Chapter 461
Chapter 461
Chapter 461 Surprise attack on Ueno ([-]) The fall of the Stable Bridge and Guanbai's dispatch of troops
In the early morning of October 17th, the 1589th year of Tianzheng (29), Stable Bridge City
At this moment, the sky was already bright, and the flames of Stable Bridge City, which had been burning for a whole night last night, had basically been extinguished. To be precise, it was because the wood had been burned out, and it would automatically extinguish after there were no combustible materials.
Yu Xiduo's various backup teams began to enter the city one by one to clean up the stable bridge city that had been burned overnight.
Recalling what happened last night, Nobushige Sanada, Sadako Osafune and the others still had lingering fears.
Because the scull platform containing kerosene and gunpowder was ignited, Erzhiwan fell into the sea of flames directly, and a violent explosion occurred in Stable Bridge City. At this time, Stable Bridge City was a wooden castle. The defenders of Maruchi and Honmaru were trapped in the city.
In the end, in order to escape, some people even jumped over the screen and jumped into the water hole and swamp outside the city, and were finally captured by the Ukita soldiers guarding the periphery.
Some people jumped directly to the side of the Tone River and jumped into the turbulent Tone River. If they were lucky, they might be able to go ashore and return, but most of them would probably drown in such a turbulent current.
The soldiers of Sannomaru on the east side, Takahama Guo on the north side, and Ma Guo on the east side saw the raging fire on the Ninomaru behind them, their morale plummeted, and their command center was gone!
The most important thing is that the fire started to spread to the Outer Honmaru and the outer city walls. The soldiers guarding the Outer Maru did not want to be burned to death in the city, and wanted to escape through the gates of the city under the organization of the samurai.
However, the bridge pillars and planks that were removed in order to organize the attack of the siege party became the biggest obstacle to their survival.
Only the wooden bridge outside Ma Guo was repaired due to Yuxi's attack during the day, which almost became the biggest life-saving straw for the soldiers in the outer circle of the city.
There were even soldiers from Sannomaru on the east side running in a large circle to Ma Guolai, hoping to escape from the Jingu Gate.
But now it's the turn of Yuxi's family outside the city to form a firepower network to fight back the bullying they suffered during the day!
"Iron Artillery Squad ~ Aim ~ Shoot!" Ukitakata's Iron Artillery Team leader commanded his soldiers calmly, and poured firepower at the Hojo family who rushed out from the gate of the city.
The firing of the iron cannon team was interrupted at intervals. Even though the first group of people who came out just now were shot into a hornet's nest, there were still people rushing forward and pouring out from the gate of the shrine.
Seeing that the iron cannon team could not block the bridge deck, Suzaku's reserve captain Suga Masari, who was guarding the entrance of the Jingu Temple, called the main battalion behind and asked them to take off the longbows on their backs and prepare to shoot arrows at the bridgehead.
"Swish, swish, palapalala" The sound of arrows piercing through the air and being nailed to wooden boards reflected the screams of soldiers shot by arrows, and behind them was the "cracking" sound of flames burning firewood.
The mouth of the Jingong Palace was blocked by Yuxijia, and the descendants stepped on the corpses of the predecessors, and some even rushed to the bridgehead holding the corpses of the predecessors as a cover.
Just like in the second Battle of Osaka in the Battle of Samurai, Ukita soldiers began to shoot from both sides at the Hojo family soldiers who rushed to the top of the city.
The entire bridge was covered with corpses, and blood flowed along the wooden gaps of the wooden bridge to the water hole, forming a blood waterfall for a while.
The bloodiness of the battlefield stimulated the soldiers on both sides, especially the desire of the hunting bottom on Ukido’s side, which made them even more bloodthirsty. Some Ashigaru guarding the bridge even rushed to the city with a knife to kill the soldiers of the Hojo family who were running away with their heads in their hands.
The stench of blood mixed with the smell of burning meat and burning firewood soared into the sky.
After all, the bridgehead is too narrow, Ma Guo has gathered too many Hojo family Ashgaru, and seeing that the bridgehead is blocked by the opposite side and cannot go out, some people think of jumping directly into the water hole from Jingukou, and swim to the shore outside the city .
As a devout Buddhist, Changchuan Zhenqin is different from the fanatical ordinary soldiers on the front line. After seeing such a tragic scene, he closed his eyes in pain, put his hands together and recited the Buddha's name.
