Chapter Twenty-Six: The Fall of Kurokawa

July 1, 1544. The combined forces of Uesugi and Nagao defeated the Ashina Mori clan at Shiogawa and succeeded in taking the remaining territory of Yama-gun.

In the evening, Asadachi held a banquet in the castle tower on the second floor of the main maru of Shiokawa Castle.

"The victory of this joint battle is inseparable from the hard work of Mamoru Izumi and Mamoru Shimono, and I salute you two in the next cup." Asada said happily after holding up a small plate full of sake.

"If it weren't for the timely arrival of the cavalry of the repair doctor, the foreign minister's army would have been dragged down by the Ashina army for a long time." Asanbu Saito is very modest.

"The foreign minister originally thought that the army of the Ashina Sheng clan could fight to the fullest, but he never thought that it would be defeated in just one day!" Kakizaki Jingjia was a little unwilling, if it weren't for the fact that the military god girl hadn't given him the order to send troops for a long time, he wouldn't have come all the way to Aizu.

"Izumi Shou's words are wrong, the Ashina Sheng clan didn't use the flag book in this battle, his purpose is to quickly return to Kurokawa City to pacify it, there is still a chance." Ota Shimasa persuaded Kakizaki Keijia on the side, hoping that he would not underestimate the enemy too much.

"Why didn't the repair doctor take advantage of the situation to take Kurokawa Castle? The Ashina Mori clan had already lost thousands of troops under his command in this battle, and it was impossible for the retainers to be loyal to them wholeheartedly in a short period of time. After Ota Shimasa persuaded Kakizaki Keijia, a young man who was waiting outside the door spoke at the door.

"Chiyo Inomaru! It's not honest for the lord to hand you over to me to take with you?! In this battle, he won a low-ranking samurai! Are you embarrassed to give your opinion in front of everyone?! "Kakizaki Jingjia is a little unhappy, people Uesugi Chao will do whatever he wants, what is a hairy child?

"......" The Ashina clan who sat at the end of the seat didn't say much, he was a general, especially in this case, he couldn't say much, otherwise he might not even have his own fiefdom.

"The army needs to rest instead of fatigue to fight, and even this does not understand how to lead troops to fight in the future?" Saito Asanobu shook his head after taking a sip of sake, a little disappointed with the young Honjo Shigan.

"Lord Inawashiro, the credit of your ministry is not small. Atami Castle and Keihji Temple are all governed by you. Chao Ding instantly put aside the topic.

"Thank you, Lord for your kindness!" As soon as Shengguo heard that he had given him the two places he had won without difficulty, not to mention how happy he was, he excitedly stepped forward to pour wine for Chaoding.

"My lord, there is some truth in what the samurai said. There is a famous saying in the Ming Kingdom: Beat the water dog. It seems to be the current situation. Gui Die sat opposite the Ashina clan because of his identity.

"The two cities of Gaojiu and Gaotian have not been taken, and I am afraid that it will be ...... to rush into the army" Chaoding himself was a little worried, and it was also necessary to beat the water dogs. Several important castles of the Ashina family are placed there, how to fight Kurokawa Castle before it is defeated? Did you swim through Lake Inawashiro?

"My lord, Saito Yubi means to attack Kurokawa Castle by boat from the territory of Inawashiro-sama." Smart people understand what they mean to each other, and Ota Zimasa guessed what Gui Die wanted to say.

"That's so, my lord. The minister is willing to be the vanguard, contact the internal response in the city, and help the lord! When Pig Miao Dai Shengguo heard this, the opportunity for his performance had come again, and he hurried to perform.

"My lord, Kurokawa Castle's defense in the direction of Lake Inawashiro is the weakest, and there is almost no defense." At this time, the 'Belt and Road Party' Uesugi Nagabei also hurriedly told what he knew.

"In this way, Ota Shimasa is the head of the family, and he leads Tsugawa Castle and Jinjo Castle in Kawanuma County for 25,000 stones; Namba Tian Kenji was promoted to the elder of the family and received 6,000 stone from Shinmiyagi in Yama County; Miyagi Zhengye is a general, leading 3,000 stone to Sakashita Castle in Onuma County; Uesugi Nagabei has the ability to block Okugawa Castle for 2,000 stones; Pig Miao Dai Shengguo is a general, and he has the ability to block 18,000 stones of Pig Miao City, and seal 1,000 stones of Atami City and 1,000 stones of Huiri Temple, a total of 20,000 stones; Nambada Hiroyoshi was a general and led Shiogawa Castle with 5,000 koku. "The court first appointed a few more important retainers, but he felt that he couldn't chill the hearts of the Musashi retainers.

"Thank you, Lord for the reward!"

"My lord, where is your city?" Ogasawara Sadazene couldn't help but want to ask, the city is all divided, and there is no one left!

"Of course I live in Kurokawa Castle!" Asada is ready to take a gamble and take Kurokawa Castle tonight!

"Yes!" Immediately, the banquet ended in a hurry just as it began, and Chao Dingya went into the living room to change into a black lacquer carcass, and mobilized the troops that were already stationed under the city before sending troops. Chaoding was ready to attack Kurokawa Castle after taking Takaku Castle in one fell swoop, and Inowashiro Shengguo was the first to serve, and he was only responsible for exploring the way.

