Just after the defeat of Soma Moriyin, Iwaki Shigetaka also went out of the Changlu country with peace of mind. The Iwaki family no longer had any worries, and Iwaki Protaka was also arranged by Iwaki Shigetaka to lead the Iwaki Army of 900 to merge with Watari Motozong. After Watari Motomune annexed Soma Domain, he was appointed as the general of the Tamura family's strategy, and he really needed to attack Tamura Domain non-stop.

Date Harumuni was not in a hurry to go out in person, Sendai Castle had only been built for a short time, and he had to wait for Ninomaru to be completed before meeting with Sanori Sadacho and others. During this time, it was just the right time for Watari Motomune to defeat the Tamura family.

The Date family's 'blitzkrieg' quickly defeated the Soma family, a long-standing enemy, but Watari Motomune did not intend to rush to attack the Tamura family. The main role of Makino Hisaka's participation in the battle is to reconcile the Soma family and the Tamura family's retainers, and he has indeed done a lot of previous work to defeat the Soma family this time.

A few days later, the news of Soma Shengyin's defeat reached Kawagoe Castle. In order to celebrate the New Year with his family, the previous dynasty temporarily handed over the command to Namba Tian Kenji, and asked him to guard the Uesugi domain with retainers such as Hirosawa Tadanobu, Ogasawara Sada, and Honjo Shiranaga.

The New Year is celebrated with lights everywhere in Hagoe Castle, and the same is true in the city. Sanada Masayuki took the small surnames to take care of the arrangement, and the dragon girl, Ayahime, Guidie, Kyoko, Kita, and Katsuko sat down in the Ohiro room.

"Goro, Soma Danmasa and Date Sakyo are also loyal to the shogunate." The dragon girl was not happy at all, although the previous biggest enemy, Takeda Shingen, had been peaceful for a while, but the Hojo family, Furukawa Gongfang and other events came one after another, and there was no idea of having a happy New Year.

"It's a pity that Soma Danmasa was defeated, and Zhuo Zhenxuan probably didn't expect Soma Danzheng to lose so quickly. Not to mention the retainers who garrisoned the border town, even the surrounding wealthy clans such as the castle of Nakamura Castle were also rebelled, even if Soma Dan did not fight that battle, it was already a foregone conclusion. "Asadaki doesn't think that the battle of Mano fought by Soma Shengyin has any special significance, and it is completely to send him to death. If only he could learn from Shinano daimyo and wealthy families such as Ogasawara Nagasawara, Takanashi Masayori, and Murakami Yoshikiyo. What's the point of defeat? Fleeing to Echigo, you can ask Nagao Keitora, the 'partner of justice', to help.

"Tiger Chiyo, it's not easy for you to come to Kanto once, and it's a little happier when the New Year comes." Since Ayahime was still holding Katsuko, it was inconvenient for her to walk to the side of the dragon girl.

"We're still here for the New Year, and Satomi Shosuke and his son, Utsunomiya Shimono Mamoru, Soma Danmasa, Date Sakyo and they ・・・・・・" The dragon girl can only sigh at the limited ability when she says this. Since she was engaged to the court, she has also broken the promise she made in front of the god Bishamen (the promise not to marry for life).

"People can't be resurrected after death, the Ashikaga Fuji clan is just a puppet, and Ryoda Harsuke does have some means!" Asada doesn't admire the Ashikaga Fuji clan, but Harsuke Ryoda, who is behind the scenes, is undoubtedly very skillful and is indeed a talent. This involved the Date family, the Kasai family, and the Osaki family in Oshu.

"Now in the entire Kanto, there are only some wealthy families in Ueno such as the Nagano family standing here, and the Soma family, the northeastern daimyo of the alliance of the main family, has also been defeated, so it can be said that they are isolated." The dragon girl sat on the edge of Chaoding and never smiled, her face completely flat, as if someone owed her money.

"Although the family lost three powerful allies of Soma, Utsunomiya, and Satomi, they turned their former potential enemies into real enemies and went to war. This Hongji Rebellion is the best time to wipe them out! Gui Die stepped forward at this time, first poured wine for Chaoding, and then did not forget to pour a full glass of water for the dragon girl.

"Gorou, it's really not easy for you, the Nogonomae, to have said that, the Satake family is under siege at the moment, just like the Utsunomiya family before. So how long does Satake Hitakusuke last? "The dragon girl is looking away a little now.

