Chapter 308: The situation deteriorates

In the third year of Yonglu, at the end of September. Katsunaga Sebe, Shitoyo Tsukiji, Yorisada Tendo, Nobukawa Mitsunobu, Takemata Keitsuna, Okawa Tadahide, Chisaka Keikin, and other generals of Minamiide Hamogami and Murayama led an army of 10,000 to the north to replace the Shonai generals such as Shigeya Shinbata, Suda Mitsukin, Shimazu Tadanao, and Fujita Dingyoshi, and began to attack the Yuri Twelve Parties.

After the shonachi generals such as Shigeya Shinbata, Suda Mitsukin, Shimazu Tadanao, and Fujita Dingyoshi withdrew to the three Shonai prefectures, they quickly led 10,000 troops to enter Echigo Yohoku with the three generals who were left behind in the original three prefectures of Shonai, such as the Kuriji clan, Tosabayashi Zendo, Takei Tokitomo, Takasaka Masakatsu, and Ikeda Morikuni.

When Onodera Keimchi saw that Asadashi intended to help Kenshin quell Nagao Fujikei's rebellion, he immediately ordered Salmon Nobu Sadatsuna to lead 1,000 troops south with Shonai and accept the command of the Uesugi army.

Asadachi was very happy when he heard of this move of Onodera Jingmichi, and immediately repaired a letter to tell him that Tozawa had 50,000 koku to be freely cut by the Onodera family, and that the Onodera family could stop the invasion of Yuri-gun, but a group of guides must be left behind.

There are quite a few Onodera Keido who are particularly willing to attack the Yuri Twelve Party, because in the Yuri Twelve Party, Oi Manayasu (Onodera Keimchi son-in-law Onodera Shigeromechi) is still his own member. In this regard, the court did not force Onodera Jingdao too much, but acquiesced in the Onodera family's sphere of influence in Higashiyuri-gun.

At the same time, in order to resist the attacks of the remnants of the Takusaku Hatakeyama family, Renlong, and Kaga's Ichichi army, Usami Joshimitsu took many of the Samurai of the Miyake and Onai clans for his own use, and promised that if they helped him pacify the country, he would definitely become the lord of a castle. Soon, Miyake Toshikei, Miyake Tsunaki, Miyake Keifu, Miyake Conchotomy, Onkai Nagamori and others quickly led their respective Lang parties to Nanao Castle to concentrate for Usami Dingmi.

Just when Usami Dingman gathered 5,000 troops to prepare to go north to quell the rebellion of Okunoto, a bad news came - the Kakizaki army encountered a large number of Kaga Ichi's army in Mikohara, the Kakizaki army was defeated, the young lord of the Kakizaki family, Kakizaki Yujia was killed in battle, and the younger brother of the Kakizaki family, the Kakizaki Yasuya family, was seriously injured and withdrew to Echichu.

"How is that possible?! With an army of 3,000 people, it is impossible for them to be defeated by the thief army of Kaga Ichimune in just a few days! What's more, the courage of the young head of the Kakizaki family, Kakizaki Gensanyu's family, is no less than that of his father, Kakizaki and Izumi Shoujing's family. "Usami almost fainted after hearing the news of the Kakizaki army's fiasco in Mikohara.

"Lord, it's true." After a pause, the head of the household continued: "The Kakizaki army of 3,000 originally encountered Kaga Ichi's army in Mikohara, and the battle went very smoothly at the beginning, and even defeated 5,000 people. However, they were then surrounded by tens of thousands of troops. In order to lead the troops to break through the siege, the three halls of Kakizaki Gen took the lead, but they were killed on the spot by a large number of iron cannons. Kakizaki Saburo Hall was seriously injured in an attempt to recapture the body of Kakizaki Gensanden, and then retreated to Echichu with less than 1,000 men. ”

"Did you lose more than 2,000 people?" Usami said to herself.

"Kakizaki Izumi Moriden is now attacking Kaga together with Kanga Omi Moriden, and the front of the army is directly aimed at Kanazawa Gobo (Oyama Gobo), so I think it will be able to force Noto's Ichichi army to withdraw to Kaga to defend Kanazawa Gobo." The owner of the household can be regarded as saying a piece of good news.

"Kanazawa Imperial Workshop doesn't mean that you can capture it. Temples large and small in Kaga will not sit idly by. In addition, once Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru learned of the death of their eldest son in the battle of Mikohara, they would inevitably quickly retreat to Echichu with the army led by Omi Mamoru and then terminate the invasion of Kaga. "Usami Dingmitsu didn't think that Kakizaki Keike and Kanya Keiji would be able to take Kanazawa Gobo, the strongest castle in Kaga, with a single army.

"My lord, the ······ The ······ of the Oku-Noto appearance" The head of the household, Shan Zen, vaguely felt that Usami was likely to change his battle plan.

"Give up playing Okunonto and play in Suemori Castle instead. The Tang Dynasty Shibu Daisuke must not be saved. "Usami is well aware of the situation in Noto today. Once a gap opens in the southwest and north of Noto, then Kaga Ichijomune will quickly head all the way to the east, and the front of the army will be directed towards Nanao Castle. If he ignores Suemori Castle and causes Suemori Castle to be attacked, then the countrymen and lords who have been supporting the Uesugi family for a long time in Noto will turn to Kaga Ichisō one after another, which no one wants to see.

