Pillars of the Wu family

The New Year’s Kai is covered with silver, and in the first month, there is a lot of people in the Misaki Pavilion. The samurai of the Takeda family celebrated last year’s victory. Many young samurai celebrated with the strength of wine, singing and dancing, praising the wiseness and martial arts of the governor of the family, Takeda Shingen. , Lead the Takeda family out of the predicament and welcome new glory.

After all, the people of Suruga are still no match for Takeda Shingen's methods. The surrender of the Suruga family marks the great victory of the Suruga invasion of the Takeda family, and it has a great morale boosting effect on the Takeda family who have just experienced a series of military and political failures. , It also marks the completion of another strategic transformation of the Takeda family.

The Suruga people who surrendered were compiled as the Suruga Sengao Clan, and Asahina Shinoki, the former Imagawa family genealogy family, served as the banner head of the Suruga Clan. They didn't make any plans to deal with it, but immediately issued them a security permit, and hoped to use this method to save the bad influence brought about by Junfu's "random" acquisition.

At the banquet, there were intertwined cups and dendrobiums, people chatted and greeted each other, their faces were full of joy, and the lively atmosphere at the banquet infected the young people who were also very excited. They looked like high-spirited warriors, even if they were serving tea. Sending water does not prevent them from walking briskly and in a happy mood.

Takeda Shingen is in a good mood recently. The asthma that has plagued him for many years is rare this year and has not brought him too much pain. The death of his son Takeda Yoshinobu did not bring him too much negative impact. Those who originally supported Yoshinobu The gangsters scattered under heavy punishment, and the retainer group once again stood in his camp to support him. This was a beautiful turnaround he fought.

Winning the Suruga Kingdom means a lot to the Takeda family.Its political and economic significance far exceeds all the influence of Shinano Ichigoku.Almost every samurai in Kai can understand the difference between Suruga and Shinano.The difference between them is not the amount of territory but the huge difference in the only way of the Tokaido and the impoverished mountainous areas.

The wealth of the Suruga country is not due to the stone height of only 17 shi, but because of the role of the important transportation hub of the Tokaido. The center of the hub is the Junfu Castle built by the Imagawa family. After nearly 200 years of painstaking efforts by the Imagawa family The reputation of Sunfu Castle has already spread to Kanto Kinai and even more distant Kyushu Uo and other places. Although its role as an economic and transportation hub is not as good as that of several big cities in Kinai, it is definitely unique in Tokaido.

A Sumfu Castle is worth twice as much as all the castle towns of Kai, and the economy of the weak castle town of Yashizakikan cannot be compared with that of Sunfu.It is not even as developed as the castle town of Yinma City in Yuanjiang. After all, the Kai Basin is too remote. The warriors of the Takeda family have always been known for their rudeness and barbarism. Many businessmen don't like to do business in Kai.

Shinano country seems to have a lot of stones. In the past, there were almost 40 shi. After several developments, the Ashikaga family has grown to an astonishing output of nearly 60 shi. However, this cannot change the relatively remote and vast area of ​​Shinano. The weakness of the relatively sparse population, the territory of the Suruga country is about half of the Shinano country's territorial area, and although the stone height is less than half, it is not far behind. [

Ruling the huge territory of the Shinano Kingdom requires huge manpower and material support. The road from North Shinano to South Shinano is almost tied with nine turns and [-] turns. Compared with Suruga Kingdom, there is not so much trouble.Whether you choose land to take the Tokaido or take the sea, you can go directly to the territory you want to reach. The most developed areas of Suruga country are just a few small plains along the coast.

Suruga has the Takeda family's favorite gold mountain.In Shinano, there is only Asama Volcano, which spouts fire from time to time. In Suruga, there are prosperous and prosperous castle towns and enviable commercial ports. Suruga's commercial income is enough to offset all the advantages of Shinano's food income, and there is still a lot of savings. Suruga's dense population makes it more convenient to rule.

If you want to say what is stronger in Shinano country than Suruga country, probably only the samurai in Shinano are more brave and tenacious. After more than 20 years of peaceful life, the warriors of the river have worn away the fighting will of the Imagawa family little by little, and even forgot that the gene of violence still flows in their bones, so Takeda Shingen was able to successfully take over the Suruga country.

