Pillars of the Wu family

"I hate it! Of course I hate it!" After crying bitterly, Sanada Yutaka sighed and said with resentment: "When I became famous, I didn't have a high school to support me. I hate it! It's hard to return home, I hate it even more! It is precisely because of this that we have to work harder! To restore the hope of the Shiye clan! And to regain our lost land! I have not forgotten the help of the Guanling Palace, and I will always remember it fortunately!"

"Just remember it! Just remember it!" The old man was a little out of breath when he was excited, and he said slowly after a long rest: "But it's different now! Suwa Yoshige was killed by Takeda Harunobu, and Murakami Yoshiki was killed by Takeda Harunobu. That Takeda Harunobu was desperate and fled to Echigo, and now the town government has defeated Takeda Harunobu, all our enemies have failed, Feng Shui has taken turns, now it is my Unino family's turn to revive again, and it is time to rebuild my Unano family Why does Saburo Jiro cling to a dead city so stubbornly?"

Sanada Yutaka's eyebrows were tightly frowned, but he didn't expect his grandfather to have such a keen mind at such an age. His questioning really hit his vitals. He couldn't say anything about being loyal to the Takeda family in front of his grandfather and adoptive father. Worried that saying this sentence might really piss off the old man, Sanada Yukitaka knew how staunch his grandfather was, and he firmly opposed him to seek refuge with Takeda Harunobu, so he did not hesitate to threaten to sever the kinship, if he really said something unpleasant The consequences could be disastrous.

After all, Totsuna Umino is an experienced family governor. He has seen too many talents in the ups and downs of the 70 years. It is clear that his eldest grandson is thinking about some reasons that he doesn't want to hear. The elderly parent sighed: "I know Two of your family's children died on Hachimangahara. Not only your two children were taken in, Mochizuki's Mochizuki Shengshi, and Nezu Masao Nao of the Nezu family were also taken in, but the governor of the three dignified Shino families was acting like a raw silk enemy Loyal ministers died for them, I don't know how the father of the two of them would feel when they found out at the spring...

Saburo Jiro!The old man knows that you are a good boy, and the old man also knows that you have done a lot of things in Shinano in the past ten years. If Echigo hadn’t become a town government official, the old man would have tacitly allowed you to join the Takeda family. The benevolent Lord does not dare to touch your foundation at will. If an old man is in Ueno for a day, he must be very careful.Even if the old man is gone one day, he will use your name to attack Nishi Ueno!

But now it’s different. The appearance of the town government official resolved the quarrel between us. Let’s see which one of Murakami Yoshiki, Ogasawara Nagatoki, Takanashi Masahiro and others is not a hero of the generation of Shinano, but they have converted and worshiped in the town government Do you know that Lord Zhenfu does not represent the lord of a country, but instead conquers Kanto in place of General Ashikaga's family?If it weren't for his old eyesight, he would be able to see that this town man is the number one hero in the world, and his future achievements will be limitless!If you still have foolish loyalty, you will only ruin the 600-year foundation of my Ziye family.Are you going to be this severing sinner? "

"..." Sanada Yutaka's expression changed, knowing that his grandfather still had great expectations for him in his words.The old man's experience was very rough. He experienced the loss of his father in his early years, his spouse in his middle age, his son in his later years, and even suffered from the loss of his family property and the killing of his family members. The pressure on his heart was much greater than that of his two sons.

Unano Totsuna's expectation now is only him alone, and he is the only samurai who can inherit the family lineage of the Shino family. This kind of expectation is far beyond the grandfather's expectation for the grandson, and the adoptive father's expectation for the adopted son. It represents the expectations of thousands of clansmen who are struggling in Shinano and Ueno. Losing this leader will also lose the last hope of the Ziye clan. They can only follow the chaotic chaos and hope to survive in this chaos. go down.

