The military meeting held by Koyama Asakuki was very short, and he directly said to the three of Shinbata Nagadun, Kano Hideji and Takanashi Naiki: "Our army does not need prisoners in this battle. ”

Because Gomi Takashige was arranged by Koyama Asaki to lead a detachment of divisions to attack Mito Castle, the home of the Edo family, his subordinates were ordered by Koyama Asaki to be the commander.

In the second year of Eiroku, in the early morning of November 1, Hideji Kano led an army of 8,000 to quickly bypass the back of the Edo army and set up a position in Furuchihara northeast of Kasama Castle; At the same time, Xinfa Tian Changdun also led an army of 3,000 troops to take a position under Oharara; And Koyama Asakyuki arranged the main camp in Fukuhara, just to completely surround the Edo army.

When Shioya saw that the Edo army was completely surrounded, he took the initiative to lead his army out of the city and took the lead in attacking the Edo army without authorization. After half a month of holding on to the city, Shioya Qiuzhen had already held back the fire in his stomach and had nowhere to sprinkle, and this time Xiaoshan Asakyuki gave him a good opportunity.

The 500 castle soldiers led by Shioya Akisada were like a sharp knife, stabbing directly into the interior of the Edo army outside Kasama Castle.

Seeing that Shioya Akisa was active on the battlefield, Shinbata Chodun and Kano Hideji also began to sit still, they didn't want all the credit to be taken away by Shioya Akisada, and then the two of them coincidentally led their troops to flank the Edo army from the northeast and east respectively.

Seeing this, Koyama Asakyuki immediately ordered Takanashi Naki, who was on standby in Anagugami, to lead 1,000 troops to join the melee from the southeast, while he himself led more than 3,000 troops of Koyama to attack the Edo army from the west.

Most of the Edo army was composed of conscripted peasants, former retainers of the Satake family, and some local ronin, and it was able to withstand the sudden onslaught of the Uesugi army, and soon the Edo army could not support it and began to break up on a large scale.

After that, the Edo army fled in all directions on the battlefield, and the Uesugi army pursued the fleeing enemies like hunters chasing wild deer, easily taking off their heads.

In less than two hours, more than 14,000 Uesugi troops annihilated 6,000 Edo troops. More than 6,000 people from the general of the Edo army, including the general Tanitabe Masain, Tanitabe Shigeyin, father and son, and many famous samurai Anato Masato and others, were killed in a total of more than 6,000 people, and all the heads were sent to the outside of Kogoe Castle by Iwatsuko, led by Minohe Keido.

Since the siege of Mito Castle was not so tight, it was still the Edo family's Hosaku who reported the outcome of the Battle of Kasama Castle to Edo Tadamichi.

When the Edo family learned that more than 6,000 troops had been annihilated by the Uesugi family's 14,000 troops in just two hours, they were all horrified. The young lord of the Edo family, who had come to prepare to fight the Uesugi family to the end, was shocked when he learned about this, and he never mentioned the matter of the death battle in Cage Castle again.

Koyama Asaki did not slow down after his victory at Kasama Castle, and immediately led an army of 10,000 to quickly launch a fierce attack on the castle west of Mito Castle. Because Koyama Asayaki knew very well that once the Edo family learned that there were only more than 1,000 people in this partial division of Gomi Gaozhong, they would inevitably prepare to fight to the death in Cage City, and it was very likely that the Uesugi army would pay some unnecessary casualties at that time.

However, Koyama Asayaki obviously overestimated that Edo Tadamichi was already an Edo retainer.

When more than 1,000 cavalry warriors led by Gomi Takashige were at the foot of Mito Castle, Edo Tadamichi and some of the Edo family's relatives had already made up their minds to surrender to the Uesugi family, not to mention that the Edo family had now learned the news that the main force of more than 6,000 troops in the family had been wiped out.

However, at this moment, there are still people who do not want Edo Tadamichi to surrender. This man is the Edo family's retainer Kamibu Tongtada.

If Edo Tadamichi took the initiative to open the castle and surrender at this time, then the Kambu family would instantly become fish on the chopping board, and the Uesugi family would be slaughtered.

In order to prevent Edo Tadamichi from surrendering to the Uesugi army at this time, Kamibu Tadashi specially disguised himself as a fisherman and came to Mito Castle, preparing to resist Edo Tadamichi to the end.

