On the night of December 18 in the third year of Koji, with the capture of Fukaya Castle, the Fukaya Uesugi family, the last separatist force of Musashi, was destroyed. This also announced that the Uesugi family had completely bordered Ueno, and also destroyed one of the chess pieces of Ashikaga Fuji and Liang Tianqing's assistants.

However, Sakan Castle, the last base of the Satomi family in Uesokoku, is like a boat in a storm, and it can be overturned at any time. Hojo Naodita and Tominaga Naokuma successfully joined forces under Sakan Castle and surrounded Sakan Castle with 13,000 troops, and even the coastline was blocked by Yasuei Shimizu's navy. The Izu naval forces were even able to sail in from the Tenjin Mountains to the south of Sakan Castle and fire arrows into the castle.

Prior to this, the Takeda family of the Valley of Truth was also exterminated by the army led by Naokaka Tominaga, and the Takeda family of the Valley of Truth was cut off. Most of the country fell into the hands of the Hojo family. Only part of Takekushi County and Yamabe County 47,000 koku are in the hands of the Uesugi family.

Although Hideji Kano was ready to fight with the Hojo Army, he really didn't feel good about seeing the imminent demise of the alliance Satomi. He is not the only one, Miyagi Masaye and Nambada Hiroshi are also in the same mood. If it weren't for the containment of the wealthy clan of the 33rd Pavilion of Nanchanglu, I'm afraid they would have spontaneously gone to the rescue.

Early in the morning of December 19, inside the Furukawa Imperial Palace.

"Report to the Gongfang Palace, the Guanling Palace, and the Deep Valley Palace is defeated!" A samurai of the Furukawa Ashikaga clan walked into the Ohiroma and reported the news to the Ashikaga Fuji clan and Ryoda Harsuke, who were still studying how to fight.

"What? With more than 2,000 troops, how could it be defeated so quickly? "Ryoda Harsuke also had great hopes for Uesugi Kenken and Uesugi Kenmori father and son, and he hoped that the Fukaya Uesugi family would be able to hold the Uesugi family in Musashi, so that the Furukawa shogunate army could gain an advantage in Ueno, Shimono, Shimoso, Hitachi, and other places.

With the fall of the Uesugi family in Fukaya, Harsuke Ryoda's strategic intentions were all disrupted. The Uesugi family is now fully capable of sending troops to Ueno to sweep out the Furukawa shogunate army in Ueno, and the Uesugi family also has the ability and strength to quickly annihilate them.

"It's over, Fukaya Hall has been defeated, and Musashi has no one left to hold back the Uesugi army." When Ashikaga Fuji learned of this, he collapsed on the tatami mat.

"The Hojo Army has gathered 13,000 troops and is about to enter Musashi, and 4,000 troops have also gathered in Hachioji Castle, which is completely capable of defeating the Uesugi family." Harsuke Ryoda didn't give up, he just treated the Fukaya Uesugi family as a pawn. It's just that this piece is not disabled.

"That's good......" Ashikaga Fuji was not too panicked.

"However, my Guansu City has been besieged for nearly half a month!" Liang Tian Qingsuke couldn't help but be a little angry, Ota Zizheng only surrounded Guansu Castle with nearly 9,000 troops, claiming to be 10,000, but he just didn't attack the city. He also knew that if he went to the rescue, he would be turned around by the Uesugi army to fight for reinforcements.

"Guan Lingdian, our army does not have nearly 10,000 troops in Guhe, on the contrary, the Uesugi army has tens of thousands of troops in Guansu City. Once Sekijuku Castle is lost, then the Uesugi army will directly attack Furukawa! "Tamaoka Masahiro is very worried about the safety of the Furukawa Imperial Palace, and if Sekijuku Castle is lost, Ota Shimasa will definitely lead his troops to march towards the Furukawa Imperial Palace.

"Then you come and tell me, how can our army defeat the Ota Zishobu with 5,000 standing troops with 7,000 troops!" Harsuke Ryoda was very aware of the combat effectiveness of this standing army, and he had also participated in the Battle of Isonuma and had seen the performance of the Kamishu soldiers.

"This ......" Masahiro Tamaoka was speechless.

"You can't see death without help! The Uesugi army is good at war, but Sekijuku Castle is the barrier of the Furukawa Imperial Palace! "Yamakawa Shigege and Tamaoka Masahiro have the same opinion.

"You think I don't want to save it? That's my home! If it weren't for the fact that this force was the only mobile force of the Furukawa Shogunate Army, and for the sake of preserving its strength, you think I wouldn't want to fight the Uesugi Army to the death? Ryoda Harusuke himself questioned the decision to establish the Furukawa Shogunate at the beginning, and if the Kanto generals were mobilized to attack the Uesugi family, Uesugi Asadashi and others would also see Ashikaga Yoshiteru's face and would not directly attack the head of the country. The current situation is that the Furukawa Imperial Palace is a 'den of thieves', and the main force of the Uesugi army has also entered the lower headquarters.