"Amitabha Buddha, the sin is heavy, the sin is heavy."
"Pass down the order, God has the virtue of good life, try to save the Hojo family Ashgaru who jumped into the Mizubori and the Tone River, and have the right to intercept and kill the soldiers who want to come out through the bridge."
Osafune Sadakin's order is easy to explain. The wooden bridge is too flat. Hojo Ashi, who came from here, just passed the bridge of life and death, and his adrenaline surged.
Moreover, they often come out in groups, and they are likely to carry weapons. If they cross the bridge and fight with Yu Xi's soldiers, wouldn't Yu Xi's family suffer a big loss?
But the soldiers who fell into the water are different. The iron equipment on their bodies may have been taken off. After several meters of practical work and climbing over the waterproof embankment, they have long been exhausted. Facing the surrounded Yuxiduo soldiers The courage to resist, there is no pressure for such a person to be captured.
About two hours later, the flames spread to Ma Guo, and the soldiers of the Hojo family who were still trapped in the city became more eager to live first.
In addition, Yuxi's family desperately intercepted and killed those who crossed the bridge, but gave a helping hand to those who swam, saving their lives and dragging them ashore, which made the soldiers in the city seem to have no hope of life.
The samurai could no longer restrain Ashgaru, and some samurai even joined the fleeing team and swam towards Ukita.
At this moment, the Uki family already had the chance to win, and Osafune Sadakin only cared about two things most: "What happened to the generals in the castle, Tame Motochu?" and "Whether Nobushige Sanada can return safely."
After waiting for more than an hour, the sun has begun to rise from the east, the sky has gradually brightened, and Changchuan Zhenqin finally knows the first answer.
An envoy sent news from behind that Nobushige Sanada and his party consisted of 12 people, and 8 of them returned safely. Nobushige Sanada had burns on his face, but he was generally fine.
Hearing the news, Nasafune Sadakin finally let go of his hanging heart. Although it is important whether Duomu Yuanzhong lives or dies, it will not have any substantial impact on the battle situation.
"Let the captains command the army's actions by themselves. After the burning of Stable Bridge City, they will go into the city to clean it up, and send people around to cut down trees to obtain wood. We need to rebuild Stable Bridge City."
Then he said to his surname: "I'm going to take a rest, if there is any special situation, wake me up."
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However, it is said that at about the time when the Hide family attacked from Useido, Toyotomi Hideyoshi took the Kinki Corps he had assembled to accept the emperor's review in Kyoto.
He personally entered the palace to see the emperor, reported to him the arrogant and domineering behavior of the Hojo clan, and asked the emperor to issue an imperial edict to designate the Hojo clan as the enemy of the dynasty, and all the famous people in the world should attack them together.
Hideyoshi was originally Kanbaro, who had the legal principle of shepherding the world on behalf of the emperor, and this time he asked the emperor for a decree, just to maximize the justice of the Eastern Expedition.
Emperor Goyosei was originally supported by Hideyoshi. He was only 19 years old this year, and he didn't have the courage to resist the powerful Hideyoshi, so he immediately approved Hideyoshi's request.
Hideyoshi was not satisfied after receiving the decree with the emperor's imperial seal, and continued to ask the emperor for the right to "carry a sword".
The so-called "bringing a sword" is a very high honor procedure given by the emperor in ancient Japan to the generals who went to war. It is roughly the broadsword given by the emperor to the generals or envoys sent to Tang Dynasty with the emperor's logo and sixteen petals.
Here I want to popularize the difference between the Tong pattern and the Chrysanthemum pattern. As mentioned earlier, the Xiu family obtained the Wusan Tong pattern and the Wuqi Tong pattern, which itself has obtained a symbol of conquering disobedient officials for the court.
But when Hideyoshi got the big sword with the emperor's pattern, it meant that he had the authority granted by the emperor to attack the world's famous names.
One represents the imperial court and the other represents the emperor. Although both have the power to attack dissidents in name, their legal principles are completely different.
Hideyoshi did not ask the emperor for the imperial sword in the previous crusade against the Shimadzu family, but he asked the emperor for this crusade against Hojo, which is enough to show Hideyoshi's determination to eliminate Hojo.
In other words, for the Hideyoshi court, my fight against the Shimadzu family was nothing more than a dispute within the court, and we were still colleagues after the defeat.
