$ Chapter 272 6. General Ashikaga Yoshiteru
Shinano in the first month of the year involves the entire eastern country.
Murakami Yoshikiyo would never sit and wait for death, and he also saw the linkage between the Yamanouchi family and the Uesugi family. The Nagano family in Ueno was also hostile, so they asked for the territories of the higher-level and the 40-sho, and sent people to ask for help from their old enemy Takeda Harunobu.
Takeda Harunobu agreed very readily. Anyway, Murakami Yoshikiyo knew that it was a poison to quench thirst, and Takeda Harunobu also had ulterior motives.
However, Takeda Harunobu had considerable power. On the one hand, he asked the Shinano pioneers to begin to accept the territories of the 40-sho promised by Murakami, and on the other hand, he slowly assigned military service tasks to the Kai and Suruga samurai groups.
Although the Suruga samurai group was cut in half at Okehazama, there were many Kai samurai, and it was very convenient to insert them into Suruga. Takeda Harunobu used both kindness and force, occupied the righteousness of the shogunate, and quickly won the hearts of the people in Suruga. Now is the time to use the Suruga people to send a wave of heads, and his Kai people are very precious.
In addition to the mobilization of the main faction, Takeda Harunobu, who was also a brother-in-law of Honganji, also tried to win over the clan. The officials of the northern Shinano Gankyo-ji Temple crossed over and temporarily shook hands with Murakami Yoshikiyo, who suppressed the Ikko sect. He accepted Takeda Harunobu's request and began to call on monks and soldiers and Nobushi to prepare for battle.
On the other hand, the Hojo clan in Odawara also united. Last year, the Hojo clan operated the revival of the Uesugi clan in Ogigayatsu. It also connected with the Hitachi Oda clan, and cut off the connection between Shimosa Kobumi Yorizumi, Nakajo Fujisuke, and the Awa Satomi clan with Ueno and Shimotsuke.
Originally, the Hojo clan would definitely unite with the people of Shimosa this year, send troops to attack Kobumi Palace, completely pacify the situation in southern Shimosa, and pressure the Awa Satomi clan.
But the Takeda family pointed out a clear way for him. This year, Uesugi Terutora will not send troops to Kanto. The chickens in Ueno are much easier to chew than the hard bones in Boso. The Hojo family dealt with the Ueno clan as if it were a piece of cake, so they quickly went over to beat Ueno up.
Although Narita Nagayasu of Oshi Castle is still loyal to Uesugi Terutora, everyone knows what kind of people they are. It is hard to say how much of this loyalty is real.
Maybe the Hojo family will attack Numata Castle directly this time.
Takeda Harunobu's words were well-founded, and the brothers Oishi Ujiteru and Fujita Ujikuni were so shocked that they saw stars. Several elders of the Hojo family also thought that Ueno was a piece of cake for us.
Especially Daidoji Masaharu, who was surrounded by Uesugi Terutora in Kawagoe Castle before, was the most active, and even proposed to divide the troops to threaten Hachioji and pull out this nail. Then conquer Tatebayashi Castle, cut off the connection between Uesugi Terutora and the Koga Kufang family, connect with the Yuki clan, and attack Hirai and Kobashi directly to destroy the Uesugi retainers in Ueno.
It would only take 10,000 or 20,000 kan to destroy the forces of the Kogumikado faction, but if they could enter Ueno, they would have made a huge profit of 40,000 or 50,000 kan.
The Hojo family finally accepted Takeda Harunobu's suggestion and went to attack the pro-Uesugi faction in Kanto, which was a huge success. Kanto people without Uesugi Terutora? Sorry, we in the Hojo family have never taken him seriously, and it is impossible for us to fail.
Uesugi Terutora was not idle either. On the one hand, he asked Shonai Daihoji and Aizu Ashina Kaichun to send troops to Echigo, and cooperate with the remaining Nagao Masakage to suppress the restless Yangbei people. On the other hand, he ordered Usami Suruga no Kami Sadamisu to lead about 2,000 Chuetsu people to go south to Ueno, and join forces with Ueno's remaining garrison officer Kanzasa Kagemochi to guard against the Hojo.
