On Kawanaka Island, the drums of war are constantly sounding.

To the sound of war drums, Takeda Harunobu ordered Ashigaru and other generals to lead the Ashigaru line into a "gun formation", accompanied by bows and arrows and stone throws, and launched a brave surprise attack on the dense long-tail army.

Under the repeated attacks, the Nagao Army, which had originally lined up in an attack formation, was defeated and retreated more than 200 meters, Naoe Minoru was sweating profusely, and said to Nagao Jinghu: "It seems that the ferocity of this Koshu samurai is worthy of its name, please order to strengthen the defense of this formation." ”

"Turbulent Dragon Banner." Long-tailed Jinghu immediately ordered. Looking at the menacing vanguard of the Takeda Army, he was like a dagger in a simple way.

So, under the order of the long-tailed Jinghu, the Ranlong Flag waved, just like a Formula 1 car waved the green flag, all obstacles to the way forward have been removed, and a rocket-like charge was launched! The elite flag of the long-tailed Jinghu shouted loudly, urging the horses under him, pulling out the cold and shining sword, and the horse's hooves stirred up the smoke and dust that covered the sky and the sun, like sharp arrows, protruding from the strings.

The long-tailed army that was squeezed actually launched a death-defying counterattack, the young long-tailed Jinghu, the "front stand" on his pocket was shining with golden light, and the famous knife "Xiaodou Changguang" in his hand that could cut the armor-covered generals in two was stretched out, and the Qiben cavalry team behind was murderous. Seeing this scene, the vanguard ashigaru team of the Takeda family couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly shrunk their formation under the reprimand of all the retainers, preparing to block this group of plague god grandfathers. Who knew that the long-tailed Jinghu waved Xiaodou Changguang to the side, and the Qiben cavalry turned around again, and ran straight to the left flank of the Takeda army in the oblique stab.

Nagao Keitora was a war genius, in other words, he had a ghostly battlefield instinct: the left flank of the Takeda army was mostly from Shinano's "Shokashi" (i.e., the wealthy clans who surrendered to Takeda). as a minion vanguard). The will to fight is generally not strong. With "safety first" as the top priority, under the sharp judgment of the long-tailed Jinghu and the impact of death, there were signs of collapse in an instant.

"Order, the middle and the right, not to help the right. Attack forward together to defuse the enemy's assault. In the midst of the scene, Takeda Harunobu marveled at the bravery of this young opponent, and on the other hand, he hurriedly issued a new military order to the envoy who carried the "Hundred Feet Battle Flag".

The right flank of the Takeda Army. Led by the fierce general Iitomi Toramasa, the samurai and ashigaru of the Iitomi people, in order to boast of their martial bravery, painted their armor, weapons, and banners with expensive vermilion lacquer into a fiery red color, like wildfire all over the mountains, and flocked to the left flank of the Nagao family.

The Takeda army was in danger and attacked with all its might, making Naga-tailed Jinghu's assault in vain, and Nagao Jinghu did not panic. After personally reining in the horse, calmly commanded. Many officers and men of the Takeda Army were intimidated by its majesty, and no one dared to make meritorious contributions to the front, and the rear team of the 8,000 Long Tail Army changed to the front team, shouting and cheering one after another, and slowly retreated in the direction of Echigo, without any confusion. After seeing the return of the large army, the long-tailed Jinghu took several horsemen to escort him, and Shi Shiran left under the light of the slanting sun.

"Looks like I've got a tough opponent!" Takeda Harunobu said thoughtfully, half excitedly and half sentimentally.

The Battle of Shinoi, the "First Battle of Kawanakajima", ended with losses on both sides of the battle, with 200 killed by the Long Tail Army and more than 100 killed by the Takeda Army, which had been waiting for work, without any decisive results, but with this as a prelude, the situation in Echigo and Kai, no, the entire Wakoku East Country underwent a subversive change.

In the past, it was the rise of the Hojo family, the revival of the Takeda family, the defeat of the ruler and the public side, and now the young lord of Echigo, Hokuriku Province, Nagao Keitor, suddenly became the most eye-catching new star in half of the Japanese country (some people even called it the "East and West Two Heroes" with the Roche Masarashi who has already made a name for himself in the western country), and the game in the eastern country shows the trend of multinational military chess.

