The nine hundred and ninetieth chapters form a deadly battle
The Uesugi family and the Hojo family joined forces to resolve the dispute between the true and false Kanto governors. The Samurai family's way of life is very realistic. Whoever loses the battle will be the false Kanto governor.
However, the Kanto Secretariat in the Echigo army formation belonged to the Ashikaga Shogun. The Ashikaga Yoshiji requested to deal with the Kanto Secretariat himself in the hope of gaining political points.
When you become a Kanto shogun, you have to be incompatible with the Ashikaga shogun. This is the political correctness of the Kamakura Ashikaga family, and it is very beneficial to stabilizing the status of the Ashikaga Yoshi clan.
From the perspective of the Hojo clan, allowing the Kanto generals to attack the Ashikaga generals would also reduce the political pressure on their own family.
After all, Ise-onna came from the Ise family in Kyoto. Although she changed her name to Hojo, she was not easy to do certain things directly and could easily be poked in the back.
Let Ashikaga Yoshiji, the Kanto general, deal with the imperial office of Shiba Yoshigan, which can save the Hojo family from the pressure of public opinion.
Hojo Umasa nodded and agreed.
"Kamakura-don is determined to solve the Ashikaga family's own affairs, and I can't stop him. Please do it yourself.
According to the news sent back by the Fuma Ninja, the girls of the Kanto Palace were stationed on the northern front, and during the war they were usually located on the left flank of Echigo's army.
Then please deploy your defenses on the right flank of our army and confront it tit for tat."
The Hojo army was arranged from east to west, with the left wing in the south and the right wing in the north, which was exactly the opposite of the Echigo army.
Hojo Ushimasa didn't think too much about conspiracy theories about Uesugi Teruhora's arrangement of the Kanto Imperial Guard on the northern route, nor did he think that the Kanto Imperial Guard had any tricks up his sleeve, because the southern route was more important.
The end of the southern front is the Watarase River. Once the battle line is defeated, the victor's army will crush the defeated ones and drive them into the river, trampling and drowning countless people.
Therefore, the southern front must have an elite military presence. Since the plain is small, this formation also needs to be heavily guarded, and the central line cannot lack backbone forces.
In this way, the northern front will of course be relatively weak, and some troops with weak combat capabilities will be deployed. In Hojo Ujimasa's view, the Kanto Service Post is the weak brigade in the Echigo army, and it should be placed on the northern front.
Although Ashikaga Yoshiji has his own independent military force, his combat power is sparse and ordinary among the Hojo army, and he cannot shoulder the heavy burden.
Throw her to the northern front and fight against the warriors from the Kanto Palace. The rookies on both sides will fight each other. It won't affect the overall situation, and it will gain political points, so why not?
Ashikaga Yoshiji thanked Hojo Umasa with a smile and stopped talking. She was thinking about the gains after this victory and felt happy.
Seeing that she was satisfied, Hojo Umasa smiled slightly and continued to arrange the battle formation.
"Tominaga Yasuke, you are the leader of the left wing. The Edo people, the Matsuyama people, the Takiyama people, the Tsukui people and other Musashi Sagami people are under your control."
"Hi!"
Although the samurai families arranged by the Hojo clan on the southern front were elite, except for Yasukage Tominaga and Tsunake Ene, the other leaders were from surrendered vassal backgrounds.
Edo Castle Ota Yasushi, Matsuyama Castle Ueda Asanao, Takiyama Castle Oishi Kusada, Tsukui Castle Naichi Yasuyuki, etc. These people and their affiliated samurai families were once retainers of Ryo Uesugi.
All the princess warriors, whether they knew the Hojo clan's fear or not, fell to the ground and kowtowed to their leader.
It was during the Hojo Ujiyasu era that the Minami Musashi clan and the Higashi Sagami clan began to submit to the samurai clan of the Hojo clan. Their close relationship was already far apart. Even if they were guarded by their master, they would still pretend to be confused.
Their reserve team was also elite and their combat power was not weak. Hojo Ushimasa asked Tominaga Yasukage to lead Seobei to lead the formation. As the supervisor, the purpose was to suppress the southern front and stabilize the situation.
