Chapter 324: No Recruitment
In the second year of Yonglu, October 20th. When the Kasai family's retainer Onodera Michizhao led more than 500 troops to make all preparations at Tenjinyama Castle, a branch of Terike Castle, the more than 2,000 troops under Fukuchi Nobuyoshi were frustrated under this Tenjinyama Castle and could not be attacked for a long time.
Onodera Michiteru took advantage of the geographical advantage of Tenjin Mountain Castle to condescendingly attack Fukuchi Nobuyoshi's department, causing many casualties in the vanguard of Fukuchi Nobuyoshi's department. Seeing this, Fukuchi Nobuyoshi angrily stepped forward to supervise the battle, and the troops under his command were also fighting desperately. However, even if Fukuchi Nobutoshi personally came to the castle of Tenjin Mountain Castle to supervise the battle, he still failed to break through a corner of Tenjin Mountain Castle. After two consecutive days and two nights of onslaught, the Fudi Army could be said to have made no progress at all.
At the same time, the Uesugi generals of the Central Continent, including Mori Keihiro, Saito Toshi, Kanhee Hirotoshi, Kanhee Mitsutoshi, and Oshiki Beizen, had already led 7,000 troops to the north and marched to the castle of Terikejo.
Mori Keihiro was worried that Kasai Yoshishige would not be able to defend Teraike Castle with his army, and he hoped that Fukuchi Nobuyoshi would be able to capture Tenjin Castle as soon as possible, so that the Kasai army would have a low fighting spirit and reduce the casualties of the Uesugi army as much as possible. Therefore, Mori Keihiro ordered the coastal lords such as Hamada Hirotsuna, Motoyoshi Shigetsu, and Magome Shigeyin to send troops to assist Fukuchi Nobutoshi in attacking Tenjin Mountain Castle.
On October 23, after receiving the support of Hirotsuna Hamada, Shigetsugu Motoyoshi, Shigeyin Magome and other generals, Fukuchi Nobuyoshi once again personally went into battle to supervise the battle, and his son Fukuchi Tosatoshi took the initiative to take the lead and stormed the Oteemon Gate of Tenjin Mountain Castle.
An hour later, Ninomaru, Nishinomaru, Minaminomaru and other places in Tenjin Mountain Castle were lost one after another, and Onodera Michiteru committed suicide after seeing that Kasai Yoshishige could not send troops to rescue and that he could not recover the defeat. Subsequently, Tenjin Castle was captured by Fukuchi Nobutoshi, Hamada Hirotsuna, Motoyoshi Shigetsu, Magome Shigeyin and other generals, and all more than 500 defenders were killed. In order to vent his anger, Fukuchi Nobuyoshi sent troops to loot the residential villages around Tenjin Mountain Castle.
Soon, the news of the loss of Tenjin Mountain Castle and the annihilation of the defenders reached Terike Castle. After hearing the news, Kasai Yoshishige immediately fled from the castle with his family and cronies while the Uesugi army had not yet surrounded Teraki Castle, intending to go to Hokuriku to seek the support of the Spo family and the Kasai family's nationwide lords.
Mori Keihiro, Saito Toshi, Kanhee Hirotoshi, Hankawae Mitsutoshi, and Oshikiri Beizen Sho captured the Kasai family's main temple pond castle without blood.
In just a few years, the strength and prestige of the Kasai family, the president of Oshu, were devastated by the Uesugi family, and the territory of the Central Continent was almost lost. Not only was Ishinomaki Castle, which had a good port, captured, but even Honkoji Castle, which had been in business for many years, was captured by the Uesugi army, and the Kasai family's foundation in Chutsu was lost.
Mori Keihiro and the other generals and the Kokutoshi lords of Chutsu stopped for a moment after taking Teraike Castle, knowing that there were many more Kokushi lords and daimyo in Hokuritsu who were hostile to the Uesugi family. If you take advantage of the victory to pursue and enter the Hokurichi at this time, then it is very likely that you will be besieged by the Hokryō generals. What's more, the terrain of Hokurichi is steep, and the city is full of soldiers, so it will not be easy to enter Hokuritsu with more than 10,000 troops and quickly destroy the Kasai family.
On November 10, four brothers, Oishi Dingji (Oishi Sotora), Oishi Nobuyoshi, Oishi Terumaka, and Oishi Deaki, the younger brothers of Oishi Dingjiu (Oishi Tsunashu and Oishi Michitoshi), left Izu Province and came to Musashikawa-goshi Castle and asked to see Asada.
At this moment, because of the double happiness (the capture of most of the Chubu, the destruction of the Edo family, and the occupation of most of the Hitachi Province), the beginning of the attack on the remnants of the hostile forces in the Kanto region (the Urano family, the Edo family) began to win successive battles, and the good news was frequent. Now that Ikejo, the gateway to Hokurichi, has been easily taken by the Uesugi army, it is just around the corner to sweep the Nakatsu Army. This is something that the Uesugi family has not done in hundreds of years. Chao Ding naturally gained great political capital because of this, and then agreed to summon the four of them.
