The encirclement network against the Uesugi family is slowly forming, and the Ashikaga Fuji clan, at the suggestion of his retainers, is preparing to call on the Kanto generals to crusade against the Kanto clan in the name of the Furukawa Principality. Of course, the Hojo clan also suggested that the Ashikaga Fuji clan go to Kamakura as a courtier of the Furukawa Prince, and hoped that he would establish himself as a shogun and establish a second Kamakura shogunate.

He really didn't dare to call on the Kanto generals Ashikaga Fuji to dare to do this, but he really didn't dare to ask him to become a shogun on his own. This is not a joke after all, Shimono still has Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, Tsunechi and Satake Yoshiaki, and the two of them are completely following the Uesugi family. Even the Satomi family, whose hometown is a nest, is even married to the Uesugi family. The conditions for the Ashikaga Fuji clan to call themselves generals at this moment are not optimal, and the Ashikaga Yoshishi clan is still in Odawara Castle, if he claims to be a general, then the Hojo clan is likely to make the Ashikaga Yoshishi clan become the Horikoshi prince who has long since died.

The Ashikaga Fuji clan knows that things must be opposed, as long as they are still in the position of the Furukawa Princess, they can do whatever they want, and once they establish themselves as generals, then the wealthy families and daimyo who previously followed the Furukawa Princess's family will turn to attack them. If it weren't for Harusuke Ryoda reminding the Ashikaga Fuji clan, he would really be kept in the dark by the Hojo clan.

Unbeknownst to the Ashikaga Fuji clan, Uesugi Kennobu, who was the governor of the Kanto region, was living in Kogoe Castle under the name of 'Arakawa Izu Mamoru Nagashi'.

In ancient Japan, there were four of the most noble surnames, collectively known as "Genji, Taira, Fuji, and Tachibana", that is, the Genji and Taira clans, which were descendants of the emperor and became famous samurai families, the Tachibana clan, which was also descended from the emperor's Nami, and the Fujiwara clan, which was born from the ancient priests and became important ministers of the imperial court. The Uesugi clan originated from the Fujiwara clan, and its ancestor was the Fujiwara clan's branch of the Shushu Temple, because it had the Tanba country Uesugi Village, so the Miao character was Uesugi. Uesugi Shigebo has a granddaughter named Kiyoko, married to the Ashikaga Sadashi clan, and gave birth to the Ashikaga Takashi and Naoyoshi brothers, the founder of the Muromachi shogunate, because of this in-law relationship, the family was reused by the shogunate, and Uesugi Kenken, the nephew of Kiyoko, was named the guardian of Ueno and Echigo.

In order to control the Kanto region, which was far away from Kyoto and was the center of the original samurai's rule, the shogunate established the post of Kanto shogun in Kamakura, which was equivalent to the largest prince with the same surname in Japan. However, the princes with the same surname were very easy to sit on the throne and threaten the rule of the shogunate - the first town of Kanto (Kamakura had not yet been officially opened) was Ashikaga Naoyoshi, the brother of the Ashikaga clan, who once set off the "Kanai Disturbance" and met with the Shogunate. When Naoyoshi was defeated, Uesugi Kenken, who was attached to him, was forced to resign.

Fortunately, shortly before the death of Ashikaga Naoyoshi, the Honji officially set up Kamakura Prefecture and appointed his fourth son, Kishi, as the Kwantung Shogun, who valued his uncle Uesugi Kenken very much, and not only restored Kenken Ueno and Echigo as guardians, but also crowned Musashi Province Guardian and appointed him as the Kanto Deacon (Kanto Governor) - that is, the highest assistant to the Kanto General.

