In January of the 21st year of Astronomy, as the last castle of the Yamauchi Uesugi family in Musashi was captured by the frenzied Hojo family, the army of the Hojo family was about to march on Hirai Castle, the residence of Uesugi Kenmasa.

In the face of the sudden Hojo family's army, Uesugi Kenmasa had no choice but to hope that the people of the mountains and fields could once again respond to his call on the "kindness" of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi for many years, unite under the banner of the Kanto governor, and jointly resist the Hojo family who came to Fan.

However, Uesugi Kenmasa completely overestimated his own influence, or rather underestimated the great deterrent power of the Hojo family in the Kanto region today.

Since the 15th year of the Astronomical Nature, the Yamauchi Uesugi family, the Ogiya Uesugi family, the Furukawa Gongkata and the 80,000 allied forces of the Kanto clan were lost in the battle of the Hojo family in Kawagoe Castle, the entire Kanto region still dared to face the forces of the Hojo family, but none of them were mixed up with Uesugi Kenmasa.

Although the people of Ueno seem to be okay, not everyone supports Uesugi Kenmasa, even Nagano Yoshimasa, the lord of Minowa Castle that Uesugi Kenmasa relies on the most, did not choose to side with Uesugi Kenmasa this time.

At the same time that the Hojo family marched into Hirai Castle, the Minnowa, Nagano clan, and the Yasunaka clan of the people in the western part of Ueno submitted a petition to the Hojo family through the Nabo clan, announcing that they had taken refuge in the Hojo family, which caught Uesugi Kenmasa off guard.

Immediately afterwards, Uesugi Kenmasa's vote for the horse and the people also defected, not to mention that the reinforcements of the Ueno people could not be counted on, and even Uesugi Kenmasa's Hirai Castle was about to become an empty city.

In desperation, Uesugi Kenmasa could only abandon Hirai Castle and prepare to flee to Ashikaga Castle, the residence of the old Ashikaga Nagao family of the Yamauchi Uesugi family.

The Ashikaga Nagao clan is the most powerful nation in eastern Ueno Province, and the Yokose clan is also a supporter of Uesugi Kenmasa, so if they can retreat to the eastern part of Ueno, they may be able to survive for a while.

However, the Hojo family has long been left behind. At the same time as marching into Hirai Castle, he also sent a partial division to attack the territories of the Ashikaga Nagao family around Hirai Castle and Musashi Province, and the territories of the Ashikaga Nagao family and the Yokose clan were all captured by the Hojo family, and Nagao had to retreat to Ashikaga Castle.

The Yokose family was also attacked by the Naba family and the Akai family, members of the Ueno Kuni, who joined the side of the Hojo family, and the head of the Yokose clan, Yokose Narishi, was too busy to take care of himself and was unable to support Uesugi Kenmasa.

The plan to stick to the eastern part of Ueno also ran away, and Uesugi Kenmasa had no choice but to flee to Tone-gun, Azuma-gun and other places in the northern part of Ueno Province.

In March, Kenmasa Uesugi arrived at Numata Castle in Tone-gun, where he was entertained by Numata Castle, the lord of Numata Castle.

Taking a bowl of tea from Numata Kentai's hand, Uesugi Kenmasa immediately swallowed it in a big gulp, completely ignoring the image of the Kanto governor. Fleeing all the way from Hirai Castle to Numata Castle, eating and sleeping in the open along the way, this kind of experience Uesugi Kenmasa simply doesn't want to go through a second time.

"Interpreting by Captain Saemon, thanks to you today, I finally didn't misunderstand the person, the most loyal samurai in Ueno!" Looking at Numata Kentai sitting in front of him, and thinking of the betrayal he had experienced during this time, Uesugi Kenmasa couldn't help but let out a sigh.

Numata Kentai hurriedly spoke, "What are Uesugi den's plans now?" ”

"It is said that the Nishi-Ueno region has been completely controlled by the Hojo family, and the Anaka clan, the Nagano clan, and the Nabo clan have all fallen to the Hojo family, and now in Ueno, no one dares to confront the Hojo family."