And he was ready to mobilize 6,500 Echigo people to go south to support his uncle Takanari Masayasu.
The Yamanouchi family was also unwilling to be lonely, and begged the general in Kyoto to order Ogasawara Nagatoki to write dozens of letters by hand. Taking advantage of the heavy snow, all the former retainers of the Ogasawara clan in Azumi County and Chikuma County received the gold of Yamanouchi Yoshiharu and the handwriting of the former master Ogasawara Nagatoki.
Yamanouchi Yoshiharu wrote a blank check, promising that as long as he defeated Murakami Yoshikiyo, he would restore the power of the Ogasawara clan's Shinano Province Hayashi Castle of 13,000 kan. Ogasawara Nagatoki almost couldn't hold back and wanted to come back to help Yamanouchi Yoshiharu.
In order to increase his bargaining chips, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu even spent thousands of kan to win over 2,000 people from the East Mikawa Province to join the war.
In just one short month of the New Year, various forces came and went, cheating in secret and forming alliances in public. He even did not hesitate to involve various forces in Mino, Hida, and even Mutsu Dewa. Takeda Harunobu even spent money to persuade the Echizen Dohi clan to attack the Shiina clan to disgust Uesugi Terutora.
Of course, this is a strategic deployment from a God's perspective. It is impossible for Kobayata and even Yamanouchi Yoshiharu and his son Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu to know so much.
Yamanouchi Yoshiharu only summoned two big men who became monks in Fuchu Castle, Kiso Yoshiyasu and Asahina Taitomo. The meaning is extremely clear. It's time for your two sons to be cannon fodder. One thousand five hundred cannon fodder each, no one can escape.
In order to raise enough troops, everyone has been shameless, calling friends and inviting partners, and there are accomplices everywhere.
Now the only obstacle between the various forces is the heavy snow in Shinano that will not be completely melted until early March.
In early February, Ashikaga Yoshiteru in Kyoto sent an imperial edict as expected. He accepted the tearful and bloody pleas for rescue from Takanari Masayasu and other loyal "public servants" in northern Shinano.
Designated to attack Murakami Yoshikiyo who attacked his colleagues, and at the same time ordered Uesugi Terutora and Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu to advance north and south, and must set a deadline and succeed quickly.
The general also dictated the strategy, how to deploy the army, how to set up the camp, where to fight the enemy, and where to surrender the city. It was like a man who could make plans in the tent and decide the outcome thousands of miles away.
This was not the end. In order to show his seriousness, Ashikaga Yoshiteru personally served as the general of the Murakami expedition.
But it was impossible for him to lead the army and leave Kyoto to command the battle like his ancestors.
He temporarily gave his Sun-wheel horse emblem to Uesugi Terutora and Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, one with Amaterasu Omikami and the other with Hachiman Daibosatsu.
When his old friend, Fujitaka Mibuchi, personally escorted the horse emblem of the Shogun of the Muromachi shogunate to Yamanouchi, Fuchu Castle was in an uproar.
This was equivalent to Ashikaga Yoshiteru personally visiting Yamanouchi Fuchu Castle!
In addition to the dozens of Yamanouchi soldiers who were guarding Fujitaka Mibuchi, Ashikaga Yoshiteru also invested a lot this time and sent a hundred shogunate servants, all wearing full body armor. Each of them rode on a war horse with high spirits, and the swords on their waists were all covered with gold foil, and the long spears were all painted with vermilion lacquer representing bravery.
And all the retainers and samurai of the Yamanouchi family, including Yoshiharu Yamanouchi and Yoshikatsu Yamanouchi, went outside the city to welcome the ceremonial guard of the Shogun.
The Sun Wheel Hachiman Great Bodhisattva horse emblem was placed respectfully on the main throne, and next to it, Fujitaka Mibuchi read the imperial edict of Ashikaga Yoshiteru to the Yamanouchi ministers.
Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was appointed as the deputy commander of the expedition and was determined to win the victory.