Chapter Ninety-Four: Housing is Not Guaranteed
In fact, it is better to drive out the Hojo family forces in Musashi than to rescue the Satomi family first, although the court has the idea of doing both at the same time, but considering the Uesugi family's power in the entire Kanto region, mobilization of troops, etc., this is still a fantasy.
Moreover, the Mogami family, Date family, Osaki family, and Kasai family in Ou Land alone have already limited the Uesugi family's ability to mobilize. What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Soma family, an ally on the surface, is not high, and at most there are some talents in training war horses, raising horses, and selling horses. In addition, Nasu Ziyin, who only has one castle in Shimono Nasu County, is restless, and Akechi Mitsuhide, who is not bad, will be placed there to take care of the Nasu family. However, among the retainers, such as Tao Qingxian (Tao Zhuo Needleken) and his son, Mori Takahiro (Hojo Takahiro), and Akechi Mitsuhide, were all placed in Aizu and Shimono at the South Turgeok, while Ota Shimasa had been placed in the vicinity of the Asada.
However, Chao Ding remembered a person - Xinfa Tian Changdun. After this person was transferred to Aizu by the dragon girl, except for the arrival of reinforcements during the First Battle of Dewa, there has been no movement since then. He could have been mobilized.
So, Asahi ordered Kato Danzo to send a ninja to inform Shinbata Nagatsu and ask him for help. Even if Xinfa Tian Changdun has any concerns, he will ask Xinfa Tian Gangzhen, who is still at home to care for the elderly. In fact, Chaoding wanted to poach a person from Xinfatian's family - Xinfatian's heavy family. Xinfa Tian Changdun has never had a son, so after his death, he can only let his younger brother Xinfa Tian Shigejia inherit the Xinfa Tian family.
The ancestor of the Shinbata family was Sasaki Moritsuna, the commander-in-chief of the crusade against Echigo Castle Shimori, in the Genpei War. The Shigeya was originally the lord of Shinbata Castle in Kambara County. One of the members of Yangbei, he inherited the Fifty Gongye family and was named the Fifty Gongye Governor. Fifty Kono Nashin Uesugi participated in the Battle of Kawanakajima and the dispatch of troops to Kanto. After Kenshin died of illness, he supported Uesugi Keikatsu in the Gokan Rebellion and was very active. In the 8th year of Tensho (1580), his brother Shinbata Nagatun died of illness and returned to the Shinbata family to inherit the family governor, and changed his name to the Shinbata Shigeya. Shinbata Rebellion: In the 9th year of Tensho (1581), the Uesugi family's military commander Shinbata Shigeke betrayed Uesugi Kagekatsu because he was not satisfied with the reward, and became a major problem for Kyokatsu.
Until the 15th year of Tensho (1587), Keikatsu counterattacked Shinbata, and the Uesugi army was like a bamboo, continuing to attack the stronghold of Shinbata, and finally besieged Shigega's home city Shinbata Castle. Originally, Uesugi Jingkatsu meant that as long as the Shibata Shigejia could open the castle and surrender, then they could still save their lives and continue to be able to block it, after all, many retainers and their ancestors in the Uesugi family came over like this, as long as they had enough ability, they could stay for their lives and continue to serve the main family, but the Shibata Shigejia finally refused. If the Shibata Shigejia didn't have some means, it wouldn't make Uesugi Keikatsu so embarrassed.
On August 22, the court ordered Ota to lead 5,000 troops from Shangzhou and 3,500 troops from his headquarters to the general army. Of course, Asadachi did not just let him go to the Upper General Assistance Satomi Yoshiyao alone, but also the father and son of Yamamoto Temple Dingchang of the lower general country would also walk with him. Ota's march route was a bit far, he marched by land, and the Hasegawa Yoshihiro of the naval army currently only had three Kohaya ships and one Sekibune, and it was impossible to transport troops on a large scale. In terms of naval transportation, the most support is Satomi's food, grass, and funds. And Aizu's Shinbata Chotsu was also urged by his father Shinbata Tsunasada to assemble a thousand troops from his headquarters and march into Kanto, accompanied by a young man - Shinbata Genta (Shinbata Shigeke Gentofu's name).
