Takeda Shingen rampaged all the way to sweep through the Ina County rebels. This so-called rebellion was completely extinguished within a few months. As the instigators, Fujisawa Yorichika and Takato Yoritsugu would inevitably be punished. Fujisawa Yorinchika showed remorse.
He was given a lighter punishment, and he was exiled from Shinano and could not return without being summoned. The position of governor was inherited by his adopted son Fujisawa Shigetoki, and Takato Yoritsugi was put under house arrest at Tsugasakikan because of his poor performance due to lack of IQ.
punishment.
Takato Yoritsugi was an unlucky man with great ambitions and little talent. Naturally, his fate was not as lucky as that of Fujisawa Yoriuchi who was exiled from Shinano. As the first battle of Kawanakajima broke out, the tyrannical Takeda Army unexpectedly encountered the even more powerful Nagao Army.
The armies of each group fought for several months without a winner. In the 21st year of Astronomy (1552) during the outbreak of Kawanaka Island, the Minami-Shinano people took the opportunity to set off a new wave of rebellion.
And this rebellion happened to involve many of Takato Yoritsugi's relatives. Takeda Shingen destroyed the stubborn Takato clan in the subsequent crusade against the rebellion, and Takato Yoritsugi, who had lost his use value, would naturally have no good outcome.
As a result, shortly after Takeda Shingen returned from victory, he was forced to commit suicide and end his short life.
It happened that Fujisawa Yorichika wandered to Settsu and joined the Miyoshi family as a small leader of the ronin. Soon after learning the news, he also had mixed feelings, including hatred for Takeda Shingen and fear of the power of the Takeda family.
The powerful lord Miyoshi Nagakei was quickly defeated in the battle of Katsuragi River, at the hands of the 12-year-old young family governor Kira Yoshitoki, and he lay dormant for five years without any major actions.
Without military exploits and awards, life for this little ronin Fujisawa Noriyuki was also very difficult. The price of goods in Kinai was simply beyond what he, a ronin from a distant country, could bear. His beautiful wife still stayed at Fukuyo Castle as a guardian.
She waited for his return in a kora boudoir. In the end, Fujisawa Yoriki gritted his teeth and returned to Shinano in the first year of Eiroku.
He lived in Fukuyo Castle in the name of the reclusive governor. Fortunately, his adopted son Fujizawa Shigetoki was an obedient nephew. He took the initiative to give up Fukuyo Castle and went to live in Minawa Castle, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation of not having a nest.
, his old friend Akiyama Shinto also understood his embarrassing predicament very well, and asked him not to go out for activities and quietly covered up his whereabouts when he returned.
Now, the Kira Army has entered Yijun, breaking the peaceful life here. After a few years, he once again saw the Kira Army that defeated Miyoshi Nagakei in his hometown. Fujisawa Yorichika decided to join the Kira family without much thought. It was not because
The general trend is not because of the insignificant nature of the Chinese people. It is more about trying to justify his useless ten-year career as a ronin. The painful memories left to him by Takeda Shingen need to be washed away with a happy betrayal.
As for Ogasawara Nagatoki's autographed letter, it is also very important. With his brother-in-law's personal intermediary, he can stand out from the crowd of ordinary people who surrendered and become an important supporter of the Kira family on the Minami-Shinano front. Although
His little power is not enough to overturn the attitude of the Kira family, but it is enough to successfully transform the Fujisawa family.
After sweeping half of Ina County, Murakami Yoshikiyo chose to call for more support from Yukitaka Sanada. At the same time, in order to ensure that his retreat would not be cut off by a surprise attack by the Takeda army, he ordered Mitsuchika Suda to lead a thousand troops to guard Aragamiyama Castle.
He gathered the strength of the indigenous people in Ina County and regrouped into an army of five thousand to continue the attack southward.
I have to say that Takeda Shingen did not do a good job in appeasing Minami-Shinano. As soon as Murakami Yoshikiyo's troops arrived outside Kasuga Castle, they discovered that the lord of Kasuga Castle, Kasuga Kawauchi Morimasakichi, who came after hearing the news, had opened the city and surrendered. The Toijima Castle under the jurisdiction of Inabe Masakichi was subsequently surrendered. The reason was that Takeda Shingen had appointed Iitomi Masakage to carry out a large-scale purge of the anti-Takeda people in Ijun a few years ago. Kasuga Masakichi's father and uncle were unfortunately in place. listed among them.
