"Having said that, have you ever thought that even if we hold on to this city, once the food and grass run out, we will have to fight the enemy army outside the city, and there is no possibility of victory with the current state of the army in the city, and at that time not only will it cause a lot of losses, but Hojo-sama will also use this as an excuse to eradicate us, and now there may be a way to go to return to Takayama, if we resist to the end, it will definitely be a dead end."

"Yuuki-sama can see that too?"

"Hmph, the fact that the Hojo clan sent us this time is enough to prove that he is uneasy and kind, maybe he is waiting for us to be defeated, so we must not sit idly by. And even if Takayama-sama is dissatisfied with us, it is a great achievement to be able to open the city gate, and with this credit alone, Takayama-sama is not too embarrassed, at least it is not a problem for us to keep our family name. ”

"Yuuki-sama's words are reasonable, but since it's to make meritorious contributions, it's better to make greater contributions, and we might as well ......"

It was late at night, although Uesugi Jinghu was already lying on his feet, but he couldn't sleep anyway, and at this time, suddenly the shouting of killing inside and outside was loud, he thought it was the enemy outside the city to attack, but soon the noisy sound was getting closer and closer, and just when he was about to walk out of the door, suddenly a low-level samurai covered in blood crashed in and said loudly: "Lord...... The lord, the big thing is not good, Utsunomiya and Yuki launched a surprise attack on the family, Utsunomiya Kunitsuna himself led the army to attack the army, and Yuki Harumi has already led the army into the castle tower, and the lord is asked to make plans as soon as possible. ”

"What! How is this possible, Utsunomiya and Yuki dare to betray. Uesugi Keitoka's mind was blank at the moment.

And just when he was stunned, Yuki Haruhuna had already led hundreds of troops under his command to rush to the inner room. First, he slashed down the low-ranking samurai who reported the news. Then he led the troops around him to surround the Uesugi Jinghu.

Jing Hu's face turned pale at the moment. His eyes had lost their brilliance, he knew that he was finished at this moment, and at the same time, he also knew that once he fell into the hands of Uesugi Keikatsu, there would be absolutely no good end, so he did not surrender cowardly, but raised the sword in his hand and slashed towards Yuki Haruhata. It's just that the other party is numerous, and before the sword in his hand falls, a Yuuki samurai behind him handed over the spear in his hand, and Uesugi Jinghu also fell to the ground unwillingly. After killing Jinghu, Yuki Harumo did not stay in the castle tower for long, but immediately led his army to the west side of Kasugayama Castle, which was the main battlefield for this time to capture the castle.

At this moment, on the west side of the castle tower of Kasuga Mountain Castle, the Utsunomiya army is fighting with the Uesugi army, and because the Utsunomiya family is launching a surprise attack, it is still in the upper hand for a while. It's just that the situation is slowly changing as time goes on. Although the number of people on both sides is about the same, and the morale is just as low, the problem is that the retainers of the Utsunomiya family are far worse than the Uesugi family in terms of ability, so after the Uesugi army reacted, under the leadership of Yamamoto Temple Dingchang, Hojo Takahiro father and son, Honjo Hidetsuna and other generals, he has gradually controlled the situation, and has suppressed the Utsunomiya army, Utsunomiya Kunitsuna saw that the retainers were not in a good position, so he had to go into battle in person, but although his martial arts were slightly stronger than the retainers under his command, how could he be the opponent of the Uesugi family generals. After several fights, not only did he not get any bargains, but even he fell into a heavy siege, he calculated everything, but he forgot to count the ability of the Sugi family's retainers, and at this moment he only hoped that Yuki Harutomo could come to his aid immediately, otherwise he would never have the possibility of surviving this time.

It may be that Yuki Harumo heard his call, and just when he was unable to support it, the Yuuki family's army had already rushed over, but the Yuuki family's army was only more than a thousand, and after the Uesugi army played a momentum, what role could these military forces play, especially Yuki Harumi still thought that he was not dying fast enough, and even used a spear to pick up the head of Uesugi Jinghu, wanting to make those Uesugi family retainers give up resistance, but his idea was good, but the reality was contrary to his idea, After seeing that the lord had been taken by the enemy, the other party not only did not lay down his arms, but attacked the two families more fiercely.

