"In this way, I want to use this spring mountain castle for the next time, and when the time is right, please lead the army to withdraw from this city."

"This ......" Uesugi Keikatsu, who was still very firm just now, couldn't help but hesitate when he heard that the other party was actually borrowing this Kasuga Mountain Castle, this city can be said to be the foundation of Uesugi Keikatsu, once he gives up this city, then he will become a fish to be slaughtered, which is related to his own life, and even related to the survival of the Uesugi family, so he can't help but be cautious. So I didn't know if I should say yes or not for a while.

And as Uesugi Keikatsu's absolute confidant, Naoe Kanesugu had the honor to follow the lord to meet Honda Masanobu, he has been standing behind Uesugi Keikatsu, when he saw that the lord made the mistake of hesitation again, it was not easy to imperceptibly pull the corners of the other party's clothes, Uesugi Keikatsu came back to his senses, and immediately thought, since he can't make a decision, why not listen to his advice.

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "Yorokuro, what do you think?" ”

Naoe Kanesuke had already thought of what to say, only to hear him speak: "Back to the lord, my subordinates think that the top priority of my family is to destroy the enemy, and on this basis, any sacrifice of my family is worth it, so if Honda-sama's strategy is feasible, then my subordinates think that even if they temporarily give up Kasuga Mountain Castle, it is okay." ”

Hearing this, Honda Masashi couldn't help but nod secretly, no wonder the lord attached great importance to Naoe Kaseki, it can be seen from the other party's careful mind that the lord was not confused for a while, and what the other party said could be said to be leaky, especially the feasible situation of the strategy he mentioned, and temporarily conceded, which is enough to prove his intelligence.

In Honda's opinion, this is already very clear, first of all, the other party can let Kasuga Yamashiro go. But the premise is that you must have your own strategy to achieve the goal of completely annihilating the enemy army, and the second is to temporarily give up, that is, once the enemy army is destroyed, then Kasuga Mountain Castle still has to be returned.

Of course, Honda Masashi did have a plan in his faith, and he didn't want to deceive the fortified city for the Takayama family, so he didn't care much about Naoe's words. I only heard him speak, "In that case, let's talk about the plan in my heart first, and then Usugi-sama will make a decision."

I'm afraid that the adults already know that although the Hojo Army that invaded Echigo this time had 22,000 people, they were all under the command of the Hao clan and the newly attached Utsunomiya army, and the combat power of such an army was not strong, so I thought of a plan that the Lord led the army under his command to pretend to be invincible, and took advantage of the situation to withdraw from Kasuga Mountain Castle after the war. And Uesugi Jinghu has been coveting this city for a long time, once the adults withdraw, then it will be directly occupied, as for the military strength of those wealthy families and the Utsunomiya family, they will also follow in, so that the army of the family and the adults will surround the city again, then the enemy army in the city will become a turtle in the urn, once the siege is completed. Then with the opponent's combat power, it is basically impossible to break through. At that time, there were only two roads left in front of them, one was to burn the jade with the spring mountain city, and the twenty-ninth had to surrender. I wonder what adults think of this? ”

"Clever plan, really a clever plan, with the arrangement of the adults, the enemy army will definitely be unable to escape."

"So Uesugi-sama agreed?"

Uesugi Keikatsu didn't have any doubts this time. So I nodded my head and agreed, since the two sides reached an agreement on this matter, all that remained was to discuss the details. The Uesugi army is a good arrangement, and the Takayama army must find a place to stay in Kasugayama Castle quickly after the enemy enters the castle. And this place, before coming here, Honda Masanobu had already thought about it, that is, the east neck hilly area on the southeast side of Kasuga Mountain Castle, this place is only half a day's journey away from Kasuga Mountain Castle, and there is a large area of hills about 100 meters here, and it is still possible to hide 20,000 troops.

As the Takayama army entered the East Neck Hills, the 22,000 troops of the Hojo family had also arrived at Godate Castle and joined forces with the forces of Uesugi Keitora, and after a day's rest, the army once again launched an attack on Kasuga Mountain Castle.

On the first day, although the coalition forces outside the city launched two large-scale attacks, they failed to gain any benefits, and due to the low combat strength of the Hao army and the Utsunomiya army, when facing the elite of the Uesugi family, the losses were not small, and the coalition army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties on the first day alone.

On the second day, the coalition army launched an attack on Kasuga Mountain Castle again, although the wealthy clans have begun to appear to work without effort and fish in troubled waters, but fortunately, in this attack, the coalition army once broke through the gate of Kasuga Mountain Castle, although it was finally beaten out, but Uesugi Jinghu believes that it will not take a few **** to capture Kasuga Mountain Castle and eliminate Uesugi Jingkatsu.

As for why the enemy army in the city was still brave yesterday and became a little weak today, he also considered it, but he finally thought that it must be that the city must have seen that there were tens of thousands of troops on his side, and he was already afraid, so this situation would occur.

