Early the next morning, the whole army was mobilized.

Gaoshi Sheng Xiangqu was supplemented by a team of banners, and with the assistance of the three people of the Kamohara clan, he finally really firmly controlled the four hundred miscellaneous soldiers, and moved forward as a vanguard, with the miscellaneous soldiers in each hometown song behind him. Asahina Shinoki led 300 banners of this county as the main team of the Chinese army.

The head of the Kamikawa family, Tadahiro Kamikawa, was responsible for escorting a large number of people, cattle, horses, and horses to form a baggage team, which followed closely behind. Nobuko Hamana also led 200 soldiers from the county to serve as the palace army, and the 3,500 troops marched out of the county, and drove 100 miles along the streets of Tokai on the shore of Lake Yuanhai, crossing the Shinano Ridge under the control of the Imagawa family, officially entering the Ina County in the south of Shinano, crossing the Ina Mountain Road between the mountains, and heading north to Shinano.

Shinano Province is located in the interior, located in the Higashiyama Road, known as Kono Province in ancient times, and was named after "Konoki does not come out of this country", and was also named Shinno Province until the fourth year of Daiho, when the imperial court ordered the casting of the seals of various countries, the name of the country was officially established as "Shinano".

Outside Shinshu borders the Ten Kingdoms, it can be called a place where soldiers must fight, fortunately there are mountains around, with Mt. Gao as a barrier, the road is more difficult than the Tokaido, Gao Shisheng as a striker is not because he has many elites under his command, but he needs to lead people in front, prepare the road, so that the army can march, and when it really enters Beixin, it will be withdrawn to the flank.

Gao Shi Shenglema stopped, and the miscellaneous soldiers of Pingshan Township, led by samurai, laid planks along the road and filled in the ditches. On the east and west sides of the Ina Mountain Road, the Kasariyama and Komaga Peaks are towering into the clouds, which is frustrating.

"Secretary of Akijin" commented on Shinano County, 'The mountains are high and the valleys are secluded, the green mountains are heavy, and it is difficult for people to rely on their canes. Strict and steep, the stairs are tortuous, the thousand peaks are long, and the words of 'Ma Dun does not advance', honest and not deceiving.

In particular, in order to guard against the enemies of Tokaido, entering Shinano, whether it was the Shinano guardian Ogasawara clan in the past, or the current Takeda clan, they deliberately did not prepare the Ina Mountain Road, which is connected to Tokaido.

Shinano state-owned Takatake natural risk relied on defense, to a certain extent, to resist foreign invasion, for most of the country, is a flat river, only a few rivers and mountains traversed, divided into a number of flat valleys, retired for five years, divided the southern part of the Suwa country, and later reincorporated into Shinano, so that there is a rumor that there is a rumor of southern Sukitanobu.

Among them, the Chikuma River and the Tenryu River are two of the longest and largest rivers, and Shinano is subdivided into and forms the Nanshin, Chuxin, Kitashin, and Toshin Shifang Valleys, and the ten counties of Shinshu are irrigated by two rivers for irrigation and horse grazing, and the wealthy clans of Kunaka have been in a situation where the wealthy clans have been in a situation where the wealthy clans have been standing side by side before Takeda's conquest of Shinano, and the four clans of Ogasawara, Murakami, Kiso, and Suwa have their own valleys, and the Ina Mountain Road that enters Shinano from the distant river is an important pass under the control of the Ogasawara clan in the past.

Then marched to the northeast, and for three days, Suwahara Castle next to the Sea of Suwa was faintly in sight.

In order not to cause misunderstanding among friendly troops, Gao Shimori, a miscellaneous army that opened the way, temporarily stopped his troops five miles outside Suwahara Castle and sent Kamohara Shiyoshi to lead the envoy to enter the city to pass the documents.

The land of Suwa is also known as the Fuji Shrine and is one of the oldest shrines in the world.

From the Heian period until the later Edo period, the shrine's main shrine was held by the Suwa clan and the Kinkosha clan, and at the height of the shrine, there were more than 25,000 shrines in the world, including Besamote Shrine and the shrine main hall.

In winter, the weather is cold, and the shrine on the side of the road is rarely visited. The flags erected on both sides of the Shinto along the way, in addition to the Suwa god pattern, also hang the Hojo three-scale pattern, the Suwa clan is indeed closely related to the Hojo family, but it is not the Go-Hojo clan that now occupies the Kanto Hachishu, but the former Hojo clan of the Kamakura shogunate.

The Suwa clan began to be active among the samurai as a famous lord, and it was first seen in the late Kamakura period, when the frost moon turmoil in the eighth year of Hiroyasu was involved, and the in-laws of the powerful imperial family of the shogunate, the Adachi Yasumori, were involved, and the Shinano country fell into a civil strife embarrassment.