In June of the second year of Hongji (1556), Masakei Itomi was ordered to send troops to I County. Hayato Masanobu of Kurokawachi, who had a strong resistance in the county, Masanobu Masanobu of the Mizoguchi Civil Affairs Bureau, Morihisa Matsushima Toumae, and Inabe Zuo Weimon Lieutenant Shigenaki, Tonoshima Yamato Morishigekuni, Miyata Sakon Masami, Odagiri Yamato Mori Michinori, and Ueho Izu Morishigekiyo were called the Ina Eight, and they were the main force in the prefecture that resolutely resisted the Takeda Army.
And they were brutally killed by Iifu Masaki, and their heads were hung on the execution ground as a warning. Then the eight compatriots spontaneously organized and took advantage of the night to secretly retrieve the heads of the eight people. An eight-person tomb was established in Heihe Neixiang to commemorate the eight warriors' strong belief in defying power and protecting the homeland. Every spring and autumn, a large number of Chinese and local people came to pay their respects to the eight-person tomb, which gradually became a An important local custom.
Kasuga Kawauchi Mori Masakichi was the direct son of Inabe Zaemon Captain Fugekin, and his uncle was Tonojima Yamato Mori Shigekuni. The two pillars of the clan died tragically under the butcher knife of the Takeda Army, and the young Kasuga Masakichi was also forced to change. Miao, the character "Chang" was given to him by Takeda Shingen to express his trust and importance, but how could he turn a blind eye when the family feud came first? Between loyalty and filial piety, he resolutely chose the latter.
By this time, the entire Ina Prefecture had heard the news of the invasion of Kira's army. There were those who were excited, those who were worried and nervous, and those who led the army to resist in anger, as well as most of the indifferent onlookers. Nobusada Ogasawara of Shimo Ina Suzuoka Castle was not convinced. He hesitated to stand up and cheer for Kira Jun. This man is Ogasawara Nagatoki's biological brother.
As early as more than 20 years ago, the Ogasawara clan in the mansion was in conflict with the Matsuo Ogasawara clan in Shimo-ina. Therefore, Ogasawara Nagatoki, who had just assumed the position of governor, appointed his younger brother Nobusada Ogasawara to Shimo-ina County to serve as the lord of Suzuoka Castle. The Ogasawara family of Suzuoka was revived again. As Ogasawara was defeated for a long time and went to Echigo, his living environment also became very bad. He once escaped from Shinano after being defeated by the Takeda family during the invasion of Ina in the second year of Koji.
Living in embarrassment, he once took shelter under Miyoshi's family and made a living. However, with Ogasawara's re-emergence, things were different. Ogasawara Nobusada made a decisive decision to give up the generous treatment given by his fellow Miyoshi Nagakei and returned to his hometown of Suzuoka Castle. Continuing to actively resist, this time he knew some of the strategic directions of the Kira family in advance. It was reasonable for him to be the first to jump out and respond to the Kira family.
Those who respond will naturally resist fiercely. Katakiri Hayato Masadada of Funayama Castle and Ogusa Kasakazaemon Arimune of Ogusa Castle resist the invasion of Kira's army in the cage castle. Then the Akiyama faithful of Takato City responded quickly and gathered Ina. The people in the prefecture gathered four thousand troops to launch an attack on Murakami Yoshikiyo.
They did not have any advantage in terms of military strength or military eliteness. The only advantages in equipment were more horse teams and 300 old matchlock cannons. The two sides launched several fierce battles in Odagiri Castle and Tojishima Castle.
Murakami Yoshikiyo, who was holding on to the Cage Castle, repelled the attacks of Akiyama Shinto friends again and again, but he went too deep into Ina County, making it easy for his army to be cut in half in the narrow canyon, and Murakami Yoshikiyo always had to face
There is a danger of the route of retreat being cut off at any time.
The stalemate lasted for half a month. Ogasawara rushed to Fukuyo Castle with two thousand reinforcements and exerted tremendous pressure on the Akiyama faithful in Takato Castle from the north and south. They tried to use this method to force the Akiyama faithful back to Takato Castle, but
Unexpectedly, Nobuharu Baba arrived at Takato Castle with 3,000 reinforcements to assist in the battle, and the strength advantage of both sides was once again reduced.