"My lord, please continue to defend the cage city, there are only more than 1,000 Uesugi troops outside the city." As soon as Kamyu Tsutada entered the Edo Tadashi Pavilion in Mito Castle Honmaru, he said straight to the point.

"More than a thousand? However, Koyama Kibei had already led an army of more than 10,000 people to kill all the more than 6,000 troops of his family. Now the family no longer has the strength to continue to compete with the Uesugi family. Edo Tadatsu shook his head and said.

"However, there are at least more than 5,000 troops in our army around Fuchu Castle, and the minister can still send 1,000 troops to assist the lord in garrisoning Mito Castle. As long as Mito Castle is still there, it will definitely be able to dominate Hitachi and force the Uesugi family to withdraw their troops. "Kamibu Totada thinks that the Edo family still has a chance at this moment.

"Once you, Doctor Uemon and his army rush to Kyo-Mizuto Castle, then the Uesugi generals such as the Oda family and the Magabe family will storm the former Great Seal Domain." Edo Tadadō did not agree with Kamyu Tsutada's suggestion.

"Now that it's winter, the Uesugi Army's small pack caravans will be difficult to transport, and the labor will be reduced. As long as we hold on to the castles in various places, it will be difficult for the Uesugi army to make great progress. God was born and said with confidence.

The old man plans to retire and succeed him as the governor of the family. You'll have to tell the general government about your strategy later. Edo Tadamichi didn't want to change his decision. He believed that in the current situation, the only way to save the lives of the Edo clan was to surrender to the Uesugi army. After all, the Musashi Honsho once caused the Uesugi army to suffer heavy losses, but they were able to save the lives of the clan, and they were only sent to Sado.

"What?! My lord, you are actually going to retire at this time?! After listening to Edo Tadamitsu's words, Kamibu was decided, and he could not accept it.

"Although the old man made the Edo family the largest force in Hitachi for a time, and had the status of a daimyo. But the governor who made the Edo family go from prosperity to decline is still an old man. Let the burden of revitalizing the Edo family be completed by Tongzheng, the old man no longer has the ability and energy. Edo Tadamichi said helplessly.

"How can this be... Kamisai sat almost on the ground, and he couldn't take in the astonishing news. And Edo Tongzheng has a few catties and a few taels, don't you know if he is born and loyal? It is a fool's dream to let Edo do do do revitalize the Edo family!

On November 3, Edo Tsumasa officially succeeded the governor and head of the Edo family, and Edo Tadamichi moved from Honmaru to Ninomaru to live.

At this moment, it seems that the Edo family is ready to defend Mito Castle after the change of governor, but this is only on the surface. Tanidabe and other relatives of the clan became dissatisfied when they saw that Kamisai and other important ministers had convinced Edo Tadamichi and Edo Tsumasa, and they immediately contacted Gomi Takashige outside the castle and Koyama Asakiyuki, who was attacking the Anado Domain.

At the same time that Edo Tsumasa reaffirmed his determination to fight to the death with the Uesugi army, Koyama Asayaki had already led his army to defeat more than a dozen branch castles west of Mito Castle, including Ohara Castle, Kawada Castle, Nakahara Castle, Mikawa Castle, Elder Yamashiro, Iitomikan, Tsudakan, Kakuraidate, and Tomura Castle, and killed several important ministers of the Edo family, such as Kakurai Hisamitsu and Toba Da Muneyuki, as well as Kurimata Masaaki, a relative of the Daitsu family who had previously defected to the Edo family.

At this time, Edo Tsumasa was shaken again, and when he learned that all the castle soldiers west of Mito Castle had been captured by the Uesugi army, and that many important ministers and samurai from all parts of Hitachi Province of the Edo family had been killed in battle, he began to feel terrified. Because Edo Tsumasa is very clear at this moment, the Edo family has no strength at all to prevent the Uesugi family from unifying Hitachi and the eight countries of Kanto.

And Tanidabe Tsunao and some other members of the Edo family's family received a letter from Koyama Asaki guaranteeing that they would be able to get out of the Uesugi family smoothly, and they immediately found a Hanshu ronin who was good at swordsmanship, Hayashi Saki Shisuke, and prepared for him to complete the task of forcing Edo Tadamitsu and Edo Tsumasa father and son to surrender Kaicheng.