different warring states of japan

Chapter 897 The beginning of the confrontation

The southward strategy of Echigo's army revolved around Tonegawa.

The offensive from north to south will expand to the left and right banks along the Tone River as the supply line.The key city along the Tone River is the logistics station of the Echigo Army.

To the east of Ueno country is Shimono country, and to the south is Musashi country.The Tone River flows from north to south across the plain part of Ueno country, and then turns southeast in the south, becoming the actual dividing line of Ueno Musashi.

An important town along the Tone River.

Numata Castle is the starting point, and then passes through Stable Bridge Castle, an important town in the central part of Ueno, and Jinshan Castle and Tatebayashi Castle on the border between Ueno Musashi and the two countries.

Ashikaga Castle in Shimono Country and Furukawa Castle in Shimoso are also not far away.

After entering the Musashi Kingdom, Ninja Castle and Iwafu Castle guarded the river basin along the way.The south section of Tone River is close to the border between Musashishitaso and the two countries.

Afterwards, the Tone River and the lower reaches of the Arakawa River converge, and the Sumida River goes out to sea via Edo Castle.

As long as the war goes well, the Echigo army can take advantage of the Tone River's water transportation facilities to obtain a supply line that runs through the two countries, directly breaking through the Hojo family's layout in Ueno Musashi and the two countries.

But now, there has been a problem with Numata Castle as the starting point, and Uesugi Keishin's diplomatic service can hardly be absolved of the blame.

Uesugi Jingxin's status is unusual, and Uesugi Terutora is not easy to embarrass her.

She thought about it and said.

"There is sudden chaos inside the Numata family, no wonder Mr. Jing Xin, most likely the Hojo family is behind the scenes.

What about other powerful warriors?How did they think about it? "

Uesugi Keishin said.

"Since the demise of the two Uesugi families, the Hojo family has been attacking the Kanto Plain for several years. Most of the old Uesugi leaders of Ueno Musashi and the two countries have surrendered, and the Hojo family even reached out to enter Shimoso.

For example, the Nagano family in Stable Bridge City, the Kobata family in Kunimine City, the Nawa family in Akaishi City, the Yura family in Kinyama City, the Narita family in Ninja City, and other local powerful samurai families have already bowed their heads to the Hojo family in name.

Originally, Hojo Shiyasu planned to increase his control over these local samurai this year and try to lead the country.But the Suruga invasion of the Takeda family and the drought in the Kanto Plain disrupted her plan.

I am negotiating with various families in the name of your Kanto leader. These people are worried about the Hojo family's attempt to nationalize the leader, and most of them are moved.

As for the two countries other than Ueno Musashi, the Hojo family temporarily intervened in the disputes of the neighboring countries by supporting the local samurai.

From Xiazong's Furukawa City and Guofu Taicheng, infiltrate Shimono, Hitachi, Xiazong, Shangzong and other leading countries.

The Utsunomiya family in Shimono, the Satake family in Hitachi, and the Satomi family in the Boso Peninsula. The military expansion of these daimyos was constrained by the local samurai family supported by the Hojo family.

Especially on the Boso Peninsula, the Satomi family and the Hojo family had already clashed fiercely around the two countries. "

Uesugi Terutora smiled coldly.

"Our Kanto Raiders really chose a good time."

Naoe Ketsuna and Uesugi Keishin nodded silently, agreeing with their lord.

The three generations of the Hojo family worked hard to govern, and the samurai families in the Kanto region could not form a joint force to fight against the steady and steady Hojo family.

If Terutora Uesugi does not participate in the war, the old leaders of Uesugi and Uesugi of the two countries will definitely be swallowed up by the Hojo family.

The local daimyos of Utsunomiya, Satake, and Satomi will not be the opponents of the Hojo family who own Izu, Sagami, Ueno, and Musashi Shikoku.

But at this very moment when the Hojo family has not digested Musashi Ueno internally, and the daimyo such as Utsunomiya, Satake, and Satomi feel threatened externally.Uesugi Terutora is here, just in time.

Uesugi Terutora said.

"Master Jing Xin, continue to strengthen the ties with all the samurai families in the Kanto region. In the name of the Guandong leaders, we will bring over all the samurai families who can unite."

