The battle outside Namba Castle also made the Hojo clan Yasushi clearly see how much difference there was between his military strength and the combat effectiveness of the Uesugi army. The ratio of casualties on both sides was three to one, and it can be said that three Ashigaru of the Hojo Army could be killed by one Uesugi Ashigaru in battle. Moreover, Hojo Shiyasu also learned from the mouth of the Wind Demon Ninja that the physical strength of the Uesugi Army was fed three meals a day! And during the Warring States period, it was most common to have two meals a day, that is, breakfast and dinner, and no one could afford to do it like the Uesugi family unless they were already rich! Even the million-stone Daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto and Uesugi Masahu are under their command twice a day. Moreover, the battle of Namba Tajo Castle also made everyone in the Hojo family see clearly the horror of the Aizu soldiers - loyal to the monarch and not afraid of life and death. If the Hojo Army's 400 troops had killed 300 in battle, then the remaining 100 people would have run away a long time ago, but the Uesugi Army continued to fight and had no intention of retreating!

However, Hojo still slowed down the attack, giving Kenji Namba a chance to breathe. Just three days after the war, Hojo died at the age of 21 after Akatsuka became inflamed due to an infection in his wounds, and after the doctor's treatment had no effect. Hojo Shiyasu buried him on the outskirts of Akatsuka after holding a funeral for the Hojo clan, and he secretly vowed to destroy the Uesugi family! Hojo clan Yasu wants to avenge the death of his relatives, important ministers, and countrymen, and he must complete the great work that his father and grandfather have not completed, and he must not be disheartened by the death of his child!

On the 25th, Narita Nagayasu and Oda Asako finally led their troops into the Uesugi domain, and when they arrived outside Ishido Castle, they noticed that something was wrong - there was no one on the surrounding roads! This is unreasonable, and there is not even a single figure in the castle town.

Just when Narita Nagata was about to retreat, he heard an iron cannon gunshot! At the same time, the gates of Ishito Castle slowly opened, and Uesugi was the first to enter the castle town under the escort of 450 cavalry of the Kawagoe Knights. The 5,000 Shangshu soldiers led by Ota Shimasa had already cut off the rear road of the Narita army. And a samurai beside Chaoding was holding a white flag high with the four big characters 'Ordered to beg for thieves'.

Compared to the Narita army, which was like a rabble, the Uesugi army was neatly lined up and stared ahead. The two brothers, Narita Nagata Nagata and Oda Asako, already feel as if they have been sold, and Uesugi Asada, who said that they are good, has secretly returned to Aizu?! What about the Shangshu soldiers who said they were training in Ueno?!

"Narita House Line (Narita Family is one of the Kanto Eight House Houses), how did you think of leading the army into your own family territory today? I've long heard that the Narita family is colluding with the self-proclaimed Hojo traitor, but now it seems to be true. On the orders of the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, the rebels of the Ise clan and their rebels will be defeated, and the whole army will advance! "Asadaki is too lazy to talk nonsense with Narita Nagataya, just after destroying these thousands of people, he can still take Ninja City and ride West Castle effortlessly, and he can just connect with Ueno.

"Oh!" This battle was the first battle of the Shangzhou soldiers, and they were naturally enthusiastic, especially since the enemy army was a traitor designated by the imperial court and the shogunate, what else did they have to worry about? The Uesugi family gave them a favor and raised them for a few months, but it was not for nothing!

"Brother, retreat!" Oda Chaoxing now knows that it is impossible to defeat the Uesugi army with these troops under his command, it is better to run back to defend the city as soon as possible, as long as he can't attack it, he is still the lord!

"How to withdraw? The Uesugi army has 6,000 people, to say the least! Where to run? "Narita Nagata Nagatai is determined to go against the Uesugi family, and the shame of being beaten in front of the Kanto generals must be washed!

