Qualla: Siege of Hasedo https://qualla.com/siege-of-hased en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:40 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Siege of Hasedo https://qualla.com/siege-of-hased Siege of Hasedo: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-hased/ While the warlords of Japan converged on Sekigahara for the battle that would decide the nation's future, a smaller but no less desperate fight played out in the mountains of the far north. In the autumn of 1600, Naoe Kanetsugu marched 20,000 men toward the city of Yamagata with one objective: take Hasedo Castle and crush the Mogami clan. The castle's garrison, led by Shimura Takaharu under the banner of Mogami Yoshiaki, was vastly outnumbered. What followed was a fourteen-day siege of arquebus fire, night raids, cavalry charges, and shifting alliances -- a campaign that ended not by sword or surrender, but by a message carried from a battlefield 500 kilometers away.

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]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/x/n/g/9/siege-of-hased-wp/xng9-siege-of-hasedo-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Siege of Hasedo: The Northern Front https://qualla.com/siege-of-hased/ The year 1600 split Japan in two. Ishida Mitsunari rallied the Western Army against Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Army in what became the Sekigahara Campaign. Most attention fell on the central theater, but the Tohoku region in the far north of Honshu had its own reckoning. Uesugi Ka...

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]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/x/n/g/9/siege-of-hased-wp/xng9-siege-of-hasedo-the-northern-front.mp3 0:06 2 full Siege of Hasedo: Twenty Thousand Against the Walls https://qualla.com/siege-of-hased/ Kanetsugu's army of 20,000 arrived before Hasedo and began the siege. The castle's garrison, led by Shimura Takaharu, was backed by a Tokugawa-loyal Date clan army. The first days tested both sides. Date forces broke through and defeated Maeda Toshimasu's central Uesugi garrison,...

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]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/x/n/g/9/siege-of-hased-wp/xng9-siege-of-hasedo-twenty-thousand-against-the-walls.mp3 0:06 3 full Siege of Hasedo: Relief and Repulse https://qualla.com/siege-of-hased/ The siege's turning point came when Rusu Masakage led a Date clan relief force to the castle. His troops defeated Uesugi commanders Suibara Chikanori and Amakasu Kagetsugu as they tried to penetrate Hasedo's defenses from the outside. With Date troops now reinforcing the garrison...

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]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/x/n/g/9/siege-of-hased-wp/xng9-siege-of-hasedo-relief-and-repulse.mp3 0:06 4 full Siege of Hasedo: A Message from Sekigahara https://qualla.com/siege-of-hased/ On November 5, 1600, a messenger reached Kanetsugu's camp with news that changed everything. Tokugawa Ieyasu had won the Battle of Sekigahara. Ishida Mitsunari's Western Army was shattered. The entire strategic rationale for the northern campaign evaporated in an instant. Kanetsu...

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]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/x/n/g/9/siege-of-hased-wp/xng9-siege-of-hasedo-a-message-from-sekigahara.mp3 0:06 5 full Siege of Hasedo: Echoes in the Yamagata Hills https://qualla.com/siege-of-hased/ The Siege of Hasedo never achieved the fame of Sekigahara, fought on the same autumn days. But for the people of Yamagata, it was the battle that mattered. The Mogami clan's survival hinged on that hilltop castle and the garrison's ability to hold until relief arrived. Shimura Ta...

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