When the war on the south bank of the Chikuma River broke out suddenly, a military meeting was held in Asahiyama Castle again, but this time the military meeting seemed to be different, and there was a familiar military map in the assessment room, and everyone knew what the small flags on the map meant, and everyone stared at the map inexplicably, and soon found many abnormalities.

"Why did the flag of Sudaden turn blue?"

"That's not right! And the flag of the rain palace has also turned blue! ”

Blue is the flag color of the Takeda side, red is the flag color of the Kira side, what does it mean for red to turn blue, the people of Shinano must know, so they are very nervous and angry, and they are clamoring to find Kira Yoshishi to ask for an explanation, someone to take the lead in things is easy to do, and most of the Shinano people who obviously have nothing to do with themselves also clamored, as if they have the intention of scaring the Kira family in a group.

After a while, a handsome young man came over with a large stack of letters, and then Kira Yoshishi slowly walked over: "Hey, all the gentlemen are here! It just so happens that my family has something to say.,I've found a lot of interesting things these days.,Take it out and share it with you.,Iwazurumu to start! ”

"Yes!" Kawada Iwazurumu recited aloud: "Takeda Daizen Daifu Hall personally opened, since the Kira army entered the army, we and other Shinano samurai have all earnestly hoped that the Takeda army will expel the Kira army and return me to Shinano a peaceful and happy land......"

"Nani?" The samurai in the hall suddenly raised their voices, and more than eighty percent of the Kira and Nagao family retainers showed angry expressions, no one could have imagined that they had become invaders, but the Takeda family had become the master of Shinano, Saito Asanobu sneered: "When did Shinano become the Takeda family?" Canonized by the shogunate? ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka grimaced. glanced coldly at the Shinano people in the hall: "Some people are really shameless!" ”

As a fellow tattoo of the Ashikaga family. A member of the Hosokawa clan who led the three pipes. Hosokawa Shimoto Izumi Mori is the current governor of the family, no matter what the reason is, Hosokawa Fujitaka wants to maintain the reputation of the shogunate, and in his early years, he apprenticed to Sanjo Nishikojo to learn the secret of singing "ancient and modern teaching", and was abducted to the Kira family as a retainer by Kira Yoshitoki as soon as he left the school, and then took advantage of the relationship between the Kira family and the shogunate court to show his singing, and quickly became the world's first-class waka.

Since coming to Enkoku-Etsu, he has been busy with official business and has not had time to hold a waka meeting, but the ministers who traveled to Hokuriku and Ha-Oku would always go to Naoetsu to meet with him to discuss waka-kart skills. Not only that, Hosokawa Fujitaka also has a very deep accomplishment in sinology, Chinese poetry, and literature, and Nagao Keitora's mentor Amaura Mitsuyu has also exchanged letters with him to discuss academic issues.

He has only been in Echigo for more than a year, and his reputation has already flown all over Echigo, Shinano, Ueno, Echichu, Dewa, Mutsu and other places like long wings, and he can be regarded as the top cultural person in the entire Hokuriku Kanto.

"Let's name them! If you click on it, you must remember to stand up! Kira Yoshitoki smiled and took the letters and read them one by one: "Amamiya Ieji, Suda Nobumasa, Yashiro Masakuni, Shimazu Yasutada, Uda Nobuyori, Banda Shocho, Akasawa Tsuyasu...... Kurita Tsurutobuki! ”

"One, two, three, four, five...... Twenty-five! What about the Takeda family of the twenty-five wealthy families in Kita-Shinano? What should I do with you? ”

With this question, the twenty-five Shinano samurai suddenly became the target of public criticism, not only the samurai of the Kira family and the Nagao family looked at each other angrily, but even the local anti-Takeda faction in Shinano hated them. Sure enough, something happened today.

Kurita Tsurushou suddenly laughed, pointed at his fellow Kurita Kanan, and shouted and scolded: "A disciple who forgets his ancestors and betrays his ancestors." Regardless of the opposition of the upper and lower levels, follow the Echigo bandits to the Hokuriku, abandon my thousand-year-old foundation of Zenkoji Temple, and give up all the land and castle to the Nagao family, you are a villain! ”

Seeing this, Kurita Tsurushou shouted proudly: "We didn't betray!" It is natural to take refuge in the Takeda family, and the people of Shinano are not blind, and everyone can see that the Takeda family is unstoppable, so why can't we take refuge in the Takeda family? Why? ”

"So you're betraying? If you can't stop the momentum, can you abandon the righteousness in your heart as a samurai? What a high-sounding sound, high-sounding one! Kira Yoshitoki applauded him softly, the smile on his face gradually faded, and a trace of terrifying ferocity flashed in his eyes.

