The last ray of afterglow on the horizon disappeared, and teams of ashigaru worked tirelessly to clean the battlefield in the dark night. The Takeda army retreated in a hurry, leaving behind thousands of corpses. There were trophies belonging to the victors. The navy on the Chikuma River had long disappeared.
, the sad crow seems to be telling a touching story, and the cold waning moon reflects on the blood-stained Hachimangahara.
Clusters of blazing fires soared into the sky, and the corpses had to be burned as soon as possible, especially during periods of drought, locust plagues, and plagues. From time to time, bursts of painful wails could be heard in the military camp. The army doctors were busy boiling water to treat the wounds of the wounded.
Repeatedly distilled sake can exceed 70%, and can be used as disinfectant alcohol. Fortunately, the group of Echigo samurai who love to drink don't know about it, otherwise they will cause trouble sooner or later.
The war was victorious, but the results were not rich. Except for Sergeant Takeda who was seriously injured and paralyzed, almost no prisoners were captured. From the perspective of the benefits of the war, the gains outweighed the losses in this battle. How much benefits can be gained depends on the war.
The peace talks will be finalized later.
Some of the warriors sang folk songs from their hometown excitedly, some frowned and thought about the gains and losses of the battle, and most of them were at a loss after being happy. The losses were heavy but the gains were not much. The dead and wounded comrades were still moaning in pain.
Several Youbi who were good at writing documents actively produced war records.
In Asahiyama Castle, Kira Yoshitoshi was in a very bad mood. The bad news from Echigo made him not even think about convening a military meeting. His heart was no longer in Kawanakajima, and he wanted to grow wings and fly to Kasugayama Castle immediately, but there were a lot of
Military affairs had to be handled by him with a nod, and he was so busy that he only took a three-hour nap in the middle of the night. He reluctantly got up when the sun rose high.
Yubi Matsui Nobuyuki held a stack of documents and said excitedly: "The master of the museum has come just in time. The statistical results of this battle have come out. We have lost 2,676 people to death and 1,530 were seriously injured."
Three people, 6,375 people were slightly injured... The Takeda Army lost 4,859 people, seriously injured and minor injuries were not counted. However, the losses of the Takeda Army were definitely much greater than our losses.
Our army achieved a complete victory in this battle!"
"More than 30% of the people killed in the battle, the serious injuries will not be less than 3,000! From the observations of veterans, almost everyone in the Takeda Army was injured. This time they must be injured!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki reluctantly smiled with a smile on his face.
Worry flashed past, knowing the character of this household governor, it was already very difficult for him to sit here.
"Without the victory-defining assault of the Baolao team, I'm afraid we can only get a miserable victory!" Namigaoka Toutofang also knows how weak his own army is. The advantage it has is nothing more than professional training, strict military discipline, well-equipped equipment, and enforcement of orders and prohibitions.
Neither the javelin nor the spear shield can be said to be an elite in hundreds of battles.
"But we already have a huge advantage..." Honda Tokimasa was about to retort, but after thinking about it, it was really not that easy to fight. Finally, he shook his head and said: "The Takeda Army's tenacity was beyond our expectations. Both wings were half damaged and they still fought to the death.
It’s really difficult if you don’t retreat!”
"However, the Takeda Army has quite a few samurai seeking death this time!"
"Hehehe..." The warriors laughed. Compared to their own losses, a lot of Takeda family's famous generals died, and there is no way to shirk the serious damage to their vitality. Let's see what he said about "a five-point victory."
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Soon the Nagao retainers group and people from the Shinano country came one after another. This long-lost victory made everyone very excited, and they happily discussed how to defeat the Takeda family to make the family famous. Soon someone noticed that Kira Yoshi's face was very expressionless.
It didn't look good. He reminded his companions in a low voice. The excited discussion gradually disappeared, and the hundreds of people returned to silence.