The former heir of Konoe, who was originally in Furukawa Castle, was probably tired of eating the food of the Furukawa family, so he went to Echigo to eat. Of course, when he returned to Kyoto, he still needed to do one thing for the court - to ask for an official. Asada's hope was to give his retainer Shigetasa Ota as Saemonsa from the top five (Ota Shimasa was originally from the fifth rank and called himself from the fifth rank), Namba Tian Kenji as the attendant from the fifth rank, Miyagi Masaye as Izu Mamoru from the sixth, Tadanobu Hirosawa as the lower chief guard from the fiveth, Shigenaga Honjo as Musashisuke under the sixth position, and Soga Yushige as Sagamishu from the fifth rank (used to despise the self-proclaimed Sagami Mamoru of Hojo Shiyasu). Of course, it was not enough to just talk about it, and the court also handed over five hundred taels of gold and one thousand pieces of Yongle money to the heir of Konoe.
The current imperial court is very short of money, and the official positions that the court wants are not too high, so it is still easy to get it if the heir of the guard comes forward to help again.
That's not all, Asadai also exiled Fukushima Katsuhiro, who was captured in the Battle of Isaguma before, to his hometown of Ene Province, and he also greeted the Takeda family before, and the Takeda family wanted to recruit him as a retainer It was the Takeda family's business, as long as he was not allowed to return to the Hojo family, Asadaku didn't want the Hojo family to be like a tiger.
In just a few days, the 22,000 troops of the Hojo Army had been gathered in the Anbo country, and all the castles of Anbo, Asahi, and Nagasa were captured by the Hojo Army, and the entire Anbo country was left with a few branch towns such as Katsuyama Castle occupied by Satomi Yoshihiro. At the age of fifteen, Yoshiyori Satomi also went to Tateyama Castle to meet with Hojo Shiyasu. Satomi Yoshiyori's defection was also due to the persuasion of Masaki Tokitaka and others, and he knew the contrast between the strength of the Hojo family and the Satomi family.
As soon as Satomi Yoshiyori passed, and before he had sat in the Ohiroma of Tateyama Castle for a long time, Hojo Shiyasu told him the news that it was like a bolt from the blue—the acceptance of his adopted son.
Satomi Yoshiyori originally thought that the Hojo family would let him get married to the princess of the Hojo family, but who knew that he would have to accept the adopted son from the Hojo family!
"Shiyasuko, why don't you marry the princess of the Hojo family?" Satomi Yoshiyori was very surprised by this result.
"Lord Yoshirai, there are not many princesses in my family (I don't look down on him), and you are still young, if you die early, there will be no one to inherit it." Hojo Shiyasu also reluctantly made a calm look and said to him.
"Yoshiyori-sama, my lord has a son, Takeomaru (Shixiu), who is only three years old, and is very suitable to become the adopted son of the Satomi family." Ryoshi Ando sang and harmonized with Yasuchi Hojo.
"Okay... I understand what Shi Kanggong means, I don't want anything else, as long as I can live in peace." Satomi Yoshiyori is different from his father and brother, and his father and brother are determined to unify the house, the upper president, and the lower president. But he wanted to live as a city lord, and this time the Hojo family invaded, his home city was in the front line, and he had to follow the advice of Masaki Shizhong and others to defect.
Of course, Hojo Shiyasu would not be stupid enough to send his son to Satomi Yoshiyori's residence, although Satomi Yoshiyori is the ostensible lord of Tateyama Castle at the moment (appointed by Hojo Shiyasu), but Takeomaru has always been in Odawara Castle, and Satomi Yoshiyori has only met him once and recognized this adopted son.
The second son, the Hojo clan, Teru Hojo, and the third son, the Hojo clan, both died at the hands of the Uesugi family, and of course they didn't want their sons to continue to die so young.
Satomi Yoshihiro was not a person who liked to defend castles, and after leaving 1,000 of his 3,000 troops, he directly raided the mountain castle, which was far away from Katsuyama Castle. Satomi Yoshihiro thought that Satomi Yoshiyori was in the city, but after he killed all the only three hundred Hojo troops in the city, he found that Satomi Yoshiyori was no longer in the city, and he only got the head of the Hojo family's retainer Ushiri Katsuyuki. This made no sense to Satomi Yoshihiro at all, and he burned all the grain and grass stored in the castle and withdrew to Katsuyama Castle.