In the new policy of Jianwu, when the defeat of the Hojo family was decided, the Suwa clan still stood firmly on the side of the Kamakura ruling faction, against the downfall army led by the Ashikaga clan and Nitta Yoshisada. After the Battle of Toshoji Temple, Naoshi Suwa, a member of the Imperial Interior, committed suicide after learning of the death of Hojo Takatoki's seppuku suicide, and the Suwa Shinto accepted Hojo Tokiyuki, the orphan of Hojo Takatoki, and hid him in the Suwa Taisha Shrine to avoid being searched by the Ashikaga Army.

In the second year of the founding of the military force, Suwa Yorishige and Shino of the Suwa Shinto Party took power in Hojo Tokiyo, raised troops in Subo Hongu and recaptured Kamakura in one fell swoop, but the 'Nakajo Rebellion' was suppressed in just 20 days, and Suwa and others committed suicide and fled to Kyoto with Hojo Tokiyo, which was declared to have ended.

is such a famous family with a long pedigree, but a few years ago, Takeda Shingen used the trickery of war to completely cut off the lineage, which can't help but make people sigh.

The meeting is fate, Gao Shisheng passed the order, the soldiers of each team first rested on the spot, and they rode lightly, only brought a few cronies, went to the shrine to worship, offered incense money twice, a knife, in order to pray for the blessing of the military god, this time out of the Pingshan Township Tribe, can be martial arts for a long time.

After resting for half an hour, the envoy came back with a team of cavalry from the Takeda family, and the first person was not a samurai with armor, but a young priest, who came in a hurry, not by ox cart, but on horseback, and cleaned his robe, but the dress of the Ichinomiya priest Daiju, who was the current Suwa Daisu.

During the period of the legal order, the power of the priest Dazhu was very great, and the appointment and dismissal came from the imperial court, and Gao Shisheng, a soldier with four hundred soldiers, saw it, and also knelt down to bow and salute.

The two sides meet each other and salute each other.

Gao Shisheng was in armor, made a military salute, and saluted, "In Xia Yuanjiang County, Cao Gao Shisheng, on the order of Junfu, went north with the official army to fight for thieves, our army passed by Gui County and planned to rest under the city for a period of time, because I was worried that approaching the city would cause misunderstanding, and the general sent me to enter the city first. ”

Suwa Daisuki had already dismounted from his horse, bowed his hand in return, and said, "The name of Asahina-sama, I have heard it for a long time, the battle of Shodozaka, Tanba took the lead and fought to the death with the enemy, so that Owari Oda was defeated. A few days ago, I heard that the cavalry echoed, and the three armies were inspected in Hubei by Binai Tanbo, so that many thieves in Yuanzhou were frightened and did not dare to plunder again, and they shocked the East China Sea. ”

The top of the official career of the Hiina family in the West Enoe is Tanba Mamoru, and it is very common for the samurai family to hold multiple positions and even worship the same lord as father and son, and it is often called Asahina Motocho by the big Tanba, and Asahina Shinji by the small Tanba. After Asahina Motocho was elevated as the Shogo, the title of Tamba Mamoru began to refer exclusively to Asahina Shinji.

"Great congratulations, Brother Tanbo is worthy of the title of loyalty and bravery, but in fact, he is just a crony mediocrity, and he can only be a pawn who opens mountains and builds roads."

Suwa Daisuki looked at the miscellaneous soldiers who were sitting on the side of the road resting, and as if he understood, he still smiled and asked, "Your army is in my county today, I don't know how long you plan to stay?" Where do you need the help of this priest? ”

Gao Shisheng took out a piece of music and handed it to the other party, and said, "Our army has prepared its own food and straw for this trip, and there is no need to help Dazhu before it is used up, as for how long you plan to stay in your county, it depends on acting in accordance with the military order, but you can know it under the order, this is the order of the general, please watch it." ”

Suwa Daisuke politely accepted the order, unfolded it, finished reading, and said, "Tanba Mamoru hopes that this official can choose a place to camp on the shore of Lake Yuhai, and in addition, he wants to build a field and exchange markets with our county?" ”

"Exactly, I don't know if Dazhu is in trouble?"

Selling salt in Shinano was a good decision, and Minami Shinano did not have that town, so it was more densely populated and prosperous than Suwa Taisha, so why he chose to camp on the shores of Lake Suwa was also due to the convenience of obtaining water, and in the past in the Nara Dynasty, under the jurisdiction of Zoma Liao, the imperial court set up a total of 16 official offices in Shinano and the pastoral office to oversee it, including one on the shore of Lake Suwa.

Although Ma Zheng has long since collapsed, the abundant aquatic plants will not disappear with it, and they are just used to raise the cattle and horses in the pack caravan.

Suwa Daisuku pondered for a moment and said; "There is a wild land in the east of the county and the city, and the place is not close to the water source, which is just right. I asked the soldiers to take a look first, and if there was no objection, they could camp first. ”

This Suwa Daisuku did not mention the matter of the battle, and it seemed that he wanted to negotiate with Asahina Shinji, the commander of the Chinese army who was still in the rear, before making a decision.

This has nothing to do with Gao Shisheng, and he agreed.

After sending off Suwa Daijo, and then giving the order, the soldiers of each team got up one after another, followed the horse that left the guide to ride bypassing the county town, and headed to the shore of Lake East of the city.

