Asadachi handed over the defense of the castle to his uncle Uesugi Asanori, and left behind a large number of troops (3700). He took the 400 cavalry of the Kawagoe Knights and his retainers Ota Shimasa, Namba Hayabusa, and his wife Shikada Shinsuke, a total of 407 people (Tsuya Kada Shinsuke and three accompanying samurai) to Minowa Castle.

"Why does the repair doctor have four hundred troops?" Uesugi Kenmasa couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he learned that Asadachi didn't have much military strength at all, and he had just learned that his eldest son, Ryuwakamaru, and his wife had all died at the hands of Hojo Tsunari.

"Why should the Kwantung Governor Command expect the total strength of his family to be less than four thousand?" After sitting down, Asadaki asked Uesugi Kenmasa rhetorically, if he had spoken like this before, he would have been attacked by Uesugi Kenmasa's army.

"Also, in the battle of Takiyama Castle, the army mobilized by the family of 40,000 was defeated, let alone 4,000." Uesugi shook his head.

"My lord, the repair doctor means that you go to Echigo and let the Nagao family send troops to Kanto." His wife, Shinsuke Kata, said for him on the side of the Asada.

"The Nagao family? The first generation of Nagao rebelled against the family, not to mention that the Uesugi Echigo who attacked the same clan in the back was timed! "Uesugi Kenmasa doesn't believe anyone anymore.

"Lord, what the repair doctor said makes sense, I heard that Nagao Jinghu is a moral person, and she killed the rebel general of the Echigo Uesugi family in a very short time." Nagano Yoshimasa also agreed with Asada's idea. Even Nagano Yoshimasa's eldest son died in the battle in Takiyama Castle, and he is still loyal to the Yamauchi Uesugi family, so I don't know what he is trying to do?

"Then without further ado, you ...... the repair doctor" Uesugi Kenmasa thought about it and still felt that what Nagano Yoshimasa said made a lot of sense.

"The army under the command will escort the Kanto Governor to Echigo Province." The words of the court made Uesugi Kenmasa a little happier.

Uesugi then took his few retainers, Naoyuki Kurakano, Shikada Shinsuke, and Tsunagen Oishi, as well as fifty samurai and 400 cavalry from the Ogiya Uesugi family, on the road to Echigo's 'public expense'.

Along the way, as soon as Uesugi Kenmasa remembered the battle of Takiyama Castle and the attention of the Hojo army for Asada's 'help' to attract the attention of the Hojo Army, he highly praised Asadari as the 'hero' of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi, and so on.

When Numata Kentai learned that the Kanto Governor and his party had arrived, he hurriedly went out to greet and 'send' off from the Numata Castle Domain.

He had also heard of the night battle in Takiyama Castle, and of course he sent the Nagao family's royal ninja Zhongxuanyuan ninja to lurk in the mountains and forests of Kita-Ueno and secretly protect a large group of cavalry from the Uesugi family.

And Minowa Castle in the rear does not need to worry about Uesugi Kenmasa and Uesugi Asadachi at all, because Nagano Yoshimasa will not let the Hojo family and the Takeda family step into Minowa Castle.

Sensing that Nagao Keihu had the intention of going south to Kanto, Hojo Shiyasu of Kanto and Takeda Shingen of Kai naturally couldn't sit still and wait for such a thing to happen. The best way to end up, of course, is to strike first. Therefore, in April of the 3rd year of Koji (1557), Takeda Shingen gathered more than 13,000 troops, crossed the Yuji Pass, and began the Takeda family's strategy of attacking Nishi-Kamishu, and the first battle target was to storm Minowa Castle in Kamishu, which was defended by Yoshimasa.

Nagano Yoshimasa, who had anticipated this, led 20,000 troops of the Western Kamisu Coalition Army to engage in a fierce field battle with the Takeda Army in Matsuida on April 9. Yemasa led the Minowa people to act as the vanguard, and his unexpected and skillful command threw Takeda's vanguard into chaos. Ye Zheng saw the opportunity and shouted: "Our army will win!" Charge the whole army! "Lead the coalition forces in a general offensive. It's just a pity that due to the disharmony between the generals of Nishijoshu, the opportunity for the Takeda army to counterattack was given. In front of Takeda's invincible cavalry, the coalition army soon collapsed on all fronts. Seeing the failure of the raid, Nagano took the initiative to take charge of the temple army, and led the Minowa people to successfully block the pursuit of the Takeda army, and the coalition forces were able to safely withdraw to Minowa Castle. Although the Takeda Army took the opportunity to surround Minowa, under the defense that Yezheng had been preparing for a long time, it was difficult for the Takeda Army to advance an inch. More than 10,000 troops were blocked by the industry under Minowa Castle. Later, the news of the long-tail army's southward movement arrived, and the Takeda army had no choice but to retreat to Kai. In this battle, Nagano Yemasa's name shocked the world.

