Chapter 296: Bringing Troops North
With the surrender of the Uesugi family by Gokan Yataro to the surrender of the Uesugi family, the Go-Xian family and the Takada family were originally separated from the Takaru Nagano family, and now they have become the turtle in the urn.
Because the most powerful military general in the Hou Xian family, Hou Xian Zongfan, was killed by Hou Xian Yataro, and the retainer Lang Party under his command was taken by Hou Xian Yataro for his own use, and the strength of the Hou Xian family plummeted. When the Isobe Castle commanders, Takada Right Guard and Takada Right Emonsa, heard that Tennoyama Castle and Gokan Castle belonged to the Uesugi family, they took the initiative to open the castle and surrender to the Uesugi family before the Uesugi army came to the castle.
After entering the Kunimine Castle and arranging the main formation, he felt that the overall situation of Nishi-Ueno had been decided, so he ordered Tao Qingxian to be the general general, and asked him to lead Saito Michizo, Koyama Asayaki, Namba Hiroyoshi, Miyagi Masayu, Yamamoto Temple and others to enter Fukaya Castle, and prepare to join forces with Namba Tian Kenji, Hirosawa Tadanobu, Itaya Mitsuyin and others to attack Honjo Minoru in the east and west.
Now that the Go-Ryoka and Takata families are besieged by the Uesugi army, there is no food to eat, and the situation is even more critical. Takeda Shingen was worried that once the Nishi-Ueno generals who fell to him were defeated by the Uesugi family, they would threaten him, and now that he had basically stabilized the Koshin area, he decided to immediately send troops to rescue the Nishi-Ugamino generals. Subsequently, Takeda Shingen left his retainers such as Hara Masayin and Katsushi Kibe to stay in Kai, and he personally led his retainers such as Asari Masaka and Kanamaru Masayoshi and 4,000 troops into battle. During the march, Takeda Shingen also ordered the Shimojo Nobuji, Ogasawara Shinryo and others of the Southern Shinano clan to lead their troops to join him as soon as possible.
When Takeda Shingen led his army to Fukashi Castle, it had reached 9,000 troops, and he immediately claimed to be 20,000 troops, and sent envoys to inform Takeda Katsuyori, Nagano Yoshimitsu, Urano Shigenari and other generals, saying that he would soon send troops to Okushinano and Nishi-Ueno at the same time.
Just when the Uesugi army was about to defeat the two lords of Gokan and Takada, Asadaku received a letter from Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen demanded that the Uesugi army immediately withdraw from Nishi-Ueno, return all the territories previously seized by the Ueno Kuniren lords, and re-establish the original good-neighborly relations with the Takeda family and the Ueno Kuniren lords.
After reading the letter sent by Takeda Shingen, Chaoding immediately summoned the generals and the strategist Yamazaki Hidesen to discuss the matter. And the general's idea was that it was best to avoid a head-to-head confrontation with the Takeda Army.
Toshimitsu Anazawa didn't think there was a need to be too afraid of the Takeda Army, so he said, "Nagano Iyomori has no way out now, and he will soon become a prisoner of his family. Takeda Daizen and Shiro Takeda, father and son, came from afar to rescue Nagano Iyomori, which was the fate of their two families to eventually perish. We should defend against the Takeda army in the western wilderness, and if we adapt to the situation, we will definitely be able to defeat them! β
As soon as Anzawa Toshimitsu's words fell, Yamazaki Hidesen immediately stood up and said to Asada: "Nagano Iyomori occupies strong castles such as Minowa Castle, Takaru Castle, and Satomi Castle, and has complete grain and grass supplies. Most of his retainers and troops are composed of ronins who have been defeated by their own family and the lord of the country, and they are very good at fighting and very hostile to their own family. Now Nagano Iyomori's difficulties are nothing more than the strain. It was for this reason that he was dragged back, unable to fight if he wanted to, and it was difficult to hold on for a long time. Takeda Daizen and Takeda Shiro, father and son, personally led a large army to rescue Nagano Iyomori and other Nishi-Ueno generals, and they will definitely do their best. If we let them join forces, then even if our army starts a desperate battle with them, we don't know when the war will end. I don't know what year or month the days of unifying the eastern kingdom were. Now our army should continue to besiege the two families of Gokan and Takada, and if Nagano Iyomori sends troops, we must avoid engaging him. You should personally lead your own army, first capture Pheasant Village Castle and Satomi Castle, and then fight hard to wait for work, once you defeat the 6,000 Takeda army led by Takeda Shiro, and then Nagano Iyomori and other Nishi-Ueno generals will naturally be defeated. In less than a month, the generals of Nishiueno, who have fallen to the Takeda family, will become your prisoners. β
After listening to the words of Hidesen Yamazaki and Toshimitsu Anazawa, Asada was very satisfied.
