Chapter 105: Ashikaga Yoshiteru's Anger
A bunch of pseudo-guardians, pseudo-guardians, pseudo-imperial companions, and pseudo-state holders appointed by the Ashikaga Fuji clan began to attack the Uesugi family. The Uesugi retainers in Ueno were all too scattered to gather to fight. However, Ohu Castle and Stablebridge Castle are close to Minowa Castle in Nagano, so they are also protected by Nagano Yoshimasa. Omori Minori of Dahu Castle even developed Dahu Castle to 9,000 koku, and Soga Yushige also developed Matsubashi Castle to 15,000 koku.
To tell the truth, if it weren't for the great famine, Chaoding would not have been able to gather so many refugees, and it would not have been possible to settle them in Dahu City and Maqiao City.
After Minori Omori and Yushige Soga gathered 3,400 troops at Ohu Castle and Mabashi Castle, and after the 700 troops of the Shirakawa Mankatsu team sent by Nagano Yoshimasa to assist in the defense, their first counterattack target was Takatsudo Castle, which originally belonged to the Yamauchi Uesugi family.
Takatsu Tojo was attacked by Kiryu Suketsuna because Uesugi Kenmasa fled to Echigo, and he became the master of Takatsu Tojo. If he hadn't participated in the battle and performed in the attack on the Nabo family and the Akai family, Kenshin and Chaoding would have settled accounts with him a long time ago.
On November 20, when the Furukawa Shogunate Army was frantically attacking Hirai Castle, Kohata Keisun, the lord of Kohata Castle, and Kiyocho Ikawa, the lord of Kunimine Castle, arrived with 3,600 troops, and instantly reversed the unfavorable situation.
Kiyocho Tsukawa personally led 1,600 troops from his headquarters to break into the forces of Hota and Kuragano to fight. Coupled with the subsequent covering support of Kohata Keisun, the Furukawa shogunate army could only retreat to Kuragano Castle to rest, and the siege of Hirai Castle was lifted. Since Kohata Keisi's Nishimaki Castle had not yet been controlled by the Furukawa Shogunate Army, he ordered his retainer Yoshizaki Kakubei to go to Katsuo Castle and ask for reinforcements from Murakami Yoshikiyo.
Due to the fact that the military forces in each region were fighting separately, Ashikaga Fuji and Ryoda Harsuke could not govern and command in time. And Oda's cessation of fighting made him very helpless. Originally, he was going to lead the army to attack Musashi, but now he has not conquered Xiaojincheng and other places in the country!
Harusuke Ryoda also tried to send him to Kai Province to give Takeda Shingengoku the Companion and the guards of Suruga, Enoe, Kai, and Shinano, as well as the East China Sea. But before Takeda Shingen himself could speak, the retainers all said that they should help the Uesugi family defeat this pseudo-shogunate. In the end, Takeda Shingen simply drove out Ryoda Harusuke's envoy and told him that the Takeda family would never be in the same camp as the traitors.
encountered the hard nail of the Takeda family, and Harsuke Liangda still did not give up looking for foreign aid. He soon sent envoys to the Soma family, the Date family, the Osaki family, and the Kasai family in Oshu. The envoy who sent the Soma family was directly killed by Soma Shengyin on the Great Hiroma; And Date Harumune regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Muromachi shogunate, and directly ordered someone to beat the messenger out of Iwakiri Castle; Mogami Yoshimori didn't dare to anger the Uesugi family and the frightened wealthy families at this juncture, and directly beheaded him to show the public. It can be said that only the Kasai family and the Osaki family were driven out and were not beaten, and the rest were either killed or injured. This also made Harsuke Ryoda see that the daimyo around him were reluctant to follow the Furukawa Shogunate, and the influence of the Muromachi Shogunate was still very large.
