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I have been occupied with work and finding a new apartment. But i hope the long evening ends this evening.:yes:
Oooh! I am so giddy!
Chapter 8. Winter 1561- 1562
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Another autumn turns into winter. The multiple wars ravaging the land slow down for the winter months, except few determined siege efforts, which has been commanded to be carried out no matter of the bad weather and hardships of the winter.
In Kyushu, the Shimazu domain is relatively peaceful after years of warfare. The leader of the clan, Shimazu Takahisa can now see his domain flourishing and his enemies wiped out. Once his mortal enemy, Otomo clan under Otomo Sorin, has turned into valuable ally, instead of an enemy. The only thorn in the side of the two remains Akizuki Tanezane. But the young lord of Akizuki is surrounded by a army of over 12000 warriors of his enemies and the starving defenders of the last stronghold of Akizuki clan dont have much to hope for when Sprig arrives.
Both the Shimazu and Otomo Shipyards are busy trough out the winter. Churches are being built all over Kyushu,while christian missionaries tirelessly work to spread the word of one God to the population. Otomo Sorin orders the start of building a Teppo factory in his capital Utsuki, while Shimazu Takahisa starts upgrading his home castle of Kagoshima.
In Chugoku, Mori sends troops to support Amako and Yamana clans efforts to bring down the Urakami capital Tenjiyama. The siege force after 5000 strong Mori contingent arrives, now numbering 34000 men and 5 cannon lays a carefull network of defenses around the castle while forming a battery of their guns.
On the morning of January 3rd, the first cannon shots are fired and after that the cannons grind down the defenses of Tenjiyama day after day. There is clear effect on the morale of the defenders when they are facing these new weapons, which they are not able to counter.
While Yamana Toyosada has about 9000 men in the siege force besieging Tenjiyama. He decides that expansion should be started also on the borders of his own domain. Yamana dispatches an 1500 men strong force to raid the neighboring Isshiki clans Tango province. After burning down of few border villages, Isshiki reacts and mobilizes 4000 men to drive out the Yamana force.
It seems another war has started in the troubled lad of Nippon.
Shikoku island rests in peace during this winter. The clans of the island spend the winter in peace and the population is happy that there is food and shelter for them atleast this winter.
In Kinai region, Tsutsui lifts the siege of capital and withdraws back to Yamato. Miyoshi forces allow them to leave in peace and there arent any indications that Miyoshi would be followig the Tsutsui force to their home province. Other then that, The Kanrei orders to start repairing the Takeyama castle that was ruined i the previous war between Miyoshi and Hatakeyma. Also Miyoshi gives funds for enlargening the monastery of Mount.Hiei near Kyoto.
In Ise, the siege effort of Oda Nobunaga continues. On the morning of February 25th, suddenly two towers near Eastern gate of Anotsu castle collapse. Nobunagas plan has revealed itself. With the help of miners sent by Mori clan, Oda forces have been digging tunnels under the mentioned towers for months.
With the orders of Nobunaga, these tunnels are collapsed intentionally, thus damaging the foundations of the defensive towers over them. With a loud cracking noise the two towers collapse. This is a signal for start of a massive teppo fire and volleys of arrows concentrated on the section of walls between the destroyed towers. The few Kitabatake guards defending the section are killed almost instantly. In matter of seconds, tens of ladders are rushed towards the walls and Oda Samurai and Ashigaru start scaling the walls.
Oda force takes the section of walls with very limited casuelties, but once they rush down from the walls, Kitabatake reinforcements are rushed against them, led by Kitabatake Tomonori, the heir of Kitabatake clan. Fierce fighting commences and with a support of Kitabatake ranged weapons firing from the inner walls, it seems for a moment that Oda can be pushed back. But after half an hour of ferocious and bloody struggle certain Oda Samurai called Toyotomi Hideyoshi is able to lead small group of men to the East gate and take control of it. Once the gate is opened. The mass of Oda and Asai samurais start pouring in and there is little much to do for Tomonori then to start delaying the Oda force,while retreating back to inner walls. Kitabatake Harumoto has already retreated most of other Kitabatake forces inside the inner walls. While his son retreats inside the safety of the walls, with the remnants of his men.
Once Nobunaga receives news that the Outer walls are in his grasp, The Oda Daimyo halts the attacks and instead orders to start building shooting platforms against the inner walls. The Oda force works tirelessly to build better platforms while under heavy fire from the Kitabatake garrison. At the end of the season, Odas wooden walls get higher each day, while the remaining Kitabatake force does everything in their power to diminish the efforts of the besieger.
