Chapter XXVII
By the time the heads of the Ashina Mori clan and his son were sent to Kurokawa Castle, it was already the second day, and the Asadachi specially asked the Ashina clan to come from Takakushi City to check if it was true.
"My lord, this is the traitor Ashina Sheng clan and Ashina Shengxing." The Ashina clan couldn't help but sigh after seeing the two of their heads, he finally knew the anger of the lords.
"Give each of them the same money, go back and farm well, and the more you plant, the more you will leave for yourself." Chao Ding first instructed the white-robed knights around him to give them money, and then said to them in a serious tone.
"Yes, the policy of the main hall is really good, and the villain will definitely reclaim all the barren land when he returns." Each of these peasants took the money and went back together.
"Repair doctor, I'll go back to Echigo first." Kakizaki Keijia, Saito Asanobu and Yasuda Nagahide went to Sannomaru and Asadachi to say goodbye.
"Well, these should be used as military expenses for all of you." The assignee carried three boxes of Yongle money in front of the three of them.
"This ......" The three of them were very puzzled, they came to Aizu to fight completely because of the dragon girl's orders, not for the money.
"Take it, you adults do your best, and my lord also sees it." Ogasawara Sadazene stood aside and said for Asada.
"Then thank the repairman for his kindness." The three of them then let the accompanying samurai carry them away.
"Repair the doctor's hall, this kid is going to stay, you see?" Kakizaki Jingjia can't grind Honjo's longevity, so he has to put a bitter face on the court.
"What's this? If you want to stay, you can stay, Aizu still has a lot of castles to fight, and I will make a contribution to you as the lord of the city. "Asadaki admires this 'Echigo Fierce General' in front of him very much, he is a fierce general who will defeat Date Masamune's 20,000 troops with 4,000 troops in the future, and it is not an exaggeration to make him the lord of a country!
"Thank you, Lord! From today onwards, Toshimoto Honjo is a retainer of the Uesugi family! "Honjo Shiganaga is very happy, although his father's allegiance is to the Echigo Uesugi family, but the Echigo Uesugi family has been broken, and now he can realize his father's dream of being loyal to the Uesugi family, although it is only the Aizu Uesugi family (the former Musashi Uesugi family, now the Musashi Uesugi family is Uesugi Kenkatsu).
"Duanzang, you go to Takada Castle and inform Ayahime and the rest of the retainers to prepare to come to Aizu." Chaoding misses Ayahime a little, after all, she hasn't seen her for a while.
"Yes, I'll go." Kato Danzo then left in an instant.
Although the Ashina Mori clan, the largest daimyo who ruled the Aizu area, died, there were still small daimyo and wealthy clans such as the Nikaido family, the Nihonto Matsuda Yama family, the Tamura family, the Yamauchi family, and the Shirakawa Yuki family. Even Aizu Takada Castle, Nanbara Castle, and Funazu Castle, which were very close to Kurokawa Castle, were not taken by the Uesugi family. Tagu, Nagae, Kurasei, Ryokata, Oshima, Yashiro, Oe, and Yodo are still home to many retainers and samurai of the Ashina family, and it will take some time for the Asagi to digest Aizu-gun.
Half a month later, Ayahime and her party of 200 people entered Aizu Kurokawa Castle. Asadachi decided to rename Kurokawa Castle to Aizu Wakamatsu Castle and directly wash away the bad luck of the Ashina family. During this period of time, the Aizu Uesugi family had grown to 121,000 stones. Excluding the territory of the Inawashiro Mori Kingdom, Aizu Wakamatsu Castle and other places add up to 100,000 and 1,000 koku.
However, the bad news is that the Nikaido family, in the name of the Ashina family's retainers, called on a lot of Ashina ronins to gather in Sukagawa Castle, and Nikaido did the same, although the stone height was only 60,000, but it gathered 300 ronin! The Shirakawa Yuki family directly united the Nikaido family and the Yamauchi family, and the combined army of the three families was no less than 5,000. No matter how many people they gathered, it was useless, but Chaoding supported the Ashina clan as the lord of Takakujo Castle and made him the head of the Ashina Mori clan.
It's just bad news, but the good news is that Toshimitsu Anazawa is the father of Toshimitsu Anazawa, and Toshihiro Anazawa is a minister.
The three castles of Hibara Castle, Toyama Castle, and Iwayama Castle that he owned officially burned the three banners of the Ashina family and replaced them with the bamboo and finch flags of the Uesugi family. He also sent his second son, Shunji Anazawa, as a hostage to Aizu Wakamatsu Castle. Chaoding didn't chill him. Dispatch Usami Dingkatsu as the lord of Toyama Castle, receive 1,000 koku, and help the Anazawa family build a defense line in the Hibara area. And with the Hibara Castle and Iwayama Castle of the Anazawa family, it has become a corner.
