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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 305 The Return of the Dragon

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    It was already the second watch, and the samurai who didn't like drinking and entertaining went to bed early. The assassination just now woke people up again. Nagao Kagetora came over in a hurry with his clothes on. When he saw Kiragi, he was covered in blood.  , there was a mess everywhere in the vast room, and he frowned and said: "What's going on? What happened?" "The Takeda family's Tohoku assassin just killed a lot of people, and there is still news"  Explain the whole story in a few sentences.  Nagao Kagetora asked the samurai, "What's the situation with the Doujinshi? Has the Ichiku Army invaded Shinmachi? What's the situation in the village? How many casualties are there?" "Thanks to my lord, Takeeden's great blessing! I have wood in Echigo's Shinmachi.  There is no problem in blocking the town gates, gates, and watchtowers to resist the First Army. The nearby villages have just completed their annexation, and each village also has town facilities. There is no shortage of rice, food, and drinking water in each village. If you continue to resist,  There should be no problem!¡± ¡°Is there any news about the villages being occupied?¡± ¡°There is no news yet! From some places in the evening, there are reports of unusual movements, and the villages are guarding the entrance of the village to prevent a swarm of troops from attacking. The specific situation is still unknown!  " Hosokawa Fujitaka stood up and explained: "Master, please be patient in the main hall! In fact, we have organized several similar drills since last year. There was a swarm in the village, and the enemy invaded and attacked the village.  The drills have been simulated, and there are twenty or thirty related plans. We have already made preparations for similar events near Sekikawa. Some villages may encounter greater difficulties, but we will not win these villages.  So easy!" "So, just go out and defeat them one by one?" Nagao Kagetora glared at the retainers: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's start preparing for the attack immediately!"  Said: "Brother! The current situation is unclear. We still don¡¯t know to what extent the Takeda family has colluded with the Echichu Ikei Army. How many Ikei troops they have and what they have done. So brother, please return to secular life and come back! The stability of Echigo is inseparable.  Thank you for your strong support, my lord!" The Echigo samurai always called Nagao Kagetora their lord. They never called Kira Yoshitoki "lord" or "lord", which was very important to Kira Yoshitoki.  I know clearly and have never thought of forcing them to do anything. There are three main reasons for this embarrassing situation.  First, most Echigo samurai still recognize Nagao Kagetora as the legitimate ruler of Echigo. Echigo does not need a mascot-like female daimyo. The blood of Echigo samurai is filled with elements of violence and military supremacy.  , Nagao Kagetora conquered the north and south for more than ten years.  Continuing his father's unfinished work, this courage won the favor of most martial arts families in Shangyue and Zhongyue.  The second point is that many samurai can't lose face and join the Kira family as an outsider. Even if he is a famous nobleman, no matter how many magical methods he has to win people's hearts, it still won't work. Many stubborn Echigo samurai think about the good things of the Kira family and are stubborn at the same time.  He insisted that only the samurai family of Echigo could lead Echigo's thoughts.  Third and most importantly, Kira Yoshitoki was not willing to accept the Echigo samurai family. There were many reasons, the most important one was that he was unwilling to leave any excuse.  They said that if they don't know how to occupy the magpie's nest, they can no longer secretly recruit the retainers of the Nagao family, Honjo Shigenaga and Kurokawa Kiyomizu.  It is understandable that Hojo Takahiro is a defeated and surrendered person. If the greedy and greedy people recruit more samurai from the Echigo-Uesugi faction, the Yangbei clan, and the Ueda clan, it will really become a dove's behavior of occupying the magpie's nest.  Nagao Kagetora immediately realized what he was thinking and retorted without hesitation: "Torahime is already the head of the country and she has done a very good job. Echigo is getting better and better in her hands. Compared with her actions, I am  A brother who only knows how to fight is an unqualified leader" "Brother! Who said you only know how to fight? From the time when Echigo was in chaos more than ten years ago to the time when he returned to Shanluo and was content and prosperous, all this has happened.  