Chapter 463
Ueno Surprise Attack Personally Sitting in Minami Ueno
Chapter 463 Ueno Surprise Attack ([-]) Sitting in Minami Ueno in person
The Ueno Kingdom has been basically destroyed, and the Hide family has won the allegiance of the Ueno aristocrats Shirakura, Ogawara, and Takayama here, but their actual military strength does not exceed 400, which is completely just for the Hide family.
But Hideka's Ueno war couldn't end like this. Although Uesugi Kenshin destroyed the Hirai Castle of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi for political reasons, Hideka couldn't just give up like this.
Because the location of Hirai Castle is too important, if Hideka sets the main formation in Isesaki, then Hirai Castle will be Hideka's rear and right wing.
Once this place is breached, the Hojo family is likely to cut off Hideyoshi's retreat along the road of the Hideo family's eastward expedition.
So Xiujia called Takeuchi Hisaji, the current banner head of the Misakus, and said to him, "You lead the Misakus to garrison Hirai Castle and Takayama Castle, use limited conditions to repair the city defense of Hirai Castle as much as possible, and prevent the Hojo family from threatening the family. right wing."
Afterwards, the Xiu family sent the horse farm staff to lead Beizhong Bei to go north to capture Cangano City.
Although Kuragano Hideki, the lord of Kuragano Castle, was a second-five boy supported by the Takeda clan, he jumped back very quickly when the Takikawa and Hojo clan moved into Ueno, so the power was well preserved.
Hideya has already received information from Ogawara Nobumori, Shirakura Shigekao and others. This time Inomata Kuniken went north to attack the Sanada family, 800 of them were troops led by Kuragano Hideke.
After taking away most of the troops, there are at most 200 old and weak guards in Cangano City at the moment. Xiujia believes in the ability of the horse farm staff, and it will not be a problem to take down the small Cangano City.
"After you take Kuragano Castle, help Takeuchi Hisaji build Hirai Castle, and wait for Akashi Keiki-sama to come, then hand over Hirai Castle and Kuragano Castle to Akashi Keiki-sama for defense.
With Yiyoshou's ability, he must be able to see the important status of these two cities to the family, and I believe he will make proper arrangements.
In addition, he urged him to besiege Guofeng City and take down Xiaofan's family as soon as possible. For this reason, it is possible to make appropriate concessions in exchange for their surrender. "
The total strength of Hideka's team is 1.4. After 2000 people were handed over to Todo Takatora to support Iwaku, there were only 1.2 left in the team.
Now 3400 people have been allocated to consolidate their rear, and only 9000 troops are left to continue eastward.
Although the troops were divided a lot, the Xiu family's actions did not stop.Seeing that it was still early, he immediately ordered the army to continue to attack Nabo City eastward.
The Nabo clan is a descendant of the Hidego-Oe clan of the Kita family of Fujiwara, and they belong to the same family as the Maori of the West Country, so their family crest is the same as the Maori family, using the one-character three-star pattern.
The Nawa family is a wealthy family in Ueno, and their history in Ueno is much longer than that of Uesugi and Ashikaga.
During the most prosperous period of the Nawa family, its territory encompassed most of Nawa County and Sari County, and its influence extended to Gunma County and Nitta County. It was the most powerful force in Minami Ueno.
Until the third year of Yonglu (3), Nabo Zongtoshi was defeated by Uesugi Kenshin and was forced to give up his residence in Akaishi Castle, and the power of the Nabo family was greatly reduced.
This result was not until the 2nd year of Tensho (1574), when Uesugi Kenshin, who had rebelled from the Liang clan to the Hojo clan, thought of using the Nabo clan to contain the Yuliang clan.
However, because Chishi Castle was under the rule of the Yuliang family, Nabo Xianzong, the son of Nabo Zongjun, was placed in Imamura Castle, Nabo County.
During the Gokan Rebellion after Uesugi Kenshin's death, Naba Kenmune and his father-in-law Stable Bridge Castle Lord Hojo Takahiro supported Uesugi Kagetora, but they were defeated in the end.
