After Higuchi and Rokuro got the answer they wanted, they ignored the other party's provocation at all, and immediately returned to Uesugi Kenshin and reported: "Report to the lord, my subordinates have found out that this person is Nakagawa Kiyohide, the general of the Takayama family. ”

"Got it, stand down." Seeing this person so brave, Uesugi Kenshin immediately moved his mind to subdue the other party, but when he learned that the other party was Nakagawa Kiyohide, the general of the Takayama family, he gave up this idea, he knew that the other party had no possibility of taking refuge in himself, so he didn't keep his hand, except for leaving two hundred troops just in case, the rest of the troops were all sent out, Nakagawa Kiyohide and his troops after the high-intensity battle just now, this moment is already the end of the strong crossbow, it can even be said that they can still fight at this moment, completely relying on the support of faith, But when the Uesugi army is the elite after all, and the army that protects Uesugi Kenshin is the elite of the elite, so in the face of such a military situation at this moment, they have no possibility of breaking through at all, after supporting a meal, Nakagawa Kiyohide and nearly 800 ashigaru under his command, all of them were killed, and no one survived.

Even Uesugi Kenshin, who was an enemy, couldn't help but sigh softly: "This person is really the number one tiger general in the world!" ”

At the same time that Shibata Katsuya gathered the forces of various families to launch an attack like Echigo, although the clan did not go with the army this time, he still followed the battle in Kofu Castle.

"Report, Mizuse-sama is asking to see you outside the door."

"Let him in." After the clan finished speaking, he straightened his clothes and waited for his arrival.

"Subordinates, see the lord."

"Okay, don't be polite, but what's the news from Echigo?" Because the clan was eager to know the situation of the war in Echigo. So he asked directly.

And Mizuse Uemon also knew the lord's urgent mood. So he hurriedly replied, "Go back to the lord." According to the ninjas, the coalition forces had broken through Fudoyama Castle a few days ago......"

Mizuse Uemon wanted to continue, but was interrupted by the clan, who knew that Fudoyama Castle was the first important town on the west side of Echigo, so how much time did it take to break through the castle? According to his thoughts, it would be good for the coalition forces to take this place in three months, but now it is not even half a month, which is too fast. So the clan wanted to listen carefully, and the province fell for Uesugi Kenshin's tricks.

So I saw him wave his hand and ask, "As far as I know, Fudoyama Castle is not only in a dangerous terrain, but also has a large army stationed in this city, why did it break through so easily?" ”

As the head of intelligence, Mizuse Uemon is directly responsible to the lord, this position is not so easy to do, and he has to face all kinds of tricky questions from the lord at any time, so he has a very thorough understanding of the information transmitted back before coming. Only then did he dare to appear in front of the clan sect, for the question raised by the lord. He didn't think about it, so he replied directly: "Back to the lord, the reason why the coalition army of this family broke through this city in a very short time is because the defender of Fudo Mountain Castle gave up the cage city and fought a field battle with the coalition army, and the coalition army has a strength of 42,000 people, but there are only 10,000 under his command, so it is not difficult to achieve victory." After the defeat in the battle, Yamamoto Temple led the rout army and fled in the direction of Kasuga Yamajo. ”

Hearing this, the clan clan, like Sanada Masayuki at that time, immediately felt that there was something wrong with this, that Yamamoto Temple Dingchang was not a fool, how could he do something to hit a stone with an egg, so the clan also thought that this was the other party's plan to lure the enemy into depth.

Thinking of this, I only listened to the clan sect continue to ask, "Is there any information on the movements of the Uesugi family's army?" ”

"Back to the lord, according to the ninjas under his command, except for the thousands of troops arranged in various cities, the rest have all been assembled in Kasugayama Castle."

"Is the message accurate?" The clan sect didn't believe in his ears, how could Uesugi's character be a turtle with a shrunken head, especially when the strength of the army under his command was not worse than that of the coalition army, there should be no possibility of choosing Cage City.

"Back to the lord, although the ninjas under his command did not enter Kasugayama Castle, they carefully counted the Uesugi army that entered the city in the castle town, and the surrounding ninjas did not find any signs of the Uesugi army leaving the city, so the information is very reliable."

"Okay, I got it." After hearing this news, the clan was in a good mood, since the other party was cowering in the Kasuga Mountain Castle, then there was no possibility of using tricks, the clan was not afraid of confronting the Uesugi army head-on, what he was afraid of was that the other party would use tricks, in this case, I am afraid that it is not Sanada Masayuki who can bear it. And now, all kinds of signs have fully indicated that this time Uesugi Kenshin has chosen Cage City, so that the clan has nothing to worry about.

With a good mood, I only heard the clan said and laughed: "It's really unexpected, dignified military god, this courage is really getting younger and younger the older you get." ”

Subsequently, Mizuse Uemon continued to report on the situation of the Uesugi family, but the clan clan didn't care much about this, after all, once it was eliminated, it didn't matter if it was known or not.

