different warring states of japan

Chapter 1604 The reason why you must return to Kanto

Although Yiyin is nearby, the news from the Kanto area is not blocked.

On the one hand, there are official documents from the executive council of the Kanto Chamber, and on the other hand, the head of the Kanto Secrecy Team, Saizo Kigashi, regularly sends information.

Coupled with the private channels of Shiba's retainers and the United Front all over the world, Yiyin's information sources are very comprehensive.

Yiyin hurried back to Kanto, and he couldn’t even wait for the Hokuriku Road to melt in the spring, because there was another dispute within the Kanto Office, and the core of the dispute was the next strategic direction and resource inclination.

After the Kwantung Allied Forces returned to Kwantung, Takeda Shingen entered the Kwantung Servant, setting off a wave of crusade against the unrighteous Eastern people in the Great Review.

The people from the East, who were dragging their feet in the Battle of Shiba Oda, were acquiesced by Yoshihiro as the spoils of war to appease the Kwantung Allied Forces, and became the next target of the Kwantung Servant.

On the other hand, the battle in Ou Land also fell into greater chaos because of the rapid end of the Battle of Shiba Oda.

Date Masamune, who wiped out the Osaki family, sent troops into the four counties of Aizu, trying in vain to take down this gateway to the Ou area before the battle of Shiba Oda was over.

Of course, Yoshishige Satake of the Hitachi Kingdom could not allow Date Masamune to annex Aizu smoothly, so he joined forces with the remnants of the Ashina family in Aizu to resist Date Masamune's conquest.

In addition, seeing that Date Masamune eliminated the Mogami family of the Osaki family, he was also anxious. He has been contacting the Kanto Office and asked the Kanto Office to come forward to crusade against the Date family who tore up the agreement and started the war without authorization.

Back then, Yoshigin gave face to the two relatives of the Osaki family and the Mogami family. With the support of Yukimori Yamanaka, Shigetsu led by Shigecho Honjo sent troops to beat the Date family hard.

Under pressure, Date Masamune reached a peace with the Osaki Mogami families under the supervision of the Kanto Office.

The Osaki family and the Mogami family thought they had nothing to worry about. In the Battle of Oda in Shiba, they dared to perfunctory Yoshihiro's call. They refused to do so by pretending not to send a single soldier.

Yiyin took the initiative to pull Tozawa Shengan, who came to express his loyalty from Ou, to bed, and supported the Tozawa family to the top, but he was no longer willing to believe in those Oyu Sibo relatives who were a family hundreds of years ago.

Mogami's request for help did not attract the attention of the Kanto Office at first, because at that time the Kanto Allied Forces were fighting with the Oda family in the Echizen country of Hokuriku Province, and there was no time to answer Ou's problems.

When the Kwantung Allied Forces returned and the Great Council decided to crusade against the Eastern People, the issue of Masamune Date tearing up the agreement in the Ou area and ignoring the majesty of the Kwantung Chamberlain was put on the agenda again.

At this time, the Ou area has become a mess.

Date Masamune did not expect the battle of Shiba Oda to end so soon, directly disrupted her plan, and fell into the panic of strategic failure.

On the other side, Satake Yoshishige was confronting Date Masamune in the four counties of Aizu, and was shocked when he heard that the Grand Council was planning to attack the Eastern People.

The Satake family of Hitachi Kingdom is one of the founders of the Dongfang Clan. Seeing that the Kanto Service Office is about to attack his family, and the family business is in danger of being overthrown, Yoshishige Satake has no intention of managing the four counties of Aizu.

Taking advantage of the truce in the winter heavy snow, the Satake family's army immediately returned to Hitachi, preparing for the crusade against the Kanto servants in the spring of next year.

The withdrawal of the Satake family directly stunned the remnants of the Ashina family in the four counties of Aizu. Without the assistance of the Satake family, the local samurai family would not be the opponent of the Date family.

As a last resort, they hurriedly sent someone to seek help from the Kanto Office, hoping to get asylum.

The crusade against the Eastern Crowd was Yiyin's compensation for the Kwantung Allied Forces for giving up land rewards, and it was a political transaction in which the West did not take the East's compensation.

But not everyone in the Guandong Servant is interested in the people from the East.

The Hojo Clan's political leader is the Boso Peninsula, and the primary target of the crusade is the Satomi family of the Anbo Kingdom. This is a continuation of the Hojo family's several cross-sea conquests.

Uesugi Kenshin's influence on Kanbashu is mainly concentrated in the Ueno country, holding the Sano collar, the gateway to the lower wild country.

What she wants is to expand the sphere of influence in both directions, the general and the field, and the Utsunomiya family in the field is her first target.

Takeda Shingen ran out from the Koshin Mountains to join in the fun, and was geographically distant. She chose the Hitachi country, and wanted Takeda Yoshinobu, the daughter of Yoshinobu, to replace the Satake family of the same clan as the guardian of Hitachi.