The acquisition of the Suruga Kingdom means that the strategic adjustment of the Takeda family is more correct. This not only removes the moral shackles of Takeda Shingen who killed his son Takeda Yoshinobu, but also relieves the survival pressure imposed on the genealogy retainers. No one in Xiazong would threaten the authority of Takeda Shingen's family governor, and the genealogy retainer group was closely united under the banner of the Takeda family. As for the dead samurai, they didn't care at all, and the Takeda retainer group would not be completely finished just because of a dead person.

The victory of the war brings amazing dividends. Every surviving samurai earns a lot of money in the war. Junfu's excessive "random" capture just reflects the instinct of Kai samurai's urgent need to reap benefits. If there is no benefit, there will be no The so-called loyalty, the family governor who has no allegiance is just a poor commander, give Takeda Shingen another chance to choose, maybe he will let Takeda's retainers randomly take it, he would rather spend time appeasing the Suruga people than look at his own On behalf of the spectrum, the public again questioned themselves.

After all, Takeda Shingen is not the invincible Kai Tiger who has been invincible for more than ten years. The successive fiascos have made him almost become a cash machine for Ashikaga Yoshitoki. The evaluation of daimyo has been declining all the way, gradually being replaced by the new generation of Oda Nobunaga.

"Speaking of this Oda Masatada, he thinks of his plan to marry my Takeda family. It seems that this person has a lot of ambition." Takeda Shingen pinched his beard thoughtfully, he had reason to believe that Oda Nobunaga was an ambition A vigorous samurai, from the Oda family "intervening" Mikawa Juichikui to rescue the dying Matsudaira Ieyasu, it can be seen that this person's ambition and ambition are not fettered by kinship, even if that kinship is Ashikaga Yoshitoki.

One day just two months ago, Oda Nobunaga appointed Oda Sobesuke Tadahiro to visit Takeda Shingen at the Yashizakikan, and proposed a marriage marriage to the triumphant Kai Notorora. Tian Nobunaga's niece, sister-in-law and daughter of Toyama Naoren, a powerful native of Dongminong.She is also the adopted daughter of Oda Tadahiro.The man is Takeda Katsuyori, the fourth son of Takeda Shingen.

Takeda Shingen was very interested in this proposal.Oda Nobunaga's development in Mino was very bold and powerful. On the surface, it was still a situation where the Oda clan and the Saito clan were facing each other in West Mino, but the actual situation was that most of the samurai in Eastern Mino had been defeated by Oda Nobunaga. Quietly pulled into his command, this military deception is done very well, if he points the country from the perspective of a bystander, he dare not say that he will definitely be able to see through Oda Nobunaga's cunning methods.

Oda Nobunaga has been trying to find a support point near Zhougu City (Sumata City) on the Sumata River, and actively relocated the city from the relatively developed and peaceful Qingzhou City to Komakiyama City. It's as simple as reducing logistical travel stress.There are even some tricks of military deception hidden in it.

At the same time, they can strike at Mihe Country and Mino Country at the same time, and they can get good results respectively. This kind of knowledge and skills are definitely not comparable to ordinary samurai. At least no one in their Takeda family can do it except Takeda Shingen himself. I think that the silent Nobushige Takeda seems to have this ability, but it is a pity that he is upright and kind and relatively taciturn so that most of his talent is covered up.

"But that's fine too. It's not bad for Shiro to marry the daughter of the Toyama family. My family doesn't care about the origin of the Toyama family, as long as I can give birth to a healthy and excellent grandson for my Takeda family." Takeda Shingen didn't care about Ori Tian Nobunaga made many small calculations, anyway, he didn't plan to cooperate with Oda Nobunaga's plan honestly.It is a good choice to get a temporary help. As for how much dissatisfaction with Ashikaga Yoshitoshi will have against Oda Nobunaga, it doesn't matter.No one cares what he needs to care about.

