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Title
Tedorigawa 1577
Description
Uesugi Kenshin invaded Noto province in the fall of 1577, prompting Oda Nobunaga to dispatch a sizable army to the relief of his allies at Nanao castle. Kenshin was initally hesitant to face the great host, but before the Oda …
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Date
1577-11-03
Scenario#
32
Scenario Description
Uesugi Kenshin invaded Noto province in the fall of 1577, prompting Oda Nobunaga to dispatch a sizable army to the relief of his allies at Nanao castle. Kenshin was initally hesitant to face the great host, but before the Oda army arrived, Nanao castle was captured. When Oda Nobunaga learned that Nanao castle had fallen, he began to withdraw his army. However a skillful nighttime feint by Kenshin, suggesting he had divided his forces, led to Nobunaga to order Katsuie to charge against the Uesugi lines at the Tedori River. The Oda charge was repulsed due to the current and inferior close-quarter ability of the ashigaru making up the bulk of the Oda army, Having suffered the loss of 1,000 men, Oda Nobunaga withdrew south. This was destined, however, to be Kenshin's last great battle.
Location
Tedori River, Kaga Province, Japan
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
After Oda Nobunaga's victory at Nagashino, Uesugi Kenshin broke off his alliance with Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, he then initiated an alliance in 1575 with the Ishiyama Honganji warrior monks (Ikko Ikki) and Takeda Katsuyori of the Takeda clan, with whom he had previously been at odds. The Tedorigawa Campaign was precipitated by Uesugi intervention inside the domain of the Hatakeyama clan in Noto Province, an Oda client state. This event provoked the Uesugi incursion, there was a coup d'état led by the pro-Oda General Chō Shigetsura, that killed Hatakeyama Yoshinori, the lord of Noto, and replaced him with Hatakeyama Yoshitaka as a puppet ruler. As a result, Uesugi Kenshin, the head of the Uesegi clan, mobilized an army to lead into Noto against Shigetsura. Consequently, Nobunaga sent an army led by Shibata Katsuie and Maeda Toshiie; with some of his most experienced generals to reinforce their allies. Kenshin, taking the initiative moved to encircle Shigetsura's forces, preventing them from linking with the Oda army, and trapping Chō Shigetsura (Tsunatsura) in Nanao Castle (the main Hatakeyama stronghold in Noto Province). The subsequent breakthrough killed Shigetsura and resulted in the Hatakeyama of Noto switching allegiance to the Uesugi.
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Combatants
Uesugi
Oda

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