Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578) was a Japanese military general of the Sengoku period. The guardian of Echigo Province Nagao is the youngest son of Jing, and when he becomes an adult, he is called Nagao Jinghu. Because he inherited the name of the Uesugi clan of the Kanto Governor, he was also known as Uesugi Kenshin. During the Warring States period, the Uesugi clan, who was the governor of the Kanto region, was inevitably involved in the Kanto War, and successively fought against powerful daimyos such as the Hojo clan, the Takeda clan, and the Oda clan, and they did not fall behind at all. The humility possessed by the military god holds an almost undefeated record.
Uesugi Kenshin
Kenshin succeeded him as the governor of the Nagao clan after forcing his ailing brother Haruke to abdicate. And completed the reunification of Echigo in a short time. In order to cooperate with the Kanto administration of Uesugi Constitution, the Uesugi family has been traveling to the Kanto Plain every year since 1552. In 1561, the Uesugi clan launched the "Kanto Campaign", and Uesugi Kenmasa knew that he was already a nominal Kwantung governor. So in front of Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace in Kamakura, the Uesugi clan's Kanto consular position, lineage, and heavy treasure were transferred to Kenshin, and Kenshin changed his surname from Nagao to Uesugi at this time.
Kanto Expedition
Kenshin led the Kwantung Allied Army of 100,000 men all the way to Odawara Castle, the residence of the Go-Hojo clan, and besieged the city for more than a month. At this time, Kenshin received information from Hojo clan's ally Takeda Shingen to march into Shinano, and had to give up his plan to capture Odawara Castle in desperation. A decisive battle broke out with Takeda Shingen at Kitashinogawa Nakajima, and the Uesugi army beheaded many enemy generals such as Nobuhiro Takeda, Kansuke Yamamoto, and Zhukaku Torada in a row. This great battle that shocked the warring countries did not distinguish the winner or loser, and both sides were first-class masters in tactics, and they did not give the other the opportunity to take advantage of the void.
Kawanakajima fights alone
In 1577, Kenshin captured Nanao Castle in Noto Province, and then defeated the 40,000-strong army of Oda led by Shibata Katsuya in the Battle of Tetori River, and at this time, Oda Nobunaga had become the most powerful name in all of Japan, and Kenshin became the only daimyo who could suppress the invasion of the Oda clan. Even Nobunaga planned to personally lead an army to attack Echigo Province the following year. Unfortunately, in 1578, Kenshin died of a stroke due to excessive drinking, and these two great figures of the Warring States era lost the opportunity to fight each other. With the death of Kenshin, the Uesugi clan's external expansion basically came to an end, because next, the Uesugi clan ushered in the largest civil strife in history, the Gokan Rebellion.