However, in the early days of the war, the Furukawa Shogunate's offensive against the Uesugi family was completely contained. Although Uesugi Asadashi still put on the appearance of wanting to 'encircle and suppress' the three people of Imagawa, Ota Shigemasa had already led 3,000 troops from his headquarters and 5,000 soldiers from Shangshu to conquer Tenjin Island Castle in Shimokoku, and directly surrounded Ryoda Harsuke's Sekijuku Castle, and Kibe Fan Hu of Titai Castle also led 200 troops to participate in the battle. His mission is not to capture Sekijuku Castle, but to fish Harsuke Ryoda out of the Furukawa Imperial Palace.
The Mizutani family and the Tagaya family of Hitachi Province were very loyal to the Furukawa Shogunate, and directly led their troops to the Furukawa Imperial Palace. The two of them, Tagaya Ieshige and Tagaya Shigemasa, led their entire army of 3,000 to assist in the defense of the Furukawa Imperial Palace. Mizutani didn't have that many troops, but he just led a thousand troops to arrive. They were all appointed by Harsuke Ryoda to serve as guardians and outsiders.
At this time, Liang Tian Harsuke had the confidence, and directly sent the 3,000 troops of the headquarters, 1,000 Mizutani troops, and 3,000 Tagaya troops to Guansu City. However, before this, Ryoda Harusuke thought that his position in one of the chamberlains was not enough, and asked the Ashikaga Fuji clan to appoint him as the governor of the Kanto region. Of course, he would not let himself alone obtain a high position, and also sent someone to appoint Yura Narita as the leader and Oda as the quasi-leader.
As soon as Oda got his new position, he worked even harder, and directly united the 1,600 troops of Soma Reinin and his own 5,100 troops and the four thousand troops of Yamamoto Temple and Miyagi to fight outside Kogan Castle.
Both sides fought on the 21st and 23rd, and it can be said that the Oda army spared no effort to fight with Yamamoto Temple and Miyagi. Yamamoto Temple and Yamamoto Temple Katsucho were injured one after another, and even Miyagi was defeated three times in the fierce battle. However, after all, there is a big difference in strength. The Uesugi army then retreated into Kogansejo, with only a few hundred and one thousand remaining troops. And the Furukawa shogunate army still had 3,600, and Oda Shiji also saw the strength of the Uesugi army, and directly led the remnants of 2,100 to retreat into Shibazaki Castle in the north of Koganeshiro to rest. Soma also led an army of 1,500 to retreat into the castle to rest.
It can be said that the most tragic battle was the battle between Yamamoto Temple Dingchang, Miyagi Yuye and Oda Shiji, and Soma Junyin was completely a foil, except for sending a hundred troops to help reimburse all of them, there was no outstanding record.
Although the Uesugi family was able to restrain the offensive of the Furukawa shogunate army, Utsunomiya Hirotsuna was not. After being attacked by the Ashikaga Nagao family and the Koyama family, the subjugated Mibu family (Mibu Tsuno) and Kanuma Mibu family (Mibu Circumference) directly responded to the Furukawa shogunate army. With their defection, the Utsunomiya family lost all their territory in Kitashinano. With the loss of Kushimoda Castle and Kamimikawa Castle, and after the death of his retainers Takotsunahide and Takotsunaga, Utsunomiya Hirotsuna could only defend Moka Castle in person. Utsunomiya Castle was handed over to the important minister Yoshiga Takasho to garrison.
The current Utsunomiya family only has four castles left: Utsunomiya Castle, Moka Castle, Mashiko Castle, and Tobiyama Castle. Moka Castle was surrounded by 5,000 Furukawa shogunate troops, and there were only 3,000 defenders in the castle······
It was at this time that the lord of Shimono Motegi Castle, Motegi Hashige, also fell to the Furukawa Shogunate. He directly sent his younger brother Motegi Jikiyo to lead an army of 1,000 to attack Utsunomiya Castle.
The Utsunomiya family, as the west gate of the Satake family, if the Utsunomiya family is finished, then the Furukawa shogunate army will flock into the Hitachi country, and then the Satake family will also be finished by then.
