"What on earth is going on? Did Nagao Ichiemon give those pastries to Honmaru's guards? Or is Kai Tohpo really so powerful that he also knocked out Honmaru's guards?" Nagao Xing Li hurriedly sent people to look around but still didn't see anyone, walking around anxiously. "No! The Honmaru and the policemen in the inner city are not allowed to have any entanglements because they belong to different families. The cakes and food sent by me will never be sent to the Honmaru. Kaifu can't even sneak into the inner city, let alone the Honmaru. ! Could it be could it be said!" Thinking of this, Nagao Xingli felt cold all over and shivered involuntarily. Nagao Fujikage suddenly went crazy and broke free from the grip of the two guarding warriors. He rushed towards him with a crazy smile. Nagao Xingri was in a bad mood and saw that he still dared to struggle. He couldn't help but became furious. He pushed the old man with messy beard and hair away and cursed. Said: "What are you laughing at, you old madman! If you offend the defenders in the city, we will all die! Quickly capture them and watch them carefully." "I am laughing at you people who are about to die! I am really laughing to death. Hahahaha" Nagao Fujikage didn't care about the rude actions of the samurai, and he laughed so much that tears came out of his mouth. Nagao Keiji trembled with fright, and warned tremblingly: "Father, what are you talking about? My child really doesn't understand what a dying person is, so don't scare me!" "The city is empty, where are the people?" Are you there? Haven¡¯t you thought clearly yet? They are indeed a group of dying people! Hahaha" "Shut up!" Nagao was furious and yelled at the panicked guard. What are you doing for food? You might as well plug his mouth! You bastard, I have to do it!" Nagao Kouri pulled off a piece of Jin Haori and stuffed it into Nagao Fujikage's mouth. in the mouth. He didn't stop until the old man was blocked and couldn't say a word. It didn¡¯t take long. The samurai who searched the castle tower returned one after another. They brought unexpected and unfortunate news. The castle tower was empty, the Kasuga Imperial Palace was empty, and the entire honmaru was completely empty without a single figure. Nagao Kosato's expression suddenly changed, and he was shocked by the news. "There is no one, no one at all. Where have all the people gone? How come there is no one? This is impossible! No! We cannot stay in this city. We have to leave quickly, leave immediately!" Suddenly there was a cry of death from the bottom of the mountain. There was a sound, and little firelights lit up with the shouts of death. In just a moment, Kasugayama Castle became brightly lit, and the dull military drums and bronze bells in the castle town rang. The dead night seemed to suddenly come alive, and Kasugayama Castle The castle town and Naoetsu Town were all lit up with lights, and the golden light stung the eyes. "It's not good! The long-tailed army suddenly burst out of the house, and the tiger's mouth was taken away by the defenders!" "It's not good! An unknown number of troops are coming from outside the city and are heading towards the mountain!" "It's not good! Nagao Kagenobu, the carpenter's assistant, was begged by Nagao Kagenobu!" Nagao Xing's face was gray and his eyes were dull. His body staggered and fell to the ground, and the sudden blow instantly destroyed his psychological defense. The next moment I thought about how my hard-working plan had fallen into a trap, I couldn't help crying with sadness: "It's over! It's all over. I've been fooled by Nagao Kagenobu. It's all over!" "Uncle! What should we do? Let's do it, uncle! Let's run away now, okay? He will take us in, right?" Nagao Keiji's eyes were filled with panic. There is a bit of expectation in it. The samurai guarding the top of the mountain ran away in the blink of an eye. Nagao Fujikage stumbled to his feet, removed the rag from his mouth and laughed: "Idiot! Treason! You are so stupid! Hahaha Look around. Kasugayama Castle is surrounded by three layers inside and three outside. Where do you think you can escape? Nagao Yumaemori has already set up a trap waiting for you. You rebels can't escape!" "What are you talking about! What did the old man say?" Nagao Kouri stood up with a ferocious look, grabbed Nagao Fujikage like crazy and cursed: "You actually betrayed us! You actually dared to betray us! You old lunatic, old bastard! ! Why do you want to kill us? I am your brother-in-law, and that is your son. You, an old lunatic, want to kill us! You" Nagao Fujikage didn't care about his actions at all, and still laughed crazily. He said: "I just want to kill you! You ungrateful bastards, you are coveting the empty promises of the Takeda family, and you are going to cause my Shimoda Nagao family to fall into the abyss of eternal destruction! If I follow your rebellion, I will go to Hirazaka