What's even more terrible is that there are security risks in the Kira Army's rear area. Frequent attacks have made the grain road leading to the Baba Pass very unsafe. It is a taboo for military strategists to go deep alone. Once the grain road is cut off and the army's morale is shaken, it will be destroyed.
Far away, because of this concern, Kira Yoshitoki also continued to shrink his offensive, trying his best to ensure the safe supply of grain roads in the rear.
However, the problem of being harassed cannot be solved. No matter which castle the army marches to or which mountain they camp on, they will be harassed by the Nakashinano people. The small load-carrying team cannot come up at all, and the Kira Navy dare not go deep into Nakashinano.
In the hinterland of Xichuan River, Kira's six-thousand-strong army could only rely on fighting to maintain their fighting strength. They captured the Chinese fortresses and plundered food to maintain their fighting strength.
The shortcomings of these people are that they are not united enough and their combat effectiveness is generally poor. They are also very familiar with the geographical environment. The Mochizuki Ninja Army, which is far from familiar when they first arrived, was unable to catch them for a while. The red cavalry was in vain after repeated interferences.
More and more people come back, and every time they come back there are some scars, which brings big fluctuations in morale and also accumulates more anger.
The Takeda Army also launched an orderly counterattack at the same time, but their actions were very careful, and were far less violent than the crazy Nakashinano people. They used a large army to force the Kira Army to retreat successively, and recovered several castles, which improved the morale of the Takeda Army.
Recovery, at this time, Kira Yoshitoki had already begun to consider retreat.
On August 26, more than a month after entering Shinano, the Kira army stationed in the small town near Saikawa held an important military meeting. The focus of the debate at the meeting focused on the recent unfavorable war and the many unnecessary consequences.
Injury status.
"Although there have been combat casualties so far, the sharp increase in wounded soldiers is still very serious. More than 200 soldiers were injured and disabled in the ambush. Please pay attention to the impact on morale, Master... In addition, there is a widespread rumor in the army.
There were complaints, the samurai are all very dissatisfied with such a useless war!" Suzuki raised this question for the second time, and other samurai had responded with similar attitudes, which made Kira Yoshiki very worried.
But the difference is that Kira Yoshi has to consider not only issues such as troop strength, morale, and food supply, but also deeper combat effects and goals. Before achieving his goal, he can only try to appease the impatient retainers: "The basics of combat are
The goal has been achieved, but we cannot retreat now. We need more enlightenment on the emotional problems in the army. We are on the active side and can retreat at any time."
"The Takeda family Hida seems to have made good progress. The specific situation is not clear yet, but judging from the current situation, the Takeda army is becoming more and more proactive. It should be that they are planning to actively seek war to stall our plans, right?
"Nangang Toutou said warily: "Will the small prefecture exert more pressure, and then use the army to hold back our family, trying to force us to show our flaws or even stay here?"
Honda Tokimasa was also awakened and said in surprise: "If this is really the case, it will be dangerous! Aoyagi Castle must be reinforced immediately to ensure the safety of our army's rear."
"I'm afraid it's too late in terms of time, and there is a serious shortage of manpower. Problems will definitely occur within half a month, and our retreat time is only half a month at most!" Namioka Sobo glanced at Honda Tokimasa, and then looked at
When Kira Yoshiyoshi asked, the latter nodded and said persuadingly: "Master, when is the time for our army to retreat?"
"If we don't teach the Takeda family a painful lesson, they will fight relentlessly after the autumn harvest. In this way, the frequency of wars in our family will be too intensive. Once the main force is dragged into the hinterland of Shinano, it is not sure whether the main force of my brother can
Return to Echigo in time, if there is a war in the rear, you will get into even bigger trouble, so just wait a little longer!"
Kira Yoshi's thinking at the time was very clear. The initial goal of punishment this time was achieved, but the ultimate goal has not been achieved. Once the autumn harvest is over, the Takeda family has the strength and reason to take revenge. The eager people of Chongshinano will definitely support it. This is not in line with Kira Yoshi.
This was the strategy at the time, so either he would not come, or if he came, he would have to attack the Fuji-Takeda family, forcing him to be unable to threaten Northern Shinano in the short term.