"Samurai righteousness? What's the use of that thing? What's the use of you telling me? Can you eat and drink? Who helped us with the Takeda family's invasion of Shinano? Why can't we go to the Takeda family now? Don't fool people with your shogunate stuff, what does the shogunate have? What is the righteousness of the samurai? In this troubled era of the Warring States, having soldiers and money is fundamental, and everything else is stupid and nonsense! ”

Kurita Tsuruju felt that he was in a surprisingly good state today, especially standing in the evaluation room of hundreds of people and yelling loudly at the so-called "famous samurai family", this feeling was simply too fulfilling, and he got carried away for a while, he pointed to the Ashikaga two flags behind Kira Yoshitoki and said, "What's so great about the shogunate?" Samurai Genji? It's just yesterday's yellow flower, today's troubled times are the era of unknown samurai like us, only heroes like Takeda Daizen can lead us to conquer the territory of Nuoda, and join the Takeda family to enjoy countless glory and wealth, are you still obsessed? ”

"You just pointed fingers at my Ashikaga family's imperial flag?" Kira Yoshitoki's face was as cold as frost, and he suddenly stood up and shouted, "Take down this traitor!" ”

"Choke!" Hundreds of swords flashed, surrounding the twenty-five people, a few people who didn't know what to do and what to do, the master counterattacked, and was caught by Watanabe Takatsuna, Saito Asanobu, Honjo Shiganaga, Hojo Takahiro and others all rushed up, Shinano people were at a loss for a while, all these changes were too fast, people didn't have time to think about it, and they caught a glimpse of the Echigo samurai on the side looking at them with unkind faces, and these people wisely chose to be silent.

"Betrayal can still be said so brazenly, I think you are Li Lingzhi is dizzy, and your brains are burned!" Kira Yoshitoki walked up to Kurita Tsurutoshi, looked at the guy who was struggling with his hands on the tatami mat with his hands twisted backwards, and sneered: "It's your rebellion that ruined the century-old foundation of my Ashikaga family!"

Do you remember who gave you the land to do it? Who gave you the status of a samurai far beyond a peasant or a merchant? You've all forgotten. Forget it all! A bunch of ungrateful rebels! Your fathers will be ashamed of your shame today! You are born with a rebellious vein. It's my samurai's silverfish. Black sheep, you don't deserve to be a martial artist at all! ”

"The most unforgivable thing is that you dare to desecrate the imperial flag of my Ashikaga family of Genji in Kawachi! It's an unforgivable sin! A thousand cuts are unforgivable! "Kirayoshi's eyes seem to be able to devour people, and the ferocious evil aura makes this midsummer assessment as cold as a winter.

The people who were listening to Shinano were frightened by these words and sweated, and the twenty-five people were even more unbearable, their whole bodies trembled like chaff, and a few people fainted on the spot, and some people emitted a stench that could not be concealed. Such a humiliating performance made the samurai of the Kira family even more disgusted.

"I, the descendants of the Genji clan in Hanoi, when Ashikaga Kamizaburo Yoshishi, in the name of the Samurai Genji Dongliang Family Imperial Gate, took away the character of the twenty-five people of the samurai family, and the ancestors of the Samurai were traced back to five hundred years, but for the samurai, they should take away the samurai family's enjoyment, demolish the Bodhi Temple, burn the samurai certification documents, and list it as a samurai rebellion, and a hundred generations cannot be pardoned!"

