Uesugi Terutora and Hojo Ujiyasu both claimed to be the Kanto shogunate. Due to the dispute over orthodoxy, Echigo did not recognize Ashikaga Yoshiji's position as the Kanto shogun.
But this does not mean that Ashikaga Yoshiji is not important. On the contrary, it is because she is too important that we try our best to deny her status.
The Kanto shogun recognized by Teru Uesugi fought side by side with Kenmasa Uesugi, his adoptive mother, against the Ashikaga Haru clan, the ancestor of the Hojo family.
But the embarrassing thing is that Ashikaga Haruji is already dead. No matter what changes happened to her after she was brought back to Odawara Castle, it was cool.
As her daughter, Ashikaga Yoshiji held a ceremony at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura to succeed the Kanto Shogun. From a procedural point of view, there was no problem.
But the problem was that Ashikaga Yoshiji, a Kanto general who was supported by the Hojo family, appointed Hojo Ujiyasu as the commander of Kanto, breaking the political order that no one except the Uesugi family could be the commander of Kanto.
This is chaos!
Terutora Uesugi could not separate the traitors of Ashikaga Yoshiji and Hojo Ujiyasu who ordered the chaos, so he had no choice but to refuse to recognize them.
However, there was no Kantō Shogun on Uesugi Teruhora's side. There was only a handwritten letter from Uesugi Kenmai, the ancestor of Ashikaga Haruji, requesting Echigo to send troops to intervene.
This is the political weakness of the Echigo side, but today, Sanada Nobushige's capture of Ashikaga Yoshiji is very beneficial to the political stance of the Echigo side.
Yamanaka Yukimori looked at the embarrassed Ashikaga Yoshiji, and felt a trace of fear in his heart. Sanada Nobushige's performance on the battlefield was too terrible, far exceeding her expectations.
Ashikaga Yoshiji is also a bastard. How could someone of her status be caught so easily? Dejin's protection must be extremely tight, unless she is stupid and makes a fool of herself.
The embarrassed Ashikaga Yoshiji was so angry that no one had ever dared to treat her like this. Even if she was a prisoner of war, she should be at the highest level, and it was inevitable to treat her with courtesy.
But she was unlucky. She met the deviant Sanada Nobushige, who tied her hands and dragged her away like a dog, causing her face to be disgraced.
Seeing Yukimori Yamanaka, Ashikaga Yoshiji seemed to have met someone who could reason with him and cursed angrily.
"Whose tribe are you waiting for? Do you understand the hierarchy? I am the governor of the Ashikaga family of Kamakura and the general of Kanto! You are so rude, let me go!"
Sanada Nobunaga pursed his lips and held his hand, and Ashikaga Yoshiji tightened the rope that bound her hands behind her back, pulling her to the ground. She almost bit her own tongue when she spoke so impassionedly, making her even more embarrassed.
She looked at the playful and smiling Sanada Nobushige with hatred. He could not be killed, and she would never let go of this savage who did not understand etiquette.
Sanada Nobushige laughed when he saw her being pulled out of balance and falling to the ground.
"How dare you be so arrogant when you are in my hands? If it's a dragon, you can hold it for me. If it's a tiger, you can lie down for me. We'll talk about everything after we see the imperial office."
Yamanaka Yukimori glanced at him and felt dissatisfied. Sanada Nobushige opened and closed his mouth at the Imperial Palace, which was rude to the Ashikaga Yoshi clan, a member of a famous family, and also disrespectful to himself, the superior of the Kanto Palace.
But she still chose to hold back and watch Sanada Nobushige act recklessly. Ashikaga Yoshiji's identity was unusual, and if Sanada Nobunaga was on bad terms with this person, there would definitely be trouble, and sooner or later someone would take care of her.
Yamanaka Yukimori, who was once a white lotus, has been struggling in the dark samurai society for two years, and her mentality has become darker and darker. If Yoshigan knew her current mentality, I don't know how disappointed she would be.
Sanada Nobushige was excited now and was preparing to present the prisoner to the imperial court. How could she care about the prisoner's mood. Umino Riichi, on the other hand, coldly observed Yamanaka Yukimori's expression and ignored him.
I followed a fool, and I couldn't wipe my butt off. Actually, having a stupid young man's reputation was pretty good. No one wanted to argue with the fool, and they even had to be on guard against annoying the fool and causing big trouble.
