Warring States Eagle

On Chuanzhong Island, the sound of war drums kept ringing.

Amidst the sound of war drums, Takeda Harunobu ordered Hara Torano and other ashigaru command generals to lead the ashigaru formation into a "spear array", accompanied by bows and arrows and stone throwing, and launched a brave surprise attack on the dense Nagao army.

Under repeated attacks, Nagao's army, which had originally lined up to attack, retreated steadily, retreating straight for more than 200 meters. Naoe Mitsuna was sweating profusely, and said to Nagao Jinghu: "It seems that the ferocity of this Koshu samurai is well-deserved. , please order to strengthen the defense of the formation."

"Unrest the dragon flag." Changwei Jinghu ordered immediately.Looking at the menacing Takeda army vanguard, he is like a simple dagger.

So, under the command of Nagao Jinghu, the chaos dragon flag was waved, just like a Formula 1 racing car waved the green flag, all obstacles in the way forward were swept away, and a rocket-like charge was launched!Nagao Jinghu's elite banner shouted loudly, urging the horses under him, and drew out the gleaming sword. The horse's hooves stirred up smoke and dust that covered the sky, protruding from the string like sharp arrows.

The squeezed Nagao army actually launched a mortal counterattack. The young Nagao Jinghu, with the golden "Qianli" on his pocket, flattened the famous sword "Xiaodou Changguang" in his hand, which can cut an armored general in two. Stretching out, the Qiben cavalry team behind was murderous.Seeing this scene, the Takeda family's vanguard ashigaru team couldn't help being terrified. Under the scolding of all the retainers, they quickly shrank their formation and prepared to block the gang of plague god grandpas.Unexpectedly, Nagao Jinghu waved Xiaodou Changguang to the side, and the Hatakemoto cavalry team turned again, and rushed straight to the left flank of the Takeda army in a diagonal stab.

Nagao Jinghu is a genius in war. In other words, he has a ghost-like battlefield intuition: Most of the left wing of the Takeda army is from Shinano's "Xianfangzhong" (that is, the wealthy family who surrendered to Takeda. Served as servants and vanguards).The will to fight is generally weak.Taking "safety first" as the top priority, as a result, under the impact of Nagao Jinghu's keen judgment and mortal impact, there were signs of collapse in an instant.

"Decree, the center and the right are not allowed to rescue the right. Attack forward together to defuse the enemy's assault." In the battle, Harunobu Takeda marveled at the bravery of this young opponent, and hurriedly carried the "Hundred Foot Battle Flag" on his back. "The emissary issued a new military order.

The right wing of the Takeda Army.Commanded by the fierce general Itomo Tomasho, the samurai and ashigaru of the Itomi crowd, in order to boast of their bravery, painted the armor, weapons and flags in fiery red with expensive vermilion lacquer, and flocked to Changsha like wildfire all over the mountains and plains. Ooya's left wing.

Takeda's army remained calm in the face of danger and attacked with all their strength, making Nagao Jinghu's assault futile, and Nagao Jinghu didn't panic.After personally reining in the horse, he calmly commanded.Many officers and soldiers of the Takeda Army were frightened by its prestige, and no one dared to make meritorious service. Eight thousand long-tailed troops changed from the rear to the front, shouting one after another, and retreated slowly towards Echigo without any confusion.After seeing the large army returning, Changwei Jinghu took several horses as guards, and Shi Shiran left under the setting sun.

"It seems that I have met a difficult opponent!" Takeda Harunobu said to the general thoughtfully, half excitedly and half sadly.

The Battle of Busshi Shinoi, that is, the "First Battle of Kawanakajima", ended. In this battle, neither side suffered heavy losses. The long-distance Nagao Army died two hundred times, and the Takeda Army who was waiting for work died more than a hundred. It was not decisive. The results of the war, but with this as a prelude, Echigo and Kai, no, the situation in the entire Wa Kingdom Dongguo has undergone subversive changes.

In the past, the Houhojo family rose, the Takeda family revived, Guanling and Gongfang fell, and now Cheng Yaojin, the young king of Hokuriku Echigo, Nagao Jinghu, suddenly became the most eye-catching person in half of Japan. The new star (some people even call it "two heroes of the east and the west" together with Luo Shizhengliang, who has already gained fame in the western country), and the game in the eastern country has shown a trend of multiplayer chess.