Blood spurted from between Kurita's mouth and nose. But his head was held down, and he could only shout word by word: You...... Depend on...... Miscellaneous...... What...... This...... What...... Do? Curtain...... Prefecture...... Not...... Yes...... This...... Seed...... Place...... Penalize! ”

"Not before. It's because the shogunate is too merciful, merciful enough to make you rebels feel at ease, betrayal! But everything has changed since today! Kira Yoshitoki raised his head arrogantly and said coldly: "Because my name is Gen Yoshitoki!" In Hokuriku, I am the supreme enforcer representing the Ashikaga family! You have committed the great sin of rebellion in Genji's law, and I will punish you rebellious retainers on Genji's behalf! Remember this flag! The dignity of the Pillars of the Genji family in Kawachi is inviolable, and you will repent of your sins after going to hell! ”

"Sinners, you will go to hell forever and will not be born beyond you! So it was with your ancestors! Kira Yoshishi shouted: "Someone! Drag these twenty-five people down and hang them, erect a cross and nail the traitor Kurita Tsuruju outside the Big Hands Gate, and die of wailing! ”

"Yes!" The warriors of the Kira family dragged twenty-five paralyzed rebels out of the assessment room, and they knew what the so-called hangings and crosses were all about, and Hans of Nassau, the Teutonic knight, often talked to them about some stories related to religion.

It didn't take long for twenty-four gallows and a cross to be erected outside Asahiyama Castle, and the townspeople of the nearby castle town were too frightened to approach the twenty-five nobles who were hanged, and especially one of the nailed samurai kept wailing very frighteningly, and it was not long before a notice was posted next to the group of sinners, listing the sins of these sinners.

Of course, it also includes severe punishments such as posthumously destroying the samurai origins and not forgiving them for a hundred generations, and in the prosaic retelling of the samurai, the townspeople can still feel the horror between the lines, for the ancient Japanese society, death is not the most terrible thing, but the terrible thing is that death is still carrying the sins of life and cannot be forgiven.

The townspeople couldn't help but sigh for these twenty-five people, who was not good to provoke the Ashikaga family, and even the illiterate common people knew that in the "Taihei Ji", the Ashikaga clan raised the white flag out of Kyushu and entered Kyoto to seize the world in one fell swoop.

This is still the credit of the ape musicians who walked the streets and alleys, and went deep into the township, and dramas such as the Yuanping War and the Northern and Southern Dynasties are people's favorite dramas, and the story of the source Yijing and Jing Yuqian has deceived the tears of many ignorant girls.

Whether from the world's understanding of the samurai or the blind trust in the shogunate, it is understandable to punish some criminals who blasphemed the shogunate, and the only controversy is whether the punishment is too severe, and many samurai said they could not understand: "Why do you have to make such a severe punishment, didn't you also forgive many people in the Echigo Warrior Palace?" ”

After disposing of the twenty-five samurai, Kira Yoshishi also had to explain: "What happened to Echigo happened before the acting lord of the country, and they did not communicate with Takeda, let alone insult the family and desecrate the majesty of the shogunate, and took the initiative to repent and ask for forgiveness. ”

He knew that the punishment just now was too severe, and many of these twenty-five people were relatives of the Shinano samurai in the hall, and the so-called posthumous origins were at most traced back to a few generations ago, because their clans or divisions were seated in the hall, and the chasement could only erase the ancestors of the convicts.

The so-called death of the clan is extinguished, and these twenty-five people die. Their tribe also turned into meteors and slowly dissipated. One of their members will be absorbed by their own families. The retainers will also be pulled away, and there is nothing to fear from chasing down their identities, even if they are the immediate family members of these twenty-five people, they can adopt them as adopted sons and continue to live in a different identity.

Thinking about this logic, the samurai of Shinano also kept their mouths shut, the demise of the twenty-five people indicates that Shinano will undergo a earth-shaking change, and in the future, if there is anyone who knows Takeda, he will have to weigh his own weight, and what the Takeda family can give is more important than his family's future and his life.

One by one, these Shinano people made wishful thinking. Some people even began to plan to annex the remnants of the criminal ministers, and Kira Yoshitoki saw the selfish thoughts of these people in his eyes and sneered: "The family will go out to Hachimangahara to fight the Takeda family, and the criminal minister's family will go out to Kawanakajima, and the weakness will wash away the shame, so let's fight with both hands!" The surviving samurai allowed them to change the Miao character and become the vassals of my Kira family. ”

"......" Shinano was disappointed, and in the end he didn't get anything, but no one dared to complain when Yoshiro Kira was in front of him.

"Remember, gentlemen! Meritorious deeds and martial arts fame should be fought for immediately, and the famous martial arts family for hundreds of years is not established by relying on the next or betrayal! What you want is in Hachimangahara. Let's take it back from the Takeda family with dignity! ”

"I'll understand!"