Satake Yoshiaki directly rushed to lead the army to leave on the front foot of Motegi Jiqing, and on the back foot he sent Nagasura Yoshito and Osawa Otoshin to lead 2,000 troops to attack Motegi Castle with 2,500 soldiers in the city, and the 1,700 troops of Odano Yoshibo in the rear team were also on the way.
Nasu Ziyin also led the 1,200 troops of his headquarters with the support of his retainers, but was attacked by the Uesugi army of Shimono. Akechi Mitsuhide and Akechi Dingming went to Yamashiro Province does not mean that there are no retainers left in the territory. Akechi Mitsutada led a total of 1,700 troops led by Tsumiki Hirotada, Ikeda Teruie, Okuda Keitsuna, Shinshi Sadaren, Aoki Shigenao, and Yasuda Sakubei to gather outside Otawara Castle long ago. Nasu Ziyin led the army out of the city and headed towards Black Feather City.
Akechi Mitsutada can't go to rescue the Utsunomiya family without permission, because now the Akechi family's territory in Shimono and the city under its management need to be garrisoned, so they can only defeat the Nasu army before they can rescue the Utsunomiya family.
Fortunately, although Soma Junyin had to guard against the Date family, he still did not forget the plight of the Uesugi family, and directly ordered the retainers Ei Yinji and Okada Shigein to lead a thousand reinforcements from Kotaka Castle to Aizu and then to Shimono Province.
In fact, at this juncture, whoever attacks the Uesugi family will really be divided into the pseudo-shogunate camp of the Furukawa Shogunate, so no matter how much hatred Date Harumune and the others have with the Uesugi family, they can't do anything at will at this juncture.
On November 30, Takeda Nobutora, who was still drinking tea with Ashikaga Yoshiteru and talking about world affairs, met with Naito Masathiro, Shibata Katsuie, and Niwa Nagahide.
"Gongkata Palace, Takeda Mutsu Mamoru This is the inscription of the Kanto Furukawa shogunate. Naito Masatyo handed over the book to the gray-haired Takeda Nobuta.
"What? Furukawa Shogunate?! Ashikaga Yoshiteru couldn't believe it.
"Gongkata, the Uesugi family needs a raid order from the shogunate!" Just after Akechi Mitsuhide met the ninja sent by Kato Danzo, he rushed to the Honmaru Ohiroma and saw Naito Masatyo, Shibata Katsuya and others who had just sat down.
"Shibei, you also learned, then hurry here." Ashikaga Yoshiteru motioned for Akechi Mitsuhide to sit down and speak.
"Yes." Just after Akechi Mitsuhide sat down, he saw Ashikaga Yoshiteru's face gradually turning blue.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru saw the text and said: 'Ashikaga Yoshiteru is immoral and incompetent, and when he becomes a general of the Shogun, he will be driven out of Kyoto by the Miyoshi family and wander around; Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Asada, who were appointed by the Muromachi shogunate, were even more reckless in attacking with the Kanto governor and the Kanto governor; The Ashikaga Left Guard Governor Fuji was the best candidate to become a general, and he was supposed to rule over the Kanto samurai to defeat Uesugi, Satake, Utsunomiya, Satomi, and Nagano and sweep away all disobedience along the Tokaido, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru would be captured in Nijo Castle and beheaded in Rokujo River. ’
"This time, the shogunate set up a rebellion in the Kanto region once again, and led tens of thousands of rebels! It's a pity that the shogunate lost power, and even the rebel army could not be formed. "No matter how hot Ashikaga Yoshiki is, he can only stare like this, and the Ashikaga Fuji clan is too timely.
"Gongfang Palace, although Inuko Shingen and the traitor Hojo once formed an alliance, but they found out their wolf ambitions so they broke off the alliance, and the Imagawa family, who had the heart of rebellion, broke off the alliance." Takeda Shinhu naturally wanted to whitewash the Takeda family at this time.
"Well, the Takeda family has always been loyal to the shogunate and the imperial court, which is in Yu's eyes. But the Kanto Eight countries are important regions! Since ancient times, the public officials sent by the shogunate have repeatedly rebelled in various parts of the Kanto region, and it is simply unbearable! Ashikaga Yoshiteru was very angry, he no longer wanted to trust the public side of Kanto, after being completely a rebel, even if he didn't rebel for a while, he would still rebel in the future.
