Chapter 61: Coming to Heyue City Again

In the third year of Hongzhi, April 5. On this day, a meeting of the Kanto generals was held by the Kanto Governor Uesugi Kenmasa and the former heir of Kanhaku Konoe. Naturally, the participants were the daimyo and wealthy families of the Kanto region. Even if you don't come, you have to send someone to participate on your behalf, and if you don't come, you'll be considered a member of the Hojo party. What's more, Houhojo is still a fake Hojo, and he is not a real Hojo family.

The real Hojo clan has long since disappeared.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Imperial Court has sent me here this time to use your strength. If you can annihilate the rebel thief Hou Hojo clan in one fell swoop this time, it will cut off the thoughts of those rebellious ministers and thieves! "Konoe Maeji is now starting to talk as a first-class lobbyist, and he dared to come to Kanto because of his sister and Ashikaga Yoshiteru's main room.

"Oh!" Although the people of the Hao clan who were sitting in the back and near the door shouted the loudest, Chao Ding saw the current form clearly. If it weren't for the more than 25,000 people of themselves and the dragon girl placed there, they would have come over obediently?

He just didn't pour cold water on Uesugi Kenmasa, Konoe's former heir, and the dragon girl. It can be said that the world is bustling, all for profit;

The world is crowded, all for profit.

"Hojo Shiyasu! I lost a son, but I got a daughter! Long-tailed Jinghu, I officially recognize her as my adopted daughter in front of you!" Uesugi Kenmasa knew that without the help of the Dragon Maiden, he might not be able to come back to Kanto for the rest of his life. Depending on the situation, this time I can keep myself in Kanto and settle down.

"The little girl is not talented, and I hope you will help you!" Although the dragon girl sat on the edge of Uesugi Kenmasa, she didn't mind where she was sitting, she just needed to fulfill her righteousness now - to do what she wanted! What if you recognize yourself as a "godfather"? Both the shogunate and the imperial court recognized it, not to mention that now even many daimyo and wealthy clans in the Kanto region were willing to obey their command and make enemies of Hojo.

"Oh!" This time, it was a bunch of wealthy people at the door who shouted the loudest, and Chao Ding didn't understand what was the use of shouting so loudly now? When I saw Hojo in the end, didn't I immediately send my son a letter of surrender?

"Two adults, how about the subordinate officials do it for you when you send troops to Heyue City tomorrow?" It was none other than Shigetoshi Fujita, who had just surrendered. If he is really willing to be cannon fodder, forget it, the problem is that he only wants to be a pioneer for his own selfish interests----- who doesn't know that Uesugi Chaoding was very well developed before leaving Musashi, and even if it was in the hands of the Hojo family, it was a key place for development. Fujita Shigemori just wanted to plunder after being the vanguard of Kawagoe Castle.

"Fujita-sama, it's not that I want to refuse your kindness. This Musashi guardian looks like me, right? Heyue City is also the city where I used to live, when will it be your turn to attack? If you want to fight, your own family will fight. Chao Ding directly refused, not to mention that he still had tens of thousands of troops in his hands! If he really fights, Hojo may not be able to defeat his current self.

"Yes, the repair is the guardian of Musashi, Xiangtouch, and Izu. Although Kawagoe Castle is a temporary residence of the Ogiya Uesugi clan, it cannot allow outsiders to participate in revenge. "Uesugi Kenmasa is a side help to the court, but he is the inner son of the court. Although you can't give orders in the future, but there are capable people living in the world, since the dragon girl and the dynasty are capable and powerful, so why not do it?

\"Thank you for your understanding! Asadachi first thanked Uesugi Kenmasa for helping him speak, but then stood up and faced the Kanto generals: "This time I went out to the Hojo Domain, especially Musashi Ichikoku, I hope you can not loot at will after capturing the city, otherwise you should know that the Shangshu soldiers who have just been reorganized and have not yet come out of the battle." ”

"Chao Dinggong, you should know about the famine in Kanto now! If I hadn't relied on the looted grain, grass and property, would I have come in vain?! As soon as Asada's words were finished, someone who objected appeared, and this was one of the many wealthy families in southern Hitachi, and Edo Tadamichi, who had a long-standing grudge with Satake.

"So what? Musashi is the domain of the Uesugi family! Not your garden! Namba Kenji, who was behind the Asahi set, stood up angrily and angrily reprimanded Edo Tadamichi.