……

More than a dozen kilometers west of Asahiyama Castle, on Chajiu Mountain, the Takeda military camp is located here, where the flag flutters. A team of ashigaru carefully wiped the armor carcass, they were preparing for the war, tidying up the housekeeping and wiping the weapons and armor can effectively relieve the tension before the war, this is the secret passed down by the veterans of the Takeda family.

In the distance, a small pack of horses is handing over the grain and grass, the people who escort the grain and grass hide in the shade of the trees to enjoy this moment of coolness, several commissioners staring at the scorching sun there to take stock of the handed over grain and grass, only after a while it will be hot and sweaty, the mountains of grain and rice behind them need to be sealed one by one, but also fire and theft to prevent insects from gnawing, often busy from dawn to half a day to wipe black.

In the center of the camp sits a huge military tent, around the military tent guarded hundreds of red armor samurai, here is the command center of the Takeda army, related to the victory or defeat of tens of thousands of troops, different from the scorching heat outside the tent, at this time the atmosphere in the tent is as cold as nine cold winter, dozens of samurai sit in several circles, sitting in the highest position is the general of this legion, Takeda Daizen Doctor Harumobu.

Takeda Harunobu was in a very bad mood, he never expected that Sanada Yutaka would be beaten and abandon his armor and flee in embarrassment, in his impression that the Takeda Army has not been in this situation for a long time, the last fiasco was four years ago, since that defeat woke up the impatient Takeda Harunobu, he has never been defeated in the past four years.

The military quality of the Sanada family's main team is not much worse than the main force of the Takeda army, they are all Shinano people who have fought for many years, and they will be beaten without the power to fight back, who would have thought that the attack bomb with few defeats can also be planted on a big heel, and a bad premonition surged up frantically, making him both angry and helpless.

"Almost undamaged defeat of the Sanada army? It's not a joke, is it? Iitomi Huchang stroked his mustache and wondered: "When did Sanada Bullet become so fragile?" Could it be that I, Huchang, heard it wrong? ”

"There should be nothing wrong with the intelligence, and the ability to penetrate can still be assured." Masatake Komai rubbed his temples and thought hard, the samurai in the same posture in the military tent were also Nobuaki Shibe, Mitsuken Nagasaka and others, and the Takeda family seemed to be thinking, but there was always a bit of mockery in their eyes, which made him feel very uncomfortable, because he had been stabbed by this kind of look before.

"The guy who eats the ancients, does he look down on us genealogies and outsiders? I don't know that the lord is tired of you! Masatake Komai's gaze only stayed on Imai Nobuura's face for a moment, and then immediately turned in another direction, just in time to see Kasuga Toratsuna, Baba Nobuharu, Kudo Yucho, Iitomi Masakai and other new generations sitting on the edge of the military tent also thinking hard.

Iitomi Huchang squinted his eyes and looked at the important ministers, such as Takeda Nobushi, Takeda Nobuyo, Ichichi Shinryu, Koyamada Masatsun, and other new sects and genealogies promoted by Takeda Harunobu and did not speak, so he said tentatively: "Sanada Dan faces up to my Takeda family's strategy like child's play, this sin is not small!" ”

The great power of Kira Akabi made him realize that he had miscalculated, and now was not the time to hold him accountable, Takeda Harunobu thought with annoyance: "The strength of the main force of the Kira army is greatly beyond the expectations of the family, and if the special forces attacking Kaizu Castle are lost, will they lose the protection of their flanks...... Grain Road! ”

Takeda Harunobu's face changed sharply at the same time. Masatake Komai seems to have the same problem in mind. There are a few other people who think of this possibility. Yucho Kudo exclaimed, "Shiozaki Castle and Yashiro Castle may be in danger!" ”

Fan Fu Huchang was so anxious that he jumped up and shouted: "Lord, let me Huchang personally lead the army to support!" ”

"I'm afraid it's too late." Masatake Komai said.

"What do you mean? What does it mean to be too late? Iitomi Huchang was very angry, he had reason to believe that this person was communiquing personal vendetta, because he had mocked Masatake Komai more than ten years ago, and in his opinion, this person was a typical hypocrite.

Because of a mockery, he has held a grudge for more than ten years, so that he has been stumbling by this guy for more than ten years, and most of the suggestions put forward by Fan Fu Huchang will be stirred up by him, and now he is still interjected by him when he proposes to go out when the big guy does not react. He was not allowed to get a great opportunity for meritorious service, it was simply hateful!