"Mr. Ryuyama, would you and Chibei go to the right wing to assist Kamakura-den?"
Hojo Ryuzan had a clear idea and simply had to lie down and accept the order.
Hojo Tsunaka entered Taoism. She is the eldest of the third generation of the Hojo family. Now she has become a monk and has become a Taoist, and she is not very utilitarian.
The Hojo clan sent her to the right wing, which actually served as a safety valve. Because the people under Ashikaga Yoshi's command were slightly weaker.
In the event that Uesugi Teruhora suddenly changes his mind and arranges a strong military attack on the northern front, it will also take time for Hojo Ushimasa to deploy military support from his own camp.
With the powerful general Hojo Ryuzan holding down the formation on the northern front, Hojo Ujimasa could concentrate heavy troops on the main formation with peace of mind and implement the strategy of breaking through in the center.
After arranging important ministers to stabilize the left and right wings, the Hojo clan waved their hands and said with great enthusiasm.
"The Xiaoji people, the Jade Rope people, the Izu people, Chibei, Baibei and the rest of the troops will assemble with my headquarters and break through from the center!
Isn't the long-tailed rebel clamoring for a fight? I'll let her get what she wants!
In three days, I will go with you to meet with the Echigo samurai family, who are known as the most brave in Kanto, to see if they are worthy of their name!"
"Hi!"
All the Hojo samurai kowtowed to the ground, their fighting spirit overwhelming and their fighting spirit high. The Hojo Ushimasa's tactics were actually very simple, which was to form a strong formation and fight the battle in vain.
Sun Tzu said in the art of war, attack with five, and divide with two. Hojo's elite force was 20,000, and their number was about two and a half times that of Terutora Uesugi.
The narrow plains squeezed the space for tactical deployment. Hojo Ushimasa only needed to stabilize the two wings and then launch a series of offensives toward the center with heavy troops to win.
Even if the combat strength of both sides is similar, the numerical advantage is enough for the Hojo family's reserve team to take turns to go into battle, and the Echigo army will be exhausted.
The longer the joint battle lasts, the more powerful it will be against the Hojo family. Of course she is willing to fight at all costs and fight stupidly. And her tactics are very sound, and even Hojo Tsunari, who is dissatisfied with her, agrees.
The core of the wealth accumulated by the three generations of the Hojo family is the Mahui clan and the Ashigaru clan directly under the governor of Odawara Castle. Then there are the Nissagami clan, the Izu clan, and the Ichimen clan directly under the governor.
Tame Gentada's Kurobei was guarding the back of Sano Castle, Tominaga Yasukage's Aobei and Hojo Ryuzan's Akabei were holding down the two wings respectively.
With no worries, Hojo Ushimasa held the Hojo family's coffins in his hands and stormed to the center to break through.
Although this tactic is costly, the Hojo family is willing to fight. As long as Uesugi Teruhu's core combat power is wiped out in one battle, the Echigo army will have no choice but to fall apart and return home.
Hojo Ushimasa's approach was approved by Hojo's ministers, and everyone took action quickly. The army retreated five miles and camped again with Sano Castle behind.
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The combat supplies needed by the Hojo army were frantically imported from Kagotsu Castle to the Sano Territory and delivered to the army relying on the convenient water transportation in the core area of Kanto.
The Echigo army entrenched in the mountains was also seizing the time to prepare for war. The Nagao commander, while monitoring the direction of the Oku territory, tried his best to mobilize the peasants and soldiers in the Ashikaga territory to assist in transporting supplies.
The two armies were twenty miles apart, and the central plain was silent.
But behind them, countless baggage gathered into a river, putting food, swords, guns, bags, bows and arrows on the line to supply the army. The two armies were sharpening their swords, and the war was about to begin.
Monomichi appeared from nowhere, and the ninjas were investigating, encountering, and clashing around the Sano Territory, and suffered heavy casualties just to get closer to the battlefield.
On the one hand, various families in Kanto are afraid of the strong strength of both sides, and on the other hand, they are looking forward to this battle, this grand battle that will determine the future direction of the Kanto Plain.