At first glance, this news seemed unremarkable, but what happened next was completely different. The Kira Army, which returned to Echigo, had just reorganized its forces and let out the news that it was about to go into battle at the Ueno Congress to join the Nagao Army.
Directly targeting the Hojo Army invading Ueno.
This not only made it difficult for Hojo Ujiyasu to sleep and eat, but also made the Hojo retainers very angry. Now the Hojo family has very little room for choice. They want to advance but are reluctant to retreat. Thinking of the greedy samurai who joined forces to put pressure on Hojo Ujiyasu a few days ago,
In the end, the foundation of the peace talks was destroyed with their own hands. These warriors were so angry that they couldn't help but curse and vent their anger.
"Why were we undefeated early and undefeated late, and we happened to be defeated at this moment? If the news had come earlier, I would have signed the peace agreement and returned to Odawara Castle. If it were later, the Nagano family might not be able to hold on... This
Is there any problem in this?" Yamakaku Nobuyoshi's question caused some warriors to ponder.
"Is it collusion? It doesn't seem like it! It's hard to fake such a big news from Chongshinano. It's not wrong that those losses were calculated by Fuma Ninja. It's not wrong that everyone in the Takeda family is angry about this disastrous defeat.
"Tame Shufeng Motokei is one of the six sects of the Goyusu family established in the Hojo Soun era. His father Tame Motochu and Hojo Ujitsuna are both teachers and friends. He himself also became a Goshiki Biri.
The general of Kurobei belongs to the Kiyoshi samurai family within the Hojo family.
"No matter how you say it, it's bad news." Kasahara Misaku Tsunanobu said with a sad face: "If the Kira family really goes south to Ueno, it will be really difficult to reach peace!"
Hojo Ushige, who was in his early twenties, inherited the talent of his father, Jihuo Hachiman, and was born with supernatural power to brave the three armies. Because of his origin, he had a special hatred for the Takeda family. So he took advantage of the opportunity and said: "Maybe the Kira family is bluffing. What is there to be afraid of?
Yes! The Takeda family is a bunch of cowards. My samurai from the Hojo family are not like them!"
"Zenkuro, sit down! How unbecoming is it to yell at the evaluation meeting!" Hojo Tsunari glared at his son. In front of his father, Hojo Shige immediately withered.
"yes!"
Hojo Ujiyasu was annoyed, but he couldn't blame the Takeda family for their fault. As one of the conspirators, the Hojo family also missed a key link. The highest goal of this battle was to capture the entire territory of Ueno, the next level.
It is to annex half of the country. At worst, it has to defeat the Minawa clan led by the Nagano family. Now it has not achieved any of them and will face an embarrassing situation of being unable to advance or retreat. It can be said to be a failure within a failure.
"You shouldn't have trusted the Takeda family earlier. Takeda Harunobu was too full of words. He would definitely defeat the Kira family, he would definitely disrupt Echigo, he would definitely go to Kitashinano this autumn, but he didn't do any of that! He's really bad.
!" The suppressed anger in his heart could not be vented, and he could not tell the retainers that he was plotting against the Takeda family. Instead, he would trap himself in it! So he could only curse Takeda Harunobu in his heart.
Last year, Takeda Harunobu sent envoys to discuss the plan to join forces to annex Echigo. This plan has been quietly brewing for a long time. The plan is huge and has more than one, two, three steps. If the assassination fails, there will be another step. If it fails, it will definitely disrupt Echigo.
Finally, when the chaos failed, troops were sent to Northern Shinano. The Takeda family envoy explained that this was called a chain plan. Judging from the results, this chain plan was a failure from beginning to end.
One of the three great strategists of the Hojo family, Harutō Harutō, the Yamato military commander who was over 40 years old, glanced at Ujiyasu Hojo and said: "The Takeda family still gained something. They captured Hida and got a piece of land in vain. They can still fight with each other. Meinong, Vietnam and China are establishing contact, I’m afraid the Takeda family has already made this plan.”
Yamato Harutō was a member of the shogunate. The word "haru" in the word "haru" is the next character of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the previous great imperial palace. During the chaotic period of the war at the Shrine Temple in Kinai ten years ago, he fled to Sagami City. Hojo Ujiyasu, an important minister of the Hojo family, also respected him very much.
"The Takeda family made a good move, and Hida's layout is particularly sophisticated. It can be used as the first mover in the attack to contain Echigo, and it can also be used as the second mover to stabilize the camp and strive for greater development space." Ise Bichu Mori Sadayun is also the same. One of the three great military advisors, he is in his early thirties and has a handsome appearance.