The armies of both sides fought in the valley between the Tenryu River and the Mitsumine River in Kamina for more than ten battles, and it was still difficult to determine the outcome. The generals on both sides were of the first-class general class. Even a small difference was not enough to change the stalemate.
None of the generals had any plans to continue to increase their troops, and the confrontation has never been resolved.
Takeda Nobushige did not dare to continue sending reinforcements because he needed more troops to guard the northern gate of Suwa County. Sanada Yukitaka also did not think of sending more troops, because he was quietly leading an army of 10,000 to the
Katsugen Pass. Once again launched a night attack on Okaya North Castle. This was the fifteenth attack he launched, and it was also the third time he attempted a night attack.
This night attack was not successful. The troops were discovered by vigilant secret sentries before they reached the edge of the city. In desperation, Yukitaka Sanada had no choice but to change his raid strategy and instigated the renegade samurai in Okaya North Castle to cause riots.
The Kira ninjas took the opportunity to attack the Otemon defenders and attempted to break into Okaya North Castle by attacking and seizing the gate.
However, the plan was only half-way through, and the defender of Otemon could not escape the fate of death. However, the extremely vigilant Takeda Nobushige came and almost failed to open the gate. A dozen Kira ninjas desperately opened the gate to welcome the Kira army.
He entered, but was blocked by Takeda Nobushige and his elite troops who were immediately aware of the situation.
The two sides started a fierce battle in front of the Otemon of Okaya Kita Castle. The small gate became the main point of conflict between the two armies. The samurai ashigaru of both sides launched a fearless charge against the enemy. The iron artillery teams, bows and arrows on both sides fought against each other.
They were all trying to gain a commanding height so that they could shoot at each other. A small Otemon gate became a shura field that devoured countless lives. Many young warriors rushed in and never came back.
The garrison in the city relied on the advantage of the geographical location to cause the Kira Army to suffer a lot, but then they were taken care of by the Kira Army's iron artillery team, which beat several arrows and oars so that no one could stand, and the Takeda Army lost
The advantage of the geographical location has also successfully restricted the most powerful Kira Iron Artillery Team. As soon as their firepower leaves the arrow oars, samurai Ashigaru who are not afraid of death will climb on the arrow oars and continue to shoot at the Kira Army outside the city, forcing the Iron Artillery Team.
The artillery team must devote 70% to 80% of their energy to keep an eye on the archery team on the city.
This fierce battle lasted from the second watch to the fifth watch, with more than 2,000 casualties on both sides. The piles of corpses were spread from outside the door to the inside, and blood flowed into a winding dark red stream. That day
When the first ray of light shone on Gangu North City, the generals of both sides unanimously ordered to stop fighting, and everything came to an abrupt end at that moment.
The tired warriors could only leave this sad place in a hurry with the pain all over their bodies. The warriors on both sides silently cleaned up the remains of their comrades. No one had the intention to take the initiative to attack again. The battle had lost its meaning to continue, and it took a hard night.
The fierce battles severely exhausted the physical strength and energy of the samurai and ashigaru. The long and fierce siege battle could not turn the attack into victory, making the samurai both tired and anxious.
The uneasy emotions flowed quietly, like a terrible infectious disease that infected countless people in a short period of time. The momentum of the attack became weaker and weaker, and the burden on his heart became more and more amplified. Yukitaka Sanada knew that he could no longer continue, and he and
At the same time, the Takeda Army, who was in even more pain, seemed to be unable to hold on, and Takeda Nobushige immediately stopped the battle.
The Kira army stopped because their physical strength was exhausted, and excessive casualties could never be converted into victory. The Takeda family stopped because the samurai and ashigaru had no physical strength to support them, and they relied entirely on a strong belief to support themselves.
Next, they may be able to hold on for another half an hour. They may also collapse suddenly in the next moment. As long as one person cannot hold up and falls, they will all fall down like dominoes. Takeda Nobushige does not dare to bet on how long this time will be.
