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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 293 Shangzhou War

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    "Brother is right. Takanobu Honma of the Hamo Honma clan is a loyal minister, but it is an indisputable fact that the Honma clan is involved in piracy. As long as Takanobu Honma and the Honma clan remain neutral, we will not intend to  It will embarrass them, but the Kawarada Honma clan who is in charge of the Sado Navy must not let it go. Pirates will never be allowed in the waters near Hokuriku. " Kira Yoshitoki has already made up his mind to deal with the Honma family's navy and even thought of a strategy for this.  In this way, he imitated Nagao Kagetora to stop him, and repeatedly promised that he would never touch the clan of the main clan, the Zatai Honma clan, and the Hamo Honma clan who was close to Nagao.  The Kawarada Honma clan, relying on the advantage of having a navy, has always been less respectful to the Zatai Honma clan of the clan. With the decline of the Zatai Honma clan, they abandoned most of their territory, resulting in the two branches of Kawarada and Hamoge on Sado Island.  The situation of confrontation between the north and the south.  Honma Sannobu, the lord of Kawarada Castle, had many battles with Honma Takanobu, the lord of Hamo Castle. Before that, Honma Sannobu relied on the friendly relations of the Yangbei people and the plunder of the navy to steadily suppress Honma.  Honma Takanobu, but Honma Takanobu has the support of Nagao Kagetora, which makes Honma Minobu not dare to act rashly.  On May 15th, the Kira navy came out in full force and lurked in the reeds near the outlet of the Shinano River in the evening. At ten o'clock at midnight, taking advantage of the bright moonlight, Kuuki Shigetaka sneaked into Sado Port in the dark, while the Sado navy was resting in the port.  Still unaware that a disaster was about to strike.  In cooperation with the Kira family, the lord of Zatai Castle, Honmayama Castle Mori Yataka, the lord of Ota Castle, Honma Hideji, the lord of Kuchi Castle, Honma Yojuro, the lord of Yoshida Castle, Mikawa Kamio, the lord of Sawane Castle, Sawane Takahide, and Shigegami Castle.  The lord of the castle, Hidemitsu Utagami and other Sado people, gathered a thousand troops and launched a surprise attack on Kawarada Castle by Honma Minobubu that night.  This time, most of the people on Sado Island united to attack, attracting most of the troops in the northern part of Sado Island. Honma Minobu, who was sleeping soundly in Sado Port, still had no idea. At this time, Honma Takanobu had already led 300 troops.  When Shi touched the outside of the port, he saw bunches of firelight suddenly lit up in the dim port. The dark and turbid sea water illuminated a fiery red and strange reflection under the moonlight, like clusters of evil flames floating in hell.  "Ah!" A dozing sentry had his throat sealed with a sword, and the horn of the night attack was sounded. The sleeping Honma army was awakened by the chaotic shouts, and red flames engulfed many houses in the port.  It stores goods looted in recent months.  "It's a rocket! Enemy attack!" Honma Minobu hurriedly put on his clothes, not caring about the naked woman in the room screaming loudly, and urgently summoned the Hatamoto samurai and asked urgently: "What's going on? Who is going to hit us?"  "Lord! We don't know! But there are many ships! They are attacking our port!" Honma gnashed his teeth and cursed: "It must be them!"  There are iron cannons!" At this time, a tall and strong warrior came over and said: "Brother! What should we do? It's better if you come! We must fight them!  Go back! Even if we mobilize troops from Kawarada City, we will fight them back!" "Yes! I'm going to mobilize troops!" Honma Mikan turned to leave, but was stopped by Honma Minobu with a smile on his face.  Said: "Hasn't Mikanane always wanted to be a general? This time, I will order you to be a general to resist this invading army. I can just go to Kawarada Castle to mobilize troops." "This bastard wants me to die!" Mikanane Honma said.  He cursed secretly, but had to pretend to be grateful and thanked her with tears: "Brother, please don't worry, I will never let them attack Sado Port. Please send reinforcements quickly, brother!" "Well, thank you for your hard work!"  