We waited for another two days, and it happened to be the autumn harvest season in Shinano in August. Kira Yoshi gave an order and ordered six thousand troops to attack in all directions. The angry Kira army rushed to attack the Matsumoto Basin before the people of Shinano.
A large number of rice fields were harvested, and the methods they used were very ruthless.
They used coercion, inducement and other means to force local farmers to pick up sickles and harvest grain on their own. Then these farmers were forced to pack up, salute, drive their livestock and push flatbed trucks, and retreat to Kitashinano under the escort of the Kira Army.
According to preliminary statistics, the farmers driven by Kira's army harvested more than 35,000 tons of rice in three days, causing direct population losses of more than 16,000 people. A large number of relatives, friends and family members of Shinano people were also taken captive.
Go, this will take all the hard-earned advantages of the people of CITICNO and inflict huge heavy losses and blows to the Takeda family.
The samurai of the Kira family smiled and evacuated quickly on a flatbed carriage under the escort of Akabi. This time, not only the people of the Shinano clan were angry at the departure, but even the Takeda army was furious. Iito Toramasa cursed Kiragi with gritted teeth,
Regardless of dissuasion, the Akabi Samurai led a thousand-man army to attack.
On the other hand, the people of Nakashinano were also furious. The food they had worked hard for a year was wasted. This time, the angry people of Nakashinano no longer listened to Takeda Nobushige's dissuasion. They gathered together to launch an attack on the Kira army that had retreated to Aoyagi Castle, and launched a series of attacks.
He slapped the dilapidated Qingliu City and returned without success.
It's not because Qingliu City has been re-reinforced, but because the dozens of arrows and oars erected in this dilapidated castle have become new firepower output points. It is difficult to repair the city, but it is much easier to build arrows and oars. There are more than 16,000 oars.
The peasants left only a thousand people to build arrows and oars, and the rest were all escorted to Kawanaka Island by the supporting Shinano team. They would then be dispersed and resettled in the Echigo Sekigawa basin.
With the support of dozens of arrows and oars, the iron artillery team and the Shigeto bow team could calmly shoot down the Shinano Japanese coalition forces attacking the city. Takeda Chibei who tried to break into the city among the rebels was also mercilessly repulsed.
, only when he saw that the crazy Nakashinano people suffered a lot of battle losses did Iito Toramasa calm down.
At this time, the entire front line of the Takeda Army had been pushed to the vicinity of Saikawa by him. Takeda Nobushige did not dare to let the Akabe Warriors do whatever they wanted. He, the general, would have to be punished for his merits. If he got involved, he would be in trouble.
The blame lies in the fact that in order to support the Akabi Samurai Group, the 12,000-strong army drew a large circle from several directions and surrounded Aoyagi Castle to ensure absolute superiority and contain the Kira Army.
Takeda Nobushige knew that it would be too difficult to kill Kira's army in Cage Castle with this small force, so he could only try to hold him back and prevent him from retreating easily. The Nakashinano people still insisted on attacking as before, but their lack of calmness could not last long.
A huge blow soon came.
On September 3rd, after paying a heavy price of 800 casualties, the people of Zhongshinano Province, who were overwhelmed with anger, seemed to have realized that they had made a huge mistake, and besieged Liuqianlong Castle with a coalition of 3,000 wealthy people.
The stubborn Kira Legion is looking for death.
After calming down, the people of Zhongshinano thought that the Kira Army, which had not had much firepower when encircling the city in the past few days, was probably trying to lure them into a war of attrition. Thinking again of the ferocity and ruthlessness of the Kira Army, some timid nobles couldn't bear it.
If we retreat backwards, the tacit understanding of unity and cooperation will be broken, and the disunity and instability of the Chinese people will be exposed.
The disadvantage of not heeding Takeda Nobushige's dissuasion became apparent at this time. There was a lack of unified and effective command among the people. There was general discord among the people in the prefecture. The Yamashita family said they would try harder. The Omura family said they should prepare to preserve their strength, but the Kuwamoto family said they would not do it again.
It was too late to retreat. By the time they made a response to retreat, it was already too late.
The Kira army noticed early that the fighting will of the Nakashinano people was declining, and there was a high possibility of retreat, so the Otemon gate of Aoyagi Castle was resolutely opened, and a thousand Kira Akagi came out again, and a cavalry chased the infantry*
*The harvest of naked heads has begun.
