Shima Shengmu is dissatisfied with Yamanaka Yukimori, not because the members of the Iga clan want to defect to Yamanaka Yukimori, but because she is dissatisfied with Yamanaka Yukimori's childish behavior.
The internal division of the Tongxinzong is by no means what the Lord wants to see, and Yukimori Yamanaka was instigated by the Iga people to separate and station the mutually hostile Tongxinzhong, which further increased the gap.
From now on, the divisions among the Tongxin people will become more and more obvious, and the Lord will find out sooner or later.
You know, Yoshiyin has put a lot of effort into the Ji Samurai group of Tongxinzhong, and Shima Shengteng does not want to see him disappointed and uncomfortable.
What Yamanaka Yukimori did was not to bridge the contradiction, but to condone division. This was the reason for Shima Katsuruo's anger.
This young warrior Ji was promoted too quickly by his master, and his brains and skills were simply not worthy of the position of Tong Xin Zhong Bi Tou.
This caused the two factions of the Tongxinzhong to go separate ways, leaving no room for recovery.
After this incident, Dao Shengmeng's hatred for Shan Zhong Xingsheng greatly increased, and it was difficult to live in peace with her.
She bitterly thought that since you chose to split up, then each of you should take care of yourself from now on!
Take care of yourself!
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When the Kanto Waiting Office was first opened, Shiba Yiyin was eager to make a difference.
However, Takeda Harunobu, who was eager to take down Hokushin in one fell swoop, felt as sick as if he had swallowed a fly.
Terutora Uesugi used a desperate stance to scare her back in one battle, and then took over Takanashi Castle without stopping.
Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara Nagasaki jointly initiated the congratulatory ceremony, and the Shinano samurai family all presented the sword to Uesugi Teruhora.
A combination of one martial and one civil punch came up and smashed her Beixin strategy into pieces. The cooked duck hadn't flown away yet, but it was half-cooked and inedible.
Facing the Uesugi-Murakami coalition forces in the north of Kawanakajima, the always cautious Takeda Harunobu chose to endure and temporarily held back the idea of taking Kawanakajima.
Without Kawanaka Island, the southern territory of Hokushin already occupied by the Takeda family would become useless.
There are two major grain-producing areas in Shinano, one is CITIC's Suwa Basin, and the other is Hokushin's Nagano Basin.
The essence of the Nagano Basin is in Kawanaka Island. Without access to the alluvial plain of Kawanaka Island, Takeda's military strength will not be able to supplement military supplies, and the logistical pressure of garrisoning Hokushin will be great.
Takeda Harunobu, who returned to Yantian Castle, met at the castle tower with Takeda Nobushige, who was entrusted by her to suppress the newly conquered territories.
Takeda Harunobu said.
"Xinfan, the army has been away for a long time, and the supply pressure is too great.
I will lead most of the army back to its original position, and you will command the remaining troops from the old Murakami territory and guard the Beishin territory for me. "
Takeda Nobushige bowed.
"Sister, please feel free to return to the army. Beixin has me here and everything will be safe."
Takeda Harunobu looked at her and asked.
"What are you going to do?"
Takeda Nobushige replied.
"Domestically, we will continue to maintain the military strength of Murakami's old territory and force people from all countries to submit letters of allegiance.
Externally, I want to garrison Mount Chasu and Mount Tsumabushi, continue to reinforce Kaijin Castle, and strengthen the pressure on Kawanaka Island.
As long as we hold the three key points in the southwest, east and west of Kawanaka Island, we can take the initiative in the next battle. "
Takeda Harunobu nodded, agreeing with his sister's strategy, she said.
"You can also try to infiltrate the old leader of the Nakano Takanashi family and bribe the local samurai family. The Takanashi family has been fighting with the Murakami family for many years, and the local samurai family is very disgusted with Murakami Yoshikiyo.
Now that Uesugi and Murakami's coalition forces have occupied Takanashi Castle, the local samurai family may not be willing to buy it. You can try to get in touch, you might be surprised. "
Takeda Nobushige nodded.
"Sister Yingming, I will try."
Takeda Harunobu smiled bitterly.