After that, he followed Takeda and Takikawa Kazuyoshi (Oda), and parted ways with Hojo's stepfather who returned to Uesugi after the Honnoji Incident.
If it is said that samurai families like Xiang Xiaoheyuan, Bai Cang, and Xiaoban have been continuously reduced in knowledge and skill while jumping back and forth against the daimyo, then Nabo Xianzong is especially favored by all forces.
In the three rebounds of Uesugi-Takeda-Oda-Hojo, the subsequent rulers gave him great attention. By the time he took refuge in the Hojo family, Nawa Xianzong had basically restored Nabo's respect for Nawa County. Rule, knowing and doing 5000 Guanwen (about 2 shi).
And it is worth noting that Naba Xianzong is in the Hojo family system. Although it is located in Ueno, it is not in the Ueno Corps to which Inomata Bangken belongs, but is directly under the direct jurisdiction of the Hojo clan.
The Nawa family in history perished together with the defeat of the Hojo clan, and the head of the family, Naba Xianzong, lost his territory again and had to rely on Uesugi Kekatsu.However, in October 1590, he died in the suppression of Senboku Ichikui as a member of the Uesugi Army.
Among Xianzong's sons, except for the second son Toshihiro who became Yasuda Nomoto's adopted heir, the eldest son Zongtai and the third son Zongzheng all died in Odawara Castle.
From the names of his three sons, Zongzheng, it can be seen that they were given the name by the Hojo clan.
If a family like this wants to win over, the Hideka must offer more bargaining chips than the Hojo family, but in the view of the Hideka, Naboshi is not worth such a high price.
Since they couldn't win over, there was only one way to deal with Naboshi, and that was to destroy.
It took about 20 kilometers to travel from Gaoshan City to Nabo City, and it took more than 4 hours to travel. By the time Xiujia felt that the sky had darkened in Nabo City, Xiujia ordered to camp here for repairs and attack the city tomorrow.
As soon as Hideka's army was stationed, a ninja who had previously spread to Ueno came to pass on the information, "There are 120 defenders in Naba Castle, and the defender is Naba Zongyuan, who is the uncle of the head of the Naba clan, and found an iron cannon in the castle Waiting for weapons. The city is a Tiguo-style flat city, and there are only two circles of city walls.”
Hideka then asked, "How is the defense of Isesaki Castle and Imamura Castle on the north side?"
Imamura castle guard is called "Yasuda Xiabingwei, the nephew of Yasuda Toshimoto, a retainer of the Nabo family. The defense of the castle is similar to that of the Nawa family. The castle was originally built in the style of Huiguo, but last year Nawa Emperor Xianzong built Imamura Castle and added it to the south side. Built a circle of city walls.
As for Isesaki Castle, it was ruled by Hojo Shiteru, but now he has mobilized his troops from Ueno Territory to go south, maybe he participated in the gathering of Odawara, or he may go to his home city Hachioji Castle to assist in the defense.
There were originally 100 ashigaru guards in the city, and the guards were called Ashino Ribei, and more than 500 peasant soldiers could be mobilized around.
However, a few days before His Royal Highness entered Ueno, Hojo Hojo General Tame Motochu entered Stable Bridge Castle, and basically transferred all the troops from the surrounding samurai to Stable Bridge, and Isesaki Castle sent 50 ashigaru and 300 peasant soldiers. "
"What? Are you sure?" Hearing that Motomu Motochu had come to Ueno, Hideka jumped up from the horse in surprise
The commander of the ninja army, Tsuge Sanzhicheng, echoed from the side: "Yes, I got this news from many people just now, and they can confirm each other.
It is said that Duomu Yuanzhong brought 600 people to the north, but he brought more than 500 civilian husbands, and the materials he brought stretched for miles. "
According to Japanese rules, the ratio of civilian husbands to ashigaru is roughly 10:1, mainly because of the relationship between the Japanese military system, many ashigaru themselves are farmers and soldiers, and can undertake the heavy responsibility of transporting materials.
