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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 275 Departure to Kawanaka Island

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    Echigo received new information in early April, and the Takeda family once again went out to attack Minami-Shinano to strangle the samurai who had been fanning the flames in the past two years. On April 18, Takeda Harunobu's troops broke through several formations and massacred Minami-Shinano and Suwa County.  Several nearby wealthy families confiscated their territories, and for a time no one in Minami Shinano dared to challenge the Takeda family's dominance.  On April 26, Takeda Harunobu, his legitimate son Taro Yoshinobu, and the troops of Dai Akiyama Nobyou from Ina County went to Minami Shinano. Along the way, they won over the Chihisa clan and Shimojo clan in the county. The military situation was like a snowball.  The number increased to 12,000, and this time the target was the rebels led by the Chihisa family in Ina County, and they also took care of the distant Kiso family.  The people of Minami-Shinano were completely unable to resist the Takeda army, and they were all pacified in less than half a month. The death of more than a dozen wealthy families completely shook the chaos in Shinano. When the Takeda army arrived in front of Kiso Valley  At that time, Kiso Yoshiyasu only held out for less than ten days before surrendering to the city. Takeda Harunobu gave preferential treatment to the family, allowing him to retain Anzu and enjoy the treatment of a relative of the Takeda family. The Kiso family's surrender also marked the south.  Shinano was completely pacified.  The weather throughout the year has been very abnormal. From the beginning of the spring planting, droughts of varying degrees occurred in various places from Echigo to Kanto. The followers of the Kira family were very busy fighting the drought. Fortunately, the warm and humid air coming from the south in early May temporarily relieved  Troubled by drought, but lacking the moisture of rain, reduced grain production is a foregone conclusion.  Shinano and Kai, who are also facing drought pressure, are even worse. Surrounded by mountains, it is more difficult to get rainfall than in Echigo. The drought in these two countries is more severe. The Kanto countries are also experiencing droughts of varying degrees. In comparison, Musashi  , Sagami is much better than Ueno and Shinano.  Basically similar to Echigo.  A small amount of rain alleviates the drought but is not enough to prevent its spread.     in this case.  The Takeda family was still unable to deal with the drought calmly, but there was a larger-scale abnormality. At midnight on July 6, everything was silent. A group of troops without flags quietly walked to the foot of Aratori Castle. At this time, the closed gate suddenly opened and closed the castle.  The army from outside was introduced into the city, and it didn't take long for several cranks in the city to burst into flames at the same time.  Burning flames and billowing smoke obscured the night sky. Jiu Yao Banner and Liulian Qian Banner were erected at the same time in the city. Jiu Yao Banner obviously could not withstand the Liulian Qian Banner coming from all directions.  Not long after, a fire broke out in the castle tower of Huangdi Castle. Taking advantage of the chaos, a group of Jiuyao Banners escaped from the Shoumen Gate and headed north.  The next day, all the people in Northern Shinano received a message: "Sanada Yukitaka attacked Arasato Castle at night, and the Kakizaki and Izumi Shoukage family were outnumbered and led their troops to retreat." "What should we do? What should we do?" Ogasawara was anxious for a while.  Like ants on a hot pot, Murakami Yoshikiyo lowered his head in silence with a livid face, the people from Northern Shinano showed a somewhat helpless expression, and Mitsuchi Suda, Tadanao Shimazu and others looked at each other with solemn expressions.  "Kakizaki Izumi is here!" There was a commotion among the people of Kitashinano. Yasuda Keimoto and Yoshie Keizi, who had not spoken for a long time, also looked sideways outside the hall. After a while, Kakizaki Keie, who was covered in gray smoke and dust, walked in.  He sat down cross-legged without even taking off his armor.  A young man immediately came over with a kettle to fill him up with water.  