In order to keep the name of Yamagata Castle and the Mogami family, Mogami Yoshimitsu played almost all the cards that could be played, and most of the retainers of the spectrum died on the battlefield. And Date Huizong, who was in the Yushan Kabu formation, did not move for a long time, and he was still watching. Although Mogami Yoshimitsu repeatedly sent people to urge Date Terumune to send troops, he remained indifferent.

March 13, morning. The sky in Murayama-gun was overcast, the clouds were low, and it seemed that rain was about to fall, but it did not fall. This kind of ghost weather has been going on for several days, and it is impossible to generate a hint of optimism. However, at this moment, the retainers of the Mogami family, who were in Yamagata Castle Honmaru Ohiroma, understood that it was precisely this kind of bad weather that would be very effective in covering the Murayama Basin, so that the Uesugi army, which had been operating frequently recently, could not discover the movements of the Mogami family's main team through scouts and detailed reconnaissance. Thankfully, at least Mogami is aware of the Uesugi Army's movements.

Mogami Yoshimitsu couldn't help but smile when he saw the weather on the arrow turret of Yamagata Castle Honmaru: "The gods and Buddhas really blessed my best family!" ”

Subsequently, Mogami Yoshimitsu immediately mobilized 300 banners and 1,000 defenders in the castle, and ordered the two men who were close to the mountain field to be responsible for guarding Yamagata Castle and his nephew Mazune Mitsuhiro, and personally led the army out of battle.

In order to regain the initiative in Higashimurayama-gun, Mogami Yoshimitsu set his sights on Nakano Castle (Nakanokan).

Nakanokan is located between the Sugawa River and the Mamisaki River and has a natural moat. However, this is not difficult for Yoshimitsu Mogami. Because, Takemata Keitsuna had already led most of his troops to leave the fiefdom to attack Gubai Castle, so the garrison in the city was relatively empty.

This is a great opportunity for Yoshimitsu Mogami. Once the Mogami family captures Nakano Castle, then Takemata Keitsuna and Tsukiji Shitoyo will be isolated again.

At the same time, Takemata Keitsuna and Tsukiji Shitoyo joined forces to surround the castle with a thousand troops. And the Gubai Nao, the lord of Gubai City, only has two hundred city soldiers to guard the city. Although Takemata Keitsuna and Tsukiji Shitoyo have superior forces to besiege the city, after all, Takemata Keixuna and Tsukiji Shitoyo have been besieged by the Mogami army for a long time, and the division veterans are tired and do not have much combat power.

Just as Takemata Keitsuna and Tsukiji Shitoyo led their troops to attack Tanibai Castle, Nakagawa Yataro, the defender of Nakayama Castle and Tenshu Yatsuna, immediately defected to Mogami and sent troops to attack the rear supply lines of Takemata Keitsuna and Tsukiji Shitoyo II.

With the departure of Yataro Nakagawa, the Gubai Naojia has become much more courageous. Tanibai Naoya decided not to defend the castle anymore, but to prepare to attack, and he wanted to give the Uesugi army a little color. He immediately selected fifty people who dared to die, and ordered them to quietly go out of the city to ambush.

On the 15th, Tsukiji Shozaemon, the younger brother of Tsukiji Shitoyo who was monitoring the west of Gubai Castle, was completely immersed in the illusion that his side was about to win a great victory. Before Tsukijishozaemon's daydream was finished, there was a sudden shout of killing from the foothills behind him, and I don't know how many ashigaru and samurai came out of the dense forest, and instantly split into several groups and killed the Tsukiji army.

Immediately, the dead soldier of the Mogami army cut the Tsukijisho Saemon into several sections, and the entire foothills were plunged into a white-knuckle battle. Seeing that something was wrong, Tsukiji Shozaemon immediately ran away. When the Tsukiji army, which was still fighting, saw their generals flee, their morale immediately dropped to a minimum, and the Tsukiji army in the west of the castle was quickly defeated by the Mogami army. The remnants of the Tsukiji army retreated to Hasedo Castle, which was garrisoned by Chisaka Keijin.

Next, the victorious Mogami army soon pursued Tsukijisho Saemon all the way to Hasedo Castle, but they were blocked by Chisaka Keikin's department, and the dead soldiers of the Mogami army, who had only made great achievements, were attacked by the two divisions of Tsukijisho Saemon and Chisaka Keikin, and all of them were annihilated under Hasedo Castle.

Because the subordinates of Takemata Keitsuna and Tsukiji Shitomi were not alert that Mogami would go out of the city to launch a surprise attack, the surprise attack of the Tanibai family achieved certain results, but he still couldn't reverse the situation that was unfavorable to the Mogami family. But with all fifty dead soldiers killed, the defense of Gubai City became more and more difficult.

In the afternoon of the same day, Tsukiji Sozaemon took the initiative to take the lead in order to wash away the shame of defeat, and launched a fierce attack on Koshiba Castle. In order to allow Tsukiji Shozaemon to smoothly capture the Otemon Gate of Koshiba Castle, Tsukiji Shitoyo, Chisaka Keikin, and Takemata Keitsuna transferred all the iron guns under their command to Tsukijisho Saemon. Subsequently, after holding out in vain for an hour, Gu Bai's family committed suicide by cutting his abdomen in exchange for the lives of the remaining thirty city soldiers.