Before Kenken, there were many other military generals who served as Kanto governors, but since Kenken, except for one (the Kyogoku Takashi clan), this position has been held by the Uesugi clan for generations, and in the Warring States period, the Uesugi clan gradually overthrew the Kanto generals and became the de facto lord of Kanto. The Uesugi clan is divided into several branches, such as Yamauchi, Ogiya, Inukake, Tsuma, Kamijo, Yamaura, and Yamamotoji

Pulling back and talking about Uesugi Kenken, his three sons - Noken, Kenharu, and Kenkata - succeeded him as the governor of Kanto, and the post of Echigo guardian was passed on to his other son, Uesugi Kenei, who passed on five generations, after four generations, for Uesugi Fangding. This Uesugi Fangding is the Zhongxing British lord of the Echigo Uesugi clan.

At the time of the time when the Muromachi shogunate was in charge, history had entered the middle and late stages of the Muromachi shogunate, and was about to enter the Warring States period, when the Kyoto shogunate was declining and the local power was gradually gaining - and the city was one of them. It is said that most of the shogunate guards in the old era were only nominal co-masters of a country's samurai, with weak internal control and strong centrifugal force, and were known as "guardian daimyo" in history. By the time the Warring States Period began, many families (not necessarily guardians) gradually improved the unified reform within their domains, greatly improved their internal control, and subjugated the surrounding wealthy families as retainers, and they became known as the "Warring States Daimyo". From the 15th year of civilization (1483) to the 19th year (1487), Uesugi Fangsa issued four orders for "land inspection", that is, to re-measure the land in Echigo and determine taxes, which was an important step in completely turning the countrymen into vassals.

On October 30, Asadachi learned of the information found from Kato Danzo in Kawagoe Castle: Furukawa Gongfang was about to call on the Kanto generals to crusade against the Uesugi family!

"My lord, Ota Saemonsa, Hirosawa Shimomo, Honjo Musashuke, Nambada attendants and other adults are waiting for you in Ohiroma, and it is said that the Furukawa Gongkata Hall has called on the Kanto generals to gather at the Furukawa Imperial Palace." Sanada Masayuki trotted all the way to the Honmaru military aircraft where Asada's was located.

"You go back and tell them that unless the Furukawa Princesses have gathered the forces of the Kanto generals in the Furukawa Imperial Palace, don't come here, let them return to their respective territories and prepare to fight at any time." Asadachi was still listening to Kato Duanzo's report on the situation of the various daimyo and wealthy families when he was disturbed by the sudden arrival of Sanada Masayuki.

"Yes!" Sanada Masayuki could only trot away again.

"My lord, the Furukawa Gongkata has met with the Hojo family's envoy Daido Temple Masashi a few days ago, and the content of the conversation is that the Hojo family supports the Furukawa Kokata family's crusade against Uesugi, and hopes that the Furukawa Kokata will establish itself as a general and lead the Kanto samurai." Kato Duanzo personally went to the Furukawa Imperial Palace to investigate, and this news can be said to be true.

"Then, the Hojo family really wants the Ashikaga Fuji clan to entangle the family, so that they can either set up a new 'Horikoshi Gongfang', or send troops to attack the president." Asadaki was ready to learn from Oda Nobunaga, and he said it well: 'If the enemy does not move, I will not move, and if the enemy moves, I will move first.' That is what Sun Tzu said: 'Those who make good use of their soldiers avoid their sharp spirits and attack their laziness'.

"My lord, maybe the two Hojo families will be realized at the same time." Kanzo Kato dipped the brush in ink and drew a circle on the castle.

"Since this Kanto shogun wants to be a shogun, let him be! I, Goro Uesugi, am not a stingy person. "Asadachi feels that as long as he can make the Ashikaga Fuji clan call himself the shogun, then he can justifiably defeat him, the 'traitor', and completely abolish the position of Furukawa Gongkata! Next, the eight countries of Kanto are the world of the Uesugi family.

