It's already May, the busy farming time has passed, and Echigo has started a big move, and several surrounding forces are starting to get nervous.

Only Shinano, Yoshicho immediately asked the retainers to gather their subordinates to come to Ueda Castle to assemble, and the retainers thought that Yoshicho was going to fight the Takeda family, so they called for military service and led the troops to Ueda Castle.

The actions of the Ogasawara family attracted the attention of Suwa, who had been sitting in Uehara Castle since two months ago, and was already sensitive to the Ogasawara family's training of new troops, and now that he learned that Yoshinaga had summoned the family's troops, he knew that the last moment was coming.

Kansuke Yamamoto puts on one of his best-looking clothes and goes alone to Kosaka Kannonji Temple to meet Yabuhime.

Yabu Ji is now snubbed by Takeda Harunobu because Harunobu married Mrs. Yaukawa, plus she is sick, her body is also weak, and her face is haggard.

When Kansuke Yamamoto saw Yabuhime's face, he said with some heartache: "Your Royal Highness Princess, let's take His Royal Highness Shiro to Kai for the time being." ”

Although Yabuhime is a woman, she also knows the predicament of the Takeda family, she looked at Kansuke Yamamoto and asked, "Kansuke, don't you want to tell me the truth until now?" Suwa can't hold it. ”

Kansuke Yamamoto hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Why did Her Royal Highness the princess say this, the minister will definitely do his best to defend Suwa, this will be the territory of His Royal Highness Shiro in the future." ”

"Really?" Yabuhime lowered her head and laughed at herself, "Even His Royal Highness the Pavilion Master lost to Ogasawara Shinanomori, can you bear it by yourself now?" ”

Kansuke Yamamoto pursed his lips and said with a firm expression, "Of course, the minister will definitely be able to keep Suwa." ”

Yabuhime glanced at Kansuke, and then said, "I won't leave Suwa, so you can send Shiro back to Kai." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto immediately looked up at Yabuhime, and said with some surprise: "Your Royal Highness Princess, why don't you go together!" ”

Yabuhime looked at the Buddha statue and said, "I'm tired and don't want to leave, so let me die in my hometown and sink my body into Lake Suwa." Ahem...... Stand down. ”

Kansuke Yamamoto had tears in his eyes and said, "Ha! ”

Today's people in Suwa Prefecture are panicking, especially when they know that Ogasawara may be overwhelmed by a large army, which makes many Suwa people and people very afraid.

At Suwa Kaisha, the people of the Suwa clan are conspiring, led by Suwa Mantsu, followed by his younger brother Suwa Mantaka.

At the same time, there are also the eldest man of Suwa Manchurian, Lai Feng, the second man Lai Chen, and the third man Lai Zhong.

Suwa Yoritada is seventeen years old this year, and the rise of the Suwa family in the future depends on Yoritada's success in the Tensho Renwu Rebellion, and later established the Suwa Domain.

At this time, several of the closest people of the Suwa clan were plotting.

Suwa Mantaka looked at his brother and said, "Brother, now the Takeda family is already too busy to take care of Suwa." That Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru is now gathering troops, just to fight us Suwa, but now, the Takeda family has sent a Yamamoto Kansuke, what's the use? ”

Suwa Yoriho frowned and said, "Could it be that our Suwa family is going to betray the Takeda family?" ”

Suwa Mantaka shook his head and said, "This is not a betrayal, but anyway, my Suwa country belongs to Shinano." ”

Suwa Yorita said: "I'm afraid that the Takeda family also knows that it is difficult for them to fight against Shinano, so let's sit back and watch Suwa be captured by Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru." ”

Only then did Suwa Manlin speak, "Isn't there any news of Kai's support yet?" ”

Suwa Mantaka shook his head and said: "There is no news at all, now that Yamamoto Kansuke is summoning the military service of Ina County and Minami Saku County, this Uehara Castle is only more than 3,000 soldiers." ”

Hearing this, Suwa Manlin shook his head and said, "In this case, Suwa will be difficult to hold, and it seems that the Takeda family is already planning to give up Shinano." ”

Suwa Mantaka hurriedly answered: "Yes, brother, since the Takeda family doesn't care about Suwa anymore, we have to choose a good path for our own family." ”

Suwa Manlin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll just say it directly, recently the retainer of the Ogasawara family, Izuura Kiyoshige, has already looked for me." ”

Suwa Mantaka looked at Manlin with a surprised expression, he thought that he was the only one who had this idea, but he didn't expect that his brother had already met the people of the Ogasawara family.

Suwa Manlin frowned and said, "I met a few days ago, but the conditions they put forward were a bit harsh, so I didn't agree." ”

Suwa Mantaka hurriedly asked, "What are the other party's conditions?" ”

"Uehara Castle and its surrounding 5,000-stone territory." Suwa Manchu neighbor back road.

Suwa Yoriho said angrily: "What? That's too little, isn't it? Suwa Prefecture is tens of thousands of stones! ”

Suwa Mantaka also frowned and said, "That's really harsh, isn't there anything to talk about?" ”

Suwa shook his head nondeniably.

