It was already the second watch, and the samurai who didn't like to drink and have fun went to bed early. The assassination just now woke people up again. Nagao Kagetora came over in a hurry with his clothes on. When he saw Kiragi, he was covered in blood.
, there was a mess everywhere in the large room, and he frowned and said: "What's going on? What happened?"
"The Takeda family's Tohoku assassins just killed a lot of people, and there's been a lot of news..." Explain the whole story in a few sentences.
Nagao Kagetora asked the samurai, "What is the situation with the Doujinshi? Has the Ichiku Army invaded Shinmachi? What is the situation in the village? How many casualties are there?"
"Thank you, my lord, for the great blessing of the Takeeden! My new town in Echigo has wooden fences, earthen fences, and watchtowers. There is no problem in blocking the town gates to resist the First Army! The nearby villages have just completed their annexation, and each village has its own
The town’s facilities and every village have plenty of rice, food and drinking water, so it should be no problem if we continue to resist!”
"Is there any news of the village being occupied?"
"There is no news yet! News of unusual movements came from some places in the evening. Each village has guarded the entrance of the village to guard against the attack of a swarm of troops. The specific situation is still unknown!"
Hosokawa Fujitaka stood up and explained: "Master, please be patient in the main hall! In fact, we have organized several similar drills since last year. There was a panic in the village, and the enemy troops invaded and attacked the village.
The drills have been simulated, and there are twenty or thirty related plans. We have already made preparations for similar events near Sekikawa. Some villages may encounter greater difficulties, but it will not be so easy to win these villages.
easy!"
"I see, it's enough to just go out and defeat them one by one?" Nagao Kagetora glared at the retainers: "Then what are you waiting for? Start preparing to go out immediately!"
Kira Yoshitoshi suddenly said: "Brother! The situation is unclear now. We don't know the extent to which the Takeda family has colluded with the Echichu Ikei Army. How many Ikei troops they have and what they have done. So please return to secular life, brother! Echigo
Our stability is inseparable from my brother’s strong support!”
"Please, my lord, return to secular life!" The Echigo samurai always called Nagao Kagetora their lord. They never called Kira Yoshitoki "master" or "lord". Kira Yoshitoki knew this very well and never thought of forcing them to do so.
What to do? There are three main reasons for this embarrassing situation.
First, most Echigo samurai still recognize Nagao Kagetora as the legitimate ruler of Echigo. Echigo does not need a mascot-like female daimyo. The blood of Echigo samurai is filled with elements of violence and military supremacy.
, Nagao Kagetora conquered north and south for more than ten years. He continued his father's unfinished business. This courage won the favor of most samurai families in Joetsu and China.
The second point is that many samurai can't lose face and seek refuge with an outsider like the Kira family. Even if he is a well-known nobleman, no matter how many magical methods he has to win over people's hearts, it still won't work. Many stubborn Echigo samurai think about the good things of the Kira family and are stubborn at the same time.
He insists that only the samurai family of Echigo can lead Echigo's thoughts.
The third and most important point is that Kira Yoshishi was not willing to accept the Echigo samurai family. There were many reasons. The most important thing was that he did not want to leave an excuse. He said that if he did not occupy the magpie's nest, he could not hide the long tail behind his back.
It is understandable that the retainers of the family, Honjō Bannaga, Kurokawa Kiyomizu, and Hojo Takahiro were defeated and surrendered. If the greedy and greedy people collect more samurai from the Echigo Uesugi faction, the Yohoku clan, and the Ueda clan, then they will really become Hato.
It's the act of occupying a magpie's nest.
Nagao Kagetora immediately realized what he was thinking and retorted without hesitation: "Torahime is already the head of the country and she has done a very good job. Echigo is getting better and better in her hands. Compared with her actions, I
A brother who only knows how to fight is an unqualified leader..."
"Brother! Who said you can only fight in the joint war? Echigo went from being in chaos more than ten years ago to living and working in peace and contentment after returning to Shanluo. This is all due to your hard work! Without the guidance of brother, Echigo would have been
How could we develop so smoothly? Without my brother's support, how could Torahime and I have reached this point? Echigo's past was entirely the result of his brother's hard work, and Echigo's present day is also half of his contribution!
Brother, have you ever seen a country leader who has been the head of the country for two years and never said a word during the evaluation meeting? Hu Ji doesn't want to be this female daimyo at all! She believes that only her brother can hold the position of the head of the country! I
He and Hu Ji are just temporary substitutes. Now that my brother has recovered, please come back again!"
