Just when Shiba Yiyin was in a good mood, Baiji Santafu brought him bad news.
In the imperial palace, Yiyin carefully looked at the information in his hand, and the Third Taifu of Baidi knelt down respectfully, waiting for his master to ask questions.
Ever since she was woken up by Yi Gin's slap, she had focused all her attention on the information about the Kanto strategy. With the ability of Iga Jonin, he quickly opened up the situation.
The same military group targeted the Takeda family, and information about the Hojo family came one after another, until today's emergency military situation.
After reading the military situation, Yiyin pondered for a while and asked.
"The Takeda family started taking action after the summer harvest. Why did the information arrive only now?"
"I'm very sorry! Shinano is mountainous, communication is not easy, and intelligence is always lagging behind.
I will find ways to strengthen the connection there, but the mountain road is rugged and it will take more than ten days no matter how fast we go. "
Yiyin nodded, he recognized Bai Di San Taifu's ability. As long as you work hard, there is no need to find fault with yourself.
His mind was immersed in this information. He didn't know if the ANBU of the Ninjas on Uesugi Teruatora's side had sent back any information that could be verified by each other.
Just when I was thinking this, there was a knock on the door. Yiyin responded, and the Hamo family opened the door and bowed.
"Your Highness, Your Highness Uesugi is here and is waiting for you in the government hall. He said there is an urgent military situation."
Yiyin glanced at Bai Di San Taifu and said.
"You are doing well. Continue to increase your penetration into the Kanto countries. Don't be stingy with money. I will let Daxiong Chaoxiu fully support your work."
"Hi!"
Yiyin ignored Bai Di San Taifu, walked out of the inner room with military information in hand, and hurried to the government hall.
Terutora Uesugi closed his eyes in the hall to rest his mind. Hearing Yoshigami's arrival, he stood up to greet him. The two sides exchanged a few words and quickly got down to business.
Terutora Uesugi handed Yoshigage a piece of information, and Yoshigage also gave her the military information in his hand. Both parties lowered their heads to take a closer look.
After a while, Uesugi Teruhu raised his head and praised.
"Mr. Kenshin is awesome. In just a short time, the Shiba ninjas have been able to clearly obtain the military information of Shinano."
Yiyin said humbly.
"It's just concentrating manpower in Shinano and spending a lot of money to get gossip. It's not as detailed as Sister Uesugi's information."
The cooperation between the Uesugi Shiba family is all-round. The Shiba family is weak in Kanto, and Yoshihiro must show completeness in all aspects to avoid being underestimated.
Uesugi Teruhora admires him, but the new Uesugi retainers may not think highly of the Shiba family.
Show your value at all times so that you won't be underestimated in cooperation. Wild beasts do not keep company with domestic animals, and only lions are worthy of tigers.
All warriors are beasts, so remember this at all times.
Uesugi Teruhu is much simpler than Uesugi Gin, and she pays more attention to the intelligence itself.
"Mr. Kenshin, the Takeda family has already taken action after the summer harvest, we must start immediately.
If we wait for Takeda Harunobu's mobilization to be completed and advance northward with all our strength, we will be even more passive. "
Yiyin nodded and said.
"Don't rush.
It takes time to collect the goods into the treasury in autumn and mobilize the army, so there is no need to rush.
The foundation of the Takeda family is in Kai Country and in Chuxin Nanshin. We are closer to Kawanakajima than she is.
The military could completely get ahead of her, push back Takeda Nobushige again, and achieve a new balance. "
Terutora Uesugi thought for a moment and nodded in approval.
After the Spring War, Takeda Harunobu left his sister Takeda Nobushige to guard the old Murakami territory in the southern part of Hokushin, and he led most of his troops to retreat south.
It was this Takeda Nobushige who played tricks in the Kawanakajima area.
Summer harvest and autumn harvest are the most important things of the year, and are more important to the Wu family than conquest and expansion.
Without food, there is nothing.
During the slack season between summer harvest and autumn harvest, few Wu families would cause trouble for fear of affecting the autumn rice harvest.
Rice is the hard currency in the market.
A certain amount of rice is required for salary, and food is always more important than copper coins. When the military goes into battle, they also eat rice, which is the most basic and important military supplies.
Just as Murakami Yoshikiyo's side silently waited for the autumn harvest, anchoring the time of the Kawanakajima War after the autumn harvest, the Takeda family began to launch.