Hearing the unreasonable proportion of Tame Motochu, Hideka asked curiously, "Are you sure that those 500 people are civilian husbands and not Ashgaru?"
After getting an affirmative answer, he asked again, "What did he bring?"
It's a pity that neither Zsuzhi Sanzhicheng nor the ninja in front of him could give an answer to this question, which made Xiujia even more worried about the situation in Stable Bridge City.
After thinking about it for a while, Hideka said to Tsusaki Sanzhicheng, "Send someone to Stable Bridge Castle to ask about Misaku's situation and see if he needs support. If Stable Bridge Castle is difficult to capture for a while, you can retreat first." Takasaki Castle."
Then he called the captain of Qinglong Beibei 楢 (you, three times) Cun Xuanzheng, "Nabo City is handed over to the Raiders, and it will be stationed in Nabo City after it is taken. Now there are only 2 circles of city walls in Naba City, and it may be too late to temporarily build more. up.
I allow you to demolish the houses in the surrounding villages and build a new wooden wall around the city wall to block possible attacks from Musashi's Hojo family. "
After the explanation, Bizen Yibei was divided into a battalion and went north to attack Imamura Castle. He called the temporary backup captain Takahashi Ryosuke and asked him to launch a raid on Jingcheng on the southeast border. After that, he was stationed at this Ueno border city.
And I took the remaining more than 5000 people northward, and launched an attack on Isesaki Castle, the core of Minami Ueno.
Isesaki Castle was originally called Akaishi Castle, which was the original home of the Nawa family in the previous article. It was named after the red stones used to build its Honmaru. It is one of the few stone city walls in Ueno.
Because of its important geographical location and excellent city defense, after the Hojo clan took control of Ueno, he was awarded Hojo Shisho to be responsible for the suppression of Shimono. The next story.
Isesaki Castle was expanded in the hands of Nabo and Yura. On the basis of three circles of city walls, there is another circle of Demaru facing south.
After Hojo Shiteru took over, a canal was dug to draw water from the Kasugawa River into the borough, forming a circle of water boroughs around the city itself, greatly increasing its defense.
What's interesting is that for some unknown reason, Demaru was not included in Mizuhori's defense, forming the pattern of Rimaru outside the castle.
The city and its surrounding villages can usually gather an army of nearly 1600 people, but at this moment, there are only 250 defenders in the city, which cannot fill this big city at all.
To put it bluntly, 250 people may only be able to defend one side in the face of a siege with more than 20 times the number of Xiujia. Therefore, there is no need for the Xiujia to make special arrangements. Entering the city with the setting sun slanting west.
Although after 4 days of hard work, the Hide family has safely entered Isesaki Castle, and has placed its army in a triangular formation in Naba and Hakujo, Sao County, to deal with the Hojo family's offensive.
But at this moment, the Hide family has too few troops. According to the Ninja Army's intelligence, the Hojo clan has personally led more than 4 troops to the north. It is expected that they will rest in Kagoe City today, and they will arrive at the Ueno front line in two days at most.
Looking back at the map of Ueno, Hideya is currently sitting in the middle of Ueno, cutting off a large circle to cut off the route for the Hojo family to go north to support Inomata Bangken, but the Hideya family did not send anyone to invade the Jinshan Castle on the east side, as if for Hojo Shi left a hole to support Inomata Bangxian.
But it's not like that.
Firstly, the Hide family's troops were limited, and they were really not sure of suppressing the three counties of Xintian, Yamada, and Iraku before the arrival of the Hojo clan. The Hide family was even afraid that the troops would be overwhelmed by the Hojo clan.
Secondly, judging from the map, with more than 2.6 people from the Hide family and Osafune Sadakin divided into Stable Bridge and Isesaki, it is enough to cut off Hojo's attempt to join forces from East Ueno. It can also shrink relatively.
It's just that the information received in Napa City before said that General Hojo Tame Motochu was stationed at the Stable Bridge, which made the Hide family a little worried about the Northern Route Army led by Osafune Sadain.
