Although the outbreak of the national conflict between Murayama and Mogami is still continuing, the initiative of Murayama and Mogami is still in the hands of the Uesugi family.

Since November of the first year of Eiroku, Mogami Yoshimitsu was the first to incite the former ministers of the Shimizu family to set off a crackdown. But it wasn't until two months passed that he couldn't shake the color of Katsucho, who was guarding the Shimizu Collar. In addition, after the Shibata Shigeya pacified the three counties of Shonai, he did not have time to rectify the tired brigade, so he led an army of 1,000 from Kagawa Castle to the Iwashikan led by Salmon Nobu Sadazuna. General Inoue of the Salmon Yanjia Castle who was guarding the Iwabi Pavilion expressed his willingness to lead 400 soldiers to obey the dispatch of the Shibata Shigeya. Although it was freezing at this time, due to the double road of Xinfatian's heavy family, the soldiers under his command were all in difficulty.

At the beginning of the first month of the second year of Eiroku, the main force of the exhausted Shinbata Army arrived at Numata Castle, but fortunately it was not too late. This gave great encouragement to the defenders who wanted to break the autumn water.

Since the Shimizu Domain in the northern part of Mogami County is the east gate of the Shonai Plain and the south gate of the Onodera family. Katsunaga Sebe was responsible for both the Onodera family and the Asada's enclave in Shonai, so he took a passive defense. And when Numata Castle, which his younger brother Minister Se was stationing, was besieged by the former retainers of the Shimizu family and the Hosokawa family of the small country, Katsucho Sebe did not send a single soldier to support, but only believed that Minister Seji hoped that he could focus on the overall situation and defend Numata Castle on his own, so as not to let a crowd take it. Even the lord of neighboring Shinjo Castle, Shikigami (the second son of Katsunaga Shibabe and brother-in-law of the Shigeta Shigeie), could only watch his uncle being besieged by Katsucho's orders.

And the swamp hall in the southernmost part of the Shimizu Domain is an important place connecting Mogami County and Murayama County, but Takahashi Ishimi Mamoru, the owner of the Kamiyanagi Todo Pavilion, colluded with the important minister of the Osaki family, Miyazaki Takaharu to attack repeatedly. Since Naito Saemon, a major minister of the Sebe family who was guarding this place, only had 500 city soldiers, he could not act rashly. He could only watch Takahashi Ishimi set fire and loot all over his territory.

On the other hand, Yanze Manyan, one of the eight shields of the top, was also attacked by the Osaki family's Shigetomi clan Takatsugi, and could only cage the castle to the death. Although many envoys were sent to the Tendo family to ask for help, most of them were intercepted by the Mogami family. In addition, the city has been recaptured by the city, and the connection between the Yanzawa family and the Shiratori family and the Tiantong family has been cut off, and the Yanzawa city has been isolated.

Mogami Yoshimitsu instigated the former retainers of the Shimizu family to set off a fight, and quickly transferred the surrounding countrymen lords, and captured several castles around Yamagata Castle with a devastating force. Instead, the Bamboo Mata family, which was transferred to Murayama County to surround and monitor the Mogami family, was counter-surrounded. If it weren't for the fact that Tiantong Laizhen sent troops to contain Nagasaki Castle's Zhongshan Dynasty and Zhongshan Chaozheng's father and son, I'm afraid that Nakanokan would have been attacked by the Mogami army a long time ago.

Mogami Yoshimitsu had made a lot of preparations. He took full advantage of the weakness of the layout of the Uesugi family's retainers in Murayama and the two counties of Mokami. Previously, when Asadachi led his army to the west, he mobilized most of the lords of the Shonai clan and the main force of the Aizu clan, and even if he learned that Dewa was unstable, he could not 'parachute' back. The acting officials of the seven counties of Xiandao have no power to mobilize troops, and Mori Jingguang and other generals and Soma Yoshiyin contain the Date family, and they are unable to withdraw to the rescue of Dewa. Murayama and Mogami were originally the territory of the Mogami family, and the Uesugi family had difficulty recruiting troops in these two counties and had no soldiers available.

However, although the previous Nanidewa invasion launched by the Asadaki defeated the Daihoji Temple and the Mogami family in one fell swoop, the Mogami family did not really break their bones, and only lost tens of thousands of koku of the direct collar and the allegiance of many countrymen lords. Most of the Genealogy Retainers and Sectarians of the Mogami Family are here, and they have been dormant for a long time in order to make the Mogami family stand out again. And the court's mobilization of the people of Zhuangnai and Aizu to the west was the fuse for the people of Murayama and the two counties of the most.

Since the Asadachi focused on Echichu, Noto, and the dispatch of troops, Mogami gradually gained a respite. And Mogami Yoshimitsu took this opportunity to begin to break away from the domination of the Uesugi family. As he grows older, Yoshimitsu Mogami's unruly and unwilling character is becoming more and more obvious.

In the face of Mogami Yoshimitsu's aggressive offensive, Takemata Keitsuna could only hastily deploy the defenses within the territory. However, Nagasaki Castle, which was led by Takemata, was the first to be breached by the Mogami army. After Nagasaki Castle was attacked by the Zhongshan Dynasty and the Zhongshan Dynasty father and son, the lord of Nagasaki Castle, Kusukawa Shotsuna, could only lead the remnants of more than 100 people into the Nakano Pavilion to rest.

Mogami Yoshimitsu did not forget to increase the difficulty for the Uesugi army to enter the two counties when attacking Murayama and various parts of the Mogami two counties.