The goals of these three powerful vassal daimyos are very clear. They are the core forces of the three eastern groups, the Satomi family, the Utsunomiya family, and the Satake family.

In addition, important officials of Shiba like Katsutoshi Shima and powerful people like Shigeru Yurashige also hope to get a share of the military action against the Eastern people.

But apart from the Guanbazhou samurai family who were willing to participate in the crusade, the local samurai family far away in Echigo, especially the Xia Yuezhong, had no interest in crusade against the Eastern people, which was of no benefit to them.

The Xiayue people were brave and good at fighting. Since the Shinbata Rebellion, they were divided into two branches, one followed Uesugi Kenshin, and the other followed Yoshiyin.

Today, two letters of appeal for help from the Ou area were sent to the Kanto Office and fell into the hands of the deacon of the Kanto Office, Yamanaka Yukimori.

Yamanaka Yukimori himself is the leader of the Xia Yuezhong branch, so he is naturally very interested in it.

Crusade against the Eastern Crowd is to strengthen other people's forces. The territory is mainly prosperous in the mountains of Nakashikotsu, but they are very interested in the Ou area.

As the geographical dividing line between Shimoetsu and Chuetsu, the source of the Agano River comes from the four counties of Aizu.

Yangbeizhong, who once gave Uesugi Kenshin a headache, is also known as Aga Beizhong, which means the people of the north of the Agano River.

Therefore, it is very easy to go from Naka-Shimoetsu to the four counties of Aizu, just take the waterway upstream along the Agano River. This road is also an important commercial route in the Echigo Kingdom second only to the direction of Kan Yashu.

On the other side, Honjo Castle in the northernmost part of Shimoetsu, Honjo Shigetsu is also coveted for the further north Ou Shonai area.

This commercial route leading to the north is the lure and benefit given by Yiyin when he asked the village to submit to Yukino Yamanaka.

If Honjo Fancho can occupy the Shonai area further north, he can go deep into Ou and earn more through this trade route.

But the Shonai area is now controlled by the Mogami family, and because the Mogami family is Shiba's relatives, Shigenaga Honjo has never dared to do anything wrong.

Until the top family ignored Yiyin's call for righteousness and annoyed Yiyin, which made Benzhuang Fanchang look at new opportunities.

The two business routes, one big and one small, have related interests, making Xia Yuezhong eager to move.

On both sides of Uesugi Kenshin and Yamanaka Yukimori, there are members of the lower echelons who come to see and plead, hoping to intervene in the disputes in the Ou area and suppress Date Masamune.

For Uesugi Kenshin, she is obviously more interested in the fertile land of the two countries.

Yamanaka Yukimori won't get much benefit from the crusade against the Dongfang people, so he naturally supports the proposal of Yuezhong, and wants to go to the four counties of Aizu to make a fortune.

Originally, the Kanto Servant Office was full of hills, and there was no conflict between the crusade of the Eastern Crowd and Date Masamune's crusade, and everyone did their own thing.

But when you are away from home, the most important thing is money. Once money is involved, it will be troublesome.

Fighting a war is a very expensive thing. Both the Eastern Crowd and Date Masamune are not weak, and the conquest will definitely require the mobilization of a lot of money and food.

Inside the Guandong Servant Office, there is arguing about the distribution of logistics.

Daxiong Chaoxiu of the Enforcement Office and Dazang Changan of the Samurai Giri Promotion Association did not fight each other, and the two big men in charge of economics of the Kanto Office supported each other, and a quarrel suddenly broke out.

One letter after another was handed over to Yiyin's case, the public said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right, and no one would give in.

The conquest of the people in the east is the compensation for Yiyin to appease the Kwantung coalition forces.Masamune Date of the Ou area tore up the jump and was a provocation to Yoshigin.

As long as they are willing to go online, anyone can confidently say one, two, three, which has already affected the internal unity and the strategy for next year.

Whether it was the crusade against the Eastern Crowd, or Date Masamune's rebellion, it was all because of Yoshigin's call for righteousness and the initiative to provoke the Battle of Shiba Oda.

Therefore, Yiyin had to go to Kanto once, just to settle the aftermath of the Shiba Oda battle,
Coincidentally, Oda Nobunaga is gearing up for the next few days, and if he wants to attack Ichikomune, Yoshiyin also needs to avoid it, and simply go to Kanto to avoid the limelight, which can kill two birds with one stone.

Yoshiyin was thinking about his own thoughts and distracted his attention. In addition, there was not much left in his body. Oda Nobunaga worked hard for a long time, but he was so tired that he was sweating and couldn't do anything to Yoshiyin.

Having almost thought about his thoughts, seeing Oda Nobunaga's panting appearance, Yoshihiro, who was waiting for work, was happy to see Lie Xin.

Finally, the serf was able to stand up and sing, and won Oda Nobunaga once, making her beg for mercy.

(End of this chapter)