A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

"Hojo has withdrawn his troops?" Koheita looked at the envoy who came from Hachioji in front of him.

"The troops have withdrawn. Only a thousand people are left in Gao'an Temple to continue to consolidate the formation. The rest have withdrawn."

After saying this, the generals of the Yamauchi Army in the hall were really incredulous. Something must have happened to the Hojo family, otherwise why would they have retreated and left?

After waving his hand to let the envoy sent by Konishiharazaemon go down to rest, all the judges nodded and began to think.

The Hojo clan must have known that after the Yamauchi army suppressed Kai's Ichiku, they could mobilize more than 10,000 people to come to Hachioji to compete. But it is true that the Fujita clan has 10,000 people. They also built the Koan Temple and defended it by the city. Even with cannons, you have to be able to hit the hillside more than 100 meters high.

The main direction of the Hojo clan's attack this time is definitely Ueno, and the main task at Koshuguchi is to hold back or maintain the status quo. Of course, if Kai can succeed by convincing everyone, the Fujita clan will definitely be willing to mobilize three armies to enter Kai.

Now that Kai's attack has failed, it doesn't matter. The Hojo army's purpose of delaying the Yamauchi army and disrupting the situation in Kai has been achieved. For almost a month, the Yamauchi family stayed in Kai, and they had secured enough fighters for the main force of the Ueno Raiders.

What does it mean to suddenly withdraw troops now?

"It seems the situation in Kanto has changed!"

"I don't know what changed, but Hojo was able to send tens of thousands of troops to rescue him."

"Bossou's Satomi Punishebu? Or Hitachi's Satake Hitachisuke?"

"It's really hard to predict. It's impossible for Ueno and Hirai's situation to reverse, and Hosokawa Marime and other coalition forces to defeat Hojo's people?" There was some uncertainty in the Isshiki Palace.

"It's possible that there are thirty thousand people in Ueno joining forces with Hosokawa. It's his father's bravery that Nagano Uenosuke is not inferior to. He is also the son-in-law of the leader of Kasugayama. It is not difficult to unite the three armies to attack Hojo." Kodaita knew Naganoye. Sheng is a young man, in other words he is very hard-headed, and he just does it without being timid.

In addition, Nagano Yasumai is protecting his family and country, and his combat effectiveness will definitely increase across the board. By virtue of his status as Uesugi Kenshin's son-in-law, the two generals in Uesugi's leadership had to address him as "Ueno-sama" regardless of whether they were convinced in their hearts or not.

Hosokawa Saime's purpose of going here was to rescue Ueno. A battle was expected, and due to the current lack of food and grass, it was very likely that he suggested that everyone go out to fight.

Then this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

If the Hojo Army were defeated at the foot of Hirai Castle, the situation would be so urgent that the Eighth Prince would need 10,000 Pegasus to rescue them. Doesn't that mean that Musashi is empty!

Although it was impossible for all the 36,000 Hojo troops to die, and at most one, two thousand, or two to three thousand people were killed, the urinary nature of the peasants and soldiers of the Warring States Period was obvious to all.

These peasants and soldiers may have run back to their hometowns now, hoping to regroup and gather up the defeated troops. Musashi is so big that it is impossible not to have ten days and eight days.

Then it is very likely that Ueno's coalition forces will take advantage of the victory to pursue and enter the Musashi country. If the Yamauchi family leaves Koshuguchi at this time, wouldn't it be true that North Musashi...

Should we continue to wait for more news, or gather the army out of Koshuguchi and enter Musashi?

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Hojo's Nao and Oishi's Teru felt a little helpless as they looked at the Hirai Castle in front of them. After all, it was the original castle where the Kanto governor led Uesugi's constitutional government. Later, it served as a bridgehead for the Hojo clan to march into Ueno, and it was very well-built.

The city general Fukasawa Toshige was a close friend of Uesugi Kenshin. To put it bluntly, it was a friendship that they slept in the same bed.

Do you think it is iron or not?

The 2,000 city soldiers were all Ueno natives who defended the countryside. They were born with high morale and were willing to fight to the death.

As soon as they were attacked, they sent a request for reinforcements to Minulu City and Mangqiao City, and received a guarantee that reinforcements would definitely arrive.

When the siege battle continued on the seventh day, the Hojo Army still failed to achieve a more powerful breakthrough, and Nagano Yasumori's large horse mark with a cypress fan pattern had appeared half a mile north of Hirai Castle. Along with it came the familiar one-character three-star and three-star family emblem of the Hojo Takahiro of the Mori Hojo clan. The military power was illustrious and boundless.

There must be more than 20,000 men and horses, relying on the city and the stronghold, acting as horns for each other, and mastering the art of war.

Nagano Yamori's father left him the best swordsman in the world. Not only was this old man excellent in martial arts, but his battlefield experience was definitely at the level of "experienced in hundreds of battles". With his help, there will be almost no common sense mistakes.

What's more, there are ten brothers-in-law standing by to help, waving flags and shouting.

Oishi Teru was worthy of being a famous general with the style of his father, and he immediately ordered the lifting of all sieges on Hirai Castle as Jindai.

Now that Ueno's army has arrived, why not take this opportunity to take advantage of the fact that the Hojo Army still has two Folan guns and conduct a large-scale wave battle in the wild. As long as the wave battle is won, it will be far more profitable than capturing a flat well city.

Ueno, who lost the protection of the army, didn't just let the Hojo family take whatever they wanted!

The two sides tested each other and had small-scale confrontations under Hirai Castle. The Ueno army fought very tenaciously because they were really defending their homeland. Only the thousands of jinfu miscellaneous soldiers who were dispersed on the right wing and pretended to be the reinforcements of the Yamauchi Army remained motionless, making Oishi Shiteru think that the Yamauchi Army was standing aside to preserve its strength.

Relying on the strength of their numbers, sharp artillery, and the inaction of the "Yamanuchi Army" on the Ueno Allied Forces, the Hojo Army gradually oppressed the Ueno Allied Forces and gained an advantage step by step.

Even though there were brave generals like Hojo Takahiro and Hojo Kehiro and his son, and sword masters like Kamiizumi Hidetsuna, it was ultimately due to the lack of military strength that it became difficult to withstand the situation.

"Tomorrow, I'll ask my uncle to take action himself and destroy the Ueno people!" As the general, Hojo still trusted his uncles.

"As long as Kasugayama Kasuga can't lead us, the people in Ueno will be like this!" Matsuda Kenhide from one side agreed.

"Our army is so powerful that it is a good time to take over Ueno." Daidaiji Masashige was one of the masterminds who personally persuaded Honjo Shigenaga to launch a rebellion and single-handedly facilitated the semi-siege of Uesugi Kenshin. Take the fruits of victory and feel happy naturally.

Mr. Oishi seemed to be very sober. As a wise general, although the situation in front of him was very normal and ordinary, there was nothing wrong at all. Although the "Yamauchi Army" on the mountain uncharacteristically avoided fighting, it was probably because of the large-scale attack in Kai that the Yamauchi Army needed to preserve its strength for future responses.

But he always felt that something was wrong!

Where is it?

"Your Highness! Your Highness the Furukawa Imperial Palace has sent an envoy!" A Hatamoto of the Hojo clan entered the shogunate.

There was a "boom"! Oishi's mind suddenly exploded!

Got it!

"I implore His Majesty Odawara to send troops quickly to rescue! The Yamauchi Army's Hosokawa Saime Division and Shimono Kuni's tens of thousands of people are attacking Furukawa. The city's soldiers are meager and it is difficult to hold on!"