"The samurai of the Satake family are better at fighting, and at least they can hold out until the family pacifies Ueno. Saitoyama Castle Mamoru has merged with Soga and Omori, and the end of the Kiryu family's demise can already be seen. As long as the defender of Saito Yamajo defeated the Kiryu family, and then merged with the forces of Nagano Shinano Mamoru to defeat the rebels of Kuragano Castle, Ueno Ichikoku would be pacified. "Asadaki saw Saito Michizo's commander and combat ability before he was relieved to hand over the command of Ueno to him.

"Okay, okay, are you going to have a military meeting or a New Year?" Ayahime couldn't stand it anymore, at least Kyoko and Kita didn't dare to say it.

"Yes. Chang Xing, has the rice ball of the Sacrifice Army been delivered to Kashiwahara Castle? At this time, Asadaku did not forget the Uesugi army who were still on the front line, and he did not dare to send the wine too, because he was afraid that they would drink and make a mistake.

"Back to the lord, all of them were sent. It is distributed according to the ashigaru two per person, and the samurai three per person. "Sanada Masayuki can only watch from the Ohiro room, and he can't eat the 'Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner with Asada and the others.

"Good." Chao Ding is relieved now, he can't just enjoy himself and forget about the soldiers on the front line, so he has a reason to return to the city.

"Gorou, when you go to the courtyard after the meal, I want to talk to you." The dragon lady is pregnant and cannot drink alcohol. Every day under Ayahime's supervision, she can't touch a drop of wine.

"Yes."

Asadaki and the Dragon Maiden wanted to talk about the war in Kanto, so they could only leave Ohiroma after eating so-so. Ayahime didn't say anything when she saw this, and she continued to chat and eat with Kyoko, Katsuko, and Kita.

It snowed for a whole day on the first day of January of that year, even at night. The flowers and plants in the courtyard and all kinds of trees have been dressed in new silver and white clothes.

"Goro, now that the shogunate is out of power, the Ashikaga family can establish a pseudo-shogunate delusional Kamiraku, and those with wolf ambitions have supported the Ashikaga Fuji clan, and the loyal ministers of the shogunate have died on the battlefield. Even the Oshu Explorers have joined the rebels! Can this war really be won? "The dragon girl feels that the Uesugi family has been surrounded at this moment, and if the Takeda family raises troops to rebel, it will really be completely surrounded.

"Even so, the Uesugi family still has to fight, and the Kamakura Gongfang before the Furukawa Gongfang was an old enemy of the Uesugi family, and it is not surprising that they now regard the Uesugi family as mortal enemies." Asadachi felt that in the end, there would only be one left between the Uesugi family and Kanto Ashikaga.

"Well, since I'm pregnant, I'll leave the task of crusading against the traitors to you, don't let me down." The dragon girl has been jealous and hateful since she was a child, and her survival creed has always been to defeat those who are enemies of the shogunate and those who are unjust.

"I understand, if you give birth to a boy, you will inherit the head of your family." Asada originally wanted to say that after the Uesugi family went to Luoding in the future, he could still be the shogun. But the situation in Kanto was undecided, and he intended to say this to the dragon girl after quelling the rebellion of the Ashikaga Fuji clan.

Although it is now the fourth year of Koji, Emperor Shokincho will succeed to the throne next month. In other words, it will soon be the first year of Yonglu. The word Yonglu comes from the "Qun Shu Zhi Yao" "the one who protects the world and keeps the family, and the one who is forever blessed".

Although Chaoding's return to Jucheng alone was a bit unfair to the retainers who were still on the front line, he did have very little time with his family. If you don't accompany them during the New Year's holiday, you really can't talk about it. He also hoped that Namba and other retainers would understand.

While Asadachi was still staying at Kawagoe Castle to accompany his family until the 6th of January, Hojo Clan Yasu decided that this was the best time to defeat the Uesugi army, so he ordered the Hojo clan Shindai Shinri's army of 2,100 to attack Nekoya Castle, which had fewer defenders.

Hojo Shiyasu used Hojo Shishin's partial division to attack the Uesugi family's current weakest defense, Genkoya, hoping to take this opportunity to open a gap and find the Uesugi family's most fatal weakness. As long as he finds the weakness of the Uesugi family, Hojo Shiyasu can defeat the Uesugi family in one fell swoop and avenge the death of his two sons (Hojo clan and Hojo clan) at the hands of the Asada. Of course, people are selfish. It is impossible for Hojo Shiyasu to march in a big way for the death of a large number of people, and Hojo Tsunataka and Hojo Tsunasari, who died in battle with the Uesugi family before, naturally do not have this treatment.

