At present, Mogami Yoshimitsu regards Nagaoka Castle, Nagogenic Castle, and Nagasaki Castle as pillars to the north and west of Mogami Castle, respectively, and Tanuki Castle and Nakayama Castle to the south.

If the pillars fall, the edifice is in danger. Both Mogami Yoshimitsu and Tao Qingxian are very aware of this truth. However, Mogami Yoshimitsu is deployed everywhere, which means that he is not guarded everywhere. On the outskirts of Yamagata Castle, Kamiyama Castle, Nakanokan, Yamano Border Castle, and Yamake Castle are still in the hands of Takemata Keisuna and Tsukiji Shitoyo, and the castles they are guarding are like nails nailed into the heart of Mogami Castle.

In this way, the invasion of Tao Qingxian, Katsucho Sebe and others from the north and south did not encounter much resistance from the beginning. The guards of the top families in various places are simply powerless to parry and fight back.

Not only Tao Qingxian's department, but also the three counties of Shonai and Mogami County led by Katsucho Sebe, Shigeta Shigejia, Yanzawa Manyan and others saw blood when their swords were unsheathed. With a thunderous momentum, they successively captured Eagle's Nest Pavilion, Ohana Castle, Rokuta Castle, Higashi Castle and other places. The vanguard Yanze Manyan went all the way south, and directly killed under Tiantong City, and relieved the siege of Tiantong Laizhen, who was firmly in the city.

On the other hand, Date Harumune also began to realize that the crisis was looming step by step, and on the one hand, he mobilized 1,000 troops to help the Osaki family resist the invasion of the Kasai family, and on the other hand, he transported all the few 20 iron cannons of the family to Yamagata Castle to support Mogami Yoshimitsu to continue his struggle against the Uesugi family.

Mogami Yoshimitsu in Yamagata Castle received reports from all over the world almost all the time, either the Uesugi army was attacking or it had fallen again. He already had a premonition of the murderous aura coming his face.

At the same time that the fifty ashigaru troops under Satomi Uchizosuke and Satomi Motokatsu, sent by Mogami Yoshimitsu entered Nagajing Castle, Tao Qingxian set up his main camp in Takaya Castle, and he was only separated from Nagasaki Castle by the Mogami River. To the west of Takaya Castle, Mt. Takatori, Fukuma Castle, and Takatori Castle around the Gobaigawa Valley were occupied by Tao Nagabo, Yamamoto Temple Keinaga, and Sasawa Genri, respectively.

In order to allow the Zuo Ze family to continue to exist, Zuo Ze Xuanli put together all the fighters in Zuo Ze's territory, such as ashigaru, peasant soldiers, and samurai, and even the miscellaneous servants, small surnames, and servants in the family, and forced together 500 troops to join Tao Qingxian's army.

Due to the uneven composition of Zuo Zejun, Tao Qingxian was not optimistic about their combat effectiveness and other abilities, and also instructed Yamamoto Temple Jingchang and Tao Changfang to pay special attention to Zuo Zejun, for fear that they would be defeated first, making Tao Qingxian's plan fall short.

After Mitsutoshi Kankawae rescued his brother Hirotoshi Kankawae and his nephew Shinjiro Kankawae from Ji'enji Temple, he still served as the vanguard of the Uesugi Army. He suggested that Tao Qingxian ignore Nagasaki Castle, Kuramasu Castle, and other cities in the eastern part of Mogami River, and directly seize the soldiers of Guanshanka and other castles first, control the road to Date and Osaki, and cut off all foreign aid and military supplies from Mogami Clan.

In fact, Tao Qingxian did not agree with Hanhejiang Guangjun's plan. Because with the tens of thousands of troops in Mogami and Shonai counties moving south, Mogami Yoshimitsu has become an embattled situation.

The Date family and the Osaki family had to focus on Mutsu because they had to deal with the invasion of the Kasai family, and as for the predicament of the Mogami family, Date Harumune couldn't help it.

However, the Date family suffered heavy losses in repeated wars with the Uesugi family, and the important ministers in the retainers changed as frequently as water. This led to a lack of cohesion in Date's family, making Date Harumune unable to do anything handy.