The Imagawa Clan is still trapped in Kakegawa Castle, unable to move forward or retreat. Takeda Shingen has no time to deal with this useless family governor, and let him spend a few months of decadent life in Kakegawa Castle. The Imagawa Clan is really more important. What he needs to do is to appease the newly attached Suruga prefectures and repair the Suruga Castle that was severely damaged by war and looting.

The promise to rebuild Sunfu will not trouble Takeda Shingen, and he has no plans to relocate his residence to Sumfu Castle. The rebuilt city can be reduced by a few sizes, and the burnt castle town can be assigned to several Buddhist temples. As for the repairs and the like The possibility is still very low. Takeda Shingen is not the Imagawa family of mercantilism. He is more superstitious because he has big fists, thick arms and a lot of land. The reason why he has higher expectations for Suruga than Shinano is not because of taxes. And Jinshan income only.

A lot of efforts have been made to appease the Suruga ancestors. The most important of the many promises is that the people of Suruga will use the law, which can be implemented by gathering the "Imagawa Kanasu" written by the Imagawa family. In fact, the Takeda family's "Koshu "Procedural Procedures" is to copy the procedures of the Imagawa family and make some changes. [

Just from this point of request, there is no need to worry about how much dissatisfaction the Takeda family will have. The Takeda retainers also know that the copied laws are not as perfect as the original version. Yes, there was no big problem with the counterfeit version of Takeda’s family before, but in the future, if we want to focus on the Tokaido, we can’t continue to use extensive methods. the best choice.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Suruga prefects proposed to follow the old rules, Takeda Shingen pretended to be good at carrying out the "Imagawa Kanatoro" in an all-round way, and later simply plagiarized it blatantly, combining the regulations of the "Koshu Law Order" to punish the Takeda family. Re-determining the laws and sorting out the new laws and regulations will further enhance the prestige of the family governor and the cohesion of the retainers. This is another form of strengthening for the Takeda family.

The victory of the Suruga Kingdom brought many benefits to the Takeda family. Of course, it also attracted many samurai to secretly criticize Takeda Shingen in private. At the beginning, they shouldn't have attacked the Kamiso Ashikaga family who invaded the Shinano country in the south. If they had voluntarily sued for peace a few years ago and kept half of the Shinano country, wouldn't it be easier to switch to deal with the Suruga country.

This kind of statement cannot be said to be completely wrong, but after all, it is not a good habit after all. Takeda Shingen is not a magic stick and half immortal who can pinch and count. He was still unable to take care of himself after being beaten with a sap in Shinano country. Even if he was suddenly possessed by a god and Buddha at that moment and ordered to seek peace, the anxious Takeda genealogy generation might not be willing to let go.

Takeda Shingen also received information about the successive battles in the Kanto region. Yoshitoki Ashikaga's mighty sweep across half of the Kanto region frightened many samurai, and an army of [-] on the left and [-] on the right almost frightened the timid samurai. .Not to mention that the current body of the Takeda family can't support the domineering tactics of hammering hard.Even the Takeda family in its heyday a few years ago could not escape the fate of being knocked to the ground.I'm afraid it will only be more miserable now than before.

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At the moment when the multi-day celebration party was held at the Yashizakikan, a strange scene appeared in a certain street in the ruined Suruga Castle Town of Suruga Kingdom. Many samurai in ronin costumes appeared in the street outside the courtyard. , looking around furtively, as if afraid of being discovered by others, until the evening when Luo Qian was sparsely populated, he slipped into one of the courtyards.

These samurai were the members of Suruga Senho, the leading party of the Suruga Kingdom. This was their third secret meeting in the castle town of Suruga. The purpose of coming to this meeting was obviously not to worry about how to be loyal to Takeda Shingen.They don't even have the slightest affection for the conqueror Takeda Shingen, let alone destroying the pride of the Suruga warriors, the jewel of Tōkaidō, Supu Castle.

A few days ago, before the beginning of the first month of the first lunar month, the Suruga prefects were also forced to go to the Yasaki Pavilion to perform a show where the monarch and his ministers get along. After returning to the Suruga country, they took advantage of the lax surveillance of the Takeda family to sneak into Suruga with makeup. The secret meeting in the lower town of Fucheng, these days are like being in a prison, and they are under heavy pressure all day long, not daring to say or do it, not to mention how uncomfortable these days are.