It¡¯s all due to your hard work! Without my brother¡¯s guidance, how could Echigo have developed so smoothly? Without my brother¡¯s support, how could Torahime and I have gotten to where we are today?  Jiye, today Echigo has half the achievements of his brother! Has he ever seen a king who has been the leader of the country for two years and never said a word in the evaluation meeting? Torahime, she doesn¡¯t want to be this female daimyo!  But I believe that only my brother can take on this position! Hu Ji and I are just temporary substitutes. Now that my brother has recovered, please come back again!¡±  It¡¯s a question that must be done! My family¡¯s retirement is a carefully thought-out decision, and I will never come back under any circumstances!¡± Nagao Kagetora shook his head firmly.  Kira Yoshitoki also shook his head: "But have you forgotten? Although the head of the country is the successor of the Nagao family, he must be unanimously recognized by the people of Echigo. Now everyone's opinions are still looking forward to your comeback. Why do you still have such high expectations?  Unwilling to conform to the general trendWhat about ?¡¯s requirements?  " Kira Yoshitoki's sincere words impressed the Nagao retainers. Many neutrals, including Uesugi Kenmasa and Ogasawara Nagatoki, showed very surprised expressions. They had never heard of such a thing as letting the king know. Smart people are very smart.  It almost seemed like a show, but it didn¡¯t seem like a show, especially when I noticed that both Nagao Kagetora and Kira Yoshi looked serious. Nagao Kagetora insisted: ¡°I have been a monk and lived in seclusion for three years!  " Ji Liangyi immediately returned the favor: "Tiger Princess is already married and will be my wife!  " "She is still very young!  Lots of time to fulfill the duties of the head wife!  " "But she always has to fulfill her responsibilities as the main wife, doesn't she?  What should Echigo do then?  Brother, are you going to let it go?  What should we do if a situation like this happens again today?  What if something unexpected happens to me?  "Stop talking nonsense!" Nagao Kagetora's brows knitted into a knot.  "Then let's not talk about these, let's talk about the issue of youth! My brother is even more youthful and powerful! My brother is only twenty-seven years old, how can it be embarrassing for Hojo Uyasu, Takeda Harunobu, and Imagawa Yoshimoto to retire so early? I have been allowed to live in Echigo for so many years.  How embarrassing is the samurai's love that he is still insisting on!" Kira Yoshi turned around and pointed at the gray-haired Nakajo Fujisaki, "Look at Nakajo Echizen's hair, he is nearly sixty years old and his hair is already more than half gray.  Sixty-four years old! The prime minister is forty-six years old. Kakizaki Izumi is forty-four years old! The new generation of Echigo warriors has not yet grown up.  How can the Lord of Echigo stay in seclusion because of a little grudge? "Are you trying to persuade me to come back again? No matter how many times you try, I won't agree!" Nagao Kagetora was determined and his eyes widened.  He stared at Kiragi for a long time, and then said word for word: "We will talk about this later" "Over and over again, endlessly, when will my brother retreat? We can't wait any longer!" Kira  Yoshitoki stared at him with determination. At this time, his height was close to a tall man of over 1.70 meters, which was much taller than the stocky Nagao Kagetora.  The two looked at each other for a long time from a distance of two meters, neither of them showing any intention of giving in.  "If you retreat again and again, you will only disappoint the samurai. In our impression, Echigo no Ry¨± is always a good man!" "You don't need to comment on whether I am a good man!" "Brother has his own way.  Does abandoning Echigo mean that he doesn¡¯t care?¡± ¡°With you and Torahime, Echigo will be better!¡± Nagao Kage said slyly: ¡°I just need to hide behind the scenes and support you silently!¡±  What about them? Kanto is the leader of the palace, and Ogasawara Shinano is the guardian!" Kira Yoshichi gritted his teeth and decided to use his trump card, pointing at the two stunned people and staring at him: "If my brother is not willing to come back!  ! I will never help these two enemies! I will do what I say!" "How dare you!" Nagao Kagetora was furious, and a pair of tiger eyes burst out with fierce evil.  The body that was not majestic seemed to contain powerful power, making Kira Yoshito almost unable to hold down the scene.  "Why don't you dare! It's my brother who promised to save them. I, Yoshitoki, have never promised anything! If my brother wants to be a renegade samurai, then you can live in seclusion!" Yoshitoki Kira gritted his teeth and roared.  