If Osafune Sadabu handles the stable bridge improperly, so that he cannot attack for a long time, it is very likely that he will face the pincer attack of Motome Tada and Kunite Inomata.
You must know that the north side has been repaired, and the number of Inomata Bangken in the meeting and the North Ueno army is likely to be more than 8000 people. In addition to the more than 2000 people in Stable Bridge Castle, another Kawagoe night attack is possible.
That's why Hideka sent someone to tell him that if Kawagoe's siege fails and Inomata Kuninen on the north side goes south again, he will be asked to retreat to Takasaki.
Only in this way, my back will be completely exposed to the front of the Hojo Clan's soldiers, and I am likely to face the three-sided attack of Inomata Kunken + Multime Mototada on the north, and the Hojo Clan's administration on the east and south sides. I really can't get out.
Therefore, after a little struggle, the Hide family sent Kagawa Jingze with 2 attendants and his own order to send the order north to the long boat, no matter how late the night was.
Considering the speed of the Hojo Clan's administration going north, the Hide family gave Osafune Sadakin a death order. If the Stable Bridge Castle cannot be left before sunset tomorrow, they should immediately retreat to Takasaki Castle and inform themselves at the same time.
After all, in order to prevent himself from being surrounded, he had to respond quickly.
At that time, it is very likely that I can only give up the Isesaki Castle and even Yonaba Castle that I have already won at this moment, and go back to the front line of Fangkura Kano and Yamana Castle. Even the Hirai Castle that I just got is likely to give up.
The Xiu family was not willing to give up like this, but the military affairs must be cautious.
In the anxiety and struggle, Xiujia fell asleep in a daze, but slept until dawn.In the middle, it seemed that there were small chattering sounds around, but because of being too tired, the Xiu family was not woken up.
The first thing I did when I woke up the next day was to call Tsusue Sanzhicheng to inquire about the situation of Stable Bridge Castle, but unexpectedly saw Kagawa Kagenori standing outside the house, Hideka asked in surprise, "Why did you come back? Order But brought it?"
The distance between Isesaki Castle and the Stable Bridge is 15 kilometers, and it takes an hour to walk even on horseback, not to mention that it is night now, and the road at night is very dangerous, so you need to be careful and slow, and the horse may fall into the road if you are not careful. In the paddy field outside Kanwai, the horse's leg was broken.
Hideka estimated that this journey would take 2 hours one way, because it was not an urgent order, and Kagawa King would wait until dawn as usual before notifying Nasafune of his decision.
Unexpectedly, Kagawa Jing said to Xiujia very excitedly, "Your Highness, there is obviously no need to issue an order. When I arrived at Stable Bridge City, Misaku Mamoru and the various backup teams under his leadership were attacking Stable Bridge City overnight. The battle was quite fierce." , our side is great!"
The Xiu family frowned when they heard that Changchuan Zhenqin was attacking the city. Attacking at night is a big taboo, and a little carelessness may cause the total collapse.
Taking Stable Bridge City as an example, the Xiu family guessed that Changchuan Zhenqin might want to take advantage of the night to attack and seize the city, but there are many Yuanzhong and his more than 2000 people in the city!
Stable Bridge City is not a small town. Even if the storm is successful at night, the soldiers who have experienced a fierce battle all night may not have the energy to defend during the day, and they are likely to be counterattacked by the reserve team in the city.
The Xiu family, who was worried about the battle situation at Stable Bridge, asked him, "So what's going on now? Has the Stable Bridge City been taken down?"
"Let me answer this point." Faced with Hideka's inquiry, Tsuge Sannojo said excitedly, "The news I just received is that Stable Bridge City has fallen, and Misaku is cleaning up the remnants of the city."
At this time, Anayama Nobutada interrupted and said: "Your Highness! Our army has won a big victory! This battle is a beautiful defense with a force of 7000 and wiped out more than 2000 defenders in the city!"
