Chapter 224: The Fall of the Seven Tails
At the same time that the Nagajun and Uesugi armies were still fighting bloodily, the four of Tomita Shimi, Yanoda Yoshimasa, Okuni Yoshitsu, and Naoe Keixuna had already arrived outside Shiga Hall with 3,500 troops.
Because the Uesugi army came to the front of the Hatakeyama army like a divine soldier, the generals of the Hatakeyama family such as Hatakeyama Yoshito were very panicked. Moreover, they also learned a moment ago that the Nagasushi Company was attacked by the Uesugi army and surrounded by the Uesugi army.
"Matsuba Temple, first the forces of the Naga family were attacked and surrounded, and now it is the Uesugi army that intends to attack the city. Do we still have reinforcements for our army? "As a veteran of the Hatakeyama family, although Kumaki Sukan likes to go against the long family everywhere, but now I have to say that he urgently needs 'regret medicine'.
"The forces of the Naga family were attacked on the way back to Nanao Castle, and it wasn't your advice and that Mamoru Kaga Mamoru was hiring?!" Hatakeyama Yoshito also began to get annoyed.
"Songbo Palace, the matter has come to this point, there is no way to undo it, I can only think of the retreat I am waiting for! At present, there are only 2,000 defenders in the city, and the disciples of the Sect have separated from our army one after another. And the Uesugi army looks close to four thousand. Ping Yaozhi immediately put the responsibility on the disciples of the sect.
"Father, have our troops returned to Songbo?" At this time, Hatakeyama Yoshito's son, Hatakeyama Tsuneshige, stepped forward.
"Retreat? Where to retreat? Since the Uesugi army has launched an attack at the same time, then we must be able to guess what the retreat of our army is! Hatakeyama Yoshito is now starting to be pessimistic.
"Please lead the army to retreat quickly, and let the army of his subordinates defend Shiga Pavilion to delay time. The road east to Nanao Castle should have been cut off by the Uesugi army, so you'd better return to Matsuba Castle, as long as Oku-Noto is still in the hands of the Takusaku Hatakeyama family, and one day you can make a comeback! "Heiyao knew that since Hatakeyama Tsunege had the intention of retreating, then he would add another fire.
"Mamoru Pingaga! How sure are you that you are going to resist thousands of Uesugi with 100 men? You're the only one left in the Notopei clan at the moment! "Hatakeyama Yoshito had also blamed Ping Yaozhi before, but at this moment, Ping Yaozhi took the initiative to stand up and wanted to serve as the palace army. This made Hatakeyama Yoshito very moved.
"Songbo Temple, without further ado, you should lead the army to evacuate as soon as possible. Nakanoto could no longer hold on, so he could only rely on the terrain of Okunonto and the future to resist the invasion of the Uesugi army. "Kumaki Sukane on the side is also fanning the flames, he doesn't want to be courted here.
"It's come to this, please, Mamoru Kaga!" After Hatakeyama Yoshito finished speaking, he and Hatakeyama Tsuneshige, Kumaki and others quickly left Ohiroma. And they didn't notice that Ping Yaozhi, who was standing in the big wide room, was sneering.
"Pinga Kamori, Naoe Yamato Mamoru outside the city will let him go." Nishino Sokei slowly walked into the Ohiroma shortly after Hatakeyama Yoshito and the others left.
"Well, the strength of the craftsman Hatakeyama family is exhausted. The new governor of the family, Hatakeyama Iga Moriden, could not even take charge of political affairs himself, and the years of war and conquest caused the people of Noto to be in a country of misery. Rather than this, it is better to give up Noto Ichikoku to the Uesugi family! After Heiyaozhi finished speaking, he took a few samurai and walked quickly to Otemon.
Soon, Hatakeyama Yoshito and the others left Shigakan under the noses of the Uesugi army, and they evacuated all the way north. However, the castles of Nakanoto were also reoccupied by the Uesugi army with the evacuation of Hatakeyama Yoshiento and others. At the moment, the craftsman Hatakeyama family only has the territory of Jiuzhou County and half of Fengzhi County in Noto, and the Kashima County where it is located is only a lonely city of Nanao Castle.
After Hatakeyama Yoshito and others withdrew their troops, Hirayao Chiya opened the Otemen Gate of Shiga Pavilion and let the Uesugi Army enter.
"Pinga Kashou, this is the security document given to you by the Zhenfu Palace. And let you inherit the governor of the Notohira clan and the Zhixing who has 4,500 koku of Sueyoshi Castle. When Naoe Jinggang and the others came to the big hand gate of the Shiga Pavilion, they dismounted one after another, and handed the security document written by Chaoding to Ping Yaozhi.
"Thinking about the general trend of the world, the actions of the craftsman Hatakeyama have already made the generals of Noto disheartened. The decline of the Hatakeyama family is intensifying, and it is not enough to rely on. Ping Yaozhi looked at the things he dreamed of on the Andu's paperwork, and said excitedly.
"Noto Ichikoku is the hub of Hokuriku. As long as the general can ascend the strategy, the Guan Ling Hall will be able to let go of his hands and feet to take revenge on the generation of enemies. Naoe Jinggang sighed.
"The morale of the Hatakeyama army is getting lower and lower, and it is expected that after Hatakeyama Torokusuke and Hatakeyama Uemon Captain and others lead the army back to Matsuba Castle, there will be very little left of the army under their command. Everyone can see the situation in Noto today. Ping Yaozhi thought about it and reported to Naoe Jinggang.
"It's better to do that." After Naoe Keixuna finished speaking, he and Tomita Shimi and other Aizu samurai walked to Ohiroma.
