Chapter five hundred and sixty-two boiling war intent
Takeda Harunobu looked at his subordinates, the Hime Warriors, and saw that their expressions were getting serious, and the corners of his mouth curled up.
"I have formed an alliance with the Imagawa family and the Hojo family, and now have two powerful allies.
They have salt and iron cloth, and they have ports. They can provide us with necessary supplies to make our lives better, as long as we give them Jiazhou gold.
But what about the future?"
Takeda Harunobu pointed at himself and said.
"The Wu family alliance is a joke, they are just afraid of trouble.
I can't beat them, they can't stand my harassment, and they have no interest in the barren Kai.
You chose to ally with me because you don’t want your back to be unsafe when you conquer a wealthy land.
Now, they are using supplies to stabilize me, but what if I die? No one will die, and I will die sooner or later.
At that time, which one of you can make them feel troubled and be willing to continue to provide cheap salt, cloth and iron to us Jiashin warriors!
Even now, the mining of Koshu gold is getting less and less every year, and we will soon have no gold to exchange for supplies.
Do you understand what this means?"
Takeda Harunobu smashed the document.
"Without gold, we will become begging wild dogs! Or continue to exchange for those expensive salts with rice that we don't even have enough to eat!"
We are not wild dogs, we do not need charity. We need salt, cloth, and iron tools, and we must get them with our own hands!
The alliance of the three families stabilized their rear and gave the Takeda family no worries.
I, Takeda Harunobu, worked hard to conquer Shinano in the north in order to enslave the Shinano people who are also mountain samurai?
No! You are not worthy!
Do you have salt? Do you have cloth? Do you have iron? You have nothing!
I want to join hands with you so that the Jiaxin warriors can stand together and conquer the world outside the mountain together!
We have never been so powerful, and we have never encountered such a good opportunity. Troubled times have come, and the world is in chaos. It is the time for us, the Jiaxin Wu family, to expand our living space.
I want to go to Hokushin, I want to go to Kawanaka Island, and I want to defeat Terutora Uesugi! I want her to understand that the Koshin samurai family, who have been tortured by the cold wind in the mountains, are not afraid of anyone!
Kawanakajima is not my goal, nor should it be your goal.
Our goal is Echigo salt, Echigo green hemp cloth, the food of the Echigo plain, the outlet to the sea, and our living space!
With food, ports, and trading towns, we can attract merchants and build workshops. From now on, we will have endless salt, endless cloth and ironware.
So please lend me your strength.
Use all our strength! No, it is to burst out with a power more powerful than all our strength! Follow me and seize our future!"
After Takeda Harunobu finished speaking, tears were already streaming down her face. She knelt down and bowed deeply to her subordinate, Samurai Hime.
"In order for our children to eat salt anytime and anywhere, please give me a chance!
Please! Ji Ji!"
The eyes of the Jiaxin Wu family under his command were red, and many of them were lowering their heads and wiping tears.
Outsiders can't imagine how much the mountain people have to pay to obtain a little bit of coarse salt, a little cloth, and a little iron in this barren land.
There is a lack of cultivated land in the mountainous areas.
The Kai Basin, Suwa Basin, and Nagano Basin are already considered large plains, and they still cannot produce much food or support many people.
Even so, they still had to trade their precious rice with outsiders in exchange for the indispensable salt cloth.
There are gold mines in the mountains, which can be exchanged for money. But miners in the feudal era were not a good profession. Going into the mines was no different than seeking death.
Even so, the gold mines will be exhausted, and miners will have to run around looking for new mines. Only by finding new mines can they have food to eat, and only then can they be qualified to continue working in the mines and seek death.
The pain of the Koshinobu family was clearly explained by Takeda Harunobu. They wanted a living space and wanted to break out of the mountains.
The Imagawa family and the Hojo family in the south are too powerful, and the Takeda family cannot defeat their alliance.
Then the only choice is to turn north and capture Shinano Country. Then continue to the north and find another way out, which is the wealthy Echigo Country.
Teru Uesugi gathered troops on Kawanaka Island, which was also a temptation for the Takeda family.
As long as they can defeat Terutora Uesugi's army in one fell swoop and end the myth of the bravery of the Echigo samurai family, the Koshinobu samurai family will have the courage to continue marching north and seize Echigo country.
The Takeda family needed a big victory to enhance their confidence in marching north and lay the foundation for their subsequent conquest of Echigo.
Moreover, the Kawanakajima Plain in Hokushin is fertile and can serve as a logistics base for the Takeda family to ensure supplies for the invasion of Echigo Country.
Echigo country had fertile plains, an outlet to the sea, gold and silver mines, green hemp cloth, sea salt, and everything the Takeda family wanted.
This is Takeda Harunobu's ambition. The Takeda family needs to fight their way out of the mountains and need a way out.
Takeda Nobulen made a decision immediately, kowtowed to the ground and said.
"I am willing to follow the governor to Kawanaka Island, and fight Uesugi Teruhora to the end, to the death!"
Someone showed up, and everyone's fighting spirit was ignited, and they all asked for a fight.
Even Nobu-kun Anayama, who had been hesitant before, came out and bowed and said.
"The governor has a far-sighted vision, which is beyond my reach. The Aneshan family is willing to mobilize with all its strength to accompany you to Beixin.
The Echigo samurai family has such a great reputation, I have long wondered how these guys dare to claim to be the most brave in Kanto.
This time I must let them know how powerful I and other Jiaxin Wu family are, and they will not dare to compete with me from now on!"
As the Takeda family's retainers, the southernmost Anayayama family also requested a battle, the fighting spirit of the retainers group instantly reached its highest level.
Takeda Harunobu nodded happily and said.
"A tiger must use all his strength to fight a rabbit. This war on Kawanakajima is a national war, and we must go all out.
I have made up my mind, and all the stocks of Jiazhou Gold distributed to each house are mobilized.
All the materials that had been stored in the warehouse for many years were taken out, and the military strength was mobilized to the maximum.
In the direction of Nishi Ueno, the Hojo family has promised to send troops to contain it, so there is no need for too many troops to stay behind."
Takeda Harunobu pointed to the door and shouted.
"Everyone should go back, mobilize, and tell the retainers what this battle is for!
Let us do our best to win the Battle of Kawanakajima!"
"Hi!"
The martial artists kowtowed to the ground one after another and walked out of the door quickly.
A few days later, Takeda Harunobu personally led the Kai army northward, gathering preparations from various companies along the way, and advanced all the way to Hokushin.
Kai's national stone is 230,000 stones high, plus the conquered Nanshin, Zhongxin, and Dongshin, the total mobilization force is about 500,000 stones.
Coupled with the support of the Koshu gold produced in Kai, the military supplies accumulated over the years were distributed to various households to encourage the raising of troops. This overloaded mobilization amounted to 700,000 koku.
Including Takeda Nobushige's Hokushin garrison, the Takeda family's army had a total of eighty troops, 20,000 combat troops, and countless support peasants.
For a time, storms gathered on Kawanaka Island.
Both sides are full of elites, their morale is high, and they are determined to win this battle.