Chapter 276: Marching into Ueno
As the Asada's army of 6,000 was about to enter Nishiueno, Takeda Nobuyoshi, who was stationed in the area of Komojo Castle and Yatsu Castle in Kitashinano-Saku-gun, kept asking Takeda Shingen for help. Although Takeda Nobuyoshi had tens of thousands of troops at his disposal, he could not command them in the same way that he commanded his own retainers. Among these people are a member of the Takeda family, a family member of the genealogy family, and many former ministers of the Imagawa family.
The former ministers of the Imagawa family were forced by the situation to surrender to the Takeda family, and they were not really willing to follow the Takeda family. The former retainers of the Imagawa family knew that most of the people of the Takeda family were Kai's 'mountain monkeys', hillbillies. When the Takeda Army invaded Suruga and Enoe, the Takeda Army did a lot of things to rob homes. The former ministers of the Imagawa family all dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. However, when they learned that their former master, the Imagawa clan, had been proclaimed as the Kanto Princess, and incorporated into the Kamakura Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine, they immediately contacted the Imagawa clan, Okabe Motoshi and other daimyo (Soma Yoshiin, Tamura Takaaki, Onodera Keimichi, Tendo Yorisadada, Iwaki Kenshige, Mogami Kenkei, etc.) as the Kanto Principality, and they immediately contacted the Imagawa clan Shin, Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Taichao, and Asahina Shinji in Sagami.
Therefore, Takeda Nobuyoshi only has the ability to block Kenshin or one of them. Obviously, Nobuyhiro Takeda chose to block the latter. Thanks to Takeda Nobushi's 'timely' opening, Kenshin was able to break through quickly and smoothly enter the small county.
On July 13, upon hearing the news that Kenshin had led his army into the small county, the wealthy clans of the small county and the tsukumo county immediately 'spontaneously' organized an army of 4,000 to stop Kenshin. The two armies fought fiercely at Ishijinbara.
However, the 4,000-strong army formed by these wealthy clans did not stop Qianxin's march. The 4,000-strong army composed of the wealthy clans of Oi, Banno, Uehara, Aiki, Iru, Irizawa, Shimura, Iwao, and Moriyama was defeated by Kenshin without much effort, and also killed famous samurai such as Masatake Bano, Masatoyo Banno, Saburo Iizawa, Naotoki Shimura, Misasaka Fukuda, Iruyuki Konshin, and Soki Morinosuke, and countless Ashigaru miscellaneous soldiers were killed by him.
Although Ishijinhara fought in the first battle, the Takeda family lost once, and the 4,000 army was almost completely annihilated. After discussing it with Kansuke Yamamoto, Takeda Shingen didn't believe it and couldn't stop Kenshin. Subsequently, Takeda Shingen ordered the two wealthy clans of Mochizuki and Ashida to put together 3,000 troops and deploy in Bushi, preparing to stop Kenshin here.
On July 15, just two days after the Battle of Ishijingahara, Kenshin again defeated the Takeda army. Annihilated the 3,000 troops composed of the two families of Mochizuki and Ashida. Nobunori Ashida fled the battlefield alone as soon as the defeat became apparent. And the governor of the Mochizuki family, Nobunaga Mochizuki (the third son of Takeda Nobuyoshi), saw that Ashida Nobunori fled the battlefield and still held on to the high ground of almsgiving. However, after the Uesugi army successively killed the important ministers of the Mochizuki family, Nei Toyomare, Nei Kiyomo, Mochizuki Beima, and Mochizuki Tooemori, the Mochizuki army could not withstand the onslaught of the Uesugi army. Nobunaga Mochizuki was also spared by the queen of his retainers.
After Kenshin won two battles in quick succession and killed a large number of die-hard supporters of the Takeda family, the entire Kita-Shinano Prefecture was shocked. Even Shingen Takeda, who has always been known as 'immovable as a mountain', began to be unable to sit still, and he knew very well that it was not appropriate to have a decisive battle with Kenshin at this moment. In order to avoid Kenshin's troops, Takeda Shingen moved his main camp to Fukashi Castle.
In order not to be completely passive, Takeda Shingen had to fight the idea of neighboring Ueno again.