But when Minase Uemon told another piece of information about the Uesugi family, the clan suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of it for a while, so he had to ask Minase Uemon to repeat it in detail.

I only heard Mizase Uemon say: "My lord, half a month ago, that is, at the same time as the coalition forces were gathering, the Uesugi family sent several sea ships to Sado in order to cope with the upcoming war, and intensified the mining of gold mines, so as to pay for the military expenses during the war. ”

"How many sea ships has the other side sent, and how many people can each ship carry?"

"Hui Lord, it is said that there are about twenty ships, as for how many people can they carry...... Although the subordinates did not see it with their own eyes, as far as the subordinates knew, this ship was generally used for transporting gold and craftsmen, if it was loaded with people, then each search could accommodate at least 200 people, if it was squeezed some, then 300 people should not be a problem, after all, once the war started, the Uesugi army would need a lot of military expenditure. ”

"Confused! The battle between Uesugi and Takeda was so fierce before, have you ever heard that Uesugi Kenshin has stepped up efforts to mine Sado Kanzan, and these ships are certainly not transporting craftsmen, but transporting troops behind the coalition forces. ”

After listening to it again, the clan immediately figured it out, and the good mood just now was swept away with the analysis, this time the father-in-law and the reinforcements he sent were in danger.

"But my lord, the ninjas under my command have seen with their own eyes that the ship's transporters are all craftsmen......"

"Okay, I don't have time to explain anything to you now, so you can send someone immediately...... No, you personally go to your father-in-law immediately, and say that it is very likely that the Uesugi army will outflank the coalition forces from the sea, and make them stop their march towards Kasugayama Castle immediately. "The clan can't take care of that at the moment, what father-in-law doesn't want to get involved this time, what gets Ueno after destroying Uesugi, it is the most important thing for him to be able to keep his father-in-law and the army, so after thinking about it, he sent Mizase Uemon out as soon as possible.

He only hoped that everything would be in time for now.

However, before Minase Uemon arrived in Echigo, a ninja in charge of collecting information came to Kofu Castle, and since Mizuse Uemon was not there, the clan personally summoned him.

However, when the clan saw him, a hint of foreboding immediately came to mind.

I saw that this ninja who was only wearing civilian clothes had an anxious look, and after seeing the clan, he immediately said: "Report to the lord, the big thing is not good, the Uesugi army sent five thousand elites to the rear of our army to Jichuan a few days ago, and cut off the return route of our army, and the Uesugi army took advantage of the unstable heart of our army, the army was exhausted, our army could not resist, hesitated at the time the scene was too chaotic, the subordinates only knew Shibata, Sazo led a small number of troops to flee into the mountains, the military division also retreated like a mountain under the protection of Lord Tanaka, and the other armies were all scattered, As for Nakagawa-sama...... After being surrounded by the enemy and unable to retreat, the army led by Nakagawa-sama launched an attack on the main camp of the Uesugi army and attacked the enemy's main formation, but due to the small number of troops and the fatigue of Ashigaru, they failed to make contributions, and Nakagawa-sama and his command Ashigaru were all killed, and Hayashi-sama ...... In the end, he chose to surrender to the Uesugi family. Please also ask the Lord to decide. With that, the ninja still kept his head down, because he was very afraid to see the lord's angry expression.

However, after waiting for a long time, he didn't wait for the lord's orders, so he peeked at the clan.

After hearing the bad news, the clan went directly to the spot, after thinking that the other party would outflank him by sea, he knew that the result of this time out of Echigo was doomed to failure, and in this case, as long as he retreated immediately, and arranged a military force to the palace, then although the loss was not small, but it would never be wiped out, but Uesugi Kenshin did not give them time to prepare at all, and directly led the army to kill, which was completely to leave all these troops in Echigo, and the clan did not blame Uesugi Kenshin, after all, it was he who provoked the war first, It can only be said that the other party is skilled, so the clan is not angry, but his heart is full of sadness, especially the true forgetfulness of the general of the family, Nakagawa Kiyohide, this is still very big for everyone in the clan, and even Lin Shengji's betrayal is far from comparable, if he can do it once, he would rather Nakagawa Qingxiu be half as Lin Shengji and return to Uesugi.

Although Nakagawa Kiyohide's ability is not the top in his family, he is still down-to-earth, and he can resolutely carry out all the tasks assigned to him, such a person may not have too many outstanding places, but he is definitely the mainstay that every force lacks, and the more such retainers, the more stable the family name will be. But now that he has died in the chaos, how can this not make the clan feel sad, and he can be regarded as the first senior warrior to die in the clan for more than ten years, which is a very big blow to the clan. (To be continued.) )