"It's not a question of whether she wants to be the leader of the country, but a question of what she must do if she sits in that position! My family's retirement is a carefully considered decision, and I will never come back under any circumstances!" Nagao Kagetora said firmly.
Shaked his head.
Kira Yoshitoki also shook his head: "But have you forgotten? Although the head of the country is the successor of the Nagao family, he must be unanimously recognized by the people of Echigo. Now everyone's opinions are still looking forward to your comeback. Why do you still have such high expectations?
Are you unwilling to comply with everyone’s requests?”
Kira Yoshitoki's sincere words impressed the Nagao retainers. Many neutrals, including Kensei Uesugi and Nagatoki Ogasawara, showed very surprised expressions. They had never heard of such a thing, and smart people quickly
I thought of a show, but it didn't quite feel like a show, especially when I noticed that both Nagao Kagetora and Kira Yoshi had serious expressions on their faces.
Nagao Kagetora insisted: "I have been a monk and lived in seclusion for three years!"
Kira Yoshishi immediately returned the favor: "Torahime is already married and will be my wife!"
"She is still very young! She has a lot of time to fulfill her duties as a wife!"
"But she has to fulfill her duties as the principal wife, right? What will Echigo do at that time? Will brother have to let go? What if a situation like this happens again today? What if something unexpected happens to me?
"Stop talking nonsense!" Nagao Kagetora's brows knitted into a knot.
"Then let's not talk about these, let's talk about the issue of youth! My brother is even more youthful and powerful! My brother is only twenty-seven years old, so why should I retire so early and leave it to Hojo Uyasu, Takeda Harunobu, and Imagawa Yoshimoto? I have been allowed to live in Echigo for so many years.
How embarrassing is the samurai love that Xun still insists on!"
Kira turned around and pointed at the gray-haired Nakajo Fujisaki, "Look at Nakajo Echizen Shouden, he is nearly sixty years old and most of his hair is gray. Look at Irobe Shouden now sixty-four years old! He is as young and powerful as Honjo Mimasaku.
The palace is forty-six years old. Kakizaki Izumi, the guardian of the palace, is forty-four years old! Our warriors in Echigo are getting older! The new generation has not yet grown up. My brother is the governor of the Nagao family. How can the leader of the Echigo Kingdom have a grudge?
Can’t live in seclusion?”
"Are you trying to persuade me to come back again? No matter how many times you try, I will never agree!" Nagao Kagetora was determined. He stared at Kiragi with wide eyes for a long time, and then said word for word: "This
Let’s talk about it later…”
"After over and over again, endlessly, when will brother retreat? We can't wait any longer!" Kira Yoshi stared at him with determination. At this time, his height was close to that of a tall man of over 1.70 meters.
, much taller than the stocky long-tailed Kagetora. The two looked at each other for a long time from a distance of two meters, neither of them showing any intention of giving in.
"If you retreat again and again, you will only disappoint the samurai. In our impression, Echigo-no-ryu is always a good man who always speaks the truth!"
"You don't need to comment on whether I am a good man or not!"
"Brother, if you insist on going your own way and abandoning Echigo, does that mean you don't care about the many people behind you?"
"With you and Torahime here, Echigo will be better!" Nagao Kage said slyly: "I just need to hide behind the scenes and support silently like you said!"
"What about them? Kanto is in charge of the palace, and Ogasawara Shinano is guarding the palace!" Kira Yoshichi gritted his teeth and decided to use his trump card. He pointed at the two stunned people and stared at him and said: "If brother doesn't want to
Come back! I will never help these two when they have a big hatred! I will do what I say!"
"How dare you!" Nagao Kagetora was furious, and a pair of tiger eyes erupted with strong evil aura. The body that was not majestic seemed to contain powerful power, making Yoshitoki Kira almost unable to hold back the scene.
"Why don't you dare! It's my brother who promised to save them. I never promised anything on my own initiative! If my brother wants to be a renegade samurai, then you can live in seclusion!" Kira yelled back through gritted teeth.
Nagao Kagetora remained silent, which made the Nagao retainers very anxious. What was the matter with being silent? Nagao Kagetora was so anxious that he was sweating. On the other side, Uesugi Kenmasa was shot for no reason. Ogasawara Nagatoki could only say
With a painful face, he begged Nagao Kagetora, "Please, Tansho-dono, please return to secular life and come back! I can't do without Dansho-don's full support!"
