Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 772 Mogami Yoshimitsu planned to withdraw troops, and Naoe Kanezha defeated the Mogami Army

Although Xiusheng said that he would never betray his elder brother, the one-night affair last night really made him have endless aftertaste.

When he returned to his mansion, Ajiang hadn't come back yet, probably Chacha had used some method to keep him in Onei.

When he heard the news that "Madam is back", Xiu Sheng didn't know why he came out to greet Ah Jiang.Maybe it was because of a guilty conscience, and I wanted to see something from A Jiang's expression.

In the next few days, Xiu Sheng fell into a strange state. His heart seemed to be full of curiosity and longing for a certain matter, but the reality kept restricting him to act beyond the distance.

In other words, after Xiusheng and Chacha had a romantic relationship that night, Xiusheng was greedy for Chacha's good life.Although he said no and refused to cooperate, a charming young woman in her 30s was indeed attractive to her.

It's only been a few days since he saw each other, and his heart felt as if ten thousand ants crawled and devoured him overnight.He can only find a substitute, his wife, A Jiang, to solve his physical needs.

Ah Jiang was his wife, and there was nothing wrong with the bed affair between the two, but Xiu Sheng brought another person into his wife, and this behavior seemed very Muggle.

A Jiang and the whole family felt strange. Aren't the lord and his wife too lazy to talk on weekdays?Why are you tired of making people in the house all day after the Spring Festival?

But the substitute is just a substitute after all, although he can bring superficial happiness, but the character and core of the substitute is different from the real master, Xiusheng still can't find the feeling at that time.

As time went on, it gradually came to February of the 7th year of Qingchang (1602).

There is news that the war in Hokuriku has begun to enter the second phase.Etsuchu's Hideji, Shinano's Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Dewa's Mogami Yoshimitsu are attacking Echigo from three aspects. It is only a matter of time before Echigo Uesugi is taken down.

Among the three armies, Mogami Yoshimitsu of Izuha made the fastest progress. His frontline soldiers had already encircled Shonai Tsuruoka Castle. This is the main castle of the Uesugi family in Shonai. Uetsu Street enters Shibata.

As for Toyotomi Hideji on the West Road, he was actually blocked at the pass. Uesugi Jingsheng only used 600 people to garrison Katsuyama Castle, and 200 people stationed at Katsuyama Castle, making it difficult for Hideji to move.

Hideji had to write a letter to Tokugawa Ieyasu on the South Road, asking him to speed up the invasion of Echigo from the direction of Shinano, and a special letter to Toyotomi Hideho, the general of the South, asking him to supervise Tokugawa Ieyasu's offensive.

But Tokugawa Ieyasu made up his mind to only work hard and not to work hard. In addition, he is a political veteran, and the little Toyotomi Hideho was fooled by him for a while.

Tokugawa Ieyasu said that the Tokugawa army was short of food, and the city of Iioka was so strong that it could not be attacked for several days, and he could do all of these.In turn, he wrote a letter to his elder brother Xiuci, urging him to put more pressure on Xiusheng's side, hoping that Xu Xiusheng's side could transfer troops to leave.

Seeing his brother's letter, Xiuji's lungs exploded, and he tore the letter to pieces.He knew that his younger brother might not be effective in Nanlu, so he could only order Tokugawa Ieyasu in the name of seeing you later, asking him to enter Echigo before the beginning of March.

In fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu has been in contact with Uesugi Kekatsu for a long time. At present, only 5000 people of Uesugi Kagekatsu are in charge of the Echigo defense line. Several mountain cities.

Regardless of the lack of troops, Tokugawa Ieyasu on the south side has already united and made it clear that he is not working hard.On the west side, Toyotomi Hideji had to face the narrow Kinbuzibubu mountain road to pull out the castle one by one. According to past experience, it would take at least a year to get to Kasugayama Castle.

The main force of the Uesugi family, more than 1 people, is being led northward to Shibata by Naoe Kanesuke at the moment, planning to press the little mouse on his back to death first.

Yoshimitsu Mogami set up his formation at Mount Kinmine on the south side of Tsuruoka Castle. He never dreamed that Echigo’s Uesugi army would come from the south side of Yabiki Pass, which is on the west side of Mount Kinmine, stepping on heavy snow. not far away.

Mogami Yoshimitsu's eyeballs were about to drop out of shock when he saw the Uesugi Sasamune coming out continuously from the west side towards Taniguchi.

At first he only thought it was a small support army, and just sent 1500 people led by Mitsunao and Mitsuoka to stop it, and found that it was unusual. The army of Taniguchi seemed to be endless. Potential gushes out.

It is absolutely impossible for this pattern to be a small army. At this moment, an unsure thought flashed through his mind.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could His Royal Highness Zuo Fu fail!" Mogami Yoshimitsu couldn't believe the facts before him, grabbed the collar of the retainer beside him and questioned impotently, "He has a hundred thousand troops!"

