Nobuyoru Takeda, who was stationed at Ashigakuka, learned that Odawara Castle had been captured, so he immediately withdrew his troops from Sagami Province and returned to Suruga. From then on, the eastern kingdom will be returned to the Uesugi family.

Since the four veteran ministers of Minoru Honjo, Kakizaki Keike, Usami Tasamitsu, and Okuma Asahide took the lead in opposing Kenshin's southern expedition, they also persuaded Tsuchihi Masari (the head of the Echichu Tohi family), Naoe Keitsuna, Yamayoshi Keinaga, Mizuhara Takaie, and others to join the opposition to the army. In this way, Qianxin was only able to lead 5,000 troops south.

When the court learned that Kenshin had led his army south, on the one hand, he rewarded the retainers who had made great contributions to the attack (except for Namba Tian Kenji), and on the other hand, ordered the retainers in Ueno to move more than 100,000 people with their families and the families of the Shangshu soldiers to Kawagoe Castle. Because Namba Tian Kenji led an army to attack Odawara Castle without authorization, Asadachi asked him to go back to his home city to reflect on it.

And the cities in various parts of Sagami Country cannot be left without city lords and generations for a day. Therefore, the court decided to let Ikeda Shengzhou serve as the lord of Jade Rope Castle and receive 15,000 stone Zhixingdi; Nagano Yosmori served as the lord of Misaki Castle and received 10,000 stone of Zhixingdi. Okabe Motoshin transferred from Musashi-Ishito Castle and Okajo to Nishi-Sagami-Ashigara Castle, Kawamura Castle, and Kamosawa Castle, and received 28,000 stone Chiyuki-toshi; Asahina Shinji transferred from Musashi Beppu Castle and Oriental Castle to Tashiro Castle and Dangma Castle in Sagamiyama Tanzawa Mountain, and received 20,000 stone of Zhiyuki; The Asahinai Dynasty was transferred from Musashi-Kana Castle and Hasuda Castle to the old castle of Sagami Kai, and received 12,000 stone of Zhixing.

Asada's transfer of Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Shinji, and Asahina Tai Asahi to Sagami was to disgust Takeda Shingen, and by the way warned him not to act rashly, otherwise the three of them could attack Suruga at any time. Ikeda Morishu and Nagano Yoshimori were the eyes and ears of Sagami, and the purpose was to see the four people of Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Shinji, Asahina Taichao and Imagawa Shin.

In fact, Kenshin didn't plan to ignore the invitation of Sugi Kenmasa and the surrounding daimyo to send troops to the south, but Ashikaga Yoshiteru's imperial authority ordered her to send troops to pacify Kanto.

In the second year of Yonglu, June 15. Kenshin ordered Minoru Honjo and Harutsuna Kaji to stay behind, and he led Nagao Fujikei, Biwajima Hiroto, Yasuda Keimoto, Gan Kaji, Fukuoji Takashige, Murata Hideyori and other generals and 5,000 troops to the Sangoku Card.

At the same time, Numata Yumitsu, the lord of Numata Castle, was deploying the defense of Numata Castle while withdrawing all the defenders from the surrounding branch cities of Miyano Castle, Ishikura Castle, Ogawa Castle, Meitokuji Castle, Nakuro Castle, Takaoyama Castle, Tenjin Castle, and Kawada Castle. Numata Yumitsu plans to rely on the terrain of Numata Castle to hold on, and some small towns in Okuueno will be lost if they are lost. Nagano Yoshimasa of Minowa Castle was dissatisfied with the order given by the Asadasho to hold on. When Asadachi learned of this, he immediately sent Nagano Yoshimori to Minowa Castle to convince Nagano Yoshimasa and his sons-in-law.

Chaoding knew very well that Takeda Shingen would not sit on the sidelines and watch the battle between himself and Kenshin, and would definitely take action. Once Kenshin marches south, then the opportunity for the Takeda family to attack Okushinano will come, and Takeda Shingen will never let go of such a good opportunity.

June 20, Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Garden.

"Husband, did Tora Chiyo still lead the army south?" Ayahime couldn't understand why she and her mother Tiger Gozen had been persuaded for so long but it didn't work.

"There's no way, this time it was the Jing Gongfang who ordered her to crusade against me." Chao Ding shook his head helplessly.

"Husband, since the palace has gone south, why don't you take this opportunity to defend yourself? Hitachi and Okuwa are both unstable, and if they face each other now with the sword soldiers of the Leader Palace, they don't have much chance of winning. Gui Die said very calmly on the side.

"Sending troops to attack and kill the public side is tantamount to rebellion. It was not easy for the Jing Gongfang to endure it for such a long time. Chao Ding said with a wry smile.

"It's just a puppet, even if the Ashikaga Fuji clan is pardoned and re-appointed as the Kanto Minister, who will obey?" Gui Die said indifferently.

"Having said that, although the general's family has lost its real power, it is still the pillar of the martial arts. The palace was only crowned as a deacon of the political office, a royal companion and a Hokuriku exploration some time ago. As the saying goes, no merit is not punished, and the palace of the leader has been crowned with these three positions that can only be enjoyed by a family name, and it must be to share the worries of the general's family. "Asada's favorability of Ashikaga Yoshiteru is now zero.

"It's not clear what the important ministers in Vietnam, Central and Echigo think. It would be nice if they could convince Tiger Chiyo. "Ayahime has a headache about this right now.