Nagao Kagetora remained silent, which made the Nagao retainers very anxious. What was the matter with being silent? Nagao Kagetora was so anxious that he was sweating. On the other side, Uesugi Kenmasa and Ogasawara Nagatoki, who were shot for no reason, could only say  With a painful face, he begged Nagao Kagetora, "Please, Dansho-dono, please return to secular life and come back! I can't do without Danshoden's full support!" As the leader of a subjugated country, they came from a down-and-out family long after the fall of Japan. They didn't dare to resent it.  Kira Yoshitoki was domineering and ruthless, and the Kira family had indeed never promised to assist them. The only tentative offer was Nagao Torahime's request to be the governor of Kanto. Such an outrageous asking price was immediately rejected by Uesugi Kensei.  Now Kira Yoshitoki has made it clear that he will not help them, and that he will use his own hands to earn whatever he wants. The two people who are familiar with the Kira family's style of doing things immediately realized that this was a hint that they would stand up and beg Nagao Kagetora to come out, and they would take the initiative to obey others.  What a painful realization it is for me to take the initiative to obey others!  The two of them could only cry for themselves silently in their hearts.  "I know that my brother is heartbroken by his shameful betrayal of some Echigo people! But people can change. You didn't see today's assassination. Without Honjo Shigenaga's desperate save, I would have died in Takeda Tohaku.  It¡¯s his big day! Isn¡¯t it not loyal enough for a groom to risk his own life to protect me?¡± ¡°This is what happened!¡± Nagao Kagetora began to shake, and the knot he had felt for many years was gradually loosening.  signs.  "Don't you understand yet?"Loyalty to ministers is built up little by little!  Two years ago, I failed to persuade my brother to come back. My brother said that his body has not recovered yet. We can all understand this!  A year ago, I failed to persuade my brother to come back. He said that he had become a hermit and had no interest in world affairs. We couldn't understand his intention!  Six months ago, I failed to persuade my brother to come back. My brother said we would talk about it later, which we all couldn¡¯t understand!  Brother, do you still want to persist today?  How long do you want to hold on?  Brother, please take a look at the long-tailed retainer with white hair!  They are looking forward to the return of their brother day after day. Please don't let them down, don't let the leader and the Shinano guard down, and don't let me and Torahime continue to be disappointed, okay?  We are all looking forward to the moment when the Dragon of Echigo and the God of the Northern Army will lead us to take off!  Can my brother have the heart to let Hu Ji show up and spend all his energy?  Can you bear to let her charge at the front as the general?  The brother's comeback can free Hu Ji!  When I am righteous, I will ask my brother to return to secular life and become a monk!  " "I will ask the Lord to return to secular life later!  "The Echigo samurai all stood on the ground and bowed down. Nagao Kagetora glanced at the people of Echigo expressionlessly. They all looked at him expectantly, including Uesugi Kenmasa and Ogasawara Nagaki. The same expressions were seen in the end.  He sighed and whispered: "Okay!  I, Kagetora, will return to secular life from today!  "    "oh!  "The Echigo samurai cheered in unison. They laughed, made noise, and burst out the emotions they had suppressed for several years. Honjo Minoru, the chief genealogist of the Nagao family, even cried with joy, and kept chanting: "The lord is finally back!  The Dragon of Echigo is finally back!  I'm really going to get stronger in Echigo!  " "Mimasaku is wrong!  Yamamoto Tokiyuki spoke eloquently: "I, Echigo, have always been very strong and have never lacked warriors with strong soldiers and horses!"  The arrival of our lord has transformed Echigo from one-sided military excellence to a situation where both military and political forces are on par with each other and even have better political strategies. Now that Danshoden's comeback will make Echigo's military strategy even better, and Echigo's military strategy will be even better.  Strong!  " "The master said it well!  My brother and I can ensure the stability of Echigo's foundation!  Now Takeda in Shinano, Ichikaku in Echichu, and Hojo in Ueno are all serious concerns for me in Echigo, and there are potential enemies in Dewa and Mutsu in the distance.  They may all be the culprits of stealing and destroying Echigo!  If I want to develop even better in Echigo and make Kira and Nagao stronger, I cannot do without my brother¡¯s full support!  My brother's timely comeback can effectively intimidate Xiao Xiao's followers, and can even calm down the nervous lords of the country!  "    "OK OK!  Don't give me the soup!  Enough chatter, get ready to go into battle immediately!  "Once he decided to come back, Nagao Kagetora's style became more vigorous and resolute, and he immediately issued an order: "Order Saito Shimono Mamoru, Nakajo Echizen Mamoru, Irobu Shuden to lead the troops of the Kasugayama Castle Headquarters to go out with the family to quell the chaos.  