$ Chapter 151 40. Soldiers Send Takeda to Stop Nirasaki

Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's face changed slightly when he heard this.

It wasn't for nothing that Kobayata stood in the wind vent of the top of Mt. Kurasho for two or three days. In history, after Takeda Harunobu was defeated in the Battle of Uedawara, even Suwa had a small-scale rebellion, and the situation in Shinano was almost on the verge of collapse.

Too many of his people died. 2,919 men died in one battle. For Kai, a small country with poor people, it was no different from being stabbed in the chest three times. In the era of Takeda Shinto, the Takeda family only had 2,000 to 3,000 troops at a time. Later, they gradually increased. Facing the two-sided attack of Imagawa Hojo, they only had 4,000 troops. If Takeda Shinto died 2,900 in one battle, Kai would be gone. It was over.

Although Takeda Harunobu's family is much richer now, it is not the kind of situation where he can make a fortune casually and not care about the death or injury of thousands of people. Compared with the later 1 million koku approaching 2 million koku, which spanned eight provinces (one province of Kai, most of Shinano, Mino Iwamura, most of Suruga, Nishi-ueno Minowa, part of Hida, part of Totomi, and part of Mikawa), it was still far behind the world's top tyrants and powerful families.

In the current situation, even knowledgeable and intelligent people feel that the Kai Takeda family is not far from death even if it is not finished.

Fukuyo Castle Lord Fujisawa Yoshichika obviously thought so. Takeda Harunobu lost so badly. He was forced to surrender and was always dissatisfied, ready to stab Takeda Harunobu in the back at any time. Saku Oi clan (Oi Sadataka, Oi Sadakiyo) raised troops twice to fight against the Takeda clan. Thousands of Saku people died under the butcher knife of the Takeda army. With a blood feud, it would be strange if they did not rebel.

Historically, these people were extremely dissatisfied with the rule of the Takeda clan in Kai. They successively joined forces with Ogasawara Nagatoki, the guardian of Shinano, Uesugi Kenmasa, the governor of Kanto, Murakami Yoshikiyo, the lord of northern Shinano, and even Uesugi Terutora, the dragon of Echigo, to resist continuously. It can be said that the confidence in resisting the rule of the Takeda clan was unparalleled. It lasted for decades. Some people lost all their territories and continued to follow Uesugi Terutora in and out of Shinano five times.

Now, most of these local snakes have begun to move in order to kill the Takeda clan, the dragon that has crossed the river and is pressing on them, as Xiao Pingtai expected. The rule of the Takeda clan in Shinano is very likely to end here. The only thing to worry about is the movement of the Suwa clan in Suwa Uehara Castle.

In history, after Takeda Harunobu was defeated in the Battle of Uedahara, the old party of the Suwa clan in Suwa, including Suwa Yoritada, did not launch a large-scale rebellion, but Murakami Yoshikiyo did not conduct a large-scale rebellion. Only this point was unpredictable for Kodaira.

Yamanouchi Yoshiharu walked back and forth in the tent for several circles, talking to himself, shaking his head, and acting very contradictory. After a while, he gave instructions to several attendants and asked them to disperse to the camp to summon the commanders of the various reserve troops to the shogunate.

The reason why there was no drum to gather the generals was that it was very dangerous to make a loud noise at night. It was impossible for a general to go crazy and beat the drum without warning in the dark. Once a camp whistle occurred, it was not impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to be finished in an instant. A wise general would not allow any loud noise to be made in the camp at night.

Soon, Isshiki Miyauchi Shosuke, a senior official of the Yamanouchi clan and the second elder of the family, opened the curtain and said, "Your Highness, what is the matter with your summons?" Then, under the guidance of the chief accountant of the Yamanouchi clan, he sat next to the seat of Yamanouchi Yoshiharu.

After that, Kitabatake Daigaku, Konishihara Saemon, Oishi Saburo, Hosokawa Saionomasa, Matsushita Masagakusuke (that is, Matsushita Ichisho), and other Yamanouchi clan generals came into the curtain one after another, looking for seats according to their seniority and status. Koyata still sat next to uncle Tsunayoshi and did not argue for a seat.

Everyone chatted with each other while waiting for everyone to arrive. Uncle Tsunayoshi also whispered to Koyata, saying that something must have happened if you summoned him so urgently at night.

Koyata told uncle Tsunayoshi all about the large-scale rebellion of the national nobles in Shinano, who originally belonged to the Takeda clan, and also briefly analyzed the Suwa incident.

Uncle Tsunayoshi rubbed his chin, "Koyata, did you kill Kurihara Sabei last time?"

Koyata recalled that it seemed to be someone who died in Tailang's request for advice. There should be at least a dozen holes all over his body, so he had some impression.

"The Kurihara clan has families in Suwa and Kai. When Takeda Kyojo was in power, they were dissatisfied with the Takeda clan. Now that Takeda Daizen has defeated Uedawara, the Kurihara clan will raise an army in Suwa without any negotiation, and may even attack the Suwa clan whose attitude is unclear." Uncle Tsunayoshi said slowly.

Koyata's mind once again refreshed his understanding of Uncle Tsunayoshi. Uncle Tsunayoshi is simply a living dictionary in Kai Shinma. He knows all the shitty things in the corners.

Kobayata, with his unclear historical memory, was not sure whether Suwa would have a complete rebellion. Uncle Tsunayoshi just thought about it and combined it with the current situation, and he was sure that the Kurihara clan would rebel.

The two of them talked to each other for a while, and when the people in the tent were basically all here, they kept silent and waited for Yamanouchi Yoshiharu to give orders.

Seeing that everyone was here, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu quickly told the story of the Shinano rebellion, and then briefly analyzed the situation in the surrounding countries. Kitabatake University did not wait for others to think clearly, and immediately said that he would contact the Saku Oi clan and open up the road to Kai.

Kitabatake University is an old and experienced man. From the fact that Yamanouchi Yoshiharu summoned all the generals in the middle of the night, it can be seen that Yamanouchi Yoshiharu has made up his mind to attack Kai because of the Shinano Rebellion. If he had not decided to mobilize the army, but just announced the news of the Shinano Rebellion, he could have mentioned it tomorrow morning.

Although he did not directly say that he wanted to attack the Takeda clan, he indirectly suggested to contact the Saku Oi clan, which was the only way to attack Takeda.

Yamanouchi Yoshiharu dozed off and hit his pillow, and immediately agreed to Kitabatake University. Regardless of whether the others wanted to fight or not, now was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and most of them changed their minds. The generals abandoned their previous tit-for-tat opinions and began to discuss the plan to attack the Takeda clan.

The next day, the Yamanouchi army broke camp and set off. Everyone discussed for half the night and decided to advance into Kai Province head-on. Most of the people in Shinano along the way closed their castles and defended themselves, but when they saw the mighty army of the Yamanouchi clan, they also sent military rations to show their support for the Yamanouchi clan's attack on the Takeda clan.

In this way, the first Kai Takeda clan branch castle that blocked the Yamanouchi clan's army, Nirasaki Castle, arrived. The name of the castle commander, Anhara Kannosuke, was written on the top of the castle.