"Although this battle is won and the Takeda army has not retreated, you must not take it lightly!" Kira Yoshishi said seriously: "Teacher, the next stage is to pin the Takeda army and prevent it from moving. The people of Shinano country gather together with Kakizaki and Izumi to guard and Murakami.
General Habayashi Nakaro's army will try their best to attack the city, and use the end of September as the final limit to determine the final boundary of the harmonious territory. We not only want Kawanaka Island, but also Xiaozhen County!"
The Shinano people here are excited. This is their hometown after being away for several years. What will it be like to go back again? Many people imagine the wonderful feeling of returning home in full glory.
"Leave this place to the old minister and Honjo Misaku, and Ogasawara Shinano to take charge."
"Well! I will go back to Echigo first!" Kira Yoshi stood up and left.
"Wu Weiden wants to go back?" The samurai of Echigo and Shinano asked in surprise: "What's going on? It's not appropriate for the general to rush back just after the war and before peace has been reached."
Yamamoto Tokiyuki frowned and said nothing, and several samurai who knew the inside story also fell silent. After the whispers and speculations of the samurai gradually disappeared, the old man of the genealogy clan spoke out: "Yesterday's victory was extremely difficult. Originally,
A celebration banquet should be held today, but the battle has not yet been fully accomplished, so it can only be postponed. Now the war is not over yet, so please understand that there will be a banquet but no wine. As for the rewards for winning this battle, you don’t have to worry.
My Lord has already made plans and will distribute them as soon as we reach peace with the Takeda family!"
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Takeda Harunobu listened to the list of fallen samurai with regret. As the governor of the family, he had to shoulder huge responsibilities. How to face Kai's hometown elders, how to meet those relatives who were eagerly looking forward to returning in victory, and how to record the family fortune that had been recorded for more than ten years.
If Sancheng is destroyed, what will happen to the future of the Takeda family!
"The losses in this battle are twice those of Uedahara, the stone collapsed!" The Takeda retainers sighed. It is useless to say anything so far. The fame of the martial arts family and the righteousness are not worth the victory on the battlefield. The ability to fight
Winning the war is more valuable than real money. No matter how much you talk about not winning the war, it is in vain.
"That ruthless plan of Yoshiki Kira must be a plan to break up the morale of our troops with a shouting match! You really do whatever it takes to achieve your goals! In my opinion, this battle cannot be fought!"
Imai Nobuhiro's eyes swept over the Takeda retainers group, especially lingering on the faces of the members of the clan, including Komai Masatake, Atobe Nobuaki, Nagasaka Mitsuken and others.
The family members who were active in the past were all keeping their mouths shut. They seemed to explain that it was actually the defeat of the war that hit the Takeda family, rather than the scolding and scolding of the propaganda. But how many people believe it? The people of Shinano country
But no matter who you were hit by, what I only know is that after being scolded, you fainted the family governor, and then you were defeated. Only the Takeda retainers group knew that this was not the case.
Kira Yoshi was scolding happily, but how many people in the Takeda family cared about what he was scolding. Revealing the old stories of the Takeda family would not explain anything, and the people of Shinano Province didn't care what he was talking about.
Whoever has stronger fists on the battlefield will win. You can't win a war by talking nonsense, let alone win the title of Genji.
The situation is different now. Not only did he scold his lord happily, but he also scolded his own lord to death, making the wealthy people in the country who didn't know the truth think that they were in the wrong. Those people in Shinano were all thinking that you, the Takeda family, are really helpless. If you have the ability, the mountain will collapse.
The color remains unchanged, the elk is moving to the left but its eyes are not blinking, you have the ability to win the battle!
Takeda Harunobu is very happy to promote his title as a member of the Genji family, to add glory to his ancestors and to add a glorious and sacred coat to himself. From any point of view, it is beneficial and harmless, as long as he does not encounter Kira Yoshi.
A nobleman of the Wu family who has both status and prestige.
