1544, May. The army of Chaoding and Nagao Masakeibu has a total of 1,600 troops, and they have stayed in Yasuda Castle for half a month, and they have not waited for the military strength of Nakajo Fujizi and other Yangbei people!

Since the Kamakura period, the Yanghoku people have been independent local ruling forces in the northern Echigo region, and these Yanghoku people believe in the idea that non-ethnic groups must have different hearts, and it is precisely because of their strong xenophobia that they have always been an independent existence in Echigo. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Yangbei people even confronted the Uesugi family, the guardian of Echigo, and the Nagao family, which became one of the unstable factors in Echigo. One of the twenty-five generals of Uesugi, the first fierce general of the Uesugi family when Uesugi Jingsheng was the prosperous dealer of Honjo was Yangbeizhong. Before the Astronomical Rebellion, Uesugi chose to make his grandson Date Minoto the heir of Echigo, which led to civil strife in the Yohoku people. Nakajo Fujishi, the governor of the Nakajo family, firmly sided with Uesugi Dingshi because Date Minoto was his nephew, and a fierce battle began with the combined forces of the Honjo family and the Sebe family, and the division of the Yohoku family began. After the Uesugi family became a Sengoku daimyo, the Yangbei people were incorporated into the Nagao family retainers, and although they were nominally subordinate to the Nagao family group, the troops accounted for one-third of the total strength of the Uesugi family, and the Yangbei people were a relatively independent existence in the Uesugi family.

"That's it, I'll use nearly two thousand troops to send troops to Aizu!" Chaoding didn't want to wait any longer, rather than divide the territory equally among them after the fight, it was better to rely on himself. I don't want to think about the Aizu area of 540,000 koku, and the court doesn't want to share it with others.

"Doctor Repair, can you defeat the 5,000 troops of the Ashina family?" Nagao Masaki felt unreliable, thinking that he was defending Sakado Castle with a thousand troops, and was surrounded and defeated by hundreds of dragon girls' troops, let alone now.

"If you feel a little worried about the loss of your department, then please go back." Ota Zimasa said angrily, he didn't plan to give Nagao Masaki much face.

"Masakaden, if you're afraid, go back, when I fought with Takeda Harunobu in Shinano, the situation was even more crisis. What is it now? "When Ogasawara was surrounded by Takeda Harunobu at that time, the people rebelled and left, and with his own perseverance and the death of his retainers, he broke through to Katsuo Castle of Murakami Yoshikiyo. In the end, I felt that Murakami Yoshikiyo was not good, so I went to Echigo to eat mixed rice.

"What did you say?!" Nagao Masaki was a little enraged, "If I don't defeat the Ashina family, I won't go back!" ”

"Lord ......" The important minister next to Nagao Zhengjing, Fa Zhi Changfang, felt that his lord had been provoked successfully, and it was estimated that he would not be able to turn back. But he couldn't do anything about it.

"My lord, the minister went to Kasuga Mountain Castle to ask for other reinforcements!" With the acquiescence of the court, Nambada Hiroyoshi rushed to Kasuga Mountain Castle.

In this way, Chaoding didn't wait for the group of pit goods in Yangbeizhong, so he and Nagao Zhengjing and others went to fight the somewhat big boss of the Ashina family.

Due to Nagao Masaki's volunteering, the court could only let him be the first to serve, and his army was at the forefront.

And the castle where the Ashina family is located on the front line is Tsugawa Castle, and the lord of the castle is Kinami Moribi.

The Kanami clan and the Ashina clan are both from the Miura clan of the Huan Wuping clan, and the family crest is three citations and two. In the fifth year of Bunji (1189), Sawara Yoshiren was given the title of Aizu, and his son was passed on. Sheng Lian had six sons, the eldest son Jingren (Inawashiro clan), the second male Hiromori (Kitada clan), the third male Moriyoshi (Fujikura clan), the fourth male Mitsumori (Ashina clan), the fifth male Moritoki (Kana clan), and the sixth male Shiren (Shingu clan). It can be said that it is not unreasonable for the Inawashiro family to think that they are the clan of the Ashina family.

Jin Shang Shengbei was still young and promising at this time, and he took over Jinchuan City, and it was even more to develop the territory and build the city, and the troops that could be mobilized were no less than 2,000!

It is impossible for Nagao Masaki's big move not to arouse the idea of Jin Shang Shengbei, you must know that his family has been entrenched here for hundreds of years! Jin Shang Shengbei sent people to Kurokawa Castle to ask for reinforcements from the Ashina Mori clan on the one hand, and on the other hand, he hurriedly mobilized the troops in the territory.

