Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 817 The monarchs and ministers in Kasugayama Castle are divided, Mikawa Yoshida Castle Matsudaira Yimen surrenders

Unlike the smooth progress of the South Army Corps, the progress of the North Army Corps is much slower.

When Hamamatsu Castle fell, Toyotomi Hidetada, who had just received a letter from Hideo for 3 days, once again directed the offensive against Kasugayama Castle, but it still ended in failure.

This made him have to think about whether he really wanted to accept Xiujia's suggestion, leaving Yida and the top two with nearly ten thousand troops, while the rest of the army continued to go to Luo.

To be honest, he instinctively wanted to reject this proposal, because the combined military strength of the two companies was only 7000, and the number of defenders in the city was twice that of the two companies.Even with the addition of daimyos such as Miki Anto and Hideyuki Gamo, the total strength of the army has just exceeded 2.

What if the Uesugi army in the city floods out?
That is to say, under such circumstances, he chose to continue the siege until he received the news that Hamamatsu Castle was broken after the 7th, which made him unable to restrain himself from accepting Hideka's suggestion.

But he didn't withdraw his troops without thinking. As early as the beginning of the siege, he ordered people to build a fortress relying on the Uesugi Pavilion under Kasuga Mountain Castle.

Yes, Kasugayama Castle is the main castle of the Uesugi family. It is still a very old Japanese castle, the kind of city where the defense and furniture attributes are separated.

Uesugi Jingsheng and his retainers usually live in the residence hall under the castle, which is also the actual ruling center of the Uesugi family.Of course, once faced with the situation of soldiers approaching the castle, the samurai living in the residence hall and the samurai in the castle town will shrink back to Kasuga Mountain Castle and refuse to defend.

Now with the cage city of Mount Kasuga, the residence at the foot of the mountain has been abandoned. Toyotomi Xiuzhen built the city on this basis, obviously preparing for a long-term siege.

After all, it was in his plan at the beginning, that Junfu, Hamamatsu and other cities in Tokugawa's territory were tougher than each other, and Hideka's going to Los Angeles this time did not make it to Kinki for a year or so.

Who would have thought that his Hide family would progress so quickly, and he would take over the Tokugawa family's two countries in just over two months.

In addition to Uesugi-kan at the foot of the mountain, Okimi Castle at the entrance to the north side was also built, and Wuzhi Castle was built on the east side.The Changchi Village, Dongcheng Village, and Li Village, including the original Chunri Mountain Defense Line, were rebuilt into cities.

In addition, the current Joetsu University of Education is located in the Oteguchi of Kasugayama Castle, which he serves as the main camp of Yamaya Castle. Kasugayama Castle has been surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.

It was also under such circumstances that after another 6 days of delay, he set off northward with nearly 2 troops, intending to enter Yuezhong through his relatives.

During these 6 days, he did not organize an attack. Instead, he was desperately organizing manpower to increase the offensive. After all, Date Masamune and Mogami Yoshimitsu will be in charge of the north and south defense lines respectively after they leave. If it is successfully dragged to Shangluo in Xiu's house, victory will be declared.

The strange thing is that Toyotomi Hidetada didn't seem to respond to the departing Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kasugayama Castle, even after walking for a few days, she still didn't move, and she didn't even plan to go out of the city to attack Date Masamune and Mogami Yoshimitsu.

In fact, there have been disagreements among the high-level Uesugi in Kasugayama Castle, and even a rift has occurred between Naoe Kanetsugu and Uesugi Kekatsu, the trustworthy monarchs and ministers in the past.

Because before Toyotomi Hidesada left, a messenger was sent to Kasugayama Castle for the last time, bringing the news that the Hide family had captured Hamamatsu Castle and marched into Mikawa.Naoe Kanetsugu was surprised by such a rapid progress, why is he really so strong when he got his Tokugawa family?

But he still firmly believes that he should stick to it and wait for help. After all, no matter how fast the Hide family is progressing, it is no match for Osaka, which has the name of righteousness. They can directly coordinate the daimyos in the central and western countries, and the number advantage is far greater than that of Fengchun's family. above.

Coupled with the fact that he himself has an extraordinary friendship with Ishida Mitsunari, as well as his paranoid acknowledgment of righteousness, Naoe Kanetsugu still expressed that he would continue to resist, and even expressed that it would be a counterattack after Toyotomi Hideyoshi left Great opportunity to regain Echigo.

But Uesugi Jingsheng didn't think much about it.

Which one is easier to get along with, Mogami Yoshimitsu and Date Masamune at the foot of the mountain?Even the other left behind, such as Anto Miki and Gamo Hideyuki, are powerful daimyos in the Northeast, the total strength of these three families exceeds more than 1, not much less than the Uesugi Army stationed in the city.

The most important thing is that the Uesugi Army has been fighting continuously for almost 2 years. Although the food in Kasugayama Castle can last until the beginning of next spring, the soldiers are already exhausted.

