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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 282 The Blood and Fire Retreat

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    The last ray of afterglow on the horizon disappeared, and teams of ashigaru worked tirelessly to clean the battlefield in the dark night. The Takeda army retreated in a hurry, leaving behind thousands of corpses. There were trophies belonging to the victors, and the navy on the Chikuma River had long disappeared.  , the sad crow seemed to be telling a touching story, and the cold waning moon reflected on the blood-stained Hachimangahara.  Clusters of blazing fires soared into the sky, and the corpses had to be burned as soon as possible, especially during periods of drought, locust plagues, and plagues. From time to time, painful wails could be heard in the military camp. The army doctors were busy boiling water to treat the wounds of the wounded.  Repeatedly distilled sake can exceed 70 degrees, and it can be used as disinfectant alcohol. Fortunately, the group of Echigo samurai who love to drink don't know about it, otherwise they will cause trouble sooner or later.  The war was victorious, but the results were not rich. Except for Sergeant Takeda, who was seriously injured and paralyzed, almost no prisoners were captured. From the perspective of the benefits of the war, the gains of this battle outweighed the losses. The specific amount of benefits that can be gained depends on the war.  The peace talks will be finalized later.  Some of the warriors sang folk songs from their hometown excitedly, some frowned and thought about the gains and losses of the battle, and most of them were at a loss after being happy. The losses were heavy but the gains were not much. The dead and injured comrades were still moaning in pain.  Several Youbi, who were good at writing documents, actively produced war records.  In Asahiyama Castle, Kira Yoshitsune was in a very bad mood. The bad news from Echigo made him not even think about convening a military meeting. His heart was no longer in Kawanaka Island, and he wished he could grow wings and fly to Kasugayama Castle immediately, but a bunch of  Military affairs had to be handled with a nod, and he was so busy that he only took a three-hour nap in the middle of the night. He barely got up when the sun rose high.  Yobi Matsui Nobuyuki held a stack of documents and said excitedly: "Master, you are here just in time. The statistical results of this battle have come out. We lost 2,676 people to death and 1,530 were seriously injured."  Three people, 6,375 people were slightly injured The Takeda Army lost 4,859 people, serious and minor injuries were not counted. However, the losses of the Takeda Army were definitely much greater than our losses.  Our army won a great victory in this battle! " "More than 30% of the people were killed in the battle, and the serious injuries should not be less than 3,000! From the observation of the veteran, almost everyone in the Takeda army must have been injured this time.  !" Yamamoto Tokiyuki forced a smile, and the worry on his face flashed away. He knew well that it was not easy for the governor of the house to sit here.  "Without the victory-defining assault of the Baolao team, I'm afraid we can only get a tragic victory!" Namikaze Toutou also knows how weak his own army is. The advantages it has are nothing more than professional training, strict military discipline, well-equipped equipment, and enforcement of orders and prohibitions.  Neither the javelin nor the spear shield can be said to be an elite in hundreds of battles.  "But our side already has a huge advantage" Honda Toki was about to refute, but after thinking about it, it was really not that easy to fight. Finally, he shook his head and said: "The tenacity of the Takeda Army was beyond our expectations. Both wings were half damaged and they still fought to the death.  It¡¯s really difficult not to retreat!¡± ¡°However, there are a lot of warriors from the Takeda Army seeking death this time!¡± ¡°Hehehe¡­¡± The warriors laughed. Compared with their own losses, the famous generals of the Takeda family  There is no way to shirk the loss of a lot of people's vitality and vitality, let's see how he says "five points to win".  Soon the Nagao retainers and people from the Shinano country came one after another. This long-lost victory made everyone very excited, and they happily discussed how to defeat the Takeda family to make the family famous. Soon someone noticed that Kira Yoshi's expression was very serious.  