When Goseki Bei suddenly withdrew from the battlefield, Nagao Kagetora immediately thought of many possibilities. He didn't know where Goseki Bei was transferred to, but he knew very well that the Hojo Army was making a last ditch effort, whether it was targeting Nagasaki.
It is very dangerous whether the Tai army fights for his life or the Ueno army fights for his life. The rabbit bites people when it is anxious. What good will it do to Nagao Kagetora if Hojo Ujiyasu becomes anxious?
This year's war is a self-defense counterattack, not a Musashi invasion war. There is no gain in fighting this war. It will not benefit our side to fight against Hojo and kill Hojo Ujiyasu. Not only will it destroy the wealth of the 15,000-strong army, but it will also offend Hojo.
Of all the samurai in the family, the worst thing is that the Nagao Army has no strength to conquer the Three Kingdoms territory of the Hojo family.
The main force of the Hojo family is gone. The governor is killed and they are not far away from destruction. If you can't get the big benefits of the territories of Musashi, Sagami, and Izu, you will inevitably give them to the people of Kanto. How about working hard to make wedding clothes for others?
Such a mood, not to mention that Echigo is now surrounded by enemies, and Nagao Kagetora has no time to fight with the Hojo family.
Looking at the flag of the Dihuo Hachiman disappearing gradually, Nagao Kagetora breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Give me the order, the entire army will turn around to encircle and suppress the Hojo Rangers... It is best to capture Hojo Clan Shige and his subordinates alive. I will keep him for great use."
Saito Asanobu was very dissatisfied. He felt that it was a waste to kill the Hojo Rangers who were attacking from both sides at this time. He rushed to the main formation as soon as he received the general's order and begged: "The Rangers are just a bunch of babies.
Xue Yong and a sneak attack killed two thousand of us in a row, but now the Higashino Ueno countryman stabbed us in the back and immediately withered. I saw that his formation was scattered and the army had no intention of fighting. Even if the stalemate continues like this, it will not take an hour or three to collapse.
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Naoe Keizuna kindly reminded: "It will get dark at three quarters."
"Hey! It's just autumn. It's dark and late. It doesn't matter. My lord said that it's not difficult to capture him alive. Let me go out and capture the child army alive. I just ask my lord to promise me to kill more enemies... that's a lot.
Let's capture some enemies!" Saito Asanobu's mouth was very slippery, and when he saw Nagao Kagetora's expression was wrong, he immediately changed killing to capturing.
Nagao Kagetora's face softened a little, and his tone became calmer: "If you want to capture the enemy, then go ahead, but I have something to say first. Although it is good to capture the enemy, you cannot defeat your son. I don't like to kill the enemy by one thousand and lose eight by myself."
Hundreds of tactics."
"Okay!" Saito said to Nobu and left.
The entire Nagatail Army turned around like a whirlwind blowing across the battlefield, turning back to attack the special forces behind the attack. Everyone in the Hojo family seemed very powerless in response to this change. There were 12,000 against 6,000, and there were almost 3,000 Higashino Ueno people behind them to help out.
Seeing that there was no hope, the moment Nagao Kagetora entered the battle, Hojo Ushige's military deployment was completely disrupted.
"How come there are so many Kagemusha? Which one is the real one? Bastard!" Hojo Shigeba was sweating profusely while holding up his big gun. He hesitated for a moment and was spotted by one of the black-armored Kagemusha.
A gun suddenly came from the ground, and he subconsciously raised the gun to block the blow. The two fought very fiercely, and both used life-threatening killing moves to deal with each other. In just a short moment, they fought for twelve or three times, and the two fought fiercely.
People's movements invariably slowed down.
Sweat flowed down his forehead and soaked into the corners of his eyes. The stickiness between his eyelashes was particularly uncomfortable. However, Hojo Ujishige did not dare to be careless at all. He knew that as long as he made one more move, the samurai opposite would take his life.
Sweat dripped down to the corner of his mouth, and a bitter feeling hit his taste buds. He cursed secretly: "It's so difficult! Why is this warrior of the Long-tail Army so fierce! Is he the Long-tailed Kagetora?"
