Chapter 143: The End of Seeing Home in Kururi

Although the Kamiso Kururi Satomi family ostensibly owned seven of the nine prefectures of the Kamiso One Province (Takekushi County and Yamabe County were owned by the Uesugi family's banner Honzo Kano Hideharu), under the actual rule of Satomi Sakyosuke, it was not possible to quell the rebellion of the lords who were dissatisfied with the reward and dissatisfied with his ****.

The civil strife in the Kururi Satomi family gave the Hojo clan and Asadachi the best excuse to intervene. It's just that the two have their own excuses.

The Hojo clan was ordered by the Kamakura Gongkata to regain the old domain for Satomi's left horsehead. 'For this reason, troops were sent into the Boso Peninsula. The court sent troops to the general with its functions as the general of the town guard and the representative of the Kanto governor.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru once issued the Imperial Letter, and the content included the article that he could not fight with the Hojo family without authorization. The court will not really abide by it, so he sent Saito Michizo to bring troops into the general this time. Although Michizo Saito is related to him, he has no status in the family. Neither the head of the family nor the old man or anything, just the general of the party appointed by the court. In the end, even if Ashikaga Yoshiteru is held accountable, he can let Saito Michizo carry this black cauldron.

On 29 April, Hojo Naodari took Daidoji Masashi as the vanguard, and led his lieutenant generals Yasukatsu Kasahara and Yasuke Yamamura and his subordinates to take the lead in the battle, such as Ritsuseki Soldier, Saito Matajiro, Oi Fujisaemon, Kikuchi Shozaemon, and Okazaki Shuryo. Hojo Naodari himself was preparing to lead Kuwashima Mankisai, Ogasawara Yasuhiro, Kamata Shigetake, Okusa Yasumori, Takahashi Shuryo, Oto Hidenobu, Kondo Sukemi and others on the second day.

Under the leadership of Daidoji Masashige, the 3,700 Hojo Army marched out of Tateyama Castle, passing through Inamura Castle and heading straight to the border checkpoint of Kamiyama Anbo, the Jungamo Card.

As soon as he saw that the vanguard of the Hojo Army was about to arrive, he immediately opened the gates of the castle, and he also took more than 100 people to wait for the arrival of the Daido Temple Masashi outside the city.

The fastest march of the Hojo Army was only Hakubei of Kasahara Yasukatsu's department. After Kasahara Yasukatsu retook Shirabi, he assembled a cavalry (mounted samurai) with a size of 200 men, and the 1,000 ashigaru under his command were all lightly armed. Ever since Izu Province was ceded to the Takeda family, Yasukatsu Kasahara has been living in Odawara Castle and has no territory. This time, he desperately wanted to make war exploits in exchange for territory.

When Kasahara Yasukatsu arrived at the castle of Jun Yaka, he found that the two banners on the castle had long since disappeared. The shogun Tsurumi Uchishosuke also wanted to make a contribution to the Hojo family, so he asked Yasukatsu Kasahara to be his guide.

Regarding Tsurumi Uchi's request, Kasahara Yasukatsu agreed on the spot. The most unacceptable thing for his white preparation at present is defeat and losses, especially since the cavalry was still formed out of his own pocket.

Just as Kasahara Yasukatsu was preparing to march to Mishimakan, Genshiro Masaki, who occupied Zaumi Castle and Mineyama Castle, sent his subordinate minister Daisuke Masaki to lead 500 reinforcements to assist Kasahara Yasukatsu's strategy.

When the news of the Hojo Army's entry into the Upper Commander spread rapidly, the generals began to think about their own way back. And among them, Satomi Sakyosuke was the most panicked.

