Due to the rise of the country and the invasion of the Takeda army, the cities were frightened and only sought to protect themselves. Moreover, the court did not appoint a banner leader in the country of Ashima, so the generals of the country could not carry out organized resistance, and objectively led to the isolation of Ashigara Castle.

In order to deal the deadliest blow to the heart of the country, the Takeda Army and the Odawara Ise Army continued to increase their forces at Oshikiri Castle, Ashigara Castle, and Kawamura Castle. However, in view of the fact that the Uesugi army's record in various parts of the eastern country was more victorious and less defeated, and that the Odawara Ise army and the Takeda army were often defeated, which caused a certain amount of psychological pressure on the Takeda army and the Odawara Ise army, and that the rapid attack was likely to lead to a large number of casualties among their own forces, the Takeda army and the Odawara Ise army, after a little consideration of the pros and cons, decided to surround Oshiri Castle in order to force the castle to surrender voluntarily in fear that foreign aid would not arrive and the food and grass would run out.

Subsequently, more than 1,500 Katsuyama troops entered Ashigarami-gun under the leadership of generals such as Goto Shusuke, Uematsu Fujitaro, and Uematsu Sakyo Ryoryo under the leadership of the Katsuyama family's important ministers. Before this group of Katsuyama troops entered Ashigarami-gun, Takeda Shingen gave the Katsuyama family permission to freely take the permission of the Ashigara Kami-gun of the country of Xiangfu, hoping to make the Katsuyama family actively participate in the invasion of Xiangmao.

At the same time, inside the Honmaru Palace of Suruga Province.

"Kansuke, you have come to serve as a military supervisor and military advisor, and rule over the Katsuyama and Izu people. The positions of military supervisor and military advisor are not relieved to be handed over to other people, and they can only be relieved if they are handed over to you. Takeda Shingen sat on the main throne and looked at the courtyard outside the palace and said thoughtfully.

"My lord, the minister wants to invite a family member to choose one of the relatives to serve as the general of Xiangzhou, if there is no post of general general, the minister is worried that it will be difficult to control the generals of Junzhou, Douzhou and Xiangzhou." Kansuke Yamamoto wanted to find someone from a family member of the Takeda family to be the commander-in-chief, so that he would not have to worry about someone not obeying his orders.

"Well, the old man asked Shiro to take the position of commander-in-chief, and led an army of 5,000 into Xiangzhou, and the grain, grass and ordnance were all transported from Suruga to Odawara Castle by sea or land." Takeda Shingen immediately decided to let Takeda Katsuyori, who had become the young head of the Takeda family, be the chief general, so that he could have a good experience with the assistance of Yamamoto Kansuke.

"The minister will definitely take good care of the young master, so that he can become a general in charge as soon as possible." Kansuke Yamamoto instantly felt a lot more stressed. If Takeda Shingen casually sent a military general from a family member, it would be forgotten, and in order to support his work, he directly sent Takeda Katsuyori, the future governor of the Takeda family, to be the chief general. If the young lord Takeda Katsuyori has three longs and two shorts, Kansuke Yamamoto doesn't want to live alone.

At the same time that the Takeda army continued to increase its troops, Koyama Asaki also began to adjust the powerful generals of the Odawara Ise family.

Koyama Asakiyuki's first target was Hirayama Shigege (the son of Hirayama Masashige, who originally followed the Uesugi family, but later fell to the Gohojo family, and Hirayama Mitsuyoshi, who was his brother-in-law), from the Nishishi of the Musashi Seven Parties.

In the third year of Yonglu, April 5th, late at night. Hirayama Mitsuyoshi brought the main chamber Hirayama Tsurujuhime (daughter of Hirayama Masashige) and several samurai to Aimati Oniwa Castle, and met with Hirayama Shige, the guardian of the Odawara Ise family.

"I haven't seen my brother for a long time, and it's been nearly five years since I said goodbye to Nanbu Prefecture." Hirayama Mitsuyoshi couldn't help but sigh when he saw Hirayama's heavy weight.

"Yes, it's been nearly five years since Echizen Mamoru insisted on following the Uesugi family and making enemies of the clan Yasuko." Hirayama nodded again.

"How is my brother doing? This is the specialty kapok, safflower, and fifty taels of gold that I brought from Soshu, please smile. After Hirayama Mitsuyoshi finished speaking, he asked the attendant samurai who stayed behind him to put the gift in front of Hirayama Shige.

"Echizen Mamoru is too valuable for this gift, what do you need my help with?" Hirayama felt that Hirayama Mitsuyoshi would not give him so many things for nothing, and there must be something he needed to help with.

"My brother is too outward, isn't he? Can't you come and visit if you have nothing to do? Heshou, she hasn't seen her brother in the past five years. Since the fall of Odawara Castle and the destruction of the Odawara Ise family, we have lost the news of my brother, and Tsuruju and I have been unable to sleep almost every night. Unexpectedly, after accidentally learning the news that my brother was guarding Dating City last month, I rushed to Xiangzhou at night. "Hirayama Mitsuyoshi didn't mention the matter of opposing the Hirayama clan.

"Echizen Mamoru how did you hear that I was leading an army to defend Ōtei Castle?" Hirayama Shige began to be suspicious.

