On September 7, Date Terumune and a group of Daimyos from the Mutsu Kingdom finally arrived at Sakai Town in Kinki after a long and bumpy sea journey. As soon as they stepped off the ground, they were informed that Oda Nobunaga had arrived in person.
The port was waiting for them. Before the flattered Date Terumune could recover, he was met with a storm of curses from Oda Nobunaga.
"Are you very capable? You naughty boy? You're not old, but you're very capable!" Oda Nobunaga pointed his folding fan at Date Terumune's company and cursed him, without caring about the other daimyo who were frightened around him.
They. However, those daimyo soon had no time to sympathize with Date Terumune's experience, because they heard the reason why Oda Nobunaga was so angry.
"That son of yours is really good. He announced his exile two days ago, then raised an army to join the Eastern Kingdom Alliance, and led his army to attack the territories of you people in Shangluo!"
After hearing the changes in Mutsu, the expressions of the daimyo led by Ashina Moritaka changed drastically. After they left, the territory was leaderless. If the powerful Date family suddenly betrayed their alliance and attacked, they would probably fall.
"You, the father, are responsible for bringing the daimyo to the ship so that your son, the son, can plunder the deserted land and raise an army to fight against me. If you win, your Date family will become a million-koku daimyo in one fell swoop. If you lose,
I just welcomed you back, saying that your son is the one who makes his own decisions. He made a good plan, but are you treating me like a monkey?" Oda Nobunaga sneered twice at Date Terumune, then waved his hand,
Behind him, the Kamao clan came with several guards to capture Date Terubong.
"General Right, calm down! I don't know anything about this!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Date Terumune hurriedly knelt down and apologized to Oda Nobunaga, "I have never given such instructions. I only serve General Oda.
You came to Shangluo! If you were intending to hedge your bets, how could you come to your door in person?"
"Then you mean I have wronged you?" Oda Nobunaga said sarcastically, his eyes full of disdain.
"No! I am not strict in raising my son, which ruined the overall situation of General Oda You! I must apologize! General Oda You also asked to be calm for a while. I will go back to Mutsu to imprison the traitor, withdraw the troops and return to the country, and respond to Oda.
Right General!" Date Terumune kept grabbing the ground with his head, and his words could not be described as sincere, but Oda Nobunaga was indifferent.
"Your son has rebelled, and I let you go. How can such a good thing happen in the world?" Oda Nobunaga raised his foot and stepped on Date Terumune's head, twisted it back and forth, and said viciously, "Yu
I have sent an envoy to your son to order him to retreat and surrender, otherwise I will give him your head and send it to Mutsu as a gift!"
"That's okay! Although my dog ​​is unruly, he has always been loved by me and cares about me the most. If I were to be a hostage, my dog ​​would definitely retreat!" Ida Huizhong's mind was spinning very quickly at this moment, very fast.
He calmly agreed, "I hope the right general will show mercy and circumvent Ida's family to find a way out!"
"Oh?" Oda Nobunaga protracted his tone sarcastically, then raised his foot from Date Terumune's head and stomped heavily in front of him, "Then you are thinking too much.
Ah, how can a father be kind and a son be filial in the troubled times of the Warring States Period? I feel that your rebellious son wishes you were taken as a hostage by others, so that he could borrow someone else's sword to take you in and inherit the throne legitimately."
"Why did the right general say this?" Ida Huimong was shocked when he heard the words, and raised his face covered with dirt, "How could a dog do such a treasonous and unethical thing? If he doesn't save me, the important officials in the family will definitely be disappointed.
He will definitely be replaced by his second son!"
"What's so difficult about this? He just needs to turn around and tell others that you sent a secret letter: 'Let him not take you as the most important thing, everything is for the Date family'. Wouldn't it be over if he uses this to fool the retainers?"
Tian Nobunaga casually made up a few reasons, turned his head and motioned to several guards to arrest Date Huizong, "Even if those retainers know everything, who will avenge you? You are thinking too much.
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Everything was as Oda Nobunaga expected. Even if the Oda family threatened Date Terumune's life, the Date family in the Northeast still did not stop and successively annexed the Ashina family, Shirakawa family, Nihonmatsu family, Tamura family and many others.
A large territory of the wealthy family. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Iwaki family asked the Soma family for help. However, the Soma family, whose governor was absent, hurriedly sent out troops and was defeated by the Date family. The entire Rikuzen, Iwaki, and Iwashiro areas fell to Date within 10 days.
Home hand.
However, the expansion of the Date family was not smooth sailing. Just when the Date family had taken over nearly a million koku and was preparing to lead their army south to invade the Nasu family's territory, news of a fire in the backyard suddenly came.
"That incompetent nephew...can really cause trouble for others."
On September 18, the ninth year of Tensho (1581), at the foot of Hasedo Castle in Kitahamae, an army of nearly 8,000 troops was crossing Natsugaris from Kitahamae and heading towards Yonezawa Castle, the headquarters of the Date family in Nanhanmae. Leading the army
The person who was doing this was none other than Date Masamune's uncle, the Dewa Fox Mogami Yoshimitsu.
"I've been like this since I was a child, no matter how big or small I am, I will do whatever I want..." Looking at the Takefuji flying bird flag of Date's house at the head of Yonezawa Castle in the south, Mogami Yoshimitsu's expression was very ugly, "What is my sister doing?"
