Chapter 106: Before the Storm
"Kill!" "Rush!"
In the territory of Mogami Clan, Murakami County, south of Dewa, there was a battle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Since the Mogami family declared independence, the surrounding pro-Date clan forces have set their sights on the Mogami family, and they will send troops as soon as Date Harumune gives the order to eat the "fat" of the Mogami family, which is "strong on the outside and dry in the middle".
Sure enough, as the Kamiyama family and other wealthy clans successively received letters from Date Harumune, and the news that Harada Naganari, the general under his command, was about to return to Yonezawa Castle with his army, the surrounding wealthy clans such as the Kamiyama family, the Ayubei family, and the Hanhee family seemed to have found the confidence and sent troops to attack the territory of the Mogami family.
On August 17, the Kankawae family, under the leadership of the lord Oe, sent 800 troops to attack Nagasaki Castle of the Mogami family.
However, before Mogami Yoshimori could breathe down, Ayube Munenobu, the head of the Ayubei family, led an army of 500 people to attack Hatagaya Castle of the Mogami family, so Mogami Yoshimori hurriedly asked Nakano Yoshiaki to lead a force to rescue Hatagaya Castle.
I thought that the matter should be over, but at this time, the head of the Ueyama family, Yoshitada Ueyama, led a force of 300 people to attack Hasedo Castle of the Mogami family, and the lord of Hasedo Castle was the father of the clan Dingzhi. The clan definition led Hasedo Castle's Ashigaru to hold on, barely blocking the attack of Yoshitada Ueyama.
But I don't want to, in a corner of the Mogami family, there is also an army that is also attacking the territory of the Mogami family.
Yoshiaki Yama Hanbei (book friend "Angel in the Night" starred with love.) ), the Shangshan family is a crowd, the lord of Zhongshan City. Yoshiaki Ueyama's father is Yoshitada's half-brother, and Yoshiaki Ueyama is a descendant of the Ueyama family. Just 21 years old this year, he married the sister of Ayubei Munoshin, the head of the Ayubei family, and called himself Echigo Mamoru .
The Kamiyama clan is a branch of the Tendo clan of the Upper Clan, and the ancestor is the great-grandson of Spo Kanrai, the lord of Shangshan Castle, Tendo Manchang. The former head of the Kamiyama family was Yoshiaki Kamiyama's grandfather, Kamiyama Yoshibo.
The Mogami Yoshisada of the clan was defeated by Date Minoru in 1514, so the Ueyama family was subordinate to the Date clan, and Ueyama Yoshibo was quite disgusted with the Date family. In the same year, Yoshibo raised a flag of rebellion against the Date family and fought against the Date family. However, in front of the army of the Date family, the Ueyama army was defeated, and Ueyama Yoshibo and a few retainers fled and lurked in Tendo Castle. Kamiyama Castle was occupied by the Date family.
On the other hand, the Date family sent their adopted son to the Mogami clan and attempted to completely annex the Mogami clan, and the wealthy clans of the Yamagata region gradually resisted the Date family. Seeing this, in 1520 he suddenly appeared and rebelled again. This time, he was supported by powerful clans such as the lord of Hanhejiang Castle, Hiroshi Oe, the lord of Tendo Castle, and the Narusawa clan, so he continued to fight against the Date family.
But in the end, he was killed in the battle of the righteous house on the mountain, and his own wealthy clan surrendered to the Date family.
After this turmoil, the Mogami family completely became a puppet of the Date family. However, the rebellion against the Yoshibo and others also had an impact on the Date family. Seeing the power of the wealthy clans, Minomu canceled the plan to send an adopted son to the Mogami family, and replaced it with the inheritance of the family governor.
After the death of Kamiyama Yoshibo, his son Yoshitada Kamiyama recaptured Kamiyama Castle, and Yoshiaki Kamiyama's father, Yoshiyoshi Kamiyama, fell ill and died shortly after taking Zhongshan Castle, so Yoshiaki Kamiyama inherited the position of lord of Nakayama Castle.
By the time the Kamiyama family reached the generation of Kamiyama Yoshitada, it was completely subordinate to the Date family. Yoshitada Ueyama's son, Yoshimitsu Ueyama, also married the daughter of Tate Munemitsu, the lord of Kanoda Castle, a major minister of the Date family, which made the relationship between the Ueyama family and the Date family even more sophisticated. Therefore, after receiving Date Harumune's letter, the Kamiyama family was obliged to send troops.