As for Ashikaga Yoshiji, who was lying on the ground and sulking, she was just a tool in their struggle for power. Who really cared what she thought.
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Looking at the Dihuang Hachiman flag getting closer and closer, Shima Shengmeng turned his head slightly, looked at Shiba Yiyin affectionately from the armor, and smiled without saying a word.
The mask blocked her expression, so she no longer had to hide her feelings. Then she picked up her horse speed, surpassed Yiyin, and rushed to the front line.
"Destiny lies with Sibo! Righteousness lies with the Western Army!"
Hearing her sharp shout, the cavalry followed her and rushed towards the enemy formation, the torrent of steel surging.
"Destiny lies with Sibo! Righteousness lies with the Western Army!"
Hojo Tsunari looked back at the Akiyama River and saw that Hojo Ushimasa's main formation had crossed the river. He smiled happily and finally let go of his worries.
She shouted to the left and right flags.
"Ji Ji! Follow me!"
"Hi!"
Hojo Tsunari no longer had any worries, holding his gun under his own military flag, staring at the frontier he was about to touch, thinking to himself.
Your Highness Ujiyasu, I have tried my best, but I have no choice but to take the first step. I wish the Hojo family a prosperous military fortune.
Shima Shengmeng, who had already squeezed her horse power to the limit, did not use any tricks to break through diagonally. The remaining dozens of armored cavalry followed her horse's iron hooves straight into Huang Bei's spear formation.
Dozens of spears that rushed forward broke instantly, and the war horses howled. Some fell to the ground, overturning the knights on their backs, and some smashed into the formation. For a time, the front troops of both sides suffered countless casualties.
Shiba Yiyin led the knight warriors on horseback, and rushed in along the opening made by the iron cavalry, constantly tearing and widening the gap, dividing and isolating the enemy.
He himself led the crowd towards the Dihuang Hachiman flag and rushed towards it. Hojo Tsunari shouted and led the banners around him to form a formation to greet them.
Several Hojo Hatatos who were not afraid of death violently swept their horses from the side with their large naginatas and cut off their horses' legs. They were then trampled by the cavalry and turned into pulp on the ground.
The speed of the cavalry was forced to slow down. At this time, Hojo Tsunari's bannermen fired their lances and stabbed the knights down. The length of the lances was not as long as the lances used for walking, and several of them fell off their horses at once.
Yiyin was still spinning his horse, deflecting the spears coming from around him. At this moment, the horse's strength could no longer support it, and it knelt down on its front hooves, flipping him forward.
The sudden tilt shocked him so much that he took off his feet and rolled down. The people around him were caught off guard and had no time to dismount to support him.
Seeing the opportunity, Hojo Tsunari shouted, formed a small formation of three with Hatamoto, and rushed up to stab him to death.
Yiyin fought with ferocity, glaring his eyes and trying to resist the wave of stabbing attacks in killing mode. He tightened his grip on the lance, preparing to exchange his wounds for a stabbing blow.
Seeing that he did not hide, but instead wanted to confront him head-on, Hojo Tsunagi sneered in his heart. He called on his left and right warriors to cooperate and stabbed him to death on the spot.
At this time, a loud shout came from the side, and a cavalry rushed out from behind.
"Don't hurt my lord!"
When Shima Katsumato saw Yoshigan in danger, his heart suddenly hit the three-man formation. She and her horse were knocked to the ground, and a Hojo Princess warrior was knocked away.
Before rolling down steadily, he threw the spear in his hand again. The force was so strong that it penetrated the abdomen of another Hojo Princess warrior beside Hojo Tsunari, nailing him to the ground and wailing.
Hojo Tsunari stepped forward and kicked Shimakatsu's fierce action of drawing out the sword, and pierced the gap on the right side of her shoulder armor and breastplate with his gun, piercing it hard, and blood immediately poured out from the gap.
Shimakatsu was in severe pain and stood up to resist, but was stepped on by Hojo Tsunari and unable to get up. She suddenly gave up struggling and instead hugged the spear tightly, holding Hojo Tsunari to prevent her from moving.
Hojo Tsunari was alert and looked up to see that Yoshigage had rushed forward and shot her through the throat. The momentum continued, knocking her to the ground and almost breaking her neck.
Hojo Tsunari raised his hands high, as if he was trying to grab something, his eyes widened, and he murmured something in his mouth as if he wanted to tell something, but he only spit out blood.
In the end, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground with his arm, and died.