In the northern part of the Shinano Kingdom, the densely populated country split instantly. Some of them, headed by Yukitaka Sanada, became the "Xinshu Xianfang People" under Takeda Harunobu's tent, and became an indispensable force for Takeda Harunobu to expand the lord in the future; Murakami Yoshiki and Takanashi Masahiro, led by Echigo, defected to Nagao Keigora, swore an oath of service to Nagao Keigora, and became the "North Shinshi" under Nagao Keigora, and his will to counterattack Shinano was extremely firm.As for the North Shinano area itself, the Zenkoji Temple is also used as the dividing point. Most of the wealthy families in the south belong to the Yashizakikan, while in the north, only Kasugayama Castle is the leader. mowing fields.

The Zenkoji area became the focus of contention. In order to add fuel to military operations, after the Battle of Fushi Shinoi, Takeda Harunobu and Nagao Keigora each increased their political investment.

Nagao Jinghu was the first to do it. He went to Luo for the first time in September of the 22nd year of Tianwen (1553), and launched a full-scale "silver bullet offensive" to the center of Wa Kingdom: Nagao Jinghu first visited Hou Nara and presented A lot of congratulatory gifts and maintenance fees, the emperor still gave Yujian and Tianyu as usual; then, Nagao Jinghu went on a pilgrimage to General Yoshiki, and was given the white umbrella bag and felt saddle cover of the guardian grid; finally, Nagao Jinghu also visited the religious sites in Gyeonggi: Kii Takano (Shingon Esoteric Buddhism), Enryakuji Temple (Tiantai Sect) and Daitokuji Temple (Rinji Sect) in Kyoto, etc.

In short, at this time, the three major authorities in the central government (although they are all in decline), that is, the public circle, the martial arts circle, and the religious circle, Changwei Jinghu is all under control, but Changwei Jinghu is not completely spending money aimlessly. Each of his actions has a deep meaning. First of all, look at the emperor. Although the imperial sword and the heavenly bowl given by Go Nara are of little value, another thing is very important, that is, the "Punishment of Private Enemies" written by Go Nara. "The Lunzhi, simply put, is that in the future, if you see anyone who is not pleasing to the eyes of Changwei Jinghu, you can directly send troops to punish them, and you don't need to bother to ask for any righteous titles. This Lunzhi is valid for a long time.

As for General Yoshiki, needless to say, he can upgrade you to the rank of "Guardian of Echigo". In this way, step by step, the money spent is still worthwhile, and someone holding a white umbrella bag when going out is always more attractive than the Tang umbrella bag that guards the generation.

In the religious world, Enryakuji Temple is the most authoritative gate throughout the Middle Ages of Japan, except for the two poles of Kyogoku Doyo, Ashikaga Yoshinaka and later Oda Nobunaga (in fact, Masaragi is also included), Few dare to break ground on its head.I learned that Yanli Temple has less funds to build Buddhist halls.Changwei Jinghu immediately took out 200 taels of gold as sesame oil money.Moved those monks to death, worth it!

There is also the Dade Temple of the Linji Sect, Changwei Jinghu ran there, and after receiving the precepts, he was given the title of "Zongxin Dalai Lama". Paint you like shit.That's going to be infamous forever.The last Koyasan esoteric sect was purely a "personal hobby". Jinghu believed in Buddhism very much, and religious believers were very fanatical when fighting, and tantric sect always liked to engage in mysterious power and magic practice. Yuan was immersed in it, and now Changwei Jinghu is also the same. He learned the "Tune Fu Tantric Method" from Tantric Buddhism.The method of subduing it through prayer gradually evolved into the law of cursing against hostile forces.It is not difficult for everyone to imagine: Nagao Jinghu sat devoutly in front of the Bishamonten statue, chanting words, nothing more than "Buddha, give me strength", or "Buddha, Kai is suffering from mad cow disease, bird flu and swine flu. !"