With the fall of Gubai Castle, Kanaya and Kotaki returned to the hands of Tsukiji Shitoyo. The rapid defeat of the Tanibai family frightened Yataro Nakagawa of Nakayama Castle. After Tanma reported the news of the attack of the two 1,000 troops of Tsukiji Shitoyo and Yamamoto Temple Keicho, Nakagawa Yataro was even more frightened. Yataro Nakagawa knows very well that the current Uesugi army is in full swing, and although the veterans of the two divisions of Tsukiji Shitoyo and Yamamoto Temple Keicho who are attacking at this moment are tired, their combat power is still several times or more than ten times higher than their own.

On the 16th, before Yataro Nakagawa could arrange his defenses, Keinaga of Yamamoto Temple took the lead in attacking the castle tower on the edge of Nakayama Castle, and instantly cut off one of Nakagawa Yataro's arms. And Tsukiji Zitoyo slowly led the army to surround Zhongshan Castle. Seeing that he had no chance of winning, Yataro Nakagawa surrendered to the Uesugi army again, but Shitoyo Tsukiji and Keinaga Yamamoto Temple refused to accept him. The Uesugi army quickly entered Nakayama Castle and seized Ninomaru and Honmaru, after which Tsukiji Shitoyo killed Nakagawa Yataro to prevent future troubles. After Nakayama Castle was captured by the Uesugi army, the main roads of Zhishi and Murayama were unimpeded, and Tanuki Castle to the west of Kamiyama Castle was also captured by the Uesugi army two days later, and 300 people were killed and 150 were captured.

At this moment, Mogami Yoshimitsu had led his army to secretly enter Emata, south of Nakano Castle, but he learned that the two places of Taniwa Castle and Tanuki Castle had been captured and that the three people of Shiraiwa Hirokyo, Satomi Yoshikin and the Taniwa Naojia had died.

"Reporting to the lord, although the Tanibai Sagami Guardian once repelled the siege of the Uesugi army and defeated the Tsukiji Shozaemon Ichi, he was still outnumbered. Gubai Castle has been captured by the Uesugi army! Toi Hanzaemon climbed into the Ohiroma of Emata, and reported to Yoshimitsu Mogami, who was staring at the map.

"What?! Even Tanibai Castle was captured by the Uesugi army?! Mogami Yoshimitsu was stunned for a moment, and then continued to stare at the map.

"With the loss of Gubai Castle, there will be no more barriers in the southern part of Yamagata Castle!" Kokuni Settsumori said in despair.

"The loss of Tanuki Castle is still expected, and the loss of Gubai Castle is that one of the arms of my family was cut off by the Uesugi army!" Mogami Yoshimitsu said unwillingly. Nakano Castle was close to him, but even if he attacked it, it would be meaningless.

"My lord! Urgent! The Three Thousand Heavenly Scout Army captured Guanshanka and Lishi Temple Castle, and the Hanhe River Hall and the Qingshui Hall were killed! "Less than a quarter of an hour before Toi Hanzaemon entered Ohiroma, Mogami Takeshi's general Chokai Kanbei walked in quickly.

"Tendo and Izumi Shou Yorizhen!" After listening to the report of the Bird Sea Kanbei, Mogami Yoshimitsu gritted his teeth and called the name of Tendo Yorizhen.

"My lord, please make a decision as soon as possible! This place is not to stay for long! Chokai Kanbei immediately spoke to Yoshimitsu Mogami.

"I'm not reconciled!" After Mogami finished speaking, he kicked over the table in front of him.

"The Date army deployed in Monsanka is still watching, does the young master of the Date family want to watch his righteous brother be destroyed by the Uesugi army?!" Satomi Genemon, who was next to Yoshimitsu Mogami, was also unwilling to stomp his feet.

"Come with me, everyone!" Mogami Yoshimitsu picked up the sword that was erected next to him and walked quickly to the door of Ohiroma.

"My lord, are you going back to Yamagata Castle?" Kokuni Settsu asked puzzled.

"No, go to the mountain border city!" Although Mogami Yoshimitsu failed to capture the intended target Nakano Castle, he couldn't make Takemata Keitsuna feel better, he wanted to capture the Yamano Border Castle before returning to Yamagata Castle, and wanted to give Tao Qingxian a little color.

Before Mogami Yoshimitsu left the Emata Ridge, he climbed onto the unfinished arrow turrets in the Tsunai. On this arrowhead, Mogami Yoshimitsu can clearly see that Nakano Castle not far away seems to be within reach, but there are tens of thousands of Uesugi troops stationed around Nagasaki Castle northwest of Nakano Castle, which makes him feel like a man.

Soon, the 1,300 Mogami troops quickly left Emata, and quickly marched towards the border castle of the mountains. And the lord of the mountain and wild border city, Takemata Qinxiu, has sent most of the city soldiers to go out of the battle with the bamboo army Qinggang, and the defense of the mountain and field border city is very empty at present.