Pillars of the Wu family

"Ah? Run away? If he ran away, wouldn't my Fanchang's hard work be lost? This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Ben Zhuang Fanchang stuffed the soup cakes into his mouth in two or three mouthfuls, gurgling After drinking the fish soup, he shook his hands and got up to lead the soldiers to pursue him, but was stopped by Uesugi Terutoro with a shout.

Terotora Uesugi took out a handkerchief and wiped the soup stains from the corner of his mouth, then slowly stood up and said, "Don't chase, this is the west bank of the Sagami River that has entered the confidant of the Hojo family, chasing it is easy to fall into the Hojo army's tricks, Let them go back!"

"Isn't it a bit of a loss to let them retreat safely like this!" Benzhuang Fanchang waved his arms angrily to vent his dissatisfaction, and sat back in his seat angrily, and complained while eating fish soup and soup cakes: " A big victory in hand turned into an empty gun, if I knew I should have crossed the river at the same time."

The Kakizaki Jing family patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be silly, you kid. The Fuma ninjas will easily find out if you divide up the river and cross the river early. It will take two or three hours to transport troops, and the Hoktiao Army's deceitful attack on us is exactly what they want."

The Hojo Army retreated so quickly that the scouts sent by Uesugi Terutora chased the Hojo Army's buttocks to the outside of Odawara Castle before seeing the dark army waiting to enter the city. In order to run faster and more conveniently, the Hojo Clan Government Simply abandoning the camp of the Hojo Army together, this decisiveness and determination are enough to blow up ninety-nine percent of the contemporary samurai names.

At any rate, there are tens of thousands of stones of food and grass in the abandoned Beitiao camp, as well as all kinds of ordnance and equipment for camping. The soldiers' tents have all kinds of living equipment and useful weapons.The small coffers hidden by the warriors were not taken away, and there were ingredients prepared the night before in the kitchen for the soldiers to cook in the morning, and they were left where no one cared.All the people in the big camp went to the empty camp to save the Kira Army.

At noon that day, more than [-] troops ate a big meal in the Hojo army camp near Liangji Temple, and stayed overnight before dismantling the entire camp, including wooden stakes and ropes, and putting them into flatbed trucks together. Take it away, this style of eating and wiping is an authentic iron cock style, which can reflect that Uesugi Terutoro's style of work is still relatively stingy.

This is in line with his past development of the green ramie tax and his ruling philosophy of advocating the right way to make money and saving first. The samurai who grew up hungry and cold always have a little thought of saving in their bones. Let the days get better.But some living habits will not be changed easily.

Hojo’s retreat still dealt a huge mental blow to the people of Sagami. When Musashi was lost, Hojo said that there was absolutely no problem with Sagami. When Higashi was lost, he said that the Hojo army could hold the Sagami River. Now the Sagami River has been pierced. However, the Hojo Clan government withdrew to Odawara Castle with [-] lightly damaged troops, how could the people of Sagami continue to support it with peace of mind. [

This time coincided with the most important autumn harvest of the year, and all the warriors from Sagami and Izu all ran back home for the autumn harvest with their ashigaru hula la.There are only about [-] troops left in Odawara Castle, and the remaining Hojo Army is either because conditions do not allow it or is a die-hard supporter of the Hojo Family, which means that the current control of the Hojo Family is constantly declining.

The atmosphere in the Odawara castle town is turning bad, forcing Hojo Ujiyasu to send Hojo Genan to contact the Sagami Izu people, and to re-stabilize the hearts of the Sagami 21 families and the Izu [-] families through various means such as promises to appease them. Promise to return to Odawara Castle.

on the other hand.The Hojo Clan decided to give up the territory in Shangso Kingdom to return to aid Odawara Castle. The [-] Hojo Army from Kururi Castle and Shangso Kingdom left the Fangso Peninsula by boat overnight. , Ujiyasu Hojo successively punished a few low-level samurai who deceived the crowd with lies, and personally appeared in Odawara Castle Town to do communication work.Only then did he win back the hearts of the people into his own hands.

The re-establishment of the Sagami Lion made Odawara Castle once again restore the impregnable level of the past.As the most powerful castle in the Tokaido and in the hands of Hojo Ujiyasu, who is good at defending and counterattacking, this Odawara Castle can indeed be called the strongest castle in the world. Of course, this is also related to the strange shape of Odawara Castle which is different from other fortified castles. .

Odawara Castle is Hirayama Castle. It is neither a water castle surrounded by water like Sakamoto, nor a mountain castle like Kasugayama Castle that occupies an entire mountain. This general structure Hirayama Castle is built on a relatively high platform. In Oshiro, it was not the Sagami Hojo clan who first established Odawara Castle, but Kobayakawa Enpei, one of the Bando Hachira clans in the Genpei era.