In the northern part of Shinano Province, the dense people of the country were split in an instant, and some of them, led by Sanada Yukitaka, became the "Shinshu Pioneers" under Takeda Harunobu's account, and became an indispensable combat force for Takeda Harunobu to expand his lordship in the future; And some of them, led by Murakami Yoshikiyoshi and Takanashi Masayori, defected to Echigo of Nagao Keitor, swore an oath to Nagao Keitor, and then became Nagao Keitor's subordinate "Kitanobu Servant", and the will to counterattack Shinano Province was extremely resolute. As for the Kita-Shinano region itself, Zenko-ji Temple is also the demarcation point, and most of the wealthy clans to the south are returned to Shun Tsukizakikan, and to the north are only the horse-headed horses of Kasuga Mountain Castle, and the former "Kuniren Paradise" disappeared and evolved into a mowing ground for the Sengoku daimyo to compete.

The area around Zenko-ji Temple became the focus of contention, and in order to add accelerant to military operations, after the Battle of Sanoi, Harunobu Takeda and Keigoro Nagao each stepped up their political investments.

The first to do it was Nagao Keito, who went to Luo for the first time in September of the 22nd year of Astronomy (1553) in a crisp autumn weather, and launched a full-scale "silver bullet offensive" against the center of the Wa Kingdom: Nagao Keihu first paid a visit to Nara, and offered a lot of congratulatory gifts and maintenance expenses, and the emperor still gave the imperial sword and the heavenly bowl as usual; Then, Nagao Jinghu went on a pilgrimage to General Yoshiki again, and was given the white umbrella bag and felt saddle cover of the guardian grid; After all, Nagao Keitora also visited the religious places of Gyeonggi: Kii Kono (Shingon Tantra), Enryakuji Temple (Tendai sect), and Kyoto Daitokuji Temple (Rinzai sect), among others.

In short, at this time, the three major authoritarian powers of the central government (although they have all declined), that is, the public world, the samurai world and the religious world, the long-tailed Jinghu have all been touched, but the long-tailed Jinghu is not completely aimlessly spending money, his every move is meaningful, first look at the emperor's side, although the imperial sword and the heavenly bowl given by Hou Nara have no value, but another thing is very weighty, that is, the "private enemy punishment" of Hou Nara's handwriting, simply put, you Long Tail Jinghu will see who is not pleasing to the eye in the future, you can directly send troops to punish, There is no need to bother to ask for any righteous name, this purpose is valid for a long time.

General Yoshiki, needless to say, he can upgrade you to the rank of "Echigo Guardian", of course, this time he just gave the white umbrella bag and felt saddle cover, which is equivalent to "quasi-guarding", but things are like this, step by step, the money is still worth it, and someone holding a white umbrella bag is better than the Tang umbrella bag of the guardian generation.

In the religious world, Enryakuji Temple is the most authoritative mountain gate throughout the Middle Ages of the Wa Kingdom, except for the two poles of Kyogoku Michiyu, Ashikaga Yoshikyo, and later Oda Nobunaga (in fact, Masara is also among them), few dare to break ground on it. I learned that the Enryakuji Temple Buddha Hall has less funds. The long-tailed Jinghu immediately took out two hundred taels of gold as sesame oil money. Just moved those monks to death, it's worth it!

There is also the Rinzai Sect Dade Temple, the long-tailed Jinghu ran there, and after receiving the ordination, he got the name of "Zongxin Great Lama", which is also cost-effective, the monks of this sect have the highest culture, offended them, and depicted you like a dog shit in the books. That's going to stink for 10,000 years. The most Koyasan Tantra, but some of it is purely in the category of "personal hobby", Jinghu is very committed to Buddhism, believers are very fanatical in fighting, and Tantra always likes to engage in what mysterious power, magic practice, Hosokawa Masamoto was immersed in it at the beginning, and now Nagawei Jinghu is the same, from Tantra to learn "subduing Tantra", the so-called "subduing", originally refers to the monks of the Wa Kingdom when they encounter a disaster and evil invasion in a civil country. The method of subduing them through prayer gradually evolved into the curse law against the forces of hostility. It is not difficult for everyone to imagine: the long-tailed Jinghu reverently sat in front of the statue of Bishamen, chanting words that were nothing more than "Buddha, give me strength", or "Buddha, let's make mad cow disease, bird flu and swine flu!" ”

In addition to the three major powers, Nagao Jinghu also deliberately made friends with the Master of Honganji Temple, and gave this Pure Land Shinzong boss a lot of horses and famous swords, expressing his willingness to abandon the "grandfather's hatred" (Echigo's dragon grandfather was killed by Echichu Yixiangzong), and the two families have since been reconciled. The Venerable Master was very happy, so he issued an "imperial document" that the disciples of Kaga and Echichu were not allowed to go to Echigo to make trouble, and Nagao Keitora easily obtained a stable rear and could concentrate on the battle with Takeda and Go-Hojo.

