Chapter 209: Takaoka Assessment

After the Battle of Kamitsugawa, the Battle of Kamikawa once again demonstrated the prestige of the Uesugi clan in the Hokuriku provinces. The Uesugi family not only begged Kaga Kazuka's Sugiura Genren and Shimoma Yoritoshi to death, but also dealt a devastating blow to the remnants of the Uesugi family's national people and local samurai, as well as the Echichu disciples. The power of the Pure Land Shinshu in Yuezhong has been completely destroyed by the heavy blows of the Uesugi family.

Of course, none of the above is the end. The most exciting thing is that the 29,000 troops of Kaga Ichiwa were annihilated in the area of the Kaga River in the battle of the Kamatsu River, and the Uesugi army under the jurisdiction of the Asadachi was only more than 19,000 people. The Shentong River and the river were also blocked by a large number of corpses, so they did not flow.

Kakizaki Keijia, Usami Dingmi, Kurokawa Kiyomi and others immediately went out from Mushu Castle after receiving the order from the court, and attacked the originally lost castles in Western Vietnam and the newly built castles one after another. A few days later, after learning of the defeat of the Battle of the Kamitsugawa and the death of Sugiura Genren, Shimoma Yoritoshi and others, they were all shocked and unable to say a word for a long time after learning of the defeat of the Battle of the Kamitsugawa Battle. The Battle of Kamitsugawa was another crushing defeat for Kaga after his defeat at the Battle of Kazukawa a few years earlier. In addition, the most elite 1,000 monks in Kaga were also wiped out in this battle.

"Zhenfu Palace, after this battle, the Tochio people and the Gan Zhai people may have lost the ability to continue to invade the Noto side······" Naoe Jinggang looked at the corpses of a large number of Yijun soldiers on the side of the Shentong River, and said with feelings.

"Yes. The battle between Misasuke Honjo and Mamoru Omi was the foundation of our army's great victory in this battle. "Asadachi has to say that the tenacity and good fighting of the Echigo samurai are rare in the entire Honshu Island. Although Kagan Keichi and Honjo Hidetsuna were ordered by themselves to defend the area around the Jintong River, they faced an army several times their size with outnumbered soldiers, and the hardships of their battles were unimaginable.

"Your Highness, Fujimaru Hall is already on its way to Takaoka Castle." At this time, Ikeda Morishu hurriedly ran behind Asada and Naoe Keixuna to report.

"Let everyone rest for a while and then head to Takaoka Castle. Ordered Uno Samasuke to clean up the battlefield. "The court is going to hold a post-war appraisal meeting to determine the merits of the people.

In this way, Chaoding soon led 15,000 troops to Takaoka Castle slowly. The remnants of Honjo Hidetsuna and Kanya Keichi, a total of 200 people, stayed at Toyama Castle to assist Uno Samasuke in cleaning up the battlefield and other affairs, while the two of them went to Takaoka Castle with the army to prepare for the evaluation meeting.

Soon after the heads of the three people, Jimbo Takashi, Kuyo Tajimamori, and Mamoru Mamoru of Jimbo, were handed over to Tohi Masanobu, and then transferred by Tohi Masatin to Takaoka Castle, the leaderless "Yuezhong Returning to the Hometown Regiment" coalition army was completely annihilated by the Tohi army led by Tohi Masatin and others in the area of Toyama Township, and the coalition army was asked for more than 700 people. Famous samurai such as Jimbo Dehamori, Tochiya Susme Uemon (former retainer of the Tohi family, who later became the forerunner of Ichikata), Ishiguro Tibeto, Yashiro Juro Saemon, Yamada Shu, and Arru Yashichiro were all captured, and their heads, as well as the heads of miscellaneous soldiers and ronin, were also merged and sent to Takaoka Castle.

The raising of troops and attacks by the remnants of the countrymen and the samurai did not bring their family back to life, but they were still defeated at the hands of the Uesugi family. Compared with Kaga's large-scale invasion of Vietnam with a large army, what they did was more like a "storm in a teapot", "their rise was also vigorous, and their death was also sudden". This ended as only a small episode and a farce in the process of the Uesugi family's repacific of Viet China. Even Chao Ding himself did not take this "Vietnamese-Chinese Returning Regiment" coalition army seriously, and only handed over the task of annihilating them to the Tufei family, who only left the old, weak, sick and disabled army in the territory.

On the surface, Qili Lai Zhou is a general in California, but the command of the Ao Yue Zhong and the West Yue Zhong Yi Army is in the hands of the father and son of Shimoma Lai Qing and Shimoma Lai Zhao. Although Shichiri Raishu tried to intervene in the invasion of Vietnam several times, he was opposed by a large number of local wealthy families in Kaga, as well as officials and abbots. Therefore, Qili Lai Zhou had to take charge of the aftermath of the army, logistics, and city building. When he heard that the main force of the Ichichi Army had been annihilated by the Uesugi Army of 29,000 troops at the Jintong River, his excitement was palpable. He immediately withdrew all the officials and monks who were still preparing grain, grass and ordnance on the border between Kaga and Vietnam, and withdrew some of the monks stationed at the border. These actions of Shichiri Yorishu directly led to the fact that after Kakizaki Keijia and other Uesugi generals recovered the large and medium-sized castles of Western Vietnam, they also took advantage of the situation to attack Kaga, and set fire to the castle towns and monzen towns in Anji Castle, Matsuren Castle, Asahi Mountain Castle, Masune Castle, Takanae Castle and other places, and destroyed farmland and paddy fields.