"The situation in the general situation is really worrying now, and the military forces such as Yamamoto Temple, Miyagi and Odadon are fighting and directly repelling them. Moreover, it is impossible for the Hojo Army to enter the lower general in a short period of time with more than 10,000 troops in the upper division, and Satomi Yoshihiro has not been defeated, and he is still defending Sakan Castle. "Tamaoka Masahiro really thinks Satomi Yoshihiro is hateful at the moment, if it weren't for the Satomi family in the way, the Hojo Army would have entered the lower head of the army a long time ago.

While these people were still arguing about their next step in the Great Hiroma, a samurai dressed in black lacquered maru staggered in, and the two flags behind him were also broken.

"I would like to tell you that the Uesugi army of Sekijuku Castle has persuaded all the lords of the castle town and the surrounding villages to leave Sekijuku Castle, and there are already 600 lords willing to go to Uesugi Castle!" The samurai was no longer able to salute, and he collapsed directly to the floor.

"So how did Naosada Yamakawa guard it?! There are still 500 defenders in the city, so why don't you stop it? As soon as Ryoda Harsuke heard that his people were leaving, he suddenly felt that even if he had any hope of retaking Sekisu Castle, it would be an empty city.

"Yamakawa-sama stopped it, and the Uesugi army covered their evacuation with 2,000 Shangshu soldiers! After the battle of our army's 300 out of the city, only a dozen people withdrew into the city, and the villain was also one of them! The warrior gave his breath.

"What?!" Tamaoka Masahiro and the others didn't expect Ota Shimasa to come to this trick at all. If, according to common sense, it was nothing more than indiscriminate hunting and arson of the castle during the siege, Ota Shimasa did the opposite. He directly transferred all the people in the castle town and the surrounding villages to Musashi, completely cutting off Ryoda Harsuke's 'financial route'. If there are no people, how can we collect taxes?

"Murakami Yoshikiyo, who is coming to Okushinano now, has sent troops into Ueno, and Nagano is even more on the side of the Uesugi family, and the enemy's strength in Ueno has reached tens of thousands! There are more than 7,000 Uesugi troops in southern Ueno alone, can we really defeat the Uesugi family? Ashikaga Fuji became pessimistic.

"Don't worry about the palace, since Ota Shimasa can't go head-to-head with our army, at least our army has already dragged them down, as long as the Hojo army goes north to break the Uesugi Dynasty, our Furukawa shogunate army will be able to fight the Hojo army in Musashikai. The situation of the general manager has been clear, Satomi Yoshiyao is defeated, and Satomi Yoshihiro will not last long. "Ryoda Harsuke is not worried, he has completely pinned his hopes on the tens of thousands of Hojo troops of the Hojo clan, as long as the Hojo army defeats the Uesugi army, then the eight countries of Kanto will be the Furukawa shogunate.

When Saito Michizo entered Hirai Castle, he showed Izumi Shoukane, and his mood at the moment was also mixed. I thought that this sword was given to Chaoding by himself back then, but I didn't expect it to be back in my hands now, and I could still command the crusading army in Ueno.

"Saitoyama Castle Guardian, who are you?" When Oishi Tsunagen learned of Saito's arrival, he immediately sent someone to invite him into Honmaru Ohiroma. Even Uesugi Kenmasa, Kiyonaga Sagawa, Kiyohide Kiyono, and Keisumi Kohata all entered the Ohiroma.

"All of you, except for the military department Daisuke Hall Kensei, are all samurai loyal to the shogunate and the Kanto Domain, so you should all know this sword, right?" Saito Michizo first handed over the Izumi Morikanei in his hand to a close man and asked him to show them one by one to Oishi Tsunagen and the others.

"This is Chao Dinggong's saber!" After a circle, Kiyocho Ikawa seemed to understand that Michizo Saito had something important to do.

"The Ueno generals are fighting on their own, and they are not united to fight against the Furukawa Gongkata who betrayed the shogunate." Saito Michizo took back Izumi Morikaneji and continued: "This time, the old man came to get an order from the Kanto Governor on behalf of the Uesugi Town Governor, and asked the Ueno generals to crusade against the rebels after being under the control of the old man!" ”

"I know the ability of Saito Yama Castle Guard, and it should have been carefully thought out that the town government sent you." Although Kiyohide Kiyono has lived in Okushinano for a long time, he has heard the news that Michizo Saito stole Mino Ichikoku.

"I don't have an opinion, as long as the mountain castle defender defeats the rebels quickly." Although Uesugi Kenmasa is in seclusion, Oishi Tsunamoto, as Uesugi Kenmasa's former retainer, must give him face.