"The Oda family is also loyal to the shogunate, and the Owari guardian of the Ueshosuke is also granted by Yu Siwei repeatedly, and the Takee family has lost power and is no longer able to be loyal to the shogunate." Ashikaga Yoshiteru has given up on supporting his relatives Spo's family, and it is completely meaningless.
"Xie Gongfang Hall Mingjian." Shibata Katsuya and Niwa Nagahide naturally wanted to politely present the five hundred eigaku money they brought this time. Of course, money is still a shogun
"The Uesugi family, as Yu's most loyal retainers, has always contributed to the stability of the shogunate, and even the Kanto clan has done their best to attack the Ise clan who call themselves Hojo. The Uesugi family was still a member of the Yu ancestors, otherwise they would not have given the Uesugi family the positions of Kanto governor and Echigo guardian for generations. "Ashikaga Yoshiteru knows that the dragon maiden and Asada have been giving gifts and donations, etc., and this time Asadai sent Akechi Mitsuhide to assist him, which shows the 'loyalty' of the Uesugi family.
"Retainers of the Oda family, you should step back first." Ashikaga Yoshiteru could not give the Mino guardian duty to the Oda family right now, because Saito Yoshiryu was still loyal to the shogunate, and he also donated a lot of money, so he couldn't fall into the well because of his illness. It looks like the Muromachi shogunate is snobbish.
"Yes." Shibata Katsuya and Niwa Nagahide could only retreat first, and the next thing was that Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the Takeda family and the Uesugi family said alone, and they were not good at listening on the side.
"Report! The envoys of the Gongkata Palace, Utsunomiya, Satake, Nagano, and Satomi are all here, and they ask the Gongkata Hall to be the master! The Ashikaga Fuji clan has distributed all the guardian positions, three management and four positions to the Kanto people and daimyos, resulting in the daimyo who did not surrender and obey the orders of the Furukawa shogunate to be attacked! Yanagisawa Motomasa hurriedly entered Ohiroma at this time and reported to Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
"It looks like Kanto is already in chaos, shame! In the past, as long as the Kwantung Princes raised troops to rebel, their ancestors could lead the army to exterminate them, but this time the rebellion Yu did not have the strength to mobilize all kinds of daimyo to exterminate them! Ashikaga Yoshiteru knew that no matter how good his swordsmanship was, he would not be able to change the ability of this war-torn country.
"Don't worry! The Takeda family will help the Uesugi family attack the Hojo family, which is affiliated with the puppet shogunate, and will definitely eradicate the Horikoshi Gongfang established by the puppet shogunate! "Takeda Shintora feels that the Takeda family is going to have another Lingguo again, although there will be no old acquaintance of the Hojo family.
"Is Mutsu serious? Then ask the Takeda family to assist the Uesugi family in attacking the guardian Hojo clan of the puppet shogunate! "Ashikaga Yoshiteru's words are still very standard, let the Takeda family assist the Uesugi family, of course, the Uesugi family is the general general, and the Takeda family is only the deputy.
"Gongfang Hall, Mutsu Shouden, the family is ready to attack the puppet shogunate, and tens of thousands of troops have been mobilized to approach the east of the river at the Takeda Warden in Suruga, just wait for the words of the Gongfang Palace!" Naito Masatoyo is right, Takeda Shingen had already ordered the troops of Suruga Province and Enoe Province to start mobilizing when he left, and even the troops of Kai Province were also gathering, as long as Naito Masatoyo returned, then the Izu country of the Hojo family would be attacked again by the Takeda army.
"That's good, that's good. There are shogunate loyalists like the Takeda family, and there is a lot of peace of mind in Yu. Ashikaga Yoshiteru calmed his anger a little. After all, since this matter has spread to Yamashiro Province, all the countries of Gyeonggi Province should have received relevant news. He felt that the Miyoshi family had also learned the news, which was really displeased.
