Pillars of the Wu family

The weather in July can change as it says it should. One day, the sun was still shining brightly, but it took only a short time for dinner to change suddenly. Within half an hour, the sky turned completely dark, and suddenly blue and white lightning pierced the sky. There was a loud rumbling noise, and after a while, the torrential rain poured down, extinguishing all the bonfires in the camp.

Yoshishi Kira leaned against the door and stared at the dark sky in a daze. After a long time, he muttered to himself: "It's raining again, this annoying rainy season is really annoying... I can only bear it for now, I will If you don't believe me, you old fox will be content with the status quo and won't change your tactics! Let's be more patient than anyone else, as long as you dare to change your tactics, I will have a way to deal with you!"

On the other side, the Takeda family also had the same calculation. Takeda Harunobu stared at the pouring rain outside the tent and was silent. Takeda Noburen walked to the door, shaking his folding fan: "Oh! It's raining again. It's such a boring day. Apart from guarding the camp all day long, I was bored and in a daze. If I had known, I would have called the ape music master in the mansion. My brother accepted the ape music master, Ozo Taifu Juro Shinan. "

Takeda Harunobu frowned slightly: "Sun Liu! Don't forget the ban on banquets, women and singing and dancing in the army!"

"Hey! I was just talking, that's all!" Takeda Noburen bowed to his elder brother, walked to the couch and sat down awkwardly, and started to sigh again after a while.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Fortunately, the terrain of Daying Camp was relatively high, and the accumulated water gathered along the slope into the soil around the camp, and then flowed into the Chikuma River not far from the foot of the mountain. Takeda Harunobu thought for a long time before comforting himself: "It's hard." It is very difficult to defeat the Kira family in a joint battle. If this is the case, it is better to continue to fight like this. As long as the family defends Hachimanbara, it can effectively contain the advance of the Kira family. This delay is definitely beneficial to my Takeda family. It's not my enemies along the way of the Takeda family!"

During the long confrontation, the worse news came to Echigo, and the news from the Dewa Mogami family reached Echigo, and Mogami Yoshimori decided to send several national troops from Mogami Hachiko to form an army of [-] to join the Daihoji family to form [-] The coalition forces went into battle in Echigo Iwafune. This time the Mogami family was still cunning and did not send troops. In order to appease Mogami Hachiko's dissatisfaction, Mogami Yoshimori promised not to take any profits from this battle.

One day later, the Ashina Sheng family who had been dawdling for a long time also joined the [-] troops of the Date family.An army of [-] was formed and announced to go out. The chief general of the Date family is Date Mimoto, that is, Tokimune Maru who almost became the adopted son of Uesugi Sadami in the past, and Date Terumune, who served for one year as the deputy general.

In the Dahiro room of Kasuga Mountain City, the left-behind Pudai retainers urgently discussed the countermeasures, and soon made a decision. The defense task of China and Vietnam was handed over to Pudai's chief family, Lao Honjo Shino, and a group of chief family elders, Nagao Zhengjing, They will immediately return to the home city to organize forces to resist the invasion.

In Urahara County, Tochio Castle, Sanjo Castle, and Itajo Castle were the targets of the enemy's invasion from the Aizu direction, and Tochio Castle was particularly important as an important relay point connecting Joetsu and Shimotsu.Ten years ago, Nagao Jinghu was sent to Tochio Castle to subdue the Chinese and Vietnamese.Resist the attack of Xiayueyang Beizhong.

Honjo Shino's military strategy is quite high. In the early years, he taught the military strategy of Nagao Kagetora before Echigo became the Dragon. In recent years, he has made a lot of achievements in internal affairs under the influence of the Kira family's followers. He belongs to Ming and is good at accepting it. He is an enlightened faction of new things, and is relatively balanced in both military and political affairs. He sits in Tochio Castle in his own territory and can maximize his own advantages. It is the first time that Honjo Seishachiro Hidetsuna assists his father as a lieutenant general.

The people of Shimoetsu country immediately spontaneously organized to take a defensive posture. The defense task of Shimoetsu was handed over to two veteran generals, Fujisuke Nakajo and Katsunaga Irobe. He was ready to take on the heavy burden of defending Mogami's attack at the first time, leaving only Nagao Jingxin and Nagao Fujikage in Kasugayama Castle.

Two days later in Kasuga Mountain City, Nagao Tiger Princess in military uniform appeared in Dahiro. All the retainers staying in the city opened their mouths wide in surprise. Puzzled, he hurriedly asked: "What are you doing wearing armor in the front hall of the Tiger Palace?"

