different warring states of japan

Chapter 1675 Enemies doing their own thing

Yoshigin's letter caused huge waves in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River. In just five days, the lower reaches of the Edo River had already been mobilized.

But he himself didn't know this. After leaving Guhe City, he went south to Guansu City.

Guhe City is in the north and Guansu City is in the south, forming the north and south cities of Guhe.

Kansu Castle is the old nest of Harusuke Kuda, the foundation of which the Kuda family built the city a hundred years ago and has been continuously strengthening it.

This castle is located at the dam where the Tone River and the Edo River diverge, and it can be said to be a strategic location in the uppermost reaches of the Edo River.

With the cooperation of Harusuke Yoshida, Yoshihiro led more than 20 Concentric Congregations, successfully obtained supplies in Guansu City, and continued southward along the east bank of the Tone River.

The cavalry moved quickly, and Furukawa Castle and Sekisu Castle were quickly left behind, but Satake Yoshishige's Monoken and Vanguard were still a step behind and failed to catch Yoshiyin's movements.

Before the northern army of the Eastern People occupied Oda Castle, bypassed Yuki Castle, and surrounded the Furukawa Territory, Yiyin had successfully escaped from the encirclement.

What Satake Yoshishige was most worried about was that Yoshigin would leave from the middle reaches of the Tone River, so he sent more things to the west.

The Dongfang people on the northern line acted quickly. Yoshishige Satake blocked the external communication in five days, and trapped Furukawa City in seven days.

But she didn't expect that Yiyin would not retreat but advance, and would choose to go downstream to Taicheng, the national capital, to face the southern army of the East.

Yoshishige Satake thought he had trapped Yoshigin in Furukawa, and planned to besiege and intimidate Yoshiji Ashikaga and Harusuke Koda, forcing them to hand over Yoshigetsu.

And Harusuke Yoshida, who was guaranteed by Yoshinobu, simply replayed with Satake Yoshige at ease, counting the days with his fingers, to see if he can delay Satake Yoshige for a few more days.

At this moment, Yoshihiro had arrived at Edogawadai, and dispatched envoys to the west bank of Edogawa to inspect the situation of the mobilized rebel army.

In the woods by the river, Yiyin sitting on the horsesaw looked at the map spread out on the ground and thought.

"Saint, drink some water and eat something."

Yiyin nodded, looked at the sun at three poles above the sun, drank the water in the bowl in one gulp, and ate the rice balls, tasteless like chewing wax.

Under his seemingly calm appearance, he was actually very nervous.

The cavalry had arrived at Edokawadai for three days, and to the south was Xiaojincheng. After passing Xiaojincheng and going south, it was Guofutaicheng.

Previously, the Hojo family and the Satomi family had fought in Taijo, the national capital. It was because of Uesugi Kenshin's going south that the confrontation between the two sides was broken and a peace agreement was temporarily reached.

Both Xiaojincheng and Taicheng, the national capital, were handed over to the Gaocheng family, the important ministers of the Chiba family, to take care of them, and they were actually treated as buffer zones.

Yiyin actually took a big risk when he went south this time.

The direct descendants of the Shiba family, Katsutoshi Shima, Yukimori Yamanaka, and Nobushige Sanada are all far away from here. The Uesugi, Takeda, Hojo and other daimyo territories where he slept are also on the outskirts, with different distances.

There are two uncertainties in Yiyin's heart at this moment.

First, Yoshihiro is not sure what role the Takashiro family of the Chiba family played in this rebellion by the Eastern crowd, and whether they were accomplices, can they be believed?
He now has only twenty Ji warriors in his hands, and if he directly enters the territory to be dealt with, will he startle the snake and make the sheep fall into the tiger's mouth?

Therefore, he needs to wait for the exact information hidden by Fog Shadow before continuing south.

Second, Yiyin wasn't sure what effect his own handwritten pledge letters could achieve.

