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Twenty-eighth two counties suppressed

In the early morning of February 15, Masato Ida personally led 10,000 troops to attack Shiraishi Castle, the northeastern gateway of the Uesugi family. On the same day, three thousand troops, including seven hundred cavalry iron led by Masato Ida's uncle, Masato Ida and his son, Yoshimitsu, also crossed the Sasakaya Island and rushed to reinforce Haguedo day and night.

Shiraishi Castle, also known as Yioka Castle, is located in Karida County, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi promulgated the establishment of Oshu Shi. The six counties of Senkigai and the four counties of Aizu, including Karida County, were all territories of the Ida family. There are also rumors that after the Ashina War was eliminated in the Battle of Euihara, the Ida family's knowledge and actions once reached 1.5 million stones, becoming the strongest daimyo in the Northeast. However, with the conquering of Odawara's territories, including the four counties of Aizu, Senkii Iwase, and Akiji, the Ida family's knowledge and actions dropped sharply to 720,000 stones of the thirteen counties of Muro.

The ambition of Ida Masamune was resentful of this, so he added fuel to the fire in the "Kasi Osaki Ikki" the following year. Later, he was discovered by the Pusheng Township. Afterwards, he had his correspondence with the rebels. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was furious and reduced the title again. The remaining four counties of the six counties of Senki, Nagai, Tamura and Karida were all transferred to the Pusheng Township, making the Pusheng family a famous name for 920,000 shi, while the Masamune of Ida Masamune reduced the title to 580,000 shi, which was only one-third of the peak.

After the Pusheng family was reduced to Shimono, Karita County, Senkio County and Aizu area became the land of knowledge and action for Uesugi Keika. Shiraishi Castle was even built into a wall that blocked the Ida family's journey south, becoming the first difficulty facing Masamune Ida, who was determined to unify Oshu and compete for the Central Plains.

Learning that the Uesugi family has been fighting against the Supreme Yoshimitsu, Masamune Ida immediately mobilized the internal leadership. The purpose was to take advantage of the situation to attack Shiraishi Castle, and as for the assistance of the Supreme Yoshimitsu, it was just a gimmick. In fact, before the Uesugi family started the war, Ida Ida sent an envoy to convey to Ida Masamune the meaning of "the old leader's attack permit" and imply that as long as he was willing to join Tokugawa, he would get Karita County, 420,000 Shishi of the Six Sengkigawa County and the two counties of the Southern Clan, which is what the market says "I The origin of "Million Stones". Of course, this agreement was decided by the party involved, Keikazu Uesugi, and the Uesugi family did not estimate the opinions of the Uesugi family. Although due to the surrounding environment, Masato Ida did not agree to Tokugawa's promise. However, at the beginning of the battle, he launched an action to recover the old land, as if to suggest that he was willing to stand on Tokugawa's side. He sent troops to support Yoshihiko, but he showed kindness to Hideopo in Osaka. Such a pleading on both ends makes people admire the strategy of Oshu's one-eyed dragon.

Hearing that Ida Masato's army was approaching, the Shiraishi Castle suddenly became a mess. The reason for this is that the city lord Katsuko Katsu was in Wakamatsu Castle, and the troops in the city were empty, so it was difficult to resist the strong attack of Ida Masato. At this moment, the people who stayed in the city were Katsuko Katsuko Katsuko's nephew Tokisaka Katsuko Katsuko, the old minister of the Osaki Katsuko, represented by Nimoto Matsuki Yoshitaka, and the retainers of the Nimoto Masato clan, with less than a thousand troops.

On the day of rushing into Uesugi. Masato Ida arranged his own array on the formation mountain on the north side of Shiraishichuan, where you can see the whole picture of Shiraishi Castle. At this time, Masato Ida was lingering on the edge of the cliff, standing in front of three golden days and moons above his head, wearing shiny black paint and five pieces of body, standing in front of the wind. He was full of energy, and his one-eyed one-eyed eye was as sharp as an eagle's eyes. He stared at every move at the foot of the mountain without turning around. The sweaty horse under his crotch was also sniffing excitedly, as if he was about to rush down the mountain to fight.

