Chapter 299: Minowa Opens the City
In the battle outside the castle, the three coalition forces of Takeda, Urano, and Takaru Nagano were defeated, and Urano Shigenari, Urano Shigeji (Urano Shigeji's brother), Urano Shigehide (Urano Shigenari's brother) and others first fled to Tenjinka to take refuge, and then fled back to Odo Castle. Nagano Yoshikoku, Nagano Yoshige and others fled to Matsunosawa Castle first, and then to Minowa Castle. Only the Takeda family's Anayama Nobujun and Takeda Nobutomo were captured after being captured by some of the Omoriji defenders led by Ronin and Ki Munekatsu while fleeing, and then they were escorted to Pheasant Village to meet Asada.
"What do we have to do with the rebellious people of Nishiueno Province and your Takeda family?! Ran out of your territory to fight our army! "Asadaki saw Anayama Nobukun and Takeda Nobutomo in Honmaru Ohiroma, and he was angry.
"Even if I can't wait at this moment, I'm afraid that the Uesugi army will attack us in the future······" Nobuyo-kun Anayama and Nobuyo Takeda said tremblingly.
"If it weren't for the Takeda family's repeated attacks on the border of the Takeda family and the Tsukito Sect or the surrounding daimyo facing the family's swords, would the family take the initiative to attack the Takeda family?" Chao Ding was a little speechless for such an answer.
One day after the Battle of Tagarome, Asadachi ordered the capture of more than 3,000 samurai, ashigaru, and miscellaneous servants of the three coalition forces to be returned to their hometowns. The remaining forces of the three coalition armies were scattered to Azuma-gun, Shinano's small prefectures, and Saku-gun, while Takeda Katsuyori, Itagaki Nobuyasu and others fled back to Kita-Shinano with only a dozen Takeda troops.
As soon as Takeda Katsuyori returned to Kitashinano, he personally went to the castle town of Komoro Castle to find Nagasaka Mitsuken, intending to ask him to return to his post as his rear servant to assist him. Seeing that Takeda Katsuyori had lowered his profile so much and asked him to resume his post-service, Mitsuken Nagasaka gave Takeda Katsuyori a face, and offered him a plan - that is, the remnants of the Takeda Army in Nishiueno could be withdrawn to Oyama and Saku, and all the western part of Azuma County that had been seized was relinquished.
Takeda Katsuyori didn't understand why he wanted to give up the western part of Azuma-gun, and he could still hold on, not to mention that there was still Ben Baiyin Mountain, which had just been controlled for a short time, and if the army was withdrawn, Ben Baiyin Mountain would be owned by the Uesugi family. Seeing that Takeda Katsuyori was still obsessed, Nagasaka Mitsuken left him with a sentence: "If it is not the destiny of heaven, it is not human power to fight." ”
Takeda Shingen immediately abandoned his strategy against Kitashinano after learning that the Takeda army had returned from defeat outside the castle, and he immediately ordered Takeda Katsuyori and Itagaki Nobuyasu and other generals to withdraw the remnants of the Takeda army in Nishiueno to Oyama and Saku, and at the same time believed that the Pure Land Shinshu of Kaga Province would launch a large-scale rebellion in Echichu and Noto.
On September 5, more than a dozen castles in Nishi-Azuma Prefecture, including Nishiwa Castle, Mihara Castle, Naganohara Castle, Yanagisawa Castle, Kokura Castle, and Hawei Castle, were surrendered by the Uesugi family, and all of Nishi-Azuma-gun, which had been occupied by the Takeda Army, were owned by the Uesugi family.
Many of the retainers in the Takeda family believed that the defeat of Takeda Katsuyori, Urano Shigenari, Nagano Yoshikuni and others was due to their failure to listen to Nagasaka Mitsuken's advice. For Nagasaka Mitsuken's suggestion, Yamamoto Kansuke has a lot of complaints, he thinks: Nagasaka Mitsuken's suggestion is very good, but it cannot be implemented. If, when Takeda Katsuyori and others led their troops to make a detour north, once the important towns of Gokan Castle, Takada Castle, and Minowa Castle were breached by the Uesugi army, then the Takeda army would immediately fall into passivity, and the Uesugi army would be able to attack with all its might. Yamamoto Kansuke felt that under the circumstances, he could formulate a strategy against the deployment of Fujiwara Asadashi and Uesugi Kenshin: a part of the Takeda army made a detour north, defeated some of the Uesugi troops garrisoning Higashi-Azuma-gun and Tone-gun, and copied the grain route of Kenshin's headquarters and cut off their retreat; The other part of the Takeda army continued to confront the Uesugi army, preparing for a battle, so that the Uesugi army could not do its best to attack the people of the Nishi-Ueno country, such as the Go-Ryaki, the Takada family, the Urano family, and the Takaru Nagano family, which had fallen to the Takeda family, which might be more appropriate.
However, having said that, although Takeda's strategy of winning a decisive battle with the whole army was not a foolproof strategy, it was not wrong. Takeda Katsuyori's mistake was that he underestimated the enemy in the decisive battle, and placed the Urano Army and the Takatoru Nagano Army, which were not high in combat power, at the forefront of the Takeda Army, so that the Uesugi Army had an opportunity to take advantage of it, so that it was finally defeated.