During his stay in Kyoto, Nagao Jinghu also went to a place, that is, Sakai Town, where he drank a lot of tea with those big businessmen, and obtained a very fatal technique, that is, the "Iron Cannon Imitation License" specially approved by Sakai Town, Nagao Jinghu quickly passed through the port of Echigo, bought a large number of cutting-edge iron cannons (of course, some of them were eliminated by the Luo family), and set up an iron cannon workshop under Kasugayama Castle to quickly equip the troops with new weapons.

After staying near Kyoto until December, the retainers came to report that the money was running out and that it was about to snowfall heavily in Hokuriku Province. So Nagao Jinghu reluctantly returned to Echigo.

This time, when the snow melted the following year, the Hojo Takahiro Rebellion broke out in Echigo.

Jinghu was stunned, intoxicated by Shangluo's huge success, and only then did he come back to his strength (in fact, the old boy Takeda Harunobu did it)! Hojo Takahiro is actually a member of the Echigo Maori family. Historically, Mori Jimitsu, who originally settled in Sagami Province, was liquidated by the Hojo family, who was in power in Kamakura at the time, and his four sons fled to Sabashiso in Echigo Province for refuge in Mitsumitsu, where they multiplied and became known as "Echigo Mori". Echigo Mori reached the Warring States period and divided into two major clans, the Yasuda family and the Hojo family. Of course, this Hojo family has nothing to do with the Kamakura ruling power and the later Hojo family where Shiyasu is located, and the origin of its Miao character is derived from the "Hojo" (the name of the northern part) of Sahashiso, which happens to be similar to the latter.

And the "Anyu Maori" where Maori Yuan is located, is that when Maori Jingguang was distributing the inheritance, he remembered that his youngest son Shiqin had no property, so he sent him thousands of miles to inherit the Anyu Country Yoshitianso, which was separated by half of the Wa Kingdom, and this is why Maori Yuan is a family. So speaking of which, the Yasuda family and the Hojo family in Echigo Province are even older than Anji's Maori family in terms of generation! In fact, the common character of the An Yun Maori family is the "Yuan" in the name of the ancestor Oe Guangyuan, and the Hojo Takahiro family is the "Guang" character in front, the Maori Yuan is wearing a three-star flag with a word, and the Hojo Takahiro is also a three-star flag with a word, and the military flag of Gaoguang is also very distinctive: the white silk is the bottom, and a male ant with a swagger is painted on it!

Ants have always been known for being energetic and unstoppable, and this Hojo Takahiro is the same, but his limited energy is all devoted to the infinite rebellion cause, and he is the famous anti-bone Ergozai of Echigo.

The reason for Hojo Takahiro's rebellion is very sufficient on the surface: the pavilion of Kasuga Mountain Castle, Lord Nagao Jinghu, levied our taxes, but he went to Kyoto to travel at public expense, but we nested in the mountains to drink the wind, Lao Tzu is not happy, it is better to oppose his mother. Gao Guang complained and said strange things in Hojo Castle, but he was immediately informed by the Takeda family's fine work, and Takeda Harunobu's 18k Koshu gold was quickly sent over in a tray, and Gao Guang resolutely rebelled in line with the principle of collecting money and handling personnel.

"Ant Power God" Hojo Takahiro's toss, Nagao Jinghu's full plate of construction plans was disrupted, he had to personally lead the army, humming and humming to surround Hojo Castle, and Hojo Takahiro is to stop and stop, tossing for a whole year, the most sluggish Hojo Takahiro saw that Hojo Castle was about to fall, and waved a small white flag to Nagao Jinghu: "Lord Führer, I have shed blood in Kasuga Mountain, I have been wounded for your father, you can't shoot me!" ”

What is strange is that Nagao Keihu actually accepted the surrender of Hojo Takahiro, and even re-allowed Hojo Takahiro to return to the Nagao family, and appointed him as an important minister alongside Naoe, Honjo, and Nakajo!

The rebellion, not only was not punished, but was promoted to the official position, which greatly encouraged the enthusiasm of the Echigo gang of people, and left a serious sequelae on the rule of the later long-tailed Jinghu over Echigo. (To be continued......)