Chapter 218 22. Who Will Succeed the Uesugi Blood-Eating?

Many people wondered why the Hojo clan could mobilize troops to participate in the mess in Suruga. And they could even bring 6,000 to 7,000 people, even a great general like Oishi Ujiteru came.

(The following is all made up!)

We have to push the cause of this matter back many years ago. After the night battle of Kawagoe, Ogidaya Asayo died in battle, Naniwada Danmasa committed suicide by jumping into a well, Ota Sukeyori was killed, and Naniwada Hayato died in battle. No matter from which aspect, the famous Musashi guardian of Kanto, the Ogidaya Uesugi clan, was completely extinct.

There are two versions in history. One is that Ota Sukemasa once conquered Matsuyama Castle and welcomed Ogidaya Uesugi Kenkatsu. The other is that Uesugi Terutora took down Matsuyama in the first battle to go out of Kanto, and then established Ogidaya Uesugi Kenkatsu.

These two versions are similar. In short, they both say that the Ogidaya family was finally inherited by a rookie who was not recorded in history.

But in Kobayata's world, it was very unfortunate. Uesugi Terutora won a great victory in his first battle in Kanto, so there was no need to leave any thorns in southern Musashi to disgust the Hojo family. He forgot about this matter, and no one mentioned it to him later. As for Ota Sukemasa, he was also unlucky to be betrayed by his son Ota Ujisuke and fled to the Hitachi Satake clan.

No one mentioned this matter now, so until last year, the Ogigayatsu family, a famous family that could inherit the Kanto Kanrei, had been in a state of extinction.

Putting aside the matter of the Ogigayatsu Uesugi clan, let's talk about the Fukaya Uesugi clan. After the Kawagoe Night Battle, almost all the people of Musashi, big and small, were shaken and surrendered to Hojo Ujiyasu on a large scale.

But when countless idiots were vying to flatter Hojo Ujiyasu, there was a 44-year-old unknown samurai with premature gray hair who firmly resisted the aggressive attack of Hojo Ujiyasu between northern Musashi and southern Ueno.

This man is the equally unknown Fukaya Uesugi Shizuken. This man insisted on resisting and refusing to surrender despite the heavy siege of the Hojo clan from all directions. It was because he alone held high the banner of the Uesugi clan and had been declaring his existence in northern Musashi. This prevented Hojo Ujiyasu from launching a large-scale attack on Ueno. It can be said that this little man with less than a thousand soldiers and less than ten generals consumed Hojo Ujiyasu's life for three or four years.

Of course, the wheel of history rolled forward, and a small force like him could not escape the fate of destruction. After years of resistance, Fukaya Uesugi Shizuken was defeated and fled into hiding.

Then the familiar Battle of Kamirugawa took place, and the Kanrei Uesugi clan collapsed, and Uesugi Kento fled to Echigo. This time, the Uesugi clan in the eight countries and ninety-two counties of Kanto were all destroyed. Since the Ashikaga clan entered Kanto, they prospered due to the marriage with the Ashikaga clan for generations. The famous Uesugi clans that served as Kanto Kanrei, Oshu Tandai, Echigo Shugo, and Musashi Shugo have almost disappeared.

This Fukaya Uesugi Shizuken may have experienced unimaginable grief during this chaotic year. The land left by his ancestors, who cut thorns and exposed to frost and dew for his descendants, has now been given to the great traitor Hojo Ujiyasu. The old man in his fifties may have lost all his vision of revitalizing the Uesugi family at that moment, and completely retired and ignored worldly affairs.

However, the Uesugi family was not cut off by heaven. Kanrei Uesugi Kendakami took shelter from Echigo Shugodai Nagao Kagetora, and then gave him the position of Kanto Kanrei and the family name of the famous Kanrei Uesugi clan. Nagao Kagetora was greatly moved. With the recognition of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the court, Nagao Kagetora then raised a large number of Mitsukoshi elite troops and marched south.

The phrase "Go to Kanto and serve under Nagao Tansho-dono" became the most exciting slogan for the entire Eastern Province.

