different warring states of japan

Chapter 1715 Towards a Unified Kanto

Satake Yoshishige is a talent, and Yoshihiro felt that it should not be wasted. He re-elected the northern part of Yuzhou for Satake Yoshige, and asked her to be a helper for Tozawa Shengan.

After sleeping with Yiyin, Toze Shengan returned to Xianbei County in the northern part of Yuzhou in high spirits, ready to strike at the city and complete the agreement with Yiyin.

Yoshihiro valued Tozawa Shengan's ability, but the geographical location of Tozawa's house was a bit awkward.

Dewa Country Senbei County, where the Tozawa family is located, is a passage between the northern Ou and Yu countries.

The terrain in the northern part of Ou is similar to the Koshin Mountains, and it is also mountainous. The core of the samurai battles is the very few seaside plains and mountain basins between the mountains.

Plains and basins represent cultivated land, which is especially valuable in the cold Ou region.

The Ou area is vast, divided into Dewa country and Mutsu country, also known as Yuzhou Oshu, with a vast area and continuous mountains.

Of the 66 countries in the world, about one-fifth of the land is in the Ou region, but because the northern permafrost is difficult to develop, the stone height is only about 260 million stone.

A series of basins and the Sendai Plain in the south of Ou occupy most of the cultivated land in the Ou area. The northern part of Ou is even more bitter and cold, and the largest samurai daimyo Nanbu family is only 15 shi.

Therefore, Yoshigin shouted 40 shi to Satake Yoshishige, which is an imaginary number. The entire northern part of Yuzhou may not have 40 shi. This is just a family threshold.

But Yoshishige Satake had to pay attention to it. The land may be empty, but the name has other uses.

The sage personally promised 40 shi, even if the Satake family's real collar in the northern part of Yuzhou is not 40 in the future, all the samurai must still treat the Satake family with 40 shi.

Territory is territory, etiquette is etiquette, changing 40 shi to 40 shi, keeping the family status intact is the best result Yoshishige Satake can get now.

Leaving aside Yoshishige Satake for the time being, let's talk about Shengan Tozawa's plight first.

The Kitakami Basin in Oshu and the Yokote Basin in Hashu are separated by the Mahiru Mountains.

There is a lake in the northern mountainous area of ​​the Mahiru Mountains, named Tianzawa Lake. The terrain of this generation is gentle, so it has become the communication channel between the northern parts of Ou and Yuzhou.

The Tozawa family's Dewa country Senbei County is located in the area of ​​Lake Amazawa in the north of the Yokote Basin. It has great strategic value and can be said to be an important bridge guarding the communication between the northern part of Ou and Ou.

Toze Shengan faced many troubles.

Xianbei County is inland and there is no port, so the tacit agreement reached between Yiyin and Tozawa Shengan is that Toze Shengan will open up the city first, and Yiyin will recognize the strength of the Tozawa family and support it.

And only by winning Minato Castle, the Tozawa family can be connected to the shipping line of the Hokuriku Road trade route, and can receive the economic support of the Shiba family from the sea.

Tozawa Shengan needs to send troops from the Yokote Basin, attack westward along the Omono River, open up the Akita Plain, and arrive at Minato Castle by the sea.

The Anto clan controlling Minato Castle is the strongest samurai daimyo in the northern part of Yushu, echoing the Nanbu clan in the northern part of Oshu.

Toze Sheng'an is caught between the two major forces, and life is not easy.

The Nanfang family coveted Xianbei County, and tried several times to get through the Kitakami Basin in the north of Oshu to the Yokote Basin in the north of Yushu. This is the hidden danger behind Tozawa Shengan.

And the Andong family is the life and death enemy of Toze Shengan.

The Ando family once split, and was later integrated by a generation of British lords. It is composed of Minato Ando in the Akita Plain and Hiyama Ando in the Noshiro Plain.

The revival of the Tozawa family is the process in which Tozawa Shengan continued to defeat the Andong family's Deba Big Dipper's strategy and maintain the independence of the Senboku region.

The Minato Castle that Tozawa Shengan wants to take now belongs to Minato Ando's lineage, and it is actually Tsuchizaki Minato Castle.

Anton's family is a big man in the northern part of Yuzhou.

Hiyama Ando established Noshiro Minato at the mouth of the Yoneshiro River on the Noshiro Plain in the north.

Minato Ando established Tsuchizaki Minato at the mouth of the Omonogawa River in the autumn plain in the south.

In the territory run by the Anton family, agricultural products such as Akita cedar, Ajin gold mine, and rice and beans will flow down the river and gather at the port season by water and sea.

Tsuchizaki Minato is the largest port in the northern part of Yushu. The goods departing from here will go to Kinki trade, earning a lot of money for the Ando family.

Tsuchizaki Minato Castle is the core foreign trade base of the Anton family. Toze Shengan wants to win here, and the Andong family must fight her desperately.

In the southern part of Xianbei County, Yuli County and Xiongsheng County are not at peace.

The samurai beliefs in Yuri County are a bit like the mountain beliefs in the Koshin Mountains worshiped by the Nobushige Sanada family.