On March 12, because Satomi Naizosuke, who had entered Changjing Castle to assist in the defense, saw that there was no chance of victory in the cage castle, he made a statement to Changjing Manin, hoping to surrender to the Uesugi army for the safety of the hundreds of defenders in Changjing Castle. But because of this time, it led to the reversal of Satomi Inner Hidden Aid and Changjing Mancao. And Changjing Manchu couldn't give up easily because Changjing City was a city handed down from his ancestors, so he directly killed Satomi Neizosuke.

Satomi Motokatsu, who was guarding the Otemon Gate, learned that his father had been killed, and immediately took control of the Otemon Gate and opened the gate to welcome the entry of the Yanzawa Mannobu Division.

Changjing Manyin waited until the big hand gate was lost before he suddenly realized that he hadn't killed Satomi Motosheng, the fish that slipped through the net. But it is clear that Changjing Manyin will no longer have this opportunity. Soon, Yanzawa Manyan led his troops to attack Honmaru under the leadership of Satomi Motokatsu, and killed all the more than 30 people who were unwilling to surrender due to Nagajingman's reluctance.

After the capture of Nagajing Castle, Mitsushige Nagaoka Castle was isolated and besieged by the Uesugi army.

As a result, Mogami Yoshimitsu did not win a battle when his troops were at an absolute disadvantage, and the original battlefield initiative in Murayama County was gone. However, Mogami Yoshimitsu clearly knew that he was at a disadvantage, because at this moment he could not count on anyone. In the east, Date Harumune could no longer send any decent troops to support him after most of the heavy ministers and most of the people of the sect were killed in battle and the population of the territory was drastically reduced. And in the Osaki family in the northeast of the Mogami family, it has already made Mogami Yoshimitsu thankful that he can not be destroyed by the Kasai family. Reinforcements from the Osaki family? Don't even think about it! Therefore, Mogami Yoshimitsu tried his best to defend Yamagata Castle cage castle. As for the Aooka Castle, Mogami Yoshimitsu can't take care of it anymore.

As the Uesugi army approached, Mogami Yoshimitsu quickly halted the construction of castles in Wakaki, Emata, Kawahi, and other places, and withdrew a large number of people to Yamazaki Castle, Yamagata Castle, Tanuki Castle and other important places. Mogami Yoshimitsu still wanted to rely on the network of branch castles centered on Yamagata Castle to defend against the invasion of the Uesugi army.

However, Yoshimitsu Mogami's wishful thinking was clearly wrong. For a general like him, who already has few troops and scatters his troops to garrison a large number of branch cities, Tao Qingxian is happy in his eyes.

At noon on March 12, Tao Qingxian launched a fierce attack on Nagasaki Castle and captured it the next day. In his letter to the court, he wrote: "The capture of the most advanced Nagasaki Castle, from the city lord Nakayama Chaozheng father and son to more than 500 people begged for death. ”

Immediately afterwards, Tao Qingxian launched a fierce attack on the top cities such as Zangzeng Castle, Chengshengguan (Chengsheng City), and Gao Jian Castle, and he had already captured more than 20 castle soldiers, and won more than 3,470 samurai, ashigaru, and miscellaneous soldiers from Mogami, Hanhejiang, etc.

After capturing five castles in a row, the Uesugi army took Numagi Castle, a branch city not far west of Yamagata Castle and east of Sugawa River.

This key place of the Mogami family was guarded by the father and son of the lineage retainers of the Mogami family, Shimura Mitsukiyoshi and Shimura Mitsuyasu (Shimura Takaji). After Tao Qingxian captured Nagasaki Castle, Kuramasu Castle, and Seisei Castle, Shimura Mitsukiyoshi and Shimura Mitsuyasu gathered the defeated troops of Kurazasumi Mitsuki (son of Kuramasu Fangmori), Saito Mitsunori (lord of Takaji Castle), Sakamitsuhide (Mogami Yoshimitsu side), Shimizu Yoshiji (Mogami Yoshimitsu's son-in-law, Mogami family Shuryu Shimizu family governor) and others, plus the 500 troops sent by Mogami Yoshimitsu were stationed, and there were more than 1,500 defenders in the city. But Shimura Mitsukiyo planned to retreat in the city and hold on. However, Shimura Mitsukiyoshi knew that it was not a solution to refuse to stay in the castle for a long time, so he could only ask Yamagatajo Yoshimitsu for help.

