Pillars of the Wu family

The meaning of this choice made by Ujiyasu Hojo is far more complicated than imagined. The most obvious one is that Izu sent 3000 troops to occupy about half of the total force of the country. , as long as the Takeda family and the Kira family do not plan to invade Izu, the remaining [-] people are enough to defend the safety of Izu country.

The second thing is a little bit deeper is to tell the family members of Pudai not to be too horny. The 3000 more people may not be able to defend the aggressive Kira Army, and the less 3000 people may not be able to withstand the full-scale invasion of Echigo. The key to resisting the invasion lies in the governor. The ability to grasp the overall situation and the execution strength of the genealogy retainer group, not this mere coalition of [-] people.

Under the mobilization of Hojo Ujiyasu, the war machine of the Hojo family quickly started to operate, and within a few days, the [-] troops of the Izu Kingdom set off to enter the Hadong County of the Suruga Kingdom. The point is, after many years, they entered the Suruga country again in another way. I don't know what the Hojo army will think at this moment.

When the news came that the Hojo Army sent troops to interfere with the Suruga Kingdom, Terutora Uesugi in Otake Castle of the Musashi Kingdom immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity to immediately hold a military meeting. As the general of the crusade army, he also shouldered the responsibility of the military representative At the time of Kira Yoshishi, the family governor made it clear that he wanted to sit in the rear and hold the battle for him, so Uesugi Terotora did not hesitate to use the power of the general to announce his departure.

The [-] army turned into a long black dragon, and it seemed like a group of wild horses galloping out. That morning, Hojo Tsunajo, who was guarding the city of Hachigata, received urgent reports from all directions. There was no movement in Xingcheng, and the few groups of scouts sent out were like a stone thrown into the sea.

"Uncle! What should we do!" Hojo Ujibun walked around anxiously.It started with a series of unfavorable intelligence received in the morning.He has been circling here for almost two hours.As the deputy general of this 8000-man defender, Hachigata Castle is as important to him as the first battle in his life. If he defends this place, he can be promoted to the lord of Hachigata Castle. If he can't defend it, he has to go back to Odawara Castle and continue working Brother son.

The young Hojo Ujikun is the fourth son of Hojo Ujiyasu, who happens to be the same 21-year-old youth as Kira Yoshitoshi. Compared with Kira Yoshito, who is deep, old, and powerful like a monster, he is impatient and hasty. performance, to young warriors who are more in line with this age group.His nervousness coincided with the chaos in the city, and the eight thousand defenders had no idea that the current situation in Musashi Kingdom was in chaos.

After all, Hojo Tsunari is a well-tested general on the battlefield, he pondered for a while and said: "What a clever method, using the powerful military strength to clear the fortresses around Hachigata Castle, and let the eight thousand people in Hachigata Castle The defenders couldn’t get any information, and they became completely deaf and blind and forced me to hide in the Hachigata Castle to die. Is this Uesugi Masa’s military strategy and Sanada Masa’s strategy? It’s really scary!”

After all, the Hojo Clan was not as calm as Hojo Tsunari, and he stressed anxiously: "Uncle! This is not the time to lament the military strategy! What should we do? If this continues, the morale of the army will be shaken!" [

The Hojo clan is not stupid at all, or there are too few examples of tiger fathers and dogs in this era.Even though Hojo Ujiyasu's sons are generally not as capable as his father, as a young samurai who grew up in the army.He is still very aware of the importance of the military spirit to an army, and if the military spirit is unstable and rashly goes to war, it will definitely be defeated.

Hojo Tsuna said: "There is no way but to wait until the situation changes."

"Wait? Waiting like this will damage morale!"

"Wait! Wait! The enemy's main force is unclear. No matter how we move, it will be a wrong choice, and the more we do, the more mistakes we will make. It is better to stay still than to move. Wait!" Hojo Tsunashi dismissed his nephew in a few words, Seeing that there was no other way, Hojo Ujibun could only retreat in dismay.