Since three years ago, with the help of Monk Youliang Miaoyin, Yiyin has personally inspected more than [-] villages in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, established the Samurai Giri Promotion Association, and started charity work.

Since then, the good days of the samurai family in the middle and lower reaches of Tone River have come.

As the first batch of Kanto samurai to enjoy the grace of Giganza and benefit from the charitable actions of the Samurai Giri Promotion Association.

The samurai family in the middle and lower reaches of Tonegawa should be the local grassroots forces that support him the most outside of Yoshiyin's actual control on the land of Kanto.

Yoshigin's call to them is a continuation of the samurai contract of the Hachiman Tainiang Genyoshi family 500 years ago, the first general Minamoto Yoritomo 400 years ago, and the Ashikaga Takashi 200 years ago.

Genji gave benefits, and Ji Wushi came to work for his life. This is the righteousness engraved in the bones of the Kanto Wu family, and it is an indelible righteousness.

The Samurai Giri Promotion Association raised funds and loans in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, repaired water conservancy, diverted traffic, and even helped the local samurai sons to study abroad, giving enough benefits.

It's been three years, even a pack of wild dogs should be cooked by now.

As the elder of the Genji family, Yiyin holds the imperial white flag of Mrs. Hachiman. From the perspective of the conservative Guanbazhou samurai family, it is a continuation of the contract of honor and reward between Hanoi Genji's descendants and the Guanbashu samurai family.

That's why Yiyin has the confidence to send out his own letter of pledge.

Just like Minamoto Yoritomo and Ashikaga Takashi called the samurai to fight for him, Yoshigin also asked the samurai in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River.

The Kanto samurai family bowed down in front of Hachimana Genji's family and swore to be loyal to Hanoi Minamoto's descendants from generation to generation.

If this way of feeding can't feed the group of wild dogs who have lost their owners, and turn them into domestic dogs again, then Yiyin will be very, very disappointed.

Looking at the map on the ground, continue to go south along the east bank of the Edogawa River. After passing the Koganejo Castle, you will find Sagamidai, Nagasaku, and Kofudai Castle.

In the Guofutai area, Yiyin is going to gather the rebels who came to help the battle here, and then go east to fight against the people in the east on the southern line.

Whether this goal can be achieved depends on whether the Chiba family and Takashiro family know each other well, and it also depends on whether the samurai families in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River have the heart of righteousness of the samurai family.

Yiyin was eating and thinking about something, at this moment a person approached quickly from the outside of the forest, and it was the shadow of the mist who was hiding.

He put down the rice ball, wiped his mouth, and said to Wuying Saizo who was saluting.

"What's going on outside?"

Wuying said in a deep voice.

"Sage, Furukawa Castle on the northern line has been surrounded by Satake Yoshishige, and the ninjas in my hands are still trying to infiltrate, and there is no news for the time being.

On the southern line, I sent a large number of people there, and I have already received feedback.

This time, the eastern allied forces on the Boso Peninsula were indeed led by the Satomi family, but the general of the coalition forces was not the Satomi family governor, but the young master. "

Yiyin's eyes flashed.

"You mean Rijian Yoshihiro didn't come, but her daughter Rijian Yoshihiro?"

"Hi, Saint Wise."

"You keep talking."

"This time, the Satomi family gathered people and horses, set off from Kururi City, gathered in Xiaobow City with the Eastern families on the southern line, and raided Chiba City.

Chiba's family was caught off guard, and the governor abandoned the city and fled to Taicheng, the national capital. Li saw that Yoshihiro was chasing him, and he had already killed him under Taicheng, the national capital.

At this moment, the Dongfang people on the southern line have besieged Taicheng, the national capital, and blocked the two families of the Chiba family and the Takashiro family in the city.

The little Jincheng in front of us is already in chaos, and the remaining retainers of the Gaocheng family are arguing over whether to send troops to support the main family. "

Yiyin was so excited that he stood up from the saddle and asked anxiously.

"The Takashiro family of the Chiba family was raided by Yoshihiro Satomi? Are you sure the news is correct?"

