In the evening of the first year of Yonglu, September 23.

The Missile-Country Fuchu Plains.

As night fell, there were still blood-colored fiery clouds on the horizon. In contrast to the dim and uncertain twilight, Matsukura Castle, the home of the sister of the Hida Missile Country, is the burning castle tower, and both the castle town below the mountain and the surrounding forests are as bright as day.

The ashigaru, who was pointing at the four kedling rings in the back, was carrying a corpse for every two people, and slowly moved the corpse to the river north of the city. And there are quite a few such corpses densely packed along the shore. Next to these corpses, Takeda Katsuyori, the general of the missile invasion army organized by the Takeda family, sat on the maza with a blank face. He looked at the missile mountains in the night, thinking about something.

"Young Lord Hall, these heads are Sister Xiaolu Nayan Lianglai, Sister Xiaolu attendant Lai Gang, Miki Toyogo Shou Xiangang, Miki Sakyo Soyuki, Miki Matsuka, Miki Matsuki, Miki Naohiro and other sisters Xiaolu clan and Miki clan. It's a pity that the last brother of the middle and the Yan, Miki Jiulai, escaped. "Kaneda Sheng counted and counted the number of people who were less than one sister Xiaolu's family, and the crowd was on fire, and they were obviously surrounded by Matsukura Castle on all sides, how could Miki Kuyori have the ability to escape?!

"Why should Kaneda-sama be angry? Sister Xiaolu's family no longer exists from now on. Takeda Katsuyori is still in a happy mood when he thinks about this. After all, his real mission was not to cross the missile mountains to aid the Ipchi and attack the Uesugi army, but to attack the missile country, and then use the missile as a springboard to wait for an opportunity to attack Vietnam.

"The Young Lord's Hall, these are the heads of the important ministers of the Ishizaki Saheita family, Mori Zizuna, Arakawa Jinpei, and Tian Xiu's senior sister Koji family." Knowing that Lai Long was not far behind, he immediately sent someone to present the heads of the important ministers of the sister Xiaolu family.

"You've all worked hard, but the Uesugi Army of Okuda still poses a threat to our army, so I hope you can't slack off." Takeda Katsuyori also doesn't plan to announce who has the most credit right now, for him Okutomi is a sharp blade that has been hanging over his head.

The wealthy clans of Southern Shinano, such as Takeda Katsuyori and Zuo Jinjin of Zakoji Temple, were silent after hearing this, and they knew very well what the "cave city collapse" meant. Otherwise, when Matsukura Castle is besieged, according to the consistent character of the countrymen, most of the missile area will be subjugated to the Takeda family. However, Kiso Yoshimasa and others were defeated by the Uesugi army at night in Dongcheng, which directly led to the Takeda army's inability to successfully attack the Uchijima family of Nishitomi.

Since the Takeda Army entered the missile, in addition to the support of several small wealthy families such as Hirose, Kojima, Ushimaru, Asono and other small wealthy families, such as the Uchijima family and the sister Koji family on the separatist side, they chose to fight the Takeda Army to the end. At the beginning of the first battle of the missile, Takeda Katsuyori tasted the stubborn resistance of the missile samurai.

However, while Takeda Katsuyori was still hesitating whether to attack Okudai, an army of more than 29,000 led by Yoritoshi Shimoma and Genhito Sugiura had arrived at the Jintong River in the early morning of the next day.

The main elements of this group are divided into three types: first, the disciples from Kaga and Noto; 2. The disciples of Shengxing Temple and Ruiquan Temple in Viet Chung came to echo Yihua; 3. The remnants of the wealthy families and daimyo families who were jointly expelled by the Uesugi family and the Nagao family or voluntarily fled abroad, such as Numata Takanobu and Yashiro Juro Saemon.

These three kinds of people, except for the last one is a hitchhike back to their hometown, the dreams and ambitions of the first two kinds of people are still very ambitious. At the very least, the monks wanted the whole of Hokuriku to become a "land of the people", while the nobles and local samurai hoped to return to their old realms with the help of a powerful force.