As the leader of a subjugated country and a down-and-out noble family that had fallen behind Japan for a long time, the two of them did not dare to resent Kira Yoshitsune for being domineering and ruthless. Indeed, the Kira family had never promised to aid them. The only time they made a tentative offer was when Nagao Torahime became the governor of Kanto.
Such an outrageous asking price was immediately rejected by Kensei Uesugi.
Now Kira Yoshitoki has made it clear that he will not help them, and that he will use his own hands to earn whatever he wants. The two people who are familiar with the Kira family's behavior immediately realized that this was a hint that they would stand up and beg Nagao Kagetora to come out and obey others.
It was such a painful realization that they had to obey others. The two of them could only cry for themselves silently in their hearts.
"I know that my brother is heartbroken by his shameful betrayal of some Echigo people! But people will change. If you didn't see today's assassination, without Honjo Shigenaga's desperate save, I would have died in Takeda Tohta when I was killed.
He was stabbed randomly! Today is his big day! Isn’t it not loyal enough for a groom to risk his own life to protect me?"
"It's actually like this!" Nagao Kagetora began to waver, and the knot in his heart that had been tied to him for many years was gradually showing signs of loosening.
"Don't you understand? The loyalty of retainers is built up little by little! Two years ago, I failed to persuade my brother to come back. My brother said that he had not recovered yet. We can all understand this! A year ago, I persuaded my brother to come back.
Failure, the elder brother said that he has lived in seclusion and does not care about worldly affairs. We cannot understand the elder brother's intention!
Half a year ago, I tried to persuade my brother to come back but failed. He said we would talk about it later, which we all couldn’t understand! Do you want to persist today? How long do you want to persist? Please take a look at the white-haired long-tailed retainers! They
I am looking forward to my brother's return day after day. Please don't let them down, don't let the palace leader and the Shinano palace guard down, and don't let me and Torahime continue to be disappointed, okay?
Everyone is looking forward to the moment when the Dragon of Echigo and the God of the Northern Army will lead us to take off! Can brother have the heart to let Torahime show up and work so hard? Can he bear to let her charge at the forefront as the general? Brother's comeback, can Torahime
Get free! When I am righteous, I will ask my brother to return to secular life and become a monk!"
"I will ask my lord to return to the world later!" The Echigo samurai all bowed down in unison.
Nagao Kagetora glanced at the people of Echigo with a blank expression. They all looked at him expectantly, including Uesugi Kenmasa and Ogasawara Nagaki. Finally, he sighed and whispered: "Okay! I, Kagetora,
From today onwards, I will return to secular life!"
"Oh!" The Echigo samurai cheered in unison. They laughed and made noises, bursting out the emotions they had suppressed for several years. Honjo Minoru, the chief genealogist of the Nagao family, even cried with joy, and kept chanting: "The lord is finally back.
It's over! The Dragon of Echigo is finally back! I, Echigo, will really become stronger!"
"Misakushu was wrong!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki said eloquently: "I, Echigo, have always been very strong and have never lacked warriors with strong soldiers and horses! The arrival of our lord made Echigo change from one-sided military excellence to a two-sided military and political one.
In a situation where we are on par with each other and even have a better political strategy, the return of Danshoden will make Echigo's military strategy even better, and Echigo will be even stronger!"
"Master, what you said is good! My brother, Ichibun-Ibumasa, and I can ensure the stability of Echigo's foundation! Now, Takeda in Shinano, Ichikaku in Etchu, and Hojo in Ueno are all serious problems for me in Echigo. In the distance, there are Deha and Mutsu.
Potential enemies exist. They may be the culprits of stealing and destroying Echigo! If I want to develop better in Echigo, Kira and Nagao will be stronger, and I cannot do without my brother's full support! My brother's timely comeback
It can effectively intimidate the little gangsters, and it can also calm down the nervous lords of the country!"
"Alright, alright! Stop pouring **** soup on my family! Stop gossiping and prepare to go into battle immediately!" Once he decided to come back, Nagao Kagetora's style became more resolute and he immediately gave the order: "Order Saito
Shimono guard, Nakajo Echizen guard, Irobu Xiuden... lead the Kasugayama Castle headquarters troops to go out with the family to quell the chaos, Yoshitoki! You should also send troops to support!"