Years of pent-up knots were gradually unraveled with the indoctrination of his grandfather Totsuna Unano. Speaking of which, he learned his military strategy bit by bit from his grandfather. Yukitaka Sanada respected and revered his grandfather from the bottom of his heart. This strong old man has not been knocked down by failures, and he is still actively working for the revival of the Ziye clan in his old age. Compared with the soft-boned Mochizuki and Nizu clans, he does not know how many times nobler.

However, Sanada Yutaka was still a little unwilling. He was not reconciled because he cherished the feathers of loyalty. He had fought so far and felt that he was worthy of Takeda Harunobu's kindness. There are five sons in total, the two oldest ones died on the battlefield, and the remaining three young ones are still locked up in the Kaiji Yazaki Gym, in case all three of his children are killed by the Takeda family, Isn't the Sanada family going extinct?

He is 46 years old, and it is very difficult to have children with his old wife at his age. The only way is to take a few more concubines to continue the family. He couldn't imagine that at the age of 60, he was still trying to cultivate the successor of the family governor. What if he couldn't have a son?What should I do if the son I gave birth to is unworthy and not as good as the brothers who died?Moreover, he was also very worried about Ji Liangyi's attitude, afraid that his soft bones would be looked down upon by others, and there was always a small lump in his heart.

It can be seen that Sanada Yutaka is still hesitating, Unano Totsuna thought for a moment and suddenly thought of an important piece of news, he rubbed his forehead and smiled wryly: "Look at my memory, I have forgotten such an important piece of news, the older I get, the more useless I am." Alright... this old man has an important piece of news. Your main wife, Kyounin, and your two boys, Gengoro, Genjiro, and Gensaburo, are waiting for you in Isesaki Castle at the foot of the mountain. The government issued a special decree, and specially ordered the ninja army to rescue from Kai, as well as the legitimate son of the Shinano people, and Misakuro from Minamotosuke's family was also rescued, do you have any other doubts?"

Sanada Xinglong got up in a hurry, and said without hesitation: "This statement is true!"

Totsuna Umino glared at him, and his snow-white beard turned up angrily: "Could it be that Jiro Saburo suspects that this old man has lied to you, tricked you into the city and imprisoned you to force you to surrender? I can't do this. It’s a lie, the old man taught you military strategy, but he didn’t teach you to deceive the samurai family. You have harmed so many samurai families in these years, it’s not the method that the old man taught you. Don’t think that the old man is also the kind of person like Takeda Harunobu!”

"Yukitaka made a slip of the tongue. Yutaka was wrong. Don't be angry!" Sanada Yutaka suppressed his excitement and paced back and forth in the castle tower.Pacing is a big habit of his. Once he gets excited, he will walk around. On this day, Sanada's retainers and Umino Totsuna are very clear.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly stopped, Sanada Xingtaka turned around and said seriously: "I just don't know what treatment the town government is willing to give me, it's not because I'm greedy, I have been waiting for more than ten years of hard work in order to defend Xiaoxian and Saku counties. Jiye, as long as the Lord of the Town is willing to give us the security of the Ziye clan, I am fortunate to be willing to be a pawn of the Kamiso Ashikaga family!"

"Hehe...the old man is here for this purpose. The town government official issued a special document for this purpose, and here are two copies! Let Minamotosuke read it!" Uno Totsuna took out two documents with a smile, and took out a The envelope was handed to Yazawa Yotsuna who was standing by.

Respectfully took the document with both hands and opened it carefully, Yazawa Yorimasa tried to calm down the excitement, took a deep breath and said slowly: "Shangshu Zhenfu Gong Monogram, the territory of Saku County and Xiaoxian County, the Ziye people are the local people For the above, there must be no conflicts, but first judge and eliminate them, and then you can know and act. Mi can be drawn to the loyalty festival to wait for the liver, and it is still the same. On May [-], the first year of Yonglu, Umino Shinano Monogram."

"Bring a pen, my family wants to sign the monogram!" Sanada Yutaka sat upright, quickly signed two monograms, and then announced with a serious face: "Hachiman Bodhisattva, I, Sanada, will do my best for the Kami Ashikaga family and be loyal forever! I swear that the gods and Buddhas will reject it!"