What the Ogiya Uesugi family didn't know was that Date Uemune and Date Harumune, father and son, met secretly as soon as they learned of the sudden destruction of the Ashina family, and negotiated a truce. However, this truce was limited to the Date family. The daimyo who did not belong to the Date family, that is, the reinforcements invited by the father and son, were still fighting separately, and they had no intention of stopping at all.
It can be said that not long after Uesugi Chaosadai settled in Aizu, the form was still very grim, and the enemy was still very strong! For this reason, Asadachi directly changed the name of his Fan Valley Uesugi family to the Aizu Uesugi family!
To this end, the court set up a military aircraft office in the three-story castle tower of Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle to discuss the strategic direction and operational details with his retainers. This military aircraft is located on the top floor of the three-story castle tower, and unrelated personnel are prohibited from entering and leaving the vicinity, and even the retainers of the court must be at the level of the general to be allowed to enter, unless they are authorized personnel by the court. Twenty ninjas selected by Deura Shouqing are arranged around to stand by in the dark to prevent other ninjas from infiltrating or infiltrating the internal finesses.
"My lord, isn't it a little small here in the Military Aircraft Department? It seems that it can only accommodate a dozen people. "As soon as Kenji Namba came in, he complained that the place was small.
"That's enough, Izu Uesugi family is usually only allowed to enter the military plane of the Tsu Uesugi family above the rank of general, what do you think?" Asada took the map of Aizu that Guidie handed him, and slumped on the table.
"Indeed, it is already the greatest trust for the lord to let his ministers enter." Deura Shouqing is proud of his position in the Uesugi family, and he is the one who is allowed to enter.
"My lord, the surrounding daimyo are all eyeing their own family. Especially after the main family changed its name from the Ogiya Uesugi family to the Aizu Uesugi family. "Ota still feels that there is something wrong with Chaoding after sending thousands of long-tail troops back.
"The next thing is to rely on the efforts of the family themselves, and if you keep letting the Nagao family help, the family is nothing more than a general like the current one in the eyes of outsiders." Chao Ding didn't explain what he said, but everyone present could understand it.
"My lord, the Ashina family defeated the Ashina family from Aizu and made the Ashina family now submit to the family, and has strategically completed the assistance to Lord Date Harumune, will the family start to attack the Ashina family next?" Miyagi Masaye was a little excited.
"If you let your family dominate Mutsu as soon as possible, you can take advantage of the situation and march towards Kanto! Then restore the glory of the old Uesugi family! Chao Ding yelled.
"Yes!" Immediately, Ota Zimasa and others were also excited, and being able to fight back was the biggest long-cherished wish of their Musashi retainers! Return to your homeland and defeat your greatest enemy, the Hojo family!
They then began to circle the Aizu map and discuss which of the nobles to conquer first or which daimyo to unite with first.
"The Satake family in Hitachi Province is now an enemy of the Hojo family, so the family can try to get in touch with the Satake family." Deura Shouqing gave an example first, and left the rest to them to discuss.
"The Satake family hasn't even settled down in Hitachi Province now, and the Oda family hasn't been defeated, so how can you talk about being an enemy of the Hojo family?" Kenji Namba was the first to say that this ally was unreliable.
"Is it an alliance with the Date family?" Nambada Hiroshi is not optimistic about the family of father and son.
"The family is surrounded by daimyo and wealthy families who have no real effect, and they are completely useless. Why don't you try them all? This can also allow the family to temporarily stabilize the security and military situation in the territory. Guidie proposed a compromise plan at this time.
"Could Date Harumune's words marry him? Not necessarily his princess will be small! Miyagi Masayi shook his head directly, although his words somewhat revealed a hint of concern about such a prospect.
"It's true, but the Satake family can marry the current head of the Ashina family!" Chaoding came up with an amazing plan!
"The Ashina family and the Satake family? If the family doesn't marry the Satake family directly......" Ota Shimasa suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, "The lord means that even if he has a bad relationship with the Satake family in the future, there will be no substantial loss to the family!" ”
"Wise, lord!" Namba Tian Kenji and the others said in unison.
"So when is the lord going to implement it?" Miyagi Masayi felt that this was a little difficult, and the Ashina family was now considered a subordinate daimyo of the Uesugi family.
"The sooner the better!" The court finalized this marriage, which can be regarded as the marriage of the Uesugi family and the Satake family!