He wanted to create a new atmosphere and bring the Uesugi family together for him. After the city was rebuilt, he began to expand the rice fields. Although the heavy labor caused dissatisfaction among the people, he later distributed the surplus food to the people. So that the poor with a small harvest can also have more security.

[The lord of the country is really a generation of masters. 】

It seems that he has us people in his heart. 】

Hearing that everyone's evaluation of him had changed, Uesugi Keitora smiled in his heart. Last year, because of the war, the rice harvest was only seven cents, so he lowered the annual tribute to five cents, and sent people to the villages to preach:

The people are treasures, and they must not be allowed to starve. 】

Echigo's land was barren and due to the high latitude, grain production was not high, and even Uesugi Kenshin never received an annual tribute of less than six cents.

On the previous Olan Festival, Uesugi Keitora set up 150 boats and lit countless lanterns on the Kashiwazaki Seashore to pay tribute to his deceased father. Not only the people, but also many retainers were dumbfounded by this spectacular scene.

[This kind of elegance, I'm afraid that even if it is a great general in Kyoto, it may not necessarily have it.] 】

[The spirit of the lord is really rare in the world, and if the humble and faithful prince is still alive, he will be very pleased. 】

Uesugi Keitora laughed at these words. His purpose is much more than that. He recruited singers from the capital who had traveled to various countries, ostensibly to learn liange from them. In fact, he wanted to know the world without leaving home, and asked those singers about the customs of people from various countries.

The impatient temperament that used to talk to his adoptive father about the art of war was gone, and his cheeks were full, and his eyes and movements were calm and serious.

Now Uesugi Keitora is only worried about one thing, that is, how to expel the Date Army, and now the Uesugi family is almost peaceful on all sides, even Mogami Yoshimitsu, who was very unpleasant in the past, has also withdrawn under the mediation of the shogunate, only this Date Masamune, is really hateful!

Originally, he was counting on the arrival of wise Kogoro and Mori Nagako to defeat the enemy, but he didn't expect that the two brothers, one of whom fled in the Tsugawa River, and the other was even worse, directly confessed their lives on the battlefield.

But even so, he must unconditionally trust Wise Kogoro, because he represents the power of the shogunate -- in fact, Uesugi Keitora wants Date Masamune to make things bigger, and it is best if he can provoke Oda Nobunaga as well, and then the shogunate soldiers will be ruined, no matter how elite the soldiers of the Date family are, and how arrogant Date Masamune is, it will all be finished in the end.

Every time he thought about this, Uesugi Keitora felt a lot more relieved, compared to himself, Date Masamune was the real miserable person - if he didn't fight Akechi Kogoro, he would have been defeated. But if he does it, it will be an enemy of Oda Nobunaga, will the latter let him go? Besides, now, even Mori Nagako has been killed, Oda and Date, the beams of these two families are completely concluded.

When Uesugi Jinghu woke up, he found that it was already dawn, and it had rained last night, so the air in the wild was exceptionally fresh, and he suddenly felt better.

However, when he returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, he found that Wise Kogoro and his retainers had already gathered here, and everyone seemed to be still discussing something, and they were talking loudly.

[Yo he, I haven't come yet, and your atmosphere is already very warm...... Hey? What's going on? 】

Uesugi Keihu originally wanted to make a little joke with everyone, but he found that everyone's expressions were very dignified, including Akechi Kogoro, so people's faces were not good-looking. This made him a little panicked suddenly, could it be ......

After a while, Naoe Kane's mouth was opened, and he said with a serious expression:

[Lord, something is wrong...... Date Masasa's men went around behind us, as if intent on surrounding us. 】

[Nani?! 】

The good mood of the morning suddenly disappeared without a trace, and Uesugi Keihu even wondered if he had heard it wrong, how could Date Jun, who was so good, go around to his back?

Mizuhara Jinxian, who was sitting next to him, said:

[I don't know the exact situation, but according to the ninja's report in the morning, there were traces of the Date army in Shinmasaki, forty miles away from us, and judging from the family tattoo, it seems that the person who led the troops was Date Masamune's uncle who stayed behind to stay in the political scene, as for the specific number of enemy troops, it is impossible to judge, but it is roughly speculated that it has exceeded 5,000 people. 】

Suwon Qinxian was not fully awake tonight, and he was in a daze, so several adults in the army invited him to go to the barracks to discuss matters, and when he arrived in the army, he found that everyone had already arrived, and he was late, but he didn't bother to care about this, because when he heard that Date had gone around to the rear of the army, the whole person was stupid.