"Daisuke of the military department is right, the old man came here for this." Although Michizo Saito has eaten a lot of idle meals for a long time, of course he has to contribute. And the Minong people are still fighting in the wilderness, how can they not help?

"Yamashiro Mamoru is willing to accept the command!" Kiyocho Tsukawa knew that as long as he made a contribution to the Kanto region, his territory would increase, and although he was still nominally a retainer of Kenshin, he was actually a kisar sent to the court. This opportunity is naturally to be well grasped.

"I am willing to do it too! Now that the siege of Hirai Castle has been lifted, I want to let the Furukawa shogun, who stays at home, see how powerful I am waiting for the samurai of Shangshu! "Oishi Tsunagen doesn't want all the credit to be snatched away by Kiyocho Igawa, a military general from Yangbei, and he also wants everyone to see that he is not only suitable for being a commissioner, but also suitable for leading troops to fight.

"I'm willing." Kiyono Kiyohide and Kohata Keijun saw that Oishi Tsunagen and Igawa Kiyocho had agreed, and they couldn't help but give face, so they could only agree.

"Then the first step of our army is to make peace with Ogasawara Shinano Mamorukai, and after his 700 troops join, he will directly surround the rebel generals entrenched in Kuragano Castle." Saito Michizo pursues one principle: the more the merrier, and the more people, the better. He was beaten by Saito Yoshiryu sequelae, at that time it was Saito Yoshiryu who used the tactics of crowds, and Saito Michizo fought fewer and fewer people.

"Yes!" Subsequently, Oishi Tsunagen and others left Ohiroma one after another and went to their respective military camps to prepare for battle.

And Saito Michizo had to go to the castle town first to find someone to customize a 'two-headed wave' flag seal, as the general of the Ueno side, the flag seal was always wanted, and he couldn't use the bamboo finch pattern as his own flag seal at will. While sending someone to make the flag seal, Saito Michizo did not forget to make the flag seal of the turnip (Kakizaki family pattern) and the three bottles (Usami family pattern). He did this very simply, since he couldn't let Kakizaki Keika and Usami Dingman set off from Echichu to rescue Kanto, then it was still okay to claim it, at least to scare the wealthy families in Ueno. And the Uesugi army is all using bamboo and finches as their banners, who can see it? Saito Michizo is still Asada's father-in-law, even if they find out afterwards, what can they do?

On December 20, the 6,500 troops of the reorganized crusading army made a detour to Naba Castle, and Momoi Yoshitaka led 300 troops to accompany Saito Michizo. On the same day, the 6,800 troops of the crusading army reached the vicinity of Koizumi Castle. Yura Chengzhu originally expected Hosoya Shimichi to come out and surrender, but he didn't expect that as soon as the 6,500 crusading army arrived near Koizumi Castle, he would be attacked on his back! Ogasawara immediately led 600 troops to participate in the three places on Saito Road, so that the number of crusaders outside the castle had reached 7,400. Although Koizumi Castle was once besieged, Hosoya Shimichi still held it, and he also paid the loss of 200 defenders. However, the Red Rock City of Siliding was not attacked. He was still holding on to the city, and since he had not received any orders, he had to stay in the city.

Yura Narishi gave up continuing the attack on Koizumi Castle, and he also asked Okamoto Nobuyori and Fujiyu Yoshishi, who were left behind in the territory, to lead a thousand troops to join him. However, he seemed to have forgotten who he was fighting against. None of the envoys sent by Ryoshigeru reached his territory, and they were all ambushed and killed by the ninjas sent by Saito Michizo on the way. Before Saito Michizo went to Ueno, Asadachi asked Kato Duanzo to transfer ten ninjas who were good at ambushing and killing to Saito Michizo.

At noon on the 21st, Yuliang Chengfu could not wait for reinforcements, and immediately ordered to prepare to evacuate the place, but his back road to his ability to retreat had been blocked. Just when Yokose Yura's army was about to withdraw from Koizumi, he was chased and killed by Kiyoshi Tsunaga and Oishi Tsunamoto. Due to the long-term invincibility, the morale of Yokose Yura's army was already very low, coupled with the surprise attack and pursuit of the 3,500 troops of the two of Ishikawa Kiyonaga and Oishi Tsunamoto, the 2,400 army of Yokose Yura's army collapsed instantly.

While Yura Narishi's forces were in the midst of a rout, Saito Michizo also threw the forces of Kohata Keisumi and Momotaka into battle. These two groups of more than 2,000 troops immediately flanked Yokose Yura's army from the flank. For a time, the plain outside Koizumi City became a slaughterhouse entirely. Caught in a divided encirclement, Yokose Yura's army was attacked by more than 5,500 crusaders, but they were unable to break through. In just one hour, Yokose Yura's important ministers Yokose Shigeo, Yokose Suxian, and Yokose Toshihiro were successively captured, and the retainers Hayashi Iga Mamoru, Hayashi Nakamori, Arai Lord Taxusuke, and Kanaya Inaba Mamoru were killed in battle.

