Takeda Harunobu is still looking at Echigo Province, and he wants to get Echigo's access to the sea and salt. He had only recently obtained the Shinano Kingdom, and when it was not too stable, he marched against Echigo. It was probably the Triple Alliance that held him back, and if he didn't form an alliance with the Imagawa family, he would be able to invade the Suruga country, obtain access to the sea, and pass through the Tokaido to Kamiraku. But this is only hypothetical.

At this time, Takeda Harunobu entered Shinano Province Shiota Castle with an army of 12,000, and Asahiyama Castle also had a group of wealthy families close to the Takeda family (led by Kurita Kanyasu, the head of Zenkoji Temple), and the countrymen had 3,000 troops, and they had 300 iron cannons and 800 bows. Kurita Kanyasu is not an ordinary person, he controls the temple, and can rally tens of thousands of believers around him, and the strength of 3,000 troops is also superficial.

This time, the lineup of the Takeda family is not small. In the middle of the four bombs, Kasuga Torsuna (Takasaka Masanobu) led the Makijo army to 300, and the deputy general was to defend Kasaka Tsukuma, who had surrendered to Takeda. The true biography of Kasuga Tiger Tsunade Yamamoto Kansuke was just revealed in the Takeda family at this time.

And Shinano Ina County was also attacked by the Takeda family's wind forest volcano, and after the collapse of more than a dozen wealthy families, Akiyama Nobutomo served as the county representative. His strength was two hundred and fifty horsemen, including the wealthy families of Ina County.

A bunch of genealogy retainers, family elders, important ministers, and a family plus Takeda Harunobu's cronies came a bunch of them. Like Takeda Yoshinobu (a year earlier than the age of sixteen, Takeda Harunobu took this battle as his first battle), Mokaku Toradaki, Takeda Nobushi, Takeda Nobuyoshi, Hara Torayin, Kanemaru Toranoshi, Kohata Toramomori, Komai Masatake, Sanada Yukitaka, Iitomi Toramasa, Kiso Yoshiyasu, Hoshina Masatoshi, etc.

Takeda Harunobu didn't plan to go to Echigo to support Hojo Takahiro, he was going to fight Nagao Keiga to the death after defeating Hojo Takahiro. At this moment, the 500 troops of the Asadabu also arrived near Nagaoka Castle in Echigo Koshi County. The distance between Koshi and Kariba is separated by a Mishima county in the middle, and the journey can be reached in half a day.

At this time, Hojo Takahiro had already raised the anti-flag, and replaced all the flags at the head of the castle with the Takeda family's family crest four-cut scale flag. This makes it seem that Takahiro Hojo has been prepared for a long time.

1554, November 1. Asadatsu joined the 3,000 troops of Usami Jomitsu, Saito Asanobu, and Naoe Keitsuna, who were besieging Hojo Castle.

One of the most remote houses in the castle town of Hojo Castle was filled with flags for the Kuyoba samurai standing guard outside, and only four people were sitting around a coffee table. There are also Guidie, Namba Tian Hiroyoshi, and Usami Dingkatsu sitting aside.

"It's really not easy to repair the doctor's hall and come thousands of miles to quell the rebellion, and the ministers have thanked me first." Naoe Jinggang first handed the brewed tea to Chaoding.

"This time, Hojo Takahiro has the support of the Takeda family behind the army, and the Takeda family is an ally of the Hojo family, the sworn enemy of the Uesugi family, so I want to help the Nagao family." After calmly drinking the tea, Chao Ding put the tea bowl on the table.

"The military strategy of repairing the doctor's hall is not bad, and it can exterminate the Ashina family entrenched in Aizu in a short period of time, calling itself 'Aizu Guardian', and make Echigo even more peaceful." Usami Dingmitsu played with his rosary beads while touting Asada. He wanted his eldest son to mix well in the Uesugi family, otherwise he wouldn't be able to help Usami Dingkatsu shoes to wear.