In the following year (1558), Takeda Shingen, who was unwilling to be defeated, made a comeback and personally led a large army into Shangshu. However, Nagano Yoshimasa did not adopt a passive defensive strategy, but sought an opportunity to take the initiative to send troops to make a detour to attack Azuma County at night, giving a hard blow to the Takeda army left behind, and forcing Shingen to withdraw his troops and return to battle. And in the battle with Shingen, Yemasa once again showed his supernatural command, and the Nagano army took the upper hand in a roundabout way. A rocket flew and burned all the military rations and ammunition that Shin Xuan had managed to raise. The Takeda army was defeated again, and the dignified Kai Tiger could only flee back to Kai in disgrace.

In the year of Eiroku 2 (1559), Shingen, who had heard the news of the construction of Anaka Castle, thought that it was necessary to lay down Anzhong Castle first. As a result, the Takeda army marched out from Koshu. The famous Takeda general Iitomi Torama led the crowd to take Anchu, while Shingen himself led his troops to suppress Wada Castle, making it difficult to rescue Anzhong Castle. Nagano Yoshimasa, who learned that Anchu Castle was besieged, hurriedly led his army to the rescue. The Nagano Army formed a standoff with the Koshu Army on the north bank of the Usui River. Unable to grasp the flaws of the other party and seize the opportunity of the battle, Nagano Yemasa and Iitomi Toramasa, after looking at each other for a long time, withdrew their troops due to the sudden heavy rain. However, Yezheng did not lead the army back to the camp, but led the people to sneak into the land of Sanyin, detoured back to the rear of the Takeda army, and took advantage of the heavy rain to launch a surprise attack, resulting in a great defeat for Huchang. Takeda Shingen, who had reorganized his army at Satomi Pheasant Castle, was deeply remorseful when he learned of the defeat of Huchang, and resolutely gave up the offensive against Hota Castle and led his army to leave Pheasant Castle and take Eagle Castle directly. At that time, Nagano Yemasa, who was stationed in the Eagle-stayed Castle, found out that Shingen was coming, and immediately gave it to the lord of the Eagle-stay Castle, and he rushed back to the castle Minowa. Sure enough, under the guidance of Yesasa and the cooperation of the Minowa Nagano army, Takeda Shingen's army was heavily damaged under Tagaru Castle and suffered heavy casualties. What's even more helpless is that Shingen has never been able to break through the defense of Eagle Stay City, which puts this Kai Tiger in a dilemma. It is said that in this battle, the casualties of the Takeda army were as high as more than 500.

In the first month of the 3rd year of Eiroku (1560), Takeda Shingen besieged Minowa Castle for the fourth time. This time, however, Shingen learned the lesson of his last defeat and instead of confronting the Minowa people, he besieged Minowa Castle like an iron bucket. After half a month, the food in the city gradually ran out. In the wind and snow, the brave people of Minowa also fell into a desperate situation of hunger and cold. Seeing this, Nagano Yoshimasa moved out of the castle and shared it with the sergeants to boost morale. Several bowls of liquor were served, and everyone was slightly drunk. At this time, Ye Zheng violently ordered the whole army to attack. Minowa Castle took advantage of the drunken battle and launched a frantic attack on the Koshu army. Shingen was caught off guard, and the Takeda army was defeated again under Minowa Castle. On the other hand, Anaka Castle acted on behalf of Anzhong Tadamasa in accordance with Ye Zheng's instructions and unexpectedly cut off the Takeda army's food route. Under this series of blows, Takeda Shingen, who wanted to reorganize his troops and fight again, knew that he could not do anything, so he had no choice but to retreat again.