On October 26, the battle of Toyoda Haragami ended. The Nagajun army and the Miyake army that came to support had a total of 3,700 troops, and a total of 1,500 samurai, ashigaru, and peasant soldiers were killed and more than 1,000 captured. Naga-su-ren, Miyake Keifu, Sugiyama Norinao, Nagasuna-ren, and Iikawa Yoshimi were taken, and only Naga-ren-ryu broke through the siege and fled to Nanao Castle.
When Nagaru fled alone to the foot of Nanao Castle, he found that the city gate was closed, and many ashigaru and samurai along the city wall were aiming at Nagaru with iron cannons or maruki bows.
"I am the son of Naga Tsushima Mamoru Nagakuro Saemon Renlong! Open the door! There is something important to report to the main hall of the museum! Nagarenlong didn't know about the impending danger, he just thought that it might be that the samurai and Ashigaru who were defending the castle didn't know him.
"The army of the Naga family was completely annihilated by the Uesugi army in Toyodahara, why didn't you, as the third son of Nagatsushima Mamoru, die with him?!" At this time, Hatakeyama Okuma Mamoru walked up to the pavilion tower and questioned Nagalianlong.
"Okuma Shouden, can you let me go into the city for a while?" Chang Lian Long felt that something was not quite right, Chang Lian exhausted the strength of the Chang family's army and the army of his relatives when he went out of battle, and now there is no lord in the city who is good with the Chang family.
"Into the city? I'm afraid there's no need for that! After consulting with the Onjing Hall and the Miyake Palace, the Pavilion Master has already issued an order that the Naga clan is arrogant and domineering, and has long controlled the craftsman as the internal affairs of the Hatakeyama family. Many of the important ministers in the family were brutalized, so all the family members of the Chang family in the Seven Tails City were beheaded! Execute! Hatakeyama Okuma waved his hand after speaking.
Soon, fourteen people from the Nagaren Tsuna, Nagaren Sheng, and other clans who did not follow the Chang Lian Lian out of the battle were beheaded by the Sannomaru city wall of Nanao Castle, and the heads and corpses were thrown from inside the city to the outside of the city one after another.
"Why?!" Changlianlong watched his family being killed one by one and was powerless.
"Shoot the arrows! Don't waste your precious iron cannon. "Hatakeyama Okuma Mamoru is too lazy to talk nonsense with Nagaren Ryu.
Seeing this scene, Changlianlong could only flee north with hatred. However, at this moment, the Seven Tails City has been divided into two factions. One faction was the surrender faction led by Miyake Nagamori, Onai Keitaka, Iigawa Mitsusei, Hatakeyama Okuma Mamoru and Miyake Munetaka (formerly Onai Munetaka) and others, and the other faction was the main battle faction led by Yashiro Toshimori, Nihonmatsu Yoshiyu (Hatakeyama Yoshitsuri's younger brother), and Oki Setsutomi. However, the majority of the capitulation faction's craftsmen were the retainers of the Hatakeyama family.
After the Battle of Toyodahara, Nagao Fujikei, Yasuda Keimoto, Yamayoshi Toyomori and others led 2,500 troops and Usami Seimitsu and others 2,000 troops converged and arrived at Hatoba. The surrender faction in Nanao Castle saw that the Uesugi army was approaching the castle, and they could not continue to hesitate, otherwise their fate would be very miserable in the future.
On the night of the 27th, Onai Keitaka, Miyake Nagamori and others immediately gathered the Lang Party to send troops to attack Nihonmatsu Yoshiyu, Yashiro Toshimori, Oki Sutomo and others in the castle, and assassinated Hatakeyama Yoshitaka, the current head of the Hatakeyama family.
After dawn the next day, Nanao Castle opened its gates. Miyake Nagamori, Onkai Keitaka and others went out of the city to greet the Uesugi army. The heads of Hatakeyama Yoshitaka, Nihonmatsu Yoshiyu, Yashiro Toshimori, and Oki Sutomo were also placed by the city gate for the new Noto guardian Usami Joman to carry out the 'first inspection'.
"Wenjing Beizhongshou and Miyake Beihouhou, you two seem to be the first Noto lords of the family to contact and mediate, right? Why did you think of going to the Uesugi family until now? "Usami Dingman first arranged for the Uesugi army to quickly enter Nanao Castle and occupy the various warp, demaru, and arrow turrets, and then walked in front of Onai Keitaka and Miyake Nagamori.
"At that time, we were also involuntarily, we were all coerced by the Chang clan to fight with the Zhenfu Palace, please forgive us." Wenjing Jinglong explained with a hippie smile.
"Can't help yourself? The town palace has offered generous conditions to adjust you, but what about you? Either send troops to defend the cities in various places, or incite villages in various places to launch a fight! "Usami Dingman has seen a lot of wall grass, and he doesn't eat Wenjing Jinglong at all.
"Dingmangong, we waited for the lord of Noto, but when the Uesugi army arrived, the city was handed over to you intact, and the recalcitrant lords were all killed by us. The drip of the craftsman Hatakeyama family has been cut off, and the Matsuba Hatakeyama family will soon not be able to jump for a few days. Miyake Nagamori saw that Usami was dissatisfied with his brother and immediately defended himself.
"There is an order in the town hall, and Wenjing Jinglong and Miyake Nagamori are capricious and treacherous. Kill now! After Usami Dingsan finished speaking, Usami Katsuyuki took a large number of samurai into Nanao Castle and searched out the families of Onai Keitaka and Miyake Nagamori one by one.
"I'm waiting to be wronged!" Before Kasataka Onkai and Nagamori Miyake could defend themselves, they were dragged away by the samurai of the Uesugi family. The two of them were beheaded at Hatoba along with their families.