"Everyone rush with me!" Narita Nagata has never seen the main force of the Uesugi army such as the Kawagoe Knights, so he naturally wants to capture the thief and capture the king first, and if he kills the Uesugi Dynasty, he will be able to win, although the ideal is good.

"beng~beng~beng~" With the sudden sound of iron cannons, Narita Nagata Nagatai discovered that the Uesugi army's iron cannon Ashigaru was hiding in the houses of the castle town! The horseback samurai of the Narita army were shot at a distance of twenty paces from the castle town, and fifty horseback samurai of the Narita army were killed in front of Uesugi Asada, and this was only the beginning.

"Follow me!" Just as Asadaki nodded to Saito Rizo beside him, General Saito Rizo led four hundred and fifty cavalry to rush out with a wave of his sword, stepping on the corpse of the Narita Army's mounted samurai.

The rear team of the Narita Army has already fought with the Shangshu soldiers, and Oda Asahi has no idea of fighting with Narita Nagataya, after all, the most important thing is to save his life! Oda Chaoxing immediately abandoned the 1,000 troops under his command and left the battlefield with ten stables.

"Withdraw! What about Chaoxing? Narita Nagatayasu saw that the horseback warriors under his command who could fight well could not break through the iron cannon of the Uesugi army, so he could only lead his troops to evacuate, but when he looked around, he didn't see his younger brother Oda Chaoxing.

"Report to the Imperial Palace, Lord Oda, who is riding Nishijo, has already said goodbye without saying goodbye when the samurai on horseback are attacking!" A samurai half-knelt in front of Narita Nagayasu and immediately reported Oda Asakei's unauthorized escape.

"Damn! Remove! "Narita Nagata can only use the military strength of the Oda family as cannon fodder, who told him to run first!

Narita Nagata then led part of the Narita army to break through and evacuate the battlefield, but the 1,000 troops of the Oda army and the 1,500 troops of the Narita army were all surrounded by the Kamishu soldiers. And there is only one order from the court - kill if you don't surrender.

As the first battle of the Shangzhou soldiers, a decent victory was necessary, but at the cost of the continued losses of veterans on the southern front. However, more than 1,100 people were killed and 400 were taken prisoner. On the other hand, the Uesugi army had only 200 casualties. This also shows from the side that Ota Zimasa's training ability is not bad, and Chaoding did not look at the wrong person.

The next step for the Asama was to prepare to move south quickly, and take advantage of the fact that the Hojo Army did not know that he was still in Musashi and quickly defeated the Hojo Army in one fell swoop with the Namba Kenji of Namba Ta Castle in the south, so that he could truly obtain the Musashi One Country.

"Clean up the battlefield quickly!" After saying to Saito Toshizo and Ota Shimasa, Asadaki dismounted and whispered softly to Kato Duanzo, who was standing on the side: "Quickly go to Numata Castle to catch up with the two adults of Yamamoto Temple and Nagao Keishinobu in the rear team, and ask the two of them to quickly go south to rescue the family." Then I went to invite Kiyoshi Kiyoshi of Kunigawa Castle and Lord Oishi Tsunagen of Hirai Castle. ”

"Yes! Go now! "Kato Duanzo also joined the Uesugi family from the formation of the Uesugi army, and now he is also clear about the strength of the Uesugi family, and the Hojo family can't be defeated at all, but in order to reduce casualties, the Echigo soldiers also need to be rescued.

Just as Chaoding looked at the ashigaru who were still busy collecting weapons and armor on the battlefield, he silently recited in his heart: "Kenji, you have to hold ······"

Just after the Shangzhou soldiers collected the weapons and armor left on the battlefield, Chaoding gathered four hundred prisoners of war and began to lecture. The 2,000 troops in the Shangshu army were led by Ota Shimasa's retainers Hosoya Shitomo and Hosoya Shimichi father and son to Qixi Castle first, and their task was to take Qixi Castle and garrison it to deter the Narita family, so that they would not dare to act rashly and then the court could lead most of them to the south safely.