Inawashiro Shengguo also hurried back to the territory, gathered all the boats of all the people by the lake, and sent a small saku to contact Neiying in Kurokawa Castle.

At that time, the 1,000 troops of the Inodai Shengguo supported the ship to the shore of Kurokawa Castle.

"My lord, the villain has long been going to repair the doctor's hall, and today I can finally fulfill this long-cherished wish." Inowashiro Shengguo got off the ship, and the bow general Yamazaki Dewa, who had been waiting for a long time, walked to the side of Inawashiro Shengguo.

"Well, the lord appreciates talented warriors very much, as long as he can make a meritorious contribution and seal it, I will steal the city soon." Pig Miao Dai Shengguo doesn't want to stay here for too long.

"Yes. Come with me, sir. Yamazaki Dewa immediately led the 100 Bow Ashigaru of the headquarters and led the 1,000 troops of Inawashiro Mori to enter the castle town of Kurokawa Castle.

Hirata of Takahisa Castle (I made a typo in the previous chapter, I hope to forgive you for the book) settled the 1,000 troops in his headquarters, and learned that the 4,000 combined forces of Uesugi and Nagao had arrived at the castle, and then fled the castle with concubines, money, and a few cronies, and the 1,000 troops then gave up resistance. The court appointed the Ashina clan as the lord of the castle and led the 4,000 stone of Takakujo Castle. Let him go to appease the 1,000 troops of the Ashina army, and he will continue to rush to Kurokawa Castle with 4,000 troops.

"Lord Yamazaki, why don't these troops rest at such a late hour? Could it be...... Yes! Oda Takezo wanted to carefully interrogate the colleague in front of him, but who knew that Yamazaki Dewa directly pulled out the saber and stabbed him. This sudden rebellion made several Ashigaru of Sannomaru not react, and they were all killed by some samurai of Inawashiro Shengguo, and Oda Takezo also fell to the ground and died.

"Lord Yamazaki, you bow your feet and lightly release the rocket to the arrow tower of Ninomaru, and stand by to guard the Otegate of Sannomaru." On the surface, Inawashiro Shengguo cares about Yamazaki Dewa, but in fact, he wants his own credit to be greater.

"Yes." When Yamazaki was still calculating how much his army had not lost, Inawashiro Mori had already killed Ninomaru.

"Report! The military strength of Inowashiro Shengguo has been killed in Ninomaru! Lord, get out of the way! A bloodied samurai crawled into the Ashina Mori clan's room and died.

"What?!" Ashina Mori listened carefully and heard the shouts of killing outside. He himself knows how many troops there are in Kurokawa City, less than two thousand! Even if you stick to Honmaru to the end, you can't wait for reinforcements from your retainers, so it's better to break through early.

Ashina Moriko also changed his armor at the urging of the Ashina Mori clan and came out of Honmaru with the Flag Samurai. Let the concubines and side rooms escape through the gate first, while himself, Ashina Morixing, and twenty Hachimoto samurai left through the back door of the south, preparing to transfer to Nanyuan Castle.

The side chambers, concubines, and maids who escaped from the front were slaughtered by the forces of the Inawashiro Mori country, and they were all killed, leaving not a single one, so that no one found out after arriving at Honmaru.

As soon as the army arrived, the Ashina army no longer resisted stubbornly, and surrendered one after another. After seeing the corpses of many of the women in Ninomaru, Asadachi dragged all the troops under his command outside the city and buried them outside the city, even the Ashina army and more than 500 samurai who died in the battle in the city were also buried.

The good days of the Ashina Mori clan were over, and not long after the group of twenty-two people left, they were surrounded in the forest.

"Warrior Hunter!" As soon as Ashina Mori looked at these peasant soldiers armed with bamboo spears in front of him, he had already guessed what his fate would be, either the defenders of Nanyuan Castle arrived in time, or they would die here, and their heads would be taken away. Obviously, Ashina Mori and others are the latter choice.

The peasants and soldiers have long been dissatisfied with the rule of the Ashina Mori clan, not to mention the oppression of the people, and the taxes are increasing year by year! As soon as they heard that the newly arrived Uesugi Dynasty had decided to implement the 'Four Princes and Six People', and that all the regulations of the "Tokusho Decree" had been abolished, they all wanted the life of the Ashina Mori clan.

Twenty-two people were surrounded by hundreds of people, and although the samurai of the flag were loyal to the lord, there were few of them after all. The peasant soldiers did not have the consciousness of a samurai, they did whatever they wanted, leaving no room at all, and they used everything for sneak attacks, group fights, etc.

Soon, before half a pillar of incense was done, twenty Ashina family banner samurai were the first to be killed, and fifty peasant soldiers were also killed. The whole grove was littered with corpses.

"You take this money, can you please let us go?" After letting go of his status as a lord and handing over all the money he had to a peasant soldier, he hugged Ashina Mori and looked at the ill-intentioned peasants around him in great fear.

"You still squeezed us with this money, and we deserve to return it, and then we want your head." After throwing the money bag to the peasant soldiers behind him, the peasant soldier picked up the saber of the flag warrior and walked towards the Ashina Mori father and son step by step······

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