Masamu Komai didn't pay much attention to Iitomi Huchang's expression, and said after a little tidying up: "Judging from the idea of using troops in the Kira army, most of them are aiming at their own grain and grass arteries to make an attack plan, and at present, if they rashly send troops to support, it is easy to encounter the interception and surprise attack of the opponent's red preparation, so in order to prevent a surprise attack, the number of special teams sent cannot be less than three thousand, if there are too many troops to rescue Shiozaki Castle, Murakami's Yoshikiyoshi team retreats back and joins the enemy forces in Asahiyama Castle. What if we jointly attack our own battalion? ”

"Three thousand is three thousand, are you afraid that these three thousand people will be able to break through the formation? Gao Baizhai can't be arrogant, right? "Rice Fu Huchang competes with him. You said that three thousand were worried about the main formation, then I will directly say that the lack of three thousand will not have much impact on the main formation.

"Our plan is to pull out all the strongholds of the Kira Army on the south bank of the Chikuma River, and our side is already at a disadvantage in form, making it difficult for our side to cross the Rhikawa River to harass the Kira Army, once the troops are divided to garrison the grain road, can the main force withstand the onslaught of the Kira Army, or can the enemy divide a main force to cooperate with the Murakami Yoshikiyo team to attack Shiozaki Castle, or bypass Shiozaki Castle and go straight to the rear of Shinano, what should we do at that time?" Masatake Komai's eyes were always fixed on the silent Takeda Harunobu, for him, Iitomi Humasa was a babbling idiot, he might be a good hand at fighting, but his strategy was far from him.

After being silent for a long time, Takeda Harunobu sighed lightly and said, "Let Sanada Yutaka's team assist in defending the two cities!" Order the people in the Xiaowei army to work together to protect the grain road, and the military service account will follow the normal rules! In addition, the political and military forces are ready, and the family wants to discuss peace talks with the governor of Kira Zubei! ”

The retainers of the Takeda family changed when they heard this, and when they had seen Takeda Harunobu retreat lightly, Iifu Huchang said eagerly: "My lord! Are you retreating? Before the big war starts, you can't retreat lightly! ”

"Your Majesty respectfully obeys the order!" Masatake Komai directly ignored Iitomi Huchang on the other side, and got up and retreated without even looking at it.

"Just prepare with both hands! Huchang and the gentlemen don't have to worry, my Takeda family is not the poor and weak Suwa family, and the Nakira Sabei Governor is not the main family of the year, please rest assured that you ......" Takeda Harunobu confidently appeased many ministers.

After a long time, the retainers retreated, and a gray-haired old man appeared beside him and said in a dry voice, "My lord! His Majesty has already investigated it, and when Kira Akabei raided the Sanada army, Sanada Yutaka was in command ......"

"Let's put this question aside for now, and let's talk about Kira Akabi's activities."

"Yes! Kira Akabi's whereabouts are relatively secretive and they seem to be protected by a ninja army, so the opportunity to spy on information in the lower area is almost non-existent, and it is certain that the commander of Akabi is very high, and the brave generals Takigawa Tokiyoshi, Shima Tokikatsu, Nagasaka Nobumasa and others are very active, and these people are extremely important in the raid on Sanada Danmasa's army......"

"Getting to the point!"

"Kira Chibei's whereabouts are secretive, especially good at night marching, the Kira family's ninja army is very powerful, and his subordinates don't know how big their range of activities is, but at least it will include the entire Kawanaka Island region!"

Takeda Harunobu nodded and said, "Good job, go down and rest!" ”

"Yes!" The old man slowly stepped back.

"If the family is not mistaken, the back hand he left behind must have a surround point to help! If the family sends reinforcements, Kira Chibei will definitely ambush and raid, if the family does not send reinforcements, the two cities of Shiozaki and Yashiro will definitely not be protected, and as soon as the grain road is broken, the family will become a turtle in the urn, so as to force my Takeda army to take the initiative to expose the flaws and then defeat it in one fell swoop?

Do you really think that my Takeda family doesn't have the courage to break the boat! Or is it gambling that the family does not dare to retreat immediately...... Wrong! If the family retreats, they will fall into his trap! Takeda Qingxin said hatefully: "I see, what a ruthless plan!" (To be continued......)