It can be seen from his Miao character that he was born in a clan of the Hojo family. He serves as the patriarch of the imperial clan in the Hojo family, and his status in the Hojo family is about the same as that of Hojo Genan.
Seeing that the two older strategists had spoken, the youngest of the three strategists, Ogasawara Yasuhiro, who was only 26 years old, also said without showing any signs of weakness: "Isn't this the breakthrough to Sanluo that Dr. Takeda Daisen has been striving for? Hida is here What others regard as a piece of chicken ribs is a treasure in the eyes of the Takeda family. You can hide from Mino by going south, and you can get out of Ezhong by going north. This is a wonderful way to advance, attack, retreat and defend."
Tominaga Naokatsu, the leader of the Qingbei flag, was born with a loud voice. When he heard this posture, he was immediately dissatisfied and shouted loudly: "So, even though we fought hard, we were fooled by the Takeda family. ?”
The Hojo retainers group fell into deep thought. They were deeply aware that if the current fragile balance was broken, the Hojo family's local advantage in Ueno country would be completely lost. With the Kira Legion's terrifying combat effectiveness and even more terrifying legends, they led the army into Ueno. How much impact will it have on the Hojo family?
The repeated defeats of the Takeda family have shown the terrifying nature of the Kira Army. Once the reinforcements arrive, they will give Nagao and the Nagano coalition a shot in the arm, and maybe connect the Ueno people to the Japanese lords who have surrendered to Hojo. Cut off, or even take advantage of the winter to kill along the Tone River towards the hinterland of Kanto, and then use the battle-to-fight method of conquering Nakashinano. The Hojo family really cannot withstand such a blow.
"In any case, let's solve the problem at hand first!" Matsuda Morihide stopped this topic, then bowed respectfully to Hojo Ujiyasu, and said: "Now that the situation is unclear and long-term, there may be changes, whether it is war or peace, we still need to ask for help. My lord, make a decision quickly!"
"My lord, please make a decision quickly!" Hojo's retainers all shouted and bowed.
Hojo Yasutetsu paced back and forth with a livid face, hesitating for a long time before making up his mind: "Peace talks, concessions, our Hojo family will leave Ueno Country! At least temporarily! But my family will come back!"
"Yes!" Many of the samurai of the Hojo family showed relieved expressions, which made Hojo Ujiyasu feel particularly uncomfortable.
"Kotaro, remember to keep in touch with the surrendered countrymen. Promise them that the money and goods promised by our Hojo family will be sent to them in full. Even if we fail, we cannot treat these samurai who are loyal to our Hojo family harshly. I am not Takeda Harunobu. , our Hojo family has always had a tradition of treating the samurai family favorably, allowing them to surrender to the Nagao family and Nagano family with peace of mind, and wait for the family to recuperate for a year, and then gather all the troops and horses to fight back again!"
Hojo Ujiyasu slowly explained with a gloomy face, and several writers immediately copied down the oral instructions of the country's leader, and finally used Hojo Ujiyasu's "tiger" monogram to distribute it to all Hojo people in Ueno territory.
After establishing the basis for the peace talks, it is time to establish the results of the peace talks. The Hojo family still firmly stated that they will defend their own interests. At least the front line of Hirai Castle cannot be put back. However, in the face of the increasingly fierce signals from the Kira family, under the powerful
With the support of Kira's navy, more than a thousand Kira Akabis crossed Sakado Castle and waited near Yuzawa Imperial Palace.
This is the south gate to and from Echigo. It is only a step away from the Sankuni Pass. After crossing the mountain pass, you can drive straight into Numata Castle. The Numata people, led by Numata Soyasu, have already become the die-hard Nagao sect. With their support, they continue to move south.
It is the first-line position of Mangqiao City. If the whole march goes smoothly, it can be reached in just one day.
Facing the increasing military threat, the Hojo family's confidence is getting weaker and weaker. What's worse is that the envoy of the Nagao family has become his deputy. The special envoy from the Kira family, Namioka Sobo, has full authority to act as the agent for diplomatic negotiations. This smart and courageous person has extremely high political power.
The wise young minister quickly discovered the weakness of the Hojo family and used it to formulate a negotiation strategy, which destroyed the confidence of the Hojo family bit by bit. Soon the envoy gave up the useless struggle and accepted the harsh demands of the Kira family one by one.
