Chapter 84: The Fall of Narita
As a branch of the Furukawa Ashikaga clan and the Ashikaga shogun's family, the Setagaya Kira family is already in the twilight of the West Mountain at this moment. As the new governor of the Kira clan, he could not recover his decline, and his adoptive father Kira Yoriyasu was also killed in battle under Namba Tian Castle, and all the elites under his command were lost. For now, the only forces that the Yoshira family could assemble to deal with the invasion of the Uesugi clan were 300 ashigaru, 50 standing ashigaru, and 30 samurai on horseback. These troops are not enough to see in front of the 'Shangzhou soldiers' of the Kwantung Governor's family, and they will be completely annihilated in minutes.
As one of the other countries of the Hojo family, the status of the Kira clan is naturally higher, not to mention the family of his Kira family, his main room is the daughter of the Hojo Phantom Anthem, that is to say, he is still a member of the Hojo family. Even so, the Hojo family still can't take care of him, and Setagaya Castle is currently surrounded by Sawayama Castle, Shinagawa Minato (newly built by Hirosawa Tadanobu), and Koki Castle, and with the scarce soldiers and horses of the Setagani Kira family, it is impossible for him to lead his army to break through to Sagami and the Hojo clan's Yasushi Division.
However, the news that Uesugi Asadaki led an army of 4,000 troops to Ninja Castle still reached Setagaya Castle, which also made the Kira clan, who was already on pins and needles, even more frightened. He felt that if the Uesugi family cleaned up the Narita family, then the next step would definitely be to clean up his own!
As a result, the army within the generals of the Kira clan began to mobilize, and arranged for the side and the small surname to quickly pack up the belongings and family treasures, and also sent people to Sagami to seek help from the Hojo family. He hoped that he could get the assistance of the Hojo family when he broke through, otherwise it would be impossible for him to pass through the defense area of Toshimitsu Anazawa and others on his own.
In contrast, when Narita Nagatai of Ninjo was about to plead guilty to the Uesugi family, there was a 'little' accident.
Narita Nagatai, who was originally going to open the castle to ask for guilt, wanted to get the forgiveness of the Uesugi family, but he never took the initiative to go to Kawagoe Castle, and it was not until the Asada came with soldiers and horses that he thought that he had offended the Uesugi family. However, Narita Taiki does not think so. He was going to kill Narita Nagataya before he opened the castle, then kill all his family, and finally surrender in Kaejo, so that he might be able to get 12,000 stone of Ninja Castle.
And then, Narita Taiki did exactly that. He first asked the Oda family to rush directly into the Honmaru with a hundred ashigaru and brutally killed the family members of Narita Nagata and Narita Clan, even if it was a maid and a small surname.
"What sound? It's like screaming! "Ninja Castle is not big, but there are more paddy fields nearby, so Masaki Toshiei and Shibasaki Izumi heard it immediately in Ninomaru.
"Brother, I'm so sorry. If you are asked to go and ask for the guilt in person, the younger brother and I will have to go to the Uesugi family as hostages, so it is better for me to take off your head and give it to the Kanto Governor. Narita Taiki sneered, and with a wave of his hand, the Ashigaru who had been waiting behind him for a long time rushed up, holding the knives and spears in their hands and rushing towards Narita Nagayasu, who was blocked behind by Masaki Toshiei, Shibasaki and Izumi.
"Damn! I knew that it was a mistake to send most of the troops to Uesugi at that time! "Shibasaki and Izumi can only reap the consequences now, he originally thought that since Narita Taiji would not let him go out with Narita Nagatai, then he sent his army to Uesugi Domain, who knew that the Uesugi Army would annihilate most of the Narita Army and Oda Army, and also incorporated all the captured more than 400 Ashigaru into the Uesugi Army! Now all the troops in Ninja Castle are Narita Taiji's.
"Protect the Imperial Palace!" Masaki Toshiei directly took the two samurai accompanying him to draw his sword and rush over the ashigaru melee combat, while Narita Nagata Nagatai was dragged away quickly by Shibasaki and Izumi.
After all, there are more people on one side and fewer people on the other, even if Zhengmu Liying has great ability, it is impossible to defeat one against a hundred, let alone face two hundred enemy troops. In an instant, after two of his samurai were stabbed to death by Ashigaru armed with a spear, he was surrounded, and Narita Taiki also ordered fifty of them to continue to attack Masaki Toshiei, and the rest of them all went after Narita Nagataya and the others.
As the shouts of killing in the castle became louder and louder, Mino Mamoru Toshima was beheaded by Ashigaru under the command of Yasuki Narita when he came out of Sannomaru's house to check. Mamoru Shimada Dewa and Mamoru Yamada Kawauchi led a total of seven of their own samurai to stop Narita Taiji's pursuers, but they were outnumbered and killed.
At the same time, Asada, who was outside the castle, had already heard the shouts of killing inside the castle, and he directly ordered Namba Tian Kenji to lead his troops to Nagano Exit, west of Sama Exit, to prepare to break into the castle at any time. On the other hand, he also ordered Saito Rizo to lead the white-robed cavalry to quickly rush to the northeast of Hiyaguchi, which was the closest to Honmaru, and the Asadachi also sent Kato Danzo there to wait for an opportunity to support Saito Rizo.
