This time, Chaoding's attack on Anji County was also after the general mobilization of the commanders, and the military strength of these 9,300 people was revealed. And the new country Lai Ji does not have any allies! They were enemies on almost all sides (the Uesugi family to his north had just become enemies), the Shirakawa Yuki family was offended to the south, the Nikaido family was offended to the east, and the mountains were on the west.

After escaping to Naganuma Castle, the Tachima Minbu told Shinkoku Yoriki that the Uesugi family had dispatched tens of thousands of troops, which could not be matched. Then he repeated the story of the Nikaido family surrendering and handing over the hostages after being defeated by the Uesugi family, so that the 4,000 troops gathered under Naganuma Castle by the new country Yoriki were not moving, nor were they moving. During this period of time when the new country Yoriki was hesitating in Naganuma Castle, Maruyama Main Sui, who was surrounded in Funazu Castle, felt that he could not be cut off by the Uesugi army and wanted to take it back! Immediately, he led the already small army of 600 and 20 horseback warriors as the lead, and led 600 warriors to rush out of the south gate with his heels.

Inomedai Shengguo had also fought a lot with the Ashina Mori clan, and he knew at a glance that Maruyama Zhushui couldn't help it, and seeing that they were so impatient, they would definitely be defeated.

Namba Kenji saw that the time for his meritorious service had come again! Immediately, he took fifty horseback samurai and twenty horseback samurai of Maruyama Main Water to fight. Then a hundred bows of ashigaru rushed out on the other side and threw it.

After knocking down a few arrows with his saber, Maruyama Shoshisui fought with the 600 spears of Namba Kenji's division, but soon the 300 saber ashigaru surrounded Maruyama's 600 troops from the side.

With the brave commander Kenji Nanba, the twenty mounted samurai of Maruyama Main Water were quickly slaughtered.

"They are surrounded by our army! Don't let one go! "Tadanobu Hirosawa participated in this joint battle as the lieutenant general of Kenji Namba Tana, and although he did not know how to act due to the lack of territory, he was still loyal to the Uesugi family. This may be what the family that has followed the Uesugi family in Ogiya for decades can do.

"Damn! Kill me all the people! "Maruyama Lordsui didn't expect that he would be surrounded so quickly, he only knew that the Uesugi army's brigade had left here, and he didn't know how many troops actually surrounded Funazu Castle.

"Oh!" The peasants and ashigaru of Maruyama's main water immediately began to fight to break through in the direction of Funazu Castle, and they had no covering troops. In other words, they did not break off, and the retreat battle turned into a rout in an instant. The 600 army, which is mainly composed of peasants and soldiers, does not have much actual combat effectiveness, and is completely the type of running away with the wind and grabbing people's heads against the wind and smearing oil on the soles of their feet.

It would be fine if the armies of other families were left on in peacetime, but this time they encountered the Uesugi army. The Uesugi army is also a long-fought division, especially Namba Tian Kenji has followed Asadai all the way from Musashi Province to the present, and he has also learned a little bit in terms of tactics. Kenji Namba soon saw Maruyama Main Water on a horse in the crowd.

"Is it Lord Maruyama? Do you dare to fight me Nambata Hayato Sakenji?! "Kenji Namba sent a shot to Maruyama Main Water, waiting for his response.

"I am the main water of Maruyama, and Hayabusa-sama Namba is also the fierce general of the Uesugi family. It's a great pleasure to play with you! Soon, after the Uesugi army cleared a way here, Maruyama Zhushui clenched the saber in his hand and galloped towards Namba Kenji.

"Then please advise!" Kenji Namba then grabbed his horse and brandished his naginata.

"Bell!" As the sound of the saber and the naginata collided, Maruyama knew that his sword skills were not good, and he did not have the arm strength of Kenji Namba at all. Namba Tian Kenji slowly pressed down with his naginata, he knew that Maruyama's main water couldn't hold it. Maruyama Shosui finally stopped after four rounds, and was slashed by Kenji Namba with a knife. The sharp-eyed two ashigaru hurriedly went to cut off the head of the main water of Maruyama and dedicated it to Kenji Nambada.

"The enemy general Maruyama main water was taken by me, Namba Hayato Sakenji! Surrender quickly! Namba Kenji shouted loudly, holding the head of Maruyama's main water. With Namba Tian Kenji's shout, the army of more than 500 Maruyama main water surrendered in this way. Only a few 'capable' samurai fled back to Funazu Castle, closed the gates, and held the castle.

"Bring them all down, and the rest of the people clean up the battlefield!" Tadanobu Hirosawa ordered a hundred ashigaru to quickly clean up the battlefield and recover all the weapons that could be used. Even some of the freight forwarders and carcasses on the corpses were taken off and taken away.

"Report! Maruyama Main Water came out of the south gate and fought with Nambata Hayato Sa-sama and was defeated, and Maruyama Main Water was taken by Namba Hayato Sa-sama! An envoy hurriedly entered the main camp of the court to report.

"Excellent! Go down. Chaoding was very happy, and learned the good news after learning that the new country Lai Ji would not rescue Funazu City in a short time!

"Report! The remnants of the enemy army are holding Funazu Castle and not coming out! "Another envoy entered the camp and stood by after reporting.

"Well, you inform Nambada Hayato and ask him not to attack the castle. Continue the siege. "Chaoding doesn't want to waste too many troops on the siege.

"Yes!" Then he left.

"My lord, Shinkoku Raiki is one of the daimyo under the Ashina Mori clan. The main water of Maruyama is dead, and the minister is willing to enter Funazu Castle to persuade the enemy in the castle to surrender Kaejo! "The Ashina clan took the initiative to ask himself to go to Funazu Castle to persuade him to surrender at this time.