In the middle of the first month, Mogami Yoshimitsu sent Yataro Nakagawa, a former retainer of the Date family, to attack Nakayama Castle and build a fortress on the surrounding castle tower. On the one hand, the two places formed a rivalry, and on the other hand, Tsukiji Shitoyo of Kamiyama Castle, Chisaka Keijin of Hasedo Castle, and Yamamotoji Keincho of Hakutaka Castle were isolated.

Mogami Yoshimitsu still felt that it was not enough, and also instructed the former Date family retainer Kamigun Yamanbu Shaosuke to seize the small country castle on the road from Echigo Yangbei to Dewa Zhizhi County, and also omitted the Mikkaichi Castle Lord Higashitai among the Yangbei people, Tosaka Castle Castle Dai Sasaki Suzeincho, and Zekai Castle Lord Motoi as the Sect. Not only that, but Mogami Yoshimitsu also ordered the clan to send an envoy to Sado, preparing to persuade Sado's Honma families such as Hashige, Zata, and Kawarada to cross the sea and enter Echigo to attack and harass.

Originally, Kenshin thought that it would be inappropriate to mobilize a large number of troops to fight again in order to pacify the two countries of Vietnam, and Noto, but in order to return the color, Kenshin immediately transferred to the castle lord of Kanza Castle and Iizuka Gray Hair Castle, and made him the lord of Sanjo Castle and Kamo Fortress, and received 20,000 stone of Zhixing. In addition, with 60,000 cavalry castle lord Noborisaka Kiyotaka, Shinjin Pavilion lord Shintsu Shiko, Inufushi Castle lord Shimizu Sainuyu, Katsura no Se castle lord Kaneko University Suke and others as the deputy generals of Kaneko Keiji, 5,000 troops gathered outside Sanjo Castle in a short period of time, waiting to go on the expedition.

On March 1, Tao Qingxian led an army of 10,000 troops gathered from the four counties of Haji, Aizu, and Sendo to Miyamurakan.

Although Tao Qingxian is the general of this crusade against the top family, the burden on him is very heavy. First of all, although the Uesugi army was brave, it lacked food and grass and was not durable to fight. If the Mogami family adopts the strategy of holding out, and the terrain of Yu is mountainous in the south, Tao Qingxian will be helpless.

"Report to my brother, there are enemy troops stationed in Zhongshan Castle and on the side of the castle tower!" Tao Longfang walked quickly into the Miyamura Pavilion and reported to Tao Qingxian, who was holding a military meeting with the generals.

"Even if Zhongshan City is unimpeded, the Ayu Sect in the south of White Eagle City must have entered Ayu City a few days ago, and it has communicated with the Shaofu of the Shangjun Mountain People Department in the small country city in the south of the East Mountain." Tao Qingxian felt that Yoshimitsu Mogami was really not a simple character at the moment.

"The Tsukiji Repair Hall of Kamiyama Castle is completely isolated, and it is reported that the branch castles of Kanedokan and Kotaki Castle have been taken by the Mogami army to attack the castle. His son, Tsukiji Shionaka, and his brother, Tsukiji Shozaemon, both fled to Kamiyama Castle alone. Shangshan City is also precarious now. The lord of Aizu Zhongshan Castle, Okawa Deyi, said helplessly.

"So what?! The Echigo generals who were transferred to Murayama and the top two counties still have to go to the rescue. If it weren't for the repeated rescues of the Echigo generals, the family's territory would have been driven straight into by Date and the top elders! Watanabe, the owner of the Shimogo Pavilion, glanced at Okawa Tokuyi, and his eyes were slightly dissatisfied.

"Father, let's make a decision as soon as possible, time is running out. The Echigo side may be too busy to take care of themselves, and the generals of Minamiidewa can only be rescued by their own family. "Tao Changfang has heard the news of the rebellion of some of the lords of Yangbei, so he is not optimistic about the reinforcements from the Echigo side.

"Now most of the troops in the four counties of Aizu, the seven counties of Sendo, and the county of Nanide Hazhi are under my command, so you must be cautious." Tao Qingxian thought of the Battle of Itsukushima.

“······” All the generals present in this formation looked at each other.

"Just a moment before Anfang Mamoru came in, our Tanma returned to the city to report that Mogami Yoshimitsu had begun to use the Shiratori family and the Hanhejiang family to truce, and instead concentrated on attacking the Takemata and Tiantong families." Tao Qingxian said after a sigh. He didn't expect that the two families of Hanhejiang and Shiratori, who were hostile to the Mogami family before, would actually negotiate a truce with the Mogami family. Now it is necessary to divide troops to monitor the two families of Hanhejiang and Shiratori when attacking Mogami Yoshimitsu.

In fact, the main reason why the Hanhejiang family agreed to reconcile with the Mogami family was the Daimyo Daihoji family who had previously entrenched in the village.

At the time of the crisis of the Dabaosi family, the Hanhejiang family, who were related to them, sent troops to the rescue. At this time, the head of the Hanhejiang clan was Hanhejiang Gaoji, and Gaoji was the eldest son of the Hanhejiang family, Yoshikawa Kitsuna, and married the daughter of Hanhejiang Kanehiro who had no heirs as his wife and inherited the clan. However, when Kanehiro was alive, he made an agreement with Yoshimitsu to marry his daughter to Yoshimitsu's eldest son, Yoshiyasu, but this daughter was later married by Takaki, which made the friendly relationship between Kanehiro and the Mogami family turn hostile. Before the reinforcements of the Hanhejiang River arrived, the Daihoji family had been destroyed by the Uesugi army, and Daihoji Yoshiko was placed under house arrest, and the support army returned in vain.