Chapter 236: The Battle of Gunshan
With the combined forces of Satake and Iwaki conquering most of the Tamura family's territory, the Tamura family was left with only two castles, Miharu Castle and Kurokamokan. Takashi Tamura was unable to support him, and he looked forward to the arrival of reinforcements day and night. He looked forward to half a month later, but he didn't see the reinforcements from the east. Takashi Tamura was unpredictable and flustered. Almost every day, Onozaki Yoshimasa came to attack the city and insult him, and Takaaki Tamura did not dare to act rashly.
December 26. On this day, Takashi Tamura was looking far away from the city, and suddenly saw a group of men and horses coming towards the city gate, and his heart was suddenly excited, and he thought that it must be the reinforcements of the court. Takashi Tamura then ordered the defenders to prepare to open the Otemen Gate to welcome reinforcements.
However, Tamura Takaken waited until this cadre got closer to see that this was not the reinforcement of the court, it turned out to be the Satake army! And one of the generals is the Iwaki family's important minister Otsuka Masanari (who enjoys the treatment of the Satake family).
At this moment, the combined forces of Satake and Iwaki, who were surrounding Sanchun Castle, shouted one after another: "The Uesugi army will not send reinforcements, and they will not open the castle and surrender?!" ”
Takamura Takashi instantly despaired, and exclaimed, "Why haven't the reinforcements of the town government come yet?!" Satake's reinforcements are coming to the city, how fast! ”
At this time, the two thousand five hundred Satake troops led by Rokuro Ishii, Noboru Itoi, Masanari Otsuka, Yoritoshi Kokani, Yoshiho Masashi Masaku and others came to make peace with Yoshimasa Onozaki. With the 4,000 Satake and Iwaki coalition troops led by Onozaki Yoshimasa, there were a total of 6,500 troops outside Miharu Castle.
Takashi Tamura's face was even more like ashes, he saw that the general trend of the Tamura family had gone, looked back at the more exquisite courtyards and castle towers built in the city, and then thought that these were about to cease to be his own, and he didn't feel that the old tears were all over the place, and his liver and intestines were broken.
The coalition forces and the Tamura army have been in a standoff for more than half a month, and have gone through more than a dozen joint battles, large and small. However, the previous smooth sailing did not work on the side of Sanchun City. Due to the fact that the Kuroka Hair Pavilion in the northwest of Miharu Castle was not conquered, the Tamura Army entrenched in Miharu Castle was always able to obtain grain, grass and ordnance from Aizu. The coalition forces have not been able to break through the two Izumaru and Sannomaru in the east and west of Sanharu Castle for a long time, and morale has begun to slow. Although 2,500 reinforcements were obtained, the grain routes of the coalition army were often attacked by the Soma army, which made the coalition army fall into a difficult situation for a while.
Satake's genealogy retainer Mazaki Yoshiho advised Onozaki Yoshimasa to abandon the siege of Miharu Castle and instead go south to attack Shirakawa and Ishikawa Guns, where the defense was more porous, and cut off the connection between Aizu and Shimono. However, the former ministers of the Ishikawa clan and the generals of the Iwaki clan advocated that the Tamura clan be destroyed first, and that Aizu should be cut off from the Iwaki Soma clan and Mori Keihiro and other generals. Onozaki Yoshimasa also agreed with the plan to attack the Tamura family first.
Soon, Onozaki Yoshimasa also got a heavyweight news - the 2,000 Uesugi troops who arrived at the Kuroka Hair Pavilion had run out of horse feed due to their hasty assembly and marching, and they often grazed horses in the west of Miharu Castle. Onozaki Yoshimasa made it easy for the generals to discuss and prepared to launch a surprise attack on the Kurokamokan while the Uesugi army's mounted samurai could not participate in the battle.
However, Deura Shouqing quickly informed the two of them about the news, Toshihiro Anazawa and Kawada Shozen. Anzawa Toshihiro was ready to make a plan, grazing more than 200 war horses in the west of Sanchun City, deliberately letting Onozaki Yoshimasa see it and luring him into battle.
Onozaki Yoshimasa really hit the plan, he left a thousand troops to continue to surround Sanchun Castle, and the rest of the troops quickly rushed to the Koriyama area west of Sanharu Castle to set up a formation, ready to make a desperate bet.
Toshihiro Anazawa stood on the high place of Koriyama, and after reconnoitring the enemy formation, he said to Kawada Shozen, "The enemy army is taking risks and moving with contempt for us. We just need to stand still, and their courage will fade by itself. The enemy army has been tired for a long time, and it will retreat without a fight, and we will pursue and attack it, and we will surely win a great victory! ”
As a result, Kawada Shozen and Nitta Nobumasa (Tamura family loya) had no objection to Toshihiro Anazawa's plan. Immediately, the three of them ordered all their units to stand still and wait for the fighters.
The coalition forces lined up for half a day, and the sun was setting. Both the Satake Army and the Iwaki Army, the Ashigaru and the peasant soldiers were all tired and hungry, and most of them sat on the ground, and some of them ran to the 500 River to compete for water, and the ranks of the coalition began to become disorderly.