"Edo, you'd better get acquainted! Don't forget the record of the Asadako at Ou. Ashina, Tayama, Yamauchi, Komine, Shirakawa, Shinkoku, etc. were all destroyed one after another, and even Hashimori Mogami Yoshimaru and Oshu Exploration Date Harumune were also defeated and confiscated part of their territories, how many territories can you have that can be confiscated? "Just when Ota Zizheng's anger has not subsided, Yoshiaki Satake, who was sitting next to Asada, spoke directly for Asada, he had long wanted to destroy Edo, but he didn't have a chance!

"Report! Hojo Shiyasu has already withdrawn a large number of troops from the southern part of Musashi Province, and the destination is Odawara Castle! At this moment, a samurai with a bamboo and a bird half-kneeling at the door of Ohiroma reported loudly.

"Although we and the coalition army have 100,000 people, Hojo does not dare to face it!\" Asada said with a laugh after hearing this.

"How dare such a thief steal the surname of the Hojo clan? Laugh to death! "Utsunomiya Hirotsuna sat next to the dragon maiden and felt ashamed of what Hojo had done!

"Report! The Imagawa family gathered an army of 30,000 and began to go to Luo! And sent the important minister Katsuyama clan to lead 3,000 troops into Izu, ready to help the Hojo family! "Kato Duanzo had to use ninjutsu to instantly appear in front of the public due to the urgency of the matter, and reported to the court, making it so that the daimyo and the wealthy families above the great wide room were so frightened that they all clenched the sabers on their waists.

"Excellent! It's only 3,000 troops, which is not enough to stuff the teeth between the teeth of all of you! "Asadachi is going to extend an olive branch to the Oda family, if the fat man of Imagawa dies, then Hojo will have no backing, plus Takeda Shingen is not a trustworthy person, Hojo Shiyasu is waiting to be isolated! As long as Oda Nobunaga can successfully capture most of Mino's Houshangluo, the mess in Gyeonggi will be handed over to him to deal with.

"The people of Suruga enjoy themselves, the people of Toe farm, and the people of Mikawa fight. Since it wasn't the people of Mikawa who came to Hojo's aid, there was nothing to fear. "Although Uesugi Kenmasa doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, he won't say such cool things if he takes someone to fight himself.

"Hahahahaha!" As soon as Uesugi Kenmasa's words fell, everyone in the audience laughed regardless of their identity, and did not stop until the dragon girl knocked on the floor with a folding fan.

"Report!" Just as Kato Danzo and the previous samurai had just withdrawn from Ohiroma, another envoy with bamboo and finches behind him came to report: "The Kawagoe Castle Guardian Daido Temple clan has all fled, and only Uesugi Kenkatsu and his 1,000 troops are left in the city. ”

This news is heavyweight, Uesugi Kenkatsu was abandoned by Hojo Shiyasu! Isn't it going to be your nephew next?

"I want to see how long he can hold on, Heyue City is a city I have repaired!" Chao Ding turned to face his retainers: "Kenji, Guangyi, the two of you go to Heyue City with Nasu Jun, and if he doesn't surrender, then fight." ”

"Yes." Although Namba Tian Kenji and Namba Tian Hiroyoshi immediately agreed, after looking at Asada's face, they felt that his murderous aura had come out, but the others didn't find out.

Subsequently, Namba Tian Kenji and Namba Tian Hiroyoshi and Nasu Ziyin rushed to the foot of Kawayue Castle in one day with the 2050 army. When they arrived at Kawagoe Castle, where they had been separated for a long time, they couldn't help but think of the scene when they returned triumphantly after killing the important ministers of the Hojo family one after another after going out of battle here, but in the past, they were welcomed by people, but now they were greeted by random arrows.

Although there were many arrows, none of them were hit. After Uesugi Kenkatsu anxiously looked at the Uesugi army outside the castle holding bamboo and finch flags and a large number of flags and arrows, Uesugi Kenkatsu only knew to let the ashigaru release arrows. Although he knew that the Hojo Army had withdrawn, he was still unwilling to surrender on his own initiative, and he did not know what would await him after surrendering. He felt that if he really took the initiative to open the city, he might be beheaded for public display.