After finishing speaking, he took the lead in shouting long live, "Wan Sheng, Toyotomi's family! Your Highness, Wan Sheng!"
(End of this chapter)
The Ueno Kingdom has been basically destroyed, and the Hide family has won the allegiance of the Ueno aristocrats Shirakura, Ogawara, and Takayama here, but their actual military strength does not exceed 400, which is completely just for the Hide family.
But Hideka's Ueno war couldn't end like this. Although Uesugi Kenshin destroyed the Hirai Castle of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi for political reasons, Hideka couldn't just give up like this.
Because the location of Hirai Castle is too important, if Hideka sets the main formation in Isesaki, then Hirai Castle will be Hideka's rear and right wing.
Once this place is breached, the Hojo family is likely to cut off Hideyoshi's retreat along the road of the Hideo family's eastward expedition.
So Xiujia called Takeuchi Hisaji, the current banner head of the Misakus, and said to him, "You lead the Misakus to garrison Hirai Castle and Takayama Castle, use limited conditions to repair the city defense of Hirai Castle as much as possible, and prevent the Hojo family from threatening the family. right wing."
Afterwards, the Xiu family sent the horse farm staff to lead Beizhong Bei to go north to capture Cangano City.
Although Kuragano Hideki, the lord of Kuragano Castle, was a second-five boy supported by the Takeda clan, he jumped back very quickly when the Takikawa and Hojo clan moved into Ueno, so the power was well preserved.
Hideya has already received information from Ogawara Nobumori, Shirakura Shigekao and others. This time Inomata Kuniken went north to attack the Sanada family, 800 of them were troops led by Kuragano Hideke.
After taking away most of the troops, there are at most 200 old and weak guards in Cangano City at the moment. Xiujia believes in the ability of the horse farm staff, and it will not be a problem to take down the small Cangano City.
"After you take Kuragano Castle, help Takeuchi Hisaji build Hirai Castle, and wait for Akashi Keiki-sama to come, then hand over Hirai Castle and Kuragano Castle to Akashi Keiki-sama for defense.
With Yiyoshou's ability, he must be able to see the important status of these two cities to the family, and I believe he will make proper arrangements.
In addition, he urged him to besiege Guofeng City and take down Xiaofan's family as soon as possible. For this reason, it is possible to make appropriate concessions in exchange for their surrender. "
The total strength of Hideka's team is 1.4. After 2000 people were handed over to Todo Takatora to support Iwaku, there were only 1.2 left in the team.
Now 3400 people have been allocated to consolidate their rear, and only 9000 troops are left to continue eastward.
Although the troops were divided a lot, the Xiu family's actions did not stop.Seeing that it was still early, he immediately ordered the army to continue to attack Nabo City eastward.
The Nabo clan is a descendant of the Hidego-Oe clan of the Kita family of Fujiwara, and they belong to the same family as the Maori of the West Country, so their family crest is the same as the Maori family, using the one-character three-star pattern.
The Nawa family is a wealthy family in Ueno, and their history in Ueno is much longer than that of Uesugi and Ashikaga.
During the most prosperous period of the Nawa family, its territory encompassed most of Nawa County and Sari County, and its influence extended to Gunma County and Nitta County. It was the most powerful force in Minami Ueno.
Until the third year of Yonglu (3), Nabo Zongtoshi was defeated by Uesugi Kenshin and was forced to give up his residence in Akaishi Castle, and the power of the Nabo family was greatly reduced.
This result was not until the 2nd year of Tensho (1574), when Uesugi Kenshin, who had rebelled from the Liang clan to the Hojo clan, thought of using the Nabo clan to contain the Yuliang clan.
However, because Chishi Castle was under the rule of the Yuliang family, Nabo Xianzong, the son of Nabo Zongjun, was placed in Imamura Castle, Nabo County.
During the Gokan Rebellion after Uesugi Kenshin's death, Naba Kenmune and his father-in-law Stable Bridge Castle Lord Hojo Takahiro supported Uesugi Kagetora, but they were defeated in the end.
