At first glance, this news seemed unremarkable, but what happened next was completely different. The Kira Army, which returned to Echigo, had just reorganized its army and let out the news that it was about to go into battle at the Ueno Congress to join the Nagao Army. Directly aimed at the Hojo Army that invaded Ueno. This not only made it difficult for Hojo Ujiyasu to sleep and eat, but also made the Hojo retainers very angry. Now the Hojo family has very little room for choice. They want to advance but are reluctant to retreat. Thinking of the greedy samurai who joined forces to put pressure on Hojo Ujiyasu a few days ago, In the end, the foundation of the peace talks was destroyed with their own hands. These warriors were so angry that they couldn't help but curse and vent their anger. "Why were we undefeated early and undefeated late, and we happened to be defeated at this moment? If the news had come earlier, I would have signed the peace agreement and returned to Odawara Castle. If it were later, the Nagano family might not be able to hold on This There won't be any problems, right?" Yamako Sadaikichi's question caused some warriors to ponder. "Is it collusion? It doesn't seem like it! It's hard to fake such a big news from Chongshinano. It's not wrong that those losses were calculated by Fuma Ninja. It's not wrong that everyone in the Takeda family is angry about this fiasco. "Tame Shufeng Motokei is one of the six sects of the Goyusu family established in the Hojo Soun era. His father Tame Motochu and Hojo Uzuna are both teachers and friends, and he himself also became a Goshiki Biri. The general of Kurobei belongs to the Seiki samurai family within the Hojo family. "No matter how you say it, it's bad news." Kasahara Misaku Tsunanobu said with a sad face: "If the Kira family really goes south to Ueno, it will be really difficult to reach peace!" Hojo Shigeki, who was in his early twenties, succeeded him. His father, Huang Hachiman, had the talent and the innate power to brave the three armies, but he had a special hatred for the Takeda family because of his origin. So he took advantage of the opportunity and said: "Maybe the Kira family is bluffing. What's there to be afraid of? The Takeda family is a bunch of cowards. The samurai of the Hojo family are not like them!" "Zenkuro, sit down for me! There will be a big meeting at the evaluation meeting. What a shame!" Hojo Tsunari glared at his son, and in front of his father, Hojo Shige immediately shrank. "Yes!" Hojo Ujiyasu was annoyed, but he couldn't blame the Takeda family for their fault. As one of the conspirators, the Hojo family also missed a key link. The highest goal of this battle was to capture the entire territory of Ueno. , the next level is to annex half of the country. At worst, they have to defeat the Minawa clan led by the Nagano family, but now they have not achieved any of them, and they will still face the embarrassing situation of being unable to advance or retreat. It can be said to be a failure within a failure. "You shouldn't have trusted the Takeda family earlier. Takeda Harunobu was too full of words. He would definitely defeat the Kira family, he would definitely disrupt Echigo, and he would definitely go to Kitashinano this autumn. But he didn't do any of that! He's really bad. !" The suppressed anger in his heart could not be vented, and he could not tell the retainers that he was plotting against Echigo with the Takeda family. Instead, trap yourself in it! So he could only curse Takeda Harunobu in his heart. Since last year, Takeda Harunobu has sent envoys to discuss the plan to jointly annex Echigo. This plan has been quietly brewing for a long time. The plan is huge and divided into more than one, two or three steps. If the assassination fails, there will be one more step. If the first step fails, it is still possible to disrupt Echigo. If it fails, we will send troops to Kitakoshino. According to the explanation of the Takeda family envoy, this is called a chain plan. Judging from the results, this The chain plan was a failure from start to finish. One of the three great strategists of the Hojo family, Harutō Harutō, the Yamato military commander who was over 40 years old, glanced at Ujiyasu Hojo and said: "The Takeda family still gained something. They captured Hida and got a piece of land in vain. They can still fight with him." I am afraid that the Takeda family has already made this plan to establish contact between Mino and Echichu." This Yamato Harutong was born in the shogunate, and the "haru" in the character "Haru" is the next character of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the former imperial palace. , during the chaotic period when the war at the Shrine Temple broke out in Kinai ten years ago, he fled to Sagami and became an important minister of the Hojo family. Hojo Ujiyasu also respected him. "The Takeda family made a good move, and Hida's layout is particularly sophisticated. It can be used as the first mover in the attack to contain Echigo, and it can also be used as the second mover to stabilize the camp and strive for greater development space." Ise Bichu Mori Sadatoshi is also one of the three major players. One of the military advisors, he is in his early thirties and has a handsome appearance. From his Miao character, it can be seen that he is