The Shinano people sent only 400 horse-riding samurai to try to stop them, and chased them from Aoyanagi Castle to Saikawa River. More than 1,500 Shinano people were killed, and less than 1,000 escaped alive.
Eight out of ten of the best Chinese people in CITIC No. are completely powerless to influence the Kira Army.
These one thousand rescued Japanese people were still oppressed by tens of thousands of troops led by Takeda Nobushige and Baba Nobuharu. Kira Akabi decisively gave up the plan to continue the pursuit and ran back to Aoyanagi Castle like a rabbit. The Takeda army also decisively gave up the pursuit.
In an attempt, they slowly retreated to nearby mountain cities to block the south passage from Qingliu City.
In Todoroki Castle on the edge of Saikawa, the main force of the Takeda Army was stored here. Many Shinano warriors gathered here and made a lot of noise. The Shinano samurai who were not willing to lose their lives and money and suffered heavy losses clamored to continue revenge. Ukyo Ryo came to the small house.
He said emotionally: "We are familiar with the terrain. As long as we reach Machang Pass and block the retreat of Kira's army, they will be the turtle in the urn..."
As the lord of this city, Todoroki Toumae guard Atsushi was heartbroken by the heavy losses. When he heard what he said, he retorted dissatisfied: "How to block it? Can we block Kira Akabi with the defeated generals like us?
?If the Kira Army is determined to break through, how much force will we need to block the six thousand troops? Not to mention that there is Kira Army's Shinano reserve stationed in Kawanaka Island, so this is simply impossible!"
"How do you know it's impossible if you don't try it? I just think it must be possible!"
"What do you think is the use? I thought we should have driven away the Kira Army as early as possible!" Todoroki complained with grinning teeth: "We shouldn't be so impulsive, the cunning Kira Army is not something we can deal with! This
Not only will we lose money, food and people, but we will also lose troops and generals. How will we live in the future?"
As the most powerful Nishina clan in Azum County, Todoroki Nobuyoshi, the powerful official of the Nishina clan, still has some say, but his statement quickly aroused the disgust of Hiki Tanba Mamoru, who was also hit hard: "If you are not impulsive, how can you just stand by?
Are you going to tolerate the Kira army and steal our people and food? Are you just going to watch them kill our people?"
Hiki Tanba Mamoru's words awakened the deep-seated hatred of many Chinese people. There are many other Chinese warriors like him who were attacked and killed many of their relatives. They all treated the Kira family with a strong desire for revenge. They would not be grateful. The Kira family's preferential treatment of the old, weak, women and children will not remind you of their persuasion to surrender every time they attack the city. All the people here who were attacked by the Kira army were accomplices of the Takeda family who surrendered to help drive away the old owner, the Ogasawara family.
"What Tanba Mamoru said is right, but what he said after the decision is also reasonable. Let's calm down now that the matter has come to this! In any case, we still have to make arrangements with the Dianma Palace!" Nishina Morimasa, the Lord of Mori Castle, said when he saw that there were many people around him. Dissatisfied, he quickly stood up and made peace with him, and by the way brought the topic to Takeda Nobushige.
Takeda Nobushige had already caught a glimpse of his brothers shaking their heads slowly. He knew that the members of one branch of the family were already dissatisfied. He could only say vaguely: "Wait! Kai will probably issue a new order."
In addition to Takeda Nobushige himself, the 1st clan members who accompanied the army this time included Matsuo Nobuyoshi, Kawakubo Nobumi, and Ichijo Noburyu, all of whom were concubine brothers. This was Takeda Harunobu's check and balance method, and he sent several guides. This tacit behavior of "assisting" his confidant's younger brother, who was both civil and military, lasted for the entire fifteen years. He was either "assisting" in one discipline or taking turns from generation to generation. Takeda Nobushige had long been used to it.
The people of Zhongshinong didn't get the answer they wanted. They knew that this time they lost money and people, and they probably couldn't get it back. They could only leave in disappointment. Nobunong, the youngest among the brothers, said angrily: "These people are greedy and good. Gambling. I have repeatedly ignored restraint and sent troops without authorization. I only thought of begging me to wait when I got into trouble. What do you think of my Takeda family? It's really abominable!"
