Chapter 41: The War Ends

On March 30 of the first year of Koji, after repelling the invasion of the Nihon-Matsudayama family, the Uesugi family not only did not relieve their own pressure, but instead increased the number of troops sent by the Date family and the surrender of the Nikaido family to the Yuki family, the Yuki family's army went to Katahira Castle west of Suga River Castle. Nikaido Teruyuki was also forced to take the remnants of the defeated army and join the Yuki family to attack Katahei Castle together.

Katahei Castle Hojo Takahiro was recruited and summoned by the leader of the ashigaru in the castle long ago. This time, Yuuki Yoshiharu's army and the Nikaido family's army reached 2,600, while the Hojo Takahirobu only had a 1,000 army, and it was only possible to gather a lot of lords. If you defend the city, Hojo Takahiro still firmly believes that it can last for a month.

At this time, the 9,500 troops of the Nagao family reached Tsugawa Castle, the domain of Ota Shimasa. The ninjas also told the news to Asada, which could turn the Uesugi family around!

On April 1, after handing over all the battles and affairs of Minamihara Castle to Ota Shimasa, he went to Wakamatsu Castle to meet with Ryume and the retainers of the Nagao family. Asadaki arranged for all the members of the Nagao family to hold a reception banquet for them in the big wide room of Wakamatsu Castle, and Ayahime also happened to meet the dragon girl at this time.

"Repair doctor, I've heard about the war in Aizu. The losses of your department are not small. "The dragon girl also learned about it from the situation that Xuanyuan under her command investigated.

"Yes. The main combat force of the family, the Kawagoe Knights, killed 200 people outside the castle of Xiangyu Black Mountain, plus the ashigaru and samurai killed in battle in various places, it is almost 2,000! After saying that, Asada took a sip of sake.

However, the losses of the combined forces such as Ashina Moriyuki and Yamauchi Seven Cavalry were more than those of the Uesugi Army, and after the death of the Yamauchi clan, the Yamauchi Seven Cavalry became the Yamauchi Six Cavalry. His territory was also swallowed by Ashina Moriyuki alone, and all his family members were poisoned by Ashina Moriyuki. Namba Hiroyoshi, who was sitting on the side, still had a bandage on his head, but he was ordered to leave the battlefield to recuperate after being wounded. So he participated in this reception banquet.

"If the Uesugi family is defeated by these rebellious ministers and thieves, Echigo will not be at peace, and the Ashina Mori clan has sent retainers to seize part of Echigo's territory in the past, if Ashina Moriyuki is still the same as the Ashina Mori clan, it is better to destroy it now." The dragon girl can be regarded as able to come this time, but she has a wish of her own and does not let her sister become a widow.

"Actually, I don't approve of Longtail Bullet's coming to help." As soon as Chao Ding said this, it made the retainers of the Nagao family present a little dissatisfied.

"Why did the repairman say that?" The dragon girl put down her wine glass and looked at Chao Ding with a little blush.

"Okushinano is not peaceful, if you help the family, you won't be attacked by the Takeda family?" Chaoding looked at the people present, this time he didn't come to Kakizaki Kei's house, but he came to Usami Dingman.

"I've already placed the Shadow Dancer in Kasugayama Castle, and Izumi Mamoru has also stayed in Echigo." In order to stabilize her rear, the dragon girl left the Kakizaki Keijia in Echigo.

"This time the family comes to the aid of the Uesugi family, and they will definitely annihilate all the hostile daimyo and wealthy clans around them!" Honjo said with a slap on the thigh. He had survived enough to allow the dragon girl to take him out of Aizu, otherwise there would be no reason to make a contribution. Even Saito Asanobu's kid can take Okushinano's territory of five thousand koku, and he also thinks that he is no worse than Saito Asanobu.

"I drank wine and ate food. The next step is to discuss how to fight. Usami Dingman put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said to the main seat of the Asada and the Dragon Maiden.

"Yes. The Date family's army is not to be feared, and only 500 troops cannot take the family's several castles in the Hibara region. Chao Ding paused slightly, "I don't know which way the longtail family wants to start counterattacking first?" ”

"Naturally, there is an area with open terrain, and the cavalry is not easy to play on the mountain road." The Dragon Maiden wanted to test the 'car suspension array' of the large corps, and she had only used the car suspension with a military strength of 1,000 to 2,000 before. I don't know if these daimyo and wealthy clans in South Oshu can survive the second wave of the attack of the Long Tail Army.

"That's the area around Hongiya Castle and Sukagawa Castle. The Nikaido family betrayed the main family, surrendered to the Shirakawa Yuki family, and sent troops to attack Katahira Castle Hojo Tango. Asadachi was a little worried about Hojo Takahiro's situation at first, but later learned that Yuki Yoshiharu was only besieging and not attacking.