"What is this? Isn't it that with the full assistance of Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru and Saito Shimono Mamoru and others, with the strength of my army of nearly 1,000 people, I can take the three and a half counties of Aizu? "Asada felt that this was a good opportunity to make friends with the retainers of the Nagao family.

"Don't say that. The cavalry repairing the doctor's hall is really capable of fighting well, instantly defeating the thousands of troops of the Ashina family, and relieving the siege of the foreign ministers. Saito Asanbu had seen it with his own eyes, and he felt that if the Nagao family could use the cavalry on a large scale, the effect would not be too bad.

"Lord, there doesn't seem to be any idea of going out of the city." Kanzo Kato walked in at this time.

"Since Hojo Takahiro is unwilling to really be an enemy of the Nagao family, then we don't have to waste our troops on the siege, how long have we besieged the city?" Chao Ding and they were cold for a while, forgetting to ask about the time of the siege.

"It's been half a month, and the lord has gathered 10,000 troops in Kasuga Mountain Castle and ordered the foreign ministers to besiege the city." Naoe Jinggang also wondered, he didn't let him fight if he had an advantage in troops.

"That's good, how about I persuade Hojo Takahiro to surrender?" Chao Ding said a bold plan. He didn't want to watch the Nagao family and the Takeda family fight and consume on Kawanaka Island, or he would quickly beat the Takeda family to the point that he couldn't take care of himself, and then the Nagao family would seize Shinano's dominance in a bright way. Of course, this is only the first step.

"Persuasion?! Repair doctor, this is very dangerous! Usami was the first to object. He knew that Takahiro Hojo was a simple-minded man with well-developed limbs, and if something happened to the Asada, then everything that happened to them who stayed here would have an accident.

"yes!" Naoe Keixuna and Saito Asanobu also took advantage of the situation to dissuade them.

"My lord, there is a message. Yoshitaka Momoi, a retainer of the former Echigo Uesugi family, was also in the castle and seemed to have persuaded Hojo Takahiro to raise troops. "It seems that Kato Duanzo can't finish it all at once, but he has to stop for a while.

"Yoshitaka Momoi? When he was young, he followed Jing Gong to fight everywhere, but then he remembered the kindness of the Uesugi family and left the Nagao family for many years. Naoe Keixuna had fought alongside him before, and when he left the Nagao family, he couldn't help but feel that he was a little pedantic.

"Hojo Takahiro is also a former minister of the Uesugi family, and Yoshitaka Momoi is also a former minister of the Uesugi family. The fact that the two of them got together shows that the Takeda family promised them something. "Usami Dingman thinks that the Takeda family may find someone to inherit the Echigo Uesugi family, otherwise how could Yoshitaka Momoi suddenly appear in Kariba County after running away for so long?

"Then it's all the more time I should go. Please ask the three adults to withdraw their troops from the siege and withdraw to Kamijo Castle to stand by, and leave the rest to me. "Chaoding was a cross-level command of them, but the three of them finally obeyed the order and retreated to Kamijo Castle to watch.

Hojo Takahiro finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Nagao Army withdraw. He and his second brother Hojo Takamasa went to Ninomaru to inspect.

"Listen, the head of the Uesugi family, the head of the Aizu Uesugi family, is here, please open the castle gate. My lord wants to talk to the lord of the castle, the lord of Hojo Takahiro! "Nambada Hiroyoshi was ordered by the court to be a 'megaphone', so he had to shout near Otemon.

"Brother, it is estimated that the Repair Doctor's Hall said that the Long Tail Army retreated, and they all withdrew to Shangjo City." Hojo Takamasa knew that with the strength of the thousand troops in Hojo Castle and the fifty wild samurai brought by Momoi Yoshitaka, it was not enough to be cut down by Nagao Keito.

"Hojo-sama, let Dr. Uesugi enter the city." Momoi Yoshitaka also walked to Ninomaru at this time, "Takeda Harunobu won't come to support us, he was in Yantian City a month ago, and he just didn't move." Now we might as well hear what the young repairman has to say. ”

"Well, we're almost half a hundred, if the family name is cut off......" Hojo Takahiro looked at Hojo Jingguang who was eating rice balls beside him with some sadness.