On the third day, the defenders of the city finally could not resist the attack of the coalition forces outside the city, at noon, due to a gap in the defense of the city wall, and then out of control, Jinghu Fang immediately seized this opportunity, commanded the elite of Uesugi under his command, and broke into the city through this gap, and the defenders in the city saw that the city had been broken by the enemy, and no longer carried out useless resistance, all followed the samurai to escape from the north gate, along the coastline all the way to the west.

As Honda Masanobu thought, as soon as Uesugi Keitora captured Kasugayama Castle, he immediately moved into the castle, and now that he is subordinate to Hojo, it is naturally impossible for him to enjoy himself in the city, and let the Hojo army sleep outside the city, so nearly 30,000 troops are stationed in the city. As for Uesugi Keikatsu, who has fled, he is no longer an opponent at all, in his opinion, once Kasuga Mountain Castle is taken, then Uesugi Keikatsu will lose his foundation, and the final fate will be that everyone will betray his relatives, and after he captures Kasuga Mountain Castle, the next step is to purge Echigo, and unless Uesugi Keikatsu goes to another country, there is still no place for him. And after this defeat, Uesugi Keitora didn't think that he still had a chance to make a comeback, and even if he asked the Takayama family for help, it would be too late.

As soon as he entered Kasuga Mountain Castle, Uesugi Keiho immediately issued an ultimatum to Echigo's retainers who supported Keikatsu, and now he has nothing to fear, Kasuga Mountain Castle has been in his hands, and Uesugi Keikatsu has also been defeated, and now what he has to do is to divide the other party, once all the people who support Keikatsu are dispersed, then it is time for him to completely control Echigo.

And at this moment, he is also very satisfied with his previous strategic deployment, and now he has completely achieved his goal, and that Kasawara Yasukatsu has not been able to eliminate those forces in Ueno yet, for him, now the superiority has been divided, and when Kasahara Yasukatsu comes, he must take a good look at the other party's face.

Just as Uesugi Jinghu was thinking wildly, a close attendant suddenly ran in, and when he saw that he didn't have time to salute, he said loudly: "Lord, the big thing is not good, Kasuga Mountain Castle has ...... has been surrounded by enemy troops, and asks the lord to make a decision immediately. ”

"Fart, what kind of enemy, how can there be an enemy here......" Even if Uesugi Jinghu showed no matter how self-contained he usually was, after hearing this report, he also burst into foul language. After all, he had just defeated the forces under Uesugi Keikatsu this morning, how could the other party make a comeback so quickly, this was absolutely impossible, and even if he really gathered the army, it would only be 12,000 or 3,000 people, and with these troops, it would be impossible to form an encirclement of Kasuga Mountain Castle.

But apart from him, there can be no enemies at all.

"Lord...... Lord, his subordinates will never be mistaken, and now in addition to the military strength under the command of Uesugi Keikatsu, there are ...... around Kasuga Mountain Castle There are also tens of thousands of Gaoshan troops, and the mountain pattern of the Gaoshan family, the subordinates will definitely not be mistaken. ”

"What! How is this possible. Hearing this news, Uesugi Jinghu couldn't help but take two steps back, before this he didn't pay attention to the movements of the Takayama family, when he learned that the Takayama army was only deployed at the border, this was relieved, he could understand that the Takayama army did this, after all, the Hojo family sent tens of thousands of troops this time, once they helped themselves to capture Kasuga Mountain Castle, then it is very likely that they will go south directly and attack Shinano, where the Takayama family's defense is relatively weak, if he is the Takayama clan, he will do the same. And he didn't think that the Takayama army had the courage to invade Echigo, after all, he had an army of 40,000 on his side, and even if he led the army to come, he would not get any advantage.

But now that the Gao Shan Army has appeared outside the city, it is really hard to believe, could they not have flown over?

When he saw that the torches outside the city had been connected, especially the one-meter-wide and two-meter-high banner in front of him, which shimmered with golden light in the light of the fire, even if he didn't want to believe that all this was true, he had to admit that the enemy had indeed come.

"Lord, my subordinates have come to report that a large number of mountain troops have appeared outside the city, and I also ask my lord to give an order immediately, and his subordinates are willing to fight to the death." After a short time, Yamamoto Temple walked in quickly, and after saluting, he immediately said.

And after he finished speaking, whether it was the retainers under the command of Uesugi Jinghu, or the head of the Utsunomiya family, Kunitsuna, and some powerful wealthy families, they came one after another, and they were the same as the head of Yamamoto Temple, and they had already come to mention the matter, but they saw that Uesugi Jinghu did not speak, so they began to talk about it.

This upset Uesugi Keitora. "Okay, don't make any noise, what's so terrible about the Alpine Army, you can defeat it last time, and this time it's okay. So I decided to prepare immediately and launch an attack on the Takayama Army early tomorrow morning. (To be continued.) )