In the second year of Yonglu, September 29. The former Kaga Kazumashi Soga general Shichiri Yorishu left Kaga Kanazawa Gobo and entered Echichu. Shichiri Raishu did not come empty-handed, he brought a map of Kaga Province with a map of the number of troops and castle commanders, and gave this map to Kakizaki Keike.

The departure of Shichiri Yorishu is undoubtedly a huge blow to the Kaga Ichisho sect, because the reality of the Kaga Ichijo sect has been completely mastered by the Uesugi family. Even the Asakura family, who has been hostile to Kaga Ichizong for a long time, did not forget to fall into the trap of Kaga Ichizong at this moment. Asakura Yoshikei sent a military commander including Ashiba Commander, Asakura Keiken, and Oda Castle Lord Asakura Keitsuna (in charge of the naval army) to lead 5,000 troops and attack Kaga Province under the pretext of "assisting the new Kaga Guardian Kagasaki Izumi Shoden to pacify Kaga Province".

Not only that, Asakura Yoshikei also sent his retainer Horie clan to send his daughter to Echigo Mansion by sea to Kenshin as an adopted daughter, so as to achieve the goal of forming an alliance with the Uesugi family. Previously, the Asakura family and the Fuchu Nagao family had jointly attacked Kaga Ichijo several times, but they did not formally conclude an alliance between the two families. And now it's different, as the strength of Kaga Ichimune has plummeted, it can no longer pose enough threat to Echizen Province, and Kakizaki Keike, a major minister of the Uesugi family, is still the Kaga guardian appointed by the shogunate, and sooner or later he will enter Kaga Province. No matter how much Asakura Yoshikyo doesn't care about political affairs, he still has to plan well for the future of the Asakura family. What's more, the neighboring Oda family has occupied most of the Owari Ichikuni and Mino and Ise in a short period of time, and its growing strength has gradually threatened the Asakura family, so Asakura Yoshikei had to take the initiative to send someone to negotiate an alliance with the Uesugi family.

Asakura Yoshikei knew very well that Kenshin was short of troops now, so he sent 1,000 troops to Echigo in the name of escorting his daughter into Echigo, and also brought 20,000 stone of grain and grass to Kenshin.

Kenshin saw that Asakura Yoshikage was so enthusiastic, so he naturally would not refuse. On the one hand, Kenshin adopted the daughter of Asakura Yoshikage as an adopted daughter and married Yamaura Kunikiyo; On the other hand, Kenshin accepted the Horie clan, a retainer sent by Asakura Yoshikei, as his own banner and served as the lord of Keikō Castle. And the two families soon exchanged affidavits of alliance and officially concluded an alliance.

There is actually another reason for Asakura Yoshikei's alliance with the Uesugi family - to accelerate the annexation of Wakasa Province. Now Kaga has always been strong outside the sect, and he can't last long. However, the Asakura family was not able to do their best to attack Wakasa Province because they had to be wary of Kaga Ichijomune. In order to avoid a feud with the Uesugi family and better lead the Asakura family, Asakura Yoshikei had no choice but to quickly form an alliance with the Uesugi family. In this way, the Asakura family has generations of allies to the south, the Asai family, and the Uesugi family to the east, so they don't have to worry about the danger of their Echizen country being invaded, and even the Hiraisenji Temple, which occupies the 8,000-kan territory in the eastern part of Echizen Province, has to bow to the Asakura family.

At the same time, an uninvited guest came outside Kawagoe Castle in Musashi Province.

"My lord, a few days ago, you ordered the generals of Shangzhou to strictly investigate the pedestrians going to Echigo, and you really had the foresight." Hidesen Yamazaki smiled and handed Asadaki a list.

"Dr. Takeda is really generous! Within a few days, he sent people to transport 30,000 stones, grain and grass, as well as some iron cannons, projectiles and other materials, to enter Echigo and deliver them to Nagao Yuanjiang Mori. If it weren't for Kenshin's side to take precautions, he wouldn't have thought of crossing the Three Kingdoms Card through Ueno to enter Echigo. Chao Ding sneered and tossed the list aside.

"Report to the lord, there is a person outside the city who claims to be the envoy of the Echigo guardian generation Nagao Enoemori who asks to see you." At this time, Mori Katsuhiro walked quickly into the big wide room and reported to Chaoding.

"Oh? Echigo guardian generation Nagao Enoemori? When did he become the guardian of Echigo? Since Kenshin Gong was appointed by the shogunate as the guardian of Echigo, Vietnam and China, the post of Echigo guardian is no longer set up, and the courage of this long-tail Enoe Mamoru is not small! Does he want to learn the story of the late Nagao Shinano guarding the temple and guarding the palace and the opposition between the Kanto rulers?! After listening to Maori Katsuhiro's report, Chaoding became angry.