As the head of the Kuru Satomi family, although Satomi Sakyosuke regretted what he had done at the beginning, he had no regret medicine to take. On the one hand, he asked Katsujo to stay in Kururi Castle, and on the other hand, he was ready to flee to his home city of Gojing Castle with Satomi Yoshishige to take refuge. Satomi Sakyosuke's idea is still very reasonable, Goi Castle is located in the northern part of Ichihara County, and it is surrounded by the sea on three plains and one side. As long as the Hojo army attacked, it could only surround three and lack one, and the court could still bring grain, grass, ordnance and reinforcements from the sea into the city. Tsurumaki Castle, the residence of Ichikawa Gentosai, which is close to Asada, is located in the southwest of Goi Castle, and the two castles are horns of each other. Of course, the premise of rescuing the Kuru Satomi family was that Satomi Sakyosuke had to give enough territory to the court.

Before noon that day, Saito Michizo received the news that the Hojo Army had entered the Upper Division. Since Saito Michizo had already completed the arrangement, he ordered the chief of Yamamoto Temple, who was on standby on the border between Yamabe-gun and Nagaga-gun, to immediately send troops to Oshiki Castle in Nagaga-gun.

The defender of Oshii Castle was originally a retainer of Satomi Sakyosuke, but he communicated with Hojo Naodari when the Hojo Army was stationed in Anbo Province. Therefore, Saito Michizo must get rid of him first, and there can be no future troubles.

At the beginning, the generals who raised troops to rebel against the Kururi Rimi family sent reinforcements to assist Yasukatsu Kasahara. By the time Yasukatsu Kasahara captured Ryuzan Castle, Mishimakan, Oto Castle, and Senbon Castle in succession, and was ready to wait for an opportunity to besiege Kururi Castle after receiving the reinforcement of Date Fuyoyoshi, the lord of the Zotamokan Pavilion, Satomi Sakyosuke had already fled to Goi Castle with Satomi Yoshishige.

The Chiba family ronin Shiinizaki Katsunobu, Kiuchi Yinken, Osuka Masaki, and Ino Keishinobu who occupied the Truth Valley Castle, and the former retainer of the Takeda family of the Valley of Truth, Shirai Nobukata (lord of Minami Castle), and Mamoru Kawachi (lord of the Mobara Pavilion), reached a peace agreement and established the Takeda family of the Truth Valley Takeda family as the governor of the Takeda family of the Valley of Truth. And to the foreign minister from the Hojo family.

Just after the reopening of the Takeda family in the Valley of Truth, the three of them, Takano Tokimori, the lord of Ichinomiya Castle, Masaki Tokihisa, the lord of Daki Castle, and Wada Shisuke, the lord of Manki Castle, were cut off from retreating. They had only three ways to go: first, to defend the city and be loyal to their family for the long time; 2. Immediately abandon his status as a retainer of the Kururi Rimi family and surrender to the Hojo Army; 3. Evacuate by sea to Hideharu Kano and seek refuge in his territory.

Before Takano Toshimori and the other three thought about it, Morioka Tsuneshi, a retainer of the former Toki family who occupied Kohama Castle, led an army of 500 to the north under the banner of the Hojo Army. This frightened Wada Shisuke so much that he immediately fled from Wanxi City with a hundred troops and went to Yisuikan to discuss the long term. The lord of Katsuura Castle, Masaki Yoriding, knew that he would not be able to live long when he saw that his family would not be able to live for a long time, so he immediately led his troops to surrender to the Hojo Army.

Soon, Tenwa County was occupied by the Hojo Army, and Sakan Castle, Tenwa Castle, Hyaksho Castle, Kanaya Castle, Zaumi Castle, and Mineyama Castle were replaced with the Hojo family's three-order Ryoshi banner. Several castles such as Mishimakan in the southern part of Wangta County were conquered by the army led by Kasahara Yasukatsu. Matsuoka Tokinaga, the lord of Iino Castle, saw that the situation was wrong and immediately abandoned the castle and fled, and the Hojo army won the county of Zhou Zhun without a fight.

At the same time that the Hojo Army was rapidly attacking the castles of the various prefectures, Yamamotoji also led an army of 2,500 to raid Oshiki Castle and took the Hojo defender Katsuzuo near. He didn't plan to stay here overnight, he left Yamamoto Temple Katsucho 500 troops to defend Oshiki Castle, and he himself led 2,000 troops south to attack Moharakan.