At this moment, the other detachment of Asadachi was led by Honjo Shiranaga, and although the number of people was only 200, they were all naginata samurai of Asada's main team. Their mission was to set out from Tenjin Mountain Castle and take the important towns of Hagata Castle, Yasudo Castle, and Kikotsu Castle in Musashi. It can be said that the power of the Hojo family has temporarily withdrawn from Kitamusashi, so these three castles are basically unguarded. Although there were a few landowners who wanted to occupy the castle and stand on their own, they instantly surrendered after seeing the flag of the Uesugi family. On the second day, Honjo was appointed lord of the castle by the court and led the three castles of the bowl, Ado Castle, and Kikoshi Castle with a total of 14,800 koku. Of course, his enclave in Aizu will also be reclaimed. Moreover, the first thing Honjo did when he arrived was to settle the more than 5,000 refugees who had gathered under the castle. These refugees are all dragged with their families, and they took the initiative to go to the refugees after hearing about the Uesugi family's kindness to the refugees half a month ago.

Due to the insistence of the court, Uesugi Kenmasa could only let all the daimyos, wealthy clans and dragon maidens who participated in the battle attack the Shitama together, and was ready to support the Ashikaga Fuji clan as the new Furukawa Gongfang and the real Gongfang recognized by the Imperial Court and the Shogunate! And Asadaki led a large army south to attack Musashi Castle. It's not so much a strategy as it is the initiative to occupy the various cities abandoned by the Hojo family. Kenji Namba and Hiroyoshi Namba adopted the method of besieging the castle in order not to lose a large number of troops. Just three days after they besieged the city, Asadachi had already led his army to take the important towns of Matsuyama Castle, Ishito Castle, Suno Castle, Noguchikan, Namba Ta Castle, and Daiyama Castle. In this way, Kawagoe Castle has been completely isolated, and there is no Hojo family's castle around Kawagoe Castle.

Just after the court was scheduled to surround Hayue Castle with 6,000 troops on April 7, it finally began to rain heavily. All this seems to be a scene where Uesugi Asahi and Uesugi Asashi can't bear to watch 'fratricide'.

"My lord, once the city is broken, how about beheading all Uesugi Kenkatsu's family to show the public?" Namba Tian Kenji has long wanted to avenge his father, how can he not be excited when he finally waited for this day?

Asada first looked at the retainers sitting in the big tent, and each of them looked eager, but he didn't want Uesugi Kenkatsu's life.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it will take time to repair and prepare for war after the city is breached now. What if Hojo takes advantage of the situation? "Asadaki didn't say anything about wanting to spare Uesugi Kenkatsu, but first eased the atmosphere.

"Look at this day, it will rain for a few days. Morale is not as high as it was in the previous two months. Saito Michizo sat aside and drank a glass of sake and said that although he was not wearing large armor, he also went out with the army as a strategist of the Uesugi family.

"The five colors of the Hojo family, the red and the black, were all annihilated by the family a few years ago, and Hojo should not act rashly." Namba Hiroyoshi is also clear, a few years ago, the court took Ota Shimasa and Namba Tian Kenji and others to capture the old castle of the Uesugi family one after another, and then killed the important ministers of the Hojo family.

"Let's take another look, Kenji, you take your troops to Namba Tian Castle to garrison; Broadly speaking, you take your headquarters to Matsuyama Castle to garrison. "Asadai wants to wait and see if the reinforcements from the Hojo family will come.

"Yes." Namba Tian Kenji and Namba Tian Hiroyoshi said yes in a deep voice, looked at the thoughtful court and left the big tent.

Just after waiting for a day, Asada, Ogasawara Akimura took the iron cannon Ashigaru and shot at Kawagoe Castle under the shield of the heavy infantry. This was followed by 100 heavy infantry rushing to the gate of the Great Handle with a large square shield on the curved surface. In a few moments, the second group of heavy infantry began the siege under the cover of the rudimentary rushing vehicles. What is puzzling is that the car was knocked open only five times after hitting the Otemen! This made the repairer of the year, Uesugi Dynasty, embarrassed!

"Rush!" As the pioneer, Omori Fujiyori immediately led a hundred ashigaru to attack Sannomaru under the cover of heavy infantry.

"Uesugi family retainer Omori Fujiyori attacked Kawagoe Castle as a spear!" With this roar of Omori Fujiyori, it made Uesugi Kenkatsu, who was guarding the city, a little scared. As more and more Uesugi family ashigaru and samurai invaded the castle, a large number of peasants and soldiers defending the castle voluntarily surrendered. Omori Fujiyori and Anzawa Toshimitsu both fought into Honmaru without much effort. And at this moment, Chao Ding was watching all this outside the big tent outside the city.

"Uncle, Zen Silver (Namba Tian Kenshige) You can rest in peace, I'm back with Uesugi Asada." Asada sighed to the sky after learning that Omori Fujiyori and Toshimitsu Anazawa had attacked Honmaru.