Oishi Sotora, Oishi Nobuyoshi, Oishi Terumaka, and Oishi were the first to be taken to the Ohiroma of Kawagoe Castle to wait for the arrival of the Asada, and the Asadachi slowly walked into the Ohiroma accompanied by Namba Tian Kenji, Yamazaki Hidesen, Katsuyama Unkatsu, Kato Danzo and others.
"The sinners see the town government!" As soon as the four of Dashi Zonghu, Oishi Nobuyoshi, Oishi Terumaka, and Oishi Dingxian saw Chaoding walking into the big wide room, they all fell on the floor and didn't dare to look up at Chaoding, so as not to anger Chaoding.
"You are all a relative of the Musashi Oishi family, and you are also the younger brother of the former Musashi guardian Daishi Saemon Captain Dinghisa. Why did the Ise family fall to the Ise family when they attacked the Oishi family? Why do you help abuse? Why did you think of coming to Hayue City at this moment? Chaoding wondered what they were here for.
"The Ise family has been stealing each other and Izu for a long time, and we are also in order to keep the blood of the Oishi family so we swallowed our anger and surrendered to the military gate of the Ise family. Seeing that you have now revived the majesty of the Uesugi family in Ogigaya, we left Izu and asked to be the spearhead of your invasion of Izu. Dashi Zonghu said with tears in his eyes.
"The vanguard of the invasion of Izu? Did I hear me right? Chao Ding said with a smile after hearing this. He did not plan to recover Izu in the short term, because the Hitachi Kingdom had only recently been pacified, and he needed to transfer his retainers to Hitachi to stabilize the situation there. Moreover, Changlu has not yet gone through a large-scale land pickup, and the redundant castle has not had time to be destroyed. Where is the time to attack Izu?
"The criminal ministers and others know that the crimes they have committed before are serious, and I ask the town government to give me a chance to make meritorious contributions." After Dashi Zonghu finished speaking, he kowtowed to Chaoding three times in a row.
"You didn't come when the lord led the army back to Kanto, and now that the Ise family has been destroyed by the family, and the eight countries of Kanto are all under the control of the lord, did you think of coming to Kawagoe Castle to ask for guilt? Isn't it too late? "The last thing Kenji Namba wants to see is this kind of wall grass.
"Most of the Ise retainers defected to the Takeda family after the town government captured Odawara Castle, and the Takeda family has been recruiting the former Ise family retainers in recent times, and has sent a considerable number of former Ise family retainers to infiltrate the country, intending to walk the town government to prepare for the expropriation and demolition of Odawara Castle, and wait for the opportunity to launch a campaign in various parts of the country." Oishi Zonghu said an astonishing piece of news, which made the court sober up from the joy of flat-bottoming the Eight Kingdoms of Kanto and the capture of most of the Chumura Olympics.
"What did you say?!" Chaoding's face immediately changed, and he thought that Takeda Shingen was still fighting with Tokugawa Ieyasu in Mikawa, and he could sit back and relax for a while. He didn't expect that Takeda Shingen would not only personally lead the army to Mikawa, but also planned to use this kind of indiscriminate trick to weaken his own strength.
"My lord, it is true. However, at present, the number of former Ise family retainers who have infiltrated the country is not large, only more than ten people, and they are all under the surveillance of the ministers, please rest assured. Kato Duanzo then walked to Asada's side and whispered.
"Go down and rest." Asadachi immediately motioned to the Daihoji Yoshiko on the side to take them to Sannomaru's Ashigaru Nagaya to rest.
After watching Daihoji Yoshiko leave Ohiroma with Oishi Sotora, Oishi Nobuyoshi, Oishi Terumaka, and Oishi Dingxian and gradually drift away, Namba Tian Kenji immediately walked up to Asadachi and said, "My lord, you must not believe the words of these four people, they have betrayed the Uesugi family, Oishi Saemon Captain, the Ise family and the Takeda family, such people are the most vulnerable to the enemy's rebellion. ”
"Indeed, the sudden appearance of these four people under Kawagoe Castle must have a lot to do with the actions of the Takeda family after that." Yamazaki Hidesen said thoughtfully.
"I have already transferred several powerful generals to the country, and there is no problem in guarding the border. At present, it is still necessary to prepare to transfer a group of powerful retainers to Changlu to defend the town, if the Takeda family is touching each other at this time, it will be really a bit tricky. "At present, the court still needs to transfer a group of retainers to Changlu Province, and he is worried that the Takeda family will provoke Sagami. Because at the moment, the DPRK urgently needs to recuperate and recuperate, and does not want to continue to fight on multiple fronts.