Suwa Mantaka sighed and said, "Let's wait and see." ”

Wait, that's the only way for them.

At the same time, Yoshicho gathered most of his family's troops at Ueda Castle, which was just over 10,000, but only 7,000 actually went on the expedition, of which 3,000 were standing ashigaru, and of the remaining 4,000, 2,000 were retainers, and the other 2,000 were conscripted for military service.

It took some time for the Echigo side to assemble a large army, and at the same time, there were disputes over interests, which was very time-consuming.

Yoshinaga just wanted to solve the problem of two and a half counties such as Suwa, so he sent someone to ask Uesugi Masata to send a part of his troops to Shinano to meet first.

After reading the letter given to him by Yoshinaga, Uesugi Masatori sent Kakizaki Keike and others to lead 4,000 Echigo troops.

In this way, Yoshicho gathered 11,000 troops and invaded Suwa Prefecture.

After all, he Shinano was at the forefront of King Qin's army advancing westward, and his own territory had not yet been completed, so how could he have any face to meet other daimyos?

This time, Yoshicho intends to completely solve Minami Shinano's problem.

The vanguard of the army was led by Sanada Nobutsuna, Iwasita Kiyoshita, and Yazaki Heizou, with a total of 2,000 men, including a standing ashigaru reserve, a hundred iron artillery ashigaru, two hundred bows and ashigaru, and a mixed reserve of two hundred standing ashigaru. The other thousand are ordinary ashigaru.

The vanguard troops arrived at Wada Castle in advance, and then marched to Wada Castle, more than ten miles away was the Suwa Taisha Shrine.

As soon as the Ogasawara army moved, Kansuke Yamamoto received the news and immediately prepared for battle at Uehara Castle Cage Castle.

And the Suwa family, except for the Suwa Manchu neighbor at Ankokuji Temple, the rest of the people were called to Uehara Castle.

Subsequently, Suwa Manlin met with Deura Kiyoshige again.

Deura Kiyoshige said bluntly: "Suwa, this time the family dispatched more than 10,000 troops, do you think without the support of the Takeda family, how long can Uehara Castle hold out?"

His Royal Highness Echigo's Uesugi is gathering troops from the eight states of Kanto, which means that the family still has a large number of reinforcements, and Uehara Castle is not as strong as Odawara Castle. ”

Suwa Manlin hurriedly said: "Out of Ura, Shinano abides by His Highness's conditions, and he agrees to it, and he will go to Uehara Castle in the next place." ”

Deura Kiyoshige then left Ankokuji Temple.

Suwa Manlin brought more than 100 people into Uehara Castle under the pretext of reinforcements, and Suwa Manlin knew that Yamamoto Kansuke had a hand in investigating the news, so they had set a signal earlier, once Suwa Manlin also entered Uehara Castle, that is, to kill Yamamoto Kansuke and sacrifice Uehara Castle.

On the second day, the Ogasawara family's vanguard troops arrived outside Uehara Castle, and after resting for a while, Sanada Nobutsuna and others launched their first tentative attack, which was then repulsed.

Uehara Castle was repaired by Yamamoto Kansuke during this time, and the city defense was much stronger, especially Yamamoto Kansuke himself was not only a master of intelligence, but also a master of city building.

Sanada Nobutsuna often heard Sanada talk about Kansuke Yamamoto, so after the failure of the first attack, he advised the others to wait for the main force.

The rest of the men did not object, they withdrew a little, and set up a military formation to wait for the main army.

Kansuke Yamamoto saw the Rokumon Qian banner outside the castle, and his heart was full of emotion.

Another day later, Ogasawara Yoshicho led the main force to arrive outside Uehara Castle, and without saying a word, he let Miki Otsuki lead the artillery team to bombard Uehara Castle.

Even though Uehara Castle is very strong, the emergence of the collapse of the country still greatly hit the morale of the defenders, many places in Uehara Castle have been destroyed, and the city gate has been broken several large holes.

However, instead of attacking the city, Yoshicho sent people to persuade him to surrender, and the cavalry who persuaded him to surrender were then shot back by the arrows from the city.

Yoshicho was not in a hurry, he set up his camp on the top of the hill not far away, and waited for the changes in the city.

Ghost Kojima, who originally thought that he was going to attack the city, saw that the army began to retreat, and was very dissatisfied: "Why should Ogasawara Hall withdraw the army, your troops will collapse, and you will take your subordinates to launch an assault, and this city will be broken!" ”

Yoshicho smiled: "That's true, after all, it's as strong as Odawara Castle was also broken by us, but the soldiers who surrender without a fight are also good people."