In addition to managing the three major authorities, Nagao Jinghu also specially made friends with the Master Zhengru of Hongan Temple during this trip, and gave the boss of the Pure Land Shinzong a lot of horses and famous swords, expressing his willingness to abandon the "father's hatred" (after Echigo) Long's grandfather was killed by Yuezhong Yixiangzong), and the two families have been repaired since then.Master Zhengru was very happy, so he issued the "gomon" that the disciples of Kaga and Etchu should not go to Echigo to cause trouble. Nagao Jinghu easily obtained a stable rear, and he could focus on fighting Takeda and Gohojo.

During his stay in Kyoto, Nagao Jinghu also went to a place, that is Sakaimachi, where he drank a lot of tea with the gang of wealthy merchants, and obtained a very terrible technology, that is, the "iron iron" specially approved by Sakaimachi. Cannon imitation permit", Nagao Jinghu quickly bought a large number of new iron cannons through the port of Echigo (of course, some of them were eliminated by the Luo family), and set up an iron cannon workshop under Kasugayama Castle to make the new weapons Quickly equipped to go to the army.

I stayed near Kyoto until December, when my vassals came to report that the money was almost gone, and the Hokuriku Road was about to snow heavily.So Nagao Jinghu reluctantly returned to Echigo.

This time, when the snow melted in the second year, the Hojo Takahiro Rebellion broke out in Echigo.

Jinghu was stunned, he was intoxicated by the great success of Shangluo, and then he came back (actually it was the old boy Harunobu Takeda who did it)!Takahiro Hojo is actually a member of the Echigo Mori family.Historically, Maori Jiguang, who originally settled in Sagami, was liquidated by the Hojo family, who was in power in Kamakura at that time, and his four sons, Jingguang, fled to Sahashizhuang in Echigo for refuge. Post Maori".In the Warring States Period, Echigo Maori was divided into two major clans, the Yasuda family and the Hojo family.Of course, this Hojo family has nothing to do with the Kamakura governor or the Hou Hojo family where Ujiyasu belongs. The latter is the same.

As for the "An Yun Mao Li" where Mao Liyuan is located, when Mao Li Jingguang distributed the inheritance, he remembered that his youngest son had no property at that time, so he sent him all the way to inherit the Yoshida Manor of An Yun Country, which is half a Japanese country away. , This is the Maori Yuanjiu family.So speaking of it, the Yasuda family and the Hojo family of Echigo Kingdom are a round older than Anyun's Mori family in terms of seniority!The fact is also the same. The common character of Anyun Mori's family is the "Yuan" in the name of his ancestor Hiromoto Oe, while Takahiro Hojo's family has the word "Hiro" in front. Guang is also a three-star flag with one character. In addition, Gao Guang's military flag is also very distinctive: a white silk background with a strutting male ant painted on it!

Ants have always been known for being energetic and indomitable, and the same is true for Hojo Takahiro, but his limited energy has been devoted to unlimited rebellion.

Hojo Takahiro’s reasons for rebellion are superficially sufficient: Kasuga Yamashiro, Nagao Kagetora-sama, collects our taxes, but he himself goes to Kyoto Flower World to travel at public expense, while we nest in the mountains to enjoy the wind , I'm upset, it's better to be against his mother.Takahiro himself complained and said strange things in Hojo Castle, but was immediately found out by the secret agents of the Takeda family. Takeda Harunobu’s 18k Koshu gold was quickly sent over in coils. Resolutely rebelled.

"Ant Power God" Hojo Takahiro's toss, Nagao Jinghu's full construction plan was disrupted, he had to lead the army himself, and surrounded the Hojo Castle with a grunt, fighting with Hojo Takahiro Stopping, tossing and tossing for a whole year, finally Hojo Takahiro saw that Hojo Castle was about to fall, and waved a small white flag to Nagao Jinghu again: "My lord, I bleed on Mount Kasuga, and I am responsible for your father!" Too bad, you can't shoot me!"

What is strange is that Nagao Jingtora actually accepted Hojo Takahiro's surrender, and even let Hojo Takahiro return to Nagao's family, and appointed him as an important minister alongside Naoe, Honjo, and Nakajo!

Not only was the rebellion not punished, but he was given a promotion, which greatly encouraged the enthusiasm of the people of Echigo, and left serious sequelae to Nagao Jinghu's rule of Echigo. (To be continued..)