A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

All departments set up camp and surrounded Odawara. At the same time, all kinds of burnings and beheadings were undoubtedly carried out. Nagao Kagetora's righteousness does not seem to involve ordinary people.

Seeing the strong defense, the Kwantung Allied Forces were helpless. Turtle shells are difficult to chew. The key is that there is no way to eat them. Nagao Kagetora is now holding a military meeting. There are no less than a hundred people below, and the heads of each family are sitting in rows. Nagao Kagetora asked who was going to test first, and those people immediately shook their heads and looked around to talk about him.

The first one to make the move was Furukawa Lord Ashikaga Yoshiji, the first-class Ashikaga clan of the Muromachi shogunate and one of the top family members of the Ashikaga clan. He was a child of several years old, and the family behind him, Ryouda Harusuke, was sitting with him in his arms, expecting him to go into battle in person. This man's father, Ashikaga Haruji, was also Hojo Ujiyasu's uncle. Later, his father was defeated in the night battle of Kawagoe and was completely ignored by the Hojo family. He himself was also forced to get engaged to Hojo Ujiyasu's daughter. This relationship is messy enough. Now that his father is dead, if he cannot take this opportunity to overthrow Hojo, then he will become Hojo Ujiyasu's son-in-law and his puppet for the rest of his life. Fortunately, Liang Tian Qingsuke, who was holding him, was a little ambitious and a little loyal. Now that he joined the battle together, it was like another big flag, which was more effective than the soldiers and horses he brought.

The next person is Nagano Yamasa, who is currently the head of the family. He represents the Ashikaga clan of the Muromachi shogunate and is married to the Fujiwara clan's Uesugi family. He is a top official in the Muromachi shogunate. This person was willing, after all, he had been rebelling against Hojo for a few days and wanted to submit a certificate of surrender. But he is Guan Ling's only capable soldier, and he is the capital of Guan Ling's establishment, and cannot be thrown away lightly. The Guan Ling's current status and face come partly from the reputation of the Guandong Guan Ling above his head, and partly from the strong support of the fifteen thousand people in Shangzhou. Otherwise, he would have been secluded in advance, or even comforted.

The third one is also a ten-year-old rising child, Koyumi Yorijun, a top-level person in the second level of the Muromachi Shogunate's samurai family, the Ashikaga clan. He has a very capable father. Relying on a bad promise from his dead ghost father, Yoshiaki Yoshiaki finally managed to recruit tens of thousands of people to compete for the title of Lord Kanto. Unfortunately, he failed and died on the battlefield. But this did not hinder his status as the nominally orthodox heir to the Kanto General. Behind him sat Satomi Yiyao and Zhenli Gu Dashan, nominally supporting the child.

The fourth one is Yamauchi Zomasuke Yoshikatsu, who is also the top family member of the second-level Ashikaga clan of the Muromachi shogunate. This is because Xiao Yuyizumi's father really served as the Kanto prince in name, while Yamauchi Yoshiharu was just the shogunate's imperial minister. , so lower him a bit. Xiaopingtai and Yamauchi's chief planner were sitting behind Yamauchi Yisheng. Yamauchi's chief planner tugged at Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's sleeves to tell him to stay out of trouble, and Koheita also felt that soldiers' lives should not be wasted on temptation.

I won’t introduce the other salted fishes at the back. In short, Nagao Kagetora was very embarrassed and no one answered the conversation, which made him very embarrassed.

So Nagao Kagetora asked loudly again, and the scene was very cold. Finally Satomi Yoshiyao stood up and said that the Soshu Funabashi Castle along the way belonged to the Hojo clan. He was afraid that his retreat would be blocked, so he did not dare to spend too much money. . This hint is very obvious. If the Soshu Funabashi area is transferred to the Satomi clan, he will be willing to send troops.

Nagao Kagetora turned around and quietly asked Kenmasa Uesugi behind him (the name was changed after passing Kamakura), whose family and lords the Funabashi area is. When I asked, it was the Chiba clan who belonged to the Hojo clan. The Chiba clan was also from the famous Kanwu Taira clan. During the Homoto Heiji Rebellion, he supported the Genji clan and gradually gained power. Later, he once held the position of general guardian. However, civil strife later broke out, and now its strength has weakened, and even the retainer Yuan Clan is riding on it. It is known as "Thousands of Horses on a Thousand Leaves, Original Thousands of Horses". Became a local "Sakurazu" affiliated with Hojo Ujiyasu.

"Oh~~it's not one of our own." Nagao Kagetora suddenly realized. Chiba is still a soft persimmon that can be pinched by anyone. If you don't sell it, you will sell it to anyone. Being generous to others doesn't hurt anyway. So he immediately agreed and the Ministry of Punishment (Sato Jiyao's official position) could freely take it.

Now he was very satisfied with Yi Yao and said that he would be the first to lead the army.

When the generals saw a handsome boy taking the initiative, they immediately came to life. The scene immediately became heated. So the next day the Satomi clan's 5,500 troops took the lead in taking the lead.

The generals of Guandong did a good job in cheering. They all pulled out their troops and cheered enthusiastically. The troops spread all over the mountains and plains, with the strong in front and the old and weak in the back, stretching out two miles from Mount Hakone to Sagami Bay. Mountains and seas of people are not enough to describe it. Anyway, there is only one word, "many".

Then the masters all took their followers Hatamoto to observe the formation, and Nagao Kagetora also stood high and watched. Odawara's castle width of five miles is not that the castle is five miles wide, but that the castle town's earthen fortress is five miles wide (to explain, one mile in Japan is not 500 meters, but more than 3,900 meters, so it is on the street The one-mile mound was set up (because it was really far away) and was wide. What the Satomi Army faced was a high and wide earthen rampart that was ten meters high from the bottom of the roof to the top of the rampart and had an inclination of fifty degrees. This level of city defense was at the level of famous cities and towns even in China's Ming Dynasty at the same time. Many southern states and counties were still at the level of planting willows for walls and digging canals for moats.

The wide water bank is at least five meters long, and it is connected to running water. It is difficult to get started. We can only attack through the city gate, and there is nothing we can do if we see Yiyao inside. There must be a brave man under the heavy reward. Let the elite and brave soldiers carry the logs and then hold up the wooden poles to prepare to attack the city gate.

Shouting slogans, Satomi Jun was also very courageous and rushed towards the city gate violently. The Hojo army's iron cannons and bows and arrows on the city shot down indiscriminately. The leading samurai was hit by several arrows but still kept shouting and fighting. Holding a red spear and shouting at the soldiers, he showed bravery and fearlessness.

Xiaoping put his hands up on the awning and could see clearly. Sure enough, he was a brave soldier. The warrior's fighting greatly affected the soldiers. Some people were hit by arrows and were still hitting the city gate with their bodies. It looked a bit broken. The hope of the city.

Moreover, the soldiers worked together to hit the city gate with the big logs carried on their shoulders. The dull knocks were accompanied by the chants of the Satomi soldiers. The hardwood city gate and the city gate tower would shake off a lot of sawdust and mud every time they were hit. The creaking sound was chilling, as if this city gate only had three to five minutes to live.

But it was a pity that the brave warrior holding the spear suddenly froze with the sound of iron cannons. The short and lean body fell slowly. Seeing this scene, the soldiers shouted that Kawazubu had died in battle, and they retreated with a crash while dragging his body.

A brave general in Satomi's army died and can no longer fight. Today's trial is over.