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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 319 The Raid of the God of War

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    The booklet written by Yoshitoki Kira nicely summarizes all basic tactical patterns, explaining the tactics in vernacular that is easy to understand and difficult to misunderstand. Senior samurai at the reserve general level must read and master it, even if they don't understand it.  It must be memorized by rote, and recited several times when encountering difficult problems during the war. This crude method is very effective.  "I want a sneak attack! Huh!" Hojo Tsunari raised his eyes and saw the flag in the distance. He immediately realized that something had been missed, and then sneered and sent out a reserve team of 1,500 people to resist. According to his estimate,  As long as he resists for an hour, he is sure to repel the Minunzhong with the power of Goseki Bei.  However, he soon realized that he had accidentally made a huge mistake. This Etsuo reserve team had extremely strong combat effectiveness, even worse than Saito Asanobu who had been observed by many parties. Ashigaru plus the cavalry team plus the  The mixed powerful coalition of archers was no match for pure cavalry and pure spears and shields, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to overwhelm the intercepting 1,500 Hojo troops.  "It's terrible!" Seeing that the reserve team was overwhelmed, Hojo Tsunari immediately realized that something bad was going on. He originally thought that the main force of the Nagao Army was either dragging Nagao Kagetora to Higashi Ueno, or was trying to make trouble in the Shimana Castle. This time, something happened  A big mistake caused the most elite unit to be missed, so he could only bite the bullet and ask for help from Hojo Ujiyasu.  Hojo Ujiyasu also quickly noticed this change and sent 5,000 troops to assist, and was able to barely resist the attack of the Honjo army. At this time, the balance of the war had been pulled to a dangerous balance point. Those who were aware of it  Hojo Ujiyasu immediately ordered to continue to increase the number of troops, and once again replenished the army of 5,000, which gradually wore away the vigor of the Minawa people.  At this moment, Jiu Yaoba and Ranryu Banner appeared on the west bank of the Tone River.  Nagao Kagetora led an army of five thousand in less than a day.  After trekking 30 kilometers of mountain road, he rushed back to the battlefield at the critical moment of the war.  Such speed was beyond the expectations of the Hojo family, and Hojo Ujiyasu had an expression of disbelief.  "How did he do it in less than three days when he swept across Higashi Ueno and then turned back?" Hojo Ujiyasu's surprise was also the surprise of the Hojo family samurai. Traveling long distances and turning back is a test of the legion's military quality, including normal marches, armed marches, and emergency marches.  It's a different concept. It's absolutely unimaginable at the level of this era. If we were to travel normally, this single trip would take a day.  “If he knew that it took Nagao Kagetora most of the day to run back all the way, he would be shocked and speechless.  At present, the number of troops deployed on the main battlefield has exceeded 18,000. The siege army led by Hojo Ujiyasu only has 12,000 troops. He knows that it will be useless to invest another 5,000 troops.  There are 3,500 Saito troops plus the defenders in the city. If you want to crucify Saito Nobunobu, you must have more than 5,000 troops to guard it. This has created a paradox. Only 7,000 troops can be used.  , so should he use these 7,000 people for rescue, or should he add more weight?  If more weight is added, Saito Asanobu leads his troops to break through the encirclement and deal a fatal blow to the Hojo Army from behind, which will have disastrous consequences.  However, the number of reinforcements is too small to be able to rescue and suppress the enemy. It is very dangerous to be unable to defeat Nagao Kagetora and then be cut off from his retreat.  So Hojo Ujiyasu fell into a situation of hesitation.  The tactic of refueling is seeking death, and the attack of the whole army is also seeking death, leaving him in a dilemma and not knowing what to make.  His hesitation created an excellent opportunity for Nagao Kagetora. The Nagao Legion, led by him without any hesitation, rushed towards the 5,000 Hojo Army that besieged the Echigo Reserves. Echigo's horseback samurai passed through the long distance.  Trekking was in a state of full excitement when he ran into the flank of the Hojo Army and directly opened a hole.  Nagao Kagetora personally led six Kagemusha wearing identical silver-white armor and rushed to the front, waving the sword in his hand to harvest the samurai of the Hojo Army wantonly. Among the Kagemusha, there were both Nagao Kageren and Arakawa.  Izu Shouchunami's kind of pedigree, and the Ueno family's flagship family.  The five thousand long-tailed army was like a sledgehammer, smashing the shell of the five thousand Hojo army. Both wings were defeated by the cavalry, and then the ashigaru joined forces to directly turn the advantage into victory. The freed Echizhi reserve troops also joined the harvesting operation.  