At this moment, Katakura Kojuro Keitun, known as the "two famous ministers in the world", came to Ida Masato, and knelt down on one knee and said, "Reported to the lord, the villages near Shiraishi have surrendered to the family, and Shiraishi Castle is now an isolated city." Karida County was originally the old land of the Ida family. When the local people heard that the king's army had returned, they rushed to tell each other, and welcomed the Ida army with food and soaked in, leaving the Uesugi army completely in an isolated situation.

"The main road leading to Yonezawa, and Fukushima is also blocked. You can launch an attack just by the lord's order." Katakura Keitun continued.

"Is the general who defends the city still unwilling to surrender?" asked Masato Ida.

Takurakura Keitun shook his head: "The messengers sent seem to have been detained, it seems that they have been determined to defend the city."

"Since that's the case, I have to fulfill them." After that, Masatori looked around for a week, took a deep breath, and scolded loudly: "It has been ten years since the establishment of Oshu Shishi. In the past ten years, my Ida family has kept a low profile, swallowed their anger, prepared for their troops, and waited for the game. Finally, I have waited for today! The time to restore the first name of Oshu is ripe. Today is a good opportunity to restore the glory of the family and compete for the world! Do you want to go down the mountain with me, bet on the honor of the Wu family, and defeat the White Stone City in one fell swoop!"

"We are willing to follow the Lord to pacify the Uesugi family and unify the Ouyu family and dominate the world!" The pre-war mobilization of Ida Masamune made the Ida army excited. Whether it was a samurai or a sting, they all held their weapons and battle flags high, and made a roar that shocked the world. The roar made the Uesugi army at the foot of the mountain silent and felt agitation.

With the order of Masamune Ida, the ten thousand troops launched an attack from three sides according to the established strategy. At the beginning of the battle, the Uesugi army still completely resisted and launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle with the Ida army. However, as time went by, the Uesugi army gradually became dissatisfied, and the Ida general Keira Yayo successively captured the castle town, the outer crane and Minomaru.

In view of the fact that the Uesugi family still refused to surrender, Ida Masamune ordered a general attack. Yayoi Keirai attacked Daishoukou, Toritori Tori attacked Ninomaru and Wai Qunar, Yamaoka Hironaga attacked the south of the castle, and Katakura Keitun attacked the west of the castle. The Ida army captured Minamimaru on the same day, and Nakanomaru and Ninomaru. More than 700 Uesugi army members died in battle. Except for Honmaru that night, the rest fell into the hands of the Ida army.

That night, Masato Ida sent an envoy to the castle for the third time, and the Uesugi family finally split into two factions at this moment: the surrender faction led by Katsuno Tosaka, Uemon Katsuno Katsuno, and Uemon Katsuno Katsuno Katsuno, who had a grudge against the Ida family, and the Anti-Japanese War faction led by Yoshitaka Nimoto Matsuo, and both factions held their own opinions and could not convince each other. In the end, Katsuno Tosaka took advantage of the night to launch a mutiny, killing Uemon Katsuno Katsuno Katsuno and Yoshitaka Nimoto, and surrendered to Masato Ida at the early morning of the next day.

In just one day, Masato Ida opened the door to attack Aonan. In the following days, the Gukawa, Xiashoudu and other cities near Shiraishi fell one after another. As of February 20, Masato Ida completely suppressed Karida and Ida counties with a destruction. However, he was still not satisfied and led the army all the way south, pointing directly at the important town of Fukushima Castle, the six counties of Senkiki. There, the important minister of Honjo, Honjo, was led by the 4,000 troops to be on the verge of being in full force.

Compared with the retreat of the East Road, the Uesugi army on the West Road was smooth sailing. After capturing Hataya Castle, the Uesugi family joined forces to capture Nagasaki north of Yamagata Castle and Yamabian Castle west of Yamagata. In order to achieve the siege of Hasedo Castle, Yokoda Jitsu and Seorbe Mitsunaga jointly attacked Uesura Castle southeast of Hasedo. Naoe Kazuru also divided his troops to assist.
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