in the future. Why do you have the dignity to meet the late lord? Rather than being ruined by your reputation and ruining your family, it would be better to just die here than to let you thieves continue to cause evil! Hahaha" "You old madman, old bastard! Kill me! Then I'll let you die!" Nagao Xingri choked her hard.Nagao Fujikage's neck, tightly strangled the old man's fragile neck, the force became stronger and stronger. Nagao Fujikage's face turned purple due to the stranglehold, and he slapped Nagao Kosato's arms randomly. After struggling for a long time, his two arms finally hung down weakly. As Nagao Xingri released his hands, the old body fell softly. "Youkilled my father! You lunatic, lunatic! I'm going to kill you!" Nagao Keiji rushed over like crazy, grabbed Nagao Xingri and struggled crazily into a ball, beating him on the ground seven times. In the end, the young and strong Nagao Keiji locked onto Bagun's throat and strangled him tightly. Nagao Keiji pinched his neck fiercely and shouted hysterically: "It was you who lured me into contact with the Takeda family, it was you who planned to overthrow Kasugayama Castle, it was you who lured my father step by step and forced me to join. It was you who killed my father, you evil ghost who crawled out of hell, die!" Nagao Kari struggled desperately, and suddenly pulled out the ribs from his waist and stabbed Nagao Keiji's abdomen with a sharp edge. The blade of the knife cut open the body and stabbed him in the intestines. The sharp pain caused Nagao Keiji to let go of his hands. The next moment, Nagao Kari violently stirred and crushed his intestines, and pushed away the Nagao who was pressing on him. Okeiji yelled with a distorted face: "You little bastard, how dare you kill me! Even if you want to kill me, you have to die! I tell you, no one of you wants to kill me, no one!" "Bang!" Nagao Xingli suddenly shook his head and touched his chest, and a large pool of blood oozed out. Turning around with difficulty, he saw hundreds of samurai gathered in front of Honmaru's door without realizing it. Standing at the front is Nagao Kagenobu. I saw him holding an iron cannon that emitted smoke and looking at Nagao Kosato expressionlessly, his eyes as cold as a piece of ice. "Bang, bang, bang!" Dozens of iron cannons focused their fire on Nagao Xingri at the same time. The huge penetrating power hit his body like a funny puppet with its limbs dancing non-stop, until it was beaten into a piece of rotten flesh. stop. After the smoke cleared, Nagao Keishin walked to Nagao Keiji who was lying in a pool of blood. The samurai next to him looked at the wound and shook his head gently: "The intestines were broken into several sections by the ribs. He is no longer alive." "Ahem. Cough" Nagao Keiji spurted blood-red foam from his mouth, and his lungs were trying to breathe like bellows. Even so, he still held on to his faith and refused to die, looking at Nagao Kagenobu with tears in his eyes hopefully. He wanted to speak, but his poor health no longer allowed him to open his mouth, so he could only breathe every breath of air desperately. Hold on and don't want to fall. Nagao Kagenobu was silent for a moment. When the hope in Nagao Kagenobu's eyes gradually dimmed, he sighed: "I understand I am here to announce that Nagao Koiri colluded with the Kai Takeda clan to usurp Kasugayama Castle, and Nagao Fujikage and Nagao Okeiji and his son were forced by thieves to secretly inform the family, and eventually died in Kasugayama Castle to help the family defeat the enemy. "Thank you thank you!" Nagao Keiji said the last three words in a hoarse voice. word. As he slowly took his last breath, the look on his face was so peaceful. This was his last belief before his death. "Takeda Harunobu has done a lot of harm to people!" Nagao Kagenobu sighed secretly, and immediately ordered: "Get the Pegasus Express immediately and send it to Shinano Asahiyama Castle! The rest of the people will clean up the battlefield and seize the fugitives. Remember not to let them go. Any remnant! "A thrilling battle ended here. In fact, Nagao Kagenobu already knew that there was such a group of secret groups trying to subvert Echigo. Since Hattori Masakiyoshi took over Echigo's intelligence system, he has carried out various operations inside and outside Echigo. After reorganizing the information, they soon discovered their flaws from a few inadvertent details. As early as early June when Kira Yoshishi began to formulate the deployment plan, Hattori Masakiyoshi had reported to him the situation of the relevant suspects. At that time, there was an imminent external war and there was no time to clean up slowly. Kira Yoshishi ordered him to closely monitor several important suspects. It would be best to lure them out for a complete cleanup. Nagao Kagenobu didn't know what was going on at first, until Nagao Fujikage suddenly changed his