When Hojo Takahiro saw this, he immediately shouted: "The entire army will turn around and attack the Dihuo Hachiman formation!" As soon as Hojo Ujiyasu saw this formation, he became anxious and led an army of 12,000 people, regardless of Saito Nobunobu's threat.  Rescue, but he still kept an eye on it, with two thousand elites standing behind to prevent Saito Asanobu from delivering a fatal blow from behind.  The addition of the 10,000 main army of the Hojo family, including the legitimate son Hojo Umasagi, a Hojo genan and a large number of elite samurai, changed the direction of the war. The retreating 5,000 Hojo army was able to stand firm and fight to the death.  Hojo Ujiyasu himself led a large army to help, which boosted their morale.  Saving the 5,000-strong army was not enough. Hojo Ujiyasu ordered Hojo Genan to lead the army to support Hojo Tsunari. Dihuo Hachiman also retreated backwards. With 8,000 men against 15,000 men, he could still gain 100,000.The situation was not easy. If the reserve team of 1,500 people had not made a mistake and lost more than 300 people to be rescued, he would have been very confident of winning the Jilunzhong.  The situation is different now. The addition of one army after another has made the occupation more confusing. The unplanned Etsu reserve force burst out with a powerful attack force. Hojo Tsunari did not dare to be careless and hurriedly suppressed the counterattack of Da Hu Xiutsuna.  , opened a little distance and decisively led the army to retreat.  Hojo Tsunari's retreat liberated the Minawa people. Nagano Yasumasa's first reaction was to gather the Nagao Army as soon as possible and actively move closer to his main force to turn the battle situation into a situation of 20,000 vs. 27,000. In this round  During the war, the Minawa Army, the Nagao Army, and the Etsuchi Reserves lost more than 2,000 lives, and the Hojo family lost more than 3,000 lives.  Saito Asanobu from the direction of Shimana Castle also took the opportunity to attack. Three thousand troops rushed straight to the back of the Hojo family. Fortunately, Hojo Ujiyasu's arrangement was appropriate to withstand his attack. Seeing that there was no way to escape, Saito  Asanobu took the initiative to act as a bait and cruised in the direction of Shimana Castle, trying to attract the attack of the Hojo army, but the Hojo family remained unmoved and slowly moved towards Hirai Castle.  Hojo Ujiyasu has understood that this battle is unsustainable. The enemy's main force has returned to support, and the Higashino Ueno people have surrendered. Once all the hard work and arrangements are destroyed, if the fight continues, the Higashi Ueno people will join.  Let the strength gap between the two sides reverse.  His active retreat is also a signal.  The Nagatail Army on the opposite side also tacitly gave up the pursuit, followed the Hojo Army step by step, and watched him leave the area of ??Shimaina Castle.  Returning to Amabashi Castle, Nagao Kagetora said angrily: "If my family hadn't traveled such a long distance and the samurai were unable to sustain their physical strength, they would have been able to clean up the Hojo family!" "My lord, what I did this time was almost perfect.  Hundreds of veterans are guarding the city, and they will definitely follow the lord to attack the Hojo family!" The veteran Irobe Katsunaga was very dissatisfied with being left by Saito Asanobu to defend the city. He knew that he was very old.  But people are young at heart, so they don’t need young people to take care of them.  What made him even more angry was the fact that that bastard Shigechou Honjo led his troops into battle triumphantly. If it weren't for the sake of being a clan member and having many years of friendship, he would definitely give that little bastard a good beating.  "The Hojo family is so cunning. I led the army around for a long time and still didn't come over. It would be great if I came over. If the flaws are exposed, we might be able to achieve great results." Saito said to Nobu as soon as the arrow fell from the Otemon gate.  Very satisfied with this victory, he came over humming a little tune.  More than 3,000 people were begging for death without even having time to collect the bodies.  There are hundreds of sets of good things in the looted loot, so there is no problem in using them to reward the samurai.  The tattered weapons and armors can also be bought by Biwaya at a reasonable price, so it's good to treat them as rewards for the Ashigaru.  The Nagao family comprehensively studied the Kira family from the system to the culture. They issued rewards before the war and divided the spoils after the war. Some of the gold and silver objects, valuable crafts and some high-end goods carried by the samurai and ashigaru were tacitly shared among themselves.  Whoever kills the person is eligible to pick up the good things. If you don't remember who killed it, a reserve team will divide it up together. If you encounter good things, you can bid for them or use your own share of the loot to offset them.  As for the rewards after the war, food is essential, copper coins are essential, and knowledge of the land depends on the situation. Now the Nagao family’s demand for knowledge of the land is not high. They will share the profits of the newly opened land to some extent, even if the new land does not bring any benefits.  , and can also free up a lot of wasted land from the annexation of new villages.  For example, Irobe Katsunaga's family used to have 7,700 koku total knowledge and practice, of which his own knowledge and practice was 3,850 koku. The difference was only 770 and 385 machi steps. After passing  The preliminary plan for merging new villages saved just over 10% of the cultivated land area, which meant that the general knowledge of the Irobe family exceeded 800 machibu, and the direct leadership of the Irobe family exceeded 423 machibu.  Not to mention the knowledge and deeds of his retainers, just one-quarter of his 423 steps are now planted with new grains, and the other three-quarters are planted with rice. The more fertile land and this year's good weather will suffice.  Hu Suanchu, the rice produced this year is about 6,400 shi, and the output of new grains will exceed 8,500 shi.  As a lord, he only needs to pay 200 shi of rice and 500 shi of new grain as tax. This year's income can still exceed 14,000 shi, which is quadrupling from previous years and leaving a little more than what he accumulated every year.  There was only two to three hundred shi of food left, but the food saved this year was dozens of times more than in previous years.  There is also the construction of Niigata Town, the excavation, construction and upgrading of rivers. The Kira family paid for and provided food supplies. The son who stayed in his hometown was basically idle all year round. After working in the fields, he went to Niigata Town to help the general recruitment organization and build rivers to prevent dredging.  The year-round project to renovate the polder fields in Shinkawa is endless. In the words of Hosokawa Fujitaka, this is called "non-normal construction", which means special treatment for special circumstances. As this series of projects ends, the frequent employment and general recruitment work will gradually  disappear."Just retreat! I thought we could negotiate peace with the Hojo family! As long as the Hojo clan is willing to step aside and withdraw from Ueno, this battle will be over." Nakajo Fujisaki was in charge of the military rations and the small pack load, and he followed Nagao Kagetora  After a fun trip around Higashi Ueno, I returned to Mangqiao City and got good soy sauce. I was so happy that I could hardly close my mouth.  "Let's talk about it based on the situation! Don't rush to make a statement yet!" Nagao Kagetora said a few words about paying attention to defense and treating the wounded, then stood up and left with a heavy heart, leaving the Nagao family's samurai looking at each other in confusion.  Nagao Kagetora galloped out on his mount, and the horsemen led by Nagao Kagetora could only follow closely behind him. It was too dangerous to run around just after the war, but seeing the master in a very unhappy mood  Well, the horseback warriors could only follow behind and march slowly.  The complexity of Ueno Country was far beyond his imagination. The intrigues between the people of Nishi Ueno and Higashi Ueno, and even the people of the same Higashi Ueno country were full of contradictions. Some people respected the orders of Koga Furukawa in name only.  After breaking into the castle, I found private messages from the Hojo family.  There are many other families like this.  They are good at saying one thing and doing another.  He disobeyed Nagao Kagetora's summons, and turned a deaf ear to the heavenly cup and sword given by the emperor that Nagao Kagetora took out, which made him deeply realize that the attributes of the samurai family cannot be solved by the imperial court's "Konchi Hinomaru"  .  There are more signs and evidence that Uesugi Kensei was abandoned by the Ueno people and even the entire Uesugi retainers in the mountains.  He has maintained an embarrassing silence since arriving in Ueno.  They personally participated in the rebellion. The direct descendants of the Nagao family of the Sui clan were replaced by the legitimate sons of the branch Takatsu Nagao family. The home city of Hatagata Castle was also taken away long ago.  They had no choice but to return to Higashi Ueno's Suishe Castle to survive. The two families expressed a rare silence about the war in Ueno. They neither actively moved closer nor had any objections. They treated the Nagao family with a soy sauce-watching attitude. This kind of unfamiliarity and  The sense of alienation made him very disappointed.  "Decades ago, my father got the two families to work together to form an alliance with Hojo Utsuna. Now that my family has come up to fight against Hojo Ujiyasu, the two families have stood by and refused to cooperate for me. Is this fate?" Nagao Kagetora roared angrily.  As he spoke, Fangsheng Yuemao, who was connected to her, also snorted.  In the farmland on both sides of the Tone River, golden waves swayed in the wind. The war did not affect the farmers' joy.  After several years of famine and war, Ueno Country once again ushered in a long-lost harvest.  Several children helped their parents pick up the discarded ears of rice, their childish faces filled with hope and happiness.  