from a clan of the Hojo family. He serves as the head of the imperial clan in the Hojo family, and his status in the Hojo family is comparable to that of Hojo Genan. Seeing that the two older strategists had spoken, the youngest of the three strategists, Ogasawara Yasuhiro, who was only 26 years old, also said without any sign of weakness: "Isn't this the breakthrough to Sangluo that Dr. Takeda Daisen has been striving for? Hida is here What others regard as a piece of chicken ribs is a treasure in the eyes of the Takeda family. You can hide from Mino by going south, and you can get out of Echu by going north. This is a great way to advance, attack, retreat and defend. " Aobei's flag leader Tominaga Naokatsu is born with a big head. Hearing this posture, he immediately became dissatisfied and shouted loudly: "So, after all our hard work and hard work, we have been fooled by the Takeda family?"?While contemplating, they deeply realized that if the current fragile balance was broken, the Hojo family's local advantage in Ueno Country would be completely lost. With the Kira Legion's terrifying combat effectiveness and the even more terrifying legends, leading the army into Ueno would cause great harm to everyone. What an impact the Hojo family has had. The repeated defeats of the Takeda family have shown the terrifying nature of the Kira Army. Once the reinforcements arrive, they will give the Nagao and Nagano coalition forces a shot in the arm, and maybe connect the Ueno people to the Japanese lords who have surrendered to Hojo. Cut off, or even take advantage of the winter to kill along the Tone River towards the hinterland of Kanto, and then use the battle-to-fight method of conquering Nakashinano. The Hojo family really cannot withstand such a blow. "In any case, let's solve the problem at hand first!" Matsuda Morihide stopped this topic, then bowed respectfully to Hojo Ujiyasu, and said: "Now that the situation is unclear and long-term, there may be changes, whether it is war or peace, please "My lord, please make a decision quickly!" "My lord, please make a decision quickly!" The Hojo retainers all bowed down. Hojo Yasutetsu paced back and forth with a livid face. After hesitating for a long time, he made up his mind and said: "Peace talks, concessions, my Hojo family is leaving Ueno Country! At least temporarily! But my family will come back!" "Yes!" The Hojo family will leave Ueno Country! Many of the samurai showed relieved expressions, which made Hojo Ujiyasu feel particularly uncomfortable. "Kotaro, remember to keep in touch with the surrendered countrymen. Make a promise to them. The money and goods promised by our Hojo family will be sent to them in full. Even if we fail, we cannot treat these samurai who are loyal to my Hojo family harshly. I am not Takeda Harunobu. , Our Hojo family has always had a tradition of treating the samurai family favorably, allowing them to surrender to the Nagao family and Nagano family with peace of mind, and wait for the family to recuperate for a year, and then gather all the troops and horses to fight back again!" Hojo Ujiyasu slowly explained with a sullen face, several of them! Yubi immediately copied down the oral instructions of the king, and finally used the "tiger" monogram of Ujiyasu Kamijou. The Hojo people in Ueno territory will be sent out. After establishing the basis for the peace talks, it is time to establish the results of the peace talks. The Hojo family still firmly stated that they will defend their own interests. At least the front line of Hirai Castle cannot be put back. However, in the face of the increasingly fierce signals from the Kira family, under the powerful With the support of Kira's navy, more than a thousand Kira Chibei rode through Sakado Castle and waited near Yuzawa Imperial Palace. This is the south gate to and from Echigo. It is only a step away from the Sankuni Pass. After crossing the mountain pass, you can drive straight into Numata Castle. The Numata people, led by Numata Goyasu, have already become the die-hard Nagao sect. With their support, they will continue south to reach the first line of Mangqiao City. If the whole march goes smoothly, they can reach it in just one day. Facing the increasing military threat. The confidence of the Hojo family is getting weaker and weaker. To make matters worse, the envoy of the Nagao family has become his deputy. The special envoy from the Kira family, Namioka Sobo, has full authority to act as the agent for diplomatic negotiations. This smart, courageous young minister with extremely high political wisdom soon After discovering the weaknesses of the Hojo family, he used this to formulate a negotiation strategy, which destroyed the confidence of the Hojo family bit by bit. Soon the envoy gave up the useless struggle and accepted the harsh demands of the Kira family one by one. Five days later, diplomatic envoys from both sides gathered in Amabashi Castle and signed a no-war agreement in a warm atmosphere. The content of the agreement was aimed at ending this fierce conflict and removing Ontake Castle, the gate of Kitamusashi, and all Ueno areas. The occupied territory in the country was returned to the Uesugi family and the people of Ueno country in the mountains. The Hojo family completely withdrew from Ueno country. Both sides stopped fighting and stopped