Chapter 574 36. Agree on Suwa's Breakthrough Point

Uesugi Kenshin in Echigo received a message from the Yamanouchi family, and sent someone to reply even in the heavy snow.

He would definitely go to Kanto, because Ueno was under great threat, although the hand extended by the Takeda family was cut back by the Yamanouchi family. But the hand extended by the Hojo family was really at the edge of Ueno. After the people of Shimotsuke were forced to surrender to the Hojo, Ueno was sandwiched on both sides.

If Ueno was lost, Echigo would be directly under the attack of the Hojo clan, which was something Uesugi Kenshin absolutely did not want to see. If the Hojo clan could invade Echigo at any time, then Uesugi Kenshin would never be able to sit firmly in Echigo.

As for Musashi and Shimotsuke, Shimotsuke wanted them to get out of the control of the Hojo clan again. Musashi still had a big treasure to use. Before, there was an internal conflict between the Narita clan in Oshi Castle, and Narita Nagayasu was placed under house arrest, and Narita Nagatsuda was exiled by his brother Narita Ujiyasu.

Narita Nagatsuda first fled to the Utsunomiya clan to seek shelter, but found that the Utsunomiya clan was also unreliable, so he went around Aizu and arrived in Echigo. Uesugi Kenshin suddenly had the righteous right to enter and leave Oshi Castle, because Narita Nagatsuda claimed that Narita Nagayasu was going to pass the throne to him, and it was his brother Narita Ujinaga who usurped the position of head of the family.

Uesugi Kenshin liked to fight this kind of war the most, the so-called "righteous war"!

Shimotsuke can be said to have been crying and begging for help from the Utsunomiya clan to help them escape the brutal rule of the traitor Hojo clan. Musashi can be said to have sent Narita Nagatsuda back to the country to succeed the head of the family and served as the guardian of Musashi.

As for Satake Yoshishige, it is said that after receiving the letter, his attitude was somewhat ambiguous. It turned out that the Aizu Ashina clan began to show a tendency to favor the Satake clan, and the waves were getting bigger and bigger.

Ashina Moriji successively defeated Nihonmatsu Castle Lord Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu, Sukawa Castle Lord Nikaido Moriyoshi, and Miharu Castle Lord Tamura Kiyoaki. He also formed a marriage alliance with Kodaka Castle Lord Soma Moritane, and gave him the character Mori, and formed an alliance with the Soma clan.

This actually led to the complete connection between the territories of Satake and Ashina (in fact, there was also a Shirakawa Yuki clan in the middle, but it was about to end), and at this time, Ashina Morihiro fell seriously ill.

At this time, Ashina Moriji had passed the position of family head to his legitimate son Ashina Morihiro, but Morihiro had been weak and sick in his early years, and now there was news that he was bedridden and unable to manage.

This means that the huge sweet cake of Aizu is very likely to need to be adopted by a son to inherit. Who wouldn't be tempted by a territory of hundreds of thousands of stones?

Date was tempted!

Satake was also tempted!

In fact, everyone was secretly cursing Ashina Morihiro's quick death and Ashina's lack of successor, so that they could pounce on him and feast on him.

Even if you are Satake Yoshishige, would you choose to take on the tough Hojo and Oda clans, or try to give a son to the Ashina clan, which may soon be extinct?

It's obvious!

However, Satake Yoshishige is still a man, and he guarantees that there will be 5,000 troops to press the Oda clan to the south. As for whether the Oda clan can ask the Hojo clan for help, it is hard to say.

You are a daimyo who can mobilize nearly 20,000 people, but you only send 5,000, which is a bit perfunctory.

But after all, you are asking for help, so the requirements cannot be too high. With Oda Ujiharu's combat power, he will definitely not be able to deal with Satake Yoshishige's 5,000 people, and he will definitely ask the Hojo clan for help. I just don't know how many people Hojo Ujinao is willing to send to him? Because Hitachi is not the main expansion direction of the Hojo clan, Hojo Ujinao still inherited the policy of his grandfather Hojo Ujiyasu and his father Hojo Ujimasa. The goal is to resist (kanrei) Uesugi in the north and suppress Satomi in the south.

