Chapter 64: The Death of Imagawa Yoshimoto and the Change of the Kanto Governor

Just when Hojo ordered the various departments to prepare, the reinforcements of the Imagawa family began to have nothing to do. The 3,000 Imagawa Army, led by the general Abe Motomasa and the lieutenant generals Okabe Masatsuna and Abe Nobukatsu (Abe Motomako), attacked from Odawara Castle without authorization, and marched rapidly with 13 spears led by Ashigaru Hontou Zhikura Akihei. Arrive at Minami Musashi's Koki Castle within two days, and set up the main camp with the Honmaru of Koki Castle.

Many of the castle town lords of Koki Castle fled due to famine, and even if they were left behind, they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, but even the old, weak, sick and disabled Imagawa army still ransacked the castle town, and the only remaining food and buffalo of the generals were hoarded in Honmaru.

The news of the Sichuan army's entry into Musashi today has not been reported to the asahi by the time the ninja reports it to the asahi and it has already spread throughout Musashi. However, Asadachi only led his own 200 Nagi sword samurai and the Kwantung coalition army with more than 90,000 people to enter the border of Kamiso and join the coalition forces such as Satomi, Masaki, and Sakai. Musashi's affairs were given to Kenji Namba before he left, and he was asked to guard the Musashi domain. Although, it was a little surprising that the news reached the ears of Chaoding and others two days later. However, the important combat strength of the Imagawa army was on the way to Kamiluo on the Tokaido, and the support for the Hojo family was nothing more than the strength of some old, weak, sick and disabled troops, and the 3,000 troops must not have been taken to heart.

At the same time, the Oda family was based in the tea room of the Ikoma family in Kiyoshu Castle Shimoto-cho.

On this day, most of the retainers of the Oda family were waiting for Oda Nobunaga in Ohiroma, but Oda Nobunaga was drinking tea with Ikoma Yoshino (daughter of Ikoma Family) in the Ikoma family's mansion. To say that this side room is different from other side rooms, Ikoma Yoshino is a full seven years older than Oda Nobu, not to mention, he is still the wife of Tsuchida Yaheiji who died in the Battle of Nagara River. Although Ikoma Yoshino became Oda Nobunaga's side room, she was never brought back to the castle by Oda Nobunaga to live, but always lived in her mother's house, but Oda Nobunaga came to her whenever he was free. It can be said that Ikoma Yoshino is a docile and good wife and mother-type woman, she replaces the role of Oda Nobunaga's sister and mother, and gives Nobunaga, who has been living in a deceitful life, a safe haven, and Nobunaga only says something to her.

"Is it Sosuke Oda-sama?" Just as Oda Nobunaga had just taken a sip of tea, a dark shadow appeared outside the door, which made Nobunaga instantly pick up the saber on the side.

"Who?!" Oda Nobunaga directly drew his saber and pointed it at the paper door without hesitation, and blocked Ikoma Yoshino behind him.

"The foreign minister is Kato Duanzo, a retainer of the Uesugi family, and this time he has come to repair the doctor on behalf of my lord to point a clear path for the survival of the Oda family." Kato Danzo gently opened the paper door and saw Oda Nobunaga trembling and a gorgeously dressed woman hiding behind him.

"The Uesugi family? Repair doctor?! As soon as Oda Nobunaga heard that it was a repair doctor, he knew that it was Uesugi Asada, and Uesugi Kenmasa was Daisuke of the military department, so he put down his saber for the time being.

"Yes, this is my lord's folding fan." Kato Duanzo carefully handed Oda Nobunaga a folding fan with a bamboo and finch pattern hidden in his ninja suit, and he didn't dare to damage it.

"How could a repair doctor far away in Kanto think about the survival of the Oda family?" Oda Nobunaga sneered, he didn't believe that there were such kind-hearted people in this world, except for Ikoma Yoshino behind him.

"Lord Kamisuke is confused, it is precisely because the family is far away in Kanto, so my lord told the foreign minister that if the Oda family wants to lead troops to Kamiraku, it is inseparable from cooperating with the Uesugi family." Before Kato Duanzo left, Asadaku taught him to speak well, as long as he could remember and say it, Oda Nobunaga was not stupid.

"Oh? What do you mean? "Although Oda Nobunaga looked a little suspicious of Kato Danzo, if he really wanted to kill himself and Ikoma Yoshino, he would have died a long time ago, and he would have been able to go undetected for a long time.

"As long as the Oda family can defeat the Imagawa family in the Owari country and kill Imagawa Yoshimoto, they will have no worries. After that, you can attack Ise and Mino, and then marry the Asai family in Omi Province to destroy the Rokkaku family in an instant and Kamiraku succeed. In the end, you can slowly clean up Miyoshi, Matsunaga, Hatano, etc. "Kato Duanzo didn't dare to forget what the Asadai handed over to him, and even himself was surprised after he finished speaking, his lord can still plan the Oda family to go to Luo, so the time for the Uesugi family to go to Luo is not far away!