Honma Minobu turned around and winked at Hatamoto behind him. The latter secretly ran back to the room and took the woman back on the horse. This woman was robbed from a passenger ship heading to Dewa a few days ago.  It is very rare for a noble woman to be able to make Honma Mikoto forget about her and take hostages regardless of the rules.  Honma Mikanane never expected that the Kira navy's firepower would be so fierce. They captured Sado Port within two quarters of an hour. Honma Mikanane was shot to death by a burst of concentrated fire before he could even surrender. He couldn't even escape.  Honma Minobu, who was hoping to bring the woman with him, also fell into the ambush of Honma Takanobu and was killed by an arrow. From beginning to end, he did not realize that he would die on the path outside the port.  Early the next morning, the Kira navy and Honma Takanobu, who had landed in battle, combined their force of 1,800 troops and launched an attack on Kawarada Castle. Under the heavy fire suppression and the death of the family governor in battle, Kawarada Castle opened.  The city surrendered, and the Kawada Honma clan, the most powerful family in Sado, died, and a great change in Sado Island came to a successful end.  The head of the Honma family was jointly annexed by several families. Takanobu Honma obtained half of the territory due to his outstanding performance, and the other half was shared by other families participating in the war. The Kira family obtained Sado Port and a nearby area.?Ownership of the five hundred towns and steps of the land, and at the same time, as the country's owner, he will also naturally obtain the ownership and mining rights of all the mines in Sado.  I have no objection to the Kira family's judgment that the Honma clan has long been rumored in Sado Island that there is gold on the mountain, but the kunai mining and smelting technology does not allow it to be mined or smelted. A few years ago, Honma Minobu heard this rumor and occupied Tsuruko.  In Jinshan, people captured from the sea were used as slaves to mine and dig indiscriminately. In the end, they dug out something that looked like silver ore but they couldn't smelt it, so they had to throw it back and block the news.  In the end, the Kira family had no choice but to take advantage of it. At any rate, it was not too bad that they could still get the comfort of increasing their territory. Kira Yoshitoki promised them that they would receive better treatment as soon as possible. Sado Island can also be planted under the guidance of the Kira family.  New grain.  Soga Taihei, who was over sixty years old, came out of the mountain again, and with several new disciples, he was ordered to go to Sado Jinshan to do prospecting work. Soga Taibei has not been idle in the past few years, and used the copper house and the blacksmith house.  Not caring about his intentions, he took a few apprentices to explore all the mountains of Echigo to roughly find out where there were mineral veins.  In his words, Echigo is a treasured Feng Shui land. He didn¡¯t dare to brag about the specifics of the land. He just said that the results would come after a few years.  From early spring to mid-summer, the entire Echigo was busy with land improvement. A small water battle on Sado Island did not change people's attention. Soon Li Ding's new plan came out to excavate two rivers in the Shinano River.  A tributary was excavated from the Agano River to divert water for irrigation. At the same time, a canal was excavated between the two rivers to connect them together to shoulder the important task of water transportation.  This plan is very large, including the construction of canals, excavation of tributaries, construction of polders, cleanup of dry drainage, improvement of soil desertification and other complex projects that will be carried out at the same time. It is expected that more than 50,000 people will be used, and the possibility of expanding employment in the future cannot be ruled out.  .  The construction period is divided into three phases. The first phase is to dig a canal called "New Horikawa" and build a polder at the same time. The second phase is to excavate tributaries to divert floods and continue to build the polder. The third phase is to clean up the dry drainage and improve the land. The first and second phases will be  To be completed gradually over five years, the third phase is expected to take ten to twenty years.  