Chapter 140: An Unfavorable Situation

On April 21 of the first year of Yongroku, Xinbata Chotsu and Shinbata Shigejia led more than 1,000 people from the Lang Party of the clan to fight from Shimozong Tsui Castle, and they went to Echigo to quell the rebellion on the orders of the court.

Due to the joining of Longtail Jingguo, the power of Longtail Jingfang is getting bigger and bigger like a snowball. The Ueda people have all had old lords and held old positions since the death of Nagao Bocho, and they have long been dissatisfied with the Uesugi family and the current separated Fujiwara family.

Not long after the Echigo Eiroku Rebellion began, the Ueda people took the initiative to serve as the vanguard of the Nagao Keibo. Of the Ueda people, only Nobosaka Kiyotaka did not fall to Nagao Keifu, and the rest of the people followed Nagao Keikoku (Oida Keikoku) father and son one after another.

Ueda Nagao family retainers Sakurai Haruyoshi and Kido Motosai led more than 500 people to attack Naomine Castle, attack Naomine Castle with more than 500 people, and take the castle lord Nagao Keiaki (Flag Honzhong), and occupy Naomine Castle and the southern branch of Naomine Castle Azukakan. Since then, Kamijo Castle and Naomine Castle have been connected, and communication and transportation between the two cities have been completed through the mountain roads of Mt. Ojinda and Mt. Kurohime.

In order to allow a direct road connection between Shangjo and Naofeng, he deliberately slept with the city lord of Ape Hair City, Long Tail with a knife. Although the long tail with a knife is also a member of the flag group, its status is not high. The long tail view room used the Xianfa Temple Castle and Naoetsu as a bargaining chip in exchange for his allegiance.

The long tail with a knife does not have the pride of being a member of the Qiben family and the family of the long tail family in the house. He agreed without even thinking about it. Immediately, he led an army of 800 to capture the city of Xianfa Temple. As a result of the fall of the castle, the rebels could travel freely around Naomine Castle, Shoboji Castle, Saruhair Castle, and Kamijo Castle. At this time, a large gap was opened in the defense of Shangyue.

Not only that, but the Ueda Nagao family's old country divided the gate and Miyajima Mikawa Mamoru led less than 100 people to attack Imai Castle of Imai Kunihiro, and the lord Imai Kunihiro had to flee with his family in a hurry. Since then, only the 60,000 cavalry castles of Noborisaka Kiyotaka and the Biwa Castle of Hiroto Biwa Island in the Ueda domain are still resisting.

When Nagao Keibo raised his troops, Shibuya Makiyo, the lord of Kamo Castle, and Hidetoshi Osakami, the lord of Osakami Castle, were prepared to remain neutral at first. But with the development of events and the passive beating of the Uesugi family's forces in Echigo, Hidetoshi Asakami couldn't sit still. As a member of the Honma family who has known for a long time, Hidetoshi Osakami naturally can't let Honma Masatasu be ashamed. After recruiting 700 people, he let his eldest son Hidetaka Osakami lead him to quickly cross the sea to the south.

Previously, Yasuin Shiina had sent a major minister, Kamizen Chikuzen, to lead 600 troops into Echigo, in a vain attempt to capture Falling Water Castle and enter the Echigo Fuchu area to attack the Uesugi army.

However, the luck of this support army was very bad, and before they could gain a foothold outside the Falling Water City, the city lord Kojima Sadaxing came out of the city and killed him.

Kojima Sadako saw the Shiina army slowly coming from the castle and felt that they were underestimating themselves, so he gathered 50 samurai on horseback and 300 guns and 300 guns to kill him out of the city.

Kojima Sataka took the lead in leaving Falling Water City with a spear in hand, and the samurai on horseback behind him were not far behind and caught up with Kojima Satakyu.

Just when Kamito Chikuzen Mamoru was still surprised, he saw Kojima Sadako yelling: "I'm the Uesugi family's retainer Yataro Kojima!" "God in front of the building to guard the enemy knew that he was invincible, so he was ready to turn around and run.

At this moment, Kojima Sadako caught up with Kamizen Chikuzen Mamoru after stabbing to death several Shiina samurai who were blocking his way with no measure. After seeing Kojima Sadako shoot off the horse, several horseback warriors guarding Kojima Sadako's side immediately dismounted and cut off the head of Kamimae Chikuzen Mamoru and handed it to Kojima Sadako.

Since Kojima Sadako didn't ask for the name of the enemy general at the beginning, he just looked at the armor and Jinhaoori to identify this person as the enemy general.

Subsequently, most of the Shiina army saw that the general was dead, and immediately pulled out their legs and ran. After a few slow-running ashigaru and peasant soldiers were caught by the Uesugi army, Kojima Sadako learned from them that he was asking for a Shiina family's heavy retainer Kamimae Chikuzene.

However, Yoriharu Takanashi, who was in Okushinano, was unable to send reinforcements and supplies to Echigo. Not to mention that there was no way out of Maeyama, Nabe-Aoyama, and Ryonodake, and even Taruma, which could enter the two passages of Echigo, Mt. Maonaku, and Sekikawa Ka at Mt. Myoko, were blocked by the Uesugi army, and the lord of Myokokan, Okuma Shigeren, (the third brother of Okuma Asahide), was ready to lead his army to support the Uesugi army of Oshinano at any time. The lord of Arai Torakayama Castle, Okuma Morihide (the second brother of Okuma Asahei), stationed half of the 1,000 troops gathered at Arai Torakayama Castle, and the other side was stationed at the southwest branch of the castle.