"My lord, the stakes are high! If the Gongfang Hall in Kyoto fails to issue a crusade order in time, then the situation of the family will be very difficult! Although Kato Duanzo is not an orthodox samurai, he still understands this truth. No matter how long Ashikaga Yoshiteru's hand is, he will not have time to manage the Kanto region, otherwise there would be no Furukawa Gongkata that has been established for generations. Moreover, the Furukawa Gongfang still has the right to speak in the Kanto region, and even if he loses power, the Hojo clan is still willing to marry the Ashikaga Haru clan.

"You send someone to the Nijo Imperial Palace in Yamashiro Province, and your people go to the Nijo Imperial Palace, and Akechi Mitsuhide should have settled down." Asadaki thought about it for a moment, and then gave an order to Kanzo Kato.

"Yes."

In this way, Ota Shimasa and other retainers and Honjo Shigenaga were forced to return to their own territory to prepare for battle. At this moment, the Hojo clan has also ordered Tame Motoko, Ishinomaki Iesadada, Tominaga Naokakatsu, Hojo Naotada, Nakayama Iefan and others in Anbo Province to gather troops, and even Shimizu Yasuei of the Izu Navy has been transferred to support the strategy of the Anbo Province's army.

This time, the Hojo family was not able to reconcile the retainers of the Satomi family and submit to the wealthy family before, because the relatively powerful Toki Noriri and Masaki Tokitaka completely stood on the side of the Satomi family. The Satomi family under the leadership of Satomi Yoshihiro is more united than when Satomi Yoshiyao was under the command of Satomi, although there is one less Anbo country.

Probably due to the successive wars, the development and production progress of the Satomi family in the territory of Kamiso was reduced, and the Satomi family had already sunset after the First World War of Mifuneyama. Satomi Yoshihiro also had to rely on Toki's sponsorship to restore the castles in dangerous areas such as Kururi Castle and Sakan Castle. However, what followed was the Hojo family's general strategy.

Of course, the Hojo clan will not be the first to make a move. He sent his old Daidoji Morimasa (the father of Daidoji Masashiro) to the Furukawa Imperial Palace to take the place of the Hojo family to participate in the oath of the Kanto generals. This time, Ashikaga Fuji is more capable than his father, Ashikaga Haruhura. He brought together the large and small wealthy families and daimyo in the Kanto region into the Furukawa Imperial Palace, except for Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, Satake Yoshiaki, Satomi Yoshihiro, Nagano Yoshimasa and his sons-in-law, all the names were gone. Even the 33 pavilions in the southern part of Hitachi went to participate.

To the disappointment of the Hojo family, Date Harumune and Mogami Yoshimori did not agree to attack the Uesugi family. Mogami Yoshimori was even more frightened in the battle of Dewa, and he had no idea of fighting with the Uesugi family at all, and even the wealthy families in the family expressed that they wanted to maintain the status quo with the Uesugi family. Date Harumune, because his father Date Uemune is still in the hands of the Soma family, and the battle outside Yonezawa City is that all the main forces of the family were annihilated, and it is impossible to fight with the Uesugi family without ten years of recuperation, not to mention that the Okuwa place is sparsely populated, and thousands of troops are in the Yonezawa After being annihilated, the Date family can hold the remaining territory and not be encroached upon by the Uesugi family.

On November 1st, the Ashikaga Fuji clan asked all the wealthy families and daimyos who came to see it to meet in front of everyone in the Honmaru Daihiroma of the Furukawa Imperial Palace.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yu is the fifth generation of Furukawa Gongfang appointed by the imperial court and the shogunate, but the Kanto deacon (Kanto governor) family is really too deceitful! In order to please the imperial court, the remaining territory will be set aside 10,000 stones as the imperial material of the imperial court! I didn't tell the family beforehand, even the Sano family and the Yokose Yura family. Uesugi Asadatsu and the clan's Ogiya Uesugi family will not let go! The Ashikaga Fuji clan obviously saw that a room full of wealthy families and daimyos who were willing to follow him into trouble, so they had the confidence to say so.