"Yes. Our army is in charge of moving north from Hongiya Castle, first defeating the Tayama family of Nihonmatsu Castle, and then starting to march towards Date Harumune's domain! "The dragon girl is very aware of Date Haruzong's mobilization ability, and the area occupied by Yonezawa borders the Mogami family, but many wealthy clans have thrown themselves into the arms of Date Harumun, as long as they are all defeated, the Uesugi family can take over the territory of more than 100,000 stone in this Yonezawa region. If the development is good and the water conservancy is built, then the stone height will be 300,000!

"Then I wish the long-tailed bomb a long time of martial arts! However, if we were to go to war with the Date family now, we might be in for a long time. It's better to destroy all the enemies around you first, and then when the family has the strength, you can fight the Date family alone. "Asadaki was a little excited when he heard that the dragon girl was going to fight Date Harunzong, but Takeda Harunobu didn't make any moves, which was very suspicious.

"I see, so be it." The dragon girl didn't want to stay here too long, and the longer it was, the more unstable Takeda Harunobu became!

After the banquet, the dragon girl came out and was pulled aside by Ayahime outside the door.

"Sister?" When the dragon girl saw that it was Ayahime, she put down the hand that was on the little bean Nagamitsu.

"The repair doctor didn't let you come, aren't you causing trouble for the retainers left behind by Echigo?" Ayahime invites the dragon girl to the tearoom.

"Arakawa Nagami has been arranged by me in Kasuga Mountain Castle, no problem sister." The dragon lady put the saber aside for the time being.

"That girl looks the same as you, but her abilities are not the same. Finally, hurry up and help the Uesugi family fight this melee and go back to Echigo. "Ayahime also doesn't want the Nagao family to be involved in this war and can't get out.

"Knowing my sister, sister, I didn't come here to see that the Uesugi family was in crisis? If the repairman dies in battle, you'll be a widow. The dragon girl sighed.

"The relationship between the Nagao family and the Uesugi family is forever broken. My father was a retainer of the Uesugi family, and now the concubine is also the main family of the Uesugi family. Ayahime laughed after speaking, she felt that all this was really fate and interesting.

"Okay, sister, don't worry. In the past few days, I will help the repair doctor finish this battle. The dragon girl chatted with Ayahime for a while before leaving.

In this way, after the Nagao army reached Aizu, it was easy to take Hongiya Castle on April 3. The court immediately sent Momoi Yoshitaka as the lord of the city to lead the knowledge of the three thousand stones of the main palace castle. However, the attack speed and marching speed of the Long Tail Army were completely unbearable for Date Harumune, and he originally asked Oni Ting Satsuki to come to the aid of Tayama Yoshikuni with a thousand troops, but who knew that Oni Ting Satsuki had just arrived near Nihonmatsu Castle and encountered Usami Chomanbu of the Long Tail Army, and in an instant, Oni Ting Satsuki's army was defeated. Tayama Yoshikuni also committed suicide with his family in Honmaru after the subsequent siege of the castle by the Nagao Army. The Oshu famous Tayama family died out like this. Subsequently, the name of Nagao Jinghu was also spread all over Oshu, and the name of this military god has already terrified the daimyo of Oshu! On the one hand, Date Uemune burned all the letters from Date Harumune, and on the other hand, he hurriedly asked all his retainers to stay in their own skills honestly, and not even a single soldier should be mobilized!

Date Harumune was furious when he learned of the defeat of the Oni Court Satsuki, and directly contacted Mogami in the north. Mogami Yoshimori instantly agreed, and he also had to rely on the Date family to help him pacify the wealthy clan in Hashu, so he had to send 2,000 troops himself. And his sons remained in the realm. Mogami Yoshimori's army was resting near Izumi Castle, while Date Harumune was still gathering his troops in a hurry.

In the early morning of April 5, after converging with the 9,500 troops of the Dragon Maiden and the 5,600 troops of the court, she annihilated the 2,000 troops of the Ashina Moriyuki Division and the remaining 4,000 troops of the Seven Cavalry of the Yamauchi Castle outside the castle of Muyu Kuroyama. Ashina Moriyuki seppuku outside Shiobu Castle. Since then, the Ashina clan has completely secured the position of the governor of the Ashina family. And the ending of the Yamauchi Seven Cavalry is: Yamauchi Toshimitsu and Yamauchi Masashige were killed in the battle of Haguro Castle, and Yamauchi Shunchi was killed after being caught by the peasants when he was defeated and retreated to Ouchi Castle, and the head was sent to the Uesugi family in exchange for a reward; Toshiki Yamauchi was killed after being rebelled by his subordinates in the forest outside Tajima Castle, and after his head was sent to Wakamatsu Castle by his subordinates, all his subordinates were ordered to be executed; Minori Yamauchi surrendered in the castle; Shigekatsu Yamauchi abandoned the castle with his cronies and fled to the Iwaki family. Since the Aizu Meimon Yamanai clan was all cleared out of Aizu, their territory reached 26,000 koku after the land was confiscated. There was also a silver mine that was also nationalized by the Uesugi family.