"What?! The repair doctor is good! Oda Nobunaga finally put away his saber at this time, and he knew that ordinary ninjas would not be able to say such things.

"Mr. Kamisuke-sama, there is one thing that I can only tell you alone." Kato Duanzo's sudden mystery made Oda Nobunaga wary again.

"Say, you know there's no one around here, and she won't reveal it." Oda Nobunaga trusted Ikoma Yoshino very much.

"Then it would be presumptuous, the Imagawa family's main camp will be set up in the barrel narrows, and now that their army has been concentrated in Mikawa, the Mikawa samurai have taken the lead in entering the territory of Owari Province, and presumably the battle report will follow." Kato Duanzo's most important task this time was to sell a favor to the Oda family instead of Asada.

"What?! Barrel Narrow! "Oda Nobunaga has been running blindly since he was a child, and of course he knows it. Although the terrain is flat, the nearby woods and hills are the best place to ambush troops! If Imagawa Yoshimoto really set up the main camp in the barrel narrow, it would be tantamount to looking for death!

"My lord said that as long as Lord Kamisosuke sends his henchmen to lead the people to offer food, wine, and goods to Imagawa Yoshimoto's main team, he can be dragged to death in the barrel room, and then he can be killed after a surprise attack on the barrel room." Kato Duanzo didn't dare to express his opinion freely now, because he was afraid that he would forget what Ben remembered what Asadaku had taught him.

"The repairman is terrible! No wonder he can leave his skills first and go to a poor country like Aizu, and it's really a ghost repair! "Oda Nobunaga has never praised anyone in his life, and Asahai is the first.

"Thank you for the title of Lord, the task of the foreign minister has been completed. Farewell, I hope that the Oda family will have a long martial arts! After Kato Duanzo finished speaking, he disappeared in an instant, but he just left and forgot about the folding fan in Oda Nobunaga's hand!

Let's talk about the Imagawa army, which is still burning and looting in Musashi, their real mission is not to rescue the Hojo family, but to relieve the large amount of food mobilized by the territory for Kamiraku to come to Kanto to loot. They knew that it would be impossible to fight with the 5,000 Uesugi army in Kitamusashi with 3,000 troops, not to mention the 5,000 Uesugi troops in training such as the Ueno Stable Bridge Leader and the 5,000 Kamisu soldiers in training.

Time quietly walked to May, and the Imagawa army was in full swing in the Owari country. After conquering the Jinya branch castles besieged in Odakajo and other places, the Oda family also lost thousands of troops, and even his retainers Sakuma University, Oda Genbo (one gate), and Iio Omi Mamoru were killed in battle. And Oda Nobunaga was in the castle of Kiyoshu.

On May 19, Imagawa Yoshimoto arrived at Tsubashima. In the early morning of this day, scattered leaders or more than a dozen people led by the head of the ground successively offered military rations, wine and food, etc., which made Imagawa Yoshimoto let down his guard, and let the troops under his command set up camp, and also prepared to temporarily immobilize themselves to let the ashigaru people have a good rest. Of course, all this was designed by Oda Nobunaga. However, because half a month ago, the court sent Kato Duanzang to say this method in advance.

This time, Oda Nobunaga did not see death without help. After going to Atsuta Shrine to worship first, he immediately led 3,000 troops to Zenshoji Temple, and after meeting with Sasa Hayato and others, the army rose to 3,300. However, because more than 50 people led by Sasa Katsutsu and Chiakishiro went out to fight without authorization and all of them were killed in battle, Imagawa Yoshimoto did not take the Oda family seriously.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, it was raining heavily. This gave Oda Nobunaga the best cover! He immediately ordered that as long as Yoshimoto Imagawa was the head of one person, all the others did not want it! The Imagawa army, which was attacked by Nobunaga's main team, began to counterattack, and the two armies fell into a scuffle. Suddenly, Nobunaga shouted, "That's Yoshimoto's banner!" "The Oda army went all the way east. According to the Nobunaga Chronicle, Yoshimoto's main team retreated to Mt. Tsukasama and fled in the direction of Tokaido. Due to the heavy rain, the mountain roads were muddy, and the Yoshimoto main team that had been deployed could not be assembled, and it was unfavorable for each team to ask for help.