attitude and supported Torahime's appearance, Hattori Masakichi approached him to reveal the relevant information, hoping that both parties would cooperate once and catch all the silverfish hiding in Echigo. And a clean world after all. All subsequent actions of Nagao Kouri, including the food distributed by Nagao Cityemon, were all under the close supervision of Hattori Masakiyoshi. It didn¡¯t take much to guess that no one ate the food he sent, and the city was completely dark. The defenders found various reasons to leave their posts and disappeared. In the end, there was no one guarding the gate, just to lure them in. This plan is not about when they will see through the plot, but that as long as they dare to break into Kasugayama Castle, they are destined to be doomed. There are defenders ambushing outside the city, and there are defenders ambushing inside the houses inside the castle. They had also been informed early that whenever they saw large fires in the castle, they would collectively ring the bells and gather the townspeople to support Kasugayama Castle. In this turmoil, the most unexpected thing is the family of Nagao Fujikage.The huge changes in the world, the tragic death of three people one after another, as for Kai Tohaku and Ronin are the least interesting. The die-hard Tohru ninja was easily killed by the Kira ninja who was crushed in both quantity and quality, and the Ronin samurai was even more spineless. Surrender, they are the mercenaries of medieval Japan. The instinct to fight and receive rewards is engraved in their bones. It is not shameful to surrender if they cannot win. The Chikuma River in September lost the fury of early summer, as if it had changed from a group of wild horses to a tame and docile appearance. The confrontation in the Northern Shinano River Nakajima lasted for three full months. This difficult war exhausted the last trace of the Takeda family. With his strength, he ignored the heavy rains that raged throughout the summer in Kai and caused the floods of the Fuefuki River and Kamamashi River, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to this war. Takeda Harunobu really tried his best, and seven or eight large-scale battles broke out one after another in the small Yawatahara alone. Small-scale landing battles were staged almost every day along the Chikuma River. With the advantage of the geographical location, the Takeda army cooperated perfectly and succeeded. To repel every attack of the Kira Legion, the Kira Legion has the advantage of the navy. Being able to launch landing operations at any time and anywhere is a huge advantage. But this advantage is not enough to turn into a victory. The Takeda Army has three strong branch cities lined up and connected to each other. The westernmost Yokota Castle echoes the Takeda Camp on Mount Chausu as a support. Not only does it take advantage of the beacon communication, each landing battle will inevitably attract mutual support from Takeda troops from all directions. What's worse is that the Takeda family secretly learned the Kira family's fortification skills from somewhere, and built high walls, wooden palisades, and civil structures with arrows and oars, which made the Kira family's proud iron artillery team less useful, no matter how powerful it was. It was impossible for the muskets to penetrate the solid wall. The defenders, who had no worries, dared to carry the iron cannon and shoot at the Kira family's iron cannon Ashigaru. This trick of swatting flies from the air had no effect. However, it is still very beneficial for boosting morale. In order to prevent the Kira family from bringing out the "unidentified explosive" again, the samurai in the city also prepared many buckets. Whenever the Kira army tried to rush to the bottom of the city to release explosives, the defenders in the city would carry buckets and sprinkle water on the siege troops. This move would The Kira Army was forced and did not dare to act rashly. The trick of one side being in trouble from all sides delayed the pace of the war indefinitely. The main force of the Takeda Army made up its mind and refused to come out for a decisive battle with the Kira Army. Even Kira Yoshitoki, who was extremely capable, was helpless for a while. . The Kira retainers were also worried, and the Takeda family was helpless. Every time the Kira army failed to log in, they could retreat calmly with the help of the Kira family navy. The stalemate war just perfected the reputation of the Kira Navy. In just a few months, this regicide was very active on Hachimangahara. Every fire support from the fleet will cause considerable losses to the Takeda Army who is pursuing out of the city. The Kira Army's iron cannons have a long range and are powerful. The Takeda Army has no temper. Over time, the Takeda Army develops a habit. , as soon as the Kira navy is caught and discovered, it will immediately