Hojo Ujishige suddenly had an extremely dangerous intuition. It was as if he had been hit by an electric shock. Chills ran straight down his spine to the back of his head. The hairs all over his body exploded. The next moment, he saw a tall and burly black-armored warrior stabbing him diagonally.
He suddenly burst out, and his powerful momentum instantly reduced most of his fighting spirit.
"Oops! This man is as brave as my father...or even more powerful! He is invincible, absolutely invincible!" Hojo Ujishige's right eyelid twitched and he subconsciously wanted to avoid his sharp edge, but he ignored that there was another difficult person in front of him.
The black-armored shadow dancer stared at him. He was about to pull out his horse and escape, but his retreat was blocked by a big gun.
He knew that the black-armored shadow dancer was at the same level as him. If he tried to break out, he would be seriously injured. This hesitation entangled the black-armored shadow warrior. The black-armored warrior was getting closer and closer to Hojo.
The head of the warrior in the army was separated, and a big black gun seemed to be a death scythe that harvested lives, easily taking away a life every time it was shot.
When the black-armored general came to kill him, Hojo Shige suddenly realized: "You are Zhong Kui! Saito Shimono Nobu!"
"Hahaha! Bring it to me!" Saito Asanobu only met him once before he rounded up Hojo Ujishige's weapon with a big gun and knocked it out of his hand. When he was distracted, his left hand suddenly reached out and slammed.
He actually captured the top young general of the Hojo family alive with him under his arm.
"You bastard! Put me down!" Hojo Ujishige was so angry that he was struggling like crazy. Saito Asanobu thought he was noisy, so he lifted Jinhaori and slammed it on the saddle, hitting his head on the saddle bridge.
He fainted on the spot, and he was in urgent need of a coma to escape this terrible nightmare.
In front of thousands of people, Hojo Ujishige was captured alive by Saito Asanobu. The morale of the Hojo Army Rangers collapsed on the spot. The Nagatail Army, which was surrounded on all sides, had no way to escape and had to raise its weapons and surrender obediently. Hojo Ujishige was captured alive.
Before it was over, Saito Asanobu led the wolf-like Echigo cavalry to turn around and charge towards the main force of the Hojo Army.
The three soy sauce men of the Nagao family, Numata Youtai, Ueno Shichibongun and other Ueno people also gathered with the remaining defeated generals. At this time, the news that Nagano Yamasa was captured reached the ears of Nagao Kagetora. At the critical moment, the Hojo family
He also made the same decision. Destroying the enemy troops would have no effect. The enemy could only be restrained by having hostages in hand.
"But I still won this time. I have Hojo Ushishige and more than 3,000 Hojo troops in my hands. How can I help the Hojo family in this situation?" At this point, Nagao Kagetora did not intend to charge into the battle, and led the battle to hold on.
The battle formation is waiting for the end of the war.
As soon as the Hojo Army saw the long-tailed cavalry coming back, they understood. The Hojo Rangers were either dead or surrendered. The situation at home was extremely dangerous. The reserve units worked hard to shrink their lines and retreat back. The morale and physical strength of the Hojo Army were almost exhausted under the sunset.
No matter how they dared to tangle with the long-tailed cavalry, they all wanted to grow a pair of wings under their ribs and fly out of the place where this was wrong. Seeing that the situation was not good, Hojo Uyasu had to order a retreat. He was not a god and Buddha and could not reverse the crisis of the army's disintegration.
Fortunately, Saito Asanobu did not dare to act rashly. The two thousand cavalrymen cruised past the five-colored soldiers who were waiting for them. They did not touch the tough persimmons and picked the soft ones. After going around half a circle, he finally found the soft persimmons.
The Chinese people's army was trying hard to crowd in. The quality of the soldiers was not very good, and their reaction was even slower. Everyone was running for their lives, so they were left behind.
"I really caught a big fish, hey! Why are there two Ashikaga two flags?" Saito looked carefully at Nobubu, and saw that there was such a fourteen-year-old boy surrounded by the Shimoguo army.
Their costumes and flags immediately guessed their origins: "What a Furukawa family, this is an incredible big fish! Listen to me, gentlemen! The big fish we want to catch is ahead of us, please pay attention."
Don’t get hurt even a little bit!”