And the Oku-Etsu Nakachi Army, which was dominated by Suzaki Uemon, Kawai Fujizaemon, Yamamoto Enmasa, Kotokuji Noronshun and others, also fell into a dilemma at this moment.

Although there were 10,000 troops in the Austrian and Yue Dynasty, their continuous siege of the city had already exhausted their sharpness and morale. In addition, after the attacks and harassment of the guards in the city, such as Daxiong Chaoxiu and Tohi Masashi, and the attacks on their small lotus team, this army was unable to make a reasonable decision because it did not have a general general, and the collegial system was carried out for a long time.

While the Kaga-Oyama Imperial Workshop was still arguing over who to appoint as the commander-in-chief of the Oku-Etsuchu 10,000-10,000 Army, and the generals of the Oku-Etsuchu Ichi-10,000 Army were hesitating, the court held an evaluation meeting at Takaoka Castle on September 25. The large room was already filled with samurai in different armors. Some of these people were retainers of the Zhenfu family, some were retainers of the Kanto Governor's family, and some were the indigenous lords of Vietnam.

After a while, Chaoding wore a black hunting suit (which can only be worn by four officials), an upright black hat, and a smile on his face, slowly walked from the inner room into the large wide room.

"It's time to go." Asadachi sat down and said to Ikeda Morishu, who was waiting on the side.

"Yes, my lord!" Ikeda Morishu then got up and walked quickly to the middle of the Great Hiroma, holding the scroll in his hand and began to read: "Since the family led the army into Vietnam, the great battles and fierce battles have been due to the bravery of the generals, and the family is very grateful. The enemy forces Sugiura Genren and Shimoma Yoritoshi attacked outside Toyama Castle, and when they were in danger, Honjo Misakusuke and Kanra Omi Moriden led their troops to defend the area around the Shintomi River and fought to the death against the invading enemy······ In this joint battle, Honjo Misakusuke Hall and Ganra Omi Shouden fought to the death in the area of the Shentong River and dragged a large army, both of which were the first to make contributions. Honjo Misaku Jie Hall worships the leader of the housekeeper through the word 'Jing', and changed its name to Honjo Misaku Sukei Show. Ikeda pauses as he reads this.

"Your Majesty Xie Zhenfu gave the name! His Majesty will continue to serve the Uesugi family, even if it is a liver and brain! Honjo Hidejing, who had just changed his name, said excitedly. His father, Honjo Minoru, even if he was the general of the Seven-Hand Group and the elder of the pen family, did not receive the words of the main family, but he received such an honor after this battle in the Shentong River.

"Gan Jie Omi Shou Hall Department to kill two enemy generals, and the reward needs to be promulgated after the return of the palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty has no objection." He didn't care about the amount of reward, all he wanted was to continue to gain the trust of the Lord's family and the opportunity to die for the Lord's family.

"Fujimaru Shinsuke den infiltrated the enemy line this time to spread rumors, confuse the enemy army, and lure the enemy army into the Kamitsu River, which is the second merit. The Gan Rig Omi Shouden is the same, and the reward needs to be promulgated after the return of the Commander's Palace. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty has no objection." Fujimaru Katsutoshi had previously obtained the asada's guarantee that he could obtain the Zhixing Land of 8,000 stones, so he was not in a hurry.

"Uesugi Toyozen guarded the temple to get a ride (the first to enter the enemy formation) and killed the enemy general Sugiura Genren, the drama three merits. The reward will also be issued upon the return of the Ruler to the country. ”

"Yes, my subordinates can still get lucky rewards for wearing sinful bodies, I am really ashamed!" As soon as Uesugi Keishinobu heard that he also had a reward, he instantly felt a lot less guilt in his heart.

"Captain Kojima Saemon and Daisuke of the Tangren Shikibu arrived in time with the army and asked for the capture of Yorijun Shimoma, and they were the fourth meritorious. Exemption from one year of military service and two years of hard service. ”

"Xie Zhen Mansion Palace!" For the indigenous lords of Yuezhong, what they hope most is not to change the feudal seal, but to continue to live in peace with Mrs. Benji. In addition, they are also very acquainted, and they have led the army to participate in the battle when the Uesugi army has been out of battle many times, and they have more or less made war exploits. Therefore, the court also gave them some face, did not transfer them to the feudal first, and exempted them from military service and labor for a period of time.

The generals were not so surprised by the above results. Because the main heroes of this battle were Honjo Hidekei and Ganya Keichi. The credit for the two of them is real, and no one has an opinion. And Fujimaru Katsutoshi was a fine work sent by the Asadaki to infiltrate the enemy formation, so no one dared to have an opinion. However, the four merits of Kojima Zhizhen and Tang Renqin Guang are somewhat unacceptable. The two of them arrived on the battlefield only after their own army had left the battle, and only engaged the remnants of Shimoma Yoritoshi when the two divisions of Uesugi Keinobu and Saito Asanobu were engaged with the enemy army. Uesugi Keishinobu's Suyoshi people, such as Maruta Takatoshi and others, also felt that the two of them had robbed Uesugi Keishinobu of the job that originally belonged to Uesugi Keishin, and attacked the remnants of Shimoma Yoritoshi without authorization.