Ignoring the quick capture of Miharu Castle, the Ashina Mori clan quickly returned to defend Aizu with 6,000 troops. Yoshimi Tomita, Inawashiro Mori and others felt that the Ashina Mori clan was no longer as wise as before, especially after the birth of his sister-in-law.

At the same time, the Tsugawa Castle dungeon.

"Toshimitsu Anazawa, I guess that's the name." Accompanied by Miyagi Masaye, Asadaki came to the place where Toshimitsu Anazawa was being held. If it weren't for the care of the Ada, Toshimitsu Anazawa's cell wouldn't even have straw.

"Presumably you are the head of the Ogiya Uesugi family, Uesugi Asada." Toshimitsu Anazawa said calmly.

"Well, if the Ashina family had more retainers like you, I wouldn't be able to defeat the entire Kawanuma County and a part of Yama County." Chao Ding smiled and said.

"Lord Asadachi is too high-spirited, and even if he doesn't become a retainer of the Uesugi family, it's impossible. Your ninja should have delivered the news of his defeat and surrender to Kurokawa Castle. "Toshimitsu Anazawa knows the truth of becoming a king and defeating a king.

"Yes, you can call me despicable, but I have to do it for the sake of my own ideals and ambitions. Asadaki took a piece of clothing from Miyagi Masayi and draped it over Toshimitsu Anazawa's body, "It's humid here, don't catch the cold. ”

"It seems that the criminal minister had no choice but to surrender to the Uesugi family's military gate." Toshimitsu Anazawa bowed to him in front of him.

"Your ability is very good, even the military teacher of your family admires it." Miyagi Masayi interjected.

"The Ota-sama?" Toshimitsu Anazawa has also heard of it.

"This is not the place to talk, let's talk about it outside." After saying that, Chao Ding walked out.

Asada and the others walked outside the dungeon, and Usami Dingkatsu and Nambada Hiroyoshi rushed over.

"My lord, except for the original hundred ashigaru of the Anzawa Shunguang Division, who refused to obey the order, the rest of the military forces have been trained." Nambada Hiroyoshi scratched his head, he just couldn't figure out why only Ashigaru of Anzawa Toshimitsu couldn't command.

"Lord, why did he come out?" Usami looked at Toshimitsu Anazawa behind Asadaki in confusion.

"Oh yes, now Toshimitsu Anazawa is the head of the Ashigaru family, and you will be colleagues in the future." Chaoding patted Toshimitsu Anazawa on the shoulder.

"Yes." After Chaoding said this, the two of them understood. Toshimitsu Anazawa is also young and promising, and if he becomes a retainer of the Uesugi family, it will really be like a tiger.

The Ashina clan is also written as the Ashina clan, and is also a descendant of the Taira clan, but at the time of the Genpei War, its ancestor Sawara Yoshiren sided with the Minamoto Yoritomo Dynasty. Later, Oshu participated in the battle and made meritorious contributions, and Yiren was awarded the titles of Aizu, Kawanuma, Yama and other counties. During the Muromachi period, the Ashina clan relied on the Tentaka shogun Yuan, called himself "Aizu Guardian", and proudly became the emperor of the soil. In the early years of the Warring States period, the name of the reed was high, and the father and son of Sheng Zi competed, and the family was in chaos.

In the end, Reed Ming Sheng passed on to Sun Sheng, and Wei Ming ushered in its heyday. The Ashina Mori clan was unparalleled in martial arts, and his political strategy was also a leader for a while, successively subjugating neighboring forces such as Nihonmatsu, Nikaido, and Tamura, and marrying powerful people such as Date, Yuiki, and Soma, and forming alliances with overlord forces such as Go-Hojo, Takeda, and Uesugi, and their territory and influence swelled to the maximum. In the list of "Daimyo in the Country" recorded in the 6th year of the Muromachi shogunate Eiroku (1563), the name of the Ashina Mori clan is listed, along with Hojo Shiyasu, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, Oda Nobunaga, and others. Among the Oshu heroes, the shogunate at that time recognized only two Sengoku daimyos, that is, Ashina repair doctor Mori and Date Sakyo doctor Harumune.

In the 10th year of Eiroku (1567), there was a great famine in Aizu, and the Ashina Mori clan issued the "Tokusei Ordinance". The apparent reason for this decree was a natural disaster, but in fact it was to relieve the samurai class who were on the verge of bankruptcy due to their frequent battles with the Tokichi Satake clan. But where did the money and materials come from to curry favor with the samurai class? Of course, you have to desperately squeeze the people. As a result of the "Moral Decree", the reeds were more loyal and united, but the people complained and quarreled.

Therefore, as soon as thousands of troops including Asadai entered the Aizu area, the local people did not resist at all, but were very happy, although they did not welcome them. Because they were afraid that the Uesugi army would fight for a while and leave.

"Lord, something is wrong!" Deura Shouqing appeared directly in front of Asada and the others, regardless of the fact that he had not yet reached the status of a high-level samurai.

"What's the matter?" Usami decided that if the situation was urgent, the ninja would suddenly appear.