"Yes! Please also ask the Furukawa Gongfang Hall to be the master of the ministers! "Sano, Uesugi Kenmori, and Yura Narishi pleaded with the Ashikaga Fuji clan in unison.

"Uesugi Dynasty is determined to lose, he is still the Kanto Governor! How can you do such an abominable thing! Yukiquan stood up in a rage, although he was one of Nagano Yoshimasa's sons-in-law, but as he wanted to gain autonomy, he had to be the enemy of the Uesugi family.

"In order to be able to return to the Kanto region, Uesugi Chaoding sent troops to attack the Nasu family's territory before invading the Kanto, and the ministers who had lived in Shimono Nasu County for generations lost 100,000 koku at once!" Nasu Ziyin also pretended to be pitiful on the side.

"The Uesugi family is too deceitful! What did he think of Kanto? Kanto is the hometown of samurai! Kenhiro Saito also stood up and stomped his feet. As the Saito family of Ueno Azuma, they have been entrenched in the northern part of Ueno for a long time. If there is a real war, then they will be able to cut off the passage of the Uesugi family in and out of Echigo in a short time.

"Not bad! Treat us like retainers all the time! The people of Ueno are asking for autonomy! Expelled the Uesugi family! Numata Kenyasu decisively shouted out the slogan that the people of Ueno Province wanted to hear the most at this time.

"Furukawa Gongfang Palace, Kyoto Gongfang Hall lost power, and was once driven out of Kyoto by the Miyoshi family, it is better to support you as the general of Zhengyi! And the goal of the ministers is to conquer the ministers of the non-subordinate Uesugi Asama and Uesugi Kenshin for the Gongfang Palace! "Maybe I haven't seen the tactics and battlefields of Asadaki and Kenshin, but the head of the Ashikaga Nagao family, Nagao Kencho, is not afraid of death and wants to support the Rito clan as the general of the expedition.

"That's right! Furukawa Gongboden was originally a Kanto general, and with the support of Kanto samurai such as us, he would definitely be able to defeat the Uesugi family in a short period of time, and then travel along the Tokaido mighty Kamirako! Anzhong Zhongzheng also echoed on the side.

"This ・・・・・・" Ashikaga Fuji clan has the courage to fight the Uesugi family, and also has the courage to dare to confront Hojo, but at this time, it is a big rebellion to ban Ashikaga Yoshiteru from establishing himself as the general of the expedition!

The Ashikaga Fuji clan and his ancestors have not done this less, and in the end, they were all defeated and died? He also did not have the commander-in-chief and internal affairs ability of his ancestors, and even the name of the Furukawa Gongfang was Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Asada, and the two of them cooperated with the powerful daimyo of Kanto, Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, Satake Yoshiaki, Satomi Yoshiyao, etc., to attack the Hojo family, so that the Hojo family could give up the general country in order for the Ashikaga Fuji clan to return to the Furukawa Imperial Palace. At that time, the former heir of Sekihaku Konoe was even more famous as the 'Uesugi faction', and they had already formed an alliance with Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Dynasty, and completely assisted the Uesugi family in seeking official positions and saying good things for them in the imperial court. Even the Imperial Family knew that life would not have been easy without Kenshin Uesugi's generosity.

Of course, the Ashikaga Fuji clan did not dare to follow the example of their ancestors who claimed to be generals and rebelled. But looking at the excited crowd below, he couldn't pour cold water on them, so the Ashikaga Fuji clan had no choice but to find the important minister Liang Tian Harusuke and ask him to think of a way. The Ashikaga Fuji clan is the child of the younger sister of the Ashikaga Haruhi clan and Ryoda Harusuke, and Ryoda Harsuke, as a member of the family, is now one of the few important ministers of the Furukawa family.

"Uncle, look・・・・・・" Ashikaga Fuji obviously couldn't make up his mind.