On the surface, Tsuna Hojo is calm and calm, and he is not nervous. In fact, he is more anxious than Hojo Usun in his heart, but it is useless for him to be more anxious than his young nephew. Terotora Uesugi made up his mind to use this force to fight He set a trap with his advantage, waiting for the defenders in the bowl-shaped city to move first. He can be sure that as long as he moves, it will inevitably attract a series of blows.

Hojo Tsuna let out a long sigh, and said forcefully, "So what if I don't move?"

In Sugiyama Castle not far away, Uesugi Terutora looked at the quiet Hachigata Castle and said: "Hojo Kamisuke still endured it, but what can we do if we stay in Hachigata Castle? There are [-] troops and they dare not move." It is to give our army an opportunity to advance, and Hojo Kamisuke used this strategy wrongly! If I, Huihu, commanded the troops, I would definitely march out to meet the invading enemy!"

"The main hall is famous for being brave and good at fighting in the Kanto region. Although Hojo Kamisouden is a brave general, his military strategy is still far behind the main hall." Sanada Yutaka said with a smile: "It is a good thing for our army that the bowl-shaped castle will not move. Why not take this opportunity to sweep Kita Musashi and force Kitajo Sosuke to lead the army, as long as he moves, he will be able to break it."

"Oh? Do you have any new ideas for the main hall of Sanada?" Uesugi Terutora thought for a while and said: "Surround the spot to fight for aid or send the tiger away from the mountain?"

Sanada Yutaka said: "Let's turn the tiger away from the mountain! Only this strategy is the best strategy to deal with the Hojo Army, especially when the main force of the Hojo Army dare not come out to meet the attack, as long as the force of this army is captured, the Hojo Army will be forced to give up Musashi Kingdom, so There must be a big victory in this battle, and the rest will be left to the main hall."

In the evening of the same day, Shan Huihu led an army of [-] troops to raid Xiaocang Castle, and then surrounded Matsuyama Castle the next day. Three thousand Matsuyama people led by Gehe Shiyi guarded Matsuyama Castle and asked for help from several directions overnight. The rest of the army was divided into several groups and attacked in four directions. For a while, Ninja Castle and Kawagoe Castle were all raided by Kira Army.

The whole of Northern Musashi was engulfed in a war in an instant. Masashige Daidaiji, who had just returned to Kawagoe Town Guard, hurriedly wrote to Odawara and Hachigata Castle for help. At least there was an echo from Odawara to appease him and tell him He must not abandon the city and retreat unless it is absolutely necessary, which probably implies that he should flee as a last resort.

Even Hojo's family governor didn't have confidence, let alone the guards and defenders who were on the front line. With the invasion of Kira's army, they were dragged in North Musashi.Many Hojo samurai rekindled their fighting spirit. In the panic of the siege, the Hojo family's samurai persisted with tenacious perseverance.They did not give up hope and still looked forward to the moment when Kira's army retreated.

Yoshitoki Kira, who sits in Hirai Castle, just smiled lightly at the latest information sent.He laughed secretly: "The Beitiao Army probably thinks they can hold on, but they don't know that Yu is completely different from the Kanto leader in history. He won't let you hold the city without retreating, and how can you establish the authority of the Kanto if you don't take down Musashi Kingdom."

He still remembers that it was also in the fourth year of Yonglu (1561). In another time and space, the Echigo army with eight thousand tigers rushed into the Kanto under the leadership of Teruhu Uesugi. Calling the Kwantung National Allied Forces to jointly attack Odawara Castle, his choice was to abandon Musashi Kingdom and Sagami's stubbornly defending Hojo Army and focus on Odawara Castle.It is expected that the capture of Odawara will end the short life of Sagami Hojo. [

It is a pity that the idealist in history ushered in a fruitless siege under Odawara Castle. The chaos and ulterior motives of the people in the Kanto Kingdom doomed him to only a failure. It was the biggest cornerstone of the Hojo family's comeback, and it didn't take him long before he had to retreat disgruntled.

The background is different and the situation is naturally different. Kirayoshi was not afraid of the Hojo family's iron barrel formation tactics. He was confident that he would open a gap in the Hojo family's iron barrel formation and tear their proud defense system. He believed that Under the irreversible general trend, Shiyasu Hojo will definitely reap the bitter fruit of failure that he carefully customized.

