Pillars of the Wu family

It is not difficult to guess the intention of Kira Yoshishi. The two largest land snakes in Etsuchu brought [-] people to the Kaga Kingdom, and one controlled a large area of ​​Nomi County and a large section of the Tetori River. Hebei County controls a large piece of fertile territory that is no less than Tonami Plain. The two of them have one south and one north, one mountainous river and one coastal plain. They are destined to have different interests and orientations, which can ensure that they will not cause dissatisfaction due to transfer of seal.

At the same time, through the method of transfer, the actual control of the large territory of Etsuchu was taken into the hands of Kira Yoshitoki, and then counted Uesugi Terutora Xinfeng Banzhixing of Fusha County, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki Banner near Uojin Castle Zhi Xingling, Kira Yoshitoki and Pu Daijia Lao basically control more than [-]% of the territory of Yuezhong.

"I have another plan, which is to order Yasuda Jibu Shaofu Changxiu to be a general, and lead the two thousand Etsuchu troops including Hiraga Sakyo, Yamagishi Hayato, Doi Misaku, Katori Yaheita, and Kawagami Yarokuro to be responsible for pacifying Fei. Hida suppressed all the pro-Takeda Miki and Ema clans, and put Kanyu Hayato in charge of establishing the Hida executive organization. It is necessary to eliminate all pro-Takeda forces in Hida. The future strategy is to cooperate with Shinano. Sanada Danshoden is attacking Ina County."

These past few years seem to be smooth sailing without any major troubles. It seems that as long as a fool is a house governor, he can be as good as Kira Yoshitoshi. In fact, everything is not as simple as it seems on the surface. In Omi, there was an internal struggle between the Omi faction and the Mikawa faction. In recent years, as Kirayoshi has turned to Echigo and established his unshakable prestige through a series of victories, the Omi faction, the Mikawa faction and the Shogunate gradually The risk of so-called factional infighting is suppressed.

Old problems disappear and new ones arise.How to coordinate the relationship between Echigo's native retainer group and the original Kira retainer group.This has always been a huge problem facing Yoshito Kira and his family members.Even with the lofty prestige of Kira Yoshishi, it is necessary to be cautious on this issue, through the unified command of the war, the unified provision of welfare benefits, and the fairness and reasonableness of merit awards.

And the most important point is that the huge dividends brought by Echigo's agricultural development have gradually filled the huge friction between the two factions on various issues such as knowledge, practice, and treatment. The small collisions, the unity on the big issues and the dirty things on the small things.The bumps and bumps can never be safe, which is the portrayal of Echigo's retainers.

With the basic pacification of Shinano in the past few years, the pacification of the entire Ueno Kingdom, and the pacification of the three countries of Etsuchu, Kaga, and Uzen this year, the number of members of the vassal group has more than doubled, and the number of subordinates is countless. , A lot of documents on security skills and related transfer orders were written with sore hands, and many retainers who had never heard of them had become an important part of his entourage.

The sources of retainers are getting wider and wider, and the interests of various factions must be coordinated with more caution. You cannot dispose of retainers and people arbitrarily just because of your high prestige. into great civil strife and trouble.Especially when the flag-head generals of all parties set up legions to make meritorious service, as the governor of the family, it is even more necessary to coordinate the attacking rhythm of each legion.Find a balance to ensure that there are no disagreements and no problems.

The Kira family in the second year of Yongroku was not peaceful. Apart from several wars in Dewa, Etsuchu, and Kaga, there was also a Shinano war that lasted throughout the summer.

Since Kira Yoshitoki and Uesugi Terotora led their respective armies, Sanada Yukitaka led an army of tens of thousands in Saku County and spent several months guarding the safety of Ueno, until it was determined that the Hojo family was unable to launch the Mifuneyama battle. , He led the army to return to Chikuma County in an emergency to preside over the attack plan on Suwa County.

The [-] army was divided into two parts. Yoshiki Murakami led [-] of them across Shiojiri Pass to launch an attack on the Aragami Mountain Castle in Minami Shinano. His attack plan was very sudden and very ingenious. All the people belonging to the Takeda family were caught off guard, because the communication channel from Ina County to Suwa County was cut off by the Kira Army, so that Nobushige Takeda who was stationed in Suwa County did not know that Ina County was raided.

This can't be blamed for Nobushige Takeda's carelessness. Shiojiri Pass does have a passage connecting Ina County, which can easily pass through Suwa County and enter the hinterland of Minami Shinano, but this passage is hardly used at ordinary times. It is not as wide and flat as Shinano Street, and this passage is surrounded by mountains with many peaks, among which there are many wild bandits and other lawless people, so the danger of walking is greatly increased.

Therefore, the businessmen of Ina County can obviously use this passage to enter Chikuma County and save a lot of troublesome roads. However, considering that the road is barren and wild and often attacked by bandits, the additional cost of hiring ronin will be greatly increased. It's not worth it. Those who are willing to consider this road are small businessmen because it can save distance and time. Big businessmen either don't want to come to the remote Ina County, or they all choose to take the spacious avenue of Shinano Street.

