Chapter 275: Satake is defeated
At the same time that Oda Clan led his army to storm Fuchu Castle, Koyama Asayaki also led the Oyama people to merge with the 1,500 troops of the Makabe family and completely pacified the northwest of Hitachi Province. Koyama Asaki and Mabe Hisakaki immediately led their armies eastward after defeating the Kasama family, the Manchuan family and other wealthy clans. Koyama Asaki and Mabe Hisakami did not encounter much resistance in the process of advancing eastward, and they successively captured more than a dozen Satake clan branch castles, such as Ohara Castle, Komatsu Castle, Elder Mountain Castle, and Takaku Castle.
In the northern part of Hitachi, Uruno Castle, Koba Castle, Buzuri Castle, and Guaran Castle were also easily captured by the army led by Tao Qingxian, Naito Masatoyo, Soma Yoshiyin, Tamura Takaaki and others. At this moment, the Satake family can be said to be in turmoil.
Previously, Satake's house was fortified everywhere, but now it is unfortified everywhere. In particular, after the Kasama family, the Manchuan family, and other wealthy clans to the west of the Satake family were destroyed, the Satake family fell into a situation where reinforcements were needed everywhere. And Yoshiaki Satake of Ota Castle planned to take his family and cronies to Eda Castle, a branch city south of Ota Castle, to take refuge. As for the Ashikaga Fuji clan, Harsuke Ryoda, Mosuke Ryoda and others and Yoshishige Satake, they were left in Ota Castle by Yoshiaki Satake. After all, Yoshiaki Satake doesn't intend to completely abandon Ota Castle.
At the same time that Yoshiaki Satake left Ota Castle with more than 300 people including his family and cronies, Tao Qingxian, Naito Masatoyo, Soma Yoshiyin, Tamura Takaaki, Akechi Mitsutada and others led an army of 20,000 to attack the hinterland of the Satake family and besieged Ota Castle.
When 20,000 soldiers approached the city, Satake Yoshishige in Ota Castle was dumbfounded, and he couldn't sit still. Satake Yoshishige didn't expect Tao Qingxian and the others to be so fast, and they hit Ota Castle in just a few days.
Soon Satake Yoshishige had a countermeasure - to hand over Ashikaga Fuji and others, and to surrender Kaejo. Otherwise, with the three hundred city soldiers in the city, can you hold Ota Castle for a few days?
"Gongfang Palace, Liangtian Palace, Your Majesty wants to ask the two adults to move their respects, Ota City is no longer suitable for the two adults to continue to stay." As soon as Yoshishige Satake walked into the 'Kokata Pavilion' in Ninomaru in Ota Castle, he said with a straight face to Ashikaga Fuji and Ryoda Harusuke, who were still drinking tea in the building.
"Isn't this Tokisuke Satake? What do you mean by that? Ashikaga Fuji began to panic. Originally, Satake Yoshishige walked into the building alone, but he didn't react, and more than 100 samurai armed with spears and swords rushed into the building.
"No why, tens of thousands of Uesugi troops have already surrounded Ota Castle, let alone breaking through, even the family defending the city can't do it. I have to use the two of you to keep Ota Castle. Satake Yoshishige said with a smile.
"Chang Lusuke, you are a rebellion! Could it be that if we are handed over to the Uesugi family, the Satake family will be able to protect the family's name and skills? What a joke! Liang Tian Qingsuke said angrily.
"Liang Tiandian, you extinguish the fire first. It is not yet known who killed the deer. My family shouldn't have taken you in at the time! Isn't it thanks to you that the family is being attacked by the Uesugi army and the Edo family is rebelling? As soon as Yoshiaki Satake's words fell, he ordered the samurai behind him to take Ashikaga Fuji and Ryoda Harsuke out.
On July 13, Yoshishige Satake handed over Ashikaga Fuji and Ryoda Harsuke to Tao Qingxian, Naito Masatoyo and others, and then ordered Ota Castle to open the castle bloodless and surrender to the Uesugi army.
With the opening of Ota Castle, news spread throughout Satake. Many countrymen lords, samurai warriors, and generals from all over the country who belonged to the Satake family gave up resistance, and some even surrendered to the Uesugi army on their own initiative.
Edo Tadamichi was not happy when he learned that Ota Castle had surrendered. I finally went north to attack the Satake family once, but I didn't expect that before I could show my hand, the Satake family surrendered instead?! First, Yoshiaki Satake fled to Ota Castle with hundreds of his family and cronies, and then Yoshishige Satake donated the Satake family's original base, Ota Castle.
Edo Tadamichi definitely couldn't bear this breath, and he finally said that he moved Saito Michizo to lead an army to assist him, but the Satake family couldn't help but fight at this time. In order to let the Asadachi see that he was also capable, Edo Tadamichi had no choice but to lead an army of 4,000 to the east, and the front of the army was directed at the Ota Castle where Satake Yoshiaki was located.
Yoshiaki Satake had only entered Ota Castle at this time, and before his ass was hot, he learned that his original Ota Castle had been lost. Before he could be furious, Edo Tadamichi came down with 4,000 troops.