Yan Xiugang, who was beside him in this matter, suggested to him, "My lord, the enemy may have tens of thousands of soldiers, and our army has at least 8000 soldiers. It's time to make a decision!"

The so-called decision in his mouth is to withdraw troops from the city, retreat to the uppermost collar, and make preparations to defend the cage city.

Mogami Yoshimitsu was very unwilling. He had been besieging the city for more than a month. Seeing that the city could no longer bear the pressure, he took the initiative to send people out to contact him, but how did reinforcements arrive in such a blink of an eye?
But now there is no extra time for Mogami Yoshimitsu to think about it. The 1500 people taken away by the two Uraoka lords may only last for a while. He needs to make a decision as soon as possible whether to withdraw troops or fight with Uesugi's family here in Tsuruoka.

"Father, although there are many enemy soldiers, the main force has just fought against His Royal Highness Zuofu in Echigo, and it must be extremely exhausted after coming from a long distance. As long as the formation is properly arranged, it will be powerful for a battle!"

The one who spoke was Mogami Mitsushige (later renamed Yamanobe Yoshitada). He is the fourth son of Mogami Yoshimitsu. He is just 15 years old this year. This is his first battle.

Young people are always full of curiosity about society and have an unruly attitude.Especially this time is his first battle, he hopes to have a perfect ending, instead of running away like a bereaved dog.

"Young master, if the current situation is a deadly one, it's hard to predict! Our family is just a partial army, there is no need to fight against the Uesugi family here."

"It's not a death blow, but the enemy army is already in front of my eyes. If I want to retreat at this moment, I must sacrifice the army. Who is willing to take the initiative to stay and take on this mortal task?"

Before he finished his words, the highest Yoshimitsu who was born as a close servant and led the 1.8 stone Tiantong City Lord's family Guangshi took the initiative to ask Ying to say, "Let me lead the Tiantong people as the army to cover the lord and the young master and return!"

It may be difficult for the current Mogami Mitsushige to understand why there is a leading general who is willing to stand up for the first place when he knows that he will die.

But his main purpose is not here. He said to everyone, "It's not the problem of the army (you obviously just talked about the problem of the army), but now that the enemy army is exhausted and our army is waiting for work, the military strength is not much different. , why not a decisive battle? The outcome is still unknown!"

His insistence was fruitless, and Mogami Yoshimitsu interrupted his speech, "If the Zuofu has already been defeated, then it is meaningless to defeat the Uesugi clan here at this moment. It is better to please him and pray to the Osaka side. Take it easy."

After all, he seemed to have made a decision, "Zuo Kon (Mikoshi Ujiie) led people to stay and cooperate with Mitsunao and the others to fight and retreat, and the others quickly rectified their forces and retreated towards Deba."

In fact, Mogami Mitsushige's idea is correct. Naoe Kanetsugu's battlefield experience is not rich, and he came from afar with an army and was not ready for a decisive battle.

If Mogami Yoshimitsu fights desperately at this time, perhaps Naoe Kanetsugu can really be handed over to the village.

But he didn't dare to bet. Due to poor information, he took it for granted that the Uesugi family could send more than 1 reinforcements, and it must be Toyotomi Hideji who lost.

He lost this battle in psychological warfare.

Mitsunao Mitsuoka and Mitsuoka Mitsuoka are not father and son. Mitsuoka Mitsugeru was originally the lord of Muoka City, but when Yoshimitsu Mogami was conferred the title of Ugoo Yukatsu County, Mitsuoka Migao was transferred to the title.

Then Mogami Yoshimitsu asked Mogami Yoshihisa to change his name to Kuoka Mitsunao and be granted the title of Kuoka Castle.

The Mooka family is one of the branch families of the Mogami family, the leader of the Hachigami family, who used to be able to fight against the family of the Mogami family, and Zaideha has a strong influence.

There is also a family called Tendo. The biggest difference between Wugang and Tendo is that Wugang is more knowledgeable about current affairs, and he surrenders obediently when he is defeated, while Tendo was still dancing in the Mogami Yoshimitsu period and was eventually wiped out in history.

Kuoka's surrender does not mean that Mogami Yoshimitsu is relieved of them. After all, they are relatives who have been passed down for hundreds of years. If they are really affectionate, they will not fight against the Mogami clan.

Therefore, as soon as Mogami Yoshimitsu caught the opportunity, he took advantage of the opportunity of Zengfeng Mitsuoka to transfer him from Yuqian to Yuhou. This place is outside the core territory of the Mogami family, which can weaken its influence.

