Samurai of the Takeda Family

The Hao family in Agatsuma-gun and Sanada belonged to the Shino clan, and the Shino clan belonged to the descendants of Emperor Kiyomizu. Therefore, Shiye and Takeda also belong to the descendants of the Kiyomizu Gen clan, and the surnames and clan of the two families are both source courtiers. As a famous clan in a small county, the Shino clan ruled the entire Shinano area and Ueno Agatsuma Prefecture in its heyday, and its tribes also spread here.

　　PS: In the famous Minghutaocheng incident, the Hojo family seized Minghutaocheng in Agatsuma Prefecture. It is said that Masyuki Sanada wrote to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and complained that according to the name Walnut Castle was his ancestral territory, and his ancestors were buried nearby, so he refused to give up. Sanada's words are a set of perversions, based on the fact that the Shino clan ruled this area hundreds of years ago.

　　 Later, the Shino clan separated into three branches, namely, Umino, Mochizuki, and Yazu, which were called the three Shino clan. The Sanada family, the Hao family, and the Kamahara family all came from the same tributary of the Umino family. This can be seen from the use of "fortunate" in the names of the men of the three families.

　　 After Ueno Heihe fought, the Sanada family lost their territory, and Sanada Kotaka once went to Hano’s house to seek shelter, so the two families had a deep friendship. However, when Sanada Yukuro asked Hao Yuzumi to surrender to the Takeda family, he was rejected.

　　Between the Takeda family and the Nagano family, Yukizumi Hao, the head of the Hano family, chose the latter. One of the reasons was that his wife was the eighth daughter of Nagano Yemasa. (Well, it's the Nagano Son-in-law Party again)

In the face of the Takeda family’s upcoming invasion of Agatsuma-gun Nishi-Ueno, Yukizumi Hao was well prepared. He had mobilized all-round troops in the territory before and recruited men over fifteen and under fifty to gather. A five-hundred-man army made plans for a caged city battle.

　　 It is important to know that although Hao Castle is not a big city, it is built on a steep mountain and is very easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the past, enough food and grass were stored in the city, and there was also a weapon such as iron cannons to defend the city, so the soldiers in the city were at peace. Even if the Takeda Army attacked with all his strength, Yukizumi Hao was confident to hold on and gave the Takeda Army enough damage.

　　 In fact, after Takeda Katsuyoshi came to Hano Castle, it took only half a day to capture Hano Castle, which he refused to surrender.

　　Actually, the Kamahara clan of Agatsuma Prefecture secretly surrendered the Takeda clan under the solicitation of his clan Yukitaka Sanada.

Then, according to Sanada Masayuki’s offer, when the Takeda army was besieging Hao Castle, Kamahara’s Patriarch Kamabara Yukoshige was ordered to lead the army to reinforce Hao Castle, tempting Hao’s Patriarch Yukio Hao to lead his army out of the city to take the lead, and then the Takeda army pretended to be defeated. , To lure the Hao army to Naganohara far away from Hao Castle.

　　 The Takeda Army and the Kambara Army then turned to counterattack and wiped out the Hao Army on Naganohara. Li Xiao's Samurai Island triumphantly went to battle and killed Yukatsu Hao, the leader of the Hao family.

　　 Under the strategy of Masyuki Sanada, the Takeda army seized the opportunity to occupy Hano Castle. Yukizumi Hao’s hard-earned food and grass were all cheaper than Takeda Katsuyoshi, and he also reaped dozens of iron cannons for nothing.

　　 Takeda Katsuyai was overjoyed, and awarded half of these dozen iron cannons to Masyuki Sanada, as his reward for taking Hao Castle this time.

　　 After the capture of Hano Castle, Katsuyori Takeda united with the Kamahara family, and the military forces of the small tycoons of the Azuma County who had been returned by Yutaka Sanada, and 1,500 people besieged the main castle of Iwagaki Castle in the Saito family, the largest force in Azuma County.

　　 Iwagaki Castle’s construction year is unknown, but during the Kamakura period it was a major city and controlled the streets of Agatsuma. The city is built on the east side of Yanqi Mountain and stands on a mountain 800 meters above sea level.

Ten years ago, when the Takeda family was about to perish, Sanada Masyuki invited Takeda Katsuyoshi to come to Iwagaki Castle to avoid the Oda family's soldiers, and try to make a comeback. The reason is that the location of this city is close to Echigo, and it is easy to get the ally Uesugi family. With the support of, Erlai Yanqi City itself is also a strong city, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The current occupant of Iwasaki Castle, the Saito family, was once an important minister in the Kanto governing Uesugi Uesugi. The generation of the Saito family was headed by Norihiro Saito. He once replaced the Hao family as the representative of the Azuma-gun prefecture and replaced Uesugi Uesugi family. Governs the whole county. The Uesugi family in Ueuchi did not fall behind. As a semi-independent force, the Saito family tended to be between Echigo Uesugi Kenshin and Nagano's family.

