In the second year of Yonglu, in the evening of March 7. Yamagata Castle Honmaru, Murayama-gun, Dewa, is a relatively remote building from the castle tower.

"My lord! Big things are not good! As soon as he walked into the building, he shouted as he walked in, for fear that no one would know.

"What's so alarming?! The top family is a famous family in the country of Deyu, what kind of system is it in a panic?! The Mogami military advisor Hori (Tsukushi) reprimanded directly.

"Report to the lord, the military advisor, and the Uesugi army······ Shimizu and the Uesugi army in Shonai have already gone south! Hanzaemon Toi said breathlessly.

"Impossible! The Uesugi generals such as Mogami Prefecture's Sebe Repair and Okawa Suruga were all pinned down by Osaki and Shimizu's former ministers, so how could they go south at this moment?! Mogami Yoshimitsu couldn't believe what Toi Hanzaemon said.

"Indeed, such a lord. Ojeon Sodai of Ohanazawa Castle had already led 200 Osaki troops to abandon the castle and flee, surrendering the castle to the Uesugi army. Kokuni Hosokawaden was defeated by Shinbata Mamoru in Shonai at Shimizu Ryō, and Okawa Suruga Mamoru took the opportunity to attack Okuni Castle ······" Toi Hanzaemon didn't dare to continue at this point, because he knew that the rest would definitely make Mogami Yoshimitsu go crazy in an instant.

"Why don't you keep reporting? What was the number of Uesugi troops stationed at Ohanazawa Castle? Who is the general? Horiki looked at the map, then walked up to Toi Hanzaemon and asked.

"The Uesugi Army of Ohanazawa Castle······ There are 5,000 of them! The enemy generals are Katsunaga Shibabe and Inhata Mamoru Shigei! Toi Hanzaemon hesitated and said it anyway.

"Have you come back with the fine work that was spilled?" Mogami Yoshimitsu behaved unusually calmly at this time, completely in contrast to the military advisor Horiki Saisai who was in a cold sweat on his forehead.

"Not yet." Horiki shook his head.

"My lord! Hanhe Jiangjia······ The combined army of Hanhejiang and Zuo Ze, Baiyan and other people encountered the Tao Changfang Department of the Uesugi Army in the east of Yeshan, and the general Hashima Lai Gang Hall was killed in battle, and thousands of troops were defeated! A quarter of an hour after Toi Hanzaemon entered the building, Kita Toshinaga hurried into the building to report the latest news to Mogami Yoshimitsu.

"Impossible! Bridge Ryōnōden is a rare fierce general in Nanideba, as long as he has a horse and thousands of troops, how can he be defeated by the Uesugi army so quickly? "Horiki is unbelievable.

"Hashima Yoritsuna was ambushed by the Uesugi army and was killed by hundreds of iron cannons. Tao Qingxian has led tens of thousands of troops to capture Catfish City, Wasteland City, Xindiguan and other places in succession, and the siege of White Eagle City has also been lifted by it, and Yamamoto Temple Jingchang led 500 city soldiers to join Tao Qingxian's department. Bei Yu said helplessly.

"Hurry up the fortifications of Wakaki Castle, Takamatsu Castle, Kawahi Castle, Emamata Castle, Narashita Castle and other places, and continue to recruit people!" Mogami Yoshimitsu already sensed that the end of Mogami was near. At present, the strategy has reached a bottleneck, and although most of Murayama County has been captured, now the Uesugi army is attacking in a big way, and it is also advancing from the north and south at the same time! He can only put the safety of Yamagata Castle first, as long as he holds the existing territory, and then he has the capital to negotiate with the Uesugi family.

Mogami Yoshimitsu believes that the steward in Kasugayama Castle is the most respected daimyo of the shogunate, as long as she is there, then Fujiwara Asadashi will not dare to destroy the Mogami family, and as long as his attitude is respectful, maybe he will be able to block it. With this in mind, he began to set about arranging the defenses around Yamagata Castle.

And at this moment, Mogami Yoshimitsu did not know the news of the fall of Baiyan City and the destruction of the Baiyan family. The owner of the Iwai Exit Hall, Yoshiki Abe, and the Takasaka Pavilion Keeper, Takasaka Masanobu led 500 troops from the three counties of Shonai, and quickly marched eastward along the 60-mile street, and went straight to Iruma Castle, the westernmost part of Murayama County.

Iruma Castle is just a very simple small city, and the person in charge of guarding it is Mitsutoshi Hanhejiangwaiji, who abandoned the city and fled in the Desert Castle before. It was precisely because of his poor performance on the front line that Hanhejiang Gaoji directly asked him to guard the most desolate and humble Iruma City of the Hanhejiang family. It is called a garrison place, but it is actually a frontier of exile. Hanhe Jiang Guangjun, who was secretly glad that he could leave the front line alive, thought that he would not have to experience the war again after coming here, but with a series of "enemy attack" shouts, his dream was shattered.

"Listen, people in the city, you are surrounded! Give up resistance and surrender Kaesong! Don't be obsessed, it's still too late to surrender at this moment! Takasaka Masanobu ordered ten loud-voiced Ashigaru and samurai to shout at the castle.

