On December 25, the Uesugi army burned down the granaries supplied to the 10,000 Hojo armies and returned to Kashiwahara Castle. Although this action could not cause great losses to the Hojo family, it gave Hojo Shiyasu a warning that Musashi was no longer in the Hojo family's pocket. It used to be the Hojo Army that came and went freely, but now it is the Uesugi Army that comes and goes freely. It's really '30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi'.

The burned down granary would not cost the Hojo family much of a loss, but it was only a matter of time before the grain and grass hoarded in Odawara Castle could continue to be transported to the Hojo family's stronghold in Musashi. Even if all the deaths of the Ashigaru under the command of the Hojo clan Shin are nothing to the Hojo family. However, the Hojo clan was defeated in the First Battle outside the castle, and the number of dead in the battle reached 600.

For Hojo Shigeru, Shimizu Saemon and others who arranged for the Imagawa clan to be stationed outside the city, Hojo Shiyasu was naturally more popular. Accountability can only be held accountable for them, and the Imagawa clan is also forced to treat them unfairly. As for the grain and grass that was burned, the Hojo clan's Huang Bei and the Jade Rope people could only order people to go to the Jade Rope Castle and other castles to transport the grain and grass, and the supply of grain and grass in a short period of time could only be forcibly requisitioned by the local people.

Just before the end of the month, the Iwaki family, a famous gate of Mutsu, made a surprising move - to support the Furukawa shogunate!

Presumably seeing the Satake family's military strength being repulsed in Shimono and the Utsunomiya family having only one Utsunomiya castle left, Iwaki Shigetaka really needs to think about his family's future. Even if the Uesugi army repels the Nasu army, it can only defend itself and cannot attack anywhere else. Most of the wealthy families of Hitachi Ichigo were gathered under the banner of the Furukawa Shogunate, and only the Satake family remained loyal to the Muromachi Shogunate.

It's also risky for Shigetaka Iwashiro to do this, and his territory borders the Uesugi family and the Soma family. If Tao Zhuo Zhenken (Tao Qingxian), who was the general of the Uesugi Army in the Aizu area, led an army to attack, then there was no doubt that the Iwaki family would be destroyed. Iwaki Shigetaka has one of the best chess pieces in his hand - Iwaki Kintaka. Iwaki Kintaka is the son of Date Harumune, and everything can be done if he convinces the Date family to get involved. And the Date family has lost tens of thousands of stone of territory since it was defeated by the Uesugi family, which has greatly reduced its strength.

Although Date Harumune wanted to be a loyal minister of the Muromachi shogunate, he had to take back his own territory, and none of his retainers were satisfied with the results of the previous peace campaign. What Iwaki Shigetaka needed most was for the Date family to send troops to the Soma family and fight with the Soma family, so that his rear would be stable, and he would be able to march to the territory of the Satake family, and as for the Uesugi army in Aizu, it would be impossible for them to quickly cross the mountains and mountains into their own territory in winter.

Iwaki Shigetaka's small action has long been discovered by Deura Shouqing. On the one hand, Tao Zhuo Needleken sent Jie Yama Yunkatsu as an envoy to the Soma family, informing them to prepare for war with the Date family earlier and to deal with the Iwaki family's defection to the Furukawa Shogunate.

When Soma Moriyin first learned about it, he was a little unconvinced, and Iwaki Shigetaka was also a neighbor who kept to himself, and it was impossible for him to become a courtier of the Furukawa shogunate at this time. Moreover, Date Uemune is still in Kodaka Castle, and he is completely a hostage of the Soma family, and Date Harumun does not dare to declare war on the Soma family at will.

On the 26th, Shigemaka Iwaki took the initiative to go to the Furukawa Imperial Palace in person. Shigetaka Iwaki was the first Tohoku daimyo (Ou daimyō) to recognize the Furukawa shogunate, which meant that the Koji War would spread from Kanto and Tokaido to the Tohoku Ou area. The Ashikaga Fuji clan was also not polite, and directly gave it to Iwaki Shigetaka Mutsu Guardian and the country holders. Correspondingly, the Furukawa Shogunate hoped that the Iwaki family would send troops to Hitachi Province and eliminate the Satake family, the only opponent of the Furukawa Shogunate in Hitachi Province.

Iwashiro Shigetaka had already thought about this request, and agreed directly without hesitation. Moreover, the current Iwaki family can use the winter to block the Uesugi army from entering the Iwaki territory, and they can also use the location to withstand the attack of the Soma family. If you want to attack Satake's house, Iwaki Shigetaka can use the navy to advance along the coastline and sail directly to Satake's territory and land.

