A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Many people wonder why the Hojo clan was able to mobilize the army to intervene in Suruga's affairs. And actually six to seven thousand people came, including generals like Oishi Shiteru.

(The following is all made up!)

We have to push the cause of this matter to many years ago. After the night battle in Kawagoe, Ogitani Tosada died in battle, Namba Tatansei committed suicide by jumping into a well, Ota Shiyori was killed, and Namba Tashun died in a manpower battle. No matter from any aspect, the Ogidani Uesugi clan, the famous Musashi guardian in Kanto, was completely extinct.

There are two theories later in history. One is that Ota Shimasa once conquered Matsuyama Castle and established Uesugi Kensho in Ogidani. The other is that Uesugi Teruhora went to the Battle of Kanto for the first time and successfully defeated Matsuyama, and then established Ogidani Uesugi Kensho. win.

These two theories are very similar anyway. In short, they both say that the Ogitani family was finally succeeded by a rookie who has never been seen in history.

But in Xiaopingtai's plane, it's very unfortunate. Terutora Uesugi won a complete victory in the Battle of Kanto for the first time, and there was no need to leave any thorn in Minamimusashi to disgust the Hojo family. He simply forgot about it, and no one mentioned it to him later. As for Ota Shimasa, he was also very unlucky to be betrayed by his son Ota Shishi, and ran away to the Hitachi Satake family.

Now no one mentioned this matter, so until last year, the Ogitani family, a famous family that could inherit the leadership of Kanto, had been in a state of isolation.

Leaving aside the matter of the Fukaya Uesugi clan, let’s talk about the Fukaya Uesugi clan. After the night battle in Kawagoe, almost all Musashi's people, large and small, were shaken and surrendered to Hojo Ujiyasu on a large scale.

But while countless young men were vying to flatter Hojo Ujiyasu, there was a forty-four-year-old unknown samurai who was born prematurely and firmly resisted Hojo Ujiyasu's aggressive attack between North Musashi and South Ueno.

This man is the equally unknown Fukaya Uesugi Seiken. This man insisted on resisting and refused to surrender under the siege of Hojo from all directions. Just because he alone holds the Uesugi clan's flag high and has been declaring his presence in North Musashi. As a result, Hojo Ujiyasu was never able to launch a large-scale attack on the upper field. It can be said that this little man with no more than a thousand soldiers and ten generals consumed Hojo Ujiyasu's life for three or four years.

Of course, as the wheel of history rolls forward, a small force like him will certainly not be able to escape the fate of destruction. After years of resistance, Fukaya Uesugi Shihken was defeated and fled into hiding.

Turning around, the familiar Battle of Kamirukawa occurred. The leader of the Uesugi clan collapsed, and Uesugi Kento fled to the rear. At this time, all the Uesugi clan in the ninety-two counties of the eight kingdoms of Kanto were destroyed. Since the Ashikaga clan entered Kanto, they have prospered due to generations of marriages with the Ashikaga clan. The famous Uesugi clan who served as governor of Kanto, Oshu expedition, Echigo guardian, and Musashi guardian have almost disappeared.

In this tumultuous year of more than a year, Uesugi Shihken of the deep valley may have experienced unimaginable grief. His ancestors cut thorns, exposed frost and dew, and left the vast land left to their descendants. Now it has all been destroyed. The evil thief Hojo Ujiyasu. Perhaps it was at that moment that the fifty-year-old man lost all vision of revitalizing the Uesugi family and completely lived in seclusion, not caring about worldly affairs.

However, the sky has not stopped the Uesugi family, and the head of the Uesugi family was entrusted to the guardian of Echigo Nagao Kagetora. Later, he was given the position of the head of Kanto and the name of the Uesugi family, the head of a famous family in the world. Nagao Kagetora was greatly moved. Under the recognition of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the court, Nagao Kagetora then mobilized Mitsukoshi's elite troops and marched south.

The sentence "Go to Kanto and serve under the command of the Nagato Danzhengdian." became the most exciting slogan in the entire Eastern Kingdom.