"No problem!" Seeing that Nagao Kagetora agreed to come back, Kira Yoshitoki also readily agreed.
"But you can't go! Why are you staring? You have more important things to do!" Nagao Kagetora patted him on the shoulder and whispered: "Stay in Kasugayama Castle and watch. The family members in the city are very important. I have my sister.
He Huji. My little nephew has just been born, you have to keep an eye on me!"
"Understood! Then please ask the master to be responsible for cooperating with my brother in supporting the battle!"
Yamamoto Tokiyuki agreed loudly: "Old minister, I understand!"
…
The incident that took place on the evening of March 12th caused a violent response. Joetsu's comprehensive reserve military service system, the town, and the village unity system were quickly mobilized. The army never expected the indiscriminate and violent attack, and actually ran into it.
On the iron plate, I originally just wanted to seize the village as a stronghold, and then "absorb" the local residents into joining the first army, and then it can snowball and get bigger and bigger, until the next wave of reinforcements from Yuezhong arrives to attack Longwei in one fell swoop.
, the Kira family.
They never thought that they would encounter a tough nut to crack as soon as they started to rise. Echigo's strong organizational power, complete defense facilities, and tenacious defense thwarted their offensive attempts time and time again. The disadvantage of the lack of order and morale of the army was quickly exposed.
, in the dark night, an army had a very poor sense of direction, and continued to attack the village for a long time, which caused the strong morale to drop steadily.
The disadvantage of being good at fighting against the wind and not good at fighting against the wind is highlighted. Even with the bonus of religious fanaticism, it is impossible for farmers and soldiers to maintain their tenacious fighting spirit in the dark night. Seeing that at midnight, there is still not a village captured, and several routes are still going.
The First Army began to waver, and penetrated deep into the key areas of Echigo but had no place to hold on. Not to mention the high-end tactics of snowballing, there was no place to stay and rest.
What's worse is that the Xiangyi Kui army, which was said to have 20,000 troops but actually only had more than 7,000 troops, launched an attack on dozens of villages near Guanchuan River at the same time. The result of the spread of strength was that none of them could be defeated, but the reckless attack was in vain.
Hundreds of lives were lost.
These reckless and stupid Ichigo troops could never understand Echigo's policy. They came to Echigo not to learn from Echigo's advanced ideas, but to occupy the fertile land of Echigo. Therefore, they did not understand the core significance of evacuating the new village.
The strategy is to focus on local villagers and dilute some new villagers to achieve complete assimilation.
The local villagers who control the core of the village are all semi-reservists who receive armed training in batches during the off-season. Although there have been more projects in Echigo in recent years, the number of trainings has been reduced to only one month. Even so, they are not those who carry out the task.
Those who picked up hoes and spears swarmed as many as a mob could match.
That night, Kasugayama Castle's army was dispatched, and they broke through several routes and captured more than 3,000 Xiangyi troops. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Xiangyi troops hurriedly gathered together to resist, but it was already too late.
Kagetora took the lead. He waved the adzuki bean light in his hand and rushed into the main formation of the Ichikui Army to kill the general of the Ichikui Army Ishida An Yunshou. The Ichikui Army had not yet shown its strength and was easily defeated.
As the general was killed, the morale of the Uchibashi followers collapsed, and the fleeing Ikoku troops were mercilessly swept away by the Echigo cavalry. Nagao Kagetora immediately ordered all villages and towns in Echigo to guard their doors tightly, and at the same time, the Kira navy was dispatched to blockade them.
The main roads in Sekikawa, Central Vietnam, and Shangyue were also blocked.
In the next few days, the Yixiang sect believers who escaped and found themselves alone were captured one by one. Within a few days of hiding in the mountains and forests, they were either so hungry that they couldn't stand it anymore and ran out to steal food and were caught, or they fled towards the streets and were rounded up.
Captured. A massive rebellion was completely wiped out.
During the subsequent interrogation, it was revealed that the leader of the bandit was Ishida An Yunshou, the official of Shengxingji Temple from the Echichu Ichigo clan. He was ordered to come to Echigo to organize the Ichikui. He also calmly retreated during the encirclement and suppression of the Echichu Ichijo clan a few days ago.
He had been active in Echigo for three months without realizing anything, and his collaborators turned out to be Tohaku leader Deura Isemomo and others who participated in the assassination.