At the same time, Katsucho Shibabe, Shigeta Shigeie, and Nokosawa Mitsunobu, who had traveled south from Iida Castle, also began to attack Kazuoka Castle. After capturing Shiratori Castle and Tani Castle, Fujita Dingyoshi, Kohata Keizune, Fukuoji Takashige, Yamagishi Mitsusuke, Ueno Ienarari, Matsumoto Keshishige and others also led nearly 6,000 troops to gradually approach Sekiyamaka.

Mogami Yoshimitsu, known as the "Fox of Yushu", was also panicked under the attack of the Uesugi army from the north and south. At this moment, he clearly realized that just relying on the geographical advantages of Murayama County and the branch city network would not be able to support it for long, and he must seek reinforcements from the Date family as soon as possible!

After receiving repeated requests for help from Yoshimitsu Mogami and learning that the Uesugi army had conquered most of Murayama County, Date Harumune realized that if the Mogami family was destroyed, the Date family would soon be invaded from the south and west. Date Harumune knew the importance of the Mogami family, so he asked his son Date Terumune to lead an army of 1,000 to Nanidewa immediately.

The Date army took a position at Uyama Kabu and pinned down Chisakakei-kin, who lived at Hasedo Castle, and Tsukiji Shitoyo from Kamiyama Castle.

And after Takemata Keisuna was relieved, he immediately led his army to participate in the raid on Mogami House. He had endured it for a long time, and finally made it to the arrival of the Uesugi army. Takemata Keitsuna is very desperate at the moment to find Yoshimitsu Mogami. Soon, Takemata Keitsuna found a good place to vent his anger----- Tanibai Castle.

At this moment, Gubai Castle was garrisoned by the two of Gubai Naojia and Wada Masamori, as well as three hundred city soldiers. Moreover, as long as Gubai Castle is in the hands of the Mogami family for one day, then Chisaka Kei-kini and Tsukiji Shitomo will be fixed in the city for one day.

Tao Qingxian saw Takemata Keizuna's thoughts, so he gave him the task of attacking Tanibai Castle, and notified Chisaka Keijin of Hasedo Castle and asked him to fully cooperate. As for Tsukiji Zifeng, Tao Qingxian did not intend to ask him to send troops. Because Tsukiji Zifeng himself also wants to recover the two fiefdoms of Kotaki Castle and Jingu.

Just when Keisuna Takemata and Shitoyo Tsukiji were about to leave for battle, Yataro Nakagawa, who occupied both Nakayama Castle and Mt. Castle, took the initiative to send someone to Tsukiji Shitoyo's main base, Kamiyama Castle, to inform Tsukiji Shitoyo that he was willing to surrender Nakayama Castle and Mt. Castle to the Uesugi family.

In fact, Yataro Nakagawa was ready to resist stubbornly, but seeing that the surrounding Aratago Castle, Tatani Castle and other branch cities were easily attacked by the Uesugi army, he had no choice but to break off the idea of holding on to the death, and surrendered the castle.

At the same time, Yamagata Castle Honmaru's Ohiromachi.

"Tell the Lord! Yataro Nakagawa, the defender of Nakayama Castle, surrendered to the Uesugi army! Toi Hanzaemon ran into the Ohiroma in a panic and reported to Yoshimitsu Mogami, who was still holding a military meeting with the generals of the Mogami family.

"What do you say?! Zhongshan City has surrendered to the enemy?! Mogami couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"If Nakayama Castle is acquired by the Uesugi family, then the Tsukiji repair of Kamiyama Castle will be able to free up its hands to launch an attack on Kanaya and Kotaki." The clan shook his head and said. He already felt that as the situation deteriorated further, the Mogami family's continued stubborn resistance would most likely lead to the severance of the family's name.

"Now the castle has been captured by the Uesugi army. After that, it is very likely that you will attack any of the three places of Chitosekan (Chitose Castle), Tateshiji Castle, Nummagi Castle, and Tanibai Castle, or all four of them at the same time. "Mogami Yoshimitsu is now shocked by the overwhelming strength difference of the Uesugi family, and the current forces in his hands are getting smaller and smaller, and the territory is getting smaller and smaller. If you continue to fight against the Uesugi family, it is very likely that you will return to the way you were when you raised your army----- only Yamagata Castle will be left.