The second year of Yonglu, March. As the Uesugi army encroached on the north and south armies, the castles occupied by the Mogami family in Murayama and Mogami also fell one after another. As the saying goes: If you don't fight, you don't know each other, and whoever doesn't accept it will do it.

In fact, when Mogami Yoshimitsu made the decision to make enemies with the Uesugi family and have no chance of winning, he and the Mogami family were already doomed.

Shiratori City, the lord of Shiratori Castle, has long transferred all the defenders in his territory to Shiratori Castle for a cage city. However, even if Shiratori did this for a long time, it would still be useless. With the arrival of 6,000 Uesugi troops at Shiratori Castle, Shiratori's two uncles and most of his retainers advocated joining forces with the Uesugi army outside the castle, hoping to expel the Uesugi army from Nishimurayama County when the Uesugi army was still gaining a foothold.

However, under the leadership of the only two remaining kings of the Shiratori family, the Lion Cave Okitra and Saigain Shirakure Shirotaro, the five hundred Shiratori army came out of Shiratori Castle and headed straight for the Uesugi army.

However, Fujita Dingyoshi, Suda Mitsukin, Ueno Ienari, Yamagishi Mitsusuke, Kohata Keizume, Kaji Hikojiro, Fukuoji Takashige, Matsumoto Keishiro, and others were not afraid that the Shiratori Army suddenly slaughtered out of the castle. Soon, the black muzzles of the two hundred iron cannons were aimed at the rushing White Birds.

呯呯呯~

As the roar of iron cannons rang out, the Shiratori Army, which was rushing towards the Uesugi Army, continued to fall. By the time the Shiratori Army rushed to the Uesugi Army's formation less than five miles away, less than half of the Shiratori Army remained.

Nakajo Nagamasa, a retainer of the Shiratori family, the right horse head of Chozenji, and the head of the Meme Zedan Gomori, were all killed by the Uesugi army's iron cannon on the way to the charge. And the Lion Cave Okitra and Sai Yin Shuangtaro were also hit by a few arrows.

"There is no hope of repelling the Uesugi army, and those who are willing to serve the Lord's family will wait for us to attack!" The Lion Cave Daizobo looked at the ashigaru and samurai behind him, who were mostly injured and out of breath.

"It's useless to talk more, the martial arts of the White Bird family have come to an end here, let's go one step ahead and explore the path of the Lord in the Western Elysium or Hell!" After a loud roar, Saigakure Shintaro raised his sword and rushed towards the spear array of the Uesugi army.

The White Bird Army was outnumbered, and although none of the five hundred troops fled, with the death of many retainers and fierce generals, the White Bird Family's martial arts had come to an end here.

In just one hour, the Battle of Hayamagahara ended with the overwhelming victory of the Uesugi army. The casualty ratio in this battle was staggering -----510:10. The Uesugi army won the battle with only ten casualties, but none of the defeated Shiratori troops returned to Shiratori Castle alive.

Shiratori soon learned of the outcome of the Battle of Hayamabara, and after thinking twice, he offered himself and his two uncles, Shiratori Chokoku and Shiratori Yoshihiro seppuku, in exchange for the safety of the castle's defenders and people.

Fujita Dingkichi, Suda Mitsukin, Ueno Ienari, Yamagishi Mitsusuke, Kohata Keizume, Kaji Hikojiro, Fukuoji Takashige, Matsumoto Keishiro, and others agreed to Shiratori's request for a long time after deliberation. Because they needed to quickly pacify the northern part of Xicunshan County and then lead the army into Dongcunshan County, the generals unanimously passed.

After Shiratori Higashi and Shiratori Yoshihisa seppuku, Shiratori Castle opened and surrendered. The opening of Shiratori Castle announced the demise of the Shiratori family, a major separatist force in Murayama County, and sounded the death knell of Yoshimitsu Mogami.

With the demise of the Hanhee family and the Shiratori family, Mogami Yoshimitsu began to be unable to sit still. Almost in a day, he sent ten messengers in a row to the Date and Osaki families to ask for help. However, the Osaki family and the Date family simply did not have the strength to rescue them at this moment. Because the Oshu governor of the Muromachi shogunate, the Kasai family planned to start an invasion of the Osaki family.

On March 9, the smell of gunpowder was high near the junction of the Kasai and Osaki domains. Kasai Harunobu had long wanted to attack the Osaki family, but he had suffered from no chance for a long time. Now, the strength of the Date family and the Osaki family is seriously depleted, which gives the Kasai family a great opportunity.

When Kasai Harunobu heard that under the fierce invasion of the Uesugi army, the lords of the Hankawa family, the Shiraiwa family, and the Shiratori family were destroyed one after another, so he immediately ordered the generals of the Kasai family, who had long been ready to go, to go out to the Osaki Domain. Naotsuna Tomizawa, the owner of the Tsurumaru Pavilion, Nobushige Koiwa, the lord of Fishing Tail Castle, and Nobutada Koiwa, the lord of Takubukuro Castle, led an army of 1,200 to attack Miyano Castle; Iwabuchi Scripture, the lord of Yongjin Castle, Kiyomasa Boyi, the lord of Boyi Castle, and Kanazawa Ryotsu, the lord of Kanazawa Castle, led an army of 1,500 to attack Ariga Castle; The lord of Lake Water Castle, Nobu Clan, and the lord of Fujisawa Castle, Iwabuchi Shinji, led an army of 500 to attack Sonuma Castle.