In the end, Yukitaka Sanada failed to capture Otemon. His failure was not due to the lack of bravery of the samurai ashigaru, nor to the fact that the iron cannon ammunition was used up, but because of the 30-degree slope in front of Otemon.
In fact, it cannot be said that he failed in attacking this small link, unless the significance of victory is determined by capturing Gangya North City.
In fact, Sanada Yukitaka can still choose to persist a little longer. If he persists for one more morning, the Takeda Army will definitely collapse. Victory will belong to the Kira Army, which is also in collapse. But it is suicide to continue to seize the city to this point. Suwa Shiro Katsuyori leads
As the Suwa people came from all directions to launch an attack on Okaya North Castle, what would Yukitaka Sanada do to resist it?
The only answer is to use human lives to replenish the army. The army with completely collapsed energy and physical strength is like a paper tiger. Even the worst believers can defeat them. If these people are allowed to defend the city, how many will die naturally?
If you survive until Tsurujun Miyabe or Nagasaki Ogasawara come back in time, you will be victorious. If you don't come back in time, the whole army will be annihilated without any suspense.
Therefore, he wisely chose to retreat. In order to kill Takeda Nobushige or massacre all the troops in Okaya Kita Castle, he involved all the 10,000 troops of the Shinano Army and his own wealth and life, which may even destroy the Kira Yoshiki.
A foundation built with hard work. This is not the work of a wise man, nor is it the style of Yukitaka Sanada.
Compared to Yukitaka Sanada who left with endless regrets and resentment, Nobutashige Takeda felt more fortunate and encouraged. After a year of hard fighting and a night of stalemate, he finally blocked Yukitaka Sanada's most violent offensive. He knew very well that this did not mean that Yukitaka Sanada was dead.
It is not as powerful as him, but because he occupies a huge advantage of good location and people, and as the defender of the city, he has an elite military force that is not inferior to that of the attacker. This war is very difficult to fight.
Even if Takeda Shingen comes to attack Okaya North Castle in person, without a strong army of more than 30,000 people, it is absolutely impossible to break through the fortified castle guarded by 10,000 troops led by Takeda Nobushige, and use 10,000 people to attack the city guarded by 10,000 people.
Fortressing a castle is a very unbelievable act. Only Yukitaka Sanada dares to fight like this. Even top-notch generals may not dare to imagine such a radical tactical play.
This battle was eventually named the Battle of Okayazaka. Both sides hurriedly called a truce after each side had lost more than 2,000 lives. The Kira Army's losses were more than 2,200 people. In comparison, the Takeda family's losses were enough
There are more than 2,600 people. If the price paid is not too high and they persist for half an hour, the loss ratio will be further magnified. It's just that there is no result if it continues like this.
After the war ended, a new round of confrontation began. Of course, the situation in Ina County remained unchanged. The pro-Kirara Inazhong led by Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara Nagatoki ran into the pro-Takeda Inazhong led by Baba Nobuharu and Akiyama Nobumo.
The two sides fought fiercely for three months and fought more than a dozen small battles every day. The outcome was still indecisive. In the end, both sides suffered more than 2,000 casualties and returned to the same starting line. It was not until the first snow fell at the end of the autumn harvest that the troops were hastily consolidated.
Have a peaceful New Year.
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When Kira Yoshi learned about this undefeated victory, he could only smile helplessly. All the easy-to-eat meat was swallowed whole by the Kira family. What was left was only a hard bone that was difficult to chew, and now the Takeda family is just a piece of it.
There are hard bones that cannot be chewed, and as the army gets closer to Kai, the difficulty of attacking becomes more and more difficult.
In fact, he never thought that Yukitaka Sanada would really break into Suwa County. If he did, it would be a big trouble. The Takeda family would definitely send a steady stream of troops to Suwa County to defend the last northern gate.
At all costs, unless Yoshitoki Kira leads his army to Suwa for a big battle again, the crisis facing Yukitaka Sanada will not be resolved. But will Takeda Shingen still fight a decisive battle with him? No!
During the Warring States Period, every step of expansion was accompanied by great difficulties and obstacles. In some places, the cost of expansion was so high that it could bankrupt the daimyo. In other places, the cost was zero and they only needed to surrender as soon as the army arrived. However, the Yonglu period was very expensive for expansion.
In an era of high costs, the earlier the era, the greater the resistance to expansion.