During the "rebellion" of Uesugi Zenhide in 23, the Doi clan belonging to Uesugi Zenhide was uprooted, and Omori Yoharu, a native of Suruga, was granted the title of Odawara Castle for his meritorious service in 1416 years of Oei (24). And expand its influence in Sagami and Izu.

Later, it was suddenly captured by Hojo Soun, who was named Ise Shengshi. One day after he took control of Izu country in the fourth year of Mingyu (1495), he led his army into Sagami country pretending to be hunting wild deer. Suddenly, Launching a surprise attack on Odawara Castle and taking the opportunity to capture Omori Fujiyori, I have to say that there is something wrong with the Omori family's head. Such a weird method was really done by Soun Hojo.

The capture of Odawara Castle by Hojo Soun marked the beginning of the large-scale expansion of the Hojo family. Over the past 60 years, Odawara Castle has undergone repeated renovations, and gradually formed a special design similar to the general structure designed by Shichiguchi in Kyoto. The combination of the satellite city and the main city is surrounded by stars and the moon.

There are a complete set of living facilities such as the castle town inside, and defensive facilities such as water boroughs and stone walls are set up near the castle town outside the city, and the entrance and exit design is more complex. The structure of the structure means that Doichikui relied on mastering the seven mouths of Kyoto to force the final compromise between the imperial court and the shogunate. However, Kyoto is not a strong city for military purposes after all. Highly military role.

The area of ​​Odawara Castle is very large, not like ordinary Japanese castles at all. The area of ​​nearly ten square kilometers is many times larger than that of Kasugayama Castle. It can be seen that the Hojo family's originality in renovating Odawara Castle is definitely a unique talent in this era.

The city reserves tens of thousands of food rations for two years, and abundant water resources are second to none. The main reason is that this Hirayama city is just on the west side of Sagami Bay, and the actual distance from the seaside will not exceed 200 meters visually. There is a pier by the sea and a small port town that can provide the necessary support for the Hojo family.

This also means that if you want to surround Odawara Castle, you must seal all the openings outside the city, otherwise the Hojo family can rely on the support of external forces to transport a steady stream of food, medicine, and anything else you need. If you want to seal Odawara Castle, there is no army that is several times that, it will never be able to seal it.

After comprehensive consideration, Terutora Uesugi led an army of [-] troops and did not immediately blockade Odawara Castle. Instead, he set up a camp on the west bank of the Jiugao River on the Ashigara Plain, and dispatched [-] troops to attack Kakizaki Keie and Saito Chaoxin. , Ota Zizheng respectively led a four-point attack to wipe out the Hojo genealogy generations in the middle school.

The peasants of Sagami country were scared to death by the vicious Kira army. The people from all over the country saw the large-scale invasion and surprise attack of the Kira army as soon as the grain was harvested and dried before being sent to the barn. Seeing that the Lang party gathered strong men to fight against the Kira army, but how could these Chinese people who had escaped from the command of the Hojo army and harvested grain in the countryside be the opponents of the Kira army? , causing many unilateral massacres.

Eliminating the Resistance Army basically completes the deterrence task assigned by Terutora Uesugi, and the next step is to show a "civilized division". The envoys of the Kira Army act as subservants to go to various villages to do persuasion work, and cooperate with the Kira Army to ensure their money and food. There is a lot of money, and it can also compensate for the economic losses caused by the war. The farmers of Sagami Country are a little bit moved. [

In the final analysis, this war is a war between lords. For the peasants at the bottom of society, which lord is in power is not important. The Kanto Minzhengjia” responded favorably, and the public four people six he created have greatly benefited the farmers, and the Kira family is still a public six people four, which seems so mean and unacceptable, but the Kira family is doing it in Echigo. The economic and agricultural miracles that came out made these farmers reluctant to part with them, and they were conflicted and did not know which one to choose.

Uesugi Uesugi, as the general general of the army, even if he is a surrogate writer, he can't change his basic nature as a general. He basically doesn't intervene in what strategy the public should implement for Sagami country. Ask, if the peasants of Sagami country hesitate to move forward with their heart-wrenching thoughts, it is a victory. As an invader, it would be too mean if it is not a victory. After all, the Hojo family has worked hard for more than 60 years in the Sagami country. The arrival of the Kira family was too sudden and the influence itself was so strong, the cohesion of the Sagami Hojo clan was not in vain.

This sweeping strategy worked quickly. The large and small cities on the Ashigara Plain were pulled out one by one. He didn't care about the mountain cities on the Ashigara Mountains and Hakone Mountains. Those mountain cities were hidden on the top of the mountains as purely military. The function is to serve as the defense for the purpose of homeland defense, blocking the attack from the direction of Izu and Suruga. It is basically useless for the war in Sagami. Instead of spending time and effort to fight these mountain cities that are on high alert, it is better to try to control Sagami as much as possible. The Ashigara Plains within the country are more realistic. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)

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