After that, he followed Takeda and Takikawa Kazuyoshi (Oda), and parted ways with Hojo's stepfather who returned to Uesugi after the Honnoji Incident.
If it is said that samurai families like Xiang Xiaoheyuan, Bai Cang, and Xiaoban have been continuously reduced in knowledge and skill while jumping back and forth against the daimyo, then Nabo Xianzong is especially favored by all forces.
In the three rebounds of Uesugi-Takeda-Oda-Hojo, the subsequent rulers gave him great attention. By the time he took refuge in the Hojo family, Nawa Xianzong had basically restored Nabo's respect for Nawa County. Rule, knowing and doing 5000 Guanwen (about 2 shi).
And it is worth noting that Naba Xianzong is in the Hojo family system. Although it is located in Ueno, it is not in the Ueno Corps to which Inomata Bangken belongs, but is directly under the direct jurisdiction of the Hojo clan.
The Nawa family in history perished together with the defeat of the Hojo clan, and the head of the family, Naba Xianzong, lost his territory again and had to rely on Uesugi Kekatsu.However, in October 1590, he died in the suppression of Senboku Ichikui as a member of the Uesugi Army.
Among Xianzong's sons, except for the second son Toshihiro who became Yasuda Nomoto's adopted heir, the eldest son Zongtai and the third son Zongzheng all died in Odawara Castle.
From the names of his three sons, Zongzheng, it can be seen that they were given the name by the Hojo clan.
If a family like this wants to win over, the Hideka must offer more bargaining chips than the Hojo family, but in the view of the Hideka, Naboshi is not worth such a high price.
Since they couldn't win over, there was only one way to deal with Naboshi, and that was to destroy.
It took about 20 kilometers to travel from Gaoshan City to Nabo City, and it took more than 4 hours to travel. By the time Xiujia felt that the sky had darkened in Nabo City, Xiujia ordered to camp here for repairs and attack the city tomorrow.
As soon as Hideka's army was stationed, a ninja who had previously spread to Ueno came to pass on the information, "There are 120 defenders in Naba Castle, and the defender is Naba Zongyuan, who is the uncle of the head of the Naba clan, and found an iron cannon in the castle Waiting for weapons. The city is a Tiguo-style flat city, and there are only two circles of city walls.”
Hideka then asked, "How is the defense of Isesaki Castle and Imamura Castle on the north side?"
Imamura castle guard is called "Yasuda Xiabingwei, the nephew of Yasuda Toshimoto, a retainer of the Nabo family. The defense of the castle is similar to that of the Nawa family. The castle was originally built in the style of Huiguo, but last year Nawa Emperor Xianzong built Imamura Castle and added it to the south side. Built a circle of city walls.
As for Isesaki Castle, it was ruled by Hojo Shiteru, but now he has mobilized his troops from Ueno Territory to go south, maybe he participated in the gathering of Odawara, or he may go to his home city Hachioji Castle to assist in the defense.
There were originally 100 ashigaru guards in the city, and the guards were called Ashino Ribei, and more than 500 peasant soldiers could be mobilized around.
However, a few days before His Royal Highness entered Ueno, Hojo Hojo General Tame Motochu entered Stable Bridge Castle, and basically transferred all the troops from the surrounding samurai to Stable Bridge, and Isesaki Castle sent 50 ashigaru and 300 peasant soldiers. "
"What? Are you sure?" Hearing that Motomu Motochu had come to Ueno, Hideka jumped up from the horse in surprise
The commander of the ninja army, Tsuge Sanzhicheng, echoed from the side: "Yes, I got this news from many people just now, and they can confirm each other.
It is said that Duomu Yuanzhong brought 600 people to the north, but he brought more than 500 civilian husbands, and the materials he brought stretched for miles. "
According to Japanese rules, the ratio of civilian husbands to ashigaru is roughly 10:1, mainly because of the relationship between the Japanese military system, many ashigaru themselves are farmers and soldiers, and can undertake the heavy responsibility of transporting materials.