Sanada Yutaka's surrender marked the complete elimination of the last hidden danger in Shinano. Those lucky Shinano people saw that Sanada Yutaka joined the Kira family and gave up resistance one after another. Murakami Yoshiki and Miyabe Tsutsuru saved a lot of trouble.

What's more interesting is that the people of CITIC Nong were frightened when they heard that Sanada Yutaka surrendered. Many people gave up their resolute resistance and turned to the Kira family. For a while, half of Chikuma County rebelled, and the sporadic rebellion in Azumi County disappeared immediately. Ogasawara Chang Ji's army snowballed from 8000 to [-], and then further to [-], and they rushed to the city of Shenzhi with an unstoppable momentum.

Kai's visit to Azazakikan was really shocking three times a day, and Takeda Shingen had no choice but to order Sone Masashi to lead an army of [-] troops to reinforce Fukashi Castle. At any rate, the Ogasawara Army, which was in full swing, was forced to retreat. A confrontation between Fukashi Castle begins.

Yoshitaka Sanada was overjoyed by his contribution, and Yoshiki Kira was overjoyed. He specially invited his family to Kasugayama Castle for an audience. His three sons, Zhong Ling Yuxiu, expressed their condolences for the loss of his two outstanding sons.

Hearing that the new lord didn't mean anything contemptuous to him, Sanada Yukitaka could finally relax and serve the public with peace of mind. He proposed to keep his heirs in Kasuga Mountain Castle for training. Yoshihiro Yoshira thought about it and readily agreed, and told him Don't be burdened, his three sons will serve as his junior surname to receive the best training, and in the future they will become direct warriors of the Ashikaga family.

Later, it was announced that Sanada Yutaka was promoted to be the head of the East Shinano banner, and that he was the elder of the Ashikaga family tree. His status was even higher than that of Watanabe Takatsuna and Naito Masashige. Throughout Shinano, Murakami Yoshikiyo and Miyabe Tsutsuru will provide corresponding cooperation.

No matter how optimistic Sanada Yutaka was, he never expected that he would be promoted and reused by the new master. Excited, he took a family of five and made a solemn oath on the spot that he would never betray and rebel, and then happily rushed to Xiaoxian County with a military order , he must summon three thousand troops to attack Zhongxinano within a month. Fortunately, he has a deep foundation in the Shinano congregation. Thousands of soldiers gathered together, and Yukitaka Sanada became an important general in Shinano.

In early June, Murakami Yoshikiyo led an army of [-] troops across Hofukuji Pass to attack Kirihara Castle. The defenders in the city were captured without any response. Sanada Yukitaka also took the opportunity to cross Takeishi Pass to capture Naihara Castle, and then the two armies joined forces to capture Ogasawara. Lincheng, the former fortress of the family, overlooks Shenzhi City directly from Jinhua Mountain from the mountain.

Inugama Castle, which is less than one mile away from the northwest of Shenshi Castle, the Ogasawara family is guarding an army of [-] troops, and the Pingfan Forest Castle, Tongyuan Castle, and Sahara Castle in the southeast of Shenshi Castle are occupied by a total of [-] troops from Sanada Yutaka and Murakami Yoshikiyo. Occupied, Chikuma county people have changed flags to join the Kira family, and this is not the first time that the trick of changing the king's flag at the top of the city is played.The well-versed Shinano people resolutely sold out their former masters.

The weather is not here, the land is lost, and the harmony of people is falling apart.Nobuharu Baba and Masashi Sone, who guarded Fukashi Castle, were powerless even if they had three heads and six arms.After a little discussion, they decided to retreat to Suwa County and then defend. Both of them were action factions. They received news of the fall of three mountain castles in the morning, and heard that the Chinese in Chikuma County rebelled in the afternoon. He retreated back to Suwa County, so that Ogasawara didn't react for a long time, and he didn't catch anyone until he had time to chase after him for a long time.

