The eight nearby military forts were scattered around in an orderly manner. This defensive network was so strong that it almost drove Hojo Ushimasa to despair. Several small-scale trials at Odawara Castle only resulted in the loss of troops, proving that Uesugi Teruotora was not only good at attacking. General, he also has a unique set of defensive skills to deal with the Hojo family.
When Kira Yoshi received the detailed information, he laughed and said: "Brother, you are trying to choke the Hojo family to death! The traffic in the Ashigara Plain is blocked to the point of cutting off the Hojo family's land transportation. The daily trade losses are enough to destroy Odawara Castle. You are scratching your head! There are more important soldiers and food that cannot be replenished. If we continue to pin the Hojo family and besiege them like this, maybe we can really besiege the Hojo family!"
"The Hojo retainers group is unexpectedly united and tenacious! After such a long period of deployment, few are willing to join Jiwei. It seems that Hojo Ujiyasu's actions over the years have indeed won the hearts of the people!" Honda Tokimasa's sigh was more like a reminder. , the resilience of the Hojo family is beyond imagination. The united group of retainers means that this is not a fortress that can be broken from the inside. There are only two ways to capture Odawara, attack at all costs or siege at all costs.
The principle is the same, but the price paid is different. The former loses elite teachers who have been trained for many years, while the latter only loses money, food, time and morale. Anyone who is not stupid and stupid can see that the loss of money, food and morale is always a loss. It is much better than losing soldiers and generals. Although the Kira family is neither short of soldiers nor food, they cannot use their lives to fill the bottomless pit of Odawara Castle while they have soldiers.
A fortified city with an area of nearly ten square kilometers and a complete civilian town inside, with no shortage of food, medicine, and water resources, and with 20,000 elite guards, how much it costs to win is a very difficult problem. Uesugi Teruhora's His sense of war and ability to capture fighter planes are superb, and he can handle any encounter with full confidence and ease.
But this does not mean that his level of siege tactics is as invincible as in the field. The siege tactics of the Warring States Period usually only used a few moves back and forth. The foundations of the large facilities of Odawara Castle are unfathomable and it is a flat mountain castle. This means that it is very difficult to dig the earth to build a secret tunnel, and it does not meet the conditions for water attack at all.
Under various unfavorable conditions, the siege battle fell into a long-term stalemate. Either a bloody battle for troops or a "soldier attack" without food tactics were used. Both of these competitions are determination, willpower and command skills. , and this aspect happens to be one of Hojo Ujiyasu's strongest strengths. Hojo Ujiyasu was a benevolent man who was lenient at home and strict at the outside. Kanto Civil Government was not a nickname given by some flattering Kanto warriors. It was praised by the common people and passed down by word of mouth. Although he had acquired the name in the market, the samurai family still called him the Lion of Sagami.
Kira Yoshi was still thinking about how to deal with the difficult Hojo family. He knew very well that the strong Hojo family would have to persist for another thirty years in another time and space, until the Monkey King led an army of 200,000 and besieged it from all directions. It took nearly half a year of coercion, inducement, bribery, intimidation, force, siege and other means to conquer.
He did not have an army of 200,000 and did not intend to use all kinds of messy tactics. He just wanted to use relatively peaceful and less violent means to force the Hojo family to surrender as soon as possible. After thinking about it, he decided to continue the high-pressure siege of Odawara Castle and ordered Ota Shimasa Led an army of five thousand to take advantage of the snowfall in the winter moon to raid several Hojo castles near Mount Ashigara, completely blocking the passage from Ashigara Pass to Sagami Country, especially Odawara Castle, and ensuring every grain of food in Izu Country. Even a strong man was blocked outside Odawara Castle.
Secondly, Kira Yoshitsune adopted city-building tactics, which were based on the large camp and eight fortresses built by Uesugi Kenshin, and then built more than a dozen fortresses according to about three areas as one section, and used several sections to form a camp step by step. Push forward to the foot of Odawara Castle and gradually seal off all contact methods with the outside world of Odawara Castle.
This method is a stupid method that wastes people and money. However, even if the Kira family is not short of money and does not care about the cost, there is nothing they can do. It does not matter how stupid the method is, as long as it is useful. The benefits of this stupid method are obvious. First of all The tactics of advancing the military forts can ensure that the Hojo family will not be able to lead troops to raid and burn these newly built forts for a while, and the Kira army behind them can protect the newly built forts at any time.