Soon, two days later, the Nagao army defeated all the 3,000 encircled troops of the new country Raiki outside the three generations, and the new country Raiki was taken by Usami Joman, and Naganuma Castle and Doya Ban Castle waited until the Nagao army came to the castle and opened the city. Yuki Yoshiharu had no choice but to withdraw from the siege of Katahei Castle after learning of the total destruction of Ashina Moriyuki and the Seven Horsemen of Yamauchi, but when he withdrew, he was attacked by 200 troops of Honjo's Shiranaga Division, and returned to his ability after leaving behind a hundred corpses. Nikaido Teruyuki was not so lucky, and his remnants of the army were completely routed by Nagao Keishinobu after a round of horseback samurai. The court was also very tolerant of the Nikaido family, so he confiscated the territory of Suga River Castle and left Utsu Peak Castle to the Nikaido family. Nikaido Tetsuyuki also understands what he has done, and if he is in a bad mood, he will have to cut his stomach with his sister-in-law.

Yuki Yoshiharu's abacus was that the Nikaido family came to help him delay time to return to his skills, but unfortunately, the Nikaido family's army was destroyed in an instant, and the Nagao army, led by the dragon girl, encountered the demoralized Yuki army in Komine Castle. The Nagao army was almost unscathed and defeated the 3,000 Yuki family's army, and Yuki Yoshiharu was killed by the iron cannon Ashigaru led by Minoru Honjo. Yoshikiyo Komine also inherited the Shirakawa Yuki family and then took the initiative to truce with the Uesugi family.

Kishin Endo, who led the Date Army in a sneak attack on Iwayama Castle, was also withdrawn after a sneak attack by Usami. And the thirty war horses discarded by the Date army were all cheapened by the Uesugi family.

In just a few days, the appearance of the Nagao Army turned the tide of battle in Aizu. The old party of Ashina was first completely wiped out, and then Nikaido, Shirakawa Yuki, Shinkoku, Nihonmatsu, etc. were also defeated one after another. The Uesugi family, after paying heavy casualties, was able to control the entire territory of the four Aizu prefectures and the entire territory of Shirakawa-gun, Anda-gun, Azumi-gun, and Iwase prefectures. This made the Uesugi family suddenly become too late to digest it in one go.

After the war, Date Harumune found a reason to say that Endo Kishin himself was involved in the rebellion, and it had nothing to do with the Date family, and the later court decided not to pay attention to it. Accompanied by Namba Tian Hiroyoshi and others, Asadachi also went outside Mukaihagus Castle.

"My lord, all the samurai who died in battle are buried. The horses and the ones that are in good condition have been recovered. Omori Fujiyori couldn't help but be a little shocked after completing the count, only twenty sets of full carcass pills of the two hundred knights killed in the battle could be used, and the rest of the carcass pills were full of broken arrows and holes pierced by knives and spears. It was really hard for him to imagine how Nambada Hiroyoshi with 400 men could have been killed from the encirclement of thousands of people, and he also killed 600 enemy troops!

"Yes. Hire some people here to build a cemetery, and the name of the cemetery is called the Knight Cemetery. Asadaki was also a little sad after looking at the two hundred crosses in the suburbs, and he brought these people out of Musashi Province, although there was some damage, but not much. I didn't expect to be able to lose half of it in one battle in the battle of Aizu! However, after the joint operation of the Uesugi family and the Nagao family, the territory seized reached 33,500 koku!

In order to let the Nagao family also have income, the court decided to transfer Hojo Takahiro to Sukagawa Castle 4,000 koku, and then let Hojo Takamasa transfer 2,000 koku from Hojo Castle to Katahei Castle 2,000 koku. Hojo Castle let the dragon girl either reward or become a direct leader, which has nothing to do with the court. In order to solve the problem that the territory was too large to consume alone, the court took the initiative to give up some of these captured territories and asked the dragon girl to transfer some retainers to the Aizu area.

Since the dragon girl also knew that Date Harumune was more insidious, she also adopted the plan of the court. However, as a retainer of the Nagao family, it was a member of the Yangbei people who transferred to a foreign country - the lord of Xinfa Tian Castle, Shinbata Nagatsu. Shinbata Changdun was transferred from Shinbata Castle 5,000 stone to Yokota Castle 5,500 stone, and the 5,000 stone of Shinbata Castle was collected under the direct command of the Nagao family. This move shocked the Yangbei crowd very much! Why did Xinfa Tian Changdun agree to the transfer? His father, Shinhata Tsunada, used to be protected by the dragon girl after cutting off the surname of the long-tailed Haruki who cuckolded him, so as to avoid death. And Xinfa Tian Gangzhen has now given up the position of family governor to Xinfa Tian Changdun, but the power is still in his hands. In this way, the power of the Nagao family penetrated deep into Shimoetsu.