirit was greatly boosted, and the will to resist became more and more resolute, and the Ueno coalition forces outside the castle did not know what was happening in the castle, so they were sent back.

The wave of troops in the city seemed to have been stimulated one by one, so that the Ueno coalition army mistakenly thought that the wave family had some kind of trick to deal with them, or maybe there was something unusual about the Hojo family was about to attack, and they were even more reluctant to storm and fight to the death under suspicion, and it became extremely difficult for Nagano to suppress the rebels in the city when he realized that something was wrong.

The siege of Osaki Castle and Isesaki Castle began at about the same time, and the scorching heat since midsummer dissipated a lot with the arrival of the last wave of clouds and rain, and another violent storm swept across the entire Kanto, and the black clouds were like an endless boulder pressing down on the sky, and dense rain poured down from the sky, like a pillar of rain from the sky.

The bad weather minimized the visibility, and the rising mist made the whole world foggy and indistinguishable, and the Tone River, which fed the Kanto Plains, once again ushered in a surge of water after half a month of subsidence, and the rushing river was like a raging dragon, washing the riverbank and trembling in the violent wind and rain.

The summer typhoon swept in the torrential rain, and the torrential rain and the surging flood for many days slowed down the pace of Nagao's advance, and it took a month to come to Ueno, but fortunately, it was not too late, and Nagao Jinghu's 15,000 army was trapped in Numata Castle and could not move an inch, so he desperately rushed to the Ueno realm, but this ghost weather could not do anything, so he could only brave the wind and rain to urgently set up tents in the city, and before the bad weather passed, many people fell ill.

Qu Naase Shouzhen was very busy, he was sent to serve as the military medical officer of the Nagao Army, the endless bad weather in the past few months has added many sick numbers to the army, and in recent days, a large number of people have fallen ill in the rain camp, just with him and his dozens of medical workers must not be busy, can only find Nagao Jinghu to urgently transfer the doctors of Ueno to assist the army.

Most of the small pack lotus team also fell near the Mikuni Pass to take shelter from the rain, cattle and horses could not march in heavy rains, the terrain of the mountain pass was more dangerous, in the bad weather of heavy rain, landslides, mudslides may occur at any time, every two or three years the mountain road has to have some small changes, only the perennial walking business travelers and local people can grasp these news in time.

The situation of the Hojo family is even worse, the 40,000 army has nowhere to run, and can only camp around a few gates of the Imperial Castle, this unscientific way of setting up the village has brought great trouble to the logistics supply, and the 40,000 people have not been included in the formation, if the calculation is serious, it must be 40,000 troops, 10,000 formations, cattle and horses and other carrying livestock, tens of thousands of mouths every day people eat horses and chew is a lot of money, the longer the war drags on, the greater the impact on the Hojo family.

The hot and humid weather is easy to breed epidemics, the Nagao Legion far away in Ueno Numata Castle can not be avoided, the Hojo Legion stationed in the wilderness and has no time to enter the city is more serious than them, the national legions from various states are different from each other, not to mention the difficulty of allocating materials has increased sharply, and it is not convenient to treat the epidemic, nearly 100 people died of illness due to lack of medical treatment in half a month, and nearly 3,000 people were sick and unable to fight, casting a shadow on the war. (To be continued......)