But for the Hojo Clan, Hideyoshi has been regarded as an enemy outside the imperial court and a barbarian who needs to be crusaded, and he must be eliminated.
After obtaining the authority bestowed by the emperor, Hideyoshi summoned the Kinki and some of the Western Daimyo who had already raised their troops in Juraku, Kyoto.
He once again reiterated the order of Terumoto Mori to be stationed in Kyoto, Hidecho Toyotomi to be stationed in Osaka, and Takakage Kobayakawa to be stationed in Gifu. With Tokugawa Ieyasu as the vanguard, the entire army, with a total of 18 people, will divide into two routes and enter Odawara.
Of course, there are only 7 to 8 people gathered in Kyoto at this moment. Some troops are in Ise and Tokaido, and some troops have not yet arrived in Kyushu. These people will join in one after another.
In order to ensure the supply of food for so many people, he asked Maeno Nagayasu, Maeda Genyi and others to be responsible for the transfer of military food, and set up military stations in Owari, Mikawa, Enjiang, and Suruga to be responsible for the transfer of food and pay.
In Kyoto, Hideyoshi sent a message to the daimyos all over the world, especially the daimyos in the Kanto and Northeast, asking them to gather forces to attack the Hojo clan within two months. will be destroyed together.
Hideyoshi's order was brought from Kyoto to all parts of Japan by hundreds of envoys, and the envoys did not stop ordering people and horses, and brought the order to Tokugawa Ieyasu's desk in Sumpu Castle in just 4 days.
As a pioneer, Tokugawa Ieyasu was ordered by Hideyoshi to remove the Hojo family's strongholds in Higashi Suruga, Kawahara Tani Castle and Tokura Castle, and the troops threatened Zhongshan Castle on the border between Suruga and Sagami.
At the same time, Nakagawa Hidemasa and Toyotomi Hideji Tsutsui, who was in charge of the meeting and waterway, were ordered to launch an offensive against Nirayama Castle and Shimoda Castle in Izu.
In short, there is only one order, and all obstacles to entering Sagami must be removed before Hideyoshi arrives.
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As the retired head of the Hojo family, Hojo Clan Zheng should not have been involved in family affairs on the surface, but the tradition of the Hojo family is that the former head of the family is the Supreme Emperor and controls the overall situation behind his back.
Generally speaking, no matter how much the Hojo Clan government controls the overall situation, the Hojo Clan would still be the general in person for sending out troops, while he himself would stay in Odawara Castle.
But this time, due to the famous Toyotomi Hide family who entered Ueno, it may be a battle of national destiny for the Hojo family, and the Hojo family cannot afford to lose.
Therefore, the Hojo clan, who had been in Odawara Castle for a long time, led the troops again from Odawara Castle, intending to defeat Hideyoshi in Ueno, rub Hideyoshi's spirit, and force Hideyoshi to admit his hegemony over Kanto.
At this moment, the top and bottom of the Hojo family have not realized that this will be a nationwide war of annihilation. In their view, the Toyotomi Hide family spent so much effort lurking in Shinano to attack Ueno, and the Toyotomi family should use The way of local wars gradually oppressed the Hojo family to submit.
However, when the army set off from Odawara Castle, after 2 days of preparation and 5 days of marching, it arrived at Kagoe Castle, but suddenly received a message from Suruga:
"The emperor identified the Hojo clan as an enemy of the court and issued an edict to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to attack him."
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi led 20 soldiers from Kyoto, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Hojo family."
And "The forwards of the Tokugawa family and the Toyotomi family have launched an offensive against Higashi Suruga and Izu. Now Kawahara Valley Castle and Tokukura Castle have fallen, and the Tokugawa army is approaching Zhongshan Castle. The Toyotomi family also surrounded Niuyama Castle and Shimoda Castle, and Hojo Master Shibang is fighting hard."
Suruga, Izu and Sagami are separated by Hakone, which is also the origin of the geographical indication of Kanto.
Odawara Castle is located not far from the east side of Hakone Dao. Now Toyotomi's offensive is very urgent and has approached the Hakone Mountain defense line.
For Hojo, if Sagami couldn't keep Ueno, it would be even more meaningless to exist.