Facts have proved that Yoshito Kira's judgment was not wrong, during the half-month period of rapid progress.Narita Nagatasu, the lord of Shinobi Castle, took the lead in surrendering the rebellious wave that pulled up the Musashi Kingdom's Leading Party, and then the former Matsuyama Castle lord Ueda Tomosuke launched a rebellion and suddenly opened the city.Tiheshi was surprised to find that most of the Matsuyama crowd stood by Ueda Chaozhi's side, and these rebels almost captured Tihe alive, so he had to retreat to Honmaru for a desperate resistance.

Seeing that the Kira army outside the city and the rebels of the Matsuyama people entered the city, the ruler of the city, Jiheshi, was not very good at governing, but the escape route he arranged for himself was first-class. After Li found out that the Hojo family was not the opponent of the Kira family, he secretly built a secret road in Matsuyama City to facilitate escape when the army was besieged. Daoli escaped.

As soon as he ran, he pushed the recalcitrant Matsuyama people in Honmaru to the edge of the cliff. Some of these unlucky warriors stood in front and were slower to react and were killed on the spot. Surrendering in a hurry, the Kira Army easily took this important town of North Musashi with a small loss, indicating that the direction of this war began to turn to the unfavorable side of the Hojo family.

As the Kira Army used a series of military victories to successfully break the Hojo Army's delusion of persevering to the end, the achievements of Hojo Tsuna in Hachigata Castle fell into contradictions. The successive letters of help and various bad news brought by the envoys made Hajogata The defenders in the city became more and more anxious and chaotic, and quarrels and brawls broke out in the city from time to time, which meant that the warriors fell into tension, anxiety and angry restlessness, even with his lofty prestige, they could not suppress the situation.

The Hojo Clan said anxiously: "Uncle! Nephew, I beg you to send troops immediately! Once Kawagoe Castle falls, half of Musashi has already fallen into the hands of the Kira Army. The siege of Kawagoe Castle is the best time for us to act now!"

Hojo Tsuna grew up and sighed: "Yes! It's time to move! If you don't move, you may really have no chance, but if you do this, the Hachigata Castle will definitely fall... Order the army to prepare for departure tomorrow, and don't leave a single ration Come down! And appease the townspeople, don't rob the townspeople of their property, we will come back after all!"

Looking at the back of Hojo Clan Kunxing leaving in a hurry, Hojo Tsunasari had no choice but to prepare the army to retreat. His original intention was to wait to see the situation and find out the main action pattern of Kira Army before acting. The situation did not give him any chance at all, not to mention the erratic Uesugi Terutoro who did not know where he was, but the [-] troops in Hirai Castle of Ueno Country not far away were enough to make him sleepless.

Hirai Castle is only half a day's journey from Mitake Castle, and it doesn't take a day's journey from Mitake Castle to Matsuyama Castle. Yoshitoki Kira, who sits in Hirai Castle, can get to Basket-shaped Castle in less than two days with just one movement. Speed ​​is not a problem, the problem is that without intelligence support, I don't know if Kira's army will move.When to move and how to do it?

In the words of Yoshitoki Kira, this is a typical information asymmetric war.What was fought was the state of complete crushing of the intelligence formed by the Kira Army under the premise of various advantages.A brave general like Tsunashi Hojo didn't have the confidence to persevere relying on the strong city. It can be seen that the gap between the two sides made the Hojo family feel desperate.

Hojo Tsunasari's bizarre appearance quickly attracted the attention of Kira Ninja. Not long after this Hojo Army's strange action took place, Terutora Uesugi received accurate information on Xiaokura Castle in Taiping Mountain, and he had prepared for a long time. Five thousand troops were waiting to ambush him on the only way the Beitiao Army went south.

It's just that he didn't expect Tsunashi Hojo to be so vigilant, and he chose to sneak around from the small road on the side of Xianyuan Mountain on the west side of Taiping Mountain. It is very muddy, and it is usually not used as a road for marching.But Tsuna Hojo really used this inconspicuous mountain road. If it wasn't for the Kira ninja hanging behind to deliver the information in time, he would have really deceived the Kira army ambushing on Mount Taiping.