"Ha!" Two thousand cavalrymen broke into the Xiahui National Army. This group of two thousand people organized by the Chiba Clan and the Furukawa Clan were no match for the long-tailed cavalry. They were frightened when they saw Saito Chao Nobu rushing towards him like a wolf and a tiger.
The long-tailed soldiers relaxed their vigilance when they saw how relaxed they were, and some ruffians began to use sarcastic words to tease them.
I thought that the people of Xiahuo Kingdom would definitely give in. But I didn't expect that there are always exceptions to everything. Chiba Qinyin, the 17-year-old family governor of the Chiba family, couldn't stand all kinds of insults. When the retainers were not paying attention, he rushed out of the heavily guarded army on his own, and pulled out
The sword killed the long-tailed samurai who had humiliated him with just one blow, and then he was stabbed into a bunch of holes by more than a dozen long-tailed cavalry, both man and horse.
When Saito Asanobu learned the news, he was tying up Harusuke Kada, the actual leader of the Furukawa clan. Ashikaga Fujimasa did not dare to get on the rope, so he could only send two capable samurai to restrain him and drag him back to the main formation. He could only
When the old man of the Hodashiro family came to take the punishment on his behalf, Ashikaga Fujimasa shouted angrily: "You bastards, don't you know who I am? If you are wise, let me go quickly, otherwise I will put you in a dilemma of life and death!"
"Oh! The word "dilemma of life and death" is so elegant. Doesn't it mean that you can't live but can't die? I'll follow up on all the tricks in Furukawa-den, please!" Saito glanced at the indignant Ashikaga Fujimasa with a grin.
, from the trembling movements of his hands and feet, you can tell that this young master has a fierce look and a very soft heart.
Comparing his adoptive brother Yoshitoki Kira with this idiot, there is a world of difference. In terms of ability, skills and popularity, Yoshitoki Kira is much higher than him. Yoshitoki Kira was thirteen or fourteen years old.
He has long been famous all over the world, and this thirteen or fourteen-year-old man is only qualified to be the puppet of the Hojo family.
The Chiba family was very interesting and immediately declared that the death of Chiba Shinyin was just a small accident. The uncle of the deceased, Chiba Yintomi, immediately said when Saito came over: "My nephew's head is not very good. He just rushed into your army."
I'm really sorry for killing the samurai, and we are willing to pay any compensation required."
Saito Asanobu's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Well, Asanobu, I like to talk to smart people. The guy who died just now was named Yano Chino. He was my lord's Hatamoto Rider Samurai. Do you know what that is?
?He is a member of the Hojo family. This boy has a cousin, Tsunao Yano, who is also a member of the order. He is the only member of the family in this generation. He has a family to get married next year, and his family has forty steps of land.
, because of the impulsiveness of the nephew, the Yano family will be extinct, did you know?"
The corners of Chiba Yintomi's mouth twitched as he was broad and fat. He also knew that Echigo Zhongkui wanted to kill people, so he quickly made a very sincere apology: "Uh... yes! We are sorry for the misfortune of the Yano family.
, please tell us how much the compensation will be, and we will do our best!"
"Well, let me think about it!" Saito Chao Nobu secretly said: "It's okay to kill him with one sword, but it shouldn't be too much. If you are forced to sue the lord, it will be troublesome."
After thinking about it, he held out a finger, meaning that one hundred guan would be enough. When he saw this number, Qianye Yinfu was shocked and said in panic: "One thousand guan! This is really a bit..."
"Huh?" Saito Asanobu was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at his brothers, wondering when did I say a thousand guan? If we add a higher number, wouldn't it be 100 gan?
"Okay! A thousand guan is a thousand guan. As long as this battle is over, I will bring it to you when I return home." Chiba Yinfu grimaced, and his fat face kept twitching in pain, which was obviously enough to give him a headache for a long time.
, Qianguan is not a small number in the Chiba family. It is conceivable that the Chiba family will definitely have a very sad life in the second half of the year, and they will have to eat chaffy vegetables to survive.
Saito Asanobu used two thousand to catch two thousand alive, and caught Ashikaga Fujimasa, a big fish. Originally, Chiba Chiyon was also a big fish. It was a pity that the boy was not clear-headed and died when he shouldn't have died. Chiba
After emergency consultations, the retainer group decided to co-opt Chiba Yintomi as the governor of the Chiba family. The deceased Chiba Yintou did not even have a main wife, so his lineage was extinct, and he could only take advantage of this timid fat man.