The scale of this plan far exceeds Yoshitoki Kira's imagination. Not counting labor costs and other expenses, the initial investment is as high as 100,000 guan of Yongle money. It is expected that the total investment will exceed 500,000 guan of Yongle money. It is not ruled out that  Possibility of adding additional budget.  The investment in this project and the number of people mobilized are huge, far exceeding all projects in the Warring States Period. Only Kyoto built in the Heian Period can exceed this scale. Once completed, the entire Niigata area will form a huge cultivated land network of more than 200,000 steps.  , the land is fertile and rich in resources, and can grow rice, wheat, soybeans and various new grain crops.  Once this project is completed, nearly 70% of the land improvement in Echigo will be completed, which will make the stone height of Echigo stably exceed 2 million stone. Echigo will be able to leave more land to plant cash crops and realize the development of agricultural diversity.  imagined route.   In the evaluation room of the Lord of Minawa Castle in Ueno Province, dozens of powerful people from Nishi Ueno gathered together. Sitting in the main seat was an old man with white hair and beard. This person was the famous Ueno Ueno Huangma.  Nagano Yamasa, this old man is now sixty-five years old, but he is still very energetic.  River fish and birds became his daily meal, and he never stopped eating it. He claimed that he could not live without eating meat for a day. Occasionally, he would show off his arrogance by eating meat and fighting with wine. Although his strength was much weaker than when he was young, he could still defeat three people.  A strong man, you can see some of the ancient incorruptible spirit just from his bearing.  There were two letters in front of Nagano Yasumasa. The styles of the two letters were different but the content was similar. There were hundreds of words on them, which were nothing more than Ueno surrendering our army. The monograms stamped on the two letters were different. One letter was stamped with the same monogram.  It is stamped with the red dragon seal, and the other is stamped with the tiger seal. From the monogram, it can be seen that these are autographed letters from Takeda Harunobu and Hojo Ujiyasu respectively.  Nagano Yasumasa's half-closed eyes were shining brightly. He glanced at the crowd of Ueno people in the hall and suddenly said: "What do you think of the surrender letter from Hojo and Takeda?" "Are you unable to bully me, the Ueno country?"  With one shot, the future Great Sword Master Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, now a strong man named Ohu Hidetsuna, said angrily: "As long as I am Hidetsuna, I will never let Takeda or Hojo take a step!" "I think"  Kobata Nobashige murmured for a long time and wanted to say something, but suddenly he looked back at his son Kobata Nobuzada and kept his mouth shut. His son had just gotten married to Nagano Yemasa's legitimate daughter at the beginning of the year, and now he is also Nagano Yemasa's in-laws. This little couple  The couple were inseparable from each other, which made Kobata Kenshige very embarrassed.  "Takeda Harunobu was defeated by the Kira family last year, and today he personally led an eight-thousand-strong army to attack Ueno. What is his motive?" Wada Yasushige is also the son-in-law of Nagano Yasumasa. He is older than the sixteen-year-old Kobata Nosada.  He is much older. At the age of twenty-five, he is already the lord of a city, with fifty men under his command.?Equestrian samurai, three hundred and fifty Ashigaru troops, quite powerful.  All members of the Nagano family and the Lord of Ueno Bridge Castle, Nagano Kentada, sneered: "The only intention is to see the Hojo clan invade Ueno and easily surrender to the Naha clan. They naively think that we, the Nishi Ueno clan, are also fools. How could they know?  We hate the incompetence of Uesugi's constitutional government" "Shut up! Is it our ministers' fault to discuss the master's fault?" Nagano Yasumasa glared at his disciple's rudeness, and Uesugi Huang did not forget to stare.  The warriors here.  Nagano Yasumasa felt dissatisfied with Hirai Castle's failure to save the city last year. No matter how bad the Uesugi constitution was, he was still the lord. How different was the lord's refusal to save him in trouble from the exile of Takeda Nobutora, a descendant of the Takeda family?  