Hearing the unreasonable proportion of Tame Motochu, Hideka asked curiously, "Are you sure that those 500 people are civilian husbands and not Ashgaru?"
After getting an affirmative answer, he asked again, "What did he bring?"
It's a pity that neither Zsuzhi Sanzhicheng nor the ninja in front of him could give an answer to this question, which made Xiujia even more worried about the situation in Stable Bridge City.
After thinking about it for a while, Hideka said to Tsusaki Sanzhicheng, "Send someone to Stable Bridge Castle to ask about Misaku's situation and see if he needs support. If Stable Bridge Castle is difficult to capture for a while, you can retreat first." Takasaki Castle."
Then he called the captain of Qinglong Beibei 楢 (you, three times) Cun Xuanzheng, "Nabo City is handed over to the Raiders, and it will be stationed in Nabo City after it is taken. Now there are only 2 circles of city walls in Naba City, and it may be too late to temporarily build more. up.
I allow you to demolish the houses in the surrounding villages and build a new wooden wall around the city wall to block possible attacks from Musashi's Hojo family. "
After the explanation, Bizen Yibei was divided into a battalion and went north to attack Imamura Castle. He called the temporary backup captain Takahashi Ryosuke and asked him to launch a raid on Jingcheng on the southeast border. After that, he was stationed at this Ueno border city.
And I took the remaining more than 5000 people northward, and launched an attack on Isesaki Castle, the core of Minami Ueno.
Isesaki Castle was originally called Akaishi Castle, which was the original home of the Nawa family in the previous article. It was named after the red stones used to build its Honmaru. It is one of the few stone city walls in Ueno.
Because of its important geographical location and excellent city defense, after the Hojo clan took control of Ueno, he was awarded Hojo Shisho to be responsible for the suppression of Shimono. The next story.
Isesaki Castle was expanded in the hands of Nabo and Yura. On the basis of three circles of city walls, there is another circle of Demaru facing south.
After Hojo Shiteru took over, a canal was dug to draw water from the Kasugawa River into the borough, forming a circle of water boroughs around the city itself, greatly increasing its defense.
What's interesting is that for some unknown reason, Demaru was not included in Mizuhori's defense, forming the pattern of Rimaru outside the castle.
The city and its surrounding villages can usually gather an army of nearly 1600 people, but at this moment, there are only 250 defenders in the city, which cannot fill this big city at all.
To put it bluntly, 250 people may only be able to defend one side in the face of a siege with more than 20 times the number of Xiujia. Therefore, there is no need for the Xiujia to make special arrangements. Entering the city with the setting sun slanting west.
Although after 4 days of hard work, the Hide family has safely entered Isesaki Castle, and has placed its army in a triangular formation in Naba and Hakujo, Sao County, to deal with the Hojo family's offensive.
But at this moment, the Hide family has too few troops. According to the Ninja Army's intelligence, the Hojo clan has personally led more than 4 troops to the north. It is expected that they will rest in Kagoe City today, and they will arrive at the Ueno front line in two days at most.
Looking back at the map of Ueno, Hideya is currently sitting in the middle of Ueno, cutting off a large circle to cut off the route for the Hojo family to go north to support Inomata Bangken, but the Hideya family did not send anyone to invade the Jinshan Castle on the east side, as if for Hojo Shi left a hole to support Inomata Bangxian.
But it's not like that.
Firstly, the Hide family's troops were limited, and they were really not sure of suppressing the three counties of Xintian, Yamada, and Iraku before the arrival of the Hojo clan. The Hide family was even afraid that the troops would be overwhelmed by the Hojo clan.
Secondly, judging from the map, with more than 2.6 people from the Hide family and Osafune Sadakin divided into Stable Bridge and Isesaki, it is enough to cut off Hojo's attempt to join forces from East Ueno. It can also shrink relatively.
It's just that the information received in Napa City before said that General Hojo Tame Motochu was stationed at the Stable Bridge, which made the Hide family a little worried about the Northern Route Army led by Osafune Sadain.