Ashikaga Fuji and Harsuke Ryoda also gave Shigetaka Iwaki a task - to win over the Date family. The Furukawa shogunate has always wanted the Date family and other Ou daimyo to be involved, and it is best to completely surround the Uesugi family, so that the Uesugi family cannot take care of everything.

Just when the Iwaki family became a member of the Furukawa shogunate, the Utsunomiya family's martial arts also came to an end.

Utsunomiya Castle, which had been besieged and attacked for half a month, was broken by the shogunate army of the Upper Thousands of Ancient Rivers, and Utsunomiya Castle fell. The father and son of the Utsunomiya family, Yoshiga Takatsugu, and Yoshiga Takasho were killed in battle, and Imaizumi Taimitsu led his troops to surrender. Utsunomiya retainers such as the Duogong Tsuna, the Duogong Gangga, and the Duogong Tsunade committed suicide with Utsunomiya Hirotsuna.

With the invasion of the Furukawa shogunate army into the castle, hundreds of people from the Utsunomiya clan, small surnames, retainers, etc., were all killed. Since then, the descendants of Fujiwara Michikane, the "Seven Days of Sekihaku", have severed their family name. The Utsunomiya family in the former Genhei period was also known as the 'First Bow of Banto' (praised by Minamoto Yorito), and the Kamakura period was the period of rise of the Utsunomiya clan, which not only retained the duties of the Niarayama inspector and Shimono Mamoru in the past dynasties, but also successively served as the guardian of Hitachi, Echigo, Ueno, Kamiso, Mino, Iyu, Toyozen, Chikugo, and other places.

When Asadachi learned the news of the demise of the Utsunomiya family at Kashiwahara Castle, he could only sigh: "Mamoru Shimono (Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, the Utsunomiya clan has been hereditary for generations) and the father and son of the criminal department (Satomi Yoshiyao and Satomi Yoshihiro) are loyal to the shogunate and are models of the Kanto samurai." ”

Most of Shimono Ichikoku was captured by the Furukawa Shogunate Army, and even the Satake Army, which came to the rescue, was repulsed. It can be said that only Nasu-gun is still in the hands of the Uesugi family, but the command is scattered. Maori Gaohiro, Soma family reinforcements, and Akechi Mitsutada all fought separately, and the court did not give Tao Zhuo Zhenxuan the right to govern the lower field, so this aspect is also a miscalculation of the court decision.

Shigentaka Iwaki was not well informed, and he did not know that the Uesugi army maintained an advantage in Ueno, Musashi, and Shimoso, and repelled several attacks by the Furukawa shogunate army and annihilated the Ueno Yokose Yura family. In order to keep the name of the Iwaki family and expand the territory, Shigetaka Iwaki could only become the guardian of Mutsu appointed by the Furukawa shogunate.

In response to the news that the Utsunomiya family and the Satomi family were loyal to the Muromachi shogunate, the court decided to send ninjas to inform Akechi Mitsuhide in Yamashiro. Asadachi asks the ninja to tell Akechi Mitsuhide that he hopes he can recruit talent in the Yamashiro Province and Omi Province and build a castle in Sakamoto. Let Akechi Mitsuhide build a castle in Sakamoto, Omi Province, this is also to establish a base for the Uesugi family to Kamiraku in the future, and to use the power on Lake Biwa (economic power, military power, water transportation on the lake). As for the Katata people near Lake Biwa who want to be used, it depends on the ability of Akechi Mitsuhide, as long as the naval army near Lake Biwa can be subdued, then the entire Lake Biwa will be the world of the Uesugi family.

Actually, Akechi Mitsuhide doesn't even have to worry about building a castle. Because the cave Taizhong in the Gyeonggi area will do things with money, as long as they are asked to help, the time and progress of the construction of the city can be accelerated a lot. Moreover, the degree of solidity and defense is not comparable to that of ordinary cities.

The Hojo Army was able to obtain food and grass for the winter after indiscriminately hunting in the vicinity of Hachioji Castle and Onoji Castle, but the people who suffered lost their food for the winter, and some of the people were innocently killed. Hojo Shiyasu thinks that he is not a sagami or Izu lord anyway, and this has nothing to do with him. In the eyes of the Hojo family, as long as the two territories of Sagami and Izu are popular with the people, as for the people elsewhere, they don't have much to do with themselves.

Of course, the people will also spontaneously look for a way out. Although the Fuchu area has been used as a battlefield, the surrounding area is still allowed to pass. In other words, there is no problem for the people to set out from their respective villages to go to the Uesugi Domain, and Hojo Shiyasu does not have the time and energy to take care of these things at the moment, and he still has to think about how to defeat the Uesugi army.