"You should understand their feelings! After all, losing so much food and population will greatly weaken Nakashinano's power, which is not a good thing for our Takeda family." Nobuharu Baba, as the deputy commander of Chikuma County, is one of his subordinates. If the disobedient countrymen speak up, otherwise these young and energetic members of the clan will bring trouble to the Lord, and he, the county representative, will be hard pressed to escape the blame.
"The most important thing is that you don't even blink! Didn't the Ministry of War react earlier and successfully evacuate?" Nobumi Kawaba unhesitatingly peeled off the scars of Iito Homasa, making this veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years turn red. , and finally grunted to express dissatisfaction.
Who was more enthusiastic than him and almost brought in the Thousand Chibei Samurai Group? Nearly a hundred combat casualties were lost in just a few rounds of stray bullets from the iron cannon and projectiles from bows and arrows. The fierce firepower of the iron artillery team penetrated without any suspense. Through the bodies of the warriors, the brave and skilled warriors fell dead one by one. It was as if a basin of cold water had poured cold water on Iito Homasa's fevered mind.
He hurriedly led his troops to retreat to Saikawa to join the main formation before calming down. If such a disgraceful thing was reported to Kai, it would definitely cause him to lose a lot of prestige. This is a shadow that cannot be erased no matter how hard he explains it. Iito Toramasa is uncharacteristically I kept silent because this mistake really shouldn't be made.
"How will the Lord's guild arrange it? The army will go out to besiege Qingliu City, or Xiaozhen County will launch an attack? I always feel that the timing is not good!" Nagasaka Mitsuken thought for a while and then said: "The Kira army is probably going to retreat, right?"
"Retreat! How can we let them leave so easily! I have never seen a famous family that robs people and food! How dare you disrespect the lord, it is so shameless! I, Hu Chang, will never let him go!" Iifu Hu Chang Roaring angrily, this righteous statement aroused great resonance among the Takeda retainers.
"I'm afraid it's inappropriate!" Nagasaka Mitsuken hurriedly objected upon seeing this: "You guys probably don't know the strength of Echigo yet. The stone is two million stone high and there is a standing army of more than 20,000 people. He can arm an army at any time.
With an army of ten thousand people, if we force him and send a large army to attack, how can Shinano withstand a fire attack? Please do not make such an assumption without the Lord's order!"
"Is Chikugo a little timid?" Iito Homasa coldly snorted: "Even the lord will understand the thoughts of our retainers! If we don't retaliate, how can the Takeda family stand in the countryside, and how can the Takeda family lead?
Shinano countrymen, if we continue to be weak, we will definitely be ridiculed by our countrymen!"
"The Ministry of War is right! If we, the Takeda family, do not take any action, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction and commotion among the people of the country. Please pass on our opinions to Nobuya!" Nobuharu Baba said worriedly: "Now the people in the county are
You can all see clearly what the situation is. If I, Xinchun, as the county deputy, am unable to appease the people and cause a commotion, punish me Xinchun for a small matter but a big one for affecting the lord's great cause!"
"That's right! Please ask Nomatsudono to forward our opinions on your behalf!" Many samurai, led by Iitomi Toramasa and Baba Nobuharu, stood up to speak, causing Nagasaka Mitsuken's eyebrows to twist into knots and he cursed secretly.
: "What a group of careless bastards! Are the Kira family so easy to mess with? If we can defeat the Kira family, we will need such troublesome planning!"
Takeda Nobunaga listened carefully to the opinions of each warrior, and then said slowly: "Please rest assured, I, Nobunaga, will definitely report to my brother truthfully."
The information sent to Kai had not yet received a definite response. As soon as it dawned on September 8th, the Takeda Tohoku ninjas discovered that there was no flag at the top of Aoyagi Castle with flying flags. The entire mountain city became extremely quiet. After cautiously approaching, Kira was discovered.
The army withdrew completely overnight. Knowing the seriousness of the matter, several ninjas hurriedly ran back to report the news.
