Chapter 309: Sister Uesugi
It is no accident that Hosokawa Fujitaka followed the wise Mitsuhide to find Long Tao, the relationship between the two is already very close, in the original plot, the two are sons and daughters, after the change of the Honnoji Temple, Mitsuhide also invited Hosokawa to join his side, but unfortunately Hosokawa Fujitaka is very good at judging the situation, and immediately broke off the relationship with Mitsuhide, and ordered his son to imprison his daughter-in-law, who is Mitsuhide's daughter, and put him on Hideyoshi's side, and finally saved Hosokawa's family.
Although this person has changed hands many times, it seems that he is not loyal enough, but Long Tao doesn't care about this at all, after all, this person has outstanding ability and is a usable talent, he has just been clinging to the strong, as long as Long Tao always remains strong, I believe that he will never dare to give birth to a heart of rebellion, and this time Hosokawa Fujitaka came to take refuge so decisively, which just shows that in his heart Long Tao is already a strong lord who is expected to dominate Japan.
After handing over Echizen and Kita Omi to Akechi Mitsuhide, Ryutao returned to Kaga.
The reconstruction of the Sakura Palace is in full swing, Maeda Genyi, Masuda Nagamori, Ina Tadaji, and Okubo Yasan work together to take care of all political affairs in an orderly manner, and Takekawa Nagaken saw that the four were competent enough, so he returned to Hagi Castle according to Long Tao's instructions.
In just over two months, Kaga's prosperity has at least doubled, and many people have settled down, and the farmland that had been vacant by the expulsion of the sect has been rediscovered by farmers, and the land has become even more vigorous than before.
The number of the army has expanded to more than 35,000 people, and in addition to the large number of Sakura Dao believers, there are also many low-level samurai who have been attracted by Long Tao's godlike achievements.
Kaga has truly transformed into a place where Ryutao has a strong foundation, which is one of the reasons why he is relieved to make Echizen and Kita Omi a wise Mitsuhide, even if Mitsuhide really has two hearts and Kaga in hand, Ryutao can quickly recover the two countries.
Long Tao rested in the Sakura Palace for half a month, Hosokawa Fujitaka led a group of men to vote, Long Tao appointed Fujitaka as a general, and all his subordinates also had their own reward arrangements.
Subsequently, Long Tao personally led an army of 15,000 and began to conquer the surrounding small countries according to the strategy mentioned by Mitsuhide, and Hosokawa Fujitaka went out with the army.
The first target is Noto Province in the north of Kaga, and the guardian daimyo of Noto is the Tayama family, and the main city is Nanao Castle, and there is only one big city in Noto, and the rest of the small lords' castles have fallen in front of the Ryutao army.
Half a month later, the Seven Tails City was also captured by Long Tao, the Tian Shan family perished, and the Nengden Kingdom was brought under Long Tao's rule.
Noto Province is mainly composed of the Noto Peninsula, which is the largest peninsula on the Sea of Japan, with undulating hills and valleys, and a mild climate, although there is not much arable land, and the number of rocks is only more than 200,000 stones, but the forest and fishery are developed, and most importantly, the salt is produced here.
Salt, a necessity of life, was particularly important in the troubled times of the Warring States period, and many inland mountain forces sometimes fell into civil strife because of the restrictions on the access of salt by surrounding forces.
Taking the Noto Peninsula, Long Tao can also be regarded as adding a logistical support for himself, and he is also planning to expand the port town here, as a transit point for the entire Japanese offshore trade, and I believe that Noto will become more and more prosperous in the future.
After three days of repairing the army, Long Tao pointed the finger at the Shenbao family in Yuezhong.
The Jimboo family, like the Tayama family, was ready to move when Ashikaga Yoshiki had just issued an order to conquer Long Tao, and sent troops to the Kaga border.
However, the strength of the Jimboo family was as weak as the Tayama family, and there was only one main city, Toyama Castle, with less than 10,000 defenders, and it was soon captured by Long Tao.
Half a month later, the lord of Yujin Castle, another large city in the easternmost part of Yue, was forced by the power of Long Tao's army to surrender with the city, and the entire territory of Yuezhong fell into the hands of Long Tao.
The area of Vietnam and China is very large, the cultivated land is fertile, and the number of stones is as high as more than 530,000 stones.
Long Tao appointed Hosokawa Fujitaka as the lord of Toyama Castle and the commander-in-chief of Echichu, and left him with 10,000 troops, mainly to defend the Echigo Uesugi family to the east.
Yasumina Shiina, the lord of Uozu Castle, was originally also a daimyo of one side, but later had to take refuge in the Uesugi family in the troubled times, and when he surrendered to Long Tao, he carried the title of the Uesugi family retainer on his back.
Close to the "Dragon of Echigo" Uesugi Kenshin, this is also a hidden danger in Echichu.
Originally, Long Tao didn't plan to face off with this famous Warring States general known as the god of war so early, however, because Uesugi Kenshin has been entangled with Takeda Shingen in Shinano, and they have just experienced the fourth battle of Kawanakajima not long ago, and the casualties on both sides are extremely large, Long Tao estimates that both are recuperating now, so he took the opportunity to take Yuezhong first.
Kenshin and Shingen were both extremely outstanding powerhouses in the Warring States Period, and both of them had the strength to dominate Japan in Shangluo, but unfortunately the two were born neighbors, and most of their lives were wasted fighting for Shinano, fighting with each other, and they experienced six battles of Kawanakajima before and after.
After arranging Hosokawa Fujitaka to Echichu, Long Tao once again felt the shortage of talents, and he now needed this kind of person who could be literate and martial arts to be his feudal official and guard one side for him.