For example, this is the case with the expansion of Hojo Soun and Hojo Ujizuna. Without the support of Hosokawa Masamoto and Hosokawa Takakuni, Hojo's expansion was immediately pushed back by the coalition forces of the Kanto people. If the Kawagoe Night Battle hadn't come in time, I'm afraid that
The name of the Odawara Hojo family no longer exists in the world.
Kira Yoshitsune never thought about eating a big fat man in one bite. Even though the Kira family held nearly five territories, in fact, his core territory was still the basic territory of Echigo. At most, taking into account the changes in recent years,
The seal worked. It made Shinano Country, Ueno Country, Etsuchugoku, Dewa Country, and Kaga Country part of the territories directly under the direct control. But his fundamental interests were tied to Echigo and could not be changed.
This is why he did not choose to blindly set up a new castle outside. He was more concerned about the management of the Echigo territory than anyone else. Kira Yoshitoki's plan was to gradually transfer the Echigo retainers out and complete the complete development of Echigo.
At the same time, he was able to expand the base of the Kira family through the transfer of feudal vassals, from one and a half kingdoms to five kingdoms. At that moment, he was the real daimyo.
Just like the Ouchi family had seven guardian positions in its heyday, but in fact the core base of the Ouchi family is Zhou Fang and Nagato Ryogoku. The situation of the "Yin Yang One Taishou" of the Nizi family is similar, claiming to control half of the Western Kingdom.
In fact, the core area of his family is still the land of Izumo and Iwami, and the others are just servant armies. The core area of the Hojo family's current large territory is still Izu and Sagami Ryogoku.
The core foundation of the Takeda family is the two counties of Kai and Suwa and Saku. These two counties are like two wings protecting Kai's wings, and like two huge fists that can reach out to hit Ueno with a right hook and a left hook.
After punching Hida, now that he has lost the right wing and fist, the Takeda family has been reduced to a semi-invalid state. If he loses another wing and fist, he will really be unable to fight back.
The best in the Three Kingdoms Alliance is actually the Imagawa family. Imagawa Yoshimoto's patience and skills are unusually strong. He can suppress his temper and annex the Mikawa Kingdom step by step. In ten years, the new generation of samurai will be transformed.
The idea is to use strict martial arts laws and clear rewards and punishments to establish prestige.
He also used methods such as tempting them with affection and luring them to become his confidants, gradually transforming parts of the Sanhe Kingdom into his own base, and at the same time, he took this opportunity to gradually eliminate the thorns among the Yuanjiang people and eliminate the final danger.
Stifled in infancy, it's a pity that all these abilities, no matter how strong they are, were destroyed in the narrow room.
Kira Yoshitoki broke his appointment again. As soon as he returned to Echigo, he was faced with a backlog of government affairs that had been backlogged for half a year. He was busy all day long and wished he could use the clone technique to create a dozen clones to help handle government affairs. From dawn to dusk, he kept going.
Many executive officers came to him to discuss government affairs. Meetings were held non-stop every day. He could read endless documents, write endless documents, and sign endless monograms, which made him collapse.
Finally, when he got desperate, he pretended to be ill and left all unimportant government affairs to the executive officer. He also decided that documents with a single payment of less than 2,000 guan would not be shown to him. From now on, he would only approve documents above 2,000 guan.
Documents were issued, and it was stipulated that all future government affairs should be made preliminary at the internal meeting of the executive branch before being submitted to him for approval.
But there are some things that cannot be avoided. Hosokawa Fujitaka showed him a stack of autumn harvest documents. While showing him, he explained: "This year has been a very bad year. First, we experienced a period of several months of hard work.
Drought brought great disadvantages to the growth of rice. The subsequent summer was followed by heavy rains. It did not improve until autumn. The income of Ishigao in Echigo for the whole year was reduced by 600,000 due to this disaster.
stone, the actual high income from stone is only 2.23 million stone."
Kira Yoshitoki reluctantly took the document and said distressedly: "The disaster is so serious! However, Dewa Country seems to have also suffered a big disaster. The territory's grain production has been reduced by about 20%. I also authorized the allocation of 50,000 koku of grain as the Mogami family's grain reserve.
To cope with the difficult period of drought next spring."
