It is not difficult to guess Kira Yoshitoki's intentions. The two largest local snakes in Vietnam and China transferred to Kaga country with one hundred thousand people. One of them controlled a large mountainous area in Nomi County and a large section of the river resources of the Setori River.
Hebei County controls a large area of fertile territory, one in the south and one in the north, one in the south and one in the north, one in the mountains and rivers and one in the coastal plain. Their interests are destined to be different, which can ensure that they will not cause dissatisfaction due to the transfer of the territory.
At the same time, through the transfer of seals, the actual control of a large area of Etchu territory was given to Kira Yoshitoki, together with Uesugi Teruhora's newly-sealed hatamoto Tomoyuki of Fufu County, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki's hatamoto near Uozu Castle.
Under the leadership of Zhixing, Kirang Yoshitomo and Pedai Kailao basically controlled more than 70% of the territory in Yuezhong.
"I have another plan, which is to order Nagahide, the junior assistant of the Yasuda Administrative Department, to become the general, and lead the two thousand Vietnamese troops including Hiraga Sakyou Ryo, Yamagishi Hayato Sa, Tohi Mei as defenders, Katori Yaheita, Kawagami Yarokuro, etc. to be responsible for pacifying the flying
Hida, suppressed all the pro-Takeda Miki and Ema clans, and appointed Kamyu Hayato to be responsible for the unified construction of the Hida executive organization. It is necessary to eliminate all pro-Takeda forces in Hida. The future strategy is to cooperate with Shinano's
Sanada Danzhengden strategy guide to Ina County."
In the past few years, it seems that Echigo has been going smoothly without any big troubles. It seems that even a fool can be as good as Kira Yoshitoki as a household governor. In fact, everything is not as simple as it seems. The composition of Kira's retainers is very complicated.
When they were in Omi, there was internal fighting between the Omi faction and the Mikawa faction. In recent years, as Kiragi moved to Echigo and established unshakable prestige through a series of victories, the Omi faction gradually joined the Mikawa faction and the Shogunate faction.
The risk of so-called factional fighting has been suppressed.
As old problems disappear, new ones arise. How to coordinate the relationship between the Echigo native retainers and the former Kira retainers has always been a huge problem before Kira Yoshitoki and the Ichiganbodai family elders. Even with Kira Yoshitoki's
High prestige also needs to be cautious on this issue, through unified command of war, unified provision of welfare benefits, and fair and reasonable merit rewards.
And the most important point is that the huge dividends brought by Echigo's agricultural development have gradually filled up the huge friction caused by various issues such as knowledge and treatment between the two factions. Even if it is almost foolproof, it cannot prevent those who often appear.
The small collisions, the unity on big issues, the messiness on small things, and the bumps and bruises can never make peace, which is the portrayal of the Echigo retainers group.
With the basic pacification of Shinano in the past few years, the overall peace of Ueno Kingdom, and the pacification of Echuchu, Kaga, and Hazen Kingdoms this year, the number of members of the retainer group has more than doubled. The number of subordinate people is even more numerous.
, his hands were sore from writing a lot of documents on security and related transfer orders, and many retainers he had never heard of had become an important part of his service.
The sources of retainers are getting wider and wider, so we have to be more cautious in coordinating the interests of various factions. We cannot deal with retainers and people arbitrarily just because of our high prestige. The consequences of doing so will only stop the Kira family's upward momentum. Maybe it will happen again.
Caught in huge civil strife and troubles, especially when the generals of all parties set up legions to perform their own merits, as a family governor, it is even more important to coordinate the offensive rhythm of each legion and find a balance point to ensure that there is no discord and no problems.
In the second year of Eiroku, the Kira family was not at peace. In addition to several wars in Dewa, Echichu, and Kaga, there was also the Shinano War that lasted throughout the summer.
Since Kira Yoshitoki and Uesugi Teruatora led their respective armies, Sanada Yukitaka led tens of thousands of troops to guard Saku County and spent several months guarding the security of Ueno Country. It was not until it was determined that the Hojo family was unable to launch a battle on Mount Mifune and visit Ueno.
, he led his troops to urgently return to Chikuma County to take charge of the attack plan against Suwa County.
The 17,000-strong army was divided into two parts. Murakami Yoshikiyo led 5,000 of them across the Shiojiri Pass to launch an attack on Aragamiyama Castle in Minami-Shinano. His attack plan was very sudden and very clever. This surprise attack really hit Ina County.
The people belonging to the Takeda clan were caught off guard because the communication channel from Ina County to Suwa County was cut off by the Kira Army, so that Takeda Nobushige, who was stationed in Suwa County, did not know that Ina County was raided.
This cannot be blamed on Takeda Nobushige's carelessness. There is indeed a passage connecting Shiojiri Pass to Ina County. You can easily enter the hinterland of Minami-Shinano by passing Suwa County. However, this passage is rarely used in normal times. What is this passage?
The streets of Shinano are wider and smoother than Shinano, and this passage is surrounded by mountains with many peaks. There are many unruly bandits and other lawless people among them, so the danger of walking is greatly increased.
Therefore, merchants from Ina County can clearly use this passage to enter Chikuma County and save a lot of unnecessary trips. However, considering that the road is in the barren mountains and there are often bandit attacks, the additional cost of hiring ronai will be huge.
It's not worth it. Those who are willing to consider taking this road are small businessmen because it can save distance and time. Large businessmen are either unwilling to come to the remote Ina County. Or they choose to take the spacious avenue of Shinano Street.