When Osaki Yoshinao heard the news of the Kasai family's invasion, he hurriedly sent someone to Date to ask for help, but he didn't want to see any of the messengers of the Mogami family.

At the same time, the Motoyoshi family in the eastern part of Kasai raised a flag against the Kasai family. Kasai had to lead his army to pacify, which made his original plan to send troops to Yonggu Castle come to naught.

Not only did the Motoyoshi family in the rear cause trouble for Kasai Harunobu, but even his younger brother Kasai Yinshige raised a rebellion against Kasai Harunobu in his home city of Ishitsuri and Yamashiro.

Tao Qingxian and Chaoding's policy of "fighting the weak enemy first, and then the strong enemy" is different, and his purpose is to first defeat the Hanhejiang family, the Shiratori family, the Baiyan family, and the Zuo Ze family, which are entrenched in Xicunshan County from the Oe clan, so as to achieve the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger (although Mogami Yoshimitsu is not a tiger either).

On March 10, with the rapid defeat of the two major separatist forces of the Kankawa River and Shiratori families in Nishimurayama Prefecture and the surrender of the Sazawa family, Mogami Yoshimitsu in Yamagata Castle began to chill.

Previously, Mogami Yoshimitsu dared to instigate the rebellion of the Sarakoshi family and said that the Ando family sent troops south, as well as inciting a large number of Chinese people in Mogami and Murayama counties to rebel, all under the premise that the court and Kenshin were not able to go on the expedition with the Uesugi army. However, with the return of the Western Expedition and the fact that Asadachi himself took control of the Southern Mutsu Mission, Mogami Yoshimitsu's advantage was constantly being lost.

First, the Sagoshi family, who raised the anti-flag against the Uesugi family in the three prefectures of Shonai, was defeated by the reinforcements of the Echigo side united by the Shonai garrison Shinbata Shigeie, Fujita Dingyoshi and others, and the reinforcements of the Andong family and Yuri Twelve-headed into Shonai to reinforce Sau-Koe were also repulsed. Then, the Shinbata Shigeya led a thousand troops from the headquarters to quickly enter the Shimizu Domain, united with Katsucho Sebe, and his retainers to wipe out all the old retainers of the Mogami family, the Shimizu family, and defeated the Hosokawa family, a small country that had repeatedly come to harass.

After that, the Hosokawa family was unable to defend its territory due to heavy losses, and even the small country castle, the residence of its former governor, was easily captured by Okawa Tadahide's army.

And the Uesugi generals who were stuck in various places did not wait in vain for so long. With the 5,500 troops led by Katsunaga Sebe, Shigeie Shinbata, and Mitsunobu Nobu, who captured Ohanazawa Castle and other places, they began to attack Mogami Yoshimitsu's branch castle defense network in the northern part of Murayama County.

Originally, Mogami Yoshimitsu pinned his hopes on Rokuta Castle, Kakuoka Castle and Togen Castle, but when Katsunaga Shirobe led his troops arrived at the foot of Tone Castle, he found that Togen Castle had already been empty. The castle lord Satomi Satsuma (Satomi Genemon) appointed by Mogami Yoshimitsu and the castle generals Iida Goro Saburo and Higashi Jiro Saburo learned that Ohanazawa Castle had been captured by the Uesugi army and began to prepare to abandon the castle and flee.

On the other hand, when the 1,500 troops led by Shigeta Shigeya and Yanzawa Manobu arrived at the foot of Rokuta Castle, they also encountered the same situation as Katsunaga Sebe----- no one to defend the castle. The castle commander Satomi Kuro Bei and the lord of the castle, Yoshimizu Yoshimi, led their troops to evacuate to Yamagata Castle before the Uesugi army approached the castle.

However, the defender of Nagajing Castle, Nagajing Mitsuin, was different from Satomi Kuroubei, Satomi Satsuma and others, and he was not afraid of the pressure of the Uesugi army. As the fourth governor of the Nagajing family (appointed by Yoshimitsu Mogami), Nagajing Mitsuru swore to defend the family's territory to the death.

Mogami Yoshimitsu also realized the importance of Kazuoka Castle and Nagajing Castle, and immediately dispatched Satomi Uchizosuke and Satomi Motokatsu, father and son of Tanuki Castle generals, to lead fifty Ashigaru to Nagajing Castle to assist in the defense. The city of Aogang and Changjing City are forming a tendency to be horns of each other, which also gives Changjing Manyin a certain amount of self-confidence.

Just when Mogami Yoshimitsu was still struggling with how to defend his own castle in Murayama-gun, the side near Toi Hanzaemon brought bad news----- Tsukiji Shitoyo and Takemata Keitsuna turned from defense to attack!

Previously, Mogami Yoshimitsu instigated the lords of Murayama and Mogami to raise a rebellion against the Uesugi family, and at the same time, he launched a strategy against the branch castles around the Mogami family's main base Yamagata Castle.

Although nearly half of the fiefs of Tsukiji Shitoyo and Takemata Keitsuna were lost when Mogami Yoshimitsu first launched his attack, they both knew that Mogami Yoshimitsu was not suitable for a long battle, so they focused on garrisoning the base, and as for the branch city, if it was lost, it would be lost, as long as it waited for the Uesugi army to arrive, those lost lands would eventually be recaptured.