So at the suggestion of the elder Matsuda Kenhide, the whole army returned to Odawara Castle, and at the same time ordered Daidoji Masashige to be responsible for organizing the defense line in the Musashi area to prevent Toyotomi's army from going south from Ueno.
As for the Ueno country, it has basically given up in the subconscious of the Hojo clan's monarchs and ministers.
It's not appropriate to say that. In Matsuda Kenhide's words, there are two people in Ueno, Mototada and Inomata Kuniken, and more than [-] troops. Take a month.
But his dream of relying on Ueno to consume the Toyotomi family will eventually turn into a vain dream.
There is such a big commotion in Stable Bridge Castle, even if Toyotomi’s house blocks the surrounding area and many people who want to escape from the Ashgaru, there will always be brave people who jump directly from the Honmaru into the Tone River, and follow the Tone River to Musashi to be rescued The news of the fall of Qiaocheng will eventually be known to the Hojo clan.
The news came from Kawagoe City on the second day after the Hojo Clan led the troops to go south, and the Hojo Clan was shocked to hear the news that Tame Motochu died with the city.
What surprised him even more was that while Toyotomi's army was fierce, it took Ueno's most important transportation hub, Stable Bridge Castle, in just 5 days, and locked Inomata Bangken in North Ueno.
At this moment, he no longer dared to imagine the ending of Inomata Bangken. The best ending would be to stick to Minwa Castle, but after losing Stable Bridge Castle, Minowa Castle has become an isolated city. Could it hold up?
But the bad news was far more than that. There was news from Hitachi that Satake Yoshishige, Satake Yoshinobu and his sons in Hitachi had begun to mobilize their troops after receiving Hideyoshi's order, and they might go south to attack themselves at any time.
"Let someone rule the Date family, let him exert pressure on Shimono, and hold back the Satake family in Hitachi. After the war, I am willing to cooperate with his invasion of Shimono."
The Hojo Clan Masa was originally just a master of the mean, and he was able to go back and forth with Takeda, Uesugi, Hitachi, and Satomi for decades in such a good situation as Hojo Clan, and it can be seen that his ability is mediocre.
At this moment, you are still fantasizing that the Date family will join his camp. If you don't accept Toyotomi Hideyoshi's order to go south to eat a piece of meat, you are already doing your Hojo family a lot of face.
(End of this chapter)
In the early morning of October 17th, the 1589th year of Tianzheng (29), Stable Bridge City
At this moment, the sky was already bright, and the flames of Stable Bridge City, which had been burning for a whole night last night, had basically been extinguished. To be precise, it was because the wood had been burned out, and it would automatically extinguish after there were no combustible materials.
Yu Xiduo's various backup teams began to enter the city one by one to clean up the stable bridge city that had been burned overnight.
Recalling what happened last night, Nobushige Sanada, Sadako Osafune and the others still had lingering fears.
Because the scull platform containing kerosene and gunpowder was ignited, Erzhiwan fell into the sea of flames directly, and a violent explosion occurred in Stable Bridge City. At this time, Stable Bridge City was a wooden castle. The defenders of Maruchi and Honmaru were trapped in the city.
In the end, in order to escape, some people even jumped over the screen and jumped into the water hole and swamp outside the city, and were finally captured by the Ukita soldiers guarding the periphery.
Some people jumped directly to the side of the Tone River and jumped into the turbulent Tone River. If they were lucky, they might be able to go ashore and return, but most of them would probably drown in such a turbulent current.
The soldiers of Sannomaru on the east side, Takahama Guo on the north side, and Ma Guo on the east side saw the raging fire on the Ninomaru behind them, their morale plummeted, and their command center was gone!
The most important thing is that the fire started to spread to the Outer Honmaru and the outer city walls. The soldiers guarding the Outer Maru did not want to be burned to death in the city, and wanted to escape through the gates of the city under the organization of the samurai.
However, the bridge pillars and planks that were removed in order to organize the attack of the siege party became the biggest obstacle to their survival.
Only the wooden bridge outside Ma Guo was repaired due to Yuxi's attack during the day, which almost became the biggest life-saving straw for the soldiers in the outer circle of the city.
There were even soldiers from Sannomaru on the east side running in a large circle to Ma Guolai, hoping to escape from the Jingu Gate.
But now it's the turn of Yuxi's family outside the city to form a firepower network to fight back the bullying they suffered during the day!