"Yes, nephew, go to your room and play." Hojo Takamasa coaxed Hojo Keihiro into Honmaru first.

Subsequently, the Otemon Gate of Hojo Castle opened. Asadachi handed over the group to Usami Dingkatsu, and he and Guidie (wearing an aqua blue samurai suit) and Nambada Hiroyoshi brought twenty white-robed samurai into the city.

"Repair doctor, please." Takahiro Hojo personally greeted him at Otemon, and Takamasa Hojo and Yoshitaka Momoi were also behind him.

"Well, let's go into the city and talk about it." Asadachi also knew that this was not the place to speak, and followed Hojo Takahiro and the others all the way to Honmaru. In the process, many Ashigaru and peasant soldiers under the command of Hojo Takahiro let down their guard as soon as they saw Asada and the others, and they knew that the Uesugi family was not their enemy.

"Repair the doctor's hall, you have an official position appointed by the imperial court, please take a seat." Even if Hojo Takahiro is simple-minded, he knows the difference between respect and inferiority.

"Then you're welcome, let's all sit down." After sitting on the main seat, he put his saber aside.

"Repair the doctor's hall, this time the army is completely provoked by the Takeda family sent Kurita Kanan'an! Please repair the doctor's knowledge! Hojo Takahiro and the three of them walked to Asada's front and knelt down after Asada's just sat down.

"Kurita Kanyasu? It should be a wealthy family from Shinano. "Asada only knows that Shinano has a wealthy family of Kurita, and the specific situation is not known yet.

"My lord, the Kurita family is in charge of Zenko-ji Temple, and there are many believers in Echigo and Shinano." After Gui Die saw that Chao Ding didn't know the details, he sat down next to him and began to explain.

"Understood, then I heard that the Takeda family has given you the Nanban Iron Cannon, is it true?" In fact, the most important thing in the coming court is to find a way to get the iron cannon.

"Yes, bring it in!" After Hojo Takamasa yelled at the door, the ashigaru people carried boxes of long boxes back and forth into the Ohiro room.

After half a pillar of incense, Chao Ding watched them put ten long boxes in the big room and walked to the boxes. With the help of Hojo Takamasa, Asadachi was shocked after inserting a box.

"What a new iron cannon!" Chao Ding picked up an iron cannon in a box and looked at it carefully.

"Repair the Doctor's Hall, according to the envoy of the Takeda family, these are the Nanban iron cannons that I bought from Kaimachi last month, and they are still very new." Yoshitaka Momoi walked to Asada's side and began to introduce.

"Compared to the Kurita family, our Maori Hojo family is still a notch lower." Hojo Takamasa was a little angry, a god stick can get three hundred iron cannons! And they're only a hundred!

"Don't care." Asada put the iron cannon back in the box, "That's it, Hojo Takahiro will follow me to see Nagao Danmasa, how about I help you intercede?" ”

"This ......" Hojo Takamasa was a little puzzled, he also knew that his brother had repeatedly raised the anti-flag, and he didn't know if Nagao Keihu would forgive.

"That's it, Takeda Haru is unkind, we are unjust!" Hojo Takahiro figured it out, he knew that Asadai was Nagao Jinghu's brother-in-law, and he could keep him safe and sound.

"Yes, originally he wanted the children of one family to inherit the Echigo Uesugi family, so we agreed to raise troops here." Yoshitaka Momoi shook his head, feeling that he still couldn't play with Takeda Harunobu.

"Then how about I use the three in the name of the Aizu Uesugi family?" Asadachi simply wanted to recruit Hojo Takahiro and others as retainers, anyway, if he was not loyal to the Nagao family, it would be better to let him be in another Uesugi family of the same clan and clan.

"What an honor!" The three of them were speechless with excitement, it was a very honorable thing to be in the Uesugi family, which was loyal to their ancestors, and it was more face-saving than the long-tail family who was originally just a member of the Uesugi family.