Going out to fight in the city meant encountering Uesugi Teruhora in the wild. This was a situation that the Hojo family tried their best to avoid. Therefore, Hojo Ujiyasukai did not dare to hastily issue a raid order. Instead, he pushed it to the foot of Odawara Castle and opened it on the spot. Building a military stronghold with a posture does not have this effect. First of all, the construction of a military stronghold requires a long time and many farmers. This process is not a day or two, but a process that lasts from half a month to a month.
The Hojo family is so blatantly building a military fort and arrows that they are probably trying to trick all the Hojo family samurai into thinking they are fools. You must know that the Hojo family samurai are also elite men who have undergone many years of training, and their intelligence is not necessarily unusual for the Kira family. No matter how different the lineage of the retainers is, the ability is not necessarily different. If I can't defeat you during the day, then it will be no problem to attack you at night!
No matter how powerful your Kira family is, whether you can protect them during the day or at midnight is still a question. Whether you can protect them today and whether you can protect them tomorrow is still a question. When the tiger is still taking a nap, there are so many soldiers scattered around. A huge irregular city wall requires a large number of troops to guard several points. From a military point of view, this is a very risky move.
The so-called principle of siege by ten is to warn the generals not to be blindly arrogant. They must obtain absolute superiority in military strength and logistics before they can besiege for a long time. If you want to siege a city with evenly matched forces, it is asking for death. For example, if you don't Using a step-by-step strategy to siege and build a fortress directly outside Odawara Castle is a very arrogant act.
The strength of the Hojo garrison inside the city is not much worse than that outside the city, and the besieging party must disperse the heavy troops into several groups to enter the walled city to trap Odawara Castle. It is equivalent to dispersing a fist into rootless fingers to exert force, and the force of the fist can be punched out How can it be equated with the force of inserting five fingers? The former is a heavy hammer and the latter can only be regarded as a rake.
It is very dangerous to be scattered like this. If you are not careful, the Hojo army in the city may rush out, kill and burn a certain wall. By the time your army arrives, the Hojo army has already retreated into the city and cannot come out. As for what you can imagine It is still very difficult to deceive Hojo Ujiyasu and fall into the trap. You have to be confident enough to play with the wits between Hojo Ujiyasu and the boss.
This is not to comment on the fact that Zhuge Liang is not as smart as a monster. Kira Yoshishi is not confident that he can set up a trap to trick Hojo Ujiyasu out and beat him up when he attacks Odawara Castle. This is either underestimating Hojo Ujiyasu's IQ. Although I overestimate my IQ, it is more reliable to use stupid methods. Using the fortification system to advance can also form strategic depth. Even if the Hojo family occupies or burns down several forts, it cannot change the situation of being cut and surrounded. destiny.
A few days later, Yoshitoki Kira proposed the latest rotation plan. The 30,000 troops under Teru Uesugi, from the general to the ashigaru, would all be rotated before the end of December. Yukitaka Sanada would lead the Shinano troops and the Ueno troops.
More than 30,000 generals from Kira Yoshitomo's direct lineage will take over the heavy responsibility of Uesugi Teruhora. This rotation is initially set to occur every three months. The withdrawn troops will be stationed near Edo Castle to rest and wait for their morale and energy to return to their peak.
After the state is reached, a new rotation will be performed.
Using the advantage of military strength to continuously consume the morale and confidence in Odawara Castle. Even if Hojo Ujiyasu followed suit and came up with a rotation strategy, it could not change the fact that morale was gradually declining. The withdrawal of the Kira Army was an unburdened exercise and reorganization training
, the Hojo Army retreated at most just to take a breather and rest for a few days to recover.
With the end of the war in Shimono Country, more than 20,000 Kanto people recruited returned to their territory to celebrate the New Year. Kira Yoshitsune assigned their respective tasks to the newly attached Kanto people. They must guard the territory in strict accordance with the laws of the Kira family and comply with the arrangements.
The task direction of the mission was carried out. Yoshihiro Satomi, who did not join the anti-Kira alliance and had no contact with the Kira family, was also listed as a target for the strategy.
In Kira Yoshitoki's plan to conquer Kanto, there is no such thing as no grudges in the past and no grudges in the present. With his eyes on the throne of Kanto Kōkata, Kira Yoshitoki aspires to gain actual control over the Eight Kingdoms of Kanto and become the leader of Kōkō with a ruling power that surpasses all previous generations.
As the ruler, he must beat and teach the people of the Kanto Kingdom who are not very married in their hearts. He must establish his absolute dominance over the eight Kanto Kingdoms. Regardless of whether they understand or not, they must obey unconditionally.