While nothing much happends in the central parts of the country, Satake and Satomi have determined to take Musashi from Hojo. Not even winter seem to be able to stop their efforts. While Takeda withdraws to Shinano and Hojo sets in a winter camp on side of Sagami province. Satake and Satomi move more cannons and men towards Musashi. It seems that the Spring will decide who will rule that province.
In Kozuke, the Date and Mogami forces spend the winter as guest of Ashina. Date Terumune orders a castle to be build in North Eastern Dewa.
Uesugi spends the winter regrouping their army for the Spring, while ShIina marches home to Etchu in order to spend the winter in their home.
The info pms will arrive in the next few days. I will take control of the Hojo for this season. Also everybody ,please wellcome our latest player:MaddenKhan2, who will take over Clan Takeda!:bow:
Thank you for the update Kage! Now the Oda can start their planning again. :bow:
Thanks, I am excited to be taking over Takeda!! :2thumbsup:
I,Yamana Toyosada , is pleased with the coalation force of My Troops,Mori Troops and the Amako Troops. We will destroy the captail Tenjiyama and capture it.
The Isshiki clan will not withstand the wrath of my clan. If they sumbit peacefully, they will be spraed, but if they keep resiting, they will die!
As the conduct of Yamana clan has showed, by attacking us without any other reason, just because of their malevolence towards their neighbors. Yamana clan is nothing more then band of raiders and doesnt have honour.
We the Clan Isshiki have been forced into this war and would like to ask for other clans to join our righteous struggle to defend our lands and eliminate the bandits, who call themselves Yamana Clan.
Isshiki Yoshimichi
Lord of Tango
I am appaled by the behaviour of the brigand that calls himself the Yamana daimyo. To deliberately target villages is a sign of how deep the folly of the Yamana daimyo truly is. Even if you might succeed in conquering Tango, do you truly expect to win the hearts of its people by brutality?
Oda Nobunaga
I wish to inquire if the Kitabatake clan would be willing to accept a peaceful solution to our current conflict with these conditions:
1. Ise becomes a part of the domain of the Asai clan.
2. The Kitabatake clan will be permitted to move safely to their holdings in Shima province.
I am willing to give you my heir as a hostage during the move to Shima to ensure that no further harm will come upon your clan. I advise you to take advantage of my offer, because it is either it or a glorious funeral pyre.
Oda Nobunaga
All the info pm´s have been sent.:bow: Little home work for the Clan leaders. Please make a public announcement for these couple things:
a) Name the heir of your clan. (Can be the historical one or you can pick someone else, should be either Brother or Son. Can be a different person, but that could cause unrest among your retainers.
b) Name the retainers or family members that rule each of your provinces under your authority. (Not necessary if you own just one province.)
Good Info about your clan and others can be found in here(Ofcourse you can use other sources as well):
http://samurai-archives.com/dictionary/index.html
The ôtomo daimyo sends the following words concerning the Yamana raids into Isshiki lands:
These attacks were unprovoked and targeted at civilians. If lord Yamana sees a need to expand his territory on Isshiki expense, he should at least show honour and attack his enemy outright, instead of butchering helpless people and taking their belongings. In the middle of harsh winter, at that!
Ôtomo Sorin Sorin has no respect for such authority figures, they are nothing more than petty criminals, using their status and power to further profit their greed.
If a peasant breaks into his neighbours house, kills his children and takes his belongings for no just cause, is it not true that also the Yamana-clan would punish such an individual? What gives you, lord Yamana, the right to conduct yourself in the same way! Should you go unpunished?
If your allies, the venerable Môri and Amako wish to stand up for the Yamana-clan and their ruthless raids, there is little the Ôtomo can do. We have no desire to be destroyed over someone elses quarrel, which we would without doubt be in the face of such a powerful alliance.
But if the Yamana opts to wage open war on the Isshiki, I will send my armies to protect their lands, because I despise to see the stronger opress the weaker. You go ahead and congratulate yourself, lord Yamana, over your powerful alliance. If these friends of yours wish to be a wall for you to hide behind, it will do them no merit.
The house of Ôtomo names Ôtomo Yoshimune as the heir to their lands and titles.
For the control of Bungo, the lord Ôtomo himself is responsible.
For the control of Buzen, our retainer Hetsugi Akitsura is responsible.
For the control of Hizen, the council of the Ryûzôji is responsible, until Ryûzôji Masaie comes of age.
For Northern Chikugo, our retainer Tawara Chikataka is responsible.
Yamana Toyokuni will be the Heir to all lands of the Yamanda Clan!
Yamana Toyomasa will take care of Inaba.
Yamana Toyoyoshi will take care of Tajima, and Eastern Mimasaka!