"Are you all Musashi natives (locals)?" Asahi didn't say anything else, he directly took the Maza handed over from Saito Rizo and sat down, while more than 400 Narita and Oda army prisoners of war knelt on the ground under the custody of the Shangshu soldiers and knights of the Knights. Of course, their weapons had already been confiscated, and all that was left was the Gusagi, Barrel Kawa Dou, and Carcass that they were wearing.

"Yes!" More than 400 prisoners of war replied in unison, they were naturally natives of Musashi, and although they had long known that they were lords under the Uesugi family, they were afraid of the Narita family and the Oda family, the wealthy clans that ruled them, and they had to take up arms and fight against the Uesugi army, which was several times more powerful than them.

"How's your harvest going?" Asada continued to ask 'irrelevant' questions, and only Ota Shimasa was around to know what Asada's thoughts, while Saito Rizo on the side was a puzzled monk.

"Bad ······" Many of the prisoners of war began to complain, and when they saw that the head of the Uesugi family in front of them did not question their sins, they all relaxed.

"It's just you, tell me what's wrong." Chao Ding chose a prisoner of war who was close to him and wore a shabby bucket and a river pocket, but the prisoner looked a little skinny like a monkey.

"Hey, although we have land at home, the land has always allowed us farmers to collect seven shares (seven gongs and three people), and has always let us go to war. Last year, I have been helping Xiangzhou, where I don't know if it's really Hojo attacking the wealthy family of Shangzhou. Speaking of this, the prisoner shook his head, if there was really no one to save them from fire and water, then there was really no way to continue to survive, and now it was still a famine, and food was even more precious.

"What about you?" Asada did not answer directly, but walked in front of the next prisoner of war, and he deliberately did not choose the captured samurai.

"Returning to protect the lords, our family is not good. Last time, Hojo's envoy came to ride Nishijo, and he ruined our crops. The prisoner of war also sighed, I have to say that Hojo's envoy came to Qixi Castle with high spirits, and directly rode through his family's field, if it weren't for his lord's fear of Hojo, he would have fought with them a long time ago.

"Do most of you resent the self-proclaimed Hojo traitors in Xiangshu?" Asada asked loudly, he wanted to find a group of prisoners of war who hated Hojo to supplement his army, and they were the most suitable candidates.

"Yes!" Many prisoners of war responded, but only a few samurai did not, and these did not respond, naturally they had some land, and they were not willing to turn their backs on their masters.

"Then, those who dislike Hojo, hate Hojo, and dislike their own lords stand aside, and those who want to continue to be enemies of the imperial court, the shogunate, and even the family, then stand still!" After Chao Ding pointed to the open space on the side, many people in the crowd rushed to leave the place where they were kneeling, and stood neatly on the side waiting for Chao Ding's order. And there were only four samurai standing in place, and

"Do you want to be an enemy of the Imperial Court, the Shogunate, or your own family?" Saito Toshizo also didn't understand that since the imperial court and the shogunate had issued an order, they should all obey the order.

"Guard? This family is a famous family in Kanto! My father is one of the Kanto Hachiya Tours, so you still want to be an enemy of Hojo? Who did you think about back then who timidly abandoned his uncle and went to Echigo? A prisoner of war who did not know whether he was alive or dead said that he was not badly dressed, wearing a three-day moon helmet and red armor, but the weapons on his body were confiscated.

"Who are you? How do you know I'm because I'm timid? Asada walked up to him with great interest, but at Saito's signal, the two knights also clutched their sabers and guarded his side.

"I'm the son of Narita Nagatai, the lord of Ninja Castle, and Narita Nagaya!" The man twisted his head to the side, and the three samurai behind him surrounded him for fear that he would be killed.