Asahina Shinoki just came back from outside the city, hurriedly changed his disguise and walked into the secret room, looked up and saw dozens of powerful warriors from all over Suruga sitting in a circle.Most of the samurai looked solemn like praying and meditating, while a small number of samurai were discussing in low voices the recent changes of Junyuan San and the news of the siege of Odawara.

Ever since the Takeda family launched the Suruga invasion.The life in the middle school was basically not stable. From time to time, there were true nationals who were loyal to the Imagawa clan and set off a rebellion, forcing the people of Suruga to bite the bullet and attack their old relatives and friends. Killing one's colleagues in exchange for loyalty is like chronicity. "Suicide" constantly consumes one's own influence in the Suruga country, and at the same time, through the continuous loss of soldiers and generals in the process of conquest, the strength is compromised, and the "independence" and control over the territory are gradually weakened.

If things go on like this, let Takeda's family's methods continue to weaken, then there must be only one dead-end path to choose. At that time, whether to change heirs or simply find a chance to kill is only a matter of thought. This is the soft knife arranged by Takeda Shingen to kill Suruga Xianfang people also realized that this soft knife was killing them.

The Takeda family will not allow most of the big Suruga country to be controlled by these leading parties, and there is no use of drastic means to carry out a major purge. That is because there is a huge monster next to it, which makes people uneasy, otherwise it will fall on the heads of the Suruga party. The knife on it is by no means a soft knife, but a big knife that is sharper than that of Xiangshang's head.

This is just the beginning of the clues, and it has already made everyone in Suruga panic. They continue to insist on it for ten or eight years and don't know what will happen. Therefore, many people in Suruga hate the Takeda family very much. A few young samurai clenched their fists and stared angrily, like a red-eyed bull breathing fire from their eyes, as if they wanted to vent their anger. No need to ask, they must be cursing Takeda Shingen. The samurai in the circle were either listening or solemn Thoughts were endless, and he stopped talking immediately when he saw Asahina Shinoki walk in.

Nobuki waved his hand towards the attendant, and carefully closed the thickened door, walked over and sat down cross-legged. When he found that many warriors were silent, he said strangely: "Keep talking! I also want to hear your opinions. , I will not be short in waiting for these three meetings, and we should come up with a charter sooner."

Most of the samurai here are cautious, and they dare not and are unwilling to talk too much at this juncture. Maybe the samurai in this room have some dog legs who have taken refuge in the Takeda family, and are worried that what they say today will be stalked by Takeda Shingen of the Sakikan tomorrow. I know, but I'm pretending to be deaf and dumb in the mentality of talking less and making fewer mistakes. The current situation in Suruga country is so bad that there is a problem if someone dares to express his opinion easily.

The life of these Suruga ancestors is not easy. The pressure of the betrayed lord Imagawa to join Takeda Shingen is huge. I don’t know how many times I have been scolded by the elders in my hometown, and Takeda Shingen is also a group. The foreign people with no status, did not get any benefit from this countermeasure, and the price of rebellion was still borne. If you don't feel angry, you are not a samurai.

Wohuo can't help it. When they set foot on this road, they were destined to pay a high price. At least they would have a much better life than the remnants of the Imagawa Army who retreated from Kakegawa Castle. It’s so bad, which is one of the reasons why many warriors don’t want to pretend to be deaf and dumb. If you talk about it, you can talk about it. We listen, and the worst is to swear not to say it.

But some people don't want to wait any longer. The young samurai of the Okabe family, Okabe Chujiro, is eager to try and attracts Asahina Shinoki's attention.

"Let's talk about it first!" the young and vigorous Okabe Chujiro said angrily, "It's just a stopgap measure for us to surrender Takeda Shingen, but the Takeda family wants to abolish us completely! Without my help, how could Takeda Shingen break into Junfu City easily, and now seeing that I have lost value, I will be cruel and cruel! Such a bastard is not worthy of my life at all!" (To be continued. .)

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