At least there were densely populated lodgings along the way, so he didn't have to worry about having nowhere to stay in the wilderness and being constantly on guard against being attacked by bandits. When Murakami Yoshikiyo passed by this mountain road, he easily cleared away the bandits nearby and even captured a few of them in the Xiaoao Mountain Forest.
The bandit leaders, who have gathered hundreds of followers, are themselves descendants of the people in Ina County and were driven out to find their own way out for various reasons.
Because they were unlearned and unskilled guys, no martial arts family was willing to take them in when they ran away. When they had no way out, they ran to the nearby Dacheng Mountain, Anecang Mountain, Wuwang Mountain, and Dazhi Mountain.
They made a living as domineering girls. With the great chaos in Shinano, the gangs gradually gained momentum. Later, they established contact with their respective families and formed a family to protect them from the encirclement and suppression by the county. The bandit leaders shared the profits they robbed.
Give some to the forms in their respective families.
With these few local snakes acting as the leading party, the efficiency and concealment of Murakami Yoshikiyo's raids were greatly improved. Therefore, when Murakami Yoshikiyo and Kira's army suddenly entered Ina County and arrived outside Arakami Mountain City, the city lord of Arakami Mountain City
Kusama Bizen didn't expect that he would be raided. The three hundred defenders in the city were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of morale and preparation when faced with the sudden force of five thousand troops and the well-known Murakami Yoshikiyo.
The Cage Castle was defended for three whole days. In the end, the Cage Castle failed due to the sparse troops and low morale. Murakami Yoshikiyo broke through the Otemon gate without much effort and knocked down the curved wheels and Ninomaru on both sides in turn. Kusama Bizen defended the belt.
More than fifty Ashigaru retreated into Honmaru, trying to rely on Honmaru's geographical advantages to mount a desperate resistance, but their meager strength was not enough. Within half a day of persistence, they were outnumbered and Tadanao Shimazu beheaded him.
In this battle, the Murakami army only suffered minor losses. They took advantage of their unpreparedness to attack the city. If they had not spent some effort to reduce losses and block the news, they would have been able to break through the city on the second day of the siege. As a special force, Suda Mitsuru led two thousand troops across the Tenryu River and blocked Haba Castle, which was only a short distance away.
This mountain castle is too close to Arakami Mountain Castle, and you can almost see all the big movements in Arakami Mountain Castle. The lord of the castle, Ogasawara Jujiro, was a clan member who betrayed Ogasawara Nagasaki very early. During the Tenbun era, he was assigned to this place to build Haba Castle. This kind of die-hard elements cannot be tolerated and indulged. Not long after the fall of Aragamiyama Castle, Haba Castle, which had only more than 160 defenders, was also breached. The lord of the castle, Ogasawara Jujiro, knew that he could not survive, so he simply committed suicide by caesarean section. .
In the following days, Murakami Yoshikiyo's army destroyed several castles like a fierce wind and fierce fire. Gradually, rumors spread that Kira's army broke into Ina County. Fujisawa Yorichika, who had been a guest at Miyoshi's house for several years and was about to return to his hometown, made a decisive decision and ordered His nephew and adopted son Fujisawa Shigeki opened Fukuyo Castle, and Minawa Castle surrendered to Kira's army.
This family can be regarded as the hard-core anti-Takeda people of Minami-Shinano. Fujisawa Yorichika himself is a powerful native of Ina County. She is Ogasawara Nagatoki's biological sister, and Ogasawara Nagatoki is the sworn brother who wears the same pants. She has always coveted the Suwa clan's family fortune.
Therefore, in the 10th year of the Astronomical Period (1541), when Takeda Shingen succeeded to the position of governor of the family and launched an attack on Suwa County, Fujisawa Yoriuchi joined forces with Takato Yorikichi, a family member who also coveted the clan's foundation, and joined forces with the Takeda army to attack Suwa County. The attack was launched and Suwa Yorishige was eventually killed. The two fools Fujisawa Yorichika and Takato Yoritsugi left the surviving son of Suwa Yorishige, who was supported by Takeda Shingen, helpless. In the end, the Takeda army and the angry Suwa people jointly attacked Under such circumstances, the two had to bow their heads and surrender to Takeda Shingen.
A few years later, Takeda Shingen faced the first disastrous defeat in his life at Uedawara. Not only did he retreat to Kai with a loss of troops, but he also suffered serious injuries. In the end, he had to hide in Yutani Hot Spring to recuperate. Fujisawa Yorichika and Takato Yoritsugi thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he raised a rebellion that month and united with Ogasawara Nagatoki to attack Suwa County.
What followed was the unlucky Battle of Shiojiri Pass. Ogasawara Nagatoki was unaware and failed to see through Takeda Shingen's plan. He thought it would take seven or eight days to reach Shiojiri Pass. As a result, he was attacked by the Takeda army that night and fled in embarrassment. , even the castle where his family had lived for generations was burned down by fire, and Ogasawara, who had lost his fortune, fled in panic for a long time and took refuge in Murakami Yoshikiyo, which was a embarrassment to a group of good relatives and friends in Ina County who had been waiting for him.
As the news of Ogasawara Nagaki's defeat spread to Ina County, Fujisawa Yoriuchi and Takato Yoritsugi were in constant panic. As expected, Takeda Shingen's army turned around and headed straight for Ina County. Takato Yoritsugi was still hesitant about how to deal with it. At that time, Fujisawa Yorichika decisively gave up his moral integrity and contacted the closely connected Takeda Ashigaru General Akiyama Nobuyoshi, and he used him as an intermediary to secretly surrender the Takeda Army. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation at Qidian. , monthly ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