We are a growing Clan, and We needed to expand, or our population will be croweded and die! We peacefully wanted them to join our ranks, but seeing that they proably won't, we will make them into our glorious clan the hard way. We Wish that the Amako Clan and Mori Clan Understand this, and hope we can fight the threat against the Issukes and Otomo clans!
Satomi Yoshitake names Satomi Yoshihiro as his heir.
The control of Awai is under my eldest son, Satomi Yoshihiro.
The control of Shimosa is under my retainer Masaki Tokitada.
The control of Kazusa is under my younger son, Satomi Yoshiyori
Lord Ôtomo assures the lord of the Yamana that the Ôtomo forces will be of no threat to neither you nor your allies, unless you and your warriors should, by chance or otherwise, again find themselves marching through the lands of the Isshiki without a proper invitation to do so.
Your expansionistic ambitions is of no concern to me, but your inept assumptions and unseemly behaviour will draw you to fate I wish for no man, with or without my involvement. If the people of the Isshiki lands are destined to be ruled by anyone apart from their own lord, it is entirely inappropriate that it should be someone of such poor character.
To Yamana
Clan Asai would like to congratulate you on being the biggest fool ever to walk Japan.
I shall be sending you a gift. Sleep well :bow:
Asai Nagamasa
Oda Nobutada is the heir of the Oda clan.
My great brother shall be the heir to my throne
Each of my sons shall control one of my territories, the elder taking the home province.
We name our heir to be Date Sanemoto. (That makes leader Termune and heir Sanemoto)
North-Central Dewa: Date Masakage
Central Mutsu: Date Akimitsu
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ravie
To Yamana,
We also like to congratulate you.... on accecping our allaince offer. We surely will be good allies. We will send you a better gift.
Clan Takeda
Open letter from Kitabatake Harumoto,
We would like to thank Oda Nobunaga for his generous offer. Before we can reply anything to it, we would like to ask the Kanrei, Miyoshi Chokei, what does Shogunate think about taking lands with force of one of their Shugo´s, who have been appointed by the Shogun himself to rule Ise? How the Shogunate feels about direct attack against their governor, in order to steal land from Shogunate?
Kitabatake Harumoto
Surely the Shogun dissaproves! He would never try anything underhanded, like asking a large clan to destroy a smaller one!
The heir to the Mori clan domain shall be my eldest son, Mori Takamoto.
Takamoto will also be in control of Suo Province.
My other sons, Kobayakawa Takakage and Kikkawa Motoharu, shall be in control of Nagato and Western Iwami, respectively.
I shall control Aki personally.
Mori Motonari.
We of the Miyoshi are to give example to the other daimyo and we decided to sign peace with Tsutsui Junkey. The peace will be at least seven years and we of the Miyoshi give up any claim for the Yamato province ruled by Tsutsui Junkey.
We ask the Tsutsui for confirmation.
Miyoshi Chokei
Tsutsui Clan accepts the peace between itself and Miyoshi.
Tsutsui Junkei
Order from Shogun to Oda Nobunaga,
Ashikaga Shogunate orders Oda Nobunaga, the shugo of Owari and leader of Oda clan to immediately lower his weapons and withdraw from Ise. If Oda Nobunaga fails to follow the Shoguns orders, he is to loose the title Shugo of Owari and will be proclaimed as enemy of Shogunate. In that case any forces obedient to Shogun are allowed to wage war against Oda until they are of no threat to anyone anymore.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru
13th Ashikaga shôgun
How exactly do my actions differ from the actions of other clans? What makes them so offensive to the Shogun that he feels that he needs to sanction me, while the infant-killing Yamana, to name the worst, remain unsanctioned? How is my war any different from the other wars waged currently in Japan?
Either way I will have to think about the order.
Oda Nobunaga
I do not see the wisdom in these words Shogun, currently Asakura is killing off innocent people in his lands, Yamana is killing children, there is a large war waging in the East with 1000's dying, and yet you question your Kanrei's strongest ally in his actions.
Yet you come out and ask why we, myself and Oda are trying to *steal* land from the Shogun? This has nothing to do with the so called *shogun* This is just about the Asai clan gaining revenge for embarrassment and loss of honour at the hands of the Kitabatake. They have been offered numerous chances to surrender and go into exile or commit seppuku with honour, yet they refused.
The Shogun should be asking the Kitabatake why he is losing the province of Ise, the province given to him to rule by the Shogun.
The Shogun should ask the kitatabatake to accept our offer and allow a new line of stronger blood to rule his province of Ise, someone who wont lose the lands appointed to him by the Shogun.
Asai Nagamasa
Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
Because the Isshikis are rebels in my eyes, and I think I could remain loyal to the Shogun, unlike yourself, Oda. But I do understand your point, but if the Isshikis are rebels, I have the right to conquer them
Yamana Toyosada