After listening to Numata Kentai's words, Uesugi Kenmasa said worriedly, "What I am most worried about now is the safety of Ryuwakamaru, who was too hasty to evacuate with his family when he retreated from Hirai Castle. ”

"Although the escort of the retainers has been arranged, it has been more than half a month and there is still no news coming, and I am always a little relieved!" The dragon wakamaru mentioned by Uesugi Kenmasa is Uesugi Kenmasa's most beloved son and the eldest son of Uesugi Kenmasa.

As for Uesugi Kenmasa's worries, Numata Kentai couldn't do anything, so he could only comfort him with all his heart, "Ryuwakamaru Hall will definitely be safe, Uesugi Hall, please be relieved." ”

It's a pity that Uesugi Kenmasa is afraid that he can't be relieved, and a middle-aged samurai with a beard on his cheeks walked in from outside, and came to the seat next to Uesugi Kenmasa with a solemn face, without saying a word, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

Seeing the appearance of the person who came, Uesugi Kenmasa was obviously a little panicked, "Captain Saemon, how is the situation?" ”

The person who came was Nagao Kenkei, the lord of Shirai Castle, who was born in the head office of the Nagao family, and later became the adopted son of Nagao Keiko, the head of the Shirai Nagao family, and after Nagao Keikoi's death, he changed his name to Uesugi Kenmasa and inherited the family name.

"Lord, Naga-tail, but Mamori has surrendered to the Hojo family, and Higashi-Ueno still falls into the hands of the Hojo family!" Nagao Kenkyo said with a melancholy face.

After listening to Nagao Kenkei's words, although Uesugi Kenmasa was very disappointed in his heart, after all, he had expected this ending for a long time, so his emotions were not particularly excited, "This is the ending that I expected for a long time, but I didn't expect this day to come so soon." ”

"Has the Uesugi family's centuries-old foundation finally fallen in my hands today?" The fall of Musashi Province and Ueno Province means that the Kanto Governor Uesugi Kenmasa has completely become the commander of the light pole, and the famous Uesugi family exists in name only!

Just when Uesugi Kenmasa was worried, Nagao Kenkyi threw out a bombshell again, "In addition, among the retainers who escorted Ryuwakamaruden, the husband and wife of Ryuwakamaruden's nurse, Shikada Shinsuke, and his family defected to the Hojo family, and Ryuwakamaru Hall has been killed by him!" ”

"What!"

"Painful for me!"

If Uesugi Kenmasa was only heartbroken when he learned that Ueno Province was captured by the Hojo family, now that he learns of Aiko's death, it is heartache and flesh pain, and if possible, maybe a little more egg pain.

The most important thing is that his son was not killed in battle, so he might be able to preserve the dignity of the samurai. Wife Shikada Shinsuke is the husband of Ryuwakamaru's nurse and a close attendant of Uesugi Kenmasa, so it can be said that he should be the most loyal person, but he didn't expect to betray himself at this juncture and kill his own son, Uesugi Kenmasa completely broke out.

"Wife Shikada Shinsuke, I will definitely want him to pay for his blood debt!" Uesugi Kenmasa gritted his teeth and said bitterly.

Nagao Kenkyi looked at Uesugi Kenmasa, and then said silently, "The Tsuma Kada clan has been executed by order of the Hojo clan in the name of injustice, and as for the head of the Ryuwakamaru Palace, it has also been brought back by the Lord!" As he spoke, Nagao Kenkyo turned sideways, revealing a wooden box beside him.

Seeing this scene, Uesugi Kenmasa's eyes immediately turned red, not to see things and think about people, nor to kill the son and the enemy to confer the head, but a kind of hatred! It's useless to hate yourself! Even such a deep hatred and hatred can only be repaid because of the kindness of the biggest enemy, what is the meaning of being the Kanto governor to do this?

"Bury Wu'er on Wuzun Mountain in Shangzhou, and one day I, Uesugi Xianzheng, will come back and regain everything that belongs to my family!"

"Hah!" Nagao Kenkyo and Numata Kentai nodded hurriedly, "But my lord, where else can we go?" ”

"Echigo! Longtail family! ”