"Brother, as one of the powerful generals of the Odawara Ise family, you are already well known. Moreover, in Nakasangshu, he launched a nationwide attack, and successively captured Otin Castle, Jojin Castle, Owada Castle, Gotenbian Castle and other places, and even once came to the castle of Jade Rope Castle, so that the lord of Jade Rope Castle, Ikeda Punishment Division, Saemon, began to fear you. Hirayama Mitsuyoshi immediately praised Hirayama's heavy name.

"Actually, this is all thanks to the heavy taxes levied by the Uesugi family in Xiangshu, and a large number of people are willing to become our allies, hoping to restore the taxes of the four princes and six people under the rule of the Hojo family." The Hirayama clan was also unexpected, in fact, the castle soldiers he had conquered were all undefended by the Uesugi family, or areas that were not taken seriously, and the real important town of the court would have long since sent his henchmen or powerful generals to defend it, and it would not give the old retainers of the Odawara Ise family a chance to take advantage of it.

"Heavy taxes? It's just six dukes and four people, if it weren't for Xiangzhou's repeated enemies with Chao Dinggong and Qianxin Gong, and even swords and soldiers, Chao Dinggong would not be like this. The four counties of Aizu were often exempted from labor and taxes by the Imperial Court, and the five gongs and five citizens or the four gongs and six people were often the five gongs and five citizens in Wushu and Shangzhou. Hirayama Mitsuyoshi sneered and said, these are actually all Sagami's lords who brought it on their own, and if they had taken the initiative to surrender to the Uesugi family's military gate earlier, they would have enjoyed the same treatment as the four counties of Aizu, Ueno, Musashi and other places.

"The Uesugi family is now reckless, and rebellions within the territory continue to appear, and soon the Uesugi family will not be the opponent of Shin Xuangong." Hirayama did not consider the Uesugi family's rule in the eastern country to be rock-solid.

"That's just some of the old retainers of the daimyo and kokuren lords who were defeated by the Uesugi family, and most of them have been suppressed by the bullets. It's not a pinch initiated by the people. Hirayama Mitsuyoshi retorted directly.

"But it also made the Uesugi army tired, and now the Fujiwara Asadachi has gone to the two countries of Okuba, and the doppelganger lacks skills." Hirayama Shigege seems to have seen hope for the revival of the Odawara Ise family.

"Ota Saemon Saden has already mobilized 20,000 troops in Nanbu Prefecture, and he can send troops to Xiangshu at any time, and the Oniwa Castle that you are guarding is the first to bear the brunt." Hirayama Mitsuyoshi did not think that the Hirayama clan would be able to successfully hold Otin Castle for a long time under the attack of nearly 20,000 troops with hundreds of city soldiers.

"Shin Xuan Gong has sent 10,000 troops into Xiangzhou, and now there are tens of thousands of Hojo troops gathered in Xiangzhou and recapture the old territory everywhere, and the Uesugi army does not have a numerical advantage." Hirayama has high hopes that the Iseya and Takeda will defeat Shimasa Ota.

"Brother, as one of the powerful generals of the Odawara Ise family, don't you know the situation of the Odawara Ise family? Most of them were rabble, with low combat power and morale, and were not at all an opponent of the well-equipped Uesugi army. "Hirayama Mitsuyoshi did not think that the Odawara Ise Army, which was mainly a peasant soldier, would be able to resist the Uesugi Army, which was mainly Ashigaru, for a long time.

"My father was killed by Satsumasa Otazaemon, and now he personally led the army to avenge his father." Hirayama said angrily.

"Hirayama Saemon Captainden once followed the Uesugi family, but when Kenshin withdrew his army and returned to Echigo, he fell to the Odawara Ise family, and then led his army to Iseyasu with the Iseji Yasu, and was defeated by Asada, which has nothing to do with Ota Saemon Saden." Hirayama Mitsuyoshi also didn't know why Hirayama Shigege cared so much about these old things.

"I have followed the Hojo family for several years, after two generations, and I have served as a close friend by the side of the clan Yasuko, and the character in my name was given to me by the clan Yasuko, which is a supreme honor." The Hirayama clan is determined to live and die with the Odawara Ise family.

"Why is my brother so stupid?! At present, most of the generals of the Eastern Kingdom have surrendered to the military gate of the Uesugi family, and even the daimyo of the Eastern Kingdom, such as the Soma family, the Tamura family, the Oda family, and the Onodera family, are willing to become the eagle dogs of the Uesugi family, and have repeatedly responded to the Uesugi family's troops. The elder brother has to think about the survival of the family name of the Hirayama family! Hirayama Mitsuyoshi said bitterly.

"Echizen Mamoru, don't I know that there is a huge disparity between the enemy and us? But the hatred of the country and the hatred of the family have to be like this, so let's do it, just because I haven't seen you, Zenkuro, you come to see off the guests. "Hirayama doesn't want to listen to it anymore.

"Elder brother, my Hirayama clan Lang Party is all in Dating Castle, once the war with the Uesugi family is unfavorable, then it is very likely that the family name will be severed!" At this time, Hirayama Tsunei, who had been silent on the side, also began to stand on Hirayama Mitsuyoshi's side.

"Zenkuro, I didn't expect you to 。。。。。。 too" When the Hirayama clan saw that his younger brother Hirayama Tsunaki, who had always been obedient to him, also began to contradict him and agreed with Hirayama Mitsuyoshi's remarks, he was so angry that he couldn't speak.