"My lord, the flag under the castle is the Uesugi Army." Hanhee Mitsutoshi walked to the Otemon, and a samurai hurriedly ran up to him to report.

"Is this the end of my martial arts? The number of enemy troops outside the city is unknown, but the defenders inside the city are only fifty men. And they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, young and strong, all transferred to the front line of Zuoze City, Wubaichuan Valley and other places. What to take to engage the Uesugi army? Hanhe Jiang Guangjun smiled bitterly.

"My lord, there are still a hundred defenders on the other side of Yoshikawa Castle, hurry up and ask for help over there!" The warrior pleaded.

"Help?! Don't you look at how many miles away Yoshikawa is from here! A full three-day journey! After six days of going back and forth, I would have already lost the city! Let's surrender in Kaesong. Hanhe Jiang Guangjun said helplessly.

“······” With Hanhejiang Guangjun's roar, most of the people in the city heard it. They all know the truth, but they just don't want to face it and admit it.

"The Hanhe Jiang family has been based here for four hundred years after the Duke of Dajiang Guangyuan, and the number ······of qi has been exhausted." Hanhe Jiang Guangjun said after a long sigh.

Subsequently, Hanhejiang Guangjun opened the city and surrendered. After Takasaka Masanobu and Abe Yoshiki entered the city, they first guarded all 50 city soldiers to prevent anyone from escaping from Iruma Castle to report to the Kanhee family. For Mitsutoshi Kankawae, Masanobu Takasaka and Yoshiki Abe treated each other with courtesy.

"Lord Hanhejiang Waiji, as a member of the Hanhejiang family, why did you fall into a small town with a remote garrison?" After Mitsutoshi Kankawa entered Ohiroma with Abe Yoshiki, he suddenly asked.

"Yes, not to mention that this city is in disrepair, the city soldiers are scarce, and the Hanhe Jiang family wants you to die as soon as possible!" Takasaka Masanobu also said with help on the side.

"So what? Can I refuse? Taowei Zhang Shoushou led an army of tens of thousands towards the barren city, and I knew that I couldn't resist it, so it was better to give up the city than to burn the jade. Then I led 200 soldiers to flee back to Hanhejiang City. After a pause, Hanhee Mitsutoshi continued: "However, Hanhejiang Shaofu Hall was angry when he saw that I had lost the Desert Castle, and took his brother (Hanhejiang Hizen Mamoru Hirotoshi) and his son Shinjiro to the Temple of Mercy and Grace to be imprisoned. In the end, the original 200 city soldiers only returned to me the old, weak, sick and disabled, and ordered me to garrison the city. ”

"Even if you are incompetent, you are still guarding Gaowu Town, a branch city in the south of Hanhejiang City, and you are assigned to this place······" After listening to Hanhee Mitsutoshi's words, Abe Yoshiki couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

"Not only him, but even Saito Hiromori, who was sent by the Mogami family, can let him guard Nitta Castle in the northeast of Hanhejiang Castle and in the south of Hanhejiang! Even outsiders can enjoy such treatment, but I can only ······" The more Hanhe Jiang Guangjun spoke, the more angry he became.

"Wait, you just said that you abandoned the city and fled after discovering that Taowei Zhangshou's army was attacking?" Masanobu Takasaka seemed to have something in mind.

"Yes, now I'm afraid that Taowei Zhangshou's soldiers are unstoppable. The first fierce general of the family, Hashima Lai Gangdian, has been sniped by Tao Changfang with an iron artillery team, and thousands of troops have been defeated. Even if there are thousands of troops sent by the Shiratori family, what is the use? After Hanhe Jiang Guangjun finished speaking, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"So according to this, the defense line built by the Hanhe Jiang family and many surrounding Chinese lords is useless?!" Abe Yoshiki immediately thought of something.

"Yes, that's what it is. The original family governor of the Zuo Ze family, the young assistant of the Shikibu Manzheng Palace, died not long ago, and his son Kamikuro was young, and the political affairs of the family were still in the hands of Yoshikawa Minbu Takahiro, the younger brother of the Hanhejiang Shaofu Palace. It is said that the color department repair has moved south from Mogami County, and the former retainers of the Shimizu family and the subordinate wealthy families have been destroyed. Hanhe Jiang Guangjun immediately nodded and said.

"If you want to get ahead, the opportunity is right now. As long as you come as a pioneer to assist us in passing through the streets of Sixty Miles, then the town government will never forget your merits. "Takasaka Masanobu is already a little out of breath.

"Really?! It's just that the elder brother and nephew are under the care of the Hanhejiang family, and if they act rashly, they are only afraid of ······" Hanhe Jiang Guangjun's eyes suddenly lit up, but then dimmed again.

"How many troops are currently stationed in Yoshikawa Castle?" Abe Ryoki walked directly to Hanhee and sat down in front of Mitsutoshi and asked.

"There are less than 100 people, and the governor of the Yoshikawa Minbu Yuanzuna and his younger brother Shigao have already led most of the troops to Fuxiong City and Tanuki Mountain to set up defenses, and the guard is still his brother-in-law Kishi Mitsuying." Hanhe Jiang Guangjun knows everything and says everything.