As Kira Yoshitoki's main wife, she has the right to make decisions about Echigo's affairs, provided that she must obtain the general support of the retainers, and today she is about to do a major event. Da Ma Jindao sat down in front of the bed table (shaped like a Mazar), and shocked everyone with his mouth.

"I want to fight against the invading bandits! Please support my decision!"

"Nonsense! What kind of bandit is a girl begging for every family! If this word gets out, isn't my son from Nagao's family going to be humiliated to death!" The tone was wrong, and he hurriedly remedied: "No matter what, Hu Yuqian must not go out, please stay in the city honestly, war is our men's business, no matter how big the crisis is, we will bear it!"

"Uncle Hu Ji doesn't like to hear that!" Hu Ji said disapprovingly, "Gu You Ba Yuqian, Ban Eqian Yuqian, why can't I do it? Don't forget the joint battle against Daxiong Chaoxiu a few years ago!"

"That's also the credit of Yamamoto Sado and Saito Shimono!" Nagao Tengjing muttered something in his heart, and then persuaded with a bitter face: "It's okay if Yunying didn't get married at the time when Hu Yuqian was fighting against the Great Bear Asohide Rebellion. , but today is different, Princess Tiger Princess is now the official wife of the Zhenfu Palace, a woman of the Kamizuo Ashikaga family, I cannot bear the responsibility of Her Royal Highness to go out to battle!"

The implication of Nagao Tengjing's words is that you were the princess of the Nagao family at the time, but now you are no longer the princess of the Nagao family, but the "Tora Gozen" of the Kamiso Ashikaga family. Seppuku is an innumerable crime.

"Hmph! You don't have to shoulder this responsibility!"

"That's not OK!"

The attitudes of the two sides are like the tip of a needle pointing to wheat, and no one can convince anyone. The endless quarrel lasted for seven or eight days. A piece of news from Echin spoiled the mood of Echigo Samurai. Yuncheng of Shengxing Temple and Qingxiu of Ruiquan Temple have always been the same in Vietnam and China.And the post of Jinbaochang merged together.Gather [-] troops and go straight to Yuezhong Xinchuan County.

In Xinchuan County.Relatively close to the Echigo people, the Tohi clan, the Yokota clan, and the Shiina clan of Shinkawa County sent a letter of appeal to Echigo. For a while, Echigo gathered 10,000+ enemy troops from all directions. The situation deteriorated much faster than everyone expected. Kasugayama Castle The quarrel also quietly stopped.

"No more hesitation! The Sado Hall is very dangerous. If we can't quickly deal with the invading army of Chuetsu and Xiaetsu, there will be even greater danger! We don't have much time left! Uncle, please support Tiger Princess' decision! "The girl looked at him expectantly.

Nagao Jingxin still disagreed: "Even if you go out to battle, you must go down. You must not act rashly! You represent not only the Nagao family, but also the Kira family. Taking care of your body is more important than anything else!"

The situation is critical and there is no room for hesitation. Tiger Ji Liumei pointed at the stubborn Nagao Jingxin and scolded angrily: "Uncle can't go, because Kasuga Mountain City needs uncle to guard, and if there is a crisis in the direction of Yuezhong, uncle needs to go to support, after all, there The pressure is the greatest! If the east and west lines and one line collapse, what is the use of my Chunri Mountain City guarding it? If my uncle is still obsessed and misses important military affairs, can my uncle take this responsibility? Can you take this responsibility?"

Nagao Jingxin was tongue-tied: "Sado Yamamoto said there is no problem..."

"Pedantic!" Hu Ji furiously said, "Sado said there is no problem and you won't save it? Instead, you go to guard Yuezhong with [-] people and resist the siege of ten times the army. Can you hold it?"

"Your servant must do his best to fight to the death!"

Hu Ji didn't expect his uncle to be so stubborn, and she reprimanded bitterly: "Fight to the death to preserve it. If the battle cannot be preserved, the city will be destroyed and people will die. In the end, they still can't hold it. How can the 5000 troops in Yuezhong have [-] people?" I can't stop it, is uncle still obsessed with it?"

Changwei Jingxin still shook his head stubbornly: "I, Jingxin, have accepted the entrustment of the Zhenfu Palace to watch over the Tiger Palace, so... no matter what the reason is, the Tiger Palace cannot go out!"

"You! Faint!" Hu Ji blushed from anger, stood up and left angrily.

