If a person does not have a conscience, even if he is very intelligent, he will not be able to live.

- Gorky (proletarian writer of the former Soviet Union, founder of socialist realist literature)

Regarding the Uesugi family's army burning, killing and plundering in their own family's territory, the soldiers of the Mogami family gritted their teeth with hatred in their hearts, but they still couldn't show it on their faces, who let their net worth and life be pinched in the hands of Uesugi Jinghu, a tyrannical guy.

Uesugi Keitor, who forcibly controlled the 50,000 soldiers of the Mogami family by force, was worried that the Mogami family's army would defect or defect, so he deliberately brought some of the soldiers' families into the army, and the Uesugi family's army 'protected' them from any 'accidents'.

The 50,000 soldiers of the Mogami family were broken up and reorganized into five 10,000-strong armies by Uesugi Keitora and handed over to the five henchmen under his command to be commanded separately;

The so-called joint military law means that once someone in each ashigaru group tries to escape, then the others must report to the head of the ashigaru group in time or come forward to persuade and stop it; otherwise, which ashigaru group is missing one person, and the others and their families will all be executed!

Uesugi Jinghu, who didn't have a good reputation in the Uesugi family, didn't care how bad his reputation was in the Mogami family;

After leading the army to retreat into the hinterland of Ueno Province, knowing that he would be caught up by the Yan and Huang troops behind him in three days at most, Uesugi Jinghu could no longer continue to retreat; this was also a matter of no choice, and with a large number of civilians in the army, the speed of the march would inevitably slow down.

After retreating, Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle, two of the six fortified castles of the Mogami family, naturally became the only option for Uesugi Keigora to be stationed on the spot and wait for reinforcements, but putting his eggs in one basket was not Uesugi Keitora's usual personality.

It just so happened that the distance between Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle was not very far, and if the two castles were garrisoned at the same time, the two castles would be much easier to defend with each other's horns, so Uesugi Keitora planned to divide the army into two castles.

How to divide the army into Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle was not a difficult task for the battle-hardened Uesugi Keitora said, and the question was which castle he himself should personally lead half of his army to, and who should command the remaining half of the army.

The Yanhuang family swayed the pursuing army, marching during the day every day, camping at dusk and demolishing the camp at sunrise, while the coalition army commanded by Uesugi Jinghu in order not to be caught up by the Yanhuang army behind them, marched for four hours more every day, and could not stop and camp until it was dark.

First set up camp and then inspected the camps of various armies, Uesugi Keitor, who was also a qualified general general, was busy until nearly midnight before returning to his Chinese army commander's tent, and he was followed by his two most trusted henchmen, Ando Daiki and Miyazaki Yuya.

"Ando, Miyazaki, in two days our army will withdraw to Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle, how can you see the division of the army?"

"My lord, the division of the army is certainly beneficial to our defense, but it will also disperse our limited forces, do you want us to wait a little longer to see if Mogami Yoshimitsu or the family governor can send reinforcements in time. Daiki Ando, who is loyal to Uesugi Keitora rather than the Uesugi family, first advised.

"Ando-kun, I don't think the reinforcements of Yoshimitsu Mogami and the family governor are unreliable. Yuya Miyazaki, who was more sensible, said in a solemn tone: "Our letter for help has been sent out for six days, even if the reinforcements can't arrive, the reply should have arrived a long time ago, I think there must be a problem in it." ”

"It's not that Yoshimitsu Mogami and the Governor are in trouble, it must be the ninjas of the Yanhuang family who attacked our messenger, otherwise even if Yoshimitsu Mogami ignores us, the Governor won't sit idly by and watch our army be destroyed, after all, we are the army of the Uesugi family. ”

Uesugi Jinghu, who saw through the fog at a glance, had the vision to see through the fog, but he had no strength to break the game; as long as the reinforcements of the Mogami family and the Uesugi family did not appear, he could only choose to defend Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle, and there was no other choice.

"My lord, no matter how much the ninjas of the Yanhuang family intercept and kill our messengers, it is impossible for the war on the front line to be concealed for too long. Yuya Miyazaki, who was still calm, said calmly: "We only need to defend the city for half a month at most, and reinforcements will definitely appear!"

"I don't think so. Daiki Ando, who didn't quite agree with Yuya Miyazaki's statement, frowned and said, "Based on what we have done in Ueno, it is not very likely that the Mogami family will send reinforcements, and on the side of the governor, it is more likely that they will enter Oshu from Echigo." ”

"It is true that it is more effective to enter Oshu from Echigo than to directly reinforce us, but it is absolutely impossible for the governor to give up on us. Even though he knew in his heart that it was unlikely that he would get reinforcements, Uesugi Jinghu still pretended to be confident, and encouraged his henchmen: "We have a family of 100,000 troops here, and it is impossible for the family governor to give up these 100,000 soldiers no matter what." ”

The feud between Uesugi Jinghu and the family governor is not a secret within the Uesugi family, so Uesugi Jinghu did not talk about his own status and status, but focused on the family's 100,000 soldiers, in order to strengthen the determination of his henchmen.

Sure enough, as soon as Uesugi Jinghu's words fell, Ando Daiki echoed his words: "What the lord said is very true, and the importance that the family governor attaches to the interests of the family is obvious to all;

"We can't change anything about how to reinforce the family governor, so let's discuss how to divide the army as soon as possible. Uesugi Jinghu, who didn't want to talk too much about the reinforcements, was more concerned about the next division of the army, which was the major event that would determine his life and death.

"My lord, it is better to divide our army and Mogami army in two, and then Ando-kun and I will each lead a large army to Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle respectively, and besides, my lord, you will find a person who is similar in size and appearance to follow me or Ando-kun. ”

"Miyazaki-kun, didn't you make the two lords confuse the identity of the lords with others?"

Ignoring Ando Daiki's shouting, Uesugi Keihu said: "Miyazaki, you want to borrow my identity to suppress the top soldiers in the other army." ”

"The lord is wise!" Miyazaki Yu also added: "As long as you are in the city, not only those soldiers of the Mogami army who are under control will not dare to act rashly, but even the retainers and garrisons of the Mogami family in the city will not dare to disobey the orders we have issued in the slightest." ”

"Okay, then this matter is settled. Uesugi Keitora made a decisive decision: "Tomorrow at noon, after we divide the army, I will arrange for a person who is similar to my body and appearance to wear my armor and go to Yuzawa Castle with you Miyazaki!"