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Five days later, diplomatic envoys from both sides gathered in Amabashi Castle and signed a no-war agreement in a warm atmosphere. The content of the agreement was aimed at ending this violent war and removing Ontake Castle, the gate of Kitamusashi, and all Ueno areas.
The occupied areas in the country were returned to the Yamauchi Uesugi family and the people of Ueno country, the Hojo family completely withdrew from Ueno country, and both sides called a truce without any talk of further war.
Ten days later, the envoy of Uesugi Kensei, Nagao Nagao, stationed at Hirai Castle to do the nominal acceptance work. All the Ueno people who surrendered to Hojo side all surrendered. Shirakura Michisa and Kuragano Mamihiro, who were captured alive, were pardoned, but
The death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment of life cannot be spared. In order to prevent others from taking risks and committing the same rebellious behavior again, Nagao Kagetora imposed certain punishments on the two of them in the name of Kenmasa Uesugi.
The method of punishment was not too severe. They only handed over all the territories of Shirakura Castle, Kuragano Castle and one of their clans and retainers, and then the two families were transferred to a large territory near Ontake Castle to guard the southern gate of Ueno Kingdom.
The Shirakura family's new territory is on a fertile land southwest of the Kamiryu River, and the Kuragano family's new territory is on cultivated land near Lake Maase. Their direct territory was simply taken away by the Nagao family, which embarrassed them.
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What's even more uncomfortable is that the lord of Ontake Castle is Nagano Kentada. His ability in Amabashi Castle is only about 270 machibu. This time, when he transferred to Ontake Castle, he simply transferred about 170 people near the outside of the city.
A fraction of Yu Dingbu was allocated to him, and he became a middle-class wealthy family with 450 Dingbu.
But even so, Nagano Kentada was still lagging behind the two families in terms of knowledge of the land, and he was only from a member of the Nagano family, which was far worse than the two family governors of the eight Shangzhou families. Let such a mid-level samurai weigh on them.
As a city lord, they will have to obey the city lord's orders and perform military service in the future. Just thinking about it makes them feel that they have lost the motivation to live.
Of course, if you don’t look at it this way, from another perspective, this transfer did not cause any loss of territory and stone height to the two families. From the perspective of land and stone height, it has slightly increased and seems to be more profitable, but now they are excluded from Ueno.
They had to spend time and energy building a Hirayama Castle.
The two families obviously did not have this idea. After the pointless resistance failed, they soon faced reality. The two secretly cursed Nagao Kagetora's cruelty in their hearts and decided to build a residence in the center of the village. When the Hojo family's army pressed on, They will immediately start a rebellion.
The people of the Nagano family and Ueno country had no objections to this. Nagano Yasumasa hated these two guys and gnashed his teeth. The Minawa people had fought bloody battles for so long. It would be disappointing if they did not participate in the cooperation. If they continue to hold back, they would definitely start a rebellion. He had lost the face of the eight Shangzhou families and was sent to Ontake Castle to look at the gate. Nagao Kagetora was already being generous.
The timing of reaching peace was coincidental. It happened to be at the end of the autumn harvest. The Hojo family had no choice but to return the grain harvested in the occupied area to the local lords. Arrangements for harvesting before the war began ended up saving a lot of labor for the Ueno people. In my heart, The bitterness and anger can be imagined.
This war was not without gains for the Nagao Legion. The territory of Umbashi Castle, Shirakura, and Kuragano areas, totaling about 18,000 koku, fell into the hands of Masahisa Yamayoshi, the envoy of the former Kashiwazaki Port. As the castle lord of Amabashi Castle, Nagao Kanshiro Keichika, the former lord of Minokani Castle, came to serve as the lord of Shirakura Castle, and Nagao Kanshiro Kageaki, the former lord of Sanjo Castle, came to serve as the lord of Kuragano Castle.
It can be seen from the duties that this arrangement is one castle with two castle lords. As the castle, Yamayoshi Masahisa performs administrative duties and manages the land for the Nagao family. At the same time, the Yamayoshi family's land in Urahara County was increased by fifty towns. step as a reward.
The two Nagao family clans were transferred to Ueno, and their nature as new city lords was different. They led their respective clans and retainers to guard the place. The two transferred to Ueno and had the appropriate knowledge and behavior to increase their titles. It barely occupies half of the territory, and the other half is farmed for the long-tailed tiger.
"The Zhenfu Palace is indeed a famous general with unparalleled wisdom and bravery. As long as a rumor is released, the Hojo family will be scared to retreat, and the method of enfeoffment is unheard of! I'm afraid Hojo Ujiyasu will also hate it! Hahaha... ..." Saito Asanobu was in a very good mood and spared no effort in advocating for Kiragi.