As a result, the first battle in and out of Kanto was an unprecedented victory. Hojo Ujiyasu was promoted to the Eastern Kingdom, the traitors and usurpers were severely punished, and the reputation of the loyal and brave ministers spread.

Nagao Kagetora resumed control of the Uesugi family and reorganized the situation in Kanto.

Later, a five-month heavy snowfall completely blocked Kanto and Echigo. The Hojo clan and the Takeda clan colluded to launch the Soichiku. So there was the second battle of Kantō by Uesugi Teruhora. Unfortunately, Kawagoe Castle was blocked, and he returned to Echigo with almost no success.

Terutora Uesugi only made an emergency landing at Matsuyama Castle in Kanto. At the same time, he also found the old man Uesugi Shihken in the deep valley.

Terutora Uesugi was greatly moved by the deeds of this man at the time, but he had no more territory in Musashi Province to give to this man who was reviving his family. So he was put on hold for the time being, preparing to conquer Heyue City before moving on to the district office.

As soon as the old man got old, he stopped following Uesugi Teruhu. Later, in the haste of Uesugi Teruhu's retreat, he forgot about the ball. Anyway, he was not a big countryman or a samurai, and no one reminded Uesugi Teruhu.

It would be okay if this matter just goes away, but Fukaya Uesugi Shihken is the real descendant of the Fukaya Uesugi clan after all. He is a member of the same clan that leads the Uesugi clan and the Ogidani Uesugi clan, a family with a long history.

So when the Hojo clan was packing up Musashi, Fukaya Uesugi Shihken, who was hiding well, was reported, and then he was caught in front of Oishi Teru and Fujita Ujikuni.

Hojo was only a few years old, so of course he couldn't make the decision. The three uncles and several elders in the family were the ones who made the decision. Which one is the weakling: Matsuda Kenhide, Daidoji Masashige, Shimizu Yasuhide, and Hakawa Ujitsubu? A group of people discussed it all night and immediately came up with a plan that was disgusting enough to kill Terutora Uesugi.

The old guy Fukaya Uesugi Shizuki was so hard-boned that he didn't even want to talk to the Hojo clan, so he could be killed quickly. Anyway, he killed 980 Hojo soldiers instead of 1,000, so he didn't lose money.

But his son was not such a backbone person. The Hojo family threatened and lured him, and Fukaya Uesugi Kensheng relented.

The Hojo family was overjoyed. This man was escorted to Kamakura by the Hojo family. They made great arrangements and announced that he would succeed the Ogitani Uesugi clan. He recognized Ogitani Uesugi's repair doctor Asahi as the fourteenth war with the Hojo clan and bravely resisted the Hojo clan's attack. father. He also serves as Kamakura Deacon and Musashi Guardian, two very directional positions.

If that's all it is, forget it, it's just like the Hojo clan supporting the Ashikaga Yoshi clan, it's just one more puppet. The most everyone can do is watch the show and applaud.

But there is a big problem here, Uesugi Teruhu has no son!

So the Hojo family simultaneously sent envoys to the Uesugi family, the shogunate, and the imperial court.

There is only one core content, which is to restore the custom of the Kanto administration being held by the Yamauchi-Uesugi clan and the Ogitani-Uesugi clan in turn. At the same time, Terutora Uesugi had no children, while Kenkatsu Uesugi had a son. In order to ensure that the Uesugi family, the leader of the world's most famous family, would not be extinct, we requested that the son of Uesugi Kenkatsu be recognized as the successor of Uesugi Teruhora.

This time, Teruhora Uesugi is so disgusted. After working with me to fight for a lifetime, he will finally give you a running dog of the Hojo family?

But what the Hojo clan showed was the established example of the shogunate. Don't you, Teru Uesugi, respect the system of the shogunate? OK, please abide by the shogunate's system.

How could Uesugi Terutora have the time to travel in and out of Kanto at this time? After entrusting state affairs to Nagao Masakai and Naoe Keetsuna, he hurried to Luo to negotiate with the shogunate court.