"Iki Hobashi Hall, you see—as soon as our Buddhist army arrived, even the Shentong River, which has always been famous for its turbulent water, became an ally of our army. It seems that it will be a matter of time before the pacification of Yuezhong or even the pacification of Yuehou is coming. Shimoma Yoshijun glanced at the Divine Power River, which had a much reduced flow rate, and said very proudly to Sugiura Genren.

"That's true. However, the slowdown of the water flow seems to be a little too smooth at the moment, right? Sugiura Xuanren instantly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart at this moment, but he was immediately relieved after seeing that the number of Sugi troops on the other side of the Shentong River was only two thousand. After all, he felt that he had an army of nearly 30,000, not to mention that the remnants of the Yue Chinese who had previously sent the remnants of the Yue clan and other troops to attack the rear cities of the Uesugi family, what was the Buddhist army afraid of at this moment?!

"I just got the news that the young master of the Takeda family has led tens of thousands of troops to defeat the sister road in Feizhou, and he will soon destroy the sister road family. As long as the sister Koji family is destroyed by the Takeda family, then the Uesugi family will not have any chess pieces that can contain the Takeda family. "Lai Jun didn't know that his sister Xiaolu's family had been destroyed at the moment.

And Sugiura Genren, who is next to Yoshitoshi Shimoma, has nothing to say, because the current situation is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ichijo, once Toyama Castle and other Shinkawa Prefecture cities are taken, then Takaoka Castle, where Asadachi is located, will be completely isolated. When the time comes, the momentum will be like begging for death for the long-tail energy scene and the long-tail for the scene. Moreover, once the Uesugi army was defeated in Echichu, it would be able to take advantage of the victory to attack Echigo, so that Echigo would also become a "country of Buddha" and "a country of the people".

In fact, Yoshitoshi Shimoma, Genren Sugiura and others did not understand the famous saying "There are not many soldiers, but the essence". Although a large number of soldiers can be gathered in a short period of time, most of the disciples have not undergone formal military training or participated in several joint battles. Although the Shentong River has an army of nearly 30,000 people, they have no way to let their subordinate miscellaneous soldiers, peasant soldiers, wild samurai, ronin, etc. cross the Shentong River in an organized and orderly manner. However, the two armies of Honjo Hidetsuna and Ganya Keichi on the other side of the shore have participated in joint battles in various places for a long time and followed Kenshin into battle. In particular, the Tochio people under the command of Honjo Hidetsuna were still directly trained and led by Kenshin himself in the early days, and their combat effectiveness and will were not comparable to ordinary military forces. In addition, the Gan Li Jing Zhi Department repeatedly took the initiative to attack the rebels when the Changwei Jingfang rebelled, and Gan Li Jing Zhi himself was one of the banner members of Qianxin, so he won the trust of Qianxin. That's why Asadachi gave him the task of guarding Toyama Castle.

At the same time, after receiving the news that he had come to the west bank of the Kamito River, he shouted to Ikeda Morikuni behind him: "Inform all the departments in Takaoka Castle that the whole army is out of battle, and the goal is the Kamitsugawa!" ”

"Yes!" Immediately after receiving the order, Ikeda Morikuni ran out of the residence of the Asada, and headed for the longhouse of the generals of Ninomaru.

In this battle, the court not only shouldered the fate of the Echigo Uesugi family, but also shouldered the trust of the generals of Echigo and Echichu. He knew very well that once this battle was defeated, then a situation would immediately form in which the trees fell and scattered, and Yuezhong, who had been swallowed with great difficulty, would also spit out. These are things that Chaoding does not want to see. Therefore, in this battle, the Uesugi army must not be defeated by a single force.

At this moment, the faces of the two people on the east bank of the Shentong River, Gan Yu Jingzhi and Honjo Hidetsuna, were not good-looking, and they were still pale. In front of them, the Pure Land True Sect on the other side of the river was like an endless sea of people. The white banner embroidered with the Buddha's name resembles an endless field of reeds. On the opposite bank of them there were people everywhere, and enemies everywhere.