Chapter 5: The Great War of the Kanto Region
"Actually, I didn't want to come either, but Lord Guan repeatedly asked me to come and meet the young and promising repair doctor, and then I wanted to ask the Ogiya Uesugi family to help in the upcoming battle to annihilate the Hojo family." Wife Shikada Shinsuke is also a stomach of bitter water, obviously he is a new family old, and the most important thing for the Yamauchi Uesugi family is the old family, so he has to send himself. It's not in vain, so I have to say more good things about the Uesugi family in Ogiya when I go back.
"Oh, I already know the purpose of your visit, so the family agreed to the request of the Lord Steward and will send troops as scheduled, and I also asked my wife Kata-sama to say more good things about the Ogiya Uesugi family, this family has suffered a lot of losses in the war with the Hojo family recently, you see ......" After saying that, he gave the samurai on the side a look, and asked him to add fifty small gold sentences to his wife Shisuke Kata's plate.
"Oh, I understand the difficulties of the Ogiya Uesugi family, and I will explain it to Lord Guanling." His wife, Shisuke Kata, smiled and put these finances in his pocket, "Then I won't disturb the time of your assessment." ”
After seeing his wife Shikada Shinsuke leave, the retainers of the Ogiya Uesugi family couldn't help it.
"Lord, can such a villain believe it? He wasn't a samurai! Uesugi was the first to get angry, which drew the approval of many of his retainers.
"Be quiet, we can make good use of people like this, if the retainers who don't eat soft and hard come to our family, it will be difficult, so that our family can contribute less in the next battle." Chao Ding saw that the form was wrong, so he quickly explained.
"Does the lord mean that the steward is currently in charge of the villain?" Ota had heard some similar news, but there was no way to confirm it.
"Yes, the young man you see is a good example." The court will say half of what he says, and the rest will be thought by the retainers themselves.
"It seems so." Namba Tian Kenshige, the big boss, has found that something is wrong, if he is able to follow the ability of this kind of person, I am afraid that the current Ogiya Uesugi family will have no food, so let him leave directly.
"Let's do this first, the family will continue to prepare for the next battle, and you will be solely responsible for the war preparation materials from my uncle, although the Hojo family has been defeated several times in the hands of the family, it does not mean that their strength has decreased." Chaoding's mind is very clear, even if the Hojo clan is dead, there is a more difficult Hojo clan Yasu to deal with.
At this time, the Imagawa family and the Hojo family of Suruga Province were originally at war with each other, but now due to the sudden intervention of the Takeda family, the Imagawa family and the Hojo family have ceased war under the mediation of the Takeda family. The person who came up with this idea (strategy) was the new military division of the Takeda family, the one-eyed Ryuyamamoto Kansuke.
This person is a bit special, originally wandering around in North Shinano, helping some small towns resist the invasion of the Takeda family, and finally helping the Takeda family establish a hegemony! Even Sun Tzu's 'Shiru Banner' was erected with the consent of Harunobu Takeda at the suggestion of Kansuke Yamamoto.
"Report to your lord! Outside the city, there was a monk dressed in tatters who claimed to be a phantom hermitage. A samurai defending the city walked outside the door of the tearoom to report.
"My lord, it seems that the good ones are not coming." Ota Shimasa began to frown after taking a sip of tea.
"Let's see each other first, let him go to the assessment room and wait for a while." The court will send this samurai down first.
"My lord, there is a monk in the Hojo family, Hojo Phantom Temple!" Namba Hayato heard the name and thought of who this person was. He still fought with his father for a few years, and Hojo Phantom Nunnery was specially engaged in rebellion within the Ogiya Uesugi family, and many wealthy families and people in the past were rebelled by this person, and even the genealogical retainers within the Ogiya Uesugi family were rebelled by this person!
"Hayato Sakuto, you go and prepare twenty samurai to stand by in the side room, if I break the teacup, come out and kill this person, don't act rashly if there is no signal." Asadaki thought of a strategy that had been used by all dynasties of the Celestial Empire to entertain the diplomats of the Hojo family.
"Yes, I'll prepare!" Namba Hayabusa was also very grateful to Asa for giving him such a 'glorious' task.
"Originally, I could have found a spare time to discuss the change of the military system and the policy of internal affairs, but now it is better." Chaoding didn't say anything, so he and Ota got up to assess the room. I'm still very excited to meet the most important members of the Hojo family.
"The poor monk Hojo Phantom Temple, see the repair of the doctor's hall." When the Hojo Phantom Nunnery came up, he was very respectful and made Asadaku very uncomfortable.