　　 When Takeda Katsurai Jun just arrived under Iwagaki Castle, his trick was repeated and the same trick was repeated under Hao Castle, to lure Saito army out of the strong mountain city, and wiped out 300 people in the wild in one fell swoop.

　　 After the Saito family suffered this big loss, no matter how they fought against the Takeda army, they just stood firm on the city.

　　 So the Takeda army had to start the arduous siege of Iwagaki Castle.

Three days before the start of the siege, the Takeda army was under the corpse of Iwagaki Castle, and Admiral Masamaki Masabu was still injured by the arrow during the siege. But even so, the Takeda army couldn’t even the Gatomaru of the castle. breakthrough.

　　 At this time, news came from the ninja responsible for intelligence. It was heard that Kenzong Saito, the eldest son of the Patriarch Saito Kenhiro, had gathered thousands of troops in Songshan Castle and was preparing to come to reinforce Iwasaki Castle. In this way, the Takeda army will face the situation of being attacked back and forth under the castle of Iwagaki.

　　 At this time, either the Takeda army can forcefully attack Iwasaki Castle, or they can only withdraw from the siege and give up attacking Iwasaki Castle.

At this moment, Sanada Masayuki contacted the two brothers Yukimitsu Umino and Teruyuki Umino of the same clan in the castle of Kamiyasu Castle, and they promised to give the Takeda army a response, and Masyuki Sanada returned to the castle lord Norihiro Saito’s relatives, Noriomi Saito. , The two sides met in the middle of the night, and they joined together to capture Yanqi City in one fell swoop.

　　 That night, Takeda Katsuyori and Li Xiao, Masatoshi Bao Ke, Ouma Asahide, Masayuki Sanada and a series of retainers attacked Iwagaki Castle at night with five hundred Takeda soldiers.

　　 The night was dark, and Li Xiao and Takeda soldiers lay in ambush under the castle under the sky. In Li Xiao's eyes, the bonfire on the city was brightly lit, and it was clearly guarded.

　　 At this time, Iwagaki Castle was at the gate of the hand. Suddenly two Saito soldiers were killed on this side. The body was thrown from the city and fell into Korahori. The defenders of the city immediately realized that something was wrong, and there was a sound of killing at the Uukanshu door, but at this time the door on the side of the Uukanshu door suddenly opened.

　　 Takeda Katsuyai, who had been lying in ambush in Sorabori for a long time, jumped up first and rushed into the door of the hand with his spear.

Masatoshi Baoke, Asahide Owong, Masayuki Sanada, and others, seeing that the lord is so brave, they dare not neglect, and courageously follow Takeda Katsuyoshi to enter, while the new retainers Nakatabu Masatada, Akiyama Toki, Abe Sosada As a member of Takeda Katsuyai's approaching crowd, Ohara Yutada naturally does not dare to let the lord take an arrow and desperately guard him by Takeda Katsuyai's side.

　　 The soldiers of the Takeda Army, led by the murderous Takeda Katsura himself, entered through the door like wolves and tigers, as if cutting melons and vegetables along the way, the Saito family soldiers were chopped down all over the place.

　　At this time, Li Xiao saw that in the night, there were fires igniting in several other places in Yanqi City. It was obviously that the inner respondent set fire to other places in the city.

　　 "Outer Maru caught fire!"

　　 "The city is broken!"

　　 "There are spies in the city!"

　　 The panicked voices were everywhere, and accompanied by the Takeda army's screams of killing, and the Saito family's defenders had begun to chaotic themselves. The soldiers were in a mess, running around like flies without their heads. The Takeda army unstoppably invaded the Honmaru Castle.

That night, the Takeda Army succeeded in attacking Iwasaki Castle at night. The Saito family’s defenders were either annihilated or fled out of the city. The head of the Saito family, Norihiro Saito, fled the city with only a few cronies overnight, and went to Songshan City to defect to his son. Saito Kenzong.

　　 Under the planning of Masyuki Sanada's plan, two consecutive castles were created, and Masyuki Sanada, who was only sixteen years old, became famous for this. But after Takeda Katsuyoshi captured Iwasaki Castle, the strong castle on the street of Azuma, the forces of the Takeda family had already controlled most of the territory of Azuma Prefecture.