"Are you sure?" Asadaki knows that the existence of the Ashina clan is very important, and if it weren't for him, I'm afraid he wouldn't have slept peacefully in Aizu Wakamatsu Castle! If he hangs, then there will inevitably be a large number of former ministers of the Ashina family in his territory who rebel and raise troops.

"Sixty percent sure." The Ashina clan itself was a little unsure of whether they could persuade the enemy generals to surrender, and only knew that they could enter the city with the help of the Ashina family's status as the governor.

"Then please. My team will also be on standby outside the city, so stay safe. "Chaoding can only do this, if he opposes it, he doesn't have any siege equipment, and he can only let the Ashina clan give it a try.

"Yes." The Ashina clan thought that if he succeeded this time, he would be able to have a little more territory than before, and he only had a territory of 2,000 stones under the Ashina Sheng clan. After the Uesugi army came, although he defected to the Uesugi family, he also got a territory of 4,000 koku.

At dawn the next day, the Ashina clan arrived outside the south gate of Funazu Castle under the escort of twenty samurai on horseback.

"I'm the Ashina family governor of the Ashina family, please open the door and let me go in and talk to the generals in the city!" When the Ashina clan arrived outside the city, he could only use the identity given to him by the Uesugi family to report to the people in the city.

"Wait a minute!" One of the ashigaru in the castle immediately finished speaking and ran towards Honmaru. After a while, a samurai dressed in black Jinhaori stood behind the walls of Ninomaru.

"Under is Oniki Mosuke, Funazu Castle Castle Castle. Ashina-sama, please come in! As soon as Kiki Mensuke learned that it was the governor of the Ashina family, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to open the door, and he knew that the current city was full of more than a hundred troops. If the Uesugi army attacked the castle in one round, it would be destroyed.

The Ashina clan immediately dismounted and walked into Funazu Castle with his samurai. The gates of Funazu Castle were also closed after they entered. The Ashina clan was also invited by Onagi Mensuke to Honmaru Ohiroma in Funazu Castle, and Onagi Mensuke took the initiative to let the Ashina clan sit on the main seat.

"The Minister's Oni Kimonsuke was originally a horse of the Ashina family, but he fled here after the destruction of Kurokawa Castle. He was taken in by Lord Maruyama and appointed as the military horse commissioner.,Manage the military horses in the city.。 Oniki Mensuke sighed, he had seen the Ashina clan before, but he didn't know himself.

"As it is, the Asadako abolished all the evils of the Ashina family since he came to power, and implemented lighter taxes, and now no one in the territory of the Uesugi family in the Aizu area has mentioned Ikkui again." The Ashina clan himself is also in his eyes, and it is better to inherit the Ashina family than to let the Inonadai family inherit the Ashina family, and he will also be the name of the retainer under the Uesugi family.

"But there is bad news, the nephew of the modern governor, Needle Moriyuki, fled to the territory of the Seven Horsemen of Yamauchi when Kurokawa Castle was broken, and was protected by the people of Yamauchi and recognized him as the lord." At this time, Onagi Mensuke said a relatively shocking news to the Ashina clan.

"What?!" When the Ashina clan heard this, he almost became angry, and he was fortunate to be the child of the previous family governor, but he just passed to the needle family. With his appeal and identity, he is stronger than the Ashina clan's concubine, I don't know how many times! Moreover, Needle Moriyuki has always been friendly with the Yamauchi family, and the power of the Yamauchi Seven Horsemen is second only to the Uesugi family in Aizu. The Yamauchi family also controls a silver mine, which is no worse than the Uesugi family in terms of financial resources. The Uesugi family's Hachigou Gold Mine has only only recently begun to develop.

"Your Highness, compared to the son of the previous superintendent, the minister is still willing to serve you!" Onagi Mensuke also has his own little abacus, on the one hand, he was besieged in Funazu Castle to get out, and on the other hand, it is better to make a contribution after becoming a retainer of the Ashina clan than what is now a dedication.

"That's good, but what about the family of the former city lord?" The Ashina clan was very happy when he heard that he had a retainer again, but the top priority was to deal with the family of the former city lord.

"Yes, the family members of the original city lord have all been taken down, just waiting for your arrival!" Ever since Akiki Mensuke fled into the castle outside the castle, he rushed into the Honmaru with ten samurai and some thirty ashigaru who were unwilling to serve Maruyama Lordsui, and locked up a total of thirty-five people, old and young, in a side room.

"Well, it's time to open the city. The court was very preferential to those who surrendered voluntarily. "There is still a basis for the Ashina clan to say this, and he is the object of 'preferential treatment'.

"Yes." Oniki Mensuke immediately ordered someone to open the Otemon Gate, and all the troops under his command laid down their weapons, and let all the people in the city leave. This was followed by the entry of Kenji Namba into Funazu Castle. The rest of the Uesugi army buried all the bodies of the war dead outside the castle and put back the more than 600 people who had surrendered.

When Asadachi learned about it, he asked Onagi Mensuke to serve as a retainer of the Ashina clan. However, the 2,000 koku of this funazu castle was given to Tadanobu Hirosawa and 2,000 koku of the third castle, so that Ogasawara Nagashi (formerly Hachigou Castle 500 koku) became the lord of the castle after being transferred. And the five hundred stone of Bagou Castle was rewarded to Honjo Fanchang, although he did not have much performance in this joint battle, but he still had some merit when he fought against the Nikaido family, and the court gave Bagou Castle to him. The Ashina clan also reached a temporary 'peace' after negotiating with the envoys sent by the new country Raiki to armistice.

Three days later, the assailant returned. This time the goal has been achieved, and the next step is to concentrate on dealing with the seven horsemen of Yamauchi.