A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

After entering Suwa, the scene is probably called a pot with a pot of water to welcome the king.

It was not that the people of Suwa truly loved the Yamauchi Army, but that Takeda Nobuntoyo supported Suwa Takeohmaru to defend Uehara Castle, completely abandoning all peripheral positions. Even the natural barriers of Suwa Shrine and the southern shore of Lake Suwa were completely given up, as if they were going to resist decisively.

Suwa was a place that fought desperately against the Takeda family more than ten years ago. Suwa Yorimitsu resisted Takeda Nobutora, and Suwa Yorishige resisted Takeda Shingen. Two generations, grandparents and grandchildren, continued to resist for decades.

Both sides came and went, and countless people died.

Suwa's loyalty was maintained by Takeda Shingen's strong force and coercion, as well as Suwa Katsuyori, his and Suwa's son Katsuyori. If it weren't for Suwa Katsuyori's blood flowing through his body, judging from the precedents of the Nishina and Oi clans next door, the Suwa people would have rebelled at least three more times.

The current situation is that the original strong military power of the Takeda family has collapsed, and in order to stabilize the succession, Suwa Katsuyori has to be placed under house arrest. Suwa Takeohmaru is a two-year-old child, who takes him seriously?

If Takeda Yoshinobu dares to leave Uehara alone, he may not be able to tell for a day or two. After half a month, it is guaranteed that everyone in Suwa will be moved. Working for someone is not a fight, why not work for the winner?

Along the way, the Yamauchi army, which had not fought a battle, set up camp around Uehara Castle. They occupied Suwa Taisha Shrine and Suwa Lake Tengen respectively, and the main formation was at Ariga Castle, which was abandoned in advance by Takeda Nobutoyo.

Surrounded by three and one missing, the Suwaguchi Main Road was open to Takeda Yoshinobu, and also to Takeda Nobuntoyo who was defending Uehara Castle. You, Nobuto Takeda, are the best to run away and seize the entire Suwa County without a fight. It’s okay for you, Takeda Yoshinobu, to come and have a decisive battle at Uehara Castle.

After being cut in half, I wonder how capable Army Jia still is?

The whole shogunate was relaxed. This was the first time in many years that such a relaxed battle had happened. Twenty-five thousand people surrounded Uehara Castle, which was garrisoned by 6,000 people. This is probably comparable to the wealthy battle in which Uesugi Kenshin commanded 112,000 Kanto soldiers to surround Odawara Castle. The gap is almost five times, which is rare.

Moreover, the total mobilization in Kai territory would not exceed 10,000 people. Takanashi Masarai's 8,000 people were squatting at Sakuguchi, waiting to enter Kai for a while.

"Where has His Majesty the Commander marched to?" Koheita asked Murakami Yoshimitsu while holding up his bamboo stick.

"The leader of Kasugayama has arrived at Wuzhou Qixi City!"

It is one of the most important branch cities of Ninja City. It was stationed by Oda Chaoxing and his son when the Oda family came. Uesugi Kenshin's troops entering Kanto this time suddenly increased to 10,000 due to the annexation of the Ueda clan of the dead ghost Nagao Masaki. Including the 20,000 riders in the upper field, the number easily exceeded 30,000.

It looked like he was preparing to attack all the branch cities outside Ninja City and then besiege Ninja City. With Narita Nagatada as the banner, he called on the people of Northern Musashi to fall to Uesugikata.

At this time, Matsuyama Castle was guarded by the generals of the Hojo clan, the Fujita clan, and they were actively mobilizing troops. Kido Tadaya (Lord of Sarao Castle), Nakajo Dewa Mamoru, Hirota Naoshige (Lord of Hanyu Castle), Yamada Naosada, Mizuno Nagakatsu, Iwata Yoshiyuki, Fujita Shigenori, and the one we love to see, Yoto Hatero ( They are all real people, and they have all taken refuge in Hojo at this time!) All the commanders and troops came to the rescue.