talking about fighting again. Ten days later, the envoy of Uesugi Kensei, Nagao Nagao, stationed at Hirai Castle to do the nominal acceptance work. All the Ueno people who surrendered to Hojo side all surrendered. Shirakura Michisa and Kuragano Mikahiro, who were captured alive, were pardoned, but Death penalty can be exempted, but life crime is difficult to forgive. In order to prevent others from taking risks and committing the same rebellious behavior, Nagao Kagetora imposed certain punishments on the two of them in the name of Kenmasa Uesugi. The method of punishment was not too severe. It was just that Shirakura Castle, Kuragano Castle, and all their sects and retainers' territories were handed over, and then the two families were transferred to a large territory near Ontake Castle to guard the southern gate of Ueno Kingdom. The Shirakura family's new territory is on a fertile land southwest of the Kamiryu River, and the Kuragano family's new territory is on cultivated land near Lake Maase. Their direct territory was simply taken away by the Nagao family, which embarrassed them. . What's even more uncomfortable is that the lord of Ontake Castle is Nagano Kentada. His ability in Amabashi Castle is only about 270 machibu. This time, when he transferred to Ontake Castle, he simply transferred about 170 people near the outside of the city. A fraction of Yu Dingbu was allocated to him, and he became a middle-class wealthy family with 450 Dingbu. But even so, Nagano Kentada was still lagging behind the two families in terms of knowledge and conduct of the land, and he was only from a member of the Nagano family, which was far worse than the two family governors of the eight Shangzhou families. Let such a mid-level samurai weigh on them. As a city lord, they will have to obey the city lord's orders and perform military service in the future. Just thinking about it makes them feel that they have lost the motivation to live. Of course, if you don’t think so,To put it another way, this transfer did not cause the two families to lose the territory and stone height. From the perspective of the land stone height, it has slightly increased and seems to be more profitable. However, this time Ontake was excluded from Ueno Country. There is no castle nearby, and what's worse is that there is no castle nearby except Ontake Castle, so they have to spend time and energy to build a Hirayama Castle. The two families obviously did not have this idea. After the pointless resistance failed, they soon faced reality. The two secretly cursed Nagao Kagetora's cruelty in their hearts and decided to build a residence in the center of the village. When the Hojo family's army pressed on, They will immediately rebel. The people of the Nagano family and Ueno country had no objections to this. Nagano Yasumasa hated these two guys and gnashed his teeth. The Minawa people had been fighting bloody battles for so long. It would be disappointing if they did not come to cooperate. If they delay any more, they would definitely start a rebellion. Having lost the face of the eight Shangzhou families and being sent to Ontake Castle to look at the gate, Nagao Kagetora was already being generous. The timing of reaching peace was coincidental. It happened to be at the end of the autumn harvest, and the Hojo family had no choice but to return all the grain harvested in the occupied areas to the local lords. Planning the harvest before the war started ended up saving a lot of labor for the people of Ueno. The bitterness and anger in my heart can be imagined. This war was not without gains for the Long Tail Legion. Amabashi Castle, the castles in Shirakura and Kuragano areas, and a total territory of about 18,000 koku fell into the hands. Yamayoshi Masahisa, the former head of Kashiwazaki Port, was appointed as Amabashi Castle, and the former lord of Minogani Castle was appointed mayor. Okanushiro Keichika came to serve as the lord of Shirakura Castle, and the former lord of Sanjo Castle, Nagao Shiro Kageaki, came to serve as the lord of Kuragano Castle. It can be seen from the job description that this arrangement is for one city to represent two city lords. Yamayoshi Masahisa performed administrative duties for the Nagao family as a castle agent and managed land for the Nagao family. At the same time, the Yamayoshi family's land ownership in Urahara County was increased by fifty machi steps as a reward. The two Nagao family clans transferred their titles to the past, and their nature as new city lords was different. They led their respective clans and retainers to guard this place. The two transferred to Ueno and had the appropriate knowledge and behavior to increase their titles. It barely occupies half of the territory, and the other half is farmed for the Naga-tailed Kagetora. "The Zhenfu Palace is indeed a famous general with unparalleled wisdom and bravery. As long as a rumor is released, the Hojo family will be scared to retreat, and the method of enfeoffment is unheard of! I'm afraid Hojo Ujiyasu will also hate it! Hahaha " Saito Asanobu was in a very good mood and spared no effort in advocating for Kiragi. "The Zhenfu Palace is very powerful. But the battle is fought by ourselves. Don't belittle yourself when you go to the field." Nakajo Fujisaki said dissatisfied. Although he has been playing soy sauce for