Only then did Wu Ying hide and kowtow to the ground.

"The saint's daughter's body is going south, how dare I lie in front of you with uncertain news?

It is true that the two family governors of Chiba Gaocheng were trapped in Taicheng, the national capital, and now their territory is in chaos.

But I can't figure out one thing, why didn't the Eastern crowd on the southern line go north quickly and join the Eastern crowd on the northern line in Ancient River City?

They besieged Taicheng, the capital of the country, on the southern line and delayed the time to go north. What is their intention? "

Yiyin sneered.

"What's the intention? It's just greedy for profit.

Taicheng, the national capital, was indeed not on the route going north. If Yoshihiro Satomi wanted to go north to join Yoshishige Satake, he naturally didn't need to besiege Taicheng, the national capital, and the Chiba family didn't have the guts to stop it.

Satomi Yoshihiro didn't take the time to go north, but attacked the city in the southern part of Xiazong Kingdom.No matter what she did was to make her own opinion, or to get Satomi Yoshiyao's instruction, it was a great opportunity for me. "

When Yiyin went south to attack, the most worrying thing was that the Eastern Crowd had close internal cooperation, and the north and the south echoed, and he was likely to be attacked from both sides.

But judging from Satomi Yoshihiro's performance, the Eastern crowd on the southern line did not intend to rush north at all, but instead grabbed territory in the southern part of Shimosong.

You know, in order to quickly encircle Furukawa Castle, Satake Yoshishige on the northern line even bypassed Yuki Castle blocking the front and went directly to the foot of Furukawa Castle.

If Satomi Yoshihiro on the southern line moved fast enough, she should have gone north directly after taking Chiba Castle in a surprise attack, instead of besieging Taicheng, the national capital.

Although Tai Castle, the national capital, is the core town in the southern part of Shimosō Kingdom, it is located along the Edogawa River. It is a bridgehead facing Edo Castle far away and monitoring the direction of Musashi Kingdom.

If Yoshihiro Satomi wanted to go north, Taicheng, the national capital, would not hinder her at all, so why bother?
Yoshigin went south along the east bank of the Edogawa River in order to receive rebels from the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River from the west bank of the Edogawa River. Unexpectedly, he happened to bump into Satomi Yoshihiro who beat up the Takashiro family of the Chiba family.

The Southern Front Eastern Crowd headed by Satomi, they did not help Satake Yoshishige, but instead attacked the important town in the southern part of Shimoso.

Yiyin was also relieved because of this, and for the time being, he didn't have to worry that the people in the east from the north and the south would unite and cooperate, using a pincer attack from the north and the south to turn his aggressive attack into a mess.

Yiyin patted Wuying Caizang on the shoulder and said.

"Well done, continue to maintain a close investigation, I need more information.

Not only Yoshihiro Satomi of the southern line, but also Yoshishige Satake of the northern line in Furukawa Castle must be found out as soon as possible, let's go. "

"Hi!"

Wuying just hid, turned around and left without delay.

Yiyin looked at her back and nodded appreciatively. In only seven days, Wuying summoned his followers and launched an effective intelligence network at the front of Yiyin. He is indeed a capable guy.

As soon as Wuying Caizang left, Gamo Clan came in with a person, it was Guitou Youya, one of the leaders of the Blue Clothes Clan.

When Guitou Youya saw Yiyin here, she was very excited and kowtowed to the ground to pay her respects.

Yiyin grabbed her and asked with a smile.

"Don't be too polite, why are you here?"

Ghost head Yuya bowed solemnly.

"The sage summoned us to fight righteously, how dare we neglect.

Several counties in the east Musashi region on the lower reaches of the Tone River are mobilizing, and some troops have already stationed around Takasago Village, ready to cross the river to join the battle at any time.

Mikami Hime is coordinating with the village leaders about crossing the river, and asked me to bring a few capable men to cross the river first, looking for traces of you, the saint.