retreat. This confrontation did not last long. In August, Takeda Harunobu received good news that the Echichu Ichikui on the western front had a great victory. However, neither our own side nor the Hojo family on the southern front could find a better breakthrough. Mutsu and the northern front Although Deyu has not received any new information yet, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. It is no problem to use the current stalemate to prevent Kira's army from moving. The optimistic situation encouraged the Shinano people to boldly join the Takeda Army. Soon the total number of Takeda Army troops quickly increased to 28,000 like a snowball, including Minami Shinano Yoshiyasu Kiso and Hida's Ema Tokimori. The people of other countries also sent out their main forces, hoping to take advantage of the great opportunity formed by the encirclement network to gain some merit. Successfully blocking the Kira Army several times gave the Takeda Army great confidence. The image of the originally invincible enemy suddenly collapsed. The Takeda family samurai rushed to express their disdain for the Echigo samurai. In the eyes of most people, the Kira family's A samurai is an Echigo samurai. It would be a bit hypocritical to say that he is a Kyoto samurai after he has become so completely compatible with Echigo in recent years. The good situation also greatly encouraged Takeda Harunobu. Soon he made a bold decision and ordered Takeda Nobushige to be the general. Sanada Yukitaka was the deputy general named assistant and was actually the vanguard. He led an army of 6,000 to take on the important task of attacking Kaizu Castle. , Yukitaka Sanada is just like Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death. No matter how many setbacks he encounters, he will always fight back without giving up. This time, he will take the lead again. There are two thousand members of this army who are directly affiliated with Takeda Nobushige's Takegawa clan, followed by the Shinano National People's Army from Northern Shinano. Although their combat power is not as good as Takeda Harunobu's main force, they want to suppress the forces on the other side. There was still no big problem with Kaijin Castle. This special force landed on the south bank of the Chikuma River from Nemase, captured several small villages, built temporary military camps, and used them as a base to launch an attack on Kaijin Castle. Sanada Yukitaka's siege skills are good. He pieced together an army of 4,000 and attacked many fortresses near Kaijin Castle in half a month. He was tasked with suppressing the defensive space near Kaijin Castle step by step. After nearly a month of hard work, he finally succeeded. Clear out all the branch cities near Kaijin Castle. At this moment, this side is blocking the Takeda family.The fortified city of the year is right in front of you. They are very courageous. Behind Takeda Nobunagashi's army is the winding Chikuma River. If he is not careful, the Kira navy will take the retreat from behind. But the more he behaves like this, the less dare the Kira army will The reason why he acted rashly was not because he was timid and scared, but because he was unwilling to get into the trap carefully designed by Takeda Harunobu. In the assessment room of Asahiyama Castle, Kira Yoshishi listened anxiously as several retainers repeated the same old tune. Honda sighed with a worried look on his face: "Could it be that Takeda Harunobu was possessed by the evil spirit and lost his mind and went crazy? Absolutely not! The essence of this change of move is exactly where his sinister intentions lie. Takeda Nobushige's troops are all as strong as ten elite soldiers." General Yukitaka Sanada has spent all his resources and most of the essence of Northern Shinano is beyond the reach of ordinary peasant soldiers. Moreover, the military skills of these two people are quite good. If we want to capture this Rangers, we will have to use them. They used the method of a lion fighting a rabbit to surround and annihilate them, but they just happened to fall into the trap of the Takeda Army. As long as this special force was delayed for a moment and a half, the main force of the Takeda Army would come from the Chikuma River and attack in turn. The main force of our army is really difficult to deal with!" Namoka T¨f¨ shook his feather fan and retorted with a smile: "I don't know, Tokimasa really thinks highly of this special force! We have to use all our strength to deal with the six thousand partial divisions of the Takeda Army! How can we fight against Takeda Harunobu's main force? This move will only inflate other people's ambitions and destroy our prestige." Honda Toki frowned and said, "That's not right, since it's a battle of annihilation. Of course, we must gather all our strength to complete the battle. If our actions are slightly delayed and the main force of the Takeda