The Uesugi family and the Hojo family joined forces to resolve the dispute over the true and false Kanto administration. The Wu family's way of life is very realistic. Whoever loses will be the fake leader of Guandong.
But the Kanto Palace in the Echigo army formation belonged to the Ashikaga Shogun's forces. Ashikaga Yoshiji requested that he deal with the Kanto Secretariat in the hope of gaining political points.
When you become the Kanto Shogun, you have to be at odds with the Ashikaga Shogun. This is the political correctness of the Kamakura Ashikaga family, which is very beneficial to stabilizing the status of Ashikaga Yoshiji.
From the perspective of the Hojo clan, allowing the Kanto generals to attack the Ashikaga generals would also reduce the political pressure on their own family.
After all, Ise-onna comes from the Ise family in Kyoto. Although she changed her name to Hojo, it is not convenient to do certain things directly, and it is easy for someone to poke her in the back.
Let Ashikaga Yoshiji, the Kanto general, deal with the imperial office of Shiba Yoshigan, which can save the Hojo family from the pressure of public opinion.
Hojo Umasa nodded and agreed.
"Kamakura-don is determined to solve the Ashikaga family's own affairs, and I can't stop him. Please do it yourself.
According to the news sent back by the Fuma Ninja, the girls of the Kanto Palace were stationed on the northern front, and during the war they were usually on the left flank of the Echigo army.
Then please deploy your defenses on the right flank of our army and confront it tit for tat. "
The Hojo army was arranged from east to west, with the left wing in the south and the right wing in the north, which was exactly the opposite of the Echigo army.
Hojo Ushimasa didn't think much about conspiracy theories about Uesugi Terutora's arrangement of the Kanto Palace on the northern route, nor did he think that the Kanto Palace had any tricks up its sleeve, because the southern route was more important.
The end of the southern line is the Watarase River. Once the battle line is defeated, the victor's army will crush and drive away the defeated. It is easy to drive into the river, trample and drown countless people.
Therefore, the southern front must have an elite military presence. The plain is small, so the formation also needs to be heavily guarded, and the center line cannot lack the backbone.
In this way, the northern front will of course be relatively weak, and some troops with weak combat capabilities will be deployed. In Hojo Ujimasa's view, the Kanto Service Station was the weak force in Echigo's army and should be placed on the northern front.
Although Ashikaga Yoshiji has his own independent military power, his combat power is sparse and ordinary among the Hojo army, and he cannot shoulder the heavy burden.
Throw her to the northern front and fight against the Wu family members at the Kanto Palace. The rookies on both sides peck each other. It won’t affect the overall situation, and it can add points politically, so why not do it?
Ashikaga Yoshiji thanked Hojo Ujimasa with a smile and stopped talking. She was feeling happy as she considered the rewards from this victory.
Seeing that she was satisfied, Hojo Umasa smiled slightly and continued to arrange the battle formation.
"Tominaga Yasuke, you are the leader of the left wing. The Edo people, the Matsuyama people, the Takiyama people, the Tsukui people and other Musashi Sagami people are under your control."
"Hi!"
Although the samurai families arranged by the Hojo clan on the southern front were elite, except for Yasukage Tominaga and Tsunake Ene, the rest of the leaders were from surrender.
Edo Castle Ota Yasushi, Matsuyama Castle Ueda Asanao, Takiyama Castle Oishi Kusada, Tsukui Castle Naichi Yasuyuki, etc. These people and their affiliated local samurai families were once retainers of Ryo Uesugi.
All the princess warriors, whether they knew the Hojo clan's fear or not, fell to the ground and kowtowed.
The Minami Musashi clan and the Higashi Sagami clan began to submit to the samurai clan of the Hojo family during the Hojo Ujiyasu era, and their close relationship was already far apart. Even if the owner takes precautions, he will still pretend to be confused.
Their reserve team is also elite and their combat power is not weak. The Hojo clan asked Yasukage Tominaga to lead Qingbei in the battle. As a supervisor, the purpose was to suppress the southern front and stabilize the battle.