The 300-man flag team protected Imagawa Yoshimoto's retreat, but only about 50 people remained under the constant onslaught of the Oda army. Nobunaga jumped off his horse and fought on foot with the other soldiers. The two armies fought fiercely, and they did not argue with each other. Nobunaga's Ma Hui and the small family also suffered heavy casualties. Yoshimoto's head was finally won by Hattori Haruyasu and Mori Yoshikatsu. (Haruyasu Hattori first stabs Yoshimoto in the right leg with a spear, and Mori Yoshikatsu kills him and takes his head.) Among them, Haruyasu Hattori had his right leg cut off, and Mori Yoshikatsu was bitten off two fingers by Yoshimoto Imagawa) The soldiers shouted, "Yoshimoto begged for death!" After that, the Oda army began to withdraw from the battlefield and returned to Cheongju Castle that evening. 200 people, including Matsui Munenobu and his first gate, were killed in battle.

Imagawa's reinforcements, the Hanoi monk Hattori Tomoji at the mouth of the Narumi River, began to retreat. On the way, he landed at Atsuta Port and set fire to the village, but was counterattacked by the townspeople, killing dozens of people.

Nobunaga summoned his captured companion with the Yoshimoto whip and listened to him recount the process of seeking Yoshimoto. After that, Nobunaga conducted a head check, and from there, his friends wrote down the names of the recognizable generals. There are about 3,000 first stages. After the inspection of the first rank, Nobunaga handed over Yoshimoto's head, Taidao, and Wakicha to his friends, and returned to Sunfu with 10 monks. Yoshimoto's famous sword "Left Character Knife" was collected by Nobunaga.

After that, Motonobu Okabe of Narumi Castle surrendered. The Imagawa army at Dataka Castle, Tsukaku Castle, Ikekoi Castle, and Kamobara Castle was defeated and retreated. Nobunaga built an uprising motozuka at Sukaguchi, Atsuta Street, 20 towns south of Kiyoshu.

Asada, who was in the Kanto region, did not rush to attack the Imagawa army, but went to Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura with the Dragon Girl and other Kanto generals. Hojo Tsusunari gave up Jade Rope Castle because he received the order to retreat, which allowed the Kwantung Army to enter Sagami unharmed.

On this day, the wedding was completed in Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine under the congratulations of Uesugi Kenmasa, Konoe Maeji, Ashikaga Fuji, as well as Yoshiaki Satake, Hirotsuna Utsunomiya, and Yoshiyao Satomi. In this way, from now on, the Uesugi family in Yamauchi and the Uesugi family in Ogiya will be merged into one. The two strongest Uesugi families finally became one on this day, and even the children in the neighborhood were singing: one Uesugi in the north, one Uesugi in the south, and the two can be determined in Kanto.

On this day, the dragon girl officially became the new governor of Kanto, and accepted the name of Uesugi Kenmasa, and changed her name to Uesugi Masato. The court also obtained the status of the governor of the Kanto region, and after the three kingdoms (Musashi, Sagami, and Izu) appointed by the shogunate to protect him, he was able to grasp the name of righteousness. Tamura Kiyoaki and the others present were even more convinced that as long as they followed the Uesugi family, they would be able to block the ability and not be destroyed like Nikaido and the others.

Uesugi Kenmasa is very clever in playing with his hands, and instantly wrote off the grievances and grievances of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi and the Uesugi family in Ogiya, and merged the two into one! However, the dragon girl and Chaoding are only high and low in the service position, and both of them are from the four positions (Chaoding is from the fourth to repair the doctor, and the dragon girl is from the fourth to play the Zhengdabi).

This time, the court no longer made excuses not to give money to the imperial court, and he offered 500 small gold judgments and 1,000 yuan of Yongle money to the former heirs of Konoe at one time. The dragon girl is a small gold sentence of 600 and 2,000 Yongle money, she has been helping the imperial court and the shogunate to relieve the economic pressure and sparing no effort to send money, but she rarely rewards money internally.

This time, the inauguration and wedding of the Kanto governor were all a formality, and it also made the Kanto generals know that the Uesugi family was already unbreakable, and if they went against the Uesugi family, then the Yuki family would be an example! The dragon maiden's army could only leave first before the soldiers and peasants were completely separated, and Nagano Yoshimasa had already declared his allegiance to the new head of the Uesugi family, and let the Uesugi army enter Kokumine Castle. The dragon girl is not polite, she knows that as long as she holds the Kunigo Castle, she can see the Takeda family, and she can also quickly support the Uesugi Asadachi of Kawagoe Castle. After the dragon girl returned to Kasuga Mountain Castle with her troops, she immediately transferred Ayukawa Kiyocho from Dayangze Castle and other places to Guofeng Castle with 3,600 stones. After the renovation of Hirai Castle was completed, it was still handed over to Uesugi Kenmasa to live in, but the garrison and management and development of the castle were handed over to Oishi Tsunamoto, an old minister of Uesugi Kenmasa, who still owned the territory of 9000 koku, but only enjoyed the management of 9000 koku instead of owning 9000 koku, and he was already considered a secluded man.