"What's so wise? This time I suffered a huge setback.
I even told you big words when I went north. Now that I have come back in disgrace, I am really shameless in front of others. "
Takeda Nobushige covered his mouth and smiled sweetly.
"Victory or defeat is a common thing for a military man, so why should I care about it, sister? If we can successfully capture the Murakami family's territory, Beishin's door has been opened to us.
The current setback is just because the busy farming season is coming and the family needs to take care of the summer harvest.
Just wait for the summer and autumn harvests and the new grains to be stored in the warehouse, and then go north to settle accounts with Uesugi Teruhu. "
Takeda Harunobu smiled, nodded, and sighed.
"Nobuhiro, it's great to have you here.
Without you, I wouldn't know how to get out of the Beixin mess and go back to deal with those troublesome guys. "
Takeda Nobushige frowned.
"Sister, is there something going on at home again?"
Takeda Harunobu sighed.
"Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara Nagakaku started the ceremony together, and the Shinano families presented their swords to Uesugi Teruhora.
Kai wrote to me expressing his indignation and demanding that the disloyal Shinano samurai be punished. "
Takeda Nobushige was silent, not knowing how to comfort his sister.
The Takeda family swallowed up most of Shinano. It seemed that the family business was booming, but in fact there were many internal problems. The most serious problem is the confrontation between the Kai clan and the Shinano clan.
The national power of Kai Kingdom is not stronger than that of Shinano Kingdom. Takeda Harunobu was able to conquer Shinano's three parts of Minamishin, Chushin, and Toshin, not by relying on pure force, but by using both soft and hard tactics to divide and disintegrate.
On the one hand, they use force to attack tough resisters, such as the Ogasawara family and the Umino family.
On the other hand, he won over the local samurai families who were defeated by the Takeda family and were willing to surrender, such as the Kiso family, the Suwa family, and the other two of the Shino clan except the Umino family.
But the price of appeasement is to take care of the interests of these local martial arts families. This caused dissatisfaction with the Kahi Takeda family, the base of the Takeda family.
The Kai samurai family worked hard to fight with their master, but they won the battle, but they couldn't take the loser's profits.
If you can't take their land and population as your own, then why are you fighting? Who is willing to do something that does no good?
Although Takeda Harunobu was clever and allocated a lot of land from Shinano country to the Kai clan, trying his best to maintain a balance between the two sides, the relationship between the Shinano clan and the Kai clan became increasingly bad.
The Shinano clan resented the Kai clan for encroaching on their own interests, and the Kai clan believed that the conquerors deserved more.
This contradiction is almost unsolvable, and only the existence of Takeda Harunobu maintains the balance of power.
But the blessings of Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara Nagasaki put the balance that Takeda Harunobu barely maintained in danger of becoming unbalanced.
The Shinano clan believed that it was a tradition of the samurai family to present their tachi to Terutora Uesugi. The Kai clan believed that the Shinano clan's offering of gifts to the enemy general was an act of betrayal.
The two sides seem to be arguing about whether they are loyal to the Takeda family, but in fact they want to suppress the other side, and it is a pure battle of interests.
Don’t Shinano people know that this behavior is inappropriate? Of course I know, they did it on purpose!
With Takeda Harunobu conquering Hokushin, the entire Shinano country is about to be completely taken over by her. Then, will she continue to win over the Shinano people in the future?
Or will they burn bridges, change course, swallow up the interests of the Shinano people, and reintegrate Shinano country?
Taking advantage of the foreign threat of Uesugi Teruhora, the Shinano clan's sacrificial sword act was also a threat to support the self-respect of the bandits, demonstrating the independence of the Shinano samurai family to Takeda Harunobu.
The Kai people also saw this clearly. Murakami Yoshikiyo's territory was taken, the Beishin portal was opened, and it was almost certain that the Takeda family would occupy the entire Shinano country.
They no longer need to care about the opinions of the Shinano people. This group of unreliable wallflowers should be stepped on and behaved like dogs.
Takeda Harunobu is going back to his territory to put out fires. If the internal fighting between the two sides is not settled, the Takeda family will be torn apart by them sooner or later.