On July 16, shortly after the court had only entered the Johoji Temple in Nishi-Ueno, more than 100 people, including the retainer of the Takeda family, Yukimori Ashida, and the Ueno ronin Shinroku Nagao and Shinsuke Nagao, captured Fujioka Castle. They immediately echoed the rebels from all over Ueno.
Not only that, but the wild samurai Asakura Nagasaki and Nagane Masarasuke of Ueno fell to the Takeda family under the mediation of Yamamoto Kansuke and raised the anti-flag against the Asada, and then they led their army to capture Tamaki Castle, and supported each other with Ashida Yukimori and others.
Before Asadaki led his army into Hokushin, the situation in Ueno was getting more and more severe, and the rebellions of the countrymen lords in various places were also intensifying. He had no choice but to order Ota Shimasa to restrain the generals of Higashi Ueno to quickly quell the rebellion of Higashi Ueno, while he planned to lead the generals of Nishi Ueno and his own army of 6,000 troops to open a road to Hokushin first.
In order not to let his troops be lower than Takeda Nobuyoshi, Asadaki urgently transferred Hanuda Castle Lord Asahina Shinji, Maoka Castle Lord Takai Youjin, and Ashikaga Castle Lord Akiyama Dingzuna to lead an army of 6,000 to Nishiueno.
Under the strict order of the court, the lord of Matsuhashi Castle, the lord of Matsuhashi Castle, the lord of Ohu Castle, Minori Omori, and the lord of Shirai Castle, Honjo Shiranaga, took the lead in uniting to defeat the two brothers Hikoshiro Nagano and Fujikuro Nagano, who had captured Kamisen Castle. And, on the night of the 17th, he killed Nagano Hikoshichiro, Nagano Fujikuro's brothers, and 500 defenders.
On July 18, Ota Shimasa led an army of 13,000 to join forces with Momoi Yoshitaka, the lord of Naba Castle in the southern part of Higashi-Ueno, Ogasawara Nagasawara, the lord of Tatebayashi Castle, and Nishirita, the lord of Akaishi Castle. After that, the army led by Ota Shimasa swelled to more than 20,000.
Subsequently, Ota Shimasa and others easily defeated and won the Yauchi Shiro Saemon who were entrenched in Eda Castle, Negishi Sukekuni of Miki Castle, Akabori Nobuken of Akahori Castle, Shibukawa Yoshikatsu of Maruyama Castle, and Iwamatsu Shijun of Iwamatsu Castle. The entire process of pacifying the southern and central parts of Higashi-Ueno took only five days.
At the same time, Numata Yumitsu also received the advice of the lord of Iwaki Castle Tobi Ratomata when he attacked the rebellious countryman lord in Azuma County, and Uesugi Keimitsu, the lord of Ushiwa Castle, also took the initiative to lead an army of 2,000 to support Numata Yumitsu. At this time, Honjo Shiganaga, Soga Yushige, and Omori Fujiyori were requisitioned by the court, and the three of them led an army of 6,000 to Nishi-Ueno.
Although the counterinsurgency in Higashi-Ueno was smooth, the counterinsurgency in Nishi-Ueno was not so easy.
Previously, when Asadachi and Kenshin led their troops to attack Kanto, they were the first to exterminate the powerful Naba family, the Yokose family, the Akai family and other countrymen lords in Higashiueno. In the past few years, Asadachi himself also defeated the Shirai Nagao family, the head office of the head office, and the rest of the family is nothing more than some wild samurai leaders, local samurai, etc.
However, Nishi-Ueno is different from Higashi-Ueno.
Since many lords of Nishi-Ueno have a marital relationship with the Ueno guardian Dai-no's family, neither the court or Kenshin can carry out land inspections in Nishi-Ueno or install a large number of their own retainers. This also led to the gradual expansion of the power of the countrymen lords in Nishiueno.
Although the Asadachi destroyed the Kurakano family, Wada family, and Hawei family of Nishiueno before the dynasty, it still left behind the countrymen lords who were close to the Nagano family, such as the Odo Urano family, the Ita family, and the Takada family. Chaoding himself didn't expect that his soft-heartedness would leave such a big disaster.
Fortunately, Takeda Shingen had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with Kenshin, so the tens of thousands of troops under Takeda Shinshiro did not cross the border to support the lord of the Nishikamino country. Asadachi also got a chance to completely flatten the 'thorns' in Ueno's country.