"The 6,000 troops of the Ashina Mori clan have already made peace with the Tamura family, and now they have entered the Huiri Temple!" In order to get this news, Deura Shouqing paid the lives of the four ninjas under his command to find out.

"My lord, the minister wants to say that the Ashina family can't help the hearts of the people at all." Toshimitsu Anazawa said something that no one knows.

"What do you mean by that?" Chaoding doesn't understand a little, even if it is five public and five people, it is reasonable to pay taxes?

"The "Moral Decree", except for the Hihara Anazawa family, has not been implemented, and the other wealthy clans and retainers have all been implemented, and the people's taxes can be said to have almost reached the point of three people and seven dukes." Toshimitsu Anazawa also sighed and said.

"What?!" Miyagi Masayi and the others were speechless when they were surprised, it's no wonder that the people who pay taxes like this don't rebel! No wonder the people did not resist as soon as they entered the city, and the discipline of the Uesugi army was also good, and there were no indiscriminate arrests.

"My lord, it's not enough to just rely on the Ashina family's surrender, presumably the two adults, Izumi Mamoru and Shimono Mamoru, have already learned that the Ashina Mori clan's army is coming, and we should move the base to Okugawa Castle." Miyagi Masaki came up with a compromise solution.

"Then let the Ueda Nagao army of Lord Kanetakachi and Toyo keep an eye on them, the Ueda Nagao family still has six hundred troops left, and they can watch them." Asadachi decided to leave Kanetoyo Higuchi behind, and he took the 600 cavalry under his command and the 500 troops of Yasuda Nagahide's army to return.

"My lord, the criminal minister has just become a retainer of the Uesugi family, so he will give the Uesugi family a plan." Toshimitsu Anazawa paused, "If the lord can adjust the tax to the 'four princes and six people', all the lords of the castle territory that have been laid down at present will sincerely obey the Uesugi family, and will also help the family find out the movements of the Ashina family." ”

"Yes, Shouqing. If you send someone to spread the word throughout Aizu, if you submit to the Uesugi family, the tax will become the 'Four Princes and Six People,' and all the unequal regulations issued by the Ashina family will be abolished. Asadachi felt that this was the way to win the hearts and minds of the people from the beginning, and so did the Hojo family's ability to gain a foothold in Izu and Sagami.

Under the propaganda of Deura Shouqing, the people of Kawanuma County were very happy, and many of them took the initiative to join the army. Within half a month, 300 people had joined. The court handed over the 300 troops to Miyagi's political training and command.

By June, the Ashina Mori clan had gathered an army of 7,000 and was on standby near Shiokawa Castle in the vicinity of Shiokawa Castle, a retainer of his genealogy. On the side of the Asada, there were the Nagao army of Kakizaki Keike, Saito Asanobu and Yasuda Nagahide, as well as his own 600 cavalry, 100 ashigaru of Anazawa Shunmitsu and 300 Ashigaru of Kawanuma Prefecture, a total of 4,500 troops, which was only a little more than half of the total number of Ashina family's army.

Just when the tension between the two sides was tense, an uninvited guest came to Okukawa Castle, the base of the court.

"Repair the doctor's hall, and the criminal minister Zhu Miao Dai Shengguo came to visit." As soon as Shengguo saw Chaoding walking into the big room, he hurriedly knelt down.

"Inawashiro-sama, please get up." Chao Ding hurriedly came over in person to help Zhu Miao Dai Shengguo, he knew the weight of Zhu Miao Dai Shengguo.

"The criminal minister came this time for the survival of the pig seedling generation after the war. Since the promulgation of the "Moral Decree", the life of the people in the territory has become increasingly difficult, although there is no army, but sooner or later it will be raised. After your army entered Aizu, it was only after you took a little more than a county that the Ashina Mori clan knew that it was for this reason. No one found out for him. "Pig Miao Dai Shengguo sat down and said some details.

"Well, then what does Inosayhiro-sama mean that he wants to be able to block after the war?" Chao Ding touched his chin and asked.

"Yes, it would be nice if that were the case. If they can get rid of it, they can restore the former tax of the 'five princes and five people', and many peasants will also return. "Pig Miao Dai Shengguo also chose to defect to the Uesugi family in desperation.

"The Anduan document was promulgated after the war, and when the time comes, please ask Lord Inomiyo to attack the back of the Ashina Mori clan, and if you can make a contribution, you can also get a seal." Chaoding deliberately used the seal to attract the Shengguo of the Pig Miao Dynasty, and the Shengguo of the Pig Miao Dynasty has always been 18,000 stones because the territory is not reused, and it has hardly changed.

"Thank you very much!" Inawashiro Shengguo immediately stayed for a short time, and hurriedly set off back to his home city, Inawashiro City, and after mobilizing a thousand troops in the territory, he and Ashina Mori rounded.

The strength of the Ashina Mori clan increased to 8,000 after the addition of the Inawashiro family, but the quality of the army was not as good as that of the Uesugi family. On the other hand, on the side of Chaoding, there were more than 1,000 cavalry that could be mobilized, accounting for a quarter of the total number of troops. However, most of the army of the Ashina Mori clan was still dominated by peasant soldiers, and the number of samurai on horseback did not reach 1,000.