The 1,000 ashigaru under the command of the Hojo clan Nobu was almost completely wiped out, and he was only a nominal general, and only 100 ashigaru was under his command. The actual commanders were his younger brother Hojo Nagajun, and another Ashigaru general of the Hojo family, Asahina Suntaro (Jade Rope).

Nekoya Castle was previously given to Yamada Naosada by the Imperial Court, and his 200 troops were managed by Saito Rizo, and he himself guarded Nekoya Castle. However, the defenders of the city were only 400. Even if he received the news of the Hojo Army's attack in advance, he could only prepare for passive defense and send people to inform Asadachi of Kawagoe Castle, Namba Kenji of Kashiwabara Castle, and others.

Since Asadachi had appointed Kenji Namba as the general of the tens of thousands of Uesugi troops, there was no need for him to ask Asadachi what to do. On the one hand, Namba Tian Kenji ordered Saito Toshizo to lead five hundred Kawagoe Knights cavalry to attack and harass the Hojo Army along the way; On the other hand, since he could only sit in Kashiwahara Castle as a general, he and Tadanobu Hirosawa led the headquarters to defend Kashiwahara Castle, and Ogasawara Sadazene went to guard Shinfukuji Temple. Honjo Shigenaga led 3,000 troops (Honjo Shigenaga originally had a total force of 3,500, of which 500 were detained in Kashiwabara Castle, and Namba Tian Kenji thought that the 2,000 Hojo army would not have so many troops to go to the rescue) to the rescue of Nekoya Castle.

The people who defected to Uesugi Territory before were because of the Hojo Army's indiscriminate arrests, and this time the news of the Hojo Army's departure from Uesugi Territory did not need ninjas to investigate, and some of the people immediately reported to the local landlord and castle lord when they got the news. Therefore, the route and number of the Hojo Army led by Hojo Shinshin, Hojo Nagajun, and Asahina Suntaro were completely known to the Uesugi Army.

After Saito Rizo set out from Kashiwahara Castle, he rushed to the end of the Hojo Army in two days without stopping. This time, the team sent by the Hojo clan Yasu was completely composed of peasant soldiers and ashigaru, and their combat effectiveness was not very strong, even the 1,000 troops of the Jade Rope Clan.

The main reason is that the Toshimitsu Department of Anazawa, who is guarding the Musashi border, cannot be easily mobilized, and Kenji Namba will not let Honjo Shigenaga go to the rescue with reinforcements. Tokita Castle and Aoki Castle, which were garrisoned by Toshimitsu Anazawa, bordered the territory of the Hojo family's Tamasho clan, and the ports of Shinagawa Minato and Kawasaki Castle built by the Uesugi family were very important facilities, and if they were destroyed by the Hojo army, it would be a very big blow to the Uesugi family.

Even though the Wind Demon Ninja suffered a massive loss, the Shinobi still survived. A series of transfers by Kenji Namba had been reported to Hojo Shiyasu after Inosuke Nikowa learned of it. Probably all parts of the Kanto region need to carry out espionage work, Kato Duanzo, Deura Morikiyo and others have no way to prevent the enemy upper ninja from entering the Uesugi territory to investigate, they can only avoid the entry of espionage personnel such as lower ninja and middle ninja who are not very strong.

When Hojo learned of the movement of the Uesugi army, he found that he had no way to defeat Honjo's long reinforcements, and that the number and quality of the cavalry were not high, and the speed of the march was not as fast as that of the Kawagoe Knights, who were equipped with a large number of Mutsu horses. Moreover, Namba Tian Kenji did not send too many reinforcements to rescue Nekoya Castle, unless the Hojo Army attacked Shinfukuji Temple, Kashiwahara Castle and other places at this moment, otherwise Honjo's long reinforcements would not return to defense.

Of course, Hojo Shiyasu did not plan to attack Shinfukuji Temple and other places, so he could only ask Nikowa Inosuke to inform Hojo Shinobu and other Uesugi army of their actions. On the other hand, Hojo Shiyasu also urged Fuinaga Naokakatsu and other Boso Peninsula reinforcements to come to Musashi quickly, otherwise they would not be able to defeat the Uesugi family.

After discussing with Hojo Shinshin, Hojo Nagajun, and Asahina Suntaro, the shogune set up camp in the south of Nekoya Castle, intending to rest until the early morning of the next day to launch a siege. They didn't expect that the reinforcements of Saito Toshizo and Honjo Shiganaga would arrive quickly, and Saito Toshizo just didn't want to attack them on the way.

