The war in Echigo was still very tight. Not to mention that the nominal general Honjo was actually surrounded in Tochio Castle and could not move, and even many of the Yangbei, Shangyue, Zhongyue, and Qiben were dragged by the lords in the Nagao Jingfang camp and couldn't move. The only ones who can still move are a few big body lords such as Gan Li Jingzhi and Naoe Jinggang.

However, since the suppression of the rebels on the Echichu and Higashi-Kamino sides was completed, and the news that a large number of reinforcements had entered Echigo continued to arrive, the Uesugi army, which was still fighting in Echigo, was as excited as if it had been beaten.

Originally, the defenders of Tochio Castle, who had not lost the Honmaru and the military grain depot yet, were even more demoralized. Honjo Minoru originally thought that if the reinforcements of the court really couldn't arrive, he would have to seppuku in the castle with his son Honjo Hidetsuna. I never thought that there would be a lot of reinforcements!

First of all, the Echichu people led by Kakizaki Keijia as the main general had 9,000 reinforcements into Echigo. Then Uesugi Keimitsu, Shigeta Shigeie, and Nagao Keitaka joined forces to reach 4,000 people, and they had already invaded the hinterland of Ueda Nagao's family, and echoed with Biwajima Hiroshi in Biwa Hanging Castle, and repeatedly attacked and harassed the castles of Ueda Nagao's family.

The long-tail view house, which was full of confidence, was not confident at this time. Who is the Kakizaki Jing family, he still doesn't know? The title of 'The Seven Prefectures of Echigo' is not for nothing, and he once received a special title from Kenshin - 'Echigo Cancer'. However, the title of 'Echigo Tumor' is not exclusive to him, and this 'tumor' title is shared by Kakizaki Keike and Usami Dingmi.

As for why Kakizaki Keike and Usami Dingman were called 'tumors', the reason is that they didn't settle down when Nagao Keijing served as the guardian of Echigo. The territories of the two of them not only bordered, but also repeatedly joined forces to resist the rule of the long tail for the scenery, and from time to time dragged the constitution of the surrounding areas that were unwilling to be lonely.

The two of them continued to do this until the succession of Haruki Nagao was not eliminated. After waiting for the successor of the long-tailed Jinghu, they finally settled down. Kakizaki Keijia has repeatedly served as a pioneer in the Nagao family's foreign battles, and he himself personally rushed into the enemy line every time he fought. Usami Dingman assisted Nagao Jinghu as a military advisor, although some of the opinions put forward were not accepted, but he had no idea of rebellion. If it were changed to a long-tail scenery or a long-tail sunny scene, then Usami Dingman would have raised the anti-flag a long time ago.

In this way, I have to say that the personal charm of Long-tailed Jinghu is stronger than that of her father and brother, and when fighting abroad, she has never been defeated in the field. In addition to attacking the city, her military talent is still very high. At least she is in command of a group of allied forces fighting abroad.

The withdrawal of Changwei Jingguo led to the number of rebels who were already not enough to attack the city, and Changwei Jingfang was helpless, he couldn't stop Changwei Jingguo's withdrawal, and as soon as he retreated, the whole army of Longwei Jingfang was affected. Even some of the ronin, wealthy clans, and small lords who participated in the battle turned around and returned to their hometowns. The long-tail view room couldn't be restrained at all, so he could only stomp his feet again and again in anger. Uesugi Keishin could only sigh, but it was difficult to support it alone, so he could only retreat back with Nagao Jingfang.

Minoru Honjo sensed that the rebels were retreating and defended the castle himself, so he asked Uno Sasuke and his son Honjo Hidetsuna to lead the troops out of the city to chase and kill, killing more than 70 rebel samurai. Immediately, Nagao Weihideya, who was nearby, suddenly flashed out an interception, and defeated the Ueda Nagao Army's Imperial Palace troops on the side of Tsurujo Mountain, and won the Ueda Nagao family's retainers Aoji Hayato, Kakuya Hayato, Hashiclaw Hayato, Koike Hansuke, Uemura Bingbu and other five people, and three people, including Swampa Masakiyo, Numa Masakatsu, and Miyashita Toshihisa, who were remnants of the Aizu Yamauchi family, were also taken by Honjo Hidetsuna and Uno Samasuke.

However, even if Honjo won this time, he would not be able to continue the pursuit. Now the garrison of Tozuo Castle is not perfect, and it is overstretched just to defend the city, let alone take the initiative to attack.

On 6 June, the demoralized Ueda Nagao Army was intercepted and killed by the veteran general Fukuoji Takashige of the Banner Honto when they passed through Shimokura Castle, and they demanded more than 100 miscellaneous soldiers of the Ueda Nagao Army. Nagao Keikoku has no idea of continuing to fight, and Kanethiro Higuchi is dedicated to escorting Nagao Keikoku to retreat. They withdrew until Sakado Castle before stopping.

"Iyomoru, why is our army defeated? A retreat can turn into a rout! "Nagao Jingguo can't figure it out at all. There are more and more deserters along the way, and it is no longer possible to control them. When they arrived at Sakado Castle, the only remaining troops were just over 2,000.