It's not good to look at. He reminded his companions in a low voice. The excited discussion gradually disappeared, and the hundreds of people returned to silence.  "Although this battle is won and the Takeda army has not retreated, you must not take it lightly!" Kira Yoshishi said seriously: "Teacher, the next stage is to pin the Takeda army and prevent it from moving. The people of Shinano country gather with Kakizaki, Izumi Mamoru and Murakami.  General Habayashi Nakaro's army is trying its best to attack the city, and the end of September will be the final limit to determine the final boundary of the harmonious territory. Our family not only wants Kawanaka Island, but also Komei County!" The people of Shinano here are excited, that's parting!  Many people fantasize about the wonderful feeling of returning to their hometown after a few years.  "Let me leave it to the veteran, Honjo Misaku and Ogasawara Shinano to take charge here." "Yes! I will go back to Echigo first!" Kira Yoshi stood up and left.  "Wu Weiden wants to go back?" The samurai of Echigo and Shinano asked in surprise: "What's going on? It's not appropriate for the general to rush back just after the war and before peace has been reached." Yamamoto Tokiyuki frowned.  The few warriors who knew the inside story also fell silent. After the low-pitched speculations and discussions of the warriors gradually disappeared, the old man of the Shodai family spoke up and said: "Yesterday's victory was not easy. We should have celebrated today.  There is a banquet, but this battle has not yet completed its full achievements, so it can only be postponed. Now the war is not over yet. There is a banquet but no wine. Please understand. As for the reward for winning this battle, you don¡¯t have to worry. Our Lord has already prepared it.  Plan, wait until peace is reached with the Takeda family.?Issued immediately!  "" Takeda Harunobu listened to the list of fallen samurai with regret. As the governor of the family, he had to bear huge responsibilities. How to face the elders in Kai's hometown, and how to meet the relatives who were eagerly looking forward to returning in victory. He had painstakingly recorded the events for more than ten years.  30% of the family fortune was wiped out, what should we do with the future of the Takeda family? "The losses in this battle were twice those of Uedahara and the collapse of the stone!"  "The Takeda retainers sighed. It's useless to say anything at this point. No matter how famous the martial arts family is, the righteousness and fame are not worth winning on the battlefield. Being able to win the war is more valuable than real money and silver. But not being able to win the war says  No matter how much you try, it will all be in vain. "That ruthless plan by Kira Yoshiki must be just a plan to break up the morale of our troops with a scolding!"  You really do whatever it takes to achieve your goals!  In the opinion of the veteran, this battle cannot be fought!  "Imai Nobuo's eyes swept across the Takeda retainers group, especially staying for a long time on the faces of Komai Masatake, Atobe Nobuaki, Nagasaka Mitsuken and others. One of the active retainers in the past  Keep your mouth shut, they seem to explain that it was actually the defeat of the war that hit the Takeda family, rather than the scolding from Kaifumi, but how many people believe it? The people of Shinano don't care who hit you.  All I know is that after being scolded, you fainted as a family governor, and then you were defeated. Only the Takeda retainers knew that this was not the case. Kira Yoshi was scolding happily, but how many people in the Takeda family cared about what he was scolding.  , Revealing the old stories of the Takeda family can't explain anything. The people of Shinano country don't care what he is talking about. Whoever has stronger fists on the battlefield will win. You can't win a war by talking nonsense.  The situation is different now without the name of the famous Genji family. He not only scolded his lord happily, but also made the wealthy people in the country who didn't know the truth think that they were in the wrong. Those Shinano people are thinking about you and the Takeda family. It's really not helpful.  If you have the ability to make a mountain collapse in front without changing its appearance, if you have the ability to make a deer rise to the left without blinking, you have the ability to win a battle! Takeda Harunobu is happy to promote his title as a famous Genji family, to add glory to his ancestors and to add glory to himself!  