If Osafune Sadabu handles the stable bridge improperly, so that he cannot attack for a long time, it is very likely that he will face the pincer attack of Motome Tada and Kunite Inomata.
You must know that the north side has been repaired, and the number of Inomata Bangken in the meeting and the North Ueno army is likely to be more than 8000 people. In addition to the more than 2000 people in Stable Bridge Castle, another Kawagoe night attack is possible.
That's why Hideka sent someone to tell him that if Kawagoe's siege fails and Inomata Kuninen on the north side goes south again, he will be asked to retreat to Takasaki.
Only in this way, my back will be completely exposed to the front of the Hojo Clan's soldiers, and I am likely to face the three-sided attack of Inomata Kunken + Multime Mototada on the north, and the Hojo Clan's administration on the east and south sides. I really can't get out.
Therefore, after a little struggle, the Hide family sent Kagawa Jingze with 2 attendants and his own order to send the order north to the long boat, no matter how late the night was.
Considering the speed of the Hojo Clan's administration going north, the Hide family gave Osafune Sadakin a death order. If the Stable Bridge Castle cannot be left before sunset tomorrow, they should immediately retreat to Takasaki Castle and inform themselves at the same time.
After all, in order to prevent himself from being surrounded, he had to respond quickly.
At that time, it is very likely that I can only give up the Isesaki Castle and even Yonaba Castle that I have already won at this moment, and go back to the front line of Fangkura Kano and Yamana Castle. Even the Hirai Castle that I just got is likely to give up.
The Xiu family was not willing to give up like this, but the military affairs must be cautious.
In the anxiety and struggle, Xiujia fell asleep in a daze, but slept until dawn.In the middle, it seemed that there were small chattering sounds around, but because of being too tired, the Xiu family was not woken up.
The first thing I did when I woke up the next day was to call Tsusue Sanzhicheng to inquire about the situation of Stable Bridge Castle, but unexpectedly saw Kagawa Kagenori standing outside the house, Hideka asked in surprise, "Why did you come back? Order But brought it?"
The distance between Isesaki Castle and the Stable Bridge is 15 kilometers, and it takes an hour to walk even on horseback, not to mention that it is night now, and the road at night is very dangerous, so you need to be careful and slow, and the horse may fall into the road if you are not careful. In the paddy field outside Kanwai, the horse's leg was broken.
Hideka estimated that this journey would take 2 hours one way, because it was not an urgent order, and Kagawa King would wait until dawn as usual before notifying Nasafune of his decision.
Unexpectedly, Kagawa Jing said to Xiujia very excitedly, "Your Highness, there is obviously no need to issue an order. When I arrived at Stable Bridge City, Misaku Mamoru and the various backup teams under his leadership were attacking Stable Bridge City overnight. The battle was quite fierce." , our side is great!"
The Xiu family frowned when they heard that Changchuan Zhenqin was attacking the city. Attacking at night is a big taboo, and a little carelessness may cause the total collapse.
Taking Stable Bridge City as an example, the Xiu family guessed that Changchuan Zhenqin might want to take advantage of the night to attack and seize the city, but there are many Yuanzhong and his more than 2000 people in the city!
Stable Bridge City is not a small town. Even if the storm is successful at night, the soldiers who have experienced a fierce battle all night may not have the energy to defend during the day, and they are likely to be counterattacked by the reserve team in the city.
The Xiu family, who was worried about the battle situation at Stable Bridge, asked him, "So what's going on now? Has the Stable Bridge City been taken down?"
"Let me answer this point." Faced with Hideka's inquiry, Tsuge Sannojo said excitedly, "The news I just received is that Stable Bridge City has fallen, and Misaku is cleaning up the remnants of the city."
At this time, Anayama Nobutada interrupted and said: "Your Highness! Our army has won a big victory! This battle is a beautiful defense with a force of 7000 and wiped out more than 2000 defenders in the city!"
After finishing speaking, he took the lead in shouting long live, "Wan Sheng, Toyotomi's family! Your Highness, Wan Sheng!"
(End of this chapter)