Nagano Yamasa, who became more and more angry as he thought about it, couldn't help scolding: "You guys are eager for quick success and allow the Hojo Army to attack wantonly. How much benefit does it have to us to squeeze out the lord now? What we Ueno people want is the right to autonomy, not the right to self-government."  What good will it do to our autonomy if our lord is exiled and then surrendered to Hojo and Takeda? Why don¡¯t you say it?¡± The faces of the people of Nishi Ueno Kingdom were burning with anger.  The lord of Kunimine Castle, Kohata Keishada, had to defend everyone's behavior: "But we have been fighting for the palace for many years. Not only have we not received any reward, but we have also suffered huge losses in the Kagotsu Battle and the Odaihara Battle.  The master is really incompetent and useless!" Nagano Yasumasa was furious. He banged his hands and said with wide eyes: "No matter how incompetent the master is, how can we unite without the protection of the master?"  Nobuzada suddenly had a flash of inspiration and blurted out: "Hinoki fan one heart! Minawa people!" "Hino fan one heart?" The people of Ueno country were all shocked and thought to themselves: "Isn't this equivalent to acknowledging the leadership position of the Nagano family in Nishi Ueno?" Yamana Castle  Castle Lord Kibe Sadaoma was the first to react and responded loudly: "Okay! I support!" "Hinohan Isshin! Minawazu! This is it! Let's fight Takeda and Hojo!" Kuragano Castle Lord Kanai Hidekage glanced at everyone.  His expression and tone were more firm. Almost all the powerful lords of Nishi Ueno were the sons-in-law of Nagano Yamasa, and the same was true for Kibe Sadatomo and him. He didn't believe that anyone would object.  Nagano Kentada was overjoyed when he saw this, stood up and persuaded: "Brother! Just make your decision! We all support you!" "Okay!" Nagano Yasumasa, who was half-squinting his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes, clapped his hands and stood up, shouting.  : "Then pick up the cypress fan and unite your mind! I swear to the gods and Buddhas to defend the dignity of our Minawa people from infringement, not to surrender, not to betray, and to work together to defeat the Hojo and Takeda invading forces!" "Yes! We all obey your faith.  Nong Shoudian dispatches!" The Ueno countrymen agreed enthusiastically.  Nagano Imasa laughed and said: "From today onwards, we will build castles and connect them with each other's horns. We must turn Nishi Ueno into a nightmare for the enemy! I don't believe that Hojo and Takeda can still have three heads and six arms! Even if they enter Nishi Ueno, they are  The incarnation of gods and Buddhas will also put him in a dilemma of life and death. "Since the beginning of April, more than 13,000 Hojo troops, led by Hojo Ujiyasu, marched northward and attacked the three counties of Naha, Sawei and Midorino. Since then, many people have rebelled.  The situation in Ueno was in violent turmoil. In late June, Takeda Harunobu personally led eight thousand troops out of Saku and entered Usui County via Usui Pass.  The confident Takeda Army did not expect to encounter such great difficulties. The united Minawa people gathered an army of 15,000 people under the leadership of Nagano Yemasa. The two sides launched a fierce battle in Matsui Tahara in early July. Nagano Yemasa  Iitomi Toromasa's troops, who were taking the lead and leading their troops to break into the Takeda Army's advance line, were retreating steadily. In the end, his younger brother Iitomi Genshiro Masakei led his own party to resist desperately and stopped the Nagano Army's invasion.  The Shangzhou Sixteenth Gun who followed up later divided into four groups and attacked simultaneously under the leadership of Ohu Hidetsuna. This unexpected attack routine caused chaos among the four formations of the Takeda Army. Nagano Yasumasa shouted: "Assault! Capture the enemy general Takeda Harunobu."  , Hinoki is determined to win!¡± The Takeda Army¡¯s main formation saw a veteran with hair and beard rushing towards him at the lead. Murozumi Toroto who was guarding the main formation was furious when he saw this, and he rode his horse to meet the veteran and fought with him.  At the same time, several cracks appeared in the coalition forces of Hinoki Fan, and the distance between them made it impossible to maintain the formation.  Takeda Harunobu, who was proficient in military strategy, made decisive adjustments: "Order Nobuharu Baba, Masayo Naito, Hara Toramaro, and Toromei Oda to go into battle, cut into the gap between the two wings of the Nagano army, and isolate their troops!" These four simultaneous attacks happened to be inserted.  