I'm still soft-hearted. I could have killed that kid back then, but in the end I didn't have the heart to do it. It's okay now, he's trying to push the Ida family to death."
"It's so whimsical... How could you even think of fighting against the Oda family? With such an overwhelming material difference... it's only a matter of time before we defeat us. With Onono and Kinki, large granaries, sea trade, and a steady stream of manpower and material resources, the Oda family
We can be defeated and defeated countless times and still make a comeback, but we samurai from the backwoods and remote areas of the Eastern Kingdom, if we lose once... everything will be over."
Mogami Yoshimitsu was more pessimistic than anyone else, and had no intention of resisting the central power, so he felt that Date Masamune's actions were simply unreasonable. For the sake of that illusory opportunity, he abandoned the wealth that the Date family had worked hard to accumulate for decades.
Ou Marriage Alliance. Let’s not talk about whether the Date family has a chance to succeed. Even if it does, the fate and accumulation of countless people in the family and countless generations should not be ignored? What’s more, Mogami Yoshimitsu can’t see Yi at all.
The hope of success for Masamune.
If ordinary people were to die, Mogami Yoshimitsu would be happy to enjoy the benefits, but the trouble was caused by his in-laws, the Date family. Mogami Yoshimitsu had loved his sister Yoshiki since he was a child, and he missed her terribly after she married into the Date family.
Yoshihime's children are also Aiwujiwu. If Date Masamune is allowed to act like this, if the Date family is destroyed, Yoshihime and Date Kojiro may not be able to escape from prison. This is something Yoshimitsu Mogami cannot tolerate.
"Agi, Agi... I'm so confused..." Mogami Yoshimitsu sighed, but kept urging his horse to sit down and go south, "Crunt the Date family, capture that beast of Date Masamune, and welcome me back
That brother-in-law...if you surrender before General Oda gets angry, you still have a chance to win leniency for the Date family..."
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The Mogami family's rebellion behind the Date family's back caught the Date family off guard. After hearing the news, Date Masamune couldn't help but cursed angrily: "My uncle really doesn't know what is good and what is good! The alliance between the two in-laws, Qin and Jin, are not as good as each other."
Is it true that if an alliance is broken, then the alliance is broken? A stab in the back! This is the time when the Date family has become a big success and wants to dominate the world! His behavior is simply a bastard act that will go down in the history books!"
On the side, Katakura Kojuro listened with great embarrassment as Date Masamune "greeted" Mogami Yoshimitsu - did he not realize that he himself had broken nearly ten marriage alliances in just ten days?
Yonezawa Castle is the headquarters of the Date family. A large amount of food, grass and baggage are stored in the castle, and the families of many samurai are also in Yonezawa Castle. What's more terrible is that Yoshihime and Date Masamune's brother Date Kojiro are also there.
In Yonezawa City, if they suddenly raised troops to echo Mogami Yoshimitsu and demand a crusade against Date Masamune - then Date Masamune would have lost his base. Therefore, the Date army immediately lost their fighting spirit and withdrew from Shimono at the speed of light.
Head north and rush back to Yonezawa Castle.
On September 22, the ninth year of Tensho (1581), the Date Army finally rushed back to Yonezawa Castle. Thanks to the persistence of Yoshinao Oniwa, Yonezawa Castle had not yet fallen. After seeing the return of reinforcements from the Date Army, the Mogami Army also
The siege was terminated, and they retreated to the north of Yonezawa Castle to set up camp and confront the Date Army, trying to put the main force of the Date Army here, so as to buy time for the various daimyo to return to Mutsu and lead the uprising of their old tribes. Mogami Yoshimitsu personally sent a letter to Oda.
He wrote a long letter stating his surrender to the Oda family, hoping that Oda Nobunaga could forgive Date Terumune and release the daimyo as soon as possible. Oda Nobunaga personally wrote this letter to the only one in the entire Northeast who fought for the Oda family.
Mogami Yoshimitsu wrote a seal of approval and agreed to his request. He decided to select a day to release the daimyo and be escorted back by Kuki Yoshitaka's Kumano Suijun.
On September 28, the ninth year of Tensho (1581), the daimyo from the Northeast finally sent envoys to express their surrender to Oda Nobunaga, and all the daimyo also got up and prepared to go to Luo to see Oda Nobunaga. However, Oda Nobunaga
He did not intend to let them come over, but hoped that they could lead the army south to assist Mogami Yoshimitsu and together besiege Date Masamune who was causing trouble. However, as luck would have it, the first snowfall in the ninth year of Tensho (1581) was heavier than usual.
It was earlier. On October 3, it snowed heavily in both Kitakusa and Kitadeha. All the official roads were buried in the snow. Let alone the Tohoku daimyo sending troops, it was even difficult to hunt. Oda Nobunaga
In desperation, I had no choice but to give up.
With the declaration of the Kanto daimyo basically completed, the Eastern Expedition was also put on the schedule. This time, Oda Nobunaga said that he would not conquer it himself, but appointed Oda Nobutada as the general of the Eastern Expedition, and wanted to use
The martial arts that pacified East Japan laid the foundation for his successor. According to the preliminary list drawn up by Oda Nobunaga, Oda Nobutada may lead a six-figure army to the east. Such a huge momentum is rare in a century.
Chapter completed!