Satomi Kawachi, a retainer of the Takaro Nagano family, saw the great victory of the Uesugi army, and knew that he could not continue to hold Satomi Castle, so he abandoned the castle and fled to Minowa Castle. Subsequently, the Uesugi army effortlessly acquired the two fortified castles of Tarumu Castle and Satomi Castle. And Nagano Yetsu almost fainted when he learned the news of the victory of the Uesugi army in the Battle of Tagaryu in Minowa Castle, and then he said to Nagano Yekuni, Nagano Yeren, Nagano Yeshige and others: "The general trend has gone, we originally relied on the Takeda family, and now the Takeda army has returned defeated, even if we are lucky enough to break out of the siege and leave Minowa Castle, there is no hope of a comeback!" ”
"Why didn't the elder brother let the constitutional government intervene at this time? Kenshin Uesugi and Fujiwara Asadachi explained that we were forced to raise troops. Nagano immediately thought of Uesugi Kenmasa, who was still under house arrest in Minowa Castle.
"If he had known the news of our disastrous defeat in the Battle of Yingliu, he would definitely not have come forward to mediate." Nagano shook his head and said.
"My lord, now that the general trend has gone, it is better to take the initiative to surrender to Uesugi Kenshin, she treats those who voluntarily surrender much better than Fujiwara Asada." Toneki Masayasu then spoke to Nagano Yetsu.
"That's all there is to it, Uehara, Kanno and the others will go with them, I can't wait for them." Nagano felt that the current Eagle Stay Nagano family had no power to return to heaven, so he had to surrender to the Uesugi family.
On September 6, Nagano Yetsu was dressed in plain clothes and took his younger brothers Nagano Yesuki and Nagano Katsuye, his sons Nagano Yeren and Nagano Yeshiro, and his retainers Toneki Masayan, Kaneya Naomitsu, and Satomi Kawachi to surrender to Kenshin outside the castle. At this time, Kenshin learned that Kaga's Pure Land Shinshu was preparing to send troops to Noto and Vietnam, and accepted their surrender as courtesy. After that, Kenshin sent a part of his army into Minowa Castle first, guarding all parts of the castle and the castle towns, prohibiting harassment and plunder. At this point, all the places occupied by Nagano Yetsu were pacified by the Uesugi army.
However, Uehara Hyogo, Uehara Saemon, Kanno Kentsuna, Kanno Nobukata and others killed Uesugi Kenmasa in a fit of rage when they saw that the Takaru Nagano family surrendered, and then fled from Minowa Castle to prepare to defect to Urano Shigenari Castle. However, before they could cross Mt. Haruna, they were discovered and killed by the patrolling Waki Sokatsu, and the head was then sent to Minowa Castle.
On September 7, Asadaki led his army to Minowa Castle and joined the generals to inform Kenshin: "If there is a great chaos today, the power of the shogunate has plummeted, and the Ashikaga shogun's family will continue to serve as the general of the expedition only by virtue of their bloodline and family character, and they will not be able to pacify the world and make the world peaceful, and the living beings in the world will already be in great distress." Divide the world into four parts, and you already have one. The Uesugi family occupies a large number of relingist countries, with nearly 100,000 armor, and no one dares to compete with you in terms of force, and no one can surpass you when it comes to virtue. The will of God cannot be humbly refused, I hope you will think more about the world for the sake of the world, put the world's creatures in your heart, and replace the Ashikaga family as soon as possible to become the head of the shogun and samurai! ”
Kenshin did not heed the generals' advice, and after the burial of Uesugi Kensei at Minowa Castle, he led his army back to Echigo to defend against the invasion of the Pure Land Shinshu.
When Asada was about to ask the former heir of Konoe to convince Kenshin, Uesugi Keimitsu suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Report to the lord, something is wrong!" Uesugi Keimitsu didn't come alone, and there was a Oda clan behind him.
"What's the matter? Isn't this Mamoru Oda Sanuki? Asadaki took a look at Uesugi Keimitsu and found that Oda was standing behind Uesugi Keimitsu like a child.
"The town government is a keen, and the Edo family ······ The Edo family took away Ogawa Castle, which you had given to your courtiers. Oda said with a sigh.
"My lord, that's not all, the Edo family also sent troops to attack the Oda family's Kakioka Castle, Tsuchiura Castle and other places, and they are still sheltering ronins and building branch castles in various places." Uesugi Keimitsu helped Oda add it.
"It seems that the Edo family must have received too few rewards for themselves." Yamazaki Hidesen, who was standing on the edge of Chaoding, said thoughtfully.
"The position of the Edo Leader is relatively special, and it can be attacked when it advances and can be defended when it retreats. Now that the army of the raiders has entered Fukaya Castle in Kitamusashi, the family really does not have the ability to defeat the Edo family in a short period of time. "Chaoding feels that this matter is a bit tricky.
"The lord can order the two shillings, Soma and Tamura, to unite Yusa, Nishino, Kiuchi, Matsudo, Dan, Heisho and the Oda family, who have been transferred to Hitachi Province, to contain the Edo family, and then use a large army to destroy the Edo family after the Honjo family is pacified." Hidesen Yamazaki is not worried that the power of the Edo family will expand in a short period of time.
"Well, Oda Sanuki Mamoru will ask you. As long as the Oda family can be active, then it is not a problem to seal 10,000 or 20,000 stones. "Asadaki had to use the territory first to let Oda Shiji contribute more.
"Your Majesty understands." When Oda Shiji heard that as long as he could perform well, he could get a territory of 10,000 to 20,000 stones, so he was naturally happy. Originally, he still had some scruples, and he didn't dare to fight with the Edo family, but now it's different, he is an 'official army'.