Fortunately, after the withdrawal of the Takeda Army, the remaining Chikuma people all gave up resistance.For a long time, Ogasawara chased all the way to Kumai Castle in front of Shiojiri Pass before stopping. Shiojiri Pass was of great significance to him. It was here ten years ago that he led an army of [-] troops and was caught off guard by Takeda Harunobu. More than a thousand people were captured and pursued by the Takeda army and burned Lincheng. This battle was the Battle of Shiojiri Pass that brought him endless humiliation.

Ten years later, when he led the army to Shiojiri Pass again, Takeda Shingen only dared to hide in the Misaki Pavilion and did not dare to go out of the mountain. He could be sure that he really found the right lord, and he hadn't been so proud for many years.Anyway, it's worthwhile to bow your knees, and then see the trembling expressions of the retainers and old friends from ten years ago.The bad breath that had accumulated in his chest for ten years dissipated.

Ogasawara led the army for a long time to show off in Chikuma County, telling the old ministers that he has found a big backer this time, and this is a serious homecoming of the family. The people of Shinano fear the might of the Takeda army just like ten years ago. It's like the army surrendered without a fight, but this time they surrendered because they were frightened by the soldiers of the Kira Army. I don't know if Takeda Harunobu will be so angry that he can't sleep when he knows the news.

In Shenshi Castle, Sanada Yukidaka and Murakami Yoshiki walked side by side. The samurai on both sides were either at war or confronted coldly. The deep-seated hatred was far from dissipating as easily as imagined. Murakami Yoshiki naturally knew all this well, and smiled wryly. Yukitaka Sanada said, "Does Danshoden still remember the old hatred?"

Sanada Yutaka raised his eyebrows, and responded with a straight face: "Of course, I believe that Nongjiro's grievances must be avenged. The old story of my uncle Unano Yukiyoshi's death in the Kamigawa War, I can't forget it at all times. forget!"

Ever since he was freed from the trap of the Takeda family, he no longer cares about military achievements, Zhixing Zengfeng, no longer thinks about keeping his own power from falling, Sanada Yukitaka is really living for himself and for Shino, and seeing Mr. Murakami Yoshiki again, it is impossible to avoid the sharpness of the needle against Maimang In the scene, who called Murakami Yoshiki was the most active in the battle of Uninohira, and the most ruthless person who killed the Shino clan.

Murakami Yoshiki disapproved of his attitude, shook his head and said with a smile: "Didn't I also suffer from you? You took the Rockstone Castle, the Katsuo Castle by you, and my family was beaten to pieces. If we go farther and avoid disaster, speaking of it, we should be evened!"

Sanada Yutaka hesitated for a moment, and said, "My two sons, Genta and Tokujiro, died in the Battle of Kawanakajima last year..."

"It turns out that my son died... Can you be more miserable than me?" Yoshiki Murakami showed sadness on his face. Now this general Shinano is nearly [-] years old, and his gray hair and tired expression look particularly tired , sighed and said: "I have a total of five sons, Gentaro Yoshikatsu died in the battle of Uedahara, Genjiro Yoshitoshi died in the Takeda invasion battle, Gensaburo Yoshikaru and Genshiro Yoshikuni also died in the battle of Kaizu Cage Castle , only Gengoro escaped by chance by staying in Kasuga Mountain City. If you calculate carefully, three of my four sons who died were related to Tanzheng! If this enmity continues, should we draw our swords to fight Is it a matter of retribution?"

"This..." Sanada Yutaka never expected to bring so many tragic stories to this Shinano lord, bowed with guilt and said, "Habayashiden, I'm sorry! I didn't expect to bring you such a big story." The injury, I am fortunate to be really..."

Yoshiki Murakami smiled, "I don't blame Danshoden, you and I have a life-and-death enmity, and we each have our own masters, so it's no wonder Danseiden... As time goes by, my ambitions have long since disappeared with the wind, but I suffered from these few Children, but who called them samurai? To be a samurai, you must always be prepared to die. I just want to guard my youngest son and train him to inherit the name of the Murakami family. As for the rest, I will do my best!"