Nagao Kagetora didn't expect that he could really catch two big fish, and only one unlucky person was killed before and after. No one was slightly injured. One person who died could be exchanged for a thousand kan compensation. The life of an Echigo samurai should not be too great.
It’s valuable! Nagao’s retainer Tuanraku twisted his lips and hurriedly stopped Saito Asanobu’s attempt to catch people. The Hojo family had been fooled once and would never give him a second chance. Besides, it was getting late and it was better to withdraw the troops and occupy them.
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The high mountain battle finally came to an end before sunset. After a whole day of thrilling fighting, the soldiers were exhausted from running around all day. As soon as they returned to the camp, they were too lazy to take off their armor and fell asleep. They slept until the second day.
They didn't get up until noon, and the samurai on both sides gathered in the Nagao family's military tent to hold a military meeting.
Ichiban went to Kiryu Suketsuna, Yura Shigege, and the people of Higashi-Ueno Province, led by Teruhisa Yamayama. It was their sudden appearance at the critical moment that destroyed the Hojo family's last hope of a comeback. These three people deserved their first credit.
, give a lot of effort to these three people. The other warriors are also convinced.
Kiryu Suketsuna and Yamayama Teruhisa seemed very happy. Kiryu Suketsuna suddenly told Yamayama Teruhisa to help the Nagao family. Sooner or later, a countryman who does nothing will be swallowed up by the tide of the times. Kiryu Suketsuna is already over 40 years old and has no heirs.
, Shanshan Terujiu has accomplished nothing since he was in his early thirties. If he continues to waste time like this, he might as well give it a try.
Compared to the two samurai who dared to fight, Yura Shige's honor was a bit tricky. He was not willing to do that stupid thing. Nagao, Hojo's loud beating to death had nothing to do with him, no matter who won or lost.
Just bow to him, why bother to place a bet and choose sides? He couldn't defeat two stubborn guys. He ran back alone and was afraid that the fellow villagers would not raise their heads in the future, so he could only bite the bullet and follow him. You
I thought I picked up a big deal and made a lot of money this time.
The second skill was Saito Asanobu who performed very well. He successively captured Hojo Ujishige, Ashikaga Fujimasa, Chiba Yintomi, Haden Harusuke and many others alive. In the next few years, Echigo Zhongkui's reputation
It was enough to stop the children from crying at night, and all the other generals were rewarded, and everyone was very happy.
After the military meeting ended, there was a banquet. Saito held up his cup and laughed and said, "Hey! This battle was really enjoyable! We haven't had such a big victory in Echigo for many years!"
Naoe Keizuna agreed: "Yes! The last time we won a battle was decades ago, when Duke Jin was alive... Not to mention this, my lord's achievements have already surpassed Duke Duke, and today we defeated the Hojo Army in a great battle.
It’s a sign of great prosperity!”
Nagao Kagetora waved his hand and said warmly: "You guys are ridiculous. The credit I, Kagetora, have not come from me alone. Without the strong support of Yishi, I, Kagetora, couldn't have done this. You guys congratulate me without mentioning Yishi.
Something is terribly wrong.”
As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly became very embarrassing. The Ueno people were a little confused. Why did this involve Kira Yoshitoki? The Ueno people, who were confused about Echigo's situation, collectively misfired. The performance of the Nagao retainers group was very interesting.
Some people were convinced, some were indignant, and some were staring blankly at the food and drinks with expressionless faces. As a die-hard member of the Kira family, Saito Asanobu decided to do something.
"My lord is right! Without the full support of the Jinfu-den, I would not be where I am today. The Jinfu-den is a member of the Minamoto clan and is expected by His Highness the Shogunate. As he is responsible for the revitalization of the shogunate, it should be my Echigo and even me."
Leaders of the Hokuriku martial arts family, I would like to toast you with a glass of wine from a distance to the Zhenfu Palace, wishing the shogunate a revival and the Minamoto clan’s martial arts fortunes to last long!”
Saito Asanobu clearly expressed his support for Nagao Kagetora, and the scene suddenly became different. Almost half of the Nagao samurai followed to congratulate Kiragi, including Nagao Keiren, Nagao Keagechi, and Nagao Keakiu.
