different warring states of japan

Chapter 971 Chain reaction

Terutora Uesugi couldn't continue to push, and it would be self-defeating if he pushed any further.

Stable Bridge Castle connects the north and the south and occupies the middle section of the Tone River in Ueno.If Stable Bridge City cannot be taken, the water transportation logistics line cannot be opened.

Kunimine Castle is entrenched in the southern part of Nishi Ueno, and along the mountain to the southeast is Hirai Castle, the former residence of the Uesugi family in the mountain.

Several rivers running north and south of the castle flow eastward and join the Tone River in the southern part of Ueno.Most of Ueno's domestic plains are in the southeast. From here, it flows downstream and can control most of the domestic plains.

To the southeast of Hirai Castle is the Musashi Mountains. The bowl-shaped castle here is the gateway to West Musashi, and it is the mountainside route for the Ueno Kingdom to penetrate into the Musashi Kingdom.

The Hojo family has gone north along the Musashi Mountains and captured Hirai Castle.

It was here that Uesugi Uesugi's young daughter was killed by Uesugi Yasushi, cutting off the future of Uesugi's family in Yamauchi.This made Uesugi Xianzheng lose his mind, fleeing Echigo, and wanted to exchange his family fortune for revenge.

Without Kunimine Castle keeping an eye on Hirai Castle, Hirai Castle's Hojo Army could attack Tonegawa's supply line along the river, and a small number of troops could disrupt the logistics of Echigo's army.

Therefore, after taking down the Numata collar, Stable Bridge Castle and Kunimine Castle became the main points that Echigo's party must win to continue going south.

But Hojo Ujiyasu's seemingly righteous move caused a lot of trouble for Uesugi Terutora and Shiba Yoshigin, and it was difficult to break through head-on for a while.

Nagano Karmasa made it very clear that Kobata Nobusada and Nagano Kentada would figure it out, and they didn't dare to be enemies with the Echigo army.

But with long nights and many dreams, who knows how long they will think about it?
Echigo's army has been planning the Kanto strategy for nearly two years. If they are blocked by two small and large nationalities for a month or two, they will have no choice but to withdraw their troops.

Isn't this a big joke?
But it doesn't seem appropriate to attack directly.Not to mention the senses of other Kanto samurai families, Nagano Karmasa's level is not easy.

Nagano Karma used twelve sons to weave a huge network of relationships to maintain the detached status of the Nagano family in Minowa Castle. Even the Narita family in Ninja Castle in the north of Musashi had a third son who married far away.

Among the branches of the Nagano family, Minowa Castle and Stable Bridge Castle are the two strongest branches.It is impossible for her to break her own arm for Uesugi Terutoro, at the expense of herself and others.

The Kohata family in Kunimine City is an important supporter of Nagano Karmasa, a group of people from the same country as the Nagano family in Minowa Castle in Nishi Ueno.

If Terotora Uesugi wanted to attack these two by force, he might conflict with Nagano Karmasa, an ally with huge influence in the Ueno country, which would not be worthwhile.

As tyrannical as she is, she is unwilling to take the risk of falling out with Nagano Karmasa.The Echigo army has just arrived, and Nagano Yezheng is needed to help stand on the platform.

Seeing Uesugi Terutora in a dilemma, Shiba Yoshigin asked.

"Besides these two, what about the others?

Dahu family, Nabo family, Yuliang family, Akai family and other samurai families in the southeast, are there any willing to come out to set things right? "

Nagano smiled wryly and shook his head.

"With Stable Bridge City and Guofeng City as examples, the attitudes of the southeast families are even worse.

The Hu family made it clear that they stood with the stable bridge leader and Guofeng leader, expressing neutrality.

Nabo Zongjun led his troops to Chishi City, vowed to stop him to the death, and openly flattered the Hojo family.There is also Akai Terokage of Tatebayashi City, who also expressed his loyalty to the Hojo family. "

Yoshihiro Shiba narrowed his eyes, and the situation really got worse.With Stable Bridge City and Guofeng City acting as barriers in front, the southeast families are of course even more unscrupulous.