The sacred cloak is beneficial and harmless from any point of view, as long as you don't encounter a nobleman of the martial arts family who has both fame and prestige like Kiragi. This time he is unlucky.  On guard, he was scolded by Kira Yoshitoki and fainted on the spot, which directly caused the central command of the Takeda Army to fail. The entire war situation could no longer be controlled. He could only passively compete with his fighting will, which was equivalent to giving up his own war rhythm.  Trying to adapt to the opponent's war rhythm, it is not surprising that the Takeda retainers know that losing in this battle is useless. Even if they cannot win, they will not lose. It will be evenly matched. At least both sides can promote their victory.  , as for who wins or loses, it doesn¡¯t matter. The most important thing is to have the same face and face. If you can¡¯t have both, you can only suffer a loss without being able to reason. You can imagine the hearts of the Takeda retainers.  How cowardly. After all, the Takeda family has also been a famous samurai family for hundreds of years, and its status is not that bad compared to the Kira family. The family retainers group that has been developed for hundreds of years will not be disbanded just because of a statement.  , the Takeda family didn't care how he scolded them, as long as they could win the war, they would be able to get back sooner or later. With a "bang", Takeda Harunobu's fist hit the table, and the spirits of the retainers and the countrymen were all shaken.  Hear him shout loudly: "Gentlemen!  This is a time when the life and death of our Takeda family is at stake. Please be vigilant and work with me, Harunobu, to stabilize the situation. The devotees take action immediately to appease the people and treat the wounded soldiers. The samurai unite to boost the declining morale. Everyone must take action.  Get up and defend Shinano and the Takeda family with me, Harunobu!  "The impassioned voice and tone were so familiar, once again arousing the slightly dormant enthusiasm of the Takeda family warriors. The warriors present unanimously leaned forward and said: "We are willing to serve the lord!  "  The fierce battle on Shinano River Nakashima passed quietly. On the street leading to Echigo Sekiyama, a group of red-armored cavalry galloped past, and the leading knight glanced at both sides of the street.  The face of the dry and cracked land suddenly became even more ugly. Going north from Hokushinano Iyama and winding along Lake Nojiri, the scene he saw was barren fields and hopping locusts gathering in groups to eat.  All the plants he could see, the farmers were kneeling on the ridges of the fields helpless, their wrinkled, painful and sad expressions weighing heavily on his heart. Going north along the Sekikawa River, he entered the core area of ??the Nagao family.  , this mother river that nourishes hundreds of thousands of residents on both sides of the bank has become extremely clear and shallow. The drought demon is raging throughout the East Kingdom, especially in Echigo, which has a greater impact. In previous years, this time was the season of abundant rains, and the droughts in various places were  The ponds and ditches are full, but now there is no trace of the pond. The creek has dried up and stopped flowing, and the bottom of the pond is exposed.The cracks are like shocking scars.  Passing through the Otemon gate, and going up the winding mountain road, when I arrived at the Honmaru, I saw that the attendants looked normal, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Ao had been waiting in the corridor early, and when he saw Kira Yoshi, he hurriedly came over: "Your Highness! Your Highness the Princess.  We are out of danger, thanks to Mr. Shikamaru's wonderful rejuvenation! " "Nagata Tokokumoto? Isn't he at the Yuzawa Imperial Palace?" Kira Yoshi looked at the little maid Ao in confusion, and followed her to the castle tower.  At this time, Hu Ji had just fallen asleep, with a peaceful smile on her pale face. Several maids, all wearing masks, were serving her carefully. It was not known how her recovery was going.  Standing outside the door and seeing the scene inside the house through the gap, he sighed after a long time and asked: "What's going on? Why did the princess get the plague?" "Ten days ago, a plague broke out in Shangyue for some unknown reason.  