Honjo's troops had also entered Nekoya Castle after a day's rapid march, and he knew that if he launched a night attack at this moment, the Hojo army would be caught off guard. However, when Honjo Shigenaga saw that his samurai and ashigaru were very tired, he gave up on this idea, and if he attacked with 400 castle soldiers, the force would be too small, and the effect might not be good. Although Honjo did not intend to take risks, he still gathered 400 soldiers in the city in case of emergency.

Saito Rizo placed all his horses in the woods near the Hojo Army camp and guarded them with a hundred men, and the remaining 400 men broke into the Hojo Army camp with him.

At night, Hojo Shishin and the others were not worried about the Uesugi army in the castle at all, they thought that there were only four hundred defenders, so they did not take much precautions. While the three of them were still holding a banquet in the main camp, Saito Rizo and four hundred white-robed samurai had already touched the location of their main camp.

"It's impossible for most of the Uesugi army to leave Kashiwahara Castle at will, so we'll be able to make a great achievement by capturing Nekoya Castle, which has only four hundred defenders, early tomorrow morning." Hojo Nagashun has never been able to make a contribution to the Hojo family's foreign expeditions, and this time he feels that he finally has the opportunity to make a meritorious service.

"Yes, I heard that the capital of the Uesugi Dynasty is still celebrating the New Year with his family in Heyue City and leaving behind tens of thousands of soldiers, his move will definitely lose the hearts of the people." Asahina Suntaro didn't know much, he himself was not valued by the Hojo clan, otherwise he wouldn't have come with the lowest combat power in the Jade Rope Clan.

Saito Rizo could hear it clearly outside the curtain, and he nodded to the white-robed samurai beside him, cut the curtain with his ribs, and rushed in.

"Kill!" Saito Toshizo kicked over a table made of wooden shields and commanded the influx of white-robed samurai.

"Who?!" Hojo Shinshin, who was still drinking sake, instantly threw away the wine glass and pulled out the sword hanging from his waist.

"Toshizo Saito, a retainer of the Uesugi Town Government!" Saito Rizo didn't plan to talk nonsense, and directly looked at the Hojo clan Shin and swung it at him with a sword.

Hojo Shinshin was originally not strong enough to drink, and after drinking a little wine, he was a little dazed, and after blocking Saito Rizo's two swords, the sword in his hand was knocked away. Naturally, a fatal knife followed, Saito Rizo's knife slashed at the back of Hojo Shishin, who was about to escape, and after cutting it off, his head was cut off by Saito Rizo with a rib.

"Brother!" Hojo Nagashun had already fled to the gate of the main camp, but when he saw that his brother had been taken over, he rushed towards Saito Rizo with two samurai beside him.

Of course, Honjo Shigenaga heard the shouts of killing in the Hojo Army camp, and immediately asked Yamada Naodari to lead 400 city soldiers from the castle to support Saito Toshizo.

Asahina Suntaro didn't know how many Uesugi troops there were, so he rode directly on his mount and fled to Ono Road Castle alone. And the battle situation in the camp of the Hojo Army is indeed one-sided, the combat effectiveness of the white-robed samurai is already higher than that of the Ashigaru and peasant soldiers of the Hojo Army, and because the generals such as the Hojo clan are drinking and having fun, the Ashigaru naturally rested early, and they did not expect the Uesugi army to raid at all. After Saito Toshizo took the letter of the Hojo clan, he threw his head to a white-robed samurai behind him, and he clutched the sword and continued to face Hojo Nagajun.

Hojo Nagashun probably inherited Hojo Nagatoruna's consistent ability to be bad at martial arts, and he was not Saito Rizo's opponent at all. It took Saito Rizo three turns to kill Hojo Nagajun, and by the way, two of his samurai.

Just after Saito Rizo took the two generals of the Hojo Army one after another, the Hojo Army had no morale at all. Immediately after the arrival of Yamada Naota's support, Saito Rizo and he joined forces with him, and the 2,100 Hojo Army was defeated, most of them fled, and the Hojo Army had more than 300 dead and more than 500 captured. By the end, there were less than a thousand Hojo troops who fled to the Hojo Domain. When the second song wheel Inosuke arrived at the camp of the Hojo Army, he saw the rout of the Hojo Army, and then had to leave.

Asahina Suntaro was killed by order of Hojo Clan Yasu after returning to Ono Road Castle because he left behind his headquarters and ignored the life and death of the Hojo Shinshin and Hojo Nagashun brothers. Hojo Shiyasu's plan was completely bankrupt, and he also let the two of Hojo Shixin and Hojo Nagashun of one gate get in. Hojo Nagasuna is left with only a two-year-old son (Hojo Shishu).