In the gap between the Nagano Army's march, the allied forces were entangled together and immediately showed the disadvantage of different orders. Faced with the sudden advance of the Takeda Army, some of the Minawa warriors chose to continue charging, some chose to stand still, and some chose to stand still.  Decided to retreat temporarily to avoid the edge.  This chaos wiped out all the advantages that the Nagano Army had finally gained. Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable, the Nagano Army, which was advancing alone, also faced a crisis.Facing the danger of being surrounded, Nagano Yasumasa's troops stopped 300 meters away from the Takeda Army's main formation. Regardless of the missed opportunity, he stabbed the rushing Takeda samurai to death with one shot. He turned around and shouted three times.  He shouted: "Our army is in chaos, nothing can be done, retreat quickly!" Hu Xiugang, who was covered in blood after being killed, hurriedly shouted: "Let me wait to cut off the coalition forces' rear!" "Okay! You lead the sixteen guns  After the break! We must stop the pursuit of the Takeda Army! Pay attention to your personal safety!" Nagano Yasumasa gave a "caution" look and turned back with his team, but was entangled all the way.  The Jilunzhong wanted him to rescue him, and he could not hesitate at all on the battlefield that was a matter of life and death.  Watching the brave and sturdy veteran gradually go away, Komai Masatake sighed: "It's still a little bit short! We were almost able to retain Nagano Yamasa! If we had deployed the counterattack later, we would have been more confident!  "It's too dangerous. I would rather give up the chance to keep him. Our Takeda family can no longer afford the loss." Takeda Harunobu shook his head. When he gave the order, he hesitated briefly, but he knew that the Takeda Army was now.  Unable to withstand failure or high losses, they could only hastily devise a counterattack strategy and strive to inflict more heavy losses on the Ueno coalition forces.  The Nagano Sixteen Spears are all top-notch warriors in Ueno. Dahu Xiutsuna not only has superb swordsmanship, but also has a pistol skill that is also famous in Kanto. He is known as the best spearman in Shangzhou, which shows how strong his martial arts skills are. He belongs to that kind of  A gifted and persevering samurai, he and the other members of the Sixteenth Gun each led the Lang Party to form an army of more than 3,000 troops, and they stubbornly blocked the main force of the Takeda Army from advancing.  After Nagano Ye was escorting the last friendly army to retreat, he personally led his own team to rush back to meet the rear-end army. A counterattack disrupted the Takeda Army's position, and they suddenly retreated before the Takeda Army could organize an offensive.  The exhausted Takeda army could only watch as the Nagano army retreated calmly.  Seeing the fat flying away from his mouth, the Takeda family's samurai yelled angrily: "Asshole! Why can you let go of the Danhou Army! What happened to us? This kind of Danhou Army must have been eaten in the past!" For retainers  Despite the regiment's complaints, Takeda Harunobu could only remain silent. The Battle of Kawanakajima was too painful. All the main forces of the Takeda Army suffered heavy losses to varying degrees. It would be difficult for the newly added samurai Ashigaru to form an elite fighting force for a while.  A serious injury to your strength and vitality cannot be recovered in a year or two.  Nowadays, it is so difficult to defeat the Nagano Army. I have to say that the combat strength has dropped too much. Last year, when the army was in full strength, the cavalry hedging could also suppress the Nagano Army's offensive rhythm.  "Maybe it was a wrong decision to attack Kita Shinano" At this moment, Takeda Harunobu regretted his reckless decision. If he had attacked Nishi Ueno a year earlier, he might have had a chance to increase his strength. Unfortunately, this  There are no what-ifs in the world, and it is impossible for him not to beat Kitakashi.  This battle was fought quickly and ended quickly. The death of hundreds of people on both sides could only be regarded as minor losses. The Nagano army retreated to the cage castles in their respective mountain castles to defend themselves, relying on the defense of Takauri Castle and Minawa Castle.  