Yoshiaki Satake vaguely felt that his limit had arrived, and it was impossible for him to escape. After all, looking at the entire eastern country, where else could he Satake Yoshiaki flee to? Not to mention that almost all of the eight countries of the Kanto region were pacified by the court, and even if the southern Mutsu, Chubu, and Minamiidewa and other places escaped by themselves, who would be willing to take them in? Daimyo entrenched in the South Michi, Nakado, and Minamide Ha such as Soma, Tamura, Onodera, Iwaki, Mogami, Tendo, and Enzawa will let themselves go?
Yoshiaki Satake gave up fleeing from Nuta-jo, and he guessed that since Edo Tadamichi could send troops to surround Nota-jo, he must have placed defenders along the coastline, and it was impossible for him to escape.
Before Edo Tadamichi outside the castle could attack the castle, a raging fire broke out in the Honmaru of Nutaka Castle. Yoshiaki Satake and his family, small surnames, and side relatives committed suicide in the big wide room.
Seeing this, Edo Tadamichi had no choice but to immediately attack the city, and he wanted to seize the time to get the heads of some Satake samurai, drag out the bodies of Satake Yoshiaki and his family as much as possible, and he himself could make a difference to the court.
After the destruction of the city, the Edo army also killed more than 200 people, most of whom were ashigaru and peasant soldiers. Subsequently, Edo Tadamichi ordered his subordinate Ashigaru to extinguish the fire of Honmaru and dragged out the bodies of Satake Yoshiaki and others, counting more than 200 people who begged for death, Edo Tadamichi sent the heads of these people to Kawagoe Castle.
However, what Edo Tadamichi didn't expect the most was that his hard work to go north and east did not even reach half of Oda's rule.
On July 15, on this very day, the Satake family, the overlord of the northern part of Hitachi Province, was defeated. Even Yoshishige Satake, who took the initiative to open the castle and surrender to the Uesugi army, did not make any good gains, and after discussing with Naito Masatoyo, Soma Yoshiyin, Tamura Takaaki, Akechi Mitsutada and others, he decided to trap Satake Yoshishige to death. And the 300 Ota Castle soldiers who went out of the city and surrendered together with Satake Yoshishige did not escape the catastrophe.
After Yoshishige Satake and 300 castle soldiers were booby-trapped, tens of thousands of Uesugi troops did not withdraw from Hitachi Province one after another, and they did not receive orders from the court. Ashikaga Fuji and Ryoda Harsuke were escorted to Kawagoe Castle.
At this moment, Asadachi was not in Koshi Castle, and the two of Ashikaga Fuji and Ryoda Harsuke temporarily picked up a life. Harsuke Ryoda didn't know that his son Ryoda Mosuke had died in the chaos of Ota Castle, and he thought that his son had escaped.
At the same time, in the northwestern part of Musashi Province, Tenjin Mountain Castle Honmaru Ohiromachi.
"My lord, now the rebels are in full swing. There were still 10,000 troops of the Takeda family in the two prefectures of Shinano Saku and Koo, and our army could not quickly quell the rebellion of a large number of nationalist lords in Nishi-Ueno in a short period of time. On the Higashi-Ueno side, Ota Saemon Saden had already merged with the Higashi-Ueno generals such as Uesugi Juroden, Ogasawara Shinano Moriden, Honjo Musashisuke, and Numata Uenosuke, and it was only a matter of time before Higashi-Ueno's rebellion was put down. Hidesen Yamazaki stood up and analyzed the surrounding situation.
"Kohata Shosuke has already sent 2,000 troops to the north, and Nagano Shinano Moriden has also sent 3,000 troops to the west. As long as the two of them will merge with Tobira, Shibata, Meio, Nagai, etc., then a passage to Shinano will be opened. The purpose of our army's trip was not to quickly quell the rebellion, but to support the Governor's Palace. "Chaoding still has a clear priority at this moment, and at a critical time, he can't give the surrounding daimyo a chance to take advantage of it.
"The 10,000-strong army composed of the countrymen lords of Suruga and Enoe and the retainers of the Takeda family led by Takeda Norito spread out in the two prefectures of Saku and Koo, and Takeda Shingen still had nearly 30,000 troops in his hands. And although our army is numerous, it is scattered all over the place. The disparity in strength between the enemy and the enemy is really huge. Kenji Namba was a little worried.
"My family has fought for so many years, how many times has it not been a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us? It seems that you have a lot of family business and are starting to worry! Chao Ding laughed instead.
"What the lord said is very true. But we don't know much about the geography of Kita-Shinano, so in case our army is defeated······" Halfway through speaking, Toshimitsu Anazawa didn't dare to continue.
"What are you panicking about? My family can afford to lose! How many times can he Takeda Shingen lose? As long as the Takeda family loses, Takeda Shingen can only obediently retract back to Kai as his mountain monkey! Chao Ding said after sneering.
"My lord, the palace has already gone out a few days ago. It is very likely that it was to raid the main camp of the Takeda Army. At this time, Kato Duanzo suddenly appeared, and then walked to Chaoding's side and whispered.
"You continue to keep an eye on Beixin and report at any time." Chao Ding's expression instantly became serious, but he didn't expect that Qianxin couldn't wait.
Fortunately, Chaoding had already personally led 5,000 troops and was ready to enter the West Ueno. On the side of Higashi-Ueno, there are no less than 20,000 troops led by Ota Shishimasa, Honjo Shienaga, Numata Yumitsu, Ogasawara Nagasa, and others, and their own back roads will not be cut off.