"As long as the imperial court does not refer to me as an enemy of the DPRK, then things will still have a turn for the better." The court is still very confident in this, after all, he took out 30,000 stone territory (although it was not his own from the beginning) to the imperial court as the imperial palace, so the court should also have a little conscience.

"When the time comes, it's better for the concubine to come forward. As long as Tiger Chiyo is not blinded by these duties. "Ayahime plans to meet with Kenshin herself.

On this day, Kenshin led his army over the Sangokuka and entered the deserted Biya Castle, and Honjo Hidekei, who had rushed from Echigo Ueda, also entered Biya Castle.

"Goya Xingden, something is wrong!" Honjo Hidekyo ran all the way into the big wide room in the wall valley castle.

"What's going on?" Kenshin felt that the arrival of Honjo Hideki showed that something big must have happened in Hokuriku.

"Takeda family······ The Takeda family sent troops to Okushinano! Honjo said intermittently.

"What?! Takeda Shingen! Kenshin immediately remembered the imperial letter that Ashikaga Yoshiki had given him, and came to the conclusion that all of this was calculated by Takeda Shingen.

"Goya Xingden, I'm afraid it's too late to lead the army back to Echigo at this moment." The old minister Fuwang Temple filial piety immediately spoke.

"Definitely. To rescue Okushinano, the only way to rescue is to cross Nishi-Ueno and enter Kita-Shinano. Qianxin nodded. She also felt that it was too late to send troops to Oshinano after returning to Echigo, so it was better to take a risk and gamble.

"But the guards of Ueno are not mediocre. Not to mention the people of Minowa Castle and the surrounding cities, if Musasuke Honjo, who is closer to this place, finds that our army is showing signs of turning or retreating, then our army will inevitably engage the Ueno generals. Gan Liang Jingzhi shook his head and said. He was not in favor of taking risks.

"This is the end of the matter, and there is no need to say more. Do you want to see the Takeda Army capture Okushinano and then further advance into Echigo? Huesshin then made a decision, and everyone obeyed.

That night, Kenshin took advantage of the night to lead his army out of Bigu Castle. What puzzled her was that all the cities she passed along the way turned a blind eye to them, and no one took the initiative to go out of the city to pursue or stop the Echigo army. In this way, Kenshin entered Shinano-Saku after a day and a night of rapid marching.

Takeda Shingen set up his headquarters in Fukashi Castle at this moment, and the people in charge of attacking Okushinano Asahiyama Castle, Suda Castle, Naganuma Castle and other places were Baba Nobubo and Mokaku Torada. The Takeda army had a total of 8,000 troops in Okushinano, while the Uesugi army had only 3,000 troops from Saito Asanobu, Takanashi Yorikin, and Yamaura Kunikiyo, and Saito Asanobu and others were very difficult to defend.

Takeda Shingen's wishful thinking is that Kenshin will definitely have many fierce battles when he enters Ueno, and when Kenshin and Asadachi are inseparable, he will be able to successfully attack the Echigo national capital. In fact, Takeda Shingen is not the only one in the Takeda family who thinks so.

The military advisor Yamamoto Kansuke also believed that Nagano Yemasa, the leader of the Nishi-Ueno people, was not a good stubble, and that a large network of branch cities and sufficient reserves of grain and grass alone were fully capable of dragging Kenshin in Nishi-Kamino for at least a few months. Moreover, Higashi-Ueno's Honjo Shiranaga, Uesugi Keimitsu, Ogasawara Nagasawara Nagasa, and others will not sit idly by and watch Nagano Ye being attacked, and Kenshin will not be able to care about each other at that time.

Therefore, Takeda Shingen dared to lead the 20,000 troops of the two countries to attack Okushinano. In order to prevent the Asadaki from entering Kofu, Takeda Shingen also ordered some of the lords of Enoe, Suruga, and Izu to lead their troops to deploy in the areas of Katsuyama, Gotemba, and Kokokuji.

After everything was ready, Takeda Shingen set up his own camp in Fukashi Castle.

The 8,000 troops led by Baba Nobubo and Mokaku Torada, who were the vanguard of the Takeda Army, attacked Okushinano with great momentum, while Sanada Yutaka was ordered by Takeda Shingen to lead his headquarters and part of the Shinano Pioneer Army, a total of more than 2,000 people, to garrison the castles in various parts of Oyama and Saku.

When Asadachi learned that Takeda Shingen had sent troops to Okushinano and Kenshin to lead an army through Nishi-Ueno and enter Shinano-Saku-gun, he immediately ordered Azuma to go out and eradicate the ninjas of Takeda in Nishi-Ugano, Saku-gun, and O-prefecture Prefecture. In order to allow the Azuma people to complete the task, the court also ordered Kato Duanzo to allocate hundreds of ninjas from the Bamboo Bird Guard to the Azuma people.

At the same time that the flames of war were ignited in Okushino, Tao Haruken of the southern Mitsu Sendo and Naito Masatoyo of the southern Kaido joined forces with the Soma family and the Tamura family to enter Hitachi with an army of 15,000. Not only that, but Shimono Koyama Asayaki also joined forces with the Mabe family to attack Hitachi Province from the west.

On the one hand, the court sent Yamazaki Hidesen to Mito to mediate the Edo family, and on the other hand, he ordered the general Miyagi Masayi and Nambada Hiroyoshi to lead 5,000 troops north to attack the Kashima family.

It's been a long time since a big move like this. If it weren't for Ashikaga Yoshiteru's panic announcing that he had rebelled and let Kenshin go south, he would have to slowly attack Oyu and Kanto.