Waiting for the clan, there are also retainers of the Echigo-Uesugi faction such as Chisaka Keichika and Tairako Fumasagi, and powerful samurai from the Hatamoto Mitate clan such as Urineza Keagemochi, Ishikawa Shigeji, Ishikawa Emoto, Karasaki Matemune, Oseki Morikenori and other samurai.
Congratulations to follow later.
The Sino-Vietnamese nationals who were slightly slow to respond were Shinzu Katsuki, Hiraga Shigeharu, Katori Yaheita, Yamagishi Hayatosa, Arakawa Izu Mamoru, Igokono Hiroie, Kachi Harutuna, Yasuda Nagahide, Ayukawa Kiyonaga, Takemata Keizuna and others.
The Northern Congregation also followed closely behind. The remaining members of the Hodai Congregation lacked Honjo and could not form an effective resistance at all. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Naoe Kagetsuna could only bow his head and submit.
A few days later, the Hojo family sent Hojo Genan as an envoy to Hirai Castle to discuss with Nagao Kagetora various matters concerning the withdrawal of troops and truce. The first was the exchange of prisoners. The Hojo clan Shige and more than 3,000 subordinates exchanged Nagano Yamasa and his subordinates.
The issue of the party members was basically reached smoothly without much time. Both parties understood their respective bottom lines and analyzed the factors before and after in the past few days. There were basically no big problems in this exchange.
The next topic was very difficult. Hojo Genan said in a leisurely manner: "I, Genan, are ordered by my lord to request the unconditional release of the people of the Shimono Kingdom from the Nagao Danzhoden. They are neither samurai of our Hojo family nor have they been hired.
, there is no reason for the Nagao family to capture the people of Sui Kingdom. What’s more, among the prisoners is Furukawa Lord Ashikaga Fujimasa. As a samurai of the Eastern Kingdom, it is a huge mistake to capture Furukawa Lord! Please think twice about right and wrong, Nagao Danzhenden.
That’s ok!”
Nagao Kagetora secretly laughed in his heart, with a surprised look on his face: "Oh? So, the arrival of the two thousand troops from the Shimonosu Kingdom to the Ueno Kingdom has nothing to do with your Hojo family?"
Hojo Genan hesitated and said: "This..."
"As the world knows, Lord Furukawa is related to the Hojo Sagami Shrine. At the beginning of the year, Hojo Sagami went out to battle once in Shimonoseki. Now the Hojo army leads a force of 40,000 people to invade Ueno Country. This Lord Furukawa is Hojo.
The main members that Sagami Mori brought to help, the "Odawara Clan's Headquarters" established by the Hojo family, were included in the names of the Furukawa Clan and the Chiba Clan. Otherwise, how could the people of the Shimonosu Kingdom come to Ueno for no reason.
How could he appear in the main formation of the Hojo Army?"
"This..." Hojo Genan pondered for a long time, as if he wanted to understand that he had fallen into Nagao Kagetora's language trap. He immediately changed his story: "They are indeed guest troops invited by my lord, but they have always followed the rules and did not participate in the war. They were
It’s too much to arrest the Nagao family samurai for no reason!”
Nagao Kagetora was not afraid of his tricks at all. Several years of careful cultivation had allowed him to learn many principles of life. His words, influenced by Kira Yoshitoki, were sharper than before. He did not panic when he saw Hojo Genan changing his routine. He calmly said: "On the battlefield
Life and death are determined by fate, swords and guns have no eyesight, Huanan Temple should have a full understanding of it, such as the allusions of Furukawa Kōkō and Kogomi Kōkō who died one after another. Their inaction cannot be a reason to forgive them. Samurai should have the courage to charge and die on the battlefield.
This is the case when two generations of Mr. Kogami died at the hands of the Hojo family, or when Mr. Furukawa was captured by me, Kagetora."
"... Danshoden's words are really sharp and unusual!" Hojo Genan laughed and cleared the air, which was equivalent to telling the other party that he had given up.
It's not that he wants to admit defeat, but reality forces him to negotiate and exchange prisoners as soon as possible, so he cannot continue to entangle with Nagao Kagetora calmly. He knows very well that the Hojo family has no confidence to drag on. The Hojo family now tightly blocks Ashikaga Fuji.