There is a family of Suwa Manchu in the city, and they are already planning to take refuge in their own family, and at night, the city will definitely be very lively, so you can rest well and do a great job at night. ”

Ghost Xiaodao shook his head and said: "It's so unpleasant, when the time comes, let's take the lead at night!" ”

Oni Kojima said it too fast, and Kakizaki Keika didn't have time to stop it, so he had to say, "It's causing trouble to Ogasawara Hall." ”

Yoshicho hurriedly said: "Where is it, how can this family let the ghost island go alone, and they will be accompanied by Shingang when the time comes." ”

Kakizaki Jingjia breathed a sigh of relief, after all, no one wants to use their own losses to help others fight the city.

In Uehara Castle, although Kansuke Yamamoto breathed a sigh of relief, he soon felt that something was wrong, and he wondered why Yoshinaga did not attack the city in one go, but instead besieged the city?

But at this time, Yamamoto Kansuke was a little careless.

The herald ran over and said, "My lord, Her Royal Highness the princess is suddenly ill!" ”

Kansuke Yamamoto moved Yabuhime from Kosaka Kannonji Temple to Uehara Castle in front of the cage castle.

He handed over the defense to his men, and followed the guards to meet Yabuhime.

As soon as he got outside the room, he heard a violent cough.

Kansuke Yamamoto wanted to go in, but the maid stopped him and said, "Her Royal Highness the princess has already said that Yamamoto can only wait outside." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto sat in the corridor and shouted, "Your Highness Princess, how are you feeling?" ”

The oil cloth Ji inside replied stubbornly: "I'm fine, you better go back and guard this Uehara Castle." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto frowned, "But..."

"Nothing! If the city is broken, you can help me collect the corpse! Ahem, ahem..."

Kansuke Yamamoto wanted to go in and have a look, but there was a maid to stop him, and there was a difference between the top and bottom, and Kansuke Yamamoto's outstretched hand was taken back.

He looked at the maid and said, "You must take care of Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

Kansuke Yamamoto left the Denbei and returned to Waimaru himself, when he saw Suwa Mitsutaka directing Ashigaru to repair the damaged place.

In fact, Kansuke Yamamoto was a little suspicious of the rebellion of the Suwa clan, but now he is a little more relieved.

I stayed up until the evening, and Kansuke Yamamoto was also a little tired, so he closed his eyes in the small room on the door.

At this moment, Suwa Mantaka and his nephews Suwa Yoiho, Yoshichen and Yoritada, rushed to the city gate with hundreds of people, and the guards near the city gate were none other than Yamamoto Kansuke's own retainers and Ashigaru, they were very vigilant, and as soon as they saw the big wave approaching, they immediately began to defend.

Suwa Mantaka and the others didn't say a word, they just led people to attack the defenders.

When the commander saw this, he shouted at his throat: "Enemy attack! Hold here! ”

The mournful shout woke up Kansuke Yamamoto, who closed his eyes and recuperated, and when Yamamoto Kansuke got up and saw that it was the Suwa clan who were rebelling, he couldn't help but laugh miserably: "I'm afraid I'm going to die in Suwa today." ”

After sighing, he immediately led the army loyal to him to kill Honmaru and abandoned Waimaru.

Yabuhime, who was resting in the castle tower, heard the shouts outside, and she had heard it many years ago when Uehara Castle fell, so she quickly got up and walked to the small attic above the castle tower to look out.

She saw that there was already a fire at the gate of Somaru Castle, and the Ogasawara army outside the castle was moving, and a smaller army was retreating towards her inside the castle, and she knew that it was Kansuke Yamamoto.

Soon, Kansuke Yamamoto retreated into Honmaru, and after he left his troops to guard the castle gate, he quickly ran to the castle tower and saw a sickly-looking Yabuhime.

Oilbohime's pale face became even more poignant in the moonlight, and she looked at Kansuke Yamamoto and said, "Kansuke, our fate is over tonight." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto left tears: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the minister can take you out and return to Kai!" ”

Yabuhime shook her head and said, "I've already said that I'm going to die in Suwa and hide in Lake Suwa." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto immediately asked people to walk from behind with Yabuhime, and he pulled up the banner of the Takeda family to attract the attention of the enemy troops in the city.

With Suwa Mantaka and they put the Ogasawara army and the Uesugi army in, a large number of ashigaru and peasant soldiers surrendered directly, and in the end, only Yamamoto Kansuke was left to hold on to Honmaru.

Onikojima thought that there would be a fierce battle at night, but he didn't catch anything, and rushed all the way to Honmaru, and he didn't wait for the friends behind him, he led his reserve team to launch a fierce attack on Honmaru.

There are not many ashigaru guards on Honmaru, and there are not a few fierce generals, who were quickly broken by Onikojima, and Yamamoto Kansuke was carried by the Bunbei and retreated into the castle tower.

Kansuke Yamamoto knew that his last moment had come, and he said: "A piece of ice heart for seven or eight years, you can't say it, it's all in your heart, and we will go to Huangquan Road today." ”

Then he shouted: "Pavilion master, I'm ashamed!" After saying that, he directly cut his abdomen, and after Denbei cut off Yamamoto Kansuke's head, he lit a fire himself, and then committed suicide.