At this time in the Kanto Plain, both sides of Uesugi Hojo are claiming to be in charge of the Kanto.

Uesugi Terotora was approved by Ashikaga Yoshiki of Kyoto, and inherited the Yamauchi Uesugi family and the Kanto governor.

After Hojo Ujiyasu wiped out the two Uesugi families, he rebuilt the public management system.In the name of Kwantung General Ashikaga Yoshishi, he was granted the title of Kwantung Commander.

Terutora Uesugi called the Hojo family the Ise rebels, threatened the Kanto General, and destroyed the two Uesugi families, which is intolerable.

Hojo Uesugi called the Uesugi family the Nagao rebellion, slaughtered the Echigo guardian family, and impersonated the name of the Uesugi family in the mountains, insane.

Anyway, the two sides insisted on their own opinions, and Ise Nagao spit out, that is, he did not recognize the justice of the other party's rule, and it was right to black out.

The Kanto samurai do not care who is orthodox, they chanted slogans loudly, but it still depends on the gains and losses of who they are close to.

Uesugi Jingxin nodded, showing a little hesitation, and said something cautiously.

"Your Highness, I heard that the Minowa Nagano family seems to have secretly surrendered to the Hojo family?"

Uesugi Terutora frowned, the Ueno Ryonagao family and the Minowa Nagano family were her main targets in the Ueno country.

The position of Minowa Castle in Nishi Ueno is very important, and Nagano Karmasa has formed a dense network of relationships through marriage, which is enough to leverage the position of the Nishi Ueno Samurai family against the Uesugi family.

The two Nagao families of the Shirai Headquarters, successively known as the Yamauchi Uesugi family master, had a very strong influence in the middle and upper reaches of the Tone River.

Along the middle and upper reaches of the Tone River, Numata, Shirai, Stable Bridge, Sosha, Akaishi and other cities are inextricably linked with the two Nagao families of Shirai Sosha.

If Terutora Uesugi wants to quickly take down the Ueno country and rush to the Musashi country, he must have the full support of the Nagano family of Minowa Castle and the Nagao family of the Shirai Headquarters.

She thought about it and said slowly.

"Don't say anything, send Xuanyuan Ren to investigate secretly. I believe that Nagano Karma will not give in to Hojo Shiyasu and betray our covenant."

Terutor Uesugi didn't believe that Nagano Ye was going to seek refuge with the Hojo family, and it was likely that someone was spreading rumors behind their backs to damage the trust between the two families.But she had to look into the matter carefully, just in case.

Going south after autumn this time, it is necessary to create a huge momentum and smash the Hojo family's dominance over Ueno Musashi and the two countries in one go.Especially in Ueno country, the strength of the Hojo family here is still very weak.

Uesugi Terotora wants to borrow the famous local samurai to make a united momentum and completely overwhelm the pro-Hojo faction politically.

The two most powerful branches of the Nagano family, the Stable Bridge Nagano family, have fallen to the Hojo family.The Minowa Nagano family of Nagano Yezho must be of one mind with Terutora Uesugi. This is a strategic goal that cannot allow mistakes.

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Uesugi Terutora sits in Kasugayama Castle, behind the scenes manipulates Uesugi Keishin to carry out diplomatic strategies against the Ueno Musashi samurai.

On the other side, Yoshihiro Shiba sent Sanada Nobushige back to Nishi Ueno, starting from the rock cabinet city, and started the infiltration of the Kanto Office into the Kanto Plain.

Echigo and the two parties used their own methods, and at this time, Odawara Castle and the Hojo family were also seeking countermeasures.

In the Tianshou Pavilion, Zhu Ji was holding a review, and it was Hojo Nagazuna who came out to speak.

Hojo Genan is the sister of the second-generation governor of the Hojo family and the aunt of Hojo Ujiyasu.At this time, he has become a nun and is a well-cultivated cultural person. He wins temple power and diplomatic mediation for the Hojo family.

The old nun is trying to persuade Hojo Shiyasu and Takeda Harunobu to restore peace and concentrate on dealing with the threat from the direction of the Kanto Plain.

(End of this chapter)