"The problem of Echigo is not that big. With the active cooperation of our followers, colleagues in the counties, and fellow villagers, we actively pumped water to irrigate the fields, so the loss was only about 20%." Hosokawa Fujitaka shook his head and said with a bitter smile:
“Although I really want to praise myself more, this year’s autumn harvest situation is indeed very unfavorable to us.
The damage to Ueno and Shinano countries was very serious. The overall losses in the two countries were between 35% and 40%. Among them, southern Ueno and central Shinano were greatly affected by floods. This year's autumn harvest grain decreased by about 45%.
The total income of Ueno Kingdom is 350,000 dan, and that of Shinano Kingdom is 270,000 dan."
"Great disaster, famine!" Kira Yoshi suddenly blurted out two words. These two words mean great disaster and famine. In fact, this kind of thing is as common as earthquakes and storms every year, almost every ten or eight years.
There will be a famine. Kiragi has encountered two major famines in the past few years, one was a storm and the other was a drought, and this is the third time.
"Yes! This is a huge famine that affects the Eastern Kingdom. The food damage in Vietnam and China is relatively light. The loss is only 10% less than the previous years. However, the development of new fields in Xinchuan County in Vietnam is relatively smooth.
, but the stone height of Echichu exceeded 400,000 koku this autumn. Kaga Province was almost undamaged. The autumn harvest statistics of the two and a half counties were about 200,000 koku. Dewa Province lacked information on the establishment of the county.
, Tagawa County, Murayama County, and Mogami County have jurisdiction over a stone height of 320,000 stone."
"The problem in Vietnam and China is not big. As soon as winter comes, farmers will be quickly transferred to Kaga. The territory of Kaga has only 80,000 people plus 10,000 troops. It is really not conducive to defending the territory. The remaining 70,000 people should be implemented as soon as possible.
To Kaga." Kiragi thought for a while and then joked: "The 200,000 stones of grain over there are enough to feed these 160,000 people in Kaga for more than half a year according to the previous way. According to our
The Echigo diet combined with some potatoes, corn, seafood and vegetables is more than enough for a year and a half."
Hosokawa Fujitaka smiled when he heard this. He recalled that the changes in Echigo were really amazing. In the past, his life of eating white rice, pickled radish and miso soup twice a day was monotonous and boring. Now, chicken, fish, meat, eggs, vegetables and fruits are never in stock.
There are an astonishing amount of seasonal vegetables every year, and the huge impact of the increase in dishes is that we eat less and less food.
According to the previous calculation, one person consumes one stone, seven buckets and five liters of rice per person per year, which translates into eating seven taels of rice, some pickled radish and miso soup every day. The monotonous eating habits are very lacking in nutrition, and the most important thing is that the food is not at all
If you don't have enough to eat, and under the ravages of the pathological vegetarian concept, it is not surprising that you will be thin and short if you don't eat well. In addition, this dietary concept will also produce the invisible and murderous "beriberi".
Nowadays, there are meat, vegetables, pressed soybean oil and animal fat. Two meals a day have been changed to three meals a day. A commoner can only eat seven taels of rice a day if he is full. Those who have some spare money can go out to eat egg noodles more easily.
Even the rice is omitted. The fishermen on the seaside must have fish in their three meals a day, and eat even less rice.
Kira Yoshi thought for a long time and felt that this was a good opportunity to improve the food growing habits of various countries in Hokuriku, so he slowly said: "The popularity of wheat in Vietnam, China, and Kaga will continue to increase, and some are not suitable for growing rice.
Don’t blindly pursue rice cultivation in the plains and mountainous areas. You can try a variety of wheat to achieve good results. In addition, I also introduced millet from the Ming Dynasty, which can be promoted to mountainous areas as a crop rotation configuration. The second phase of millet and wheat cropping is also very good.
, supplemented by the cultivation of several types of vegetables, even without the support of meat, poultry and eggs, the food problem in Hokuriku can be solved."
"My lord understands!" Hosokawa Fujitaka bowed and stepped back. (To be continued...)
ps: Thanks to book friend Diaoer for the reward to Qiu Mian, and congratulations to Qiu Mian for becoming the fifth helmsman of this book. Wu Mei would like to express her sincere gratitude to both of them for their support!
