Chapter 341: Chao Xingjiao

In the third year of Yonglu, February 27. At the same time that Asadachi was about to leave the Echigo Fuchu Imperial Pavilion and return to Kawagoe Castle, a rebellion against the Uesugi family broke out in Xiangfu Province, and the scale was very large. Even the Kanto prince Imagawa clan, who was supported by the generals of the Eastern Kingdom, was forced to leave Kamakura, Tsuruoka, Hachimangu Shrine, and flee to Shinagawa Minato in southern Musashi.

And Nagano Yoshimori, Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Shinji, Zen Soji, Nagano Yoshimori, Ikeda Morishu and other generals were all caught off guard when they heard the news of the outbreak of the Yamada family's rebellion, and they did not expect the Takeda family's actions to be so fast, and they would take advantage of the fact that the court was not in Kanto to incite the former Odawara Ise family retainers to launch a nationwide attack.

However, Takeda Shingen still underestimated Asada and his retainers.

Just after the outbreak of the Chinese people in Sagami, Asaki Koyama, who was in Shimono Koyama Castle, did not react excessively when he learned about it. Because he had already learned that the remnants of the former Odawara Ise family retainers in Sagami's country had been transferred and guided by the Takeda family, Oyama Asayaki believed that the situation in Sagami's country must not be further deteriorated at this time. Subsequently, Koyama Asayaki quickly joined forces with the generals of the family, such as Ota Shimasa (the elder of the Bitou family), Nambada Hiroyoshi (the retainer of the Spectrum Dynasty), Tadanobu Hirosawa (the retainer of the Spectrum Dynasty), Miyagi Masayi (the retainer of the Spectrum Dynasty), Yamamoto Temple Dingcho (a major minister of the Ichimen family), Kano Hideharu and other generals, in the name of the Asada, directly to the generals of the Anbo country such as Kasawara Tadatsu, Okamoto Yasuma, and Ansai Katsuhiro, and the generals of the southern Musashi Anazawa Toshimitsu Yamadashi and Yamagami Michi, and others to enter the Sagami country to assist Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Taichao, Asahina Shinji, Zen Soji, Nagano Yoshimori, Ikeda Morishu and others will put down the rebellion.

And Oishi Dingji, Oishi Nobuki, Oishi Terumonaka, Oishi Dingxian and others who took the initiative to defect to Asada, secretly contacted the Takeda family and went to Sagami Daisan to quickly recruit ronin, wild samurai, thieves, etc., intending to take advantage of the large-scale outbreak in Sagami to seize the old leaders of the Musashi Oishi family, Takatsuki Castle, Takiyama Castle, Hachioji Castle and other places. Oishi Dingji, Oishi Nobuki, Oishi Terumaka, Oishi Dingxian and others were originally specially arranged by the Takeda family to come to Kanto to defect to the court, and Takeda Shingen wanted to use the instigation of the Sagami people and the old ministers of the Oishi family to raise troops to weaken the Uesugi family as much as possible, so that the Takeda family could have enough time to digest the newly captured Higashi Mikawa country.

Due to a series of turmoil caused by Takeda Shingen, there was a serious invasion of the people and foreign enemies around the Uesugi family's territory. Although these did not put Qianxin and Chaoding in a desperate situation, they had to quickly mobilize a large number of troops to garrison martial law everywhere. Kenshin, who had just quelled the rebellion of Nagao Fujikei in the middle of Echigo, had to send troops to garrison around Echigo, Sado, Echichu, Minamiidewa and other places to guard against all possible hidden dangers.

Kenshin first sent troops to Echigo Fudoyama Castle, Sekiyamaka, Falling Water Castle, Shimoto Island, Nechi Castle, and Uedanoso (Sakado Castle, Kawasawa Castle, and Arato Castle); Subsequently, Kenshin sent more than 500 troops to Okushinano's Iiyama Castle, Ichikawa Sho, Heichang Castle and other places to defend; Then he also sent troops to Uozu Castle, Miyazaki Castle, Toyama Castle, Ikeda Castle and other places in Yuezhong to assist the generals of Yuezhong to pacify the people of Yuezhong; After that, Kenshin in Hirai Castle and Kunimine Castle in Ueno also sent more than 200 troops to assist in the defense; In the end, Minamiide Ha Kenshin ordered Katsunaga Sebe, Shitoyo Tsukiji, Tadahide Okawa, Keisuna Takemata, Keinaga Yamamoto Temple, and Chisaka Keiqin to lead troops into Yuri County, which had just been pacified, to strictly prevent Yuri's twelve former ministers from inciting the countrymen.

After Echigo, Echichu, Okushinano, Ueno, Minamiidewa and other places on the border with the surrounding hostile and evil forces were all stationed in the garrison, Kenshin managed to achieve the most stable state possible. Such a martial law can be described as quite large, which makes the surrounding forces, large and small, jaw-dropping.

After Humility and Faith carefully and unhurriedly deployed troops to garrison various places on the border, Takeda Shingen found that he had no chance against Okushinano, Echigo, and Echichu! The Takeda family's ties with the Echichu people and the Kaga Ichisho clan were quickly severed, and even most of the large and small forces in the Northeast Okuwa, such as the Andong family and the Tozawa family, were cut off from the Takeda family.

