Chapter 627 33. The Ueno Army Retreats in Panic
Matsuyama Castle had been visited by Koheita before, and it was one of the strongest branch cities in Kitamushi. The entire city was built on a huge rock base. There was no other way except to attack by force.
The Yamauchi Army's three-pounder cannon couldn't hit the city, so they could only stare, worried and didn't know why.
There is no old man Uesugi Shihken in the city this time, so it is impossible to cut from south to north. The castle commander, Yamakaku Shirozaemon, was the royal horse troop of the Hojo clan.
A hardcore and loyal boy who will not surrender.
They had no choice but to send dozens of Monomichi to conduct reconnaissance on the surrounding Hojo territory, and then go to the Ueno Hirai formation to try to check the battle situation of the Hojo team and the Ueno people.
According to previous news, in the Hirai formation there were only 2,000 soldiers of Fukasawa Toshitaka, 8,000 soldiers of Hojo Takahiro and Amanza Keimachi, and 10,000 Nagano Yassei.
Although the 20,000-strong coalition army has a favorable defensive location, it is not known how long it can hold out against the 36,000-strong Hojo Army armed with blunderbuss.
If Mr. Nagano Yasumasa was in Hirai, Little Hirata would just ignore Hirai's affairs.
In terms of defense, who is Mr. Nagano Yamasa afraid of?
He punched Takeda Shingen and kicked Hojo Uyasu, and Minawa Castle was defended like an iron barrel. In one battle, five hundred of Takeda Shingen's men were killed, and Naito Xiu, the famous general of the First Army, was disgraced.
Xiao Ping Tai only has one word, surrender!
As for his son Nagano Yamori, it’s not that we look down on you. When we debuted and fought against each other, you, Nagano Yamori, were still nursing.
"Matsuyama Castle is small but strong. It may be difficult to conquer within five days." Even Hokahata University saw that the city was unbreakable.
"Yamakaku Shirozaemon has refused to persuade us to surrender and is determined to defend. He also advised our army to retreat, lest the Hojo main force will lose its troops after returning to the division."
Murakami Yoshimitsu has received a reply from the city to persuade the flag to surrender. Yamako Shirozaemon has a thousand soldiers in his early years, and the food is enough to feed a thousand of them until the end of the world.
After all, it is a food station for the Hojo clan's 30,000-strong army. These 1,000 people can feed them for more than three years. There are also wells in the city, so there is nothing to worry about.
"What's the situation in Ueno?" Koheita turned to ask Murakami Yoshimitsu.
"It's not good. The Hojo forces are strong, and they also have the power of the Nanman Otsutsuki. At first, it was okay in Hirai Castle, the city walls are thick. Now the army is standing in the open, and there is no cover."
"A fight between the two armies?" Koheta knew how difficult it was to resist in the field, but he didn't expect that the situation would become one-sided.
"The Ueno coalition seems to be wavering." Murakami Yoshimitsu said more implicitly, not too straightforwardly.
If everyone in Ueno is defeated, what if Koheita captures Matsuyama? Unable to attack Hojo's army with the Ueno troops, it is impossible to defeat Hojo with only the 16,000 men who arrived at Matsuyama (the number remained the same, leaving one thousand in Kawagoe, but Uesugi Shihken brought 800 to join).
Mr. Hosokawa Saime estimates that she will have to fight with the Fujita clan who supported the past. I don’t know if Furukawa Castle has been captured. If it is captured, there will still be a strong castle to defend it.
"By the way! Has anyone who went to Ninja City reported the news?"
"There is no news from Ninja City yet, but Hojo only has about 2,000 people in Ninja City, and he did not attack the city. He was just monitoring." Murakami Yoshimitsu replied.
"Um……"
There are no unexpected ups and downs in the situation in Ninja City. This turtle city floating on the water is really disgusting.
Even if you come with an army of 100,000 people, you can only attack a few hundred people at a time. This is well reflected in the movie "City of Puppet".