Everyone hurriedly treated the patients. Her Highness the Princess said that as women of the Kira family, she wanted to share Her Highness¡¯ worries, so she took us down to the town to prepare medicine and deliver food to the seriously ill patients. We were very careful to protect Her Highness the Princess. Later, because of  Everyone was very busy. We were busy from dawn to dusk. Maybe we were a little negligent. After returning to Kasugayama Castle, Her Highness the Princess fainted. Fortunately, Mr. Nagata was at Kasugayama Castle. He consulted in person and quickly stabilized Her Majesty's condition.  Come down." The maid explained the cause and effect intermittently.  Torahime fulfilled her duty as a samurai woman to deal with the epidemic for him. She was probably more assured of her own protection and was in good health, so she was busy for a few days without doing anything special. She didn't fall ill until she returned to Kasugayama Castle. Nagata Tokumoto's diagnosis was  Overworked, disease qi enters the body, but fortunately the body and bones are strong and the disease is not serious.  "Thank you for your hard work! Pay attention to rest, I see you are also very tired." Kira Yoshihi reluctantly smiled and left the castle tower.  Perhaps because she came back after learning about Kiragi, the girl's fever was successfully relieved that night, her complexion recovered slightly on the fifth day, and she could sit up on the tenth day. When she saw Kiragi, she stood beside him worriedly, and Torahime was buried in his arms.  There were tears of grievance in her eyes: "I'm sorry, Your Highness! Tora is still too willful! I've made you worry! Tora almost thought she couldn't see Your Highness!" "Don't talk nonsense!" Kira Yoshishi hugged Tora  Ji took care of her messy hair and whispered softly: "Hu Ji will definitely be healthy, and she will give birth to a baby for me in the future, so she will definitely get better. Just pay attention next time and be sure to go out."  You need to bring more guards, okay?" "Yes! Hu Ji understands." The girl buried her head deeper.  In the next half month, Kira Yoshi never left the castle tower to guard Nagao Torahime. He held her in his arms every day and told her stories and jokes. He also played Dai Haoshang with her. In order to make her happy, he also played flying chess, checkers, and military chess.  Make it.  Military chess is also very simple. Just replace it with the white flag of Genji, and change the levels of the chess pieces into the levels of general, leader, leader Dai, guardian daimyo, guardian Dai, attendant general, ashigaru general, ashigaru head, and ashigaru.  Traps can be eliminated, and baked jade can blow up chess pieces of any level. In this way, when four people play, it can be divided into two ways: flipping chess and vertical chess. It is also very interesting to ponder.  With the new game, he invited A Ju and A Xu to play with them and had a lot of fun. Gradually, the girl's face became better and better, which made him feel relieved.  "Master, this plague was caused by the death of farmers who fled the country. The epidemic situation has been brought under control. All the cattle and horses that died of the disease in various places were burned, and the patients were isolated and treated separately. The spread of the disease is under control. Mr. Nagata's help is very important.  "Hosokawa Fujitaka has also returned from the front line. He has been busy for many days, and the rich figure he has managed to maintain has lost weight.  Plague is a terrifying thing in this era, and the combination of drought, locusts, and epidemics is a huge disaster. In just a few months, more than 5,000 people died from the Echigo disease.  Among them, some lords and their families were attacked by the epidemic and died one after another. What was even worse was that the plague spread very quickly. Plague disasters appeared one after another in the vast land from Kantohoku to Echigo in the south, leaving daimyo everywhere worried about not being able to eat or sleep.  Can't sleep.  Fortunately, Echigo has a complete and sound mechanism, and people from all over the country played a decisive role at this time. Whether it was people who died of the disease or cattle and horses, all were cremated collectively, and those who were sick were isolated individually to ensure that the speed of the spread of the plague dropped sharply, giving Nagata Tokumoto  , Qunaose Moruma and other doctors provided enough time to carry out treatment work.  "Did Mr. Nagata say anything when he came back this time? I haven't seen him, and I don't know how my brother's condition is." "According to Mr. Nagata's description, Danzhengdian's illness has long been cured, and he is currently undergoing rehabilitation treatment, especially for the old problem on his left ankle.  