At the same time, the court who had just arrived at Ueno Numata Castle did not care about resting at all, and directly ordered Kato Danzo to mobilize Saito Toshizo, Hirosawa Tadanobu and other generals to lead the Shangshu soldiers to rush to Tokura Castle, Takiyama Castle, Chichibu Mountain, Mita Castle, Takatsuki Castle, Hachioji Castle, Takiyama Castle and other important places stationed in Nishibusha, to strictly prevent the Takeda family's Hosaku and the former retainers of the Oishi family from entering Musashi.

After recruiting more than 10,000 people, including ronin, wild samurai, thieves, and local lords, the former ministers of the old Odawara Ise clan and some of the former Takeda clan retainers, they began to divide their forces to attack the castles in various parts of the country. Since Odawara Castle was abandoned by the Imperial Court after it was captured by the Uesugi army, the castle defense was never renovated. However, the city was soon seized by a group of people, and the place was turned into a base of the people, with a small amount of restoration work underway.

Takeda Shingen not only helped Sagami's people with grain and grass, but also sent a lord to Sagami's people, Ise Shirō, the grandson of Ise Phantom Temple. Not only that, Takeda Shingen also sent Izu's retainers Yonekura Shigetsugu (lord of Yamanaka Castle), Ifuku Arikiyoshi (lord of Atami Castle), Aonuma Tadayoshi (lord of Yazaki Castle), and Iwate Nobumori (lord of Kano Castle) to lead 3,000 troops to Yamanaka Castle, Atami Castle, Daizaki Castle and other places, and prepare to enter Sagami Province at any time. The Katsuyama clan Moto, the lord of Katsuyama Castle, sent a retainer Katsuzen Katsuzen and Katsuyama Motokiyoshi to lead an army of 1,000 to Fukasawa Castle, Mahayana Temple, Senfuku Castle, Nagawa Castle and other places, echoing the Takeda army on the Izu side.

Takeda Shingen felt that it was not enough for the two fires of the Sagami countryman Ichitsu and the former ministers of the Oishi family to raise troops, and he was ready to put a third fire - to contact the followers of the Ichijo sect of Kanto and Okuba, and incite the Tokoku Ichijo to fight.

The temples that Takeda Shingen fancied to be able to incite the Kanto region are Shimono Kunitaka Senshu Temple (Takada sect), Shimokokokuni Yokosone Koenji Temple (Yokosone sect), Hitachi Province Kashima Amitayusuri-ji Temple (Kashima sect), and Mutsu Kuni Wishing Temple (Daiwang sect). Although these temples are not as powerful as the Ichizun temples in Gyeonggi and Tokaido, there are still many believers who believe in secret, and Takeda Shingen wants to use these Ichizongu temples to incite the spread of the entire Dongguo, so that Kenshin and Asadachi cannot take care of the whole of the country.

However, Takeda Shingen still underestimated the Uesugi family's influence and strength in the eastern country. When Nanori Raishu defected to the Uesugi family, the court had already used Shichiri Raishu to pacify the temples of Kanto and Okuwa, so that they could continue to have a part of the temple and a small number of monks. And the abbots of Takada Senshu-ji Temple, Yokosone Ko'en Temple, Amitayus-ji Temple, and Woniri Temple were not unaware of the actions of the Uesugi army in Echichu, Noto, Kaga, and other places against the Uesugi family. In order to prevent the loss of life and continue to receive the temple collar, temples such as Takada Senshu-ji Temple, Yokosone Koen-ji Temple, Amitayus-ji Temple, and Yuaniri Temple took the initiative to hand over the letters and some money sent by Takeda Shingen to the court.

On March 5, after learning that the Ichimune temples in various parts of the eastern country refused to assist him in attacking the Uesugi family, Takeda Shingen personally led an army of 15,000 troops into the castle of Suruga Kokokuji Temple, intending to quickly seize the kingdom of Sagami.

At this time, Asadachi had already entered his home city, Kagoshi Castle, and quickly summoned Ota Shimasa, Koyama Asaki, Nambada Hiroyoshi, Miyagi Masayu, Yamamoto Temple and other important officials to discuss countermeasures.

"Xibei, your courage is not small, you actually dare to join forces with many important ministers in the family to issue an edict to order the generals in Anfang and Musashi to send troops to each other, is it going to be 'Qingjun's side' next?!" As soon as Asada entered the big room, he reprimanded Koyama Asakyuki directly.

"The minister didn't dare, it was really sudden, and the lord was not in the castle and was in Echigo, so the minister had to make a proposal first, and jointly issued an edict with some important ministers in the family to send troops to the ······" Before Xiaoshan Chaoyuki could finish defending himself, Chaoding directly threw the folding fan in his hand at him and hit Xiaoshan Chaoyuki's forehead.

"The Lord is angry, and the small mountain hall is also doing this in order to curb the momentum of the expansion of the Sagami crowd······" Ota was about to say good things for Koyama Asayaki, but was directly interrupted by Asada.

"Enough, as soon as this wind opens, the family will no longer be able to rule over the family in the future, and in the end, it is likely to become the end of the important ministers supporting the army and self-respect, so the death penalty of the soldiers can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped." This is the second time, the court does not intend to let the retainers make their own opinions, there have been incidents of Maori Jingguang sending troops to attack the Kasai family without authorization, if it is not for Nanbu Qingzheng leading the army south, then Maori Jingguang will be punished by the court first.