As a result, the first battle to enter Kanto won an unprecedented victory. Hojo Ujiyasu was crowned the first king of the Eastern Province, the treacherous and usurping people were severely punished, and the reputation of loyal and righteous ministers spread.

Nagao Kagetora restored the family of the Kanrei Uesugi clan and reorganized the situation in Kanto.

Later, a five-month heavy snow completely blocked Kanto and Echigo. The Hojo clan and the Takeda clan colluded and launched the general uprising. So there was another second Kanto campaign of Uesugi Terutora, but unfortunately he was blocked at Kawagoe Castle and returned to Echigo without any success.

Uesugi Terutora only surrendered to Matsuyama Castle in Kanto at that time. At the same time, he also found the old man Uesugi Shizukata in Fukaya.

Uesugi Terutora was greatly moved by the deeds of this old man at that time, but he had no land in Musashi Province to restore the family. So they put him aside for the time being, and planned to deal with him after conquering Kawagoe Castle.

The old man was too old to follow Uesugi Terutora, and later, when Uesugi Terutora retreated in a hurry, he forgot about him. Anyway, he was not a great countryman or a famous samurai, so no one reminded Uesugi Terutora.

If this matter had just passed, it would have been fine, but Fukaya Uesugi Shizuken was, after all, a true descendant of the Fukaya Uesugi clan. He was a member of the same clan as the top-level famous families such as the Kanrei Uesugi clan and the Ogigayatsu Uesugi clan, and he was also a family with a long history.

So when the Hojo clan was cleaning up Musashi, Fukaya Uesugi Shizuken, who had been hiding well, was reported by someone, and then he was caught in front of Oishi Ujiteru and Fujita Ujikuni.

Hojo Ujinao was only a few years old, so of course he couldn't do it. The three uncles and several family elders in the family were in charge. Which one of Matsuda Kenhide, Daidoji Masaharu, Shimizu Yasunari, and Akawa Ujitsugu was the weak chicken? The group discussed for a whole night and immediately came up with a plan that was disgusting enough to kill Uesugi Terutora.

The old man Fukaya Uesugi Shizuken was very stubborn and refused to talk to the Hojo clan, just let them kill him quickly. Anyway, he killed at least 980 Hojo soldiers, so he didn't lose money.

But his son was not such a man of integrity. After a round of threats and inducements from the Hojo family, Fukaya Uesugi Kenshin gave in.

The Hojo family was overjoyed. This man was escorted to Kamakura by the Hojo family. A grand ceremony was held, announcing that he would succeed the family of the Uesugi clan of Ogigayatsu. He recognized the Uesugi Shuu-no-no-fu Asako, who fought against the Hojo clan for the 14th time and bravely resisted the attacks of the Hojo clan, as his father. At the same time, he served as the butler of Kamakura and the guardian of Musashi, two very meaningful positions.

If it was just like this, it would be fine, just like Hojo Ujiyasu supporting Amitari Yoshiuji, just one more puppet. At most, everyone would just watch the show and applaud.

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

So the Hojo family sent envoys to the Kanrei Uesugi family, the shogunate and the imperial court at the same time.

The core content is only one, to restore the practice of the Kanrei of the Yamanouchi Uesugi clan and the Uesugi clan of Ogigayatsu taking turns. At the same time, Uesugi Terutora has no son, while Uesugi Kenshin has a son. In order to ensure that the famous Kanrei Uesugi clan would not be extinct, he requested that the son of Uesugi Kenshin be recognized as the successor of Uesugi Terutora.

This disgusted Uesugi Terutora. I fought for my whole life and finally gave it to you, the Hojo family, as a lackey?

But the Hojo clan took out the precedent of the shogunate. Don’t you, Uesugi Terutora, respect the system of the shogunate? Okay, please abide by the system of the shogunate.

At this time, Uesugi Terutora had no time to go in and out of Kanto. After entrusting state affairs to Nagao Masakage and Naoe Kagetsuna, he hurried to Kyoto to negotiate with the shogunate court.