Oishi Teruno is a general who is not inferior to his father. He must not be willing to chew such a hard nut, so he left Ninja Castle there.
"By the way, can we cross Ninja City and enter the main state to see if there is any way to know the current situation of Cai Nu." Koheita suddenly thought of it.
"Okay, Her Highness Cai Nu should be near Furukawa. I will arrange for people to try to see if we can break through to Furukawa."
After the army separated, it was not easy to maintain smooth communication. There were no mobile phones, telephones or wireless telegraphs. Especially the army in this kind of movement can only rely on people to communicate.
"We might as well send a few more people so that if Koga Koga is defeated, we can immediately retreat to Ueno. Then we can also flank Hirai's Hojo team."
While talking and walking, Xiao Pingtai also walked around the entire Songshan Castle. There were no flaws and everything was solid.
Back at the shogunate, Yamauchi Taro was chatting with Uesugi Shihken. The old man seemed to particularly like Yamauchi Taro, and Yamauchi Taro happened to meet a Musashi sitting tiger, and the two had a lively chat.
Everyone here, no one knows Musashi better than Uesugi Shihken. I have been fighting with the Hojo family here for thirty years, and every plant and tree is imprinted in my mind.
Now the old man is talking about the Battle of Kamirukawa. It just so happened that Koheta actually witnessed the Battle of Kamirukawa when he first debuted, so he sat down to listen and recall the glorious years of the past.
It can be said that the old man's version is very different from the version in Heita's impression. The old man not only said that he commanded a wing in this battle, but also, betrayed by the traitor, commanded the soldiers to fight fiercely all night, slowly retreated, and covered Kenmasa Uesugi's escape to Hirai.
Um! Apart from the correct order, nothing else! hehe!
Resist Hojo, my leader! I will attend the pre-war meeting! I will command the divine flow battle! I support long-tailed succession! Let me comment on Uesugi’s merits and demerits! The look on the straw bale is so bright!
Awesome!
Xiao Pingtai didn't want to expose the old man. He still wanted to ask the old man if he had any acquaintances in Songshan City. If he could find two acquaintances, set a fire in the city, open a door at night or something, that would be a great thing.
But the old man has no acquaintances and has been out of power for ten years. Human kindness exists, and a man walking is no better than a dog.
The lord of Matsuyama Castle has been replaced several times, so there is no acquaintance to contact.
Although the answer was expected, the samurai in the shogunate were still disappointed.
At this time, a person crawled to the shogunate tent and asked for an audience, with a panicked look on his face.
"Ueno is finished! It's all over! More than 20,000 troops collapsed and scattered!"
A bolt from the blue!
Kodaira stood up, walked to the person, and grabbed his shoulders with both hands.
"How is it over! Explain it clearly!" The voice was so loud that it made the others in the tent tremble.
"Yesterday afternoon, the Hojo army's Oishi main team went out in full force and attacked the Uesugi army's Ganzao team with more than twice the force. Under heavy pressure, the Ganzao team finally collapsed after fighting for two hours, and the momentum of the Ueno people disappeared, and they collapsed in an instant!"
"It has been a night and half a day. If the Hojo army comes to us..." Kitabatake University is no longer a doubt.
"Oh! Even if they are not right in front of us!" Old man Shizukata Uesugi stood up suddenly, and he was still shaking.
"We should retreat quickly, at least to Kawagoe Castle!" Yamauchi Yoshiyasu was also a little dazed.
"Samane Yoshimitsu (Murakami Yoshimitsu)! Where are the other members? Have they come back?"
Upon hearing this, Murakami Yoshimitsu ran out to find out if there were any members who had returned.
"The army should pack up immediately and be ready to withdraw at any time!" Kobayata gave the order on behalf of Yamauchi Taro.
Everyone in the shogunate was also busy, packing up their things and preparing to run back.