However, generals such as Naotasa Yamada and Mitsushige Takayama disagreed: "Now our army is sleepy and lacking horses, and then the generals of the Nishiueno, such as the Ryokie, the Takada family, the Takaru Nagano family, and the Urano family, are all holding on to the fortified castle, and it is difficult to capture them in a short time. At this time, the Takeda Army was huge, morale-high, and unstoppable. Our army is suffering from the enemy on its back, so it is better to retire to Pingjing Castle and make plans later. β
After hearing this, Chaoding immediately retorted: "The generals of the Nishiueno family, such as the Takaru Nagano family, the Go-Ryoka family, and the Takada family, have been defeated repeatedly, and their morale has been greatly frustrated. None of the generals of the Houxian and Takada families were willing to continue to live and die with their governors, and with the hunger of hunger, it was only a matter of time before they surrendered to Kaicheng. If they venture out of the city to engage our army, our army can easily defeat them; If Shiro Takeda hesitates and does not dare to fight a decisive battle with our army easily, then the generals of the Nishiueno family, such as the Takaru Nagano family, the Urano family, the Go-Akane family, and the Takada family, will be defeated within half a month. After their demise, the strength and morale of our army will naturally multiply. Defeat two enemies at once and that's it! If you don't march quickly, yes Shiro Takeda leads his troops into the hinterland of Ueno, then the newly surrendered castle soldiers will naturally not be able to hold on. Once the two enemies join forces, they will inevitably be unable to resist. Will our army still have such an opportunity then? I've made up my mind, so I don't need to say more! β
Yamada Naota, Shirakura Gozaemon, Saito Toshizo and other generals asked Asadachi to solve the siege of the two families of Houxian and Takada, and sat and watched the situation change, but Asadachi still refused.
The asahi planned to go north to meet the Takeda army, and denied a passive retreat. He immediately divided his troops into two routes, one was the newly surrendered Takayama Mitsushige, Gokan Yataro, Takada Youbei Essa, Takada Uemon and others, and Otishi Tsunamoto, Ayukawa Kiyonaga, Shirakura Gozaemon and other generals led their troops to continue to surround Gokan and Takada, and the other was led by Asadachi himself to lead his own 3,000 troops to the strategic places of Pheasant Castle and Satomi Castle. Since the army led by the court set out during the day, they crossed the Tianwang Mountain and passed through Anzhong Castle. Takada Shirai in Takada Castle boarded the arrow oar and looked at the Uesugi army on the march, but he didn't know what it meant, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
On August 19, Nagano, the lord of Pheasant Castle, was ordered by Nagano to lead his soldiers to Wakatawara Castle to defend Minowa Castle, and Pheasant Castle became an empty castle. Subsequently, Chaoding ordered Tang Ze Xuanfan and other ninjas to sneak into the city first, kill more than a dozen ashigaru who remained in the city of Pheasant Township, and then seize the city.
At the same time, Takeda Katsuyori had quickly led the way to the outside of Sannokura Castle through the Urano Ryo and set up camp here. At this time, when Urano Shigenari, who had been watching from the wall, saw that Takeda Katsuyori had led most of the Takeda army in Nishi-Azuma Prefecture to the south, he immediately led the army out of the nest, and took the initiative to unite Nagano Yesukuni, Nagano Yeshigeru (Nagano Yoshimitsu's second son) and others to surround the Omori Temple with 4,000 troops, and cut off all the connection between the Omori Temple and the outside world.
After learning that the situation of Omoriji Temple was critical, Asadaki personally led 500 horseback warriors of the Kawagoe Knights out in the early morning of the next day, and left some horseback warriors to ambush on the roadside along the way. The court also ordered Saito Toshizo and Anzawa Toshimitsu to lead their troops to set up an ambush outside Pheasant Township.
When Asadachi had only Nanbu Johide and four samurai on horseback and encountered the Tamaki (scout) of the Takaru Nagano family, he did not immediately fight. The Taka Nagano family's Monomi thought that Asadari and others had also come to investigate.
In order to attract the attention of the enemy, Asadachi immediately shouted at the Takatori Nagano family: "I am the left guard general Fujiwara Jinfu Asada!" With that, he immediately raised his iron cannon and killed an Takatori of the Nagano family on the spot.
As the sound of iron cannons sounded, Shigenari Urano, Yoshikuni Nagano, Yoshige Nagano and others immediately sent hundreds of samurai on horseback and hundreds of ashigaru to come. The samurai on horseback beside him were all bloodless with fright. Chao Ding said to them very calmly: "You just have to retreat to Pheasant Township City, and I will break off with Dingxiu." β
So, Chao Ding and Nanfang Dingxiu slowly retreated towards Pheasant Township. As soon as the pursuers came up, Nanfang Dingxiu raised his gun and stabbed him, and after several times, more than a dozen pursuers had been killed by him. In this way, the pursuers did not dare to approach. The court decided to retreat or linger, and immediately rushed towards the pheasant town after introducing the pursuers into their pre-set ambush circle. Toshimitsu Anazawa and TosΕ Saito saw that the enemy had completely entered the ambush circle, and they fought hard. The pursuers were taken by surprise, and the combined forces of the Takaru Nagano family and the Urano family were defeated, and more than 300 people were killed.