Right time!  You should also send military support!  "    "no problem!  "Seeing that Nagao Kagetora agreed to come back, Kira Yoshitoki also readily agreed. "But you can't go!  What are you staring at?  You have more important things to do!  "Nagao Kagetora patted him on the shoulder and whispered: "Stay in Kasugayama Castle and watch.  The family members in the city are very important, including onee-sama and Torahime.  My little nephew has just been born, you have to keep an eye on me!  "    "Understood!  Then please ask the master to be responsible for cooperating with your brother to support the battle!  " Yamamoto Tokiyuki agreed loudly: "Old minister, I understand!  ""The incident that took place on the evening of March 12th always aroused violent repercussions. Joetsu's comprehensive reserve military service system and the community and rural community systems were quickly mobilized. The army never expected the indiscriminate violence.  He actually hit his head on the iron plate. Originally, he just wanted to seize the village as a stronghold, and then "absorb" the local residents into joining the first army. This would snowball and get bigger and bigger, until the next wave of reinforcements from Vietnam arrived and attacked in one fell swoop.  They never thought that they would encounter a difficult nut to crack when they first started to rise up. Echigo's strong organizational power and complete defense facilities and tenacious defense thwarted their offensive attempts again and again, and the army's orders were inconsistent.  The disadvantage of the army's lack of morale was quickly exposed. In the dark, the army had a very poor sense of direction. The long-lasting attack on the village made the strong morale drop steadily. The disadvantage of being good at fighting against the wind and not good at fighting against the wind was highlighted. The nature of the peasant soldiers.  Even with the bonus of religious fanaticism, it was impossible to maintain a tenacious fighting spirit in the dark night. Seeing that at midnight, there was still no village captured, the troops that had been on the road began to waver, and they penetrated into the key areas of Echigo but had no place to hold on, let alone  The high-end tactics of snowballing didn't even have a place to rest. What's worse is that the Xiangyi Kui army, which was said to have 20,000 soldiers, but actually only had more than 7,000 soldiers, launched an attack on dozens of villages near Guanchuan at the same time, and its strength was scattered.  The result is that not a single one of them can be defeated, but hundreds of lives are lost in vain because of reckless attacks.The Japanese army could never understand Echigo's policy. They came to Echigo not to learn from Echigo's advanced ideas, but to occupy the fertile land of Echigo. Therefore, they did not understand the core significance of evacuating the new village.  Mainly local villagers, the strategy of diluting some new villagers to achieve complete assimilation.  The local villagers who control the core of the village are all semi-reservists who receive armed training in batches during the off-season. Although there have been more projects in Echigo in recent years, the number of training sessions has been reduced to only one month. Even so, they are not those who carry out the task.  As soon as they pick up their hoes and spears, they will swarm like a mob.  That night, Kasugayama Castle's army was dispatched. They broke through several routes and captured more than 3,000 Xiangyi troops. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Xiangyi troops hurriedly gathered together to resist, but it was already too late. The long tail under the banner of Jiuyaoba  Kagetora took the lead.  Waving the Azuki Azuki light in his hand, he rushed into the main formation of the First Kuei Army and killed the general of the First Kuei Army, Ishida An Yunshou.  Xiang Yikui, who had not yet shown his strength, was so easily defeated.  With the general being killed.  The morale of the members of the clan collapsed, and the fleeing Ikku troops were mercilessly swept away by the Echigo cavalry. Nagao Kagetora immediately ordered all villages and towns in Echigo to guard their doors tightly. At the same time, the Kira navy was dispatched to blockade Sekikawa, and the Central Etsu and Joetsu troops  All major roads were also blocked.  In the next few days, the Yixiang sect believers who escaped and were alone were captured one by one. Within a few days of hiding in the mountains and forests, they were either so hungry that they couldn't stand it and ran out to steal food and were caught, or they fled towards the streets and were rounded up.  capture.  A massive rebellion was wiped out.  