When Hojo Shiyasu learned that his retainer Ushirikatsu had died in battle, it was already a day later. Hojo Shiyasu was not adventurous, and he deployed the 4,500 troops of the Hojo clan in Okamoto Castle to contain Satomi Yoshihiro. Tominaga Naokakatsu led a total of 3,500 troops from the headquarters and Qingbei to the general to support Toki Yuyori and Masaki Tokitada, who were fighting against Satomi Yoshiyao. The Kira clan was in charge of leading his retainer Ohira Dewa Mamoru and his 500 troops to reoccupy Yamanokei, and Hojo Naodita (Hojo clan Kuniko) led a 1,000-strong army to garrison Wadakan in the south of Yamanokei.
Satomi Yoshiyao fought with 6,000 troops in Kugahara and the 5,000 troops of Toki and Masaki Tokitada, and he could have defeated them, but on the third day of the battle, that is, on August 25, the 3,500 troops of the Hojo Army arrived under the leadership of Tominaga Naokaka. The tide of the battle was reversed in an instant, and Satomi Yoshiyao's army lost more than 700 in the first two days, plus the army was very tired after a long battle, even if the retainers could fight well, there would be no greater results.
Satomi Yoshiyao launched his last attack on this day. With the brave struggle of the Satomi army, the Toyama Tsunakei, Kagehisa father and son, and Tominaga Masashi of the Hojo Army were killed in battle, and the Qingbei army lost more than 500 and the conscription ashigaru lost more than 600; More than 600 of Toki's troops were lost, and his retainers Sanpinyu Yori and Atsuta Shigeji were killed in battle; Zhengmu Shizhong's army lost more than 700 yuan. And Satomi Yoshiyao's final attack was only damaged by more than 300 conscriptions, and only Kato Nobuyo and Kato Iga were killed in battle. In this battle, the two sides can only be said to be a draw, with Satomi Yoshiyao winning the battle and losing strategically. The combined forces of the Hojo family and the Kamisao clan were a defeat in battle and a strategic victory.
After the war, Satomi Yoshiyao could only quickly withdraw to Kururi Castle to recuperate, and both Toki and Masaki Tokitada also led their respective armies to withdraw their skills. The biggest losses in this battle were Masaki Tokitaka and Toki Yuri, who had lost the strength to continue the battle with the Satomi family, so the next attack could only be carried out by the Hojo Army alone.
This time, when he went out to the Boso Peninsula, there was one more thing that Hojo Shiyasu needed to do - to support the Imagawa family. The Imagawa family lost the territories of Toe, part of Mikawa, and Suruga, but as long as the Hojo family handed over part of the territory of Anbo Province or Kamiso Province to the Imagawa clan or his retainers, then the three members of the Uesugi family, Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Nobuki, and Asahina Taichao, would have to consider whether to help the Hojo family.
The 22,000 Hojo Army went out of the Fangso Peninsula, and the 3,000 troops of them were still the Imagawa Army, that is, the army of Abe Motoma, Abe Nobukatsu, and Shikura Akipei, who were trapped in Sagami and Izu and could not return to their skills. Due to the relatively large losses of Tominaga Naokatsu's army, Hojo Shiyasu ordered him to retreat to Anbo Province to recuperate, and he was replaced by the reorganization of the 1,000 troops of the White Reserve led by the Hojo Clan Yao and the 1,700 Army of the Black Reserve led by the Tamu Motoko to enter the Manki Castle to assist in the defense.
Most of the Shimo-Soguni was captured by the Uesugi family, and the roads in Musashi were almost ready, so the 8,500 troops led by Ota Shiomasa quickly rushed to the Shimo-Soguni Koganeshiro. And Yamamoto Temple and Yamamoto Temple Katsucho had already completed the assembly of the general's internal army, and Yamamoto Temple led 2,500 troops and Ota Shimasa to speed up to Honsakura Castle.