The Nishi-Ueno Pioneer Sect compiled by Takeda Shingen has already occupied important places such as Kawara Castle, Hamao Castle, Tashirokan, Nishinakakan, and Nishikuwakan in Ueno Azuma-gun. Masatoshi Naito, the head of the Nishi-Ueno Sagata sent by the Takeda family, also immediately took up his post.

At present, the Takeda family's Nishi-Ueno Sage has controlled half of Azuma-gun, and Naito Masatoyo has also set the castle in Hawei Castle. Although Hawei Castle was previously garrisoned by Ishikawa Kiyonaga, considering that the Uesugi Army's forces in Nishi-Ueno were overstretched, Ishikawa Kiyocho had no choice but to abandon Hawei Castle and merge his troops with Oishi Tsunagen and hold on to Nagano Hara Castle with the Takeda Army. Before there is no absolute superiority, Kiyocho Igawa and others will not act rashly.

The Takeda army totaled more than 5,000 koku, and the area occupied in Azuma County had reached 22,500 koku. However, the strength of the Uesugi army in Nishi-Ueno was only 1,500 for Kiyoshi Ikawa, 1,500 for Oishi Tsuna, 2,000 for Kohata Keishi, and 500 for Yoshizaki Kakubei (Kohata Keisi's retainer), totaling 5,500.

It has to be said that the two brothers Kudo Massuke and Naito Masatoshi are very respected by Takeda Shingen, and served as the head of the Izu flag and the head of the Nishiueno flag respectively. Kudo Masasuke himself is a member of the Takeda family, and by the way, Naito Masato's status has been promoted.

The two brothers, Masasuke Kudo and Masatoyo Naito, were not promoted smoothly before. Their father was killed by Nobuta Takeda, and the two of them escaped Kai at a young age. It was only when Takeda Harunobu was in power that he returned to Kai's hometown.

Although the two of them lost their father at a young age, Takeda Shingen made Kudo Massuke a member of the Takeda family in order to compensate them, and Naito Masatoshi was repeatedly entrusted with important tasks.

This time, Naito Masatoyo took the position of the head of the Nishiueno Senkata of the Takeda family. However, the combat power of the people of the various Ueno countries under his control was not high. It would be nice if they could keep the Uesugi army coming and not scatter the birds and beasts.

However, the longer it drags on, the better it will be for the Uesugi family. Momoi Yoshitaka, Ogasawara Nagasawara, Nishiritashi and others of the Shimono Ashikaga Nagao expeditionary army had already marched to Saza-gun, and within ten days they could lead 3,000 troops to Azuma-gun to support Igawa Kiyonaga and others. In addition, Honjo Shiranaga, who had just been transferred to Ueno, and Yumitsu Numata, who had only just received the old head of the main family, were able to lead their troops to Nagano Hara Castle in three or four days.

It can be said that the 5,000 coalition forces owned by Naito Masatyo composed of the people of Ueno Province and his own soldiers and horses are just paper paste, which is one of the reasons why Naito Masatoyo has not fought with the Uesugi army for a long time. In addition, there is also a nail planted in the Asada among the Nishiueno Ancestors-Kibe Maori (Uesugi Retainer Kibe Fan Hu Ichi), and Kibe Masashi has continuously reported the details of the Nishiueno Ancestors to Asadaki through the Azuma Ninja Clan, which also gives the Uesugi family enough time to mobilize a large number of troops. At the moment, Takeda Shingen was still supervising the expansion and renovation of Kaitsu Castle in Okushinano, and he could not send more reinforcements to Nishi-Ueno. The Takeda family currently doesn't have enough troops to carry out a real 'two-fist attack'.

Even if Naito Masatoyo's Nishiueno Pioneer is no longer in good fight, Takeda Shingen still has to pull it. He asked Sanada Yutaka to be the deputy general of Nishiueno Xianfangzhong, and asked him to help Naito Masatoyo. In order to reassure Naito Masatoyo, Sanada Yutaka first asked Kamaharara Shigeharu (Kamahara's son) of a family to lead thirty samurai to Hawei Castle.

At that time, when Kamaharara Castle fell, Kamaharaharu was in Matsuo Castle in Okushinano, so he escaped the disaster. This time, he will return to Ueno with the intention of revenge. But Naito Masatyo will not take the initiative in the short term. He began to distribute the castles he currently occupied to the people of Ueno as places of knowledge. Because the people of Ueno Province who went to join the Takeda family were all ronins who had lost their own territory and lost their master's family, Naito Masaho had to distribute the already small territory.

