Chapter 231: Dividing the Seal of Nengden
At this time, snowflakes are flying all over the sea.
"The mountains and the sea confront each other, its potential is dangerous, and it echoes with the islands in the distance, although it is difficult to depict the beautiful scenery in Danqing." Although it had been some time since the castle had fallen, Kenshin climbed to the castle tower at this moment, looked into the distance, and wrote these words.
"Miya Xingden, all of you have already arrived in the Great Hiroma." At this time, Honjo Hidekyo walked quickly behind Kenshin to report.
"Got it." Kenshin then turned and walked inside, not even looking at the snow outside, no matter how attractive it was.
Kenshin's purpose in coming to Noto Nanao Castle was to carry out the post-war reward and transfer of the retainers, as well as to issue the title of the countryman who had surrendered to the Uesugi family. And on this day, the lords of Echichu and Noto entered Nanao Castle one after another, except for the Kakizaki Keijia who was conducting the Kaga raid, the lords of Vietaka and Noto were basically complete.
"The Hatakeyama family is a Ashikaga family, and it is also a famous family. As a relative of the general's family, his family is no less than the Uesugi family. Therefore, the name of the Hatakeyama family will not be severed like this. "Kenshin still has some respect for the famous families of the shogunate, and he doesn't plan to really let the craftsman Hatakeyama family cut off the family name.
"The palace of the royal house is clear, the sea is chaotic, people think of the king, and the mother of the child. The ancient Xing is thin and thick in virtue, not famous! As soon as Kenshin's words fell, Usami Dingman immediately stood up and refuted Kenshin's words.
"Usami Suruga, one will be a success. In this battle, both the Hatakeyama family and the Uesugi family paid too much. I have been listed in the Kyoto Palace, and the nephew of the Duke of Dingshi, Yagoro Kamijo (Keiyoshi Umijo), will inherit the craftsman Hatakeyama family. Kenshin first motioned for Usami to sit down and then said.
"Now that the Imperial Palace has been decided, then Your Majesty won't say more." Usami saw that the wood was already in the boat, so he no longer advised Kenshin.
"Well, next, Misasuke will read out the arrangements for the retainers and the generals who have been transferred." After Kenshin finished speaking, he began to close his eyes and recuperate.
"The lord of Kojima Castle, Kojima Saemon, was transferred from Miyazaki (Woman-gun), Kojima, Osawano and other places for 10,000 koku to Noto, and received a total of 17,000 koku in Heaven Castle (15,000 koku) and Monzenkan (2,000 koku)." Honjo Xiujing slowly walked to the middle of the large wide room before he began to read the transfer table.
"I am very grateful to the Imperial Palace, and I will continue to do my best to serve the Uesugi family!" Kojima was originally just a general, and he was already grateful to the Uesugi family for keeping his original territory, and he never thought that he could increase his territory by 7,000 stones.
"The lord of Fire Palace Castle, Jimbo Omi Shou Kakuhiro, transferred 16,000 stone from Fire Palace Castle to Noto, and received a total of 25,000 stone in the inner castle of Nishiya (18,000 stone) and Furai Castle (also known as Tomoki Castle, 7,000 stone)." After Honjo Hidekyo finished speaking, he handed the form to Kakuhiro Jinbo.
"I am very grateful to the Imperial Palace, and I will continue to do my best to serve the Uesugi family!" Although Jimbo Jueguang was originally appointed as the head of the Jimbo family and the guardian of Echichu, there was no change in the territory, and now there are 9,000 stones more in his Zhixing land. The war in Vietnam has been raging for a long time, and the area around the Fire Palace City of Shenbao Jueguang has long been destroyed, and he wishes that he could be transferred to another place.
"The lord of the small exit city, the Tang Dynasty Shibu Daisuke Qinguang, transferred from the small exit city to Noto with 5,000 stones, and received the 10,000 stones of the Suesan Castle." Honjo Xiujing said that he handed the third copy of the security certificate to the Tang people.
"Thank you so much to the Imperial Palace!" Although Tang Renqin Guang did not contribute too much to the pacification of Yuezhong, he benefited a little by virtue of being the Uesugi family's artillery guide. The Tang dynasty Qinguang originally studied under the iron artillery skills of Kishi and Tianliu, and then he was valued by Qianxin.
"Nanzhi Jianguang Company continues to possess the six thousand stones of Nanzhijian City; Pingga Shouyao is known as the general leader of the Noden Ping clan, and has 10,000 stones of Sueji City; After the three houses, Shou Zonglong continued to possess 12,000 stone Zhixing land in Sakiyama Castle; Chang and one are the general leaders of the Chang family, worship the family through the word 'Jing', renamed Changjinglian, and have the eight thousand stones of the cave water city. Honjo Hidekei paused when he said this, "Hatakeyama Okuma Mamoru , Hatakeyama Shogun, Jimi Izumo Mamoru , Yojuro Jimi, Noro Yazaemon, Nishino Hayato Yu and others are the retainers of Usami Suruga Mamoru . ”
"That's all for the general arrangement, I hope you can do your best to serve your family." After Kenshin finished speaking, he quickly left the Great Wide Room, and the generals who have not been rewarded can only look at me and I can look at you. They did not dare to have any objections, because at this time, there were still 10,000 Uesugi troops stationed outside the city.