In this way, the people of Hachioji Castle, Onoji Castle, Tokura Castle and other surrounding areas went to Uesugi Domain one after another with their families. And the most people who defected to Kashiwahara Castle, where the court was located in the early stage.

"My lord, there are too many people in my family these days. According to the preliminary inventory of Sugi Katsuyuki, Takai Youjin, Kasama Katsuya, and other government officials and Metsutsu, at least 700 households came. "Hirosawa Tadanobu had served as a commissioner before, and he was a little puzzled by the fact that these lords had taken the initiative to come.

"Since you came to defect, then arrange for them, and the purpose of the Uesugi family is to come to defect, so you must treat them well." Asadaki had already learned from Kato Duanzo's report that the Hojo Army was hunting people everywhere, so he needed to arrange these people even more, and he could also tell the world about the Hojo family's hypocrisy and righteousness.

"Yes!"

"My lord." At this time, Kenji Namba walked in: "Iwaki Shigetaka's rebellion caused Satake Tokirisuke to suffer from the enemy on his back, and our army in Shimono Nasu County could not go to support from the territory. ”

"I know, it's me who underestimated the influence of the Ashikaga Fuji clan." Chaoding really didn't take the Furukawa Gongfang in his eyes before, but just thought that they were puppets.

However, the Ashikaga Fuji clan was persuaded by Kanto generals such as Harusuke Ryoda to serve as the shogun of Seiyi and opened the shogunate, and many people and daimyo in the Kanto region responded one after another, and now even Iwaki Shigetaka in southern Oshu has recognized the Furukawa shogunate. If this continues, Date Harumune will definitely not give up such an opportunity, although he beat the envoy sent by the Furukawa Shogunate before, but he has not forgotten the shame of ceding the land and suing for peace. Due to the instability of the collar, the Mogami family did not have no worries like the Date family at all.

"Now that the Iwaki family has become the courtiers of the Furukawa Shogunate, the Date family will not be stable even more. Although Tao Zhuo Needleken, Kawada, Mori, Usami and others are all in Aizu, the number of troops is limited after all. If the Oshu generals attack together, then the family's territory in Ou may be lost. "Saito Rizo didn't stay in Aizu for long, he didn't know that the Uesugi family was very popular in Aizu.

"Zhuo Zhenxuan will not let me down, if Tao Qingxian, who is famous in the Western Kingdom, is defeated in the hands of Date Qingzong, then the previous record in the Western Kingdom will be fake." Chaoding knew Tao Qingxian's ability, so he was putting him in Aizu. As long as the Date family reverses, then after defeating the Date family, he can still let him defend one side.

"What the lord said is very true. You are still the general of the town guard, as long as the generals of Okuba rebel, they will have a reputation to crusade. "Hirosawa Tadanobu, as a retainer of the genealogy, knows that the position of the general of the town guard is something that the Ogiya Uesugi family has not had in the past, and the court must be the first.

"The rebellion of the Ashikaga Fuji clan is not without reason, and the prince of Minamoto Yoritomo and the Ashikaga clan both decided the world after the Kanto Incident. For the Kwantung generals, as long as the Ashikaga Fuji clan can become their leader, then if they command properly and defeat the main family, they will be able to quickly ascend to the world of Rakuding along the Tokaido. Kenji Namba sighed.

"Then it depends on whether he has the ability to defeat his own family! Yamamoto Temple, outside Koganese, can also defeat Oda and others with a weak victory; Saitoyama Castle Commander gathered thousands of troops to bypass Kuragano Castle, which was garrisoned by thousands of Furukawa shogunate troops, and directly defeated Yokose Yura's army, and then booby-trapped Yokose Yura's family; Ota Hall moved 600 households near Sekijuku Castle into Musashi・・・・・・ "Honjo Shiganaga talked about the recent war, but not many people listened.

"The Hojo clan wants to wait for the Hojo Army on the Boso Peninsula to come to the aid and fight the family, but I can only do nothing day by day." Chao Ding couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"It's rude, if the town government needs it, the minister is willing to serve as the Uesugi family's guide to the art of war." At this time, Dahu Xiugang walked in from the side of the corridor in the big wide room.

"I can't ask for it!" Chao Ding had almost forgotten that Dahu Xiugang was here, and now was the best time for his samurai to learn swordsmanship!

"My lord, it's really a good time for the samurai to learn swordsmanship at this moment." Ogasawara Sadakan and other retainers all thought it was okay.

"Then it's decided, now you can first gather the knights of the Heyue Knights to learn swordsmanship." In this way, Hidetsuna Oh began his career as the Uesugi family's guide to the art of war, but this was only temporary.