Uesugi Keitora is the hope of these people, and now that their hopes are shattered, they need to vent, and Yuki and the Utsunomiya family are undoubtedly a good outlet for them. The strength of the two armies is similar in numbers, one side is getting lower and lower, while the other side is being promoted by the death of the lord, and the Uesugi army is already much stronger than Yuki and the Utsunomiya family, so once it recovers, it will be a complete massacre. After Yuki Harumu entered the war, the Uesugi army only took less than a meal to solve the battle, looking at the Utsunomiya Kunitsuna on the ground, the corpse of Yuuki Haruto, the two ashigaru who had already knelt on the ground, the retainers of the Uesugi family not only did not have any joy, but showed a look of bewilderment.

What is the purpose of their campaign, not to help Shangsugi Jinghu to the throne, but now that Shangsugi Jinghu has died, what should he do?

After a long time like this, I heard Kurokawa Kiyomi say: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the lord has passed away, where should we go?" Although he said so, he already had an answer in his heart, no matter what, everyone present was a minister of the Takayama family, but he didn't agree with the politics so he voted for Jinghu and Jingsheng as enemies, but no matter what, this is also an internal matter of the Uesugi family, since Jinghu is now dead, then they only have one way to go, that is, to vote for Jingsheng, after all, they all know that the ancestor did not leave a last word when he was dying, that is to say, Jingsheng can also inherit the family governor, and now he does not go to Jingsheng to be allegiant, They don't know what to do anymore, they don't think about the idea of independence at all, and as traditional samurai they believe in loyalty.

After hearing this, Hojo Takahiro couldn't help but sigh and said: "Now that I have a way out, I have taken refuge in Jingsheng, but I don't know how Jingsheng will treat us." ”

"I've already thought about this matter, it's not a big deal, even if Jing Sheng orders us to wait for seppuku, we can be regarded as loyal to our family, in this case, what else is there to consider, it is better for me to welcome Jing Sheng into the city now."

After the head of Yamamoto Temple finished speaking, everyone present nodded silently, and they were ready to seppuku. Seppuku wasn't a big deal for them. And to be able to seppuku for the Uesugi family. It's also an honor for them.

At the same time as they made the decision, the remaining wealthy families of the Hojo family had already thought very clearly, they knew that there was no possibility of winning this time, so they all gave up resistance, although their family businesses were in Kanto, but now they can't take care of so much, the most important thing now is to keep the military situation first, as long as they can keep the military situation. So even if they die, the juniors of the family have the foundation to continue to survive, and they are not worried about the military situation under their command that they will be merged into the Hojo and Takayama armies, because their homes are in the Kanto region, even if the Takayama family wants to stay, they can't keep it, at most they just leave themselves, and most of them are not afraid of death.

The chaos in the city, of course, could not be hidden from the coalition forces outside the city, and when there was chaos in the city, Honda Masanobu and others received a report. It's just that in the case of unclear circumstances, Honda Masanobu was not prepared to attack the city. So just waiting.

But they brought in the main retainers of the enemy army. After receiving the report, I saw that the traitors of the Uesugi family led by Hojo Takahiro had seized their weapons and walked into the fortifications of the Takayama family one after another, and they found that there were no shallow wells here, Shibata and other armies, and some were just scarecrows, which made everyone regret it very much, if the lord could listen to his own opinions and attack with the army, then how could these scarecrows block their own attack, but now it is too late to say anything, and now that the lord has passed away, what reason do they have to attack, So now the only way out is to take refuge in Jingsheng and accept his sanctions.

The retainers of the Uesugi family walked in one after another, and after saluting, Takahiro Hojo first briefly explained the cause and effect, and then said the purpose of the trip.

Uesugi Keikatsu knows that the current Uesugi family is no longer as good as it was back then, not only the talent is withering, but also the strength has been greatly damaged after this war, especially after the Sado Gold Mountain was assigned to the Takayama family, he knows that the family can no longer have any losses, and these people in front of him are undoubtedly a huge wealth for themselves, and they are the foundation for the Uesugi family to survive in this troubled era. So Uesugi Keikatsu didn't embarrass them, and included them all under his command.

As for the wealthy families who were still waiting outside, Honda Masanobu didn't know what to do, so he had to send someone to report the matter to the lord immediately after entering the city.