The Kamiyama family divided their troops into two routes, Yoshitada Kamiyama sent troops from Kamiyama Castle to attack Hasedo Castle in this play, while Yoshiaki Kamiyama of Nakayama Castle sent troops to attack Kotaki Castle on White Eagle Mountain. And this battle took place outside Kotaki Castle, on the main road of White Eagle Mountain.
Yoshiaki Kamiyama looked at Kotaki Castle Lord Koryu Kanemitsu who was not far away, and was silent, raised the spear in his hand and stabbed a Sashigaru of the Mogami family to death, and then continued to rush forward. Yoshiaki Kamiyama dispatched 200 troops to attack Kotaki Castle this time, and Kotaki Castle was just a small castle whose role was to guard the main road of White Eagle Mountain.
There is also a pass outside the city called White Eagle Ridge, which is guarded by 30 people. After learning the news of the Kamiyama family's troops, Kotaki Kanemitsu, the lord of Kotaki Castle, urgently mobilized 100 peasant soldiers from Kotaki Castle to support.
Yoshiaki Kamiyama once studied under a master of spearmanship, and learned a good spear skill, known as the "Half-Soldier of the Gun". It was the ashigaru of the above mountain family who was under the example of Yoshiaki Ueyama who was the leader all the way like a bamboo, and the soldiers pointed directly at Kotaki Kanemitsu.
"Kill!" Yoshiaki shouted on the mountain, "Kill the past and ask for 10 stone of food from the enemy's general!" ”
"Ho" The ashigaru of the Ueyama family went crazy and killed Kotaki Kanemitsu's position. The territory of the Kamiyama family is mostly mountainous, so there is not much arable land, so the 10-stone Liangshan is already a samurai of the Kamiyama family for a year.
With the attack of the Ueyama family, Kotaki Castle Ashigaru slowly began to rout.
"Don't panic, resist me!" Kotaki Kanemitsu scolded loudly: "Hold on! After the end of this battle, each person will be rewarded with 1 yuan! Compared with some "petty" Yoshiaki Kamiyama, Kotaki Kanemitsu is a little more "generous", and directly promises 1 yuan per ashigaru. You must know that Kotaki Kanemitsu's annual salary is 100 stones, and 100 ashigaru 1 kan is 100 kan. The equivalent of a year of Kotaki Kanemitsu is gone.
"Humph! The enemy army is only the end of the crossbow, everyone, follow me to kill the enemy! Kill! Yoshiaki Kamiyama once again raised his spear and burst into the formation.
"Kill!" Yoshiaki Ueyama punched a barrel of a gun into the body of an Ashigaru, and before he could pull out a gun and attack Yoshiaki Ueyama from behind. Yoshiaki hurriedly abandoned the spear, drew the sword at his waist, and turned around to block. "Dang" The sound of weapons colliding came, and the sneak attack of Ashigaru was shocked by a strong force and his hands were numb, and Yoshiaki took the opportunity to kick it over, strode forward and stabbed the knife in his hand into the chest of Ashigaru.
"Kill! Ha! Yoshiaki Kamiyama drew his sword and shouted, then continued to attack.
Under the heroic battle of Yoshiaki Ueyama, the morale of the Ashigaru of the Ueyama family increased greatly and the attack was fierce, and most of the ashigaru in Kotaki Castle were originally peasant soldiers, and the morale of the samurai who did not have it was able to handle it, and the morale slowly fell to the bottom.
"Run!" "Don't fight, run!" "This time, Lang, ah! The enemy is the devil, run! "With the collapse of Kotaki Castle one by one, the forces of the Mogami family began to rout. Even how Kotaki Kanemitsu stops it has no effect.
"Pursuit! Pursuit! Yoshiaki Kamiyama knew that Kotaki Castle was in front of him, and he could take advantage of the situation to capture Kotaki Castle when the enemy army was defeated. After Kotaki Castle was captured, he was able to go around behind Hasedo Castle to support Yoshitada Ueyama's attack on Hasedo Castle.
"Kill!"
"The enemy will be me.... Ask for it! ”
"The enemy samurai were ..... by me Ask for it! ”
With the shouts of begging one by one, it announced the victory of this joint battle, and also heralded the change of ownership of Kotaki Castle.