In the second year of Yonglu, September 18. Takajo Honmaru Ohiro room.

"What do you say?! Did the Imperial Palace really just say that the family would be exempted from military service in Echichu and Noto this time? Nagao Fujikei almost fainted after listening to Nagao's report, he didn't expect that he had fought for so many years for the Fuchu Nagao family as a relative of the Fuchu Nagao family, but he couldn't compare to the treatment of the retainers of the spectrum.

"Brother, calm down first." Nagao Kori immediately walked up to Nagao Fujikei, straightened him and sat down, and then said to Nagao Woodworker, "Carpenter, so who is the Kasuga Mountain Castle Stayer this time, has the Imperial House Walken been announced?" ”

"The four of them, Misaku Honjo, Ishikawa Bigo, Mizuhara Iki Mamoru, and Murayama Heijiro, will serve as the remaining guards of Kasuga Yama Castle." Nagao Kikosuke then replied to Nagao Fujikei.

"Honjo Misakumori, as a major minister in the family, will not mention him. Ishikawa Bigo Mamoru is the elder of the Echigo Uesugi family, and he was close to the late Harukei Gong in his early years, so he will not mention this person. But who are Iki Mamoru Mizuhara and Heijiro Murayama?! One is Yangbeizhong, who has been dissatisfied with the king for a long time; The other is the Kitashin Servant, if it weren't for the Takanashi Hall to assist the late Shinano Moriden to defeat the Kanto Governor and Jojo Harima Mori, the Goya Palace would not have accepted him as a bannerman! The more Nagao Fujijing thought about it at this time, the more angry he became, which point was he inferior to the latter two? Every time you follow the long tail for the scene, the credit of the humble letter is lower than them? Why don't you keep a place for yourself in the remaining service?

"Brother, you dissipate your anger first, what if the Imperial Palace saw that you were 'sick' and could not be qualified for the position of staying behind, so two people were randomly selected to fill the number?" When Nagao Keiji saw that Nagao Fujikei's face was not very good, he immediately persuaded him with kind words.

"The old man has been sick and injured many times, but it's nothing, it seems that the Imperial House Palace only remembers the military exploits of the retainers and the banners, and has forgotten the old man's relatives!" Nagao Fuji said angrily.

"Elder brother, since the Imperial Palace has led an army of 10,000 out of Yuezhong at this time, so the domestic troops are scarce, isn't it easy for us to do something?" Nagao said with a malicious smile.

"Call Pingliu in, since you are humble and unkind, then don't blame the old man for being unjust!" After saying that, Nagao Fujikei slammed his fist on the table in front of him.

"See the Yuanjiang Shoudian." After a while, a young samurai walked into the big room.

"Pingliu, the old man watched you grow up. For Ling Zun's death, the old man has been guilty for decades. Nagao Fujikei immediately made a very sad look.

"Yuanjiang Shoudian is serious, my father's death in battle has nothing to do with you. If it weren't for the temporary change of the Fuchu Nagao family and the union with the Ueda Nagao family, the father would have taken down the head of the Nagao Echizen Guard a long time ago! The young warrior clenched his fists and said angrily.

"Pingliu, this time the old man will support you to recapture the old collar of Damian, Jianfu, and Sanjo." Nagao Fujijing said with an oath.

"I can't thank you enough! I heard that the late Nagao Shinano Mamoruto's younger brother Nagao Shinjiro was in the old territory of the Suyoshi Nagao family at this time, so let's take his head as a thank you gift! When Nagao Heiroku heard that Nagao Fujikei was willing to support him to regain his old collar, he instantly thought of a way to repay Nagao Fujikei.

"Well, then it's up to you to be active!" Nagao Fujikei nodded with great satisfaction.

On the same day, Nagao Fujikei asked Nagao Heiroku to change his name to Nagao Heiroku Nagakei, and lent him 200 troops. Nagao Nagakei immediately led two hundred troops to Jianfu Castle and contacted the former minister, Kitagawa University and Takayanagi Supervisor, and asked them to immediately lead the Lang Party to come and fight him. Seeing that it was the son of the old master, Kitagawa University and Takayanagi immediately led more than 100 people to join Nagao Nagakei.

At this moment, Nagao Yuzhong, who was in Zao Castle, did not realize that the danger was gradually approaching him.

The next morning, when the sky was still dark, Kenshin assigned to Nagao Heavy, and Nagao Weixiu, noticed that the situation was different, and immediately told Nagao to be heavy, but Nagao was still lying down at this time, and he replied with a smile: "It must be Kurokawa Bizen Mamoru (formerly known as Suruga Mamoru of Kurokawa Castle) or Nagao Toe Shouden of Takashiro to send troops to support the Goya Ryden, so don't panic." ”

After a while, another person who reported to Nagao said, "Ninomaru has been captured!" ”

At this time, Long Tail slowly got up and went to the courtyard to listen to the sounds outside. However, Nagao heard that others were giving orders, and there were hundreds of people who answered, and he began to get afraid.

At this moment, almost all the troops inside and outside Zao Castle went to follow Kenshin out to Echichu and Noto, and there were less than fifty people left. And except for the long-tailed and servants, most of the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled, and no one is panicked.

"Who are the enemy troops?!"

"Is it the strength of the Northern People?"

"Is it Aizu's military strength?"

