"But now the family has no capital to continue the war of resistance! First took the initiative to abandon Sannokura Castle and other places in Nishigunma County, and then did not save Gonda Castle in the face of death, it is not easy for the retainers to hold on to the present without betraying their family! Yukikage Urano admonished.

"I think that when the old man took advantage of the Fujiwara town government to send troops to fight against the countrymen of Higashi Ueno and Nishi Ueno, he took the opportunity to seize a lot of the territory of Azuma County and part of the territory of Nishi Gunma County, but I didn't expect how long it had been? Now even the big city is in danger! Urano Shigenari smiled bitterly.

"Looking at it now, in the entire Ueno country, which countryman lord continues to divide one side? Only the main family continued to divide in this Azuma County, and even the Kohata family, the largest national lord in Ganle County, became a member of the Fujiwara Town Government, and Shirakura, Takayama and other people successively became pawns under the command of the Fujiwara Town Government. However, the family was unable to take all of Azuma-gun. Urano Yukijing couldn't help but sigh that God had been unfair to the Urano family.

"It's impossible for the Uesugi family to accept the surrender of their family now, so let's kill ourselves in the city with dignity." Shigenari Urano now doesn't even have the heart to fight.

"Got it······" Yuki Urano nodded with tears in his eyes.

On October 29, the second year of Eiroku, Urano Shigenari and his son Urano Yukikei and more than 50 people committed suicide by seppuku in Oto Castle Honmaru Ohiroma, and Oto Castle then surrendered to the Uesugi army Kaejo. The Urano family, which had been in possession of the southern part of Azuma-gun for hundreds of years, came to an end, and none of the clansmen survived.

At the same time that the Edo army stormed Kasama Castle, Koyama Asayaki took advantage of the time that Shioya Akisa held on for half a month to find a way to fill more than 1,000 military horses. Some of the more than 1,000 military horses were purchased directly by the Uesugi army, some were selected from the military forces of the generals, and some were directly requisitioned from the surrounding pastures.

In order to be able to quickly relieve the siege of Kasama Castle, Koyama Asakyuki directly transferred more than 1,000 military horses and more than 1,000 samurai who were good at riding and often riding horses to Gomi Takashige, and ordered him to lead this group of partial divisions straight to Mito Castle, the home of the Edo family, forcing the Edo army besieging Kasama Castle to retreat and return to rescue Mito Castle.

In the second year of Yonglu, October 30th. While the Edo army was storming Kasama Castle day and night, a force of thousands of iron horsemen had passed behind them and was marching rapidly towards Mito Castle.

The general of the Edo Army, who was besieging Kasama Castle, was surprised to learn that a force of thousands of Uesugi cavalry had passed through the rear of his own army but had not attacked. He doesn't understand Uesugi Jun's strange behavior. Because according to common sense, the Uesugi army has already circled behind the Edo army, and once a surprise attack is launched, the coalition force composed of more than 5,000 Edo troops and thousands of former Satake ministers will quickly collapse.

As a person from Echigo, Gomi Takashige certainly couldn't disappoint Koyama Asayayu, and he led more than 1,000 iron horsemen to finally land at Mito Castle two days later.

At the same time, Edo Tadamiri in Mito Castle was almost speechless when he heard the news that the Uesugi army had come to the castle. He never thought that the Uesugi army of Gomi Takashige would bypass more than a dozen branch castles on the way, such as Ohara Castle, Kawada Castle, Nakahara Castle, Mikawa Castle, Elder Mountain Castle, Iitoikan Castle, and Tsuda Pavilion.

And what surprised Edo Tadamichi even more was that few of the defenders of Ohara Castle, Kawada Castle, Nakahara Castle, Mikawa Castle, Elder Yama Castle, Iitoikan and Tsudakan found no trace of this Uesugi army. Even if they found out, the guards didn't pay too much attention to it, thinking that this Uesugi army couldn't set off any big waves.

"The Uesugi army will give up attacking more than a dozen castles west of Mito Castle, and Koyama Asayaki wants to come directly to Mito Castle to take down my head!" Edo Tadamichi said after calming down a little.

"But my lord, there are only more than 100 soldiers in Mito Castle now, and there is no time to gather troops and drive the people into the city to defend the castle!" Tanitabe, a relative of the Edo family, shook his head and said.

"Yes, my lord, Mito Castle is not an ordinary city that can be compared to ordinary cities after all, and the size and scale alone are enough to accommodate nearly three thousand people in Inner Cage Castle. But now the defenders in the castle can only defend against Honmaru. The important minister Jin Shang Ming said helplessly.

"The Uesugi army outside the city seems to have at least thousands of people, and none of the city generals along the way have come to report the matter, and the situation has been omitted by Koyama Asayaki." Yoshinori Oyama also shook his head and said.

"After all, most of them are former ministers of the Satake family, and the alliance with the main family is just to restore the name of the Satake family and some of the old leaders. Moreover, many of them knew that their old master, Yoshiaki Satake, had been killed by his own family. Edo Tadamichi said with a sigh. He can't expect the former retainers of the Satake family to come to the rescue of Mito Castle without sacrificing their lives.