"Iron Artillery Squad ~ Aim ~ Shoot!" Ukitakata's Iron Artillery Team leader commanded his soldiers calmly, and poured firepower at the Hojo family who rushed out from the gate of the city.
The firing of the iron cannon team was interrupted at intervals. Even though the first group of people who came out just now were shot into a hornet's nest, there were still people rushing forward and pouring out from the gate of the shrine.
Seeing that the iron cannon team could not block the bridge deck, Suzaku's reserve captain Suga Masari, who was guarding the entrance of the Jingu Temple, called the main battalion behind and asked them to take off the longbows on their backs and prepare to shoot arrows at the bridgehead.
"Swish, swish, palapalala" The sound of arrows piercing through the air and being nailed to wooden boards reflected the screams of soldiers shot by arrows, and behind them was the "cracking" sound of flames burning firewood.
The mouth of the Jingong Palace was blocked by Yuxijia, and the descendants stepped on the corpses of the predecessors, and some even rushed to the bridgehead holding the corpses of the predecessors as a cover.
Just like in the second Battle of Osaka in the Battle of Samurai, Ukita soldiers began to shoot from both sides at the Hojo family soldiers who rushed to the top of the city.
The entire bridge was covered with corpses, and blood flowed along the wooden gaps of the wooden bridge to the water hole, forming a blood waterfall for a while.
The bloodiness of the battlefield stimulated the soldiers on both sides, especially the desire of the hunting bottom on Ukido’s side, which made them even more bloodthirsty. Some Ashigaru guarding the bridge even rushed to the city with a knife to kill the soldiers of the Hojo family who were running away with their heads in their hands.
The stench of blood mixed with the smell of burning meat and burning firewood soared into the sky.
After all, the bridgehead is too narrow, Ma Guo has gathered too many Hojo family Ashgaru, and seeing that the bridgehead is blocked by the opposite side and cannot go out, some people think of jumping directly into the water hole from Jingukou, and swim to the shore outside the city .
As a devout Buddhist, Changchuan Zhenqin is different from the fanatical ordinary soldiers on the front line. After seeing such a tragic scene, he closed his eyes in pain, put his hands together and recited the Buddha's name.
"Amitabha Buddha, the sin is heavy, the sin is heavy."
"Pass down the order, God has the virtue of good life, try to save the Hojo family Ashgaru who jumped into the Mizubori and the Tone River, and have the right to intercept and kill the soldiers who want to come out through the bridge."
Osafune Sadakin's order is easy to explain. The wooden bridge is too flat. Hojo Ashi, who came from here, just passed the bridge of life and death, and his adrenaline surged.
Moreover, they often come out in groups, and they are likely to carry weapons. If they cross the bridge and fight with Yu Xi's soldiers, wouldn't Yu Xi's family suffer a big loss?
But the soldiers who fell into the water are different. The iron equipment on their bodies may have been taken off. After several meters of practical work and climbing over the waterproof embankment, they have long been exhausted. Facing the surrounded Yuxiduo soldiers The courage to resist, there is no pressure for such a person to be captured.
About two hours later, the flames spread to Ma Guo, and the soldiers of the Hojo family who were still trapped in the city became more eager to live first.
In addition, Yuxi's family desperately intercepted and killed those who crossed the bridge, but gave a helping hand to those who swam, saving their lives and dragging them ashore, which made the soldiers in the city seem to have no hope of life.
The samurai could no longer restrain Ashgaru, and some samurai even joined the fleeing team and swam towards Ukita.
At this moment, the Uki family already had the chance to win, and Osafune Sadakin only cared about two things most: "What happened to the generals in the castle, Tame Motochu?" and "Whether Nobushige Sanada can return safely."
After waiting for more than an hour, the sun has begun to rise from the east, the sky has gradually brightened, and Changchuan Zhenqin finally knows the first answer.
An envoy sent news from behind that Nobushige Sanada and his party consisted of 12 people, and 8 of them returned safely. Nobushige Sanada had burns on his face, but he was generally fine.
Hearing the news, Nasafune Sadakin finally let go of his hanging heart. Although it is important whether Duomu Yuanzhong lives or dies, it will not have any substantial impact on the battle situation.
"Let the captains command the army's actions by themselves. After the burning of Stable Bridge City, they will go into the city to clean it up, and send people around to cut down trees to obtain wood. We need to rebuild Stable Bridge City."