"My lord, now that Kazawa Castle is in danger, it is not easy for our army's existing strength to hold Sakado Castle ······" Kanetoyo Higuchi didn't expect that after the troops of Minoru Honjo and Nagao Weixiu, Ueda Nagao's army would be so vulnerable.

"Could it be that the general trend has gone?" Nagao Keikoku learned that Kakizaki Keijia and others came to help, he was still a little self-aware, and once Kakizaki Keijia and Usami Seimitsu cooperated, no one in the whole Echigo could be defeated······

"Nope! There's room for redemption! Kantotaka Higuchi instantly remembered something, "At present, Sakado Castle, Kazuzawa Castle, and Urasaka are still in the hands of the main family, as long as these three places are connected in a line, and the more than 4,000 Uesugi troops in the Ueda Territory cannot capture one of them in a short period of time, then as long as the Takeda Army annihilates Okushinano's Saito Asanobu and others, they can directly enter the Ueda Domain from Okushinano." At that time, the first to bear the brunt of the situation were Biwa Hanging Castle, where Hiroshi Biwajima was located, and Imai Castle, where Imai Kunihiro was located, depending on what countermeasures they had at that time. ”

"The Takeda army has reached an army of 20,000, and Takeda Shingen's ambitions will not be limited to Okushinano's territory of tens of thousands of stones." Long Tail Jingfang said as he walked that he wanted to go into the city first to take a shower.

"Could it be that Takeda Shingen's aid to Jingfang Hall is fake, and the invasion of Echigo is real?! If that's the case, Haijin City is one of their military stations! Kanetoyo Higuchi came to his senses in an instant, he couldn't believe that the Takeda family was an ally of Nagao Keibo, but a wolf in sheep's clothing!

"And does Iyomori still think we still have reinforcements?" Nagao Keikoku didn't believe that the Takeda family would sincerely help Nagao Keibo without receiving any compensation, and also sent a large number of weapons and Koshu gold.

"If you want to take it, you must give it first!" Kanetoyo Higuchi couldn't have dared to continue thinking about it.

While the strength of the Nagao Keibo army continued to decrease, the old leaders of the Kakizaki family, Kakizaki Castle, Saruge Castle, Shoboji Castle, Yoneyamakan and other places broke out one after another under the leadership of the Kakizaki family's retainers Tamamashi Sadashige, Jokei Shigeru (son of Tamamatsu Sadashige), and Kakizaki Genzo.

The lord of Yoneyamaji Castle, Shinomiya Dehamori, regretted it when he learned the news that Kakizaki Keijia had led his army into Echigo after he fell to Nagao Keifu, and he thought that when he was preparing to serve as a guide for the Echichu army, Tamashi Sadashige and the others did not intend to give him a chance. More than 2,000 peasant soldiers and ashigaru gathered in the old territory of the Kakizaki family captured Yoneyamaji Castle in one fell swoop and asked for 200 miscellaneous soldiers. The lord of the castle, Shinomiya Dewa Mamoru was taken by the jade insect Sadashige.

As the lord of Ape Fur City, the long-tailed belt knife didn't end well. As soon as the front foot Shinomiya Dewa Mamoru was taken, the Saruge Castle where he was located on the back foot was surrounded by thousands of people, and by the time the two thousand and one forces arrived, the long tail with a knife was already in the Honmaru seppuku.

In fact, it's not just Shinomiya Dewa Mamoru who regrets it. Not counting Uesugi Keishinobu, who regretted it for a long time, Santori's Saikyo Saburo Uemon was even more frightened. Originally, his mission was to raid the grain roads around Kasugayama Castle and put a few fires under Kasugayama Castle.

And the arrival of the army led by Kakizaki Keijia and others made Saikyo Saburo Emon very afraid. He first sent someone to Kasugayama Castle to inform Arakawa Nagami and others, who were defending the castle, that he was willing to defect to the Uesugi family and serve the Uesugi family. On the other hand, he also personally went to Nosikan, the location of the Kakizaki Kei's main camp, and Saikyo Saburo Uemon directly offered twenty carts of military rations and one hundred pieces of Koshu Gold (given to him by Nagao Keibo at the beginning).

Given that Saikyo Saburo Emon still has some effect, Usami Dingman does not intend to kill him now, at least let him fully exert his light and heat for the Uesugi army.

As a result, Saikyo Saburo Uemon immediately became the vanguard of the Echichu Uesugi Army! Due to the defection of Saikyo Saburo Uemon, Yamaura Lord Mizumasa, Kamijo Yoribo and others, who were still surrounded under Kasugayama Castle, immediately retreated. As a result, the siege of Kasuga Mountain Castle was self-defeating. This is also what Kakizaki Keika and others are happy to see, and they don't want the area around Kasuga Mountain Castle to become a battlefield. It would be a pity that Kasugayama Castle and the Godate area, which had managed to reach a population of less than 70,000 and establish a thriving commercial town, were destroyed in the war.