During the subsequent interrogation, it was found that the leader of the bandit was Ishida An Yunshu, the official of Shengxingji Temple from the Echichu Ichigo clan. He was ordered to come to Echigo to organize the Ichikui. He also calmly retreated during the encirclement and suppression of the Echichu Ichijo clan a few days ago.  After three months of activities in Echigo, he didn't realize anything, and his collaborators turned out to be the Torupa leader Deura Isemomo and others who participated in the assassination.  As the interrogation progressed, Hattori Bouchou's face became more and more ugly. You can imagine how much punishment the Iga ninjas would suffer after experiencing this big leak. Kato Danzo, the leader of the Genzaru ninjas who cooperated with the interrogation, always smiled and said nothing.  The Genzaru ninjas were originally the ninja army directly subordinate to Nagao Kagetora.  It mainly focuses on intelligence espionage and infiltration in Echigo and Echigo areas, and also has a powerful execution group.  Mainly targeted at the execution of ninja troops infiltrated by the enemy, their individual combat effectiveness even exceeds that of Iga and Koga ninjas.  Although the master of the Kenzaru Ninja, Nagao Kagetora, has a close relationship with Kira Yoshitoki, the Kenzaru Ninja, as his subordinate, has no cooperative relationship with the Iga Ninja. There are even many conflicts due to mutual intelligence exchanges, and the Iga Ninja made a huge mistake.  , Kato Danzo and his subordinates treated it with a happy attitude.  But all this was not over yet. Among the captured Ichizu clan gangsters, a piece of news about Usami Sadamitsu was found. As a result, the next day came the news that Biwa Island had raised a rebellion flag. Nagao Kagetora's face was ugly when he received the news.  , Usami Sadamitsu has resisted him not once or twice, but this time he colluded with the Ichizu clan gangsters to anger him again.  "Usami Sadamitsu has always been disobedient to my family, and now he has rebelled again, Yoshitoki! Tell me why samurai always betray!" Nagao Kagetora's face was ashen, his temper was a bit self-aware, and it was hard for him to live in seclusion for the past few years to recuperate.  After washing away the hostility from his body, it only took a few days for a battle that was not a big scene to return.  Kiragi was not angry at all. He knew more or less what the old man had done. He picked up a piece of information and handed it to Nagao Kagetora: "Brother, there is no need to be angry. I also have some understanding of Usami Suruga Mamoru's temperament. Based on the information at hand,  From the looks of things, he is an old-hearted samurai. He has made shocking remarks more than once in the past few years. He was abandoned by his allies in the last evaluation meeting. This is why he chose to collude with Takeda and Echichu Ichikui to rebel.  The reason?" Nagao Kagetora took the information and said suspiciously: "You mean he was abandoned, so what is the reason? Who is this person?  ?¡± ¡°A long-standing official of the Miyoshi family, a powerful and scheming figure.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t that the figure of Kizawa Nagamasa, Niko Hisashi, and Saito Michiko?¡± ¡°¡­It¡¯s still slightly different!  "Ji Liangyi smiled silently and bitterly.  He originally showed that Matsunagahide's performance was all kinds of funny. He didn't rebel when he should rebel, jumped out when he shouldn't, and finally died willingly. It was very similar to Usami Sadumi's performance, and Nojiri Lake deceived Nagao Masaki.  Entering, in the end, the whole family was exiled, but the result was misinterpreted by Nagao Kagetora.  Nagao Kagetora's face darkened: "Then Usami Suruga Mamoru must not stay after his full term!" Kira Yoshishi comforted him: "Actually, it's not that serious. Echigo lacks such heroic warriors. Usami Suruga Mamoru's shortcomings are his age and his ancestors.  What can I do if I am only seventy years old?Brother, do you really believe that this old man has the ambition and skills of Nizi Yusei and Saito Dozo?  " "It's impossible Then why write this kind of evaluation?  " "Because Matsunaga Hide is not as good as Nizi Yuujiu and Saito Douzan!  Kira Yoshishi added in his mind: "Whoever is funnier can probably be surpassed!"  " Nagao Kagetora had no intention of entangled with him on the issue of human nature, and decided to avoid the topic: "No matter what, let's put down Usami's rebellion first!  " Kira Yoshitoki had another plan: "In fact, there is no need for my brother to go out, just let me Yoshitoki go there!"  "    "you want to go?  Nagao Kagetora glanced at him doubtfully: "Do you have any new ideas?"  "    "Roughly the same!  Kira Yoshishi opened the bat fan and said with a smile: "Usami Suruga Mamoru's situation is a bit special. I'm going to test his attitude. If it's really just for rebellion, it's not a bad idea to pacify him."  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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