They resisted to the death and continued to struggle from midsummer to late autumn.  The Takeda Army was hunting them indiscriminately like locusts, not only money, food and drink, but also pots, pans, pans and clothing. They just hoped to provoke the Nagano Army to go out to fight in the city, but no matter how they called for a fight, they would end up on the cliff of Takaru Castle.  Standing back in front of the cliff, the price of the upward attack was heavy. The bows and arrows on the city were fired slowly and suffered heavy casualties.  With only less than 4,000 troops in two cities, Nagano Yasumasa resisted the Takeda Army's attack. The Takeda Army wasted a whole summer in Nishi Ueno but gained nothing, and finally had to retreat in frustration.  The offensive of the Hojo Army on the other side was gradually lost in the densely packed castles in Nishi-Ueno. It seemed that endless castles and fortresses were located on every hilltop in Nishi-Ueno. Some of the hilltops were similar to Minawa Castle, with a fortress at each end of the mountain.  Becoming the head of the snake and the tail of the snake, the Takeda Army suffered a big loss under this fort tactics. The Hojo Army was not much better than its allies and could only hastily harvest their food and retreat at the end of autumn.  "We won! We won!" The people of Ueno who drove away the invading army cheered for their hard-won victory. Soon they couldn't laugh anymore. After last year's famine, Ueno had a serious population loss and had been busy for a whole year.  The saved seeds are sown on the ground in anticipation of a harvest in the autumn.  In the end, the farmland they had worked so hard for all year was invaded by invaders, and was burned, killed, and looted by Takeda and Hojo. How did they survive this cold winter?  Thinking of this, the people of Nishi Ueno Country couldn't help but feel itchy with hatred: "Takeda and Hojo insulted us and other Ueno people, they deserve to die!" "Bear it for a while, wait until next year" The Lord of Takadori Castle, Nagano Yoshiguchi, ascended the throne at a young age.  The lord of the city has always been known for his cleverness and decisiveness in the Nagano family. He seemed to be very disdainful of the old-school conservative samurai, and said with a sneer:"Hmph! Won't they come to attack next year? It's enough for us to suffer two families and one family. Don't forget that these two families are allies. If they agree to come for one year each, how can we bear it? As time goes by, people's hearts will change sooner or later.  It¡¯s all gone!¡± As the cousin of Nagano Yamasa, he married another legitimate daughter of Nagano Yamasa. It can be said that Nagano Yamasa, who is only 18 years old this year, is very proud of himself. He was originally the second son of the Takadome Nagano clan.  His elder brother, Nobutichi, was not in good health and lived in seclusion in the city all year round. Therefore, the young Nagano Nobuyoshi inherited the family business of his father, the Nagano Yashi clan, and became the family governor of the Takadome Nagano clan.  The young and energetic man spoke mercilessly, and the expressions of the Minawa people changed after what he said. Nagano Kentada hurriedly scolded: "Shengjiro, what are you talking about! You said unlucky words at the celebration banquet  " Nagano Yegu argued: "Am I wrong? How long can I, the people of Ueno, be able to withstand the loss of the Lord's protection? You are all my elders, can't you see Shinano?  What will happen to the people of our country? The hero Yoshikiyo Murakami was also defeated by the iron heel of the Takeda Army" "Shut up!" Nagano Yasumasa interrupted his long speech with an angry shout: "I know it's all you.  The elders are still acting so arrogantly!¡± Another son-in-law of Nagano Yamasa, Lord Yida Yasada of Banbi Takashi City, said with a smile: ¡°Although Iyo Shouden is a little impulsive, this is not wrong! The Takeda Army is indeed difficult to deal with!  , especially Yukitaka Sanada is even more difficult to deal with. You must have heard of this rumor, right? The disintegration of the Northern Shinano wealthy alliance was caused by this person. He did everything possible to recruit and destroy the alliance of the people. This person has always been in my Nishi Ueno.  There is a hidden danger!¡± (To be continued.)
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