In the end, at the suggestion of his younger brother Yura Nagover, he led the only remaining ten flag-book samurai to break through the siege, but Yura Nagashi was alone behind the palace and was taken by Kiyocho Tsukawa. After Yuliang Chengfan finally arrived at the Jucheng Jinshan City, there were only two people by his side. Yura Narishi could only smile bitterly for a while at the city gate before falling off his horse.

"Your Highness!" The two samurai, covered in blood, could only immediately dismount and help Yura Narishi into the castle.

And Yura Narishi's main room is still the daughter of the Akai family, Akai Teruko, who was exterminated by the Uesugi family before. She was still teaching her sister-in-law Yura to martial arts in the city, but she heard that Yura's army had suffered a crushing defeat under Koizumi Castle, and only three of the three thousand troops came back in the end.

The crusading army led by Michizo Saito also lost 200 men in the Battle of Koizumi, but in exchange for 1,000 killed and 1,300 prisoners of Yokose Yura's army, such a sacrifice was very cost-effective. In addition, the retainers of the Yokose Yura family, Ichimen died in battle and was asked for a lot, and it was completely devastated. Saito Michizo then also commanded 7,600 troops from Ogasawara Nagasawara, Oishi Tsunamoto, Igawa Kiyochunaga, Kohata Keisi, Kiyohide Kiyono, Yoshitaka Momoi, Shimichi Hosoya, and Nishiridada.

The attack of the crusading army was extremely fast, and just after Yura Nari Shigecai was treated in Kanayama Castle, Saito Michizo had already captured the large and small castles around Kanayama Castle, such as Eda, Anti-Machi, and Market. Yokose Yura's generals Narimichi Inouchi, Masamitsu Osawa, Nobuyori Okamoto, and Fujibu Yoshishige were killed in battle, and the 1,000 troops left by Yokose Yura's family to use as mobile support were also besieged and surrendered after 200 people were killed.

On the morning of the 22nd, when Teruko Akai was still feeding Yura Chengshi with medicine, a retainer rushed into the living room.

"Your Highness! Madam! Uesugi Army··· Uesugi Army··· Jinshan City has been surrounded! The retainer said intermittently.

"What?! Then the military strength of Okamoto, Fujio and several other adults was also ... Akai Keiko couldn't imagine that the Uesugi army would capture several branch castles around Kanayama Castle so quickly.

"Yes, Okamoto, Fujiyu and several other adults were killed in battle, and the strength of our army of 1,000 was also annihilated!" After the retainer finished speaking, he bowed his head in shame.

"It's over, who is commanding the Uesugi army when it falls to the ground?" Yura Narishi wanted to know who was commanding the Uesugi army, and he didn't know who the enemy general was fighting with him after the defeat of Koizumi Castle until now.

"The flag seal is a two-headed wave, a turnip, and a three-bottle!"

"Isn't that the family crest of the Saito, Kakisaki, and Usami families?" Akai Teruko still understands something, and since her husband was defeated at the hands of the Uesugi family's ministers, it is not a shame.

"The enemy army is the general Saito Yamajo Mori Michizo!" The retainers then informed the two of them the news that Saito Michizo was the chief general of the crusading army.

"Uesugi Asada's father-in-law, a thief who stole the country of Mino!" As soon as Yura Nari heard the name, he knew the 'great deeds' of Michizo Saito.

"Your Highness, let's surrender. At least he can keep his family name, and now there is only one family left in the family, Kanayama Castle, although it can hold on for months, half a year, or even a year, but the Furukawa Shogunate is not an orthodox shogunate after all. The crusade orders issued by the Imperial Court and the shogunate have also reached the Kanto region, and as long as you ask the general of the current crusading army, Uesugi Town, to surrender, you should be able to see that the family name has been preserved in the face of the Uesugi family's return to the Kanto region. Akai Teruko's words came from the heart, and her father was destroyed by the spontaneous attack of the Ueno generals after fighting against the Uesugi family and the Nagao family because of his stubbornness.

"As the son of Yoshige Nitta, I should fight to save my family name. But now there are only 200 defenders in Jinshan City, and it is no longer possible to fight. The Uesugi army is coming to the castle, and I can only take you to surrender. Yura said helplessly. Although he still wanted to continue the struggle, it was impossible for the castle to fight against the nearly 8,000 Uesugi army with only 200 defenders in the castle. Moreover, all the important ministers were killed in the battle under Koizumi Castle, and the rest of the retainers also fought to the death in the defense of the city.