As the interrogation progressed, Hattori's face became increasingly ugly. You can imagine how much punishment the Iga ninjas would suffer after experiencing this big leak. Kato Danzo, the leader of the Genzaru ninjas who cooperated with the interrogation, always smiled and said nothing.
The Genzaru Ninjas are originally the ninja army directly under Nagao Kagetora. They mainly focus on intelligence spying and infiltration in the Echigo and Echichu areas. They also have a powerful execution group. They mainly execute the ninja army that targets enemy infiltration. Their individual combat effectiveness is even higher than
Iga, Koga ninja.
Although the master of the Kenzaru Ninja, Nagao Kagetora, has a close relationship with Kira Yoshitoki, the Kenzaru Ninja, as his subordinate, has no cooperative relationship with the Iga Ninja, and there are even many discords due to mutual intelligence exchanges. He made a huge mistake towards the Iga Ninja.
, Kato Danzo and his subordinates viewed it with a happy attitude.
But all this was not over yet. Among the captured Ichizong gangsters, a piece of news about Usami Sadamitsu was found. As a result, the next day came the news that Biwa Island had raised a rebellion flag. Nagao Kagetora's face was ugly when he received the news.
, Usami Sadamitsu has resisted him not once or twice, but this time he colluded with the Ichichi clan gangsters to anger him again.
"Usami Sadamitsu has always been disobedient to my family, and now he has rebelled again, Yoshitoki! Tell me why samurai always betray!" Nagao Kagetora's face was ashen. His temper was a bit self-aware. It was hard for him to live in seclusion for the past few years to recuperate.
After washing away the hostility from his body, it only took a few days for a battle that was not a big scene to return.
Kira Yoshi was not angry at all. He knew more or less what the old man had done. He picked up a piece of information and handed it to Nagao Kagetora: "Brother, there is no need to be angry. I also have some understanding of Usami Suruga Mamoru's temperament. Based on the information at hand,
From the looks of it, he is an old-hearted samurai. He has made shocking remarks more than once in the past few years. His allies abandoned him in the last evaluation meeting dispute. This is why he chose to collude with Takeda and Echichu Ichikui rebelled.
The reason?"
Nagao Kagetora took the information and said suspiciously: "You mean he was abandoned, so he rebelled? What's the truth? Huh? Is there any comment on this? Matsunaga's character? Who is this person?"
"The important official of the Mihaoshi family for generations, a powerful figure who longs for power and has a deep scheming mind."
"Isn't that a figure from Kizawa Nagamasa, Nizi Tsukuya, and Saito Dosanki?"
"...It's still slightly different!" Kira Yoshihi smiled silently and bitterly.
He originally showed that Matsunagahide's performance was all kinds of funny. He didn't rebel when he should rebel, jumped out when he shouldn't, and finally died willingly. It was very similar to Usami Sadumi's performance, and Nojiri Lake deceived Nagao Masakage.
After entering, the whole family was exiled in the end, but the result was misinterpreted by Nagao Kagetora.
Nagao Kagetora's face darkened: "Then Usami Sadamitsu must not stay!"
Kira Yoshitoshi comforted him: "Actually, it's not that serious. Echigo lacks such heroic warriors. Usami Suruga Mamoru's shortcoming is that he is similar in age to the elder brother Keigong. What can he do at the age of seventy? Besides, my brother really believes it.
Does this old man have the ambition and skills of Nizi Jingjiu and Saito Douzan?"
"It's so unlikely...then why write this kind of review?"
"Because Matsunaga Hide is not as durable as Nizi, Saito Douzan!" Kira Yoshitsune added in his heart: "Who is funnier, I can probably surpass him!"
Nagao Kagetora had no intention of entangled with him on the issue of human nature, and decided to avoid the topic: "No matter what, let's put down Usami Tatsumitsu's rebellion first!"
Kira Yoshitoki had another plan: "In fact, there is no need for my brother to go out to the battle, just let me Yoshitoki go there!"
"You want to go?" Nagao Kagetora glanced at him doubtfully: "Do you have any new ideas?"
"Absolutely!" Kira Yoshishi opened the bat fan and said with a smile: "Usami Suruga Mamoru's situation is a bit special. I will test his attitude. If it is really just for rebellion, it is not a bad idea to pacify him." (To be completed.)
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