"Oh? The son of the castle lord? Then it is the son of his subordinates, since Ling Zun did not teach you how to talk to Shangguan, then I will teach you for him. Chao Ding turned around and took two steps: "Kill all four of them and cut off the head of the self-proclaimed Narita clan." ”

"You can't kill me! I'm the son of a housewalker! The Narita clan didn't believe that he would really be killed, he didn't know that the Uesugi family, like the Narita family, was from the Fujiwara family, but the Narita family was known as a housekeeper, and the Uesugi family had guardians and stewards.

"I'm telling you, I'm the guardian of Musashi, Sagami, and Izu, all of whom were appointed by the shogunate. And the name of your Narita family's house is also given by the shogunate, since you are not willing to crusade against the rebels and rebels for the shogunate, then I will do it for you, and you are also a rebel. "If you change your mind, you will kill the head of the Narita clan!

"My lord, if you kill the head of the Narita clan, the family will be mortal enemies with the Narita family." Ota Shimasa also didn't want to make a feud with the Narita family too early, and Hojo's army was still in the Nambada and Akatsuka areas, so now was not the time to waste time.

"So what? Since you don't want to die, why did you go earlier? didn't make a good impression on the family earlier, but took the initiative to collude with the Hojo family, you hurry up. Chaoding didn't bother to say, and directly signaled the two knights to kick over the three samurai, dragged the Narita clan chief out, and then showed it to the public in front of the four hundred prisoners of war!

"Guardian-sama, we are willing to do our best for the Uesugi family!" When these prisoners of war saw that the sons of the lords who oppressed them had been cut down, could they not show it? The Uesugi family had long heard that the Uesugi family treated refugees as the best among the daimyo in the area, exempted refugees from taxes, and allowed refugees from other countries to live in newly built houses.

"You take that head to Ninja City to show Narita Changtai, I won't be in a hurry to fight Ninja City in the past few days, and I should be replaced with the banner of my own bamboo and finch in two days." Asadaki said to the three Narita samurai who were spread on the ground.

"Yes." One of the samurai tore off a large piece of his own clothes, wrapped the head of the Narita clan, and immediately left with the remaining two.

"I'm glad that you are willing to serve your family, then I promise you, as long as the West City is captured, you can be four dukes and six people! You don't have to pay the previous harsh taxes anymore! As soon as Chaoding finished saying this, the prisoners of war of the Oda family were the first to cheer, because the largest number of prisoners of war were still the military strength of the Oda family.

"However, don't worry about the ninja city, I will take the ninja city in the next two months, and you will be the same!" Chao Ding will not forget these people, and will expect them to go to the city to shout in the future.

"Oh!" Now all the prisoners of war cheered, they knew that as long as they followed the Uesugi family, they would not have to worry about running out of food and not being able to pay taxes at home!

Subsequently, under the coordination of Ota's retainers Date Boshi, Shigesada, and Shito Shigetsu, all these prisoners of war were replaced with better barrels, guns, knives, etc., and they were disrupted and assigned to various ministries, and they would not be deliberately used as cannon fodder. In this way, they had two hundred more soldiers in Shangzhou.

However, after Namba Kenji buried the bodies of the Uesugi Army dead outside the castle, he carried the bodies of two Ashigaru Hattou who had died in battle into the castle. These two chiefs turned out to be cavalrymen in the Kawagoe Knights, and they were also samurai who followed him and Asadai for several years, but the two of them were still undaunted in the face of the Hojo Army, which was several times their size, and led their Aizu soldiers to fight to the death. Kenji Namba, Hiroyoshi Namba and others knelt beside their bodies and prayed for them.