Army arrives, our army will be passive, so of course we must use the fastest speed and the largest number of troops to surround and annihilate it" "That's it, since I If the army can quickly annihilate the Takeda Rangers, why is it delayed? If we know that we can't annihilate them but have to do it forcefully, what's the point? "Be careful!" "Haha, isn't this what we are waiting for? The whole army cannot quickly defeat a small Rangers, either because the generals at the front are not willing to fight hard, or because we, the staff, are not doing enough. Well, there are obvious flaws in the formulated attack plan. Let the army waste their energy fighting a joint battle that is destined to be impossible to win. "The word "staff" mentioned by Nangoka Sobo was also the first new word cited by Kira Yoshi. Sun Tzu's explanation of the Art of War is to use troops to attack and plan, so establishing an organization involved in military and political planning based on this is equivalent to the meaning of a counselor. "We are waiting for the staff on the one hand, and the generals leading the troops at the front are on the other hand. There is also another aspect that Brother Zangfang has obviously forgotten, and that is the individual factors outside the attack plan, such as the change of tactics or outsiders I mentioned. "The Kakizaki Jing family was annoyed, and stood up and yelled: "This is nothing to argue about! From the Jing family's point of view, we can just fight over it, we have navy troops on duty. Are you afraid of him? If Takeda Harunobu is willing to cross the river, he will cut off his retreat! If the Takeda family doesn't dare to come over, it will be an advantage for us." But the two said in unison: "Don't force Takeda Harunobu! If you get anxious, maybe he will send troops across the river to attack Asahiyama Castle, which will still be a loss! "Kakizaki Keiye seems to be rude but is actually very smart. He has been serving as the center of Ochu for many years. His vision and talent are quite good. Look. He glanced at the young governor on the main seat as if unintentionally, and continued to shout: "Then we will attack Hachimanhara to cut off the retreat of the Takeda army! I don't believe that the upright master of the Zhenfu Palace is afraid of Takeda Haru, don't believe it! Good man! You can still choke to death with urine? " "That's not right! If we continue to fight like this, we will still lose some money. We, the Kira family, do not fight uncertain wars. If we don't move, we must win with one strike. Now that the future is unclear, it is better to be safe. "Okay!" I helped the Echigo samurai and rushed together with the sword, and defeated the enemy in a few strokes. How can you be so troublesome? "That's how long-tailed Kagetora used to be. A group of retainers didn't interrupt at all, and it was all up to him!" He is independent and arbitrary, and he will choose to listen to the important opinions of his family members in government affairs. However, in military matters, he always makes his own decisions, and even the suggestions of Honj¨ Minano and Nagao Kagenobu are not adopted very much. The fighting ability of Echigo no Ry¨± depends on 30% diligence and 70% talent. Just like those great strategists, a military book can reveal the world's famous generals, but ordinary scholars and elementary school students will still be the same after a hundred years of reading. Learning is a subject that requires a lot of talent. There is no possibility that no matter how stupid you are, you can become a famous general by studying hard and practicing hard. Wu Xia Amon also needs Lu Meng's talent to do it.  "I support Izumi Mamoru! It's better to give it a try than to wait." Naito Masashige is introverted and doesn't like to talk much. He is the kind of boring person who can't beat a fart with three sticks. From the outside, he looks like a loyal and simple person. A samurai, who would have thought that he was a world-famous general, the fierce general killer who shot Shihe Yicun with his own hands. When Honda saw the powerful representative of the family making a statement, he immediately straightened his back and said with a smile: "Izumi Mamoru, what you said is wrong! Please be patient, Naito-don, and don't be too hasty in military strategy planning. The master of the hall and Danzhengden The styles are different, so it is not appropriate to compare them. In my opinion, we need to discuss it again, and discuss it again" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! ps: ps: History The Nagao family of Ueshitada was exterminated in 1568. The reason was that they were involved in the rebellion of Honjo Shigenaga, and they were destroyed by our "soft-hearted" Uesugi Kenshin. Therefore, it is biased to say that Uesugi Kenshin was indecisive. An idealist, he was also a vicious and ruthless Warring States boss in the later period.