Satomi Yoshihiro, who is known as the "Vice Marshal of Kanto" family, obviously cannot accept it, just like he cannot accept the olive branch extended by the Hojo family. The Kira family's military force took advantage of the Hojo army's retreat to invade the Kamui Kingdom and offended Satomi.
Seeing the fundamental interests of the family, it is not surprising at all that he is hostile to Kiragi with his overbearing demands under such circumstances.
Sometimes the absolute gap in strength is not enough to make up for the huge difference in interest identification. The Satomi family is not the weak Utsunomiya family, and the ambitious Satomi Yoshiyao and his son are not the backboneless Utsunomiya Hiratsuna. In this era, friends often appear
The fundamental reason for the huge transformation into an enemy is still inseparable from the word profit.
What people want in this world is nothing more than fame, wealth, power and sex. People who are ambitious and capable are more inclined to expand their own interests, while people who lack ambition and strength are more inclined to consolidate their status and interests. This is where
The difference between Yoshihiro Mi and Hirotsuna Utsunomiya is that the strong man is stronger than the latter in terms of skill, vision and ambition, so the Satomi family can maintain silent hostility, while the Utsunomiya family can only shout about unfairness and admit defeat.
The huge turmoil caused by the Kira family in Kanto had a profound impact, which not only shocked many samurai in the Eastern Kingdom, but also shocked the world. Once upon a time, Kamakura Kōkō was a serious problem for the Muromachi shogunate family, and Furukawa Kōkō, who was reborn from the ashes, is still
Adhering to the strategy of being hostile to the Muromachi shogunate, gathering a group of Kanto people to cause turmoil in Kanto every three days is a very troublesome thing.
From Ashikaga Yoshitaka to Ashikaga Yoshimasa, several generations of kōkō have dreamed of wiping out the Kanto kōkō or finding a new kōkō close to the shogunate to replace them. Their actions proved to be very unsuccessful. The fall of the Kamakura kōkō can still lead to the rise of Furukawa.
Kōkō. Even if Furukawa Kōkō falls, another Kōkō may rise. As long as the flag of Kanto does not fall, there will be a steady stream of Kanto people to stand up.
So not long after Horikoshi's efforts were proved to be useless, Hosokawa Masamoto used Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Ashikaga Yoshimi to pass away one after another to launch the Mei'an coup. First, he treated the direct descendants of Horikoshi as waste and then supported them.
He was a puppet, and secondly, he appointed Soun Hojo, who had a background from the Imagawa family, to manage the Kanto region. Of course, this move collapsed with the collapse of the leadership system before it was even taken.
Kira Yoshitoki is fulfilling the ambition of his predecessors. He will become the first Kantō official under the control of the shogunate and loyal to the general who conquered the barbarians. This is his dream and the greatest hope for many years of struggle. Looking back on this journey
There have been many ups and downs and hardships along the way, there have been laughter and anger, there have been victories and there have been sorrows and pains, and there are so many sorrows hidden under the surface. Now he is like an acrobat holding a plate and walking on a tightrope, without paying attention.
It's like a chicken flying egg, all in vain.
As the governor of the family, he must always perform flawlessly. He must always maintain a posture of wisdom and give more people strong confidence. He is no longer the young man who lives for himself. He has generations of retainers, a huge samurai group, and countless more.
With the full support of the people he led, he was no longer lonely but was also paying the price for not being lonely. The ideals in his memory quietly faded into yellowed photos. The familiar scenes were exactly what he had been working hard for the past twenty years.
Made.
Looking at the dots of sunset on the top of the distant mountains gradually disappearing, he murmured to himself: "If you don't win, you will die. If you don't prosper, you will perish... I am fulfilling my oath! Please protect me, ancestors, and protect me from the Ashikaga family!"
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The temperature in Kyoto dropped at the end of October, with the temperature difference between day and night nearly ten degrees. The red-leafed trees around Kyoto were dyed a red color, and against the blue sky and white clouds, it seemed as if the entire city was burning. Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Ashikaga Yoshiteru in the Nijo Imperial Palace
Konoe and Maekyu sat opposite each other drinking tea. Instead of the time-consuming and labor-intensive traditional tea ceremony, the two used roasted tea as a social tool in private conversations.
The advantage of the new tea ceremony is that it is easy to learn and enjoy for both elegance and secularity. The elegance one still needs to take a bath and burn incense to purify the body before using the tea ceremony etiquette. The vulgarity one only needs a few simple steps to taste the pure fragrance of the tea. The advantage is that you can
You can drink whatever you want. It’s more refreshing and comfortable without too much fuss. A small handful of tea leaves can be drunk for five or six brews. The preparation of these five or six cups of tea takes nearly an hour, which is enough time to discuss many things.