In this way, when Narita Nagatai was chased to Simaokou, there was only Shibasaki and Izumi by his side. Narita Taiji has surrounded the two of them with more than fifty ashigaru. Oda and Komiyayama Tadashi successively won the family's important ministers Narita Hizen Mamoru, Tayama Toyomaoma, Masaki Toshiei and so on.
Narita Yasuki miscalculated that Uesugi Asa would not have much patience to wait for him to leave the city and surrender. The court then lit the wolf smoke that gave the order, and Kenji Namba led five hundred standing ashigaru to attack the Nagano Pass, where the ninja opened the gate; Immediately followed by Saito Rizo, who had just arrived at Higaguchi, after Kato Duanzo personally opened the city gate, two hundred white-robed cavalry under the leadership of Saito Rizo instantly attacked the city, plus Narita Taiji Shogun used to round up the important ministers of the family and Narita Narita Nagataya when most of the passes were not fortified. Therefore, it was very easy for Namba Tanji and Saito Toshizo to enter the castle without losing too many troops.
And the Asadachi took Honjo Shigencho as the first move, let him lead two thousand troops to enter the Sama Pass first, and then quickly make peace with Namba Tian Kenji in Ninomaru, and he himself and Hosoya Shitomo and Ogasawara Akimura two teams of men and horses slowly entered Ninja Castle.
Narita Taiji took a lot of effort and killed twenty ashigaru before he killed Shibasaki and Izumi, a fierce general, and then killed Narita Narita Nagayasu. However, he also received news that the Uesugi army had invaded the castle.
Oda family led twenty ashigaru to Honmaru garrison when he happened to encounter Saito Rizo, only a few seconds after the two armies intersected, Oda was killed on the spot by Saito Rizo, and his twenty people were also quickly harvested by the long scroll in the hands of the white-robed cavalry, but in half an hour, Honmaru's Narita army was all killed. When Saito Toshizo entered the inside of the Honmaru, he saw the bodies of Narita Narita Nagatayasu and Narita Clan's family members, who were killed by order of Narita Yasuki, lying everywhere, and almost not a single floor was clean, even the maids and small surnames were killed. He then cordoned off the scene, leaving fifty people behind Honmaru and arriving at the confluence of Ninomaru and Asadachi with one hundred and fifty men.
Komiyayama Tadataka was already wandering around Shimoenguchi, and just as he was about to rendezvous with Narita Yasuki, he met the Iron Gun Ashigaru of Ogasawara Akimura outside Ninomaru. At this moment, the Kanto region has not yet introduced a large number of iron cannons, and the people of the Narita family have never seen it. Ogasawara Akimura did not panic and ordered a three-stage attack, and just when Komiyayama Tadashi rushed over with a hundred ashigaru, he was set on fire by three hundred iron cannon ashigaru in turn, and Komiyayama Tadashi was killed on the spot. The Narita army of this team was also shot and killed.
Narita Taiji was in a hurry, and directly took the only thirty ashigaru and Narita Narita Nagatai's head to meet Asadachi in Honmaru, and when he arrived, what was waiting for him was a sword and a spear. Narita Taiji and the thirty ashigaru under his command were all killed, and regarding the tragedy that happened to Honmaru, Asadachi also ordered his ashigaru to bury all of them outside the castle, even the Narita army Ashigaru and samurai who died in battle. Then he also cleaned all the places such as Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru, and burned all the three leads and two flags at the head of the castle, and replaced them with the bamboo finch pattern of the Uesugi family.
This time, the ninja castle, which is known as easy to defend and difficult to attack, was conquered by the court without breaking a single soldier, although it was not conquered by the other party's defense, but it was also a fortress that the Uesugi family had always wanted. Moreover, the Narita family, one of the 'Musashi Seven Parties', also died out this time. Narita Qintai was also the mastermind of plotting against his master's family, and was ordered by the court to behead him outside Ninjo Castle for public display. Even the head of Narita Taiji was hung on the castle for public display, and the Narita family, which had been active for hundreds of years, left the stage of the Warring States.
Chaoding didn't want to leave this city to someone he didn't trust at all, so he didn't have to worry about the instability of the rear when he was out of battle. In this way, it will be done once and for all, and after the Narita family, which has always pretended to be the 'descendants of Fujiwara', is completely broken, the Narita family, one of the 'Kanto Hachiya Lines', will not appear in this world again.
Oda Asakō fled to the village of Shimon on horseback after the incident, and hid there until the Uesugi army took control of the entire ninja castle and went to Honmaru alone to plead guilty. Asada was not ready to kill him, but he was very magnanimous, and sent him directly to the Chichibu Castle Gold Mine to work as a miner, and the only five samurai under his command were replenished.
On the 11th day of July, the day after Asadai took Ninja Castle, the Kira clan finally made a move. Hojo Shiyasu could not bear to have his son-in-law killed by the Uesugi family, so he immediately sent the Izu Navy (now stationed in Sagami) to the coast of Musashi and took the Kira clan and 200 troops. If it weren't for the fact that Setagaya Castle was a lonely city that couldn't be defended, Hojo Shiyasu wouldn't have given it up, but his current strategic goal was no longer Musashi, but he wanted to find a way to recapture Izu Province.
The geographical location of Izu Province speaks for itself, and although it is the smallest reido country in Tokaido, it is still the place where the Hojo family made their fortune. In addition, the Takeda family only won Izu, and the hearts of the people are undecided, which is the best time for the Hojo family to regain it. If it takes a few more years, Hojo Shiyasu won't be able to hold it even if he fights.