The Yamanouchi retainers were quite satisfied after hearing this. At least before the beginning of spring, there were quite a few people in Kanto who were holding back the Hojo clan.

Uesugi Kenshin counted as one, Satomi Yoshiyasu and Satomi Yoshihiro counted as one, and Satake Yoshishige counted as one. Even if the Hojo clan could mobilize 40,000 people, it would definitely not be much better!

As long as the Hojo clan did not come to rescue Takeda, the Yamanouchi clan would have a great chance of winning.

After everyone discussed it, they had some doubts about directly marching into Takeda, but they were still confident of attacking Suwa and Suruga.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the Suruga clan was naturally the worst, and Suruga also had an internal response from Shougeni.

There was only one problem. Suruga and the Hojo clan were directly adjacent, and Imagawa Ujiki even occupied the two counties of Suruga and East. If the Yamanouchi clan annexed Suruga, it would be like hanging a sword on the Hojo clan's Izu and Sagami abilities.

The Hojo clan would definitely do their utmost to rescue the war situation in Suruga.

If it was Suwa, which has a higher combat power, then Hojo's desire to come to rescue would surely be greatly reduced.

After all, Suwa is a whole Kai away from Hojo!

This is human nature. When it comes to their own interests, they will go all out. If they don't feel any pain, who cares about you? Go wherever you want, it's none of my business!

In the past, when Takeda Shingen was there, the Takeda family had a powerful strength of two and a half countries, and more than 30,000 troops were roaring. The Hojo family would naturally treat the Takeda family with equal or even inferior momentum.

Now that Takeda Shingen has passed away, the Takeda family suffered a great defeat under Toishi Castle, with 3,000 people killed and the Kai people cut in half on the road.

It's true that Hojo Ujinao is the son-in-law, but his father-in-law is dead, and his brother-in-law's national strength is only half of his own. Then why should he follow the footsteps of the Takeda family in everything? He has a strong army, and the Takeda family should listen to him!

The alliance between the Prime Minister and the Minister will not waver, but there will never be a person who can coordinate the overall situation like before.

"What can be done with the Suwa clan?" Hosokawa Saijo had some doubts.

"The Suwa clan, really..." Yamauchi Shokei shook his head.

In fact, Suwa was cut like leeks in these short twenty years. A large number of leeks were cut when Suwa Yorishige was defeated. Later, another batch was cut to let Suwa Katsuyori return to the country. Suwa Katsuyori cut another batch to stabilize his rule when he grew up.

Now the Yamanouchi family has just cut a batch in Toishi Castle, and Takeda Shingen has swung his sword and killed himself, and ordered to live in seclusion and release more than 50 people.

You are leeks, and you need time to grow before you can cut them. How can this be, this batch has just sprouted, and you can't wait to cut it.

"It's not that there is no..." Kitabatake University seemed to be thinking.

Everyone looked at him in unison, and he thought for a while. "I wonder if you still remember Nishimaki Shiroemon?"

Where is this countryman from? Kobayata had a question mark on his face.

"After the Battle of Uedawara, the Suwa Western Clan rose up, and this person seemed to be in the battle at that time." Isshiki Miyauchi thought for a while.

"Yes, this Shiroemon is in Kai Daizen's family and is a member of the Jinri-kiri clan."

"What about him?"

"He was ordered to live in seclusion in Nishimaki because he was close to Suwa Shiro."

"Who can contact this person?" Yamauchi Shukei knew that this person joined Takeda just to get rich. As a result, his investment failed after a while, and the company was completely purged. He handed over his shares and retired home.

"I'll go with my old bones." Kitabatake Daigaku agreed with a smile.