"After Nagao Toe Mamoru raised his troops, in order to gain more support from the Echigo lords and the surrounding daimyos, he could only use the method of claiming to be the guardian of Echigo. However, now that Kenshin Gong has returned to Echigo with his army, although he cannot quickly send troops to Central Vietnam and Xiayue to suppress it, it also makes Nagao Enoemori not dare to continue to expand his power to Central Vietnam and Shangyue. "Hidesen Yamazaki doesn't think that Nagao Fujikei's self-proclaimed Echigo guardian is a clever move, just to get the title of 'great righteousness'.

"Let the envoy of Nagao Toe Mamoru enter the city first, I want to hear what he thinks!" Asadaki wanted to know what the purpose of Nagao Fujikei was sending people to Kawagoe Castle to ask for a meeting.

After a while, the envoy of Nagao Fujikei was brought into the Ohiroma of Kawagoe Castle.

"Foreign Minister Nagao Uemon Captain Keiji see the town government duke." As soon as Nagao Keiji entered the big wide room, he didn't dare to look directly at Chaoding. He didn't want to send an envoy to Kawagoe Castle, but Nagao Fujikei thought it would be polite to send someone with a higher position in his family as an envoy. In this way, Nagao Keiji came to Kawagoe Castle very reluctantly.

"Nagao Uemon Captain Keiji? It should be the brother of Mamoru Nagao Toe who raised troops to rebel, right? Asadachi is also a little impressed by the name of Nagao Keiji. At the beginning, after Asada received the news that Nagao Fujikei had raised troops to rebel in Takashiro, he sent many ninjas to infiltrate Echigo to investigate the details of Shimoda Nagao's family.

"My brother is not rebellious, he raised troops for the sake of Echigo." Keiji Nagao retorted.

"Oh? Raising troops for the sake of Echigo? Echigo has only been peaceful for a few years, and Nagao Enoe Mamoru has caused most of Echigo to fall into war this time, and you are embarrassed to say that it is for the sake of Echigo?! Shameless! Asadaki immediately crumpled the guts that Hidesen Yamazaki handed to him and threw it in Nagao Keiji's face.

"Ever since the Shogunate appointed the Shogunate as the guardian of Echigo, Vietnam, and the Kanto region, the lords of Echigo were forced to lead their armies with the Goya Castle to various parts of Hokuriku and Kanto almost every year. Even if you make a meritorious service, you will receive very few rewards. Nagao Keiji immediately came to his senses and said in a low voice. After all, he is in Kanto, not in Echigo, and if he is not careful, he will probably not even have a whole corpse.

"Those who are ministers must endure it, and then! This is not a reason for you to raise an army and rebel! Since there is a mistake in acting in Humility, why don't you point it out and instead use the method of raising troops to rebel?! So you'll be able to get there?! "Asadaki was speechless at what Nagao Fujikei had done, as a retainer and a member of the Nagao family in the house, wouldn't he even be able to advise?

“······” Keiji Nagao has nothing to say now. Asada's words can be described as hitting the nail on the head, because Nagao Fujikei himself rebelled for the sake of heavy military service, and he only rebelled so that he could get more rewards and territory.

"Oh, I almost forgot. What is the purpose of your visit? Asada suddenly thought that he was patronizing and having a relationship with Nagao Keiji, but he forgot to ask him what the purpose of coming to Kawagoe Castle was.

"What the elder brother means is that you have a high position in the town government, and now you have a vast territory with 100,000 armor, why don't you take this opportunity to break away from the Kanto clan and stand on your own?" Nagao Keiji said ill-intentionedly.

"Now that I can still sit in this Heyue City, it's not because of the help of the Nagao family in Fuchu, is it possible to rely on the help of Nagao Yuanjiang Shou? Even the capture of the four counties of Aizu, the seven counties of Sendo, and the three counties of Shonai were more or less with the help of the power of the Fuchu Nagao family, and Nagao Enoe Mamoru couldn't help but think too much! "Chao Ding is not an ungrateful person, and there is no need for him to fall into the trap of humble faith. If Echigo is occupied by Nagao Fujikei or by Takeda Shingen, it is not a good thing for the court.

"Elder brother is also for the sake of the town government······ Nagao Keiji looked at Chao Ding's face in the middle of his words, and then stopped talking.

"Good for me? Come on! The two countries are at war without slashing the envoys, you better go back and tell Nagao Enoemori that I have ordered the generals of Shonai to go south, and they will soon enter the land of Yangbei. Moreover, the account of Nagao Enoemori sending troops to attack the four prefectures of Aizu has not been settled with you. "Chaoding doesn't want to dirty Heyue City because he cut off Nagao Keiji.