Then he said to his surname: "I'm going to take a rest, if there is any special situation, wake me up."
————————————————————————————
However, it is said that at about the time when the Hide family attacked from Useido, Toyotomi Hideyoshi took the Kinki Corps he had assembled to accept the emperor's review in Kyoto.
He personally entered the palace to see the emperor, reported to him the arrogant and domineering behavior of the Hojo clan, and asked the emperor to issue an imperial edict to designate the Hojo clan as the enemy of the dynasty, and all the famous people in the world should attack them together.
Hideyoshi was originally Kanbaro, who had the legal principle of shepherding the world on behalf of the emperor, and this time he asked the emperor for a decree, just to maximize the justice of the Eastern Expedition.
Emperor Goyosei was originally supported by Hideyoshi. He was only 19 years old this year, and he didn't have the courage to resist the powerful Hideyoshi, so he immediately approved Hideyoshi's request.
Hideyoshi was not satisfied after receiving the decree with the emperor's imperial seal, and continued to ask the emperor for the right to "carry a sword".
The so-called "bringing a sword" is a very high honor procedure given by the emperor in ancient Japan to the generals who went to war. It is roughly the broadsword given by the emperor to the generals or envoys sent to Tang Dynasty with the emperor's logo and sixteen petals.
Here I want to popularize the difference between the Tong pattern and the Chrysanthemum pattern. As mentioned earlier, the Xiu family obtained the Wusan Tong pattern and the Wuqi Tong pattern, which itself has obtained a symbol of conquering disobedient officials for the court.
But when Hideyoshi got the big sword with the emperor's pattern, it meant that he had the authority granted by the emperor to attack the world's famous names.
One represents the imperial court and the other represents the emperor. Although both have the power to attack dissidents in name, their legal principles are completely different.
Hideyoshi did not ask the emperor for the imperial sword in the previous crusade against the Shimadzu family, but he asked the emperor for this crusade against Hojo, which is enough to show Hideyoshi's determination to eliminate Hojo.
In other words, for the Hideyoshi court, my fight against the Shimadzu family was nothing more than a dispute within the court, and we were still colleagues after the defeat.
But for the Hojo Clan, Hideyoshi has been regarded as an enemy outside the imperial court and a barbarian who needs to be crusaded, and he must be eliminated.
After obtaining the authority bestowed by the emperor, Hideyoshi summoned the Kinki and some of the Western Daimyo who had already raised their troops in Juraku, Kyoto.
He once again reiterated the order of Terumoto Mori to be stationed in Kyoto, Hidecho Toyotomi to be stationed in Osaka, and Takakage Kobayakawa to be stationed in Gifu. With Tokugawa Ieyasu as the vanguard, the entire army, with a total of 18 people, will divide into two routes and enter Odawara.
Of course, there are only 7 to 8 people gathered in Kyoto at this moment. Some troops are in Ise and Tokaido, and some troops have not yet arrived in Kyushu. These people will join in one after another.
In order to ensure the supply of food for so many people, he asked Maeno Nagayasu, Maeda Genyi and others to be responsible for the transfer of military food, and set up military stations in Owari, Mikawa, Enjiang, and Suruga to be responsible for the transfer of food and pay.
In Kyoto, Hideyoshi sent a message to the daimyos all over the world, especially the daimyos in the Kanto and Northeast, asking them to gather forces to attack the Hojo clan within two months. will be destroyed together.
Hideyoshi's order was brought from Kyoto to all parts of Japan by hundreds of envoys, and the envoys did not stop ordering people and horses, and brought the order to Tokugawa Ieyasu's desk in Sumpu Castle in just 4 days.
As a pioneer, Tokugawa Ieyasu was ordered by Hideyoshi to remove the Hojo family's strongholds in Higashi Suruga, Kawahara Tani Castle and Tokura Castle, and the troops threatened Zhongshan Castle on the border between Suruga and Sagami.
At the same time, Nakagawa Hidemasa and Toyotomi Hideji Tsutsui, who was in charge of the meeting and waterway, were ordered to launch an offensive against Nirayama Castle and Shimoda Castle in Izu.
In short, there is only one order, and all obstacles to entering Sagami must be removed before Hideyoshi arrives.
——————————————————————————————
As the retired head of the Hojo family, Hojo Clan Zheng should not have been involved in family affairs on the surface, but the tradition of the Hojo family is that the former head of the family is the Supreme Emperor and controls the overall situation behind his back.