"Alas, then we can only try to hold on to Mito Castle Honmaru and Ninomaru for two or more days, and quickly send envoys to Hoda, Mazaki, Kuji, Owada, Ishigami, Madu, Oarai and other places on the eastern coast, where at least thousands of reinforcements can be sent to relieve the siege." Jin Shang immediately thought of a way that was not a solution.

"Two or three days? I'm afraid they're at war with the Uesugi family's subordinate daimyo such as Soma, Tamura, and Iwaki who are heading south! Tanidabe refuted Kane's suggestion directly, because he did not believe that the generals of the eastern seaboard would be able to spare their energy to rescue Mito Castle, because they were already unable to protect themselves.

"It is reported that the Saiko of the Soma family has joined forces with the Okamoto Navy and the Fang So Navy to blockade all the eastern coasts, and not even a single fishing boat can reach the ports of Kuji, Dawashi, and Hotan." Yoshinori Oyama said a heavyweight news at this time.

"What?! Why not report it in the morning?! Edo Tadamitsu's heart was almost broken at the moment.

"Originally, the main family was going very well on land, and several times they defeated the Oda family, forcing the Uesugi generals of Minami-Tsunachi not to dare to send troops. Who knew that Fujiwara Asaha would definitely come to this hand, and it was before I knew it. ”

"You mean that Uesugi's naval army moved quickly after Asayaki Koyama led his army into Hitachi?!" Edo Tadamichi instantly lost his will to fight and sat on the main seat.

"It should be Fujiwara Asahi who intends to let Koyama Asakyuki be able to make contributions. It is said that Fujiwara Asadashi intended to marry his niece Kyohime to Koyama Asakyuki and make him a member of the family. Yoshinori Oyama then added.

"Well, none of that matters anymore. How many years have passed since my Edo family gradually became a daimyo from a wealthy family of the country, but now it is going to be lost in my hands, which is really unwilling! Although Edo Tadamichi was very unwilling to do this, he was helpless.

"Are we going to go out of the city and surrender to the Uesugi army?! The old man is against! Shinohara, as the head of the Edo family, was the first to stand up and disagree with the surrender.

"If you surrender earlier, maybe you won't be sent to exile to places like Sado and Okuyu, isn't the main dealer in Kitamusashi a lesson from the past." Tanitabe didn't want to be sent to remote areas.

"Sado's Honma family was changed and downgraded to Echichu. It can be said that as long as they surrender earlier, the Fujiwara Town Government and Kenshin Gong will not be too embarrassed by their own family. Oyama Yoshinori immediately changed his tune and echoed Tanitabe.

"Then let's prepare, everyone go out of the city and surrender to the Uesugi army." Edo Tadashi said with a dead face.

"Then the territory I was waiting for was just given to the Uesugi family?!" At this moment, his heart was still very panicked.

"Otherwise, can you still expect the ability to be blocked?! The Oda family still reduced the territory of the Okada family in order to retain most of the territory, how can we raise troops against the Uesugi family! Edo Tadamichi was a little speechless about his son.

"Why don't you fight with the Uesugi army to break the net?! Although the Edo family is not a famous samurai family, it has stood in Hitachi for no less than a hundred years. It's time to take advantage of this opportunity to show the Uesugi army how powerful Hitachi samurai are! Edo Tsumasa raised his arms and shouted.

"That's right!" As soon as Edo Toshimasa's words fell, many retainers nodded in agreement.

"yes!" Even some of the former retainers of the Satake family, who defected to the Edo family, echoed it.

Edo Tadamino saw that many of the retainers in the Ohiroma agreed with the opinion of the young lord Edo Tsumasa, so he had to remain silent. Edo Tadashi was no longer able to take care of them at the moment, and he only wanted to save the lives of his people and his family.

At this moment, Koyama Asakyuki led an army of 14,000 to Kasama Castle, confronted the Edo army, and successfully sent grain and grass into the castle.

"My lord, the siege of Kasama Castle has been touched, and the next thing to look at is the five flavors of Xingbu," Takanashi Naki said thoughtfully.

"Although our army can eat the more than 6,000 Edo troops in front of us in one go, after all, we still have to take care of the face of some generals." Asayaki Koyama didn't want to make too many enemies in the Uesugi family. Once he has established too many military exploits in Changlu this time, it will inevitably cause the hostility of most of the foreign retainers and the retainers of Pudai and Qimoto.

"It's good that you think so, my lord, but the lord of Heyue City doesn't think so. It's not like you haven't seen what Ota Saemon looks like now. "Takanashi Naiki reminds Koyama Asayaki that his temper is now unpredictable to many people.

"Okay, notify the Sanhe Hall in the rear, and let him come to join the battle quickly. I want to kill the 6,000 Edo troops in one fell swoop, leaving not a single one behind. Asaki Koyama instantly had a bold idea.

"More than 6,000 enemy troops, not a single one is left?!" Takanashi Neiji was blindsided after listening to Koyama Asakyuki's words, and he didn't expect Koyama Asakyuki to be so decisive.

"Not bad. Only in this way can we ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Uesugi family in Hitachi. Otherwise, hostile forces such as Satake and Edo will still launch a campaign again and again. "Asayuki Koyama wants to eradicate the anti-Uesugi forces in Hitachi in one fell swoop.

"Nachen immediately went to inform Kano Shinsukeden, Shinhata Owari Moriden and other generals to come to participate in the military meeting." Takanashi then retired and left.