"Mr. Ryuyama, would you and Chibei go to the right wing to assist Kamakura-den?"
Hojo Ryuzan had a clear idea and simply had to lie down and accept the order.
Hojo Tsunayaka enters Doryuyama. She is the eldest of the third generation of the Hojo family. Now that he has become a monk and has become a Taoist, he is not very utilitarian.
The Hojo clan sent her to the right wing, which actually served as a safety valve. Because the tribes under Ashikaga Yoshiji are slightly weaker.
In the event that Uesugi Teruhora suddenly changes his mind and arranges a strong military attack on the northern front, it will also take time for Hojo Ushimasa to deploy military support from his own camp.
With the powerful general Hojo Ryuzan holding down the formation on the northern front, Hojo Ujimasa could concentrate heavy troops on the formation with peace of mind and implement the strategy of breakthrough in the central part.
After arranging important ministers to stabilize the left and right wings, the Hojo clan waved their hands with great enthusiasm.
"The Xiaoji people, the Jade Rope people, the Izu people, Chibei, Baibei and the rest of the troops will assemble with my headquarters and break through from the center!
Aren't the long-tailed rebels clamoring for a fight? I'll make her get what she wants!
In three days, I will go with you to meet with the Echigo samurai family, who are known as the most brave in Kanto, to see if they are worthy of their name! "
"Hi!"
All the Hojo samurai fell to the ground and kowtowed, their fighting spirit overwhelming and their fighting spirit high. Hojo Ushimasa's tactics are actually very simple, which is to form a strong formation and fight stupidly.
Sun Tzu's Art of War goes like this: if you have five, attack it; if you double it, divide it. Hojo's 20,000 elite troops were approximately two and a half times the number of Terutora Uesugi.
The narrow plains squeezed the space for tactical deployment. Hojo Ushimasa only needed to stabilize the two wings and then attack the center with heavy troops to win.
Even if the combat power of both sides is similar, the numerical advantage is enough for the Hojo family's reserve team to take turns to go into battle, and the Echigo army will be exhausted.
The longer the joint war lasts, the more powerful it will be against the Hojo family. Of course she is willing to work hard and fight stupidly. And her tactics were very sound, even Hojo Tsunari, who was dissatisfied with her, recognized them.
The core of the wealth accumulated by the three generations of the Hojo family is the Ashigaru clan, which is directly under the control of the family governor of Odawara Castle. Then there are the Nissagami clan, the Izu clan, and the Ichimen clan, which are directly led by the family governor.
Tame Gentada's Kurobei was behind Sano Castle's guarding army, while Tominaga Yasukage's Aobei and Hojo Ryuzan's Akabe held down the two wings respectively.
With no worries, Hojo Ushimasa held the Hojo family's coffins in his hands and stormed to the center to break through.
Although this tactic is costly, the Hojo family is willing to fight. As long as Uesugi Teruhu's core combat power is annihilated in one battle, the Echigo army will have no choice but to fall apart and return home.
Hojo Ushimasa's approach was approved by Hojo's ministers, and everyone took action quickly. The army retreated five miles and camped again with Sano Castle behind.
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The combat supplies needed by the Hojo army were frantically imported from Kagotsu Castle to the Sano Territory and delivered to the army, relying on the convenient water transportation in the core area of Kanto.
The Echigo army entrenched in the mountains and large mountains was also seizing the time to prepare for war. Nagao was monitoring the direction of the Oku Territory while trying his best to mobilize the peasants and soldiers in the Ashikaga Territory to assist in transporting supplies.
The two armies were twenty miles apart, and the central plain was silent.
But behind them, countless baggage gathered into a river, putting food, swords, guns, bags, bows and arrows on the line to supply the army. The two armies are sharpening their swords, and the war is about to begin.
Monomichi appeared from nowhere, and the ninjas scouted around the Sano Territory, encountered, clashed, and suffered heavy casualties just to get closer to the battlefield.
On the one hand, various families in Kanto are afraid of the strong strength of both sides, and on the other hand, they are looking forward to this battle, this grand battle that will determine the future direction of the Kanto Plain.
