Chapter 670 15. Uesugi Kenshin Meets Kawagoe

Musashi Province, Kawagoe Castle.

After supervising the collection of annual tribute in Kai, Kobayata went to Kawagoe and notified Kenshin Uesugi in advance, hoping to have a talk.

Kenshin Uesugi also wanted to talk to the Yamanouchi family, and he also wanted to see Taro Yamanouchi, who was like his half-son. Kenshin Uesugi liked Taro Yamanouchi very much.

Sitting at the head of the table, with legs crossed, Kenshin Uesugi asked Taro Yamanouchi to sit on his lap. Taro Yamanouchi was also happy, after all, he was his uncle, and he was quite close.

"Taro has made contributions to the Bando matter this time!"

"I dare not take credit!"

The nephew and uncle are in harmony. It is not appropriate to describe them as fatherly love and filial piety, but this is the meaning.

"Congratulations to His Highness the Kanrei on the great victory of the Noshu and Heshu battles!" Kobayata bowed to Kenshin Uesugi.

"Thank you, Kobayata." Kenshin Uesugi nodded to Kobayata.

"It's all thanks to your wisdom and luck, braved the arrows and stones."

At the beginning, everyone said some clichés and complimented each other. You flatter me, I flatter you. It's normal! If everyone lifts the sedan chair, how can we write the military history in a gorgeous way without flattering it?

After talking, Kenshin Uesugi naturally asked about the specific process of this Kanto campaign. After all, this year's battle was really a result of countless coincidences, and the trend of victory and defeat was reversed again and again.

It was not until the last moment that the dust settled.

It happened that Masayuki Sanada was training in the first team of the hatamoto, and he also followed this time as the guard of Yamauchi Taro. Kobayata knew that Masayuki Sanada was the think tank of Hosokawa Cai'e. The dragon's tail swing of Furukawa Castle and the three-way surprise attack on Oshi Castle were all from his hand.

It must be said that Masayuki Sanada is very talented, and Kobayata is ashamed of himself in this regard.

Since Kenshin Uesugi asked about this, Kobayata summoned Masayuki Sanada. As a direct experiencer and the one who proposed many strategies, he must have known more clearly than those present. Instead of Kobayata telling the story of how many times the strategy had been passed around, it was better for Masayuki Sanada to tell the story himself.

It was also a chance for him to show his abilities. As everyone knows, Kobayata has always liked to train young people. He never hesitated to reward and recommend talented people, and gave them opportunities and stages to show their abilities.

Masayuki Sanada was summoned over, and he was not flustered when he saw Kenshin Uesugi. He bowed and greeted him gracefully.

He answered all the questions Kenshin Uesugi asked, and his description was detailed and concise. Of course, as a young man, he inevitably boasted a little.

When Koga Castle was attacked, Masayuki Sanada pretended to repair the plank road, but secretly filled the mud pits with water, preparing to attack Koga Castle from all sides with ten times the number of troops. He secretly launched a surprise attack on the main castle of Koga Castle in the early morning, using psychological tactics to break the strong city without fighting.

Such a record must be shown off!

Before, at Koga Palace, Uesugi Kenshin also roughly observed the terrain and defense of the city. He already knew the story of Sanada Masayuki's surprise attack on the city. But now, after listening to it, I still think that this young man is really capable.

For such a strong city, from Uesugi Kenshin's point of view, he thought that it would not take a day or two to take it down, but Sanada Masayuki only took a day and a night.

Hearing him applaud, he took off his sword and gave it to Sanada Masayuki on the spot.

Of course, it was not the Azuki Nagamitsu, but just an ordinary sword. But this is also a great honor for Sanada Masayuki.

After that, he carefully asked about the details of the Battle of Oshi Castle. Naturally, he did not mention the defeat of Kanazawa Kagemochi and Hojo Takahiro, which led to the complete collapse of the Ueno wing and the almost collapse of the situation in northern Kanto.

Both sides focused on how the decision was made, how the troops were deployed, and how the battle started, progressed, and ended. How did they deal with the original estimate of more than 10,000 reinforcements becoming more than 30,000 Hojo troops?

At this point, Sanada Masayuki did not dare to boast. He had made a thousand calculations, but he did not expect that the Ueno people who were defending the city would be defeated in just a few days. Although this was mainly due to multiple orders, different hearts, and weak troops. But in the end, the Ueno people were defeated, and almost caused the entire Hosokawa Cai's team to be in danger.

As for the final result, everyone knows that the two armies, which had fought for 4 hours, were at the critical moment of their last breath. Xiao Pingtai rushed in day and night, but he was just a few thousand people who could not fight. However, he used a southern Musashi folk song, Tianle, to disintegrate the Musashi people who were in the majority of the battle in the Hojo army, and only then did he turn the situation around.

Uesugi Kenshin listened attentively, afraid of missing a single point, and waited until the dust settled, cheered loudly, and praised.

After clarifying these, the rest are just details, or superficial details. The Yamanouchi family is very sensible. Musashi is a big country in the world, with a huge amount of almost 200,000 kan.

The Yamanouchi family really did not touch it at all, and revived the Ogigayatsu Uesugi family and the Fukaya Uesugi family, restored the Iwatsuki Ota family and the Edo Ota family, and supported the Kofu of Koga.

It is in line with Kenshin Uesugi's strategy of divide and rule in Kanto and support his younger brothers.

Although these restored families will inevitably be quite close to and grateful to the Yamanouchi family, in the final analysis, they will still listen to the Kanto Kanrei.

As long as they are willing to listen to Kenshin Uesugi's call!

To restore the old order, safeguard the feudal system of the Muromachi shogunate, and everyone will be in peace in their own territory and support the Ashikaga Shogun in Luoyang together, this is one of Kenshin Uesugi's long-cherished wishes.

Kenshin Uesugi has conquered so many territories in Kanto, but he also knows that once he closes the mountains in Echigo, it will be difficult to control them. For these territories, it is inevitable to hand them over to loyal younger brothers. The current situation is the best!

It is really good for both parties to talk face to face. Any questions can be clarified face to face. As a marriage alliance, in this chaotic Warring States period, it is the long-term way not to have grudges.

"You all leave! Taro and I have something to say!" After the general questions were said, Kenshin Uesugi instructed everyone present.

Kobayata was about to leave, but Kenshin Uesugi signaled Kobayata to stay. After everyone left, there were only three people left in the huge house.

There should be something important to talk about, but it is not easy to make it public.

"Does the Kanrei-dono have any instructions?" Kobayata asked slightly.

"There is indeed something to tell you, this matter is about Taro, it is very important!" Kenshin Uesugi became very serious, looked at Yamauchi Taro sitting on his lap, with a complicated tone.

"Is it related to His Highness? This... I don't know?"

"You should know that it has been two months since the troops retreated from Jinze, Hezhou. Although it is said that the city is strong and difficult to conquer, there are other reasons!"

"Could it be!" Xiao Pingtai guessed in his heart.

"Did Taro receive the secret letter from Dashu!"