"Please give the order of the Imperial Palace to crusade against the puppet shogunate!" Akechi Mitsuhide hurriedly asked Ashikaga Yoshiteru to send it, he was afraid that after a long time, the main body of the crusade was not the Uesugi family.
Yu ordered the Uesugi family to unite with the samurai of the Eight Kingdoms of Kanto who had not yet followed the puppet shogunate to continue the fight against the puppet shogunate army and form a crusade army. In addition, the Takeda family must attack Izu and destroy the pseudo-Horikoshi Princess! The generals of Okushinano will also enter Ueno in time to join the Uesugi army! In addition, the Soma family and others of Nanjio also had to go to Kanto in time to assist the Uesugi family and other crusading forces. "Ashikaga Yoshiteru has long known that the Takeda family is not ready to die, and has the idea of continuing to marry the Hojo family. The order he issued this time was to completely sever all ties between the Takeda family and the Hojo family, in order to completely sever the Ise family, who were originally shogunates but claimed to be the Hojo family.
"The rebellion of the Kanto Hiroji must be quickly quelled, otherwise the Miyoshi and others in Gyeonggi will still be eyeing the shogunate." Takeda Shintora also spent a lot of time in Kyoto, and since Imagawa Yoshimoto was defeated and died in the Battle of Tsubakusama, he went to Yamashiro Province to do shogunate work for the Takeda family, etc.
Yu also knew it, so Yu would go to the imperial palace later to ask the imperial court to issue an edict against the puppet shogunate. As long as Yu and the imperial court are united, plus the samurai loyal to the shogunate, they will definitely be able to defeat the pseudo-shogunate. This time, there is no need to leave the Ashikaga Fuji clan, Ashikaga Yoshishi and others alive from the former Furukawa Gongfang, including all their clansmen! From now on, the shogunate will no longer set up the Kanto Princess! "Ashikaga Yoshiteru is already disgusted with the public side in this area, and the Kamakura public side used to be less opposed?
Just when Ashikaga Yoshiteru went to the imperial palace to find the emperor, Akechi Mitsuhide also found Konoe's former heir. As soon as Akechi Mitsuhide arrived in Yamashiro Province, the first person he came into contact with was the former heir of Konoe. He asked the former heir of the guard to raise the rank of the general of the town guard from the five, and try to reach the fourth position.
And Konoe's former heir was also very happy, he also learned that the war in Kanto had begun, and it was the Ashikaga Fuji clan who established the Furukawa Shogunate, and became an existence that fought against the Muromachi Shogunate. The former heir of Konoe waited for Ashikaga Yoshiteru to get the crusade on the front foot, and discussed with the emperor and some ministers on the back foot. As a result, it was very fast, and on the same day, Akechi Mitsuhide was able to obtain the decree to promote the court from the fifth lower rank to the fourth lower rank of the shogun, and he was also able to establish the town guard government in the Kanto region.
The official position of the shogun has always been the military chief in charge of Okuwa, and now he can also govern Kanto. It can be said that the former heir of Konoe is very helpful!
Akechi Mitsuhide then asked Akechi to rush to Musashi and bring Lunzhi to the court. At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshiki also asked Asakura Yoshikei (Echizen Asakura family leader), Asai Hisamasa (Omi Asai family leader), Oda Nobunaga (Owari Oda family leader), Rokkaku Yoshiken (Omi Rokkaku family leader), Takeda Motomitsu (Wakasa Takeda family leader), Isshiki Yoshiki (Tango Isshiki family leader), Yamana Yutoyo (Tajima mountain family leader) Seven people first issued a joint statement, accusing the Ashikaga Fuji clan's Furukawa Shogunate of being a puppet shogunate, puppet regime, and so on. It can be said that there is only this for Ashikaga Yoshiteru to do, and the rest of the troop dispatch work can only be handed over to the Uesugi family, the Takeda family, the Murakami family, the Mutsu Soma family, the Ueno Nagano family, and the Hitachi Satake family.