Seemingly attracted by this beautiful scenery, Nagao Kagetora slowly slowed down and stood by the river with a faint smile. He sighed for a long time as if to untie a knot in his heart and murmured to himself: "I thought that even if I didn't rely on  I can easily open up the situation when I was just a kid, but now it seems that I was still too naive" He stood in front of the farmland and was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He thought of Kira Yoshiki's comfort and the changes in Echigo in the past few years.  His mood suddenly felt much better. He turned around and saw Nagao Jingzhi looking worried in the distance. There were more than two hundred people on horseback scattered around, guarding him loyally. A few smiles appeared on his face: "Thank you for your hard work, my family.  Just go backgo back and hold a celebration banquet!" "Yes! Celebrate! Oh!" The horseback warriors waved their arms excitedly, and the celebration meant that the war was about to end. The tired warriors surrounded Nagao Kagetora and cheered all the way back.  The young samurai are full of energy, and many of them are participating in the war for the first time. Echigo is in the transition period between the old and the new. The veterans gradually retreat to the second line, allowing more young samurai to take the lead. They inherit the martial style of Echigo,  The only thing lacking is the experience and means of the veterans.  However, they also have huge advantages. They are young and have greater potential. They are more aggressive and simpler. They don’t have the old-fashioned attitude of the veterans, they don’t have accidents and are tactful, and they don’t act against the will. This is the new Echigo samurai and part of the beautiful blueprint planned for him by Yoshitoki Kira.  one.  "Who would have thought that the joke a few years ago could come true. Once upon a time, the Echigo samurai were so insensitive and lacking in faith. Now the Echigo is getting richer and stronger, and the samurai family is becoming more united. This is the result of change with our hands. Echigo can do it.  , Kanto can definitely do it! It can definitely restore the majesty of our martial arts family!" Nagao Kagetora said extremely firmly.  After a joint battle, it took several days to calm people down. Taking this opportunity, diplomatic envoys from both sides frequently moved around to exchange information. The envoys from the three families quickly reached a basic intention of peace without war. However, they reached a deadlock on how to cease the war. The Hojo family proposed  Draw out their respective spheres of influence based on the current line of control, and then reach peace on this basis.  This request was jointly refuted by the Nagao and Nagano families. The Nagao family’s idea is very simple. We are to conquer the lost territory for the Kanto leader Uesugi Kensei. Hirai Castle cannot take this.?What's the point of recapture? In the final battle, a lot of people died, but it's not a loss if we can't achieve the strategic goal.  The reasons for the Nagano family's refusal were more complicated. They thought that others could not be allowed to sleep under the bed. More importantly, the people of the Nishi-Ueno country had peace of mind. Not all people from the Nishi-Ueno country joined the Minawa clan, such as those who defected to the Hojo family.  There are only a few, and some others who are soy sauce are also inextricably related to the relevant samurai families. If the Hojo family is allowed to use the actual control line to draw territory, these small wealthy families will soon be pulled away.  It’s going to be difficult for the Wheeling People.  Seeing that their lowest goal was rejected by both families without hesitation, the attitude of the Hojo family has also become very tough. Since we are unwilling, let's continue to confront each other and see who can outlast the other. Anyway, I, Musashi Country, am behind it no matter what.  There is no problem in supplying or maintaining military strength. The Nagao family's home base is in Echigo. In a month, the weather will get colder and there will be some snow. The passage to the Mikuni Pass will be blocked. If the food and grass are cut off on the way back, the people of Ueno will definitely be killed.  , something may happen by then, and it’s not certain who will be retained.  The peace talks collapsed and the envoys from both sides broke up unhappily. The Hojo family kept their composure and decided to continue the confrontation for a long time. They even planned to replace the 10,000-strong army before winter came, and then use the rotating young samurai at the rear to take the opportunity to exercise.  Their good mood could not last longer. After several days of confrontation, the situation took a new turn. A piece of news from the outside broke the original balance. The Kira Legion's punitive action in Nakashinano was a complete victory, plundering food and population, regardless of the situation.  It severely damaged several main members of the Takeda family, and took the opportunity to promote the Kira family's legal control in Shinano, which greatly shook the support of the Shinano people for the Takeda family.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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