Then Hojo Uji Naoya personally went into battle. Although several uncles in the government were still very powerful, the fourteen-year-old Hojo Uji Naoya began to gradually gain power. I have to say that Hojo Ujiyasu has a good tutor, and these brothers are very united. Even if Hojo Ushimasa dies, he will still try his best to assist Hojo Ushimasa.

Gathering the Sagami and Hojo Musashi troops, the Hojo Army's 22,000 cavalry also set up their positions at Matsuyama Castle. It was just forced by Uesugi Kenshin's momentum. At the same time, Ninja Castle was Musashi's premier fortified city. It could not fall so quickly. It seemed that he was prepared to stop it with silence.

Satake Yoshitaka dispatched (Satake) Minami Yoshiken as the general, gathered the Makabe clan and the Kasama clan, and about 6,000 troops rushed towards the Oda clan's Hojo Castle and cut off the road between Oda Castle and Hojo Castle.

The people of the Hojo clan in Hitachi and Shimoso raised troops one after another, including the Yuki clan, the Mizutani clan, and the Kodaka clan, who all followed the Hojo clan's letter to rush to the aid of the Oda clan. There were relatively few people on this road, only about five thousand, and most of them were local compatriots.

Satomi Yoshiyao, Satomi Yoshihiro and his son, the chief minister of Anfang, also seized the opportunity and gathered their troops to attack Masaki Tokitada, who fell to the Hojo clan. The Hojo clan didn't try too hard to save him along the way, but Daidoji Masashige led 2,000 people to the General Headquarters to observe the situation.

After reading Murakami Yoshimitsu's battle report on the Kanto battlefield, Koheita passed the battle report to Hosokawa Saime. In fact, it doesn't matter whether you see it or not. Anyway, you could hear it clearly during the report just now.

"That is to say, excluding the troops left behind in various places in Hojo, no more than 7,000 people can come to help Takeda?" Yamauchi Taro counted on his fingers.

"Yes!"

"What's the news from Suruga!" Hosokawa Saime continued to ask.

"His Royal Highness Toe came to report that in addition to the 6,000 Suruga people commanded by Anayama Umeyukisai, the Hojo clan's Imagawa Sukegoro (Shiki) commanded the 5,000 people of Shutō Izu. The forces of the two sides competed with each other. They were in the field. Confrontation."

"So even if the Hojo clan comes to help, it will only be two to three thousand people?" Koheita did not expect that this completely immature Takeda encirclement network could be so complete.

"Hahahahaha, I'm afraid they won't come! If His Majesty the Commander breaks the Ninja Castle, Hojo himself will not be able to protect himself!" Hosokawa Saime looked like this.

"Then everyone, there is nothing more to say. Let's prepare to attack Uehara." Koheita looked at Taro Yamauchi, and after the child nodded, Koheita gave the order.

Needless to say, the first general is Hosokawa Harime. The left and right wings were occupied by Konishihara Zaemon and Yamauchi Yoshiho. More than 3,000 people were used in the first round of siege. It was best to break Uehara directly. Even if it doesn't work, it can still shake the will of Takeda Nobunaga in the city. This Takeda Nobunaga is far inferior to his father.

Moreover, even though Suwa was fully mobilized this time, there was still Nishimaki Shiroemon, the Yamauchi clan's internal commander, in the city. At the most appropriate time, this person will definitely take action.

I walked around and inspected all the military camps. There were no loopholes or flaws. There is no need to worry about a dead soldier of Army A coming from somewhere and attacking the Yamauchi Army's camp.

It's easy to be relaxed, but Xiaoping Tai won't relax where it should be tight. Xiaoping had heard too many stories about careless battles in Jingzhou. If he loses in this situation where the flying dragon rides on his face, then Xiaoping, who has been wise for half his life, will be joking.

"Report! The 10,000 cavalry of Commander-in-Chief Kai and Kai of Takeda have passed the Suwa Pass and are riding towards Kamigahara!"