In the second year of Yongroku, on the night of August 19, the pheasant town of Honmaru Ohiroma.

"My lord, it's too risky for you to personally bring someone as bait! You're a general, not a boar warrior! "As soon as Asadaki entered the Ohiro room, he was preached by Hidesen Yamazaki.

"Fortunately, our army killed more than 300 enemy soldiers, and our own side only suffered 10 casualties, so it is not a big problem." Chao Ding smiled awkwardly.

"My lord, if you want to come in person for everything, do you still need us who are retainers? If something happens to you, your retainers will be left without a leader. Yamazaki Hidesen said helplessly, he himself didn't expect that in order to weaken the combat power of the enemy army surrounding Omori Temple, Asadaki himself would personally use it as a bait to lure out some of the enemy troops.

"The goal has been achieved, and the pressure on Yun Sheng's side has been reduced. The two coalition forces of Takaru Nagano and Urano will not launch a fierce attack on Omoriji Temple anytime soon, and they have already focused their attention on us. Chao Ding smiled bitterly, if he hadn't gone himself, how could he have led hundreds of enemy troops. The total number of enemy troops surrounding Omoriji Temple reached 4,000, and at least 600 troops came to pursue him.

"My lord, you can leave these things to Saito, Anazawa, Nanbu and other retainers to do, I hope you will pay attention next time." Yamazaki Hidesen didn't say much, at most he could only do his best to persuade Asadachi not to do such dangerous things in the future.

"Yes. Takeda Daizen had written a letter asking the family to withdraw from Nishiueno quickly, so I would like to write a letter to Takeda Daizen to persuade him to behave himself. At this time, Chaoding thought that it was rude to come. Since Takeda Shingen hopes that Asadaki will immediately withdraw from Nishiueno, then Asada's own hope that the Takeda family will leave Nishiueno alone.

Immediately after writing the letter, Asada sent a letter of his own hand to Takeda Shingen, in which he said, "Ueno Ichikuni was originally under the rule of the Kanto Governor, but you want to take this place captive. If it weren't for the fact that the Takeda family took the initiative to send Gong Ji to me before, otherwise the family would not have temporarily settled their grievances with the Takeda family. The generals of Nishiueno, such as Nagano Iyo Shouyetsu, Urano Nakanomi Shosuke Shigenari, Gokan Miyauchi Shosuke Nobujun, Takada Yamato Mori Moriyori, are capricious villains who only tempted you in the current crisis. But you want to raise a whole army and spend a lot of money, and it is not the best idea to work for others. The two have met several times before, and the Takeda family has been defeated; Now, although they want to rescue the generals of Nishiueno, such as the Go-Aka, Takada family, Urano family, and Takaru Nagano family, they can't. Now that the matter has come to this, I hope that you will know the current affairs, listen to good advice, and take the initiative to withdraw the troops in Ueno, otherwise you will regret it. ”

However, when Takeda Shingen saw Asada's handwritten letter, he turned a deaf ear and immediately tore up the letter. The two families continue to be hostile and hold each other.

On August 20, the generals of Higashi-Ueno, including Ota Shimasa, Zen Soji, Ogasawara Nagasa, and Momoi Yoshitaka, led an army of 16,000 across the lower reaches of the Kamirugawa River into Nishi-Ueno, and arrived at Kuragano Castle.

At the same time, Yitian Guangqing originally wanted to take advantage of the time when Chaoding led the army to leave Guofeng City to seize Anzhong City, Tianwang Mountain City and other old leaders of the Anzhong family. However, it backfired, and Yitian Guangqing didn't know that Chaoding had also left a reserve near Tianwang Mountain Castle - the Kohata people of Kohata Jingding. As a result, Ida Mitsukei suddenly encountered a thousand troops of Kohata Keisada's department at the foot of Tenno Mountain. Seeing that he was no longer able to capture the old territory of the Anzhong family, Yitian Guangqing did not want to flee without a fight, so he immediately took the initiative to lead the army to attack Kohata Jingding. However, the performance of the Yitian army was really unsatisfactory, and Yitian Guangqing was defeated by Kohata Jingding at the foot of Tianwang Mountain, and after losing more than 200 soldiers, he led the remnants back to Eagle's Nest City. As soon as Ida Mitsukei returned to Eagle's Nest Castle, he immediately sent his retainers to Minowa Castle to inform Nagano Yetsu that the Uesugi army that surrounded the Gokan and Takada families was at least 5,000 strong, and that they could not act rashly.

When Nagano learned that Ida Mitsukei was defeated after fighting Tenno Yamajo with a force of 500 troops and fighting the Uesugi army, which was several times his size, he did not blame Itda Mitsukei. Nagano Yoshitsu immediately went to Nobuyida Mitsukei, comforted him with kind words, and hoped that he would be able to guard the gate southwest of Minowa Castle.

Due to the delay in capturing Omoriji Temple by the combined forces of Takaro Nagano and Urano, Takeda Katsuyori was unable to lead the Takeda army south with peace of mind. However, due to the repeated disadvantage of the combined forces of Takaro Nagano and Urano, the generals began to have the idea of withdrawing and returning, and their morale was declining day by day.

