Chapter 237: Satake Peace

After the great victory of Koriyama, the Uesugi army faced the enemy and was like a bamboo.

On December 29, Chaoding led his army south to conquer Sancheng Mucheng.

On December 31, the Uesugi army entered the deserted Oji Castle. The repertoire Nobumitsu and Asakawa Yoshisumi were closed in Pengtian Castle and Sanlu Castle respectively and refused to defend them.

At this time, when Yoshiaki Satake was discussing with Yoshishige Satake, Yoshiken Satake (one gate of the Satake family, one family of Satake), Yoshiren Satake (one gate of the Satake family, one door of the Satake family, one family of Satake North), Akiwei Wada, Zenzhe Okamoto and others, the small surname was reported, and Yamazaki Hidesen, a retainer of Satake Yoshishige, asked to see. Immediately, Yoshiaki Satake summoned him.

"See Satake Ukyo's Doctor's Palace, now that the Uesugi army is in the two counties of Ishikawa and Shirakawa, His Majesty thinks that there is no need for the family to send troops north to invade Shirakawa, Shirakawa, Ishikawa and other Sendo counties. From the Kaido, they went directly north to attack Soma Ryo, and then attacked Tamura-gun from the west. The seven counties of Sendo and the four counties of Aizu can be taken from them. As soon as Yamazaki Hidesen entered the Ohiro room, he directly offered advice to Yoshiaki Satake.

"This is true, but Shirakawa and Ishikawa have already captured most of them, and it is a pity to give up now······ Satake Yoshiaki's words made the people of the sect and the retainers of Pudai nod their heads in agreement.

"In the Battle of Koriyama, Onozakiden was captured, nearly 7,000 troops were defeated, and the Tamura family recaptured its territory. For now, the opportunity to seize the Seven Counties of the Immortal Dao has been lost. If you continue to increase troops in the direction of the Seven Counties of the Immortal Dao, it will only be in vain! Yamazaki Hidesen then raised his voice and said.

"The army of this family has not been used, if it is to unite the Kasama family, the Oda family, the Dapeng family and others to go north, it is not certain who will win and who will lose!" Yoshiken Satake still advocated attacking the seven counties of Xiandao first.

"You understand what you mean. The seven counties of the immortal road are the throat of the Ao Chang Lu, the chance of survival, if there is no seven counties of the fairy road, there is no Ao Chang Lu, and the disaster of this family is also. Originally, the Seven Counties of Sendo were the only convenient passages to Shimono, Aizu and other places for the family, but now due to the fiasco of Onozakiden, the Seven Counties of Sendo are just a piece of chicken ribs for the family. It's a pity to discard it. Hidesen Yamazaki further took advantage of Yoshiaki Satake.

"Zhuan Liuzhai, I understand your plan. But as a Confucian, you have never been on the battlefield or picked up a sword. This is a bit unsettling. "Yoshiaki Satake felt that Hidesen Yamazaki's plan was a bit fanciful. If it fails, then the Satake family is likely to become slaughtered.

"The lord and the young lord. Since you don't trust your minister's plan, then your minister has never been here! Seeing that Yoshiaki Satake refused to adopt his plan, Hidesen Yamazaki quickly left Ohiroma.

And Yamazaki Hidesen was stopped when he walked to Ninomaru. When he looked back, he realized that it was Yoshiren Satake who stopped him.

"Why did Lord Zhuanliuzhai go so fast? Even if you don't speculate, you have to give the young master some face! Yoshiren Satake trotted all the way.

"Saemon Captain, as an important minister in the family, you should be very aware of the situation at this moment. According to the combat strength and marching speed of the Uesugi army, Ishikawa County will soon be recaptured by the Uesugi family. If the main family and the Uesugi family are more fueled, it must be the first time that the main family will not be able to survive. Yamazaki Hidesen said helplessly.

"Not bad. The one from the proprietor still insisted on taking the Immortal Dao Counties. In fact, he is not to blame, the territory of some of his family's retainers and new ginseng is in Shirakawa County. In addition, the remnants of the old party of the daimyo such as Nikaido, Ishikawa, and Shirakawa all hoped that the family would send troops north to help them regain their old territory. The Ukyo Doctor's Hall is still very difficult. Satake Yoshiren said with a sigh.

"That's going to be a big loss! Now the strength of the Tamura family and the Soma family is not as good as before, and they are not vulnerable at all. As long as the family leads north from Iwaki, then the Gyokata-gun and Uta-gun of Kaido will be in the family's pocket. Then he joined forces with the Date family to march into the Sendo Prefectures, so that the Fujiwara Town Government would not have time to deal with it at all. Yamazaki Hidesen didn't understand why there were still people in the family who liked to compete for small profits.

"That's it, I'll make a proposal to the Youjing Doctor Hall later, and I will serve as the general of the first army. I also hope that Lord Zhuanliuzhai can participate in the battle. "Yoshiren Satake admires Yamazaki Hidesen more.

"No need, since the family took in that Gongfang Palace, it has been doomed." Yamazaki Hidesen immediately refused Satake's invitation, and then walked out of the city without looking back.

"If it weren't for the defeat of Onozaki Temple, the Seven Counties of Xiandao would have been in the family's pocket, even if it was too late to go out according to the strategy of Zhuanliuzhai at this moment······" Yoshiren Satake muttered to himself. He vaguely felt that the Satake family was already going downhill.

On the first day of the new year, the court launched an attack on Shirakawa and Ishikawa counties.

