Naoe Keizuna and Daxiong Chaohide looked at each other, and they already knew what was going on.
Sanada Nobushige, this girl, looks silly and stupid on weekdays, but she is really ruthless at critical moments. This is to eliminate the root of the problem without leaving any future troubles.
Da Xiong asked Chao Xiu.
"Songshan City and Gaoshan City were also opened by the internal agents of the Shiye Tribe?"
Sibo Yiyin shook his head and said.
"Ikeda Shigeyasu, an important minister of the Saito family, was responsible for guarding Songshan Castle. She took the initiative to open the city and surrender.
The close relatives and important officials of the Saito family in Songshan City subsequently committed suicide and followed their late lord.
Takayama Castle seems to be scared out of its wits, and there are many Shino clan warriors in the city. There is a powerful enemy in front of them, and they dare not kill the people inside, nor can they defend against it.
Ikeda Shigeyasu went to the city to persuade them, and the defenders of Takayama Castle surrendered.
This time, there were no loyal retainers who committed suicide. The person who took the lead in surrendering was Saito family member, Saito Nori."
When Shiba Yoshigan was describing the military situation to the two of them, Uesugi Teruhora had already read the battle report, threw it aside, and sneered.
"Suicide? Be killed!"
This Sanada Nobushige is not simple, he is decisive and decisive in doing things, he is a talent."
Terutora Uesugi was quite annoyed with Sanada Nobushige's approach because it hindered her strategic layout.
Teruhora Uesugi succeeded Uesugi Kensei as the Kanto Governor, and the Uesugi family name was Yamauchi. This was the political justice that allowed her to go south to the Kanto Plain.
It is not yet clear how much influence the Kanto governor has over the Kanto samurai family. However, as the long-term territory of the Yamauchi-Uesugi family, almost all samurai families in Ueno have backgrounds as retainers of the Yamauchi-Uesugi family.
The two Nagao families and the two Nagano families in Ueno, as well as the prosperous samurai families in the southeastern plains, were all nominally vassals of the Yamauchi Uesugi family.
Although these retainers are unreliable, sometimes rebellious and sometimes surrender, they are just a bunch of weaklings. But as long as they can suppress them with force, they can pull up an army of local vigilantes and assist the Echigo army in fighting.
Echigo's mobilization force was about 500,000 to 600,000 dan, and 10,000 dan could mobilize 200 to 300 men. Coupled with the various tax and profit support from the salt cloth miners, the maximum number of soldiers that could be dispatched this time was only 20,000.
It is very difficult to expect 20,000 soldiers to pass through the Echigo Mountains, separate troops and garrison across Ueno and Musashi Ryogoku, and also defeat the Hojo family whose core territory is far south in Sagami and Izu Ryogoku.
To obtain the best results, Terutora Uesugi must do three things.
First, ensure adequate logistics. This is why the Echigo side pays special attention to the cities along the Tone River and strives to stabilize the water supply line.
Second, win over the Kanto samurai to join the Echigo camp, mobilize their peasants and soldiers to ease the logistical pressure on the army, and use their military power to coordinate the army's operations.
Third, find a way to draw the Hojo family out to fight. The best battlefield is Ueno Country, followed by Musashi Country. The worst result is that the Hojo Family clings to the core territory of Sagami Country.
Whether the Kanto Strategy can advance smoothly depends on how well these three points can be achieved.
Sanada Nobushige's strategy for Azuma County destroyed the first and second points of Uesugi Teruhora's plan, especially the second point.
The Saito family of Iwaki Castle is just a small player occupying a corner of Ueno. But the problem is that the destruction of this small player will cause uneasiness in the Ueno samurai family.
The Ueno samurai family and even the Kanto samurai family were willing to accept Uesugi Teruhora's move south because Hojo Ujiyasu's territorial reforms cut off the foundation for the local famous families to settle down and live.
