There were 200 Imagawa soldiers, plus a garrison on the high ground. Shaotian Changlusuke only brought more than 300 people, and it was not impossible to attack it by force, but the casualties were too great to fight with them, and he needed to outwit them for a long time.

Based on the performance of the Imagawa army yesterday, Shoda Tsunekirosuke believes that although the Imagawa army occupies a favorable position, it lacks a standing flag and is far inferior to the elite of the army he leads. Therefore, he heeded the advice of his nephew, and did not rush to launch another strong attack, but sent people to quietly cross the river on foot from the distant shoals last night, and ambushed the soldiers in a dense forest near the left side of the Imagawa military camp, waiting for a good opportunity.

He adopted this tactic, which was similar to Nagao Masaki's 'field ambush tactics' against the Takeda army, both of which were to find ways to win the enemy out of the camp. Send a field ambush team to wait for the opportunity to move, and achieve the goal of annihilating the enemy army at the lowest cost.

At the same time that Shaoda Shigetaka left the Imagawa military camp, the Echigo army's main formation on the other side of the river took advantage of the wind and snow to deliberately let the cattle and horses drag firewood and grass back and forth, creating the illusion that most of them were still there.

It is a high raised slope, and the plains on all sides are covered with towering trees. The fallen leaves withered, leaving only bare branches in one piece, like a protruding wooden wall to block the cold wind and snow blowing. The Echigo soldiers gathered their flags and hid them here, and they all carried food pills to satisfy their hunger, and even when they were eating, they did not smoke from cooking.

There are several sharp-eyed ashigaru on the high slope who are in charge of guarding, in order to prevent being discovered by the Imagawa army in the camp, they sent troops to investigate, and the samurai who led the troops did not even make a bonfire to keep warm, and they all relied on the cold clothes on their bodies to resist, and the position of the hidden soldiers was just at the corner of the wooden bridge, and they could respond to each other, so that even if the wild ambush team failed to make a surprise attack, they could calmly retreat.

Shoda Tsunekisuke is also an old general.

Compared with the Echigo generals, he is not brave or wise. The only advantage is that it is 'stable'.

Raise troops to fight together, face the enemy in battle, arrange all kinds of peace and stability everywhere, do not be greedy for merit, and seek no fault first. The main reason why he was able to be sent to assist Nagao Masakakei and the county was that he was a powerful countryman who was stationed at the junction of Echigo and Shinano, and that he acted steadily.

But that's not the time anymore.

Seeing that Murakami Yoshikiyo and Shimazu, the Shinano people who later defected to the Nagao clan, occupied an increasingly important position in the army, and at the same time, Echigo's national strength became stronger and stronger, and he continued to expand his territory to the outside world.

Shoda Tsunekisuke, a veteran who 'does not seek merit, but seeks no fault', gradually began to be excluded from the ranks of the Nagao clan's important ministers.

I think that at the beginning, when Echigo was in civil strife, when Nagao Keihu first became the governor of the family, it was by relying on the eight families under his command, Usami Dingmi, Nakajo Fujishi, Okuma Asahide, Honjo Minoru, Naoe Minotsuna, Yamayoshi Yukimori, Shoda Tsunekisuke, and Koshi Nagao Keinobu of the Nagao family, which were the most popular among the people of the credit country, and quickly controlled the stability of Echigo Province.

Up to now, there are 30,000 Echigo military horses.

The original Echigo eight, but because of their respective identities and strengths, they had different karma.

Needless to say, Nagao Keishinobu of Nakajo Fujishi, Usami Dingmi, and Nagao Keishinobu of a family of relatives who have made a decision, one serves as the general of the Seven Hands Group, one serves as a military advisor, and the other serves as the elder of the family of many writers, and his status is the most prominent, which can be said to be under Nagao Keihu alone, and above the 10,000 people of Echigo Country.

Needless to say, it is needless to say that Okuma Ashide, who initiated the righteous act at the beginning, had a dispute with Honjo, who was also a member of the eight, because of a dispute over the territory and was not treated fairly, and finally fled to the Takeda family.

only said that the other four people were also sealed or reused. Honjo gained great power as a close minister of Nagao Keitor, and at the same time served as a military teacher, so he had a close relationship. This time, he was responsible for escorting grain and grass, protecting grain routes, and the governor's logistics.

As a powerful member of the Echigo people, Naoe Minitsuna was mainly responsible for commanding Nagao Keitor's direct banner and managing the military service mobilization of the retainers, and supported meritorious service, becoming the most influential minister in the pedigree. And like Nakajo Fujizi and Usami Dingmi, he directly counseled the military, oversaw the front-line war, and had long served as a general of the Nagao clan's standing banner 'Che Hangzhong' with Yamayoshi Yukimori.

You must know that the five vehicles in front of the long-tailed Jinghu tent are all the elite of the elite, and they are not cronies, so they can't be let as generals.