Kawanaka Island is composed of the alluvial plain where the Saikawa River and the Chikuma River meet. The Saikawa River runs from west to east, and the Chikuma River runs from south to north. After converging in the east, it goes north.
If the Kawanakajima Plain were a chessboard, there would also be golden horns and silver-edged grass bellies.
The four most important Golden Corners are Zenkoji Temple in the north, Mount Tsumame in the south, Chasu Mountain in the west, and Kaijin Castle in the east.
The silver edge is the Sai River and the Chikuma River, and the grassy belly sandwiched between the two rivers is the Kawanakajima Plain.
In the spring, Uesugi Teruhora scared off Takeda Harunobu, but Chausu Mountain, Tsumame Mountain, and Kaijin Castle in the south were still in the hands of the Takeda family.
Murakami Yoshikiyo guarded the north, at Zenkoji Temple on the west bank of the Chikuma River, eyeing the Kawanakajima Plain.
The Chikuma River flows north, and Takanashi Castle on the east bank further north is guarded by Ogasawara for a long time to protect the newly built Iiyama Castle behind it.
Uesugi Terutora and Takeda Harunobu each faced difficulties in entering Hokushin.
Takeda Harunobu needs to open up Toishi Castle, the gateway from East Shin to North Shin.
After Murakami Yoshikiyo lost Toishi Castle, he was quickly defeated and fled north to seek help from Uesugi Terutora.
Now that the Takeda family has firmly occupied the southern part of Hokushin, Kuzuo Castle, Yantian Castle, and Toishi Castle are all in their hands, taking the strategic initiative.
To enter Hokushin, Uesugi Teru must ensure the safety of the Myoko Plateau connecting the Joetsu Takata Plain, so that there will be no problems with the supply line.
There are two roads connecting the Myoko Plateau to Hokushin. One is via the Toyakusan Pass and the other is via the Iiyama Pass.
To the south of Togakushi Mountain is the pass of Katsurayama Castle, and further south around Omine Mountain is Zenkoji Temple, which allows you to directly attack the Kawanakajima Plain.
The Iiyama Passage leaves Iiyama Castle and goes south to Takanashi Castle on the east bank of the Chikuma River, away from the Kawanakajima Plain.
Therefore, Uesugi Teruhora must go to Togakushiyama and leave Zenkoji Temple. Iiyama Castle was a defensive point to prevent the Takeda family's partial troops from attacking the Uesugi family's logistics.
Originally, Murakami Yoshikiyo was at Zenkoji Temple and on the front line of Katsurayama Castle, while Ogasawara Nagatoki was at Takanashi Castle and on the front line of Iiyama Castle. The two sides echoed each other from a distance, and there was nothing wrong.
But the Takeda family played dirty.
Takeda Harunobu was strategizing in Kai Country, spending a lot of money to win over the Kuzuyama people who provoked Kuzuyama Castle, the Zenkoji nuns group, and the local samurai family of Takanashi Castle, causing them to rebel one after another.
Murakami Yoshikiyo couldn't take care of both ends, running between Katsurayama Castle and Zenkoji Temple. Takeda Nobushige took the opportunity to go north and occupied Zenkojidaira on the north bank of the Saikawa River.
Zenkoji is a commercial town south of Zenkoji. Takeda's troops were able to directly attack Zenkoji, forcing Murakami Yoshikiyo, who had few troops, to defend Zenkoji and not dare to move again.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Takeda Nobushige launched the Kaizu Castle military force during the slack period between the summer and autumn harvests.
Going north along the east bank of the Chikuma River, passing through the Fushi area where the last battle took place, it directly threatened Takanashi Castle.
Ogasawara had insufficient troops for a long time and was unable to stop the Takeda family's attack while suppressing the local samurai family.
In desperation, she retreated to Iiyama Castle to guard this last line of defense.
During the slack period after the summer harvest, Takeda Nobushige relied on the unrest planned by Takeda Harunobu to decisively capture the two strongholds of Zenkojidaira and Takanashi Castle.
This move almost drove the Murakami forces affiliated to Uesugi Teruator out of the Kawanakajima area.
The strategic situation on Uesugi Teruator's side became increasingly worse, and Murakami Yoshikiyo had no choice but to ask for help again.
She hoped that Terutora Uesugi would send troops as soon as possible to drive away the threat of Takeda Nobushige to prevent her position from being too passive during the battle of Kawanakajima.