Soon, Pengtian Castle, Sanlu Castle, Akadate, and Lion Castle were quickly captured by the Uesugi army. The five people of Aramaki Weixiu, Asakawa Yoshijun, Yuku Nobumitsu, Madara Hiroki, and Madara Hirotsuna were begged to die, and Nikaido Moriyoshi and others fled to Iwaki in a hurry. The Seven Counties of the Immortal Dao didn't last long before they were pacified. At this point, the two counties of Shirakawa and Ishikawa were completely recovered by the Uesugi army, and the Satake family completely lost its influence on the seven counties of Sendo. After receiving the order of the court, Soma Yoshiyin also personally led an army of 1,000 to the south and captured Hirono Takakura Castle under the Iwaki Domain, and killed Tomioka Takatoki and Tomioka Takamune, father and son.

On January 3, Akechi Mitsutada and his wife Hirotashi led an army of 4,000 troops into the Lion City. The court led 5,000 troops eastward and began an attack on Koma Castle. And the new lord of Odate, Yoshiken Satake, is powerless about it. The entire Iwaki Castle Domain could only recruit 2,000 troops, most of whom had to be deployed in Odate Castle to prevent the Soma army from moving south. Reinforcements from Okuchoku had only arrived in Checheng, and it was still a day's journey from the Iwaki Territorial Capital.

Odate Castle Honmaru Ohiroma.

"Report to the Central Affairs Daisuke Palace! The Lord is not going to send troops to come! "Yoshiken Satake, who was still in a military discussion with the generals of the Iwaki family, almost fell off his horse after hearing the news.

"Impossible?! Huayuan Mountain is still in the hands of the family, how can the lord not send reinforcements to come?! "Yoshiken Satake couldn't think of any reason why Yoshiaki Satake didn't send reinforcements.

"After the Saemon Captain's Palace marched to Checheng, he quickly returned to Ota Castle, and the Lion Castle was lost, and the Aramaki Sweep was killed in battle. The enemy Oyama Asayaki omitted the Magabe family, the Makabe Puxuan Hall lived in seclusion, and Makabe An Yishou announced his surrender to the Uesugi family! Okamoto Zenzhe said helplessly.

"Zen Zhedian has known about this for a long time?" Yoshiken Satake asked, turning his head to stare at Zenzhe Okamoto, whose eyes were closed.

"I only found out yesterday." Zenzhe Okamoto said slowly.

"That's it, send someone to contact the Fujiwara Town Government in Koma Castle. The family truces. "Yoshiken Satake completely lost the confidence to continue fighting.

Soon, Yoshiken Satake got a reply, but Uesugi made a condition that Yoshiren Satake go to Koma Castle to negotiate. And one of the representatives of Uesugi was Hidesen Yamazaki, who was most despised by Yoshiken Satake before.

Yamazaki Hidesen left Satake's house directly after Yoshiaki Satake didn't adopt his plan that day and went to Akadate. Just happened to meet the main force of the Uesugi army to conquer it, and he also successfully met Chaoding. It just so happened that Asadai also needed someone who was familiar with the inside of the Satake family, so he took in Yamazaki Hidesen.

On January 6, when Yoshiren Satake arrived at the foot of Koma Castle, he found that the heads of Hiromitsu Takenuru and Takamitsu Takenuki were hanging on the castle, and the castle had been captured by the Uesugi army.

"The guilty minister, Satake Saemon, Captain Yoshilian, see the town government." Yoshiren Satake didn't dare to look up since he walked into Ohiroma.

"If the Satake family wants to stop fighting, it's very simple, Iwaki Sakyo Doctor Kintaka Hall has no heirs yet. Before, the Kensei Gong also intended to let me take care of his third son, Kenshige, so let Dr. Iwaki Sakyo accept Kenshige as his adopted son, and all the Satake retainers of Iwaki Domain returned to Hitachi. Including the retainers of the Iwaki family, who had previously surrendered to the Satake family, they must also go to Hitachi. "Chaoding has long wanted to annex Iwaki Territory, but he has been suffering from lack of time.

"That Onozakiden and 2,000 soldiers ······" The biggest purpose of Satake Yoshiruyo's trip was to find a way to bring back Onozaki Yoshimasa and 2,000 troops.

"In exchange for Hitachi-gun." At this time, Satake Yoshiren followed the prestige, and saw the samurai standing next to the Asada, with a slender face and a pale complexion, but a little like a lonely ghost.

"Zhuan Liu Zhai?!" Yoshiren Satake immediately recognized Hidesen Yamazaki.

"I wonder if the Satake family is willing to exchange a county for two thousand soldiers and Onozaki Yoshimasa?" The court wanted to take advantage of this peace truce to weaken the strength of the Satake family as much as possible.

"Well, yes." Yoshiren Satake nodded. Yoshiaki Satake had told him before he came to Koma Castle that he could exchange a county for the return of a captive.

In this way, Yoshihiro Satake, as the name of Yoshiaki Satake, signed an oath to cede the territory and agree that Kenshige Uesugi would become the adopted son of Iwaki Kintaka.

When Satake Yoshiken and other Satake retainers returned to Hitachi Province, the retainers of the Iwaki family were reluctant to give up their territory and go to Hitachi. They were led by important ministers such as Funochi Takanao and Shirato Takatsu to set off Kikuta Iwazen. Even the remnants of the seven counties of the Immortal Dao, such as Nikaido Shengyi, have joined the momentum, and they occupy the various castles of the two counties of Kikuta and Panzen, preparing to defend the castle to the death against Uesugi.