Chapter 620 26. A Lucky Plan to Capture a City in One Day
As soon as the order for the sword hunting in Kai was issued, the counties and towns were in an uproar. The wooden signs erected on the streets of Kai were passed down from village to village along the post roads built under the guidance of Takeda Shingen.
Unfortunately, those who had the courage to resist were just killed in Suwaguchi Sasao, and the rest were the elderly, the weak, the women and the cowardly. Naturally, there was nothing to do except for the uproar.
Under the shock of the mighty military power of the mountain army, not even a jumping villain appeared. The sword hunting was completed in order from village to village and county to county. Of course, this was a voluntary surrender, and the county governor and the prosecutor would go to the countryside for a second round of inspection.
It is imperative to ensure that every resident of Kai becomes an unarmed good citizen!
There must be some overcorrection in the implementation process, but no Minister Yamauchi would object. Yamauchi is now a conqueror, and he will show the ruler's kindness after the entire country of Kai has been digested into his own people.
All the generals have been in Kofu for several days. Except for Konishihara Saemon who led 3,000 people to Hachioji to help defend the temple, everyone else is urging the implementation of the sword hunt.
"There is another thing. The family of Suwa Okami and the family of Fuji Sengen Taisha have re-offered their oaths to Your Highness. Your Highness should help them report to the Kubo and the court to confirm the inheritance of the family."
One pair of the four Suwa brothers of the Suwa family died, and there are two left. They cannot be allowed to unify the family of gods and the secular family, otherwise it would be too disgusting if the spokesperson of Suwa Daimyojin in the world defected. So according to Kobayata's suggestion, the two brothers "voluntarily" split. The Suwa family, which Suwa Yorimitsu finally unified, split again.
Fuji Sengen Taisha, which is entrusted to Mount Fuji, the sacred mountain of Japan, is also an important god. As the family of gods that worship Konohana no Sakuyahime (Asama Okami), it also has a very important status in Japan, and now it has also submitted the oath.
"The succession of the Shinto family, so it seems that the Aso Grand Priest has just been ordered by the court to succeed." Isshiki Miyano nodded.
Although the one in Luoyang Jinli has no power, he still has some status in religion. At the same time, these Shinto families are considered the shogunate's mountain gate public servants, belonging to a kind of public servants, and their status is relatively special.
"I understand, let uncle Tansho write it!"
"Everyone, once the matter of Kai is over, we should move the camp to Hachioji as soon as possible to support the direction of Ueno." After listening to the order, Kobayata nodded and continued.
"How many days has Saemon-sama been gone?"
"It's been the sixth day!" Murakami Yoshimitsu counted.
"Has there been any news back?"
"Only the news from three days ago, you all know it."
Fujita Ujikuni brought 10,000 people to block Hachioji at Koshuguchi, with no intention of attacking the city or retreating. He also built a camp in Koanji Temple northeast of Hachioji, which has now taken shape and can be regarded as a city.
At the beginning, the Yamanouchi army entered the city smoothly with 1,000 peasant soldiers sent by Kobayata, without any obstruction from Fujita Ujikuni. But when Konishihara Saemon led 3,000 people to rescue, he was blocked by Fujita Ujikuni.
However, the two armies only fought a not-so-intense battle, and Konishihara Saemon still led the reinforcements into Hachioji Castle. And sent back the real-time news of Hachioji.
In the next three days, no messenger rushed back to pass on the news. Now there are 5,000 people in the city and 10,000 people outside the city, and there is no possibility of losing the city. The food in the city can also be sustained, and the Yamanouchi main force in Kofu will arrive in a flash, and there is no crisis.
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Hosokawa Cainu, who was extremely good at fighting, was really in high spirits these days. She parted ways with the Uesugi army and the Nagano army at Stable Bridge. The Yamanouchi army went to Koga, and the rest went to Hirai to confront the Hojo.
Echigo was in chaos, but it was not so chaotic that no one could be rescued.