"Master Phantom Nunnery, just say anything directly, the lord has been very busy lately." Ota Shimasa spoke for him at the direction of the Asada.
"The poor monk came to Heyue Castle this time to repair the doctor's hall at that time, and led the troops to obtain the head of the Hojo Tsunade High Hall of the retainers of the family. Please return it to the Hojo family. "Hojo Illusion's request is very 'special'.
"As the saying goes, there must be gains if there is a loss, do you have anything to give to your own family?" Chao Ding spoke at this time. It means that Hojo Phantom Nunnery didn't bring anything good this time, so please leave.
"How about the family cede the two castles of Edo Castle and Kasai Castle occupied by Musashi Province?" Hojo Phantom Ann apparently came to Hojo Shiyasu this time to give up part of the castle at the expense of giving up part of the castle.
"It seems that Hojo Tsunataka is only worth these two cities, okay, you go and get it to him." Chaoding agreed without thinking about it, although Ota Zimasa also agreed to this condition, but Chaoding agreed too quickly!
"Yes." Ota didn't say much, and quickly took out a box from the side room and handed it to Hojo Phantom.
"Well, the poor monk thanks the repair doctor for his tolerance, the two cities will withdraw the Hojo family's army within two days, please rest assured." Before leaving, Hojo Phantom Nunnery did not forget to remind the Asada, which means that the Uesugi family of Ogiya should not move in the past two days.
"Namba Hayabusa!" After Hojo Mirage-an left, he shouted to Nambada Hayatosa, and he walked to the middle of the assessment room with twenty samurai of the Knights.
"My lord." Namba Hayato Sato didn't know why he didn't kill Hojo Phantom at this time? You might even get a reward from the Uesugi family in Yamauchi.
"You go and take the knights of the Order with Shimasa and the two hundred standing ashigaru under your father's command, and now go to Kasai Castle, and if you encounter the resistance of the Hojo family and their minions, you will destroy them on the spot! Let Namba Tian Kenshige be the main general, Zi Zheng as the military advisor, and you as the deputy general. If the enemy retreats and does not pursue, try to move the people of the castle town to the castle town of Kawagoe Castle. Asada knew the other meaning of Hojo Phantom's words just now, he was not ready to give up such a good opportunity, so he fought first. Kasai Castle is considered to be a sound castle defense, but Edo Castle is different, it was completely destroyed, and even if it was repaired, it would take five months! The last time I attacked the Hojo family, the Hojo family didn't repair it!
After the time of half-burnt incense, three hundred and fifty knights of the Kawagoe Knights and two hundred standing ashigaru members of the Ogiya Uesugi family, a total of five hundred and fifty troops, left Kawagoe Castle. Their marching speed is different from that of the Hojo Army. The Hojo family still has a considerable number of peasants and soldiers, and this group of Ogiya Uesugi family's military strength is completely professional soldiers, and there is no procrastination.
In just half a day, Namba Tian Kenshige had already arrived at the castle of Kasai Castle. The Hojo Army, who had not yet received the order to evacuate the castle, was already frightened when they saw the white-robed knights.
The reason why Namba Tian Kenshige was able to reach the castle of Kasai Castle in half a day was because he set a 'precedent' for Ashigaru to sit behind the knights just enough for the number of people. First, it eliminated unnecessary marching time, and secondly, it got the opportunity to surprise and attack.
"Impossible?!" As the lord of the new castle, Hojo stood on the arrow tower in amazement, looking at the military momentum of the Ogiya Uesugi family under the castle.
"Lord, let's withdraw. Master Hojo Phantom said that we can defend it if we can, and if we can't keep it, we will withdraw. A close samurai felt that Hojo was speaking to Masa. I don't want to think about the standing allowance of only 500 in Kasai Castle, and many people don't come to help, so it's strange that you can hold it! Moreover, the defenders of the city are all troops from Sagami country, and they have not returned home for a long time.
"That's right, the Ogiya Uesugi family is very powerful, especially their white-robed cavalry, and the Hojo Tsunataka have all died in front of these cavalry, I'm afraid we don't have the morale to fight with these troops." Another close samurai looked at the demoralized army and felt that it was strange that he could hold Kasai Castle!
"Then withdraw!" After hearing that his subordinates were "heroes see things the same way," Hojo gave the order to withdraw his troops. He looked at the form and knew that it was better not to keep this land than to keep it.
In this way, Namba Tian Kenshige waited until the Hojo Army was withdrawn and immediately appeased the people, and then carried all the surplus weapons in the castle from Ashigaru to Kawagoe Castle, and even the people of the castle town began to go to Kawagoe Castle under the 'escort' of the Kawagoe Knights.