Chapter 1069
After Chiba Yinfu and Oyama Takao left separately, Uesugi Masato stayed in Kamakura Yamauchi (the birthplace of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi) for a few more days because the next candidate for the Fukugawa Kōka was caught in controversy.
It turned out that although the Odawara Castle was unable to capture, the Kanto Alliance Army had little problem in capturing a castle like the Kokawa Imperial Sect. Subsequently, the Hojo family's puppet, "Kasai Temple", Yoshiki Ashikaga, was expelled.
However, Masato Uesugi and Echigo were very clear that the Kokawa Kung-kung could not be abolished because it still needed to rely on the Kokawa Kung-kung to maintain the hearts of the people of Kanto, especially the people of Takaru, Mr. Fang and Shimono.
However, the storm happened in Yamauchi's house because of this problem. Uesugi Masato's candidate was a court official named Kan Bai Koemi. This nobleman who was born in the Guan Fujiwara family was quite a bit of a heroic man. He became a brother of Uesugi Masato. Her sister Jueji and Uesugi Masato had an inexplicable fate (Uesugi Masato has three women who have had a deep influence on her in his life. The first is his sister Aya Omaemi. Aya Omaemi not only married Nagao Masato to stabilize his younger brother's family business, but also gave his second son Uesugi Keikaku to his younger brother as his heir; the second woman is Isehi, this woman is the daughter of Chiba Caiwo, the lord of Uesugi Hirai Castle. She was sent to Uesugi's family as a hostage and was sent to Uesugi Masato with Uesugi Masato as his heir. The second woman is Isehi. This woman is the daughter of Chiba Caiwo, the lord of Uesugi Hirai Castle. She was sent to Uesugi's house as a hostage and was sent to Uesugi Masato with Uesugi Masato. They fell in love at first sight, but later they forced the relationship between the Uesugi and Chiba families to break down. The desperate Iseki shaved his hair and became a monk and lived in seclusion. The third woman was Jueki, the daughter of Koemi's family and Koemi's sister. Uesugi Masato had already agreed to a marriage with him. Unfortunately, Uesugi Masato originally wanted to go to Kyoto to marry after Kandong was on the battlefield. But Jueki died of illness. At this time, Uesugi Masato didn't know that he would be separated from his loved one forever. It was probably because he had encountered two tragic loves in a row that he would never mention marrying a wife from now on). As for Koemi's son himself, he left Kyoto directly and came to Kanto, where he was murderous, to support the place for his brother Uesugi Masato.
However, although Komyeon was a Kanshiro, few people in Kanto would buy his face. The official official Haruka Haruka was promoted by Ashikara Fujimasara (the brother of Ashikara Yoshiki and the son of Kusuke Takato); while the selected by Hidetsutsuka Koyama (the son of Takato Koyama) was abolition by the Hojo family (this son of Kusuke Takato, who was also the son of Kusuke Takato, who was abolished by the Hojo family (this son of Kusuke Takato, is bigger than that of Masato and Yoshiki). The group of people had their own thoughts, and the Kanto generals stood in the side and made noise in the Yamanuchi Pavilion.
In this way, time and food gradually disappeared in the noise day and night. At this time, Kanto was originally suffering from disaster. Now the expedition against Odawara has made the territorial economy of the lords even worse. After the end of April, Satake, Odawa and Utsunomiya also left one after another. The Hojo family was not only Odawara, but other important castles such as Kawagoe, Yusuo, Takiyama, were also preserved under the offensive of the Kanto Alliance, and the Hojo family was not damaged by the bones.
On the other hand, while the Hojo family was preparing to counterattack, Takeda Shingen from Kafari took the opportunity to start a major campaign against the Kita Shinno area, which made Uesugi Masato unable to sleep or eat. Just as Echigo's army was in full swing and stranded at Odawara Castle, Takeda Shingen's Kita Shingen's offensive took advantage of the situation to speed up. In May, Takeda's army captured the isolated and helpless Seoge City, and Houhai Tsushi Castle was also completed with the efforts of the Takeda family.
After learning that the fall of the Seiyu Castle, Masato Uesugi could no longer sit still. He had to end the war in Kanto and return to the Kitashino area to break up with the Takeda family.
Why can't Uesugi Masato sit still? Because, if the completion of Hitsu Castle means that the Takeda family's domination over Kitashino is established, then the fall of the Choshu Castle means that the Takeda family's dagger can pierce into Uesugi's heart at any time!
The Seigao Castle is located in Mizunai County, with a height of nearly 800 meters. It is Iyama to the east, Toyota to the west, Kashiwara to the south, and Sanshui to the north. As long as you cross a lake called Nojiri, you will be within the territory of Echigo Kingdom.
In the past, the Uesugi family could use Iiyama Castle as the gateway to block the invasion of the Takeda family, but now the Takeda army can also line up to enter the base of Masato Uesugi. Now, if you hope to take Takeda Shingen's passive and inaction, it would be an extremely stupid idea. The change of hand in the Satogo City proves clearly that Takeda Shingen's goal is not only the Shinno area, but also the Echigo country, because the Echigo country has a rich sea, white gold-salt, a monopoly of the country's green rhubarb production, flat streets, rivers and fertile land. Is this not enough to take Takeda Shingen in the mountains? What's more, Takeda Shingen is a greedy daimyo.