Thinking of this, Shoda Tsunekisuke looked back at himself, loyal to the public for many years, but he did not get much actual sealing, and he was also excluded from Kasuga Mountain Castle all the time, and guarded the closed position castle of Shinano Yasuun County. Although it is called a town guarding the city, it is actually like exile, far away from the center, and this time Shinano went out of the battle, and he didn't even get the position of a partial general.

Who doesn't have a few utilitarian hearts, he is also the hero who supported the establishment of the lord of the country back then, and compared with others, even the big bear Chaoxiu, who served as the 'Duan Qian Fang' in charge of taxation before the rebellion, can't compare, and he makes judgments, and now he is even more divided into the army, and he has to be driven to be sent.

Whenever he thinks about this, Shoda Tsunekisuke is inevitably so preoccupied that he was a little uneasy before the war.

A while ago, the shogunate envoy came to Kasuga Yamajo Castle to convey the Imperial Teachings of the Princess, and asked Nagao Keitora to lead his troops to Kamirakura and the ten daimyo of to join forces to defeat Mitsuki, although due to Takeda Shingen's invasion of Kita-Shinano, which led to a confrontation on Kawanakajima and failed to make the trip, but the government's move to send envoys, as well as rumors that intended Nagao Keitora to inherit the name of the Yamauchi Uesugi clan and serve as the shogunate's companion and Kanto governor, are people can't help but think about it.

Now that the shogunate is in decline, the daimyo are holding their own armies, and the status quo of secession and melee is a foregone conclusion, and the public government has no real benefits to win over the local daimyo except for the so-called 'great righteousness of the world' and the false name of the official service.

The Echigo Nagao clan is a minority and is not much, and he still insists on sending people to Luo to visit the local daimyo every year, Nagao Jinghu as the lord of a country, the official position of the remote leader is of little significance, even if he is crowned a major general of the Konoe Mansion, can he really be transferred to Beijing to report on his work.

As far as local appointments are concerned, like Takeda Shingen, Imagawa Yoshimoto and other daimyos, they are already in charge of the country's guardian service, and the only thing that is still attractive to the Nagao family is the position of Kanto Governor, in this case, in order to urge Nagao Keitora to quickly end the confrontation with the Takeda family on Kawanaka Island, it is really difficult to say whether he will directly send a white umbrella bag of 'Kanto Governor' and cover the head of the Nagao clan.

Compared to the territory of the country, Nagao Jinghu has 600,000 koku in one country and three prefectures, which is three times larger than the total of less than 200,000 koku in Tango and Wakasa Takeda, which are trapped in the lower kingdom respectively, and it was only like this in the heyday of the two Uesugi clans.

From this point of view, not to mention being the companion of the shogunate, it is more than enough to directly serve as the governor of the Kanto region.

Of course, this is just a rumor in the army, and whether or not he will be canonized as the Kanto Governor by the shogunate is still between the two sides. However, since this kind of discussion has already appeared in the army, what difference does it make if the shogunate is willing to canonize it or not? It can be like several Uesugi leaders during the Kamakura Princess's period, and the generals support it, and they are self-governing leaders.

The lower-class samurai even began to discuss what Nagao Jinghu should be called when the time came. Some say that it should be called Uesugi Keiho, and some say that since they inherited the Uesugi clan from Yamauchi, they should change the general character and change their name to Uesugi Kento. Others think that they will only worship the word 'Masa' of Uesugi Kenmasa and change their name to Uesugi Masato.

The discussion was very interesting.

If what he said is true, Nagao Jinghu will be appointed as the governor of the Kanto region, and the status of the military retainers under his command will naturally rise. Shaotian Changlusuke didn't want to follow the old path of Daxiong Chaoxiu at this critical moment, and was run over internally and completely excluded. This is also the reason why he is eager to obtain military merits and wants to return to Kasuga Mountain Castle as a family elder.

Although the number of Imagawa troops on the other side of the river was small, the name of the Imagawa family's military strength was enough to boast about it, and Shoda Tsunerisuke pressed his sword out of the camp tent, independent frost and snow, and looked up, a round of red sun was jumping out of the forest on the top of the mountain, and the north wind blew, and the various flags and flags in the Echigo military camp sounded.

"Uncle, you're ready to go!"

The Echigo army came in a hurry, and the camp was not as tough as the Imagawa army on the other side, but it was also neat and neat, and most of the soldiers' tents were on both sides, and most of the important baggage such as grain and straw were stored in two smaller tents built separately next to the Chinese army's tent.

Shaotian Shigetaka led people to load several carts tightly, but they were not used to ransom the corpses, but dried firewood and thatch drenched in fire oil, as long as they could be deceived into the Imagawa military camp, the dead soldiers in charge of the surprise attack would set fire to the car, and the entire camp except for the low hill was smashed and flattened.

