When the entire army of Asahina Shinji had already arrived at the Yuming River, the high division was only halfway there.

After nearly a year of chaotic fighting, even if the people were not scattered and exiled, it was impossible to prepare the road, and they stopped and stopped along the way.

Gao Shisheng urged two sentences loudly, listening to the weak response of the miscellaneous soldiers, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. It can be said that he led his subordinates to help the Takeda family from beginning to end, and cleaned up the streets of Shinano for free. If you fight like this in the future, then you don't have to worry about the lack of eyes of the sword and gun, and you want your own life, it is estimated that before the war, you and your subordinates will be exhausted to death, knowing this, it is better to take the initiative to ask for orders, follow the logging, at least it doesn't have to be so hard.

All the timber was not finally delivered until noon, and after a hurried meal, there was a military order handed down, perhaps seeing the hard work of the people in Pingshan these days, this time it was always a good job.

Led by Gao Shisheng, he is responsible for sweeping the nearby townships and exterminating the 'thieves', it is really 'thieves are like combs, soldiers are like grates', no wonder Naito Mitsuhide will scold, this dog's world, black and white are reversed, and officials and thieves are not distinguished.

Compared with the young soldier Cao's speechlessness, the miscellaneous soldiers in Pingshan Township were quite excited, and they no longer complained.

Although the two armies of Takeda and Nagao took the lead in looting the countryside, despite the small area of the county, it was a densely populated and rich place, with flat terrain suitable for farming, and the proximity to the two large rivers with abundant water sources of the Xichuan River and the Chikuma River was convenient for irrigation, and nearly 60,000 stone of water and dry fields were reclaimed.

The six villages on both sides of the Yuming River were naturally the first to be targeted by the Imagawa army.

Today, the 'official army' of the Sichuan family on behalf of the imperial court has slaughtered the nearest Xintian Village on the south bank, and there are not many people left in the village.

The village was wide open, the wall against thieves and wild beasts was burned down by the fire, and a few village elders who were lucky enough not to die in the rebellion knelt beside the road with the remaining villagers, resigned to their fate. As soon as they saw that the army fighting Takeda Si Cutting Ling was coming again, these people howled and cried bitterly, as if they were mourned.

A village elder who was over sixty years old trembled and took out a crumpled manuscript from his bosom, bowed down in front of the high master Shengma, and wept and said, "Please be merciful, this is the exempt manuscript I bought!" ”

Gao Shisheng got off his horse to help the village elder and asked him for his name. The village elder claimed to be the last descendant of the Nitta clan, and said bitterly, "Echigo Army······ After the thieves broke through the village, they wantonly took it from people, and the young and strong were taken away by them, and even our rations were taken away. "In fact, before the Echigo soldiers 'took it', in order to collect grain, the Takeda army guarding Taipeiji Temple took the lead and looted the nearby villages, and the Imagawa army was regarded as the third wave of 'official army' who went to the countryside to collect grain.

The Shinano Nitta clan came from the famous generals of the Southern Dynasty, and after Echigo guarded Nitta Yoshiko. At the age of six, Nitta Yoshiko was able to ascend to the palace and was given a name by the government, and the most famous was the resentful spirit who asked for his life after death, and in his dreams he successively begged for several traitors led by Hatakeyama Kunikiyo.

Seeing that the descendants of loyal ministers and famous generals were ruined in this battle of Kawanaka Island, and the master was injured, he helped the old man and solemnly assured that "the thieves are brutal and outrageous." Rest assured, the old man is an official army begging for thieves for the imperial court, and this trip is only to catch the 'thief', and it will never hurt the innocent! "In fact, before the Echigo soldiers 'took it', in order to collect grain, the Takeda army guarding Taipeiji Temple took the lead and looted the nearby villages, and the Imagawa army was regarded as the third wave of 'official army' who went to the countryside to collect grain.

Just when he felt it and made a promise, the miscellaneous soldiers, who had long been unable to bear it, under the leadership of Mitsuhide Naito, who was born in Yamashin, rushed into the village like a wolf and a tiger, going from house to house, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, looking for money, food and belongings.

The miscellaneous soldiers didn't know any fake tricks of warmth and affection, they only knew that they had traveled hundreds of miles, and they risked losing their heads to come to Shinano to participate in the joint battle, not for the sake of the family and the country of the imperial court.

They are all from a bitter background, and they can be said to know where to hide the money and grain, and soon some people will find the leftover food scattered in the cellars scattered and hidden in various cellars under the guidance of Naito Mitsuhide, a habitual bandit, and with bursts of cheers, Hasegawa Hayato showed a fierce light, and immediately led his troops to draw his sword and stepped forward to see the villagers who wanted to be restless.