When Nagao Masakai arrived at Tsugawa Castle with a thousand troops, he was blinded.

"Lord, this city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, let's wait for reinforcements from the main hall!" Fa Zhi Changfang hurriedly persuaded Nagao Zhengjing that he didn't want him to do stupid things, and the most important thing was to keep his team.

"Lord Fa Zhi's words are wrong, the lord said in front of the repair doctor hall that he wanted to defeat the Ashina family, and now he has only arrived in the territory of the Ashina family, how can he retreat?" As the deacon of the Ueda Nagao family, Higuchi and Miemon Kanetoyo directly rejected Fachi Nagayoshi's proposals.

"Well, what Sanemon said makes a lot of sense, I waited for such a long walk to get there, what is it when I walk now?! The whole army is divided into three teams to attack! Nagao Masaki divided the army into three parts, the first team led by Hachi Nagayoshi, the second team led by himself, and the third team led by Kanetoyo Higuchi.

Jin Shang Shengbei had long known about the expedition of the labor division of the Nagao Political and Scenery Department, and he had not had much combat effectiveness for a long time, and the actual combat strength was less than half.

The Nagao Maseibu began the siege. When Jin Shang Shengbei saw that Nagao Zhengjing's military strength was less than half of his, he felt that it was time for him to make a contribution. Immediately, he arranged for his troops to resist the big hand. A large number of rocks and arrows had already been prepared in Tsugawa Castle, and the forces of the Nagao Masakibu launched attacks one after another, but they did not take the Otemon Gate, but suffered heavy losses.

A place here in Aizu is not big, but it is not small, but Jin Shang Shengbei still invited reinforcements from the Anazawa family. Three hundred reinforcements led by Toshimitsu Anazawa also arrived at Tsugawa Castle before sunset.

At this time, when Nagao Masaki's army was too tired to continue the attack, Toshimitsu Anazawa's army arrived.

"Drive the Echigo army out!" After Toshimitsu Anazawa swung his saber, he rushed towards Nagao Masaki's main formation.

"The lord quickly withdraws, the minister will come to the queen!" Fachi Nagafang saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly took his retainers and henchmen to temporarily block Toshimitsu's attack under his command, and gained some time for Nagao Masaki's retreat. Nagao Masaki's family elder Fukasawa Toshishige had been killed by enemy arrows in the castle before Toshimitsu's reinforcements arrived.

At this moment, Asada, who was watching the battle not far away, also found Toshimitsu Anazawa who was leading the army to charge and kill Nagao Masakakei's main formation.

"This person is Toshimitsu Anazawa, he is really young and promising!" When Ota Shimasa saw that Toshimitsu Anazawa was very capable, he couldn't help but start praising the enemy!

"Lord, why do you arrange the Long-Tail Zhengjing Hall as the first servant? Isn't that a clear plan to send him to death? "Usami was a little puzzled.

"No, I just want to say that it's done to win." Chaoding feels that he can only sacrifice the long-tail political scene.

"Yes, in this way, the enemy army will feel that the Echigo army is vulnerable and let down their vigilance, and then it will be the victory of the family." Gui Die thought that his plan was seamless, and couldn't help but sigh a little at his cleverness.

"Saito-sama's wisdom is not low, congratulations to the lord for getting talent!" Kenji Namba and the others began to make sycophants.

"Don't say much else, Lord Yasuda, your army will not move for the time being, and the cavalry of this family will raid the enemy city, and after the cavalry of this family enters the city, go to the road connecting Tsugawa City to Okukawa Castle and block the area here." Chaoding didn't want the Ashina Mori clan to bring another team of reinforcements over.

"I see." Yasuda Nagahide also had no choice but to listen to the court, and temporarily stood by with the five hundred troops under his command, who called the court to be the son-in-law of the Nagao family?

Nagao Masakai almost collapsed at this moment, he panicked and rode his horse, and the two retainers hurriedly retreated towards the main camp of the court. However, he forgot one thing - there were still two thousand troops in Tsugawa Castle.

After seeing that a general of the Echigo army had run away, Jin Shang Shengbei quickly went out of the city with a thousand troops to pursue.

It can be said that only the 200 men of Kanetoyo Higuchi can fight against the 1,000 troops of Nagao Masakibu, and the others are either dead or captured or 'missing'. Even Nagao Masaki himself was surrounded by the 1,000 troops that Kim Kamori had prepared.