a long time, as a senior member of the Bundai family, he still should do it. Who asked for this time to leave Honjo Mino, Nagao Kagenobu and other senior members of the Bundai family to serve as stayers? As a veteran, he can only do so reluctantly. stood up to assist the family governor. "Uh-huh!" Saito Asanobu continued to hum without blinking an eyelid: "The Zhenfu Palace is still more powerful" "My family has benefited little from adopting Yoshitoki's strategy, so we decided to use all the direct information obtained by Ueno. "Leave the capital to Yoshitoki?" "Nani? Why did you hand it over to the Zhenfu Palace? This is what the Lord and I are doing!" Irobe Katsunaga shouted anxiously: "My Lord, please don't be stupid. Then, there is no way for the territory to be given to others!" The Nagao retainers also shouted, "That's right, my lord, you can't do this! You are the leader of our Echigo country, and we are the only ones who follow your lead!" Fuji Asanobu groaned and didn't know what he was talking about, and turned his face and ignored them. As for Honjo Shigenaga, Kurokawa Kiyomi, and Hojo Takahiro, they were the happiest. They were just watching the fun and there was no pressure at all. The Kira family They don't have to worry about their influence at all, they can just put on a good posture and watch the show. "Gentlemen, please be patient and listen to what I have to say!" Nagao Kagetora said in a calm tone: "I originally did not want to take any land from Ueno Country, but Yoshitoki's letter inspired me. If Okushino had not been supported by territory and maintained by retainers and garrison troops, it would have fallen into the Takeda family's pocket long ago. However, we, the Takeda family, are unjust people who take other people's land without any reason. Therefore, we punish the two culprits and exempt the rest of the party from looking back! This is a two-pronged strategy to put the blame in the past and appease the people of the country and guard Ueno! If I hadn't reminded you, I would never have thought of this level. This is the credit of Yoshitoki. I have already made the two servants the city lords. , the territories of Minokwan Castle and Sanjo Castle are our harvest, don’t you think these two cities are not enough?” The Nagao retainers were speechless, thinking about how much glory they have gained from the Kira family over the years, and how much benefits they have gained from it. There are also some people who angrily say that the new field has suffered a loss, and that the Kira family is plotting against their fellow Echigo people, but they do not want to think about how much it costs to open a new field or how much it costs to help them grow new food. How much money was invested in the construction of Niigata Town, how much money was invested in building polders and digging river channels, but now the Kira family has not even made a penny in return from the money invested.I don’t know what year or month it will take place. Can this be called a conspiracy against the people of Echigo? Would the people of Echigo country have the ability to build such a large project? Maybe it won't be possible in two hundred or three hundred years. And what the Kira family is doing now, they Echigo people, from the lords of the country to the farmers and town residents, are all benefiting from it. The massive labor shortage means that ordinary old farmers who are good for nothing do not have to worry about not having enough to eat. As long as they are willing to work, they will never starve to death. There is not a single beggar in Echigo today. Beggars who are lazy and unwilling to work are either educated or expelled from Echigo. The Chinese lords gave up their past disputes and obeyed the public's re-planning. They discussed clearly the control of water sources, pumping water, and building canals, and drafted detailed rules for implementation gradually. The unruly land servants will be despised by all the people, which greatly reduced the armed forces for litigation. The probability of armed fighting has changed from the fields to the prosperous town of Naoetsu. The social atmosphere has changed, the level of public security has been greatly improved, life is stable, and the land is rich. No one can say how much these tangible and intangible benefits are. "So please understand my family's wishes, and there is no need to persuade!" After a brief pause, Nagao Kagetora said: "The war is over, let's go home!" The timing of the Nagao family's departure was very clever, or so it was. The timing of the end of this war was very clever. From the time the peace talks were completed and all transfers and deliveries were completed, it happened to be late September. The Longtail Army, which left early, returned to Echigo smoothly without being disturbed by the wind and snow. At the end of September, the first heavy snow fell. Uonuma County. In the next few days, the road to Sankuni Pass will be gradually blocked by heavy snow. In the next few months, heavy snowstorms will sweep through many mountainous areas in this area. The deepest snow can reach more than one meter. This situation will not last until It will only change when the flowers bloom in the spring of the second year. Before that, no one can cross this chasm. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!