At this time, Takeda Katsuyori's Rear Commander Mitsuken Sakasaka offered advice to Takeda Katsuyori: "Young Lord, you should take advantage of the fact that the main forces of the Uesugi army are still concentrated around Minami Ueno, Nishi Ueno, and Minowa Castle, and immediately lead your army eastward to capture the important towns of Iwaki Castle, Shiri Takajo, Nakayama Castle, and Shibukawa Castle, where the Uesugi family is empty. Then, in one go, he crossed the Shibu River and entered Higashi-Ueno, where he captured Shirai Castle, Numata Castle, Narumun Castle, and Maoyama Castle, and the troops were directed at Ueno to protect Uesugi Juro Keimitsu's residence Ushiwa Castle. In this way, there are three advantages for our army: one is to enter a no-man's land, and there is a certainty of victory; the second is to quickly expand the territory of the Takeda family and increase its power; The three will shock the entire Ueno country, and the attack and encirclement of the Uesugi army against the people of the western Ueno country will naturally be lifted. ”

Although Takeda Katsuyori thinks that Mitsuken Nagasaka is right, and it is indeed feasible. However, he failed to take Nagasaka's advice and acted.

On August 21, Kenshin took the initiative to lead his army out of the castle of Sosha, and together with Kibe Shige, Toshima Tairai, and Nagano Yoshiko (Nagano Yoshimasa's adopted son), he would successively capture the four important towns of Hodo Tajo, Uchikomori Castle, Nakazato Castle, and Imamiya Border Castle in one day, and all the branch castles to the east of Gongwei Minowa Castle were captured. Not only that, but the Uesugi army also killed the culprits who instigated the people of Ueno to raise troops, Ueda Dingqing, Nagano Keiye, Nagano Keitoshi and others.

At the same time that Nagano Yetsu was becoming more and more embarrassed, Nagano Yemori ordered all the retainers of the Minowa Nagano family, who had previously abandoned their territories to join him, to return to Ueno, and quickly united with the Uesugi army and launched a response to the Uesugi army in their respective territories. After that, the retainers of the Minnowa Nagano family, mainly Fujii Tomotada, Daido Temple Nobukata, Aoyagi Tadashi, Shirakawa Mitsukatsu, Kishi Nobuho, and other retainers of the Minowa Nagano family, contacted the local samurai and ronin, and with the support of the Uesugi army, launched a series of battles in the area occupied by the Takaru Nagano family. Soon, the retainers, acting officials, and commissioners sent by Nagano Yetsu were either begged for death or fled to Tagaryu Castle. The group soon took the initiative to assist the Uesugi army in attacking the branch city network south of Minowa Castle, and recaptured Meima Castle, Limma Castle, Hazakura Castle, Wakatawara Castle and other places in a short time. Nagano made a decision, Nagano Saemon Captain, Nagano Shozen and other eagles stayed Nagano and the generals of Nagano had to lead their troops to evacuate after seeing that they were unable to defend the newly captured territory.

At this time, Nagano was pacing back and forth in the corridor of the Honmaru courtyard in Minowa Castle, looking very restless.

"Why hasn't the Takeda Army launched an attack on the Uesugi Army yet?!" Nagano was very anxious when he learned that all the branch castles to the east and south of Minowa Castle had been captured by the Uesugi army.

"The two important places of Omoriji Temple and Pheasant Castle are still occupied by the Uesugi army, and neither the Takeda army nor the Urano army can cross these two places to come to the rescue." Toneki explained to Yoshitsu Nagano.

"The Uesugi army is about to enter the city! Nagano Shozen, Nagano Saemon Captain and other generals were all driven back, and if this continues, the Uesugi army will soon surround Minowa Castle! If Komiyayama and Matsunosawa Castle were to be captured by the Uesugi army, then Minowa Castle would really be isolated. "Nagano is in a hurry right now.

"Itada was defeated by Kohata Shosuke, and the siege of Takada and Gokan could not be lifted, and the Anaka family had been destroyed. If this continues, the Uesugi army will only increase. Tone Mu Changan said helplessly. At this time, the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for the Takaru Nagano family.

"Do you think I don't know?! Ota Saemonzo had already entered Kuragano Castle with the generals of Higashiueno and 16,000 troops, and the generals such as Honjo Musashisuke and Soga Sagamimori, plus Akiyama and Asahina from Shimono, also reached more than 12,000 troops. If we count the more than 8,000 troops led by Uesugi Kenshin and the thousands of troops led by Fujiwara Shotasa, the total number of Uesugi troops will reach 40,000. "Nagano is only now discovering that the Uesugi family's amazing national power is irresistible.

"But the Omori Hall, the Urano Nakawu Shaofu Hall and others have not yet recaptured the important Omori Temple, and at the moment, I am afraid that the Nagano Shoden will not be able to take back the Pheasant Township City." Toneki Masayan vaguely felt that the future of the Eagle Stay Nagano family at this time was worrying.

"Let the former Kanto Governor first write a letter to the Constitutional Government, as long as Uesugi Kenshin and Fujiwara Asadashi stop the offensive against us, then we will have a chance to breathe in a short time." Nagano Yetsu suddenly thought that there was still a person named Uesugi Kenmasa on his side.

"Understood, go immediately!" Tonewood Changan immediately took the order and left.