"It seems that my hope of inheriting the Nagao family of Kasuga Mountain Castle has been dashed, for the sake of Jinggong, I will go to see you here!" Nagao Masaki knows that he can't get out, and even if he is alive, he will be caught by the military power of the Ashina family, so it is better to die a heroic death! Soon, Nagao Masaki, the old Kuritashi Masayori, and a dozen samurai on horseback rushed towards the Ashina army not far away.

Nagao Masaki and the old Kuribayashi Masaki were quickly taken over. After Higuchi Kanetoyo's army was reduced to 200 men, he retreated a little after recapturing the body of Nagao Masaki.

"Hey, hey, drink! Hey hey drink! "As soon as the Ashina family's army saw that it had annihilated hundreds of Nagao family's troops, they began to cheer for victory. They didn't expect another wave of military momentum at all.

"It's now! Knights of Hayue Assault! Under the command of the Asada, four hundred lightly armored white-robed cavalry rushed out, and under the leadership of Namba Tian Kenji and Ota Shimasa, they rushed into the panicked Ashina army as quickly as possible. When the captured Nagao saw that it was his own people, he quickly grabbed the weapons of Ashina Ashigaru or the samurai and began to fight back. Kanetoyo Higuchi's 200 troops also joined the chaotic battle after the cavalry assault.

"It's finally time to wait for the repair doctor's army! Fight back with me! Kanetyo Higuchi began to counterattack with his own military strength, and many scattered long-tail troops also joined in.

"I'll show you the archery skills of the Ogasawara family!" Ogasawara Nagasagawara and Ogasawara Sadazu also joined in with a hundred troops of the Ryuza Horse, and they just happened to cover the cavalry of the Kawagoe Knights to seize Otemon.

Since many of the Ashina family Ashigaru had not yet fled into Tsugawa Castle, the Oteemon Gate of Tsugawa Castle was not closed, which gave Namba Tana Kenji a chance. He rushed into the castle gate with ten cavalrymen, and after slaying the ashigaru guarding the gate, he let Kanetoyo's army enter.

Toshimitsu Anazawa couldn't control the retreating army under his command and was captured by Ota Shimasa. Toshimitsu Anazawa is the youngest retainer in the Ashina family, and he went into battle at the age of fourteen.

As soon as Kanamimori saw that Otemon had been lost, he quickly gathered two hundred ashigaru and fifty samurai who could listen to his orders in Honmaru, and prepared to wait for reinforcements at Honmaru.

"Retainer of the Ashina family! Toshimitsu Anazawa has been captured by our army! Don't do useless resistance! Asadaki gave the task of shouting to Miyagi Masaye. Anyway, his voice is not small.

"The Jin Shang family has been blessed by the Ashin family for generations! I'm not going to hand it over to you! A samurai of the Ashina family responded.

"Lord, it seems that Jin Shangsheng is preparing not to surrender, so let's attack." Usami shook his head, he didn't expect the Ashina family to be so difficult to fight, and he lost a member of the Nagao family in the first battle.

"No need, he won't be able to get out." Ota Zimasa felt that he didn't need to continue fighting, and he didn't want to think about it, the captured Ashina family had more than a thousand troops! The strength of the routed army has not yet been calculated.

"Lord, the minister Jin Shangsheng is sorry for the Ashina family! Didn't hold Tsugawa Castle! "Jin Shang Shengbei inherited the border town of the Ashina family at a young age, but unfortunately he did not hold it, he was ready to exchange his own death for the life of the captured and the army of Honmaru," You go and tell the generals of the Nagao Army and the Uesugi Army that I am ready to exchange seppuku for everyone's lives. ”

"Lord!" Many people shook their heads, they would rather die in battle with Jin Shangsheng than abandon him to live.

"Let's go, you still have a long way to go, I'm just going to Hell first." Jin Shang Shengbei forcibly squeezed out a smile.

"Yes......" Jin Shangsheng's retainers all left the hall with tears in their eyes.

Subsequently, after facing Kurokawa Castle, Asadaku took the first castle of Aizu, and also announced that the gateway to the west of Aizu had been lost.

The court ordered the people to bury Kanue Shengbei and some of the martyred Kanakami retainers, including the Nagao family, the Ashigaru family, and the samurai. The bodies of Nagao Masaki and other retainers were transported back to Ueda in a coffin and handed over to Nagao.

Five days later, the 2,000 troops of Kakizaki Keike (including 500 cavalry) and the 1,000 troops of Saito Asanobu arrived outside Tsugawa Castle, and Nambada Hiroyoshi took Kakizaki Keike and Saito Asanobu into Honmaru to meet Asada.