"This should be the first time that Tiger Yuqian has spoken rudely? It seems that he is really angry!" Nagao Fujikage sighed worriedly: "Is the attitude of Buzen Shouden a bit too tough? After all, it is Tiger Princess Ji, the front hall of the Tiger Palace!"

"It's okay, even if you are hated by the Tiger Palace, it's a hundred times better than letting her go out." Nagao Jingxin shook his head with a wry smile, and then said to Watanabe Kotsuna: "I'm going to trouble the left for a while. Please take care of the Imperial Guard, please don't let Hu Yuqian sneak out again, and if something happens, you and I will not be blamed."

Kotsuna Watanabe nodded and said: "Well, please rest assured Toyozen, I will save the trouble."

Tokiyuki Yamamoto is the chief genealogy elder of the Kira family. There is no doubt that he possesses extraordinary wisdom and excellent military strategy. Not to mention how powerful he is as the teacher of Yoshitoki Kira who taught such a powerful apprentice. Honda Shizheng, Just saying that he has been valued by Ashikaga Yoshiki is enough to show his level. He is nearly [-] years old and can be photographed in the forefront among the six Sado guards.

Yamamoto Tokiyuki personally led the [-] Omi Army to the battlefield in Xinchuan County, Vietnam. The training of this new army has not yet been completed, and it was originally not intended to go to the battlefield. The whole of Echigo knew that they must never be allowed to enter Echigo. Once they were allowed in, it would be unimaginable. Some of the Echigo farmers who were scattered after the assassination last year were also in a state of instability. Sparks were extinguished in time.

In midsummer in July, flowers bloom like brocades, and everything exudes vigorous vitality. Animals also enter and exit the most important breeding season of the year. Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. Mosquitoes are unavoidable due to the lush trees on the mountain. The gauze net produced in Omi It is very popular here, and some wealthy warriors simply cover their courtyards with gauze tents, so that their families feel uncomfortable sitting on the porch, eating wine and watching the moon.

When the lights came on, every household was lit up. The newly expanded Chunri Mountain City was several times wider than before, and the side of the neat mountain road was cut very steeply. The servant's house is even wider, and a fierce quarrel broke out between a father and son in a house settlement halfway down the mountain.

"Father! Don't you know the current situation? This is the end of Echigo. If we don't seize the opportunity to make a fortune, wait until the 10,000+ army invades Echigo. It will be too late for us to think about anything! "Nagao Jingzhi squeezed his throat like a dying old goat.The red-faced and panting obviously had been arguing for a while.

Nagao Tengjing's face turned pale with anger.Pointing at Nagao Keiji with a trembling concrete finger, he cursed: "Shinshiro, you are so confused! Do you know what you are talking about? Just based on your words, this old man is enough to exterminate your relatives and hand you over to Buzen Shouden for disposal." Hey! Tell the old man, who is instigating you to say such outrageous words! Who is instructing you to trap my Shimoda Nagao family in injustice?"

Nagao Jingzhi explained with an embarrassing face: "No one really instigated the child, this is all the child came up with..."

"Fart! As long as you can figure it out, I, Nagao Tengjing, will live 60 years in vain!" Nagao Tengjing groaned for a long time before he could catch his breath, and cursed: "Look at you What have you been doing for years, and you still have achieved nothing in thirty years. Today, I was reprimanded by the old man and vowed to make contributions. I don’t know which whale house I will go to hook up with you girls tomorrow. Maybe I will go to the castle town the day after tomorrow. Betting on football games, how many disasters have you caused in the past ten years, and how many times have I wiped your ass for you? You have almost lost the face of Shimoda Nagao's family, and you still don't know how to repent?"

Nagao Jingzhi lowered his head in shame, and said after a long while: "Father! I know I was wrong, and I have really changed this time! This time the matter is very important, so father must believe in my son, the sky will really change in the future. , please stop holding on to the crumbling tree!"

Nagao Tengjing was so angry that Hua almost passed out.Seeing his son help him up in a hurry, the old man pushed his son aside.Roaring angrily: "You nigga! You...you must have hooked up with a dubious person! Tell me, who did you hook up with?"

"Nobody……"

"Fart! Are you blind when you are an old man? Tell me the truth! Who is talking nonsense to you, what he promised you, what you got, and what other accomplices he has, all to this old man Explain clearly one by one!" Nagao Tengjing's face was ferocious, and Nagao Jingzhi couldn't help trembling, if it wasn't for Shimoda Nagao's family, he was the only seedling, I'm afraid the old man would have destroyed this bastard a long time ago.