When Takeda Nobushige stepped into Aoyagi Castle, he realized that this silent mountain castle had been simply repaired. The damaged Otemon gate and earth gate had been repaired and repaired. The quiet well water was still clear and sweet, and had not been blocked or lost by big rocks.
They killed cattle and sheep and destroyed the wells with plague. A few cranks cleaned it cleanly, and you can still see traces of countless footprints on the ground. The small castle was so clean that it looked like it had never left anything there, obviously food and ordnance.
Not a single bit was left.
After a quick inspection, no flaw was found. Takeda Nobushige, who was wary of any possible back-up, breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he secretly thought: "He is a well-behaved nobleman! There is no need to resort to local means to deal with my Takeda family... maybe he is disdainful.
That’s it!”
After going around in a long circle before finally arriving at the castle tower, Takeda Nobushige ignored the warning of the through-the-penetration ninja and opened the closed paper door to see a unique Chinese painting. From the content of the Chinese painting, it can be seen that Minamoto Yori shot a bow.
In the story of Taira Weisheng, the figure of Takeda Nobuyoshi, the ancestor of the Takeda family, can be seen under the white banner of Genji.
This battle was called the Battle of Fujikawa. It was the first battle fought by Minamoto Yoritomo after he raised his troops. The enemy on the opposite side was Taira Weisheng, the general of the Taira clan. Minamoto Yoritomo attacked the Taira camp by surprise, and the waterfowl were startled.
The general of the Taira clan, Taira Weisheng, was so frightened that he abandoned his 70,000 troops and fled in panic with two thousand Taira warriors. This battle established Yoritomo Minamoto's reputation and paved the way for the summit in the future.
There are also two lines of characters on the traditional Chinese painting, which read Cao Zijian's "Seven-Step Poetry": "We are born from the same roots, so there is no need to rush into each other!"
"The meaning of this painting is really profound!" Takeda Nobushige was silent for a long time, and ordered someone to carefully put the painting away and frame it. Kira Yoshitsune's meaning was very clear, but what choice did the Takeda family have? This was the Warring States Period
It was a troubled time, not the Genpei era, and they were not the ancestors who were so powerful in the past.
The bright morning light dyed this dilapidated mountain city golden. Takeda Nobushige stood on the terrace and looked at the distant green mountains, sighing: "I am just a small boat drifting with the tide, unable to change this troubled world!"
"
The Kira Army withdrew from Shinano without any attachment. There was no fanfare or burning of the mountain castle, and there was no cunning trick of poisoning the well water or stuffing dead cattle and horses to release the plague. They just safely returned to Northern Shinano. The entire Takeda Army
Disappointed and relieved, they had neither the ability nor the courage to keep Kira Jun behind, so they could only watch him leave.
Many Nakashinano people suffered heavy losses, and their position as the main force of the Shinano Sengata clan plummeted to a position comparable to that of the Ina-gun people who had repeatedly disobeyed control. The angry Nakashinano people repaid the Kira family with a hatred that could not be suppressed.
Feeling resentful towards the Takeda family, Baba Nobuharu had to go to Kofu to seek aid for Chongshinano in order to appease the people who had suffered heavy losses.
It's just a tragic loss and a bloody lesson, but the worse is yet to come. With the help of strong public opinion and the natural right of rule guarded by Shinano, the Kira family spread propaganda throughout the land of Shinano and even the neighboring states, putting the Takeda family in the wrong place in the spring.
The ugly and evil deeds at the mountain city wedding banquet were exposed, and the crime of colluding with the followers of the Xiangzong religion to incite a riot and killing innocent people was made public.
The good reputation that the Takeda family had worked so hard to build in Kanto and even Tokaido for more than ten years was lost in one fell swoop. The resourceful Takeda Harunobu suddenly turned into a despicable and shameless evil man. This change was unacceptable to the Takeda family.
The Kanto countries were in the mood of watching a drama. Secondly, the people of Ueno also took advantage of the situation to reveal the tragedy of the Odawara battle ten years ago. Three thousand heads were piled up in the Kyoto view. It was midsummer and maggots were breeding and the stench was high. It was a terrible blow to Shiga.
The evil deeds of the castle, such as the massacre and the taking of people as slaves, have also been exposed. In some areas of Shinano, the reputation of Echigo and even Ueno country is simply stinking. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