"Chaoding, there are not many generals who fight on rainy days, you can count them as one of them." After looking at Kawagoe Castle not far away, Michizo found that it was really a castle built by Ota Governor, and its scale was no less than that of Inabayama Castle, where he once lived!

After a while, Toshimitsu Anazawa and the four samurai and twenty Ashigaru behind him also pressed the four members of the Uesugi Kenkatsu family (his main room Oishi clan, eldest son, and side room Daido Temple clan) to the front of Asada.

"Isn't this a Tibetan (Uesugi Kenkatsu) cousin? Why not in Matsuyama Castle but in Kawatsu Castle? Asada looked at Uesugi Kenkatsu, who was covered in blood but not injured, and asked.

"Brother, for the sake of everyone's clan, spare our family!" Uesugi Kenkatsu thought that it would be good to leave his eldest son alive after he was killed, and his eldest son was only five years old. Behind him, the daughter of the main room Oishi Dingjiu, the daughter of the side room Dadao Temple Shengchang, and the five-year-old son all knelt on the ground and trembled. Of course, they were not shivering from the rain, but because they were all afraid of being killed, especially the eldest son of Uesugi Kenkatsu who was so scared that he snuggled up to his mother.

"Lingzun Uesugi Chaochang is also a person with backbone, why did he forget his roots when he came to you? If it weren't for the fact that you were in the middle of your family, your father kindly took you in and entrusted you with important tasks. Speaking of this, Asada walked in front of Uesugi Kenkatsu Masamu, "What's your name?" ”

"The concubine is the daughter of the lord of Tokura Castle, Daishi Dinghisa." The woman who claimed to be Oishi Fog hugged Uesugi Kenkatsu's only son and replied with sincere fear.

"I'm not asking you, since you're the eldest son of the Kanto Governor, you won't have no name." Chao Ding knows what a mentally handicapped eye is, and the grass on the wall is nothing more than that.

"My name is Uesugi Shiro Kenmoto." The little boy in a single coat looked at Chaoding, who was about the same age as his father, and replied, of course, he didn't know what it meant to be low.

"Uesugi Kenmoto, that's a good name. It's a pity that it's the son of a thief. Chao Ding couldn't help but shake his head, and when Uesugi Kensheng saw this, he immediately knelt behind him.

"Chao Dinggong! I also hope that you can spare a large number of sinners Xiansheng's family, and sinners are willing to apologize! Uesugi Kenkatsu kept kowtowing after speaking, but Asadaki didn't even look at it.

"Now I'm not what I used to be, now I'm the guardian of Musashi, Sagami, and Izu appointed by the shogunate, and this attack on Kanto is to exterminate the rebel Hojo clan and the rebels!" Chao Ding couldn't help but accentuate his tone when he spoke of the rebels.

"Sinners are forced! I also hope that the court will be clear! "Uesugi Kenkatsu just wants to keep one son, and it doesn't hurt if the others come to naught.

"Well, who is this?" Chao Ding pointed to the woman who was still kneeling and wearing a costume of twelve orders. The Uesugi family, who are frugal and have a family ethos, has not seen a woman dressed in costume for a long time, and this woman makes Asada feel disgusted at a glance.

"It's the woman of the Dadao Temple family under the command of the Hojo clan, and when the Dadao Temple Shengchang was the lord of Heyue Castle, she forcibly ordered me to marry this woman!" Uesugi Kenkatsu, who is dying, naturally will not give up this good thing of dragging a cushion on his back, anyway, this woman will only waste her money and give herself a look!

"Oh, I see. Your main room and eldest son can go to Tokura Castle, and this woman dragged down and cut down the sacrificial flag! In order to make his plan successful, he had to kill a woman to pay tribute to his father, uncle, and the retainers and samurai who died in Kawagoe Castle.

"Yes!" As soon as the samurai beside Asada's side heard the order, he immediately dragged the daughter of Daidoji Temple aside, and although she was still cursing Uesugi Kenkatsu and the Uesugi family, the world instantly cleared up when the saber of the executing samurai was swung, as if time had stopped. Uesugi Kenkatsu, Oishi Mist, and Uesugi Kenmoto, who was only five years old, were all stunned.

"Decisive killing, just like I was back then!" Michizo Saito, who was watching the play on the side, smiled and said.

"So what? Someone came to press the sinner Uesugi Kenkatsu into the dungeon of Koetsu Castle and imprison him! "Chaoding doesn't have time to talk to the pit viper about this right now, he still has to make some letters.