Intimidated by his father's majesty, Nagao Jingzhi's face suddenly became ugly. Thinking of the danger of being exposed, he gritted his teeth and said: "Since my father asked, I will tell you the truth. I have been with you for a long time. Takeda Daizen’s secret envoys have established contact, and the information collected on Echigo in the past few years has been passed on through Haier’s hands.”

Nagao Keiji didn't notice that Nagao Fujikage's complexion was getting worse and worse. Instead, he said more and more complacently: "This time, Takeda Dazen also introduced the Hojo family's envoy to Haier. After the matter is completed, we will give us the territory of the two counties and the title of guardian of Echigo Banguo. At that time, our Shimoda Nagao family can inherit the main family and become the direct descendant of Echigo Nagao! Hahaha..."

"Snapped!"

Nagao Jingzhi covered half of his swollen cheek, and said in disbelief: "Father, you hit me! You never hit me! You actually hit me!"

Nagao Tengjing seemed to be crazy, grabbed Nagao Jingzhi's clothes and pushed him down, and beat him endlessly in the face, Nagao Jingzhi rolled over and screamed continuously, the old man While beating, he muttered: "You are the one who is beating up, I would rather beat you to death today than let you ruin the family business of my Shimoda Nagao family... I would rather send a white-haired person to a black-haired person than to let you be a rebellious person. I can't let you ruin everything!"

"Hey! What's going on here! Why are you father and son fighting! Brother, stop fighting! If the good-looking kid has a problem with typing, I will have to rely on him for Shimoda Nagao's Zongyou from now on!" Nagao Xingli pushed open the paper door, stepped between the father and son and pulled them apart.

The old man's beard and hair were all stretched out, and he beat his chest and cursed loudly: "The old man would rather not have this son! You are more than 30 years old and haven't married a real wife, so go and find out which princess is willing to marry this rebellious son! In addition to corrupting the family tradition and causing trouble, I have never done a decent thing! This year's court meeting got drunk and lost manners in front of the palace, molested the maids of Princess Aya's palace, and was almost coaxed out of Kasuga Mountain City. Isn't the lesson not deep enough?

If the old man hadn't put on his old face and kowtowed and apologized, you can only stay in the country as a small wealthy family, let you reflect on yourself for half a year, but you still don't know how to repent, and try to subvert the lord's foundation, you are no longer my son of Nagao Tengjing, you are An unfamiliar white-eyed wolf! "

Nagao Xingsato persuaded with a smile: "Hey! Brother, you are serious! Shinshiro is also for our Shimoda Nagao's foundation! Although the method is wrong, but the heart is still good, a few lessons will not correct the mistakes Is it enough? Why are father and son so stiff, sit down and talk!"

"Hmph! The old man has nothing to say to this rebellious son! I just hope that he can take care of himself, and don't implicate the dozens of members of my Shimoda Nagao family because of his troubles!" Nagao Tengjing folded his hands behind his back, and walked away angrily. go.

"Uncle, did you hear that? This is my father!" Nagao Jingzhi covered his swollen cheeks and said in a vicious voice, "He hates me so much! He beat me! My face was swollen from beating, How can I go out to meet people tomorrow? I still have things to do tomorrow! He suddenly rushed over and beat me up! Hiss...it hurts! My face is swollen, it's just disgusting!"

Nagao Kosori is actually not his own uncle, but a branch cousin. He married Nagao Fujikage's sister as the main wife and became the chief elder of the Shimoda Nagao family. Seeing his useless nephew complaining to him, Hehe smiled and said: "That's your father, how can you say that about your father! Your father still sincerely wishes you well, but he used the wrong method. Don't hate him, it will be fine after a while!"

"But his attitude is very firm, what should we do?" Nagao Jingzhi struggled for a long time, and said with a sad face: "What if he leaks today's news?"

The old god Changwei Xingli picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "Don't worry! I didn't see thousands of soldiers and horses guarding Chunri Mountain City. We can't do anything! You don't have to worry about your father telling the truth, he With a knife mouth and a tofu heart, I will forgive you sooner or later, I understand his character, so you just put a hundred hearts in it and do what you should do!"

"Well! Since uncle said so, there must be no problem!" Nagao Keiji was shocked, and said cautiously: "Those ninjas are very annoying. Recently, there are more and more ninjas wandering around. Our affairs will be discussed soon. I can't handle it, what should I do?"

"So don't worry! If you can't do it, just wait, we have plenty of time!" Nagao Xingli narrowed his eyes, wondering what plan he was planning. (To be continued..)