At least there are lodgings along the densely populated road, so you don’t have to worry about having nowhere to live in the wilderness and you must always be on guard against being attacked by bandits. When Yoshiki Murakami passed this mountain road, he took care of the nearby bandits and captured them. The bandit leaders who had gathered quite a few hundred minions, they themselves were relatives and concubines of the people in Ina County, they were kicked out for various reasons to find a way out.

Because they were ignorant guys, no samurai was willing to take them in when they ran away, so they ran to the nearby Dacheng Mountain, Xuecang Mountain, Wufang Mountain, and Dazhi Mountain to fall into the grass as bandits. Domineering women make a living, and with the chaos in Shinano, the Zhentangs gradually became mixed up, and then established ties with their respective families, forming a family to protect them from the encirclement and suppression of the county, and the bandit leader shared the robbed profits Part out to the respective family in the form.

Having these local snakes acting as the leading party greatly improved the efficiency and concealment of Yoshiki Murakami's raid, so when Yoshiki Murakami led Kira's army into Ina County and came outside the city of Rage God Mountain, the city lord of Rage God Mountain City Kusama Bizenshou did not expect that he would be raided at all. Facing the sudden [-] troops and the famous Yoshiki Murakami, the [-] defenders in the city were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of morale and preparation.

The caged city defended for three days, but in the end the caged city failed due to the lack of troops and low morale. Murakami Yoshiki broke through the Otemon gate with little effort and knocked on both sides of the gate and Ninomaru in turn. Kusama Bizen defended the belt Fifty or so ashigaru retreated into the Honmaru, trying to rely on the geographical advantage of the Honmaru to make a desperate resistance, but his strength was not enough, and he was outnumbered within half a day after insisting that Tadao Shimadzu begged for his head.

In this battle, Murakami's army only suffered a little damage, and they took advantage of their unpreparedness to raid the city. If it hadn't been for the expense of blocking the news to reduce losses, the city would have been breached the next day. Manqin led an army of [-] troops across Tianlong River and blocked Yuchang City, which was only a short distance away.

This mountain castle is a bit too close to the Rage God Mountain Castle, and you can almost see all the big movements on the Rage God Mountain Castle. The lord of the castle, Ogasawara Shigejiro, is also a member of the sect who betrayed Ogasawara Nagashi very early. This kind of die-hards cannot tolerate indulgence. Not long after the fall of Rageshin Mountain Castle, the Haba Castle with only 160 defenders was also breached. The owner of the city, Shigejiro Ogasawara, knew that he was not going to survive, so he simply committed suicide by cutting open his stomach.

In the next few days, Yoshiki Murakami's army broke through several castles like a raging fire. Gradually, word spread that Kira's army had entered Ina County. Fujisawa Yori, 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 Fujisawa Shigetoki, his nephew and adopted son, opened Fukuyo Castle and Minowa Castle and surrendered to the Kira Army.

This family can be regarded as Minami Shinano's hard-core anti-Takeda people. Fujisawa Yorimi is a powerful countryman in Ina County. She is Ogasawara's direct younger sister, and Ogasawara's adopted brother who wears a pair of pants. She has always coveted the family business of her clan, the Suwa family.

Therefore, in the 1541th year of Tianwen ([-]), when Takeda Shingen took over as the governor of the family and launched an attack on Suwa County, Fujisawa Yorimi joined hands with the Takeda Army to attack Suwa County Launched an attack, and eventually killed Suwa Yoshige, two idiots, Fujisawa Yori and Takato Yoshitsugu, let the widow of Suwa Yoshige, who was supported by Takeda Shingen, be powerless, and finally attacked together with the angry Suwa people in the Takeda Army Under the pressure, the two had to bow their heads to Takeda Shingen.

A few years later, Takeda Shingen suffered his first disastrous defeat in Uedahara. Not only did he lose his troops and withdraw to Kai, but he also suffered serious injuries. In the end, he had to hide in Yuya Onsen to recuperate. Takato Yoshitsuichi felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he set off an anti-banner alliance with Chief Ogasawara that month to attack Suwa County.

Then came the unlucky Battle of Shiojiri Pass. Ogasawara Changji did not see through Takeda Shingen's plan because he was not aware of it. He thought it would take seven or eight days to kill Shiojiri Pass, but he fled in embarrassment when he was raided by Takeda's army that night. , Even the forest city where his family had lived for generations was burned down, and Ogasawara, who had lost his foundation, fled to Murakami Yoshiki in a panic for a long time.

As the news of Ogasawara Nagaji's defeat spread to Ina County, Fujisawa Yorimi and Takato Yorimatsu were in a state of panic all day long. Takeda Shingen's army turned around and came straight to Ina County. At that time, Yoriko Fujisawa resolutely gave up his integrity and contacted Nobutomo Akiyama, the ashigaru general of the Takeda family who was closely related, and he secretly surrendered the Takeda army as an intermediary. (To be continued..)