The injury still needs treatment, and he will be back after winter. "Well! How is the autumn harvest going?"it's over!  Judging from the current situation, it is very serious!  Fortunately, we raise chickens and ducks to eliminate the locust plague, otherwise it would be more serious!  "Hosokawa Fujitaka did not say the word "violent crime." If we encountered this situation in previous years, thousands or hundreds of people would have died in the coming spring. "Nowadays, there is more or less water in the places with rivers in the seven counties of Echigo.  Cars and even access to wells make it easier than ever to get water. Every household has last year¡¯s old grain, which is enough to survive the famine. This year¡¯s harvest will be smaller and you won¡¯t starve to death. ¡°I understand, you have been suffering a lot lately, so please pay more attention to your health.  .  ¡± The difficult autumn has finally passed. The first snowfall for several consecutive days in winter heralded the end of the drought. Before the snowfall, the late rice and second-season corn that were last planted were all dried and put into the warehouse. The results were quickly tallied.  It turns out that due to the impact of drought and locust plague, the statistical result of Echigo's grain production this year is 670,000 koku. "It is more than one-third less than expected I didn't expect the impact of the disaster to be so great!"  "Kirarayoshi's face was gloomy. Nagao Kagetora's illness has not recovered yet, and Nagao Kagetora has just recovered from a serious illness. How could he not be worried. What worries him even more is the occupation of Northern Shinano, which has been fighting since the end of July.  At the end of September, the intensity of this war far exceeded everyone's imagination. The Takeda family paid a heavy price of more than 5,000 casualties and more than 3,600 serious injuries but got nothing. It can be said that the strength of the family was severely damaged.  During the stalemate, the Nagao and Shinano coalition forces, together with the Kira family's navy, iron artillery team, and Jud¨­ archery team, successively attacked Yashiro Castle, Aratato Castle, Wago Castle, and Muroga Castle, and completely captured the original territory of Murakami Yoshikiyo in one fell swoop.  Sanada Yukitaka could only retreat to the Toishi Castle and Sanada Township areas. The Takeda family's base in Central Shinano was taken away by nearly half. The peace talks in Northern Shinano also reached a deadlock. The Takeda family was unwilling to suffer a defeat and retreated.  Unable to fight against the highly motivated Kira family, they were so passively stuck at Chasu Mountain that they could not advance or retreat. What was even more unfavorable was that the retreat was blocked. Even if they wanted to retreat without saying a word, it would not be that easy. On the other side, Murakami Yoshikiyo was attacking the stone.  The city suffered a heavy loss. Several attacks were fought back by Yukitaka Sanada's troops. He knew very well how difficult it was to defeat Toishi Castle. In the past few years, Toishi Bend relied on this strong city to block Takeda's army. Now it was his turn.  They were in trouble, and Toishi City couldn't do it without fighting. If they were left alone, cutting off the food road at any time would definitely put them in a dilemma of life and death, so the two sides were in a stalemate and no one could do anything. In this situation, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly jumped out and wanted to act as an intermediary for both parties.  , Taiyuan Xuesai came from Suruga as an envoy to Kawanaka Island to negotiate with both sides, and finally reached a basis for peace between the two parties. The Takeda family recognized the Kira family's occupation of Shinano, and the Kira family must let the Takeda family leave. The two sides stopped fighting and made peace.  At the same time, Taiyuan Xuezhai expressed his hope to promote marriage as soon as possible to Yamamoto Tokiyuki. After several years of teaching, the adopted daughter of the Imagawa family, Princess Ii, has become a beautiful daughter of the samurai family, and the marriage contract between the two parties has already been set.  When they got married, Yamamoto Tokiyuki told Taiyuan Sekisai that Kira Yoshitoki's wife would not marry until next year. Taiyuan Sekisai immediately said that it didn't matter and that Princess Ii could be sent to Echigo first. The two auxiliary officials hit it off immediately.  Talking about old things with a smile (To be continued.)
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