Aoki Daizen also followed closely on horseback, frequently looking back at Suwa Daisu, who had already gone away, gritting his teeth, and hatingly, "Suwa Yoritada, a disciple who recognizes a thief as a father, also has the face to serve as a priest!" ”

Suwa Yoritada came from the branch of the Suwa clan clan, and was the younger brother of Suwa Yorishige who was killed by Manmen, and his father, Suwa Manchu, as a middle-aged elder in his own family, not only did not think about avenging the family governor, but in the battle with the division of the family Takato Yoritsugu, he threw himself into the Takeda family, and handed over Suwa Yorishige's widowed son Inwang Maru to Takeda Shingen, and finally killed both his mother and son, in exchange for his own integrity.

Suwa Izu guards the neighboring family and divides the family, and it is grandiose, stealing the position of the leader. The eldest son, Suwa Yoritoyo, served as the leader of the Suwa Shinto Party and was active as the 'Twelve Messengers', while the second son, Suwa Yoritada, succeeded him as the priest Daisu, and brazenly supported the fourth son of Takeda Shingen, and Suwa Shiro, who was produced by Suwa Goryo, as the family governor, and later controlled the affairs of the Suwa clan's family as a later person.

This kind of means of restraint is not uncommon in the Warring States Period, and it does not have much touch on Gao Shisheng and others, and it is a great rebellion, is there anyone better than the abolition of the Liguan Collar and the three good Changkei of the Gongfang, compared with Sanzhu, the actions of the father and son of the Suwa Manchu can only be said to be a last resort in order to preserve the family name.

Suwa Shiro, who has the blood of the Suwa clan, is the governor of the family, and the family is assisted by the old ministers of the family, and the behavior of the Suwa leader is preserved, and it cannot be said that there is anything wrong, compared to the Takayuan clan who was forced to be full of seppuku and cut off the bloodline.

Gao Shisheng didn't know why Aoki Daizen hated the Suwa clan and the Takeda clan so much, and he was afraid that the samurai of the Takeda clan in front of him would hear it, so he didn't answer, and said, "We came from Tokaido, and we have been delayed for a long time all the way north, and I don't know how the battle of Hokushin is?" Let's go and ask the guide warrior. ”

Kambara's Kiyoshi, Date Muzuna, and Oka's head Yukino, along with Nagata Mori, Hasegawa Hayato, Hamana Nobumitsu, and others, surrounded Taka Shimori to catch up with the samurai who was leading the way on horseback, and asked how the situation was on Kawanakajima.

The samurai on horseback said, "A few days ago, Zenkoji Temple fell, and the Echigo army also sent a thief army to attack my Kaijin, about two or three thousand heavy, fortunately, the Iitomi military department and Kasuga-sama led the troops to garrison, and the two oni Mino personally led the red people to come to help, and fought hard with the thieves for many days, and finally got to protect the castle without loss, when the Koyamada-sama rebuilt the defense line in Kurita Castle, this Vietnamese army slowly retreated. ”

"Where did you retreat?"

"It's said to have retreated to Zenko-gun, and if you think about it, it's probably nothing more than Haruyama Castle, or Inoue Castle rejoining Nagao Echigo's main team."

Although Kawanakajima was the focus of the battle, the entire front was extremely long, and it can be said that it spanned the entire Hokushin Six Prefectures, with the Chikuma River as the boundary, and the castles on both sides of the strait changed hands repeatedly in repeated tug-of-wars.

Iitomi Torama, Baba Nobubo, Hara Toranoin, and Kasuga Toranona, who was later renamed Takasaka Masatin, the four generals of the Takeda family, with the assistance of the Red Reserve Cavalry, were able to hold the castle, and the Echigo army saw that the strong attack could not be overcome, and took the initiative to retreat, rather than being defeated, and the leader of the Echigo army was also the general of the Nagao family.

"Is there still news of the joint battle coming back from Kawanakajima now?"

"It should still be a standoff, and there is no other news coming back yet."

"Kurita Castle hangs alone on the north bank of the Rhino River, and Takeda Daizen's team is dragged again, and it can't be moved at will, and without foreign aid, I don't know how long it can hold out."

"Although Kurita Castle was besieged by the Nagao Army, because the defenders were all soldiers of my Takeda family, and there were Xichuan people controlling the waterways, it was still impregnable, and the strong attacks launched by the Vietnamese soldiers every day were all repulsed."

After getting the news he wanted, Gao Shisheng didn't say much, and after thanking him, he turned his horse back to the army before he said to Date Sotsuna and Minister Oka: "According to the plan of the general, our department will be stationed in Suwa for a few days, sell and sell salt, and after settling down, from tomorrow, let the soldiers of each team strictly drill, our troops are mostly forcibly recruited, do not know the army, do not ask them to be able to line up and charge, must strive to make them can recognize the golden drum, so that they will not collapse in the face of the enemy!" Then I'll see if I can buy a batch of belly curls from the Takeda family, cage hands, iron foreheads, face guards and other things, so as not to let the miscellaneous soldiers go into battle. ”

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