"Although the Uesugi family is not deep-rooted, but Echigo's Kenshin Gong still don't provoke, if she leads Echigo's tens of thousands of troops to attack the Kanto region, it will be impossible to withstand it with those wealthy clans in Ueno, and the reinforcements will rush directly to the Musashi territory of Uesugi Chaoding." Although Harsuke Ryoda is the uncle of the Ashikaga Fuji clan, he still has money to get the last time he participated in Isanuma, so he does not approve of the full relationship with the Uesugi family.

"What you mean is to attack Uesugi Asada, not Kenshin." Ashikaga Fuji has seen Kenshin, and her military strength and combat effectiveness have also been seen.

"Well, these people are just your pawns, make good use of them, now that the world is in chaos, who cares about you? What's so bad about being supported by them to become the general of Zhengyi? There are three managers and four positions in the Kanto region, and I can also be a waiter. "Ryoda Harusuke has long wanted to be a shogunate official, but it is difficult to bring it up because of the pressure on the two of them, Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Asada, the Kanto governor.

"Uncle is right, then Yu is at the request of the Kwantung generals." Ashikaga Fuji immediately got up and walked to the front of everyone: "Uesugi Chao is not benevolent, and Yu is also unjust!" From now on, Yu is the general of Zhengyi! ”

"Now appoint Yura to be the guardian of Ueno; Masatsuna Sano guards the people of Canada for Shimono; Nagao Kencho is the guardian of Shimono and the outside people; Kiryu Suketsuna is the guardian of Ueno; Nagao Keihide is the guardian of Ueno; Nagao Kenkyo is the guardian of Ueno; Ken Saito is the guardian of Ueno, and he is a member of the Waikan; Yukito is the guardian of Ueno; Anchu Tadamasa is the guardian of Ueno; Numata Kentai is the guardian of Echigo; Uesugi Kenmori is Musashi's guardian of the Canadian people; The hill is high and the dynasty is the guardian of the lower field, and the generation of the outside people; Soma is the general guardian of the Canadian people; Nasu Ziyin is the guardian of the lower field, and the companion of the royal family; Oda is the guardian of the Canadian people; Edo Tadamichi is the guardian of Hitachi; Da Peng Qinggan is the guardian of Changlu and the outside people; The Hojo clan is the guardian of Sagami, Izu, and Anfang, and the royal companions; Ashikaga Yoshishi is the Horikoshi prince and the royal companion; Satomi Yoshiri is the general protector of the Canadian people. The rest are waiting for the Gongfang Hall to issue their duties, and everyone will defeat the Uesugi family today! After returning to the territory, he raised an army to attack the Uesugi Domain! "Ryoda Harsuke helped the Ashikaga Fuji clan finish reading the big bunch of rewards, and began to incite them to send troops to attack the Uesugi family when they returned to the territory.

"Oh! Let the ministers complete the foundation of the Gongfang Palace! Everyone said in unison. Most of the people who came this time have served in the service, except for some who have sent people to come. Even the puppet Ashikaga Yoshishi and Satomi Yoshiyori both have servant positions, which shows how much the Ashikaga Fuji clan needs the assistance of the Hojo clan.

After this gathering at the Furukawa Imperial Palace, as soon as everyone returned to their domain, they gathered their troops and prepared to go out to the Uesugi Domain. The news spread quickly throughout the eight countries of Kanto, Hokuriku, Nakasendo and Tokaido. This made Shingen Takeda, who was preparing to remarry the Hojo family at the beginning, completely overwhelmed when he learned about it. He knew very well that if he didn't have the name of righteousness, it would be difficult for him to go to Luo quickly. At this time, the Hojo family was involved in the rebellion of the Ashikaga Fuji clan, and Takeda Shingen had to send someone to Kyoto to inform Takeda Shintora who was still sending food to Ashikaga Yoshiteru. The Takeda family is really going to sever ties with the Hojo family this time, after all, this is related to their family's reputation, as a famous family of the Genji family, Takeda Shingen can't hand over the fate of his family to a 'Seiyi General' who can't even lead soldiers to fight.