In these years, where there are any honest people, they are all Diao people who crawled out of a ravine, and no one should bluff anyone. Hasegawa Hayato suddenly raised his foot and kicked over a young man who wanted to get up and resist, stepped on the man's chest, and put the tip of the knife against the opponent's neck.

Gao Shisheng shook his head and motioned for the person to be released.

This time out just to plunder money and grain, there is no need to make a fuss about people's lives, Takeda and Changwei not only fought in the higher counties, but also plundered grain everywhere, so that the already poor villagers can only rely on digging wild vegetables, gnawing tree bark to eat their stomachs, even if they are dying of hunger, no one dares to touch these hidden grain in the cellar, eat the grain, what to do with the spring ploughing next year.

However, the meaning of these grains is not something that Gao Shisheng should consider and can consider. Like the grass burned by wildfire, a village dies out, and it won't be long before new homeless slaves re-cultivate the ruins left behind by these people.

I don't know how long the battle will last, so the Imagawa army in the enemy country can only collect grain on the spot as much as possible, and if it is in Tokaido, it may also consider the impact of local governance and family reputation, but in Shinano Province of Higashiyama Province, where will anyone really care about the life and death of these people.

Tokaido, Higashiyamado is one word different, and the plundering behavior is obviously not necessary to consider other external influences at all.

When I went around more than a dozen nearby villages, not only did I fill two carts of all kinds of 'growing grain'. They also brought back dozens of young women, all of whom were taken from the villages in exchange for some of the food they had grown.

As for the poultry and livestock, they were not found at all, and were either looted by the previous raids of the Takeda and Nagao armies, or were hunted and eaten by the hungry people, but on the way back they hunted two frightened deer.

By the time the 'Rentou' team that had been chasing the 'thieves' returned, the camp had begun to take shape, and the collected grain and two deer were handed over for distribution by the logistics team. As for the dozens of women, they were temporarily detained in separate tents and kept under strict care, not because they were afraid that the women would escape, but because they were afraid that some soldiers in the army would harass them.

Gao Shisheng promised those villagers that as long as they could raise enough 'body money' within three days, they could bring people back safely, but obviously not only did the village not believe it, but even he himself didn't believe it.

That night, the main generals of the whole army gathered together to taste the roasted red plum, out of the bitter cold, and there were not too many condiments to season, only sprinkled with some salt, sauce and vinegar, but the generals still ate with relish.

These people are rough people, they have not eaten a few serious banquets, a few glasses of sake are exposed in their original form, they drink at the banquet, they take the ribs to hit the case, and even call for meat, and they are all young village women who are captured during the day, but all the people who can be seen in appearance are forcibly pulled to the banquet to accompany them, and there are two people who are obsessed with their hearts, and they use the strength of the wine to move their hands and feet, and even hug and hug, which can be described as full of ugliness.

The rest of the samurai were heckled along with the shouting and playful, and the screams of the thin women for help made the whole banquet a miasma, and Asahina Shinji did not stop him, but carefully observed the performance of the generals with great interest, and examined the people among them who were simply reckless and mediocre.

Unlike Asahina Motocho, who strictly governed the army, Asahina Shinji did not have such a high prestige, so he could only adopt a gentle way to win over these wealthy families.

Therefore, since serving as a general, he has always been a royal general, and he has always made good use of his kindness to make friends with his generals, whether it was in the Suwa Mutual Market before, or letting Gao Shisheng lead the troops to 'take people' during the day, and letting his subordinates be unrestrained at the banquet, it was just a means to win the hearts of the army.

Although it led to a certain degree of lax military discipline, the benefits were obvious, and in just ten months, he won the unanimous support of 3,000 military servants in Yuanjiang, and they were happy to be driven by it in order to make a profit.

Although the venison was delicious, Gao Shisheng felt that the food was unpleasant, and he stroked the case again and again, and finally simply stopped the cup and threw the spoon, got up from the knife, and quietly went around to the front of the tent.

He lifted the curtain, walked out, looked at the military camp tent with strong battles near and far, looked up at the eight mana horse seal banner set up in front of the tent of the commander of the formation, and then looked at the direction of Gu Taiping Temple, the cold wind was cold, but Gao Shisheng felt that his blood was boiling and it was difficult to control himself.