To put it simply, the Hojo family wants too much. As long as Echigo offers a low enough price, these losers will come over immediately. They have done this during more than a hundred years of war.
Therefore, Uesugi Teruhu has been proving that his asking price is very low and he wants very little.
Even if you just deceive them temporarily, you still have to put on a show to show them. First, unite with the local samurai family to kill the Hojo family, and then fall out.
However, Sanada Nobushige directly destroyed a famous family that had been in Azuma County for hundreds of years, and was also related to the Shirai Nagao family. This would of course cause panic and doubts among the Kanto samurai family.
Terutora Uesugi is dreaming of doing justice for heaven, and is counting on Ueno, Musashi, and even Shimono, Shimotsou, Hitachi and other samurai from all over to respond.
When the time came, she mobilized armies from all over the world to come to her aid. She gathered enough 100,000 troops to surround Odawara Castle, forcing Hojo Ujiyasu to kneel down and call her mother.
This time it was good, Sanada Nobushige slapped her, which shocked the Ueno samurai. This slap also hit Uesugi Teruhora's face, waking up most of her sweet dreams. How could she not be angry?
After reading the battle report, I believed most of the outcome of the battle between Uesugi Teruhora and Sanada Nobushige. The Saito family of Iwaki Castle should really be doomed.
The problem now is that Sanada Nobushige has the support of the Shino clan and is an Odai from the Kanto Palace. The most that Uesugi Terutora can ask her to give up is a little bit of territory to appease the emotions of the local samurai family.
However, Saito Norihiro's entire clan has died. Even if Mishima Nobuhige makes concessions, he can't even find the owner of the suffering. When a person dies, will she make the decision for the ghost?
Behind the Saito family was the Shirai Nagao family, which in turn involved the relationships between the families in the northern part of Ueno Country, affecting the stability of the supply lines behind them after Echigo's army moved south.
Terutora Uesugi had a terrible headache.
This also starts with the terrain in the northern part of Ueno Country and the core territories of each family.
The northern part of Ueno is mainly divided by three mountains and two rivers, showing a Y shape.
From west to east, there are Mount Haruna, Mount Komochi, and Mount Akagi. Mount Haruna and Mount Komochi sandwich the Azuma River, and Mount Komochi and Mount Akagi sandwich the Tone River.
The coastal alluvial plains and basins between the three mountains and two rivers constitute the main grain-producing areas in the north, namely the Iwaki Castle and Numata Castle areas.
Iwaki Castle controls one end of the Azuma River, and Numata Castle controls the source of the Tone River. The two rivers meet in the middle of the Y shape and continue to flow south.
The northernmost part of Ueno is mountainous and hilly. Whether it is the Saito family or the Numata family of Iwaki Castle, they are all small players in the eyes of truly powerful samurai families.
The main four-party forces in central and northern Ueno are the two Naganos extending from west Ueno to the southeast, and the two Nagaos in the middle and upper reaches of the Tone River.
The Nishi-Ueno and Tone River basins are in the shape of a CI. The C-shape is the basin surrounded by the Nishi-Ueno mountains, and the I-shape is the Tone River after the two rivers merged.
The upper end of the letter C is the Nagano family of Minawa Castle, and the lower end is the Kohata family of Kunamine Castle. They are both local samurai leaders, and are now united under the command of Nagano Yamasa.
To the south, guarding the mountain pass leading to Musashi Pass, is Hirai Castle, the home of the Uesugi family before the demise of Yamauchi.
At first, the Nagano family moved south from Mount Haruna. They first built Minawa Castle at the southeastern pass. Then they moved eastward to the Tone River basin to build a castle, which became Umbashi Castle.
Through these two fortresses, the Nagano family's power greatly increased and they became an important leader of the samurai family in Nishi Ueno.
After the Nagano family multiplied and grew, among the descendants, the Minawa Castle Nagano family and the Umbashi Castle Nagano family were the most powerful.