Mount Chokai in Yuli County has a unique local belief in the Tathagata Medicine Master. The ancestors of the local samurai cast statues of twelve gods and generals to protect the Tathagata Medicine Master.

Yuri County is by the sea, and the locals can see Mt. Chokai when they look up. The close connection between Yakushi Tathagata and the Twelve Divine Generals extends the concept of the Twelve Heads of Yuri, representing the local samurai group.

And the Onodera family in Katsuo County is a powerful name spanning the three counties of Xianbei in an attempt to unify the Xianyou area, that is, the Yokote Basin.

Mount Chokai lies between Shonai and Yuri, and has already won the top family in the Shonai area. Its soldiers have crossed Mount Chokai and entered Yuri County and Yuri County.

The samurai families of the two counties are currently busy coping with the pressure of the top family, and they will not cause trouble for Toze Sheng'an for the time being, but in the future, no matter who has the upper hand, they will come to trouble Toze Sheng'an.

Who let the Huze family occupy the main traffic route in the north, no matter from east to west, or from south to north, the Huze family in Xianbei County is the stone blocking the way in the eyes of others and must be kicked away.

And behind the Mogami family, Honjo Shigeru under the command of Yamanaka Yukimori is coveting the Shonai area of ​​the Mogami family.

Sakata Minato in the Shonai area is a maritime commercial and trade network connected to Tsuchizaki Minato. Even if Tozawa Shengan wins Minato Castle and opens Tsuchizaki Minato, the relationship between friends and enemies in the Shonai area must be considered.

Yoshihiro is willing to tilt the Shiba family's trade network to Tozawa Shengan and help her transfuse blood, but she also has to manage the local power by herself, so that she can't be caught by someone's neck and rely on others.

The situation in the northern part of Yuzhou is so complicated, which makes Yiyin, who has learned the relevant information, can't help but sigh.

It's really not easy for Toze Sheng'an. Under such a difficult situation, she can still rely on her own strength to revive the family business. She is indeed a fierce woman.

Just because he understood the situation in the northern part of Yuzhou and further confirmed Tozawa Shengan's personal ability, Yoshigin thought of asking Satake Yoshishige to help him.

Satake's family couldn't stay in Kanbashu anymore. Satake Yoshishige violated the interests of too many people, so he had to change his place to start his family business.

Yi Yin changed Yi Zuozhu's house to the northern part of Yuzhou, which is the same as the Western Zhou Dynasty's feudalism when he pointed out a place for the nobles on the map.

Feudalists, feudal soil and statehood, take your men and weapons, and go to fight that place, it is your territory.

Yoshigin had said to Satake Yoshishige before that the Kanto Servant's crimes against the Orientals can be discussed slowly, and the Kanto Servant's counterpart assistance work should be done first.

Sooner or later, the Satake family will get out of Hitachi and go to the northern part of Yuzhou.

But as long as there is a few years, let Satake Yoshishige prepare food and grass, ascertain information, and lead the core retainers and leaders to the north to open up, the probability of success will be very high.

Yoshigin's idea is to relocate Satake Yoshito to Yuri County and Xiongsheng County, and become the southern barrier of Tozawa Sheng'an.

Then use the Satake family's status as the same clan as the Nanfang family to pull Tozawa Shengan diplomatically and stabilize the Nanfang family.

After all, Tozawa Shengan's actions in the northern part of Yuzhou were inspired by the saint. As long as Satake Yoshishige is willing to do his best, the Nanfang family may not be willing to offend the saint Yoshiyin.

As long as Tozawa Shengan can take Tsuchizaki Minato and suppress the Ando family, and Satake Yoshishige can gain a firm foothold in the local area, the situation in the Ou area will be very different.

The Tozawa family and the Satake family are in the north, but what about the south?Yamanaka Yukimori's Kaji Ketsuna is encroaching on the Aizu area, and Honjo Shigeru is coveting the Shonai area.

The sphere of influence of the Mogami family and the Date family is gradually shrinking, and Yoshigin's influence in the Ou area is gradually expanding.

In the farming era, the permafrost in the north was difficult to develop. Yiyin didn't have much interest in Ou's land, but he had to make the samurai in Ou region bow their heads to him.

Today's Kanto land is falling into Yiyin's control.

The neighboring countries along the Hokuriku Road have always been close to Yoshigin because of the existence of the Hokuriku Road trade route.

Tōkaidō is about to reopen trade routes, and the influence of the Shiba family will increase rapidly.

Located in the Koshin Mountains in the center of the mountain range on Honshu Island, the Takeda family has completely turned to the Shiba family.

The integration of Guan Yashu is also in progress. Although there are many troubles, the future is bright.

Now, even in the farthest Ou region, Yiyin has begun to spare no effort to deploy.

The Kanto samurai family has entered a new era where they don't know the generals of the Ashikaga family, but only know about Shiba sages. The entire Kanto is adapting to the new system of the Shiba family step by step.

When everything is on the right track, Kanto will truly become Yiyin's rear area and his greatest confidence to unify the world.

(End of this chapter)