This time he was unlucky. He was unprepared and was knocked unconscious on the spot by Kira Yoshiki's scolding letter, which directly caused the Takeda Army's central command to fail. The entire war situation could no longer be controlled, and he could only passively compete with his fighting will.
, which is equivalent to giving up your own war rhythm and trying to adapt to the opponent's war rhythm. It is not surprising at all to lose.
The Takeda retainers knew how useless it was to lose in this battle. Even if they couldn't win, they wouldn't lose. It would be fine if they were evenly matched. At least both sides could claim their victory. As for who won and who lost, it didn't matter. They all had the same face.
That's the most important thing. If you can't take advantage of both, you can only suffer the loss without any explanation. You can imagine how useless the Takeda retainers are.
After all, the Takeda family has also been a famous samurai family for hundreds of years, and its status is not too bad compared to that of the Kira family. The group of family members who have been developing for hundreds of years will not be scolded and disbanded just because of a statement. The Takeda family is also
It doesn't matter how he scolds you, as long as you can win the war, you can get it back sooner or later.
With a "bang" sound, Takeda Harunobu's fist hit the table. The retainers with their own thoughts and the spirit of the country were all shocked. He only heard him say loudly: "Gentlemen! This is the time when the life and death of our Takeda family is at stake. Please, please
You all must be vigilant and work with me, Harunobu, to stabilize the situation. The followers should take action immediately to appease the people and treat the wounded soldiers. The samurai must unite to boost the declining morale. Everyone must take action and work with me, Harunobu, to defend Shinano.
Defend the Takeda family!"
The impassioned voice and tone were so familiar, once again arousing the slightly dormant passion of the Takeda family warriors. The warriors present unanimously leaned forward and said: "We are willing to serve the lord as hard as we can!"
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The fierce battle on Shinano River Island passed quietly. On the street leading to Echigo Sekiyama, a group of red-armored cavalry galloped past. The leading knight glanced at the cracked land on both sides of the street.
, his face suddenly became even more ugly.
Heading north from Hokushinano Iiyama and winding along Lake Nojiri, the scene he saw was that the fields were barren, locusts gathered in groups to eat all the plants they could see, and farmers knelt on their knees.
He was helpless in the field, and the painful and sad expressions full of wrinkles made his heart feel like a heavy stone.
Traveling north along the Sekikawa River, you will enter the core area of the Nagao family. This mother river that nourishes hundreds of thousands of residents on both sides of the river has become extremely clear and shallow. The drought demon is raging throughout the East Kingdom, especially in Echigo, which has a greater impact.
In previous years, this time was the season of abundant rain, and the ponds and ditches everywhere were full, but now you can still see traces of ponds. The creeks have dried up and stopped flowing, and cracks are exposed at the bottom of the ponds, like
A series of shocking scars.
Passing through the Otemon gate, and going up the winding mountain road, when we arrived at the Honmaru, we saw that the attendants looked normal, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Ao had been waiting in the corridor early, and when he saw Kiragi, he hurriedly greeted him: "Your Highness! Your Highness the Princess.
We are out of danger now, thanks to Mr. Shiliu Wenqian's wonderful hand in rejuvenating us!"
"Nagata Tokumoto? Isn't he at Yuzawa Imperial Palace?" Kira Yoshi looked at the little maid Ao in confusion, and then followed her to the castle tower. At this time, Torahime had just fallen asleep, with a look of tranquility on her pale face.
With a smile on his face, several maids all wore masks and served him carefully. It is not known how his recovery is going.
Standing outside the door, he saw the scene inside the house through the gap. After a long time, he sighed and asked, "What's going on? Why did the princess get the plague?"
"Ten days ago, a plague broke out in Joetsu for unknown reasons. The followers hurriedly treated the patients. Her Highness the Princess said that as women of the Kira family, she wanted to share Her Highness's worries, so she took us down to the town to prepare medicine and deliver food to the seriously ill patients.