Uesugi Terutora received the information and made timely adjustments. He marched from Mount Taiping to the south in a hurry to catch up with Hojo Tsunajo's army before it rushed to Tabamo Castle, and rushed to station at Enmeiji Temple outside Tabamo Castle. As a strategy, dozens of horse-riding warriors dressed up as envoys were sent to Tianbomu City to ask for reinforcements.

Tabami Castle became a new castle of the Kira Army in just a moment, and the master of the Tabami Castle, Tanimoto Shige, and his party were imprisoned in the Iwaguchi Shrine outside the city, leaving only [-] Kira Army disguised as the Hojo Army in the castle as usual Garrison.Terutora Uesugi led the remaining [-] Jiliang troops and still sat at Enmeiji Temple to wait for work.

That afternoon, Hojo Tsunari brought the tired and hungry Hojo Army to Tabamo Castle for lodging. It was strange for Hojo Tsunari to see Sutani Shiretoshi unnaturally welcoming the army.He asked, "Huh? Why didn't you see Sugu Youbingwei Palace? Don't miss it since the first day of the new year!"

"This... my brother is not feeling well and is recuperating in the city, so I'm coming down to welcome Shangsaojiedian." Sugu Shigeri said stammeringly: "Please go to Shangsuojiedian and Anfangshoudian to rest in the city, I have prepared soup for you two There are baths and banquets, which can be held immediately."

Hojo Ujibun rode his war horse for a whole day, and he was overjoyed when he heard the news, "Really? That's great! Let's go in quickly! I'm sore now, I just want to eat a big meal, take a bath and sleep well. !"

"That's right! I didn't even have time to eat lunch, and I'm already hungry!" The Hojo Army warriors also relaxed and whispered, laughing, and soon entered Tabami Castle led by Shigetoshi Sutani , it is human nature to relax when arriving at the destination, but this normality is very dangerous.

But Tsunade Hojo still stood still. He frowned and pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Wait! Something seems wrong! How did Sugudian know that our army was marching here, and how did he prepare soup and banquets in advance? ? I didn’t send an envoy to contact you, where did you get the news from!”

"Oops! I slipped my tongue!" Shigetoshi Sutani scolded himself for being stupid, and when he turned around, he saw the Kira Army warrior in the city pretending to be the Hojo Army suddenly drew out his sword and slashed at the Hojo Army beside him. Roar: "Signal! Do it now!"

"Kill!" A short word revealed the identity of Kira's army, and the samurai of Kira's family immediately tore off the blue camouflage on their bodies, revealing the black nail leaves and white Ashikaga The Hojo Clan felt extremely humiliated and angry when he was fooled by the second quotation, and he drew out his sword and shouted angrily: "The villain of the Kira family will die!"

Hojo Tsunari scolded himself for being too careless. He even forgot that the Kira family was best at using tricks and conspiracies. Trapped outside Tianbomu City with no support, this night is really doomed.

Suddenly there was a sound of firecrackers at the top of the city, and the next moment, the Kira Army in the woods on both sides of the Otemon suddenly rushed out. Hojo Tsunasari's complexion changed drastically and he immediately ordered the Hojo Army outside the city to turn around to meet the enemy, but this delayed the entire battle. The formation became a mess, Hojo Tsunasari was furious but could do nothing.

At this time, the gap in morale became prominent. The Kira army was full of morale and had a strong will to fight, while the Hojo army dragged the small load team and trekked through the mountains all day, tired and hungry with fear. Even sixty percent of the basic combat power could not be brought into play, and the formation was uneven, the morale was low, the tired and hungry Hojo Army had no confidence in resisting the attack of the Kira Army.

Arakawa Matashiro pulled his reins, stared wide-eyed and shouted: "General, run away! Flee back to Odawara and bring reinforcements to avenge us!"

"Escape? Where are you going to escape? Shibang is still trapped in the city and cannot escape. I, Tsunari, have the lord's trust to take care of him. If something happens to Shibang, what face will I have to flee back to Odawara Castle?" Hojo Tsunacheng He sighed and said: "It seems that today is the most anticipated day for my graduation!" (To be continued...)

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