Naito Masatoyo finally made an allocation: Ueno Kuni's Shirakura Saemon Sakuro received Tashirokan 500 koku, Fukaya Tadahide received Nishikukan 500 koku, Kobayashi Matsubayashi Sai received Miharakan 500 koku, the former Heiko Marujo Castle lord Uurano Shigeji received Nishinakakan 500 koku, the former Ueno Takayama Castle lord Takayama Shigenari received Rokuwakan 500 koku, Tomono Juro Saemon (Naito Masatoyo's retainer) guarded the Manzaka under Shirane Mountain, and Ueno Ronin Kibe Masashi (Uesugi retainer Kibe Fan Tiger Ichi) guarded Kusatsu Ka.

On 5 June, a 4,000-strong army led by Uesugi Keimitsu, Nagao Keitaka, and Shinbata Nagatsu took Arato Castle and temporarily held the main force still. Instead, Shigeya Shinbata led all the mounted samurai in the three armies to conduct a carefully selected 300 cavalry raids to disturb the castles of the Ueda Nagao family.

As for why he let Xinbata Shigejia go. That's because Uesugi Keimitsu and the others don't want their own back roads to be cut off after the loss of Arato Castle, so they will be completely annihilated.

The Shigejia of Xinbata did not disgrace his family, and after he went out early on the morning of the fifth day, he immediately conquered Osawa and Tochikuwaka, and obtained more than 70 miscellaneous soldiers, and opened the passage to the city of Pipa. Now Uesugi Keimitsu and the others can fight side by side with Hiroto Biwajima.

Nagao Jingguo, who was still under the castle of Tobi in Zhongyue, couldn't sit still when he learned that his skills had been attacked.

"Nagao repairs the Bright Palace, Tochio Castle's Pill has been conquered, and Ninomaru is also in danger. With just one more effort, you can take Tochio Castle, and then go back to Ueda to annihilate the Uesugi army! As soon as Nagao Keibo learned that Nagao Keikoku was going to withdraw his troops, he hurriedly ran to the camp of the Ueda Nagao Army.

"Guarding the palace, your subordinates are helpless. If the territory of the Ueda people is not secured, then they will not continue to live and die for you! "Nagao Jingguo is very clear about his identity as a 'puppet' family governor, so he can't help but please the lords below.

"Yes, Guardian Daiden, since my lord has made up his mind, I am very sorry. However, in order to be able to make Tochio Castle fall as soon as possible, the army of the Onida family will remain. The rest of Ueda's Nagao army will all be withdrawn. Kanetoyo Higuchi explained to Nagao Keibo for him by Nagao Keikoku's side.

“······” Although Nagao Jingfang was reluctant on the surface, he still nodded, "I hope that Xiu Liang can annihilate the Uesugi army as soon as possible, and the Biwa Island Hiroshi in Biwa Hanging Castle is not so easy to deal with." ”

"We understand the reminder of the Guardian Palace." Kanetoyo Higuchi had also heard of Hiroto Biwajima's abilities, at least he hadn't lost the castle until now. If it weren't for the fact that the long-tail view house had to open up the passage to Xiayue first, then the pipa hanging city would have become the primary target of the long-tail view house.

Just after Nagao Jingguo and Higuchi Kantoyo left the camp, Nagao Jingfang punched the table made of shields.

"Humph! If it weren't for me, he would still be Ota Jingguo now! "The long-tail view room finally couldn't help it. He felt that Nagao Jingguo's withdrawal was the biggest betrayal to him.

"Guarding the Daidian, the matter has come to this point and there is nothing to be done. We still need to continue to storm Tochio City, otherwise our army will be flanked from front to back if we can't take Tochio City. "Uesugi Keishinobu is very aware of the current form, and since the Uesugi army already has reinforcements from the Kanto region, there is no way to continue wasting time now.

"Well, the Uesugi army on the Kamietsu side is completely dragged down by the Yamaura Palace, the Kamijo Palace, etc., otherwise the pressure on us will be even greater." The long-tail view room also feels that time waits for no one.

"It has been reported that Kakizaki Izumi Mamoru, Usami Suruga Mamoru and Okuma Bizen have led nearly 10,000 troops into Echigo, and if their marching speed is too fast, it is impossible for the Kusakari people to hold them back, let alone the lords of Yamaura Hall and Jojo Hall who are not accustomed to the way of arching horses on weekdays." At this time, Uesugi Keishinobu was pessimistic about the future.

"The three thousand troops of Dabao Temple have entered Yangbei, so as long as the Yangbei people are dragged down, we will still have a chance to win after joining forces with the Sado people." The long-tail view room does not feel the crisis coming, and is still very optimistic.

"Yes." Uesugi Keishinobu can't say anything now, since he has embarked on the path of rebellion, he can't come back. In addition, his sister-in-law has followed the Uesugi family and has become the 'Fujiwara Twenty-Four Generals'. Uesugi Keishinobu doesn't have to worry about the name of the Suyoshi Nagao family being cut off.