"Your Majesty also has the same intention. I have been working hard for the family business for decades, and I am getting old. I have worked for the town government to earn some family name and pass the family business on to the young people." The two old enemies smiled at each other. The bloody feud melted away.

Ogasawara didn't know what happened to the two of them for a long time.They were still staring at each other just now.For a moment, it was like making friends.Inexplicably patted his head and laughed loudly: "Habayashi, I can see the Chinese people in Chikuma County! What a disappointing group of warriors! My long-term fame was ruined by them. A group of Things that mud can't support the wall..."

Sanada Yutaka shook his head with a smile, and said slowly: "Nongzhou's mood is understandable, but now is not the time to relax. The decree issued by the Lord is to unify Shinano. I don't know what you two think about the remaining two counties. How can we capture Suwa and Ina County with our [-]-odd army?"

Ogasawara frowned deeply for a long time, and said after a long while: "This... I'm afraid it will not be easy. Unless the Lord personally leads an army to attack Shinano, our heavenly army will surely conquer the two counties easily once it arrives, but it will inevitably kill us." It is suspected that the chicken is overkill, the agreement between the lord and Imagawa Jibuden is that there is no plan to dye nails for the time being, if you let me wait for the attack slowly, it will take more time."

Murakami Yoshiki nodded in agreement, and said: "I am not familiar with Suwa and Igun, so I can't say anything, but I, Yoshiki, still remember that Suwa County was taken by Takeda Shingen immediately after he took the throne. He did not hesitate to imprison and kill his younger sister Nene and his brother-in-law Suwa Yoshigee, and the family business of the Suwa family, the most powerful in Suwa County, was inherited by Suwa Katsuyori, the fourth son of Takeda Shingen, and the Suwa people are very united. I am afraid it will not be easy to capture."

"I'm not familiar with the specific situation of Zhongxinano and Nanshinano. Since it's not that simple to talk about the Ogasawara Nongzhou Temple. Then we'll have a long-term plan! Take this opportunity to appease the people in Chikuma County and rectify the army. I can't let me wait for the new editor. The Shinano Legion is too scattered!" Sanada Kotaka made the final decision.

The Shinano reserve team of the Kira family has been stationed in Haijin City and has not followed the strategy. The new Shinano army has 7000 people, all of whom are from the local people of Shinano, and nearly half of them are new members who defected to the Kira family. I don't like these rebellious Chinese people in China, especially the Chinese people in Chikuma County. After all, this group of Chinese people who don't know the current affairs have caused him a lot of trouble.

It is such a newly formed Shinano Legion that, with the cooperation of Sanada Yutaka, Murakami Yoshiki, and Ogasawara Nagaji, successfully won Chikuma County. The brilliant achievements of the Kira family shocked the people of Shinano, and the people of Southern Shinano were once again shaken. , Kiso Yoshiyasu of Kiso Valley Fukushima Castle has become more and more ambiguous, and Akiyama's faithful efforts to suppress it have had little effect.

Simply put, the Takeda family has established a solid foundation in Suwa County for more than ten years, and Suwa County absorbed more than [-] defenders who retreated and Shinano people who fled south one after another. There are more than [-] people, and there are enough reinforcements to back up Kai. If the Takeda army sticks to it wholeheartedly, it will not be easy to break through Suwa County.

To use an inappropriate adjective for the state of Ogasawara Changji and others, it is that a dog bites it, and there is no way to eat it. Suwa-gun is a hedgehog covered in barbs, and it doesn't take much effort to eat it.

The Shinano Legion is not invulnerable, there are almost no reinforcements dispatched behind them, and the shortest distance has to be dispatched from Haijin Castle on Kawanaka Island, or Uchiyama Castle in Saku County across a mountain. The logistical pressure of this [-] troops It is very large. Three percent of the food and grass used by the army is collected from Zhongxinano, and seven percent is transported through several mountains across Shinano. This not only makes the logistics supply extremely long, but also adds an unstable factor to the logistics transportation.