The Echigo general drank several large cups of tea and cursed angrily: "This Yukitaka Sanada is really cunning. We have been guarding our family for more than a year, but he still took advantage of it. Half of the Shinano people in the city were captured."  No one believes him even if he says it! He is so invincible and defenseless! Sooner or later, we will be defeated at this rate.  , the current situation is far beyond their expectations. If they lose the territory that their lord has worked so hard to leave behind, they will become Echigo's sinners.  A messenger hurriedly ran in, whispered a few words to the Murakami samurai standing beside him, and then quietly retreated. Then the samurai quickly forwarded the news to Murakami Yoshiki, the general of Shinano.  His face was as black as iron, and after a long time he sighed: "It's too late, the Takeda family is going to attack Northern Shinano." "What?" The expressions of the people of Northern Shinano who were filled with indignation just now suddenly changed, and they all dropped their heads and fell silent. They were afraid of Takeda Harunobu.  , and even more afraid of the elusive Yukitaka Sanada. He is afraid of dreaming about these two people, and he is scared to the core.  Takanashi Masayori glanced at the wilting looks of the Shinano samurai below, and could only lament: "Why bother?" Ogasawara Nagaki asked anxiously: "What should we do? Go out for a decisive battle? Or the cage castle?  Just wait for the reinforcements. Should you report to Echigo immediately? It's just that Danshoden is ill. Can he be rescued in time? " "Let's not worry about it for now!" Murakami Yoshikiyo made a difficult decision and said fiercely: "Let's report to Takeeden immediately.  ! Only Wuweidian can save us! The rest is up to you and me to resist the invasion of the Takeda Army! " At the same time, a group of teenagers were standing in the small square under the Kasugayama Castle HonmaruThey waved their spears together, and one of the 1.6-meter-tall teenagers fought one against six. The plain spear in his hand turned into a dragon and scurried around, beating the six teenagers back. The six teenagers were defeated every time they tried to form a formation.  He was confused, and his combined attacks failed to come out and were defeated one by one.  After the last boy was brought down, several boys in the field helped each other and limped to the corner to rest. Iwakururu, who had been standing by for a long time, handed over a wet wipe that had been chilled with well water.  He held another cup of tea and handed it over respectfully. He also knocked on Kiragi's back and massaged his mouth as he kept reporting various news: "The drought in Osan County has eased, but the corn production in the first season this summer has dropped by 20%. If  The autumn drought will not abate, and the production reduction will intensify" "Continue!" Gudong Gudong drank a cup of tea, picked up a cold towel to cover his face, and lay on the recliner. Several young people came over to massage and tap their legs, not to mention how many people there were.  **.  "Master!" Hattori Masashige emerged from nowhere and whispered: "Yesterday, the Arato Castle guarded by Kakizaki Izumi Morden was captured by Yukitaka Sanada. Today, the Takeda family announced that they would lead an army of 13,000 people out of Kaibi.  Military service has begun in full swing. It is expected that the army will be assembled in half a month and will head to the vicinity of Kawanaka Island at the end of the month. "Is it moving so soon?" He took off the wet towel and sat on the recliner to think for a while.  , he ordered Iwakurumaru next to him: "Summon all the retainers of Kasugayama Castle immediately. We are going to hold a review meeting." "Yes!" The younger surnames picked up the basins and belongings and hurried out.  Nagao Kagetora before heading to Yuzawa Imperial Palace.  He made it clear that during his period, the master of Kasugayama Castle was Kira Yoshi, and the samurai of both the Kira family and the Nagao family would obey his will, and his orders were the supreme decree of Echigo.  Half an hour later, hundreds of samurai gathered in the evaluation room and waited patiently for this sudden evaluation meeting. After a while, a voice sang: "Bue-don, Her Highness the Princess has arrived!"  He is still called Wuweidian.  