"After the lord became the lord, there were very few retainers who actually died on the battlefield, especially in his territory." Nambada Hiroyoshi said with some sadness on the side, he had praised the two of them before, and joked: "If the lord can return to Musashi, then you will all become the head of the ashigaru and the head of the ashigaru, and it is possible to become the lord of the castle if you work harder." ’

But they didn't make it to the day when they became the lords of a city. But they are not considered to have died in battle under the miscellaneous military situation, and there are only a handful of military forces in the world with high combat power. After the Takeda family's Red Guard Army was destroyed on Kawanaka Island, this army completely left the stage; Among the five teams of the Hojo family's five-color preparation, the two armies of the Red and Black Reserves were merged after being heavily damaged by the Uesugi Army, and the three teams of the Aobei, Yellow, and White Reserves only barely maintained their combat effectiveness; Tosa's Ichi-Sho is just beginning; The Echigo Corps had to be under the suspension of the car to exert its full combat power; And the dragoons of the Date family have not yet been formed, and even Date Masamune, the founder of the founder, has not been born······ And the five-color preparation of the Hojo Army also beat the Kanto generals to the cold back then, compared to Nambada Hiroyoshi's command mistakes at that time, which caused two hundred cavalry to die in the hands of the conscription ashigaru, they died a truly glorious death!

"Tomoyuki Minomiya and Udagawa Xi Bingwei, the two of them have fought for many years for their families and forgot to die, but unfortunately they returned to their homeland and died in battle······" Miyagi was also unwilling, and the two of them still strongly asked to enter the Hekoshi Knights, but it was a pity for the two young people.

"Yes, the two of them were in the front of the battle many times. Even in the Battle of Huachuan, they still did not die in a foreign land, but ······" Namba Tian Kenji felt ashamed of the two of them, both Musashi people, they were retainers who led them to a foreign land to throw their heads and spill their blood, but when they came back, they didn't let them enjoy the blessings, how could they not be sad?

"The general general, the two lieutenant generals, my lords. Now is not the time for me to wait for grief! The Hojo Army is not far away in Akatsuka and Ishigamii! What kind of system have you become? "Toshimitsu Anazawa can't stand it anymore, although he still doesn't know that Hojo Clan has died of illness due to festering wounds and high fever, but he thinks it's not normal for a samurai to die in his homeland? When he was working against Chaoding, didn't all the samurai under his command kill ten people? I'm not like this yet!

"You know what?! The two of them's families have been broken! If they hadn't led their troops to resist Naoka Tominaga's Qingbei, would you have been able to ambush the Hojo clan with people without being intervened? "As the general general, Namba Tian Kenji is the most qualified to come and rebuke Toshimitsu Anazawa, while everyone else can only watch.

"Enough! You all have to say a word! "Miyagi Masaye began to get serious, and as a retainer of the Uesugi family, he could still criticize everyone present, even Namba Tian Kenji He could be angry. He used to be a retainer under Uesugi Chaosei, and he was still a courtier of the court. However, after the death of Uesugi Asanori, Miyagi Masayi became a retainer of Uesugi Asada. It's also a positive one.

"Yes." Namba Kenji had no choice but to calm down again, as the commander-in-chief, it was indeed the first time for him to lead the army alone, and he knew that what he did could affect the fate of the whole army.

"Hojo Shiyasu is not in a hurry to attack us now, it is estimated that he has already passed away." Although Jieshan Yunsheng was sitting on the side at the beginning, he still guessed the development of the overall situation. If Hojo hadn't died, then Hojo would have already started attacking, and now it's just a matter of waiting for him to recover.

"Let them settle down first. I'll report back when my lord comes back. Now, the saber ashigaru head Shibata Kiyomasa is also wounded, and the Aizu soldiers can no longer go to the battlefield, and they need to rest. "Before Ogasawara Sadazene entered the city, he saw that the surviving Aizu soldiers were basically wounded, and the next thing was to let the Wuzhou soldiers go. However, the actual combat effectiveness of the Wuzhou soldiers remains to be seen.

"Report to the General General! The Hojo Army has moved! A samurai dressed in black lacquer maru hurriedly ran to the Honmaru to report, while Namba Tian Kenji and the others were still discussing where to bury the man.

"Got it!" Namba Kenji could only get up, knowing that he still had to defend the castle that had been handed down from his ancestors. Since you're back, you have to follow the court's decision to call back, so don't go! '.