With the news of the government and the capture of the people of Shimono Kingdom, Hojo Ujiyasu pinned all his hopes on Hojo Genan. As for the impact of the news in the future, he could not control it for the time being. It could be postponed for a while.
But there is not much time left to delay. The autumn harvest is approaching and the samurai will definitely have to disarm and return home to participate in the autumn harvest. By then, the news that Ashikaga Fujimasa has been captured will not be kept. The longer the delay is, the greater the impact on Ashikaga Fujimasa's reputation.
The greater the damage, the greater the blow to the prestige of the Hojo family.
No matter how Nagao Kagetora was sarcastic, Hojo Genan always maintained his unflinching diplomat quality while continuing to work hard for his main goal: "Please let me know the conditions you can offer, and we will definitely cooperate as long as we can meet them."
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Nagao Kagetora smiled slightly and said: "My request is very simple. Take it from Ikoku Musashi and let it go from Mr. Furukawa."
"Hiss! This is simply..." Hojo Genan's expression changed. He suddenly stood up and looked like he was about to get angry. He waited for a long time before he could squeeze out two words: "Ridiculous!"
Hojo Genan was anxious, but Nagao Kagetora calmly persuaded him: "Genan-don, don't be anxious, sit down and talk slowly. We have plenty of time to talk. If we can't meet this condition, we can talk about other conditions!"
"No matter what, we can never agree to this condition! Please stop mentioning this matter in the main hall!" Hojo Genan refused sternly. Regardless of whether Nagao Kagetora was true or false, he felt it was necessary to make his position clear and not let the Nagao family think that the Hojo family
He is easy to bully, and some things can be withdrawn while others cannot. As a diplomat, he knows that he cannot give in on important matters such as designing the foundation of the Hojo family.
The two sides are struggling with how much reward the Nagao family should get. The Nagao family retreated from the Musashi country at the beginning, to the Musashi half country, and then to the northern part of the Musashi country including Matsuyama, Kawagoe and the two cities and the territory north of it was still rejected.
Nagao Kagetora threw Hojo Genan down in anger and left him hanging. The negotiations were temporarily deadlocked. Both sides knew clearly that reaching a peace agreement was not far away.
Soon Hojo Genan proposed to return Ontake Castle and nearby territories in exchange for the people of Shimonoseki and Ashikaga Fujimasa. This proposal was finally adopted by Nagao Kagetora after repeated negotiations. However, there were some changes in the final agreement. The area of the territory was doubled, and the Hojo family made a promise never to enter the vicinity of Ontake Castle.
At the same time, the Hojo family had to pay the ransom of 30,000 gan Yongle money for redeeming the captives, and the war compensation of 20,000 gan Yongle money. To this end, the Nagao retainers specially drew up a compensation list to tell the Hojo family why they wanted so much Money. Because these 20,000 guan are the cost of sending troops to the Nagao family.
When Hojo Genan saw this list, he almost fainted. It included all the soldiers' reward money during the war, food and clothing expenses and even the toilet paper used in the toilet. Hojo Genan was very angry. I cursed in my heart: "A group of rural Ashigaru Idyou still use toilet paper, and they use a hundred pieces a month. Who are you trying to fool!"
No matter who Nagao Kagetora was coaxing, Hojo Genan had to pinch his nose and give in. The delivery of captives, property compensation, and territorial division of both parties were delayed until the beginning of the autumn harvest. Nagao Kagetora took this opportunity to invite Kanto People from all walks of life came to Hirai Castle to hold a Japanese singing festival, taking the opportunity to show off the achievements of this war and the powerful force of Echigo.
By this time, the main force of the Hojo family had already returned to Odawara. Everything was left to Hojo Genan to take care of. The old monk also participated in this Waka event and even sang a song on the spot with a very helpless expression. Obviously Hojo Ujiyasu really couldn't do it. If he is willing to lose face again, his uncle can only reluctantly take the position of taking the blame and making a fool of himself.
During this period, war statistics also basically showed that the Nagao family lost more than 3,000 lives, and another 6,000 people were injured. Among them, there were more than 2,000 soldiers who were seriously injured, disabled, or lost their combat effectiveness. In other words, in the end There are less than 10,000 people here alive and able to continue fighting. Two-thirds of these casualties are caused by Hojo Ujishige's surprise attack from the rear, but nearly 70% of the wounded are from the frontal battlefield.