Before the meeting, Uesugi Jingsheng specially inspected a circle of the city wall. After seeing the exhausted and weak soldiers in the city, and the Echigo land outside the city, he returned to the city with a heavy heart.

At the beginning of the meeting, Uesugi Jingsheng was still silent, which was consistent with his past habits, so he did not attract the attention of his retainers.

But when Naoe Kentsuku stated that he wanted to fight on behalf of the city, he suddenly said, "I don't agree!"

This answer also caught Naoe Kanatsuki by surprise. He looked at his faxiao and the lord in astonishment, and said in amazement, "My lord? Why is this?"

"Echigo is too bitter. The civil war has been less for two years, and the people and soldiers are already exhausted. How can you bear to let them make unnecessary sacrifices at this time?"

"My lord, how can this be said to be a meaningless sacrifice? There must not be many troops left outside the city, and they are scattered in various cities. We can gather our troops in one place to defeat the enemy. After tearing a hole, those mobs will surely collapse. ah.

Also, it is precisely because the people and soldiers have persisted for 2 years that they should continue to persist.If we can win this battle, it will be enough to change the situation of Echigo, and even change the situation of the Hokuriku battle, and contribute to other battlefields.

Wasn't it you, the lord, who said you would be loyal to Guan Bai?Your efforts and the dedication of the Uesugi family will definitely be seen by Osaka, and the rewards from Osaka will definitely not miss the lord. "

"I know, Etchu and Noto, right?" Uesugi Kekatsu replied, "But now Youfu has already captured Hamamatsu in February, and there is no one in the world who can resist the power of the army."

"My lord! Jibu Shaosuke once told me that Kinki can mobilize at least 8 soldiers, Nobi can get another 3 soldiers, Shikoku and Kyushu can get 6 soldiers, and Hokuriku Echizen Toyotomi can get another 2.

This is the proper number of 20 real soldiers!No matter how powerful his Youfu army is, with the division of troops into three routes, how much strength can the main force of the South Route have?

Now that Tokugawa's skills are in danger of falling again, the inner government will inevitably return to aid, and with the reinforcements from Kinki, Shikoku, and Nooo, they will bring no less than 15 soldiers. The right government may not have a chance of winning! "

Naoe Kanetsugu kept persuading Uesugi Jingsheng, but what he got was "For the Toyotomi family, my Uesugi family has shed enough blood, it's time to think about ourselves. Even if Yamashiro is not willing to surrender to Youfu, I will not." I agree with your decision to lead troops out of the city!"

After finishing speaking, he no longer gave Naoe Kanesuke a chance to persuade him, and left the appraisal hall honestly.

Although Naoe Kentsugu has become the uncrowned king in Uesugi's family in recent years, all military and political orders come from him.But Uesugi's retainers still recognize his Uesugi Kekatsu brand, so when Uesugi Kekatsu explicitly refused to authorize him to leave the city, it was impossible for Naoe Kanetsugu to transfer troops.

As Uesugi Jingsheng resisted going out of the city, Echigo Kasugayama Castle became a sit-down battle, and it remained unchanged until the end of the battle that decided the world in the west.

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The geographical location of Hamamatsu Castle is as important as Sumpu Castle, so after taking down Hamamatsu soldiers and executing Honda Masazumi, Hideka left behind Honda Masakazu who contributed a lot in the siege battle and suffered a lot of losses. Chuan Da'an stays.

Even if Togawa Tatsuya is no longer favored by the Hide family, he is still one of the elders of the Toyoharu family and has a high political status.In addition, the Togawa family was originally an ex-officer of the Uki family, so it is absolutely safe to keep him stationed in the core city of Dongsanhe and protect the Houlu Liang Daoxiu family.

As for those captives who took the initiative to serve, a large number of them were farmers from Yuanjiang and Dongsanhe temporarily recruited by Honda Zhengchun.

Since Oda Nobunaga went to Los Angeles, there has been no large-scale recruitment of farmers and soldiers in Kinki and Tokaido for decades. You cannot equate them with the farmers and soldiers who were the main force on the battlefield 50 years ago.

Even daimyos such as Oda, Toyotomi, and Tokugawa have orders for these peasants to collect weapons like the "Knife Hunting Order" for the stability of the rule in the territory.

50 years, 3 generations have passed, how much combat power do you expect these farmers to give you?At best, it's just for the sake of cage city.

It is useless for these civilian husbands Xiu's family to stay in the army, but they are a little worried about letting the Xiu family go, so they are simply recruited to build principles and transport military rations and military supplies for the Xiu family.

As for those who were not farmers, those who could be recruited by the Honda family were recruited and controlled by the terrain, nationals, ashigaru, samurai and other professional and semi-professional soldiers.

The number of these people is small, not comparable to the tens of thousands of people captured under the Asahina River before.The number of honest guards in Honda seems to be 2, which is bluffing. The real main force is the original Hamamatsu garrison and Kakegawa garrison, which add up to only 5000.