Why was Date Jun discovered?

It turned out that Itami, who was guarding the flank of the Date Army, accidentally knocked over the candle flame in his sleep, and although the tent was set on fire, although he himself was quickly rescued by Flag and did no harm. But the fire in the tent could not be extinguished immediately for a while.

Originally, if the location of the fire was inside the army, it would not be nothing, but the location of Idashi was on the outside of the army, and in the dark night, these fires suddenly became extremely conspicuous.

However, even if the fire is visible, it is not a problem, because there are usually no people around here...... But what is good or not is that there are just three people passing by at this time.

These three people are all ninjas in the Xuan Saru, loyal to the Uesugi family. When they saw the light of the fire in the night, they all felt that something was wrong, and when they got closer, they were shocked and saw that it was someone from the Date family, and they hurriedly took a step, and brought the news back to the Marsh camp on the fourth watch.

The first to get the news was Uesugi Keishin, who was on night duty that night, as soon as he heard the news, he almost didn't panic, and finally stabilized, so he hurriedly sent someone to notify the officers at all levels who were still sleeping to come to the meeting, but I don't know what the reason was, Uesugi Keihu, who was the general general, was the last person to know the news.

But the cause of this problem has become insignificant, and Uesugi Keitora, who is sitting on the main seat, now has the heart to kill - what do you retainers do?! The enemy has copied behind us, and you don't even know about it?!

Of course, I thought so in my heart, but Uesugi Jinghu didn't dare to scold it directly, after all, there was still a wise Kogoro sitting below, and he couldn't offend anyone who offended him.

[How so?] …… What are your ideas? 】

As soon as the words fell, Wise Kogoro immediately said:

[The matter has come to this, it is useless to regret it, and the top priority now is to immediately divide a part of the forces to annihilate this force with a large army, otherwise our army will fall into a situation where it will be attacked from head to end. 】

[Well, it seems that this is the only way to go, so ......]

【Echigo Mamoru Lord! 】 Please let me go! 】

Before Uesugi Keitora finished speaking, he was preemptively interrupted by Wise Kogoro, who seemed to be more anxious than him, which made Uesugi Keihu somewhat surprised, because in the past, this person was the most cultivated and polite.

What are you going to do, Mr. Wise? 】

[My lord, please let me destroy this enemy!] 】

[Aha? You go? …… No, no, sir, you are a military advisor in the army, I have to rely on you a lot, if you leave, my military camp will be a mess. 】

This is actually a bit against his will, although Wise Kogoro is involved in military planning, Uesugi Keitora basically agrees with his opinion, but the former's position in the Uesugi army is far less important, and it has not yet reached the point of indispensability.

The reason why Uesugi Keitora said this is because he wants to keep Akechi Kogoro by his side and let the latter face off against Date Masamune, because the more these two people toss, the more Oda Nobunaga's [love] for the Date family will be, and the life of Date Masamune will be more difficult in the future.

[But ......]

[You don't need to say anything, I understand the kindness, but there must be a priority in doing things, the most terrible enemy in front of us now is not the Date army in the back, but Date Masamune, who is in Wuhai at this time, if we only care about dealing with the people behind us and ignore the people in front of us, it will be too bad...... So, sir, you don't need to say any more, I'll send someone else to defeat this group of enemies. 】

Seeing Uesugi Jinghu say this, Wise Kogoro himself also understood that he had no hope of sending troops, but Uesugi Jinghu also said that he really couldn't leave at the moment.

Then, Uesugi Keitora appointed Fujita Nobuyoshi, who was originally a retainer of the Takeda family, and Kakizaki Haruka, the son of the Kakizaki Keijia at that time, to lead 5,000 light cavalry and rush to Shinmasaki to kill the enemy.

At this time, Wise Kogoro stepped forward again.

[Echigo-samarum, I have a reluctant request, I hope you can agree. 】

To be honest, today's wise Kogoro behaved somewhat abnormally, and he was very different from him in normal times. Although Uesugi Keihu was a little reluctant, he still asked:

[What's wrong?] Do you have any advice on my appointments? 】

[Yes, Lord Echigo, although we still don't know exactly how many troops the enemy has, but it is better to march and fight, so I hope to send a few more people. 】

As soon as Uesugi Keihu heard this, he immediately put his mind at ease, he was afraid that Wise Kogoro would say something like "let me help the two adults" at this time, and now listening to this meaning, the latter seemed to have no intention of making a move, and suddenly felt a lot more relieved.

[So, who does the gentleman think I should send?] 】