Chapter seven hundred and twentieth eight Oyu no threat
When the Ashina family in Aizu is in chaos, the Date family must be involved. Because her family doesn't get involved, the Satake family in the south might use this to subdue the Ashina family.
Ashina Moritaka's daughter is only two years old. It is impossible for a baby to maintain the family business in troubled times. The Date family in the north and the Satake family in the south, who are entangled with the interests of the Ashina family, will definitely take the opportunity to take over the Aizu area.
The entanglement between several parties also starts with the special nature of the land of Ou.
The Ou area has a vast land and is full of powerful people. In order to control this land, the shogunate appointed the Mogami family as the Ushu Tankai family and the Osaki family as the Oshu Tankai family to control the area.
It is also interesting to mention that the Mogami family and the Osaki family are also branch families of the Shiba family, and have some blood relations with Shiba Yoshigan.
The biggest feature of Ou is that it is divided into counties. Because the land is vast, one county here is larger than a small country in the central region, and the counties are very powerful.
The Osaki family started from Osaki County, the Mogami family started from Mogami County, and the Date family started from Date County. They were all samurai families who started from the prefecture.
Mutsu Province and Dewa Province have a very close relationship. Geographically, they are divided by the Ou Mountains. In fact, the political, economic and military divisions are divided into north and south.
Ou in the north is cold, vast and sparsely populated. The powerful southern family in the north occupies one-twentieth of the world's land, but only has a mere 150,000 koku in stone. They rely entirely on raising horses to support the family.
The Ou daimyo who had the strength to participate in world affairs and were valued by the shogunate were all Minami Ou samurai families.
The territory of the Minami Ou Daimyo is in the Uzen area of Dewa Province. Mutsu Province is the Minami Sendai Plain south of the Matsushima Hills and the southern basins.
As for the Hanago area of Dewa Province and the land north of the Kita Sendai Plain in Oshu, the Minami-Oha samurai family themselves are not interested in conquering it.
The north is severely cold and was a truly barren land in the agricultural era before industrialization. Not much food could be grown by grabbing the frozen soil there.
The eyes of the Nan Ou Yu family are always staring at the warm land further south.
The Ou area is divided from east to west by the Ou Mountains, with Dewa Province to the west and Mutsu Province to the east. The southern part of Dewa Province is surrounded by the Echigo Mountains and the Ou Mountains, forming small basins.
The southernmost Yonezawa Domain is followed by small basins such as Kamiyama, Yamagata, and Shinjo to the north. There is a small alluvial plain on the side of the Sea of Japan, which is the Shonai area connected to northern Shimotsu.
In the Hazen area south of Dewa, the Date family holds the south, and the north is in the hands of the Mogami family.
The situation in Nanao is more complicated. From west to east, it is divided into Aizu, Sendō and Kaido.
Aizu and Sendō are divided to the west and east by Lake Inaashiro, with Aizu to the west and Sendō to the east. The Ashina family is the well-deserved overlord of the Aizu area.
The Sendō area is divided into basins by the Ou Mountains and the Avukuma Mountains. The Avukuma River connects the three basins of Shirakawa, Koriyama, and Fukushima from south to north, and finally flows into the sea.
To the north of the Fukushima Basin is the Osaki family in the Minami-Sendai Plain. It is also the limit of the Minami-Ou Daimyo's desire for conquest, and he has no interest in going further north.
The Kaido area is the area between the Avukuma Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, and connects Hitachi Province to the south.
Over the years, the Satake family of Hitachi moved northward and continued to encroach on the Kaido area. At this time, they had reached the Sendō area and had influence over Aizu.
To put it simply, whoever controls Aizu and Fukushima in the entire Ou region is the overlord of Ou.
Aizu connects to Yonezawa Domain in the north, and runs along the Agano River to the Echigo Plain in the west.
The Fukushima Basin blocks the Abukuma River, connects the Yonezawa Domain to the west, and blocks the Sendai Plain to the north.
As long as Aizu and Fukushima are blocked, the Ou samurai family in the north will almost have their exit blocked. Only a narrow coastline from Shonai to Shimotoshi is left, and the southward passage is lost.