"Then burn all the scales of the Takeda family, and if you believe me, I'll go with me to Kasuga Mountain City." Chaoding felt that his 'credit rating' should be full, not like Takeda Harunobu, who only knew how to deceive the people of the wealthy country.

"Yes, yes." The three of them hurriedly went out and ordered their subordinates to burn all the flags of the Takeda family, and replaced them with the bamboo and bird flags prepared by Yoshitaka Momoi.

Soon, Asada, Usami and Hojo Takahiro and Momoi Yoshitaka went to Kasuga Yama Castle to meet Nagao Keitora, and all the troops remained in Hojo Castle. Kato Duanzo also went to Kamijo Castle to inform Saito Asanobu and others.

Two days later, Kasuga Yamajo Castle Honmaru Castle Castle Castle

"It's been a long time since I've seen the repair doctor, and I thought you wouldn't be here in Aizu." The dragon girl sat on the main seat and watched Asadachi lead two children with their heads bowed like children who had done something wrong.

"What are these words? I am also obligated to help the Nagao family, and now Shinano's forces supporting the Takeda family have been assembled at Zenko-ji Temple. "Asadaki knows that the form is very severe for the Nagao family.

"Repair doctor, I heard that the Takeda family is already equipped with Nanban's iron cannon, what is this?" Kakizaki Keijia thinks that Asadai has been in Musashi for a while before, so he should know something.

"The so-called iron cannon is the weapon on the ship that ran aground from the Portuguese in Kyushu, also known as the arquebus. It must be fired after ignition, and it cannot be used in rainy weather. The range is shorter than that of a bow and arrow, but it is more powerful than a bow and arrow. If a team with a large number of equipment is strong, the combat effectiveness can be ten against one. Asada shrugged his shoulders, the battle of Nagashi was like this, although the Takeda army finally hit Oda Nobunaga's main camp several times, but it still failed.

"That means it's great to use on a sunny day?" The dragon girl was a little moved, she knew that the price of this iron cannon was not low, but she could still afford it.

"Well, especially when it scares horses. Let's imagine that if a group of mounted samurai were suddenly attacked by the iron artillery team during a rapid march, the consequences would ...... "Asadachi will not say anything about it halfway through, and leave it to the members of the Nagao family to think for themselves."

As soon as Chao Ding finished speaking, many retainers of the Long-tailed family exchanged words. They knew that when horses were frightened, knights would be thrown to the ground, and if they were on the march, they would be trampled by horses!

"Hojo Takahiro, Momoi Yoshitakaka, you two have followed my father, since you don't want to work in the Nagao family, go to the Aizu Uesugi family." Chao Ding wanted to say it, but the dragon girl saw his thoughts.

"I, Hojo Takahiro (Momoi Yoshitaka), would like to go to the Uesugi family in Aizu and become a retainer of the Uesugi family." Hojo Takahiro and Momoi Yoshitaka immediately expressed their position, which made many of the Nagao family retainers who were originally Echigo's Uesugi family a little dissatisfied, and they felt that during the Warring States period, they would follow whoever they had the ability. The Nagao family was also the Uesugi family who rebelled because of the anger of the Echigo people at that time, and they were willing to defect, but they looked down on Hojo Takahiro and Momoi Yoshitakaka.

"Miyamoto, you go to Kamijo Castle and let the forces of Usami and others come to Kasuga Mountain Castle to concentrate." As soon as the dragon girl asked the little surname next to her to leave to inform Usami Dingman and the others, she thought that Asama was still there. "I want to borrow the strength of the repair doctor."

"I can't talk about borrowing, I'm here to help the Nagao family." Asada felt that this transaction was a bit of a loss, but it was also worth it in order to defeat and hurt the Takeda family.

"Good! The date of your departure is set in 10 days! "The weather of the Dragon Maiden has been better recently, and the mountain will not be closed in winter. All she can rest assured to send troops to fight tigers this year.