Chapter 30: The Big Men Meet
After the Uesugi family defeated the Oda family through the Battle of Tetorigawa, they finally obtained a small piece of land in Echizen Province, which could be used as a bridgehead for Kamiraku after the Uesugi family. After the death of Uesugi Kenshin this time, because of the Uesugi family's own civil strife, he couldn't take care of this enclave, so he was snatched back by Shibata Katsuya's army at a small price.
After experiencing the turmoil and confrontation of the Imperial Pavilion Rebellion, the Uesugi family is definitely in ruins now, and it has only just stabilized. As the new family governor, Uesugi Keikatsu, who has not yet won the support of all the Uesugi family's bigwig-level retainers, this usually taciturn young family governor, is supporting his many old ministers, and with the help of close servants like Naoe Kanesu, he is sorting out everything in Echigo Province.
The current situation of the Uesugi family is indeed not optimistic, and it is good if others don't do anything to him, so don't beat others in advance at all, and even be able to watch Uesugi Kenshin before his death, a large piece of the foundation laid down for the Uesugi family is given to others, and Uesugi Keikatsu's heart is dripping blood.
In this case, although the Oda family is not able to attack the Echigo Province of the Uesugi family now, they do not need to worry about the possibility of the Uesugi family attacking at all, and the Uesugi family will need a lot of time to lick their wounds alone.
In contrast, the change of power of the Takeda family was very smooth, and there was no civil strife or rebellion. Just like in history, after Takeda Shingen died in his dream of Kamiraku, the Takeda family was forced to abandon the attack on the Tokugawa family and retreat to Kai Province.
After that, the Takeda family, in accordance with the edict of Takeda Shingen, was succeeded by his eldest son, Takeda Katsuyori, because of the support of a number of old ministers, Takeda Katsuyori was able to ascend the throne smoothly, which is different from history. Historically, after the death of Takeda Shingen, Takeda Katsuyori, who was the fourth son, assisted his eldest son, Takeda Nobukatsu, to become the head of the Takeda family, and he himself only existed as the descendant of Takeda Nobukatsu, the head of the Takeda family, and indirectly held the authority of the Takeda family.
And this time, because Takeda Katsuyori was trained as a family governor in advance, he received more attention from Takeda Shingen, and when the Takeda family attacked the Tokugawa family, he showed extremely high military talent, so he was supported by the retainers and became the governor of the Takeda family, without hiding behind the scenes and giving orders.
For any regime, an adult and very capable heir is what the power needs most, and it is often supported by some underage heirs to power, and there are few successful cases.
Of course, we can't rule out the head of a very successful faction like Mori Motosho and other Nagaji, who rose to power at a young age. But more should be like the end of every dynasty in China, those who become emperors at the age of one or two, or even dozens of days after birth, for others to use as puppets.
Therefore, it is not incomprehensible that Takeda Katsuyori can succeed in ascending to the throne, because even in history, Takeda Katsuyori himself is a very capable samurai. And in this life, he has received more attention from Takeda Shingen, and his strength must be stronger than that Takeda Katsuyori in history.
But even so, the Takeda family's current territory is small, the economy is mainly maintained by Jinshan, and the number of stone heights itself is not much, in fact, the logistics supply is very tight.
If the Oda family is willing, even if they lose the war with the Takeda family, as long as they can drag the Takeda family to continue to use the army for a long time, the Oda family will win in the end, and this is the importance of logistics and supplies.
As for the others like the Hojo family, or the Date family, or the Satake family, it is not in the eyes of Oda Nobunaga, not to mention other small local daimyos, or other powerful wealthy clans and national forces.
He still attaches more importance to Tokugawa Ieyasu, but he attaches more importance to Tokugawa Ieyasu as an important retainer of his own. And it's not really like he said, he regards Tokugawa Ieyasu as his own brother, in fact, how is it not the case between Kuroda Vocational High School and Kodera Clan!
Sometimes Oda Nobunaga looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu's old face, and he smiled and shouted to him Brother Takechiyo, and the other party called him Brother Yoshigashi, and he felt very disgusted in his heart.
So the first time Kuroda Vocational High School came here, Oda Nobunaga was very happy. He very solemnly sent an envoy to the camp of the Kuroda family, hoping to meet Kuroda Zhigao.
What made him even more excited was that Kuroda agreed to his request, and the two agreed to take fifty men and horses in the middle of Akihabara to have a private and informal conversation.
Although it is summer in Akihabara on this day, I don't know why there is a light wind, but it means that it is a bit of autumn, and the clouds in the sky are very dense, so the weather is not very hot.
Oda Nobunaga combed his pigtails smooth and smooth, and also repaired his mustache, put on his favorite Daikai, with his beloved saber cutting press, rode a famous horse bought from Kiso, and took Shibata Katsuie, the former day Toshika, Sasa Narumasa, Inaba Istetsu and other famous generals of the family, and came to the agreed meeting place early.
Oda Nobunaga knew that Kuroda Vocational High School might not be a person who played cards according to common sense, and he was afraid that he would be directly followed by Kuroda Vocational High School and would do what he could.
Therefore, while Oda Nobunaga was a little excited about the meeting with Kuroda Vocational High School, he was still somewhat worried, and he himself was not a person who liked to be bound by rules, so in addition to the fifty powerful samurai of the Oda family, he also ambushed a large army behind him, otherwise when the Kuroda family army came, he would be forced to become two by then.
So in the position of one mile away from Oda Nobunaga, there is the 5,000 people of the Oda family. If something goes wrong at the time of the meeting, the horse will definitely come to the rescue of Oda Nobunaga immediately, and as long as they move, the army of the Oda family behind will definitely follow the men and horses in front of them and press over the whole of Akihabara.
And when Kuroda Vocational High School appeared, he was also accompanied by samurai such as Takatomo Musato, Kyoshiro Mizuyu, Yahachi Dohi, Miyata Mitsuji, Sasaki Nagahide, Shima Katsutake, and Otani Yoshitsugi.