This awkward habit is reflected in their speech. They always unconsciously avoid calling Nagao Kagetora, even if they offered an oath to Kira Yoshitoki, they did not change their words.  "Gentlemen! The war in Northern Shinano has resumed. This time the provocateur is Takeda Harunobu of Kai. Yesterday, Arasa Castle was captured by Yukitaka Sanada, leader of the Shinano Front. Kakizaki Izumi Mamoru and I, Echigojiro, are fine. Gentlemen.  What do you think?" "It's Takeda Harunobu again!" In this chapter, Minano's voice rose a few steps, which shows how bad his mood is.  As Nagao Kagetora¡¯s teacher and chief genealogist, Honjo Minoru also disliked this greedy samurai family just like Nagao Kagetora, but unlike Nagao Kagetora, he hated Takeda Harunobu for violating the laws of the shogunate.  His starting point was Echigo Homeland Security.  Because of geographical factors, the Nagao family has always been deeply involved with the people of Northern Shinano.  The Takanashi family, the second most influential family in Northern Shinano, has maintained an in-law relationship with the Nagao family through four generations: Takanashi Masataka, Takanashi Masamori, Takanashi Seigataka, and Takanashi Masayori.  Among them, Takanashi Masataka married his daughter to Nagao Nokage, and the famous Echigo general Nagao Nokage was born. Nagao Nokage then married his daughter to Takanashi Sumitaka. In the Nagao era, Takanashi Sumitaka married himself  His younger sister married Nagao to strengthen their relationship with Kage, and gave birth to four siblings: Nagao Harukei, Nagao Kageyasu, Nagao Kagefusa, and Kachi Harutsuna's first wife.  Unfortunately, the Takanashi family's good luck ended here. Nagao Mikake's main wife died of illness, and Tora Gozen was welcomed from the same clan as the Nagao family in Suxi, and three children were born: Nagao Aya, Nagao Kagetora, and Nagao Tora.  , with the death of Nagao Shikage, Nagao Haruke, Nagao Kageyasu, and Nagao Kagefusa, the current leaders of the Nagao family, Nagao Kagetora and Nagao Kagetora, brother and sister, have no direct marriage connection with the Takanashi family.  It can be seen that the Nagao family's strategy in the past has been to stabilize the security of its southern Shinano border, and to solve internal problems first. The reason for this strategy is due to the consideration of homeland defense. Compared with Dewa, Mutsu, and Ueno Sankuni Pass,  The mountains are blocked by heavy snow, or the people in Echigo and China don¡¯t know the dangers and difficulties. Only Northern Shinano can cross the border and enter Echigo in winter.  Just like the foothills of Myoko Mountain is the hometown of Togakushi ninjas, Northern Shinano is too close to Echigo. It is so close that you can get close to Echigo's inner circle. Northern Shinano is equivalent to Echigo's weakness. Anyone who tries to threaten Northern Shinano  All forces that stabilize the region will become enemies of the Nagao family.  And Takeda Harunobu¡¯s repeated attacks on Kitashinano were like touching the dragon¡¯s reverse scale. You can imagine how the people of Echigo viewed their invasion.  "Do you think you can run wild without the Lord? This is absolutely impossible!" Saito stood up, raised his fist and shouted: "Gentlemen, fight! For the sake of Echigo and the Nagao family,  Let¡¯s fight together!¡± ¡°Fight!¡±?The samurai stood up one after another and shouted excitedly. The Kira family samurai showed no expression except for Honjo Shigenaga, Hojo Takahiro, and Kurokawa Kiyomizu who were slightly uneasy. This tacit understanding came from their trust in the family governor and believed that they were invincible.  The Kira family will continue to win.  Kira Yoshitoshi secretly thought that the military spirit could be used, and laughed and said: "I understand what you mean, let's go out to the battle!" On the way back to the castle tower, the long-tailed tiger girl always pouted her mouth and looked unhappy, and went out to the battle in July.  In Kitashinano, August was the wedding date agreed upon by her and Kira Yoshitsune, but her brother Nagao Kagetora was away in Yuzawa Imperial Palace recuperating, and the groom had to go to Kitashinano again, so it was no wonder that she was unhappy.  "Toragi, walk slowly. Look, the skirt of your skirt is dragging on the ground." Kiragi helped her pull the skirt of her skirt and followed helplessly. Toraki suddenly turned around and bumped into Kiragi, with her forehead touching him.  on the bridge of his nose, making him dizzy.  "Ah! It hurts so much!" The long-tailed tiger girl staggered and fell to the ground, covering her small forehead and crying: "Your Highness does not favor tiger girl at all! Tiger girl is in so much pain!" "Who said that?  I don't like Hu Ji anymore! I am the most favorite in the world!" He said dozens of "most" in a row, making a fool of himself and making the little girl burst into tears.  "Your Highness, can you not go to Kitashinano?" "I don't want to go either! But that is the foundation laid by my brother You must know that my brother will come back at the end of the year and say that when we return the king of the country to him, we find that  It¡¯s always hard to explain that there¡¯s a piece missing, right?¡± Hu Ji¡¯s palm-sized face was troubled for a long time, her small nose wrinkled a few times, and she said in great distress: ¡°But what about the marriage ceremony agreed between Hu Ji and His Highness?  We are going to get married this year! The invitations and everything are ready!" "Let's postpone it! I will write to Brother Ru, and Shengji and the others. I believe it will be fine in a few months until Brother recovers.  Wouldn't it be better if we held the marriage ceremony again?" In order to appease the girl's uneasiness, Kira Yoshitoki had to use Nagao Kagetora as a shield.  "Yes! It will be better if brother recovers! Hu Ji will be very sad if he misses him! Then Hu Ji is waiting for His Highness's triumphant return at home!" Hu Ji buried her little face in his arms  He stayed still for a long time.  On July 8, Echigo announced a mobilization order aimed directly at Kawanaka Island. According to the military service division of the Nagao military service account, the Echigo people must mobilize 5,500 standing troops to gather at Kasugayama Castle within 20 days. Nagao  About 2,500 members of the powerful clan of the family banner are standing with them, and together there are 8,000 people. If it were not for the military force directly under the Nagao family protecting Nagao Kagetora and guarding the Yuzawa Imperial Palace, it would be an army of 10,000.  In addition, Kira Yoshitoshi did not mobilize any more soldiers. Counting the direct military forces of Honjo Nobunaga, Kurokawa Kiyomizu, and Hojo Takahiro, the Kira Legion's armed strength increased to 5,500 troops, plus  These 8,000 troops make up 13,500 troops, and another 1,500 Kira navy can be mobilized.  When armed forces with different flags gathered at the foot of Kasugayama Castle for a marching ceremony, groups of Kira regiments with red and black equipment walked out of the Otemon gate in neat steps, looking at the red cavalry, black iron artillery, and the Ashikaga Erbiki behind them.  Two thousand people were silent except for the sound of people and horses moving. They did not whisper to each other or look around, they just stood quietly in front of the formation waiting to set off.  "Is this the Kira Army? It really deserves its reputation!" Nagao Masakage covered the strong sunlight with his hands and carefully looked at the teams of elites. From their expressions and temperament, it can be seen that these people do not represent elites who have received long-term training, or that they are elites who have received long-term training.  The elite among the elite, and it can be seen from their movements that these people have extremely high tactical literacy, which clearly shows that this is an elite division that knows how to fight.  Not far from Nagao Masaki, Usami Sadamitsu looked very disappointed. To be precise, he was not disappointed for other reasons, but he was sighing for his family: "With such elites and such military strategy, is there really no hope for our Usami family?  ?¡± Looking carefully at the general wearing a smoked purple Weiwei body pill, the surrounding causes were fluttering in the rustling summer wind, and the Ashikaga Kamisaburo Yoshitoki flag seal with flying dragons and phoenixes seemed to be telling everything silently, a message that had been passed down in Echigo for a long time.  Even the legend of Kanto.  "The white flag of Genji?" Nakajo Fujiji repeated in a low voice, and then denied his ridiculous idea: "The white flag of Genji will only appear when, it can't be called the white flag of Genji!" 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