From the same year to the following year (Eiroku 4), Echigo Uesugi sent troops to Kanto. The Nagano clan led the Minowa and the stables and bridges to go into battle with the army. The scene at that time is recorded in the "Kanto Curtain Notes": Yesamao and Minowa hold the "Hinoki Fan" pattern first, and then the same pattern is followed by ten people, including Kokuma, Hamakawa, Haneda, Yagiwara, Sukaya, and Wada; Again, there are nine people, including Nagashio, Ushihara, Kuragano, and Feathero, for a total of nineteen people.

This time, it was the last time that the veteran Nagano was in the battle formation he was familiar with.

In the year of Eiroku 4 (1561), Nagano Yoshimasa fell ill at Minowa Castle due to his advanced age and several years of fighting against Takeda. On November 22 of the same year, Ye Zheng left a farewell sentence of "Today my body returns to the loess, and it is the same as the monarch's body", and died of illness in Minowa Castle at the age of 71.

Upon learning of the death of the industry, even the strongest opponent in his life, Takeda Shingen, was infinitely sorry and sighed: "If the Minowa industry is still here, I will not be able to enter Shangzhou." ”

After his death, his son, Yoshimoriko, took his father's office and, with the full assistance of the Kamiizumi clan and other "Nagano Sixteen Spears", swore to defend Minowa to the death. Inevitably, however, the situation turned in Takeda's favor. In November of the 4th year of Eiroku, the Nagano clan's greatest helper, the Kohata clan, surrendered to Takeda Shingen, and the corners centered on Minowa Castle were torn apart. In the 7th year of Eiroku, the three castles of Kurakano Castle, Anchu, and Matsuida fell one after another, and the Takeda army approached Minowa, which was almost a lonely city. In the 8th year of Eiroku, the two castles of Shirai and Shirai around Minowa Castle were broken. In September of the following year (Eiroku 8 (1566)), the Takeda army launched a general offensive against Minowa Castle with 20,000 troops, and after the death of the brave general Fujii Tomodada, Nagano Yesheng opened the castle gate and dared to attack, breaking into the battle of Takeda's famous general Baba Nobubo, and slashing the enemy with 18 horsemen and returned. The world is shocked, and it is called "the tiger father has no dog"! At the end, Ye Sheng, who knew that he was invincible, left a sentence of death when the city was broken: "The spring breeze is once, the plum cherry blossoms are falling, what can I do; The present and the past are destroyed, and the remnant name is left empty, and Minowa will always be with him. He was 19 years old. Kamishu Nagano clan, perished.

From the 3rd year of Hongji to the 8th year of Yongroku, the military strength of the Koshu army was the best in the country, and the outstanding and superior command of Takeda Shingen had to take nine years before he could break through the defense of Nagano Yesamasa and his son and advance the army. Throughout the life of the Kai Tiger, in addition to facing the military god Uesugi Kenshin in Kawanakajima for ten years, only Nagano Yoshimasa alone could stop the first person in the Warring States to move forward for several years. Looking at this record alone, Nagano has already lived up to the name of a famous general!

Famous generals need to know the time, know the geography, and be good at gathering people. Nagano is running Nishi-Ueno, and the cities are united to unite the cities of Nishi-Umino to resist the invasion of the Takeda clan. Therefore, if a city is in trouble, all the cities will help it, although the Takeda soldiers are strong and strong, they will not be victorious. This one, people also. In the battle of Yezheng, the Takeda army was far and prosperous, but Yezheng not only did not rely on the fortified city to fortify the defense, but explored the enemy's mistakes everywhere, took the attack as the defense, took the initiative to attack, and never let go of any opportunity to take advantage of it, and often welcomed the crowd with outnumbered. This seemingly reckless method has repeatedly performed miraculous feats in nine years, what is it? It is all because of the knowledge of geography and the fickleness of tactics. A rainy opportunity; At the time of the night; The effect of a wine...... And so on, and it's often a little bit of a loss. Nagano is a good man who can easily grasp it, take advantage of the situation, and defeat the enemy in one battle. As the old saying goes: "The time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people." "When the industry is in charge, the land is advantageous, the people are enjoyed, and the talents of the handsome are brought into full play, and its enemies can be undefeated? Even if the Koshu Twin Tigers (Takeda Shingen, Iitomi Tiger Masaki) came in person, they could only end in failure in the end.