I am waiting for the horses and horses to fight hard, and I am waiting for the battle. Now I just wait for your order, the sage. "

Yiyin nodded and said good, and asked Yuya, the ghost head, to squat in front of the map, looking for the location of Gaosha Village.

"How many people have been mobilized in the land of Dongmuzang? Are your food, grass and military equipment sufficient?"

Onitou Yua drew a circle around Yotsuki Takasago and said.

"The Great Review has made a decision, and all the united forces mobilized to help. The Kanto Service Office and the Wu Family Giri Promotion Association opened up all the warehouses along the way to supply the rebels with unlimited supplies.

Simim Village has become our logistics depot, and a large amount of supplies are constantly being transported and assembled.

The land of Dongwuzang is full of manpower and many villages. The combined forces of several counties have already mobilized nearly 5000 people, and within ten days at the latest, another [-] people can be mobilized.

In addition, Jinshan Castle Yura, Ashikaga Castle Nagao, and Shinobi Castle Narita in the middle reaches are also mobilizing. The local samurai family headed by Yuliang is said to have 5000 people on the road. "

Yiyin pointed at the map and thought, nodded.

"good very good!
Let the rebels assembled in Takasago Village move northward, looking for a ferry to cross the river, assemble as close to Sagami Terrace as possible, and stay away from Nagasaku in the south. Nagasaku is too close to Kofudai, and it is easy to scare the snake.

I immediately sent someone to contact the defenders of the Gaocheng family in Xiaojincheng and let them let go of the border guards. I will personally lead the troops south to rescue the trapped Guofu Taicheng, and rescue their family governor and master family.

Let the rebels from all walks of life in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River cross the river in a low-key manner on the Edogawadai, Xiaojincheng, and Sagamidai lines, and try not to disturb the enemy troops in the Kofudai area first, and move closer to me.

What about Edo Castle?Do you understand the situation over there? "

After crossing the river in Taicheng, the national capital, there is the leader of Edo. The lord of Edo, Yasuko Ota, was slaughtered by the Hojo clan just now. Yoshihiro worried that the people there would be confused and would be used by the enemy.

Ghost head Yuya said.

"When the East Musashi region was mobilized, Master Daidaiji Shengchang of Kagoe Castle had already brought some Kagoe Castle defenders along the Arakawa River and entered Edo Castle.

But our side has no direct connection with Edo Castle, so we don't know what the Hojo family is doing now. "

Yiyin nodded, feeling much more at ease.

The Hojo Clan's administration went to Echigo's Royal Pavilion, and he quarreled with Uesugi Kenshin and the others at the Great Review, but the accumulation of the four generations of the Hojo family was not given in vain, and the response to unexpected situations was really quick.

Daodaoji Shengchang is a veteran of the fourth generation of the Hojo family, and also served as a non-permanent member of the Standing Council. She has served as the representative of Kawagoe Castle for a long time, and is responsible for guarding the core town of Musashi Kingdom.

The Bousou peninsula changed, and Daidaiji Shengshang took the initiative to fill in the loophole of Edo Castle. At least it could block Satomi Yoshihiro's troops on the west bank of the Edogawa River and prevent the chaos from spreading to Musashi.

Yiyin made a few gestures on the map, and his confidence increased greatly.

It seems that he is still very popular. Seeing that he was in danger, the women in the Guandong Waiting Office were so frightened that they mobilized quickly, and they didn't dare to make noise anymore.

The grassroots samurai in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River were able to mobilize within five days without any supervision, and produce more than 1 horsemen within ten days, which is indeed their best effort.

As for the opponents in the East, Satake Yoshishige and Satomi Yoshihiro, as the generals of the northern and southern fronts, went their own way and did not cooperate at all.

Yoshihiro is very confident now. He wants to lead the temporarily assembled rebels to quickly defeat Satomi Yoshihiro, who is also a mob, under the Kofutai Castle, and give Satake Yoshishige a big surprise.

(End of this chapter)