"Now we can only let Nagano Nomomo, Nagayoichi, Heiga Mamoru, Jimbo Omi Mamoru, Kojima Saemon Captain and others stick to Okunoto." The owner of the household said helplessly.

"That's all there is to it. Nagakuro Saemon still didn't want to recognize the Hatakeyama generals and other former craftsmen as the lord of the Hatakeyama family, so they had to eradicate it. For now, let him run rampant in Okuto for a while. "Usami Dingsan will not let Nagarenlong, a genealogical retainer of the Hatakeyama family, continue to live in the world. If it's someone else, forget it, but Changlianlong's ambition is to recover the old collar of the craftsman Hatakeyama family and restore the name of the craftsman Hatakeyama family, if this person is not removed, Noto will never be at peace.

"Understood, the minister immediately sent someone to inform the generals of O-Neng, hoping that they can hold on to the city for a while." The owner of the household immediately retired and left.

However, at this time, the large and small Chinese lords in Vietnam also began to move. On the one hand, they heard about the crushing defeat of the Kakizaki army at Mikohara; On the other hand, Takeda Shingen sent people to fund them with a large amount of grain, grass and weapons, hoping that they would be able to mobilize the countrymen to attack the retainers of the Uesugi family who had transferred to Echichu. Among them, the old Kohata Kusuke (Kohata Kuro) of the former Shiina family is very enthusiastic about this matter.

Kohata Kusuke not only hopes that the Shiina family will be able to restore their family name, but also hopes that he will be able to gain more territory in Dongyue. Subsequently, he actively contacted Shibata Hisamitsu, the owner of Shibataya, who was also a retainer of the Shiina family, Danmasa, the main owner of Kanno Castle, and Captain Morigoro Zo, the lord of Furumi Castle, to raise troops together.

With the raising of troops by Kohata Kusuke, Shibata Hisamitsu, Kandanmasa, and Captain Shogoro Zo, Dongyue immediately fell into the flames of war. Okuma Ashide, Azuzaka Nagami, Yoshie Keiken, Koma Tsunemitsu, Nagao Keiren and others couldn't support it, and hurriedly sent their retainers to ask Kenshin for help. Even Kenshin himself didn't expect that the Shiina family, who had been defeated before, would have such strength as a ronin and an old minister! In desperation, Kenshin had no choice but to immediately send Arakawa Nagashi to Kawagoe Castle, hoping that Asadaki would quickly send troops north.

October 3rd, Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Ohiroma.

"Your Majesty, Arakawa, Izu, Mamoru Mamoru Minami, see the town government." After Arakawa Nagami finished speaking, he handed the letter written by Kenshin to Mori Katsuhiro, who was close to Asada.

"It seems that the Imperial Palace is in urgent need." After taking a general look at the letter, he understood the current situation in Hokuriku.

"Now the people of Noi Dang, Vietnam and China are in harmony with each other, and the retainers who were previously transferred to the two countries are powerless to suppress them. Even Kakizaki and Izumi's eldest son, Kakizaki Gensanden, died on the battlefield. Arakawa Nagami said helplessly.

"What do you say?! Kakizaki and Izumi Moriden's eldest son, Gen Kakisaki, died in a battle?! Asadachi was taken aback after hearing Arakawa Nagami's words. I have long heard that the Kakizaki Yu family is no less than his father Kakizaki Keijia, and his death is a very big blow to the Kakizaki Keijia.

"Not bad. The 3,000 Kakizaki army encountered the 5,000-1 1-1 army in the area of Mikohara, and the first battle of the Kakizaki army was victorious, and the 5,000-1 1-ichi army was successfully defeated. However, what I didn't expect was that the Kakizaki army's previous defeat of the Ichiyi army was just a decoy. Subsequently, the Kakizaki army was surrounded by the army of the first to the army in the lone pursuit. In the end, while commanding the breakout, Kakizaki Genzoden was killed by the iron cannon fire of the Ichichi Army, and Kakizaki Saburo Hall was seriously injured after recapturing the body of Kakizaki Genzo. In the end, less than 1,000 people broke through and returned to Echichu. "Arakawa Nagami explained the situation of the battle of Mikohara in a little detail.

"I immediately ordered Numata Uenosuke and Musasuke Honjo of Higashi-Ueno to prepare to go out of Echigo, and Arakawa Izu Mamoru should take a rest in Ninomaru first." At this moment, Chaoding is a little concerned about Takeda Shingen's movements. The outbreak of the national war between Vietnam and Noto must be inextricably linked with the Takeda family, and at this moment, the Takeda family could not only send an army of less than 10,000 people to attack Okushinano, and Takeda Shingen must be preparing for a greater operation.

"Thank you for your kindness." Arakawa Nagami did not refuse Asada's kindness, after all, she was very tired from traveling overnight for a few days, and she didn't have to worry too much about Asada's already promised to send troops anyway.

"Lord, something is wrong!" Not long after the front foot Arakawa Nagashi left the Ohiroma, the back foot Yamazaki Hidesen hurriedly ran into the Ohiroma regardless of his Confucian appearance.

"Why are you so flustered? Could it be that the Takeda family has taken action? "What Chaoding is most concerned about at the moment is Takeda Shingen's every move.