"The Zhenfu Palace is very powerful. But we fought the battle ourselves, so don't belittle yourself." Nakajo Fujiji said dissatisfied. Although he has been playing soy sauce for a long time, as a senior member of the Hakudai family, he still said Of course, who asked Honjō Mino, Nagao Kagenobu and other elders of the clan to serve as stay-at-home services this time? As a veteran, he could only reluctantly step forward to assist the family governor.
"Uh-huh!" Saito Asanobu didn't blink an eyelid and continued to hum: "Zhenfu Palace is still more powerful..."
"The family benefited greatly from adopting Yoshitoki's strategy, so we decided to hand over all the direct leaders Ueno gained to Yoshitoki."
"Nani? Why do you want to hand it over to the Zhenfu Palace? This is what the lord and I are doing!" Irobe Katsunaga shouted eagerly: "My lord, please don't say stupid things. There is no one in the territory." of!"
The Nagao retainers also followed suit and shouted, "That's right, my lord, you can't do this! You are the lord of our Echigo country, and we are the only ones who follow your lead!"
Saito Asanobu groaned and didn't know what he was talking about, and turned his face and ignored them. As for Honjo Shigenaga, Kurokawa Kiyomi, and Hojo Takahiro, they were the happiest. They were just watching the fun and there was no pressure at all. Kira They don't have to worry about their family's influence at all, they can just put on a good posture and watch the show.
"Gentlemen, please be patient and listen to what I have to say!" Nagao Kagetora said in a calm tone: "I originally did not want to take any land from Ueno Country, but Yoshitoki's letter inspired me. If Okushinano had not been supported by territory and maintained by retainers and garrison troops, it would have fallen into the pocket of the Takeda family long ago, but we, the Takeda family, are unjust people who take other people's land for no reason!
Therefore, punishing the two chief culprits, exempting the remaining party from forgetting the past, and appeasing the people to guard the upper and lower circles, is a two-pronged strategy! If I had not been reminded by Yishi, I would never have thought of this level. This is the credit of Yishi. My family has already made two slaves the lords of the city. The territory of Jiguan City and Sanjo City is my family’s harvest. Don’t you think these two cities are not enough?”
The Nagao retainers were speechless, thinking about how much glory they had received from the Kira family over the years, and how much benefit they had gained from it. There were also some people who said in a strange way that Nitta had suffered a loss, and that the Kira family was plotting against them, the Echigo people, etc., but they did not want to think about it. How much does it cost to open new fields and how much does it cost to help them grow new grains?
How much money was invested in the construction of Niigata Town, how much money was invested in building polders and digging river channels. So far, the Kira family has not even made a penny of profit from the money they invested. It is not known in what year or month it will be completed. This can be called calculation. Are the Echigo people? Do the Echigo people have the ability to build such a large project? Maybe it will not be possible in two hundred or three hundred years.
And what the Kira family is doing now, they, the Echigo people, from the lords of the country to the farmers, and the townspeople are all benefiting from it. The massive labor shortage means that ordinary old farmers who are good for nothing don't have to worry about not having enough to eat. As long as they are willing to work, they will never starve to death. There is not a single beggar in Echigo today. Beggars who are lazy and unwilling to work are either educated or expelled from Echigo.
The lords of the country gave up their past disputes and obeyed the public's re-planning. They discussed the control of water sources, pumping water, and building canals, and drafted detailed rules for implementation gradually. The unruly land servants will be despised by all the people, which greatly reduces the armed forces for litigation. The incidence of armed fighting has changed from the fields to the prosperous Naoetsu town. The social atmosphere has changed, the level of public security has been greatly improved, life has been stable and the land has been rich. No one can say how much these tangible and intangible benefits are.
"So please understand my family's wishes, and there is no need to persuade!" After a brief pause, Nagao Kagetora said: "The war is over, let's set off to go home!"
The timing of the Nagao family's departure was very clever, or the timing of the end of the war was very clever. From the time the peace talks were completed and all transfers were completed, it happened to be late September. The Nagao army that left early was not disturbed by the wind and snow and went smoothly. Returning to Echigo, the first heavy snow fell in Uonuma County at the end of September.
In the next few days, the road to Sankuni Pass will be gradually blocked by heavy snow. In the next few months, heavy snowstorms will sweep through many mountainous areas in this area. The deepest snow can reach more than one meter. This situation continues until The change will only occur in the spring of the second year. Before that, no one can cross this natural chasm. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