Ogasawara put forward his own opinion for a long time. He felt that he could stop and cultivate for a year or so before making a decision after reaching this level. However, the order from Kasuga Yamashiro was very clear that he must push forward with all his strength. If necessary, he would eat Saku at all costs. County, next year has key tasks for next year, how far the Shinano Army can go depends on the determination and skill of the three generals.

Kira Yoshishishi was the guardian of Shinano, but he neither set up a residence in Shinano nor planned to stay in Shinano, so he gave a strong signal to the people of Shinano that this is the only thing that the lord of the country attaches importance to. , His goal is obviously not to appease the stability of the Shinano country, but to have a greater ambition. If the people of the Shinano country cannot actively cooperate with the strategy of the king, it may bring unimaginable impact to himself.

The attitude of Kira Yoshitoshi towards the people of Shinano country is still somewhat different. The safety of the people of Northern Shinano country is basically guaranteed, while the situation of the people of China Shinano country is more complicated. The people of Kira who are newly attached to Kira are just cunning speculators in the eyes of the Kira family. Customers, it is not so easy for them to get Andu from Kira's family.

Many of these speculators used to be staunch anti-Kira factions, but now the situation has become very bad. When the situation of the Kira family is in a good situation, they are more daring to suppress the people of the country. Ogasawara once wrote a letter saying that if he does not give Andu how or To buy people's hearts, Ji Liangyi said to this: "It doesn't matter, just let them make trouble. Yu just wants to let the world know the price of fighting Yu. The people of Zhongxin and Nong counties must use their blood and loyalty in exchange for Andu."

Kira Yoshitoshi was the official guardian of Shinano appointed by the shogunate. He held tens of thousands of strong soldiers, strong horses and powerful horses. He was powerful and capable of intervening in Shinano. There is only one way to go by relying on Kira's family to stand on your own. Needless to say, what a tragic result it will be to fight against the Daimyo who holds the Three Kingdoms in his hands. Not everyone is as capable and lucky as Sanada Kotaka. The cage city rebellion only needs a family Extinction is a dead end.

The old way of pretending to take refuge in Zaiyang and Yinyi has long been impracticable. Don’t you see that the people of Saku County, Yang Fengyin, failed to follow orders, but was hunted down by Jirun, the governor of the county, in the name of collaborating with the enemy, and nearly half of the people in Saku County were slaughtered. Chikuma County was once It is the most resolute area against Kira. In the past few years, the county has been in a state of blood loss due to repeated wars. Last year, many people died in the Kawanakajima battle. Many families are facing the crisis of genocide. Don't you think that the speed of your genocide is not fast?

When everyone thought that the Kira family would use kindness to the surrendered people of CITIC, just like Takeda Haruyuki used to do, the result was far beyond the expectations of the CITIC people. , It is necessary to use actual actions to test the loyalty and bravery of the people of Shinano. Those who are timid and fearful of war will waste the land. The dissatisfied people can raise the flag of rebellion again. You can try whether the karaoke of the Kira family is sharp.

The so-called merit is worse than deeds, and it is more appropriate to use people who have merit than those who have made mistakes. Those who have merit always feel that they have made great contributions and will inevitably be complacent. Samurai who make mistakes will only become more cautious. The noose is tied around the necks of the people of Shinano, who dare not let go, making the people of Shinano feel uneasy, for fear that if one does not perform well, there will be no safety, and the next autumn will be settled.

The lord has the idea of ​​the lord, and the general in front also has concerns ahead. No matter how much the lord dislikes the people in the county, the general must always appease the people in the county who are newly attached to the front. At least the etiquette must be in place. Shancheng's order hopes that they will try their best to use the Chinese people of CITIC Nong as the vanguard in the war, reward money for meritorious deeds and reduce rewards, and try their best to eliminate this group of rat-like Chinese people.

Murakami Yoshiki and Sanada Yutaka didn't know much about Zhongxinano, so they wanted to take advantage of this period of calm confrontation to do some preparations, such as Echigo's standard armor and weapons, as well as abundant meals, and various military rewards to inspire the people of the country With great enthusiasm, try to use two to three months to build this army into a main army that can fight well. (To be continued..)