This is the second time that Kenmasa Uesugi and Soji Tsugawa have met, and the first time they met was at Minowa Castle in Ueno, when Soji Tsugawa had just returned from Kamiraku, Kyoto.

Seeing Uesugi Kenmasa for the second time, both Soharu Tsugawa and Kenmasa Uesugi sighed.

Tsugawa Soji lamented that the former Kanto ruler had now fallen into a miserable situation under the fence. And Uesugi Kenmasa sighed that the last time we met, he had at least the territory of Ueno Ichikoku, but now a few years have passed, and he has lost even half an inch of territory.

"What? Is Uesugi Hall also going to send troops with Danzheng Shaobi? ”

While chatting with Uesugi Kenmasa, Tsugawa Soji also learned that Uesugi Kenmasa was going to send troops with Nagao Keitora, so he asked casually.

Uesugi Kenmasa nodded, "Not bad! I will personally take back the territory that the Hojo family has taken from me! ”

"Of course, this is also indispensable for the support of the Danzheng Shaobi Palace!"

Compared with Tsugawa Soji, Uesugi Kenmasa is much more polite when he calls Nagao Keitor. Tsugawa Soji is the official name of Nagao Keitora directly, while Uesugi Kenmasa adds a temple character at the back and puts his posture very low.

Who made Nagao Keitora now the parent of Uesugi Kenmasa, plus the last hope?

"It just so happens that my family is idle, how about this time when I send troops to count my family?" Soji Tsugawa said sideways.

Tsugawa Soji's words surprised both Nagao Keitora and Uesugi Kenmasa, and then Uesugi Kenmasa showed an ecstatic expression, "If the Right Guard General's Hall can participate in the battle, then not only can Ueno be recaptured, but even Musashi will be a problem, right?" ”

"Even, with the current strength of the Tsugawa family, they will definitely be able to directly wipe out the Hojo family! That's great! Uesugi Kenmasa said that he couldn't help but dance.

Uesugi Kenmasa was simply too excited, but he didn't expect that Soji Tsugawa would also intend to help him fight against the Takeda family! Before, Uesugi Kenmasa's plan was just to rely on the Nagao family to gradually regain Ueno's territory first, but now that even the Tsugawa family has joined the war, Uesugi Kenmasa has even expected the moment when Hojo Shiyasu kneels down in front of him!

"I'm afraid Uesugi Temple has misunderstood!" Tsugawa Soji pulled Uesugi Kenmasa up from the sea of happiness, "I didn't say that I was going to send troops to the war, I just wanted to privately follow Danzheng Shaobi and Uesugi to Ueno together." ”

"Uesugi can interpret my trip as observation!" Soji Tsugawa's words also come from the heart.

Although they are both RB daimyos, it is clear that there is a difference between the Kanto and Okuwa forces, and the forces in different regions will be surprised in terms of combat methods and other aspects.

The Tsukawa family had never been in contact with forces in other places before, so Tsugawa Soji also temporarily wanted to go out with Nagao Keitora and Uesugi Kenmasa this time, and casually take a look at the situation of the battle between Echigo and the forces in the Kanto region, and prepare for the future dispatch of troops to Kanto.

After listening to Tsugawa Soji's words, Uesugi Kenmasa suddenly showed a disappointed expression, while Nagao Keitora breathed a sigh of relief.

Nagao Jinghu is afraid that Tsugawa Soji will come out and intervene, because although the Nagao family and the Tsukawa family are allies now, it is obvious that the strength of the Tsugawa family will be a big cut off the Nagao family. If the Tsugawa family participates in the war, then naturally the righteousness of this dispatch will belong to the Tsugawa family, and the Nagao family is just a follower, not a leader.

Just like the last time he sent troops to Aizu, although Nagao Keitora defeated the Ashina Mori clan in Orikahara, it can be regarded as a work and effort. But in the end, it was the Tsukawa family who got the vast majority of the benefits, and the Nagao family just received a material reward from the Tsugawa family.

If the Tsugawa family also participates in the war this time, I am afraid that the result will be no different from last time.

At the same time, Nagao Keitora also sees Uesugi Kenmasa as a bargaining chip in his hands. After all, Uesugi was the governor of the Kanto region, and nominally enjoyed the right to rule the Kanto region. As long as Uesugi Kenmasa is in his hands, then the land of Kanto is equivalent to the back garden of Nagao Jinghu, and he can take it whenever he wants, because he has the name of this righteousness!

However, if a force stronger than the Nagao family takes the initiative to participate, Nagao Keitora believes that Uesugi Kenmasa will definitely abandon the Nagao family and go to the Tsugawa family. This is an obvious thing, and in order to avoid such a thing from happening, Nagao Jinghu naturally doesn't want Tsugawa Soji to come in and intervene.

Therefore, when he heard that Tsugawa Soji was also going to "join the war" just now, Nagao Jinghu was taken aback. Fortunately, Tsugawa Soji's explanation after that made Nagao Jinghu feel at ease, if Tsugawa Soji privately wanted to follow him to Ueno, it would be easy to do.

All you need to do is keep Soji Tsugawa safe.

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Even though Uesugi Kenmasa was very disappointed, the matter of sending troops was finally decided.

The 10,000 peasant soldiers who were originally planned to participate in the war have increased to 15,000. After 10,000 of them had assembled at Kasugayama Castle, Nagao Keitora ordered the entire army to march towards Sakado Castle. After that, he joined up with 5,000 people, including Nagao Masaki, who had stayed behind in Sakado Castle, and eventually an army of 15,000 men began to cross the mountains between Ueno and Echigo and march towards Ueno Province.

On August 9, the 21st year of Astronomy, the army of the Nagao family set out from Sakado Castle and finally arrived at Numata Castle in Ueno Province after five days of marching.

Numata Castle Lord Numata Kentai had already communicated with Nagao Jinghu, and the moment the Nagao family's troops arrived, he "changed the castle head of the Great King Banner", which made the Nagao family win a good start.

Immediately afterwards, the lord of Shirai Castle, Nagao Kenkage, and the lord of Sosha Castle, Nagao Keihide, who were adjacent to Numata Castle, also heard the wind and banished the acting officials who had been placed in their own territory by the Hojo family and fell directly to the Nagao family.

In this way, a quarter of Ueno's territory was easily recaptured by the Nagao family. Although the other Ueno people knew the news that the Nagao family and Uesugi Kenmasa had sent troops to Ueno, they were still waiting.

There are two reasons to wait and see.

The first is that I don't know what the purpose of the Nagao family's dispatch this time is. Do you want to support Uesugi Kenmasa and tear up B with the Hojo family, or simply take the banner of Uesugi Kenmasa to grab turf.

The second is that I don't know the attitude of the Hojo family. What if the Hojo family comes forward to negotiate with the Nagao family, and the two families can't fight at that time?

Anyway, no matter what kind of factor it is, it shows one thing, that is, standing in line too early will not end well. Therefore, the vast majority of the countrymen have chosen to wait and see, and it is not too late to make a decision after the situation stabilizes, anyway, whether it is the Nagao family or the Hojo family, if they want to control Ueno Province, they can't do without people like themselves.

This is the fundamental reason why the Warring States period fought for hundreds of years, but these small forces were able to survive, and some even survived to the Edo period.

Riding on the wall is really stable!

At the same time, the head of the Hojo family, Hojo Shiyasu, also learned the news that the Nagao family had sent troops to Ueno and that the people of Ueno Province had surrendered in the air, and he directly threw out the rice in his hand.

"MMP!"