At this time, the horses of the Uesugi army had already returned to Koriyama, and Toshihiro Anazawa immediately ordered to go into battle, and he personally led the samurai on horseback as the first step, and the rest of the troops followed. As a result, Onozaki Yoshimasa and others hurriedly met the battle, and the formation was instantly chaotic, and many of the coalition troops retreated without a fight. Toshihiro Anazawa took advantage of the victory to pursue Sanri, causing the coalition forces to flee to Mt. Otakine. The coalition forces were captured by two thousand, five hundred were killed, and Onozaki Yoshimasa himself was captured by his wounds. When the 1000 Iwaki army outside Miharu Castle learned of the disastrous defeat at Koriyama, they immediately lifted the siege of Miharu Castle and immediately retreated to Narukami Castle.
The siege of Sanchun City was thus lifted, and it was a fluke that Anzawa Junheng broke the 5,500 people of the coalition army.
When Asadashi led 6,000 troops to Sukagawa Castle, Toshihiro Anazawa sent his subordinate brother Anazawa Iekiyoshi and others to escort Onozaki Yoshimasa, the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, to report the results of the Battle of Koriyama.
As the paper door of Ohiroma was slowly opened, Anazawa Iekiyoshi and the others walked in with the dejected Onozaki Yoshimasa. Ikeda Morishu, the lord of Itaya Castle, Kawada Nagakin, the lord of Tateyama Castle, Kawada Shigekin, Takatamaki Dai, Kawada Kuro Saburo, and Kamoyama Castle Daimuyama Hanji sat on both sides.
When Onozaki Yoshimasa saw Asahi sitting on the main seat, he immediately fell to his knees in fright. Onozaki Yoshimasa, whose face was like ashes, knelt down in the middle of Ohiroma and said in a low voice, "The sinner Onozaki Yoshimasa has seen the Fujiwara Town Palace. ”
"I heard that Your Excellency occupied Odate Castle, the home of the Iwaki family, as a residence city, and previously led an army to attack Iwaki Sakyo Daifu Juryōden, causing him to be forced to commit suicide. His adopted son, Iwajo Sakyo Doctor, was also sent to Ota Castle under house arrest. Moreover, you have connived at the attack on the clans, villages, and towns of the Seven Counties of Sendo by the ronin and wild samurai, and you have now occupied parts of Shirakawa-gun and Ishikawa-gun. Why are you so respectful as the commander-in-chief of the two armies of Satake and Iwaki today? Chao Ding said in a snarky tone.
Onozaki Yoshimasa's face was flushed and ashamed as soon as he was told by the court, and he muttered: "Sinners have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, they didn't know the height ······of the sky before, and they have repeatedly offended the Uesugi family, and they deserve to die."
Asada said to Onozaki Yoshimasa in a relatively calm tone, "Get up." ”
When Onozaki Yoshimasa was about to get up, suddenly a white light flashed in front of him, and a voice roared loudly: "Yoshimasa child, you also have today?!" ”
Onozaki Yoshimasa immediately looked up and saw that it was Tamura Kiyoaki. I saw him holding a sword and raising his eyebrows, which frightened Onozaki Yoshimasa and hurriedly hid behind a pillar.
"Qingxian, you sit down first, you can't move. Since ancient times, the two armies have been at war and do not kill prisoners. "Even though Asada's words are so, this is not the case with the Hojo family.
"Don't kill the captives?! It depends on which family is the prisoner! Since the combined forces of Satake and Iwaki invaded the Tamura Domain, they have done all kinds of evil, burning and looting everywhere! And this is what this man ordered! Tamura Kiyoaki said angrily.
"Qingxian, since Kaga Mamoru has relieved the siege of Sanchun City, and this person is still useful to keep, if he kills it, it will be inappropriate." After Asadaki finished speaking, Tamura Kiyoshi indignantly put the knife into the scabbard.
"Now that Your Excellency has become a prisoner of the family, plus the thousands of people who have been captured, it depends on whether Dr. Satake Ukyo is willing to negotiate a deal with the family." Chao Ding laughed after speaking.
Asadachi then had Onozaki Yoshimasa taken to the dungeon of Wakamatsu Castle, and the 2,000 enemy soldiers who had been captured were then taken to Hachigou to dig for gold. At the same time, he also sent fast cavalry to Kodaka Castle, and ordered the Soma army to withdraw from the vicinity of Date and turn south to attack Iwaki Domain.
Asada originally thought that the combined army composed of Satake and Iwaki was not weak, and it could almost destroy the Tamura family in half a month. But who would have thought that the 6,500 coalition troops would be defeated by the 2,500 Uesugi army in one day, and even the general would be captured. This made the seven counties of Chaoding Pingding Immortal Road a lot less resistance. If conditions permit, you can also send troops to invade the Iwaki Domain in the southern part of Kaido.
After the victory of the Battle of Koriyama, the Uesugi army and the Tamura army recaptured the lost Tamura family castle one after another. The remnants of the coalition army were defeated all the way to the area of Sanlu Castle, Oji Castle, and Koma Castle. In a short period of time, the Satake family lost 4,000 teachers, and the retainers of the Satake family fled back to Hitachi Province one after another, and Satake Yoshiaki was informed of the news.