At this time, he was still five miles away from Taiping Temple, and it was difficult to see the mountain temple in the inky night, but in a gust of north wind that was coming, with the smell of gunsmoke and fire, he seemed to smell the thick smell of blood around the Buddhist temple, and turned his eyes to look in the direction of Kawanaka Island, as if he heard the shouts of the enemy soldiers and the exchange of swords and soldiers, and the roar of iron cannons that were about to erupt and shook the earth like a mountain torrent.

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Just when the high master was in a reverie, in Wakatsuki Castle, Nagao Masaki and Murakami Yoshikiyo were also discussing with the Hokushin Hao clan and the Echigo military generals.

The ninjas they sent to spy behind enemy lines sent back, and the Imagawa army had arrived at the Umeigawa River and set up a battalion.

Murakami Yoshikiyoshi said, "The Imagawa army arrived at the Xichuan River early, but lingered on the south bank for many days, apparently without the intention of starting a war with our army. Now it is unusual, yesterday suddenly increased the troops in Kurita Castle, only rested for one night, and today rushed to Yumingchuan to set up camp. Lock up our army's way! This is obviously an attempt to eagerly curb the movement of our army, and if it is not bad, it should be to cooperate with Takeda Shingen's move to build a castle in Haijin, to attack instead of defend, and reduce the pressure on the left flank of Xichuan! Xiang Nagao Masaki asked, "You must not be so stable and self-controlled, what is the countermeasure of Echizen Mamoru?" Shall we continue to 'ambush', or will we fight head-on? ”

Nagao Masakai looked around the hall, thought for a moment, but still didn't want to meet the enemy head-on, and said, "It's better to have a 'wild ambush' tactic!" ”

"Do you want to be 'wild'?"

The wealthy clans and generals in the assessment room suddenly discussed whether it was feasible.

Nagao Masashi slapped the table a few times in a row, quieted them down, and said, "The Imagawa army is known as a total of 8,000 soldiers and horses, although it is a false word, there will not really be so many, it is estimated that there will be three or four thousand people, and the people who can fight in our department are only comparable to it, and there are still fortresses in the rear that need to be defended. ”

The Takeda Army in the three battles was almost all retained, but Nagao Masakai felt that he was becoming more and more struggling with the next battle.

As he said before, now he can suppress the opposite Takeda Army and the Kenuchi No, relying on a large number of soldiers and horses. Therefore, as soon as he heard that the Imagawa army had crossed the river, he immediately asked the Murakami army to stop the siege of Taiheiji Temple, and by the way, he also withdrew the wild ambush team that was monitoring the rest of the battalion, fearing unnecessary loss of soldiers.

He said, "In my opinion, the Imagawa army may not have the intention to fight to the death, as long as it does not come to provoke, it is more prudent to use the tactics of the battalion step by step, after pulling out the rest of the battalion, the Imagawa army is lonely, and it will retreat, the most important thing for our army is not whether it can really conquer Kurita Castle, but to guard the back road of the lord, as long as Katsuo Castle and Zenkoji Temple are not lost, we can advance and retreat freely in Shinano, and enter the decisive battle with Kawanakajima; Retreat, return to Echigo from Uenohara. ”

Shimazu Tadanao asked, "Although the Imagawa army does not know how powerful it is, the mere fact that it has a large number of people should not be underestimated. If it plans to join forces with the Takeda Army and take the initiative to meet the attack, then will our army fight or retreat? If you are forced to fight, it is good to win, but what if you lose? "It is often difficult to cover all aspects of the pre-war ideas and arrangements after they are implemented, and no one knows exactly what the Imagawa army is going to do, in case the other side also has the idea of taking the initiative to attack.

"Now that the Sichuan army is really out of battle, it is enough to retreat to Wakatsuki, and it is enough to hold on to the city."

The wealthy clans and samurai discussed a lot. It is difficult to command the people is not the Takeda army itself, compared to Koyamada Nobushige, an important minister of the Takeda family, with the help of Sanada Yukitaka and Yamamoto Haruyuki, the dispatch of the Hao family is quite calm.

The long-tail political scene can only be called a constraint on the troops, and coupled with the status of the former lord of the country, it makes both him and his subordinate generals extremely embarrassing. In addition to the Ueda people, the rest of the wealthy clans and samurai have consciously or unintentionally maintained a certain distance from them, and they can only listen to military orders after careful consideration.

This is also the main reason why Nagao Masaki obviously seems to be attacking from all sides and winning consecutive battles, but it is difficult to achieve a big victory in the face of the Kurita Castle Takeda Army, which has an obvious disadvantage.

In the end, it was up to Murakami Yoshikiyo to come forward and help decide the implementation of the military order.

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