We were very careful to protect Her Highness the Princess. Later, because everyone was very busy and kept busy from dawn to dusk, we may have been a little negligent. After returning to Kasugayama Castle, Her Highness the Princess fainted. Fortunately, Mr. Nagata was at Kasugayama Castle.
, personal consultation quickly stabilized Her Royal Highness the princess's condition." The little maid explained the cause and effect intermittently.
Torahime fulfilled the duty of a samurai woman to deal with the epidemic for him. She was probably more assured of her own protection and was in good health, so she was busy for a few days without doing anything special. She didn't fall ill until she returned to Kasugayama Castle. Nagata Tokumoto's diagnosis was
Overexertion may cause illness to enter the body. Fortunately, the body and bones are strong and the illness is not serious.
"Thank you for your hard work! Pay attention to rest. I see that you are also very tired." Kira Yoshihi reluctantly smiled and left the castle tower.
Perhaps because she came back after learning about Kiragi, the girl's fever was successfully relieved that night, her complexion recovered slightly on the fifth day, and she could sit up on the tenth day. When she saw Kiragi, she stood beside him worriedly, and Torahime was buried in his arms.
There were tears of grievance in her eyes: "I'm sorry, Your Highness! Hu Ji is still too willful! I've made you worry! Hu Ji almost thought she wouldn't be able to see Your Highness!"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Kiragi held Hu Ji in his arms and took care of her messy hair. He whispered softly: "Tiger Ji will be healthy and will give birth to babies for me in the future.
So it will definitely get better, just be careful next time, and be sure to bring more guards when you go out, okay?"
"Yes! Hu Ji knows." The girl buried her head deeper.
In the next half month, Kira Yoshi never left the castle tower to guard Nagao Torahime. He held her in his arms every day and told her stories and jokes. He also played Dai Hao Shang with her. In order to make her happy, he also played flying chess, checkers, and military chess.
Made.
Military chess is also very simple. Just replace it with the white flag of Genji, and change the levels of the chess pieces into the levels of general, leader, leader Dai, guardian daimyo, guardian Dai, attendant general, ashigaru general, ashigaru head, and ashigaru.
Traps can be eliminated, and baked jade can blow up chess pieces of any level. In this way, when four people play, it can be divided into two ways: flip chess and vertical chess. It is also very interesting to think about.
With the new game, Aju was brought in, and Axi and Xu had a great time playing with them. Gradually, the girl's face became better and better, which made him feel relieved.
"Sir, the owner of the museum, this plague was caused by the death of farmers who fled the country. The epidemic situation has now been brought under control. All the cattle and horses that died of the disease in various places were burned, and the patients were isolated and treated separately. The spread of the disease is under control. Mr. Nagata's help is very important.
"Hosokawa Fujitaka has also returned from the front line. He has been busy for many days, and the rich figure he finally managed to maintain has lost weight.
Plague is a terrifying thing in this era. The combination of drought, locusts, and epidemic is a huge disaster. In just a few months, more than 5,000 people died from the disease in Echigo.
Among them, some lords and their families were attacked by the epidemic and died one after another. What was even worse was that the plague spread very quickly. Plague disasters occurred one after another in the vast land from Kantohoku to Echigo in the south, leaving daimyo everywhere worried about not being able to eat or sleep.
Can't sleep.
Fortunately, Echigo has a complete and sound mechanism, and people from all over the country played a decisive role at this time. Whether it was people who died of the disease or cattle and horses, all were cremated collectively, and those who were sick were isolated individually to ensure that the speed of the spread of the plague dropped sharply, which gave Nagata Tokumoto
, providing enough time for doctors such as Morizuma Qunaose to carry out treatment work.
"Did Mr. Nagata say anything when he came back this time? I haven't seen him, and I don't know how my brother's condition is."
"According to Mr. Nagata's description, Danzhengden's illness has long been cured. He is currently undergoing recovery treatment, especially the old injury on his left ankle, which still needs treatment. He will be back after winter."