However, after Yamamoto Temple led his army to the castle of Moharakan, the guard general Kawachi Mamoru had already been guarded by the castle. The head of Yamamoto Temple had no choice but to lead his troops back to Oshiki Castle.

In just one day, the retainers of the Kururi family abandoned the city and fled. Masaki Tokihisa, Wada Shisuke, Kiso Sho Guard, Takano Tokimori, Matsuoka Tokinaga and others fled into Goi Castle with their cronies and samurai.

The defender of Kururi Castle, Katsugami Shomori, supported the siege of 5,000 Hojo Army with 500 defenders and lost it for two days, and Katsujo Shomori was Honmaru Seppuku.

Within four or five days, Kamito-gun, Zhouzhun County, Wangtuo-gun, Isumi County, and Hansheng County completely fell into the hands of the Hojo family. At this time, it was less than two months after Satomi Sakyosuke and others raised troops, and most of the territory of the Upper General Assembly was about to become the territory of the Hojo family.

Because Hideji Kano had already led an army of 3,200 troops into Tsurumaki Castle to assist in the defense, and there were more than 700 defenders in the city, the Hojo Army did not dare to attack the castle easily. In order not to let the people of the headquarters suffer losses, Kasahara Yasukatsu took the initiative to ask Daido Temple Masashi to let him stay in Kururi Castle. Daidoji Masashi knew that the main force of Hojo Naosadi was about to go north, even if there was no 1,200 troops in vain.

Ichikawa Gentosai's Ichijo was lucky not to be attacked, but Satomi Sakyosuke was different.

Hojo Naodita and Daido Temple Masahiro led a total of 8,000 people from Anfang and Kamizong to surround Gojing Castle on three sides.

Saito Michizo didn't expect that the general general would be so spineless, saying that he would defect, and he would run away if he said he would run. Thankfully, the people of the three prefectures of Nagagaku, Hansui, and Isumi all led most of their forces to the Hojo Army camp under Gojing Castle, and they didn't have many defenders. This gave Michizo Saito a chance.

Saito Michizo could only immediately lead a moderate army of 5,400 to the south, and first capture the empty Nagaga-gun Ichinomiya Castle, Manki Castle, and Kohama Castle. Kushita Owari and Kawadani Tadasato, who stayed in Manki Castle and Kohama Castle, were captured. Nambada Hiroyoshi was arranged by Saito Michizo to lead his troops to 2,200 raiders to Minami Castle. Michizo Saito himself and his 1,000 troops were in charge of Manki Castle. He doesn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a pool, because the country is not his, nor is it a dynasty, nor is it a dragon girl.

On May 6, under the onslaught of the Hojo Army, the casualties of the defenders in Gojing Castle gradually increased. Kururi saw that the important retainers of the family, Masaki Shiku, Ki Shuzhuang Guard, and Wada Shisuke, were killed in battle. There were only about 600 defenders left, and Izumaru Higashi-no-maru and Minami-nomaru were captured.

Miyagi Masayi and Miyagi Weiye, father and son, led 2,400 men to attack Nekoya Castle and Oki Castle.

Nambada Hiroyoshi replaced all the troops under his command with the third-order Rhombic Banner of the Hojo Army, and successfully deceived the gate of Truth Valley Castle. After leading his army into the city, he immediately took control of the city gate and directly entered the city. The four guards Katsunobu Shiizaki, Kiuchi Yinken, Osuka Masatsune and Ino Keishanobu were taken for it. He also beheaded the twelve-year-old Takeda Yoshibo, the titular governor of the Takeda family in the Valley of Truth. Since then, the name of the Takeda family in the Valley of Truth has been severed.

Just after taking Truth Valley Castle, Saito Michizo sent someone to inform Nambada Hiroyoshi that he should lead his army to Goi Castle to relieve the siege, and together with Tsurumaki Castle's Kano Hideji, he defeated the 8,000 Hojo Army.