The army of the Hojo family is staring at the core area of ​​Kanto in Kawagoe City, and will kill anyone who jumps back.The samurai families in the southeast of Ueno, which belong to the core area, know exactly how to choose.

Uesugi Terutora stared.

"How dare the Hu family interfere?"

The central part of Ueno country is divided by the Tone River from east to west, with Stable Bridge Castle in the middle, Guofeng Castle in the west, and Dahu Castle in the east.

The Dahu family in Dahu City can also be regarded as an old martial arts family in Kanto, but their strength is not strong.Like Stable Bridge City and Guofeng City, her home is also the front of the army.

With the small arms and legs of the Hu family, how dare they jump out and call for neutrality?Do you really think Uesugi Terutora is a little white rabbit?Are you not afraid of death for the whole family?
Nagano industry is explained.

"Nagano Xianzhong in Stable Bridge City is confused, she is the one who dragged the Hu family to neutralize."

Uesugi Terutora laughed back in anger, Shiba Yoshigin sighed.

The three leaders of Guofeng, Stable Bridge, and Dahu formed a line, completely blocking the route of Echigo's army going south. This is the rhythm that forced Uesugi Terutora to kill.

Even if Terutora Uesugi can't beat the Hojo family, can't he kill the three of you?

Yoshihiro Shiba thought something was wrong and asked.

"I remember that Da Hu's family is affiliated with the Liang family. Does this mean the Liang family?"

Nagano Karmasa shook his head with a complicated expression.

"Not sure.

But Yura Chengshige did not express his position. Now she took advantage of Nabo Zongjun to turn to Chishi City, and mobilized the army to threaten the Nabo family's home city, Nabo City. "

Yura Narushige is supervised by the Liang family, and Jinshan Castle Yura family is the largest national in Ueno. This girl's behavior style is somewhat similar to that of Ueno Karmasa, and she makes good use of marriage.

She married the son of the governor of the Akai family in Tatebayashi Castle, sent her second daughter to the Nagao family in Ashikaga Castle as a door-in-law, and married her son to the heir of the Narita family in Ninja Castle.

After her political marriage with the Akai family of Tatebayashi Castle, the Nagao family of Ashikaga Castle, and the Narita family of Ninjo Castle, she has a very strong influence in the southeast of Ueno Kingdom.

Hearing that she gathered people and seemed to have plans for the Nabo family, Yoshihiro Shiba couldn't help laughing.

"This Governor Yura is very interesting."

The Yuliang family is one of the four heavenly kings of the Nitta family who competed with the Ashikaga family for the descendant of Hanoi Genji, and is the descendant of Yuliang Yuji.

It is said that the Nitta family was defeated at the beginning and was destroyed by the Ashikaga family.Nitta's daughter-in-law Zhenshi fled to Yuliang's house, changed her name and surname and survived, that is, the ancestor of Yuliang's family.

Although I don't know if this is true or not, the two generations of Yuliang's family are indeed prosperous.Under the pretext of restoring the old collar of the new field, her family took over and took away the Jinshan City of the lord Yansong's family to stand on her own.

This also aroused the fear of the Nabo family.

Naboling is at the corner where the Tone River turns southeast after going south.The alluvial plain in this area is very fertile, and sooner or later it will become the target of the Yura family in the future.

Previously, Nabo Zongjun also organized and united with various Ueno families to besiege Yura Chengshige, but it was unsuccessful.

Nagano, Dahu, Kiryu and other surrounding families participated in it. The Kiryu family was knocked out of the city, and the Dahu family became affiliated with the Yura family.

The Yuliang family took advantage of this to gain a firm foothold and seized the old leader of the Nitta family, known as the Nitta Yuliang family, and became the largest public in Ueno.

This time, Yura Narushige didn't seem to express her position, but her approach was obviously optimistic about Echigo's army, and she was going to backstab the Nawa family to avenge her shame.

But she wants to be a fisherman by the side, watching the snipe and the clam fight and benefiting herself.Uesugi Terutora and Shiba Yoshiyin may not be willing, but let her get what she wants.

Uesugi Shiba came to grab the territory, not to fulfill Yura's ambition.

(End of this chapter)