With Usami Joman's entry into Nanao Castle, Kenshin took back his 35,000-stone territory in Echichu. At this moment, there are not many indigenous lords left in Vietnam. In addition, after the influence of the more influential Kojima Zhizhen, the Tang people Qinguang, and the Jinbao Jueguang were transferred to Noto, only the powerful Tsuchihi Masayo and the weaker Koura Ichimori, Terashima and Izumi Mamoru were left.
However, this time, after Kenshin transferred the three lords of Kojima Zhizhen, Tang to Kanhiro, and Jimbo Kakuhiro, to Noto, it made the Noto generals who had surrendered to the Uesugi family feel a little uneasy. Kojima was once the head of the Jimboo family, and once held the power of the Jimbo family; Jimbo Jueguang was once the head of the Jimbo family in Yuezhong, but he was also ranked among the members of the Jimbo family, and he was also arranged to guard the important town of Fire Palace Castle; Needless to say, the Tang people served as the gunnery guide of the Uesugi family, instructing the Uesugi samurai on how to use the iron cannon. The reason why the generals of Noto surrendered to the Uesugi family and the Noto invasion army was to be able to block them safely, and now that Kenshin has come here, they have completely begun to worry about their future. They simply didn't want to leave their native Notokoku.
In order to fill the vacancy of the lord of Echichu, Kenshin asked Nagao Keiren, the head of the Hatamoto Miteya, to have 35,000 stone from Usami Sesami's old lordship in Echichu - Miyazaki, Asahi, and Irizen. And the 16,000 stone of Jimbo Kakuhiro's old leader, Miyagi Castle, was also owned by Nagao Keijin (Shimoda Nagao family, one gate of the family) of the Hagimoto Miteyama people. The original castle of the Saito family, the castle (15,000 stone), was headed by Kenshin Matsuya Nagami (from Omi Province), who was close to the Kanshimi Baba side of the castle, and was in charge of assisting the Uesugi generals of Okuhito. Yoshie Keiken (from Omi Province), who was also a close member of the Matsuchang Castle, owned the 13,000 stone Chiyuki land of Matsukura Castle, and his mission was to run this important town in Vietnam. Tsunemitsu Koma, the former Shiina master of the family, was appointed as the lord of Ikeda Castle and received 12,500 koku.
At the same time, the momentum of the Ando Army, which entered the Minamiidewa area, began to weaken. The 7,000 Uesugi Army led by Shigeie Shinbata and the 6,000 allied forces of Saragoe, Andong, and some lords of Yuri-gun were in a state of stalemate near Matsuyamabara for several days. Although both armies did not want to do so, neither could do anything about it.
On December 16, in the early hours of the morning, it was not light. Shigeya Shinbata suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and looked up. He walked to the edge of the cliff of Mt. Tashiro. Although the campfire was raging, the cold in the mountains was still pressing. Even the ashigaru on patrol rubbed his hands together to keep warm.
After carefully looking at the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain, Shigeya Shinbata found that there were very few enemy patrols in the camp, probably because they thought that they were close to Matsuyama Castle and were not vigilant.
"Go and inform the generals to come here!" Shigeie Shinbata felt that this would be an excellent time and that he had to take advantage of it.
"Yes!" Immediately, one of the samurai who was guarding the camp ran out quickly.
After a while, Fujita Dingyoshi, Kohata Keizume, Suda Mitsukin, Kaji Hikojiro, Yamagishi Mitsusuke, Ueno Iesei, Fukuoji Takashige, Matsumoto Keishi, etc., will enter the main camp with sleepy eyes one after another.
"The ministries immediately prepared to send troops, and the defeat of the Andong and Sarawa-Vietnam coalition forces was at this time! Remember, the divisions must not be silent, and the key to this battle is the raid. Shigeya Shinbata said as he put on his armor with the help of his family's samurai.
"It's finally time to drive the Anton Army out, I've been waiting for a long time!" Kohata Keizong's excitement could not be concealed.
"Well, the enemy troops are stationed at Matsuyama Castle and Matsuyamabara. Inside the city, there are 500 troops stationed in the first gate of the Satsushi family, and 1,500 troops stationed outside the city, including the three divisions of the Andong family, Toshima Genbo, Shirane Shichiro, and Ishizuka Minomori, are stationed. In the northern part of Tachikawa, there are also 2,500 troops in the three divisions of Karitukyo, Kawajiri Chujiri, and Armpit Shuki. There are also 500 troops stationed in Yumu Castle, and there are 1,000 troops stationed in Yumehara outside the city, and there are 1,000 troops in Shiokoshi and Oi Mitsuna. Shigeta Shigeie paused in the middle of speaking, and then continued, "The enemy army did not know that our army had been strengthened by the 3,000 troops sent by the Echigo generals, so they still thought that they had an advantage in strength. Therefore, if I launch a surprise attack at this moment, I will definitely be able to defeat the Sarawak rebels and the Andong and Yuri parties here. And also to make them lose the ability to cage the city! ”
"The town palace sent me and others to come here for this reason, because of the flag, give an order!" Hikojiro Kaji is already eager to give it a try.