Takeda Shingen is indeed a man who will do it when he thought about it. In May of the fourth year of Ekiro, under the temptation of Keshu Jin, the Honan Temple in Ekimachi, the disciples of Pure Land Monastery tore up the previous non-war agreement with Uesugi Masato, and Uesugi Masato's "Serene Backyard" no longer exists. In addition, in the rear of the Uesugi army, Uesugi Asahi Naota from Masayama Castle in Musashi Kingdom, he also accepted bribes from Takeda Shingen and Hojo Imakawa and raised his flag to rebel. What's even more terrible is that after receiving support from the Takeda family and the Suruga Imakawa family, the Hojo family also pursued the turtle shell Odawara Castle.
This is very fatal. First of all, the Ueda Asahi Nao has always known as the "retreat crusher". When he turned against the enemy for the first time, Tai-Ta Shimasato had no way to retreat, he had to surrender to the Hojo family. This time he turned against the enemy for the second time, and he was familiar with the road and had greater ambitions, and he wanted to cut off the retreat of the new Kanto governor. The pursuers of the Hojo family, Takeda family, and Isugua Imakawa family also caused great headaches for Uesugi Masato.
At this time, Masato Uesugi had already failed. He had no choice but to keep Ashikagi Teng. Konomi (this brave enough) stayed in the Fukukawa Imperial Office. He led the Echizen Army to slowly retreat towards Ueno Country since May, and captured Matsuyama Castle along the way. The "retreat crusher" Ueda Asahi Nao was "shattered" and fled. In June, Masato Uesugi returned to Sashibashi Castle safely, and the Kanto Alliance Army was actually disbanded, and the Kanto Expedition that lasted for more than a year was declared over.
Although Masato Uesugi's Kanto expedition was a long time, it was declared a failure in the last ten days after the real attack on Odawara Castle. The direct reason was the strength of Odawara Castle. But the deeper reason was that the reason why Masato Uesugi was able to penetrate the territory of the Hojo family was because he had won many famous names in Kanto and the followers of the rich clan, but "Xiao He was successful and defeated Xiao He" was precisely because of the unprincipled tense of the Kanto people and the lack of control over Uesugi Masato Uesugi Masato's dream was ultimately destroyed.
After all, although Uesugi Masato was the leader of the Kanto government and the title of shogunate vocational position was indeed quite appealing, the Warring States Period was already an era of shattering authority. The situation of the Kanto Datuk was full of daimyo names. The Hojo family and the foreign household "Shin Echigo Uesugi" were just a relatively powerful link. However, Satake, Ritsuki, Utsunomiya, was not weak, and even the flag heads of Nagano, Nasu, and Koyama, were all separatist. How could these forces be integrated and unified?
Of course, from a tactical perspective, Uesugi Masato, who conquered the city and once enfeoffed the Hojo clan in Odawara Castle, was undoubtedly the winner. But from a strategic perspective, most of the cities guarded by the most important tribes of the Hojo family have not fallen, and their direct strength has not been greatly damaged.
Because of this, after Masato Uesugi retreated to Echigo, the Hojo family immediately launched a large-scale counterattack. The fence-bearing grasses from Musashi and Ueno countries were re-listed in "Odahara Issuejue": The Sakai family, the Taida family, the Ueda family, the Takagi family and other wealthy families surrendered, but the Mida family, who refused to turn against him, was directly defeated by the Hojo family.
So, the Hojo family's sphere of influence bounced back like a spring, Musashi, Ueno, and Fang Zongguo became a place of power to tug-of-war (later the Takeda family came to intervene again). However, this also had unexpected effects: Later in history, these people who fell back and forth, Uesugi Masato rushed over and killed a group, Hojo Shingen bounced back and slaughtered a group, Takeda Shingen inserted it and destroyed another group, and it was dying again and again.
In history, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi Odahara was conquered, most of the Kanto countries either disappeared or became officials and retainers of the Hojo family. Later, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was transferred to this place, used the same gentle means of treating the remaining ministers of Takeda, to easily accept these people under their own tent. This was the so-called "80,000 Flag Group of the Tokugawa Shogunate" and became the most fundamental capital for Tokugawa Ieyasu to seek the world.
In this way, after Masato Uesugi returned to Echigo and began to spend his energy to deal with the betrayers, and the Hojo family also began to counterattack in a full-scale manner, the region from Echigo to Kanto seemed very lively.
The time lasted until August of the fourth year of Echonro. The sun shone brightly in autumn. In the city of Kasugiri, Masato Uesugi, after making a wish to win with Visakh Montenegro, walked out of the hall and issued an order to march into Kita Shinono to the 18,000 soldiers of the Ekigo. After solving the internal problems, Masato Uesugi was ready to retaliate against Katsuki Katsu.
So, Echizen's army opened its flags and sang loudly, and rushed south along the Hiroku Street. On August 15, the Echizen's army arrived at the Seongkoji Temple. Uesugi Masato, who was furious, ordered the Buddha statues and temple treasures to be cleaned up in order to retaliate against the previous betrayal of Seongkoji Temple and transported them all back to Echizen, aiming to destroy the previous ambition of Takeda Shingen to use Seongkoji Temple to strengthen the dominance of Shinno area in religion. Then, Uesugi Masato let 5,000 troops be stationed in Seongkoji Temple to guard the baggage, and be responsible for the smooth flow of the retreat route of his army. He led the remaining 13,000 main forces to cross Xichuan and Chiquchuan, and aimed directly to Haijin Castle.
Chapter completed!