Thinking back to the plot of the game, Long Tao decided to go to Takeda's house, calculate the time, Sanada Masayuki of Toishi Castle should also appear, this person is also a civil and military all-rounder, extremely capable, and according to the game setting and character character, this person should be relatively easy to recruit.
This time he went alone, Kenzaburo, Ruyoshi and others were arranged by him to go to the town to guard Noto, just entered the territory of the Echigo Uesugi family, Long Tao found out that the Uesugi family was gathering a large army, and its purpose was that he had just taken the Echichu.
Long Tao couldn't help but be taken aback, is Uesugi Kenshin crazy? Just experienced the big battle between Kawanakajima and Takeda, and there is another big war? How many troops can the Uesugi family gather at this time?
Hearing that the army was assembled in Kasugayama Castle, the main city of the Uesugi family, Long Tao decided to go and find out.
Approaching Kasuga Mountain Castle all the way, Long Tao also figured out the reason why Uesugi Kenshin was in such a hurry to send troops, he didn't want to take advantage of the unstable situation in Yuezhong to expand his territory, this time the troops, according to the call he issued, were completely aimed at Long Tao, to be exact, against the heinous Sakura Palace Lord Ashikaga Yoshiji!
Uesugi Kenshin is a devout Buddhist, and Ashikaga Yoshiji, a man known as the "enemy of the Buddha" and "the enemy of the gods", not only hooked up with the shrine maidens of many shrines, but also kidnapped many young nuns from temples, which is simply a blasphemy of the Buddha and a provocation of the red fruit!
Humility, who has the name of the god of war, claims to have fought for righteousness all his life, has a new and strong faith, and his people are also wrapped in white scarves all day long, dressed as a Buddhist, therefore, Ashikaga Yoshishi has become an extremely evil person in the world in his eyes, this kind of person dares to invade Echigo, which is close to Echigo, with a humble character, even if there is only one soldier and one soldier, he will definitely swear to fight it.
When Long Tao came to the Spring Mountain City, it was already late at night, and he found out where the City Lord's Mansion was, and directly sneaked in with a "Konoha Hidden Technique".
Most of the daimyo or castle lords were resting on the top floor of the castle tower, and when Long Tao appeared on the beam of the top floor, he immediately sensed that there were still four people lurking on it, and his breath was inaudible, but the energy in his body still exposed them to Long Tao's eyes.
All four of them are supposed to be ninjas.
According to the setting of the game,There will be a lot of ninjas around each daimyo.,These ninjas don't necessarily belong to a certain village.,Many of them are privately raised by the daimyo.,There are also some who come out of each village to pull the ninja.。
However, for the ninja who is entrusted to a certain daimyo, Satomura will not chase and kill, after all, they dare not easily anger a party's forces, this is also a way to pull out ninja and avoid pursuit, Long Tao was just troublesome at the time, and disdained to use it.
Long Tao's body spread, like a gust of wind, swept by, sealing the acupoints of the four people, and at the same time found that these four people were all female ninjas, just when he wanted to tease, an alarm suddenly appeared behind him, and three Ku Wu shot at his back with great speed.
There was actually a person hidden on the roof, and he escaped Long Tao's perception!
Long Tao instantly realized that this person should be at least at the upper ninja level, although he only probed a little just now, and didn't bother too much, but this person was able to avoid his perception, indicating that the energy in his body had been fully converved and reached the supreme realm of ninja lurking.
When the three kunai eyes were about to be inserted into Long Tao's heart, he seemed to have eyes behind his back, and copied the kunai with his backhand, and then turned around, and there was a slender female ninja half-squatting across the side, with a black mask covering her face, revealing only a pair of bright eyes.
Seeing that Long Tao easily caught Kunai, a touch of horror flashed in her eyes, and the ten fingers of her hands moved together, forming a seal.
"Huh? Wei Daotian's Technique. Long Tao was slightly startled, "Yanagihara Tobei once told me that there was a traitor in the black shin scarf who took refuge in the Echigo Uesugi family, could it be you?" ”
Obviously, Long Tao guessed very accurately, and the female ninja was shocked again, and then took out two daggers, and attacked Long Tao with her back, her speed was extremely fast, ghostly, this is the effect of the secret ninjutsu "Wei Dao Tianshu" in the black shin scarf, which greatly increased the speed.
However, no matter how fast she is, she can't be faster than Long Tao, and the first time the two fight, the female ninja was restrained by Long Tao.
Long Tao was just about to take off her mask, when footsteps came from below, and then a deep voice said, "You guys stand down." ”
The door opened, and a tall military general walked in.
He had a white scarf wrapped around his head, more than the monks and soldiers of the Sect, covering his forehead, revealing only a mighty-looking, short-bearded face, wearing blue-black feet and a long knife at his waist.
Judging by his style, it should be Kenshin Uesugi.
He pulled the door shut, unsheathed his long sword, and took off his sleak, revealing a wide white samurai suit that seemed too wide to make him look thin.
Long Tao glanced at the beam of the room, and saw that he had broad shoulders and a thin waist, slender legs, and extremely beautiful lines.
Well? Lines! What's the deal with the bulging lines of his chest?
Long Tao's eyes widened.
At this moment, the person below took off the white scarf from his head.
The white scarf was taken off from one side by him, and together with it was a mighty-looking face full of short beards!
After the white scarf was taken off, Long Tao appeared in front of his eyes with a slightly narrow white and tender face, his eyebrows flew obliquely into his sideburns, a pair of black and white eyes were heroic, the bridge of the nose was straight, and the mouth was square, she was actually a heroic beauty!
What's going on?!
Long Tao couldn't help but beat faster, and his blood surged.
Could it be that the rumors are true?
Kenshin Uesugi, a real woman's body!