In order to show the importance he attaches to him, Mogami Yoshimitsu also awarded her the title of Xiongsheng County Flag Head.After that, he asked his younger brother Yoshihisa to change his surname to the Wugang family, and gave him the city of Wugang.

So... how do you evaluate the two Masters of Kuoka who are currently on the battlefield?

Both claim to be orthodox of the Uoka clan, and Mitsuoka himself and his retainers are indeed from the Uoka clan, but most of the army led by Mitsunao Uoka (Ashigaru) are the real Uoka people!

Doesn't Matsuoka Mishige know the purpose of Mogami Yoshimitsu doing this?He obviously knew.In history, he was very knowledgeable about current affairs and claimed to be the Honjo clan after he was granted the title of Yuli County and built Honjo Castle.

But before that, there had always been two Ooka families in the Mogami family. In order to facilitate the distinction, people called Ooka Manmoo the North Ooka family according to the current geographical location, and Ooka Hikaru was called the South Ooka family, or a door Ooka family. Shi.

Right now, there is some estrangement and embarrassment between the two families. They line up and do not coordinate with each other. It seems that no one looks down on the other.

Mikaoka Mitsunao faced up without hesitation, and began to fight against the unstable Uesugi, while Mitsugeru Kuoka chose to shoot from the flank.

This is actually the difference in fighting style between the sons of the Warring States dynasties and the Warring States nobles. One side will fight to the death for the family, but the other side will fight as well. It seems that preserving the family name is the top priority.

The Uesugi Army, whose foothold was not stable, was indeed caught off guard. At this time, if you look at the Uesugi Army in the Jingsheng era, the generals who can recruit and fight are so withered.

Today's army is full of young generals like Saito Jingxin and Irobe Mitsucho.

And after Sato Tomonobu's death, the most capable general of the entire Uesugi clan was Honjo Shigecho who was currently trapped in Ezo!

Fortunately, the middle-level samurai of the Uesugi Clan are particularly powerful. Although the commanding abilities of the superior samurai are not strong, the veterans among their retainers remember the glory of the Uesugi Clan in the past. Under the command of these veterans, they finally stabilized their formation. Start pushing Mogami back.

The Mogami clan has only 1500 men in total. Even including the Tendos of the Uji family Koshi, the total force will not exceed 2000, but this number of people has to cover the retreat of the Mogami Army of more than 6000 people.

The most important thing is that behind these palace troops is Hegang City.

Now the defenders in the city are afraid of the Uesugi soldiers who are slowly retreating on Jinfeng Mountain and dare not go out of the city, but once Mogami Yoshimitsu has almost retreated, these people will definitely come out and stab the army's ass.

When Naoe Kanezuri was growing up, it was the period when the Uesugi army was the most victorious, and he grew up listening to Kenshin's victories since he was a child.

In his impression, there will never be an enemy of Uesugi's army in the world when the number of people is equal.However, in today's battle, more than 2000 Uesugi's army was stumbled by more than [-] people, which finally opened his eyes to recognize the reality.

The Uesugi Army finally won. With an advantage of more than 1 troops, it defeated the 2000-strong Supreme Palace Army. Unfortunately, no important generals were captured or beheaded.

Naoe Kanetsugu stayed in Tsuruoka Castle for 3 days after defeating the Mogami Army. After confirming the information that Mogami Yoshimitsu had indeed retreated, he turned south non-stop. He will return to Kasugayama Castle within half a month to strengthen Uesugi King win over the power here.

On the other side, Mogami Yoshimitsu gathered the remnants after returning to Deba, and at the same time sent people to collect intelligence from the south.It is impossible for something as big as Toyotomi Hideji's defeat to go unnoticed.

But the reality is like this, he never received the information about Toyotomi Hideji's defeat, at this moment he realized that something was wrong.

Just in case, he wrote to Toyotomi Hideji for confirmation, and asked him for arrangements for the next step.It took more than half a month for the letter to be sent to Xiuci's camp by ninjas. Only then did Xiuci stop the news that the main force of the Uesugi family moved northward.

He wrote letters for Mogami Yoshimitsu again, asking him to organize an army to invade Shonai again, and make deployments on his own side again. He wanted to break into Echigo for himself before the main force of Uesugi led by Naoe Kanetsugu returned. Take the initiative.

It just so happened that Asano Nagamasa suggested that the suggestion of sending people across the mountains to attack Katsuyama Castle was successfully implemented. The soldiers of the Western Army on the beach, taking advantage of the gap in the chaos of the defenders being attacked, directly built wooden ladders on the cliff and turned over. Attack the cliff to win the mountain city.

Afterwards, it took only 10 days to defeat the 4 castles along the Qinbuzizibushi line, and the frontline soldiers pointed directly at the Shangyue Plain.

　Something happened at home, until July 7th, don't be surprised at any time until July 10th

　　
　
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