The Ueno Japanese army was even more miserable, with 5,000 killed and 7,000 wounded. Almost everyone suffered injuries. The main reason was that the main force was dispersed by a surprise attack by the Hojo army, and then the camp gate was blocked. Many Japanese people took the opportunity to disappear without knowing it. They were killed after escaping, leaving only a thousand people in the main force of the Nagano army, and only over 3,000 people in the entire Minawa clan, and most of them were rescued by the Nagao family.
Judging from the situation on the battlefield, it is basically no problem that the Hojo army suffered losses of more than 8,000 people. One of Hojo Ujishige's Rangers alone suffered more than 2,000 losses, which allowed him to experience the pain of having a knife stabbed in the back. In addition, More than 5,000 people were captured. In order to redeem the prisoners, not only did they have to cede land, but they also had to pay compensation. This war was really a waste of money.
Nagano Yasumasa and his relatives and subordinates were released, and his prestige was completely shattered with the capture. Only a few of his sons-in-law were left in the so-called Minawa clan to support him, such as Numata Youtai, who was not very close to him. The son-in-law became more and more alienated. Ueno Shichimoto simply expressed his submission to Nagao Kagetora. Nagano Yamasa knew where he was wrong, but what could he do if he knew it? He had no chance to redeem himself.
After this battle, Nagao Kagetora's prestige greatly increased. Nagao Kenkage of the Shirai Nagao family, Nagao Sokage of the Suisha Nagao family, and Nagao Kagetora, the chief of the Ashikaga Nagao family, successively expressed their submission to him. By accepting Nagao Kagetora's favor, everyone told the world that they were members of the Nagao family, so they also expressed their obedience.
Finally, there are the Nishi Ueno people. The surrender of Ueno's seven guns completely shattered the close unity of the people of Nishi Ueno country. Nagano Yamasa's prestige was greatly lost. The Minawa people must always remember Nagao Kagetora's life-saving grace. If the Nagao family
If they are unwilling to exchange, the fate of these three thousand people will definitely be miserable, because Nagao Kagetora has no obligation to come to them. In comparison, Hojo Ushishige is more important to the Hojo family. A comparison between the two will know how much they owe Nagao Kagetora.
mutual affection.
There is a little traitor in the Nagano family, Nagano Yasuo, and among the son-in-law, there is Obata Nobusada, who is lobbying up and down. Before Nagano Yamasa makes a decision, his family and his sons-in-law have already made their own choices. In the end, Nagano Yasumasa
When he discovered that even his son Nagano Yashimai had also made it clear that he would join the Nagao family, he knew that he had only this option.
A few days later, a grand celebration banquet was held in Hirai Castle in Ueno Province. This banquet was nominally a replacement celebration banquet, but in fact it was to force the people of Ueno Province to make a final decision. Nagano Yabo was standing in the large room of Hirai Castle with a calm and calm expression.
Soon his face turned rosy, and he gave an impassioned speech with his sonorous voice: "Today, the world belongs to Kawachi Genji, and the shogunate belongs to the Ashikaga shogunate, so I have decided to submit to the Kira Jinfu Palace!
Being a retainer of the Ashikaga family is our natural duty as a samurai family, and joining the Jinfu Palace is the most correct choice, what do you think?"
"..." The people of Ueno all turned their attention to Nagao Kagetora who remained silent.
All the ministers thought that he would be very unhappy, but unexpectedly, Echigo no Ryuu, who was sitting in the high seat, suddenly applauded, with a faint smile on his expressionless face: "What Shinano said is exactly what I want.
In the near future, I will urge the Zhenfu Palace to apply to the shogunate for the position of Ueno Guardian... You all must remember the duty of our samurai family! It is our duty to uphold the righteousness of the samurai family and safeguard the justice of the world. We must remain firm.
We support the shogunate, and I believe that under the leadership of Zhenfudian, we will definitely calm the chaos in all directions and re-establish the shogunate!"
Saito Asanobu suddenly shouted: "We are united to re-establish the shogunate!"
"United as one, we will re-establish the shogunate!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