Because the sky was not yet fully dawning, the situation was still unclear for a while, and the servants and maids in the Honmaru were crying and screaming, and there was chaos in the Honmaru. Due to the suddenness of the incident, the samurai in the castle hurried to Ninomaru to resist the enemy under the leadership of Nagao Weixiu. They had no time to put on their armor, so they grabbed their naginatas and spears and fought forward.

Due to the disparity in strength between the enemy and the enemy, the samurai in Zao Castle were not very combative, although they were high-spirited. Long Tail is unable to repel the rebels, so he can only fight a bloody way for Long Tail to evacuate.

Just when Nagao Weixiu slowly walked into the big wide room with the broken spear, he found that Nagao was ready to commit suicide by seppuku at this time.

"My lord, please leave with me! If you don't leave, it's too late! Nagao persuaded Xiu bitterly.

"Zao Castle can't be defended anymore, even if he can escape, will the old man still have the face to face the Imperial Palace? If you abandon the city and leave, you won't be able to raise your head at all! Nagao shook his head.

"Why do you bother? The rebels only numbered a few hundred, and even the old, weak, sick and disabled defenders in the city could not be defeated quickly, and they would definitely not last long! After Nagao Weixiu finished speaking, he took a few steps forward.

"Shingo, you better go quickly, and hurry up to report the matter to the four people who stayed in Kasuga Mountain Castle, such as Honjo Misakumoru, Ishikawa Bigo, Mizuhara Iki Mamoru, and Murayama Heijiro. The rebels must be secretly supported by someone, and they are the ones who did not go out with the Imperial Palace! After Nagao finished speaking, he immediately picked up the squish and stabbed himself in the stomach.

"Your Excellency······ Rest assured, you will be able to slay the rebels' masterminds for you! Nagao ran out with tears in his eyes.

At the same time that Nagao Weishu only led five people to highlight Zao Castle, Nagao Nagakei captured Zao Castle and cut off the head of Nagao Yuzhong.

Nagao Fujikei was overjoyed to learn that Nagao Nagakei had attacked Zao Castle and beheaded Nagao, and he immediately raised a counter-flag against Kenshin in Takajo, and sent Nagao Keiji and Nagao Kori and others to attack the surrounding castle soldiers, and at one point sent troops over Mt. Shoumon and Mt. Asakusa to Mizukubo Castle in the west of Aizu.

Ishiguro Mitsuyoshi, the lord of Aizu Mizukubo Castle, had to prepare for the cage castle in a hurry, and he had to send more than ten groups of envoys to Tsugawa Castle, Okukawa Castle and other places to seek reinforcements. On the other hand, Deura Morikiyo also realized that the situation had deteriorated somewhat, and immediately rushed to Heyue Castle in person, preparing to report the matter to the court in person.

However, Tochio Castle was not spared at this time, and since the lord of the castle, Minoru Honjo, went to Kasugayama Castle, Tochio Castle was guarded by Honjo Hidekei. Due to the scarcity of defenders, Honjo Hideki could only watch as the two branch castles north of Tochio Castle, Jimbo Castle and Fukamachi Castle, were captured by the Shimoda Nagao army. The long-tailed vine view was rampant in Zhongyue for a while, and no one could stop it.

September 20, Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Ohiroma.

"Nagao Tooe Morito Jing raised his troops to rebel, and his army was once under Aizu Mizuzukubo Castle, and Ishiguro was in a hurry." Deura Shengqing reported straight to the point.

"What?! Isn't Nagao Toe Mamoru a relative of the Goya Palace? How can it be?! As soon as Chao Ding heard Pu Shengqing's report, he felt a little that he had heard it wrong.

"My lord, it is indeed Nagao Toe Mamoru who raised troops to rebel, and Nagao Heirokuro Toshikei's son Nagao Heiroku Nagakei is also involved. Nagao Shinjiro has been killed for Shigeko. Deura Morikiyo continued.

"It seems that Nagao Enoemori took advantage of the fact that Echigo's troops were empty at this time and there was no one to defend him. So what about his motives? Asadaki didn't understand why Nagao Fujikei chose to raise troops to rebel at this time.

"This minister has not yet found out, so the minister immediately went to investigate." After Deura Morikiyo finished speaking, he immediately withdrew from Ohiroma.

"My lord, Lord Deura has been here for two full days and two nights, and it is estimated that there may be a ······ over there in Echigo." Hidesen Yamazaki stopped talking halfway through his words.

"There are still two families on the Sino-Vietnamese side, Honjo and Xiaoguo, even if Nagao Enoemori wants to send troops to capture Echigo Fuchu, he will definitely have to pass through Tochio Castle. As long as Tochio Castle has not been captured by the Shimoda Nagao Army, then Nagao Toe Mamoru will not be able to last long. Chao Ding said after calculating. After all, Huess Shin has not yet been able to go out to support Vietnam, China and Noto.

"Now the fastest way is to mobilize the Kankawa River, Oshikiri, Saito, Mori and other generals who are concentrated in Mutsu to enter Aizu quickly, and the Shimoji brothers quickly recruit troops in Tsugawa and Okugawa to curb the momentum of Nagao Toe Mamoru." Hidesen Yamazaki couldn't think of anything better at the moment.

"Then let's do it first." Chao Ding nodded thoughtfully.