Kogumori Yoshizumi, who was eating free meals in Echigo Fuchu Castle, was very sad. Although Uesugi Kenshin was rich, he did not treat him badly. He had food and drink, and was served by young maids. But he was living under someone else's roof, especially as the son of Kogumori, and he relied on the former Kanto Kanrei for food.
It was like the former chairman of the board eating free meals at the home of the former manager of a subsidiary company. These days, face is an extremely important thing, and too many people value it.
Kogumori Yoshizumi thought day and night that Uesugi Kenshin could help him fight back to Kogumori Palace, so that he could continue to claim the throne in Kogumori Castle and be a happy Kogumori general. As a result, Uesugi Kenshin did not wait, but waited for a few envoys from the Yamauchi family.
We Yamauchi collectively decided that you will be the next Kanto general!
How can I, a Kogumori Kogumori who was stranded in Echigo Province, become the Kanto general?
Without saying anything, Koyomi Yoshizumi asked Uesugi Kenshin to report to Uesugi Kenshin in Echizen, and then he and his only four or five retainers rushed all the way to Ueno Stable Bridge.
Of course, Hosokawa Saijo did not wait for him at Stable Bridge. The military situation was urgent, so there was no time to waste!
Under the advice of Sanada Masayuki, Hosokawa Saijo deliberately avoided the road north of Oshi Castle on the southern line and took the northern line to Ueno Sano clan's Karasawa Castle. With the assistance of Ashikaga Nagao clan, she was warmly welcomed by the guide and various auxiliary troops.
Everyone heard that they could go to the center of Shimosa, the most prosperous Koga area in Soshu, to fight (rob). It was really a gathering of heroes from all directions.
After passing Karasawa Castle, they took a short rest and reunited at Fujioka Castle. The army actually became 14,000 people. Even Minagawa Hiroteru, who had resigned, ran over to lead the army.
Divine soldiers descended from the sky!
When Ashikaga Yoshiuji in Koga Castle heard that tens of thousands of troops were coming without a limit, it was too late. He didn't even have the chance to call on nearby farmers to enter the city to defend it, so he could only close the city gates and make the final resistance.
Naturally, they also desperately sent envoys to ask for help from Hojo Ujinao and Oishi Ujiteru who were attacking Ueno under Hirai Castle.
"For the sake of my wife being your aunt, come and help me!"
And with the help of Sanada Masayuki, Hosokawa Nainoe walked around Koga Palace and learned that the flat city of Koga Palace was actually a flat city that drew water from the upper reaches of the Tama River to form a Konosu Swamp (Otate Swamp) on the flat ground, and then wrapped the castle, leaving only the Oteguchi connecting to the Kamakura Ancient Road for direct attack.
The city defense is indeed extremely strong and complete, and it is difficult to conquer easily!
But unfortunately, Koga Castle was short of troops and all retreated into the city. All the outlying strongholds, including the water gate of Konosu Swamp, were abandoned!
At the suggestion of Sanada Masayuki, Hosokawa Saijo opened the sluice gate, and the water of the Konosu Marsh flowed out along the Tama River, turning the pond into a muddy land.
Then the people of Shimokoku were driven to cut weeds and branches everywhere, filling countless roads. This made the people in the city think that the Yamanouchi army was going to use the huge force advantage of 14,000 people to attack from all sides.
But the Yamanouchi army refused!
Sanada Masayuki personally led a hundred elite soldiers selected from the Sanada people, sneaked under the main building of the Honmaru of the Koga Palace at night, and at dawn, fired fire arrows and oil cans in the direction of the Honmaru.
The Honmaru was full of wives and children of the Koga Castle soldiers, all of whom were ignorant women and children. When they saw the fire arrows coming, they couldn't help but panic and shout.
And their men were holding on to the gate of the Otoguchi and the collapsed city walls. After hearing the cries in the Honmaru and the slogans of the Yamanouchi army outside the city that the Honmaru had fallen and those who surrendered would be spared.
The whole army was defeated!
Thanks to Sanada Masayuki's brilliant plan, Furukawa Castle fell in just one day!
(It's a pity that the map of Furukawa Castle cannot be posted on Qidian.com, otherwise you can see it more intuitively. The update of Bilibili does have a map.)