Generally speaking, no matter how much the Hojo Clan government controls the overall situation, the Hojo Clan would still be the general in person for sending out troops, while he himself would stay in Odawara Castle.
But this time, due to the famous Toyotomi Hide family who entered Ueno, it may be a battle of national destiny for the Hojo family, and the Hojo family cannot afford to lose.
Therefore, the Hojo clan, who had been in Odawara Castle for a long time, led the troops again from Odawara Castle, intending to defeat Hideyoshi in Ueno, rub Hideyoshi's spirit, and force Hideyoshi to admit his hegemony over Kanto.
At this moment, the top and bottom of the Hojo family have not realized that this will be a nationwide war of annihilation. In their view, the Toyotomi Hide family spent so much effort lurking in Shinano to attack Ueno, and the Toyotomi family should use The way of local wars gradually oppressed the Hojo family to submit.
However, when the army set off from Odawara Castle, after 2 days of preparation and 5 days of marching, it arrived at Kagoe Castle, but suddenly received a message from Suruga:
"The emperor identified the Hojo clan as an enemy of the court and issued an edict to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to attack him."
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi led 20 soldiers from Kyoto, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Hojo family."
And "The forwards of the Tokugawa family and the Toyotomi family have launched an offensive against Higashi Suruga and Izu. Now Kawahara Valley Castle and Tokukura Castle have fallen, and the Tokugawa army is approaching Zhongshan Castle. The Toyotomi family also surrounded Niuyama Castle and Shimoda Castle, and Hojo Master Shibang is fighting hard."
Suruga, Izu and Sagami are separated by Hakone, which is also the origin of the geographical indication of Kanto.
Odawara Castle is located not far from the east side of Hakone Dao. Now Toyotomi's offensive is very urgent and has approached the Hakone Mountain defense line.
For Hojo, if Sagami couldn't keep Ueno, it would be even more meaningless to exist.
So at the suggestion of the elder Matsuda Kenhide, the whole army returned to Odawara Castle, and at the same time ordered Daidoji Masashige to be responsible for organizing the defense line in the Musashi area to prevent Toyotomi's army from going south from Ueno.
As for the Ueno country, it has basically given up in the subconscious of the Hojo clan's monarchs and ministers.
It's not appropriate to say that. In Matsuda Kenhide's words, there are two people in Ueno, Mototada and Inomata Kuniken, and more than [-] troops. Take a month.
But his dream of relying on Ueno to consume the Toyotomi family will eventually turn into a vain dream.
There is such a big commotion in Stable Bridge Castle, even if Toyotomi’s house blocks the surrounding area and many people who want to escape from the Ashgaru, there will always be brave people who jump directly from the Honmaru into the Tone River, and follow the Tone River to Musashi to be rescued The news of the fall of Qiaocheng will eventually be known to the Hojo clan.
The news came from Kawagoe City on the second day after the Hojo Clan led the troops to go south, and the Hojo Clan was shocked to hear the news that Tame Motochu died with the city.
What surprised him even more was that while Toyotomi's army was fierce, it took Ueno's most important transportation hub, Stable Bridge Castle, in just 5 days, and locked Inomata Bangken in North Ueno.
At this moment, he no longer dared to imagine the ending of Inomata Bangken. The best ending would be to stick to Minwa Castle, but after losing Stable Bridge Castle, Minowa Castle has become an isolated city. Could it hold up?
But the bad news was far more than that. There was news from Hitachi that Satake Yoshishige, Satake Yoshinobu and his sons in Hitachi had begun to mobilize their troops after receiving Hideyoshi's order, and they might go south to attack themselves at any time.
"Let someone rule the Date family, let him exert pressure on Shimono, and hold back the Satake family in Hitachi. After the war, I am willing to cooperate with his invasion of Shimono."
The Hojo Clan Masa was originally just a master of the mean, and he was able to go back and forth with Takeda, Uesugi, Hitachi, and Satomi for decades in such a good situation as Hojo Clan, and it can be seen that his ability is mediocre.
At this moment, you are still fantasizing that the Date family will join his camp. If you don't accept Toyotomi Hideyoshi's order to go south to eat a piece of meat, you are already doing your Hojo family a lot of face.
(End of this chapter)