As long as Arai Torisakayama Castle, Myokokan, and Nakazato Pavilion are secured, then the Okushinano direction will not be able to easily attack Echigo.

At the same time, Kiyoshi Kiyonaga Ikawa of Kunimine Castle and Tsunagen Oishi of Hirai Castle led an army of 3,000 to Azuma-gun. Kiyoshi Kagawa led an army of 1,500 to Hawei Castle, and Oishi Tsunagen led an army of 1,500 to Nagano Castle. Kohata Keisuki led an army of 2,000 to Nishimaki Castle to garrison, and Kohata's retainer Yoshizaki Kakubei led an army of 500 troops to garrison Tozawa Pass.

At present, Asadachi does not have the spare strength to repel the forces of the Hojo family on the Boso Peninsula, so he can only defend passively first. He could only go and ask one person to go out of the mountain - Saito Michizo.

As for others, they may not be able to invite Saito Michizo, but Asadaki can invite him out if he goes with Guidie. They invited Saito Michizo into the castle and received him in the pavilion where Guidie was founded.

"Zhenfu Palace, you really don't want my old bones to rest." Saito Michizo also heard about the rebellion of Ueno and Echigo, and he guessed their purpose when he saw the figures of Asada and Guidie in the mansion.

"Father, Gorou, this is also a last resort. You were ordered to go to Ueno to quell the rebellion, but it was not resolved once and for all. Gui Die smiled and handed Dao San a bowl of tea.

"My foolish son first gave it to the Takeda family, Higashi, and now the great fool of Owari has captured the rest of Mino's prefectures. I don't know if I can still see the scene of the two-headed wave flag fluttering on the land of Mino. Michizo Saito finished his tea with a wry smile.

"It's not too late, the Takeda family's occupation of Higashimino is only temporary. As long as the main family pacifies the Kanto region and the palace of the Governor pacifies Hokuriku, the two armies will inevitably recapture Mino from Tokaido and Hokuriku Province at the same time. At that point, you can return to Mino Seclusion. Chao Ding said his thoughts, but this dream will take several years.

"Since the town palace can save the old man from the hands of the rebel, then it will definitely allow the old man to return to Mino in the future." Michizo Saito nodded.

"Father, the situation in Ueno is still under control, so I will leave it to you." Guidie smiled and handed a document to Michizo Saito.

"It's ······" Saito Michizo opened it and saw that he had appointed himself as the lord of Usui Castle, and received 5,000 koku from Usui Castle, 500 koku from Ludu Castle, 500 koku from Katsutadai Castle, and 500 koku from Shido Castle.

"These places are empty, so it's better to leave them to you for the time being. In addition, Hideharu Kano stationed in Higashiganjo, Nambada Hiroyoshi in Sakura Castle, Miyagi Masayo in Shomi Castle, and Miyagi Shoki Castle in Yatomi Castle are all at your disposal. "Asaha is to use Saito Michizo as the commander of the army, and it is always the best choice to send him to the army.

"It seems that the old man has no reason to refuse, one of you elbows out, and the other is always thinking about how to use the old man as a gunman." Michizo Saito smiled bitterly. In fact, he doesn't alike this, at least in the Kanto region, it is not easy for him to be with his family (daughter, son-in-law). As for his unpromising grandson, Dao San didn't want to care about his life or death.

The war lasted for more than a month, and Satomi Yoshishige and Satomi Sakyosuke and others were still powerless.

Let's first review some of the people who rebelled against Satomi Yoshihiro as the governor of the family before: Masaki Genshichiro (Masaki Yoshiharu's son) saw that his old domain was occupied by the acting officials sent by Satomi Sakyosuke, so he gathered ronins and bandits to seize the sea castle and the castle on the peak; The banner warrior Date Fangyoshi of Harato Satomi Yoshiyao was dissatisfied with the dictatorship of Satomi Sakyosuke and raised troops to resist in the Tibetan Jade Museum; The retainers of the Takeda family in the south of the hall, Nobukata Shirai and Saemon Taga Rokuro, occupied the south of the hall and the castle of Sano respectively, and drove away the acting officials under the command of Satomi Sakyosuke; Kato Igamori, the son of Kato Nobuya, the son of the retainer of Yoshihiro Harato, raised troops at Sanzhi Castle in response to Date Boyoshi's army; The original Toki was occupied by the retainer of the Lai family, Morooka Tsuneri, and the small hama castle belonging to Wada Shisuke; Kurokawa Kai Mamoru, the son of Kurokawa Hiroshige, led the ronin to capture Seko Castle.

Chaoding will not be bound by 'righteousness', he knows very well that as long as Satomi Sakyosuke and others such as Satomi Genealogy and Qimoto exist, it will be difficult to extend his power to the hinterland of the Upper Chamber.

Since it can't be extended for the time being, it's better to go with the flow. Satomi Yoshiyori, as the guardian of Anfang appointed by the current Kamakura Minister's Ashikaga Yoshiji, naturally has a connection between the Lang Party and the old department in the Upper General. The raising of troops by Genshiro Masaki and others has an inseparable relationship with him.