At this time, Ashikaga Yoshiki's face was dark and his eyes were sunken. He looked like a victim who had escaped from a refugee camp. He was so thin that only a handful of bones were left connected to the flesh. He listlessly said to Konoe Maekyu: "According to Maekyu's instructions.
In other words, Yoshitoki is asking Yu to give him the title of Lord Kanto, right?"
Konoe Maekaku shook his head when he saw Ashikaga Yoshiteru's weak demeanor. He had tried to persuade him several times that he was just a strong-willed man, but he still couldn't cross the threshold. He said regretfully: "Yes. Yoshiki's attack in Kanto
We are reaching a critical moment. As long as we capture Ashikaga Fujimasa, we can easily control Kanto. By then, most of the entire Eastern Kingdom will be under the control of the shogunate. This is a golden opportunity."
"Is Yoshitoki so eager to become the Lord of Kanto? If he becomes the Lord of Kanto, will he be eager to get Yu's throne? How did Yu's Teru Wakamaru die? Yu must find out how to repay my poor child.
Big revenge!" Ashikaga Yoshiteru's mental state is still very poor, and he is sluggish as if he can't muster any strength. The so-called heart disease requires heart medicine. If you fail to cross this threshold, Ashikaga Yoshiteru may have a greatly reduced ambition.
Transformed into a mediocre public figure whose ideals collapsed.
Since the mysterious death of Teruwakamaru, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's life seems to have suddenly slipped from the glorious peak to the bleak bottomless abyss. His legitimate son, Teruwakamaru, has placed all his expectations for the continuation of his dream, a childless child.
Kimikata is miserable, destined to be in vain no matter how hard he works, just like Ashikaga Yoshitsune who is still lonely when he dies of old age, but who would have thought that he was so prosperous when he was still called Ashikaga Yoshisai.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru suddenly understood the feelings of "Ryu Kōka" Ashikaga Yoshimoto. He thought that Ashikaga Yoshiteru, a great general who conquered the barbarians, could not even keep a legitimate son. This was similar to the "long-distance running general" Ashikaga Yoshimoto, who could not keep his own shogunate.
His legitimate son, Takeohmaru, was also very similar. Perhaps the most similar thing between him and Ashikaga Yoshimoto was that he was so proud in the first half of his life, but the long-distance runner was more unsuccessful than him in the second half of his wandering life.
Compared with the tragic fate he experienced, Kira Yoshitsune's dominance of Kantō seemed less important. A few years ago, the shogunate might have paid attention to the changes in political trends caused by the turmoil in Kantō, but the momentum of the shogunate's resurgence has been declining over the years.
There is no wonderful feeling like "sitting all over the world".
In these days, the tragic scene of the death of his son Teruwamaru was always echoing in his mind. This was the most failed scene he had experienced in the first half of his life. He could only vaguely remember what happened next, as if he was surrounded by many samurai, and all other memories were complete.
It's just fragments of chaos, and I can't remember what I actually did.
After a few months of confusion, he gradually returned to his normal thinking as a general, but the mark left by this mark was so profound that Ashikaga Yoshiteru could never forget it. He could not care less about Kira Yoshiki's dominance of Kanto, and he could allow it.
He did some arrogant behaviors, but he would never allow anyone to offend his majesty as a general, and his poor child Teru Wakamaru.
"This..." Konoe was a bit lost in what he was talking about, "It is said that there are no two masters in the sky and no two people in the world. The people of the Kanto Kingdom are about to lose the Kwantung Palace. If the shogunate cannot replace it in time, they will have to let those petty people support them again.
One, and it might trigger the Kotoku Rebellion started by the Ashikaga Sei clan."
"The establishment of the new Kanto Crown Prince will only push the Ashikaga Shogun family into the never-ending abyss!" Ashikaga Yoshiki smiled coldly and closed his eyes to slowly drink tea, trying to sort out his chaotic thoughts.
His brain is clearer. He has realized that what Kira Yoshitoshi did in Kanto is very dangerous, but he can't think of more thoughts to deal with him. This may be the tragedy of being a general.
PS: I bow to express my gratitude to Xiao Zimu, Jane Eyre Devil’s reward. It’s so impressive that Wu Mei feels a little embarrassed. As I said before, I will definitely fulfill my promise.