The Ou samurai will unconsciously unite with the rulers of these two places in order to go south to obtain warm land. Therefore, whoever gets Aizu and Fukushima will grab the throat of the Ou samurai.
There was once a famous family that succeeded, and that was the Date family.
The Date family is a branch of the Fujiwara family, and has been the Ou daimyo since the Kamakura shogunate period. The most successful member of her family was General Kamiro Kneeling, who took over the Oshu Tankai service from the Osaki family.
The Date family joined forces with the Ashina family to control Aizu and Fukushima. The Osaki family surrendered and the Mogami family became a subordinate, truly becoming the overlord of Ou.
But later, the Ashina family felt threatened and turned against the Date family. The Date family themselves had civil strife, and the Osaki family and Mogami family took the opportunity to become independent.
Today, the Date family still controls the Yonezawa and Fukushima areas, and competes for control of the Sendō area to the south with the Satake family heading north from the Hitachi Kingdom.
The Ashina family in Aizu is in civil strife, and the Datesaku family will not miss this good opportunity to seize the Aizu area.
Shinbada Choatsu on the Shimotoshi side is not worthy of being compared with the importance of Aizu, so of course he will be abandoned.
When Shiba Yoshigan heard the news that Ashina Moritaka had been killed, he felt completely at ease.
The Date family and the Satake family can fight their wits out for the Aizu area, and Yoshigan can also save some energy by sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.
Originally, he was thinking of contacting the Mogami and Osaki families of the Shiba clan, and wanted to use the benefits of the Hokuriku Road trade route in exchange for causing trouble behind their backs and containing the Ashina Date family.
It's better now, it saves me worry and effort, God is really helping me.
Yoshigan glanced at Yasuda Nagahide and saw that she was smiling humbly and respectfully. Zhuji also cheered up when he heard that Shinbada's foreign aid was not there.
By this time, Sibo Yiyin was truly confident about countering the rebellion.
he laughed.
"Since the direction of Aizu is clear, Yasuda Castle does not need to station so many Hime warriors.
Honzhuang Princess, Sanzhong Princess, you lead your troops to Suwon Castle to prepare for the battle at the end of winter.
Suwon Ji, please prepare a winter camp for them, and I will let Big Bear Ji be responsible for the military supplies, so that Suwon City will not be harmed."
Honjō Manchang and Yamazaka Yukimori fell to the ground and accepted the order. Suwon Manjia didn't even dare to respond and kowtowed.
Niigatazu on the lower reaches of the Agano River was the first target of Shimbada Chodon's rebellion. Honjo Shigenaga was stationed at Suwon Castle in the middle reaches, which was faster than Shimbada Chodon.
After the snow stops, Shinpada Cho Atsushi will take advantage of the muddy roads before the snow melts to go into battle. At Honjō Shimachō in Suwon Castle, he can directly send troops to stop the rebels and protect Niigatajin.
Since there is no threat from the Aizu direction, dividing the troops to Suwon Castle early will also reduce the resettlement pressure of the large number of Hime warriors stationed in Yasuda Castle.
This was Shiba Yoshigan's good intention to comfort the wise Yasuda Nagahide.
Mizuhara Manjia has a close relationship with Yasuda Nagahide, and of course she will not refuse to share the pressure of the clan. This is also an opportunity for her to show her loyalty.
Everything was in order, Shiba Yiyin was in a good mood, he joked and laughed with Zhu Ji a few more times, and then the military meeting was dismissed.
As the lord of the Imperial Palace, Yasuda Castle does not have a castle tower, so Yasuda Nagahide has already cleaned up the residence of the castle lord to enshrine him as a temporary residence.
Honjō Shigenaga and Yamazaka Yukimori are going to the camp to mobilize their troops and prepare to go to Suwon Castle.
The Kamao Clan is responsible for the internal defense of the Tongxin clan, and the powerful Kanto Shiba clan of Shima Sheng is responsible for the outer perimeter, vigilantly rejecting the Yasuda clan and protecting their lord.