After learning of this situation, the clan finally made a decision, that is, to put these wealthy clans back, his idea was very simple, it was completely useless to keep these people for himself, and these wealthy clans already knew that the Hojo clan politicians were going to deal with them, so it was better to let them go back and continue to make trouble with the Hojo clan.

It can be said that with this order from the clan, the offensive and defensive battle of Kasuga Mountain Castle has completely ended.

However, although the war here is over, but Hojo Hachibabi can't help but solve it, once this army can be eliminated, then the blow to the Hojo family is definitely very huge. Therefore, after settling the Kasuga Mountain Castle incident, Honda Masanobu himself led the Takayama family ninja army, and 10,000 elites led by Honjo Shiganaga to the east.

But after all, three days have passed, and it is clear that this army is already difficult to catch up with the joint battle.

It's just that I don't know if Kasawara Yasukatsu is too lucky, or the luck of the Takayama family has run out, and Kasahara Yasukatsu, who has invaded Echigo, received the order of the lord before meeting with the Takayama army again, and he didn't have any intention of rescuing Uesugi Jinghu, and he came here to act on orders, but now that the lord let himself watch it, then he will look at it, especially when he learned that the Uesugi army has been trapped in the city, and the report has also been sent to the Satomi army has been wiped out by the Ueno wealthy clan, if he goes to the rescue again, Then you have to risk the food and grass being cut off, so as soon as you receive the news, you will immediately withdraw your troops, so that you can be considered to have escaped.

When Hojo Shiraki went to Ueno and was about to continue to clear those wealthy clans, but after receiving the news that Uesugi Keitora had died, Utsunomiya and Yuuki had died, and the Takayama army was rushing towards his side, he didn't dare to continue to stay in Ueno, so he immediately made adjustments, led the army to Shimono to station, and borrowed Utsunomiya, Yuuki and the two families were defeated, and took advantage of the situation to seize his two inheritances for the lord.

Although these two families have lost a large number of troops, they have been unable to resist the attack of the Hojo army, and only a few days Kasawara Yasukatsu led the army to capture Shimono, but looking at the entire situation in the eastern country, the Takayama family has already stood in the absolute upper hand, and looking at the Hojo family, although they have won Shimono, their strength has also been strengthened, but because the Takayama clan has put back a large number of wealthy families, and these wealthy families have completely separated from the Hojo family, if you want to go out of the army, the Hojo clan has to destroy them first, although these wealthy armies are not strong, But it will take at least half a year to completely eliminate them, so within this year, the Hojo family has no ability to send troops, and the only thing to be thankful for is that the Takayama family is exhausted due to incomplete equipment and repeated battles, and there is no possibility of invading Kanto, so there is still a lot of time left for the Hojo clan.

The Takayama clan was not idle during this time, after solving the matter of the Satake family, before he had time to rest, he received a report from the close attendants, and the heads of the four wealthy families in Ueno jointly decided to meet, for the wealthy family, the clan is indeed very unwelcome, and if you can't see it, you can't see it, but when he heard that these four families jointly eliminated the Satomi reinforcements, he couldn't see it, anyway, this is also a great achievement, if it's too cold, I'm afraid it will sweat people's hearts.

"Kenhiro Saito, Yura Narishi, Nobutsada Kohata, and Yukishige Kamahara." As soon as the four of them walked into the assessment room, they hurriedly saluted.

"Excuse me, what are you waiting for this time for?" The clan knew that they were here to ask for merit from him, so he didn't go around in circles with them, but asked directly.

However, what the clan didn't expect was that these four people were not short-sighted like other wealthy clans, only looking at the present, but very far-sighted, they had already unified their opinions on the way here, originally Kohata, Yura and the two meant to directly exchange this credit for some rewards, this is the simplest and most direct, and it is also a common idea in the hearts of the wealthy clans, but how can Saito Kenhiro be satisfied, it's not that he doesn't want to get more land, stronger strength, but he thinks, even if he gets those, what's the use, Once you can't reverse Takayama-sama's attitude towards himself and others, the other party can find an excuse at any time and take back everything that he has given himself, even what originally belonged to him, so what's the use of enclosing a country to himself and others, when he finished saying this, everyone agreed, and if he wanted to make his family name last, then the first thing to do was to gain the trust of Takayama Lord, even if he didn't get any rewards, after all, once he got the trust of the other party, then as long as he made a contribution in the future, Are you afraid that there will be no reward, and such a reward is the safest. (To be continued.) )