Seeing that his uncle was a little absent-minded, Shaotian Chonggao asked again, "Does uncle have something on his mind?" ”

Shaotian Changlusuke has no children, and his nephew is the future heir of the family governor, and when he came to ask, he did not hide it, and said, "The fierce battle of North Shinano is in full swing, and the Kwantung war is rising again." The Hojo family attacked Ueno very urgently, and the Kurita Castle Takeda Army, although it was repeatedly defeated, was rescued by Imagawa reinforcements, and Wuzi could hold on. Zhengjing Gong came from afar, the soldiers came to the county and the county, it has been many days, so far it has not been able to pull out the lonely city, you and my uncle and nephew have been squeezed out by the villain, if this time they go out independently, they can not make some eye-catching achievements, and it may be difficult to have a foothold in the country of Echigo. ”

Shao Tian smiled brightly, and explained, "The world is impermanent, and there is a fate, why should my uncle mind it?" It is necessary to know that the lord is a heroic and righteous general, you and I are just toads under the horse, how can we catch up with the flying yellow, loyalty and dedication is the duty of a courtier. ”

Shaotian Changlusuke nodded, agreeing with what his nephew said.

"The defeated army of Takeda in Kurita Castle is difficult to last for a while. Jinghu Gong raised troops to fight thieves for the 'righteous ceremony', and saved the people in fire and water. Everywhere the officials and soldiers went, the people all ate pot pulp to welcome the king! Those who have won the hearts of the people since ancient times can take advantage of the world, and with this righteousness in hand, what else is there to worry about? With less than 500 soldiers, my family defeated 2,000 people, and even helped Zhengjing Gong to recover a county immediately, such a great achievement, it is really much stronger than the generals of the island in the river sitting and watching the river every day. ”

At the beginning, it was not the Ueda people of Nagao Masaki who sent troops to aid the Shimazu family, but the Shoda Tsunekisuke who had been guarding Yakumo County, and it was also the first time that the Shoda Shigetaka began to help the Shimazu clan to reconcile the faction of the same clan, which began a good situation in which the Hokushin wealthy clan turned against each other and competed to vote. Therefore, Shaotian Chonggao will have the saying that "my family loses two thousand with less than 500 people".

It's just that just as Shoda Tsunekisuke worried, the military report sent to Nagao Jinghu did not mention the exploits of his uncle and nephew, as if there had never been such two people in the army.

Shaotian Changlusuke sighed and said, "Senbei don't want to make fun of your uncle. Even if our army wins a big victory, it is only to regain lost territory, how can it be compared with the military exploits of the generals of Kawanakajima who defeated the Takeda army? His nephew's words aroused his worries, and he sighed and paced, and the rising sun lengthened his shadow, making him more and more anxious and irritable.

"Uncle's statement is false, the generals of Kawanakajima were defeated and retreated to Takeda, although they worked hard and made great achievements. However, it is their part. Uncle was ordered to rescue Yatong City and retreat to Takeda without a fight, but it was a great achievement that only a general could do! Emperor Yunfu of the former Taizu Gao hunted, chased and killed the beast rabbit and the dog, and the person who sent the trace to indicate the beast was also. Today, all the kings and disciples can get the ears of beasts, and the dogs are also good. Although it is difficult for uncle to compare with Xiao Daxiangguo, the achievement of the tracking instructions is obvious! ”

Speaking of which, there was simply no outsider present, and Shaotian Shigetaka told the truth all the heartfelt words that he had been thinking about for many years, "The foundation of my Shaotian clan is not to form a party with my colleagues for personal gain, or even to the fancy of Jinghu Gong, but the geographical advantages of the border between Shin-Vietnam and Shin-Vietnam for many years, as well as the prestige of the people in North Shinano, only need to painstakingly manage these two, no matter who is the lord of Echigo, or occupy Shinano, I can't underestimate the status of my Shaotian clan, for the sake of fame and profit, It's ridiculous to leave your skills behind and run to the spring mountain town to wag your tail and beg for mercy! ”

"As long as North Shinano is uncertain, Shang'anyun County will always be in the pocket of my Shaotian family, in this troubled era, is there any high-ranking official Houlu who can compare with getting more Anduwanxing?"

Shaotian Chang Lu Jie Huo Ran woke up. Yes, the same marginalized Big Bear Asahide can be said to be a brave man for the Nagao clan, sharpening his head and trying to squeeze into Kasuga Mountain Castle to get a place.

In the end, it was not that he was suppressed by other retainers, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore, and angrily colluded with Takeda to launch a rebellion.

The reason why the Shaotian family can be preserved independently is not that he has worked hard for so many years, stayed in the ravine of Beixin, guarded the flat city for the Changwei family, and monitored the movements of the people of Anyun County.

glanced at his nephew, and said admiringly, "Being in the game, it's hard to know yourself, Qianbingwei, what you said is right, those villains are squeezing out my family, as long as I don't lose it, my Shaotian family will always be able to prosper forever!" ”

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