Excluding those who died and were injured in the battle of defending the city, and those who were recruited by the Honda family, there were still more than 2000 people who were kidnapped by the Xiu family.These people will become the coolies for the Xiu family to pull out the city and fill the earth when they attack Sanhe in the next step.

The Tokugawa defenders either couldn't bear to shoot them, and watched Tubori and Mizubori being filled up, or used the precious ammunition and arrows in the city on these cannon fodder.

In fact, at the same time that the Hide family was besieging Hamamatsu, the Ashikaga family and the Toyotomi Shige family under the leadership of Nawa Hisatora had already encircled Yoshida Castle, an important town in the East Mikawa.

Since the strong men in the collar were taken away by Honda Masazumi, Matsudaira Kachu, who was in charge of the defense here, only had 1000 defenders, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled.Even if the territory was searched again, less than 1200 people were found.

This is already Higashi Mikawa's limit, Higashi Mikawa's main force was stationed in Junfu with Sakakibara Komasa before!
After being besieged for many days, the guard Matsudaira Jiachu received the news of the fall of Hamamatsu Castle, which became the last straw that broke his confidence.

He took the initiative to contact the Ashikaga family outside the city, praying for the Kaesong of Yoshida Castle on the condition that his Sanhe or Yuanjiang Zhixing Yuanfeng be preserved.

This condition is not an exaggeration. The Ashikaga family accepted his surrender after discussing with their retainers and reporting to Kowa Hisatora.And he, Matsudaira Iechu, also became the first Tokugawa pro-vassal who voluntarily surrendered since the East-West War began and the Fengchun Army invaded the Tokugawa territory.

Of course, he was said to be a pro-fan because of his Miao character. As the governor of the Shengou Matsudaira family, the relationship between them and the Okazaki Matsudaira family is still very distant, which is why he surrendered calmly on this side.

So when Xiujia came to Yoshida Castle, the castle had already been taken without damage, and Xiujia received Matsudaira Iedada in the castle.

Hideka accepted the previous promise of the Ashikaga family to him, and said that he was in the eastern part of Baofan County, and the city of Shangzhi Township was 2 Shi Andu.

This is the Puyuan area of ​​later generations, and it is also the place where the Xiu family went ashore when they raided Sanhe. Surrounded by mountains on three sides, it looks like an independent kingdom.

The most important thing was that it was not far from Shengou City where the Songping family was loyal, so he liked this award very much, and immediately knelt down in front of the Xiu family to swear allegiance to the Xiu family.

It is not that there were no Tokugawa retainers who surrendered to the Hide family before. Kiso Yoshitoshi and Hoshina Masamitsu were both important ministers of the Tokugawa family, but none of them had greater influence than a person surnamed [Matsudaira] who surrendered.

So even though his Songping family loyalty originally only had 8000 shi in Shengou City, and he was still a person who surrendered from the enemy without making any achievements, the Xiu family still gave him more than doubled knowledge and deeds.

Hideka hoped that through Matsudaira Iechu's incident, more Tokugawa retainers would be encouraged to surrender.

By the time Hideka left Yoshida Castle and came to Okazaki Castle, October 10th had already arrived.

Although the Hide family tried their best to delay the speed of information dissemination, the news of the Tokugawa family's successive defeats in the battle of Asahinagawa and the battle of Hamamatsu Castle has begun to ferment. At this moment, it has spread to Osaka, and to Tokugawa, Okayama two days later Jiakang is in the formation.

The Hide family doesn't know much about these situations, he only knows that Aoki Kazuki and Ishida Mitsunari have been appointed as the generals and deputy generals of the Nobi battlefield, responsible for organizing and unifying Toyotomi Hideji's Nobushi Three Kingdoms, gathering troops to block Xiu Home Shangluo Road.

As the son of Aunt Hideyoshi, Kazuki Aoki can be said to be one of the most important elders in the Toyotomi clan after the death of Toyotomi Hidecho.At the moment when Kinoshita's ability is not enough and he has become untrustworthy because of his status as the elder brother of Beizhengsuo, Kazuki Aoki has almost become the only general who can be alone.

But can his ability really block the Xiu family's soldiers?
At the very least, Kazuki Aoki did not engage in battle with the Hide family, but only had a small-scale battle with the vanguard Ashikaga family and Toyotomi Shigee at the border between Owari and Mikawa countries.

Due to the superiority of troops and the failure to face Hideka's team directly, the results of the two sides were mutually exclusive.But when it got to Osaka's ears, it became the story of Aoki's attendants being wise and brave, blocking the enemy from Nobi, and saving the country from danger.

It's not that Kazuki Aoki deliberately exaggerated the facts, but that Osaka desperately needs a big victory to cheer people up. Now that Hokuriku and Saikoku have been unable to make progress, Noo's small victory is also worth promoting.

(End of this chapter)