"Well! Tell me how the autumn harvest is going?"
"It's basically over! Judging from the current situation, it's very serious! Fortunately, chickens and ducks are raised to eliminate the locust plague, otherwise it will be more serious!" Hosokawa Fujitaka did not say the word "heinous crime", considering this situation in previous years.
In the new year, spring will come and the flowers will bloom, and thousands or hundreds of people will die.
Nowadays, there are more or less waterwheels in places with rivers in the seven counties of Echigo, and it is more convenient than ever to go up to the well fence to collect water. Every household has last year's old grain, which is enough to survive the famine, and this year's harvest will be smaller without starving to death.
"I understand. You have been having a hard time recently. Please pay more attention to your health."
The difficult autumn has finally passed. The first snowfall for several consecutive days in winter heralds the end of the drought. Before the snowfall, the late rice and second season corn that were last planted were all dried and put into the warehouse. The statistics were soon obtained.
Come out, due to the impact of drought and locust plague, the statistics of Echigo's grain production this year is 670,000 koku.
"It's more than one-third less than expected... I didn't expect the impact of the disaster to be so great!" Kira Yoshi's face was gloomy. Nagao Kagetora's illness has not recovered yet, and Nagao Kagetora has just recovered from a serious illness. How could he
Don't worry.
What troubled him even more was the occupation of Northern Shinano. From the end of July to the end of September, the intensity of the war was far beyond everyone's imagination. The Takeda family suffered more than 5,000 casualties and more than 3,600 serious injuries.
He paid a heavy price but got nothing, which can be said to be a serious loss of strength and strength.
During the stalemate, the Nagao and Shinano coalition forces combined with the Kira family's navy, iron artillery team, and Shigeto archery team successively attacked Yashiro Castle, Arato Castle, Wago Castle, and Muroga Castle, and completely captured the original territory of Murakami Yoshikiyo in one fell swoop.
Yukitaka Sanada could only huddle around Toishi Castle and Sanada Township, and nearly half of the Takeda family's base in Chongshinano was taken away.
The peace talks in Kitashinano also reached a deadlock. The Takeda family was unwilling to suffer a defeat and retreated, but they were unable to fight against the Kira family, whose morale was high. They were so passively stuck at Mount Chasu with no way to advance or retreat. What was even more unfavorable was that their retreat was blocked.
, even if you want to retreat without saying a word, it’s not that easy.
On the other side, Murakami Yoshikiyo suffered a setback when he attacked Toishi Castle. Several attacks were fought back by Yukitaka Sanada's troops. He knew very well how difficult Toishi Castle was to defeat. In the past few years, Toishi Castle relied on this fortified city to collapse.
To hold off Takeda's army, now it was his turn to make trouble again. He couldn't do it without attacking Toishi City. If he left it alone, taking back roads and cutting off the food road at any time would definitely put them in a life-or-death dilemma. So the two sides were in a stalemate and neither could do anything to the other.
In this situation, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly jumped out to act as an intermediary for both parties. Taiyuan Xuesai came from Suruga as an envoy to Kawanakajima to negotiate with both sides, and finally reached a basis for peace between the two parties. The Takeda family occupied the Kira family in Shinano.
If the land recognizes it, the Kira family must let the Takeda family leave, and both sides stop fighting and make peace.
At the same time, Taiyuan Xuezai expressed to Yamamoto Tokiyuki the hope of promoting a marriage as soon as possible. After several years of teaching, the adopted daughter of the Imagawa family, Princess Ii, has emerged as a beautiful daughter of the samurai family. The engagement between the two parties has long been concluded and it is time to get married.
time.
Yamamoto Tokiyuki told Taiyuan Sekssai that Kira Yoshitoki's wife was still waiting to get married next year. Taiyuan Sekssai immediately said that it didn't matter and that Princess Ii could be sent to Echigo first. The two auxiliary officials hit it off and said with a smile.
